1、UNIT 2WILDLIFE PROTECTION 主题语境人与自然 保护自然 Section B Reading and Thinking 课后篇巩固提升 基础巩固 .单句填空 1.If you get to the hotel in the afternoon,please dont forget (reserve) a room for me. 答案 to reserve 2.On first seeing the city,most visitors are overpowered by the (beautiful) of the noble buildings. 答案 beauty
2、 3. (observe) carefully if any change occurs when doing experiments in the lab. 答案 Observe 4.The boy (attack) by a dog when he was walking along the street. 答案 was attacked 5.I think we should also take (effect) measures to make our country more beautiful. 答案 effective 6. (remove) clothing using sci
3、ssors if necessary unless it is stuck to the burn. 答案 Remove 7.The destruction of the rainforest (threaten) human life. 答案 threatens 8.Rare animals such as the giant panda should be put protection. 答案 under 9.The experiment has ruled out the possibility of the (exist) of any life on that planet. 答案
4、existence .短语填空 in danger,remind.of,under protection,be struck by,watch over,day and night,make out,in harmony with 1.Jim is so near-sighted that he cant what the teacher has written on the blackboard. 答案 make out 2.I have a dream that humans could live the beautiful nature. 答案 in harmony with 3.The
5、 ancient wooden towers which are have been restored beautifully to attract foreigners. 答案 under protection 4.The American girl the beauty of Mount Tai and decided to stay another day. 答案 was struck by 5.Learning without thinking leads to confusion;thinking without learning ends . 答案 in danger 6.A no
6、tice was set up in order to the students the changed lecture time. 答案 remind;of 7.They use specially trained dogs to their sheep at night. 答案 watch over 8.The patient has been attended on by nurses since the operation. 答案 day and night .翻译句子 1.他不够高,够不到树上的苹果。(not.enough to do) 答案 He is not tall enoug
7、h to reach the apple on the tree. 2.她错过了公交车,那就是她上课迟到的原因。(Thats why.) 答案 She missed the bus.Thats why she was late for class. 3.只有用这种方式我们才能学好英语。(only引导的倒装句) 答案 Only in this way can we learn English well. 4.以前这个城镇有一家电影院。(used to be) 答案 There used to be a cinema in this town. 5.留得青山在,不愁没柴烧。 答案 As long
8、as the green hills are there,one need not worry about firewood. 素养提升 .阅读理解 It was a still African evening and Shirley Strum was writing down observations as she watched the behavior of one of her favorite baboons (狒狒),Naomi.Suddenly,Shirley felt small hands softly touching her back.Surprised and puz
9、zled,she slowly turned her head and saw it was Robin,Naomis two-year-old offspring (后代).Ms.Strum was thrilled,for she knew that such comforting gestures were the baboons way of establishing and keeping their relationships with one another.It seemed that the group of baboons had come to accept and tr
10、ust her. The group of monkeys in Kenya was known as the “Pumphouse Gang.” Of course,it was not really a gang,but one of nine troops of baboons totaling about eight hundred animals.They live around Lake Elmenteita,famous for its flamingos and pelicans.This particular group had been given its name bec
11、ause it was often seen near a water-pumping station. Probably the most significant conclusion she reached from her research was that the stable core of baboon troops isnt the powerful adult males,as had been originally thought,but is the family groups of mothers and their off spring.Strum discovered
12、 that adult males move from group to group,changing their friendships frequently,but the females relationships remain unchanging. Baboons,the largest monkeys on the African continent,are also the most adaptable.This adaptability is particularly noticeable in their diet.The “Pumphouse Gang” had a ver
13、y diverse diet,which enabled them to survive bad times when other wildlife in the area died.Baboons eat grass.But since they have to compete with other animals for this food,they add seeds,roots and flowers in their diet.They also enjoy insects and are not averse to a good piece of meat now and then
14、. Strum says she did not have a single boring moment during her sixteen months studying the baboons.She believes that many old views about these monkeys need to be changed.By continuing our observations of nonhuman monkey behavior,Strum thinks we can gain a better understanding of ourselves,of what
15、we share with other monkeys,and of what is uniquely ours. 【语篇解读】本文详细介绍了 Shirley Strum对狒狒的最新研究成果,修正了某些以前对狒狒的 错误认识。 1.What indicated that Shirley Strum was acknowledged by the baboons? A.She could get close to observe their behavior freely. B.Robin put the small hands gently on her back from behind. C
16、.Naomi and Robin frequently played games with her at night. D.Naomi helped her to write down observations with performance. 答案 B 解析细节理解题。根据第一段可知,有天晚上,Shirley Strum在记录 Naomi 的行为,Robin轻轻地把双 手从后面放到她的背上,这对狒狒来说是一种建立和保持友好关系的举止。所以 Shirley认为,她似乎 得到了狒狒们的认可。 2.Why was the group of monkeys in Kenya named “Pump
17、house Gang”? A.Because they fed on flamingos and pelicans. B.Because they lived near a water-pumping station. C.Because they consisted of nine troops of baboons. D.Because they were made up of eight hundred animals. 答案 B 解析细节理解题。根据第二段的最后一句可知答案。 3.What does Shirley Strum approve of? A.The offspring o
18、f baboons know their mother but not their father. B.The core of a group of baboons tends to be the strongest adult male. C.Baboons have to eat other dead animals to live through difficult times. D.Baboons are the largest and strongest animals on the African continent. 答案 A 解析推理判断题。根据第三段的最后一句可知,雄性的成年
19、狒狒常常从一群去到另外一群,更换伴侣, 而雌性的却保持与后代的稳定关系,这就相当于人类的走婚。可见其后代只认识母亲而不认识父亲。 4.Whats the probable meaning of the underlined word “averse” in Paragraph 4? A.Devoted. B.Accustomed. C.Addicted. D.Opposed. 答案 D 解析词义猜测题。本段谈到为了度过困难时期,狒狒的饮食是多样化的。根据“Baboons eat grass”可 知它们是食草动物,本段列举了很多草类食品。最后一句中的 also 表明,除了这些草类食品之外,为了
20、活命,狒狒们也不排斥偶尔吃点肉类。也就是并不是对肉类食品视而不见。 .七选五 The sun was shining on the white sand of Dadonghai Bay when Stanley,an endangered sea turtle,was struggling to go back into the ocean to begin its new life. 1 .It hatched prematurely(过早地) when it was found by fishermen on an island in the South China Sea. “It j
21、ust couldnt move.Usually, 2 ,theyre very active and scrabbling across the beach really fast,” he said.“Its like a kind of craziness and thats what gets them past all the predators(捕食者).” 3 .Within a week of being found,it was delivered to the sea turtle hospital and laboratory at Hainan Normal Unive
22、rsity in Haikou for treatment. Dozens of other endangered sea turtles just like Stanley have been recovered at the hospitals and labs on Hainan Island,supervised by Sea Turtles 911s Yeh and Hainan Normal University Professor Haitao Shi. 4 .The labs are located in a village on the coast,or at the Rit
23、z-Carlton Sanya in Yalong Bay,which teamed up with Sea Turtles 911 to build a Sea Turtle Shelter on the resorts grounds,and get a chance to see the creatures up close.Its a rare opportunity, 5 . But with sea turtle meat and shells in high demand for years across China,the animals stopped coming to H
24、ainan to lay eggs in the past 30 years.Now,Yeh and Shi hope to bring them back by educating the population,raising awareness among tourists and releasing seized turtles. A.when sea turtles hatch B.But Stanley was different C.It was the same with Stanley D.Stanley might not have made it there at all
25、E.because it is listed as an endangered animal F.Volunteers and tourists visit the turtle labs at the university G.because tourists wont be seeing any of them on the islands beaches 答案与解析 【语篇解读】文章介绍了人们的环保意识开始增强,并对濒临灭绝的海龟展开了保护。 1.D 根据下文的“It hatched prematurely.”可知,它很难像其他的小海龟一样爬进海里,所以选 D项。 2.A 根据下文的“t
26、heyre very active and scrabbling across the beach really fast”可知,此处指的是小海 龟刚孵出来的时候,所以选 A项。 3.B 根据下文的“Within a week of being found,it was delivered to the sea turtle hospital.”可知,它与其 他的海龟不同,所以选 B 项。 4.F 根据下文的“The labs are located in a village on the coast”可知,F项可起到引出下文的作用。 5.G 根据上文的“Its a rare opportunity.”可知,G 项可与上文构成因果关系。
