1、Unit 4JOURNEY ACROSS A VAST LAND Section A Reading and Thinking 课后篇巩固提升 基础夯实 .单词拼写 1.The US (航空公司)has just announced a formal link-up with British Airways. 答案 airline 2.When fire broke out in the museum,a lot of priceless (古董)were destroyed. 答案 antiques 3.The main body of the building has been turne
2、d into a (巨大的)television studio. 答案 massive 4.With hundreds of flowers bursting into bloom,spring has the most beautiful (风景)in a year. 答案 scenery 5.As a manager,he has (令人敬畏的)estimation and project management skills. 答案 awesome 6.The match between the two universities is likely to be the (最精彩的部分)of
3、 the tournament. 答案 highlight 7.Police and the villagers all agreed the forest fire resulted from (雷)and lightning. 答案 thunder 8.A good speaker is able to (预测)an audiences needs and concerns. 答案 anticipate .完成句子 1.When I looked through the window,I saw a waterfall whose beauty (令我惊叹). 答案 took my bre
4、ath away 2.Miss Brown went over to the window, (拉开)the curtain and looked outside. 答案 pulled back 3.They had already walked (几)miles or more from their starting point. 答案 a couple of 4.After surviving a great disaster,one (一定)have good fortune in later years. 答案 is bound to 5.When I (从起来) the chair,
5、my father and Eleanors father were in deep conversation. 答案 arose from .句式升级 1.I dont want to go to the cinema.I want to watch TV at home.(rather than) to the cinema,I would like to watch TV at home. 答案 Rather than go 2.When it is seen from the top of the hill,the city looks much more beautiful.(过去分
6、词作状语) the top of the hill,the city looks much more beautiful. 答案 Seen from 3.Before they started out,they searched for some information on the Internet.(before doing) ,they searched for some information on the Internet. 答案 Before starting out 4.The patient was too weak to have the strength to stand
7、up.(so.that.引导的结果状语从句) The patient was he didnt have the strength to stand up. 答案 so weak that 5.I didnt realize that she was a famous film star until she took off her dark glasses.(It is.that强调句) she took off her dark glasses that I realized that she was a famous film star. 答案 It was not until 素养提升
8、 .阅读理解 A 主题语境:旅游 语篇类型:说明文 词数:350 难度: With its snow-covered mountains and a variety of wildlife,Yellowstone National Park is one of the scenic treasures of the United States.Located primarily in Wyoming,the park hosts millions of visitors every year.If you plan to travel within the park,keep in mind
9、the advice from the National Park Service. Seasonal Travel Travel varies vastly from season to season.Roads are generally open in the summer except for cases of rock or mud slides,wild fires,accidents or road construction.Early snows in the fall can cause some roads to close temporarily.In the winte
10、r almost all roads are closed to motor vehicles,but snowmobiles and other snow vehicles with tracks are allowed.Roads begin to open in the spring by the latter part of April but may close if snowfall continues. Driving Time Grand Loop Road is the main road through Yellowstone National Park,and it pa
11、sses by most of the major attractions.These include Old Faithful,Yellowstone Lake and the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.The maximum speed limit on the Grand Loop is 45 miles per hour,but the speed limit drops during some of the winding and twisty sections of this narrow road.Allow yourself at least tw
12、o days to fully travel the loop due to the size of the park and occasionally heavy traffic. Safety Awareness Buffaloes often block the roads in the park as they migrate through the fields.If a herd is traveling across the road you are on,you can either wait for them to pass or find an alternative ro
13、ute.If you get out of your vehicle,you should stay at least 25 yards from any buffalo (and 100 yards or more away from bears and wolves).Buffaloes are particularly unpredictable and charge people at speeds up to 30 mph. You can take your bicycle on any public roads and routes designed for bikes,but
14、bicycles are not allowed on the park roads which are narrow with few shoulders.Elevations range from 5,300 to 8,860 feet.The National Park Service recommends that cyclists wear helmets and noticeable clothing. 【语篇解读】本文介绍了美国黄石国家公园服务中心为参观者提供的几条建议。 1.What do we know about traveling in the Yellowstone P
15、ark? A.Roads will stay open in spite of emergency. B.Traffic jam is actually a rare thing. C.The driving speed on the road can be 50 mph. D.Motor vehicles are allowed in the winter. 答案 B 解析细节理解题。根据 Seasonal Travel 部分中的第二句可知,发生岩崩或泥石流、森林火灾、事故 或道路建设时,道路不开放。故 A项(尽管有紧急情况,道路也会开放)是错误的。根据 Driving Time 部分中的第
16、三句可知,主路限速 45英里/小时,在窄路的弯道处限速更低,故 C 项错误。根据 Seasonal Travel部分中的第四句可知,冬天几乎所有道路都不对摩托车开放,故 D 项错误。根据 Driving Time 部分最后一句中的“occasionally heavy traffic”可知,黄石公园很少有堵车情况。 2.What safety advice does the National Park Service offer? A.Under no circumstances could you get out of the car. B.Keep going forward when c
17、oming across buffaloes. C.Do wear easy-to-see clothes while bicycling. D.Bicycling is forbidden on the public roads. 答案 C 解析细节理解题。根据关键词 safety可定位到文中 Safety Awareness 部分;再根据该部分最后一段的 最后一句可知,服务中心建议骑手戴安全帽、穿显眼的衣服。故选 C项。 3.Where can you probably find this article? A.In a guidebook. B.In a geography textbo
18、ok. C.In a research paper. D.In a commercial advertisement. 答案 A 解析文章出处题。根据第一段最后一句可知,本文介绍了黄石国家公园服务中心为游客提供的几条 建议,故本文应摘自旅游指南手册。故选 A项。 B 主题语境:环境保护 语篇类型:说明文 词数:325 难度: The Arctic Circlethe habitat of polar bears and decreasing sea ice at the top of the worldhit 32 degrees Celsius last week. This was the
19、 temperature in Banak,Norway on July 30,though some Norwegian areas even reached a couple degrees warmer,according to the European Severe Weather Database.Banak sits atop northern Europe,over 350 miles above the bottom edge of the Arctic Circle. The Northern Hemisphere and Europe itself have been re
20、peatedly scorched by both record and near- record temperatures this summer as a consequence of overall rising global temperatures. In the past 40 years,Earths climate has experienced an accelerated warming trend,which adds an extra level of background warming to hot spellsmaking heatwaves more extre
21、me,climate scientists have said. A photo of what appears to be Scandinavian folks taking a dip in a river while reindeerthe cold- adapted herbivores(食草动物)cooled off in the water beside them is perhaps the best example of just how hot it is in parts of the Arctic Circle right now. The“warm season” in
22、 Banak is short,lasting around three months,but the very warmest day of the year,around July 23,is usually around 62 degrees Fahrenheit(华氏度)about 30 degrees cooler than temperatures there now.Overall,temperatures in northern Europe are between 14 to 21 degrees Fahrenheit,- 10 to -6 degrees Celsius a
23、bove average. All-time temperature records were set in both Norway and Finland on July 30,including 86 degrees Fahrenheit,30 degrees Celsius,in Cape Verde,near Banak,though extreme or near-record temperatures blanketed the region. Persistent heat and dryness this summer have transformed normally gre
24、en European countries into brown and yellow lands,and the continents extreme heat is expected to persist. Andrew Derocher,a professor at the University of Alberta who studies polar bears,said climate change is shrinking the ice bears usually hunt on,making them faced with the danger of extinction. 【
25、语篇解读】由于全球变暖的速度不断加快,作为北极熊栖息地的北极圈现在也面临着温度升 高的状况。这样的环境变化对于北极熊的生存有很大威胁。文章号召人们保护环境,保护我们的家 园。 4.Which of the following words can replace the underlined word “scorched” in Paragraph 3? A.Burned. B.Achieved. C.Scored. D.Reached. 答案 A 解析词义猜测题。根据第三段可知,今年夏天,由于全球气温总体上升,北半球和欧洲自身不断受到创 纪录和接近纪录气温的炙烤。因此,画线词的意思是“烧伤;烧
26、焦”。 5.What does the photo show according to the author? A.Scandinavian folks like to swim in a river. B.Reindeer have adapted to the cold climate. C.The ice there has totally been melted into water. D.The temperature of the Arctic Circle now is high. 答案 D 解析细节理解题。根据第五段可知,喜冷的食草动物在水里凉快,证明了北极圈开始变热。因此,这
27、张 照片表明现在北极圈的温度很高。 6.What can we learn from Professor Derochers words? A.Maybe bears will die out in the near future. B.Climate change is threatening polar bears. C.He is worried about the shrinking of the sea ice. D.He advises people to do something to improve the condition. 答案 B 解析推理判断题。根据最后一段可知,气候变暖使得北极熊赖以生存的冰面减少,致使北极熊面临灭 绝的危险。因此,从德罗彻教授的话中可以得知,气候变化正威胁着北极熊(的生命安全)。 7.Where may you find this article? A.In a fashion magazine. B.In a news report. C.In a geography textbook. D.In a travel handbook. 答案 B 解析文章出处题。根据第一段可知,这篇文章是报道上周北极圈温度达到 32 摄氏度的新闻。因此, 本文不可能出现在时尚杂志、地理教科书或旅游手册中,它最有可能出现在新闻报道中。
