1、Unit 8Green Living Writing Workshop，Viewing Workshop &Reading club基础知识过关.单词拼写1.The local (居民) were angry at the lack of parking spaces.2.The name of “blind box” comes from the fact that its (包装)doesnt allow buyers to see whats inside.3.The (图表) below shows the average hours of unpaid work per week d
2、one by married couples.4.This foldable food (容器) is easy to take, and you can fold it into one small piece.5.Scheduled to be finished in late October, the film centers on a village (官员) who settles down in the rural area and helps local people improve their living standards.6.Many Chinese consumers
3、turned to domestic brands like Li-Ning due to Nike and adidas vague (态度) towards the Xinjiang cotton.7.Only 14 percent of (塑料) packaging worldwide is collected for recycling.8.Beekeepers say younger adults and children have flocked to the clubs after hearing about the decline of the (蜂蜜).9.She tried
4、 to be nice by secretly adding (黄油) to his bread, but it turned out to be a mistake. 10.According to the report, the (百分比) of middle school students who know of e-cigarettes was 69.9% in early 2019, 24.9% higher than in 2014.选词填空take part in;cut back on;take action;to sum up;when it comes to;end up;
5、dispose of;set a great example for;come at a huge cost to;a wide range of1.Meanwhile, the best advice may come from doctors who are advising patients to salt voluntarily.2., it is an amazing film which is suitable for both children and adults.3.Many of these infections were avoidable if the syringes
6、(注射器) had been safely.4.By cleaning up your garbage before you leave the theatre, you can your kids.5.The economic growth over the past 30 years has the environment.6.Nowadays, “script murder” activities has become a new way for young adults to entertain themselves.7.There are career opportunities o
7、pen to young people.8.He says saving energy and money, big changes start with small steps like turning out the lights.9.The book Disappearing Destinations explains more about these disappearing places and suggests helpful ways to .10.He was so diligent that he as a fresher in Tsinghua University thr
8、ee years later.单句语法填空1.He had a very bad attitude work, which resulted in his losing the job.2.In April, Tsinghua University (official) founded its School for Integrated Circuits, aiming to train talents for the countrys IC industry and make indigenous Chinese chips.3.As an environmentalist, she alw
9、ays brings her own chopsticks instead of using the (dispose) ones. 4.Over the past 100 years, average temperatures around the world (rise) by between 0.5 and 10 .完成句子1.是谁想出这个营销活动的主意的?Who the idea of this marketing campaign?2.虽然问题出现了,但它从未得到处理。The matter , but it was never dealt with.3.学生必须学会在学习和娱乐之间取
10、得平衡。Students must learn to study and entertainment.4.她激动得说不出话来。 emotion, she found herself unable to speak. 5.我们没有想到徒步旅行是如此艰难。 hiking was such a hardship.能力提升训练.阅读理解ATo be clear,plastic bags are rightly thought of as a threat thats harmful to human health. According to the Natural Resources Defense
11、Council, a decade ago, the average American family took home almost 1,500 plastic shopping bags a year, filling our cabinets, kitchen drawers, and landfills (垃圾填埋场). Today the numbers are slightly better: According to National Geographic, as of 2018, shoppers in the United States used almost one pla
12、stic bag per resident per day.This is not a story about the evil of plastics, but about whether the reusable bag can justify its existence. Although more environmentally friendly than traditional single-use plastic bags, reusable bags, depending on what they are made of, are more energy-intensive (耗
13、能的) to recycle.According to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme, depending on what they are made of, reusable bags might have to be deconstructed in a costly recycling process to separate the different materials. As a result, in many cases, reusable bags are not recycled. That means
14、 despite the best intentions, millions of reusable bags designed to replace the need for traditional plastic shopping bags, will also end up in landfills.Another point to consider, not all reusable bags are equal in terms of their recyclability. There are a wide range of reusable bag options on the
15、market, and reusable bags tend to be made of more than one material to give the bag added reinforcement and added street fashion. On a life cycle basis, stronger, heavier bagsno matter what material they are made ofwill have a more severe environmental effect. Thats because heavier bags use more res
16、ources to produce as well as distribute.Just like plastic bags did, reusable bags multiply rapidly. Used for promotional(促销的)purposes and marketing of all kinds, reusable bags growing popularity means bags that have been used very little (or not at all) can be found piled in streets, in garbage cans
17、, in city parks, and basically everywhere. Therefore, consumers have come to see them as disposable, defeating their very purpose.In the end, the best practice of dealing with reusable bags is to have no half measures: Either use them all the time or dont use them at all. Using a reusable bag once o
18、r twice and then throwing it away doesnt do the environment any favors.1.What can we learn from the passage?A.Plastic bags are refused by environmentalists.B.Shops in America have limited the use of plastic bags.C.The need of strong and fashionable reusable bags is more than the supply.D.Reusable ba
19、gs demand more resources to produce and recycle than expected.2.The words “very purpose” in Paragraph 5 refer to the intention of .A.being left in landfillsB.being used as much as possibleC.replacing plastic bagsD.promoting goods on the market3.Which of the following would be the best title for the
20、passage?A.How to Recycle Reusable BagsB.Disadvantages of Plastic BagsC.Reusable Bags? Think Twice!D.Plastic Bags, Less Popular?BAs Shanghai prepared to introduce mandatory(强制的) garbage sorting on July 1, games and toys that examined fun ways to spread information about the garbage sorting were to en
21、courage younger people to take action.A 15-second video of a game went on Chinese social media. In the video, players wearing VR headsets saw four different types of trash cans in front of them, and had to throw different types of garbage into the right buckets(桶) to get points. Although it was not
22、the only VR game in the place, visitors lined up around the booth to explore it because of the garbage-sorting theme.“As a citizen in Shanghai, I am in great need of this game. Maybe I wont need to check how to categorize(将分类) each piece of garbage on my phone while going through all my garbage ever
23、y day if I play this game more often,” said Zhou Zhou, a youngster. But some social media users in Shanghai have complained about the difficulty of sorting different types of garbage.Wu Xia, founder and CEO of VitrellaCore, the company that created the game, said the idea was to provide an interesti
24、ng way of learning about garbage sorting. “Its simple and easy to understand. People can practice sorting garbage without actually going through their trash, and it is a more effective method than using paper materials when training volunteers,” Wu said.4.What is the purpose of the VR game?A.Just fo
25、r fun.B.To teach people to sort garbage.C.To do exercise.D.To keep fit.5.What do some people complain about?A.It is too hard to sort garbage.B.There are too many people lining up.C.The VR game should be more interesting.D.There are more ways to use paper materials.6.Which can replace the underlined
26、word in the last paragraph?A.Successful.B.Interesting.C.Traditional.D.Disappointing.7.What is the main idea of the text?A.Young people like VR games more.B.Shanghai performs mandatory garbage sorting.C.Games were used to help young people sort garbage.D.Learning by playing VR games is practical for
27、the young.读后续写阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。My husband Andrew, a wise father, teaches our kids how to balance risk with freedom.We have four chickens: Pecky, Buckbeak, Mayonnaise and Cornflake. My husband made their coop (笼子). Its beautifully made.Actually he made it with our sons and daughte
28、r. The kids and their father spent several weekends in the garage. He gave them tools because he believed it was important that they could actually make something. He slowly helped them and together, they made the coop. They also made the mistakes of learninga board cut too short, nails smashed by h
29、ammersbut in the end, Andrew did some tricks and the coop looked perfect.The chickens loved their perfectly imperfect home and we also gave them free range in the yard. Andrew encouraged our kids to provide the chickens with quite a big area and explained that to take risks was part of life, and tha
30、t by giving chickens the freedom to wander around and dig for bugs, it was a better experience for them than the confines(范围) of the coop.Yesterday, they ran around the lawn(草地). We needed to go downtown, knowing that chickens wouldnt go very far. When we got back, my son, Gordon, ran to check on th
31、em. There were Mayonnaise, Cornflake and Buckbeak, looking a mess but still alive. Yet Pecky was nowhere to be seen.With Andrew, we searched the yard and found some feathers by the trees. Then, we saw more feathers littering the yard. By this time, Gordon started to worry;Pecky was his favorite chic
32、ken and his eyes got watery.Andrew picked Gordon up and held him. As we stood there, beginning to accept that we were now a three-chicken family, we heard ita soft clucking (咯咯叫的) sound under a bush.注意:续写词数应为150左右。Paragraph 1:Andrew put Gordon down and they looked under the bush. Paragraph 2:The nex
33、t day Andrew had a discussion with the kids about what to do with the chickens. 参考答案与解析基础知识过关.1.residents2.packaging3.diagram4.container5.official6.attitude(s)7.plastic8.honey9.butter10.percentage.1.cut back on2.To sum up3.disposed of4.set a great example fore at a huge cost to6.taking part in7.a wi
34、de range of8.when it comes to9.take action10.ended up.1.to/towards考查介词。句意:他对工作的态度很不好,导致他丢了工作。have a.attitude to/towards sth.对某事持态度。2.officially考查副词。4月,清华大学正式成立了集成电路学院,旨在为中国集成电路产业培养人才,制造中国本土芯片。设空处修饰动词founded,故用副词形式。3.disposable考查形容词。句意:作为一名环保人士,她总是自带筷子,而不是使用一次性筷子。disposable一次性的。4.have risen考查动词的时态和主谓
35、一致。句意:在过去的100年里,世界各地的平均气温上升了0.5摄氏度至10摄氏度。由时间状语Over the past 100 years可知应使用现在完成时,主语average temperatures为复数,故填have risen。.1.came up with2.came up3.strike a balance between4.Overcome with/by5.It didnt occur to us that能力提升训练.A语篇解读这是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了可重复使用的袋子虽然受到了普遍欢迎,但使用不当和错误地将其随意丢弃而没有重复使用,导致其命运和塑料袋无异,反而在生产和
36、回收方面会更耗能。作者总结在使用可重复使用的袋子时,要三思其目的可重复使用才能环保。1.D推理判断题。根据文章第二段第二句Although more environmentally friendly than traditional single-use plastic bags, reusable bags, depending on what they are made of, are more energy-intensive(耗能的)to recycle.以及文章第三段中的According to a report by.reusable bags are not recycled.可
37、知,可重复使用的袋子在回收起来之后要花费更高的代价分解。因此选项D属于合理推理。故选D项。2.B词义猜测题。根据前文可知,可重复使用的袋子与塑料袋有着相同的命运被随处丢弃,从而使人们忘记了它们真正的目的可重复使用。因此,句中“very purpose”应是指“尽可能多地使用”。故选B项。3.C主旨大意题。通读全文,尤其是最后一段In the end, the best practice of dealing with reusable bags is to have no half measures: Either use them all the time or dont use them
38、at all. Using a reusable bag once or twice and then throwing it away, doesnt do the environment any favors.可知,作者想告诉人们如果使用可重复使用的袋子的话,要三思。故选项C贴合主旨。故选C项。B语篇解读这是一篇说明文。上海执行严格的垃圾分类,而与此相关的游戏也变得火爆起来。4.B细节理解题。根据文章最后一段内容可知,发明这款游戏的公司的创始人兼首席执行官吴瑕说,发明这个游戏是为了提供一种有趣的学习垃圾分类的方法,人们可以练习分类垃圾,而不必实际地翻垃圾。所以该款游戏的发明是为了教育大家正
39、确进行垃圾分类。故选B项。5.A细节理解题。根据文章第三段最后一句But some social media users in Shanghai have complained about the difficulty of sorting different types of garbage.可知,垃圾分类对于有些用户而言太难了,所以人们才抱怨的。故选A项。6.A词义猜测题。根据上文Its simple and easy to understand. People can practice sorting garbage without actually going through thei
40、r trash可知,人们不必真正翻垃圾就可以反复练习,所以该方法比发纸质材料培训志愿者更有效、更成功,故选A项。7.C主旨大意题。根据文章第一段内容可知,该文章主要介绍的是游戏公司利用有趣的虚拟现实游戏来教育年轻人正确进行垃圾分类。故选C项。.One possible version:Paragraph 1:Andrew put Gordon down and they looked under the bush. There was Pecky, a half-naked chicken, still alive though. She looked a mess, with almost
41、half of her feathers gone, but she was absolutely fine. Andrew gently gathered her up and returned her to the coop. Our kids hurried to gather around, closely watched and gently stroked her feathers.Paragraph 2:The next day Andrew had a discussion with the kids about what to do with the chickens. Th
42、e kids believed that the chickens should be shut in, safe from any danger in the world. But Andrew disagreed. He believed that we should be more careful when letting the chickens out in the yard. He encouraged our kids to take risks. He explained that love wasnt a coop which restrained them but something that could both provide adequate protection and allow more freedom of living a happy life. Finally, the kids understood their father and they together fenced a bigger area, providing the chickens with the maximum freedom and safety.
