1、Unit 6 Earth first starting out一、单词拼写1.Working at night needed lights,so I rented a machine to produce (电) for the site.2.The research paper published is primarily c with factors affecting employee performance.3.It is easy to think that a junior team member may have less to (贡献) than more experience
2、d ones.4.As the a age of the population increases,there are more and more old people to care for.5.For your protection,your credit card information will be r from our records.二、阅读理解Golden lion tamarins(金头狮狨) are part of the monkey family.These small creatures live in thick forests in Brazil，South Am
3、erica.They travel in small groups in search of food.They hide and sleep in the hollow(洞) of a tree.They take very good care of their babies.Even the male tamarin takes a strong interest in feeding and raising the young ones.Unfortunately，the forests in which they live are being cut down for farming
4、and they are also caught and sold as pets.There are only about one hundred tamarins left.The European otter(水獭) lives all around Europe.It has soft，brown fur on its body.It is almost 75cm long.Its tail is half as long as its body.Its head is flat and broad.It has small and round ears.It can close it
5、s ears and nostrils(鼻孔) when it dives in the water.It has short，strong legs with webbed feet.Loss of habitat is a threat to the European otter.It is also hunted for its fur.Orangutan(猩猩) is a longarmed，redfurred animal that lives in the warm，wet forests on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra in Southe
6、ast Asia.It looks like a man in many ways.So it is named orangutan，which means “man of the woods”Orangutans are in danger only because of people.People are cutting down the forests where they live and hunting orangutans.The hunters kill the mothers and sell the babies to zoos.But most babies die bec
7、ause the hunters dont know how to take care of them.Giant pandas live in the forests of China and they are in danger.They eat only one kind of foodbamboo shoots(竹笋)But there are not always enough bamboo plants to be found.Every hundred years the bamboo plants produce seeds and die.It then takes seve
8、ral years for the seeds to grow.By the time the plants are big enough to eat，many giant pandas have already died of hunger.1What do we learn about golden lion tamarins?AThey usually search for food alone.BMales seldom look after the young.CThey are hardly seen when they are asleep.DThey can be easil
9、y seen because they are big.2European otters are hunted mainly because _Apeople like keeping them as petsBhunters want their meatCzoos want to keep themDthey have valuable fur3What is the biggest threat to giant pandas in China?AThey have only one choice of food.BHunters dont know how to look after
10、the babies.CThey cannot move fast to look for food.DThe forests where they live are being cut down.4The four paragraphs above are most probably taken from an article about _Athings we can do to protect wild animalsBthe effect of human activities on natureCthe living habits of some wild animalsDendan
11、gered animals in the wild三、语法填空We all know how good nature can make us feel.The sound of the ocean, the smell of a forest and the way sunlight dances through 1(leaf) help us to relax and think more clearly.The idea 2 humans own a deep biological need to connect with nature has been called “Biophilia
12、”, 3(mean) “love of life and the living world”.Yet, according to the United Nations Population Division, so far the number of us going to urban areas 4(grow) sharply.By 2050, it is estimated that a shocking sixty-eight percent of the worlds inhabitants will live in cities.Cities are wonderful places
13、 full of 5(excite), innovation and energy.But living in a city can be 6(stress).And the more we live in them, 7 more stress we have, leading to increases in mental illnesses 8 depression and loneliness.The good news is that the global science community continues to explain the medical benefits of na
14、ture on the brain.Through conducting research and sharing information with different organizations, new ideas are being carried out that encourage us 9(step) out of the fast street and reconnect with nature in a 10(rapid) changing world.1._2._3._4._5._6._7._8._9._10.一、单词拼写1.electricity2.concerned3.c
15、ontribute4.average5.removed二、阅读理解1.C推理判断题。根据第一段的“They hide and sleep in the hollow of a tree.”可推断金头狮狨睡觉的时候不容易被发现。2.D细节理解题。根据第二段的“It is also hunted for its fur.”可知欧洲水獭被猎人捕杀是因为它们的皮毛很值钱。3.A细节理解题。根据第四段的“They eat only one kind of foodbamboo shoots.But there are not always enough bamboo plants to be found
16、.”可知，对大熊猫的威胁主要是它们只吃一种食物，没有别的选择。4.D主旨大意题。通读全文可知，这四种动物都是濒临灭绝的动物，故可推断以上几段来源于一篇关于濒临灭绝的动物的文章。三、语法填空1.leaves。考查名词复数。leaf是可数名词,前面没有不定冠词,所以要用复数形式。故填leaves。2.that。 考查同位语从句。分析句子,可知此处是idea的同位语从句,从句中不缺成分,所以使用无实义,只起连接作用的连接词that引导。故填that。3.meaning。考查非谓语动词。句意:人类有一种深层的与自然连接的生理需要,这个观点被称为“人类亲近大自然的天性”,意为对生活和生存的世界的爱。句子
17、的谓语是has been called,所以mean要用非谓语动词形式,与Biophilia是主动关系,应用现在分词,作定语。故填meaning。4.has grown。考查动词时态。句子中有时间标志词so far,要用现在完成时,the number作主语,谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。故填has grown。5.excitement。考查名词。空白处前面of 是介词,后面接名词,excite的名词是excitement。故填excitement。6.stressful。考查形容词。句意:城市是很好的地方,充满兴奋、创新和能量。但是住在城市里是有压力的。此处用形容词作表语,故用stress的形
18、容词形式。7.the。考查定冠词。句意:我们在它们那(城市)里住得越多,我们就会有越多的压力。“the+比较级,the+比较级”意为“越,就越”。故填the。8.like。考查介词。句意:我们在它们那(城市)里住得越多,我们就会有越多的压力,会导致像抑郁和孤单这样的心理疾病的增加。like作介词时意为“像”。故填like。9.to step。考查非谓语动词。encourage sb.to do sth.意为“鼓励某人做某事”。故填to step。10.rapidly。考查副词。分析句子可知,空白处应填副词,用来修饰changing,rapid的副词是rapidly。故填rapidly。第9页（共9页）学科网（北京）股份有限公司
