1、Unit 4 Stage and screenSection CDeveloping ideas & Presenting ideas & Reflection一：单词拼写1.The following card includes a (简短的) summary and a short assessment of a research paper.2.Only with the greatest of luck did he manage to e from the rising flood waters.3.Within three years after her arrival in Ne
2、w Zealand,she finally achieved her (原先的) goal.4.We should not mistakenly believe that we always (表现) as a result of some inner disposition.5.I burst into anger when he didnt give me a reasonable explanation for his a.6.If the situation continues,it will have a positive influence on your (正常的) life.二
3、：短语填空live up to,escape from,base.on,turn into,get hold of,result in1.After all,the doctor-patient relationship trust,and therefore honesty is essential.2.As far as Im concerned,concentration on your studies will good grades.3.Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which gradually chop
4、sticks.4.I think I should work hard at English and his expectation.5.Primitive humans needed to be able to react like this to dangerous animals.6.He a railway timetable and looked up all the trains to London.三：完成句子1.He realised unless he worked hard,he would (以结束) achieving nothing.2. (时常),when they
5、 get bored,they would go out to play football together.3. (如果这样的话),they can change their mind to know the world better.4.I still want to have my parents to (求助) whenever I need help.5.If you have to (做出抉择) between money and friendship,which one do you prefer? 6. (脑子里想着那件事),I talked to my friend and
6、asked him for advice.四：阅读理解AIt was the first day of school,1961.Five-year-old Mae Carol Jemison was a confident kindergartner who could already read.When her teacher asked her,“1”Mae replied:“A scientist.”Her teacher looked surprised:Not many women became scientists then,and certainly few black wome
7、n.2Maes love for science took her to the library.She read books about the universe.3 In sixth grade she read A Wrinkle in Time and The Arm of the Starfish.“Those books stand out because they had women scientists and girl heroines,”Mae remembers.4She was active in student government,acted in plays,an
8、d studied dance.“In dance class,I grew stronger and gained an appreciation for hard work,physical strength,and grace (优雅),”she says.In college,Mae studied the physical and social sciences,and learned to speak Russian and the African language Swahili.She earned a degree in chemical engineering and Af
9、rican studies.After college,she studied medicine for four years,and became a medical doctor.5 She trained in Texas,learning about space exploration.She worked for NASA,and waited for a shuttle assignment.When the space shuttle Endeavour went into orbit in 1992,Mae became the first African-American w
10、oman to orbit the earth.Mae looked down from the shuttle and saw Chicago.She remembered visiting the library,making science fair projects,and dancing.“I felt like I belonged right there in space,”she remembers.A.She also enjoyed science fiction books.B.But that was Maes first and only choice.C.Books
11、 werent the only way Mae learned.D.What do you want to be when you grow up?E.What do you know about your hero and why?F.Astronauts arent born;they go to school like everyone else.G.In 1987,Mae was accepted into NASAs astronaut program.BReading a book and watching a film are two very different experi
12、ences,but expectations can be high when a film of a favourite book is made.There are many times I have been disappointed by a film of a book I love.So maybe highly regarded books do not always make good films.It is safe to say that great movies may be made from not particularly good books.The source
13、 material may be anything from classic novels,short stories,comic books and stage plays,as well as non-fiction such as biography and autobiography,even those written by ghostwriters.All can work well,but why do many adaptations and indeed remakes fail with both cinema audiences and critics? A key qu
14、estion is obviously how close to the original the film is.Since a typical film is only around two hours long,it becomes a question of what to leave out,and how to script the dialogue.Sometimes there may be changes to the plot,additions and even different endings to please producers,directors and tes
15、t audiences.I,like many people,have often left the cinema feeling “the film is not like the book”. Another problem area is the cast.Whether suitable actors are found or not can mean the difference between success and failure.Readers of the book use their imaginations to visualise characters and have
16、 very definite ideas about how characters look and sound.This is where I think many film adaptations fall down.Sometimes authors are very involved in the process and many may even be the screenwriters.This can actually be a bad thing because they may be too close to the material and find it difficul
17、t to adapt.At other times they are not the screenwriters,and there are instances where writers have been very unhappy with the film versions of their work.Roald Dahl and Stephen King are examples of this.Even more extreme was novelist J.D.Salinger who made sure no film versions of his popular novels
18、 could ever be made.In this situation,it is clear viewers will not be disappointed.1.In what situation adaptations from books to films possibly satisfy the audiences?A.Adaptations of lower expectation from audiences.B.Adaptations of popular books.C.Adaptations of good books.D.Adaptations of books th
19、at audiences love.2.Novelist J.D.Salinger is mentioned in the last paragraph in order to .A.tell us how disappointed the audiences areB.show that many authors are involved in the process of making filmsC.prove that authors may not necessarily be good screenwritersD.show some writers are against the
20、idea of making books into films3.What is the purpose of the passage?A.To argue that good books should be adapted for films.B.To persuade the audiences to accept the adaptations from books to films.C.To explain the reasons why many adaptations from books to films failed.D.To inform that adaptations s
21、hould be based on various kinds of books.五：应用文写作 假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Jackson来信询问你未来的人生规划，请你回信，内容包括：1.你的人生规划；2.解释原因；3.请他提出建议。注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 六：读后续写My dad, George, only had an eighth grade education. A quiet man, he didnt understand my world of school activities. From age 14, he worked. An
22、d his dad, Albert, took the money my dad earned and used it to pay family expenses. I didnt really understand his world either: He was a livestock trucker, and I thought that I would surpass (超过) anything he had accomplished by the time I walked across the stage at high school graduation. Summers in
23、 the mid-70s were spent at home shooting baskets, hitting a baseball, or throwing a football, preparing for my future as a quarterback on a football team. In poor weather, I read about sports or practiced my trombone (长号). The summer before my eighth grade I was one of a group of boys that a neighbo
24、ring farmer hired to work in his field. He explained our basic task, the tractor fired up and we were off, riding down the field looking for weeds to spray with chemicals. After a short way, the farmer stopped and pointed at a weed which we missed. Then we began again. This happened over and over, b
25、ut we soon learned to identify different grasses like cockleburs, lambs-quarters, foxtails, and the king of weeds, the pretty purple thistle. It was tiring work, but I looked forward to the pay, even though I wasnt sure how much it would amount to.At home, my dad said, A jobs a big step to growing u
26、p. Im glad you will be contributing to the household. My dads words made me realize that my earnings might not be mine to do with as I wished.My labors lasted about two weeks, and the farmer said there might be more work, but I wasnt interested. I decided it was not fair that I had to contribute my
27、money. 注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；Paragraph 1：The pay arrived at last. Paragraph 2：I understood immediately what my parents were worried about. 参考答案一：单词拼写1.brief 2.escape 3.original 4.behave 5.absence 6.normal二：短语填空1.is based on 2.result in 3.Fturned into 4.live up to 5.escape from
28、6.got hold of三：完成句子1.end up 2.All too often 3.If so 4.turn to 5.make a choice 6.With that in mind四：阅读理解A1.D由下文的“A scientist.”可以推断,老师是在问梅的梦想是什么。2.BB项与上文的“Not many women became scientists then,and certainly few black women.”是转折关系。3.A由本段首句可知,对科学的爱好使梅走进了图书馆,阅读各种与科学相关的书籍。故A项最恰当。4.CC项在此起承上启下的作用:上段讲梅通过阅读学习
29、科学知识;下文讲她通过学生会的活动、话剧、跳舞等提高自己。5.GG项与下文的“She trained in Texas,learning about space exploration.She worked for NASA.”相呼应。B本文是一篇说明文。许多导演瞄准小说市场,将热门小说改编成电影后却票房惨淡。文章分析了几个主要原因。1.A推理判断题。根据第一段第一句和最后一句可知,观众期望值太高,会导致电影很失败,由此推断,降低观众的期望值可能会使观众对改编后的电影感到满意。故选A项。2.D细节理解题。根据最后一段第三句可知,文章提到了小说家塞林格,目的是为了证明一些作家反对将小说改编成电影
30、的想法。故选D项。3.C主旨大意题。通读全文内容可知,本文主要解释了为什么许多改编自书籍的电影最后失败了。故选C项。五：应用文写作Dear Jackson,Im writing to share with you my life plan in the future. When I grow up, I want to be aJournalist. I think working for a news paper and reporting news from all over the world would be really exciting. Journalists are to be
31、 very enthusiastic , independent and good at communicating with people . Hence I am trying to improve my speaking and writing skills. And of course , absorbing as much knowledge as possible at this stage in my life is what I must do. What do you think of my life plan? Any suggestions are welcome. Yo
32、urs, Li Hua六：读后续写The pay arrived at last. Although the job was verytiring, I was very happy in my heart for I got something from my work. The toil of labor was forgotten for the time being. I thought I should have my own money and planned how to spend it. “How much money have you earned?” Dad asked.
33、 I was surprised, reluctant to say my income. The next morning, my dads livestock truck started running. I saw my fathers hard-working figure and thought of his words “A jobs a big step to growing up”.I understood immediately what my parents wereworried about. They were worried that I was too selfis
34、h to give. I realized that my labor was very hard, but my growth and our whole family had been depending on the hard work of my parents! Dad never complained about unfairness! He even seemed to think that was fair. I thought, “Ive only worked for two weeks, but how many years my father has worked!” In the evening, Dad came back. I proudly took out my own money and handed it to Dad.12
