1、Unit 4 Journey Across a Vast LandDiscovering useful structures一、根据语境补全句子1. Rather _ admit failure, Frank made a face in order to save his face. 2. We got there by driving slowly all _ way. 3. By converting the loft, they were _ to have two extra bedrooms. 4. From the day you arrive _ my house, you n
2、eed not spend a single penny. 5. The beauty of the lake took their _ away. 6. In addition _ several spelling mistakes, your essay is pretty good. 二、完成句子1. The company _is facing a serious financial crisis. 这家由五家小工厂组成的公司正面临严重的金融危机。2. _ English, you will master the language. 把注意力集中在英语上, 你就能掌握这门语言。3. _
3、 the job in hand, youll soon finish it. 专心于手头的工作, 你很快就会完成的。4. _around the university, we then were taken to a building, where many scientists worked. 在参观了大学之后, 我们被带到了一栋楼里, 许多科学家在那里工作。5. He made the boy sit there, _ they would not hurt him. 他让那个男孩坐在那儿, 保证他们不会伤害他。三、阅读理解Only a few people in Toronto hav
4、e the luck to live within walking distance from their workplace. For the rest of us, commuting (乘车上下班) is a rather unpleasant daily necessity. So how do you avoid a traffic jam in Toronto？You can do it in the old way and listen to one of the radio stations that give regular updates about the traffic
5、 situation in Torontos streets. Seeing the big picture of Torontos traffic and knowing when and where heavy traffic occurs is a must. We prepared three short videos showing the overall traffic situation in Toronto from dawn to night. You can click them and watch. Friday traffic in Toronto is quite f
6、ast in the early morning, with only a few hot spots showing up at the major junctions (交叉点) at 7：00 am. The morning traffic jam starts light at 7：30 and the traffic gradually slows down to reach a breaking point at 8：30The roads are quite free afterwards, only Allen Road is likely to be jammed aroun
7、d lunchtime from 11：30 am to 12：00 noon. It comes as no surprise that Friday afternoon brings heavy traffic as early as 1：00 pm, mainly on the Don Valley Parkway. You wont have a good time getting away from the city from 4：00 pm to 6：30 pm, as there is a good chance to get caught in a traffic jam. T
8、he traffic in Toronto is quite heavy on a Friday night. I hope you will have a nice Friday night in the city and a safe journey home this Friday! 1By saying “commuting is a rather unpleasant daily necessity”，the writer refers to the fact that _. Abuses are usually very crowdedBthey are often stuck i
9、n traffic jamsCthey have to travel a long way to workDthey usually cannot do anything on the way to work2What is the last paragraph mainly about?AWhat the traffic in Toronto is like for a typical Friday. BHow to avoid heavy traffic on Fridays. CWhy the traffic is terrible on Fridays. DWhat can we do
10、 when trapped in traffic jam. 3In Toronto, on Fridays you are most likely to suffer heavy traffic _. Afrom 6：30 am to 7：00 amBfrom 8：30 am to 9：30 amCfrom 10：30 am to 11：00 amDfrom 4：00 pm to 6：30 pm4Where is this passage taken from?AA TV program.BA radio program. CA website.DA travel booklet. 四、语法填
11、空Ms. Mary was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like half her age. She loved driving very fast, and boasted of the fact _1_ she had never, in her thirtyfive years of driving, been punished _2_ a driving mistake. Then one day, she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the
12、policemen in it saw her pass a red light without _3_ (stop)When Ms. Mary came before the judge, he looked at her _4_ (serious) and said that she was too old to drive a car, and that the reason _5_ she had not stopped at red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak with old age, _6_ she
13、had simply not seen it. When the judge had finished what he was saying, Ms. Mary opened the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she _7_ (choose) a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at the first time. When she had successfully done this, she took t
14、he thread out of the needle again and handed _8_ the needle and thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your turn. I suppose you can drive _9_ car well, and you have no doubts about your eyesight. ”The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen times, he had still not _10_(succ
15、ess)The case against Ms. Mary was dismissed, and her record remained unbroken. 一、根据语境补全句子1.than2.the3.able4.at5.breath6.to二、完成句子1.consisting of five small factories 2.Concentrating your attention on3.Applying yourself to4.Having been shown 5.promising三、阅读理解1B推理判断题。根据第二段第一句话“So how do you avoid a tra
16、ffic jam in Toronto？”可知，本文主要是讲多伦多的交通堵塞情况。作者说上班的路上不是很愉快是因为堵车。2A主旨大意题。通读最后一段可知，本段主要是讲的是多伦多周五不同时间段的交通情况。3D细节理解题。根据末段的“You wont have a good time getting away from the city from 4：00 pm to 6：30 pm, as there is a good chance to get caught in a traffic jam. ”可知，在下午4点到6点半之间很可能遇到交通堵塞。4C推理判断题。根据第二段的“You can c
17、lick them and watch(你可以点击它们并观看)”可推断，本文来源于某个网站。四、语法填空1that此处含有一个同位语从句，指代前面fact的内容，且引导词在从句中不做任何成分，也没有实际意义，故填连词that。2for根据句意：她从未因为驾驶过失而受到惩罚。故填for表原因。3stopping介词without后面接动词时用动名词形式。4seriously短语look at是动词短语，用副词修饰。5why分析句子结构可知，这是一个定语从句，先行词 “the reason”在从句中作原因状语，故填关系副词why。6so/and根据句意：她没有在红灯处停车，原因是年纪大了，视力下降，所以她没有看到红灯。由句意可知，用连词so或and。7chose此处choose做的是句子的谓语，再根据整篇文章都描述的是过去的事情，故填一般过去时chose。8both短语both. and. 意为“不仅而且，和(两者)都”，是固定搭配。故填both。 9a考查冠词。空后的car为可数名词，此处是泛指任何一辆汽车，故填a。10succeeded考查动词。“had过去分词”构成过去完成时态，故填succeeded。第10页（共10页）
