1、Unit 1 Women of achievement A STUDENT OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE It is 5:45 am and the sun is just rising over Gombe National Park in East Africa. Following Janes way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest. Jane has studied these families of chimps for many years and helped
2、 people understand how much they b_ (举动,表现)like humans. Watching a family of chimps wake up_(是) our first activity of the day. This _(意味着)going back to the place_ we left the family sleeping in a tree the night before. Everybody sits and waits in the s_(阴凉处) of the trees while the family begins to w
3、ake up and m_ off. Then we follow as they wander into the forest. Most of the time, chimps either feed or clean each other as a way of showing love in their family. Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right. However, the evening makes it all w
4、_(值得的). We watch the mother chimp and her babies play in the tree. Then we see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night. We realize that the b_(联系,纽带)_ between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family. Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp b_(行为). She spent years
5、o_(观察) and recording their daily activities. Since her c_(童年)_ she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment. However, this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was unusual for a woman to live in the forest. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few
6、 months _(她被允许) begin her project. Her work changed the way people think about chimps. _(例如), one important thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat. Until then everyone had thought chimps ate only fruit and nuts. She actually observed chimps as a group hunting a monkey and then eating
7、 it. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other, and her study of their body language helped her work out their social system. For forty years Jane Goodall has been o_(直言的) about making the rest of the world understand and r_(尊敬) the life of these animals. She has a_(争论)that wild ani
8、mals should be left in the wild and not used for e_(娱乐) or advertisements. She has helped to set up special places_they can live safely. She is l_ a busy life but she says: Once I stop, it all comes c_ in (涌上心头) and I remember the chimps in laboratories. Its terrible. It _ (影响)me when I watch the wi
9、ld chimps. I say to myself, Arent they lucky? And then I think about small chimps in cages though they have done nothing wrong. Once you have seen that you can never forget . She has achieved everything she wanted to do: working with animals in their own environment, gaining a doctors degree and sho
10、wing that women can live in the forest as men can. She i_(鼓励)_ those _want to cheer the achievements of women. WHY NOT CARRY ON HER GOOD WORK?I enjoyed English, biology, and chemistry at school, but which one should I choose to study at university? I did not know the answer until one evening when I
11、sat down at the computer to _(做研究)on great women of China. By c_(偶然地)_ I _(遇见) an article about a doctor _ (call )Lin Qiaozhi, a specialist in womens diseases. She lived from 1901 to 1983. It seemed that she had been very busy in her chosen career, travelling abroad to study as well as writing books
12、 and articles. One of them （吸引某人的注意力）. It was a small book explaining how to cut the death r_ from having and caring for babies. She gave some simple rules to follow for keeping babies clean, healthy and free from s_（疾病）_. Why did she write that? Who were the women that Lin Qiaozhi thought needed th
13、is advice? I looked carefully at the text and realized that it was i_ for women in the countryside. Perhaps if they had an e_（紧急情况） they could not reach a doctor. Suddenly it hit me how difficult it was for a woman to get medical training at that time. That was a g_（一代） when girls education was alwa
14、ys placed second to boys. Was she so much cleverer than anyone else? Further reading made me realize that hard work and determination as well as her gentle nature got her into medical school. What made her succeed later on was the k_（善良） and c_ （体贴）she showed to all her patients. There was story aft
15、er story of how Lin Qiaozhi, tired after a days work, went late at night to d_（接生） a baby for a poor family could not pay her. By now I （迫不及待） find out more about her. I discovered that Lin Qiaozhi had her whole life（献身于） her patients and had chosen not to have a family of her own. Instead she made
16、sure that about 50,000 babies were safely delivered. By this time I was very excited. Why not study at medical college like Lin Qiaozhi and c_（继续） her good work? It was still not too late for me to improve my studies, prepare for the university entrance examinations, and.运用所学语言基础知识，补充完整下面短文，并背诵之Hans
17、 is (1)_ (有成就的人)He(2)_ (将他一生都奉献给) homeless children and his behavior (3)_ (赢得所有人的尊重)Recently, Hans was asked to (4)_(做演讲) on the graduation in Harvard University. He said, “(5)_(照顾) children is an ordinary job, but dont (6)_(看不起；轻视) ordinary jobs. Once you begin to do something, youmust keep on with
18、 it, otherwise you will never achieve anything. Only when you are sixty and looking back on your life will you realize whether you have done your best. And only when you can say you have tried your best will you (7)_ (对 感到满足) your life.”一天,我在一家书店发现了一本供老师使用的书.他值得读是因为它介绍了一位伟大的科学家.小时候,他喜欢让父亲给他解释一些有关环境的
19、问题.高中毕业后,他说服父亲报考了自己理想的大学.几年后,他成为一名环保专家, 致力于环境保护.Unit 2 ：Working the landA PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Although he is one of Chinas most famous scientists, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, （因为）he works the land to do his research. Indeed, his s_ （晒伤的）face and arms and his slim, strong body are ju
20、st like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for he has s_（斗争，拼搏） for the past five d_（十年）. Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called s_（超级的）hybrid rice. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high o_（产量）_. This special strain of rice makes it possible to
21、 produce one-third more of the c_（庄稼） in the same fields. Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain. （出身于） a poor farmers family in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his
22、life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time, h_（饥饿） was a d_（令人不安的） problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without e_（扩大） the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fift
23、y million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. These increased harvests mean that 22% of the worlds people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now c_（传播） his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed c
24、ountries to increase their rice harvests. T_ to his research, the UN has more tools in the b_（战斗）to r_ the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. Dr Yuan is quite s_（满意）with his life. However, he doesnt care about being famous. He feels it gi
25、ves him less f_（自由） to do his research. He would much r_ keep time for his hobbles. He enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also （mean ）very little to him. Indeed, he believes that a person with too much mon
26、ey has more rather than fewer troubles. He t_（因此）gives millions of yuan to e_ （装备）others for their research in agriculture. Just dreaming for things, however, （cost）nothing. Long ago Dr yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum. Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grai
27、n of rice was as huge as a peanut. Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people. Now, many years later, Dr Yuan has another dream: to e_（出口） his rice so that it can be grown around the globe. One dream is not always enough, especially for a perso
28、n _ loves and cares for his people.CHEMICAL OR ORGANIC FARMING ? Over the past half century, using c_ （化学的）fertilizers has become very common in farming. Many farmers welcomed them as a great way to stop crop disease and increase p_（产量）. Recently, however, scientists have been finding that long-term
29、 use of these fertilizers can _(对。造成损害)the land and, even more dangerous, to peoples health. What are some of the problems caused by chemical fertilizers? （首先）, they damage the land by killing the helpful bacteria and p_（宠物） as well as the harmful ones. Chemicals also stay in the ground and undergro
30、und water for a long time. This affects crops and, therefore, animals and humans, since chemicals get inside the crops and cannot just be washed off. These chemicals in the food supply b_ （逐渐增强） in peoples bodies over time. Many of these chemicals can l_ （导致） cancer or other illnesses. （另外、还有）, frui
31、t, vegetables and other food grown with chemical fertilizers usually grow too fast to be full of much n_. They may look beautiful, but inside there is usually more water than vitamins and m_（矿物质）. With these d_（发现）, some farmers and many customers are beginning to （转向）organic farming. Organic farmin
32、g is simply farming without using any chemicals. They f_ on keeping their s_ (土壤) rich and free of disease. A healthy soil r_(减少) disease and helps crops grow strong and healthy. Organic farmers, therefore, often prefer using natural waste from animals as fertilizer. They feel that this makes the so
33、il in their fields richer in minerals and so more fertile. This also the air, soil, water and crops f_ （使。免受） from chemicals. Organic farmers also use many other methods to keep the soil fertile. They often change the kind of crop in each field every few years, （例如）, growing corn or wheat and then t
34、he next year peas or soybeans. Crops such as peas or soybeans put important minerals back into the soil, making it ready for crops such as wheat or corn that need rich and fertile soil. Organic farmers also plant crops to use different levels of soil, for example, planting peanuts that use the groun
35、ds surface followed by vegetables that put down deep r_（根）. Some organic farmers prefer planting grass between crops to wind or water （阻止）carrying away the soil, and then leaving it in the ground to become a natural fertilizer for the next years crop. These many different organic farming methods hav
36、e the same goal: to grow good food and （避免） damaging the environment or peoples health.运用所学语言基础知识，补充完整下面短文，并背诵之Farmers in China used to live a hard life and was always 1)_ (受饥饿困扰)For decades, they struggled to search for ways to increase rich harvests, but withoutsuccess.Now, things have changed.(2)
37、_ ( 多亏) Dr.Yuans research on the hybrid rice , farmers are producing harvests 3)_( 多 了 一 倍 ) before, which means 22% of the worlds people (4)_ (摆脱了) hunger.Most of the farmers say they (5)_ now _ ( 相 当 满 意 ) their life and would much rather be a farmer in the countryside.非洲大部分国家粮食不能自给.他们的政府尽力设法使他们摆脱
38、粮食短缺,但失败了.那里的人们尽力工作,希望解决饥饿问题. 近年来,幸亏袁隆平博士把他的知识传给了一些非洲国家.我们相信,他们将很快过上幸福的生活.Unit 3 A taste of English humorA MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOUR （正如） Victor Hugo once said, Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face, and （直到现在） nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. He bri
39、ghtened the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between. He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more c_（满意的） with their lives. Not that Charlies own life was easy! He was born in a poor family in 1889. His parents were both
40、 poor music hall p_（表演者）_. You may find it a_（令人惊奇的） that Charlie was taught to sing （一。就。）he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. Such training was common in acting families at this time, especially when the family income was often uncertain. U_（不幸地） his father died, leaving the family e
41、ven w_ off, so Charlie spent his childhood （照顾） his sick mother and his brother. By his teens, Charlie had, through his humour, become one of the most popular child actors in England. He could mime and act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks. No one was ever b_（厌烦） watching him -his subtle acting
42、 made everything entertaining. As time went by, he began making films. He grew more and more popular as his charming character, the little tramp, became known t_ the world. The tramp, a poor, h_（无家可归的） man with a m_（胡子）, wore large trousers, w_（破旧的） shoes and a small round black hat. He walked aroun
43、d stiffly carrying a walking stick. This character was a social f_（失败） but was loved for his optimism and determination to o_（克服） all difficulties. He was the underdog was kind even when others were unkind to him. How did the little tramp make a sad situation entertaining? Here is an example from on
44、e of his most famous films, The Gold Rush. It is the mid-nineteenth century and gold has just been discovered in California. Like so many others, the little tramp and his friend have rushed there （搜寻） gold, but without success. Instead they are hiding in a small hut on the edge of a mountain during
45、a snowstorm with nothing to eat. They are so hungry that they try boiling a pair of l_（皮革） shoes for their dinner. Charlie first p_（挑出）the laces and eats them （好像）they were spaghetti. Then he c_ off （切断）the leather top of the shoe as if it were the finest steak. Finally he tries cutting and c_（咀嚼） the bottom of the shoe. He eats each mouthful with great enjoyment. The acting is so c_（令人信服的） that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted
