高中英語課件UNIT 3　DIVERSE CULTURESSection D　Reading for Writing Assessing Your Progress

SectionDReadingforWriting&AssessingYourProgress必備知識基礎練Ⅰ.單詞拼寫1.GlobalwarmingreferstoanaverageincreaseintheEarth’stemperaturewhichleadsto(氣候)change.

答案climate2.Heisa(和善的)man,whoislikedbyallthepeoplearoundhim.

答案mild3.Ourcompanyhasproducedanewkindof(材料)whichremainsstainlessnomatterwhatyouwillspillonit.

答案material4.Itdoesn’tmatterwhatyouwear,solongasyoulook(整潔的)andtidy.

答案neat5.Aftertheygotthepresentjob,thecouple(定居)downinthatcountry.

答案settled6.Theoldteachingbuildinghasbeenpulleddownandanewoneisunder(建造).

答案construction7.Thisdrinkdoesn’t(含有)anyalcohol,soyoucandrinkitifyoudriveacar.

答案contain8.Each(物品)inthestorehasabarcodeoraproductnumber.

答案itemⅡ.短語填空(注意動詞的適當形式)divideupinto,baseon,tonamebutafew,atfirsthand,haveapopulationof,withcare1.Lotsofourfriendsarecoming:Anne,KenandGeorge,.

答案tonamebutafew2.He’soneofthefewWesternerswhohaveexperiencedtheconditionsthere.

答案atfirsthand3.Thecourseistwoparts:classtimeforlearningtrafficregulationsanddrivingtimetopracticedriving.

答案dividedupinto4.Thecountryover100,000,mostofwhomarefarmers.

答案hasapopulationof5.Hehandledthetestsample,becausehewasafraidofspoilingit.

答案withcare6.Theresearchgroupproducedtworeportsthesurvey,butneithercontainedanyusefulsuggestions.

答案basedonⅢ.完成句子1.他躺在草地上,眼望天空。Helayonthegrass.

答案withhiseyeslookingatthesky2.老板只在乎你做的事而不是你說的話。Thebossonlycaresbutnot.

答案whatyoudo;whatyousay3.中國有五千多年的歷史,創(chuàng)造了燦爛的文化。Chinaover5,000yearsandhascreatedasplendidculture.

答案hasahistoryof4.倫敦位于泰晤士河畔,有700萬人口。LondonliesontheRiverThamesandsevenmillion.

答案hasapopulationof5.一年分四季。Theyearfourseasons.

答案isdividedinto關鍵能力提升練Ⅳ.閱讀理解(2021·黑龍江、吉林兩省十校高一期中)AJourneytotheYosemiteFirefallEachyear,thousandsofpeopleareattractedtotheYosemiteNationalParkinCaliforniaforachanceofseeing—andphotographing—theunique“firefall”.Theamazing“firefall”comestolifeonlywhenthereisenoughwaterfromthemelting(融化)snowtokeeptheHorsetailFallflowingandwhenthelightofthesettingsunhitsthewaterfallattherightangle.ItcanonlybeseenforashorttimeinFebruaryonclearsunnydays.Thisyear,theweatherisn’tstoppingthe“firefall”fromhappening,butitismakingthejourneytoseeitmoredifficult.“Whatwouldhavebeena10-minutewalkturnedintoatwo-hourhikethroughdeepsnow?”photographerRyanFitzsimonssaidabouthisrecenttriptoseethephenomenon.“Ourclotheswereallwetbythetimewegottoaviewingsite.Buttheheavysnowmadethesightmuchmorebeautifulsincethewaterfallismuchbiggerthisyear.”AnotherphotographerAndyHeitzwasmakinghisfirsttriptoseethe“firefall”.Hehadtowaitfivehoursintheextremecoldforhisturntotakeapicture.“Igottothesiteatabout12:00atnoon.Theplacewasalreadyfilledwithhundredsofpeoplewaitingtoseeandphotographthe‘firefall’.IwassoluckythatIshotareallywonderfulburner!IwascompletelyamazedwithwhatIsaw,”hesaid.“Youknow,onlyonacoupledaysoftheyearinFebruaryandwhenthesunsetsdownattheperfectangletoshineonYosemite’sHorsetailFallcanweseethe‘FireFall’.I’llneverforgetwhatIhaveseen.”The“firefall”shouldcontinuetobetherefrom20to24February.Butparkofficialssaidthatthere’snoguarantee(保證)thatvisitorswillseeitonanygivenday.【語篇解讀】本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了美國加州約塞米蒂的“火瀑布”。1.Whenmightbethebesttimetotakepicturesofthe“firefall”?A.Earlyinthemorning.B.Atnoon.C.Lateintheafternoon.D.Atnight.答案C解析細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的“Theamazing‘firefall’comestolifeonlywhenthereisenoughwaterfromthemelting(融化)snowtokeeptheHorsetailFallflowingandwhenthelightofthesettingsunhitsthewaterfallattherightangle.”可知,只有當融雪中有足夠的水來保持馬尾瀑布的流動,當夕陽以合適的角度照射到瀑布時,神奇的“火瀑布”才會出現(xiàn)。由此可知,“火瀑布”形成于日落時分,也是最好的拍照時間。故選C項。2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“burner”inParagraph5referto?A.Aworkerinthekitchen.B.ThefireintheYosemiteNationalPark.C.Apartofacookerorstove.D.TheuniqueHorsetailFallinthesettingsun.答案D解析詞義猜測題。根據(jù)畫線詞所在句子后面內(nèi)容“Youknow,onlyonacoupledaysoftheyearinFebruaryandwhenthesunsetsdownattheperfectangletoshineonYosemite’sHorsetailFallcanweseethe‘FireFall’.”可知,只有在每年2月的這幾天,當太陽以完美的角度落在約塞米蒂的馬尾瀑布上時,我們才能看到“火瀑布”。在畫線詞所在的句子中,攝影師安迪·海茨說“Iwassolucky(我是如此幸運)”可推知,他拍到了完美的“火瀑布”。由此推知,畫線詞burner指的就是TheuniqueHorsetailFallinthesettingsun.(夕陽下獨特的馬尾瀑布)故選D項。3.Whymightthe“firefall”disappearbetween20to24Februarythisyear?A.Therewouldn’tbeenoughsnow.B.Itmightbetoocloudy.C.Thewaterfallmightnotfreeze.D.Thesnowmightmettoofast.答案B解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中的“ItcanonlybeseenforashorttimeinFebruaryonclearsunnydays.”可知,只有在二月份晴朗的天氣才會看到它。結(jié)合文章第三段中的“Buttheheavysnowmadethesightmuchmorebeautifulsincethewaterfallismuchbiggerthisyear.”可知,今年剛下了大雪,所以“火瀑布”可能會消失的原因只能是沒有太陽。故選B項。4.Whatisthemainpurposeofthistext?A.Tointroduceanattraction.B.Togivesuggestionsforatrip.C.ToadvertiseaparkintheUS.D.Toexplainwhatisa“firefall”.答案A解析推理判斷題。結(jié)合文章的題目“AJourneytotheYosemiteFirefall(約塞米蒂‘火瀑布’之旅)”和文章內(nèi)容可知,文章的主要目的是介紹一處著名的景觀——約塞米蒂“火瀑布”。故選A項。Ⅴ.應用文寫作假定你是李華,暑假期間有個美國旅游團要來北京旅游,請你作為導游根據(jù)提示信息寫一篇短文簡要介紹一下北京。內(nèi)容:1.北京是中國的首都及政治、經(jīng)濟和文化中心;2.北京歷史悠久,景點眾多,長城、天壇、紫禁城久負盛名;3.北京美食也很多,北京烤鴨和北京小吃非常出名。注意:1.詞數(shù)80個左右;2.開頭已經(jīng)給出,不計入總詞數(shù)。參考詞匯:天壇theTempleofHeaven,紫禁城theForbiddenCity,北京烤鴨Pekingducks,北京小吃BeijingsnacksLadiesandGentleman,WelcometoBeijing!MynameisLiHua,andIfeelhonoredto

參考范文LadiesandGentleman,

WelcometoBeijing!MynameisLiHua,andIfeelhonoredtobeyourguideforthetour.Now,I’dliketotellyousomethingaboutBeijing.

Beijing,alsoknownasPeking,isthecapitalofChinaandthecentreforpolitics,economyandculture.Itenjoysalongandrichhistory.Therearenumerousheritagesitesandwonderfulexamplesofancientarchitecture,suchastheworld-famousGreatWall,theTempleofHeavenandtheForbiddenCity.Besidessightseeingplaces,therearemanydeliciousfoodssuchasPekingducksandBeijingsnacks.ThereisnodoubtthatBeijingisreallyagoodplacetotravel.Ihopeyouallhaveapleasanttimehere.Ⅵ.讀后續(xù)寫閱讀下面材料,根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段,使之構成一篇完整的短文。(2021·遼寧盤錦第二高級中學高一階段性考試)Onceuponatime,therewasabigappletree.Alittleboylovedtocomeandplayarounditeveryday.Heclimbedtothetopofthetree,atetheapples,andtookanapundertheshadow.Helovedthetreeandthetreealsoenjoyedplayingwithhim.Astimewentby,thelittleboygrewupandhenolongerplayedaroundthetree.Oneday,theboycamebacktothetree,appearingsad.“Comeandplaywithme,”thetreeaskedtheboygently.“Iamnolongerakid;Iwon’tplayaroundtreesanymore,”theboyreplied,“Iwanttoys.Ineedmoneytobuythem.”“Sorry,butIdon’thavemoney.However,youcanpickallmyapplesandsellthem.Then,youwillhavemoney.”Theboywassoexcitedthathepickedalltheapplesonthetreeandlefthappily.Theboydidn’tcomebackafterthat.Onehotsummerday,theboyreturnedandthetreewasdelighted.“Comeandplaywithme!”thetreerequested.“Iamsadandbecomingold.Iwanttogosailingtorelaxmyself.Canyougivemeaboat?”“Usemytrunktobuildtheboat.Youcansailandbehappy.”Sotheboycutthetreetrunktomakeaboat.Hewentsailinganddidnotshowupforalongtime.注意:續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應為150個左右。Manyyearslater,theboyfinallyreturned.

Theappletreeisourmother.

參考范文Manyyearslater,theboyfinallyreturned.Feelingtired,hewenttoseetheappletree.Atthesightofhim,thetreesaidregretfully:“I’msorry,boy,butnowInolonger