Unit 3　Under the sea

　　【熱點話題】(自然)介紹海洋動物：海豚體裁：說明文寫作思路：海豚生存地點——海豚的本領——海豚的習性。【美文誦讀】

　　In_the_vast_ocean_live_many_creatures① with_great_

　　intellectual_and_physical_capacities②.Dolphin is one of those great creatures，whose capacities to think and move at an amazing rate puzzle those who study their behaviors.Dolphins' brain，which is almost the_same_size_as③ that found in the human head，makes them different from all the other sea creatures.Dolphins' babies are born in the water.They can grow up to three and a half meters long.Dolphins use_sound_to_help_them④ find their way，look for their food and talk with each other.Sound is just_like⑤ their eyes and mouths.【學海拾貝】按要求完成或翻在山上有許多野生動物。(模仿①用倒裝語序翻譯)瑪麗是個漂亮的女孩眼睛大大的。(with)這個包與你昨天買的那個一樣大。(size)這個男孩用一根棍子在沙地上寫下幾個字。(use sth.to do sth.)d a stick to_write a few words in the sand.

　　5．李明就像我的哥哥。(just like)

　　Ⅰ.按要求寫出下列單詞年刊年鑒；每年的 ．目擊者證人目擊 ．岸海濱 ．喊聲；大叫 ．放棄遺棄拋棄 ．在……對面；相對的相反的 site

　　7．跳水潛水 ．催促極力主張 ．目標受批評的對象 ．意識到的知道的 生動的鮮艷的生動地鮮艷地生動vividness

　　12．毒藥；毒害有毒的銳利的鋒利的敏捷的銳利地鋒利地 使變得鋒利味道；品嘗taste

　　好吃的可口的無味的不可口的深度深的深深地加深

　　用所給單詞的適當形式填空。(poison)

　　2．“Who sharpened the knife？” He asked sharply．(sharp)my sense of taste and it tastes just like tasteless water.(taste)

　　4．The little girl walked out to scare away the dog，but when the dog barked towards her，she was almost scared to death.(scare)

　　5．I vividly remember the picture he drew last week whose colours were vivid．(vivid)

　　Ⅱ.翻譯下列短語在……的前面 比……好ahead_of在此期間與此同時 in_the_meantime幫助……擺脫困難 help_out對……知道；明白；意識到 be/become_aware_of嚇死了(be)_scared_to_death列個清單 make_a_list_of上下翻轉upside_down在遠處 in_the_distance仔細考慮思考reflect_on/upon一包；一群 a_pack_of

　　選用上述短語完成下列短文。(1) reflected_on the whole thing carefully and (2) made_a_list_of the dish they should prepare for the meal.Together with his wife，he went to the market to buy all the things they needed.Unfortunately，his wife (3) was_scared_to_death because there were some snakes crawling in all directions at the market.Police came to control the situation.Later they knew that several businessmen were caught by the police for selling snakes and people (4)were_aware_of the importance of not catching or killing or eating wild animals.

　　Ⅲ.重點句型1．This was the call that announced there was about to be a whale hunt.(p.20)

　　這是宣告捕鯨行動馬上就要開始的聲音。

　　be about to do sth. 正要做某事正要……這時…… go out when a distant relative came to visit me.

　　我正要出門時一個遠親來看我了。[模仿造句]用上述句型完成下列句子。(1)他們剛要吃晚飯他們的媽媽卻突然病了。(2)我正打算告訴你湯姆要結婚了卻傳來了他受傷的消息。s_about_to_tell_you_that_Tom_was_going_to_marry_when_word_came_that_he_was_injured.

　　2．Clancy didn't mind being told what to do.(p.23)

　　克蘭西不介意被告知做什么。

　　mind后跟動詞作賓語時該動詞用＋-ing形式此句用了動名詞的被動語態。只要你不是有意傷害我我不介意被你嘲笑。[模仿造句]用上述句型完成下列句子。(1)他似乎不介意被杰克一再愚弄。seem_to_mind_being_fooled_by_Jack_once_and_again.

　　(2)無緣無故被懲罰你不介意嗎？3．It took over half an hour to get the boat back to James.(p.21)

　　用了半個多小時才把船劃回到詹姆斯身邊。

　　It takes(sb.)time/money/energy to do sth.做某事花費某人多少時間/金錢/精力爭吵之后他們花了很長時間才重新成為朋友。[模仿造句]用上述句型完成下列句子。(1)It_took_me_quite_a_long_time(我花了相當長的時間)to understand the meaning of the painting by Picasso.(2)It_will_take_the_scientists_two_years_or_so(科學家們將花兩年左右的時間)to complete the project.

　　用上述句型翻譯下列小片段。張先生不介意把報告重寫了十遍他花了一個星期才把報告寫完。感覺寫得不錯他把報告發到了經理的郵箱。他正要回家時電話響了。是經理的電話。經理說他決定用張先生的第一個報告。od_job，he_e-mailed_the_report_to_the_manager.He_was_about_to_go

　　_home_when_the_telephone_rang.It_was_the_manager.who_told_him_he_decided_to_take_Mr.Zhang's_first_report.

　　表舉例關系的連接詞：for example等。這類連接詞表明下文將給出具體的例子。表解釋說明關系的連接詞：in other words等。這類連接詞表明下文將對上文作進一步as a result，so，briefly，in short，in a word，in brief，on the whole，to sum up等。這類連接詞表明下文將進行歸納或總結。【例】 It is right to be kind to other people...We should not hurt or frighten others...Rules help us live together in harmony________others.

　　A．followB．treat解析：歸納總結。上文論及的都是“對待他人”的方式。答案：B【例】 Red is used for signs of________解析：舉例說明。such as后面講到的都是危險信號。答案：C【例】 Have I given my readers all of the________解析：解釋說明。that is后面的內容都與information有關。答案：A

　　運用所學的解題技巧完成下列微型完形填空題。(一)　1　：if you're a customer at a restaurant, 　2　to complain.B．problem解析：歸納總結。上文都與“態度”有關。答案：C解析：解釋說答案：A(二)(單語的) babies become　1　able to tell apart speech sounds of their native language.For instance, 　2　between anguage declines.

　　1．A.actively

　　B．unwillingly

　　C．immediately

　　D．increasingly

　　解析：語義關聯。答案：D解析：舉例說明。答案：B(三)It turned out that our entire class was angry or confused over the cameras.Out of a class of 18 students, 17 felt uncomfortable with the idea and decided to boycott(抵制) the room until the issue, 　1　as we were three months away from exams and we had five lessons a fortnight in the room.The student body was　2　and a petition (請愿書) gained over 130 signatures from Grade Six.解析：與上文的decided屬原詞復現。答案：A解析：解釋說明。答案：D

　　第一節　閱讀理解閱讀下面的短文從每題所給的A、B、C和D項中選出最佳選項。(2024·湖北卷)Hilversum is a medium-sized city between the major cities of Amsterdam and Utrecht in the Gooi area of North Hollandly consisting of sand.Once called the Garden of Amsterdam，it still attracts travelers to come over to cycle and walk through the surrounding forests. They visit it for a relaxing day off from the urban madness. For Dutch people, Hilversum is all about textile(紡織) and media industries versum.They built themselves large villas(別墅)in the wooded surroundings of the town.One of the families moving in was the Brenninkmeijers substantial textile industry in Hilversum. But the textile boom lasted only several decades.The last factory closed in the 1960s.

　　The change to a media economy started in 1920，when the Nederlandse Seintoestellen Fabriek (NSF) established a radio factory in Hilversum.Most radio stations settled in the large villas in the leafy areas of the town.Television gave another push to the local economy.Hilversum became the media capital of the Netherlands，and Dutch television stars moved into the leafy neighborhoods surrounding the town.

　　In the early 1900s，modern architects W．M.Dudok and J．Duiker placed hundreds of remarkable buildings in Hilversum.These modern architectural masterpieces(杰作)are so many that Hilversum almost feels like an open air museum.Dudok alone shaped most of 20th century Hilversum and approximately 75 buildings still bear his unique characteristics. His masterpiece has a remarkable shape and looks like a combination of“ blocks”．Actuallyat________． railway link to Amsterdam.

　　B．Helping its textile industry to develop.

　　C．Constructing large villas for the poor.

　　D．Assisting its agricultural industry.

　　3．The beginning of the media industry in Hilversum was marked by the establishment of________．B．the media capital is a classic example in architecture textbooks.

　　D．It has shaped most of 20th century Hilversum.

　　語篇解讀：本文為說明文題材是文化風俗類。Hilversum是荷蘭一個中等大小的城市與其他荷蘭城市不同它擁有自己的特色它的紡織行業、媒體行業和建筑行業非常聞名。解析：事實細節題。根據第一段中的“Unlike most of the Netherlands可以看出與荷蘭其他城市不同它位于丘陵區域這個區域的土壤中含沙較多。答案：D解析：事實細節題。根據第二段倒數第三句“They moved in after big success in the textile industry and aided a substantial textile industry in Hilversum.”可知Hilversum發展紡織業。答案：B解析：事實細節題。由第三段第一句可知該地在1920年開始轉向媒體經濟當時NSF在這里建立了一家無線電廠故A項正確。答案：A解析：推理判斷題。根據最后一段中的“It has wide international fame and is included in many architecture textbooks.”可以得知這座建筑世界聞名被納入了很多建筑教材中由此可推斷出C項正確在很多建筑教材中這座建筑都被視為典范。答案：C第二節　完形填空閱讀下面的短文掌握其大意然后從1～20題所給的A、B、C和D項中選出最佳選項。 restaurant business failed，we headed north in a camping truck to Texas，hoping to have a “fresh start”．

　　At the ____1____ of Palo Duro Canyon(峽谷) State Park____2____ a job advertisement hiring park hosts.The position offered a ____3____，permanent campsite in the park，and ____4____，the hosts served as a link between the park's guests and the rangers(護林人)．It was the perfect solution：a rent-free place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an ____5____ for the following day.____6____，so it took us some time to find an available site.That evening，as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks(臭鼬)walking toward our table.We ____7____ climbed onto the table andfour hours，waited for them to ____8____ our camp.

　　Having survived that night，we were ____9____ that everything else would be all right.The next day we met with the people who ran the park.They explained our ____10____ and gave us a beautiful campsite.

　　That evening，____11____，we learned about the canyon ____12____. They were strong and cold，rocking our little camping truck violently，and we lay ____13____ in the dark until the winds died away.

　　14____ the weeks that followed，we learned to survive in our truck and ____15____ the little money my wife ____16____ by substitute teaching.Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful ____17____．For a time after our business ____18____ I thought I might lose my family as well.

　　Living in the tiny ____19____ with no television，we sat close together reading and talking.One evening，standing under a jeweled sky，I found myself ____20____ for all the hardships.We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!

　　1．A.backB．entrance.free

　　B．safeous

　　7．A.calmly

　　B．eventually

　　C．immediately

　　D．repeatedly

　　8．A.search

　　B．pass

　　C．leave

　　D．attack

　　9．A.aware

　　B．confident

　　C．determined

　　D．satisfied

　　10．A.responsibilities

　　B．requirementsmourning

　　C．quarrelling

　　D．shaking

　　14．A.After

　　B．Beyond

　　C．During

　　D. Between

　　15．A.live on

　　B．hand out

　　C．give away

　　D．put aside

　　16．A.raised

　　B. posted

　　C．earned

　　D．borrowed

　　17．A.image

　　B．familyable

　　D. thankful

　　語篇解讀：本文為記敘文題材為個人經歷。文章講述了餐館倒閉后作者全家去得克薩斯州開始新的生活的故事。在應聘“park host”一職后一家人雖然生活比較艱難但家人之間更親密了。解析：由該段最后一句中的“We entered the park”可知選B項。at the entrance of意為“在……的入口處”。答案：B 解析：由語境可知我注意到了一則答案：B解析：根據下文“a rent-free place to reorganize our lives”可知選A。free在此處意為“免費的”。答案：A解析：下文講述了“the hosts”的職責故選A項。in return意為“作為回報作為報答”。答案：A解析：根據下文第三段中的“The next day we met with the people who ran the park.”可知我和公園的負責人見了面而在見面之前應是先預約故D項符合語境。make an appointment意為“預約”。答案：D解析：根據下文“it took us some time to find an available site”可知公C項。crowded意為“人多的擁擠的”。答案：C解析：根據設空處前一句“那晚當我們吃完飯我妻子看到兩只大臭鼬朝我們的飯桌爬過來”及后文“for the next four hours__8__ our camp”可推斷我們為了躲避臭鼬立刻爬到飯桌上面去故C項符合語境。immediately立即馬上。答案：C解析：我們等待臭鼬離開我們的營地。leave意為“離開”。答案：C解析：熬過了那個晚上我們相信其他一切事情會比較順利的。confident有信心的有把握的。答案：B解析：他們給我們解釋了工作職責并給我們提供了一個漂亮的野營車位。responsibility意為“職責責任”。答案：A解析：下文描述了我們在營地生活的艱難與上文構成轉折關系故D項符合語境。however意為“然而不過”。答案：D解析：由下文的描述特別是段尾的“winds”可知。答案：A解析：由上下文語境特別是“cold”可知選D。shake在此處意為“發抖”。答案：D解析：during在……期間。答案：C解析：live on靠……生活。答案：A解析：earn money掙錢。答案：C解析：根據下文“I thought I might lose my family as well”可知選B。答案：B解析：根據文章開頭的“When our restaurant business failed”可知選C。答案：C解析：根據上文15空前的“we learned to survive in our truck”和13空前的“our little camping truck”可知選D。答案：D解析：由語境可知雖然餐館倒閉后生活很艱苦但家人之間更親密了。由此推斷我很感激生活中遇到的艱難困苦故D項符合句意。thankful for意為“感激……”。答案：D第三節　語法填空閱讀下面短文按照句子結構的語法性和上下文連貫的要Mustafa Kemal Ataturk，the founder of the Turkish Republic，devoted April 23 to the children of the world，to stress that 1.________ were the future of a nation. Since 1920，Turkey has been 2.________ (celebrate)April 23 as National Sovereignty and Children's Day.

　　Children's Day provides 3.________unique opportunity to contribute to international peace and solidarity(團結)．In Dubai over the last four years________ the help of the Consulate General of the Turkish Republic in Dubai，we have organized four 5.________(success) charity celebrations to mark April 23 Children's Day.Many international schools and performance groups of different countries in Dubai took part.We reached an audience of nearly 4，000 people and the 6.________ (participate) of more than 50 different children performance groups，7.________ more than 800 children.

　　This year，I am 8.________ (honor) to announce our fifth celebration happening today. The success of this event lies with the dedicated volunteer work of all organization 9.________ (partner) as well as the generous donations of the sponsors. In order to support Dubai Autism Center's annual autism(自我中心主義)awareness campaign ________ is organized for the whole month of April，it has been decided to donate the income of the event to the Dubai Autism Center (DAC)．語篇解讀：4月23日生活在迪拜的土耳其孩子們慶祝兒童節這一天孩子們的演出讓很多人臉上露出了笑容給人們帶來了快樂。解析：考查代詞。根據上下文the children of the world，故用they。答案：they解析：考查時態。根據時間狀語Since 1920及空前的has been 可知應填celebrating來與has been一起構成現在完成進行時。答案：celebrating解析：考查冠詞。根據語境可知此處表示“一個獨特unique以輔音音素開頭故用不定冠詞a。答案：a解析：考查介詞。with the help of為固定短語意為“在……的幫助下”。答案：with解析：考查形容詞。設空處修飾名詞charity celebrations故用success的形容詞形式successful。答案：successful解析：考查名詞。根據語境及語法此處與前面的an audience of nearly 4一起作reached的賓語故用名詞participation。答案：participation解析：考查介詞。根據語境可知此處需用介詞including(包括)。答案：including解析：考查非謂語動詞作表語。be/feel honored to do sth.做某事感到很榮幸。答案：honored解析：考查名詞。由前面的限定詞all可知應用partner的復數形式。答案：partners解析：考查定語從句。先行詞為：Dubai Autism Center's annual autism awareness campaign關系詞在定語從句中作主語且指“事物”故用that或which。答案：which/that第四節　書面表達(2024·陜西卷)假定你是李華在校報英語專欄看到了學校“英語文化節”的一則招募啟事。請閱讀啟事并根據寫作要點和寫作要求寫一封應征郵件。Volunteers Wanted

　　Our annual English Festival，which will be held on June 15—17，2024，is now looking for 20 student volunteers to provide service for Talent Show, Speech Contest，and English Debate.If you are interested，please send an application email at your earliest convenience to Ms Chen at chenlaoshi@aef.com.

　　寫作要點：表達寫信意圖：陳述應征目的；說明應征條件(性格、能力等)。寫作要求：郵件詞數不少于100；開頭和結尾部分已寫好不計入總詞數；可根據情況增加細節使行文連貫；不能使用真實姓名和學校名稱。s Chen，

　　I'm Li Hua，a student from Class 2，Grade 3._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

　　Looking forward to your reply.

　　Yours truly，

　　Li Hua

　　答案：pply for the position as a student volunteer.

　　I really want to obtain this precious opportunity because，by offering my service，I will be able to improve my organisational ability，communication skills as well as my confidence in speaking English in public.

　　As an outgoing girl，I get along well with my classmates.Besides，I have such a good command of English that I am elected as assistant to my English teacher.Successfully，I have lent a helping hand to her in several English activities of my class，which have been appreciated by both teachers and my classmates.

　　I am sure that I can perfectly live up to your expectations.I will be grateful if you could give me a kind consideration.

　　Looking_forward_to_your_reply.

　　Yours_truly，

　　Li_Hua