1、Unit6 Developing ideas一、完成句子1.我已经决定接受这个工作机会了,不管它是好还是坏。I have decided to take the job offer, .2.许多年轻人来到这个大城市的原因是他们想要寻求幸福和成功。The reason why a lot of young people come to this big city is as well as success.3.工程师花费大量的时间和精力开发出色的解决方案。Engineers spend much time and energy .4.对一些公司来说,花钱购买产品或服务的良好评价以增加销售额已成为
2、常见的做法。It has become common practice for some companies to pay for good evaluations of their products or services .5.(现在)我们学校学生的数量是十年前的十倍。The number of the students in our school is ten times ten years ago.6.他竭尽全力申请那份工作,所以他非常珍惜这份工作。He pulled out all the stops , so he treasured it very much.二、课文语法填空Th
3、ere is a 1(various) of jobs in the world and everyone wants the best one. But have you thought about2(spend) 6 months living on an island and looking after the Great Barrier Reef? With the3(develop) of our society, its more necessary4(highlight) the importance of protecting5Reef. To get this job, ca
4、ndidates have to send their videos showing they are the best person6(get) it. At the same time, they should do7(good) in writing blogs, taking photos and writing articles to be in favour of the8(defend) of the Reef. In a word,9you will do is to make10(globe) people aware of the importance of keeping
5、 the beauty of the ocean.三、阅读理解Measuring about 13,170 miles long, the Great Wall of China is no doubt the longest man-made project on the earth. It was once widely believed that it could be seen from space. Some media even reported with affected seriousness, “The biggest building the astronauts coul
6、d see from space is the wall, which looks very much like a black worm.” Consequently, this statement has gone deep into peoples minds and become an honor that Chinese people have enjoyed for years.Is the Great Wall truly visible from space? Yang Liwei, Chinas first astronaut who was lifted into oute
7、r space by the spacecraft Shenzhou V, gave a definite answer “No”. Yangs negative response may probably put out a fair number of peoples passion. But it powerfully corrected the misconception. The wall is indeed majestic, but you wont see it from space!In fact, Neil Alden Armstrong, the American ast
8、ronaut who first set foot on the moon in 1969, was asked many times whether or not he had seen the Great Wall from the moon. Recently from a sound recording announced by NASA Johnson Space Center, Armstrong said that he had seen the continents, lakes and blue spots touched with red. But he could not
9、 make out any man-made object on the earth from the moon.The Great Wall is narrow and irregular. In space, something irregular is hard to observe. Measuring about 10 metres wide on average, it easily merges(融入)into the surrounding environment. With solely the naked eye, it is totally invisible at a
10、height of 196,850 feet. To watch the wall on the moon is like seeking for a single hair from about 2,688 metres away. To say an astronaut can see it from space is obviously not true.However, some people introduced an idea to make the Great Wall visible from space. If we install bright spotlights on
11、the wall, astronauts will see the lights at night. But this suggestion has not been carried out by scientific experiments. 1.Which is right about the saying “the Great Wall can be seen from space”?A.News media cast doubt on the saying.B.There was much evidence for the saying.C.Astronauts played a tr
12、ick on Chinese people.D.The Chinese had belief in the saying for long.2.What does the underlined word “majestic” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A.Second to none.B.Far-reaching.C.Grand.D.Visible.3.As Armstrong once said, what did he see from the moon?A.The Great Wall.B.Bright spotlights.C.Places painte
13、d blue.D.Large area of land.4.How does the author prove a point in Paragraph 4?A.By listing figures.B.By giving examples.C.By clarifying facts.D.By drawing conclusions.四、阅读七选五The Amazon Rainforest: A Natural TreasureWelcome to the Amazon rainforest. As the largest rainforest in the world, it plays a
14、 significant role in maintaining the fine balance of the Earths ecosystem.The Amazon rainforest crosses eight countries. With an area of around 5.5 million square kilometres, the Amazon rainforest is more than half the size of China. The Amazon River, from which the rainforest gets its name, is abou
15、t 6,400 kilometres in length. On its journey from the mountains to the ocean the river supports many different ecosystems. 1Of the 390,000 plant species known to man, more than 40,000 can be found in the Amazon. The forests different levels support an unbelievable variety of wildlife. At the bottom,
16、 there is a system of roots beneath the ground. Above that is the mass of leaf litter on the dark forest floor.2 Then there are the towering(高大的) ancient hardwood trees, and finally the tops of the tallest trees many metres above the ground. Each level of the forest forms its own little world, home
17、to different kinds of living things.More than 1,300 species of birds and over 400 species of mammals hide among the jungles plant life. The jaguar(美洲虎) is one example. It has yellowish-brown coat with black spots. While a significant number of jaguars survive here, they are only one element of this
18、forests food chain.3 These frogs, in turn, feed on insects which eat leaves and fruit. When a jaguar dies, a tiny army of microorganisms(微生物) helps break down its body and return the nutrients to the earth.The Amazon rainforest breathes life into the planet by fixing carbon and producing over 20 per
19、cent of all the Earths oxygen. 4Moreover, the Amazon rainforest is a treasure house of species that can be used for food or medicine. Yet there is one major danger to these irreplaceable plants and animals: us.5 As the impact of human activities such as agriculture and cattle farming continues to gr
20、ow and the list of species in danger of extinction becomes longer, we are left with a question: can we afford to damage the “lungs of the planet”?A.They feed on at least 87 species, including frogs.B.Thus, it is often known as the “lungs of the planet”.C.Rivers tend to be the easiest way to enter th
21、e forest.D.The next level is made up of shorter plants with large leaves.E.They give this area the richest species of plants and animals on the Earth.F.Currently the trees in the Amazon take in around 500 million tonnes of CO2 each year.G.Over the past 50 years, 17 percent of the rainforest has disa
22、ppeared due to human activities.一、完成句子1.whether it is good or bad2.that they want to seek happiness3.developing brilliant solutions4.to increase their sales5.what it was6.to apply for the job二、课文语法填空1.variety考查词性转换。句意:世界上有各种各样的工作,每个人都想要最好的。根据空前的a和后面的介词of可知要使用名词形式,构成短语a variety of。2.spending考查非谓语动词。句
23、意:但你有没有想过在一个岛上生活6个月,照顾大堡礁?设空处作前面介词about的宾语,需用动名词形式,故填spending。3.development考查词性转换。句意:随着社会的发展,更加有必要强调保护大堡礁的重要性。设空处被定冠词the修饰,作前面介词With的宾语,需用名词形式,又因此处为抽象概念,故填development。4.to highlight考查非谓语动词。设空处所在的句子是it作形式主语,真正的主语不定式短语后置。故填to highlight。5.the考查冠词。上文提到了Reef,在文中再次提到的话,往往用定冠词the。6.to get考查非谓语动词。句意:为了得到这份工
24、作,求职者必须发送他们的视频,证明他们是得到这份工作的最佳人选。设空处修饰前面的the best person,应用不定式作后置定语。7.well考查词性转换。句意:与此同时,他们应该做好写博客、拍照和写文章的工作,以支持保护大堡礁。设空处修饰前面的动词do,构成动词短语“do well in”,表示“擅长做”。故填well。8.defense考查词性转换。设空处被定冠词the修饰,作前面介词短语in favour of的宾语,需用名词形式。故填defense。9.what考查主语从句。句意:总之,你要做的就是让全球的人们意识到保持海洋美丽的重要性。设空处引导主语从句,又因从句中的谓语动词do
25、缺少宾语,故填what。10.global考查词性转换。设空处修饰后面的名词people,构成名词短语,作前面动词make的宾语,需用形容词形式,故填global。三、阅读理解1.D细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句Consequently, this statement has gone deep into peoples minds and become an honor that Chinese people have enjoyed for years.可知,“从太空中能看到长城”这种说法已经深入人心,让中国人多年来引以为荣。故D项正确。由第一段中的Some media even repo
26、rted with affected seriousness, “The biggest building the astronauts could see from space is the wall, which looks very much like a black worm.”可知,有媒体报道宇航员从太空中能看到的最大的建筑物就是长城。因此A项“新闻媒体让人们怀疑这种说法”是错误的。B项“有大量证据证明这种说法”与文中表述不符;C项“宇航员戏弄中国人”文中未提及。2.C词义猜测题。由第一段中的Measuring about 13,170 miles long可知长城是雄伟的建筑物,而
27、画线词所在句意为“长城的确,但是你从太空中是看不到的”,根据前后两个分句的转折关系的提示可知majestic意为“宏伟的”,与C项意思相近。故选C。3.D细节理解题。由第三段最后两句可知,在美国宇航局约翰逊航天中心最近公布的一份录音中,阿姆斯特朗说他看到了大陆、湖泊和带有些许红色的蓝色地方。但他无法从月球上辨认出地球上任何人造物体。故选D。4.A推理判断题。文章第四段从理论上阐述了“从太空中看不到长城”的原因,通过列数字来说明。故选A。四、阅读七选五1.E根据上句“On its journey from the mountains to the ocean the river supports
28、 many different ecosystems.”可知,在从山脉到海洋的旅途中,这条河维持着许多不同的生态系统。所以它们把地球上最丰富的动植物物种给了这个地区。故选E。2.D根据上句“Above that is the mass of leaf litter on the dark forest floor.”和下句“Then there are the towering ancient hardwood trees, and finally the tops of the tallest trees many metres above the ground.”可知,底层上面是深色森林地
29、面上的落叶层,所以接下来的一层是由长着大叶子的矮植物组成的,然后是高大的古老阔叶树,最后是高出地面许多米的最高树木的顶部。故选D。3.A根据上句“While a significant number of jaguars survive here, they are only one element of this forests food chain.”和下句“These frogs, in turn, feed on insects which eat leaves and fruit.”可知,虽然大量的美洲虎在这里生存,但它们只是这片森林食物链的一部分。它们以至少87个物种为食,包括青蛙
30、,这些青蛙转而以吃树叶和水果的昆虫为食。故选A。4.B根据上句“The Amazon rainforest breathes life into the planet by fixing carbon and producing over 20 percent of all the Earths oxygen.”可知,亚马孙雨林通过固定碳和生产地球上20%以上的氧气给地球带来了生机,因此,它经常被称为“地球之肺”。故选B。5.G根据下句“As the impact of human activities such as agriculture and cattle farming continues to grow and the list of species in danger of extinction becomes longer, we are left with a question: can we afford to damage the lungs of the planet?”可知,在过去的50年里,17%的雨林由于人类的活动而消失,随着农业和养牛业等人类活动的影响持续增长并且濒临灭绝的物种的名单越来越长,这就给我们留下一个问题:我们能承担得起破坏“地球之肺”的后果吗?故选G。第13页（共13页）
