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Section Everyday English，Function，Speaking and Writing& Cultural Corner,Step One：Fast reading Read the passage (P9) and tell the following statements true (T) or false (F) 1Noah Webster was a teacher in Yale University.( ) 2The Elementary Spelling Book was Noah Websters first book.( ) 3At present，Websters dictionary is still the first dictionary for American students.( ) 答案： 1.F 2.T 3.T,Step Two：Detail reading .Read the text (P9) and fill in the blanks. Noah Webster，a graduate of 1._，was a teacher.When he was young，he thought that written English in the newly independent United States should have a(n) 2._“American” look. He suggested 3._the spelling of English words in his first book，The Elementary Spelling Book.The book was selling 4._copies a year by the 1850s and became one of the most popular school books ever.,He is most famous for his American Dictionary of the English Language (published in 5._)The dictionary quickly became a standard reference book in the States and is still 6._dictionary for American students. 答案： 1.Yale University 2.distinctive 3.simplifying 4.one million 5.1828 6.the most popular/the number one,.Read the text (P9) again and choose the best answer. Which of the following statements is TRUE? AWebster took part in the American War of Independence after the publication of his dictionary. BAll Websters suggestions about simplifying the spelling of English words were welcomed. CIn American English，the spelling of words can represent the sound. DThe British were not in favour of the American Dictionary of the English Language. 答案： D,announcement n声明；宣告 make an announcement发表声明，通 The prime minister is making an important announcement at the moment.(教材P5)此刻首相正发表重要声明。 Please keep quiet.The teacher has an announcement to make. 请保持安静，老师有事要宣布。,Please announce to your class that there will be no school tomorrow.请对你班上的学生宣布明天没有课。 A warm sunshine announces that spring is coming. 温暖的阳光显示春天即将来到。,1Everyone was silent as he_the result of the competition. Asaid Bknew Ctold Dannounced 解析： 句意为：当他宣布比赛结果时，全场鸦雀无声。announce “宣布”符合句意。 答案： D,add v增加，加；补充说；继续说 add.to.把加到中 add to增加 add up.合计；加起来 add up to.总计 Now add some more ideas in favour of your chosen variety. (教材P8)现在再补充一些观点来支持你所选择的种类。,Please add some sugar to the milk.请往牛奶里加些糖。 The heavy rain added to our difficulty. 大雨增加了我们的困难。 His whole school education added up to no more than one year. 他所受的全部学校教育加起来不过一年。 Please add these figures up.请把这些数字加起来。 “Dont be late，” she added. “别迟到。”她补充说道。,2The engine of the ship was out of order and the bad weather_the helplessness of the crew at sea. Aadded to Bresulted from Cturned out Dmade up 解析： 本题考查词组辨析。原句列举了两个使人无助的原因，首先是the engine of the ship was out of order，这已经使人感到无助了，还有糟糕的天气，更增添了人们的无助感；B、C、D三项都无法表达出“增添”的意思，只有选A。result from由引起；turn out结果是，证明是；make up组成，编造。 答案： A,present vt.提出；陈述；赠送 Present your ideas to the rest of the class.(教材P8) 向班里其余同学陈述你的想法。 I presented my apology to him but he didnt listen. 我向他表示道歉，但是他不听。 At the meeting，she presented a good idea to the company. 在会议上，她为公司出了一个好主意。 On Teacherss Day，my students presented me with some flowers.教师节那天，我的学生给了我一些花。,present adj.出席的，到场的，常作后置定语。 present n现在，目前；礼物，赠品 at present现在，目前,The boy present at the meeting asked his father for a book on the present politics as a birthday present. 出席会议的那个男孩要求他的父亲为他买一本关于当前政治的书作为生日礼物。 At present，everyone is worried about the present situation. 现在，大家都为目前的局势担忧。,巧学助记,3It is said that all the people_at the party were his supporters. Apresent Bthankful Cinterested Dimportant 解析： 本题考查词语辨析与应用。present作后置定语修饰people，句意为“所有参加晚会的人都是他的支持者”。 答案： A,attempt (1)n.尝试，努力；试图，企图 make an attempt to do sth.试图做某事 make an attempt at doing sth.试图(尝试)做某事 at ones first attempt第一次尝试,Can you see any similarities between Websters work and attempts to simplify Chinese？(教材P9)你能找出韦伯斯特的工作同简化汉语的尝试之间的相同点吗？ He made an attempt to escape but failed. 他试图逃跑却失败了。 He tried to make money by selling books.To his delight，he succeeded at his first attempt. 他想靠卖书挣钱。使他高兴的是，第一次尝试他就成功了。,(2)vt.尝试；试图 attempt sth.尝试，企图 attempt to do sth.试图做某事 attempt at (doing) sth.尝试(做)某事 The prisoner attempted to escape from the prison without success.这个囚徒企图逃离监狱，但是失败了。 He attempted the examination but failed. 他试图通过考试，但没有成功。,4A man is being questioned in relation to the_murder last night. Aadvised Battended Cattempted Dadmitted 解析： 在该题中，过去分词作定语，表示被动和完成，attempted murder意思为“谋杀”。 答案： C,in favour of 同意，支持，拥护 Are you in favour of my opinion? 你支持我的意见吗？ He was in favour of my plan，which made me very happy. 他支持我的计划，这使我很高兴。,Could you do me a favour and look after my dog when I am away？我不在家，你能帮忙照顾我的小狗吗？ The plan is in our favour.这项计划对我们有利。,5My sister was against my suggestion while my brother was_it. Ain favour of Bin memory of Cin honour of Din search of 解析： in favour of赞成，支持；in memory of纪念；in honour of为了对表示敬意；in search of寻找。 答案： A,refer to.as.称为 The Chinese refer to their language as Han，as it became popular among the people during the Han Dynasty.(教材P8) 中国人把他们的语言叫做汉语，因为它在汉朝时在群众中很受欢迎。 The students referred to their teacher as a friend. 学生们把他们的老师当做朋友。 He is referred to as a living Lei Feng. 他被称作是一个活雷锋。,refer to参考，查询；提到，涉及 make (a) reference(s) to提及，论 Dont refer to a dictionary any time you meet new words. 别一遇到生词就去查词典。 When she said some people cheated on exam，she wasnt referring to you.她说有人在考试中作弊，指的并不是你。 Dont make any reference to her illness in her presence. 当着她的面千万别提及她的病。,6The hospital now_patients by name，not case number. Arefers Brefers to Crefer to Drefers to as 解析： 句意为“现在的医院谈及病人都叫名字，而不是病例号码了。”空格处作谓语故用refers to。 答案： B,7The professor_at the meeting will give us a lecture next week. Areferred to Bwas referred to Creferring to Dwho referred to 解析： 考查过去分词短语作后置定语。句意为：“在会议上被谈到的那个教授下周将给我们做报告。”此处the professor与refer to为逻辑动宾关系，应用过去分词。故A正确。D项中定语从句应用被动who was referred to。 答案： A,thanks to幸亏，多亏，由于 For Americans things are a little bit easier，thanks to the work of Noah Webster，.(教材P9)对美国人来说，多亏了一位叫诺亚韦伯斯特的人，情况略有好转 Thanks to your help，we finished the task ahead of time. 多亏你们的帮助，我们提前完成了任务。,表示原因的几个短语 because of因为(多作状语) due to由于(多作表语，有时作状语) owing to由于(多作状语，有时作表语) as a result of由于(多作状语 Owing to the bad weather，we had to stay indoors. 由于恶劣的天气，我们只好待在室内。 As a result of the earthquake，many people became homeless. 由于地震，很多人变得无家可归。,8How about your trip to Italy? Oh，_the fine weather，we enjoyed ourselves indeed. Aas a result Bbecause Cdue to Dthanks to 解析： thanks to“幸亏，多亏”，在句中一般作状语，所列的理由多为感恩性的。 答案： D,Im getting on just fine，now that I understand the local accent.(教材P7) 由于弄懂了当地口音，所以我一切顺利。 now (that)相当于一个连词，表示“由于；既然”。 Now that you have finished your homework，you nay go home now.既然你已经写完作业了，你现在可以回家了。 Now that everyone is here，lets begin our discussion. 既然大家都在这儿，我们开始讨论吧！,9_youve got a chance，you might as well make full use of it. ANow that BAfter CAlthough DAs soon as 解析： 本题考查词语辨析。now that是从属连词，用来引导状语从句，意为“既然”。句意为：既然你获得这次机会，你最好充分利用。 答案： A,By the 1850s it was selling one million copies a year，making it one of the most popular school books ever. (教材P9) 到十九世纪五十年代，每年售出一百万册，使它成为最受欢迎的校园用书之一。 此处making it one of the most popular school books ever为现在分词作结果状语，相当于一个由which引导的非限制性定语从句，即：which made it one of the most popular school books ever。which指代前面整个句意。,My son dropped a glass on the ground，breaking it into pieces. 我的儿子把玻璃杯掉在地上，摔成了碎片。 His parents died，leaving him an orphan. 他的父母亲去世了，使他成为孤儿。 注意：两种结果状语 现在分词作结果状语，表示必然的结果，有时其前可加thus；而动词不定式作结果状语，表示出乎意料的结果。有时为了加强语气，还在其前加only，即only to do。 I hurriedly arrived at the station，only to find that the train had already gone. 我匆匆地赶到火车站，结果发现火车早开走了。,10The storm left，_a lot of damage to this area. Acaused Bto have caused Cto cause Dhaving caused 解析： 句意为：“暴风雨停了，给这一地区造成了很大的危害。”不定式作结果状语常常是“出乎意料”的结果，故C不对。此处用现在分词作结果状语。 答案： D,11China succeeded in launching a manned spacecraft to space，_it the third country in the world that has such technology. Amaking Bto make Cmade Dmake 解析： 句意为：“中国成功地把载人宇宙飞船送上太空，这使它成为世界上第三个拥有此项技术的国家。”很显然这考查了ing分词作结果状语。 答案： A,12He sent me an email，_to get further information. Ahoped Bhoping Cto hope Dhope 解析： 现在分词hoping作伴随状语，表示与sent me an email的动作同时发生。不定式作目的状语时，其正确形式是：He sent me an email to get further information。 答案： B,.单词拼写 1Her_(与众不同的) voice made her a famous singer. 答案： distinctive 2From the_(表情) of his face，we know bad news is coming. 答案： look,3Before his theory was accepted，many people_(批评) and made fun of him. 答案： criticised 4You may refer to your_(参考) book after having finished your homework. 答案： reference 5The_(联合) of the north and the south increased the power of the nation. 答案： combination 6S_Chinese is also called Putonghua. 答案： Standard,7When are the committee p_their report? 答案： presenting 8Webster wrote a dictionary in order to s_the spelling of English Words. 答案： simplify 9His a_at getting a high position in the company failed. 答案： attempt 10T_to your help，we finished our task on time. 答案： Thanks,.句型转换，每空一词 1If you add two to two，you can get four. _two_two，and you can get four. 答案： Add；to 2What is known to us all is that his income in a year comes to 10,000 dollars. What we all know is that his income in a year_ _ _10,000 dollars. 答案： adds up to,3The voters who agreed to the suggestion raised their hands. The voters_ _ _the suggestion raised their hands. 答案： in favour of 4European football is played in more than 80 countries in the world，which makes it the most popular game. European football is played in more than 80 countries in the world，_it the most popular game. 答案： making,5The two businesses joined to make one large store. The two businesses_to make one large store. 答案： combined 6Because of his help，the policeman succeeded in catching the thief. _ _his help，the policeman succeeded in catching the thief. 答案： Thanks to,.佳句必背 1英国人批评了这本词典，但它很快就成为美国的一本标准的参考书。 The British criticised the dictionary，but it quickly_ _ _ _ _in the States. 答案： became a standard reference book 2现在再补充一些观点来支持你所选择的语言。 Now_ _ _ _ _ _ _your chosen variety. 答案： add some more ideas in favour of,3中国人称自己的语言为“汉语”，因为它是汉代时期在人们中间流行起来的。 The Chinese _ _ _ _ _Han，as it became popular among the people during the Han Dynasty. 答案： refer to their language as 4到19世纪50年代，这本书每年销售量上百万册，使它成为有史以来最受欢迎的学校课本之一。 By the 1850s it was selling one million copies a year，_ _one of the most popular school books ever. 答案： making it,练考题、验能力、轻巧夺冠,同学们,来学校和回家的路上要注意安全,同学们,来学校和回家的路上要注意安全,
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