Unit 1-Unit 5
Unit 1, Book1 Anne’s best friend
Do you want a friend to ___1__ you could tell everything , like your deepest feelings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh _2__ you, or would not understand __3___ you are going through? Anne Frank wanted the first kind, so she made her diary her best friend. Annie ___4__(live) in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War II. Her family ___5__ Jewish so they had to hide or they ___6___(catch) by the German Nazis. She and her family hid away for nearly twenty-five months __7___ they were discovered. During that time the only true friend was __8___diary. She said, “I don’t want to set down a series of facts in a diary __9__ most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my best friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty.” Now read how she felt after ___10___ (be) in the hiding place since July 1942.
Unit 1, Book1 Anne’s best friend
Dear kitty,
I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long __1__ I’ve grown crazy about everything to do with nature. I can well remember that there was a time ___2__ a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound. That____3___(change) since I was here.
For example, one evening when it was so warm, I stayed ___4___(wake) on purpose until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by __5__(me). But as the moon gave far too much light, I didn’t dare open a window. Another time five months ago, I happened to be upstairs at dusk when the window was open. I didn’t go downstairs ___6___ the window had to be shut. The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me __7___(entire) in their power; it was the first time in a year and a half that I___8____(see) the night face to face…
…Sadly… I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before very dusty windows. It’s no ___9___(please) looking through these any longer because nature is one thing that really must __10____(experience). Yours, Anne
Unit 2, Book1 The road to modern English
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At the end of the 16 century, about five to seven million people speak English. __1___(near) all of them lived in England. Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and ___2___ of that, English began ____3____(speak) in many other countries. Today, more people speak English as their first, second, or a foreign language __4____ ever before.
Native English __5___(speak) can understand each other __6____ they don’t speak the same kind of English. Look at this example:
British Betty: Would you like __7___(see) my flat? 1
American Amy: Yes. I’d like to come up to your apartment.
So why has English changed over time? Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate __8__ each other. At first the English __9____(speak) in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very _10__(differ) from the English we spoke today.
Unit 2, Book1 The road to modern English
English was based __1__(much) on German than the English we speak at present. Then ___2___(gradual) between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those __3__ rules England spoke first Danish and later French. These new __4___(settle) enriched the English language and especially _5__ vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary __6__ ever before.
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In 1620 some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18 century some British people __7__(take) to Australia too. English began to be spoken in both countries.
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Finally by the 19 century the language was settled. At that time two big changes in English __8__(spell) happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote the American Dictionary of _9___ English language. The _10___(late) gave a separate identity to American English spelling.
Unit 3, Book1 Journey down the Mekong
My name is Wang Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I ___1__(dream) about taking a great bike trip. Two years ago she bought _2__ expensive mountain bike then she persuaded me __3___( buy) one. Last year, she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming. They are Dai and grew up in ___4____(west) Yunnan Province near Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that ___5___(call) the Mekong River in other countries. Wang Wei soon got them ___6____(interest) in cycling too. After graduating __7__ college, we___8__ (final) got the chance to take a bike trip. I asked my sister, “Where are we going?” It was my sister ___9__ first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from __10____ it begins to where it ends. Now she is planning our schedule for the trip.
Unit 3, Book1 Journey down the Mekong
I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming. She can be___1___ (real) stubborn. Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she __2___(organize) the trip properly. Now I know that the proper way is always her way. I kept __3___(ask) her, “When are we leaving and when are we coming back?” I asked her __4__ she had looked at a map yet. Of course she hadn’t; my sister doesn’t care about details. So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province. She gave me a __5_____(determine) look- the kind that said she would not change ___6__ mind. When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 meters, she seemed to be excited about it. When I told her the air would be hard ____7___ (breathe) and it would be very cold, she said it would be an ___8_____(interest) experience. I know my sister well. Once she has made up her
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mind, ___9___(something) can change it. Finally, I had to give ___10___.
Unit 4, Book1 A night the earth didn’t sleep
Strange things were happening in __1__ countryside of northeast Hebei. For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. __2__(farm) noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in them. A __3___(smell) gas came out of the cracks. In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous _4__(eat). Mice ran out of the fields __5___(look) for places to hide. Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds. At about 3:00 am __6_ July 28, 1976, some people saw bright lights in the sky. The sounds of planes can__7____( hear) outside the city of Tangshan even __8__ no planes were in the sky. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. But the one million people of the city, ___9__ thought little of these events, were asleep as __10___ that night.
Key: 1. the 2. Farmers 3. smelly 4. to eat 5. to look 6. on 7. be heard 8. when 9. who 10. usual
Unit 4, Book1 A night the earth didn’t sleep
At 3:42 am everything began to shake. It seemed ___1_____the world was at an end! Eleven kilometers directly below the city one of __2___(great) earthquakes of the th
20 century had begun. It was felt in Beijing, __3___ is more than two hundred kilometers away. One-third of the nation felt it. A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut across houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay _4__ ruins. The ___5___(suffer) of the people was extreme. Two-third of them died or were injured during the earthquake. Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents. The number of people who were killed or___6___(serious) injured reached more than 400.000. All hope was not lost. Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue workers. __7_____(hundred) of thousands of people were helped. The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and __8__(bury) the dead. To the north of the city, most of the 10,000 miners were rescued from the coal mines there. Workers built shelters for ___9____(survive) whose homes ____10____ (destroy). Fresh water was taken to the city by train, truck and plane. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
Unit 5, Book1 Elias’ story
My name is Elias. I am __1__ poor black worker in South Africa. The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life. I was twelve years old. It was in 1952 and Mandela was the black lawyer to __2__ I went for advice. He offered __3__(guide) to poor black people on their legal problems. He was generous with his time, ___4___ which I was grateful. I needed his help ___5__ I had very little education. I began school at six. The school where I studied for only two years was three kilometers away. I had to leave because _6__ family could not continue to pay
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the school fees and the bus fare. I could not read or write well. After ___7___(try) hard, I got a job in a gold mine. ___8____, this was a time when one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg. __9___(sad) I did not have it because I was not born there, and I worried about whether I __10__ (become) out of work.
Unit 5, Book1 Elias’ story
The day when Nelson Mandela helped me was one of my happiest. He told me _1__ to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg. I became more __2__(hope) about my future. I never forgot how kind Mandela was. When he organized the ANC Youth League, I joined __3_ as soon as I could. He said:“The last thirty years _4___(see) the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage _5___ we have almost no rights at all.”It was the truth. Black people could not vote or choose their leaders. They could not get the jobs they wanted. The parts of town in which they had to live __6__(decide) by white people. The places outside the towns where they were sent to live were the poorest parts of South Africa. No one could grow food there. In fact as Nelson Mandela said: “…we were put into a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, _7__ fight the government. We chose to attack the laws. We first broke the law in a way which was peaceful; when this was not allowed…only then _8__ we decide to answer violence with violence.” As _9__ matter of fact, I do not like violence…but in 1963 I helped him blow up some government buildings. It was very dangerous because if I was caught I could be put __10__ prison. But I was happy to help because I knew it would help us achieve our dream of making black and white people equal.
1. Unit 1, Book1 Anne’s best friend
Key: 1. whom 2. at 3. what 4. lived 5. was
6. would be caught 7. before 8. her 9. as 10. being
解析:1.whom。介词+关系代词引导的定语从句,当先行词人时,介词之后的关系代词使用whom。
2. laugh at 嘲笑
3. what引导的宾语从句,what在从句中充当go through的宾语。 4. lived。during World War II是一般过去式的标志
5.was。主语family指家庭或家族而言,谓语动词使用单数。
6.would be caught。他们必须躲藏起来,否则会被抓住。过去没有发生的动作,而且执行者由by短语连接,使用过去将来时的被动语态。
7.before.before引导的时间状语从句,当主句是肯定式时,before译为”才”;当主句是否定式时,before译为”就”.
8.her.Anne是girl,充当定语修饰diary,使用形容词性物主代词。 9.as。as引导的方式状语从句,按照大多数人所做的那样。
10.being。介词after之后使用名词、代词或动词的ing形式充当宾语。
2. Unit 1, Book1 Anne’s best friend
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Key: 1. that 2. when 3. has changed 4. awake 5. myself
6. until 7. entirely 8. had seen 9. pleasure 10. be experienced 解析:
1. that。so…that引导的结果状语从句,译为“如此…以至于…”。
2. when。先行词是a time,在定语从句中充当时间状语,关系副词使用when。 3. has changed。since引导的时间状语从句主从句时态呼应的特点,从句使用一般过去式,
主句使用现在完成时;当主句表示时间长短时,主句还可以使用一般现在时。 4. awake。stay是连系动词,译为“保持某种状态”,接形容词充当表语。 5. myself。by oneself表示“单独地,独自地,自行”。
6. until。not…until…引导时间状语从句,表示“一…就…”。
7. entirely。修饰动词、形容词、副词及整个句子时,使用副词充当状语。本句中,修饰
了动词held。
8. had seen。固定句型It is the first time that…在应用中,如果主句谓语是现在式
is,that从句使用现在完成时;如果主句谓语是过去式was,从句中使用过去完成时。 9. pleasure。no修饰名词或代词。
10. be experienced。带有情态动词的被动语态的构成:情态动词+be+动词的过去分词。
3. Unit 2, Book1 The road to modern English
Key: 1. nearly 2. because 3. to be spoken 4. than 5. speakers
6. even if/even though 7. to see 8. with 9. spoken 10. different 解析:
1. nearly。修饰动词、形容词、副词以及整个句子时,使用副词充当状语。本句中,nearly
修饰整个句子,充当状语。
2. because。英格兰人征服其他地区与下文中在很多地区开始讲英语构成因果关系。 3. to be spoken。begin to do sth.而且speak的动作执行者没有提及到,使用了不定式
的被动语态。
4. than。前面有many的比较级more,所以使用比较级的连词than。
5. speakers。即使本国人讲的不是同一种英语,他们能够理解的意思。speakers指的是英
国本土说英语的人。
6. even if/even though。引导让步状语从句,译为“即使、尽管”。 7. to see。would like to do sth.
8. with。communicate with sb.译为“和某人交流”。
9. spoken。没有提及speak的动作执行者,故使用过去分词表示被动,充当后置定语修饰
了the English。
10. different。be different from表示“与…不同”。
4. Unit 2, Book1 The road to modern English
Key: 1. more 2. gradually 3. who 4. settlers 5. its
6. than 7. were taken 8. spelling 9. the 10. latter 解析:
1,。more。句尾部分有连词than,故使用much的比较级more,构成比较状语从句。
2.gradually。修饰动词、形容词、副词以及整个句子时,使用副词充当状语。本句中,gradually修饰整个句子,充当状语。
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