Unit 3　Under the sea

　　【热点话题】(自然)介绍海洋动物：海豚体裁：说明文写作思路：海豚生存地点——海豚的本领——海豚的习性。【美文诵读】

　　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.【学海拾贝】按要求完成或翻在山上有许多野生动物。(模仿①用倒装语序翻译)玛丽是个漂亮的女孩眼睛大大的。(with)这个包与你昨天买的那个一样大。(size)这个男孩用一根棍子在沙地上写下几个字。(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.按要求写出下列单词年刊年鉴；每年的 ．目击者证人目击 ．岸海滨 ．喊声；大叫 ．放弃遗弃抛弃 ．在……对面；相对的相反的 site

　　7．跳水潜水 ．催促极力主张 ．目标受批评的对象 ．意识到的知道的 生动的鲜艳的生动地鲜艳地生动vividness

　　12．毒药；毒害有毒的锐利的锋利的敏捷的锐利地锋利地 使变得锋利味道；品尝taste

　　好吃的可口的无味的不可口的深度深的深深地加深

　　用所给单词的适当形式填空。(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.翻译下列短语在……的前面 比……好ahead_of在此期间与此同时 in_the_meantime帮助……摆脱困难 help_out对……知道；明白；意识到 be/become_aware_of吓死了(be)_scared_to_death列个清单 make_a_list_of上下翻转upside_down在远处 in_the_distance仔细考虑思考reflect_on/upon一包；一群 a_pack_of

　　选用上述短语完成下列短文。(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.重点句型1．This was the call that announced there was about to be a whale hunt.(p.20)

　　这是宣告捕鲸行动马上就要开始的声音。

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

　　我正要出门时一个远亲来看我了。[模仿造句]用上述句型完成下列句子。(1)他们刚要吃晚饭他们的妈妈却突然病了。(2)我正打算告诉你汤姆要结婚了却传来了他受伤的消息。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)

　　克兰西不介意被告知做什么。

　　mind后跟动词作宾语时该动词用＋-ing形式此句用了动名词的被动语态。只要你不是有意伤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)无缘无故被惩罚你不介意吗？3．It took over half an hour to get the boat back to James.(p.21)

　　用了半个多小时才把船划回到詹姆斯身边。

　　It takes(sb.)time/money/energy to do sth.做某事花费某人多少时间/金钱/精力争吵之后他们花了很长时间才重新成为朋友。[模仿造句]用上述句型完成下列句子。(1)It_took_me_quite_a_long_time(我花了相当长的时间)to understand the meaning of the painting by Picasso.(2)It_will_take_the_scientists_two_years_or_so(科学家们将花两年左右的时间)to complete the project.

　　用上述句型翻译下列小片段。张先生不介意把报告重写了十遍他花了一个星期才把报告写完。感觉写得不错他把报告发到了经理的邮箱。他正要回家时电话响了。是经理的电话。经理说他决定用张先生的第一个报告。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.

　　表举例关系的连接词：for example等。这类连接词表明下文将给出具体的例子。表解释说明关系的连接词：in other words等。这类连接词表明下文将对上文作进一步as a result，so，briefly，in short，in a word，in brief，on the whole，to sum up等。这类连接词表明下文将进行归纳或总结。【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：归纳总结。上文论及的都是“对待他人”的方式。答案：B【例】 Red is used for signs of________解析：举例说明。such as后面讲到的都是危险信号。答案：C【例】 Have I given my readers all of the________解析：解释说明。that is后面的内容都与information有关。答案：A

　　运用所学的解题技巧完成下列微型完形填空题。(一)　1　：if you're a customer at a restaurant, 　2　to complain.B．problem解析：归纳总结。上文都与“态度”有关。答案：C解析：解释说答案：A(二)(单语的) 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：语义关联。答案：D解析：举例说明。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 (请愿书) gained over 130 signatures from Grade Six.解析：与上文的decided属原词复现。答案：A解析：解释说明。答案：D

　　第一节　阅读理解阅读下面的短文从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。(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(纺织) and media industries versum.They built themselves large villas(别墅)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.

　　语篇解读：本文为说明文题材是文化风俗类。Hilversum是荷兰一个中等大小的城市与其他荷兰城市不同它拥有自己的特色它的纺织行业、媒体行业和建筑行业非常闻名。解析：事实细节题。根据第一段中的“Unlike most of the Netherlands可以看出与荷兰其他城市不同它位于丘陵区域这个区域的土壤中含沙较多。答案：D解析：事实细节题。根据第二段倒数第三句“They moved in after big success in the textile industry and aided a substantial textile industry in Hilversum.”可知Hilversum发展纺织业。答案：B解析：事实细节题。由第三段第一句可知该地在1920年开始转向媒体经济当时NSF在这里建立了一家无线电厂故A项正确。答案：A解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“It has wide international fame and is included in many architecture textbooks.”可以得知这座建筑世界闻名被纳入了很多建筑教材中由此可推断出C项正确在很多建筑教材中这座建筑都被视为典范。答案：C第二节　完形填空阅读下面的短文掌握其大意然后从1～20题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 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(峡谷) 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(护林人)．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

　　语篇解读：本文为记叙文题材为个人经历。文章讲述了餐馆倒闭后作者全家去得克萨斯州开始新的生活的故事。在应聘“park host”一职后一家人虽然生活比较艰难但家人之间更亲密了。解析：由该段最后一句中的“We entered the park”可知选B项。at the entrance of意为“在……的入口处”。答案：B 解析：由语境可知我注意到了一则答案：B解析：根据下文“a rent-free place to reorganize our lives”可知选A。free在此处意为“免费的”。答案：A解析：下文讲述了“the hosts”的职责故选A项。in return意为“作为回报作为报答”。答案：A解析：根据下文第三段中的“The next day we met with the people who ran the park.”可知我和公园的负责人见了面而在见面之前应是先预约故D项符合语境。make an appointment意为“预约”。答案：D解析：根据下文“it took us some time to find an available site”可知公C项。crowded意为“人多的拥挤的”。答案：C解析：根据设空处前一句“那晚当我们吃完饭我妻子看到两只大臭鼬朝我们的饭桌爬过来”及后文“for the next four hours__8__ our camp”可推断我们为了躲避臭鼬立刻爬到饭桌上面去故C项符合语境。immediately立即马上。答案：C解析：我们等待臭鼬离开我们的营地。leave意为“离开”。答案：C解析：熬过了那个晚上我们相信其他一切事情会比较顺利的。confident有信心的有把握的。答案：B解析：他们给我们解释了工作职责并给我们提供了一个漂亮的野营车位。responsibility意为“职责责任”。答案：A解析：下文描述了我们在营地生活的艰难与上文构成转折关系故D项符合语境。however意为“然而不过”。答案：D解析：由下文的描述特别是段尾的“winds”可知。答案：A解析：由上下文语境特别是“cold”可知选D。shake在此处意为“发抖”。答案：D解析：during在……期间。答案：C解析：live on靠……生活。答案：A解析：earn money挣钱。答案：C解析：根据下文“I thought I might lose my family as well”可知选B。答案：B解析：根据文章开头的“When our restaurant business failed”可知选C。答案：C解析：根据上文15空前的“we learned to survive in our truck”和13空前的“our little camping truck”可知选D。答案：D解析：由语境可知虽然餐馆倒闭后生活很艰苦但家人之间更亲密了。由此推断我很感激生活中遇到的艰难困苦故D项符合句意。thankful for意为“感激……”。答案：D第三节　语法填空阅读下面短文按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要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(团结)．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(自我中心主义)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)．语篇解读：4月23日生活在迪拜的土耳其孩子们庆祝儿童节这一天孩子们的演出让很多人脸上露出了笑容给人们带来了快乐。解析：考查代词。根据上下文the children of the world，故用they。答案：they解析：考查时态。根据时间状语Since 1920及空前的has been 可知应填celebrating来与has been一起构成现在完成进行时。答案：celebrating解析：考查冠词。根据语境可知此处表示“一个独特unique以辅音音素开头故用不定冠词a。答案：a解析：考查介词。with the help of为固定短语意为“在……的帮助下”。答案：with解析：考查形容词。设空处修饰名词charity celebrations故用success的形容词形式successful。答案：successful解析：考查名词。根据语境及语法此处与前面的an audience of nearly 4一起作reached的宾语故用名词participation。答案：participation解析：考查介词。根据语境可知此处需用介词including(包括)。答案：including解析：考查非谓语动词作表语。be/feel honored to do sth.做某事感到很荣幸。答案：honored解析：考查名词。由前面的限定词all可知应用partner的复数形式。答案：partners解析：考查定语从句。先行词为：Dubai Autism Center's annual autism awareness campaign关系词在定语从句中作主语且指“事物”故用that或which。答案：which/that第四节　书面表达(2024·陕西卷)假定你是李华在校报英语专栏看到了学校“英语文化节”的一则招募启事。请阅读启事并根据写作要点和写作要求写一封应征邮件。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.

　　写作要点：表达写信意图：陈述应征目的；说明应征条件(性格、能力等)。写作要求：邮件词数不少于100；开头和结尾部分已写好不计入总词数；可根据情况增加细节使行文连贯；不能使用真实姓名和学校名称。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