Unit 4　Making the news

　　【热点话题】(购物)团购体裁：议论文写作思路：团购的定义——举例说明团购的好处——建议【美文诵读】week，I surfed a well-known group buying website for two film tickets.With only 30 yuan，I got the tickets as well as two bottles of green tea which saved me so much.It was a very nice experience.

　　As for suggestions for group buying，firstly，you should carefully read the advertisements and the comments from other customers.Secondly，you should_be_clear_about_what_you_want_to

　　_buy_and_not_to_buy④ something just because it is cheap.Thirdly，it_is_better_to_shop⑤ on famous and reliable websites to avoid being cheated by some cheating websites.

　　【学海拾贝】按要求完成或翻译下列句子。我认为午睡的好处是显而易见的。另一方面如何筹集足够的资金是个问题。你完全有可能以最低的价格买到最满意的It is quite likely that you get the_most_satisfactory_goods at the lowest_price．你要明白该说什么不该说什么。你最好提前购票。

　　Ⅰ.按要求写出下列单词记者资讯工作者编辑 ．任务；分配 ．最后期限约会；任命appointment

　　6．同事 ．值得赞扬的令人钦佩的 业余爱好者 ．精确的正确的 过程程序；加工处理 ．职业专业 ．sion

　　专业人员；职业的专业的 ．教授 ．赞成称许批准不赞成不批准犯罪的有罪的内疚的犯罪；内疚lt

　　14．技术(上)的 技术上工艺上技术 ．渴望的；热切的热心地急切地热切渴望

　　用所给单词的适当形式填空。(approve)

　　2．His_guilt was proved beyond all doubt by the prosecution(原告)and he felt_guilty about not telling the truth to the judge.(guilt)(eager)

　　4．Building such a bridge is not an easy job；we must have enough_professional engineers.(profession)was by accident that he broke the beautiful vase；he didn't do that_deliberately．(deliberate)翻译下列短语集中全神贯注concentrate_on因……指责或控告accuse...of应该be_supposed_to使自己了解inform_oneself_of渴望干某事be_eager_to_do_sth.批准；赞成approve...of对……感到好奇 be_curious_about职业诀窍a_trick_of_the_trade与某人约会；预约make_an_解释account_for

　　选用上述短语完成下列短文。Edison (1)was_curious_about everything and his curiosity (2)accounted_for his great success.Whenever he was puzzled about something，he (3)was_eager_to solve the problem and he would (4)concentrate_on his research work to find the solution.In a way，we can say that it was his curiosity that made him the greatest inventor of the world.

　?、?重点句型His discussion with his new boss，Hu Xin(HX)，was to strongly influence his life as a journalist.(p.26)

　　他与他的新老板胡新的讨论对他的记者生涯会产生重要影响。

　　be to do在句中表示将来发生的事常译为；“注定会……；一定……”。明天学———————————————————————

　　[模仿造句]用上述句型完成下列句子。(1)他们的女儿这个星期天结婚。is_to_get_married this Sunday.

　　(2)女王将于一周后访问日本。Not only am I interested in photograph，but I took an amateur course at university to update my skills.(p.26)

　　对摄影我不仅仅是感

　　not only...but(also)．..　不仅……而且……当not only位于句首时句子要倒装。通过背诵一些文章我们不仅能够提高写作能力还可以训练我们的记忆。[模仿造句]用上述句型完成下列句子。(1)她不仅工作出色还乐于助人。(2)网上购物不仅能节约你的时间还可以给你Not_only_can_shopping_on_the_Internet_save_your_time,_but__it_can_also_bring_you_great_fun.

　　3．So we arranged an interview between the footballer and the man supposed to bribe him.(p.26)

　　于是我们安排这名球员和行贿的人一起接受采访。

　　supposed to bribe him为过去分词短语作who was supposed to bribe him。他正是获得头奖的人。[模仿造句]用上述句型完成下列句子。(1)宁泽涛就是那个有望获得金牌的人。(2)李明就是很有可能接管公司的Li_Ming_is_the_person_supposed_to_take_over_the_company.

　　用上述句型翻译下列小片段。大家认为能赢得写作比赛的学生应该是汤姆而不是吉姆因为一年来汤姆一直专心准备比赛。他不仅坚持每天写一篇文章而且还读了许多美文。汤姆自己也认为他会在比赛中获得一等奖。did_he_keep_on_writing_an_essay_a_day，but_he_read_a_lot_of_excellent_articles.Tom_also_believed_

　　that_he_was_to_win_the_first_prize_in_the_competition.

　　阅读理解解题技巧

　　文章有时借助关联词(如：so...that等)表示前因后果有时利用动词及动词短语(如：lead to等)表达因果关系。如：【例】 There were so many demonstrators in the Red Square that he had to elbow his way through the crowd.解析：根据句中的 “许多示威者”和“so...that...”可推知elbow意为“挤挤过”?！纠?Tom is considered an autocratic administrator 解析：从because后的“he makes decisions without seeking the ”可看出他是一个“独裁的/专制的/专横的” administrator。

　　利用上述方法猜出下列各句画线单词的意思。茂盛B．枯萎盛开

　　D．含苞欲放解析：由“无水”之因可推知花“枯萎、凋谢”之果。因此意为“枯萎、凋谢”。答案：B短暂的

　　B．持续的永久的

　　D．间歇性的解析：从后面的结果“永远不能再运动”中可以推测其意思为“永远的永久的。答案：C微弱的

　　B．长的喧闹的

　　D．烦人的解析：从that后的内容可以推测出响声非?！拔⑷酢?。答案：A清澈的

　　B．混浊的浅的

　　D．深的解析：在水浅的地方都看不到底那应该是“浑浊不清的”。答案：B He had left his wet swimming trunks in the dark closet for over a week.Of course they had begun to mildew．发黑

　　B．C．变味

　　D．腐烂解析：根据前面的“他把他湿的游泳衣放在漆黑的壁橱里超过一星期”可知该词应为“发霉”之意。答案：B

　　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。A

　　(2024·天津卷)Once when I was facing a decision that involved high risk, entence containing the best advice I've ever had：Be bold and brave—and mighty(强大的) forces will come to your aid.had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all.On the other hand，whenever I had plunged into deep water，forced by courage or circumstance，I had always been able to swim until I got my feet on the ground again.

　　Boldness means a decision to bite_off_more_than_you_are_sure

　　__you_can_eat. And there is nothing mysterious about the mighty forces.They are potential powers we possess: energy，skill，sound judgment，creative ideas—even physical strength greater than most of us realize.

　　Admittedly，those mighty forces are spiritual ones.But they are more important than physical ones.A college classmate of mine，Tim，was an excellent football player，even though he weighed much less than the average player.“In one game I suddenly found myself confronting a huge player, who had nothing but me between him and our goal line，”said Tim.“I was so frightened that I closed my eyes and desperately threw myself at that guy like a bullet (子弹)—and stopped him cold.” not one that can be acquired overnight.But it can be taught to children and developed in adults.Confidence builds up.Surely，there will be setbacks(挫折)and disappointments in life；boldness in itself is no guarantee of success.But the person who tries to do something and fails is a lot better off than the person who tries to do nothing and succeeds.s unable to reach his goal in the past?

　　A．He faced huge risks.

　　B．He lacked mighty forces.

　　C．Fear prevented him from trying.

　　D．Failure blocked his way to success.

　　2．What is the implied meaning of the underlined part?

　　A．Swallow more than you can digest.

　　B．Act slightly above your abilities.

　　C．Develop more mysterious powers.

　　D．Learn to make creative decisions.

　　3．What can be learned from Paragraph 5?

　　A．Confidence grows more rapidly in adults.

　　B．Trying without success is meaningless.

　　C．Repeated failure creates a better life.

　　D．Boldness can be gained little by little.

　　4．What is the author's purpose in writing this passage?

　　A．To encourage people to be courageous.

　　B．To advise people to build up physical power.

　　C．To tell people the ways to guarantee success.

　　D．To recommend people to develop more abilities.

　　语篇解读：本文为夹叙夹议文题材为人生哲理。作者通过朋友的建议告诉读者要勇敢地去尝试自己没有把握的事情即便是失败也比从未尝试过要好很多。解析：事实细节题。根据第二段第二句It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all.可知作者过去没有实现目标通常都是因为害怕失败而没有去尝试故C项。答案：C解析：猜测词义题。根据本段下文内容可知我们都有比自己意识到的更大的潜在力量甚至包括体力由此可推断出此处指“要做略微超出你的能力的事情?！贝鸢福築解析：推理判断题。根据第五段第一句话“Boldness...is not one that can be acquired overnight.”可知勇敢无畏不能D项意为“勇敢无畏可以逐渐得到”符合该段段意。答案：D解析：推理判断题。根据文章最后一段可知作者建议读者去尝试略微超出自己的能力的事情这样就会发现自己的能力比想象中的还大。由此可判断出A项正确。答案：AB

　　It didn't take long for a lot of people who owned automobiles in the late 1800s to start hiring them out. Even though the first taxis were odd-looking machines that had batteries weighing as much as 800 pounds, there were almost 100 of them in New York City by 1899. They did a great deal of business competing with horse-drawn carriages (马车), ed in New York in 1907, but they were imported from France and not built in the U．S.

　　The 1920s saw an explosion in the taxis，as thousands of them were in use every day.This burgeoning industry needed regulation，and the Mayor of New York，Fiorello H．La Guardia(车辆)that certifies it is legally allowed to pick up passengers.The system helped the government keep track of not just the number of taxis(主要产品)for millions of people.About 12ity alone，and millions of others throughout the U．S.and the rest of the world.An estimated 200 million passengers travel about 800 million miles a year，and pay fares totaling about D|S1 billion a year in New York alone.

　　5．The underlined word“burgeoning”in Paragraph 2 probably means“________”．________．ired

　　B．provided qualified services for the passengers

　　C．were allowed by the government to do business

　　D．couldn't cause any car accidents all the year round

　　7．What's the writer's purpose in writing the passage?

　　A．To analyze the advantages of the taxis

　　B．To advertise the good services of the taxis

　　C．To introduce the history of taxis in New York.

　　D．To show the development of vehicles in the U．S.

　　语篇解读：在纽约最原始的出租车诞生于19世纪初经过几百年的发展出租车已成为人们不可或缺的代步工具。解析：词义猜测题。根据第二段第一句可知由于出租车行业发展迅速所以需要纽约市通过立法来进行管理故选B项。答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据第二段第四句“These are the small metal plates you'll see on top of the vehicle that certifies it is legally allowed to pick up passengers.”可知在每一辆出租车上安放一块小的金属板是为了证明该出租车是合法经营可以载客。答案：C解析：写作目的题。全文主要介绍了出租车行业在纽约市诞生、发展和走向繁荣的历史。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。 late.If your child seems particularly comfortable to keep late hours，the ____1____may run deeper than your household habits.Mary Carskadon is the director of the Chronobiology and Sleep Research Laboratory at Bradley Hospital in Providence.She has studied the ____2____of early-rising“larks”and

　　“night owls”who go to sleep ____3____ among teenagers. Dr.Carskadon says that younger kids，too，tend toward one ____4____or the other. Research suggests that our preference for ____5____or late sleep patterns may be partly rooted in our genes；besides, ____6____influence them.

　　To tell whether your child has a preference，____7____yourself: Does he or she sleep early, no matter what's going on？Does he or she seem more ____8____and cheerful at certain hours?____9____，who attend day-care centers part-time, have already had their share of conflicts.They've missed a few early-morning field trips，and they aren't especially tired at naptime. After Tom ____10____school full-time, we realize we'll have to ____11____our former schedule. It is because we want the boys to get enough ____12____.

　　Some experts say the sooner children make the change，the ____13____it is.

　　“The longer this pattern goes on，the more difficulty you'll have ____14____it，” warns Robert Doekel，M.D., a sleep specialist.But others suggest it's all right to ____15____the adjustment，as long as you do it gradually.____16____your child is used to turning in at 10：00 pm, ____17____until the night before the first day of school to ask the child to sleep at 8：00____18____early，don't let all the attractions and distractions (分心的事物) of modern ____19________20____，pull up the covers, and tuck them in for their ten-plus hours of sleep.

　　1．A.chancesB．influencesA.expectations

　　B．concernsC．hardly

　　D．evenA.give up

　　B．make up off

　　C．accept

　　D．pay off

　　16．A.Unless

　　B．Though

　　C．While

　　D．If

　　17．A.work

　　B．attempt

　　C．wait

　　D．agree

　　18．A.getting up

　　B．taking off

　　C．standing up

　　D．running away

　　19．A.career

　　B．family

　　C．company

　　D．school

　　20．A.water

　　B．machines

　　C．gas

　　D．lights

　　语篇解读：小孩睡觉晚的习惯是可以慢慢调整过来的父母需要在他们上学之前将这个习惯调整过来。解析：后面讲到睡觉晚受基因、环境以及年龄的影响故这里是指“原因”。答案：D解析：Mary Carskadon在对小孩的睡眠进行研究故她会研究他们的“(睡觉)习惯”。答案：C解析：night owls是指睡觉“晚”的人。答案：B解析：这里是指他们有自己偏好的“作息表”由下一句sleep patterns和第三段的former schedule也可推知。答案：D解析：这里需选一个跟late对立的词故选C项。答案：C解析：根据副词besides和前文中的partly可知睡眠习惯部分是由基因决定此外环境跟年龄“也”会对睡眠习惯造成影响。答案：A解析：后面列举了两个问题故这里指“问”自己这些问题。答案：B解析：根据and cheerful可知需选C项表示“充满精力”和高兴的时候。答案：C解析：根据下文中We want the boys可知这里是指作者的“儿子们”。答案：D解析：该段前半部分讲述孩子们上日托班的情况后半部分则讲述其中一个孩子开始上学故选“starts”。答案：B解析：作者的孩子上学后跟之前上日托班会不同故作者想“放弃”先前的作息安排。答案：A解析：作者想放弃之前的作息安排是为了能让孩子有充足的“睡眠”。答案：C解析：根据后文的解释可知这里指越早改变“越好”。答案：D解析：前文讲越早改变越好这里进一步从反面讲越晚“改变”面临的困难就越大。答案：B解析：But表示转折前后文语义相反前文建议越早改变越好而后文则表示只要坚持逐渐改变推迟”时间调整也没关系故选“put off”。答案：B解析：这里表假设故选if。答案：D解析：前面建议提早调整睡觉时间故这里是指不要“等到”开学前最后一晚答案：C解析：这里是指他们开始早“起”。答案：A解析：孩子是在家里睡觉的故这里指不要让现代化的“家庭”生活影响他们的睡眠。答案：B解析：睡觉前需要关“灯”这样就不影响孩子的睡眠了。关掉water(水)、machines(机器)和gas(煤气)不符合语境。故选lights。答案：D第三节　语法填空阅读下面材料在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。every second I spent in the nursing home, I realized the 1.________(important) of my action.Every week，I walked around the dining hall，and one person after another invited me 2.________ (have) a talk.One woman, who happily said that we shared 3.________same first name, shared some of her interesting stories with me.She told me something 4.________inspired me to visit the nursing home 5.________(regular)．She said back next week，right？”She proudly showed me some postcards (send)by her children and she would tell me the stories of them.Of course，not all of the conversations were 7.________(enjoy)．When she talked to me about how her 13-year-old daughter would graduate from middle school this year________(do)nothing.Because I knew her daughter 9.________(graduate)from middle school decades before.