Unit6Atonewithnature

Part1Startingout&Understandingideas

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I.課文語(yǔ)法填空

TheLongjiRiceTerraces,builtbytheZhuangandYaopeoplein

Guangxi,are](colour)indifferentseasons.Ittookhundredsof

years2(complete)themintheearlyQingDynasty.

Peopleturnedtheentiremountains3terracesbecauseoffew

large,flatareasoflandintheregion.Theflatterracescancatchthe

rainwaterandkeepthesoilfrom4(wash)away.

Peopledesignedtheterraces5(wise)usingmanywaterways

connectingwitheachother.Intherainyseason,rainwater6(move)

downthemountainsandintotheterracesalongthesewaterways.The

waterchangesintovapourduetothesun'sheat,7formsclouds.

Andthenrainfromthecloudsfallsdownontotheterracesagain.Besides,

theenvironmentoftheterracesisperfectfor8(bird)andfish.

Theterracesarevaluableforthelocalpeopletopassdown9

(they)traditionandthousandsofvisitorscometoappreciate10

wonderwhichiscreatedbypeopleandnaturetogether.

1.2.3.4.5.

6.7.8.9.10.

II.閱讀理解

A

Springliftsourspiritsandmakesusfullofenergy.Ifsatimefor

Naturetobringusbacktolifeafteracoldseason.Ilivenotfarfroma

park,whichisoneofthelargestgardensinJapan,andfamousforitsnear

10,000plumtrees（李子樹(shù)）.Iamfortunatetohavethemalloutsidemy

backyard,andtakeadvantageofthewalkingpathsdaily.

Iseethesametreesandswans（天鵝）everyday,butthatdaywas

different.Attheedgeofthesmalllake,Isawsomenew-bornblackswans.

Theywereprettyandcute.Theystayedwiththeirmom.Whiletakinga

fewphotosofthesunset,Iwasinterrupted（打斷）byahighsoundgoing

onforsometime.Therefore,Iturnedaroundandsawonelittleswanwas

stuckbytwostones.Itsmotherwastryingtomakeitoutbutfailed.Itried

togetnearbutthemotherwaseversoangry!Shewouldn'tallowmeto

getclose,soIturnedtoanoldmansittingonthebenchandsaid,“Excuse

me;thebabyswancan'tmoveandIwanttohelpit,butthemotheris

extremelyangry!Couldyoupleasedomeafavor?^^

Afterhearingmywords,themansmiledatmefirstandthenagreed

tohelpme.Hedrovethemotherawaywithgreatefforts,andforseveral

times,hewasalmosthurtbythemother.Thankstohim,Iwasabletoget

thereandpullthelittleswanoutofthegapfinally.Oh,Ireallyhopedit

wasn'tinjured,butatleastitwasaliveandswimming!

Inspring,Ibecomemorephysicallyactive.Thingsarounddon't

makeus,butnaturedoes,anditkeepsusgoing.Iampositivethatallof

ushavealittlepieceofnatureinourownneighborhoods.Somewherewe

willberemindedwhynaturallifeissoimportant—becausewegrowwith

it!Personally,Iamhappythatbabybirdscanputasmileonmyface!I

struggleforhavingasmallnumberof“things“inlife,andbeingfilled

withsimplereality-atonewithNature.

1.WhatcanweknowabouttheauthorfromParagraph1?

A.Herfavoriteseasonisspring.

B.Sheenjoysdoingoutdoorsports.

C.Herbackyardisfilledwithplumtrees.

D.Sheissatisfiedwithherlivingenvironment.

2.Whywasthatdayspecialfortheauthor?

A.Shetookafewphotosofthesunset.

B.Shemadealittleswan'smotherangry.

C.Shemetsomeswansandhelpedoneofthem.

D.Shemetanoldmanandmadefriendswithhim.

3.Whatkindofpersonisprobablytheoldman?

A.Well-known.B.Warm-hearted.

C.Selfish.D.Outgoing.

4.Whatmakesusmorephysicallyactiveaccordingtotheauthor?

A.Nature.B.Kindness.

C.Thegarden.D.Thethingsaround.

B

Whenaleafy（多葉的）plantisunderattack,itdoesn'tsitquietly.

Backin1983,twoscientists,JackSchultzandIanBaldwin,reportedthat

youngmapletreesgettingbittenbyinsectssendoutaparticularsmellthat

neighboringplantscanget.Thesechemicalscomefromtheinjuredparts

oftheplantandseemtobeanalarm.Whattheplantssendthroughtheair

isamixtureofchemicalsknownasvolatileorganiccompounds,VOCs

forshort.

ScientistshavefoundthatallkindsofplantsgiveoutVOCswhen

beingattacked.Ifsaplanfswayofcryingout.Butisanyonelistening?

Obviously.Becausewecanwatchtheneighborsreact.

Someplantsgiveoutsmellychemicalstokeepinsectsaway.But

othersdodoubleduty.Theygiveoutsmellsdesignedtoattractdifferent

insectswhoarenaturalenemiestotheattackers.Oncetheyarrive,the

tablesareturned.Theattackerwhowaslunchingnowbecomeslunch.

Instudyafterstudy,itappearsthatthesechemicalconversations

helptheneighbors.Thedamageisusuallymoreseriousonthefirstplant,

buttheneighbors,relativelyspeaking,staysaferbecausetheyheardthe

alarmandknewwhattodo.

Doesthismeanthatplantstalktoeachother?Scientistsdon'tknow.

Maybethefirstplantjustmadeacryofpainorwassendingamessageto

itsownbranches,andso,ineffect,wastalkingtoitself.Perhapsthe

neighborsjusthappenedto“overhear“thecry.Therefore,information

wasexchanged,butitwasn'tatrue,intentionalbackandforth.

CharlesDarwin,over150yearsago,imaginedaworldfarbusier,

noisierandmoreintimate（親密的）thantheworldwecanseeandhear.

Oursensesareweak.There5sawholelotgoingon.

5.Whatdoesaplantdowhenitisunderattack?

A.Itmakesnoises.

B.Itstandsquietly.

C.Itgetshelpfromotherplants.

D.Itsendsoutcertainchemicals.

6.Whatwillhappenwhentheattackers9naturalenemiesarrive?

A.Theattackerswillgetattacked.

B.Theinsectswillgatherunderthetable.

C.Theplantswillgetreadytofightback.

D.Theattackerswillgiveoutsmellychemicals.

7.Scientistsfindfromtheirstudiesthatplantscan.

A.talktooneanotheronpurpose

B.wampeopleofacomingdanger

C.protectthemselvesagainstinsects

D.helptheirneighborswhoareunderattack

8.Whatcanwelearnfromthelastparagraph?

A.Theworldischangingfasterthanever.

B.Peoplehavestrongersensesthanbefore.

C.Wedon'tfullyunderstandtheworld.

D.PeopleinDarwin'stimeweremoreimaginative.

in.七選五

Theworldhasaplasticproblem-anditisincreasing.1Butin

themeantime,herearefivethingsyoucandotoreduceplasticwaste

now.

1.Replaceplasticbags.Peopleusealotofplasticbagsworldwide

everyyear.About10percentareusedintheUnitedStatesalone.Thafs

almostonebagperAmericanperday.2In1993,Denmarkwasthe

firstcountrytoplaceatax（稅）onplasticbags.Today,othercountries

eithermakecustomerspayforplasticbagsorhavebannedthem

completely.

2.Skipthestraw（吸管）.Today,around8.3billionplasticstraws

pollutetheworld'sbeaches.3In2018,Seattlebecamethefirst

majorU.S.citytobanplasticstraws,andmanyothercitiesaresetto

followitsexample.

3.Uselimitedplasticbottles.Buyareusablebottleandfillitwith

anytypeofbeverage（飲料）youlike.4Globally,however,

consumersstillbuynearlyamillionplasticbottleseveryminute.

4.Avoidplasticpackagingmaterials.Don'tbuyfruitorvegetablesin

plasticpackaging.IntheUnitedKingdom,leadersarecallingfor

supermarketstohaveplastic-freeareas.Theyalsowanttotaxplastic

take-outcontainers.

5.Recycle.Wecan'trecycleallplasticitems,butitispossibleto

recyclemostbottlesandmilkorjuicecartons.Today,Norwayrecycles

97percentofitsplasticbottle.How?5

A.Likewise,theaverageDane（丹麥人）usesfourplasticbagsperday.

B.Incontrast,theaverageDaneusesfoursingle-usebagsperyear.

C.Sowhenyouorderadrink,saynotothestraw,orbringyourown

reusableone.

D.However,therearestillloadsofpeopleignoringtheseriousnessofit.

E.Scientistsareworkingtofindalong-termsolutionbymakingplastic

morebiodegradable（可降解的）.

F.Somecities,likeBundanooninAustraliaandSanFranciscointheU.S.,

havecompletelyorpartiallybannedbottledwater.

G.Machinesatmostsupermarketstakethebottlesandgivearefund（退

款）ofupto2.5kroner（32cents）perbottle.

1.2.3.4.5.Part2Using

language

答案

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I.1.colourful考查形容詞?？涨暗腶re是系動(dòng)詞，其后應(yīng)用形容詞作表語(yǔ)。

2.tocomplete考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。本句是“Ittakes（sb.）sometimetodosth.”句型，意為“（某人）

花多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間做某事”,其中It是形式主語(yǔ),真正的主語(yǔ)是不定式短語(yǔ)。故填tocomplete?

3.into考查介詞。turn…into...是固定搭配，意為“把……變成……3

4.beingwashed考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞及被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。keepsb./sth.fromdoingsth.是固定搭配，意為

“阻止某人/某物做某事''，此處短語(yǔ)washaway與其邏輯主語(yǔ)soil是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，應(yīng)用doing的被

動(dòng)形式beingdone。故填beingwashed。

5.wisely考查副詞。設(shè)空處修飾動(dòng)詞designed,應(yīng)用副詞形式。

6.moves考查時(shí)態(tài)和主謂一致。設(shè)空處是謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞,且此處表示客觀事實(shí)，應(yīng)用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，

主語(yǔ)rainwater是第三人稱單數(shù)形式，故謂語(yǔ)用動(dòng)詞的第三人稱單數(shù)形式。

7.which考查定語(yǔ)從句。逗號(hào)前是一個(gè)完整的句子，空后句子缺少主語(yǔ)，故推測(cè)此處是非限制

性定語(yǔ)從句,且設(shè)空處代替vapour,在從句中作主語(yǔ),vapour指物，故用which?

8.birds考查名詞的數(shù)。bird是可數(shù)名詞,空前沒(méi)有冠詞，只能用復(fù)數(shù)表示類別。

9.their考查代詞。tradition是名詞，應(yīng)用形容詞性物主代詞修飾。

10.the考查定冠詞。wonder在這里表示“奇跡;奇觀”，為可數(shù)名詞，此處特指這一奇觀，故設(shè)空

處應(yīng)用定冠詞the。

JI.A

1.D推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中“Ilivenotfarfrom...thewalkingpathsdaily."可知,“我,'住的地

方離一個(gè)公園不遠(yuǎn)，它是日本最大的公園之一，以近一萬(wàn)棵李子樹(shù)而聞名。"我”很幸運(yùn)，它們都

在“我'’的后院外面，每天“我”都能在小路上散步。由此判斷出，作者對(duì)自己的生活環(huán)境很滿意,

故選D項(xiàng)。

2.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中“Iseethesametrees...Theywereprettyandcute.（我每天都看

到同樣的樹(shù)和天鵝,但那天不同。在小湖邊，我看到了一些新出生的黑天鵝。它們又漂亮又可

愛(ài)。）”及第三段中“Thankstohim...aliveandswimming!（多虧了他，我才能到達(dá)那里，最終把小天

鵝從夾縫里拉出來(lái)。哦,我真希望它沒(méi)有受傷，但至少它還活著,還在游泳!）"可知，那天對(duì)作者

來(lái)說(shuō)是特別的一天是因?yàn)樗龅搅艘恍┨禊Z,并幫助了其中一只。故選C項(xiàng)。

3.B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中“Afterhearingmywords...almosthurtbythemother.（聽(tīng)了我

的話,那個(gè)人先對(duì)我笑了笑，然后同意幫助我。他費(fèi)了好大的勁兒才把天鵝媽媽趕走，有好幾次

差點(diǎn)被天鵝媽媽傷到。）“可判斷出I,老人很熱心。well-known有名的;warm-hearted熱心

的;selfish自私的;outgoing外向的。故選B項(xiàng)。

4.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中“Inspring,Ibecomemorephysically...inourown

neighborhoods4在春天，我變得更加活躍。周圍的事物不能使我們活躍，但大自然能，它讓我們

繼續(xù)前進(jìn)。我確信在我們所有人的社區(qū)里，都存在著大自然的一小部分。）''可知，根據(jù)作者的

說(shuō)法,是大自然讓我們身體更活躍，故選A項(xiàng)。

B

5.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的"...sendoutaparticularsmellthatneighboringplantscanget.

Thesechemicalscomefromtheinjuredpartsoftheplantandseemtobeanalarm.”可知,當(dāng)植物

受到傷害時(shí),會(huì)釋放一種特殊的化學(xué)物質(zhì)。

6.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最后兩句"Oncetheyarrive...becomeslunch.（一旦它們到達(dá)，局

面就會(huì)逆轉(zhuǎn)，正在吃午餐的攻擊者現(xiàn)在變成了午餐。）”可知，當(dāng)攻擊者的天敵到來(lái)時(shí)，攻擊者則

會(huì)成為天敵的午餐，即“就會(huì)成為被攻擊的對(duì)象

7.C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段最后一句中“theyheardthealannandknewwhattodo”可知，植

物