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ItmustbelongtoCarla.課時(shí)6SectionB(3a——SelfCheck)目

錄CONTENTS011星題基礎(chǔ)鞏固022星題能力提升二三四一一、根據(jù)句意及漢語提示完成單詞。1.She________(出席)themeetingtodiscussthenewprojectplanswithherteammateslastweek.2.The________(噪音)fromthestreetgrewlouderasmorecarspassedbythehouse.3.Hewasinterestedineverythingaroundhim,sohewasfullof________(精力)andlookedlikeayoungman.attendednoiseenergy4.InancientChina,peoplecouldtellthetimefromthe__________(位置)ofthesun.5.Shedecidedtoenterthe________(醫(yī)學(xué)的)fieldtohelpothers.二三四一positionmedical二、在空白處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或用括號內(nèi)所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。6.Iwasso________(sleep)thatIcouldhardlykeepmyeyesopen.7.Forestscanhelppreventwaterfrom________(run)away,sodrought(干旱)doesn’toftenhappeninthisarea.二三四一sleepyrunning8.________(general)speaking,mostpeopleprefertoworkinaquietenvironment.9.Scientistsdidn’tfindanything________(value)inthisarealastyear.10.［2025·盤錦雙臺子區(qū)月考］Heisknown________ oneofthemostcreativethinkersofourtime.二三四一Generallyvaluableas三、閱讀理解。Haveyoueverseenthe“shootingstars”inthesky?Theyarespacerocksthattraveledthroughtheair,leavinglightinthesky.Ifaspacerocklandsonearth,itiscalledthemeteorite(隕石).MichaelFarmerisameteoritehunter.Here,hetalksabouthisunusualjob.Reporter:What’sthehardestpartofthejob?MichaelFarmer:Iamalwayslookingfornewpiecesofmeteoriterock.SoIhavetotravelalot.I’vebeentoabout70二三四一countriesorso.Thejobcanbedangerousbecausesomerocksareworthalotofmoney.Ononesuchtrip,Iwasrobbed(搶劫)andalmostkilled.Thatwasascaryexperience.Thereareothertroubles,too.Itbreaksthelaw(法律)totakemeteoritepiecesfromsomecountries.Soyouhavetobeverycarefulandlearnthelaw.It’sdifferentindifferentcountries.Reporter:Aretherealotofmeteoritepiecesonearth?MichaelFarmer:Yes,therearemillions,butmostlandintheforestorocean.Theyarealmostimpossibletobehunted.OneofthebestplacestofindmeteoritepiecesistheSaharaDesertinAfrica.Youcanseethemeasilyinthesand.Theheatalsoprotectstherockswell.二三四一Reporter:What’sthemostvaluablemeteoriteyouhavefound?MichaelFarmer:IfoundonepieceintheMiddleEast,andIsolditfor100,000dollars.ButthemostvaluableonewasinCanada.ThreepartnersandIdiscoveredaveryraretypeofmeteorite.WesoldittotheCanadiangovernmentforjustunder1milliondollars.Reporter:Whoelsebuystherocksfromyou?MichaelFarmer:Museumsandprivatecollectorsarealwayscallingme.Newmeteoritesareindemand.Sotheysellquickly.Ialsosellthemtoalotofscientists.Theydon’thavethetimeormoneytosearchfortheserocks.二三四一()11.WhatdoesFarmersayisdifficultabouthisjob? A.Buyingmeteorites. B.Travelingtolookformeteorites. C.Sellingmeteorites. D.Studyingmeteorites.二三四一B()12.WhyistheSaharaDesertagoodplacetofindmeteorites? A.Mostmeteoriteslandthere. B.Themeteoritestherearemorevaluable. C.Thesandmakesiteasytofindmeteorites. D.Themeteoritestherearebiggerthanelsewhere.二三四一C()13.WhatdoesFarmermeanby“Newmeteoritesareindemand.”inthelastparagraph? A.Newmeteoritesareeasilyfoundforcollectors. B.Newmeteoritesareveryusefultocollectors. C.Newmeteoritesarepopularamongcollectors. D.Newmeteoritesarebecomingfewerandfewer.二三四一C()14.Whatisthemainpurposeofthispassage? A.Todescribewhatameteoritehunterdoes. B.Toshowthescientificresearchofmeteorites. C.Togiveadviceonhowtobecomeameteoritehunter. D.Toexplainwhyhuntingformeteoritesischallenging.二三四一A四、閱讀與表達(dá)。Hello,IamCarla.Icanstillrememberseeingthemysteriousshadows(影子)whenIwasalittlekid.Theylookedlikelargebirdspassingovermyneighborhood!Butsurelytheywerenothawks(鷹),becausetheirshadowswerenotsolargeasthemysteriousones.OnceIwasworkingintheyardwhenIsawashadowcomingdownthestreet.ButwhenIlookedup,Ionlysaw二三四一darknessforasecond!Ifitwasjustaplane,whywasn’ttherealoudnoise?Ifitwasakite,whowasflyingit?Ifitwasabird,whatbirdcouldcreateashadowthatwastwentytimesthesizeofanormalhawk’sshadow?Iaskedmymotheraboutthemystery.Shetoldmeshehadalsoseenthebigbirdshadows.Andsheguessedtheywerethunderbirds!That’sbecauseit’ssaidthatthiskindofbirdis二三四一verylarge.ButthethunderbirdisjustamythicalbirdinAmericanIndianculture.Mymothereventoldmelotsoftimesthatwhentheshadowappeared,rabbitsandotherlittleanimalswouldrunawayandhide!Thelastmysteriousthingwasthatnobodyelseinmycitylookedupwhentheshadowspassedover.Everyoneherewasalwayslookingdownforsomereason.二三四一15.WhatwasCarladoingwhensheoncesawtheshadow?

_______________________________________________16.WhodidCarlaaskaboutthemystery?

_______________________________________________17.Whenwouldlittleanimalsrunawayandhide?

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_______________________________________________二三四一She/Carlawasworkingintheyard.She/Carlaaskedhermotheraboutthemystery./Hermother.They/Littleanimalswouldrunawayandhidewhentheshadowappeared./Whentheshadowappeared.18.Didyouhavemysteriousthingsinyourchildhood?Tellusoneofthem.Write30wordsormore. _______________________________________________

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