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Unit 2 Water sports

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　　阅读技巧中的“三读”

　　1.略读:就是粗略地读一遍文章，获知文章的梗概与主题思想。此法常用于做考查主旨的题目。

　　2.速读：又叫跳读，就是通过快速阅读查找出一篇文章的基本内容，也就是时间、地点、人物、事件等，在阅读时要尽量记住或标出这些基本内容的位置，为快速答题打好基础。此法可用于解答细节题、是非题以及词义、句意推断题。

　　3.精读：又叫研读或细读，就是对全篇或某段落或某些句子进行细致地阅读。此法可用于了解作者的态度、观点、写作目的等，适合解答推断题。

　　Note：在实际解题时，三种阅读技巧常交替使用。

　　Passage 1

　　一、阅读理解

　　Tom lived far away from the town by himself.He didn't often leave, but one day he went into town to buy some things in the shops.After he bought them he went for lunch.He sat down at a table in the restaurant (饭店).When he looked around, he saw several old people put on eye glasses before reading their newspapers,① so after lunch he decided (决定) to buy himself a pair of glasses, too.

　　He went along the road and soon he found one.He went into the shop and tried on the glasses.The man in the shop showed him a lot of pairs of glasses but Tom always said, “I can't read with these.”

　　The man in the shop became more and more surprised until he said,“Excuse me, but can you read at all?”

　　“No, of course I can't!”Tom said angrily.“If I was already able to read, what's the use of glasses?”

　　①When he looked around, he saw several old people put on eye glasses before reading their newspapers…当他环顾四周时，他看到几位老人看报前戴上眼镜……

　　②If I was already able to read, what's the use of glasses?如果我已经会读了，那眼镜还有什么用处呢？

　　根据短文内容，判断下列各句正(T)误(F)。

　　1.Tom lived in the country with his parents.()

　　2.He often stayed at home far from the town.()

　　3.One day he did some shopping in town.()

　　4.In the shop he found some old people with glasses.()

　　5.The old people were shopping, too.()

　　6.He thought the glasses could help him to read so he decided to buy a pair.()

　　7.It took him a long time to find a glasses shop.()

　　8.Tom tried on a lot of pairs of glasses but they were not what he wanted.()

　　9.The man in the shop wanted to know how Toms eyes were.()

　　10.Tom couldnt read until he put on glasses.()

　　Passage 2

　　二、阅读理解

　　Skindiving (潜水) is a new sport today.This sport takes you into a wonderful new world.It is like a visit to the moon.When you are under water, it is easy for you to climb big rocks (岩石), because you are no longer heavy.①

　　Here, under water, everything is blue and green.During the day, there is plenty of light.When fish swim nearby, you can catch them with your hands.

　　When you have tanks (罐) of air on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time.But you must be careful when you dive in deep water.

　　To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport.Besides, there are more uses for skindiving.You can clean ships without taking them out of water.You can get many things from the deep sea.②

　　Now you see that skindiving is both useful and interesting.

　　①When you are under water, it is easy for you to climb big rocks, because you are no longer heavy.当你在水下时，爬上大岩石很容易，因为你受到浮力的作用而不再那么重了。

　　②You can clean ships without taking them out of water.你不用把轮船从水中带出来就能清洗轮船。

　　根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

　　1.Skindiving is a new sport, it can take you to).

　　A.the moon

　　B.a new world of land

　　C.the mountains

　　D.deep water

　　2.In deep water,).

　　A.there is plenty of light

　　B.there is no light at all

　　C.you can find a lot of blue fish

　　D.everything looks blue and green

　　3.You can climb big rocks under water easily becaus____.

　　A.you are very heavy

　　B.you are as heavy as on the land

　　C.you are not so heavy as on the land

　　D.you have no weight at all

　　4.With tanks of air on your back, you can____.

　　A.catch fish very easily

　　B.stay under water for a long time

　　C.climb big rocks

　　D.have more fun

　　5.Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A.Skindiving is a new sport.

　　B.Skindiving is like visiting the moon.

　　C.The only use of skindiving is to have more fun.

　　D.Skindiving is not only interesting but also useful.

　　Passage 3

　　三、阅读理解

　　The world is not only hungry,it will also be thirsty for water.About 97% of water on the earth is sea water, or salty (咸的) water.Man can only drink or use the other 3% of the fresh water (淡水) which comes from rivers, lakes and underground.①

　　The sea is very big.Look at the map of the world, there is more sea than land. It covers (覆盖) three quarters of the earth.It looks very beautiful when the sun is shining on it.But it can be terrible when there is a strong wind.

　　Some parts of the sea are very deep(深). There is one place near Japan.It's nearly 11 kilometres deep.The highest mountain in the world is about 9 kilometres high.If we put that mountain into the sea at that place, there would be 2 kilometres of water above it!②

　　The sea is salty.There is one “sea”called the Dead Sea (死海).The Dead Sea is not a sea.It's a big lake in the Jordan Valley.It's the saltiest.It's near the city of Jericho.Its about 80 kilometres long, between 4.8 and 17.7 kilometres wide.The river Jordan runs into the Dead Sea.The sun is hot there and the water is salty.Fish cant live in the Dead Sea and plants can't grow near it.People can't swim well in the Dead Sea, but they can float(漂浮) on the water.The water is very blue and the air is clean.In winter people come to Dead Sea to enjoy the sunshine.

　　①Man can only drink or use the other 3% of the fresh water which comes from rivers, lakes and underground.人类只能饮用其他3%的来自河流、湖泊和地下的淡水。

　　②If we put that mountain into the sea at that place, there would be 2 kilometres of water above it!如果我们把整座山放入海里的那个地方，山顶距水面还会有两千米。

　　根据短文内容填空，每空一词。

　　1.There is much more ____ water than ____ water on the earth.

　　2.The sea covers ____ ____ of the world.

　　3.The Dead Sea is a big ____ with the ____ water in the Jordan Valley.

　　4.The highest mountain is ____ ____ metres lower than the deepest place in the sea near Japan.

　　5.The Dead Sea is between 4.8 and 17.7 kilometres ____ , about 80 kilometres ____ .

　　Passage 4

　　四、完形填空

　　A teacher was asking a student a lot of questions, but the student1answer any of them.The teacher then decided to ask him2questions so that he could get3right.“Who was Beethoven (贝多芬)?”she asked.The student answered, “He was American.” after he4.

　　“5.He was a German musician.”the teacher said.She6a little angry now,7she was trying not to show it.

　　Then she asked, “Who was the first president (总统) of the United States?”

　　The student thought for a long time, but he didnt say8.Then the teacher got very angry and9,“George Washington!”The student got up and began to walk towards the door.

　　“Come back!” the teacher said,“I10you to go.”

　　“Oh, I'm sorry,” the student said,“I thought you called the next student.”

　　根据短文内容，选择能填入空白处的最佳答案。

　　1.A.could

　　B.did

　　C.couldnt

　　D.must

　　2.A.very easy

　　B.hard

　　C.difficult

　　D.more difficult

　　3.A.little

　　B.a little

　　C.few

　　D.a few

　　4.A.listen

　　B.thought

　　C.guessed

　　D.talked

　　5.A.Yes

　　B.Maybe

　　C.All right

　　D.No

　　6.A.is

　　B.get

　　C.is getting

　　D.was

　　7.A.so

　　B.but

　　C.or

　　D.and

　　8.A.anything

　　B.nothing

　　C.something

　　D.everything

　　9.A.spoke

　　B.told

　　C.shouted

　　D.talked

　　10.A.let

　　B.told

　　C.didnt let

　　D.didnt tell

　　Passage 1本文是一篇幽默小品文，介绍不识字的Tom以为戴一副眼镜就能读报了，读罢的确令人啼笑皆非。

　　1.F。本题可直接从原文第一句作出判断。

　　2.T。参考本文第一段第一、二句作出判断。

　　3.T。参考本文第一段第二句作出判断。

　　4.F。参考本文第一段第四、五句作出判断。

　　5.F。同上。

　　6.T。仔细分析文章内容，可判断此句正确。

　　7.F。参考第二段第一句话，本题不符合此句意思，所以此句错误。

　　8.T。仔细阅读文章，可判断出此句符合Tom的想法。

　　9.F。仔细阅读文章，可判断出此句不符合事实，售货员想知道的是Torn是否识字。

　　10.F。not…until意思是“直到……才……”，本题意思是Tom直到戴上眼镜才能阅读。通过阅读文章可判断此题错误。

　　Passage 2

　　本文主要介绍了潜水这项新的运动，它既能使人感受到水底的乐趣，又能在清洗轮船等日常工作中发挥重要的作用。

　　1.D。这是一道推理判断题，由短文第三段中“When you have tanks of air on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time.” 及短文第四段中“You can get many things from the deep sea.” 所提供的信息进行综合归纳。

　　2.D。由短文第二段“Here, under water, everything is blue and green.” 可知应选D。

　　3.C。这是一个考查生活常识及文章细节的题目，根据物理知识判断：由于水的浮力，人在水中比陆地上轻。

　　4.B。由短文第三段第一句可知。

　　5.C。由短文提供的信息可知A、B、D与事实相符。根据第四段第一句可知C项与文中事实不符。

　　Passage 3

　　本文主要介绍了海洋以及世界上最咸的湖——“死海”的一些情况。

　　1.sea/salty, fresh。由第一段第二、三句可知。

　　2.Three quarters。由第二段第二句可知。

　　3.lake, saltiest。由第四段第三、四句可知。

　　4.two thousand。由第三段最后一句可知，另外two kilometres也可以说成two thousand metres。

　　5.wide, long。由第四段第五句可知。

　　Passage 4

　　本文是一篇幽默小品文，通过这个学生认为贝多芬是美国人，尤其是老师告诉他美国的第一任总统是乔治·华盛顿时，他误认为老师叫了另一个学生的名字，等事反映了这个学生知识的贫乏。

　　1.C。由连词but以及其前后两句的意思可知。

　　朽木不可雕。Fools grow without watering.

　　生活而无目标，犹如航海无指南针。Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

　　2.A。由于这个学生不能回答老师的任何问题，因此老师决定问他很简单的问题。

　　3.B。a little修饰形容词right。

　　4.B。这个学生思考后回答了老师的问题。

　　5.D。由后一句“He was a German musician.”可知老师否定了这个学生的答案。

　　6.D。综观全文，短文通篇都用了过去时态，只有D选项属过去时态。

　　7.B。由前后两句的意思可知有一种转折关系。

　　8.A。此句为否定句，需用anything。

　　9.C。由“Then the teacher got very angry”可知,选C更能体现这位老师的气愤之情。

　　10.D。根据“to go”可排除A、C，再由“Come back!” 可知,老师没让学生走，故应选D。

　　1.The man in the shop became more and more surprised… 眼镜店中的那个人变得越来越惊奇……(line 12,passage 1)

　　英语表示“越来越……”时，若比较级是原级加er 或r构成的，则用“比较级+and+比较级”；若比较级是在原级前加more构成的，则用“more and more+原级”。例如：

　　Mr Green is getting fatter and fatter.格林先生变得越来越胖。

　　Our hometown is getting more and more beautiful.我们的家乡变得越来越美丽。

　　2.To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport.捉鱼是这项运动中最有趣的部分之一。(line 8,Passage 2)

　　“one of+the+形容词最高级+n.(pl.)” 表示 “最……的……之一”。例如：

　　Miss Zhao is one of the most popular teachers in the school.赵老师是学校里最受欢迎的老师之一。

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