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Unit 3 Make our world more beautiful

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　　常见阅读理解的答题方法

　　1.先看文章，再看文后问题。

　　这种方法适合于较短的阅读短文，答题时一般可采用以下步骤：

　　先快速浏览全文，大致了解文章大意和中心思想，然后再看后面的几道小题，把问题及其选项略读一遍，了解其内容以及在文章中的出处，最后带着问题进行细读，特别注意与问题有关的词和句子。

　　2.先看问题，再看文章。

　　这种方法适合于较长的阅读短文，答题时可以采用以下步骤：

　　首先看几个问题和选项，从中将细节题和中心思想分开。第二步是带着这些细节题到原文中快速找到有关的词和句子，然后作出判断。最后再通过全文阅读把握文章中心，完成中心思想题。用这种方法，阅读直接性强，可减少无关信息的阅读时间，但缺点是不能顾及全局，不能借助中心内容的把握判断选项的对错。另外，孤立看问题容易忘记，往往看文章后还要看试题，这种做法对记忆力的要求较高。

　　无论用哪种方法，必须了解其特点，还要了解自己的长短处，通过平时的有意训练，找出适合自己的方法，才能取得最佳效果。

　　Passage 1

　　一、阅读理解

　　The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means (通讯设备). Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems.One of the biggest is pollution (污染).To pollute means to make things dirty.Pollution comes in many ways.We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.

　　Man has been polluting the earth.The more people,the more pollution.Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people.When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, Man moved to another place.But this is no longer true.Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.

　　Air pollution is still the most serious.Its bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution.Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water.Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.

　　Many countries are making rules (法规) to fight pollution.They stop people from burning coal (煤) in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air.

　　Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution.It is caused (引起) by heavy traffic.It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.②

　　The earth is our home.We must take care of it.That means keeping the land, water and air clean.And we must take care of the rise in population at the same time.

　　①The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means.由于现代交通和现代通讯设备的使用，世界本身变得小多了。

　　②It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.的解,开车的人越少,空气污染也就越少。

　　根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

　　1.Our world is becoming much smaller, ____ .

　　A.because the earth is being polluted day and night

　　B.thanks to science development

　　C.because the earth is blown away by the wind every year

　　D.because the population grows too fast

　　2.Thousands of years ago, life was ____ it is today.

　　A.much easier than

　　B.as easy as

　　C.as hard as

　　D.much harder than

　　3.Pollution comes in many ways.We can even hear it.Here“it” means ____ .

　　A.water pollution

　　B.air pollution

　　C.noise pollution

　　D.rubbish (垃圾)

　　4.Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because ____ .

　　A.it's bad for all living things in the world

　　B.it makes much noise

　　C.it makes our rivers and lakes dirty

　　D.it makes us angry more easily

　　5.Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A.Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.

　　B.The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the worlds population does.

　　C.If people could go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motorbike, it would be helpful in fighting against the problem of SO2.

　　D.The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people living on the earth.

　　Passage 2

　　二、阅读理解

　　In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution(污染).They join “environment clubs (环境俱乐部)”.In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean.

　　Here are some things students often do.

　　Nogarbage(垃圾) lunches.How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again.① Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school!

　　 Nocar day.On a nocar day, nobody comes to school in a car—not the students and not the teachers! Cars give pollution to our air, so remember:

　　Walk, jump, bike or run.

　　Use your legs! It's lots of fun!

　　Turn off the water! Did you know that some toilets can waste(浪费) twenty to forty m3 of water an hour?② In a year, that would fill a small river! In environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets.

　　We love our environment.Let's work together to make it clean.

　　①Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again.

　　环境俱乐部请同学们把午饭装在可以再次使用的袋子里。

　　②Did you know that some toilets can waste twenty to forty m3 of water an hour?

　　你知道一些厕所一小时竟然浪费20~40立方米水吗？

　　根据短文内容，判断下列各句正(T)误(F)。

　　1.Environment clubs ask students to take exercise every day.()

　　2.From the passage we know the students usually have lunch at school.()

　　3.On a nocar day, neither students nor teachers will take a car to school.()

　　4.After students mend toilets, they save a small river.()

　　5.The writer wrote the passage to ask student to join clubs.()

　　Passage 3

　　三、阅读理解

　　Everything has two sides.One side of SARS is already clear.It is a deadly disease, which causes fear.There were 2,601 cases (病例) recorded on the Chinese mainland on April 24, according to government report.① 115 people have died and numbers keep rising.

　　But, there is another side.

　　SARS is a reminder (提醒) of how fragile life can be. Suddenly, its not just the old people who are thinking about death.Everyone now realizes there might not always be a tomorrow.

　　Wang Xinying, a student in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province came into connect (接触) with a suspected (疑似)SARS patient in midApril.He was told to stay at home for at least two weeks.“Watching TV about more and more SARS patients dying, I never knew that death could be so close.Life is valuable (珍贵的) and I'm going to treasure (珍惜) every single day.”he said.

　　SARS teaches people to be grateful, both for their own lives and for others.Doctors and nurses, for example, have to spend all their time with infected (被感染的) patients.As a result, more than one fifth of SARS cases in China are medical workers.

　　Xu Bing, a student of Beijing No.5 Middle School wants to be a doctor in the future.“Although they certainly know the dangers, doctors and nurses kept working hard on saving peoples lives.Im deeply moved by what they have done.I think they are real heroes.”he said.

　　SARS also teaches sympathy (同情).The past few weeks have been terrible for Chinese people.But there are far worse things than SARS in this world, such as war, earthquakes and robberies.③ Think of the Iraqis, who have been living terrible lives for 20 years.Think of how the Americans felt on 9/11.

　　And finally, SARS offers the chance to grow.All different kinds of people and the governments are joining together to work in this difficult time.When this passes, China and its people, will have learned great lessons.

　　①There were 2,601 cases recorded on the Chinese mainland on April 24, according to government report.根据政府报告，4月24日中国大陆有2，601例的病例。

　　②SARS is a reminder (提醒) of how fragile life can be.SARS警示人们生命是多么的脆弱啊！

　　③But there are far worse things than SARS in this world, such as war, earthquakes and robberies.但是在这个世界上，有比SARS更糟糕的事情，诸如战争、地震和抢劫等。

　　根据短文内容，回答下列问题，每空一词。

　　1.What does “Everyone now realizes there might not always be a tomorrow?”mean?

　　It means life is easy to ____ and we must ____ our life.

　　2.How long was Wang Xinying told to stay at home?

　　He was told to stay at home for about ____ a ____ .

　　3.Why can medical workers be easily infected?

　　Because they have to be with infected patients ____ and ____ .

　　4.What do we learn in the difficult time?

　　We learn nothing is difficult if we ____ ____ .

　　Passage 4

　　四、完形填空

　　The United States, Great Britain took the war (战争)on Iraq (伊拉克) in late March, 2003.1over twenty days American soldiers were in Baghdad(巴格达), the2of Iraq.They ended the government (政府) of Saddam.3Iraqis died in the war.Saddam is4.No one knows5hes dead or alive.

　　In some parts of the city there was no light because of the war.Some oil wells (油井) were set on fire.Now the Iraqis need food, water and6.Many soldiers and people who were hurt in the war need hospital care.People also need7to find their family members.

　　After the war, some Iraqis broke into Saddams Palace,government buildings, and stores.They8many things from Iraqi Museums.Other Iraqis are angry that the U.S.Soldiers didn't stop the robbers (抢劫者).So far there is9no government of Iraqis.

　　The reason for American soldiers taking the war is that they are10weapons of mass destruction (大规模杀伤性武器).But by June 6, they hadn't found any at all.

　　根据短文内容，选择能填入空白处的最佳答案。

　　1.A.In

　　B.After

　　C.By

　　D.During

　　2.A.city

　　B.town

　　C.capital

　　D.village

　　3.A.Thousand

　　B.Thousands

　　C.Thousand of

　　D.Thousands of

　　4.A.tired

　　B.run

　　C.gone

　　D.forgotten

　　5.A.if

　　B.when

　　C.how

　　D.that

　　6.A.spaceships

　　B.flowers

　　C.people

　　D.medicine

　　7.A.an idea

　　B.a way

　　C.a plane

　　D.a bridge

　　8.A.bought

　　B.borrowed

　　C.stole

　　D.brought

　　9.A.still

　　B.ever

　　C.yet

　　D.already

　　10.A.looking at

　　B.looking for

　　C.giving up

　　D.putting down

　　Passage 1

　　纸包不住火。Murder will out.

　　不可以貌取人。Never judge from appearances.

　　本文主要介绍了环境污染以及导致环境污染的原因。以前人们在土地、河水污染后，可以搬迁到其他地方，可是现在人类再污染全球，将无处可以搬迁。地球是我们的家园，我们必须保护它,同时要控制人口的增长。

　　1.B。从文中“The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means(通讯设备).”可知，现代交通和现代通讯设备的使用，也就是说科学的发展使得地球变得小多了。

　　2.D。根据第一段提供的信息，“现在的生活比几百年前方便多了”，可推断出几百年前的生活比现在艰难得多。

　　3.C。根据文章第一段和第三段提供的信息，可以知道我们听到的污染是噪音。

　　4.A。从文中“Air pollution is still the most serious.Its bad for all living things in the world…”可知，空气污染仍然是最严重的污染，因为它对世界上所有的生物都有害。

　　5.D。根据文章第四段、第一段、第二段提供的信息，可以判断出选项A、B、C都是正确的。而根据第二段和最后一段的信息，可知D项的陈述不正确。

　　Passage 2

　　本文主要介绍了世界上大多数地区的许多学生加入“环境俱乐部”，以帮助他们的学校减少污染，并列举了他们所做的三件有利于学校环境的事情：无午餐垃圾，禁开小汽车日，修理破坏的厕所。

　　1.F。由短文内容可知环境俱乐部是倡导同学们保护和改善校园环境的。

　　2.T。由第三段最后一句可知。

　　3.T。由第四段第一句可知。

　　4.F。学生们修理了厕所后节约了水，而不是挽救了一条小河。

　　5.F。综合短文内容可知，作者写此文的目的是倡导同学们减少污染。

　　Passage 3

　　本文是一则关于SARS的报道，作者从正、反两个方面谈了自己对SARS的认识。

　　1.lose, love (treasure)。由第三段第一、二句可知生命易失，应该珍爱。

　　2.half, month。由第四段第二句“He was told to stay at home for at least two weeks.” 可知他被告知呆在家里至少两周， “至少两周”也可以说“大约半个月”。

　　3.day, night。由第五段第二句“医护人员不得不与被感染SARS的病人一起度过所有的时间。”可知。

　　4.join (work), together。短文最后一段升华了文章的主题——只要我们“万众一心，众志成城”，就一定能战胜非典。

　　Passage 4

　　本文是一篇关于战后伊拉克人民生活情况的报道。

　　1.B。根据伊拉克战争的情况，英美联军在发动战争20多天之后攻占了巴格达。

　　2.C。巴格达是伊拉克的首都。

　　3.D。表示概数的结构为“计数单位的复数+of+n.(pl.)”。

　　4.C。be gone 意为“消失；不见”。

　　5.A。根据句意此处需用宾语从句的引导词if，即“没有人知道萨达姆是死还是活。”

　　6.D。战后伊拉克人急需食品、水和药品。

　　7.B。人们需要一个找到他们家庭成员的途径。

　　8.C。由战后一些伊拉克人闯入萨达姆官邸、政府大楼和商店进行打砸抢,可知他们从伊拉克博物馆盗窃文物。

　　9.A。根据短文大意，应理解为“到目前为止，伊拉克仍然处于无政府状态。”

　　10.B。美国士兵发动战争的理由是寻找大规模杀伤性武器。

　　1.Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago…今天的生活比数百年前方便得多……(Line 2, Passage 1)

　　表示概数的结构为“计数单位的复数(hundreds, thousands, millions, billions)+of+n.(pl.)”，表示确数的结构为 “基数词+计数单位的单数+n.(pl.)”。例如：

　　There are thousands of trees in the forest.森林里有成千上万棵树。

　　There are about nine hundred students in this school.这所学校里大约有900名学生。

　　世上无难事，只要肯登攀。Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

　　不进则退。Not to advance is to go back.

　　2.Although they certainly know the dangers, doctors and nurses kept working hard on saving peoples lives.虽然医护人员知道危险，但是他们仍努力挽救病人的生命。(Line 18， Passage 3)

　　although/ though 与but 不能成对使用，只用一者就表示“虽然……但是……”。类似的还有because与so,它们也不能成对使用。例如：

　　虽然他病了，但是他仍然去上班。

　　误：Although/Though he was ill, but he still went to work.

　　正：Although/Though he was ill, he still went to work.

　　正：He was ill, but he still went to work.

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