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1.surprise n．
①意料之外的事；让人惊奇的事
· The soldiers made a surprise attack at the enemies．士兵们突袭了敌人。
②惊奇；惊讶
· We looked at each other in surprise．大家惊讶地看着他们。
【 必背】
to one’s surprise 使某人感到惊讶的是
·To our great surprise, she got all the answers right and won the contest．
使大家大为惊讶的是，她答对了所有些问题并取得了比赛。
【拓展】
① v．使惊奇；使感到意料之外
·Her words greatly surprised the guests present at the party．她说的话让参加聚会的宾客们感到很意料之外。
② surprised adj. 感到惊奇的；感到意料之外的 ， ．
·His parents were surprised at his answer．爸爸妈妈对他的回答感到意料之外。 ，
③ surprising adj．使人惊奇的；出人意料的
·It is surprising for her to hear that she has been promoted to the general manager．
听说自己已经被提高为总经理使她感到意料之外。
2．faint v．昏厥
【常用搭配】
faint from因为……而昏厥
·She fainted from hunger．她饿昏过去了。
【拓展】
① n．昏厥
【常用搭配】fall into a faint昏倒
·When hearing the sad news, she fell into a faint．
听到这个悲伤的消息后，她昏倒了。
②adj．虚弱的；微弱的；淡的
·Their voices grew fainter and fainter．他们的声音变得愈加轻。
·There is a faint light in the distance． 远处有一束微弱的灯光。
·When she walked past me, I smelt a faint smell of perfume．她从我身边经过的时候，我闻到了一股淡淡的香水味。
3. gasp v．喘着气说
·He came to the surface of the water, gasping for air．他浮上水面，大口喘气。 【常用搭配】
gasp at 对……大吃一惊
·She gasped at the beautiful scenery．这样漂亮的景色使她惊讶地屏住了呼吸。
【拓展】 n．喘气
4. control n.控制
【必背】
be in control 控制着；掌管着
be／get／run out of control失控
be under control处于控制之下
·The manager is in control of the project．经理掌控着这个项目。
·The situation seems to have run out of control．形势好像已经失去了控制。
·It took the new teacher several months to bring the class under contro1．
新老师花了几个月的时间才管住了这个班级。
【拓展】v．控制；掌管
·He seems to be poor at controlling his temper．他好像非常难控制我们的脾气。
5．opposite prep．在……对面；与……相对
·I sat opposite him during the meal．我吃饭的时候坐在他对面。
【拓展】
①adj．对面的；相反的
·They went away in opposite directions．他们朝相反的方向离开。
②n．对立面；对立物
·Black is the opposite of white．黑色与白色正好相反。
6．seat v．使坐下
·He seated himself at a writing table and began to do the homework．他在写字台前坐下，开始做作业。
【拓展】
① v．坐得下……人
·The hall can seat three hundred teachers and students．这个礼堂可以坐下三百名师生。
② n．座位
·He gave up his seat in the bus for an old lady．他把自己在公共汽车上的座位让给了一位老妇人。
7．make—up n．化妆
·It's not healthy for young girls to wear too much make—up．化浓妆对年轻女生的健康有害处。
【拓展】
①n．构成
·The make—up of the committee is five teachers and five professors．委员会由五名教师和五名教授组成。
②make up 组成；虚构；弥补；化妆
【必背】
be made up of 由……组成
make up for 弥补 -
·She is making up．她正在化妆。
·This machine is made up of more than 600 parts．这台机器由六百多个零部件组成。
·She studied hard in order to make up for wasted time．为了弥补浪费的时间，她好好学习。
·The story is made up．这个故事是虚构的。
8．audience n．观众
·The audience applauded for 10 minutes．观众持续鼓掌了十分钟之久。
【拓展】n．听众；读者
·A radio announcer may have an audience of hundreds of millions．一名广播员可能拥有数以百万计的听众。
·Her novels have reached a wide audience of young people．她的小说已拥有了广大的年轻读者。
9．boom v．用洪亮而低沉的声音说
·The famous singer’s voice boomed out, reaching to the back of the concert
hall．这位著名歌手的歌喉深沉响亮，一直传到音乐厅的后面。
【拓展】n．隆隆声；兴盛
·The country is having a great boom in economy．
这个国家的经济正在如火如荼。
·The boom of the explosion can be heard for miles．
爆炸的隆隆声在几英里外就能听到。
10．It’s time for …
·It's time for action．是该有所行动的时候了。
【注意】
该句型的意思是“是该干……的时候了。”time前省略了high。该句型的常用结构有以下几种：
①It istime+动词不定式
②It istime+ for+ n．
③It istime+ for somebody+ to do something
④It istime+ that somebody did something ’
·It is time to have class．该上课了。
·It is time for breakfast．该吃早饭了。 ’
·It is time for her to tell us the truth. 是该她告诉大家真相的时候了。
·It is time that we took action to fight against air pollution．是该大家采取行动与大方污染作斗争的时候了。
11．ahead of 领先
·Her grades were always ahead of the others in the class．
她的成绩一直在班里排名前列。
【拓展】在……之前
·They finished the task several days ahead of the deadline．他们在最后期限前的几天就完成了任务。
12．beat v．战胜；击败
·Their team beat ours．他们的队伍战胜了大家的队伍。
【拓展】
①v．"> ·The waves beat against the rocks．海浪撞击着岩石。
·He was criticized by the teacher for beating his classmate on the head．
他由于打了同学的头部而遭到了老师的批评。
②v．有规律地动
·She felt her heart beating quickly．她感到我们的心跳非常快。
13．still adj．静止的
【必背】keep still
·She found it hard to make the kids keep still．
她发现让孩子们维持不动是非常难的。
【拓展】adv．仍然；还
·There’s still time for you to change your mind．你还有空闲改变主意。
Sentences:
1.so that:以便，所以；引导结果状语从句
Eg：I’ll give you all the facts so that you can judge it by yourself.
我把所有些事实都给你以便你可以自己判断。
分开的so that: ①后接单数可数名词 so+ adj.+ a/an+单数可数名词that such+ a/an+ adj.+单数可数名词+that Eg：It is so great a book that he can’t help buying it. It is such a great book that he can’t help buying it. ②后接名词复数或不可数名词 such+ adj.+不可数名词/名词复数+that Eg: They are such clever boys that the teacher can’t help playing with them.
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【趁热打铁】：
①.大家把当地的商店加到地图里以便他们选择适合的商店。
______________________________________________________________________
②.这是这样振奋人心的消息以至于大伙听了都非常高兴。
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③.机器人是这样的聪明以至于帮助了人类大忙。
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KEYS：
①.People marked the local shops into maps so that they can choose the suitable one.
②. It’s so exciting news that everyone are happy to hear it.
③.Roberts are so smart/clever that they help people a lot.
2.what所字结构：所…的，可以引导主语从句，宾语从句与表语从句
Eg：What you do can’t satisfy your parents.
你所做的事情满足不了你的爸爸妈妈。
He really wanted you to do what your teacher told you.
他真的想要你做老师所对你说的事情。
What he did isn’t what he said.
他言行不一。
【趁热打铁】：
①.他所对你说的事情是假的。
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②.他不想得到你所喜欢的东西。
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KEYS：
①.What he told you was fake.
②. He didn’t want to get what you like.
课堂训练：
Ⅰ.Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.
1. Many medical students ________the first time they watch surgery.
2. My new car is__________. It's very fast and safe and looks wonderful.
3. To our great__________, not the well-known American actor but a young British
won the Best Actor Award.
4. It is __________that she is the general manager's cousin.
5. The cameraman asked the man to _________ and say ' cheese'.
6. The mother __________the baby after bathing it.
7. He tried to run away but gave up when he found himself
8. A beautiful crystal chandelier is __________from the ceiling in the
Shanghai Grand Theatre.
9. There is a growing __________toward part-time employment in universities.
10. Make sure you __________a visit to the new factory for all the guests.
Ⅱ.Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases given in the brackets.
1.他悄悄的告诉我，琼斯已被选为去美国的交流教师。
_____________________________________________________________________2.这张新发行的唱片是由一家享有盛名的公司录制的。
_____________________________________________________________________3.导演叫化妆师给这位女演员脸上抹些粉。
_____________________________________________________________________4.在参加比赛时，他因为紧张而昏倒了。
_____________________________________________________________________5.他登上舞台的时候，观众们为他精彩的演出而鼓掌。
_____________________________________________________________________6.你安排了车到飞机场接我，这真是太周到了。
_____________________________________________________________________7.假如你不努力，你将一事无成。
_____________________________________________________________________8.她的英语比班上的其他同学都好。
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9.大家赶往发出吵闹声的地方。
_____________________________________________________________________10.使大家惊奇的是，他在歌唱比赛中打败了职业选手。
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KEYS：
Ⅰ1. faint 2. terrific 3. surprise 4. whispered 5. keep still
6. powdered 7. surrounded 8. suspended 9. trend 10. arrange
Ⅱ 1. He whispered to me that Jones had been chosen to go to the U. S. A. as an exchange teacher.
2. The recently released disc was recorded by a company of high reputation.
3. The director asked the make-up artist to powder the actress's face a little.
4. When he took part in the competition, he fainted because of nervousness.
5. When he stepped onto the stage, the audience clapped their hands for his wonderful performance.
6. It's very considerate of you to have arranged for a car to pick me up at the airport.
7. If you don't work hard, you will achieve nothing.
8. She is ahead of the other students in class in English.
9. We rushed to where the noise came from.
10. To our surprise, he beat the professionals in the singing competition.
课后作业
Ⅰ. Directions: Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with _____1_____ experienced waitress for a few days, I was allowed to wait tables on my own. All went well that first week. When Saturday night came, I _____2_____ the tables not far from the kitchen. However, I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays.
The restaurant was full of people _____3 _____I could realize that. I moved slowly, and minded every step. I remember how happy I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables; It had nice handles, _____4_____ it easier to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to believe I was a natural at this job.
Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved watching you work. _____5_____ seems that your tray stand has been very useful to you, but we are getting ready to leave now, and my wife _____6_____ wait to take her walker back.”
At first his message did not get across. “What _____ he _7______about!” Then, I got it. I _____8_____ my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker. My face was on fire. I wanted _____9_____（get）into a hole and hide.
Since then, I’ve learned that sometimes there’s no point _____10_____ too sure of myself.
Ⅱ. Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. value B. shape C. designed D. understanding E. importantly F. economists G. response H. vast I. connected J. major K. amazingly |
Thirteen years after the launch of Taobao, China has risen to become the world’s second busiest online marketplace, behind only the United States. This is the kind of statistic that __________ love, but it doesn’t really tell us anything about why so many people like to buy so many things online.
Is it because its easy? Is it because of the __________ selection? Is it because we want to feel __________ to others without leaving the house?
Taobao was in fact a __________ to ebay’s entrance into the Chinese market in 2003. Jack Ma knew that he knew China better than the Americans did, and that Taobao could beat ebay at its own game here. He was right, and Jack Ma has helped to __________the nature of online commerce in China—what it looks like, how it works, and, most __________, who its users are.
Taobao’s aesthetic is distinctive, and has influenced and inspired competitors in China and around the world. The way it works is also different from other __________online retailers . But the real genius of Taobao lies in its __________ of its users. What it looks like and how it works, after all, were __________ with the users in mind: a young, increasingly “connected” and increasingly wealthy Chinese generation.
When they designed Taobao, Jack Ma and his team realized that many young people in China strongly ______________________________ social interaction with their peers, so they made such interaction—everything from messaging to live chats to recommendations and reviews—a core part of the Taobao shopping experience.
---14一模，嘉定区
Ⅲ. Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context
When you are little, it’s not hard to believe you can change the world. I remember my enthusiasm when, at the age of 12, I addressed the delegates at the Rio Earth Summit. “I am only a child,” I told them. “Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers, what a wonderful place this would be. In school you teach us not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others, to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to share, not to be greedy. Then why do you go out and do the thing you tell us not to do? You grown-ups say you love us, but I challenge you, please, to make your actions reflect your words.”
I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation. Some of the delegates even cried. I thought that maybe I had reached some of them, that my speech might actually spur action. Now, a decade from Rio, after I’ve sat through many more conferences, I’m not sure what has been accomplished. My confidence in the people in power and in the power of an individual’s voice to reach them has been deeply shaken.
When I was little, the world was simple. But as a young adult, I’m learning that as we have to make choices — education, career, lifestyle — life gets more and more complicated. We are beginning to feel pressure to produce and be successful. We are taught that economic growth is in progress, but aren’t taught how to pursue a happy, healthy or sustainable way of living. And we are learning that what we wanted for the future when we were 12 was ideal and innocent.
Today I’m no longer a child, but I’m worried about what kind of environment my children will grow up in. I know change is possible, because I am changing, still figuring out what I think. I am still deciding how to live my life. The challenges are great, but if we accept individual responsibility and make sustainable choices, we will rise to the challenges, and we will become part of the positive tide of change.
1. The purpose of what the writer said at the age of 12 was to _____.
A. end poverty and make school beautiful
B. find environmental answers and keep the words that they always told themselves
C. end poverty and solve the problems about environment
D. find a wonderful place and clean it up
2. What does the underlined word “ovation” in the second paragraph refer to _____.
A. a long period of laughing B. a warm welcome
C. an expression used for greeting D. a long period of clapping and applause
3. It becomes clear that the writer is possibly _____ now.
A. in his teens B. in his twenties C. in his thirties D. in his forties
4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. the writer thinks what he thought at the age of 12 is mature.
B. the writer’s children will certainly live in an ideal environment.
C. the writer’s confidence in the people in power has deeply shaken their voice.
D. the writer’s belief does not change when he grows up.
Ⅳ. Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
Being Left-handed in a Right-handed World
The world is designed for right-handed people, but why does a tenth of the population prefer the left? ______
The answer to it remains a bit of a mystery. Since scientists have noticed that left-handedness tends to run in families, it’s assumed that left-handedness has a genetic （基因的）component to it. ______ In fact,
identical twins, who share the same genes, can sometimes prefer to use different hands. There are also plenty of theories on what else might determine which hand you write with, but many experts believe that it’s kind of random.
Historically, the left side and left-handedness have been considered a negative thing by many cultures. ______ In some areas, the left hand became known as the “unclean” hand. In many religions, the right hand of God is the favored hand. For example, Jesus sits at God’s right side. God’s left hand, however, is the hand of judgement. Various activities and experiences become rude or even signs of bad luck when the left hand becomes involved. In some parts of Scotland, it is considered bad luck to meet a left-handed person at the start of a journey. ______ A person giving directions will put their left hand behind them and even physically try to point with their right hand if necessary. In some Asian countries, eating with the left hand is considered impolite.
______ People come to realize that left-handedness is natural. People even noticed that many famous people are left-handed, including Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Charlie Chaplin. Some researchers find out that lefties are more creative and can deal with abstract thinking better. The left-handedness is more easily adaptable to the right-handed world as well. Being left-handed is no longer a sad story now; instead, it is a wonderful gift or maybe it is something you should take pride in.
A. In other words, left-handers are born that way.
B. Left-handedness used to be regarded as a disability.
C. The unfavorable associations of the use of the left hand among cultures are varied.
D. Why do they prefer to use their left hand rather than their right hand for routine activities?
E. Why do some parents force their left-handed children to become right-handed when writing?
F. In Ghana, pointing, gesturing, giving or receiving items with the left hand is considered rude.
G. Fortunately, nowadays most societies and cultures no longer reject left-handedness like before.
DACFG
Ⅴ. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English. You are required to use the word given in the bracket for each respective sentence.
1.政府需要找到有效政策来处置这一问题。（effective）
_______________________________________________________________________________2.爸爸妈妈不应该剥夺大家的乐趣。（rob…of）
_______________________________________________________________________________3.大家保证一个星期内修好这个机器。（guarantee）
_______________________________________________________________________________4.他们能提供满足你的最好策略。（suit）
_______________________________________________________________________________5.杰克逊不想损害我们的名誉。（damage）
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KEYS:
1. an 2. was given 3. before 4. making 5. It 6. can’t 7.was talking 8. had set 9.to get 10. being
Ⅱ.
1-5: F H I G B 6-10: E J D C A
Ⅲ.1-4:CDBD
Ⅳ. 1-5:DACFG
Ⅴ.
1.The government must find an effective policy to deal with the problem.
2.Parents should not rob us of our pleasure.
3.We guarantee to fix the machine within a week.
4.They are able to offer you the best plan to suit your needs.
5.Jackson doesn’t want to damage his reputation/fame.
