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Unit1AlandofdiversityPeriodOneWarmingUp&Reading(Ⅰ)基础落实Ⅰ.课文理解1．WhichofthefollowingaboutNativeAmericansisNOTtrue?A．TheyweretreatedbadlybytheEuropeans.B．Mostofthemdiedbecausetherewasnotenoughfood.C．TheywerebelievedtohavegottentoAmericabymeansofalandbridge.D．MoreNativeAmericansliveinCaliforniathaninanyotherstatetoday.2．In1848，peoplewenttoCaliforniainorderto________A．escapetheAmerican­MexicanwarB．achievetheirdreamofbecomingrichC．avoidbeinginfectedwiththediseasesintheirhometownsD．developthelandtheyboughtinCaliforniaB3．Fromthetext，weknowthatChineseimmigrants________.A．cametoCaliforniaaftertheGoldRushPeriodB．playedrolesinthebuildingoftherailnetworkinAmericaC．establishedatownoftheirownin1911D．liveonlyinthe“Chinatowns”ofSanFrancisconowB4．Whatcanwelearnfromthetext?A．Thecustomsandlanguagesofimmigrantswilldisappearintheirnewhome.B．ScientistshavefoundexactlywhenthefirstpeoplegottoCalifornia.C．RussianshavelivedinCaliforniaformorethan200years.D．Inthe1980s，thecomputerindustryattractedKoreanstoCalifornia.C5．What’sthetopicofthistextabout?A．ThecultureofCalifornia.B．ThehistoryofCalifornia.C．ThepopulationofCalifornia.D．TheimmigrantsofCalifornia.BⅡ.课文缩写California，the1.________________stateintheUSA，isa2.________statewiththelargestpopulationbecauseEuropean，AfricanandAsianpeople，whose3.________________________liveonintheirnewhome，havebeen4.________tothestateforthelast200years.Beforetheirarrival,5.______________hadlivedthereforthousandsofyears.Aftertheirarrival，thenativepeople6.________alot：killedorforcedintoslavery；diedfromdiseasesbroughtbytheEuropeans，butsome7.________theseterribletimes.Peoplefromallovertheworldarestillcomingto8.________________Californiabecauseofits9.____________________________________itoffers.PeoplebelievethatbeforelonginCaliforniatherewillbenodistinctmajorracialorculturalgroups，but10.__________________manyracesandcultures.Ⅲ.用适当的介、副词填空1．Thecustomsandlanguages________theimmigrantslive________intheirnewhome.2．Thousandswerekilledorforced________slavery.3．________addition，manydied________thediseasesbroughtbytheEuropeans.4．SpanishsoldiersfirstarrivedinSouthAmerica________theearly16thcentury，whentheyfought________thenativepeopleandtooktheirland.5．________thefirstSpanishtogotoCalifornia，themajoritywerereligiousmen，whoseministrywastoteachtheCatholicreligion________thenatives.6．In1846theUnitedStatesdeclaredwar________Mexico，and________thewarwonbytheUSA，MexicohadtogiveCalifornia________theUSA.7．Somediedorreturnedhome，butmostremainedinCaliforniatomakealife________themselvesdespitegreathardship.8．In1911immigrants________Denmarkestablishedatownoftheirown，whichtodaystillkeeps________theirDanishculture.9．PeoplefromAfricahavebeenlivinginCalifornia________the1800s，whentheymovednorthfromMexico.10．People________differentpartsoftheworld，attracted________theclimateandthelifestyle，stillimmigrate________California.Ⅳ.完成句子1．ItalsohasthedistinctionofbeingthemostmulticulturalstateintheUSA，___________.加州与众不同之处在于它也是美国最具多元文化的一个州，它吸引了来自世界各地的人们。2．Exactlywhenthefirstpeoplearrived________________________________California，noonereallyknows.最早一批人具体在什么时间来到我们现在称之为加利福尼亚地区的，谁也说不清楚。3．________________________________California，themajoritywerereligiousmen，whoseministrywastoteachtheCatholicreligiontothenatives.在首批移居加州的西班牙人中，大部分是宗教人士，他们的职责是向原住民传授天主教。4．____________________todayover40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpanishasafirstorsecondlanguage.这就是为什么今天还有40%多的加利福尼亚人仍然把西班牙语作为第一或第二语言。5．________________________beforelongthemixofnationalitieswillbe________________________therewillbenodistinctmajorracialorculturalgroups，butsimplyamixtureofmanyracesandcultures.人们认为，要不了多久，多种国籍的混合将会非常大，这样一来就不会有什么明显的主要种族或文化群体，而只有多种族、多文化的混合体。Ⅴ.句型转换1．NativeAmericansarelikelytobelivinginCaliforniaatleastfifteenthousandyearsago.________________________________NativeAmericanswerelivinginCaliforniaatleastfifteenthousandyearsago.2．SpanishsoldiersfirstarrivedinSouthAmericaintheearly16thcentury；atthattimetheyfoughtagainstthenativepeopleandtooktheirland.SpanishsoldiersfirstarrivedinSouthAmericaintheearly16thcentury，________theyfoughtagainstthenativepeopleandtooktheirland.3．Infact，fewrealizedtheirdreamofbecomingrich.Infact，few________theirdreamofbecomingrich.4．Somediedorreturnedhome，butmostremainedinCaliforniatomakealifeforthemselvesinspiteofgreathardship.Somediedorreturnedhome，butmostremainedinCaliforniatomakealifeforthemselves________greathardship.5．In1911immigrantsfromDenmarksetuptheirowntown，whichtodaystillkeepsuptheirDanishculture.In1911immigrantsfromDenmark________atown________________________，whichtodaystillkeepsuptheirDanishculture.能力提升阅读理解Hawaii’searliestresidentswerePolynesianvoyagers，livingthereformorethan1,000yearsbeforeEuropeanexplorersvisited.TheEnglishexplorercaptainJamesCookcalledthemtheSandwichIslandsin1778fortheEnglishEarl(伯爵)ofSandwich.Thankfully，thatnamedidn’tlast.Howwouldyouliketotellyourfriendsyou’regoingtoSandwichonvacation?In1820，NewEnglandmissionaries(传教士)arrivedandbegantowesternizetheislands.In1840，Britain，France，andtheUnitedStatesrecognizedHawaiiasanindependentkingdom，headedbyK