高中英语unit5section1WarmingupPrereadingReading

Unit5SectionⅠⅠ．单词拼写1．Ihavenoa________buttoreporthimtothepolice．2．Nowtherearestillsomepeopledyingof________(饿死)．3．Doyouhavea________moneyforthejourney?4．Sorrytoi________you．Canyoutellmethetime?5．Let'sa__________whathesaidistrue．6．Thenecklacewaswell________(保存)．7．The________(植物学的)analyseshaveshowedusthatitusedtobealake．8．Thelivingconditionsinthecampwerepretty________(原始的)．9．B________isscientificstudyofplantsandtheirstructure．10．C________isaclassorgroupofthingsinacompletesystemofgrouping．答案：1．alternative2．starvation3．ample4．interrupt5．assume6．preserved7．botanical8．primitive9．Botany10．CategoryⅡ．用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空show...round；aswellas；regardlessof；keepout；atmost；cutup；bemadeof；anamountof；keep...waiting；careabout1．Johnwas________abouthisfailuretobeatMary．2．Theworkwillbecompletedwithinfourhours________．3．Afterclass，LilyandXiaoYang________Tom________thecollege．4．Youcannotexpecthertodothehousework________lookafterthechildren．5．Thefence________postsjoinedtogetherwithwire．6．Shespent________moneyonclothesyesterday．7．Theheadmaster________me________fortwohourslasttime．8．Thebossonly________money．9．Thelawsapplytoeveryone________race,creed(宗教信条)orcolour．10．Inourcountrypeoplehavetowearthethickestjacketto________thecoldinwinter．答案：1．cutup2．atmost3．showed；round4．aswellas5．ismadeof6．anamountof7．kept;waiting8．caresabout9．regardlessof10．keepoutⅢ．根据课文内容用所给短语的适当形式填空keepwarm；showaround；cutup；scareaway；regardlessof；makefires；careabout；atmostWhen1．________theZhoukoudiancaves,thestudentsbecameawareofthefactthattheZhoukoudianprimitivepeoplewereoneoftheearliestpeopleintheworld．Theevidenceofthesix­metreashsuggestedthattheycould2．________to3．________aswellastobakemeatand4．________wildanimals,anditwasalsotheevidencethattheylivedinthecaves,5．________thecold．Whenshowntheneedle6．________threecentimetreslong,theyrealizedthattheprimitivepeoplecouldsewclothesfromanimalskins,andthisalsoprovedthattheycouldmakestonetoolsto7．________animalsandremovethefatandmeatfromtheskin．Interestingly,thenecklacesuggestedthattheancientpeoplealso8．________theirappearance．答案：1．shownaround2．makefires3．keepwarm4．scareaway5．regardlessof6．atmost7．cutup8．caredaboutⅣ．阅读理解ATheBlackDeathAterriblediseasesweptthroughEuropeinthelate1340s．CalledtheBlackDeath,itgotitsnamefromtheblacklumps(肿块)thatitcausedonasickperson'sskin．Thebacteriathatcausesthediseasearespreadtohumansbyfleas(跳蚤)thathavebitteninfectedrats．WithalltheratsinthecrowdedtownsandcitiesofEurope,thediseasespreadfast．Two­thirdsofthosewhocaughtthediseasedied．TheItalianwriterBoccacciosaidthatthediseasespread“likeafirethroughdrygrass”．Nooneknewhowtostopthisterriblenewdisease．Mostpeoplewereafraideventovisitthesick．Injustthreeyears,oneoutofeverythreepeopleinEuropedied．Then,suddenly,around1351,thediseaseseemedtodisappear．Butitreturned—in1363,againin1369,andonmanymoreoccasionsforthenextthreehundredyears．Thegreatfluepidemic(流行病)AsWorldWarIdrewtoaclose,anewthreatarose．InMarchof1918,hundredsofU．S．soldiersatFortRiley,Kansas,fellillwithinfluenza，orflu．Aboutoneinnineillsoldiersdied．Thoughmanypeopledied,thepublicdidnottakenotice．ThedangerssoldiersfacedonthefrontinEuropeseemedtogobeyondthisillness．Soon,soldiersfromFortRileyjoinedtheAlliedforces(thecountriesthatfoughtwithBritain,theU．S．etcinWorldWarI)inEurope．Withinmonths,theillnesshadspreadthroughoutEurope,killingmillionsofpeople．InSeptember,assoldiersbegantoreturnhome,theillnessattackedtheU．S．public．Peoplediedwithinhoursoffallingill．Tostopthespreadofthedisease,thegovernmentlimitedgatheringsandtravel．Theyforbadestoresfromhavingsales．Theyevenlimitedfunerals(葬礼)tofifteenminutes．Buttheflutookthelivesofmorethanahalf­millionAmericans,tentimesasmanyashaddiedinthewar．Worldwide,theepidemiclastedfrom1918to1920,killingbetweentwentyandfortymillionpeople．文章大意：文章回顾了人类历史上两次重大的疫情。1．TheauthorusedBoccaccio'swordsinthefirstparagraphinordertomakethepassage________．A．better­knownB．better­organizedC．moreconvincingD．moreinteresting答案：C写作手法题。薄伽丘说，黑死病的传播像火掠过干草一样。作者引用这句话可以使文章更真实可信。2．WhichofthefollowingshowsthespreadoftheBlackDeath?A．Thebacteria→fleas→rats→humans．B．Thebacteria→rats→fleas→humans．C．Fleas→thebacteria→rats→humans．D．Rats→fleas→thebacteria→humans．答案：B细节理解题。根据第一段的Thebacteriathatcausesthediseasearespreadtohumansbyfleasthathavebitteninfectedrats可知，黑死病的传播是这样的：跳蚤咬了已经感染黑死病的老鼠之后，把病菌传播给人类。3．WhatwasAmericans'attitudetowardstheflufromFortRileyatfirst?A．Theypaidnoattentiontoit．B．Theybelieveditwasterrible．C．Theytriedtheirbesttopreventit．D．Theythoughtitwasworsethanwar．答案：A细节理解题。由第三段的thepublicdidnottakenotice可知，一开始这场流感并没有引起美国人的注意。4．Whatcanwelearnaboutthetwoepidemicsmentionedinthepassage?A．BothepidemicsfirstbrokeoutinEurope．B．Bothepidemicsspreadfastinthecountryside．C．Thegreatfluepidemicmainlykilledsoldiers．D．TheBlackDeathepidemiclastedmuchlonger．答案：D细节理解题。由第二段的Butitreturned．．．forthenextthreehundredyears和最后一段的theepidemiclastedfrom1918to1920可知，黑死病曾经反复出现，流行的时间很长。BDuringtheAmericanCivilWar,bythesummerof1863,theUnionofthenorthernstateswasattackingtheConfederacy(美国南部邦联)ofthesouthernstatesfromallsides．ThankstoGeneralGrant'sl