Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World

　　練（一第卷強化增分練——練規范

　　(限時：45分鐘)

　　.語法填空

　　(2024·山西省考前質檢)This is a story of a little girl and her grandmother. One day, I was looking for medicine in a store __1__ I saw an old woman with a little girl in her arms. The little girl asked her grandmother, “__2__ do you think about a brand new face cream that is supposed __3__ (reduce) laugh lines？” The grandmother just laughed and said, “Sweetie, I am 80 years old. I __4__ (learn) to love all my laugh lines. I have __5__ (actual) earned every one of them.” Then just to prove her point, she laughed again and amused __6__ granddaughter. The laughter of the little girl and the old woman mixed together with a sound __7__ was as musical and beautiful as an angel's song.

　　I left the store feeling a lot __8__ (good) about all the laugh lines I had earned in my own life. I remembered all the beautiful faces I had seen __9__ the years. Their beauty is ageless no matter how old they are. May you have a time in your life earning __10__ most attractive laugh lines.

　　語篇解讀：本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。小女孩建議自己的奶奶購買消除笑紋的面霜，奶奶回答說，她喜歡自己的笑紋。作者也希望人們能夠學會愛上自己的笑紋。

　　1.when　 when在這里表示“就在這時(突然)”。

　　2．What　 What do you think about sth. ？表示“你認為……怎么樣？”。

　　3．to reduce　 be supposed to do sth.意為“應當做某事”，故此處填 to reduce。

　　4．have learned/have learnt　根據上下文語境可知，奶奶已經學會愛上自己的笑紋，所以用現在完成時。

　　5．actually　形容詞 actual 轉換為副詞 actually，修飾整個句子。

　　6．her　根據該句主語 she 可知，應填形容詞性物主代詞 her。

　　7．that/which　分析句子結構可知，所填詞引導定語從句，先行詞是 a sound，關系詞在從句中作主語，故用 that/which。

　　8．better　根據語境以及空前的“a lot”可知，此處應用形容詞的比較級，good 的比較級是better。

　　9．over　over the years 表示“歷年來，多年以來”。

　　10．the　形容詞最高級前應用定冠詞the。

　　.短文改錯

　　(2024·鄭州第三次質量預測)About a month ago, I was walking alone on the beach in the evening. I have already finished my homework, and I wanted to relax. Suddenly, I saw two children stand on the beach. They seem to have found something made of metal, which was big and reddish-brown. When I took a look at it, I knew immediate that it was an old bomb! I told them to move away the bomb. Fortunately, I had a mobile phone around with me, so I called the police and told them that had been found. About 15 minutes late, the police arrived. I was praised for it but then I went home. The next day, I heard that the police had blown the bomb up. It had been on the sand for over 60 years!

　　答案：第二句：have→had

　　第三句：stand→standing

　　第四句：seem→seemed

　　第五句：immediate→immediately

　　第六句：away→from或away后加from

　　第七句：去掉around; that→what

　　第八句：late→later

　　第九句：but→and

　　第十一句：on→in

　?、?書面表達

　　(2024·蘭州市高三實戰考試)假如你是李華，今年的中國國際旅游節下個月將在你們城市舉行，組委會擬招聘一些高中生擔任英語導游，你打算應聘。請根據下列內容要點給組委會寫一封申請信。

　　1．自我介紹(年齡、性別等)；

　　2．英語水平(口語表達能力等)；

　　3．特殊優勢(相關經歷、對當地旅游景點的了解、溝通能力等)；

　　4．你的承諾。

　　注意：1.詞數100左右；

　　2．開頭和結尾已為你寫好，不計入總詞數；

　　3．可以適當增加細節，以使行文連貫。

　　Dear Sir/Madam，

　　________________________________________________________________________

　　________________________________________________________________________

　　________________________________________________________________________

　　________________________________________________________________________

　　________________________________________________________________________

　　________________________________________________________________________

　　________________________________________________________________________

　　Looking forward to your early reply.

　　Yours faithfully，

　　Li Hua

　　參考范文：

　　Dear Sir/Madam，

　　I'm very glad to know that China International Tourism Festival will be held in our city next month. I'd like to be an English tour guide for the festival.

　　My name is Li Hua. I'm a boy of 18, a Senior 3 student in a high school. I believe I can do a good job for the festival. First of all, I'm good at English and I can speak English fluently. Secondly, I'm fond of traveling and I've worked as an English tour guide at several great festivals in our city before. Most importantly, I know our local tourist spots quite well and I'm good at communicating and cooperating with others.

　　I promise I'll try to offer my best services to the travelers from all over the world. I would be very happy if I could be chosen as a tour guide.

　　Looking forward to your early reply.

　　Yours faithfully，

　　Li Hua

　　練（二英語知識運用組合練——練準度

　　(限時：30分鐘)

　　.完形填空

　　(2024·河北省高考適應性考試)Visitors to the dry, hot Sonoran Desert of the southern Arizona and northern Mexico are amazed at the many-armed giants. They are the saguaro cacti (樹形仙人掌), a giant which gives the landscape its __1__ appearance. In the dry desert the saguaro cacti can live for more than 200 years, grow to a __2__ of 60 feet, and have as many as 50 arms.

　　More __3__， the saguaro cacti still persist despite the unbearable desert climate. Those that have grown to old age have __4__ droughts, freezes, flash floods, and bush fires as well as the __5__ caused by groups of rats that eat their seedlings (秧苗). Like all other desert __6__， these leafless giants can store water for use during the desert's long dry seasons by __7__ water through their long roots.

　　Naturally, the great saguaro cacti are a(n) __8__ part of the desert life. Actually the giants may be __9__ to many animals, including woodpeckers, owls, doves, bats and insects. In addition, after a saguaro __10__ the age of 50 or so, cold-resistant flowers __11__ at the top of the plants once a year. These flowers __12__ birds, bats and bees, which come for the honey and for the tasty flowers with their black seeds.

　　__13__ the splendid saguaros are plentiful in the Southwest, they are unfortunately __14__. These giant cacti have great value in landscape gardening, and the thieves can earn thousands of dollars by uprooting and __15__ them to nurseries (苗圃). To protect these southwestern __16__， agents for the Arizona Department of Agriculture go around and __17__ the desert. It's a most important job though a hard one. But without the saguaro cacti, many desert animals would suffer a lack of __18__ and loss of nesting sites. The Southwest, too, would __19__ something of unique importance, since these desert giants have become a __20__ of the dry region.

　　語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。文章從奇特的形狀、生活特性、經濟價值等方面介紹了Sonoran Desert ?索諾蘭沙漠?的標志性植物——樹形仙人掌。

　　1．A.general　B．basic

　　C．unique

　　D．lovely

　　解析：選C　根據下文可知，樹形仙人掌有多達50個手形分支，所以形狀“獨特”，故選unique “獨特的”。

　　2．A.length

　　B．height

　　C．size

　　D．width

　　解析：選B　根據前面的“giant”及后面的“60 feet”可知，此處表示的是“高度”，因此選height。

　　3．A.pleasingly

　　B．inspiringly

　　C．interestingly

　　D．amazingly

　　解析：選D　根據上文可知，游客對樹形仙人掌的形狀驚訝不已，現在更令人驚訝的是它們的適應能力，因此選amazingly。pleasingly “令人愉快地”；inspiringly “鼓舞人心地”；interestingly “有趣地”。

　　4．A.lived through

　　B．broken through

　　C．cut through

　　D．got through

　　解析：選A　根據上下文可知，樹形仙人掌“經歷”了惡劣環境的考驗，live through “經歷”，符合語境。break through “突破”；cut through “抄近路穿過，走近路”； get through “接通電話，通過考試”。

　　5．A.crisis

　　B．damage

　　C．destruction D．load

　　解析：選B　除了惡劣的氣候外，樹形仙人掌還要遭受老鼠的“破壞”，因此選damage。crisis “危機”；destruction “毀滅”；load “負擔”。

　　6．A.plants

　　B．lives

　　C．animals D．creatures

　　解析：選A　像沙漠里其他所有的“植物”一樣，因此選plants。life “生命”；animal “動物”；creature “生物”。

　　7．A.pouring

　　B．squeezing

　　C．pumping

　　D．absorbing

　　解析：選D 　樹形仙人掌通過他們的長根莖吸收水。absorb “吸收”，符合語境。pour “倒，灌”；squeeze “擠壓”；pump “抽出”。

　　8．A.independent

　　B．vital

　　C．original

　　D．mysterious

　　解析：選B　根據下文可知，作為許多動物賴以生存的食物和家園，樹形仙人掌是沙漠“極為重要的”部分，因此選vital “極重要的”。independent “獨立的”；original “原始的”；mysterious “神秘的”。

　　9．A.spot

　　B．field

　　C．home

　　D．camp

　　解析：選C　根據最后一段的倒數第二句“But without the saguaro cacti ... loss of nesting sites.”可知，樹形仙人掌可能是許多動物的棲息地，因此選home“家園”。spot “地點”；field “田地”；camp “營地”。

　　10．A.turns

　　B．takes

　　C．meets

　　D．gains

　　解析：選A　樹形仙人掌長到50歲左右。此處選turn意為“到(某年齡或某個時間)”，其后直接跟數字。

　　11．A.come up

　　B．come out

　　C．show off

　　D．show up

　　解析：選B　根據上下文可知，這里指樹形仙人掌開花了，因此選come out “(花朵)開放”。come up “走近，被提到”；show off “炫耀”；show up “露面，到達”。

　　12．A.call

　　B．trap

　　C．fascinate

　　D．stick

　　解析：選C　根據下文中的“which come for the honey”可知，樹形仙人掌的花吸引了一些動物，因此此處選 fascinate “迷住，深深吸引”。call “召集”；trap “困住”；stick “粘”。

　　13．A.As

　　B．But

　　C．Although

　　D．Yet

　　解析：選C　盡管在西南這壯麗的樹形仙人掌很多，但它們卻面臨著危險。逗號前后表示讓步關系，although “盡管”，符合語境。as “因為”；but “但是”；yet “然而”。

　　14．A.in danger

　　B．in demand

　　C．in need

　　D．in control

　　解析：選A　根據上題解析可知，此處應選in danger “處于危險之中”。in demand “需求大，受歡迎”；in need “需要”；in control “掌管”。

　　15．A.exchanging

　　B．trading

　　C．offering

　　D．selling

　　解析：選D　根據空格前的“These giant cacti have great value in landscape gardening, and the thieves can earn thousands of dollars”可知，樹形仙人掌被偷去賣錢，sell “賣”，符合語境。exchange “交換”；trade “從事貿易，以物易物”；offer “提供”。

　　16．A.treasures

　　B．decorations

　　C．possessions

　　D．creations

　　解析：選A　根據全文可知，樹形仙人掌是應該受到保護的沙漠珍寶，treasure “珍寶”，符合語境。decoration “裝飾”；possession “擁有物”；creation “發明，創造”。

　　17．A.look over

　　B．hand over

　　C．watch over

　　D．turn over

　　解析：選C　為了保護這些珍寶，Arizona 農業部派代理人保護沙漠，因此選watch over “保護，照看”。look over “瀏覽，迅速地檢查”；hand over “移交”；turn over “翻轉”。

　　18．A.food

　　B．scenery

　　C．water

　　D．flavor

　　解析：選A　根據第三段的最后一句可知，樹形仙人掌還是動物們的食物。沒有了它們，就意味著“食物”的短缺，因此此處選food。scenery “風景”；water “水”；flavor “味道”。

　　19．A.affect

　　B．abandon

　　C．increase

　　D．lose

　　解析：選D　西南部也將失去這些極具重要性的東西，因此此處選lose。affect “影響”；abandon “遺棄，放棄”；increase “增加”。

　　20．A.signal

　　B．sign

　　C．mark

　　D．symbol

　　解析：選D　這些沙漠巨型植物已經變成了這個干燥區域的標志。根據句意可知，此處選symbol “標志”。signal “信號”；sign “征兆”；mark “記號”。

　　.語法填空

　　(2024·江西九校第二次聯考)Would you like to explore (勘探) the oceans? Do you want to find __1__ life than we imagine there? For Jacques Cousteau, the answer was “yes”. His career was a lifelong dream, and he is __2__ (probable) the most famous ocean scientist in recent times.

　　Cousteau was born in France in 1910. Even __3__ a child, he loved water. Cousteau was bright, __4__ he got bored with school and began to cause trouble. His parents sent him to a strict boarding school. There, Cousteau finally __5__ (challenge). He studied hard and did well in all his courses. In 1933, he served as a general officer in the French Navy. He also began to explore the life under the water. He worked __6__ a breathing machine to stay under water longer. It was finished in 1943.

　　In 1948, Cousteau became a captain, and he had new duties. Even so, he continued to explore the oceans. Two years later, he became the president of the French Oceanographic Campaigns. He also bought a ship __7__ (help) with his dives. But he __8__ (need) a way to get money for his trips. To do that, he produced many films and published a number of books. His films include The Silent World (1956) and World Without Sun (1996). One of his books is The Living Sea (1963)．

　　In 1974, he founded the Cousteau Society, __9__ function was to further oceanic research and encourage people to help protect the oceans and the life within them.

　　Cousteau won many honors for his work, __10__ (include) the Presidential Medal of Freedom and membership in the French Academy in 1989.

　　語篇解讀：本文是一篇人物傳記，主要介紹了法國著名的海洋科學家Cousteau的相關情況。

　　1．more　more ... than ...“比起……更……”。

　　2．probably　他可能是近代最著名的海洋科學家。此處應用副詞作狀語。

　　3．as　甚至當他還是個孩子的時候，他就愛上了水。as表示“在某一年齡段時”。

　　4．but　根據語境可知，前后句是轉折關系，應用but。

　　5．was challenged　在那里，他最終受到了激勵。由全文的時態可知，應用一般過去時；Cousteau是被激勵，故應用被動語態。