高二英语新教材下册（Unit12 Fact and Fantasy）

1.Study the meaning of these stems and affixes. Match the words and the correct definitions.

mis = wrong         extra- = outside        inter- = between        sub- - under

under- = below       over- = too much      dis- = not            -marine = sea

1. _______ submarine                                A. do not like

2. _______ underground                           B.work too hard

3. _______ overwork                                C.action and reaction between two people or things

4. _______ interaction                               D.put in the wrong place

5. _______ misplace                                  E.a ship that can travel below the surface of the sea

6. _______ dislike                                     F.below the surface of the earth

2.Guess the meaning of the words in italics, using context clues and what you know about word parts.

1. _______ Mum tole me not to misbehave at my grandparents’ house.

2. _______ The Chinese subtitles at the bottom of the screen help us understand foreign movies.

3. _______ Don’t misunderstand me; I’m only trying to help.

4. _______ In many cases, the words “fiction” and “novel” are interchangeable.

5. _______ People like to take the subway because it is faster than buses and cheaper than taxies.

6. _______ He looks very tired because he has been working overtime all week.

7. _______ People will think you are mad if you walk in public in your underpants.

INTERGRATING SKILLS

Reading and writing

THE STORY OF DR FRANKENSTEIN

  No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself. Instead of children’s play and adventure, I was driven by a desire to learn. I wasn’t interested in the structure of language or law. I wanted to learn the secrets of heaven and earth. My father was not scientific, so I had to look for a road without having a map. I entered the search for wisdom and dreamt of finding a way to cure any disease.

  I read all the books I could find that threw light upon these matters. I studied maths and physics and the works of many learned author. At the age of seventeen, my parents sent me to university. But I found all that was taught at university very disappointing and decided that I would pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of nature.

  One of the phenomena that attracted my attention was the structure of the human body, and any animal that was alive. I often asked myself, where the principle of life came from. After days and nights of incredible labour I discovered the cause of life and how to create life from dead matter.

  When I found this amazing power placed within my hands, I hesitated a long time how I should use it. Although I knew how to create life, how to prepare a body for it with all i