Gymnastics
The race began. Fred got off to a good 35 . But somewhere along the way, he made a 36 turn. He became lost in a wilderness of sand and rock-a lonely place 37 the temperature can 38 top 40 degrees centigrade!
A 39 party was organized, and planes were brought in. Soon the searchers began 40 something; Fred s motorcycle, foot prints in the sand, even his empty can. 41 they couldn’t find Fred.
The searchers could not 42 this. Why didn’t Fred try to signal (发信号) the airplanes above? Why didn’t he 43 marks for the searchers to follow? It was almost as if he didn’t 44 to be found. Twelve days after the race, the searchers found Fred’s body - And near it, they found his bright orange helmet (头盔) 45 under a small bush(树丛) . It seemed to be hidden so that 46 couldn’t be seen from the air.
Perhaps the searchers were right. Maybe Fred 47 want to be found. Why? Because he was a 48 man. He was trying to find his 49 way out of the desert. But he never 50 it. Fred Mundy had lost his race with time.
31. A. enter B. watch C. help D organize
[解析]enter有“参加”之意。B、C、D三项意思不符合题意。 答案:A
32. A. forest B. meadow C. desert D. country
[解析]据前文所叙,应该是发生在沙漠荒地。 答案:C
33. A. defeat B. enjoy C. improve D. win 答案:D
34. A. bottle B. can C. cup D. mouthful
[解析]can 在此为名词,意为“罐”。 答案B
35. A. way B. speed C. position D. start 答案:D
36. A. skillful B. difficult C. wrong D. dangerous
[解析]后面说他迷路了,是由于这里拐弯出了差错。故应填C项。 答案:C
37. A. that B. where C. whose D. when 答案:B
38. A. easily B. hardly C. mainly D. fully
[解析]文中top为动词,意为“高达……”;根据句意是“很容易”达到40度以上。
答案:A
39. A. race B. helping C. search D. saving
[解析]从下文中searchers可推出此空应填C项。 答案:C
40. A. watching B. collecting C. recognizing D. finding 答案:D
41. A. Instead B. But C. Besides D. And 答案:B
42. A. guess B. judge C. understand D. prove
[解析]this指后面要提到的一系列问题,所以此空填C项。 答案:C
43. A. write B. make C. keep D. leave
[解析] leave marks意为“留下标记”。 答案:D
44. A. want B. ask C. allow D. agree答案:A
45. A. lost B. buried C. hidden D. hung 答案:B
46. A. it B. searchers C. planes D. he
[解析]指头盔。头盔是bright orange(鲜桔红色),如果不是有意藏起来,飞机是可以发现的。所以这里应该填A项(it),而不填D项(he)。 答案:A
47. A. didn’t B. mustn’t C. couldn’t D. shouldn’t 答案:A
48. A. proud B. stupid C. strong D. strange
[解析]A项(proud)与前面第三段第一句相符。 答案:A
49.A. only B. lost C. lonely D. own答案:D
50. A. had B. made C. won D. did [解析] it指his way. 答案:
写作训练
写作训练每个单元都必须进行,每个单元都可以根据该单元的主题设计一个写作的题目,让学生写一篇作文,事后一要进行讲评。
如在该单元可以设计以下的一个书面表达作业:
写作训练1
根据以下信息,写一篇介绍刘璇的短文,字数一百左右。
中国体操明星,前奥运会金牌得主刘璇,现在就读于北京大学,主修(major in)新闻(journalism)。她之所以选择新闻专业,是由于她以前常与记者接触,所以对新闻专业感兴趣;并且她觉得学习新闻可以让她学习到许多不同领域的知识。她想在将来成为一个国际体操裁判。她的人生格言(motto)是:“如果你想成为一个胜利者,首先征服(conquer)你自己。”
书面表达参考答案(One possible version)
The Chinese star gymnast and former Olympic gold medali