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Unit1 Reading—Language Focus

1．The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. 对译：____________________________ [归纳拓展] live on______________ live______ sth.以……为食；靠某种经济来源生活

live ______sth.经历某事而幸存

live by ________ sth.靠做某事物为生

live up to__________ [语境感悟] (1)The operation turned out to be very successful and the old lady _________ for another three years. 手术很成功，这位老妇人又活了三年。

(2)The great scientist died several years ago but his theory _______. 这位科学家几年前就去世了，但他的理论仍然存在。

(3)We will __________what our parents expect of us. 我们绝不辜负父母对我们的期望。

2．Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. 对译：

_____________________________________________________________

[归纳拓展] by means of ________________ by all means_____________ by any means无论如何

by no means 决不(用于句首时引起_______倒装) by_________/_____________means 用这种/这些办法

[语境感悟] (1)Millions of Chinese rely on bicycles as their important means of transportation. _______________________________________________ (2)Thoughts can be expressed ________________music. 思想可以用音乐的方式来表达。

(3)I’ve tried very hard to improve my English.But ______________ is my parents satisfied with my progress. 为了提高英语水平，我已尽力了。但父母对我的进步一点也不满意。

3．By the time California elected to become the thirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850，it was already a multicultural society. 对译：___________________________________________________ [归纳拓展] elect vt.选择；决定做某事；选举某人

elect sb.(to be/as)＋n._____________ elect sb.___________sth.选某人做某事

elect to do sth.___________ __________ n．选举

run for election______________ [语境感悟] (1)They ______________ their representative. 他们选举汤姆作为他们的代表。

(2)We ___________ by a show of hands. 我们举手选举了班长。

(3)Like men，women have the right to elect and to be elected. 妇女享有_______________________。

4．In 1911 immigrants from Denmark established a town of their own，which today still keeps up their Danish culture. 对译：____________________________________________________________ [归纳拓展] keep up___________________ _____________赶上，不落后

______________不准入内

keep off_________________ ___________阻止；扣留

keep on________________ [语境感悟] (1)Nobody knows how long the terrible weather will ____________. 没有人知道这种恶劣的天气将持续多久。

(2)People here still_________________. 这儿的人们仍然沿袭着古老的风俗。

(3)Dave couldn’t ____________the rest of his class. 德夫跟不上班里的其他同学。

(4)______________ the grass! 勿踏草坪！

(5)She was unable to __________________. 她无法忍住眼泪。

1．However，it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. 对译：__________________________________ [归纳拓展] 本句中it为形式主语，真正的主语为that从句。

It is likely that...……是可能的，此句型可转化为：

Sb./Sth.be likely to do sth.某人/物可能做某事

likely，possible，probable

(1)从可能性上看，likely的可能性比probable小，比possible要大。

(2)likely的主语可以是人，也可以是物；而possible，probable的主语只能为物。

(3)从用法结构上看，三者用于不同的句式。

①be likely to do sth.可能做某事；

②It is possible for sb.to do sth.某人做某事是可能的；

③It is possible/probable/likely that...可能……。

[语境感悟] (1) It is very likely that，in many schools，the students are going to spend less time in doing homework than they used to. ______________________________ (2)As far as I know，he is ___________ to drop out of school to attend his sick mother. 据我所知，他有可能辍学照顾生病的母亲。

(3)It is reported that a hurricane ______________ this evening. 据报道，今晚很可能有飓风。

2．It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups，but simply a mixture of many races and cultures. 对译：__________________________________ [归纳拓展] It is believed that...人们相信……

类似的结构还有：It be said/known/agreed/thought/supposed/reported＋that-clause 此句型可转化成：

(1)People say/know/agree/think/suppose/report＋that-clause (2)Sb./Sth.be said/known/agreed/thought/supposed/reported＋to do [语境感悟] (1)_____________greenhouse gases are the main cause of global warming. 人们认为温室气体是导致全球变暖的主因。

(2)It is believed that health is above wealth. ___________________________ (3)____________________almost all sudden deaths are caused by damage to the heart. 据报道几乎所有的突发死亡都是由心脏受损引起的。

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．It’s difficult for me to make a __________(区分) between the two plants；they really have a lot in common. 2．As is known to us all，whisky contains a large _________(百分比) of alcohol. 3．How can you say your students agree when the ___________(大多数) of them do not? 4．Obama was __________(选举) the first African-American President in the United States. 5．During the war my grandfather suffered many __________(苦难)．

6．A new law has been introduced to discourage __________(种族的) discrimination. 7．What will you consider before choosing the _________(方法，方式) of transportation? 8．The boom(繁荣) in buildings has resulted in the local land being more valuable now for houses. Ⅱ.选词填空

keep up；in addition；of one’s own；by means of；make a life；in the majority；live on；declare war on；be likely to；become home to 1．Those who favor the proposal are ___________.

2．How much does it cost to __________your large house and garden? 3．The thief broke into the house _________ a ladder. 4．Farmers in this village mainly__________ by growing crops. 5．There is，__________，one further point to make. 6．In more recent decades，the big city has ____________ more people from the countryside. 7．The policeman died bravely and his spirits ___________. 8．Most Asian countries __________Japan during World War Ⅱ

and finally they won the war. 9．If you hurry up，I think you __________ catch the flight. 10．Our children have grown up and have children ____________.