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Module 9 Unit 4 Exploring plants Passage 1:

Exercise 1: Go through the text quickly and match the topic with each paragraph. A. Wardian Case trips C. Robert Fortune introduced Chinese Tea

E. British plant collector Joseph Banks

D. When plant collecting began F. Father Farges and the Dove Tree

B. Problems of keeping plants alive on long G. When and where plant collecting began on a large scale H. French Catholic missionaries collected plants in China I. Europeans collected plants to western gardens Exercise 2: Choose the best answer. 1. The first recorded plant exploration happened _______.

A. in

the 18th century

B. about 1500 years ago

C. about 3500 years ago

D. about 2500 years ago

2. Plant collectors met many difficulties except_______.

A. diseases and near-starvation

B. the conflicts with local people

C. restrictions on the movement of Europeans

D. lack of money

3. What resulted in the complete change of plant exploration?

A. James Cook’s first voyage.[来源学科网]

B. The invention of the Wardian case.

C. The Dove Tree’s growing in Europe.

D. French

Catholic missionaries’ set up.

4. Of the following plant collectors, who had never been to China?

A. Robert Fortune

B. Father Farges

C.E.H.Wilson

D.Sir Joseph Banks

5. The following plants were taken to Europe except_______.

A. the tree of Heaven

B. the Dove Tree

C. the tea plants 6. The text is written in the order of_____. A. The importance of plant exploration B. The timeline of plant exploration C. The collection of plants D. The age of collectors 7. What do you think the author

will talk about if he adds a paragraph to this passage?

A. The effects of the plant exploration in the 18th and 19th centuries.

B. The plant exploration in the 20th century.

C. Information about the Dove Tree.[来源:Z。xx。k.Com]

Passage 2: Do Exercises 3&4 on Page 39

Keys: Passage 1: Ex 1: Para 1: D Para 2: G Para 3: H Para 4: E Para 5: B Para 6: A Para 7: C Para 8: F Para 9: I Ex 2: CDB DCBB Passage 2: Ex 3: T T F T F F Ex 4: Nouns that mean “smell”: odour, perfume Adjective that describe smells: delicate, fragrant, odourless, strong, sweet, musty, fruity

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