2020-2021学年高一英语牛津译林版(2020)必修第三册Unit1 Period Four Writing 课时作业

Period Four　Writing

Ⅰ.语篇填空

Polar bears are suffering in a 1.　　　　　　 (warm) world than ever before. Polar bears live in environments too cold for most animals. During much of the year, they live and hunt on the 2.　　　　　　 (freeze) Arctic sea ice. Nature has prepared the bears for the cold conditions but nothing has prepared them for the danger that 3.　　　　　　 (threat) the only home they know. The scientists have drawn a 4.　　　　　　(conclude) that the polar bears’ world is melting. Studies show that the polar ice has reduced 5.　　　　　　 9.8% every 10 years since 1978. Now about 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears live in the Arctic. Polar bears depend on the sea ice for their 6.　　　　　　(survive). “The sea ice is more than just this platform that the bears walk over.” As Andrew Derocher, a scientist who studies North American polar bear populations puts 7.　　　　　　, “Only 8.　　　　　　 polar ice melts quite slowly can they survive on the Earth.” Some melting and refreezing of the polar ice is natural. But in a warmer world, these cycles speed up, and bears have less time 9.　　　　　　 (hunt). Normally, they have three months in the spring when they gain more weight. The extra fat is used later, when the bears are not 10.　　　　　　(active) hunting. 

Ⅱ.小语篇写作

由于(due to)人类活动,许多野生生物(wildlife)的自然栖息地(habitat)被破坏(damage),这导致了许多物种(species)的灭绝(extinction)。另外,温室气体(greenhouse gas)导致全球(global)变暖,这反过来(in turn)影响了(have an impact on)人类的生活,尤其是农业(agriculture)的发展。这些后果(consequence)都要求(call for)我们生活方式的改变。

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Ⅲ.阅读理解

Average humans can consume 15 or more drinks in plastic bottles a month. If you were born after 1998, and live until 80 years old, you will leave behind a minimum of 14,400 plastic bottles on this planet. These bottles take hundreds of years to break down into tiny pieces of plastic, never to completely disappear. Most of the waste is consumed by fish and birds, which has shortened their lifespans greatly.

The Plastic Bottle Village is just a great idea that might finally save us from being buried in plastic. It’s a community in Panama that is going to be made of used bottles. The design process begins with building steel frames, which are then filled with these bottles. Once this step is complete, and electrical and plumping lines are put inside, the plastic walls are covered with concrete(混凝土)—both inside and outside. So no one will actually be able to tell that the walls are made of plastic. Besides, the material will keep the house 17℃ cooler than the outside, which is the biggest benefit to people living inside.

The village is the idea of Robert Bezeau with the intention of setting up several environmental projects. Having started a recycling programme four years ago, during which a number of plastic bottles were collected, he started to think of how they could be put to use. Soon enough, he decided to use them to build houses, and came up with a basic idea for the construction process.

The project hopes to make people conscious of the waste that these bottles create so that they can do more to protect the environment. The village will also create an education centre that will teach individuals from the world how to reuse plastic bottles as construction materials for shelter. Recycled bottles could neutralize(使……无效) the negative effect of your passage on this planet, and move closer to leaving only your “footprints”.

(　　)1.What do the figures in the first paragraph show?

A.The reason for buying fewer drinks.

B.The seriousness of plastic pollution.

C.The amount of plastic waste.

D.The difficult situation of wildlife.

 

(　　)2.Why are the homes in the village special?

A.They’re green buildings.

B.They’re 17℃ warmer inside.

C.They stop plastic pollution.

D.They’re entirely made of plastic bottles.

(　　)3.What can we know from the passage?

A.Plastic bottles are difficult to break down so that they are liked by fish and birds.

B.Robert Bezeau who is the leader of a community in Panama is responsible for the project.

C.The project of the Plastic Bottle Village can raise people’s environmental awareness.

D.Individuals can learn how to produce plastic bottles without polluting the environment.

(　　)4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.An eco-friendly plastic bottle village

B.The negative effects of plastic bottles

C.How to collect deserted plastic bottles

D.How to popularize the use of plastic bottles

Ⅳ.写作

第一节　应用文写作

假如你是李华,你原定于周末与你的英国同学Frank一起攀登泰山。但根据最新天气预报,本周末将有一场罕见的暴风雨。请你给Frank写一封电子邮件说明情况,并建议将活动推迟一周。