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UNIT 5 LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLD
主题语境类型:人与社会;话题:世界上的语言;话题涉及教材其他内容:必修第二册 UNIT 4 HISTORY AND TRADITIONS;必修第三册 UNIT 3 DIVERSE CULTURES;选择性必修第一册 UNIT 4 BODY LANGUAGE;选择性必修第二册 UNIT 2 BRIDGING CULTURES;选择性必修第三册 UNIT 5 POEMS
1.variety n.(植物、语言等的)变体;异体;多样化
When the explorers first set foot upon the continent of North America,the skies and lands were alive with an astonishing variety of wildlife.(2021·新高考全国Ⅰ卷,阅读C)
当探险者最初来到北美洲时,那里天空中、陆地上的野生动物种类繁多,到处充满生机,景象令人赞叹。
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①There are (variety) of reasons in favour of my opinion that a Chinese dictionary shouldn’t include English words.
②Though Jack and Mike are twins,they vary character.
③Changes in price normally vary changes of supply and need.
④The team is made up of some pupils,whose ages vary from 10 14.
⑤There are (vary) after-school activities organised by Students’ Union in our school.
答案:①varieties ②in ③with ④to ⑤various
a variety of(=varieties of)各种各样的
various adj.各种各样的;不同的
vary vi.变化;改变;不同
vary with 随……而变化
vary in 在……方面不同
vary from... to... 由……到……情况不等
“a variety of +名词”作主语时,谓语动词原则上与它所修饰的名词的数保持一致;“the variety of+复数名词”意为“……的品种”,作主语时,谓语动词用单数。
2.major adj.主要的;重要的;大的
n.主修课程;主修学生
vi.主修;专门研究
California has lost half its big trees since the 1930s... and climate change seems to be a major factor.(2019·浙江卷,阅读理解C)
自从20世纪30年代以来,加利福尼亚失去了一半的大树……气候变化似乎是一个主要因素。
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①The student majored maths and physics at university.
②The people who supported the plan are in majority.
③The (major) of the students in our school like popular music.
答案:①in ②the/a ③majority
major in主修
majority n.大多数;大部分
in the/a majority 占大多数
the majority of 大多数
minority n.少数派;少数
3.means n.方式;方法;途径
Plastic straws are by no means the biggest source of plastic pollution,but they’ve recently come under fire because most people don’t need them to drink with and,because of their small size and weight,they cannot be recycled.(2021·全国乙卷,阅读理解C)
塑料吸管绝不是最大的塑料污染源,但它们最近却受到了抨击,因为大多数人不需要吸管喝饮料,而且由于它们体积小