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第三课时 Section A (3a—3b)
Unit 13 We're trying to save the earth!
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A 基础巩固
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B 能力提升
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A 基础巩固
一、根据句意及汉语或首字母提示填写单词
1.A ___________(鲨鱼) is a large sea fish with very sharp teeth.
2.Without a ________(鳍), a shark can't swim.
3.They spent many days cruising the northern Pacific __________(海洋).
4.He is not a kind man. Actually, he is ____________(残忍的).
5.It turns out that they played a more important role in the __________________(生态系统) than we realized.
A 基础巩固
shark
fin
Ocean
cruel
ecosystem
6.Some endangered animals may _______________(消失) one day if we don't save them.
7.Governments should develop l________ to stop the sale of shark fins.
8.These materials are widely used in the clothing i_____________.
9.Some fruit and vegetables have a certain thing that will help to improve your memory, according to a recent s___________ research.
10.Insects are fairly low on the food c__________.
A 基础巩固
disappear
aws
ndustry
cientific
hain
二、用所给词的适当形式填空
1.My hometown used to ______(be) very quiet and beautiful.
2.Smoking is really ____________(harm) to your health. You should give up smoking.
3.WildAid and the WWF are both _________________ (environment) protection groups.
4.No _____________(science) studies have shown that this idea is right.
A 基础巩固
be
harmful
environmental
scientific
5.The economy in the _____________(south) parts of China develops more quickly.
6.The number of the computers in our school ______(be) about 600.
7.We ________________(know) each other since we met in our primary school.
8.Books you borrowed should _____________(keep) clean, or you will be fined.
A 基础巩固
southern
is
have known
be kept
9.Many animals are ______________(danger) because the forests where they live are being destroyed.
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endangered
三、根据句意,用合适的词完成句子,每空限填一词
1.He hit me, ____________ I struck him back.
2.The numbers of some kinds of sharks have fallen _______ over 90 percent in the last 20 _______ 30 years.
3.______________________ our car is old, it still runs well.
4.Your mother will get mad at you ______________ she sees this mess.
5.My father was fishing _________ my brother was reading under a tree.
A 基础巩固
so/and
by
to
Although/Though
if/when
while
6.He ran ______ quickly _________ he could be the first one to reach the finishing line.
7.They didn't enjoy the day _____________ the weather was so awful.
8.Mr. White has been teaching English here ________ he came to China.
9.Reading in the sun is harmful______ our eyes.
10.They had a picnic______ the top of the hill.
A 基础巩固
so
that
because
since
to
at
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B 能力提升
四、阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式
Animals are unlike people. They can't speak. They are not able to express 1._______________(they) even when they feel pain or sad. They need people's help. Now, we can learn from Sophie Smith and be animals' true friends—volunteers, working for animals.
2._______ Feb.3rd, 2014, a girl from Massachusetts, the USA, said that circuses should no more use hooks or chains on elephants, and that
B 能力提升
themselves
On
the government should do something.
Some elephants 3._____________(keep) in chains. They can't walk 4._________(free). And chains bring them great pain. Some people even use hooks when they train 5._____________(elephant). Circus actors even push a hook into an elephant's body 6.______________(move) it along during a show.“After some time, the elephant's skin breaks down. It feels the pain, but it can't say anything. It can't say no to those cruel people,” Sophie 7.__________(tell) the local newspaper Marblehead
B 能力提升
are kept
freely
elephants
to move
told
Reporter. She also said that it would be bad for children.
Sophie's love toward animals started a long time ago. Back in 2011, as a sixth-grader, she searched for different animal 8.________________(protect) groups online and helped them.
So when she spoke in front of 70 people at the State House, Sophie was not afraid. She was full 9._______ courage.
“Elephants aren't treated with 10._____________(kind). Since they cannot talk, I speak for them. I give them my voice and my love,” she said.
B 能力提升
protection
of
kindness
五、完形填空
The little boy entered the house, unhappy. His mother was __1__ a cake in the kitchen. She smiled as she __2__ but stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler, __3__ happened? Is everything okay?”
“Nothing is okay, Mom,” said the boy. “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs. Green was talking about the __4__. Now I know that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the
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way, but there is __5__ I can do to make a difference.”
“Let me tell you a __6__,” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach. There he saw thousands of dying starfish covering the beach. They were __7__ up by the waves(波浪), and it was too far up for them to make their way back by __8__. The man shook his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very sorry __9__ those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was __10__ to find a
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boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as __11__ as he could. ‘How __12__ you are!’ the man said. ‘There are so many starfish. Can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn't stop but kept throwing. ‘__13__ I can't help them all, I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one,’ said the boy. Thinking for a moment, the man __14__ to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the __15__ person.’”
B 能力提升
( )1.A.drinking B.making
C.selling D.washing
( )2.A.turned around B.turned down
C.turned on D.turned off
( )3.A.what B.when
C.where D.why
( )4.A.air B.land
C.water D.environment
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B
A
A
D
( )5.A.something B.anything
C.everything D.nothing
( )6.A.lie B.joke
C.story D.truth
( )7.A.winded B.rained
C.pushed D.pulled
( )8.A.himself B.itself
C.ourselves D.themselves
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D
C
C
D
( )9.A.of B.for
C.from D.forward
( )10.A.afraid B.surprised
C.sad D.angry
( )11.A.slow B.fast
C.soon D.high
( )12.A.clever B.hard-working
C.silly D.rich
B 能力提升
B
B
B
C
( )13.A.Or B.So
C.Because D.Though
( )14.A.began B.continued
C.forgot D.waited
( )15.A.shortest B.tallest
C.smallest D.biggest
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D
A
C
读后词汇拓展 猜出画波浪线单词的词性和中文意思,并收入自己的小词典。
1.circus______________
2.dying___________________
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n. 马戏团
adj. 垂死的
本课结束!
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