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Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature
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一、用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. The fish in the river are still ________ and swimming happily.
2. We can play games with ________ on the beach.
3. [五育并举]Active reading ________ not only taking notes, but also asking questions about the text.
4. His grandfather was a farmer and spent his ________ working on the farm.
5. ________ looks like colourful stones under the sea.
alive
sand
includes
lifetime
Coral
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6. (教材改编题)大堡礁有世界上最大的生物结构。
The Great Barrier Reef has the largest ________ ________ in the world.
7. (教材改编题)大堡礁位于澳大利亚东北海岸。
The Great Barrier Reef is located ________ ________ ____________ ________ of Australia.
8. 这座宁静的山是我知道的最神奇的地方之一。
The quiet mountain is one of ________ ________ ________ places I know.
二、根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词。
living
structure
on
the
northeastern
coast
the
most
amazing
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9. 这个公园占据小镇的一半面积。
This park ________ ________ half of the town.
10. 攀登那座山是他一生的梦想。
Climbing that mountain is ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ for him.
takes
up
the
dream
of
a
lifetime
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Many people feel surprised when they first see the special mountains that look like huge stone pillars(石柱) in Zhangjiajie. How did they form?Let’s travel through time to discover their story.
Long ago, Zhangjiajie was underwater. Rivers brought sand to the seabed. Year after year, new sand fell on the old sand. The heavy new sand pushed the old sand together. After millions of years, the sand became hard rock. The hard rock was sandstone. Then, something amazing happened. The seabed slowly ascended and became dry land. The sandstone started breaking into big pieces. Now came nature’s
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artists—wind and water. Strong winds blew against the sandstone, while rainwater made small holes in the stones. Like a knife cutting cakes, rivers flowed(流) through these holes and made them deeper. These two natural artists slowly changed the sandstone into beautiful stone pillars.
But this story isn’t over. Even now, wind and rain keep making the stone pillars smaller. Scientists say that after millions more years, these stone pillars will completely disappear. So we’re ▲ to see this natural wonder before it’s all gone.
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11. What’s special about mountains in Zhangjiajie?
A. They’re very high.
B. They’re like stone pillars.
C. They’re underwater.
D. There’re many waterfalls.
12. What was Zhangjiajie like long ago?
A. A dry desert. B. A big forest.
C. A wide plain(平原). D. A water world.
B
D
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13. What does “ascended” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Moved up. B. Cut up. C. Came around. D. Turned around.
14. [单词还原]Which can be put in “ ▲ ”?
A. Worried. B. Sorry. C. Confident. D. Lucky.
15. [写作意图]What does the writer want to tell us?
A. What makes the mountains disappear.
B. Where visitors should go in Zhangjiajie.
C. How the stone pillars grew over the years.
D. Why we need to look after the mountains.
A
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