Unit 5 Into the wild

2023-09-05

时代英语·高一 2023年5期

关键词：比较级栖息地外貌

Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas

基础训练

单词拼写根据首字母或汉语提示，用本部分所学单词的正确形式填空。

1. The s_______________ to the problem is not perfect but no one can come up with a better one at the moment.

2. The number of wild animals in the world c_______________ by about 60％ in the past 40 years.

3. The a_______________ expression on her face suggested she had not heard the news.

4. As English is important for us today， Tim d_______________ to try hard to improve his English.

5. The war would d_______________ a city， and life would be hard for people then.

6. _______________ （慈善机构） is an organization that helps people in need.

7. His _______________ （每年的） production of this year is twice as much as that of last year.

8. The man is trying to _______________ （寻找） an opportunity to show his ability to the manager.

9. We must _______________ （测量） the room to get the exact size of it.

10. Beidou Navigation Satellite System （BDS） can help you find your _______________ （位置）.

选择填空用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。

manage to the solution to cut down feed on make sure

1. It is our duty _______________________ that the students on campus are taken good care of.

2. As we all know， bats fly at night and _______________________ insects or fruits.

3. They _______________________ catch sight of some mountain goats on this trip.

4. The team are working very hard so that they can find _______________________ the problem.

5. The government ordered that for every tree _______________________ two more be planted.

課文语法填空

Many animals migrate at certain times of the year. One of the most wonderful migrations in nature is ____1____ of the North American monarch butterfly. Every autumn， they begin ____2____ long and difficult journey around 4，000 kilometers south and find their way to California or Mexico. They are able to tell the time of day and use their eyes ____3____ （measure） the position of the sun. ____4____ （eventual）， they reach the places where they will spend the winter. Now the monarch is ____5____ serious trouble， and its population ____6____ （crash） by as much as 90 percent in the last few years. Human activity is the main reason. In many of the ____7____ （place） where the butterfly can ____8____ （find）， people are destroying the natural environment by ____9____ （cut） down trees and using chemicals that kill the plants that monarch caterpillars eat. Luckily， people are aware of the problem and begin to take action. The more we know about the monarchs， the ____10____ （great） the chance they will survive.

1. _______________ 2. _______________ 3. _______________ 4. _______________ 5. _______________

6. _______________ 7. _______________ 8. _______________ 9. _______________ 10. _______________

能力提升

閱读理解

Cuckoos （布谷鸟） are masters of cheating. When it comes to raising young， they dont spend the energy building a nest， protecting eggs or feeding children. Instead the female passes these roles on to other birds. They dont raise their own young. Usually， they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds， fooling other birds into thinking the cuckoo eggs are theirs.

To succeed in doing this， a female cuckoo watches over her chosen nest to observe feeding times. When the host parent leaves its nest in search of food， the cuckoo quickly lays her eggs among those already in the nest. Sometimes， she will even destroy and remove one of the hosts eggs to make room for her own.

Cuckoos are medium-sized birds with long tails， and often have gray or brown backs. When they hatch （孵化） and begin to grow in a hosts nest， the difference between the two can be obvious to an onlooker. Often the cuckoo is twice the size of its host parents， but still continues to receive food from them.

The cuckoo imposter （冒名顶替者） is usually the only baby bird that the host parent has to care for. This is because when the cuckoo hatches after around 11 days， it gets rid of all the other eggs in the nest. It will lift each egg onto its back before throwing them one by one over the edge of the nest. Even then， the non-biological parent will continue to treat it as one of its own.

Also， cuckoos have developed to produce eggs that are similar in color to their main hosts. This reduces the chances of eggs being attacked. Female cuckoos have been known to take host birds attention away after laying their eggs by producing a noise similar to Eurasian sparrowhawks， scaring birds away from returning to the nest and allowing time for the cuckoo to make her escape unnoticed.

1. What do mother cuckoos usually do when it comes to raising their young？

A. Attend to eggs. B. Build a new nest. C. Rely on other birds. D. Learn feeding skills.

2. What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refer to？

A. Other cuckoos. B. Baby cuckoos. C. Its host parents. D. Its birth parents.

3. What can be inferred about the cuckoo imposter？

A. It looks much larger than the other eggs.

B. It throws all the other eggs out of nests.

C. It usually hatches out earlier than the other eggs.

D. It often makes a noise to scare other birds away from the nest.

4. The text mainly tells us how cuckoos ________________.

A. fool other birds B. produce eggs C. destroy others nests D. protect their children

阅读七选五

The worlds African elephants are in serious danger. ________1________ And if we do nothing to put an end to the ivory （象牙） trade， elephants will die out in the wild within the next 20 years.

Many believe that a bad hunter could get ivory without killing the elephant—this is not true. Only two-thirds of an elephants ivory sticks out of their mouth. ________2________ The tusk （长牙） is not just bone but rather it is alive， filled with nerves and blood vessels （血管） and when broken off， the tusks would likely become infected （感染） and lead to a slow and painful death.

However， there is a new form of hope rising from nature itself. African elephants are being born without the tusks. But why are these elephants on earth now being born tuskless？ ________3________

Is such change beneficial to elephants survival in the long term？ As we know， elephants tusks are not just beautiful surface. ________4________ Therefore， scientists are just beginning to track the newly tuskless among them to see how this change influences the animals.

Ivory hunters are not the only danger faced by elephants today. And more support is needed than ever to create a safe world where elephants can live together with humans happily. ________5________

A. And the rest lies under the surface.

B. Because many African elephants are tuskless.

C. They also have important uses such as digging.

D. Action should be taken to protect animals in the world.

E. It is said that one is killed every 15 minutes for their ivory.

F. And its in our power to make this happen by raising awareness.

G. Thats because elephants without tusks have a better chance of surviving.

1. _______________ 2. _______________ 3. _______________ 4. _______________ 5. _______________

Section Ⅱ Using language

基礎训练

单句语法填空在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

1. You should get familiar with some _______________ （idiom） used in English.

2. I will never forget the days _______________ we worked day and night to support the whole family.

3. The reason _______________ he was late was that he missed his train.

4. I have reached a point in my life _______________ I am supposed to make decisions of my own.

5. Nothing will stop him from making up his _______________ （determine） to make his dream come true.

6. Modern farming methods can have a bad effect _______________ the environment.

7. The more careful you are when you cross the road， the _______________ （safe） you will be.

8. It is said that her family _______________ （found） the college in 1895.

9. We will take measures to develop students _______________ （aware） of keeping healthy.

10. It is difficult for giant pandas _______________ （survive） in the wild.

句子合寫将两个简单句合并成一个含定语从句的复合句。

1. Give me one good reason. I should help you for the reason.

2. I will never forget the years. We worked on the farm together in those years.

3. The house has been rebuilt. I lived in the house ten years ago.

4. We can always find some reasons. We give up trying for these reasons.

5. Yesterday I paid a visit to the house. My parents once lived in the house.

单元语法填空阅读下面短文，根据上下文语境，结合本单元所学语法知识完成短文。

A survey has found that many people suffer from sleep problems. One of the reasons ____1____ people fail to get a good nights sleep is pressure from school or work. And those ____2____ are suffering from sleep problems often feel tired and have trouble concentrating. Sleep problems are especially dangerous for teenagers. They are still growing， and night is the time ____3____ their bodies grow faster. Teenagers ____4____ do not sleep well may experience situations ____5____ body development slows down， and their health suffers.

So， if you have trouble getting a good nights sleep， it might be time to make some changes in your lifestyle.

1. _______________ 2. _______________ 3. _______________ 4. _______________ 5. _______________

能力提升

完形填空

Do some animals have certain mental powers which human beings do not？ Of course they have instincts （本能） and ____1____. But besides this， I am sure that they can feel a ____2____ situation which we humans cannot. A personal ____3____ proved this to me.

Some years ago， I had a dog named Howard. When he heard the sound of lightning and rain， he looked ____4____. At the first hint of them， he would run crying into the ____5____ and hide under a table. What a hero！

Once， as we were walking along a road， it began to ____6____， I quickly ____7____ to a bus stop for shelter. The bus stop had a roof supported by metal poles （金属杆）. Soon after I had got there， Howard caught my ____8____ in his teeth and tried to pull me away. At first， I was ____9____ and a little angry at his behavior. ____10____， I didnt know whether it was simply because of its fear of the ____11____.

Despite of this， I ____12____ to humor him and walked away from the shelter into the rain.

____13____ I was about two hundred meters away from the shelter， there was a crash of lightning which ____14____ deafened me. Howard stopped walking and began ____15____. Knowing that he was afraid， I

____16____ to pick him up.

As I straightened up， I looked at the bus shelter which we had just ____17____. I saw that two of the ____18____ were bent （彎曲的） and the roof was lying on the ground， ____19____. The shelter had been struck by the lightning. I gave Howard a big hug to express my heartfelt ____20____. He had just saved my life. He was truly my hero！

1. A. diseases B. emotions C. mistakes D. gifts

2. A. terrible B. usual C. safe D. perfect

3. A. research B. report C. experience D. plan

4. A. worried B. satisfied C. bored D. tired

5. A. house B. bus C. car D. hole

6. A. snow B. rain C. freeze D. fog

7. A. ran B. moved C. drove D. jumped

8. A. shoes B. socks C. hats D. trousers

9. A. ashamed B. inspired C. frightened D. amazed

10. A. Luckily B. Naturally C. Suddenly D. Surprisingly

11. A. road B. weather C. noise D. shelter

12. A. needed B. agreed C. decided D. liked

13. A. Because B. Since C. When D. Before

14. A. regularly B. nearly C. completely D. actually

15. A. dancing B. sleeping C. crying D. singing

16. A. hoped B. went C. determined D. turned

17. A. left B. sought C. measured D. found

18. A. doors B. trees C. walls D. poles

19. A. broken B. harmed C. dangerous D. dead

20. A. happiness B. thanks C. congratulations D. wish

语法填空

Every year in the month of March， one of ____1____ worlds greatest wildlife migrations stops in central Nebraska. For a short time， sandhill cranes （沙丘鹤） fill the states wide， flat fields. The land provides the birds ____2____ the perfect place to rest and eat.

In recent years， more and more people ____3____ （discover） the migration. Visitors crowd into river blinds—special buildings that help keep the bird watchers ____4____ （hide） themselves. They look through their cameras or telescopes in wonder.

The sandhill cranes are worth the trip. They are ____5____ （general） a little over a meter tall. They have long legs and necks. Their wings stretch over two meters. Sandhill cranes have soft， grey feathers. They are ____6____ （know） for having a bright red area on the top of their heads.

The birds stop in Nebraska as they make their way from their winter homes in Mexico and some ____7____ （south） parts of the United States. The birds usually spend two or three ____8____ （week） at this place ____9____ they leave. They arrive in waves， at times as many as 400，000 in one day. They eat in the nearby fields and grasslands. Leftover grain， insects and small creatures give ____10____ （they） the energy they need as they continue their trip north， toward Canada and Siberia.

1. _______________ 2. _______________ 3. _______________ 4. _______________ 5. _______________

6. _______________ 7. _______________ 8. _______________ 9. _______________ 10. _______________

短文改錯

As is known to all， many wild animals are facing the danger of die out because of human activities. Luckily， our government has taken lots of measure to protect wild animals. For an example， many national parks have set up as wild lifes protection areas. As a student， we should also protect animals in their daily life. Sometimes it is difficulty for a lost cat and dog to find food. It needed something to eat， and where you offer is in great need. Only if we human beings show our love to them can animals be protecting.

Section Ⅲ Developing ideas

基础训练

单词填空用所给词的适当形式填空。

1. Eventually， the girl _______________ from the accident and she thought the doctors and nurses help her _______________. （recover）

2. Joe is a _______________ man and he believes _______________ and effort can lead to success. （determine）

3. I was _______________ at her widely _______________ knowledge of medicine. Much to my _______________， she can speak English very well. （amaze）

4. There are _______________ goods in the shop， and the prices _______________ from brand to brand. The _______________ of them is popular among many customers. （vary）

5. Children sometimes _______________ against the thing their parents believe in. And they hope to get a fair _______________ from their parents. （react）

6. As one of the _______________ in the ship crash， the girl felt lucky to catch the chance of _______________. （survive）

7. Everyone in the school was _______________ when they heard the _______________ news. （shock）

8. If you _______________ all your energies on studying English， you will master the language. Because study needs total _______________. （concentrate）

單句表达根据括号内提示翻译句子。

1. Adam是因为下大雨才迟到的。（强调句）

2. 你越仔细，你犯的错误就越少。（the + 比较级…， the + 比较级）

3. 我想我会顶风冒雨出去遛狗的。（brave the elements）

4. 这家超市有着各式各样的商品。（a variety of）

5. 只有努力你才有成功的机会。（“only + 介词短语”倒装句）

提示写作

选用所给词汇或句型造句并组成一段连贯的短文（80词左右）。

concentrate protect be famous/known for face the danger of manage to

show respect to It is after all… who/that… The reason is that…

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能力提升

阅读理解

When LeeAnn Kriegh moved to Bend， Oregon， in 2012， she fell in love with the trees， birds and flowers. Then she began to read nature guidebooks.

“There wasnt a book that met my needs，” Kriegh said. “I had all the field guides. And they were wonderful， but they didnt tell me stories or teach me the basics and those were what I needed.” Krieghs book， The Nature of Bend， was published in 2016. And Kriegh wanted to encourage others to become published authors. She spent about 2，000 hours working on her guidebook， in which she covered 350 species （物种）.

“You should be ready to spend time on the topic you write about，” Kriegh said. “Its a lot of work， and you have to have a strong liking for your subject，” she added， “or its going to be put aside.”

At first， Kriegh began by sending a plan to a book publisher. Half a year passed before the publisher said no to Kriegh. What he said was that central Oregon seemed too small a market. Kriegh remembered his words. During that time she made a decision that she would take care of all the books elements on her own rather than depend on another publisher.

Being a self-publisher， she not only picked up the check for printing， but she also paid for the other parts like marketing that were paid by a publisher. Kriegh worked with more than 40 photographers and local naturalists， and read through many scientific papers for the book.

Shes heard a lot of positive remarks about the way shes shown facts and stories about these species that help people feel connected and put a smile on their faces.

Kriegh is now working on The Nature of Portland. She hopes it will attract people in cities.

“The purpose of the book is to get people more interested in nature，” Kriegh said. “The more you know about it， the more you care about it and work to take care of it.”

1. What guidebook does Kriegh need？

A. It is affordable. B. It tells stories or basics.

C. It covers various species. D. It is easy to understand.

2. What might inspire Kriegh to continue writing books？

A. Her dream of becoming an author. B. Her hope of being successful.

C. Her interest in the subject. D. Her love of her city.

3. Why did Kriegh publish the book on her own？

A. To take full control of the book. B. To pay the publisher.

C. To enlarge the market in Oregon. D. To publish the book as soon as possible.

4. What can we learn about The Nature of Portland？

A. It calls on people to protect wildlife. B. It encourages people to write.

C. It makes people feel connected with nature. D. It is especially popular with people in cities.

Snow leopards （雪豹） are so hard to photograph that scientists arent even sure how many of these endangered animals still live in the wild.

The Snow Leopard Conservancy （SLC） set up 20 cameras in Russia in 2010 to learn more about the big cats. After a full six months， they had exactly zero picture！ Thats when the organization understood they needed help. And the only people who could help them in finding the leopards were the people from whom they wanted to protect the animals—local hunters.

Hunting snow leopards is against the law in Russia， but in the terrible climate of Siberia， the few people living there had to turn to poaching （盜猎） to feed their families.

In 2013， Russian naturalist Sergei approached Markov， a local hunter， and told him his project. Markov agreed to set up the camera where he knew he would find leopards， and it worked.

Markov， once a poacher， works full time for the conservationists now and has 10 cameras tracking leopards. “I visit each camera once a month. I have known this whole area since I was a child，” he said proudly.

The World Wildlife Fund （WWF） began working with other local villagers in 2015. The village would be paid 40，000 rubles at the end of the year if the image of a snow leopard is caught. WWF also rents horses from the villagers so that they do not need to make money by poaching anymore.

Changing guns for cameras has made a big difference in the lives of these former poachers， the village， and the Russian snow leopards. The number of snow leopards has been rising and their population is expected to recover to normal levels within 10 years.

5. Why was no picture of snow leopards taken in six months？

A. The cameras failed to work. B. Snow leopards got endangered.

C. Local hunters destroyed these cameras. D. The scientists poorly prepared for them.

6. What did Sergei want Markov to do？

A. Find out the poachers. B. Work for the SLC.

C. Take pictures of snow leopards. D. Repair cameras in the forest.

7. Why did the WWF begin working with local villagers？

A. To tell them not to hunt animals. B. To help them make a living.

C. To get some pictures of snow leopards. D. To buy their horses at a low price.

8. How can we describe the WWFs work with the villagers？

A. Practice makes perfect. B. Old habits die hard.

C. Kill two birds with one stone. D. Curiosity kills the cat.

完形填空

I have been working at my local animal shelters Adoption Department （收容所） over the years. Many animals have ____1____ the doors of the shelter. Sometimes there are ____2____ animals， who touch me so deeply that I could not ____3____ them. Tabby was one such animal.

Tabby was an old dog and she was blind and deaf. Tabbys chances at adoption seemed ____4____. After all， we didnt have many adopters coming in ____5____， “Can you show me all of your old dogs who are ____6____？”

One day a woman came to the shelter. Her son， Gary， had ____7____ Tabbys pictures on the shelters website. They were interested in meeting her！ It was the only enquiry （請求） we ever ____8____ about Tabby. Because most ____9____ would want a dog who could grow with them and ____10____ through grassy fields. Tabby would never be able to do that. But after meeting her， Gary and his mom ____11____ that she was the right dog for their family. They adopted Tabby！

Tabbys ____12____ didnt end with her ____13____ adoption， because something that people regard as “magic” happened after that. Gary ____14____ from epilepsy （癫痫）. Since Gary and Tabby met， they became inseparable. Tabby began to be ____15____ of Garys seizure before it happened， giving his family a（n） ____16____. And Gary seemed to become ____17____ and seldom suffered from epilepsy since Tabbys ____18____.

Nobody could explain how Tabby did it. But we were ____19____ enough to know the family had ____20____ the magic that has its roots in love.

1. A. passed B. broken C. opened D. pressed

2. A. strange B. active C. special D. wild

3. A. remind B. forget C. leave D. hate

4. A. various B. great C. small D. bright

5. A. guessing B. asking C. doubting D. explaining

6. A. unhealthy B. smart C. popular D. impatient

7. A. posted B. taken C. seen D. drawn

8. A. knew B. received C. thought D. learnt

9. A. customers B. neighbors C. children D. friends

10. A. get B. look C. run D. drive

11. A. determined B. argued C. showed D. suggested

12. A. mystery B. story C. topic D. file

13. A. plain B. usual C. successful D. professional

14. A. kept B. heard C. suffered D. recovered

15. A. tired B. aware C. afraid D. shocked

16. A. solution B. warning C. goodness D. effect

17. A. worse B. lighter C. angrier D. stronger

18. A. return B. reaction C. arrival D. survival

19. A. fool B. lucky C. rich D. old

20. A. performed B. created C. crashed D. encountered

Writing

話题表达指导

话题介绍

话题：动物介绍。要求通过对本单元核心知识的学习，能口头和书面介绍动物的外貌特征、栖息地、生活习性、种群现状等。

建议体裁：说明文。

注意事项：说明文的语言要简明扼要、通俗易懂。说明时要把握一个中心主题，并恰当地使用衔接词以充分体现时空顺序及逻辑顺序，使文章条理清楚、脉络清晰。另见下表：

题例导学

题目

根据要求用英语写一篇有关濒危动物——华南虎（South China tiger）的短文。内容包括：

1. 外貌；

2. 栖息地；

3. 生活习性；

4. 种群现状。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

思路引导1·要点分析

1. 外貌：毛色、体型等；

2. 栖息地：光线、湿度、筑巢地点等；

3. 生活习性：行动方式、喜好等；

4. 种群现状：生存情况、发展趋势。

思路引导2·本单元语言知识运用

根据汉语意思及提示翻译句子。

1. 它们住在山地及林区，那里气候温暖。（which）

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2. 它们能以大约每小时72千米的速度奔跑。（at a speed of）

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3. 华南虎象征着不屈的生命和自由的灵魂。（a symbol of）

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4. 我们的政府正在采取措施来保护它们。（take measures）

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5. 我们对保护它们的方法了解得越多，它们存活下来的机会就越大。（the + 比较级...， the + 比较级...）

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思路引导3·连句成篇

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范例展示

The South China tiger is a special kind of tiger. Its head is round， and its bodys color is orange-yellow.

South China tigers live in the mountains and forest areas which have a warm climate in south of China. They like to live alone and often go out at night. Amazingly， they can run at a speed of around 72 kilometers per hour. The South China tiger is a symbol of a strong will and free soul.

Now the number of South China tigers is decreasing. Our government is taking measures to protect them. The more we know about ways of protecting them， the greater the chance of their survival will be.

话题表达

请以一名中学生的名义用英语写一篇介绍大熊猫（giant panda）的短文，并呼吁世界各地的人们加入到拯救大熊猫的行列中。内容包括：

1. 外貌；

2. 栖息地；

3. 生活习性；

4. 种群现状。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：保护区 reserve

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Section Ⅳ Presenting ideas