Unit 4 Breaking boundaries

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. Those suffering from i diseases were separated from the other patients.

2. There should be no b between people of different colors or from different countries.

3. All the needles need to be properly cleaned， d and kept.

4. A s  ; is a person who has a particular skill or knows a lot about a particular subject.

5. The problems are not serious. Nevertheless， we shall need to t them soon.

6. She will be remembered for her selfless （献身） to the cause of the poor.

7. We are looking for people who would be willing to （帮助） in the group’s work.

8. We don’t allow smoking in （病房）， and the same goes for alcohol.

9. Professor Li said to us that education of the youth would be （极其重要的） to thefuture of a country.

10. In addition to the school， the village has a（n） （诊所）， which was also built withgovernment support.

选择填空 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。

put... at risk take any chances against all odds step into one’s shoes give up on

1. Living by a busy road， these animals aren’t willing when it comes to gettingacross safely.

2. Life in the countryside was hard for him， but he never his dream.

3. It’s worth noting that children when their parents smoke near them.

4. Your school will keep you on a bit longer if there’s no one quite ready .

5. We’ll be able to face the challenge and support ourselves .

课文语法填空

I felt proud of being part of MSF， 1 mission is to provide medical care for those affectedby conflict， disasters or a lack of access 2 health care.Seeing the tragic scenes on the news， I felt it my duty as a doctor 3 （offer） my help. Eboladoesn’t respect national 4 （boundary）. As a result， there should be no borders for thoseinvolved in combating this terrible disease.

Before I 5 （step） into Emma’s shoes， she talked me through the daily routine andintroduced me to the working staff there. With each person I met， I felt a 6 （grow） sense ofpride as part of this team. Despite the high death rate， we never gave up on a patient. Against allodds， some patients made a full 7 （recover）.Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas

To be caught up in such 8 crisis creates strong bonds between people. In a world still 9 （face） so many problems， it is 10 （absolute） essential for us all to work together to build ahuman community with a shared future of peace and prosperity.

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阅读理解

Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent her life fighting for women to be treated equally. In doing so， shebecame an inspiring role model for women and girls around the world.

Her passion for women’s rights began when she was young. She started off her adult lifehaving trouble finding a job. Even though she was smart， determined， and capable of doing the job，she was passed over primarily because she was a woman. She felt like she was being treatedunfairly， or discriminated （歧视） against， only because she was a woman. She wanted to dosomething about it. But at the time， there were no laws in the United States to protect her.

She decided to devote her career to being a lawyer and fighting for equal rights of women.Then， early in her legal career， when she was 29 years old， Ruth took a trip to Sweden to performlegal research. What she saw really focused her on fighting for women in the workplace. Seeing theprogress women had made in Sweden convinced （使确信） her even more that America was behindand wrong in its treatment of women.

Back in the USA， laws advocating （拥护） for women’s rights were missing. She decided thatshe would help invent laws， write them， and defend them. Ruth would also become a professor tohelp other women to become lawyers so that they could do the same thing. And then， in 1993， afteryears’ practicing and teaching laws， she became the second female justice of the Supreme Court.

As a generally quiet person， Ruth’s power came from her focus， her determination， and herintegrity. She went on to become an inspiring role model for girls and women around the world andone of the most respected justices in history. She changed the lives of many women and girls in theUnited States and beyond.

1. What made Ruth fail to get a job？

A. Lacking professional skills. B. Being a woman.

C. Having done something illegal. D. Being too young.

2. What did Ruth do to fight for equal rights of women？

A. She performed legal research. B. She gave plenty of speeches.

C. She consulted lawyers of Sweden. D. She fought with the USA government.

3. What word can best describe Ruth？

A. Optimistic. B. Selfless. C. Generous. D. Determined.

4. What can be the best title for the text？

A. Sweden—A Birthplace of Famous Lawyers

B. Ruth—A Great Fighter of Women’s Rights

C. A Famous Justice—A Pioneer of Americans’ Rights

D. The USA—A Country Fighting with Discrimination

阅读七选五

Hollywood is looking East. It is integrating （融入） more and more Chinese elements， such asmartial arts， pandas and the Chinese language， into its large-scale productions. 1 Here， welist just a few of these elements.

The Chinese people.

Hollywood has a history of casting Caucasian （白种人） actors for films where the race of thecharacter is anything but white. 2 Kung fu superstar Bruce Lee was perhaps the firstChinese face Hollywood familiarized itself with. Jackie Chan， Chow Yun-fat and Jet Lee followedhis footsteps. Gong Li starring in Miami Vice is an award-winning actress. 3 Ang Lee isalready a household name in Hollywood. Jason Woo， Zhang Yimou are also world-famousdirectors.

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Kung fu and pandas seem to be the two iconic elements associated with China. This is alsoshown in films. Animated film Kung Fu Panda， a hugely successful production， is also a perfectintegration of China’s national martial art kung fu and China’s national treasure， the panda.

The Chinese language.

5 In the film Red， Actor Bruce Willis said “A few years ago， I lived in Wuhan” inChinese. This caused quite a stir （轰动） in the theaters for Chinese audiences. In Pearl Harbor，Alec Baldwin taught American soldiers how to say “I am American” in Chinese. Nicholas Cage alsodelivered one of his most recognized lines “I prefer to shoot” in Chinese in Lord of War.

A. Symbols of China.

B. China’s places of interest.

C. Now， things are changing.

D. Western actors showed their language skills on the big screen.

E. They are getting more and more important place in Western films.

F. More Chinese faces were introduced to the silver screen around the world.

G. Alongside the actors， Chinese directors have also worked their way onto the international scene.

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