普通高中英语学业水平合格性考试第1篇Section4学案

Section 4

[考纲词汇通关]

defence n．保护；防卫

[归纳拓展]

①The defence of the country is everyone's duty.

保卫祖国，人人有责。

②Thousands of people gave their lives in defence of their country.

成千上万的人为了保卫自己的国家而献出了生命。

③They needed more troops to defend the border against possible attack.

他们需要更多的部队来保卫边境地区以防可能的攻击。

design vt.设计；打算；意欲，意图n.设计；图案

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①This entrance has been specially designed for people in wheelchairs.

这个入口是专门为坐轮椅的人设计的。

②The weekend party was designed to bring the two old men together.

这次周末聚会的用意是让两位老人见面。

③We don't know whether it was done by accident or design．

我们不知道那是偶然的还是故意的。

shock  n．震惊；令人震惊的事；休克 vt.(使)震惊

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①It was quite a shock to see my face on that screen!

从那个屏幕上看到我的脸，真让人惊愕不已！

②People were in shock—and then，later that afternoon，another big quake shook Tangshan again.

人们都很震惊——然后，那天下午晚些时候，唐山又发生了一次大地震。

③Rescue workers were shocked (shock) by what they saw.

救援人员被眼前的景象惊呆了。

④The news shocked (shock) the public，leading to great concern about students' safety at school.

这个消息使公众震惊，引发了对在校学生安全的担心。

independent adj.独立的；自立的

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①Now my son is more independent. I have more time for myself.

现在我儿子更独立了，属于我自己的时间就更多了。

②Find a job and end your dependence on your parents.

找份工作，不要再依靠父母了。

③I used to be dependent on my parents.Now I'm independent of them.

过去我总是依赖父母，现在我独立了。

power n．能力；力量；权力

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①There was a time when the girl lost the power of speech.

曾经有一段时间，这个女孩不能说话。

②It is reported that the new president will settle a lot of problems the moment he comes to power.

据报道，新总统一上台就要解决很多问题。

③China is a country where the people are in power.

中国是个由人民掌权的国家。

average adj.平均的；普通的，平常的n.平均数；平均水平，一般水准v.平均为；计算出……的平均数

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①In 1970，the average size of a French farm was 19 hectares.

1970年，一家法国农场的平均规模为19公顷。

②The children average seven years of age.

这些孩子平均年龄为7岁。

③On average, a powerful earthquake occurs less than once every two years.

通常，一次强有力的地震不到两年发生一次。

become known as作为……而出名；被称为……；叫作……

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①NSFNET became known as the Inter­Network, or “Internet”．

NSFNET作为“互联网络”或“因特网”而闻名。

②Mr.Green is known/famous for organizing two big pop concerts on the same day.

格林先生因为在同一天组织两场大型流行音乐会而闻名。

③As is known to us, the film The Great Wall is the first English­language film of Zhang Yimou.

众所周知，《长城》是张艺谋的第一部英文电影。

compared with与……相比

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①Compared with our small flat, Bill's house seemed like a palace.

和我们的小公寓相比，比尔的房子就像一座宫殿。

②A teacher is often compared to a candle.

教师常被比作蜡烛。

③If you compare Marx's works with Hegel's, you'll find many differences.

如果你把马克思的著作同黑格尔的著作相比较，你将会发现许多不同之处。

[重点句式分析]

I was having breakfast with my three children when water started filling my home.

我正在和三个孩子一起吃早餐，这时家里开始灌满了水。

[要点提炼]

该句中when为并列连词，意为“就在这时、突然”，相当于and then/just at that time。其句型结构为sb.was/were doing sth.when...“某人正在做某事，这时……”。

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①We were having a meeting when someone broke in.

当时我们正在开会，突然有人闯了进来。

②I had just finished my test paper when the bell rang.

我刚完成试卷，这时铃声响了。

③I was about to leave (leave) when it began to rain.

我正要离开，这时开始下雨了。

It was exercise for the brain：the more I learnt of a language，the more my brain would grow.

这是对大脑的锻炼：我对一门语言学得越多，我的大脑就会开发得越多。

[要点提炼]

the＋比较级， the＋比较级“越……， 就越……”

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①The more he explained，the more confused I  became.

他越解释我就越迷惑。

②As is known to us，the lazier (lazy) a person is，the more things he needs to do tomorrow.

众所周知，一个人越懒， 他明天要做的事情越多。

③The more careful you are，the fewer (few) mistakes you will make.

你越仔细，你就会越少犯错误。

[基础题型对练]

Ⅰ.完形填空

I was 17 years old.Along with a dozen other boys I had made a long trip to Iowa in order to see a college that I was thinking of   1  ．While the trip had been   2   for the most part，now that I was there I was feeling depressed，alone，and isolated.I was missing my   3   and I was also missing the Appalachian Mountains and the forests of my home.I loved   4   the leaves turned a thousand shades of green in the spring and then   5   a sea of red，gold，and orange in the fall.

Here in Iowa everything was   6  ．The grass looked burnt and brown.All that I could   7   was a mixture of corn，mud，and pigs.I walked outside the dormitory and sat on an old stump.I closed my eyes and   8   being back home again.When I finally opened them，however，I saw something that touched my   9  ．It was a Prairie Sunset.It seemed to    10   the sky from horizon to horizon.Gold，red，purple and pink clouds all   11   together in a picture painted by Heaven's own hand.It was so huge that it took my breath away.It made our mountain sunsets seem   12    by comparison.I realized that this place too had its own special beauty.This place too was a part of nature's   13  ．

Over the years to come I learned something else.Each of us has a special beauty   14  ．Each of us has our own   15   talents and abilities.

1．A．assisting B．attending C．visiting D．quitting

[答案]　B

2．A．fun B．hard C．novel D．tiresome

[答案]　A

3．A．chance B．school C．family D．goal

[答案]　C

4．A．when B．how C．why D．whether

[答案]　B

5．A．became B．flooded C．drew D．surrounded

[答案]　A

6．A．easy B．beautiful C．flat D．rough

[答案]　C

7．A．hear B．touch C．taste D．smell

[答案]　D

8．A．cared about B．prepared for C．dreamed of D．thought over

[答案]　C

9．A．body B．soul C．face D．pain

[答案]　B

10．A．fill B．cover C．separate D．block

[答案]　A

11．A．folded B．sank C．escaped D．flowed

[答案]　D

12．A．tiny B．pale C．splendid D．weak

[答案]　A

13．A．change B．punishment C．creation D．reflection

[答案]　C

14．A．as well B．in addition C．for sure D．in between

[答案]　A

15．A．extra B．unique C．possible D．reasonable

[答案]　B

Ⅱ.阅读理解

One morning a deer rushed into a courtyard where a little boy was playing.The deer hooked the boy's clothing with its antlers (角)．This scared the little boy so much that he let out a loud cry which brought his mother running out to see what was happening.She came out just in time and saw the deer running off towards the mountains with her little boy.

The mother was so afraid! She ran after the deer as fast as she could and not too far away.She found her son sitting on the grass safely.Seeing his mother，the little boy laughed and reached out his arms to her.His mother held him tight.She was so happy that she cried.She hurried back with her dear son.When she got home，she was amazed at what she saw.The huge tree behind her house had fallen down while she was out running after the deer.The whole house was destroyed under the tree's great weight.

Then the mother remembered the day about a year before when a deer fleeing from a hurt had run into her house.She felt sorry for the frightened deer，so she covered it with some cloth and let it return to the forest.

The deer seemed to understand that she had saved its life.When leaving，it kept bowing its head to her as if it were thanking her for her kindness.

She never imagined that the deer could remember her help.It somehow knew the tree was going to fall and kill her and her son，so it came back to save them.

When the mother remembered all this，she said，“Saving the life of another is the same saving the life of your own.”

1．What made the mother run out of the house?

A．The boy's crying.

B．The boy's running.

C．The deer's coming.

D．The deer's escaping.

[答案]　A

2．The mother was frightened because ________．

A．her son was injured

B．a deer went into her house

C．the deer was taking her son to the mountains

D．her son was running to the mountains with the deer

[答案]　C

3．What happened while the mother was running after the deer?

A．The deer hurt her son.

B．The house disappeared.

C．The house was destroyed.

D．The huge tree was cut down.

[答案]　C

4．Why did the deer save their lives?

A．They were close friends.

B．The mother once saved its life.

C．The deer once visited their house.

D．The mother drove away the hunter.

[答案]　B

5．What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To protect animals.

B．To blame the hunter.

C．To praise the mother's bravery.

D．To encourage people to do good deeds.

[答案]　D