2022屆英語新情境訓(xùn)練題（一）

英語新情境訓(xùn)練題（一）

Dailyreading(1)

1.Readthepassageandfillinthemissingwords.

AfterIhad(1)Qitoverandoveragaininmymind,thebigday(2)

arrived:myfirstdayatseniorhigh!Iwokeupearlyandrushedoutofthedoorinmy

(3)etogettoknowmynewschool.

The(4)wasstillquietwhenIarrived,soIdecidedto(5)ea

bit.IwaslookingatthephotosonthenoticeboardwhenIhearda(6)

behindme."Newhere?"(7)Taround,Isawawhite-hairedman."Yes,"I

replied."I'm(8)wwhatlifeisgoingtobelikehere.”"Don'tworry,he

gavemean(9)smile."You'Hsoonfindout.”

Howtruethesewordswere!WhenmyEnglishteachersteppedintotheclassroom,

IwassurprisedtoseethesamemanIhadmet(10)e.

“Goodmorning,everyone.Beforewestart,pleasecometothefrontonebyone

and(11)yourselftotheclass.Tilgofirst.??”

“What?!”Itriedtoturnonmy(12)bbuttheenginejustwouldn'tstart.

“Ishouldsaymyname,ofcourse.Butwhatelse?WhatcouldIsaytomakeagood

first(13)?Somethingaboutmyinsectcollection,perhaps791was(14)o

mywordsinmyheadwhenthegirlnexttomegavemeanudge."It'syour

(15)!”

With(16)binmystomach,Ibreatheddeeply."Hi,I'mMengHao.^^

Everyonestartedlaughing.Ilookedatthemin(17)Q."Nicetoknowwe(18)

thesamename,“saidmynewteacher.Ihadbeentoo(19)topayattention

whenheintroducedhimself!AlthoughIwas(20)e,hiswordsmademealot

morerelaxed!,9

Whenwehadallintroducedourselves,MrMengsaid,"Welldone,everyone!I

knowthisisn't(21)formanyofyou.Butthisisjustthekindofthingyou

aregoingtofaceatseniorhigh.(22)Clikethismightsometimesputyou

underpressure.Butitall(23)onwhatyoudo.Keepcalmandbe(24)

p.Thatway,you911makethemostofyourtimeatseniorhigh.”

Peoplesay,"Wellbegun,halfdone."I(25)thiswasagoodbeginning

tomynewschoollife.

2.Whatisthetextabout?Isthereatopicsentenceoraconcludingsentence?

3.Howdoestheauthororganizethetext?Whatdoeshedescribeinthetext?

4.Howhastheauthor'sfeelingchangedfrombeginningtoend?

5.Whatwritingtechniqueshaveyoulearnedthat'susefulinyourextendedwriting(讀后續(xù)寫)?

6.Writeashortpassagedescribingabigdayorabigeventinyourlife.

Keys:

1.(1)pictured;(2)finally;(3)eagerness;(4)campus/school;(5)explore;(6)voice;(7)Turning;

(8)wondering;(9)assuring/encouraging;(10)earlier;(11)introduce;(12)brain;(13)

impression;(14)organizing;(15)turn;(16)butterflies;(17)panic/puzzles;(18)share/have;

(19)nervous;(20)embarrassed;(21)easy;(22)Challenges;(23)depends;(24)prepared;(25)

guess/think

2.Theauthor'sfirstdayatSeniorHigh./Yes.Firstsentenceofthefirstparagraphrevealsthe

theme-thefirstdayatSeniorHigh.Andlastparagraphconcludesaboutit:agoodbeginning.

3.Heusesalead-inparagraphandaconcludingparagraph.Hedescribeshisexperiencesand

feelingsinhisbigdayintimeorder.Heusesalotofvividdescriptionsaboutactions,feelings,

anddialogues,etc./Beforegoingtoschool;arrivingatschool;duringtheEnglishclass;After

theEnglishclass(theschoolcampus,newEnglishteacher,firstEnglishclass,theteacher's

encouragingwords,etc.)

4.Fromunsuretoconfident:eager(tofindoutwhatlifeisgoingtobelike);surprised(tosee

thathisEnglishteacherwasthemanhehadmetearlier;nervousanduncertain(aboutwhatto

saytointroducehimself);afraidandinpanic(whenlaughedat);embarrassedbutmore

relaxed(whentheteacherexplainedtheysharedthesamename);confident(abouthisnew

schoollifeaftertheEnglishclass).

5.(Answerscanbevaried.)

Dailyreading(2)

Readthefollowingpassage.Fillineachblankwithapropersentencegiveninthebox.Each

sentencecanbeusedonlyonce.Notethattherearetwomoresentencesthanyouneed.

A.Allyouneedtodoistowaitforittocometrue.

B.It'sjustontheotherside.

C.Remember,you'vegottogetpassedobstaclesinordertosucceed.

D.Successhasnoexcuse-youeithergetitoryoudon't.

E.Thekeyistofindawaytopreventitfromhappening.

F.Youjustdon'tstandthereandletitdotheworkforyou.

G.Itwilltripyouupeverytime.

Everybodywantssuccess.Somepeopleaimforit;othersjusttalkaboutit.Weallknowwhat

itlookslikewhensomeoneelsehasit.Oftenitjustseemslikesomethingtoofaroutofreach.The

truthtosuccessiscloserthanyouthink.]Onlyyouhavetowantitenough,andbe

willingenoughtogetit.

Fearisyourbiggestobstacle-fearoffailure,fearofthejudgmentofothers,fearofactually

succeeding.2Itwillcauseyoutomakedecisionsthatmayseem"right"atthetime,but

they'repreventingyoufromactuallygettingoverthatwall.

3Theminuteyoufindareasonnottotakeanothersteptowardssuccessisthe

momentyoustopbeingsuccessful.Inthesymphonyofsuccess,excusesarejustnoise.

Gototheothersideofobstacles.Everyonefaceschanges,differentonesatdifferenttimes.

Weallhandlethesamechallengesdifferently;weallhavedifferentresults.It*showyouhandle

eachoneandwhatyoudowiththeresultsthatcount.Anobstacleissomethingyoueitherfinda

wayaroundorallowittostopyou.4

Gototheothersideoffailures.Noteverythingworks;evenifitworksforotherpeople,the

samethingjustdoesn'tworkfbrus.Sowhat?Failurecaneitherbecomeanobstacleandanexcuse

ofitcanbecomeyourteacherinwhatnottodo.

Ittakeseffort,commitment,andfollow-through.Theycallitaladderofsuccessfora

reason...becauseyouneedtoclimbitinordertogetsomewhere.It'snotanescalator.5

Youhavetodotheworkyourself.Sometimesitwillbeeasy;othertimesyou'llbecarryinga

heavyloadonyourshoulders.Theladderremainsthesame.Successstillwaitsontheotherside.

It'sgoingtotakedeterminationandpersistenceonyourparttogetupandoverthatwall.

So,whichsidedoyouwanttobeon?

Keys:

1.B2.G3.D4.C5.F

Dailyreading(3)

Readthetextandsummarisewhateachparagraphismainlyabout.Howwouldyou

describethematersmentionedinthetext?

Mastersoftime

InthequietcourtyardsofXiSanSuo,behindthehighwallsoftheforbiddencity,

timeticksatitsownpace.Ifithadn*tbeenforathree-episodedocumentary,outsiders

wouldneverhaveknownthattheplainly-dressedpeopleworkingherearemastersof

theircraft,whohavespenttheirlivesrestoringpreciousantiques.Amongtheseisthe

clockrestorationmaster,WangJin.

Walkingthroughthesevencrimsongatestowardshisworkplace,WangJinstill

regardshimselfasanordinaryworkerinthePalaceMuseum,althoughnowhe'soften

stoppedbyaadmirerswantingtheirphototakenwithhim.Dayin,dayout,MrWang

andhisstudentsspendtheirtimerestoringclocksdatingbackhundredsofyears.But

forquitesometime,heandhisstudent,QiHaonanusedtobetheonlytwopeople

repairingtimepiecesinthePalaceMuseum.

Qingemperorswereveryfondofclocks.Therefore,inordertopleasethem,

foreignenvoyspresentedtheseemperorswiththemostintricateandsplendid

timepieces.Today,thePalaceMuseumhasoneofthemostsignificantcollectionsof

timepiecesintheworld,mainlyoriginatingfromEuropeandChina.Withobjects

rangingfromsmallpocketwatchestotheclocksoveronemeterinheight,eachof

theserequiresitsownuniquemethodofrestoration.Giventhecomplexityofthework

andthelackofnecessarymaterials,thismeansthateachexpertcanworkona

maximumoftwolargepiecesayear.But,throughtheirpainstakingefforts,MrWang

andhisstudentsdomorethanrepairtheclocks-theybringthembacktolife.

TheonlysoundtobreakthesilenceinWangJin'sworkshopisthechiming

melodyoftherepairedandpolishedclocks.ToWangJinitisthemostbeautifulmusic

intheworld.Now,aftereightmonthsofendlessadjustments,thetimehasfinally

comeforMrWangtowindupthegiganticclocksthatdatebacktothetimeof

EmperorQianlong.Theintricatelyfashionedobjectsthathavestoodstillforcenturies

instantlycomebacktolife:waterflows,boatssail,dogsbark,chickensflaptheir

wingsandawomanstartstospin.Itisatrulyawe-inspiringmoment.Itissuddenly

clearthatwhentheclockmasterssaythat"theseantiqueshavelives"，itisneitheran

exaggerationnorthemetaphor.

Butdespitethecombinedworkofseveralgenerationsofmasters,itseems

unlikelythattherestorationoftheclockswilleverbecomplete.Evenifeveryclock

inthePalaceMuseumwererestored,therewouldstillbeworktodo,because

restorationwouldprobablyneedtobeginagainontheclocksthatwererepairedlong

ago.Thisisaraceagainsttimethatcanneverbewon!Nevertheless,MrWang

remainsoptimisticaboutthefutureofthesetimepieces.Followinginthefootstepsof

hisownteacherallthoseyearsago,MrWanghasnowpassedonhisskillstothenew

members,whowilltakeonmanyofthefuturerepairs.What'smore,inspiredto

followinhisfather'sfootsteps,MrWang'ssonnowhasalsotakenuprepairing

antiqueclocks.Thisnewgenerationofartisanswillnotonlyhelppreservetraditional

skills;theinnovationtheybringtothecraftwillalsoensurethattheartofclock

repairingstandsthetestoftime.

Intoday'sfast-pacedworldthesayingthattimewaitsfornomanhasnever

seemedmoreapt.YetinsidehiddencourtyardsofXiSanSuo,thereissomething

timelessaboutthewayMrWangandhiscolleaguessedatelypiecetogetherthepast

withskillfulhandsandmodesthearts.Itisasiftheyhavebecomeonewiththeircraft

andwiththehistoryofthecountry.

Keys:

Para.1:BriefintroductionofWangJin:whoheisandwhereheworks.

Para.2:TheuniquenessofWangJinandhisstudent

Para.3:Thechallengesoftheirwork

Para.4:Oneexampleofhowtheybringtheclocksbacktolife

Para.5:Theoptimisticfutureoftheartofclockrepairing

Para.6:Asummaryoftheirgreatqualities

Thematersmentionedinthetextaredevoted/dedicated/committed,loyal,

self-contented,hard-working,patient,skillful,modest,innovative.

DailyReading⑷

■Readthecolumnoflettersfromthereaders.Thenwriteyourresponsetotheeditor.

Socialinsights:AfamilydinnerisanimportanttraditiontocelebrateSpringFestival.

Nowadays,somepeoplechoosetohavethedinnerinarestaurant,butnoteveryoneis

keenonthisidea.Whatdoourreadersthink?

DearEditor,

WehaveeatenoutfortheSpringFestivalfamilydinnerforthelastthreeyears,and

wehaveenjoyeditnolessthaneatingathome.Idon'tunderstandwhysomepeople

refusetoembracethechange.

Can'ttheyadmitthatthepreparationsforthedinnerarehardwork?Ireallydon't

thinkit'sworththeeffortofspendingsomuchtimepreparingforasinglemeal,and

thenanotherhourcleaningupthemessafterit'sover.Weworkallyear,sowhycan't

onedaybeaboutspendingtimewithfamilyandrelaxing?

Eatingoutisagoodchoiceandithasnothingtodowithlossoftraditions.Westill

havethedinnerwiththesamepeople,justinadifferentplace.Theoccasionismore

enjoyablewithoutallthattiringcooking,andthedishestastebetter!

Inmyopinion,whatorwhereweeatonSpringFestivalEvereallydoesn'tmatter.

Eatingoutmaychangetheformofthistradition,butthelovebetweenthefamily

memberssittingaroundthetabletogetherremainsthesame.

WangPeng,softwareengineer

DearEditor,

Forthisyear'sSpringFestivalfamilydinner,mysonhasbookedatableatthebest

restaurantintown,butI'mabitunhappyaboutit.Forme,itjustwon'tfeellike

SpringFestivalhavingthedinnerout.

WhenIwasalittleboy,thedinnerontheeveofSpringFestivalwaswhatIlooked

forwardtomost.Itwasnotonlyforthedeliciousfoodthatweseldomgottoeat,but

fortheopportunitytohaveourwholefamilygatheredtogether.Iwouldrunaround

thehouse,listeningtotheadultschattingabouttheiryear.Tdgetundermymother's

feetinthekitchen,watchinghermakedumplings.She'dputtokensinsome

dumplings:candiesforasweetlifeandpeanutsforalongandhealthyone.Inthe

evening,allofuswouldsitaroundthetable,enjoyingthefoodandbeingtogether

again.Wetoastedeachother,welaughed,andsimple,homemadedishestastedmore

deliciousthananythingcookedbyatopchef.

Ihopemychildrenandtheirchildrenwillstillvalueourmemoriesofpreparingthe

dinnertogether.Tome,theprocessisevenmoreimportantthanthedinneritself.

LiuYonghui,retiredteacher

Dailyreading(5)

Researchshowstheaveragepersononlyhasregularcommunicationwithbetweensevenand

fifteenpeople,andthatmostofourcommunicationisinfactwithfivetotenpeoplewhoare

closesttous.However,perhapsweareclosertotherestoftheworldthanwethink.t4SixDegrees

ofSeparation^^refertothetheorythatanypersononEarthcanbeconnectedtoanyotherperson

throughachainofnomorethanfiveotherpeople.

Theconceptwasfirsttalkedaboutaslongagoasinthe1920s.TheHungarianauthorFrigyes

KarinthypublishedabookcalledEverythingisDifferentis1929,inwhichheintroducedtheidea

offriendshipnetworksandhisideasinfluencedmanyofourearlyimpressionsofsocialnetworks.

Inthe1950s,anattemptwasmadebytwoscientiststoprovethetheorymathematically;but

aftertwentyyears,theystillhadnothadanysuccess.In1967,anAmericansociologistcalled

StanleyMilgramtriedusinganewmethodtotestthetheory,whichhecalledthe"small-world

problem”.HechosearandomsampleofpeopleinthemiddleofAmericaandaskedthemtosend

packagestoastrangerinthestageofMassachusetts.Thepeoplesendingthepackagesonlyknew

thename,jobandgenerallocationofthestranger.Milgramtoldthemtosendthepackagetoa

persontheyknewpersonallywhotheythoughtmightknowthetargetstranger.Oncetheparcel

hadbeenreceivedbythisperson,he/shewouldsendtheparcelontoacontactoftheirsuntilthe

parcelcouldbepersonallydeliveredtothecorrectperson.Amazingly,itonlytookbetweenfive

andsevenpeopletogettheparcelsdelivered,andoncereleased,theresultswerepublishedinthe

bimonthlymagazinePsychologyToday.Itwasthisresearchthatinspiredthephrase“SixDegrees

ofSeparation^^.

Inthepastfewdecades,thetheoryandthephrasehaveappearedagain.Itsnamewasusedas

thetitleofaplayandthenafilm.Then,morefilmsandTVprogrammesbasedontheconcept

weremadeandbroadcast.Forexample,theOscar-winningfilmBabelisbasedontheconceptof

“SixDegreesofSeparation,,.Thelivesofallthecharacterswerecloselyconnected,althoughthey

didnotknoweachotherandlivedthousandsofmilesapart.ThetelevisionseriesLostalso

exploredtheideaof“SixDegreesofSeparation”，asalmostallthecharactershadrandomlymet

eachother,orhadmetsomeonetheothercharactersknew,beforetheywereallinthesameplane

crash.Inthemid-1990s,twocollegestudentsintheUnitedStatesinventedagame.Theideaof

thegamewastolinkanyactortoKevinBacon,afamousAmericanactorandmusician,through

nomorethansixlinks.SoonthegamewasbeingplayedinuniversitiesacrosstheUnitedStates.

In2003,ColumbiaUniversitytriedtorecreateMilgram'sexperimentontheInternet.This

becameknownasthe“ColumbiaSmall-worldProject”.Theexperimentinvolved24,163email

chainswith18targetpeoplein13differentcountries.Theresultsconfirmedthattheaverage

numberoflinksinthechainwassix.

Mostrecently,anexperimentin2011attheUniversityofMilananalysedtherelationship

between721millionsocialmediausersandfoundthat92percentwereconnectedbyonlyfour

stages,orfivedegreesofseparation.

So,thinkaboutitforaminute:Howmightyoubeconnectedtothedriverofthebusyou

regularlytakeorthepersonwhodeliversyourparcels?

1.What'sthebesttitleofthetext?

A.Howcloselyconnectedarewe?

B.WhatisSixDegreesofSeparation?

C.Theimportanceofhumanconnections

D.Afamousexperimentthatmakesadifference

2.Explainthe“SixDegreesofSeparation^^theory.

(1)Whatdoesitmean?

(2)Whendidthetermfirstappear?

(3)Whathappenedinthe1950s?

(4)WhatdidStanleyMilgramdo?

(5)HowmanypeopledidittakefortheparceltoreachtherightpersoninMilgram's

experiment?

(6)Howdiditinfluencetheentertainmentindustry?

(7)Whatisthe""ColumbiaSmall-worldProject”?

(8)WhatwastheresultoftheUniversityofMilan'sresearch?

3.WhydidMilgramandColumbiaUniversitybothlabeltheirexperiments“Small-woHd”?

參考譯文:

研究表明，一般人只與7到15個(gè)人有定期的交流，而我們大部分的交流實(shí)際上是與5

到10個(gè)最親近的人進(jìn)行的。然而，也許我們與世界其他地方的距離比我們想象的更近?！傲?/p>

度分離”指的是地球上任何一個(gè)人都可以通過不超過五個(gè)人的鏈條與另一個(gè)人聯(lián)系在一起。

早在20世紀(jì)20年代，這個(gè)概念就被首次提出。匈牙利作家FrigyesKarinthy在1929年

出版了一本名為《一切都不一樣》的書，他在書中介紹了友誼網(wǎng)絡(luò)的概念，他的觀點(diǎn)影響了

我們對(duì)社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)的許多早期印象。

20世紀(jì)50年代，兩位科學(xué)家試圖用數(shù)學(xué)方法證明這個(gè)理論;但是二十年過去了，他們

仍然沒有取得任何成功。1967年，美國社會(huì)學(xué)家斯坦利?米爾格拉姆(StanleyMilgram)嘗試用

一種新的方法來檢驗(yàn)這個(gè)理論，他稱之為“小世界問題”。他在美國中部隨機(jī)抽取了一些人，

讓他們把包裹寄給一個(gè)站在馬薩諸塞州舞臺(tái)上的陌生人。送包裹的人只知道陌生人的名字、

工作和大致位置。米爾格拉姆讓他們把包裹寄給一個(gè)他們認(rèn)識(shí)的人，他們認(rèn)為這個(gè)人可能認(rèn)

識(shí)目標(biāo)陌生人。一旦這個(gè)人收到包裹，他/她就會(huì)把包裹寄給他/她的聯(lián)系人，直到包裹親自

送到正確的人手中。令人驚訝的是，一旦包裹被投遞出去，這些包裹只需要5到7個(gè)人就能

送達(dá)。研究結(jié)果就發(fā)表在雙月刊《今日心理學(xué)》上。正是這項(xiàng)研究激發(fā)了“六度分離”這個(gè)短

語的靈感。

在過去的幾十年里，這個(gè)理論和短語再次出現(xiàn)。它的名字曾被用作一部戲劇的名字，后

來又被用作一部電影的名字。后來，更多的電影和電視節(jié)目基于這個(gè)概念制作和播出。例如，

奧斯卡獲獎(jiǎng)影片《通天塔》就是基于“六度分離”的概念。所有人物的生活都是緊密相連的，

盡管他們彼此不認(rèn)識(shí)，而且生活在數(shù)千英里之外。電視劇《迷失》也探討了“六度分離”的概

念，因?yàn)閹缀跛械慕巧际窃谕患茱w機(jī)失事之前偶遇的，或者是遇到了其他角色認(rèn)識(shí)的

人。20世紀(jì)90年代中期，美國的兩名大學(xué)生發(fā)明了一種游戲。游戲的理念是通過不超過6

個(gè)鏈接將任何演員與美國著名演員兼音樂家凱文?貝肯(KevinBacon)聯(lián)系起來。很快，這項(xiàng)

比賽就開始在美國的大學(xué)里進(jìn)行。

2003年，哥倫比亞大學(xué)試圖在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上重現(xiàn)米爾格拉姆的實(shí)驗(yàn)。這就是著名的“哥倫比

亞小世界項(xiàng)目”。這項(xiàng)實(shí)驗(yàn)涉及了來自13個(gè)不同國家的18個(gè)目標(biāo)人群，共24163封電子郵

件。結(jié)果證實(shí)，鏈條上的平均鏈環(huán)數(shù)為6。

最近，米蘭大學(xué)在2011年進(jìn)行了一項(xiàng)實(shí)驗(yàn)，分析了7.21億社交媒體用戶之間的關(guān)系，

發(fā)現(xiàn)92%的用戶僅通過四個(gè)階段(即五個(gè)分離度)連接。

所以，花一分鐘想想：你和你經(jīng)常乘坐的公交車司機(jī)或送包裹的人有什么聯(lián)系？

Dailyreading(6)

1.Readthetextandfillintheblankswithaproperwordortheproperformofthe

wordgiveninbracket.

Theskyrailway

Sittingbackinmyseat,Ican*tquitebelievethatEmabouttotravelalongthe

railwaythatmanyforeignexpertsclaimedwas“impossible".Thetrainhasbeenracing

along(1)(steady)sinceitleftXining.Allthistime,thesong“SkyRailway"

hasbeenplayinginsidemyhead.Thewords"railwayslikemassivedragonsare

windingamongthemountains^^seemparticularlyvivid(2)Itravelacross

the“roofoftheworld”.

IwasoneofthepeoplewhocamefromallpartsofChinatowork(3)this

railway.Takingyears(4)(complete),theQinghai-TibetRailwayisa

recordofallofoureffortstoovercomethemostdifficultengineeringchallenges.

Howtoprotectthedelicateecosystem(5)amongthetopconcerns.

ThefirstlandmarktocatchmyeyeisthesplendidQingshuiheBridge,theworld's

(6)(long)bridgebuiltoverpermafrost.Look!AgroupofTibetanantelopes(7)

(move)underthebridge,withsome(8)(stop)toeatgrassattheirleisure.

Thirty-threepassageshavebeenbuiltundertherailwaytoallowtheanimalstomove

safelyandfreelyin(9)naturalhabitat.WildanimalssuchastheseTibetan

antelopeshavenowbeenusingthesepassagesforyears.Theyseemtotally(10)

(aware)thatwearespeedingpastatover100kilometersanhour.

Topreventdamage(11)wetlandsandgrasslands,675bridgeswitha

total(12)(long)ofabout160kilometerswerebuiltbetweenGolmudand

Lhasa.Weevenmoved140,000squaremetersofwetlandtoanewareainorderto

protect(13)distinctecosystem.

Thejourneyhasbeenflyingby,andbeforeIknow(14),wehave

reachedTanggulaStation.Locatedatover5,000metersabovesealevel,thisisthe(15)

(high)railwaystationintheworld.Inlocationssuchasthis,thethinair,(16)

(change)weatherandhighlevelsofUVradiationpresentedperhapsthe(17)

(great)challengeforrailwayworkers.Tomakesurewestayedhealthy,several

oxygen-makingstations(18)(construct).Wewerealsoabletoenjoy

regularbreaksin(19)(low)areas.

AswepassedCuonaLake,Ifeltasenseofprideand(20)(achieve).

Usingthousandsandthousandsofsandbags,webuiltatwenty-kilometerwallalong

thelaketoprotectitfromconstructionwaste.CuonaLakeissoclosetotherailwaythatI

wanttoreach(21)andtouchitspalebluemirror-likesurface.Waterbirds

playinginthelake,andcattleandsheepwanderingthegrasslandsbringthesceneryto

life.

TheQinghai-TibetPlateauhasbeenattractingpeople's(22)(admire)

forcenturies.Now,thankstoourefforts,passengersfromalloverthecountryhave

beenenjoyingthese(23)(magic)landscapes.Iamproudthatwebuiltour

“impossible”railwayanddidsowiththecarethattheenvironment(24)

(deserve).Ittrulyis(25)extraordinary“SkyRailway".

2.What'stheauthor'spuiposeinwritingthistext?

Keys:

1.(1)steadily;(2)as;(3)on;(4)tocomplete;(5)was;(6)longest;(7)ismoving;(8)stopping;

(9)their;(10)unaware;(11)to;(12)length;(13)its;(14)it;(15)highest;(16)changeable;(17)

greatest;(18)wereconstructed;(19)lower;(20)achievement;(21)out;(22)admiration;(23)

magical;(24)deserves;(25)an

2.Toexplainhowthe“impossible“railwaywasbuiltandpraisetheworker'seffortsinbuilding

it.

Dailyreading(7)

1.Fillintheblankswiththeoneofthewordsgivenintheboxoritsproperforms.

admire,although,ancient,attract,bottom,clever,complete,environment,first,harm,local,

maintain,produce,rain,sheet,significance,solve,trouble,value,vapour,wrap,therefore

Imaginemountains(1)insilverwater,shininginthespringsun.

Summerseesthemountainsturnbrightgreenwithgrowingrice.Duringautumn,

thesesamemountainsaregold,andinwintertheyarecoveredin(2)of

whitefrost.ThesearethecoloursoftheLongjiRiceTerraces.

Theseterraceswerebuiltbythe(3)ZhuangandYaopeople,towhom

Guangxiishome.StartingintheYuanDynasty,workontheterracestookhundredsof

years,untilits(4)intheearlyQingDynasty.Reachingasfarastheeye

cansee,theseterracescovertallmountains,oftenfromthe(5)tothevery

top.

Sowhydidthesepeoplegotosomuch(6)toturntheentire

mountainsintoterraces?(7),therearefewlarge,flatareasoflandinthe

region.Buildingtheterraces(8)meantthattheycouldincreasetheareas

inwhichtheycouldgrowrice.Secondly,(9)theregionhasplentyofrain,

themountainsaresteepandthesoilisshallow.Theflatterracescatchtherainwater

andpreventthesoilfrombeingwashedaway.

Butperhapswhatismost(10)isthewayinwhichpeoplehave

workedinharmonywithnaturetomaketheseterracesandgrowrice.Theterracesare

(11)designed,withhundredsofwaterwaysthatconnectwitheachother.

Duringthe(12)season,itisalongthesewaterwaysthatrainwatermoves

downthemountainsandintotheterraces.Thesunheatsthewaterandturnsitinto

(13).Thisformscloudsfromwhichrainfallsdownontothemountain

terracesonceagain.Theseterracesalsoprovideaperfect(14)forbirds

andfish,someofwhichfeedoninsectsthatcan(15)thericecrops.

Althoughmoderntechnologycouldhelpproducemorecrops,theseterracesstill

meanalottothelocalpeopleforwhomtraditionsholdmuch(16).This

knowledgeispasseddownthroughfamilies,whichmeansthatnewgenerations

continuetouse(17)methodsofagricultureto(18)theterraces.

Today,theLongjiRiceTerraces(19)thousandsofvisitorswhocometo

(20)thisgreatwondercreatedbypeopleandnatureworkingtogether.

2.What'stheauthor'spurposeinwritingthistext?

3.What'seachparagraphofthetextmainlyabout?

4.WhydoestheauthorsaytheLongjiRiceTerracesarecleverlydesigned?

5.Readthesummaryofthetextandunderlinefourfactualmistakes.

TheLongjiRiceTerraceswerebuiltbythelocalZhuangethnicgroupalone.

Thoughtherearemanylarge,flatareasintheregion,theybuiltterracesonthe

mountainstohavemoreareastogrowrice.Theterracesarecleverlydesigned,andcan

washawaytheshallowsoil.Therearehundredsofwaterways,alongwhichrainwater

movesdownthemountainsandintotheterraces.Today,localpeopleusemodern

methodstomaintaintheterraces,andtheyattractlotsofvisitorsfromalloverthe

country.

6.Ben,yourfriendfromLondonisvisitingChina.Heisresearchingoncasesofhow

peoplecleverlysolvedlocalproblemsworkingwithnature.Writehimaletter

introducingasuitableplacetohim.

Keys:

1.(1)wrapped;(2)sheets;(3)local;(4)completion;(5)bottom;(6)trouble;(7)Firstly;(8)

therefore;(9)although;(10)significant;(11)cleverly;(12)rainy;(13)vapour;(14)

environment;(15)harm;(16)value;(17)ancient;(18)maintain;(19)attract;(20)admire

2.ToexplainhowpeopleworkedinharmonywithnaturetocreatetheLongjiRiceTerraces.

3.Para.1:TheseasonalcoloursofLongjiRiceTerraces(LRT)

Para.2:BriefhistoryofLRT

Para.3:WhywereLRTbuiltoriginally?

Para.4:What'stheworkingprincipleofLRT

Para.5:HowareLRTtoday

4.Seeparagraph4fbrdetails.

5.TheLongjiRiceTerraceswerebuiltbythelocalZhucmgethnicgroupalone.Though

therearemanylarge,flatareasintheregion,theybuiltterracesonthemountainsto

havemoreareastogrowrice.Theterrac