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北 京 四 中
Saving the earth
撰 稿：毕 勤 编 审：李俊和 责 编：隋 瑜 一、重点语言知识
1．share 分享
share sth. with sb. 宾语为sth.
有时也可作不及物动词，短语为：share in sth.
eg. Let’s share in happiness and sorrow together.
注意：spare v. 匀出，腾出 宾语多为sb.
eg. Would you please spare me some minutes?
2. take care of 照看，照顾
eg. We should take care of him when his parents are away.
注意：此句变被动语态可有两种方式
a) He should be taken care of when his parents are away.
b) Care should be taken of him when his parents are away.
care 也可作动词，短语有：
care about 在乎，在意
care for 关心，喜爱
3．progress 进步（不可数名词）
make (much) progress 取得进步
4. continue developing
continue doing\to do 继续做……（后接不定式、动名词皆可， 意思上区别不大。通常动名词表抽象概念， 不定式表具体），类似用法词还有：
like，love, hate, prefer, begin, start…
eg. ---- What do you like?
---- I like swimming. But I don’t like to swim this afternoon.
5. expert n. 专家
adj. 熟练的，老练的 be expert at…
eg. He is expert at driving racing cars.
6. cause 导致，引起
eg. The big three cause more than seven million deaths every year.
cause sb\sth to do …
Eg. The heavy rain caused the river to rise.
cause n. 起因，多接介词of
Eg. I don’t know the cause of the fire.
reason 原因，理由，多接介词for
Eg. I don’t know the reason for his being late.
7. alone adv. 独自，单独
Eg. He went there alone(=by himself).
alone adj. 单独的 多作表语；lonely adj.
孤独的，寂寞的 可作表语和定语。
Eg. He felt lonely when he was alone.
A lonely village
8. especially adv. 尤其地，侧重程度
eg. I like sports, especially swimming.
specially adv. 专门地， 侧重目的
Eg. I went to Shanghai specially to visit my sister.
9. developing countries 发展中国家
developed countries 发达国家
10. take pare in 参加，参与（大型活动， 有组织、有规模的活动）
take an active part in 积极参与
11．get richer 此处get是系动词, 后接形容词
类似还有：turn red come true go bad 变质
12．Had I known that air conditioners cause so much pollution, I would
never have bought one.
这是一个虚拟语气的句子，从句省略了，用了倒装语序，正常语序为；
If I had known that air conditioners cause so much pollution, I …
so much\many\little\few +n.
13. spread 传播，为不及物动词，没有被动语态
eg. The news spread quickly.
spread 铺开，展开，为及物动词
Eg. She spread her coats to dry.
14. put an end to sth 结束……
eg. We should put an end to the argument.
二、实战练习
I.单项填空
1. Mike apologized ________ Jane ________ what he had said.
A. to；for B. to；with C. for；for D. with；about
2. ________ we will succeed ________ the weather.
A. If； depend on B. Whether； depends on
C. 不填； depending D. That； depends on
3. It’s not right to ________ a person only ________ his appearance（外表）.
A. tell；from B. judge；by C. judge；for D. decide；by
4. He would like us ________ with him this weekend.
A. to stay B. staying C. stay D. stayed
5. Such vegetables ________ garlic（蒜）can kill germs.
A. like B. or else C. and D. as
6. Our teacher insisted that Mike ________ to a key university.
A. went B. goes C. go D. would enter
7. What he left us ________ not only the several books.
A. was B. is C. have D. are
8. This is ________ question I want to ask you.
A. the just B. the very C. right the D. very the
9. She stood there listening to the music, ________ to tears.
A. move B. moved C. moving D. to be moved
10. Bob needs a suit ________ his own measure.
A. done for B. doing of C. made to D. making to
11. Hearing the news, the woman came up to see ________.
A. what the matter was B. what the matter it was
C. what was the matter D. what was happened
12. He is ________ man whom the police ________.
A. just the, are after B. right the, is looking for
C. the very, is after D. the very, are looking
13. He has much difficulty in learning English, ________, he isn’t discouraged.
A. so B. and C. or D. however
14. She ran fast and soon left the other runners ________.
A. back B. behind C. away D. far
15. The master scolded Jane ________ being late ________ school.
A. for, for B. about, for C. for, to D. with, to
II.完形填空
I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company.
Among the 1 we discuss in our classes is the 2 of quality
employees(雇员).
“What has caused you to stay 3 enough to become a manage?”I asked.
After a while a new manager took the 4 and said slowly, “It was
a baseball glove.”
“Cynthia said she used to take a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的)job 5 she
looked for something 6 . On her second day behind the counter,
she received a 7 from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He 8 a
baseball glove for little League. She 9 that as a single mother,
money was very 10 ,and her first check would have to go for paying
11 .
When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Patricia, the store
manager, handed her a box. “ I heard your 12 to your son yesterday,”
she said, “and I know that it is
13 to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie.
I know you have to pay bills 14 you can buy gloves. You know we
can’t 15 good people like you 16 we would like to； but we
do 17 , and I want you to know how 18 you are to us.”
The thoughtfulness, sympathy(同情) love of the manager shows vividly that
people 19 more how much a(n) 20 cares than how much he pays.
1. A. topics B. problems C. difficulties D. lessons
2. A. employing B. praising C. keeping
D. moving
3. A. smart B. long C. healthy
D. hard
4. A. position B. task C. question
D. time
5. A. while B. before C. after
D. when
6. A. wonderful B. valuable C. better
D. higher
7. A. letter B. telephone call C. telegraph
D. request
8. A. bought B. broke C. needed
D. offered
9. A. complained B. explained C. showed
D. though
10. A. poor B. enough C. costly
D. tight
11. A. food B. education C. clothes
D. bills
12. A. talking B. crying C. shouting
D. chatting
13. A. easy B. hard C. simple
D. nice
14. A. after B. as C. when
D. before
15. A. thank B. keep C. pay
D. scold
16. A. as much as B. as little as C. more
D. less
17. A. mind B. like C. worry
D. care
18. A. good B. important C. thankful
D. useless
19. A. remember B. refuse C. thank
D. think
20. A. mother B. clerk C. master
D. employer
III.阅读理解
Recorder background music first found its way into factories, shops
and restaurants in the USA. But it soon spread to other parts of the world.
Now it is becoming increasingly difficult to go shopping or eat a meal
without listening to music.
The best-known supplier of background music is an American company called‘Muzak’.This
word also refers to recorded background music played continuously in restaurants,
places of work, etc. The company has carried over a hundred studies which
show that background music can create a pleasant atmosphere and improve
productivity (生产效率). It must be used in the right way, though. If the
type of‘Muzak’is wrong, it may well cause an entire factory to sleep!
1. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Background music is only used in the USA.
B. Background music is used all over the world except the USA.
C. Most shops and restaurants use background music now.
D. It is very difficult to listen to background music.
2. What is‘Muzak’?
A. It is the name of an American company which sells recorded background
music.
B. It is recorded background music played continuously in shops, restaurants,
places of work, etc.
C. It is the name of a composer of background music.
D. Both A and B.
3. It has been proved that‘Muzak’can____.
A. improve productivity
B. create a pleasant atmosphere
C. cause an entire factory to sleep
D. All of the above
4. The studies of the American company show that____.
A. the wrong kind of ‘Muzak’ could be harmful
B.‘Muzak’is not good in factories
C.‘Muzak’is welcome everywhere
D.‘Muzak’can cure sleeplessness
5. The main point of the passage is that____.
A. background music is a good thing
B. background music is a bad thing
C. it is important to use background music in the right way
D. the Americans are good at using background music
三、答案与解析
单项选择
1—5 A B B A D 6—10 C D B B C 11—15 C A D B A
解析：
1、A．apologize的基本用法是apologize to sb. for sth.。
2、B．引导主语从句时，可用whether，不用if。
3、B．judge by根据……来判断，而tell from是区别之意。
4、A．基本结构是would like sb. to do sth.。
5、D．such…as象……那样的蔬菜。
6、C．insist后接从句，表示应该去做某事用should do句型，should常可省略。
7、D．what 此处指books，所以用are。
8、B．the very question中very 是形容词，表示正好，恰恰。
9、B．she被感动了，所以用moved。
10、C．make sth. to one’s own measure照某人的尺寸制造。
11、C．此处what视为主语，所以was 不必放在后面。
12、A．police是复数，be after是寻找。
13、D．此处是意思，语气的转折用however。
14、B．leave sb. behind把某人落在后面。
15、A．scold sb. for sth.因为某事而责骂某人。
完形填空
1.A 2.C 3.B 4.C 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.C
9.B 10.D
11.D 12.A 13.B 14.D 15.C 16.A 17.D 18.B 19.A 20.D
解析：
2．C. keeping在这里是管理的意思，这句话的意思是“我们在上班的时候经常讨论的话题之一就是如何管理有才华的雇员。
4．C. question指的是我在上文中问到的那个问题，因此应选C。
5．A. while在这句话中的意思是“他在找一份更好的工作，与此同时，他先找到了一个临时的雇员工作。”
7．B. 根据下文中曾提到的意思可推测出Cynthia与他的儿子Jessie是通过电话交谈的。
10．D. tight意为紧的，这里指“（钱）很难得到”
阅读理解
1—5 C D D A C
解析：
1、C．第一段最后一句，到哪儿买东西都会听到背景音乐。
2、D．第二段说，它既指音乐也指那个公司。
3、D．三种作用都可能，所以选D。
4、A．文章最后一句可以看出。
5、C．主要观点是：背景音乐重要，但要使用得当。
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