Unit
3 Australia
【重点、难点点拨】
1. Remember the daily expressions for prohibition and warning in
communications and try your best to use them in
your daily life.
2. fix up, hand down,
rather than, give birth to, round up , make up, put out , while, look out, hand
down, die
from, be intended for , feed on, depend on, all the year round, at weekends , be contended for
3. find/keep/something+adj, hear/listen to/notice/see/catch somebody
doing stop somebody doing,
something
【重点、难点例题解析】
1. —Sorry, I won't thinking.
—________. But you mustn't smoke here.
A. Not at all B.That's
OK
C.That's right D.It doesn't matter
答案B。表示容忍和谅解。
2. If you do that,
you________start a fire.
A.may B.might C.can
D.must
must, may , might都表示推测。must 语气最强, might 语气最弱。因此选A。can常用于疑问句或否定句。
3. The next morning
she found the man ________in bed, dead.
A. lie B.to
lie
C.lying
D.lay
答案C。分词作宾语补足语, 除此之外, 还可以用介词、形容词、副词做find的宾语补足语，即find somebody (doing
something/in some place/ahead of me/honesty)，一般不用不定式做补语。
4. The missing boys
were last seen ________near the river.
A. playing B. to be
playing
C. play D.
to play
答案A。 see somebody doing
something 表示看见某人正在做某事。此题应该是看到与玩耍两个动作同时发生, 而see
somebody do something则表示看见某人做完了某事, 或将要做某事。
【重点、难点练习题】
1. The next morning she found the man ________in bed, dead.
A. lying B. lie C. lay D. laying
2. Only one of these books is ________.
A. worth to read B.
worth being read
C. worth of reading D.
worth reading
3. She didn't remember ________him before.
A. having met B.
have met
C. to meet D.
to having met
4. There was a terrible noise ________the sudden burst of light.
A. followed B. following
C. to be followed D.
being followed
5. The secretary worked late into the night, ________a long speech for the president.
A. to prepare B. preparing
C. prepared D.
was preparing
6. I can hardly imagine Peter ________ across the Atlantic Ocean
in five days.
A. sail B. to sail
C. sailing D. to have
sailed
7. I would appreciate ________back this afternoon.
A. you to call B. you
call
C. your calling D.
you're calling
8. ________a reply, he
decided to write again.
A. Not receiving B.
Receiving not
C. Not having received
D. Having not received
9. “Can't you read?” Mary said ________to the notice.
A. angrily pointing B.
and point angrily
C. angrily pointed D.
and angrily pointing
10. The missing boys
were last seen ________near the river.
A. playing B.
to be playing
C. play D. to
play
【全方位单元综合练习题】
Ⅰ. Multiple choice
1. Some people are going
camping in the bush or in the mountains. They
are going to make a fire for cook. Here are some
advice .Do you think which is a better way?________.
A. Make sure you put out the fire properly you might start a fire
B. You mustn't be allowed to make a fire
C. You must put out the fire after cooking
2. It is very hot today.
As a mother,
you often give some advice to your daughter
.Do you think which is better?________.
A. Don't walk around without a sun hat. You'll get sunburnt
B. You'd better not walk around outside until sunset
C. Mustn't walk around unless wearing a sun hat .You'll get sunburnt
3. A farmer said to
his son “________.”
A. Close the farm gates behind you otherwise the animals will escape
B. As soon as you leave here, you must close the farm gates behind you
C. You mustn't leave the door open when you leave here
4. You said to your
friend in his car.Don't drive too fast,
otherwise________.
A. an accident might happen
B. an accident could happen
C. an accident will happen
Ⅱ. Complete the dialogue
A: Oh, God! 1 The
road is not flat.
B: Don't worry! You know, I'm
a very skilled driver.
A: 2
There 's a pig on the road.
B: 3
A: Wow ! I nearly hit it.
B: 4
A: The road is wet and not flat. 5
B: Thank you for reminding me.
A. Look at
B. You mustn't drive
too fast. It's dangerous.
C. Well, we're safe now.
D. Miss it! Otherwise
it might damage our car.
E. Look out!
F. Be careful!
Ⅲ. Give the topic for
paragraph 2, 3 and 4
Para 2 _______________
Para 3________________
Para 4________________
Ⅳ. Multiple choice
1. This custom ________since
18th century.
A.has handed down B.was handed down
C.handed down D.have handed down
2. Please tell him about
the meeting ________telephone.
A. with B. by
C. in D. through
3. His father is an
________doctor.
A. experiencing
B. experienced
C. experience D. experimental
4. The medical team
is made ________ten doctors and five nurses.
A. of B. from
C. up D. up of
5. ________we met with
difficulties,
they came to help us.
A. When B. While C. Whenever
D.
As
6. This news report
is ________ as teaching material for senior students.
A. tended B. going to C.
intended
D.
about
Ⅴ. Word spelling
1. Why are they
always having endless a ________about money? They
never agree with each other.
2. Isn't he a
c ________looking little man? He often wears long
hair and thick mustache.
3. Both material
and s________ life are important to a person.
4. S________ means
suffering or death caused by lack of food.
5. When we say
something is of great value and beauty,
we means that it is p________.
Ⅵ. Cloze
Australia is as old as time.
It is the only country in the world that
covers an entire 1 . The distance 2 north
to south is 3220km. 3 It is 4 as large as the USA in 5 with
the State of Alaska 6 . But the population
of the USA is 7 times more than 8 of
Australia.
Australia is rich in 9 resources
and it also produces 10 things as metals, precious stones, coral,
grain, meat and wines. 11 agriculture, Australia 12 about one sixth
of the world's sheep and produces almost 13 of
its wool, which is 14 as Australian wool
to lots of people in the world.
The 15 in Australia is different from place to place. In the south, 16 cool and wet
in winter and it's warm and dry in summer. But in the north, it'swarm,
dry in winter and hot and 17 in
summer.
As you know,
the centre of Australia is hot and dry
18 through the year. 19 such
a climate lots of daily activities take place
20 . At weekend, many Australian families would go walking
and camping in the countryside.
1. A. place
B. continent C. area
D. district
2. A. from B. between C. over D.
along
3. A. Yet B. Or C. But D.
And
4. A. over B. about C. more D.
mostly
5. A. land B. length C.
area D.
continent
6. A. excluding
B. excluded C. including D. included
7. A. thirteen
B.
thirteenthC. the thirteenth D. the thirteen
8. A. that B. this C. those D. these
9. A. naturalized
B. natural C. naturally D. nature
10. A. those
B.
so many C. such D. these
11. A. In B. At C. With D. For
12. A. is B. has C. makes D. covers
13. A. one thirds
B. one third C. one
three
D.
one of the three
14. A. wellknew B. wellknow C. wellknown D. good
15. A. map B. chart C.
temperature
D. climate
16. A. the weather
B.
climate C. its D. it's
17. A. wet B.
warm C. dry D. hot
18. A. whole B. entire C. all D. complete
19. A. For B.
As C. Because D. Due
to
20. A. outdoors B. outdoor C. indoors
D.
indoor
Ⅶ. Reading comprehension
Australians spend their leisure time outdoors and frequently on or
in the water.
With a coastline of 22800 miles and a long
summer,
it is not surprising that “going to the
beach” is almost a way of life.
Summer lasts from December to February, but water temperatures are suitable for swimming for about
seven months,
from as early as October to as late as
April. “Learn
to swim” organizations are widespread,
and most children can swim by the time
they are seven or eight years of age.
Australians introduced the Australian crawl
and the butterfly stroke in competitive swimming. Australia has produced many worldclass
swimmers.
Sailing, boating,
scuba diving, and water skiing are other popular water
sports.
In the rural areas,
people swim and go boating in rivers and
lakes, and
almost every country town has a public swimming
pool.
Spectator sports like horse racing, football, cricket,
tennis, and motor racing draw big crowds.
Public interest is stimulated by extensive
television,
newspaper,
and radio. The most popular spectator sport is
football.
Tennis, golf, and lawn bowling are the top participant
sports.
Tennis has long been one of the country's
strong games, and Australia has won many victories in the international
Davis Cup championship.
Australia competes annually with the United
States for the World Cup.
1. The passage
tells us mainly about ________in Australia.
A. a way of life
B. summer days
C. all kinds of sports
activities
D. the achievement of
sports
2. From the second
paragraph,
we know that ________.
A. summer lasts longer
than any other season
B. a lot of children
are born good
swimmers
C. swimming is a compulsory
class for elementary school students
D. Australians made
great achievements in the development of swimming
contest
3. We can find support
for all of the following statements EXCEPT________
A. many Australians
love water sport
B. every Australian
can master at least one style of swimming
C. Australia has a natural
advantage for water sport activities
D. The mass media plays
a very important role in making spectator sports
popular
4. Probably, Australians are not very good at ________.
A. swimming B. football
C. tennis D. all of the above
5. In general, most Australians take active part in
the following sports except ________.
A. horse racing B. tennis
C. golf D. lawn bowling
Ⅷ. Writing
某国青年代表团对我国进行访问, 你负责安排他们的参观活动, 你向他们宣读一份通知。
通知必须用一段话说明以下几点:
1. 参观日期:1999年5月15日,
星期六。
2. 早餐后7点45分出发,
午餐在参观地点吃, 下午回来。
3. 分组活动每组参观一个地方:工厂,
学校, 农场或医院。
4. 欢迎每人参加一组活动。 请选择好参观地点, 并在晚10点前到服务台签名。
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