Unit 7 Canada

【重点、难点点拨】

1. 交际用语:

(1) Where are you from ?

(2) What do you mean by that?

(3) I'm sorry I don't follow you.

(4) Do you use American or British spelling?

2. 高考大纲要求的词汇:

 tap, generally, eastern, notice, different, official, settle, struggle, freeze,average, deal, a great deal of, natural, exploit, ordinary, refer, tent, race,baggage, block, fur, shin, basic, tool, from time to time。

3. 词组:

 (1) be from/come from, (2) tell the difference between, (3) fill…with…, (4) generally speaking, (5) make full /good use of, (6) from area to area,(7) different/differently from, (8) struggle against, (9) below freezing(point)/below ()℃,(10) all the year around, (11) a great/ good deal of …(加不可数名词), (12) all over the world, (13) refer to, (14) a pack of…, (15) live /feed on, (16)make… from/ out of …, (17) in all, (18) from time to time/now and then / attimes, (19) clear up。

4. 语法要点: 主谓语一致

 谓语动词在人称和数上必须和主语一致。主谓语一致应遵循以下三原则:

(1) 语法一致原则, (2) 意义一致原则, (3) 就近原则。 具体说明如下:

 1) 两个主语用and连接,指不同人、事或物, 谓语动词用复数形式;如指同一人、事或物,则用单数。

 My cousin and my good friend are waiting for me at the gate.(指两人)

 My cousin and good friend is waiting for me at the gate.(指一人)

 2) 集体名词family, team, class, army, enemy, group作主语时,如强调整体,谓语动词用单数形式;如强调集体中的成员, 谓语动词用复数形式。

 The team is a very good one.(球队)

The team are playing now.(球员)

 3) people, police, cattle等,作复数用。

 4) 两个主语由 as well as, with, together with, but, except等连接,谓语动词和前面的主语一致。

 Mary as well as her brothers has been here for two days.

 5) 数词组成的名词词组作主语时,可看成是一个整体,谓语动词用单数。

 Five thousand dollars is all she has saved.

 6) 不定代词 somebody, someone, something, anybody, anyone, anything, everybody, everyone, everything, nobody, no one, nothing 等作主语时,谓语动词用单数。

 7) more than + 复数名词作主语, 谓语用复数; more than + 单数名词作主语,谓语用单数。例如:

More than one student is from China.

There are more than one thousand students in this school.

【重点、难点例题解析】

1. Can you_________the difference between “mustn't”_________“needn't”?

A. tell; and B. say ; and

C. tell; from D. tell; or

答案: A。 注: 说出…和…的区别,区分…和…的句型是 tell the difference between A and B 或 tell A from B 

2. People's hearts_________sadness when they heardof Lincoln's death.

A.are filled with  B. were filled with

C. are full  D. were filled 

答案: B。 注:充满了,装满了。应该用: fill…with/be filled with 或 be full of。

3. There is still _________milk left in the bottle.

A. A large number of    B. a great many

C. a great deal of     D. many

答案: C。 注: a great deal of 修饰不可数名词,其他三个选项都修饰可数名词。

4. _________, I like meeting people .

A. General speaking B. Generally speak

C. Generally speaking D. General speaking

答案: C。 注: 一般的说, 一般来说,用 Generally speaking;Generally有时可单独使用,表示“通常”。

5. The boy didn't _________his time to make up the lessons.

A. make use of   B. make good use of

C. make full use of   D. all above

答案: D 注。 利用 make use of; 利用好或充分利用make good/full use of。

【重点、难点练习题】

1. The old man _________he believed in God.

A. did said   B. do say

C. does said D. did say 

2. China has _________oil, coal and natural gas, whic

h are exploited for energy

A. a good deal of B. a large number of

C. a great deal D. the number of 

3. The settler he _________to just now is a friend of my father's

A. preferred B. referred C. turned D. asked 

4. Every minute should be made full _________of for the coming examination.

A. use; preparing B. use; to prepare

C. using; preparing D. using; to prepare 

5. Li Bai was famous _________a poet, and he was well-known _________his poems.

A. as; for B. for ; as

C. of ; for D. as; with

【全方位单元综合练习题】

Ⅰ. Multiple Choice

1. Half of the students _________to see the film.

A. has gone B. have gone

C. has been D. are away from 

2. Most of the apple _________by the little child.

A. are eaten B. ate

C. has been eaten D. have been eaten 

3. All that can be done _________.

A. is done B. are to be done

C. has been done D. have been done 

4. All but one _________here just now.

A. is B. was C. have been D. were 

5. “All _________present and all _________going

on well,” said the chairman of the meeting

A. is, is B. are, are

C. are, is D. is, are 

6. The discussion lasted long and it _________many subjects.

A. covered B. touched C. spread D. filled 

7. While we were talking about our plan secretly, a knock_________.

A. sounded B. happened C. appeared D. heard 

8. It is important for us to tell the real _________the false.

A. of B. from C. by D. on 

9. I know I should _________every chance to improve your spoken English.

A. have B. exploit C. take D. on 

10. How did you find the English examination?_________.

A. I had a good check up

B. Oh, it was only a piece of cake

C. Oh, I'm still trying

D. The exam was only yesterday 

Ⅱ. Cloze

 One of the worst 1 that can happen on our earth is an earth quake.When earthquakes happen near large cities, many 2 may be killed and many buildings be knocked down. Fires may 3 and it may cause more damage than the quake  4 . Earthquakes come from a 5 of the rocks under the surface of the earth. 6 within the earth push against the  7 until they break.Sometimes, the earth above the break will split open. We cannot  8 when an earthquake is coming. But we do know the places on theearth  9 they happen most often. much damage  10 by building stronger buildings in these places.

1. A. things B. accidents C. events D. matter 

2. A. plants B. enemies C. animals D. people 

3. A. begin B. let out C. start D. bring out 

4. A. own B. itself C. its own D. themselves 

5. A. shaking B. waking C. rolling D. opening 

6. A. Forces B. Powers C. Strength D. Troops 

7. A. houses B. buildings C. walls D. rocks 

8. A. see B. tell C. say D. read 

9. A. there B. when C. what D. where 

10. A. stops   B. is stopping

  C. is stopped   D. stopped 

Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension

Canada is a very large country. It is bigger than China. China is the third largest country in the world. Canada is the second largest. It has an area of nearly10 million sq. km. Canada has a very long coastline. To the west is the Pacific Ocean. To the east is the Atlantic Ocean. The Arctic Ocean is in the north. There are very many islands off the Pacific coast and off the Arctic coast. The biggest one in the west is Vancouver Island. In the east there is New foundland,and in the Arctic Ocean the biggest islands are Baffin Island and Victoria Island. (Greenland is not part of Canada. It is a part of Denmark. A country in northern Europe)

 Canada has a long border with the U.S.A. in the south. In the northwest Canada borders on the American “State of Alaska. Canada is a northern country. The Arctic Circle is (Latitude 16°N) passes through the northern part. In the south,half of the border with the U.S.A. follows line of latitude 49°N.

1. Which of the following statements is true? _________.

A. U.S.A is the second largest country in the world

B. Canada has nearly 10 million sq. km. So it is the second largest onthe earth

C. China is as large as Canada and the second largest in the world

D. Russia is the second largest country in the world 

2. What ocean is in the north of Canada? _________.

A. the Pacific Ocean   B. Atlantic Ocean

C. the Indian Ocean   D. the Arctic Ocean 

3. there are many islands in Canada, and Vancouver Islandis _________.

A. in the west B. in the east

C. in the north D. in the south 

4. Alaska is one of the states of America. It is on the_________of Canada.

A. northeast   B. southeast

  C. northwest   D. southwest 

5. Latitude 16°N is through _________.

A. the northern part of Canada

B. the northern part of China

C. the northern part of America

D. the northern part of Newfoundland 

Ⅳ. Spelling

1. The enemy is s_________to control the town. 

2. The first white s_________in Africa were farmers from Europe. 

3. Many new s_________have been built on both sides of the Great Wall. 

4. Yesterday I met my father at the airport. When I saw him I took his b_________over. 

5. If you put a basin of water outside your house in fweather, soon it is frozen . 

Ⅴ. Grammar

根据句子意思,用所给动词的适当形式填空。

1. A group of Italian soldiers led by a captain(be) advancing slowly.

 2. _________(do) the family_________(speak) Eskimo language? 

3. Where do you know the government_________(want) tobuild the dam? 

4. The old man together with his two grandsons(run) along the road every morning. 

5. Nobody_________not_________(complete) their work yet. 

Ⅵ. Error Correction

It is not surprised if you think a Canadian 1. _________

is an Englishman and an American. 2. _________

The differences between American and

Canadian accents is not great. The first 3. _________

travellers arrived in England in 1497. And 4. _________

thirty-seven years after settlers from 5. _________

France arrived. The settlers struggled against 6. _________

each other trying to control country. 7. _________

Today in a province of Canada, people 8. _________

use the French language. So when you hear

someone to speak English, it's hard for you 9. _________

to decide what nation he/she is. 10. _________

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