Unit 11 Hurricane

【重点、难点点拨】

1. 交际用语: 表达担忧时用语

(1) We were getting very worried.

(2) We are anxious about …

(3) What's the matter with your…?

(4) Is there anything the matter?

(5) There's no need to be worried.

2. 高考大纲要求的词汇 :

 heaven, anxious, expect, fortunately, warn, painful, normal, strike, midnight,push over, path, block, pole, branch, bath, lamp, awake, cottage, plastic, blanket, altogether, surprisingly, broadcast, pipe, or so。

3. 词组:

 (1) be /get anxious about, (2) get across, (3) be likely to do sth.,(4) push over, (5) blow down/over, (6) as well as, (7) bring down, (8)call in, (9)return to normal, (10) take the place of, (11) clear away, (12) add to。

4. 语法要点: 过去分词作宾语补足语。

 (1) have … done 可以解释为:1) 请别人为自己做某事, 2) 让某事得到完成(可以自己参与,也可以不参与), 3) 遭受某种损失或遇到某种不愿要的结果。

 (2) get …done的用法和have …done是差不多的。如:

We must get the table cloth washed. 我们得(找人)把桌布洗一下。

 They got their car stolen last week.上星期他们的汽车给偷了。

 (3) 其他很多及物动词也在宾语后面跟过去分词,作宾语补语。如:

 She was glad to see her children well taken care of there.

她高兴地看到孩子们在那里受到很好照顾。

 When he came back, he found the light turned off.

他回来时发现灯熄灭了。

【重点、难点例题解析】

1. Professor Lin is badly ill. I wonder who will_________.

A. take his part

 B. take place

C. take his place

 D. take the place of his work

答案: C。 注: 代替某人应用: take the place of sb./take one's place /be in place of sb.。 take place 意为发生。

2. It's said that a hurricane was _________here.

A. in its way B. on its way

C. on way D. on that way

答案: B。 注: on one's way 即将到来,在去某处的路上。

3. I'm not _________to see you again .

A. like B. likely C. to like D. unlike 

答案: B。 注: 可能会发生某事应用 be likely to do sth.或It's likely that …

4. My son isn't feeling _________,so I'll get him in the hospital.

A. well, examined B. good, to check

C. good , checked D. well, examining

答案: A。 注:身体好不好用well, 请人检查身体用:get sb. examined。

5. She is _________the branches of that large tree.

A. clean B. making away

C. clearing out D. clearing away

答案: D。 注: clear away 意为清除。

【重点、难点练习题】

1. Electric lamps have now _________oil lamps in my hometown .

A. taken place B. taken the place of

C. taken a place of D. instead of 

2. I'll _________all my friends _________to my birthday party.

A. call; on B. call; back

 C. call; in D. call; for

3. The color of the table has run. Please get it tomorrow.

A. painting B. to paint C. paint D. painted 

4. Everyone is anxious _________the result of the English test, for it was more difficult this time.

A. with B. at C. about D. on 

5. Which of the following sentences is correct?

A. My parents as well as my sister was watching TV last night.

B. Not only my parents but also my sister were watching TV last night 

C. My sister as well as my parents were watching TV last night.

D. Both my father and mother as well as my sister were watching TV last night.

【全方位单元综合练习题】

Ⅰ. Multiple Choice

1. Learning a foreign language_________very useful to me.

A. are B. is C. be D. am 

2. They considered_________this plan and making a new one.

A. to give up B. giving up

C. to giving up D. given up 

3. This is one of the houses_________last year.

A. building B. to be built

C. built D. being built 

4. He is going to have his hair_________.

A. cutting B. cut

C. cutted D. to be cut 

5. It's a good idea_________a swim in the river.

A. to have B. having C. have D. had 

6. His wish is_________a doctor.

A. become B. will become

C. to become D. to becoming 

7. The farmers thought of ways_________their crops.

A. to protect B. protecting

C. protected D. to protecting 

8. Li Ming as well as I_________a League member.

A. is B. am C. are D. be 

9. All the policemen were_________to help the people in danger.

A. called at B. called on

C. called in D. called 

10. Mr Wang will_________Mr Li to teach us English this term.

A. take place of B. take the place of

C. instead of D. in place of 

11. A lot of trees were_________by the high winds in that city last night.

A. blown down B. blown out

C. brought over D. blown up 

12. I don't think he is_________honest boy.

A. the B. a C. an D. not 

13. She often plays_________piano in_________evening.

A. the, the B. a, the

C. a, an D. a, the 

14. Is this bike your sister's? Yes, it's_________.

A. his B. him C. her D.hers 

15. I've run out of ink. Will you please give me_________?

A. any B. some C. much D.many 

16. This pair of shoes_________me very well.

A. is not fit for B. is not fit to

C. doesn't fit D. doesn't fit for 

17. The students who_________for the plan raised their hands.

A. was B. were C. is D. are 

18. “Must I come tomorrow?” “No, you_________.”

A. must B. mustn't C. may D. needn't 

19. “It_________Li Ming. I saw him going out just now.”

A. can't be B. mustn't be

C. may not be D. may be 

20. The teacher with two students_________at the meeting.

A. was B. were C. had been D. be 

Ⅱ. Cloze

 Many people had lucky escapes. One woman 1  in bed, awake 2  the rushing winds. A tree fell onto her house and onto 3  half of the bed. One family lived in a house with very tall trees all around. When the winds started to get strong, the family decided that it was not safe 4  the house. They took their blankets into a field next to the house and spent  5  there. One tree fell onto the house and one of its branches broke the bed 6  the daughter had been sleeping. It took weeks 7 all the roads and 8 all the  9  electricity lines and telephone lines. The army was 10  to cut through fallen trees and to help clear the roads and paths.

1. A. is laying B. was laying

C. was lying D. was laying 

2. A. listened to B. listening to

C. listened D. hearing 

3. A. the other B. other

C. another D. the others 

4. A. remain in B. remaining in

C. remained in D. to remain in 

5. A. rest of the night B. the rest of the night

C. the rest night D. the rest of night 

6. A. into which B. in which

C. which D. that 

7. A. to clear B. clearing

C. cleared D. to have cleared 

8. A. mending B. to repair

 C. to mend D. mended 

9. A. breaking B. broke C. broken D. break 

10. A. called on B. calling in C. calling on D. called in 

Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension

 Rids love to paint, but not every 10-year-old is as skilled as Alexandra Nechita. Born in Romania, she lives with her family in California. Inspired (受到鼓舞) by the famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso (毕加索,1881-1973),she is a gifted artist with a creative mind for beyond(超出) her age. Her work has just been published in a book, “Outside the Lines”. One picture shows a frightened, red-faced figure, and Alexandra says of it, “Some people hide their fears by lying… But you can't hide the truth if you want to make friends and meet new people. You always have to be honest.”

1. The reading tells us_________.

A. Every 10-year-old child can be as good at painting as Nechita

B. Not all 10-year-old children hide their fears by lying

C. Nechita is small but she is quite skilled in painting

D. Nechita loves to paint children of 10 years old 

2. Nechita is so good at painting because_________.

A. she was born in Romania

B. she lives with her family in California

C. she follows the style of the famous painter Picasso

D. she shows a frightened, red-faced figure 

3. The word “gifted” in the reading means_________.

A. present B. being active

C. having natural ability D. unlucky 

4. What in the text shows Nechita is successful_________.

A. she is inspired by the famous painter Picasso

B. she loves to paint so much

C. she is honest

D. Her work has just been published in a book.

5. From the reading we can know that_________.

A. Nechita hates lying

B. Nechita likes to make friends

C. “Outside the lines” is a picture

D. Most kids can be as skilled as Nechita 

Ⅳ. Spelling

1. F_________for us, the damage was only slight. 

2. You will get more than $340 a week a _________. 

3. After liberation the village has been changed c_________. 

4. She has d_________with the problem. 

5. If the h_________had happened during the day time,there would have been 

Ⅴ. Error Correction

More than 1400 trees blown over in 1. _________

the hurricane in three famous parks. Kew 2. _________

Gardens is a famous research centre of plants. 3. _________

It has a large number of old and un-

usual trees or many of them were lost. Later 4. _________

young trees have been planted to take place 5. _________

of those destroyed one. But it will 6. _________

take more than 100 years to make the

country look like it did before. 7. _________

In a fact, a weather expert asked if a 8. _________

hurricane was on its way. The weatherman

said there will be no hurricane. 9. _________

Next day he knew that he was wrong. 10. _________

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