Unit 14 Satellites

【重点、难点点拨】

1. 交际用语介绍了如何表示“愿望”和“想法”, 如何用现在进行时表示将来的打算,以及如何表示建议。

(1) Why don't you do sth.?

(2) I suggest you going to see a doctor.

(3) What about a cup of coffee?

(4) Why not do sth.?

2. 课文介绍了人造卫星的速度,重量,工作机制以及发射传播无线电波,电视信号的用途等。还介绍了利用卫星打电话,拍摄照片,收集地面情报等。

3. 语法为复习带有介词的定语从句,关键是判断用什么介词。

4. so/as far as, in space, dozens of, carry out, information, equipment, fold up,if necessary, when important, feel like doing sth., would like to do sth., find out/find, either…or, escape doing sth., once you decide to do… , not only…but also。

【重点、难点例题解析】

1. I feel like going to a museum.

feel like 意为“想要”。 后面常接动词的-ing形式。

2. Why don't you get your things ready?

这看上去是问句,实际上是建议。 注意必须用现在时。

3. Why didn't you sit down?

表示询问,用过去时。

4. So far as I know it's free.

so far as/as far as“就……而言”, “至于……” 或“尽……”。可以用作复合连词引导一个状语从句。在这个状语从句中通常用一般现在时或一般过去时,而不用将来时。

5. Later we found out that he was a cheat.

find out意为查清或弄清,find意为“找到”而discover意为“发现”(自然界的奥秘)。

【重点、难点练习题】

Ⅰ. Multiple choice

1. She doesn't feel like _________apple juice but likes _________apples into juice for her baby

A. drink, making B. drinking, to make

C. to drink, making D. drinking , making 

2. -Would you like me _________the radio a bit?

-No, it's all right. I'm used to _________with the radio on.

A. to turn up, work B. to turn down, work

B. turning up, working D. to turn down , working 

3. Anyone can borrow books from this library _________he keeps them clean.

A. even B. unless C. so that D. so long as 

4. _________he is concerned, he cannot afford such an expensive car.

A. So far as B. As much asC. By D. For 

Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with find, look for, find out

1. I am _________the pen which was lost yesterday. 

2. I _________him an honest man. 

3. He _________some people already sitting there. 

4. Can you _________Xiao Wang's address for me. 

5. We must _________the true of the matter. 

6. How did you _________that he was going to be sent abroad? 

【全方位单元综合练习题】

Ⅰ. Multiple Choice

1. I feel like _________to a museum.

A. to go B. going C. to leave D. leaving 

2. _________I know, she'll be in Beijing for two weeks.

A. As long as B. As far as C. If D. when 

3. _________I agree to your plan.

A. Personal B. Personally C. Always D. Usually 

4. She made the bridge _________stones.

A. from B. into C. of D. up to 

5. You will never forget the beautiful place _________you go there.

A. when B. because C. once D. until 

6. He opened the envelope _________unfolded the letter.

A. or B. and C. but D. as 

7. Most of this satellites do not change _________positions.

A. their B. its C. them D. the 

8. That is not _________to happen.

A. like B. likely C. possible D. probable 

9. He made _________possible for me to do it.

A. that B. what C. it D. which 

10. Let's look _________this matter together.

A. at B. into C. over D. through 

11. He painted a girl _________an army cap on her head.

A. put on B. have on C. with D. wear 

12. His pictures are _________in London this month.

A. show B. on C. displayed D. on show 

13. They were _________to be in danger.

A. advised B. warned C. suggested D. told 

14. There are many research stations on the earth outer space is studied.

A. at which B. from which

C. on which D. in which 

Ⅱ. Cloze

 Satellites for broadcasting are used to 1  radio and TV 2  from  3 part of the world to 4 . Most of these 5 do not change their 6 . They remain above the same place on the earth and travel round 7 in a very high  8 . In this way, they are able to 9 broadcasting stations which 10 a long distance from each other.

1. A. send B. sending C. receive D. accept 

2. A plays B. programmes C. cinema D. films 

3. A. a B. the C. one D. / 

4. A. one B. others C. the other D. another 

5. A. satellites B. satellite C. stars D. star 

6. A. post B. place C. positions D. spot 

7. A. that B. it C. which D. the earth 

8. A. circle B. round C. square D. around 

9. A . devide B. tie C. join D. connect 

10. A. is B. are C. have D. has 

Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension

 We have just climbed out of a spaceship onto the surface of the moon. Behind us is the ship, half in the sunlight making unable to see and half in deep shadow. A few miles ahead is a wall of mountains against the black sky. And there, as though resting on the mountains, is a great ball of light, beautiful colored in blue and a green and brown with shining white at the top. It is our own far-away world-the earth.

 We take a step and rise like prize jumpers-up, float down again. We examine the valleys and the floors of craters with great interest and care. Not a sound can be heard, there is no air to carry sounds, no wind, there are no smells, no plants, no animals. There is nothing but rock and dust, blinding sunlight and cold black shadows.

1. _________is half in the sunlight and half in shadow when we have climbed out of the spaceship.

A. The sky B. The world

C. The ship D. A mountain 

2. Seen from the moon, _________is beautiful colored in blue and green and brown with shining white at the top.

A. the earth B. the sun

C. a ball D. the spaceship 

3. Seen from the moon, the sky is _________.

A. black B. white C. blue D. brown 

4. Why do we take a step on the moon and rise just like prize jumpers-up. Because _________.

A. we are too happy

B. we jump like prize jumpers with joy

C. we are lighter on the moon than on the earth

D. we take a step with great strength

5. The sunlight there _________.

A. is too poor B. is too strong

C. can't be seen D. is beautiful 

Ⅳ. Translate the followings

1. What about the Natural History Museum?_________ 

2. So far as I know _________ 

3. pay to get in _________ 

4. personally _________ 

5. the Science Museum _________ 

6. find out _________ 

7. get something _________ 

Ⅴ. Complete the blanks with the word in the correct form.

find, tell, show, use, produce, put,telephone, dozen, call, send In 1964 a group of 14 countries set up an organization for 1 telephone signals by satellite. Their first satellite was 2 Early Bird. Today there aremore than 100 nations in this groups and 3 of satellites have been 4 into space. You can 5 somebody on the other side of the world with the help ofa satellite. Satellites are 6 more and more to take photos of the earth and to 7 maps. Special cameras can produce pictures 8 where different metals can be  9 . They can 10 the difference between healthy plants and plants that are diseased. This is useful for scientists who work in forests and in agriculture.

Ⅵ. Spelling

1. There is rocket motor by which the d_________of the satellite can be changed. 

2. There was no way in which it could be b_________back to the earth. 

3. There are many r_________stations on the earth inwhich outer space is studied. 

4. The weather report is being b_________at seven o'clock. We shall need the satellite pictures for it. 

5. The wires were old and dangerous. The machines were c_________ with them. 

Ⅶ. Correction

1. The moon travel round the earth once every twenty-four hours. 

2. A satellite is a object. 

3. These are the wires by which different machines are connected. 

4. The balloon on which we traveled was filled with hot air. 

5. The student who globe I borrowed did not come to school today.

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