搜索
ReadingIIReading1.Whendiddinosaurslive?Tensofmillionsofyearsago.2.Whendiddinosaursdieout?About65millionyearsago.3.Howdiddinosaursdieout?Alargerockhittheearthandputtoomuchdustintotheair.Theearthgottoohottoliveon.Trueorfalse1.TherearemanydifferentspeciesofdinosaurandallofthemhavebeenfoundinChina.2.Notlongago,ararenewspeciesofbird-likedinosaurwasdiscoveredinHenanProvince.severalLiaoningFF3.Somescientistsaresuredinosaursdiedoutbecausetheearthgottoohotforthedinosaurstoliveonanymore.4.Dinosaursdiedoutquicklyabout65millionyearsagoandmanyanimalshavediedoutinthesameway.FTthink•longbefore:alongtimeearlier很久之前•We‘veseenthatfilmlongbefore.我们早已看过那部电影了。•Marklearnedtoreadlongbeforehestartedschool.马克上学之前很早就学会了看书。•beforelong:(very)soon很快，不久之后•Ihopetoseeyoubeforelong.我盼望不久就能见到你。•long在前很久前long在后不久后It___longbeforewe___theresultoftheexperiment.A.willnotbe;willknowB.is;willknowC.willnotbe;knowD.is;know另外注意以下句式Itis[was,willbe]longbefore……在……前需要很久，很久之后。如：Itwaslongbeforehecameback.过了好久他才回来。Itwon’tbelongbeforeweseeeachother.不久我们又会见面的ontheearth.在地球上。在earth,sun,moon等表达世界上独一无二的名词前,要加the。onearth到底Whatonearthareyoudoing？你到底在嘛？comeintobeing的意思是“开始存在;发生；产生”。我们不知道这世界是什么时候存在的。Wedon’tknowwhentheworldcameintobeing.2.Whenscientistsinspectedthebones,theyweresurprisedtofindthatthesedinosaurscouldnotonlyrunliketheothersbutalsoclimbtrees.[点拨]本句中的tofindthat...是不定式作原因状语。不定式用来表原因时，常修饰表示情感、心理状态、性格等的形容词，如：happy，glad，lucky，fortunate，surprised，angry，anxious，cruel，clever，frightened，shocked，sorry，eager，proud，disappointed，foolish，impatient，unwise，naughty等。如：Weweresurprisedtoseehim.我们真想不到会见到他。WeareproudtobeyoungpeopleofnewChina.作为新中国的青年，我们感到很骄傲。Youwerefoolishtoactlikethat.你那样做很愚蠢。3.Somescientiststhinkitcameafteranunexpectedincidentwhenahugerockfromspacehittheearthandputtoomuchdustintotheair.[点拨]本句中when引导定语从句，其先行词为incident。关系副词when的先行词一般是表时间的名词，如:HecamelastnightwhenIwasout.但有时并不直接是表时间的名词，如：In1921EinsteinwontheNobelPrize,andwashonoredinGermanyuntiltheriseofNazismwhenhewasdrivenfromGermanybecausehewasaJew.1921年爱因斯坦获得了诺贝尔奖，他在德国很受尊敬。纳粹上台后由于他是犹太人而被赶出了德国。4.AccordingtoaUNreport,….accordingto根据,据…说AccordingtoJohn,thebankclosesat4p.m.Eachmanwillbepaidaccordingtohisability.dodo渡渡鸟ListeningDoDo鸟是一种不会飞的鸟，仅产于毛里求斯肥。拥有肥胖的身子和巨大的嘴。16世纪后期，欧洲殖民者来到了毛里求斯。不会飞又跑不快的DoDo鸟很快成为欧洲人来到岛上后主要的食物来源。人们开始大量的滥捕滥杀可怜的DoDo鸟，有时每天可以捕杀到几千只到上万只。由于过度的捕杀,很快岛上DoDo鸟便得越来越少。1681年，最后一只DoDo鸟被残忍的杀害后，从此，地球上再也见不到这种东西了，除非是在博物馆的图片中。Listentothetapeandchoosethecorrectanswertocompleteeachsentence.1.Thedodois_____.A.fierceB.unkindC.friendlyD.foolish2.HewantstobelievethatManistellingthetruthbecause_____.A.ManisfriendlyB.hethinkManisfriendlyC.hethinksthebearsandmonkeyslieD.Manishisbestfriend3.Hedidn’trealizewhohadkilledmanyofhisfriendsuntil_____.A.MantoldhimthetruthB.theotherbirdstoldhimC.hesawhowhisfriendwasbeingkilledbyManD.themonkeystoldhimfierceadj.•凶猛的,好斗的Thehouseisguardedbyafiercedog.•激烈的,猛烈的Thecompetitionforjibsisfierce.I.根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出该单词的正确形式。1.Thenaturalhistorymuseumhasaspecialexhibitionof_________(恐龙).2.Thecarraisedquitealotof_______(尘土)aswedroveoff.3.Thepoliceareconnectingthis_______(事件)withlastweek’sterroristbombing.dinosaursdustincident4.Becausethereissomuchunemployment,thecompetitionforjobsisf_______.5.Iquiteenjoyedthebookexceptthedulle_______.fierceendingII.根据括号内所给的提示将下列句子翻译成英语。1.一个新规则很快就要出台了。(comeintobeing)2.很奇怪，上火车前，竟然没有人查看我的车票。(inspect)Anewrulewillsooncomeintobeing.ItwasstrangethatnobodyinspectedmyticketbeforeIgotonthetrain.mirage3.根据专家的意见，他们马上放弃了这项试验。(accordingto)4.把它拿近点儿，让我好好看看。(sothat)Accordingtoexpertopinions,theygaveuptheexperimentimmediately.BringitclosersothatIcanseeitbetter.