-1-SectionⅣLearningaboutLanguage&UsingLanguage课前预习检测单词识记1.settle(v.)定居;解决→settlement_(n.)定居;解决2.instant(adj.)立即的;立刻的→instantly(adv.)立刻,马上3.desert(n.)沙漠;荒原→deserted(adj.)被遗弃的;荒芜的4.goods(n.)货物5.city(n.)城市→citizen(n.)公民;居民;市民6.type(v.)打字→typist(n.)打字员→typewriter(n.)打字机7.receive(v.)收到→receiver(n.)接受者;接收器;电话筒8.greed(n.)贪婪,贪心→greedy(adj.)贪吃的;贪婪的→greedily(adv.)贪婪地;贪食地9.swallow(vt.)吞下;咽下10.recycle(vt.)回收利用;再利用→recyclable(adj.)可循环的11.motivation(n.)动机→motivate(vt.)成为……的动机;激发;激励12.ecology(n.)生态;生态学→ecological(adj.)生态的;生态学的13.post(vt.)邮递;邮寄→postage(n.)邮资→postcode(n.)邮政编码14.representative(n.)代表;典型人物(adj.)典型的;有代表性的→represent(vt.)代表;象征短语完形1.speed_up加速2.describe...as...把……描述为……3.be_greedy_for贪图4.blame_sb._for因……而责怪某人5.on_earth究竟6.show_sb._around带领某人参观7.stare_at盯着;凝视8.move_on向前移动语篇理解根据课文内容填空Canyouimagineoneofthe__1__(late)formsofcommunicationamongthespacecitizensinthefuture?Itisjustlikethis.Nomore__2__(type)workingonatypewriterorcomputer.Nomorepostageorpostcodes.Whenyouwanttosend__3__-2-messageyoucanplacethemetalbandoveryourhead,clearyourmindandpressthe__4__(send)button,thinkyourmessageandthenextinstantitissent.Whenitcomes__5__the“environmentarea”,agiantmachine,always__6__(greed)formore,swallowsallthewaste__7__(avail).Insuchaway,therubbishisturnedintoseveralgradesofusefulmaterialandeverything__8__(recycle).Manufacturingnolongertakesplaceontheearthbutonspacestations.Agroupofengineersprogrammerobots__9__canperformtasksinspace.Whenthe__10__(good)arereadytheyaretransportedbyindustrialspaceshipbacktoearth.1.________2.________3.________4.________5.________6.________7.________8.________9.________10.________答案:1.latest2.typists3.a4.sending5.to6.greedy7.available8.isrecycled9.which/that10.goods课堂合作探究TheLanguagePointsofLearningaboutLanguage1.Whenwewantedthehoveringcarriagetospeed_up,_wepresseddownhardonthedrivingpedalandbentoverinthedirectionwewantedtogo.(教材P20)当我们想让气垫车加速时,我们就向下用力踩踏板,并且向想去的方向俯身。speedup加速-3-①Isteppedthegasandthecarsped_upto130kph.我一踩油门,车速提至每小时130千米。②Hiscarisgoingthroughthemarketat_low_speed.他的车正低速驶过市场。③Canyoutryandspeed_things_upabit?你能不能设法加快一点事情的进展?名师点津(1)speed的过去式、过去分词有两种形式:speeded,speeded或sped,sped。(2)speedup的反义短语为slowdown“放慢速度”。【即景活用】单句语法填空①Withthepaceofmodernlife________(speed)up,instantfoodismoreandmorepopular.②Thepolicecarisrunning________aspeedof100milesperhourtochaseafterthetruckaheadofit.答案:①speeding②at2.Whatwouldyoudoifyoufoundyourselfaloneonadesertisland?(教材P21)如果你发现自己独自一人在荒无人烟的岛屿上,你会做什么?desertn.沙漠;荒原vt.抛弃,遗弃;逃亡-4-①Fewkindsofplantscangrowin_the_desert.几乎没有植物可以在沙漠里生长。②MrsRoding'shusbanddesertedheryearsago.罗丁太太的丈夫数年前抛弃了她。【即景活用】单句语法填空①Theylosttheirway________thedesertanddiedofthirst.②Hedroveatfullspeedthroughthe________(desert)street.答案:①in②desertedTheLanguagePointsofUsingLanguage[第1段]1.Described_as_an_enormous_round_plate,_itspinsslowlyinspaceto_imitatethepulloftheearth'sgravity.(教材P22)太空站像一个巨大的圆盘,在太空中缓缓地旋转,以仿照出地球重心的引力。[剖析]此句为复杂的简单句。过去分词短语“Describedasanenormousroundplate”在句中作状语;动词不定式“toimitatethepull...”在句中作目的状语。①Dressed_upasaladyofhighsociety,sheattendedtheparty.她把自己打扮成一位贵妇人参加了宴会。②Istoodwatchingher,not_knowingwhattodo.我站着看着她,不知如何是好。③Hestoppedhiscarto_seewhathadhappened.他停下了车,看一看发生了什么事。-5-【即景活用】单句语法填空①(2016·北京高考)________(make)iteasiertogetintouchwithus,you'dbetterkeepthiscardathand.②(2016·北京高考)Newlybuiltwoodencottageslinethestreet,________(turn)theoldtownintoadreamland.答案:①Tomake②turning[第2段]2.Youplacethemetalbandoveryourhead,clearyourmind,pressthesendingbutton,thinkyourmessageandthenextinstantit'ssent.(教材P22)你把金属带放在头上,整理思路,按下发送按钮,然后想着你要发送的信息,刹那间信息就发出去了。instantn.瞬间,片刻adj.立即的,立刻的①Isentyouthenewsinstantly/the_instantIheardit.我一听到此消息便通知你了。②Fortunecanbemadeorlostin_an_instant.财富很可能会在一瞬间获得,也可能在一瞬间失去。③For_an_instant,_heseemedtolookatme,too.有那么一会儿他似乎也在看我。④Theyaskedforaninstantreply.他们要求立刻回复。名师点津“一……就……”表达法聚焦:(1)名词词组:theminute,thesecond,themoment,theinstant(2)连词:immediately,directly,instantly,assoonas(3)nosooner...than...,hardly/scarcely...when...(如果hardly,scarcely或nosooner置于句首,主句必须倒装)(4)介词upon/on+动名词/名词(5)短语:atthesightof(一看到……就……),atthethoughtof(一想起……就……)【即景活用】(1)单句语法填空-6-①Thechildrenjumpedwithjoy________(instant)thechairmanannouncedtheresultofthegame.②________instantthemanagerenteredtheoffice,heclarifiedhisposition.答案:①instantly②The(2)单句写作①Heattractedherattention____________________(一瞬间).②Ifelt________________(立刻轻松)aftertakingacoupleoftablets.③Youseethelightning________________(一……就……)ithappens,butyouhearthethunderlater.答案:①foraninstant②instantrelief③theinstant[第4段]3.Well,nowthere'sasystemwherethewasteisdisposedofusingtheprinciplesofecology.(教材P22)现在,这里有一种装置,能利用生态学原理来处理废弃物。[剖析]这是一个复合句。where在句中引导定语从句,修饰先行词asystem。①Theirrelationshiphasreachedthepoint_wheretheyhavetopartwitheachother.他们的关系到了分手的程度。②Weoftenreadsuchacase_wheremusiccancurepeople.-7-我们经常读到这样的例子,音乐使人康复。③Thestage_whenheispreparingforhisstudyisreallyimportant.他为学习做准备的那段时间确实非常重要。④Ididn'tliketheposition_thatyourecommendedtome.我不喜欢你向我推荐的这个职位。【即景活用】单句写作①Hegotintoasituation________itwashardtodecidewhatwasrightandwrong.他陷入一种难以分辨是非的局面。②Rememberthatthereisstillonep