Unit 5 What an adventure

一、单词拼写

1.My ______ (开始的，最初的) reaction was that I was surprised that the numbers were so high.

2.Humans take in _______ (氧气) and breathe out carbon dioxide.

3.If you add too much ______ (液体)， the mixture will not be thick enough.

4.No one can cross the national _____ (国界，边界) without formal permit.

5.The_____ (船长) knew there was an engine fault but didn't want to alarm the passengers.

6.The government should issue clear______ (指导方针) on the content of moral education.

7.The decision was taken after close consultation with local _____ (居民，住户).

8.This ______ (章节) explores the linkage between economic development and the environment.

9.The ______ (仆人，佣人) walked two or three footsteps behind his master.

10.People get fat because they can't _____ (消耗) all the calories that they get.

 

二、单句语法填空

1.I'm still waiting for______( confirm) of the test results.

2.______ ( spend) time with other children and sharing non-

virtual experiences is an important part of a child's development that cannot be provided by a computer.

3.People are not permitted _______( smoke) in public, and

anyone who breaks the rule may be fined.

4.The newly-opened supermarket is _____( crowd) with customers because most of the products are on sale.

5.Over the next few years, the price of houses will ______( gradual) come down to a reasonable price.

6.He was then arrested and charged ______ possessing an offensive weapon.

7.It is amazing that this insect can take on the colour of its

______( surround).

8.He attempted ______(finish) the task in advance, but he

failed in the end.

9.She claimed damages from the company for the ______( injure) she had suffered.

10.If you relate the results ______ the cause, you will find things are not that simple.

 

三、语段填词

1.His father wouldn't ______ him to drive there even if he had got his driving _______.Without his father's______, he had no choice but to go there by bus or on a bike.(permit)

2.The lake is over 20 meters in _______.So we were all moved 

by the man who dived _______ into the lake to save the boy.( depth )

3.The ______ of the handsome man ______ her, so the offer was so _________ that she found no excuse to refuse it ( fascinate ).

4.To our _______ the famous star died in a plane crash.We were ________ at the news of his sudden death, and it was really ______ ( astonish ).

5.If you _______, don't lose heart because ______ is the mother of success.( fail )

 

四、完成句子

1.Steve hurried through the test, and was the first__________.

史蒂夫很快完成了测验，并且第一个 上交了答卷。

2.It was three days__________________.

三天后他才回来。

3.It is no use_______________ who won't see reason.

与不讲理的人争论毫无用处。

4.At the foot of the hill_________________.

山脚下有个美丽的湖泊。

5._____________________ is exactly this one.

我要的就是这一个。

 

五、课文语法填空

Last year, hundreds of people spent good money 1______ an experience that they knew would include crowds discomfort and danger.Yet, despite all this, by the end of the trip many were already planning to return.For these people ,2____(climb) Qomolangma is an experience like no other, making some feel weak and others, 3______( power).

For British mountain climber George Mallory, 4_____ he got from this adventure is just sheer joy. 5______( sad), Mallory would die on the mountain in 1924.It is still not known if he succeeded in reaching the top of Qomolangma before it 6 _____ ( take) his life.

In 2011, American mountain climber Alan Arnette climbed Qomolangma.He said, " There are a thousand reasons to turn around and only one  7______ (keep) going.”

With the majority of attempts to climb Qomolangma resulting either in total success 8______ failure, is there also a scientific reason behind this risk taking? Recent studies indicate that risk.taking may be part of human nature, with some of us more likely to take risks than others.Research also suggests that our desire to seek risks can 9_______ (connect)to how much we expect to benefit from the result.

With this in mind, are the  10_____ ( benefit) of climbing Qomolangma worth the risks? lt's totally up to you.

 

六、书面表达

请根据下列要点介绍一一下- -次登山行动。要点如下:

1.一群登山者越过边界。

2.他们正在攀登一座高山，但当他们来到一个缺氧的地区时，他们停了下来。

3.他们几次试图爬上去,但都失败了。

4.人群中有几个人因缺氧而生病或死亡。

5.消息被证实后，媒体将事件聚焦。

6.心理学家认为，如果最初的尝试被证明是失败的,未来的努力将受到影响。

注意:

1.词数80左右;

2.尽量使用本单元的知识点;

3.可适当增加细节。

 

***参考答案***

一、1.initial 2.oxygen 3.liquid 4.border 5.captain 6.guidelines 7.residents 8.chapter 9.servant 10.consume

二、1.confirmation 2.Spending 3.to smoke 4.crowded5.gradually 6.with 7.surroundings 8 8.to finish 9.injury 10.to

三、1.permit; permit; permission 

2.depth; deeply; deep

3.fascination; fascinated; fascinating

4.astonishment ; astonished ; astonishing

5.fail; failure

四、1.to hand in his paper 

2.before he came back

3.arguing with the people 

4.lies a beautiful lake

5.What I want

五、1.on 2.climbing 3.powerful 4.what 5.Sadly 6.took 7.to keep 8.or 9.be connected 10.benefits

六、参考范文

A crowd of climbers crossed the border.They were climbing a high mountain, but when they came to a zone where there was little oxygen, they stopped.They made several attempts to climb up, but failed.Several people in the crowd fell ill or died from lack of oxygen.When the news was confirmed, the media brought the incident into focus.Psychologists believe that if the initial attempts prove to be a failure，future efforts will be affected.

 

 

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