Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas

基礎(chǔ)訓(xùn)練

單詞拼寫 根據(jù)首字母或漢語提示，用本部分所學(xué)單詞的正確形式填空。

1. Teachers’ and parents’ guidance play a c role in children’s growth.

2. It’s so g of the boy to eat up all the candy prepared for children.

3. The t stole many valuable things but was finally trapped by the police in an old house.

4. This discovery is highly a in the circle of science.

5. The reports are r to description and give no opinions about the facts.

6. Our teacher also taught us how （垃圾） was recycled.

7. Toward the （郊區(qū)） the houses begin to thin out.

8. The point is not to excuse or forget the （罪行）.

9. Modern industry has been concentrated in a few （城市的） centers.

10. I asked three building firms to （估算） for the repairs to the house.

選擇填空 用方框中所給短語的適當形式填空。

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1. I a street light and hurt my knee last week.

2. It is not proper for a child beer.

3. These products are normally stored carefully of children.

4. No one could how he got to be so rich.

5. He’s never done this type of work before; I’m not sure how he’ll the others.

課文語法填空

In a seaside suburb of Cape Town， a chacma baboon stole a bag of shopping from 1 car.Besides Cape Town， wild animals can 2 （see） in other urban areas all over the world. Becausewe humans 3 （invade） their natural habitats， they have taken over our cities where they canfind enough food. What’s more， they needn’t worry about their 4 （predator）.

So far， some animals have developed new skills to adapt 5 their new homes in the urbanlife. Urban racoons are 6 （intelligence） than the wild ones. 7 ， recent studies show thatmore than 400 million birds die from window impacts each year in the US， 8 （make） up about10% of the total US bird population. Migrant birds have to change 9 （they） routes throughcities with skyscrapers.

Above all， now that animals choose to lead their urban life， we should learn to appreciate ourwild neighbors， and share our urban habitats with them 10 （harmonious）.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

能力提升

閱讀理解

When the explorers first arrived in the continent of North America， the skies and lands werealive with an amazing variety of wildlife. Native Americans had taken care of these precious naturalresources wisely. Unfortunately， it took the explorers and the settlers who followed only a fewdecades to decimate a large part of these resources.

Millions of waterfowl （水禽） were killed at the hands of market hunters and a handful ofoverly ambitious sportsmen. Millions of acres of wetlands were dried to feed and house the everincreasingpopulations， greatly reducing waterfowl habitat.

In 1934， with the passage of the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act （Act）， an increasinglyconcerned nation took firm action to stop the destruction of migratory waterfowl and the wetlandswhich are so crucial to their survival. Under this Act， all waterfowl hunters 16 years of age and overmust annually purchase and carry a Federal Duck Stamp （聯(lián)邦鴨票）. Hunters willingly pay thestamp price to ensure the survival of our natural resources.

About 98 cents of every duck stamp dollar goes directly into the Migratory Bird ConservationFund to purchase wetlands and wildlife habitat for inclusion into the National Wildlife RefugeSystem—a fact that ensures this land will be protected and available for all generations to come.Since 1934， better than half a billion dollars has gone into that Fund to purchase more than 5million acres of habitat. Little wonder the Federal Duck Stamp Program has been called one of themost successful conservation programs ever started.

1. What does the underlined word “decimate” in Paragraph 1 probably mean？

A. Acquire. B. Remove. C. Destroy. D. Protect.

2. What made the waterfowl population greatly decline in North America？

A. Loss of wetlands. B. Popularity of water sports.

C. Pollution of rivers. D. Arrival of other wild animals.

3. What is a direct result of the Act passed in 1934？

A. The stamp price has gone down. B. The hunters have stopped hunting.

C. The government has collected money. D. The migratory birds have flown away.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text？

A. The Benefits of Saving Waterfowl B. The History of Birds

C. The Story of Federal Duck Stamp D. The Laws for Wildlife

閱讀七選五

Pollution is a problem all over the world. But it is especially bad in large cities with a lot ofindustries and cars. 1

Wildfires， volcanoes， and industrial chemicals cause some air pollution. But most air pollutioncomes from burning fossil fuels. The burning of fossil fuels may release harmful gases. It leads topolluted rain that can harm living things. 2 Finally， air pollution damages the ozone layer（臭氧層）， which is important because it protects earth against harmful rays from the sun.

Causes of water pollution are easy to see. People dump （傾倒） garbage and dirty water intorivers， lakes and oceans. Factories or cities sometimes release poisonous chemicals， and other wasteinto water. These chemicals may make the groundwater unfit to drink. 3

Littering， or throwing garbage on the ground， is a form of land pollution. Litter can destroy thehabitats of plants and animals. The build-up of dangerous chemicals in the ground is another formof land pollution. The chemicals may come from farms or factories. 4 They may evenharm people who eat the polluted plants and animals.

Governments have passed laws to keep people from releasing dangerous chemicals into theenvironment. 5 Instead they are getting power from the sun， wind， water， and other energysources that produce less pollution. Many communities use recycling to reduce pollution.

A. Farmers use chemicals to help crops grow.

B. This type of pollution may be seen in big cities.

C. They can also harm fish and other forms of life.

D. These chemicals can spread to plants and animals.

E. In addition， air pollution may be a cause of global warming.

F. There are three main forms of pollution： air， water， and land.

G. Some companies and people are trying to use fewer fossil fuels.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.