2014届英语一轮复习早读与晚练：选修8《Unit1 A land of diversity》

　　选修八Unit 1　A land of diversity

　　★高考经典范文背多分★

　　类型：应用文

　　主题：给房东写留言条

　　经典范文：

　　Mrs. Wilson，

　　I'm going out shopping, and won't be back until about 5：00 p．m.I have taken with me the two books you asked me to return to the City Library.At about 1 o'clock this afternoon, Tracy called, saying that she couldn't meet you at Bolton Coffee tomorrow morning as she has something important to attend to.She felt very sorry about that, but said that you could set some other time for the meeting.She has already told Susan about this change and wanted you to call her back as soon as you are home.

　　Li Hua

　　★词汇拓展★

　　1．majority /mədrətI/n.大多数；大半→________ /meIdə/adj.主要的

　　2．percentage /pəsentId/n.百分比；百分率→________ /pəsent/n.百分比；百分数

　　3．socialist /səəlIst/n.社会主义者；社会党人　adj.社会主义者的→________ /səəl/adj.社会的；社交的→________ /səsaIətI/n.社会→________ /səəlIzəm/n.社会主义

　　4．racial /reIl/adj.人种的；种族的→________ /reIs/n.种族

　　5．applicant /plIkənt/n.申请人→________ /plIkeIn/n.申请→________ /əplaI/v.申请；应用

　　趁热打铁

　　在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的适当形式填空

　　1．Television attracts a large ________ of the people.(percent)

　　2．The ________ of people seem to prefer TV to radio.

　　3．His father was an ardent ________.(social)

　　4．There is no ________ wishing to ________ for this position.(apply)

　　5．Nowadays ________ discrimination still exists in the world.(race)

　　词组回忆

　　1．a great/good ________ 许多；很多；大量

　　2.make a ________ 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等；创造生活

　　3．________ out 画线；标出……的界线

　　4．________ in 包括；吸收；收容

　　5．________ up with

　　与……合作或一起工作

　　6.of one's ________ 某人自己的

　　7．by ________ of...用……办法；借助……

　　8．occur ________ sb.某人想到/发生某事

　　9．________ up

　　坚持；维持；沿袭(风俗、传统等)

　　10．feel like ________ sth.想要做某事

　　11．back ________ back 背靠背

　　12．________ the time

　　到……为止

　　13．________ on 继续存在；继续生存

　　14．________ for

　　申请；请示

　　词组联想

　　1．team up with 与……合作或一起工作

　　team ________ 合作

　　cooperate ________ 与……合作

　　2．make a life 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等；创造生活

　　make a ________ 达成协议；成交

　　make a ________ 做出承诺

　　make a ________ 做出选择

　　make a ________ 谋生

　　make a ________ 获得收益

　　make a ________ 作出决定；下定决心

　　make a ________ 与……做生意；和……妥协

　　3．live on 继续存在；继续生存

　　live ________ sth.以某物为食；靠某种经济来源生活

　　live ________ sth.经历某事而幸存

　　live ________ 在一起生活；同居

　　live ________ sth.依靠某事物行事；符合某事物的标准

　　live ________ sth.接受或容忍某事物

　　live a．..________ 过着……的生活

　　趁热打铁

　　根据本单元所学知识，选择适当的词组完成下列句子

　　1．The little girl knows ________________ folk songs by heart.

　　2．He had left ________________ we reached home.

　　3．The water may be carried________________ a pipe.

　　4．Fish ________________ oxygen through their gills (鳃)．

　　5．They ________________ the tennis court with white paint.

　　6．The people in the poor village found it hard to ________________.

　　7．I hope no accident has________________ him.

　　8．Our company in Miami ________________ one in Chicago to develop a joint project.

　　9．He ________________ by writing.

　　★佳句背诵

　　1．________________ Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, ________________ the building of the rail network from the west to the east ________________ brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s.虽然中国移民在淘金热时期就开始来到(美国)，但是更大批量的移民却是在19世纪60年代为了修建贯穿美国东西海岸的铁路而来的。

　　2．________________ before long the mix of nationalities will be ________________ there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mixture of many races and cultures.人们认为，要不了多久，民族的融合就会非常深入，以至于不可能存在一种主要的种族或文化群体，而只是多种族，多文化的混合体。

　　趁热打铁

　　根据中文提示，完成下列句子

　　1．虽然天气很冷，但是兵贵神速的理念促使部队急行军。

　　________________ it was extremely cold, ________________ the belief of “swiftness is the key in the war” ________________ urged the troop to make rapid march.

　　2．人们相信地球的气候在这一百来年中发生了改变，这种变化如此明显，不容忽视。

　　________________ in the past a hundred years the climate in the earth has changed ________________ it can't be ignored.

　　选修八

　　Unit 1　A land of diversity词汇拓展

　　1．major　2.percent　3.social; society; socialism　4.race

　　5．application; apply

　　趁热打铁

　　1．percentage　2.majority　3.socialist　4.applicant; apply　5.racial

　　词组回忆

　　1．many　2.life　3.mark　4.take　5.team　6.own　7.means　8.to

　　9．keep　10.doing　11.to　12.by　13.live　14.apply

　　词组联想

　　1．up; with　2.bargain; promise; choice; living; profit; decision; deal with

　　3．on; through; together; up to; with; life

　　趁热打铁

　　1．a good/great many　2.by the time　3.by means of　4.take in　5.marked out

　　6．live on　7.occurred to　8.teamed up with　9.makes a life

　　佳句背诵

　　1．Although; it was; that

　　2．It is believed that; so great that

　　趁热打铁

　　1．Although/Though; it was; that

　　2．It's believed that; so obviously that