話(huà)題十四人與動(dòng)植物

第一部分話(huà)題詞匯積累

單詞&短語(yǔ)

1.dinosaurn.______________2.trunkn.______________

3.troublesomeadj.4.mushroomn.____________

5.twistv----------------------6.squirreln----------------------

7.ultimateadj.______________8.unconditionaladj.------------

9.undergov----------------------lO.uneasyadj.____________

11.unrestn----------------------12.vacantadj..____________

13.batn.______________14.variation______________

15.habitatn----------------------16.evolutionn.___________

17.trademarkn.______________18.transformv.___________

19.transparentadj----------------------2O.tragedyn._____________

21.violatev.______________22.underwearn.__________

23.victimn.______________24.vanishv.______________

25.vehiclein._____________

26.adj.傳統(tǒng)的；慣例的

27.翻譯；譯文；轉(zhuǎn)化；調(diào)任

28.n.金銀財(cái)寶；財(cái)富；財(cái)產(chǎn)；珍品

______________v.珍視

29.adj.典型的；有代表性的；象征性的

30.n.雨傘；保護(hù)傘；庇護(hù)；傘形結(jié)構(gòu)

31.adj.未料到的；意外的；想不到的

32.adj.不公平的；不公正的

33.adj.不幸的令人遺憾的；不成功的

34.adv.不情愿地；勉強(qiáng)地

35.v.更新；校正；修正；使現(xiàn)代化

36.adj.難過(guò)的；心煩的；混亂的；弄翻的

37.adj.迫切的；緊急的；急迫的

38.adj.有價(jià)值的；貴重的；可估價(jià)的

39.adv.毋庸置疑地；確實(shí)地

40.v.揭開(kāi)；揭露；發(fā)現(xiàn)

41.n.家庭教師；導(dǎo)師；助教；（尤指音樂(lè)）課本

42.n.&v.貿(mào)易；交易

43.n.暴力；暴行；侵犯；激烈；歪曲

44.n.運(yùn)輸；運(yùn)載工具；運(yùn)輸系統(tǒng)；流放

45.n.美德；德行；優(yōu)點(diǎn)；貞操；功效

46.adj.難以置信的；不可信的

47.inviewof_______________________

48.各種各樣的

49.varyfromhourtohour________________________

50.徒勞;白辛苦

51.休假_______________________

52.充分利用_______________________

53.對(duì)......是獨(dú)有的

54.學(xué)生會(huì)

55.makeoneselfunderstood_______________________

56._______________________在建設(shè)中

57.沒(méi)有意識(shí)到_______________________

58.輪流；依次做某事

59..到達(dá)；出現(xiàn)；發(fā)生；使仰臥

60.調(diào)低；拒絕；減小，關(guān)小

61.migrationpattern_______________________

62.growthstage_______________________

詞匯拓展

Ltypicaladj.典型的；有代表性的；一貫的；平常的；不出所料；特有的

Theelderlymanmaynotbe,buthespeaksforasignificantbodyofopinion.

這位老人也許并沒(méi)有代表性，但他所說(shuō)的話(huà)卻代表著相當(dāng)一部分人的觀點(diǎn)。

TheweatheratthemomentisnotforJuly.

現(xiàn)在的天氣并不是七月份常有的。

Aworkingdayformebeginsat7:30.我的工作日一般在7:30開(kāi)始。

2.turnup（常指出其不意地或經(jīng)長(zhǎng)久等待后）出現(xiàn)，到來(lái)，露面；找出；發(fā)現(xiàn)；注意到；出現(xiàn);

開(kāi)大，調(diào)高（收音機(jī)、暖氣等）

Helate.他遲至U了。

Investigationshaveneveranyevidence.調(diào)查從沒(méi)發(fā)現(xiàn)任何證據(jù)。

Ican'theartheradioverywell.Couldyouitabit?

收音機(jī)我聽(tīng)不太清楚，你把聲音開(kāi)大點(diǎn)行嗎？

【聯(lián)想】turnto翻到；轉(zhuǎn)向；變成；求助于，求教于

turnover翻身，翻轉(zhuǎn)；把...移交；換頻道；營(yíng)業(yè)額達(dá)

turnout結(jié)果是，證明是；到場(chǎng)，出席；出來(lái)；制造

turnoff關(guān)掉；使厭煩

turninto成為；翻譯

turnin交上去；告發(fā)；上床睡覺(jué)

turnback返回；往回走；阻擋；翻回到

turnround轉(zhuǎn)身；調(diào)頭；轉(zhuǎn)向另一面；使好轉(zhuǎn)

turnagainst轉(zhuǎn)而反對(duì)；與...反目

turnabout轉(zhuǎn)身，向后轉(zhuǎn)

turnon打開(kāi)；攻擊

活學(xué)活用

一、閱讀下列句子，在空白處填入1個(gè)單詞或用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。

1.Aroncouldn'tspeakPolish.Imademyself(understand)withdifficulty.

2.1(wait)foranhourandhestillhasn'tturnedup.

3.Fastmask-changingisuniqueSichuanOperaperformance.

4.1findunbelievablethatpeoplecanacceptthissortofbehaviour.

5.Allkindsof(tradition)craftindustriesarepreservedhere.

二、翻譯句子

1.1readhisarticleagainandagain,tryinghardtounderstandwhathewasdrivingatbutinvain.

2.在我們班，我們輪流做值日?qǐng)?bào)告。(taketurns)

3.建設(shè)中的那幢建筑物是一個(gè)公共圖書(shū)館。(underconstruction)

4.既然你有了這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)，你可以充分地利用它了。(makeuseof)

第二部分話(huà)題閱讀訓(xùn)練

(A)閱讀理解

Kidseverywherelovetoplay.Andtheyknowaballisaperfectthingtoplaywith.Now

scientistsatLondon'sQueenMaryUniversityreportthatbumblebeesseemtoknowthesame

thing,makingbumblebeesthefirstinsectsknowntoplay.

Whenpeopletalkabout"play”,they'redescribingananimaldoingsomethingthatdoesn't

reallyseemtohelpit.They'renotdoingtheactiontogetfoodorshelteroranothersimilar

“reward”.Playusuallyhappenswhenacreatureisrelaxedandisoftenrepeated.

However,scientiststhinkmanyanimalsandbirds'playingisakindoftrainingforthings

they'llhavetodealwithinlaterlife.Butbeforethis,therewerenoreportsofinsectsplaying.

ScientistsatDr.Chittka'slab,carriedoutanexperiment.First,theytagged（貼標(biāo)簽）45

youngbumblebees,bothmaleandfemale,between1and23daysold.Thetagsmadethebees

easiertoidentifyandfollow.

Thescientistssetupaclearpathwayfromthebumblebees?nesttoafeedingarea.Oneither

sideoftheopenpathway,theresearchersplacedsmallcoloredwoodenballs.Ononesideofthe

path,theballswereattachedandcouldn'tmove.Ontheotherside,theballscouldrollaround.It

turnedoutthatthebumblebeesweren'tinterestedintheunmovableballs,buttheymadelotsof

visitstotherollingballs.

Grabbingtheballswiththeirlegs,thebeeswouldflap（拍打）theirwingstopullontheballs,

causingthemtoroll.The45taggedbumblebeesrolledballs910timesduringtheexperiment.

Thoughsomeonlydiditonce,othersdiditalot.Theyoungerbumblebeesspentmoretimerolling

balls.Malesseemedmorelikelytoplaythanfemales.

“It'snotclearwhythebeesrolltheballsorwhethertheyenjoyitButtheexperimentraises

importantquestionsabouthowtheinsects'mindsworkandwhethertheyhavefeelings.With

furtherresearch,thefuturewillholdsurprisesandanswersinstoreforus,“saidDr.Chittka.

1.Whatisthepurposeofanimals'playaccordingtoscientists?

A.Tofindidealshelter.

B.Toreceiveextrarewards.

C.Todevelopsurvivalskills.

D.Togettheirfellows9attention.

2.WhatdidDr.Chittka'sexperimentfocuson?

A.Bumblebees,categories.B.Bumblebees9habitats.

C.Bumblebees9intelligence.D.Bumblebees?behavior.

3.Whatwastheresultoftheexperiment?

A.Youngermalebumblebeespreferredtorolltheballs.

B.Bumblebeespossesseddifferentwingbeatfrequency.

C.Bumblebeescoulddistinguishballsofdifferentcolors.

D.Aspecially-builtpathwayhelpedbumblebeesfindfood.

4.WhatisDr.Chittka?sattitudetotheirfutureresearch?

A.Uncertain.B.Doubtful.C.Optimistic.D.Critical.

（B）完形填空

Peopleholdgeneralbeliefthatbirdswillflysouthinwinter.Butnotallbirdsdosotoescape

the56andsettlesomewhereniceandwarm.Manyofourfeatheredfriendsactually

57andtrytolivethroughthehardtime.

Theywillfacegreater58whentemperaturesdropwellbeyondthefreezingpoint.It

wasagainstthisbackgroundthata59aboutrescuingalittlesparrowtookplace.

Thepoorbirdwascaughtoff-guardbythefreezingtemperaturesandhaditself60on

themetalpipingnexttoawaterheater.

61.amanbythenameofNelsonWilson62thefrightenedbird.Whenhe

hurriedtoseewhatwashappening,hesawit63desperatelyanddecidedtodosomething

tohelpitout.

“WhenIwentover,I64thebirdwhichwasglueddowntothepipeandcouldn'tfly

away,“Wilson65.“Thelittlebirdmostlikely66todrinksomewaterbecause

itisnot67forbirdstodrinkfromtheheatedtankinwinter.Butunfortunately,itsfeet

got68fromthewaterandfrozeintothemetalpiping.SoI69towarmthefeet

ofthefrightenedbirdbypressingmypalm（手掌）againstboththe70andthebird*s

feet.”

Butthe71didnotgivehimwhathewanted.Then,Wilsonstarted72

blowingwarmaironthebirdto73itsfragilefeetandmakethemgetwarmearlier.After

severalminutes,hiswarmingthebird'sfeetwithhiswarm74broughtsuccess.Thebird

wasfinallyableto___75itspreviouslyfrozenfeet.Itwassaved!

56.A.siteB.enemyC.diseaseD.cold

57.A.staybehindB.stepforwardC.takeofD.comeout

58.A.failureB.dilemmaC.dangerD.truth

59.A.ripB.storyC.taskD.meeting

60.A.lostB.bathedC.confusedD.trapped

61.A.HopefullyB.ThankfullyC.SuddenlyD.Strangely

62.A.foundB.acceptedC.seizedD.heard

63.A.lyimgB.waiting