Unit 1

Pre-listening

Which wonders have you visited?

Yuexi Yaoluoping Nature Reserve岳西县鹞落坪自然保护区

Yuexi Yaoluoping Nature Reserve岳西县鹞落坪自然保护区

The waterfalls is the natural wonder.

The wooden bridge is the man-made wonder.

The wooden bridge means the bridge ismade of the woods.

When we are in the nature, we feel relaxed.

There are many fantastic natural or man-made wonders in China.As the saying goes, we can learn by travelling.

The Terracotta Army is in Xi'an, Shanxi Province.

The Three Gorges Dam is in Yichang, Hubei Province.

The Giant’s Causeway is in Northern Ireland.

Victoria Falls is in Southern Africa.

Mount Huangshan is in Huangshan, Anhui Province.

1. Is the Terracotta Army ancient? When was it built?

2. Is the Three Gorges Dam a modern wonder? Is it the largest dam?

While-listeningListen and answer the questions.

The Qin Dynasty.

Read and listen.Underline the information about4 wonders.

Language points:run

even

produce electricity

1. Where is the Giant’s Causeway?

2. How wide are Victoria Falls?

Answer the questions.

It is on the eastern coast of Northern Ireland.

They are about 1,700 metres wide.

3. What wonders does Betty think are more exciting?

4. How old is the Terracotta Army?

It’s more than 2,000 years old.

She thinks man-made wonders are more exciting.

Read with your partners.

Post-listeningWhich wonders would you like to visit? And why?

no wonder 难怪 , 怪不得It is no wonder you can't sleep when you eat so much.

你吃这么多难怪睡不着。

(2009. 安徽 ) -- I’m afraid I can’t get there before 9 o’clock. -- That’s OK. There’s _______ . A. no way B. no wonder C. no doubt D. no hurry

(2011· 苏州 ) 根据句意及所给汉语意思写出所缺单词 。The Great Wall of China is one of the ________ ( 奇迹 ) of the world.

D

wonders

wonder v. 惊奇；想知道；怀疑I was wondering how to get there quickly.   

(2013 湖北武汉 ) --- Is Kate serious?     --- I ________. She never means it.      A. suppose      B. agree       C. believe       D. wonder

D

2. join in the discussion

join in 意思是“参加某项运动或活动”，如参加讨论、游行、罢工等。Can I join in (the game)?

join 基本词义是“加入某个党派或社会团体，从而成为该党派或团体的一员”。He is too young to join the army/club.   

take part in 指参加会议或群众性活动等，着重说明句子主语参加该项活动并在活动中发挥作用。如： We'll take part in social practice during the summer vacation. 

暑假期间我们将参加社会实践。

The twins are talking about the book Who Moved My Cheese. It's fun to _______ them.  A. join             B. join in          

C. take part in      D. enter

A

用 take part in, join 和 join in 的适当形式填空。 1.My brother _______ the army in 2002.

2. I didn't want to _________ the competition.

3. May I _______ their argument ?

4. We are playing football. Do you want to _________?

5. You are welcome to _______us.

joined

take part in

join in

join in

join

discussion n. 讨论；商讨 discuss v. 讨论They discussed how to solve the problem.

(2009· 盐城中考 ) There are several ways to solve this problem. Let’s have a __________ ( 讨论 ) now.

discussion

3. I’m not sure I agree with you.

agree with 赞同； 同意； 适合于I quite agree with you.

Would you please speak more slowly? I can hardly ______ you.

A. talk with     B. agree with        

C. follow        D. hear

(2013 湖北襄阳 ) Many teenagers _______ the old and they often offer their seats to the old on buses. A. agree with  B. worry about 

C. laugh at  D. care for

C

D

4. That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic.

though conj. 虽然；但是；尽管

though 在句中，不可再与 but 连用。

(2010 江苏省宿迁 ) _______ they are twin brothers, they don’t look like each other.

A. Though B. Since C. However

(2009· 湖北孝感 ) _______ Switzerland is very small, ________ it is the land of watch and it is very rich.

A. Though; but B. Because; so

C. Because; / D. Though; /

A

D

5. You can hear the loud noise …

loud adj. ( 声音 ) 响亮的

loudly adv. 大声地；吵闹地；响亮地

(2013 江西 )  I want to relax myself right now. Would you please change to _______ music ？ A. sad  B. loud 

C. exciting  D. gentle Mr. Smith said to Billy, “Your idea sounds _______.”

A. clearly B. fluently

C. good D. loud

D

C

(2010·广西省定西市 ) ______ girls took part in the Happy Girl Competition but only few of them succeeded.

A. Million of B. Many million of

C. One million of D. Millions of

______ people in the world are sending information by E-mail every day. A. Several millions  B. Several million C. Many millions D. Many million

D

B