1、Unit 3 Back to the past project 课时练I. 根据英文解释写单词： 1. group of countries or states under a single ruler or ruling power 1. _2. disorder; mistaking of one person or thing for another 2. _3. power to produce an effect; action of natural forces 3. _4. poems collectively or in general 4. _5. cause the dow
2、nfall or defeat of (sb./ sth.); put an end to 5. _II. 根据首字母提示或中文提示补全单词： 1. The official name of China is the Peoples R_ of China.2. There has been some c_ of names.3. There was also serious f_ during 1916 on the Italian and on the Russian fronts.4. Guo Xiaochuan is my favorite p_.5. The book had a g
3、reat i_ on his life.6. Mother and child were _(重新团聚) after years of separation.7. This is the physical process of rock _ (形成).8. The climbers tried to find a new _ (路线) to the top of the mountain.9. Are there any _ (相似之处) between Geothe and Byron?10. Mary must go home now, and Peter _(也同样).III. 填空题：
4、 Three hundred years ago, the Russian Czar Peter the Great built a new capital St. Petersburg. Many palaces were built during his lifetime. The palaces were large and beautiful, and they often looked (1) l_ something out of a fairy tale.St. Petersburg has also been the (2) p_ of many important event
5、s in history. In 1941, the Germans tried to destroy the city. It was (3) u_ attack for 900 days, but the people of the city never (4)g_ in. The Germans burned many of the palaces as they left. St. Petersburg was almost in (5) r_. Fires were burning everywhere. Buildings were destroyed, and paintings
6、 and statues (6) l_ in pieces on the ground. Restoring the city and cultural relics seemed impossible, but the people of this great city would not give up, “We will not (7) s_ our history and culture destroyed, and we will do everything we can to (8) r_ our city.”When the Nazis had gone, the people
7、of St. Petersburg (9) b_ rebuilding the city. Pieces of palaces that had been hidden (10) b_ the Nazis came could now be (11) u_to rebuild the city and its culture. It was not easy. Painters and workers had to be very (12) c_ when they were trying to bring the city back to (13) l_. It was difficult
8、to rescue the palaces and buildings (14) w_destroying their old beauty. With the (15) h_ of old paintings and photographs, the people of St. Petersburg were (16) a_ to bring back the beauty of their culture and history. Now after years of (17) h_ work, parts of statues have been put back (18) t_ and
9、 missing pieces have been replaced. Old paintings, including a portrait of Peter the Great which was (19) f_ in the snow outside St. Petersburg, have been carefully recreated, and the old palaces have been made as wonderful as in the (20) p_.IV. 阅读理解： Do you ever wonder where television words came f
10、rom? Many TV terms come from the combination of two words. Even the word television is made up of two words. These words are Greek and Latin words meaning “far” and “to see”.One kind of television program is a soap opera. The first soap operas were stories on the radio. These stories are serials. Th
11、ey are continuous and can go on for many years. Soap companies first advertised their products during these shows on TV. The soap companies knew lots of wives and mothers watched these shows. And in fact, for some of the programs all of the commercials during the shows were for different kinds of so
12、ap. People then started calling these shows “soap operas”.Serious TV programs are called dramas. Funny ones are called comedies. Some programs are both funny and serious. This kind of show is called a “dramedy”, the combination of “drama” and “comedy”. In a similar way, sitcom (情景喜剧 ) is the combina
13、tion of “situation” and “comedy”.Infomercials (商业信息片) are another kind of interesting program on TV. An infomercial is a very long commercial. One can last three or four hours. The word infomercial is the combination of “information” and “commercial”. Infomercials began in the 1980s. Now you can wat
14、ch hours and hours of infomercials for all kinds of products, especially on cable television. Just be careful you dont turn into a couch potato!1. What is the main idea of this reading?A. Famous television programs B. Meanings of television wordsC. What people watch on television D. How TV changed t
15、he meaning of words2. Why were some programs called serials?A. They tried to sell soap. B. They continued for a long time.C. They were on the radio. D. They came from operas.3. What is an infomercial?A. A show that is funny and serious B. A show with lots of commercialsC. A long commercial D. A prog
16、ram from the 1980s4. Which program would probably NOT include a funny story?A. A sitcom B. An infomercial C. A dramedy D. A comedy5. Why did soap companies choose to advertise during soap operas?A. The stories were continuous. B. The company liked the show.C. Their customers watched them. D. Commerc
17、ials were not expensive.6. What does the underlined words “couch potato” mean?A. 老泡在电视机前的人 B. 去亲戚家看完电视后睡沙发的人C. 无力购买电视机的人 D. 卖掉土豆挣了钱去买电视机的人V. 书面表达： 假如你是 Peter，是一名大学生。你最近对 200 名同学（男女各半）的择业理想作了次调查，现将调查结果（如下图表所示）用英语给校长 Mr. Smith 写一篇报告。注意： 1。报告应包括图表所示的全部内容 2。词数 100 左右 3。 报告的开头和结尾已给出。 参考词汇：make a survey 作
18、调查Dear Mr. Smith, _ Yours,PeterI. 1. empire 2. confusion 3. influence 4. poetry 5.overthrowII. 1. Republic 2. confusion 3. fighting 4. poet 5.influence 6. reunited 7. formation 8. route 9. similarities 10.likewiseIII. 1. like 2. place 3. under 4. gave 5. ruins 6. lay 7. see 8. rescue 9. began 10. be
19、fore 11. used 12. careful 13. life 14. without 15. help 16. able 17. hard 18. together 19. found 20. pastIV. BBCBC A V. One possible version:Dear Peter,I am a college student. I have made a survey among 100 boys and 100 girls. The result of the survey is as follows: What boys like to do most is to b
20、ecome business, while the girls favorite work is to be teachers. Only a few boys want to do this job. It is interesting that the numbers of boys and girls who want to be doctors are equal. As for becoming lawyer, more boys expect to have this job. However, there are still students who are not clear about their future.Yours,peter
