1、Unit 4 Exploring plantsSection Warming Up,Pre-reading,Reading but it offered economic and social opportunities.At the same time,the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive:though it promised fresh air and nature,it suffered from agricultural depression(萧条) and it offered neither enough
2、work and wages,nor much social life.Howards idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement,the garden city.Howards idea was that a group of people should set up a company,borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside,far enough from existing ci
3、ties to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.Garden cities would provide a central public open space,radial avenues and connecting industries.They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt,also owned by the company,containing not merely farms but also some industrial
4、institutions.As more and more people moved in,the garden city would reach its planned limitHoward suggested 32,000 people;then,another would be started a short distance away.Thus,over time,there would develop a vast planned house collection,extending almost without limit.Within it,each garden city w
5、ould offer a wide range of jobs and services,but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system,thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.1How did Howard get the name for his building plan of garden cities?A.Through his observation of the countr
6、y life.B.Through the combination of different ideas.C.By taking other peoples advice.D.By using the nickname of the reconstructed Chicago.答案: D解析: 细节理解题。从第一段第三句话 “In those days,it was nicknamed the Garden City.his later building plan of towns.”可知 D 项正确。2The underlined phrase “drawing on”in Paragraph
7、 1 probably means . A.making use ofB.making comments onC.giving an explanation ofD.giving a description of答案: A解析: 词义猜测题。从第一段第四句话可知 ,霍华德以这些想法为素材,创造出了一种独特的设计风格,故draw on 的意思是 make use of。3According to Howard,garden cities should be built . A.as far as possible from existing citiesB.in the countryside
8、where the land was cheapC.in the countryside where agriculture was developedD.near cities where employment opportunities already existed答案: B解析: 细节理解题。从第二段最后一句话 “.in the depressed countryside,far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.”可知 B 项正确,强调地价要低。A
9、 项描述不准确。4What can we learn about garden cities from the last paragraph?A.Their number would continue to rise.B.Each one would continue to become larger.C.People would live and work in the same place.D.Each one would contain a certain type of business.答案: A解析: 细节理解题。从第三段第三句话 “As more and more people
10、moved in,the garden city would reach its planned limitHoward suggested 32,000 people.”可知 B 项错误;C 项在文中没有提及; 从第三段第五句话“each garden city would offer a wide range of jobs and services”可知 D 项错误;从第三段第三句话“.another would be started a short distance away.”可知 A 项正确。5What could be the best title for the passage
11、?A.City and CountrysideB.The Invention of the Garden CityC.A New City in ChicagoD.A Famous Garden City in England答案: B解析: 主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了 the Garden City 名字的由来、建设及其发展的过程,故不选 D 项而选 B 项。BCan plants eat people?Probably not,but there are many plants that eat meat.Some of them are big.And they can eat smal
12、l animals.One famous meat-catching plant is the Venus flytrap (捕蝇草).The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant.It grows in dry parts of the United States.Its leaves are like the pages of a book.They can open and close very quickly.Inside the leaves,there are three small hairs.If a fly touches one of
13、the hairs,the leaf closes quickly.The fly cannot get out.In about half an hour,the leaf presses the fly until it is dead.Then,the plant covers the fly.Slowly,the plant eats the fly.Why do plants do it?Most plants get what they need from the sun,the air,and the ground.In some places,the ground is ver
14、y poor.It doesnt have all these important things,especially nitrogen (氮).Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen,so some plants eat meat to get what they need.Lets hope that some of the bigger plants dont get the same idea!6The Venus flytrap is a kind of . A.plant B.animalC.food D.meat答案: A解析: 细节理解题。由第一段最
15、后一句和第二段第一句可知答案。7The Venus flytrap grows in . A.most parts of the world B.some parts of AfricaC.dry parts of the US D.wet parts of England答案: C解析: 细节理解题。由第二段第二句可知捕蝇草生长在美国的干燥地区。8From the passage we learn that . A.all plants can eat peopleB.all plants can eat animalsC.some plants can eat peopleD.some p
16、lants can eat animals答案: D解析: 细节理解题。由第一段可知应选 D 项。9The underlined word “presses” probably means . A.squeezes B.closesC.opens D.loosens答案: A解析: 词义猜测题。由上下文可知 :捕蝇草的叶子很快地合上 ,苍蝇无法逃出,在半个小时的时间里,捕蝇草的叶子挤压苍蝇直至将其挤死。10The reason why some plants eat animal meat is that . A.plants are dangerous to animalsB.animals
17、 are dangerous to plantsC.plants want to get what they need from animal meatD.plants want to protect themselves against animals答案: C解析: 细节理解题。由最后一段可知答案。五、语篇填空:阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。No one likes to talk about forgiveness.But the dictionary 1 (definitive) of “forgive” is “to stop feelin
18、g angry or resentful towards something or somebody”. And Im sure many people 2 (manage)to do that.I know I have,and I know how hard it is.To let go of feeling 3 (wrong)is probably the hardest part.I had been living with a friend for two years and many things he was doing were really bothering me I f
19、elt 4 werent good for him 5 (emotion)or physically,and I hated being around the results.I started to get very angry in my interactions with him. We finally had a quarrel,and when he pointed out that I also 6 (behave)badly,I was shocked.All my 7 disappeared and I realized that, 8 angry I may get,I fi
20、nally loved my friend and wanted to continue to live with him.Its true that “ 9 (love)is to forgive all.” And to forgive feels great.After 10 long conversation,my friend looked at me and said,“Im so glad we could let go of all that.I feel like Ive shed a skin.” I had to agree. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 答案: 1.definition 2.have managed 3.wronged 4.they 5.emotionally 6.was behaving 7.anger 8.however 9.to love 10.a
