Part F Revise & Check
Grammar
I. Error correction.
1. Every boy and every girl as well as teachers who are to visit the museum are asked to be at the school gate before 6:30 in the morning. ( )
2. Many a writer of newspaper articles have turned to writing novels. ( )
3. — Each of the students working hard at their lessons is reading the book.
— So have I. ( )
4. — How did your students express their thanks to you on Teachers’ Day?
— A gift together with many flowers are sent to me. ( )
5. This kind of book are very useful but books of that kind are useless. ( )
II. Choose the best answer for each of the sentences.
1. To work hard________necessary for a student.
A. are B. is C. were D. was
2. The poet and writer________come.
A. are B. is C. have D. has
3. Nobody but two boys________late for class.
A. are B. will C. was D. were
4. Bread and butter________a daily food in the west.
A. are B. is C. am D. were
5. The police________looking for lost boy.
A. am B. was C. is D. are
III. Translation.
Vocabulary
I. Paraphrase the following words.
II. Complete the sentences with cultural, character, refer, social, loose, sign.Change the word forms if necessary
1. His_______________is very different from his wife’s.(https://www.daowen.com)
2. Dark clouds are a_______________of rain or snow.
3. When I said some people are stupid, I wasn’t_______________to you.
4. The four-year-old girl tied her shoestrings_______________.
5. She wants to do_______________work when she finishes college.
Pronunciation
Choose the word with a different sound of the underlined part.
1. A. things B. thanks C. girls D. apples
2. A. read B. meat C. break D. clean
3. A. men B. women C. mend D. pen
4. A. think B. sing C. difference D. bring
5. A. think B. father C. mother D. their
Reading
Now satellites are helping to forecast the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere, because this is where the weather forms. They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists (气象学家) can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.
Today, nearly 500 weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too.In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.
So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 to 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three to five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead.
1. Where do satellites travel?
2. Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere?
3. When will meteorologists forecast the weather?
4. Do you believe that meteorologists may be able to forecast the weather for seven days or even longer?
5. What is the main idea of this passage?
Speaking
Do the task with your partner after reading the following information.
The spirit of adventure has become the tradition of the American people. When the first “white”American left England in 1606 to settle in Virginia in search of freedom and fortune, they suffered terribly. After five years only 50 colonists were left out of 500. As for the colonists who landed in New England from the Mayflower in 1620, more than half died of disease during the first winter. These New Englanders, who became known as the Pilgrim Fathers, left behind them all security and everything that was familiar. They knew they had a big chance of sinking in the ocean. They faced tremendous uncertainty and hardship on the new land. Since they adventured to explore the New World as to seek the opportunities of life, the spirit of bravery and adventure was established as the important part of the national spirits.
As one of the most influential social values and spirits in America, the spirit of adventure has been shaped and developed in many aspects of the American society such as migration, frontier movement,mobility and change, and even in sports and outdoor activities.
1. How can we cultivate the spirit of adventure among young people in China?
2. What inspiration can we get from Americans’ spirit of adventure when we are complaining the dull life every day?