2023年牛津上海版 高中一年级第一学期 Unit3 A taste of travel-more reading专项解说及训练

U3 A taste of travel- More Reading

单词解说

1．remains  n．遗迹

 The professor is very interested in studying the remains of ancient Rome．教授对研究古罗马的遗迹非常有兴趣。

【拓展】

  ①n．剩余物 e.g.  In her family，the remains of supper is often thrown away．在她家，吃剩下的晚饭常常被倒掉。

  ②n．遗体e.g.  The writer’s remains were laid in a church．作家的遗体被安葬在教堂。

  ③remain  v．剩下；维持 e.g.  Because of a heart attack，the old man was advised to remain indoors a week．

                         因为心脏病发，老人被建议在室内休养一周。

2．access  v.到达；进入

 Visitors were asked to access the building through the back door．访客被需要从后门进入大楼。

  【拓展】

  ①n．通道；机会，权利

  e.g. The only access to the village is cut off．进入村庄的唯一通道被切断了。

  ②accessible  adj．可以进入的；易接近的

  e.g. Young parents should make sure that medicine is not accessible to their children．

年轻的爸爸妈妈们应该确保药品放在孩子们拿不到的地方。

3．empire   n．帝国

 e.g. The Roman Empire used to be very powerful．古罗马帝国过去十分强大。

【拓展】  emperor     n.皇帝

4．ruin      n. 废墟；遗迹

 【必背】 fall into ruin  毁坏；崩溃

e.g. Many ancient buildings fell into ruin in the earthquake．很多古时候建筑物在地震中被毁坏。

 【拓展】    v．毁坏e.g. The storm ruined the crops．暴风雨毁坏了庄稼。

5．overlook   v．俯视；眺望

 e.g. The manager’s office room overlooks the sea．经理的房间可以俯视大海。

【拓展】    v．忽视；错过

 e.g. He overlooked the chance to go abroad for further study．他错过了去海外留学的

    机会。    

6．wonder    n．奇迹

e.g. The Great Wall in Beijing is a world wonder．北京的长城是一大世界奇迹。

 【拓展】    

①n．惊讶 e.g.  She looked at him with great wonder．她无比惊讶地看着他。

  ②v．感到惊讶；想了解

  【常用搭配】

   wonder at对…感到惊讶    

·They wondered at his reaction to the surprising news．他对这则惊人消息的反应使他

们感到惊讶。    

·She was wondering how to get there quickly．她当时在想怎么样最快地到达那儿。

课堂训练

训练1、

The world moves so quickly nowadays. With so many daily responsibilities, some of us can __________ keep our heads above water. Should we make time for studying or appreciating the arts?

Many people would say the arts are nice, but not __________ . In school, students should focus on languages, math and science. Painting, drama and music are frills. After graduation, listening to Mozart won't __________ you to a better-paid job.

Not everyone needs to experience Shakespeare or Picasso to have a good life. Besides, who has time?

In truth, spending time learning to appreciate the arts may be more __________ than you think. A recent British study examined the __________ and jobs of people who spent time enjoying the arts when __________. The researchers found those who enjoyed the arts from an early age had better jobs and higher salaries than those who didn't.

What's the __________ ? How could visiting a museum, enjoying a symphony, or honing painting skills lead to career __________ ? It turns out that the arts __________ us develop many useful skills.

key:

1. B    2. E    3. C    4. G    5. H    6. I    7. F    8. A    9. D

训练二

1. 学生们需要有机会读到好书。            

2. 站在山头，大家可以俯视整个村庄。      

3. 很多城市建筑在地震中成为废墟。       

key:

Students must have access to good books.

Standing on the TOP of the hill, we can overlook the whole village

In the earthquake, many buildings of the city fell into ruin

训练三

A

Last Friday parents helped collect lots of money for a school by buying children’s pictures. The classrooms in a primary school in Bicester ______ as an art gallery for a day and the school invited parents to come and look. All the pupils produced a work of art and each painting went on sale at $5. Hundreds of parents and relations came and, together, ______ spent over $2,000.

Now the school is thinking of making the exhibition ______ next year by also contacting businesses ______ operate in the local area. One of the school children’s parents first had the idea after going to similar exhibitions ______ his home country, South Africa.

The head teacher said he was delighted to see the school so full and he was very proud of（23）_____the children did. Now the school ______ to use the money to buy books and CD players.

B

Deep sleep is important for everyone. The actual amount of sleep you need _______ on your age. A young child ought sleep ten to twelve hours, and ______ teenager about nine hours. Adults differ a lot in their sleeping habits. For most of them, seven to eight hours a night is enough, but some sleep longer, while ______ manage with only four hours.

   For a good night, ______ a comfortable place to sleep is very important. Also, there should be plenty of fresh air in the room. A warm drink sometimes helps people to sleep, although it is not a good idea  ______ coffee immediately before going to bed. ______ you have to travel a very long distance, try ______ to bed earlier than usual the day before the journey. This will help you to feel more ______ when you arrive.

key:

18. were used , they,  bigger, which/ that, in, what, has decided

25 depends 26. a    27. others  28. having    29. to drink  30. if         31. to go  32. relaxed

课后训练

练习一 语法填空

1. The problem is that Jean’s family members are so busy that they can hardly find time __________ with her.

2. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends ____________________ she keeps in touch with quite often.

3. It always took them hours __________ happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time.

4. She asked him to let her __________ with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday.

5. She was greatly surprised to find that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy __________Jim!

6. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old __________they graduate from secondary school.

7. If a child attends a private school, then his parents have to pay the school __________the child's education.

8. The tuition for the private school is usually quite high, __________the quality of the school is normally better than that of the public schools.

9. Some colleges and universities receive tax money __________ the government.

10. Almost half of the college students in the United States work __________ they are studying.

训练二

Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always ______________________________such people, but I also explain that there's a big __________  __________    between 'being a writer' and 'writing'.

In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, ____________________ the long hours spent alone typewriting. 'You've got to want to write,' I say to them, 'not want to be a writer.'

The ____________________  is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by ______________________________there are thousands more whose longing is ____________________  rewarded. When I ____________________  a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me a room In a New York apartment building. It didn't ____________________  matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a ______________________________  manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.

After a year or so, ______________________________, I still hadn't gotten a break and began to ______________________________myself. It was so hard to sell a story that I ____________________ made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write.

I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn't going to be one of those people who die ______________________________  'What if?' I would keep putting my dream to the ____________________   even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of ______________________________, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.

key: 1—5    ABABA    6—10    CBDBA    11—16    DCABAB

训练三 

A

Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

    Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy... well, almost everything. The problem is that Jean’s family members are so busy that they can hardly find time to stay with her. As a result, Jean is quite lonely.

So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being __________, not wanting others to know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.

Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time.

Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.

    When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would bring him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on David’s door in San Francisco, she was greatly surprised to find that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!!!

61. Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is _______.

A. rich           B. famous            C. young          D. lonely

62. Jean thought “David” was special because he _______.

A. made her quite happy on QQ              B. was from San Francisco

C. sent her a picture of himself              D. was tall and good-looking

63. The underlined word “anonymous” in Paragraph 2 probably means _______.

   A. not known     B. well known         C. famous         D. active

64. When Jean and “David” finally met each other, who felt most surprised?

A. Either “David” or “Linda”.             B. only “David”.         

C. Jean.                                D. Neither “David” nor Jean.

65. What’s the purpo网站优化f the author to write the passage?

A. Don’t believe those you get to know on QQ so easily.

B. People don’t use their real names on QQ so often.

C. Don’t go to meet those you get to know on QQ.  

D. People should tell their real names to others on QQ.

B

In the United States, boys and girls start school when they are six years old. In some states they must stay in school until they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they graduate from secondary school. Another name for secondary school is high school. Most children go to public elementary and secondary schools. The parents of public school pupils do not have to pay directly for their children's education because tax money supports the public schools. If a child attends a private school, then his parents have to pay the school for the child's education. The tuition for the private school is usually quite high, but the quality of the school is normally better than that of the public schools.

Today about half of the high school graduates go on to colleges and universities. Some colleges and universities receive tax money from the government. A student at a state university does not have to pay very much if his parents live in that state. Private colleges and universities are expensive, however. Almost half of the college students in the United States work while they are studying. College students work for different reasons. When a student's family is not rich, he has to earn money for part of his college expenses.

12. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?

A. In the United States, children start school when they are six years old.

B. State universities cosplayt less if the students' parents live in that state.

C. Most children go to public schools.

D. Very few high school graduates go on to colleges and universities.

13. _______of secondary school graduates attend a college or university.

A. about a quarter                            B. Most

C. about fifty percent                         D. about forty percent

14. In America, _______ work while they are studying in colleges and universities.

A. most students                             B. about half of the students

C. almost all of the college students            D. almost half of the college students

15. According to the passage, what is the reason for students to work while studying in colleges and universities?

A. Because they want to support themselves completely.

B. Because they have to make money for part of their college expenses.

C. Because their parents do not want to support their college expenses.

D. Because they want to gain some work experience while studying.