课时同步（人教版）高二选修6Unit4

Having ___ all of his father’s fortune, the son became a beggar.

The ___ of the heavy rain was the flooding of large areas of land.

He gave me a painting with his name ___.

She wondered how it ___ that her husband met with trouble again.

What does it matter whether you are rich or poor, ___ you are happy.

He thought he heard someone following him, and ___ round. He caught sight of a dark figure in the shadow.

Though told to stop, the excited speaker ___ talking.

Teachers have to constantly update their knowledge in order to maintain their professional ___.

This restaurant has become popular for its wide ___ of foods that suits all tastes and pockets.

The engineers are so busy that they have zero time for outdoor sports activities, ___ they have the interest.

The ___ （街道）of the city were crowded with people.
We made an a___ to the villagers for money to build the bridge.
The old lady was increasingly ___ (虚弱的) after her operation.
Ancient Greece was an advanced ___ (文明).
This store has an excellent r___ for fair dealing.
His designs have a strong ___ （可视的） appeal.
He is one of our p___ employees.
These two ___ （签名） are very similar. Can you tell them apart?
The telephone and gramophone were c___ inventions.
The ___ （委员会） has(have) decided to dismiss him.

翻译短语
（对某人）有吸引力
很值得参观
由某人来定
have an preference for
at the same time
be fond of

用所给单词的适当形式填空

The children were having fun, running after each other’s ___.
Einstein never ___ what any others had said until he proved it himself.
The prisoners made several ___ to run away, but failed every time.
In china, citizens are not allowed ___ a gun.
The public call for a return to traditional ___ in education, such as firm discipline.
Despite the objection, he was ___ that he was right.
George won a ___ to study at university.

根据首字母提示或者汉语意思写出单词
A lamp is concrete but its brightness is a___ .
I’ve lost f___ in him.
I wish you weren’t so ___ (传统的) in the clothes you wear.
After much deliberation, the president decided to a___ her suggestion.
Sometimes he sits alone in the s___.
It’s the most ___(荒谬的，可笑的) thing I have ever heard in my life.
They a___ to finish the task before July.
He ___(预言) a good harvest.
Nowadays, tobacco advertisements are more and more ___(有争议的).
It was a c___ that he was born on his mother’s birthday.

  Robert Frost was one of America’s best known and most honored serious writers. But his fame came __   in his life. He was forty __   Americans began to read his poems and praise them. Once his __   was set up, however, it grew stronger and stronger during the rest of his long life. His success came from __   traditional forms of poetry with American words,       in a clearly American way.
Frost        the same speaker for many poems, so the        poems formed a larger unity. He created this speaker carefully. He felt that his readers would believe his poems if he put the words into the mouth of a _    person who lived in the country, not the _    .
Many people thought the speaker was Frost himself. In fact, the speaker was   （10 ）person. Frost, the       , tried to become the imaginary person he       for his poetry.
Robert Frost is always linked to the land of cold winters in the northeastern United States, the area called New England.         he came from the other side of the country, San Francisco, California. He was born there in 1874. He lived in California during his early       .
This man who was born in the        and became linked with New England was named for the chief southern general in American’s Civil War. The general’s name was Robert Edward Lee. The poet was named Robert Lee Frost, because his father wanted to       the general.
Someone once asked another American       , Ernest Hemingway, how to become a writer. The _     thing, he said, was to have an _     childhood. If this is true, Robert Frost’s childhood was unhappy enough to make him a very        writer.

A．soon B．late C．quickly D．early

A．since B．until C．before D．after

A．fame B．name C．poem D．family

A．working B．using C．putting D．uniting

A．spoken B．made C．built D．formed

A．thought of B．practiced C．used D．met

A．old B．separate C．famous D．excellent

A．common B．young C．wise D．grown-up

A．city B．village C．state D．continent

A．a famous B．a real C．an imaginary D．a historic

A．artist B．man C．lady D．officer

A．loved B．respected C．admired D．created

A．In this way B．Yet C．Though D．Therefore

A．childhood B．writings C．work D．paintings

A．East B．North C．West D．South

A．learn from B．know C．study D．honor

A．teacher B．writer C．painter D．leader

A．quickest B．worst C．best D．hardest

A．exciting B．interesting C．unlucky D．unhappy

A．good B．poor C．young D．able

  Biomass energy(生物能)，often forgotten as a promising alternative(替代物) to oil, received its day in the sun with the gathering of the Bio-Energy World Congress and Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia, late in April, 1990. Nearly 1,700 scientists, businessmen, and policy-makers, one-quarter from the foreign nations, gathered for a week to discuss various means of squeezing usable energy out of trees, crops, manure, seaweed, algae, and urban waste. Biomass in the United States contributes 2.5 percent of the total supply, but this amount can be doubled by 2000 and then doubled again by the year 2010.
Eight percent of Sweden’s energy supply, for example, is presently coming from wood bark and pulp remainings. Sweden intends to raise this percentage by more intensive harvesting of waste food lying around in forests, and through the planting of so-called energy forests of fast-growing trees such as willow and birch.
Brazil is frequently pointed to as a nation with a major successful investment(投资) in energy coming from grains: it presently runs 330,000 automobiles on a water and alcohol(酒精) mixture, replacing 10 percent of its previous oil supply. Brazilian representatives(代表) at the conference said they wish to double this in five years, with a final goal of total replacement. Most of the cars are built at the factory to use the mixture, while older models are changed through low-cost government programs.
In Line 2, the phrase “received its day in the sun” most probably means “___”.

Of the total supply in 2010, biomass in the U.S. will be ___ .

Which of the following is not regarded as biomass energy?

A suitable title for this passage would be ___.

  When I was small and my grandmother died, I couldn’t understand why I had no tears. But that night when my dad tried to cheer me up, my laugh turned into crying.
So it came as no surprise to learn that researchers believe crying and laughing come from the same part of the brain. Just as laughing has many health advantages, scientists are discovering that so, too, does crying.
Whatever it takes for us to reduce pressure is important to our emotional health, and crying seems to work well. A study has found that 85 percent of women and 73 percent of men report feeling better after crying.
Besides, tears attract help from other people. Researchers agree that when we cry, people around us become kinder and friendlier and they are more ready to provide support and comfort. Tears also enable us to understand our emotions better; sometimes we don’t even know we’re very sad until we cry. We learn about our emotions through crying, and then we can deal with them.
Just as crying can be healthy, not crying-holding back tears of anger, pain or suffering-can be bad for physical health, studies have shown that too much control of emotions can lead to high blood pressure, heart problems and some other illnesses. If you have a health problem, doctors will certainly not ask you to cry. But when you feel like crying, don’t fight it. It’s a natural-and healthy-emotional response.
It can be inferred from the text that ___.

According to the author, which of the following statements is true?

What might be the most suitable title for the text?

Trees are one of the oldest living things on earth. They play a very important role for human’s existence. Trees are important for life as they provide food and oxygen. The importance of tree continues to increase and more benefits of trees are being discovered as their role expands to satisfy the needs created by our modern lifestyles. The forests and trees that are planted by humans work together with us to make the world look better and more beautiful.   Some of them are as follows.
Trees can clean soil and control soil erosion. Poisonous chemicals and pollutants from various factories enter into the soil, thus causing soil pollution.   Soil erosion is a serious problem that causes degradation (退化) of soil and leads to floods. Trees and plant roots bind the soil and thus reduce soil erosion. Also they conserve rainwater and reduce sediment(沉积) deposits.
Trees produce oxygen. Trees play an important role in reducing the greenhouse gases. They consume carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.   A fully grown tree produces oxygen which is sufficient for 10 people for a complete year. Also, they act as filters of the air that we breathe.
Trees are of commercial importance. Trees fulfill the need of fuel for cooking in many areas around the world. Trees also provide timber for furniture and hundreds of household items. Wood pulp is used for making paper in industries.   Some trees are even used to make medicines.
 ，They provide shelter and food for a number of animal species across the globe. Trees are especially important as they form green corridors connecting habitats with each other and with the countryside beyond.
This lowers global warming.
Trees have beautified our planet.
Trees act as the habitat for wild animals.
In fact, trees play different roles in our environment.
Without trees our planet cannot be considered a place for living.
Also, trees produce a number of fruits and nuts which are sold at market.
Trees have the ability to store them or change them into less harmful forms.
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  My son is growing up and it scares me. My chances of   decrease day by day. I fear that my influence will be   by someone else. Still, I repeat the basics and the possible   in life to him even though he doesn’t want to   . And I keep my   that my guidance will save   of us.
I know that I haven’t lost him   , not yet anyway, because of the   he gave me the other day when I   him off at school.
“I love you,” I said as always, as he took out his schoolbag.   , he would say, “I love you, too. Bye.” But he didn’t this time, and I was OK with it. He’s fourteen; what can I   ? Then he looked straight at me. “I love you,” he said   . He looked into my eyes to see that I had heard him.
His   and the expression in his eyes happened unexpectedly. I couldn’t even believe my ears. I know him   than anyone else in the world. I could hear what he was not saying, “I love you, too, Mom. I wanted to say it back to you   yo u said it, but there were some people walking by and they might   me, and then teased(取笑) me. But I didn’t mean to   your feelings, and I didn’t want you to leave without hearing it, because I   do love you. Please   .”
I do understand. I understand that I can’t be with him or   him every second. Now, I have tried to prepare us both for the separation since he is growing up.
A. guidance      B. meeting     C. criticism  D. care
A. repeated      B. reminded    C. replaced   D. remained
A. problems      B. answers     C. mistakes   D. employments
A. listen        B. study       C. work       D. attempt
A. review        B. belief      C. promise    D. decision
A. neither       B. each        C. either     D. both
A. completely    B. quickly     C. party      D. exactly
A. letter        B. gift        C. look       D. smile
A. took          B. put         C. saw        D. rang
A. Usually      B. Rarely      C. Sometimes  D. Never
A. imagine      B. expect      C. suppose    D. think
A. quietly      B. loudly      C. proudly    D. sadly
A. cleverness   B. feelings    C. happiness  D. words
A. fewer        B. worse      C. less       D. better
A. when         B. until      C. unless     D. before
A. stare at     B. laugh at    C. hear       D. praise
A. influence    B. show        C. hurt       D. ignore
A. hardly       B. really      C. greatly    D. often
A. realize      B. understand  C. recognize  D. know
A. prevent      B. protect     C. teach      D. reject

  Being on bad terms with your neighbors can make your life frustrating day after day. But taking the time to establish a good relationship with your neighbors has a good many benefits. The community will be friendlier, the neighborhood safer, and the area a nicer place to live in. There are some suggestions to develop a good relationship with your neighbors.
Whether you’re new in the neighborhood or new residents who have just moved into your block, introduce yourself. Say hello, offer a welcoming gift and share or ask about the local area.
Sometimes, you can remedy(补救) problems before they even start; for example, if you do a lot of yard work, let them know in advance and mention that if it’s getting too loud, they shouldn’t hesitate to let you know.
Be aware of the shared walls, if you and your neighbors share adjacent(相邻的) living spaces. Try to put noisy household appliances such as washing machines and tumble dryers away from the shared walls.
Keep your pet dog on a leash(皮带) if it has a habit of running rampant on your neighbors’ lawns, especially if they have a pet cat or a pet dog of their own, and ensure to clean up after it.
When you park your vehicle, be sure not to block anyone’s access, or make them have to pull out of a very tight spot. Don’t slam(砰地关上) your car doors late at night.
Weed your garden in a regular way, because the presence of weeds in your yard is not only unsightly but can also spread to your neighbor’s yard.
Really good neighbors watch out for each other. They offer to help, especially on matters that impact the larger neighborhood and look for opportunities to communicate. Great neighbors make for great neighborhood.

Topic: To be a good neighbor
Importance of   a good relationship with your neighbors	● Being on   terms with your neighbors can make you frustrated day after day. ● A good relationship with neighbors has numerous benefits,   a friendlier community, a safer neighborhood and a nicer and more comfortable area.
Steps to develop a good relationship with your neighbors	● Introduce yourself when you are in a new area. ● Care about others and let them know they can point out your problem without any  . ● Be   of the shared walls if your neighbors share adjacent living space. ● Make   you clean up after your dog runs on your neighbors’ lawns. ● When you park your car late at night,   slamming your car doors. ● Weed your garden  .
Conclusion	● Good neighbors have a(an)   on more people, offer to help have seek opportunities to communicate. ● Great neighbors   to great neighborhoods.

 
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Movie Music
Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as “silent”, the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes. At first, the music played bore no special relationship to the films; an accompaniment of any kind was sufficient. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film.
As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be added to the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed. For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces. Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown(if indeed, the conductor was lucky enough to see them then), the musical arrangement was normally improvised in the greatest hurry.
To help meet this difficulty, film distributing companies started the practice of publishing suggestions for musical accompaniments. In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films such indications of mood as ”pleasant”, “sad”, “lively”. The suggestions became more explicit, and so emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable pieces of music, and precise directions to show where on piece led into the next.
Certain films had music especially composed for them. The famous of these early special scores was that composed and arranged for D.W Griffith’s film Birth of a Nation, which was released in 1915.
When the Lumiere films were shown in the United States ___.

From the context of the passage we can know that with the development of films ___ and became more important.

The musical cue sheet was used for ___.

What can be inferred from the passage about the majority of films made after 1927?

  Some people believe that greed and selfishness has become the basis of modern society, and we should return to the old traditions of family and community, then we will have a better life. To that extent do you agree or disagree with the above opinion?
In this fast-paced world, many values are undergoing major changes. While people traditionally prioritize caring, sharing and generosity in life and work, modern people seem to be more self-absorbed and self-concerned.
Modern people act selfishly to survive the harsh competition of life. They say that it is a jungle out there. To survive, you have to fight with whatever means that come handy. Obviously greed and selfishness go perfectly well with such ideas. In a company, employees do everything they can to get better pay and higher position, even at the cost of colleagues. We are in any way advocating any selfish conduct. It is just that people are pressured to act in a certain way due to outside influences.
In spite of common practice, it is hard to conclude that modern society is built on greed and selfishness, both of which are not newly invented vocabulary. In ancient times people also did greedy and selfish things though such behaviors were more condemned then. But we can not ignore the fact that people in the past lived a relatively more isolated life and faced less pressure compared with their modern counterparts.
Are we happier to share with others and be generous to them? There is no fixed answer either. Some people take great pleasure helping and giving to others while others feel happy doing the opposite. But I personally think that people should not be too selfish. Caring for others can actually encourage the development of a mutually beneficial relationship.
In conclusion, modern people appear to be more self-centered than those in the past due to strong outside pressure. However, we should encourage people to know the importance of being caring and generous and to build a mutually beneficial relationship with others.
Are Modern People Becoming More Selfish？

Main comparisons	Contexts
are changing.	In the past people put caring, sharing and generosity in the first  .
Nowadays, people seem to be more   about themselves.
are changing too.	People in the past appeared to be modest and self-effacing（谦逊的）.
People may strive to achieve their own   at the price of their co-workers.
The author’s understanding
for the changes in the author’s eyes	Fierce   and great   on modern people may be responsible for the changes.
The author’s   towards this topic	A relationship which can   two sides should be established.

 
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  The Internet has come a long way in the last couple of decades, and we’re seeing some noticeable generational trends. For instance, one of my friend’s aunts ”friended me” on Facebook, and I noticed that she had three times the number of Facebook friends as her nephew, despite the fact that she has only recently started to spend more time on the Internet. She spends more time on Facebook than he does. Yet he is part of the younger generation that grew up using the Internet.
The beauty of Facebook is in the packaging of the service. Almost every facet of Facebook is technology that existed from years before: e-mail, instant messaging, photo galleries, personal Web pages, RSS, etc. Facebook has taken these functions, which young people have been able to do for the past decade, and made them more user-friendly, more accessible—for young and older generation alike.
Facebook is the second act in the people’s Internet Revolution; the first being America Online, which spurred the adoption of the Internet in the homes of ordinary Americans. In a similar fashion, Facebook is spurring the adoption of Internet use in demographics that have been dismissed as the non-Internet users. It gives people a reason to be online in a way that simply checking e-mail, the 1996 equivalent, did not. Facebook is active in a way that the general population may find more rewarding.
The ability to communicate (or not communicate) with your friends in different ways also heightens the ‘stickiness’ of the service. For example, it tells you who else is using Facebook right now. You can then exchange instant messages with any of them. There’s always one more thing to check, see, or do on Facebook. It’s like a never-ending dinner party and all your friends and family are invited.
Compared with the aunt, the nephew ___.

What does the underlined word in the second paragraph refer to?

Which is true according to the third paragraph?

Using Facebook, you can ___.

What is the main idea of the passage?

  Many animal and plant species have become extinct and many more are in critical danger. Finding ways to protect the earth’s wildlife and protect the natural world they inhabit is now more important than ever.
Now many animals remain threatened with extinction as a result of human activity.
The dodo is a classic example of how humans caused damage to the earth’s wildlife. The flightless dodo was native to the Island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It lived off fallen fruit from the island’s trees and lived safely until humans arrived in 1505. The easily controlled bird became a source of food for sailors and was attacked by animals introduced to the island by humans such as pigs and monkeys. The population of dodos rapidly decreased and the last one was killed in 1681.
The rhino(犀牛) horn is a highly prized item for Asian medicine. This has led to the animal being hunted in its natural habitat. Once widespread in Africa, Europe and Asia, most rhinos now live in protected natural parks and reserves. Their numbers have rapidly decreased in the last 50 years, and the animal remains constantly threatened by hunters.
The last 100years has seen a 95% reduction in the numbers of remaining tigers to between 5,000 and 7,000 and the Bali, Javan, and Daspian tigers are already extinct. The South China tiger is close to disappearing, with only 20 to 30 still alive. Like the rhino horn, tigers’ bones and organs are sought after for traditional Chinese medicine. These items are traded illegally along with tiger skins.
The World Wildlife Fund is actively involved in many areas of the world fighting to protect the natural habitats of endangered animals from further damage and curb the activities of hunters. Our own efforts at home and in the workplace can also make a difference. By reducing waste and pollution, saving water, wood, and energy, and reusing and recycling whenever possible, we can reduce the possibility of even more animals being lost, never to return.
The purpose of this passage is to ___.

The common reason why many animals are facing extinction is that ___ .

Which of the following statements about the dodo is TRUE according to the passage?

The underlined word “curb” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to “___”.

  If you have a watch, don’t repair it! I know it . Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to it up. The next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said: “The regulator(校准器) is to be pushed up your watch is four minutes .”
I tried to stop him, and tried to him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.
My beautiful watch began to gain time. It faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.
What did I have to do? To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch immediately he asked me to come in a week’s time. When at last I took my watch from him it began to down. And I began to be late for trains, business appointments and even missed my dinners.
Now I went to watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he it to pieces and said that he could finish this work three or four days. I could do nothing but . That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.
So I kept my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time.
And as a result of it the cleverest main in the world could not the time by my watch. The thing was getting . My watch had two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred. At last I decided to buy watch, which I did.
A. for reality     B. for truth     C. for certain    D. for certainty
A. kept            B. told           C. observed       D. struck
A. turn            B. wind           C. pick           D. put
A. be turned       B. be taken       C. be put         D. be set
A. as              B. as if          C. when           D. if
A. fast            B. slowly         C. faster         D. slow
A. get             B. persuade       C. make           D. explain
A. gained          B. lost           C. went           D. won
A. had remained    B. had left       C. had stayed     D. had fallen
A. however        B. and            C. but            D. therefore
A. go             B. walk           C. slow           D. take
A. the third      B. the second     C. the first      D. the forth
A. broke          B. took           C. tore           D. cut
A. after          B. before         C. over           D. in
A. to agree       B. agree          C. agreeing       D. agreed
A. taking         B. bringing       C. carrying       D. fetching
A. recognize      B. tell           C. know           D. understand
A. seriously      B. pleasant       C. badly          D. serious
A. spent          B. took           C. cost           D. paid
A. another        B. the other      C. one            D. one more

Strange stones of Costa Rica
One of the strangest mysteries in archaeology was discovered in the Diquis River Delta, in southern Costa Rica. Since the 1930s, hundreds of stone balls have been found. They range in size from a few centimeters to over two meters in diameter.
Who made these perfect spheres(球体) and how they made them remains a mystery. Some researchers believe the stones were made by extreme heating followed by cooling. People could have polished the spheres with sand or leather. The ancient Costa Ricans had no written language so there is no written record of just how they made the spheres.
Almost all are made of granite (花岗岩), a hard stone created by volcanoes. The granite quarries(采石场) were 25 to 30 miles away from the largest stones, which weigh more than 10 tons each. Nobody knows how people moved them.
Many of the stones have been found near the remains of houses or graves. Some believed that the stones contained hidden treasures and a few have been smashed but nothing has been found inside. Despite these losses, the National Museum of Costa Rica has recorded 130 spheres. However, many stones are not included because they have been removed from their original sites and used as ornaments(装饰) in homes, gardens and churches. Clearly, there are also many stones that lie undiscovered.
The stones were discovered ___ .

The writer ___ in the passage.

The underlined word “polished” refers to “___”.

According to the passage, which of the following is true?

The passage mainly tells us ___ .

I can’t ___ the loud music. It is driving me mad.

We can overcome all the difficulties ___ we are closely united.

There has been serious ___ between the two political parties over this question.

I extend a warm welcome to you ___ my colleagues.

I can ___ the house being untidy, but I hate it if it is not clean.

—Would you get me a bar of chocolate from the kitchen, dear?
— ___ one?

—Silly me! I forget what my language book looks like!
—What do you think of ___ over there?

I know that ___ would ever discourage him; he would never give up wanting to be a director.