話題：人生哲理

Unit20A詞數：

參考用時：分鐘Ayoungmanwenttovisitawisemandeepintheforthewisdomoflife.“Excuseme!Couldyoupleasetellmewhatthe1dayinlives？Isitthedaywhenwewerebornortheday2？Isitdaywhenwefallinloveorthedaysucceed?”Theyoungmanasked.“3.Themostimportantinourlivesistoday.”Thewisemanrepliedcalmly.“Why?”Theyoungmanfeltmorethan4.“Isitbecausethereisamovingeventtakingplacetoday?”“No.Nothinghashappenedtoday.“Isitbecauseofmyvisit?”“Evenifnobodyvisitedmetoday,todayis5veryimportanttodayistheonlywealthwehave.Nomatterhowmemorableyesterdayis,ithasgonebygoingdownintothesea;nomatterbrighttomorrowmaybe,itiscome;butnomatterhowcommontodayis,itis6ourcontrol控制.Theyoungmanstillwantedasksomething,whilethewiseman7himandsaid,“Whenwearetalkingabouttheoftoday,wehavealotofit.”Theyoungmannoddedandthenwentdownthemountain.Actually,todayistheonly9wehave.So,whatweshoulddonowisto10yesterdaytomorrowandcatchfasttoday!()1.A.important()2.A.

B.necessaryB.die

C.comfortableD.funnyC.growD.start()3.A.Nothing()4.A.awful()5.A.yet()6.A.for

B.NoneB.pleasedB.alreadyB.under

C.NooneC.surprisedC.everC.on

D.NeitherD.excitedD.stillD.with()7.A.stoppedB.refused

C.encouraged

D.ordered()8.A.treasured

B.handed

C.wasted

D.avoided()9.A.excuseB.

C.chance

D.plan1()10.A.forgetB.rememberC.callD.treat讀自學【答案速查】參見答案P【自我評價】我做對_____題我很棒！我做錯____，沒關系，再努力！【答案還原】將正確答案填寫到文中空格處。【誦讀全文】大聲朗讀文章遍整體感知全文，體悟作者意圖。【我來總結】完成下列學習任務，并加以背誦。短互(1)fallinlove(with)_______________(2)takeplace_______________(3)(時間過去_______________(4)……的控制_______________佳翻Theyoungmanfeltmoresurprised._______________________________________________________________________Isitbecausethereisamovingeventtakingplacetoday?_______________________________________________________________________Nomatterhowtomorrowmaybe,itisyettocome._______________________________________________________________________Actually,todayistheonlychancewehave._______________________________________________________________________B話題：名人傳記

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參考用時：分鐘ThomasEdisonlituptheworldwithhisinventionofelectricWithouthim,theworldmightstillbeinthedark.However,electriclightwasnothisonlyinvention.Healsoinventedthemotionpictureand1200otherthings.Abouteverytwoweekshecreatedsomethingnew.Thomaswasbornin1847.HeattendedschoolforonlythreeHismothertaughthimathome,butThomaswasself-educated.Heexperimentingatayoungage.Whenhewas12yearsold,hegothisfirstjob.Hebecamenewsboyonatrain.Hedidexperimentsonthetraininsparetime.Unluckily,hisfirstworkexperiencedidnotendwell.Theyhimwhenheaccidentallysetfirethefloorofthetrain.Edisonworkedforyearsasatelegraphoperator,buthecontinuedtospendmuchofhistimeexperimentinghisfirstpatent(專權in1868forrecorderrunbyelectricity.ThomasEdisonwastotallydeafinoneearandhardofhearingintheother,buthethoughtofhisdeafnessasablessingways.Itkeptconversationsshort,sohecouldhavemoretimeforwork.Healwaysworked16outofevery24hours.Sometimeshiswifetoremindhimtosleepandeat.ThomasEdisondiedattheageof84.Heleftgreatmanyinventionsthatgreatlyimproved2thequalityoflifeallovertheworld.()1.HowoftenEdisonmakeanewinvention?A.AbouteveryfourteendaysB.AbouteverysevendaysC.AboutonceaD.Abouttwiceaweek()2.Theunderlinedword“firedinthepassagemeans“__________”A.GavesomebodyajobB.SetfiretosomebodyC.LetsomebodydownD.Forcedsomebodytoleavehis()3.Edisonconsideredhisas______.A.somethingbadB.aGodC.ofabilityD.adisadvantage()4.WhichoffollowingsentenceNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?Edisonhadonly8hoursresteachafterhisdeafness.Edisongothiseducationmostlybyself-teachingEdisonhadhisfirstjobin1869.Edisoninventionsimprovedthequalityofpeople.()5.Whatdoesthemainlytalkabout?A.ThefunctionoftheelectriclightB.EdisonandhisexperimentsC.TheimportanceofinventionsD.ThewholelifeofEdison.讀自學【答案速查】參見答案P【我來總結】完成下列學習任務，并加以背誦。短互(1)lightup_______________(2)teachoneself_______________(3)做實驗_______________(4)放火燒……_______________佳翻(1)Withouthim,theworldmightstillbeinthedark._______________________________________________________________________(2)Abouteverytwoweekshecreatedsomethingnew._______________________________________________________________________(3)Hedidexperimentsonthetraininhissparetime._______________________________________________________________________(4)Sometimeshiswifehadtohimtosleepandeat._______________________________________________________________________C話題：社會生活

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參考用時：分鐘Doyouthinkthatlivingalifeislastcenturystory?Well,itmaybethiscentury’sheadline.3Theworldhasgrowingworriesaboutashortage.Rightnow,therearestill870nhungrypeopleinworld,accordingtosurveyoftheUN’sFoodandAgricultureOrganization.Childrencan’tescapethis,Aroundmillionchildrendieofhungryeachyear.Whatcausingfoodshortages?Thereareseveralreasons.Therearenowmoredroughtsandisharmfultofarmersandtheirabilitytogrowfood.Besides,withthegrowingpopulation,feedingeveryonebecomesmoredifficult.Therearelittlemorethansevenbillionpeopleintheworld.By2050,theworldpopulationwillbemorethanninebillion.Anotherreasoniswaste.Theaveragepersonthrowsaway50kgoffoodeveryyear.Howcanwehelpshortages?Theeasiestistocutdownonfoodwaste.Nexttimebeforethrowingawaythefoodonyourplate,justthinkmuchworkhasbeentomakeit.Bybuyingless,wewasteless.Thistakesthepressureoffproducingsomuchfood.Andithelpstosolvetheproblemoffoodshortage.Youcanalsoaskschoolmatestojoinyou.In2013,KansasStateUniversityinupshortanti-waste標語inroomsThinkBeforeYouWastepercentlessfoodafterthat!

”.Guesswhathappened?StudentswastedTheauthorofthestudysaid,“You’tneedhugeactivitytomake”Reasonsshortage

offood【題1】_________________________________Thegrowingpopulation.【小題2】___________________________________Waysof【小題3】___________

【小題4】___________________________________Asktheotherstudentstojoininyouranti-wastework.Yourunderstandingof【題】__________________________________thelastsentence.讀自學【答案速查】參見答案P【我來總結】完成下列學習任務，并加以背誦。短互(1)live…life_______________(2)dieof_______________4(3)減……的壓力______________(4)生影_______________佳翻Theworldhasgrowingworriesaboutashortage._______________________________________________________________________Bybuyingless,wewasteless._______________________________________________________________________Andithelpstosolvetheproblemoffoodshortage._______________________________________________________________________Youdon’tneedahugeactivitytomakeadifference._______________________________________________________________________5A【答案詳解1-5CBDDB6-10ADADC1.Canywhere任地方；somewhere某地everywhere每地，到處；nowhere無，任何地方都不。聯系后A【案解1-5ABBCDBACCAAimportant重的necessary要的，必須地comfortable舒適的，舒服；funny有趣。聯系后兩句描述，可知此處句意為：我們生活中最重要的日子。故選A。B錯，想念die死種植，成長start開始發動。聯系前半句，可知此處句意為，我們死亡的日子。故選B。Bnone既以指代物也可以指代人noone只可指代人nothing只夠指代物；nothing只能單獨使用，后面不跟of短；的思是兩者都不。根據后一句描述，可知這個智者說的是，都不是。故選B。Cawful可的，使人敬畏的pleased高的surprised吃驚；excited興的。結合語境可知這個年輕人感到非常驚訝。故選C。Dyet仍，，一般用于疑問否定句當中already已，一般用于肯定句中ever曾；still仍然，盡管如此。句意：今天仍然非常重要是因為今天是我們擁有的唯一財富。故D。B為，對于under在…下;on在…上;帶有，伴隨。句意：但是不管今天如何平凡，它仍舊在我們的控制之下。短語underone’s在某人的控制之下，故選B。Astopped停，阻止refused絕；encouraged鼓；ordered命，訂購。結合語境可知這個智者阻止了這個年輕人提間題，故選。Ctreasured珍，珍藏；handed傳遞，攙扶wasted浪；avoided避，避開。結合語境可此處句意為：我們浪費了很多個今天，故選CCexcuse借口way道，方法；chance機會，際遇計劃。結合語境可知此處句意為：天是我們擁有的唯一機會。故選CAforget忘記記，記憶喊叫，打電話給；treat對待。聯系后半句描述知此處句意為：忘記昨天和明天，故選。讀自學短互(1)愛…(2)發生(3)gobyunderone’scontrol佳翻這個年輕人感到非常驚訝。是因為今天有令人感動的事情發生嗎？不管明天如何輝煌，它都還沒有到來。實際上，今天是我們擁有的唯一的機會。B【案解1-5ADBCD1.A根Abouteverytwoweekshecreatedsomething可愛迪生每兩周就有新的發明。選A。2.D根Unluckily,hisfirstworkexperiencedidnotend可知的第一份工作沒有好結果。whenheaccidentallysetfiretothefloorofthe當偶然防火燒了火車的地板時，當然是被解雇了。somebodytoleavehis他迫離開他的工作。相當于fire（雇選。3.B根據hethoughtofhisdeafnessasablessinginmanyways.可他認為他的失聰在很多方面是上帝的恩賜。故選B。6C根據Healwaysworkedofevery可，他每天休息8個時，所以A的陳正；根據Histaughthimathome,butThomaswasmostlyself-educated.可知，愛迪生要是自學成才的，所以B的述正確；Edison生1847，12歲時1859年）他得到第一份作，所以C的陳不正確；根據Heagreatmanyinventionsthatgreatlyimprovedtheoflifeallovertheworld可知，愛迪的許多發明都極大地改善了人們的生活。所以D的陳述正確；本題要求找出陳述不正確的選