[拓展]

set about开始，着手   set down记下，写下  set up竖立，设立，创立

[即练]用含set的短语的正确形式填空。

1. If you want to catch that train we’d better for the station immediately.

2. My brother was good at his thoughts on paper.

3. A workman carrying out repairs the fire alarm unexpectedly.

4. They want to a special school to help disabled children. 

[语境展示]阅雙下面句子，并从a-c中找出与1-3中的

1. A group of boys were setting off fireworks in the street.

2. JeiTy and I set off on foot for the beach.

3. Smoke from a cigarette will not normally set off a smoke alarm.

a.动身，出发      b.燃放(鞭炮等) ,使(炸弹等) 爆炸

c.使(警报)响起，拉响(警报)

[自我归纳]set off在以上各句中的意思分别为：

1 →；2 →；3→ 。

2. People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over. (P2)

[分析]

①本句是一个主从复合句。

②主句是People巧uate&，because引导原因状语从句。一

③ because引导的原因状语从句由and连接的两个知为分句 their food is gathered for the winter whe agricultural work is over 构成。

[句意]，冬吟粮贪收集—来了，农活结束了，人们都心怀感激。

[仿写]孩子们睡觉去了，家务被完了，苏珊感到轻松自在。

请和你的同学—起认真分析下面句子，并补全所缺内容这种学习方式能逐步提高你理解长难句的能力。

    1. India  has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas G?ndhi,the leader who helped gain Indians independence from Britain. (P2) 

分析

①本句是一个主从复合句。

② 主句是 India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Molnjas Gandhi,the leader 作 Mohandas Gandhi 的同位语，其后接who引导的从句。

[句意]印度在10月2日有个全国性节日，纪念莫汉达斯•甘 地，货是f助印枣脱亭英国而独立的领袖。

[仿写]她兴办那所学校校以纪念她的父亲，他是一位将自己的 一生奉献给教育事並岛滅授。

Task II. Read the text and find the supporting information for each of the topic sentences.

             Topic Sentences Supporting Information

1. Some festivals are held to honour      A. Dragon Boat Festival honours the ancient Uead Chinese poet,Qu Yuan.

2. Some festivals are held to honour      B. Chinese people held carnivals and the famous people. whole family celebrate the Lunar New Year

together.

                               to lead their ancestors back to earth.

4. Spring Festivals arc the most ener-      D. People might get awards in form produce getic and                                                 important ones. competitions.

ask Ⅰ.Read the text and fill in the blanks in the chart.

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.

                              D

                          ★★★★☆

            Is there any hope for the r/nVio (苏门答腊犀牛)？Only about 100 of these small,hairy rhinos remain on the planet. And only a few of them exist in the wild. Scientists are lucky to spot one or two on camera traps every couple years. Like all other rhino species,Sumatran rhinos have been poached (偷猎)for their valuable horns,which are used in traditional Asian medicine and can sell at high prices. Although rhino horns have no medical effects,they are used to “treat” everything.

             That it's  so hard Jto find the last wild Sumatran rhinos dnesn't  stnn nnar.hp.rc frnm trvino Rarlipir thic year the species was declared extinct in the wild m Borneo. A year earlier,some people rescued what now appears to have been the last wild Bornean rhino in Malaysia from a poacher's trap. That rhino,a female named Iman,was briefly thought to be a sign of hope for the species. At the time of her rescue,it appeared that she was pregnant. That didn’t  turn out to be the case. Examinations showed that she — like many of the remaining females in her species — was suffering from a disease ihat prevented her from becoming pregnant.

              Another sign of hope arrived this month. A Sumatran rhino named Harapan — whose name means “hope” 一 arrived in Indonesia as part of a program. The American rhino joined his older brother,Andalas,who arrived in Sumatra in 2007 and fathered a rhino in 2012. All previous breeding efforts in Indonesia failed — for 140 years ‘— until Andalas arrived. Andalas* mate,Ratu,is now expecting her second baby rhino.

              However,any rhinos in captivity would not help the remiaining wild rhinos,because they probably wouldn't be able to be released into the jungle after being raised among humans. That means protecting the few wild rhinos remains important.

13. What do we know about the wild Sumatran rhino from Paragraph 1 ?

   A. It lives a safer life than before.

   B. Its horn is seldom used in medicine.

   C. It isn't afraid of being taken pictures.

   D. It is extremely hard to see in the wild.

14. Why didn* t Iman become pregnant?

   A. Because she was too old.

   B. Because there was no male rhino. 

   C. Because her health didn't allow it.

   D. Because she got injured in the trap.

15. Harapan was brought to Indonesia to .  

   A. unite' with Ratu

   B. father rhinos there

   C. be released into the wild

   D. help scientists do research

16. The last paragraph mainly shows that.

   A. a few wild rhinos have been found recently

   B. wild Sumatran rhinos should be well protected

   C. many of the remaining female rhinos have got a bad disease

   D. the Sumatran rhinos in captivity will be released into the jungle

                                 C

                             ★★★★☆

          Sixteen dollars!That's the price of a movie ticket plus tax in Los Angeles. Thanks to an Indian chemist,that amount of cash could also provide clean water for a year for a poor family in the developing world.

          Thalappil Pradeep,a chemistry professor at the Indian Institute of Technology,spent 14 years developing a water filter(滤水器) system that can. remove pollutants from India's groundwater as it is being pumped. The water purifier,which Pradeep first showed to the public in 2012,is the first filter of its kind in India. The country's federal government recently decided to place the pumps across the nation,Pradeep said. He and a team of students formed a company to keep up with the work,he added.

            The device（设备） come in two sizes and at three price levels,which include installation (安装) costs: The $16 version is for homes; a larger one that can be used at schools and office buildings is $500 (connecting a whole village costs $700 more) . The larger purifier,which stands nine feet tall,produces about 80 gallons of clean water per hour.

            Worldwide,663 million people do not have access to clean and safe water. In India,access to clean water is particularly poor. About 21  percent of illnesses in India are caused by drinking dirty water,and more than 100,000 deaths are caused by water-borne illnesses each year.

           The first of Pradeep‘s  pumps was "installed in West Bengal,a state in eastern India,in 2012. The state government took notice and installed pumps at 330 schools across the region. As a result,now about 500,000 people have access to clean water from these pumps,said Pradeep.

9. What did India’ federal government plan to do recently?

   A. To produce water purifiers itself.

   B. To set up a water purifier company.

   C. To help Pradeep continue his research.

   D. To use the water filter system nationwide.

10. What can we know about Pradeep's  device?

   A. It has three sizes and three prices.

   B. It first appeared in public in 2012.

   C. It can purify 80 gallons of dirty water per day.

   D. It is the first widely used water filter in the world.

11. What does the author want to stress by using the figures in Paragraph 4 ?

   A. People in India live a healthy life.

   B. Clean drinking water is not hard to get.

   C. The water purifier is important to India.

   D. It's hard to cure illnesses caused by drinking dirty water.

12. What is the text mainly about?

   A. A water filter system.

   B. Water problems in India.

   C. An Indian chemist's life.

   D. The cost of the water purifier.

                                 B

          Remember the good old days before smartphones? No,we don't mean the days without mobile phones. We’ re talking the old school days. We’ re talking the era of flip phones (翻盖手机) .One teenager named Janey Litvin is looking to bring those days back.

          It started when Litvin dropped her iPhone and heard “crrmrrrack ,” the sound every iPhone owner knows and fears. At first,Litvin was frightened W see her iPhone break into pieces on the floor,but she eventually considered it a good thing.

          “Although I wouldn’t  have admitted it,I was totally addicted to my iPhone,w Litvin wrote in a post,describing it as her full-time job. If she didn't check it at all moments of the day,something,whether it be a Facebook notification (通知) or a message from a friend,would fall through the cracks.“A broken iPhone changed everything. Suddenly,there was no pressure to respond or stay updated with vveveryone's latest move,and it was nice,” she said.

          When others broke their phones and enjoyed a day Or two of freedom from cyberspace,they would get their phones fixed,and then jump right back into the world of network. But Litvin chose not to replace her smartphone. The teen instead ordered a purple Motorola flip phone that “gets the job done." It's a i*ar cry from a wonderful smartphone,but it's all Litvin wanted.

          At first,Litvin experienced uneasiness,even missing out on important conversations and plans. Eventually,she settled into the smartphone-less life,which turned out to be a good thing for her friendships. As Litvin has learned at a summer camp where mobile phones are banned,being disconnected can help “develop incredibly strong friendships."

          For those of us who have not yet tried to brave the world without an iPhone,Litvin offers the following advice.

5. What does the underlined part “fall through the cracks”

in Paragraph 3 mean?

   A. Be checked. B. Be ignored.

   C. Break up.   D. Show up.

6. What did Litvin do after her iPhone broke?

   A. She had it repaired.

   B. She got another iPhone.

   C. She stopped using a mobile phone.

   D. She bought a less advanced phone.

7. We learn from the text that now Litvin.

   A. lives a very busy life

   B. has fewer friends than before

   C. experiences uneasiness sometimes

   D. has got used to life without a smartphone

8. The text is probably followed by a paragraph about.

   A. Litvin's present life

   B. a story about friendship

   C. some tips given by Litvin

   D. some benefits of an iPhone

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和 D) 中，选出最佳选项。

                                A

                          ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

        (I wrote a letter to the future of me recently. And here is the letter.)

Dear Taylor,

        First of all,let's get this straight: I would much rather visit you in person,but I have yet to discover time travel. Seriously,though,I have some things to say to you.

        To begin with,change is good. As my time in high school is coming to a close,I realize this now more than ever. If it weren't  for change,you would still be the same awkward twelve-year-old. I do think you would be somewhat shocked at how far you’ve come since the beginning of high school. Like,guess what? You’ve stopppd wearing makeup and straightening your hair to impress people. You have better things to do (like sleep) . Also,you haven’t lost all your weight,but you’ve gained the self-confidence you've been missing for a very long time.

        You’re probably not looking for advice because you want to be able to do everything on your own,but I'm going to tell you a few things anyway.

        ● Don’t apologize for your opinion* In fact,stop apologizing for so many things. It's unfair to yourself.

        ● Forgiveness is good,but you are not a doormat. Don’t be afraid not to let someone back in.

        ● Tell your grandparents you love them all the time.

        ● Put down that salad and pick up the cheeseburger. You hate salad,and you know it.

        You should also know that you will lose parts of yourself. You will stop believing in lots of things,people,and ideas,but vou are still left whole. You are still you- even more so.

         But,sadly,the world is going to let you down a lot. You are going to see awful things happen on the news,and you’ re going to feel frustrated because you can't do anything. However,the most important thing that you will come to realize is that your voice matters. You,just like everyone else,have some amazing things to say.

         Lastly,I want to tell you I love you,and I believe in you.                                                            Love,

                                                            YOU

1. Compared to herself at the beginning of high school,now Taylor.

   A. looks a bit fatter

   B. sleeps much less

   C. feels more confident

   D. tries harder to impress others

2. Taylor hopes that in the future she'11.

   A. eat much more healthily

   B. do everything on her own

   C. apologize less than before

   D. let her parents know she loves them

3. What does Taylor want herself to do by saying she isn't a doormat?

   A. Not to live a lazy life.

   B. To always be cautious.

   C. Not to be afraid of talking to others.

   D. To just forgive those who are worth it.

4. What does Taylor think,is the most important thing for her to realize?

   A. She’ 11 change a lot.

   B. She is really amazing.

   C. What she says matters.

   D. She can change the world.