英语1必修unit1练习及参考答案

Comprehending

1 Anne kept a diary because A she couldn’t meet her friends.

2 She felt very lonely because B Jews were caught by Nazis and killed.

3 They had to hide because C she could tell everything to it.

4 Anne neamed her diary Kitty because D she wanted it to be her best frind.

参考答案：1——C，2——A，3——B，4——D

1 About how long had Anne and her family been in the hiding place when she wrote this part of her diary?

About two years. The family went into hiding early July 1942. On the 15th June 1944 Anne wrote this diary entry.

2 How did Anne feel about nature before she and her family hid away? Before she and her family hid away, she took nature for granted, but now she appreciates its beauty and majesty.

3 Why do you think her feelings changed towards nature?

Her feelings have changed because she was no longer able to go out as she pleased because she is in hiding. Losing freedom has made her feel more excited about good and beautiful things around her.

4 Why did Anne no longer just like looking at nature out of the window? She did not want to be a “prisoner” in the hiding place any longer. She wanted to live a normal life again.

’s feelings as she was looking out at the night sky?

1With a partner brainstorm some adjectives to describe her feelings. Make a list of at least five.

eager, excited, enthusiastic, earnest, auxious, sad, nostalgic, lonely, calm, etc.

2 Share your list with another pair. Choose five good adjectives from the two lists.

eager, excited, enthusiastic, earnest, calm

Learning about language

Discovering useful words and expressions

find the word or expression for each of the following meanings from the text.

1 outdoors not inside building

2 upset feeling disturbed

3 be concerned about to be worried about

4 loose free, not tied up

5 go through to experience something

6 ignore to take no notice of

7 face to face staying close to and looking at somebody

8 calm down to become quiet after nervous activity

9 curtain piece of material hung to cover a window

10 series number of things that happen one after amother

Anne’s sister Margot was very upset that the family had to move. However, hse knew that she had got to go through all the difficulties with her family. She found it defficult to settle and calm down in the hiding place, because she was concerned about whether they would be discovered. She suffered from loneliness, but she had to learn to like it there. What she really missed was going outdoors and walking the dog for her neighbour. It was such fun to watch it run loose in the park. She wished she could tell her neighbour face to face that she was sorry not to be able to do it any longer, but she knew that was too dangerous!

Complete the following sentences using words and expressions from the text.

1 When the man saw the car accident on the highway, he stopped in order to offer help.

2“How can Linda recover from her illness in this room when it’s so dirty and dusty? It will only make her worse,” said the doctor.

3After Peter died, George set down the story of their friendship in a book.

4 When the street lights go on at dusk, they make a beautiful picture, so different from the daytime.

5 Good friends do not add up what they do for each other; instead they offer help when it is needed.