英语必修一Unit 3-4课文及课文语法填空

BOOK 1 UNIT3

Journey Down the Mekong

Part1 The dream and the plan

My name is Wang Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one. Last year, she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming. They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries. Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too. After graduating from college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip. I asked my sister, “Where are we going?” It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends. Now she is planning our schedule for the trip.

I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming.She can be really stubborn. Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly. Now I know that the proper way is always her way. I kept asking her, “When are we leaving and when are we coming back?” I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet. Of course she hadn’t; my sister doesn’t care about details. So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province. She gave me a determined look -- the kind that said she would not change her mind. When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, she seemed to be excited about it. When I told her the air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold, she said it would be an interesting experience. I know my sister well. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. Finally, I had to give in.

Several months before our trip, Wang Wei and I went to the library. We found a large atlas with good maps that showed details of world geography. From the atlas we could see that the Mekong River begins in a glacier on a mountain in Qinghai Province. At first the river is small and the water is clear and cold. Then it begins to move quickly. It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys, traveling across western Yunnan Province. Sometimes the river becomes a water fall and enters wide valleys. We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China. After it leaves China and high altitude, the Mekong becomes wide, brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows. It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows. At last, the river delta enters the South China Sea.

一、阅读课文完成填空：

Wang Kun and Wang Wei are brother and sister. They have dreamed about 1. ______ (take)a great bike trip. 2. ______ was Wang Wei who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River. They rode bicycles to travel along the Mekong River, 3. ______ source is in Qinghai Province. 4. ______ it enters Southeast Asia, it travels 5.

______ (slow)through low valleys to the plains where rice grows. 6. ______ the difficulties, Wang Kun and Wang Wei were determined to begin their journey at 7. ______ altitude of more than 5, 000 metres in Qinghai Province. During their journey, they enjoyed the 8. ______ (continue)change of the weather. 9. ______ (final), they reached Dali in Yunnan Province, 10. ______ Dao Wei and Yu Hang joined them. The four of them went on with their great bike trip.

二、语法单句填空：

1. I prefer studying English at home to (watch) the match.

2. I wanted to pay the train fare, but my friend insisted. Finally I had to give .

3. These days they have been (transport) the medicine from Nanjing to Chengdu.

4. ---Have you persuaded your father (give) up drinking?

---No. I talked to him yesterday but he would have none of my advice.

5. When I graduated middle school, mother wanted me to take up music.

6. ---Does your wife like tea?

---Well, she doesn’t really care tea; she likes coffee better.

7. It was in 1989 I graduated from Shandong University.

8. Tom’s attitude guests really makes me feel embarrassed in the party.

9. you have learned one foreign language, you will find it easy to learn another.

10. The man insisted finding a taxi for me even though I told him I lived nearby.

11. On hearing their favorite film to be shown, they can’t wait (buy) tickets.

12. They all think Cao Mei is not (rely) because she always gives away others’ secrets unintentionally(无意间地).

13. As a taxi driver, he always goes out early in the morning and comes back home midnight to make a living.

14. The concert was successful that she became famous overnight.

15. In the dormitory, many students like to put pictures to make the room less bare.

16. Mo Yan became the first Chinese Nobel Prize winner in Literature, left school to make a living at the age of 12.

17. She parked her car outside the window usual, but the next morning she found it missing.

BOOK 1 UNIT4

A Night the Earth didn’t Sleep

Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in them. A smelly gas came out of the cracks. In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide. Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds. At about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976, some people saw bright lights in the sky. The sound of planes could be heard outside the city of Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.

At 3:42 am everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at an end! Eleven kilometers directly below the city one of the greatest earthquakes of the 20th century had begun. It was felt in Beijing, which is more than two hundred kilometers away. One-third of the nation felt it. A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut across houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. The suffering of the people was extreme. Two-thirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake. Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents. The number of people who were killed or seriously injured reached more than 400,000.

But how could the survivors believe it was natural? Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. All of the city’s hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves. No wind, however, could blow them away. Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for traveling. The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel. Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again. Half a million pigs and millions of chickens were dead. Sand now filled the wells instead of water. People were shocked. Then, later that afternoon, another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins. More buildings fell down. Water, food, and electricity were hard to get. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.

All hope was not lost. Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue workers. Hundreds of thousands of people were helped. The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. To the north of the city, most of the 10,000 miners were rescued from the coal mines there. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. Fresh water was taken to the city by train, truck and plane. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.

一、阅读课文完成填空：

Several days before July 28, 1976, many strange things happened in Tangshan. But people 1. ______ lived there didn’t think much of that. At 3: 42 am that day, the Earth began to shake, which destroyed almost the whole city 2.

______ a few seconds. 3. ______ number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400, 000. Many people came to rescue those who 4. ______ (trap)under the ruins. The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and 5. ______ (bury)those who were dead. Workers built shelters for 6. ______ (survive)whose homes had been destroyed with anything 7. ______ they could find. Almost everybody did all that they could 8. ______ the city began to breathe again slowly. 9. ______ number of children 10. ______ parents had died in the quake were sent to live with families in other cities.

二、语法单句填空：

1. It is the custom in Britain that young people often do not______ (shake)hands when they meet someone for the first time.

2. The rain has rained for half a month, completely______ (ruin)our holiday.

3. People are curious to get the latest information about many natural______ (disaster), such as earthquake, typhoon and snowstorm.

4. The mother, along with her two children, ______ (rescue)from the sinking boat by a passing ship.

5. We sent our______ (congratulate)to her when she passed the exam.

6. People were______ (shock)by t he eruption of the volcano, for it was even greater than they had expected.

7. (judge) from what he has been doing, Mr. Smith seems to be a person we can depend on.

8. He was dead and______ (bury)at the top of the hill.

9. The stranger shook me by the hand warmly as if he (be) to say he knew me well.

10. The women (injure) in the accident should be given first aid.

11. On hearing the news that her son had won the game, she burst laughter.

12. The war was finally an end.

13. I am looking forward to the day my daughter can read this book and know my feelings for her.

14. Some people were dug from the fallen building after the earthquake, which excited many people.

15. The cow (frighten) by the fire rushed out into the street.

16. Luckily, the traffic accident didn’t do damage either of the cars.

17. his parents expected, he was accepted as a member by the big company.

答案: 1. taking 2. It 3. whose 4. When/As 5. slowly 6. Despite 7. an 8. continuous 9. Finally 10. where 答案:1. watching 2. in 3.transporting 4. to give/into giving 5. from 6. for 7.that 8. to/towards

9.Once 10. on 11. to buy 12. reliable 13. at 14. so 15. up 16. who 17. as

答案: 1. who 2. in 3. The 4. were trapped 5. to bury 6. survivors 7. that 8. and 9. A 10. whose

答案: 1. shake 2. ruining 3. disasters 4. was rescued 5. congratulations 6. shocked 7. Judging 8. buried 9. were 10. injured 11.into 12.at 13. when 14. out 15.frightened 16. to 17. As