Unit 1
Speaking & Writing
一、用所给词的适当形式填空。
1. Lots of _______________（explore） were sent by the emperor to look for
wealth.
2. Lu Xun was _____________(know) as a great writer.
3. Marco Polo wrote a book _______ (name)The Travels of Marco Polo.
4. We try to maintain good _________(relate) with our customer.
5. It seemed that __________ (everywhere) was too far for Zheng He to visit.
6. China is a _________（develop） country while America is a ________（develop）
country.
7. Columbus’s ___________ (discover) of America opened up the New World to Europe.
8. Health is more important than _________ (wealthy).
二、选择下列句子完成下面对话
A. Oh, how beautiful the blue flowers are!
B. Where do you often plant your flowers?
C. What are you doing?
D. I just need to water them once a week.
E. They are not only beautiful but also make the air in my room fresher.
F. What about you?
G. Do you like planting flowers?
Ken: (1) ______________________________
Rose: I'm looking at some pictures about plants.
Ken: (2) ____________________________ Are they roses?
Rose: Yes, they are. They are blue roses.
Ken: Blue roses. Wonderful! (3) ___________________________________
Rose: Yeah. I have lots of plants at home. (4) ________________
Ken: So they do. Do you have time to take care of them?
Rose: Yeah. In fact, it doesn't take me much time. (5)__________
Ken: Really? Can you teach me to plant flowers?
Rose: Of course!
三、书面表达
请根据下列提示，以“When Isaac Newton was young”为题写一篇不少于 80 词的短文。
内容提示：
1．艾萨克·牛顿于 1642 年出生在英国；
2．他出生时特别瘦弱，人们都没想到他会活下来；
3．当他还是小孩子的时候，他喜欢制作风筝或者其他简单的机器，但他的学习成绩不好；
4．有一天，一个学习成绩好的同学踢了他一下。他决定比这个同学得更高的分数，结果他
在很短的时间内就做到了。
When Isaac Newton was young
参考答案
【答案】1. explorers 2. known
3. named 4. relation
5. nowhere 6. (1). developing (2). developed
7. discovery 8. wealth
【解析】
1. 句意: 许多探险家被皇帝派去寻找财富。Lots of：许多，后接可数名词复数或不可数名
词。结合句意和语境及所给词提示可知填 explorers 。
2. 句意: 鲁迅被公认为伟大的作家。Be known as：作为…（身份）而出名，被称为；结合
句意和语境及所给词提示可知填 known。
3. 句意: 马可波罗写了一本叫《马可波罗游记书》。本题考查过去分词作后置定语。动词与
前面的名词是被动关系时，用过去分词作后置定语。结合句意和语境及所给词提示可知填
named。
4. 句意: 我们努力与客户保持良好的关系。Good 好的，良好的，形容词，后面接名词；
relate：（把…）联系起来，动词;结合句意和语境及所给词提示可知填 relation。
5. 句意: 似乎没有什么地方对郑和来说是太远了。结合句意和语境及所给词提示可知填
nowhere。
6. 句意: 中国是一个发展中国家，而美国是一个发达国家。Develop：发展，动词；发展中
国家：developing country；发达国家：developed country；结合句意和语境及所给词提
示可知填 (1). developing (2). developed 。
7. 句意: 哥伦布发现了美州，为欧洲开辟了新的天地。Columbus’s 是名词所有格， r 后面
接名词，discover：发现，动词；结合句意和语境及所给词提示可知填 developed。
8. 句意: 健康比财富更重要。Than 比，介词，后跟名词、代词名词性物主代词等。
Wealthy：富有的，形容词；结合句意和语境及所给词提示可知填 wealth。
二、1-5 CAGED
三、One possible version:
When Isaac Newton was young
Isaac Newton was born in 1642 in England. And he was very thin and weak
when he was born. No one thought he would live long．
Newton liked to make things from an early age, such as kites and simple machines,
but he was not a good student. One day, Newton was kicked by one of his classmates.
The classmate did well in his study, so Newton decided to get higher marks than
him. In a short time, Newton became the top student at the school.
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