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UNIT 6　Nature in words
Section Ⅰ　Starting out & Understanding ideas
維度一：品句填詞
1.The nursery 　　　　　　（童謠） reminds me of my happy childhood spent with my grandparents.
2.To reduce food waste， some restaurants 　　　　（堅持） their customers should take away the leftover food after their meals.
3.The bird has grey 　　　　　　（羽毛） with a lighter collar.
4.He hurried on with his 　　　　　　（刮胡子）， cutting his chin twice.
5.Notre Dame stands in the very heart of Paris and is one of the famous 　　　　　　（教堂） in the world.
6.One of the main characters of this plastic is its ability to b　　　　　　 without breaking.
7.The w　　　　　　 schedule may make you more aware of how you spend your time.
8.Standing on the top of the mountain， we can enjoy a delightful p　　　　　　 of the lake.
維度二：詞形轉換
1.They hope this new evidence will prove her 　　　　　　（innocent）.
2.The 　　　　　　（inspect） said that standards at the school had to be raised.
3.On the bench a large light bulb was glowing 　　　　　　（faint）.
4.We have made many 　　　　　　（enhance） to the software that will strengthen system security.
5.The leaves turn yellow， and the maples 　　　　（red）.So beautiful and so graceful！
維度三：固定搭配和句式
1.They 　　　　　　　　（不停地說） as if they hadn’t seen each other for a long time.
2.When she 　　　　　　　　（醒來） in the morning， the sun was streaming through the windows.
3.They prevented a serious railway accident 　　　　　　　　（冒著……的風險） their own lives.
4.The movie had begun 　　　　　　　　　　　（到我們到達那兒時）.
5.Nervous and frightened， I felt 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　（如坐針氈）.
6.I walked along the street， and about 30 minutes later， 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　（我發現自己來到了學校大門口）。
維度四：課文語法填空
　　It is the first time that I have seen snow this year.It is not only 1.　　　　　　 event but a magical event.You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up 2.　　　　　　 （find） yourself in another completely different.The secrecy and 3.　　　　　　 （quiet） of the thing makes it more magical.When I 4.　　　　　　 （get） up this morning， I found the world dead white and pale blues.The light coming through the windows was very strange， 5.　　　　　　 made the familiar business of splashing and shaving and brushing and dressing strange too.When the sun came out， the snow became pink.The little plum tree stood in full sunlight.An hour 6.　　　　 two later， everything was a cold sparkle of white and blue.The little Japanese prints had disappeared.The ground went on and on， the sky was thick grey， and all the trees were in black and 7.　　　　　　 （threaten） shapes.Now the snow is falling 8.　　　　　　 （heavy） in great soft flakes so that you can hardly see across the shallow valley.The 9.　　　　　　 （roof） are thick and the trees are all bent.I can see the children 10.　　　　　　 （flatten） their noses against the window to watch the falling snow.
Ⅰ.閱讀理解
A
　　（2024·山東青島二中高二上期末）Never has there been a primate as big as Gigantopithecus blacki.Adults of this ancient ape （猿） stood about 10 feet tail and could weigh more than 500 pounds， wandering the thick forests of ancient China during the last Ice Age.
　　Why this impressive animal went extinct has puzzled scientists since the ape was discovered nearly a century ago.But now， a new analysis suggests that the primate’s unique lifestyle left it vulnerable.
　　The new study combines geological dates， pollen records， and clues preserved inside fossil teeth to present a detailed timeline of when， and how， Gigantopithecus blacki went extinct.The results reveal the creature’s decline and ultimate demise in fine detail.
　　Kira Westaway， lead author of the new study and a geochronologist at Macquarie University in Sydney， worked to come up with more accurate dates for the sediments （沉積物） that Gigantopithecus fossils have been found in.Studies of fossil pollen from the Gigantopithecus sites also allowed researchers to study how the animal’s habitat was changing.Prior to 700，000 years ago， both Gigantopithecus and Pongo weidenreichi， another ancient ape， lived in forests where they ate leaves， fruits， and flowers available much of the year round.Due to the environmental changes， dense forests of pines， birches and chestnut relatives gave way to more open habitats with larger patches of grassland.However， Gigantopithecus had a difficult time finding preferred foods.Meanwhile Pongo weidenreichi changed its diet to live on-fibrous-plants that were more readily available.
　　“It was the response of G， blacki to these changes that sealed its fate，” Westaway says.“The giant apes were so big that they had to move on the ground and were limited in how far they could venture， trying to make the most of twigs， bark， and other tough foods that were still accessible.It wasn’t enough.”
　　Yet knowing the ending of the ape’s story hardly closes the case on the giant primate.Did these huge primates follow the same path to extinction， or did the story vary by location？ This research opens new questions even as it explains the disappearance of Earth’s most huge ape.
1.What does the new research aim to do？（　　）
A.To study the climate changes of ancient China.
B.To analyze the geological features of the last Ice Age.
C.To solve the mystery of the Gigantopithecus blacki’s extinction.
D.To present some detailed findings of the Gigantopithecus blacki’s habitat.
2.What does the underlined word “demise” in the third paragraph mean？（　　）
A.Change. B.Removal.
C.Adaptation. D.Extinction.
3.What do we know about the study？（　　）
A.The timing of the giant ape’s disappearance was worked out.
B.Another ape was included to show their common habitat.
C.The environmental shift had little impact on the giant ape’s habitat.
D.Some fossil pollen were studied to reveal the giant ape’s diet preference.
4.What can be suggested from Westaway’s words about the giant ape？（　　）
A.The giant ape responded to the change of its habitat easily.
B.The inability to adapt quickly caused its disappearance.
C.The giant ape had sufficient food resources on the grassland.
D.The forested habitat was still accessible to the giant ape.
B
　　To understand how much we rely on ecosystem services， imagine a world where humans are the only species — perhaps in a spaceship far from the Earth.
There are no plants releasing oxygen， so you have to engineer a way to make it yourself. So straight away you need a chemical processing plant on board your ship. That same plant will have to make water too.
There is also nothing to eat， so you must artificially make food.You could synthesise （人工合成） chemicals like sugars and fats， but making it delicious would be extremely hard.As of 2015， we can’t even make an artificial burger that everyone finds convincing.
Let’s not even get started on the microorganisms （微生物） living in your gut， many of which are beneficial. The point is that， while we could in theory do all these things artificially， it is far easier to let the existing wildlife do them for us.
The scale of these ecosystem services， when you add them up， turns out to be extraordinarily large.
In 1997， ecologist Robert Costanza and his colleagues estimated that the ecosystem provides services worth around $33 trillion a year.For comparison， they noted that the entire global economy at the time produced around $18 trillion a year.
Five years later， the team took the argument a step further by asking how much we would gain by conserving biodiversity.They concluded that the benefits would outweigh the costs by a factor of 100.In other words， conserving nature is an unbelievably good investment.
By contrast， letting species decline and go extinct looks like a bad move.A 2010 study concluded that unchecked species loss would wipe 18% off global economic output by 2050.
You may perhaps be feeling that all this talk of economics and growth is strange.It’s all rather cold and heartless， without any of the love for the natural world that we were talking about earlier.Well， many environmentalists feel the same way.
5.How does the author begin the passage？（　　）
A.By drawing a conclusion.
B.By offering an argument.
C.By providing an example.
D.By making an assumption.
6.What does the author want to tell us by mentioning an artificial burger in Paragraph 3？（　　）
A.Artificial things are similar to natural ones.
B.Artificial things can hardly be the same as natural ones.
C.We have a long way to go to develop artificial things.
D.We can hardly distinguish artificial things from natural ones.
7.What’s the main problem with doing many things artificially？（　　）
A.Its high costs. B.Its negative effects.
C.Its being difficult. D.Its being impossible.
8.What’s the author’s purpose of writing the passage？（　　）
A.To prove the value of biodiversity.
B.To stress the importance of the environment.
C.To tell us how the ecosystem works.
D.To teach us how to protect the ecosystem.
C
　　（2024·浙江嘉興高二上期末）In times of intense stress， people sometimes let it out with a scream and a new study suggests that plants might do the same.Researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel has found that plants let out ultrasonic （超聲的） screams when damaged or stressed by drought.
　　The noises， falling within a range of 20 to 100 kilohertz， are too high-frequency for humans to hear， but other plants and some animals perceive them.Insects might be listening for sounds from stressed plants to assess their condition before laying eggs on their leaves.A moth （蛾） may decide against laying eggs on a plant that sounds water-stressed.
　　Researchers attached recording devices directly to plants to listen for secret sounds inside their stems （莖）.In drought， air bubbles formed， burst and caused vibrations （振動） within the tissue that normally carries water up the plants’ stems.The process was picked up by the attached recording devices， but researchers wanted to know if any plant sounds could travel through the air.
　　So the team placed microphones 10 centimetres from stressed-out tomato and tobacco plants.They subjected one set of crops to drought and another to physical damage.A third group was untouched.
　　The microphones did pick up distinct sounds.On average， drought-stressed tomato plants let out about 35 ultrasonic screams per hour， while those with cut stems made about 25.Drought-stressed tobacco plants let out about 11 screams per hour， and cut crops made about 15 sounds in the same time.The average number of sounds from untouched plants fell below one per hour.
　　The researchers also attempted to identify each plant group just based on its screams.Using a type of artificial intelligence calculations， the team picked out distinct features in each set of sounds and successfully sorted their plants into three kinds： “dry， cut or untouched”.
　　If it is not too costly to set up the recording in a field situation， farmers might be able to hear these stress signals， too.In future， enabling farmers to listen for water-stressed plants could “open a new direction”， which will be increasingly important as climate change exposes more areas to drought.
9.Why is the moth mentioned in Paragraph 2？（　　）
A.To show moths need enough water when laying eggs.
B.To show some animals are able to hear plants scream.
C.To show some insects are picky about their surroundings.
D.To show wildlife species depend on each other when stressed.
10.What can we learn from the research？（　　）
A.Plants’ sounds couldn’t be detected by humans.
B.Plants can be grouped according to their features.
C.Plants’ screams are related to stress types in a way.
D.Air bubbles contribute to the lack of water in plants.
11.What does the last paragraph focus on？（　　）
A.Supporting evidence for the research result.
B.Potential application of the research findings.
C.A further explanation of the research methods.
D.A reasonable doubt about the research process.
12.What can be a suitable title for the text？（　　）
A.Plants’ Vibrations： Way to React to Stress
B.Stress Signals： Secret Newly Found in Plants
C.Green Screams： Plants Make Noises When Stressed
D.Ultrasonic Screams： Discovery Opens a New Chapter
Ⅱ.閱讀七選五
　　As summer approaches， many are refreshing their gardens to reflect the change in the season.As we become more eco-conscious， enhancing biodiversity （生物多樣性） tops our to-do list.13.（　　）.
　　◆Grow plants for pollinators.
　　Pollinators like bees can see the colour purple more clearly than any other， so planting purple colour flowers like lavender will lead to a bee-filled paradise （樂園）.Herbs also attract butterflies and bees if you allow them to flower.A key tip to remember is that most roses aren’t ideal for pollinators.14.（　　）.
　　◆Just add water.
　　Add running water to your garden.15.（　　）.Such additions can make it more appealing to birds and wildlife.Adding a bird bath or a small water feature can attract a whole new range of wildlife， from frogs to dragonflies.Add small rocks into your water feature to prevent insects or animals drowning.
　　◆16.（　　）.
　　Home-grown plants adapt to local soil and environmental conditions， meaning that they require less care.They also promote biodiversity and decrease soil erosion （侵蝕）， while also reducing the use of chemical fertilizers （化肥） — a true win-win situation.By buying home-grown plants you can help to prevent foreign species reaching your garden and the countryside.Although these species are often harmless in their native habitats， they can cause disease and competition in a new environment.
　　◆Create homes for wildlife.
　　17.（　　）.So consider building bee hotels and bird houses， placing planting pots upside down， or even letting leaves and sticks pile up in the garden to provide a safe place for wildlife.And before you commit yourself to a neatly polished space， consider leaving room for a little chaos.
A.Stick to native plants
B.Grow domestic vegetables
C.Thoughtful structures in gardens are ideal shelters
D.It helps purify the air and provide drinking water for local wildlife
E.Don’t feel discouraged if the wildlife shelter is empty at first
F.It is difficult for the bees to get to the center of the flower to feed
G.Here are some tips to help strike the balance between beauty and biodiversity
Section Ⅰ　Starting out & Understanding ideas
基礎知識自測
維度一
1.rhyme　2.insist　3.feathers　4.shaving　5.churches
6.bend　7.weekly　8.prospect
維度二
1.innocence　2.inspector　3.faintly　4.enhancements　5.redden
維度三
1.talked away
2.woke up
3.at the risk of
4.by the time we got there
5.as if I were sitting on pins and needles
6.I found myself at the school gate
維度四
1.an　2.to find　3.quietness　4.got　5.which　6.or
7.threatening　8.heavily　9.roofs　10.flattening
素養能力提升
Ⅰ.
語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹了一項新的研究揭示了步氏巨猿滅絕的原因以及時間。
1.C　細節理解題。根據第二段內容可知，這項新研究的目的是找出步氏巨猿滅絕的原因。
2.D　詞義猜測題。根據第三段首句可知，這項新研究結合了地質年代、花粉記錄和保存在牙齒化石中的線索，揭示了步氏巨猿什么時候以及怎樣滅絕的。所以畫線單詞意為“滅絕”。
3.A　細節理解題。根據第三段中的The results reveal the creature’s decline and ultimate demise in fine detail.以及最后一段中的This research opens new questions even as it explains the disappearance of Earth’s most huge ape.可知，這項新研究確定了步氏巨猿消失的時間。
4.B　推理判斷題。根據倒數第二段中Westaway說的關于巨猿的話可知，步氏巨猿無法快速適應環境的改變，從而導致了滅絕。
語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。生態系統和生物多樣性對人類究竟有多重要？文章從經濟效益的角度對此進行了說明。
5.D　篇章結構題。根據第一段內容可知，作者為了幫助我們理解生態系統的重要性，首先作出了一個假設：想象一個只有人類的世界。
6.B　細節理解題。根據第三段內容可知，作者首先指出：我們可以人工合成糖和脂肪，但很難使其味道可口；接下來又說直到2015年人們還沒有人工合成出令人滿意的漢堡。由此可知，作者提到人工漢堡，主要是說明人工合成食物跟真實天然的食物還有差距。
7.C　細節理解題。根據第四段內容可知，作者認為，雖然人工合成食物在理論上是可能的，但問題在于讓食物在大自然天然生長要容易得多。
8.A　寫作意圖題。綜合全文內容可知，作者主要介紹了生態系統的重要性，尤其是生物多樣性的價值。
語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。當植物受到損傷或受到干旱的壓力時，會發出超聲波尖叫。
9.B　推理判斷題。根據第二段第二、三句可知，第二段提到了飛蛾，以表明一些動物能夠聽到植物的尖叫。
10.C　推理判斷題。根據第五段中列舉的數據可知，同種植物壓力類型不同，尖叫次數不同。由此推知，植物的尖叫在某種程度上與壓力類型有關。
11.B　根據最后一段第二句可知，這一新發現可以讓農民能夠聽到缺水植物的聲音，農民就可以快速判斷植物當前處于缺水的狀況。由此推知，這一段重點介紹了研究結果的潛在應用。
12.C　標題歸納題。通讀全文可知，植物在受到損傷或受到干旱的壓力時，它們會發出聲音。因此，C項（綠色尖叫：植物在受到壓力時會發出響聲）適合作為文章的標題。
Ⅱ.
語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了一些做園藝時在美和生物多樣性之間尋求平衡的方法。
13.G　上文提到了許多人想要讓花園煥然一新以及有提高生物多樣性的環保意識。結合下文分條列出的建議可知，設空處起到承上啟下的作用，G項（這里有一些有助于在美和生物多樣性之間取得平衡的建議）符合語境。
14.F　空前一句提到了大多數玫瑰對傳粉者來說并不理想，接下來應對此進行解釋，F項（蜜蜂很難到達花朵的中心覓食）符合語境。
15.D　空前一句建議給花園澆水，這里應解釋這么做的好處，D項（它有助于凈化空氣并為當地野生動物提供飲用水）承接上文，符合語境。
16.A　結合其他幾處的小標題可知，此處應用祈使句。根據下文多次提到的Home-grown plants和整段內容可知，本段主要介紹了種本地植物的好處，故A項（堅持種本地植物）符合語境。
17.C　根據Create homes for wildlife.可知，本段主要講述了如何給野生動物筑窩。C項（花園中周密的建筑物是理想的庇護所）符合語境，C項中的ideal shelters與小標題中的homes相呼應。
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First Snow
Mr Robert Lynd once said of Jane Austen’s characters①： “They are people in whose lives a slight② fall of snow is an event.” Even at the risk of③ appearing to this fair and witty④reviewer⑤ as another Mr Woodhouse， I must insist⑥ that last night’s fall of snow here was an event.[1]I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children， whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking away⑦ as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round⑧ again. [2]The fact is， however， that the snow was as strange and fascinating⑨ to me as it was to them. [3]It is the first fall we have had here this winter， and last year I was out of the country， sweating⑩ in a hot climate， during the snowy season， so that it really does seem an age since I saw the ground so fantastically carpeted .
　　[1]whom引導非限制性定語從句，修飾先行詞the children；as if引導方式狀語從句。
[2]that引導表語從句；as引導比較狀語從句。
[3]we have had here this winter為省略了關系代詞that的定語從句，修飾先行詞the first fall；動詞-ing短語sweating in ...作伴隨狀語；so that引導結果狀語從句；since引導時間狀語從句。
The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is a magical event.You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different， and if this is not magic， then where is it to be found？ The very secrecy and quietness of the thing makes it more magical.
　　When I got up this morning the world was a cold place of dead white and pale blues.[4]The light that came through the windows was very strange， and it made the familiar business of splashing and shaving and brushing and dressing very strange too. Then the sun came out ， and by the time I had sat down to breakfast it was shining bravely and flushing the snow with delicate pinks.The dining-room window had been transformed into a lovely Japanese print.The little plum tree outside， with the faintly flushed snow lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk， stood in full sunlight.
An hour or two later everything was a cold sparkle of white and blue.The world had completely changed again.The little Japanese prints had all disappeared.I looked out of my study window， over the garden， the field， to the low hills beyond， and the ground went on and on， the sky was thick grey， and all the trees so many black and threatening shapes.There was indeed something curiously disturbing about the whole prospect .[5]It was as if our kindly countryside， close to the very heart of England， had been turned into a cruel grassland.At any moment， it seemed， a body of horsemen might be seen breaking out from the black trees， so many weapons might be heard and some distant spot of snow be reddened .It was that kind of landscape .
　　[4]本句為and連接的并列句；that引導定語從句，修飾先行詞The light。
　　[5]as if引導表語從句，且as if引導的從句使用了虛擬語氣。
Now it has changed again.The glare has gone and no touch of the disturbing remains .But the snow is falling heavily， in great soft flakes ， so that you can hardly see across the shallow valley， and the roofs are thick and the trees all bending ， and the weathercock of the village church， still to be seen through the grey loaded air ， has become some creature out of Hans Andersen.From my study， which is apart from the house and faces it， I can see the children flattening their noses against the window， and there is running through my head a rhyme I used to repeat when I was a child and flattened my nose against the cold window to watch the falling snow：
Snow， snow faster：
White alabaster！
Killing geese in Scotland，
Sending feathers here！
（Adaptation from First Snow by John Boynton Priestley）
【讀文清障】
①character n.人物
②slight adj.小的，輕微的
③at the risk of
冒著……的風險
④witty adj.機智的；言辭詼諧的；巧妙的
⑤reviewer n.評論家
review v.評論
⑥insist v.堅稱，堅決認為
insist on堅持
⑦talk away不停地說
⑧come round
再度發生，再次出現
⑨fascinating adj.迷人的
fascinate v.迷住，深深吸引
fascination n.魅力；入迷
⑩sweat v.出汗；流汗
carpet v.把……厚厚地覆蓋
wake up醒來，喚醒
secrecy n.保密，秘密狀態
shaving n.刮胡子
come out 出來，出現
flush v.（使）發紅
delicate adj.柔和的；淡雅的
transform ...into ...
把……轉變成……
faintly adv.微弱地；模糊地
dispose v.排列，布置
sparkle n.閃耀，閃光
study n.書房
threatening adj.恐嚇的，威脅的
prospect n.開闊的景觀，景色
spot n.斑點
redden v.（使）變紅
landscape n.風景，景色
glare n.刺眼的強光
remain v.繼續存在
flake n.小薄片
shallow adj.淺的
bend v.變彎曲
the grey loaded air
灰蒙蒙的空氣
flatten v.（使）變平，把……弄平
rhyme n.兒歌，童謠
goose n.[pl.geese]鵝
【參考譯文】
初雪
羅伯特·林德先生曾這樣評論過簡·奧斯汀筆下的人物：“在這些人的生命里，場場小雪皆是大事。”在這位公正睿智的評論家面前，即便是冒著讓自己看起來像伍德豪斯先生那樣的風險，我也得堅持說：“昨晚這兒的那場雪是件大事。”對于這場雪，我今早近乎像孩子們那樣興奮。我發現孩子們在透過窗子看著外面奇妙的世界，興奮地說個不停，就像圣誕節突然又要來了一般。事實上，這場雪于我而言，也是同樣的奇異，同樣的迷人。這是今年冬天我們在這里的第一場雪，而在去年的雪季，我身在異國，在酷熱的天氣里汗流不止，所以離我上次欣賞到這銀裝素裹的世界，著實過了些時日了。
　　這場初雪不僅是一件大事，而且還是一件具有魔力的大事。入睡時，世界是一個模樣，醒來則是完全不同的另一番模樣，若非有魔力，如何才能這般？神秘，悄然，這給雪又添了幾分魔力。
　　今早我起床時，世界是一片寂然的白色與淺淡的藍色，到處清清冷冷。窗子透進來的光線很是怪異，使得洗臉、刮胡子、刷牙、穿衣服這些熟悉的日常行為也顯得離奇古怪。接著太陽出來了，等到我坐下來吃早餐時，太陽的光彩已是絢爛奪目，給雪地添了一抹柔和的粉紅色。餐廳的窗戶成了一幅可愛的日本版畫。在陽光的普照之下，屋外的李子樹的樹干和枝丫被淡粉的積雪精致巧妙地裝點著。
　　一兩個小時過后，一切都閃著或白或藍的微光。世界又徹底改變了模樣。小小的日本版畫都消失不見了，我從書房看向窗外，越過花園、田野，再望向遠處低矮的小山，沿著不斷向前延伸的地面望去，天空成了厚重的灰色，所有的樹木都顯出一副黑黢黢和兇神惡煞的樣子。整個景象確實會給人帶來一種奇怪的、不安的感受。就好像我們這個靠近英格蘭中心位置的親切小鄉村變成了暴躁的草原；仿佛隨時可能看見一群騎兵從黑黝黝的樹叢中沖出，可能聽見武器的交錯響聲，最后好像看見遠處的白雪一點點被血液染紅。這幅景象就是給人這種感覺。
　　現在，一切又變了。炫目的日光已然消失，也不再有那種緊張不安感。大片柔軟的雪花鋪天蓋地地飄落，遮擋了你的視線，讓你幾乎看不到淺淺的山谷，屋頂上存了厚厚的雪，樹木被壓得彎下腰來，村莊教堂的風信雞在灰蒙蒙的空氣中依稀可見，像是從安徒生童話里走出來的活物。我的書房是和房子獨立開來的，書房在房子的對面。從書房看去，可以看到孩子們把鼻子抵在窗戶上看雪的樣子，我的腦海里出現了一首兒歌，那是我小時候將鼻子抵在冰涼的窗戶上看雪時會一直重復哼著的歌：
下雪吧，下快一點吧：
石膏一樣的雪白！
在蘇格蘭宰些鵝，
把雪白的羽毛送到這兒來吧！
（改編自約翰·博因頓·普里斯特利的《初雪》）
第一步：析架構理清脈絡
Read the passage quickly and then fill in the blanks.
第二步：知細節明察秋毫
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers.
1.What does “They” in Paragraph 1 refer to？（　　）
A.Mr Robert Lynd and Jane Austen.
B.Jane Austen’s characters.
C.Mr Robert Lynd and his friends.
D.People living in my hometown.
2.How did the writer find the first fall of snow here？（　　）
A.Magical.　　　　　B.Quiet.
C.Strange. D.Common.
3.What happened to the dining-room window？（　　）
A.It was flushed with delicate pinks.
B.It became a lovely Japanese print.
C.It was covered by the faintly flushed snow.
D.It was artfully disposed in full sunlight.
4.What made the writer hardly see the shallow valley clearly？（　　）
A.The grey sky.
B.The white and blue light.
C.The falling great flakes.
D.The bending trees.
5.What kind of style does this passage belong to？（　　）
A.A scenery essay.
B.A story.
C.An argumentative writing.
D.A letter.
第三步：拓思維品質提升
Discuss the following questions with your partner.
1.How should humans treat nature？
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
2.What do you think of the beauty of nature？
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
第四步：品語言妙筆生輝
1.Read the passage carefully and find the sentences describing the landscape.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
2.Read the passage carefully and find the sentences using similes or metaphors.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
3.Read the passage carefully and find the sentence using personification.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
第五步：析難句表達升級
1.I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children， whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again.
句式分析 本句為主從復合句。主句為I was nearly as excited ...as the children，其中使用了　　　　　　結構；whom引導　　　　　　　　從句，修飾先行詞　　　　　　　　　　；as if引導　　　　　　從句。
自主翻譯 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
2.It is the first fall we have had here this winter， and last year I was out of the country， sweating in a hot climate， during the snowy season， so that it really does seem an age since I saw the ground so fantastically carpeted.
句式分析 we have had here this winter為省略了關系代詞　　　　　　的定語從句；sweating in a hot climate為動詞-ing短語作伴隨狀語；so that引導　　　　　　從句，在此從句中，since引導　　　　　　從句。
自主翻譯 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Part Ⅰ　核心詞匯集釋
inspector n.檢查員，巡視員
【教材原句】　Priestley wrote many successful articles， essays， novels and plays， but is best remembered for his play An Inspector Calls.
普里斯特利寫了許多成功的文章、散文、小說和戲劇，但他因他的戲劇《偵探來訪》而成名。
【用法】
（1）inspect v.　　　　檢查；視察
inspect sb/sth for sth 因某物而檢查某人/某物
（2）inspection n. 檢查；視察
on closer inspection 經進一步檢查
【佳句】　He worked as an inspector in a factory when young.
他年輕時在一家工廠當檢查員。
【練透】　單句語法填空
①Education officials have been using another two vehicles to inspect schools 　　　　　　structural damage.
②On closer 　　　　　　（inspect）， the painting exposes serious social problems.
③All the passengers are to 　　　　　　（inspect） before boarding the subway.
insist v.堅稱，堅決認為
【教材原句】　...I must insist that last night’s fall of snow here was an event.
……我也得堅持說：“昨晚這兒的那場雪是件大事。”
【用法】
insist on/upon （doing） sth　堅決要求（做）某事
insist that ... （should） do sth　堅持主張……（應該）做某事
【佳句】　You should respect the views of others， and at the same time insist on what you think is right.
你應該尊重別人的觀點，同時堅持自己認為正確的觀點。
【點津】　當insist表示“堅持說，堅決認為”時，其后的賓語從句用陳述語氣。
【練透】　同義句轉換
①We insisted that the Browns should use our car， but they refused.
→We 　　　　　　　　　　the Browns our car， but they refused.
【寫美】　補全句子
②I insisted that he 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　at once， but he insisted that he 　　　　　　　　　　　　　then.
我堅持立即把他送到醫院，但他堅持說他當時感覺相當好。
talk away 不停地說，喋喋不休
【教材原句】　I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children， whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again.
對于這場雪，我今早近乎像孩子們那樣興奮。我發現孩子們在透過窗子看著外面奇妙的世界，興奮地說個不停，就像圣誕節突然又要來了一般。
【用法】
talk down to sb　　 　 以高人一等的口氣說話
talk sb into （doing） sth 說服某人（做）某事
talk sb out of （doing） sth 說服某人不（做）某事
talk off 說得天花亂墜；說得煩死人
【佳句】　Nobody’s listening， but she just keeps talking away.
沒人在聽，但她就是不停地說。
【練透】　單句語法填空
①She talked her husband 　　　　　　having a holiday in France.
②You can talk my head 　　　　　　　， but you can’t change wrong into right.
【寫美】　補全句子
③The manager tried to 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　.
經理極力勸他不要走。
come round 再度發生，再次出現；蘇醒；順道拜訪
【教材原句】　... as if Christmas had suddenly come round again.
……就像圣誕節突然又要來了一般。
【用法】
come about　　　　發生；造成
come across （偶然）遇見；碰見
come out 出來；出版；發行
come up 走近；被提出
come up with 提出；想出
come to 總計；達到（某狀況）；蘇醒
When it comes to ... 當涉及/談到……時
【佳句】　By the time the summer came round， Kelly was feeling much better.
當夏天來臨的時候，凱莉感覺好多了。
【練透】　單句語法填空
①How did the accident come 　　　　　　since he drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour？
②It is said that he is focusing on writing a book on space exploration.But when it will come 　　　　　　is up in the air.
【寫美】　補全句子
③She 　　　　　　　　　　　　　on a sunny Sunday.
她在一個晴朗的星期天來看了我。
bend v.變彎曲 n.彎道，拐彎
【教材原句】　But the snow is falling heavily， in great soft flakes， so that you can hardly see across the shallow valley， and the roofs are thick and the trees all bending ...
大片柔軟的雪花鋪天蓋地地飄落，遮擋了你的視線，讓你幾乎看不到淺淺的山谷，屋頂上存了厚厚的雪，樹木被壓得彎下腰來……
【用法】
（1）bend down/over　　　彎下腰來；彎腰
bend forwards 向前彎曲
bend one’s head 低下頭
bend sb to （doing） sth 迫使某人（做）某事
bend one’s mind/efforts to sth致力于某事，專心致志于某事
（2）a sharp bend 一個急轉彎
【佳句】　The road bends sharply to the right.
這條路向右急轉彎。
【練透】　單句語法填空
①When the boy caught sight of Poppy， he went rushing towards the dog and bent 　　　　　　to give her a big hug.
②Eric bent himself to 　　　　　　（persuade） them to donate some blankets.
【寫美】　補全句子
③When she 　　　　　　　　　　　　　， she could always do it well.
當她專心工作時，她總是可以做好。
Part Ⅱ　重點句型解構
句型公式：find＋賓語＋賓語補足語
【教材原句】　You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different， and if this is not magic， then where is it to be found？
入睡時，世界是一個模樣，醒來則是完全不同的另一番模樣，若非有魔力，如何才能這般？
【用法】
此句中的find yourself in another quite different屬于“find＋賓語＋賓語補足語”結構。
（1）find＋賓語＋形容詞/介詞短語/動詞-ing形式（表主動或正在進行）/過去分詞（表被動或完成）
（2）“find＋oneself＋賓語補足語”結構指某人不知不覺地發現自己處于某種狀態，常表示意料之外的情況。
（3）在“find it＋形容詞/名詞＋to do ...”結構中，it是形式賓語，后面的to do ...是真正的賓語。
【品悟】　Meanwhile， I find myself looking back at my senior year， and thinking about all the wonderful things that have happened.
同時，我發覺自己在回顧自己高中最后一年的時光，追憶所有發生過的美好往事。
【寫美】　微寫作
①不幸的是，我發現我自己被卡在大南瓜里了。
Unfortunately， I 　　　　　　　　　　　in the huge pumpkin.
②當他醒來時，他發現自己在一個陌生的房間里。
When he awoke， he 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　.
③我發現我的大多數同學和老師都很友好。
I 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　.
④我們經常發現意識到別人的缺點比意識到我們自身的缺點更容易些。
We often 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　other people’s weaknesses than our own.
句型公式：by the time引導的時間狀語從句
【教材原句】　Then the sun came out， and by the time I had sat down to breakfast it was shining bravely and flushing the snow with delicate pinks.接著太陽出來了，等到我坐下來吃早餐時，太陽的光彩已是絢爛奪目，給雪地添了一抹柔和的粉紅色。
【用法】
（1）by the time＋從句（一般過去時），主句時態為過去完成時。
（2）by the time＋從句（一般現在時），主句時態為一般將來時或將來完成時。
（3）by the end of＋過去的時間，句子時態為過去完成時。
（4）by the end of＋將來的時間，句子時態為將來完成時。
【品悟】　By the time he was 14， Mozart had composed many pieces for the harpsichord， piano and violin， as well as for orchestras.
莫扎特到14歲的時候，不僅已經譜寫了很多管弦樂曲，還譜寫了許多撥弦鍵琴曲、鋼琴曲和小提琴曲。
【練透】　單句語法填空
①By the time we got there， the play 　　　　（begin） already.
②By the time the course ends， we 　　　　　　　　　　　（learn） a lot about Britain.
③By the end of last month， the new building 　　　　　　　　　　　（complete） ahead of time.
【寫美】　句型轉換
④Next year he will be 18 and he will graduate from Guangming High School.
→　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　， he will graduate from Guangming High School.
Section Ⅰ　Starting out & Understanding ideas
【文本透析·剖語篇】
第一步
1.excited　2.magical　3.pale　4.strange　5.lovely
6.cruel　7.bending
第二步
1－5　BABCA
第三步
1.We， humans， are also a part of nature， but we tend to distinguish ourselves from nature and do the things， which may harm nature.Therefore， respect nature and its resources， show some compassion towards it.It is the responsibility of a human being to protect nature.We， as humans， should refrain from doing any harm to nature if we need to provide a good natural environment to the future generations.Just as Charles Darwin puts it， “Everything， what is against nature， will not last for long.”
2.When I think about the beauty of nature， the first thing that comes to my mind may be greenery.But the beauty of nature is more than the greenery.Everything I feel and see around， including mountains， forests， rivers， birds， plants， animals， air， etc.— all are a part of the beauty of nature.
第四步
1.（1）When I got up this morning the world was a cold place of dead white and pale blues.
（2）The little plum tree outside， with the faintly flushed snow lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk， stood in full sunlight.
（3）But the snow is falling heavily， in great soft flakes， so that you can hardly see across the shallow valley， and the roofs are thick and the trees all bending， and the weathercock of the village church， still to be seen through the grey loaded air， has become some creature out of Hans Andersen.
2.（1）The dining-room window had been transformed into a lovely Japanese print.
（2）It was as if our kindly countryside， close to the very heart of England， had been turned into a cruel grassland.
3.Then the sun came out， and by the time I had sat down to breakfast it was shining bravely and flushing the snow with delicate pinks.
第五步
1.as ...as ...　非限制性定語　the children　方式狀語
對于這場雪，我今早近乎像孩子們那樣興奮。我發現孩子們在透過窗子看著外面奇妙的世界，興奮地說個不停，就像圣誕節突然又要來了一般。
2.that　結果狀語　時間狀語
這是今年冬天我們在這里的第一場雪，而在去年的雪季，我身在異國，在酷熱的天氣里汗流不止，所以離我上次欣賞到這銀裝素裹的世界，著實過了些時日了。
【核心知識·巧突破】
核心詞匯集釋
1.①for　②inspection　③be inspected
2.①insisted on lending　②（should） be sent to the hospital； was feeling quiet well
3.①into　②off　③talk him out of leaving
4.①about　②out　③came round to see me
5.①down/over　②persuading　③bent her mind to her work
重點句型解構
1.①found myself stuck　②found himself in a strange room　③found most of my classmates and teachers friendly
④find it much easier to recognise
2.①had begun　②will have learned/will learn　③had been completed　④By the time he is 18 next year
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Section Ⅰ　
Starting out & Understanding ideas
1
篇章助解·釋疑難
目 錄
2
文本透析·剖語篇
4
課時檢測·提能力
3
核心知識·巧突破
篇章助解·釋疑難
力推課前預習
1
First Snow
Mr Robert Lynd once said of Jane Austen’s characters①： “They
are people in whose lives a slight② fall of snow is an event.” Even at the
risk of③ appearing to this fair and witty④reviewer⑤ as another Mr
Woodhouse， I must insist⑥ that last night’s fall of snow here was an
event.[1]I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children，
whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and
talking away⑦ as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round⑧
again. [2]The fact is， however， that the snow was as strange and
fascinating⑨ to me as it was to them.
[3]It is the first fall we have had here this winter， and last year I was out
of the country， sweating⑩ in a hot climate， during the snowy season，
so that it really does seem an age since I saw the ground so fantastically
carpeted .
　　[1]whom引導非限制性定語從句，修飾先行詞the children；as if
引導方式狀語從句。
[2]that引導表語從句；as引導比較狀語從句。
[3]we have had here this winter為省略了關系代詞that的定語從
句，修飾先行詞the first fall；動詞-ing短語sweating in ...作伴隨狀
語；so that引導結果狀語從句；since引導時間狀語從句。
The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is a magical
event.You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in
another quite different， and if this is not magic， then where is it to be
found？ The very secrecy and quietness of the thing makes it more
magical.
　　When I got up this morning the world was a cold place of dead white
and pale blues.[4]The light that came through the windows was very
strange， and it made the familiar business of splashing and shaving and
brushing and dressing very strange too. Then the sun came out ， and by
the time I had sat down to breakfast it was shining bravely and flushing
the snow with delicate pinks.The dining-room window had been
transformed into a lovely Japanese print.The little plum tree outside，
with the faintly flushed snow lining its branches and artfully disposed
along its trunk， stood in full sunlight.
An hour or two later everything was a cold sparkle of white and
blue.The world had completely changed again.The little Japanese prints
had all disappeared.I looked out of my study window， over the
garden， the field， to the low hills beyond， and the ground went on and
on， the sky was thick grey， and all the trees so many black and
threatening shapes.There was indeed something curiously disturbing
about the whole prospect .[5]It was as if our kindly countryside， close
to the very heart of England， had been turned into a cruel grassland.At
any moment， it seemed， a body of horsemen might be seen breaking
out from the black trees， so many weapons might be heard and some
distant spot of snow be reddened .It was that kind of landscape .
　　[4]本句為and連接的并列句；that引導定語從句，修飾先行詞
The light。
　　[5]as if引導表語從句，且as if引導的從句使用了虛擬語氣。
Now it has changed again.The glare has gone and no touch of the
disturbing remains .But the snow is falling heavily， in great soft flakes
， so that you can hardly see across the shallow valley， and the roofs
are thick and the trees all bending ， and the weathercock of the village
church， still to be seen through the grey loaded air ， has become some
creature out of Hans Andersen.From my study， which is apart from the
house and faces it， I can see the children flattening their noses against
the window， and there is running through my head a rhyme I used to
repeat when I was a child and flattened my nose against the cold window
to watch the falling snow：
Snow， snow faster：
White alabaster！
Killing geese in Scotland，
Sending feathers here！
（Adaptation from First Snow by John Boynton Priestley）
【讀文清障】
①character n.人物
②slight adj.小的，輕微的
③at the risk of冒著……的風險
④witty adj.機智的；言辭詼諧的；巧妙的
⑤reviewer n.評論家
review v.評論
⑥insist v.堅稱，堅決認為
insist on堅持
⑦talk away不停地說
⑧come round再度發生，再次出現
⑨fascinating adj.迷人的
fascinate v.迷住，深深吸引
fascination n.魅力；入迷
⑩sweat v.出汗；流汗
carpet v.把……厚厚地覆蓋
wake up醒來，喚醒
secrecy n.保密，秘密狀態
shaving n.刮胡子
come out 出來，出現
flush v.（使）發紅
delicate adj.柔和的；淡雅的
transform ...into ...把……轉變成……
faintly adv.微弱地；模糊地
dispose v.排列，布置
sparkle n.閃耀，閃光
study n.書房
threatening adj.恐嚇的，威脅的
prospect n.開闊的景觀，景色
spot n.斑點
redden v.（使）變紅
landscape n.風景，景色
glare n.刺眼的強光
remain v.繼續存在
flake n.小薄片
shallow adj.淺的
bend v.變彎曲
the grey loaded air灰蒙蒙的空氣
flatten v.（使）變平，把……弄平
rhyme n.兒歌，童謠
goose n.[pl.geese]鵝
【參考譯文】
初雪
羅伯特·林德先生曾這樣評論過簡·奧斯汀筆下的人物：“在這些
人的生命里，場場小雪皆是大事。”在這位公正睿智的評論家面前，
即便是冒著讓自己看起來像伍德豪斯先生那樣的風險，我也得堅持
說：“昨晚這兒的那場雪是件大事。”對于這場雪，我今早近乎像孩
子們那樣興奮。我發現孩子們在透過窗子看著外面奇妙的世界，興奮
地說個不停，就像圣誕節突然又要來了一般。事實上，這場雪于我而
言，也是同樣的奇異，同樣的迷人。這是今年冬天我們在這里的第一
場雪，而在去年的雪季，我身在異國，在酷熱的天氣里汗流不止，所
以離我上次欣賞到這銀裝素裹的世界，著實過了些時日了。
這場初雪不僅是一件大事，而且還是一件具有魔力的大事。入睡
時，世界是一個模樣，醒來則是完全不同的另一番模樣，若非有魔
力，如何才能這般？神秘，悄然，這給雪又添了幾分魔力。
今早我起床時，世界是一片寂然的白色與淺淡的藍色，到處清清
冷冷。窗子透進來的光線很是怪異，使得洗臉、刮胡子、刷牙、穿衣
服這些熟悉的日常行為也顯得離奇古怪。接著太陽出來了，等到我坐
下來吃早餐時，太陽的光彩已是絢爛奪目，給雪地添了一抹柔和的粉
紅色。餐廳的窗戶成了一幅可愛的日本版畫。在陽光的普照之下，屋
外的李子樹的樹干和枝丫被淡粉的積雪精致巧妙地裝點著。
一兩個小時過后，一切都閃著或白或藍的微光。世界又徹底改變
了模樣。小小的日本版畫都消失不見了，我從書房看向窗外，越過花
園、田野，再望向遠處低矮的小山，沿著不斷向前延伸的地面望去，
天空成了厚重的灰色，所有的樹木都顯出一副黑黢黢和兇神惡煞的樣
子。整個景象確實會給人帶來一種奇怪的、不安的感受。就好像我們
這個靠近英格蘭中心位置的親切小鄉村變成了暴躁的草原；仿佛隨時
可能看見一群騎兵從黑黝黝的樹叢中沖出，可能聽見武器的交錯響
聲，最后好像看見遠處的白雪一點點被血液染紅。這幅景象就是給人
這種感覺。
　　現在，一切又變了。炫目的日光已然消失，也不再有那種緊張不
安感。大片柔軟的雪花鋪天蓋地地飄落，遮擋了你的視線，讓你幾乎
看不到淺淺的山谷，屋頂上存了厚厚的雪，樹木被壓得彎下腰來，村
莊教堂的風信雞在灰蒙蒙的空氣中依稀可見，像是從安徒生童話里走
出來的活物。我的書房是和房子獨立開來的，書房在房子的對面。從
書房看去，可以看到孩子們把鼻子抵在窗戶上看雪的樣子，我的腦海
里出現了一首兒歌，那是我小時候將鼻子抵在冰涼的窗戶上看雪時會
一直重復哼著的歌：
下雪吧，下快一點吧：
石膏一樣的雪白！
在蘇格蘭宰些鵝，
把雪白的羽毛送到這兒來吧！
（改編自約翰·博因頓·普里斯特利的《初雪》）
文本透析·剖語篇
助力語篇理解
2
第一步：析架構理清脈絡
Read the passage quickly and then fill in the blanks.
第二步：知細節明察秋毫
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers.
1. What does “They” in Paragraph 1 refer to？（　　）
A. Mr Robert Lynd and Jane Austen.
B. Jane Austen’s characters.
C. Mr Robert Lynd and his friends.
D. People living in my hometown.
2. How did the writer find the first fall of snow here？（　　）
A. Magical. B. Quiet.
C. Strange. D. Common.
3. What happened to the dining-room window？（　　）
A. It was flushed with delicate pinks.
B. It became a lovely Japanese print.
C. It was covered by the faintly flushed snow.
D. It was artfully disposed in full sunlight.
4. What made the writer hardly see the shallow valley clearly？（　　）
A. The grey sky.
B. The white and blue light.
C. The falling great flakes.
D. The bending trees.
5. What kind of style does this passage belong to？（　　）
A. A scenery essay.
B. A story.
C. An argumentative writing.
D. A letter.
第三步：拓思維品質提升
Discuss the following questions with your partner.
1. How should humans treat nature？








　We， humans， are also a part of nature， but we tend to distinguish
ourselves from nature and do the things， which may harm
nature.Therefore， respect nature and its resources， show some
compassion towards it.It is the responsibility of a human being to
protect nature.We， as humans， should refrain from doing any harm
to nature if we need to provide a good natural environment to the future
generations.Just as Charles Darwin puts it， “Everything， what is
against nature， will not last for long.”　
2. What do you think of the beauty of nature？





　When I think about the beauty of nature， the first thing that comes
to my mind may be greenery.But the beauty of nature is more than the
greenery.Everything I feel and see around， including mountains，
forests， rivers， birds， plants， animals， air， etc.— all are a part
of the beauty of nature.　
第四步：品語言妙筆生輝
1. Read the passage carefully and find the sentences describing the
landscape.





　（1）When I got up this morning the world was a cold place of dead
white and pale blues.　
　（2）The little plum tree outside， with the faintly flushed snow
lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk， stood in full
sunlight.　





　（3）But the snow is falling heavily， in great soft flakes， so that
you can hardly see across the shallow valley， and the roofs are thick
and the trees all bending， and the weathercock of the village church，
still to be seen through the grey loaded air， has become some creature
out of Hans Andersen.　
2. Read the passage carefully and find the sentences using similes or
metaphors.




3. Read the passage carefully and find the sentence using personification.


　（1）The dining-room window had been transformed into a lovely
Japanese print.　
　（2）It was as if our kindly countryside， close to the very heart of
England， had been turned into a cruel grassland.　
　Then the sun came out， and by the time I had sat down to breakfast
it was shining bravely and flushing the snow with delicate pinks.　
第五步：析難句表達升級
1. I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children， whom I
found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking
away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again.
句式分析 本句為主從復合句。主句為I was nearly as excited ...as
the children，其中使用了 結構；whom引導
從句，修飾先行詞 ；as if引導
從句。
自主翻譯


as ...as ...　
非限
制性定語　
the children　
方式狀
語　
對于這場雪，我今早近乎像孩子們那樣興奮。我發現
孩子們在透過窗子看著外面奇妙的世界，興奮地說個不停，就像圣
誕節突然又要來了一般。　
2. It is the first fall we have had here this winter， and last year I was out
of the country， sweating in a hot climate， during the snowy season，
so that it really does seem an age since I saw the ground so fantastically
carpeted.
句式分析 we have had here this winter為省略了關系代詞 的
定語從句；sweating in a hot climate為動詞-ing短語作伴隨狀語；so
that引導 從句，在此從句中，since引導
從句。
自主翻譯


that　
結果狀語　
時間狀語　
這是今年冬天我們在這里的第一場雪，而在去年的雪
季，我身在異國，在酷熱的天氣里汗流不止，所以離我上次欣賞到
這銀裝素裹的世界，著實過了些時日了。　
核心知識·巧突破
探究課堂重點
3
Part Ⅰ　核心詞匯集釋
inspector n.檢查員，巡視員
【教材原句】　Priestley wrote many successful articles， essays，
novels and plays， but is best remembered for his play An Inspector
Calls.
普里斯特利寫了許多成功的文章、散文、小說和戲劇，但他因他的戲
劇《偵探來訪》而成名。
【用法】
（1）inspect v.　　檢查；視察
inspect sb/sth for sth　　因某物而檢查某人/某物
（2）inspection n.　　檢查；視察
on closer inspection　　經進一步檢查
【佳句】　He worked as an inspector in a factory when young.他年輕
時在一家工廠當檢查員。
【練透】　單句語法填空
①Education officials have been using another two vehicles to inspect
schools structural damage.
②On closer （inspect）， the painting exposes serious
social problems.
③All the passengers are to （inspect） before boarding
the subway.
for　
inspection　
be inspected　
insist v.堅稱，堅決認為
【教材原句】　...I must insist that last night’s fall of snow here was
an event.
……我也得堅持說：“昨晚這兒的那場雪是件大事。”
【用法】
insist on/upon （doing） sth　堅決要求（做）某事
insist that ... （should） do sth
　　　　　　　　堅持主張……（應該）做某事
【佳句】　You should respect the views of others， and at the same time
insist on what you think is right.
你應該尊重別人的觀點，同時堅持自己認為正確的觀點。
【點津】　當insist表示“堅持說，堅決認為”時，其后的賓語從句用
陳述語氣。
【練透】　同義句轉換
①We insisted that the Browns should use our car， but they refused.
→We the Browns our car， but they refused.
insisted on lending　
【寫美】　補全句子
②I insisted that he at once， but
he insisted that he then.
我堅持立即把他送到醫院，但他堅持說他當時感覺相當好。
（should） be sent to the hospital　
was feeling quiet well　
talk away 不停地說，喋喋不休
【教材原句】　I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the
children， whom I found all looking through the window at the magic
outside and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come
round again.
對于這場雪，我今早近乎像孩子們那樣興奮。我發現孩子們在透過窗
子看著外面奇妙的世界，興奮地說個不停，就像圣誕節突然又要來了
一般。
【用法】
talk down to sb　　以高人一等的口氣說話
talk sb into （doing） sth　　說服某人（做）某事
talk sb out of （doing） sth　　說服某人不（做）某事
talk off　　說得天花亂墜；說得煩死人
【佳句】　Nobody’s listening， but she just keeps talking away.
沒人在聽，但她就是不停地說。
【練透】　單句語法填空
①She talked her husband having a holiday in France.
②You can talk my head ， but you can’t change wrong into
right.
into　
off　
【寫美】　補全句子
③The manager tried to .
經理極力勸他不要走。
talk him out of leaving　
come round 再度發生，再次出現；蘇醒；順道拜訪
【教材原句】　... as if Christmas had suddenly come round again.
……就像圣誕節突然又要來了一般。
【用法】
come about　　發生；造成
come across　　（偶然）遇見；碰見
come out　　出來；出版；發行
come up　　走近；被提出
come up with　　提出；想出
come to　　總計；達到（某狀況）；蘇醒
When it comes to ...　　當涉及/談到……時
【佳句】　By the time the summer came round， Kelly was feeling
much better.
當夏天來臨的時候，凱莉感覺好多了。
【練透】　單句語法填空
①How did the accident come since he drove at a speed of sixty
miles per hour？
②It is said that he is focusing on writing a book on space exploration.But
when it will come is up in the air.
about　
out　
【寫美】　補全句子
③She on a sunny Sunday.
她在一個晴朗的星期天來看了我。
came round to see me　
bend v.變彎曲 n.彎道，拐彎
【教材原句】　But the snow is falling heavily， in great soft flakes， so
that you can hardly see across the shallow valley， and the roofs are thick
and the trees all bending ...大片柔軟的雪花鋪天蓋地地飄落，遮擋了
你的視線，讓你幾乎看不到淺淺的山谷，屋頂上存了厚厚的雪，樹木
被壓得彎下腰來……
【用法】
（1）bend down/over　　彎下腰來；彎腰
bend forwards　　向前彎曲
bend one’s head　　低下頭
bend sb to （doing） sth　　迫使某人（做）某事
bend one’s mind/efforts to sth　致力于某事，專心致志于某事
（2）a sharp bend　　一個急轉彎
【佳句】　The road bends sharply to the right.
這條路向右急轉彎。
【練透】　單句語法填空
①When the boy caught sight of Poppy， he went rushing towards the dog
and bent to give her a big hug.
②Eric bent himself to （persuade） them to donate some
blankets.
down/over　
persuading　
【寫美】　補全句子
③When she ， she could always do it well.
當她專心工作時，她總是可以做好。
bent her mind to her work　
Part Ⅱ　重點句型解構
句型公式：find＋賓語＋賓語補足語
【教材原句】　You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find
yourself in another quite different， and if this is not magic， then
where is it to be found？
入睡時，世界是一個模樣，醒來則是完全不同的另一番模樣，若非有
魔力，如何才能這般？
【用法】
此句中的find yourself in another quite different屬于“find＋賓語＋賓
語補足語”結構。
（1）find＋賓語＋形容詞/介詞短語/動詞-ing形式（表主動或正在進
行）/過去分詞（表被動或完成）
（2）“find＋oneself＋賓語補足語”結構指某人不知不覺地發現自
己處于某種狀態，常表示意料之外的情況。
（3）在“find it＋形容詞/名詞＋to do ...”結構中，it是形式賓語，
后面的to do ...是真正的賓語。
【品悟】　Meanwhile， I find myself looking back at my senior
year， and thinking about all the wonderful things that have happened.
同時，我發覺自己在回顧自己高中最后一年的時光，追憶所有發生過
的美好往事。
【寫美】　微寫作
①不幸的是，我發現我自己被卡在大南瓜里了。
Unfortunately， I in the huge pumpkin.
②當他醒來時，他發現自己在一個陌生的房間里。
When he awoke， he .
③我發現我的大多數同學和老師都很友好。
I .
found myself stuck　
found himself in a strange room　
found most of my classmates and teachers friendly　
④我們經常發現意識到別人的缺點比意識到我們自身的缺點更容
易些。
We often other people’s weaknesses
than our own.
find it much easier to recognise　
句型公式：by the time引導的時間狀語從句
【教材原句】　Then the sun came out， and by the time I had sat down
to breakfast it was shining bravely and flushing the snow with delicate
pinks.
接著太陽出來了，等到我坐下來吃早餐時，太陽的光彩已是絢爛奪
目，給雪地添了一抹柔和的粉紅色。
【用法】
（1）by the time＋從句（一般過去時），主句時態為過去完成時。
（2）by the time＋從句（一般現在時），主句時態為一般將來時或
將來完成時。
（3）by the end of＋過去的時間，句子時態為過去完成時。
（4）by the end of＋將來的時間，句子時態為將來完成時。
【品悟】　By the time he was 14， Mozart had composed many pieces
for the harpsichord， piano and violin， as well as for orchestras.
莫扎特到14歲的時候，不僅已經譜寫了很多管弦樂曲，還譜寫了許多
撥弦鍵琴曲、鋼琴曲和小提琴曲。
【練透】　單句語法填空
①By the time we got there， the play （begin） already.
②By the time the course ends， we
（learn） a lot about Britain.
③By the end of last month， the new building
（complete） ahead of time.
had begun　
will have learned/will learn　
had been completed　
【寫美】　句型轉換
④Next year he will be 18 and he will graduate from Guangming High
School.
→ ， he will graduate from Guangming
High School.
By the time he is 18 next year　
課時檢測·提能力
培育學科素養
4
維度一：品句填詞
1. The nursery （童謠） reminds me of my happy childhood
spent with my grandparents.
2. To reduce food waste， some restaurants （堅持） their
customers should take away the leftover food after their meals.
3. The bird has grey （羽毛） with a lighter collar.
rhyme　
insist　
feathers　
4. He hurried on with his （刮胡子）， cutting his chin
twice.
5. Notre Dame stands in the very heart of Paris and is one of the
famous （教堂） in the world.
6. One of the main characters of this plastic is its ability to b without
breaking.
7. The w schedule may make you more aware of how you spend
your time.
8. Standing on the top of the mountain， we can enjoy a delightful
p of the lake.
shaving　
churches　
end　
eekly　
rospect　
維度二：詞形轉換
1. They hope this new evidence will prove her
（innocent）.
2. The （inspect） said that standards at the school had to
be raised.
3. On the bench a large light bulb was glowing （faint）.
4. We have made many （enhance） to the software
that will strengthen system security.
5. The leaves turn yellow， and the maples （red）.So
beautiful and so graceful！
innocence　
inspector　
faintly　
enhancements　
redden　
維度三：固定搭配和句式
1. They （不停地說） as if they hadn’t seen each
other for a long time.
2. When she （醒來） in the morning， the sun was
streaming through the windows.
3. They prevented a serious railway accident （冒
著……的風險） their own lives.
4. The movie had begun （到我們到達那兒
時）.
talked away　
woke up　
at the risk of　
by the time we got there　
5. Nervous and frightened， I felt
（如坐針氈）.
6. I walked along the street， and about 30 minutes later，
（我發現自己來到了學校大門口）。
as if I were sitting on pins and
needles　
I found
myself at the school gate　
維度四：課文語法填空
　　It is the first time that I have seen snow this year.It is not only
1. event but a magical event.You go to bed in one kind of world
and wake up 2. （find） yourself in another completely
different.The secrecy and 3. （quiet） of the thing makes it
more magical.When I 4.
an　
to find　
quietness　
（get） up this morning， I found the world dead white and pale
blues.The light coming through the windows was very strange，
5. made the familiar business of splashing and shaving and
brushing and dressing strange too.When the sun came out， the snow
became pink.The little plum tree stood in full sunlight.An hour 6.
two later， everything was a cold sparkle of white and blue.The little
Japanese prints had disappeared.The ground went on and on， the sky was
thick grey， and all the trees were in black and 7.
got　
which　
or　
（threaten） shapes.Now the snow is falling 8.
（heavy） in great soft flakes so that you can hardly see across the shallow
valley.The 9. （roof） are thick and the trees are all bent.I can
see the children 10. （flatten） their noses against the
window to watch the falling snow.
threatening　
heavily　
roofs　
flattening　
Ⅰ.閱讀理解
A
　　（2024·山東青島二中高二上期末）Never has there been a primate
as big as Gigantopithecus blacki.Adults of this ancient ape （猿） stood
about 10 feet tail and could weigh more than 500 pounds， wandering the
thick forests of ancient China during the last Ice Age.
　　Why this impressive animal went extinct has puzzled scientists since
the ape was discovered nearly a century ago.But now， a new analysis
suggests that the primate’s unique lifestyle left it vulnerable.
　　The new study combines geological dates， pollen records， and
clues preserved inside fossil teeth to present a detailed timeline of when，
and how， Gigantopithecus blacki went extinct.The results reveal the
creature’s decline and ultimate demise in fine detail.
　　Kira Westaway， lead author of the new study and a geochronologist
at Macquarie University in Sydney， worked to come up with more
accurate dates for the sediments （沉積物） that Gigantopithecus fossils
have been found in.Studies of fossil pollen from the Gigantopithecus sites
also allowed researchers to study how the animal’s habitat was
changing.Prior to 700，000 years ago， both Gigantopithecus and Pongo
weidenreichi， another ancient ape， lived in forests where they ate
leaves， fruits， and flowers available much of the year round.Due to the
environmental changes， dense forests of pines，
birches and chestnut relatives gave way to more open habitats with larger
patches of grassland.However， Gigantopithecus had a difficult time
finding preferred foods.Meanwhile Pongo weidenreichi changed its diet to
live on-fibrous-plants that were more readily available.
　　“It was the response of G， blacki to these changes that sealed its
fate，” Westaway says.“The giant apes were so big that they had to
move on the ground and were limited in how far they could venture，
trying to make the most of twigs， bark， and other tough foods that were
still accessible.It wasn’t enough.”
　　Yet knowing the ending of the ape’s story hardly closes the case on
the giant primate.Did these huge primates follow the same path to
extinction， or did the story vary by location？ This research opens new
questions even as it explains the disappearance of Earth’s most huge ape.
語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹了一項新的研究揭示
了步氏巨猿滅絕的原因以及時間。
語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹了一項新的研究揭示
了步氏巨猿滅絕的原因以及時間。
1. What does the new research aim to do？（　　）
A. To study the climate changes of ancient China.
B. To analyze the geological features of the last Ice Age.
C. To solve the mystery of the Gigantopithecus blacki’s extinction.
D. To present some detailed findings of the Gigantopithecus blacki’s
habitat.
解析： 　細節理解題。根據第二段內容可知，這項新研究的目的
是找出步氏巨猿滅絕的原因。
2. What does the underlined word “demise” in the third paragraph
mean？（　　）
A. Change. B. Removal.
C. Adaptation. D. Extinction.
解析： 　詞義猜測題。根據第三段首句可知，這項新研究結合了
地質年代、花粉記錄和保存在牙齒化石中的線索，揭示了步氏巨猿
什么時候以及怎樣滅絕的。所以畫線單詞意為“滅絕”。
3. What do we know about the study？（　　）
A. The timing of the giant ape’s disappearance was worked out.
B. Another ape was included to show their common habitat.
C. The environmental shift had little impact on the giant ape’s habitat.
D. Some fossil pollen were studied to reveal the giant ape’s diet
preference.
解析： 　細節理解題。根據第三段中的The results reveal the
creature’s decline and ultimate 　demise　 in fine detail.以及最后一段
中的This research opens new questions even as it explains the
disappearance of Earth’s most huge ape.可知，這項新研究確定了
步氏巨猿消失的時間。
4. What can be suggested from Westaway’s words about the giant ape？
（　　）
A. The giant ape responded to the change of its habitat easily.
B. The inability to adapt quickly caused its disappearance.
C. The giant ape had sufficient food resources on the grassland.
D. The forested habitat was still accessible to the giant ape.
解析： 　推理判斷題。根據倒數第二段中Westaway說的關于巨猿
的話可知，步氏巨猿無法快速適應環境的改變，從而導致了滅絕。
B
　　To understand how much we rely on ecosystem services， imagine a
world where humans are the only species — perhaps in a spaceship far
from the Earth.
There are no plants releasing oxygen， so you have to engineer a way
to make it yourself. So straight away you need a chemical processing plant
on board your ship. That same plant will have to make water too.
There is also nothing to eat， so you must artificially make food.You
could synthesise （人工合成） chemicals like sugars and fats， but
making it delicious would be extremely hard.As of 2015， we can’t
even make an artificial burger that everyone finds convincing.
Let’s not even get started on the microorganisms （微生物） living
in your gut， many of which are beneficial. The point is that， while we
could in theory do all these things artificially， it is far easier to let the
existing wildlife do them for us.
The scale of these ecosystem services， when you add them up，
turns out to be extraordinarily large.
In 1997， ecologist Robert Costanza and his colleagues estimated that
the ecosystem provides services worth around $33 trillion a year.For
comparison， they noted that the entire global economy at the time
produced around $18 trillion a year.
Five years later， the team took the argument a step further by asking
how much we would gain by conserving biodiversity.They concluded that
the benefits would outweigh the costs by a factor of 100.In other words，
conserving nature is an unbelievably good investment.
By contrast， letting species decline and go extinct looks like a bad
move.A 2010 study concluded that unchecked species loss would wipe
18% off global economic output by 2050.
You may perhaps be feeling that all this talk of economics and growth
is strange.It’s all rather cold and heartless， without any of the love for
the natural world that we were talking about earlier.Well， many
environmentalists feel the same way.
語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。生態系統和生物多樣性對人類究竟
有多重要？文章從經濟效益的角度對此進行了說明。
語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。生態系統和生物多樣性對人類究竟
有多重要？文章從經濟效益的角度對此進行了說明。
5. How does the author begin the passage？（　　）
A. By drawing a conclusion.
B. By offering an argument.
C. By providing an example.
D. By making an assumption.
解析： 　篇章結構題。根據第一段內容可知，作者為了幫助我們
理解生態系統的重要性，首先作出了一個假設：想象一個只有人類
的世界。
6. What does the author want to tell us by mentioning an artificial burger
in Paragraph 3？（　　）
A. Artificial things are similar to natural ones.
B. Artificial things can hardly be the same as natural ones.
C. We have a long way to go to develop artificial things.
D. We can hardly distinguish artificial things from natural ones.
解析： 　細節理解題。根據第三段內容可知，作者首先指
出：我們可以人工合成糖和脂肪，但很難使其味道可口；接下
來又說直到2015年人們還沒有人工合成出令人滿意的漢堡。由
此可知，作者提到人工漢堡，主要是說明人工合成食物跟真實
天然的食物還有差距。
7. What’s the main problem with doing many things artificially？
（　　）
A. Its high costs. B. Its negative effects.
C. Its being difficult. D. Its being impossible.
解析： 　細節理解題。根據第四段內容可知，作者認為，雖然人
工合成食物在理論上是可能的，但問題在于讓食物在大自然天然生
長要容易得多。
8. What’s the author’s purpose of writing the passage？（　　）
A. To prove the value of biodiversity.
B. To stress the importance of the environment.
C. To tell us how the ecosystem works.
D. To teach us how to protect the ecosystem.
解析： 　寫作意圖題。綜合全文內容可知，作者主要介紹了生態
系統的重要性，尤其是生物多樣性的價值。
C
　　（2024·浙江嘉興高二上期末）In times of intense stress， people
sometimes let it out with a scream and a new study suggests that plants
might do the same.Researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel has found
that plants let out ultrasonic （超聲的） screams when damaged or
stressed by drought.
　　The noises， falling within a range of 20 to 100 kilohertz， are too
high-frequency for humans to hear， but other plants and some animals
perceive them.Insects might be listening for sounds from stressed plants to
assess their condition before laying eggs on their leaves.A moth （蛾）
may decide against laying eggs on a plant that sounds water-stressed.
　　Researchers attached recording devices directly to plants to listen for
secret sounds inside their stems （莖）.In drought， air bubbles
formed， burst and caused vibrations （振動） within the tissue that
normally carries water up the plants’ stems.The process was picked up
by the attached recording devices， but researchers wanted to know if any
plant sounds could travel through the air.
　　So the team placed microphones 10 centimetres from stressed-out
tomato and tobacco plants.They subjected one set of crops to drought and
another to physical damage.A third group was untouched.
　　The microphones did pick up distinct sounds.On average， drought-
stressed tomato plants let out about 35 ultrasonic screams per hour， while
those with cut stems made about 25.Drought-stressed tobacco plants let
out about 11 screams per hour， and cut crops made about 15 sounds in
the same time.The average number of sounds from untouched plants fell
below one per hour.
　　The researchers also attempted to identify each plant group just based
on its screams.Using a type of artificial intelligence calculations， the
team picked out distinct features in each set of sounds and successfully
sorted their plants into three kinds： “dry， cut or untouched”.
　　If it is not too costly to set up the recording in a field situation，
farmers might be able to hear these stress signals， too.In future，
enabling farmers to listen for water-stressed plants could “open a new
direction”， which will be increasingly important as climate change
exposes more areas to drought.
語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。當植物受到損傷或受到干旱的壓力
時，會發出超聲波尖叫。
9. Why is the moth mentioned in Paragraph 2？（　　）
A. To show moths need enough water when laying eggs.
B. To show some animals are able to hear plants scream.
C. To show some insects are picky about their surroundings.
D. To show wildlife species depend on each other when stressed.
解析： 　推理判斷題。根據第二段第二、三句可知，第二段提到
了飛蛾，以表明一些動物能夠聽到植物的尖叫。
語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。當植物受到損傷或受到干旱的壓力
時，會發出超聲波尖叫。
10. What can we learn from the research？（　　）
A. Plants’ sounds couldn’t be detected by humans.
B. Plants can be grouped according to their features.
C. Plants’ screams are related to stress types in a way.
D. Air bubbles contribute to the lack of water in plants.
解析： 　推理判斷題。根據第五段中列舉的數據可知，同種植
物壓力類型不同，尖叫次數不同。由此推知，植物的尖叫在某種
程度上與壓力類型有關。
11. What does the last paragraph focus on？（　　）
A. Supporting evidence for the research result.
B. Potential application of the research findings.
C. A further explanation of the research methods.
D. A reasonable doubt about the research process.
解析： 　根據最后一段第二句可知，這一新發現可以讓農民能
夠聽到缺水植物的聲音，農民就可以快速判斷植物當前處于缺水
的狀況。由此推知，這一段重點介紹了研究結果的潛在應用。
12. What can be a suitable title for the text？（　　）
A. Plants’ Vibrations： Way to React to Stress
B. Stress Signals： Secret Newly Found in Plants
C. Green Screams： Plants Make Noises When Stressed
D. Ultrasonic Screams： Discovery Opens a New Chapter
解析： 　標題歸納題。通讀全文可知，植物在受到損傷或受到
干旱的壓力時，它們會發出聲音。因此，C項（綠色尖叫：植物
在受到壓力時會發出響聲）適合作為文章的標題。
Ⅱ.閱讀七選五
　　As summer approaches， many are refreshing their gardens to reflect
the change in the season.As we become more eco-conscious， enhancing
biodiversity （生物多樣性） tops our to-do list.13.（　　）.
　　◆Grow plants for pollinators.
　　Pollinators like bees can see the colour purple more clearly than any
other， so planting purple colour flowers like lavender will lead to a bee-
filled paradise （樂園）.Herbs also attract butterflies and bees if you
allow them to flower.A key tip to remember is that most roses aren’t
ideal for pollinators.14.（　　）.
　
　◆Just add water.
　　Add running water to your garden.15.（　　）.Such additions can
make it more appealing to birds and wildlife.Adding a bird bath or a small
water feature can attract a whole new range of wildlife， from frogs to
dragonflies.Add small rocks into your water feature to prevent insects or
animals drowning.
　　◆16.（　　）.
　　Home-grown plants adapt to local soil and environmental
conditions， meaning that they require less care.They also promote
biodiversity and decrease soil erosion （侵蝕）， while also reducing the
use of chemical fertilizers （化肥） — a true win-win situation.By
buying home-grown plants you can help to prevent foreign species
reaching your garden and the countryside.Although these species are often
harmless in their native habitats， they can cause disease and competition
in a new environment.
　　
◆Create homes for wildlife.
　　17. （　　）.So consider building bee hotels and bird houses，
placing planting pots upside down， or even letting leaves and sticks pile
up in the garden to provide a safe place for wildlife.And before you
commit yourself to a neatly polished space， consider leaving room for a
little chaos.
A. Stick to native plants
B. Grow domestic vegetables
C. Thoughtful structures in gardens are ideal shelters
D. It helps purify the air and provide drinking water for local wildlife
E. Don’t feel discouraged if the wildlife shelter is empty at first
F. It is difficult for the bees to get to the center of the flower to feed
G. Here are some tips to help strike the balance between beauty and
biodiversity
語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了一些做園藝時在美和生
物多樣性之間尋求平衡的方法。
語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了一些做園藝時在美和生
物多樣性之間尋求平衡的方法。
13. G　上文提到了許多人想要讓花園煥然一新以及有提高生物多樣
性的環保意識。結合下文分條列出的建議可知，設空處起到承上啟下
的作用，G項（這里有一些有助于在美和生物多樣性之間取得平衡的
建議）符合語境。
14. F　空前一句提到了大多數玫瑰對傳粉者來說并不理想，接下來應
對此進行解釋，F項（蜜蜂很難到達花朵的中心覓食）符合語境。
15. D　空前一句建議給花園澆水，這里應解釋這么做的好處，D項
（它有助于凈化空氣并為當地野生動物提供飲用水）承接上文，符合
語境。
16. A　結合其他幾處的小標題可知，此處應用祈使句。根據下文多
次提到的Home-grown plants和整段內容可知，本段主要介紹了種本地
植物的好處，故A項（堅持種本地植物）符合語境。
17. C　根據Create homes for wildlife.可知，本段主要講述了如何給
野生動物筑窩。C項（花園中周密的建筑物是理想的庇護所）符合語
境，C項中的ideal shelters與小標題中的homes相呼應。
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