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1、必修 2Un it1 Cultural relicsRead ingFrederick Williamgreatest gift to the Russia n people would havewas the Amber Room,_was given thisused to make it. The amber which was select likehoney . The design of the room was in the It wasalso a treasuresuch an amaz ing history . This giftname because several
2、tons of amber wereed had a beautiful yellow-brow n colourfancy style popular in those days.best artists about ten years_In fact , the room was not made to be a gift . It was designed for the palace ofFrederickI. However, the n ext Ki ng of Prussia, Frederick William , _theamber room belong ed, decid
3、ed not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great.(做為回扌報(bào)),the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room because part of the Czars win terpalace in St Petersburg. About four metres long, the room serve d as a smallreception hall forimportant visitors .Later,Catheri nenhad t
4、he Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg_ she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it n1770 the room was completed the way she wan ted . Almost six hun dred can dles litthe room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, although the AmberRoom was co
5、n sidered one of the_ (won der) of the world, it is now miss ing .In September 1941, the Nazi army was n ear St Petersburg . This was a time_the two coun tries were at war._the Nazis could get to the summer palace,the Russia ns were able to remove some furn iture and small art objects from the Amber
6、 Room .However, some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself. In less than two days 100,000 pieces wereput in side twen ty-seve n woode n boxes. There is no doubt _the boxes were the n put on a trainfor Koni gsberg,_ was at that time a Germa n city onthe Baltic Sea . After that,_ happe ned to th
7、e Amber Roomremain s a mystery .Recen tly, the Russia ns and Germa ns have built a new Amber Roomat the summer palace. Bystudying old photos of theformer Amber Room, they have made the new one looklike the old one. In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrate d the 300thb
8、irthday of their city.Using Ian guageA FACT OR AN OPINION?What is a fact? Is it someth ing_people believe? No. A fact is anything_can be proved. For example, it can_ (prove) that China has moreIN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMI ,the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that hisdecorated with gold a
9、nd jewels, which took the coun tryspeople than any other country in the world. This is a fact.Then what is an opinion? An opinion is_ some one believes is true but hasnot bee n proved. So an opinion is not good evide nee in a trial. For example, it isan opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than
10、dogs ” . It may be true, but it is difficult to prove. Somepeople may notagree with this opinion but they alsocannot prove that they are right.In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses _ (believe) and whichnot to believe. The judge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or wheret
11、hat person lives or works. He/she only cares about _ the eyewitness hasgive n true in formati on, which must be factsrather tha nopinions. This kind ofin formatio n is called evide nee.詞匯檢測1.文化的15. remove2.rare16.wooden3.貴重的,有價(jià)值的17. 毫無疑問4.survive18. mystery5.in search of19. former6.使吃驚,驚訝20.值得的,相當(dāng)于價(jià)
12、值的令人吃驚的對感到吃驚21. 值得7.select22. local&desig n23. evide nee9.decorate被.裝飾24. explode10.style25. entrance11.artist26.si nk12.bel ong to27. 看重,器重13.作為回報(bào)28.in formal14.recepti on29. debateUnit 2 The Olympic GamesPausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago, has come on a magical journey on
13、March18th 2007 to find out about the prese nt-day Olympic Games. He is nowin terview ing Li Yan, avolun teer for the 2008 Olympic Games.P: My name is Pausanias.I lived in_ you call“Ancient Greece ” and Iused to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago. I ve come to y our time tofind out about t
14、he prese nt-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in myhomela nd. May I ask you some questi ons about the moder n Olympics?L: Good heave ns! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questi onsyou like. What would you like to know?ReadingAN INTERVIEW
15、P: How ofte n do you hold your Games?L:_ four years. There are two main sets of Games-the Win ter and SummerOlympics, and both are held every four years on a_ (定期的,有規(guī)律的 )basis.The Win ter Olympics are usually held two years before the SummerGames. Only athletes _ havereached the agreed sta ndard for
16、 their eve nt will be_ ( admit)as competitors. They may come from any where in the world.P: Win ter Games? How can the runners enjoy competi ng in wi nter? And what about the horses?L: Oh no! There are no running races or horse ridi ng even ts.In stead there arecompetitionslike skiing and ice skatin
17、g which need snow and ice. That s _theyre calledthe Win ter Olympics.It sin the SummerOlympicsyou havethe running races,together withswim ming, saili ng and all the team sports.P: I see. Earlier you said that athletes are in vited from all over the world. Doyou mean the Greek world? Our Greek cities
18、 used to compete aga inst each other justfor the honour of winning. No other countries could join in, _ could slavesor wome n!L: Nowadays any country can take part if their athletes are good eno ugh. There areover 250 sports and each on has its ownstandard . Women are not only allowed, butplay a ver
19、y importa nt role ingymn astics, athletics, team sports andP: Please wait a minute! All those events, all those countries and even womentaking part! Where are allthe athletes housed?L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them to live in, a main reception buildi ng, severalstadiums for
20、competitio ns, and a gymn asium as well.P: That sounds very expe nsive. Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games?L: As a matter of fact, every country wants the opport uni ty.It s a greatresponsibility but also a great honour to be chosen. There s as much competitionamong countries to host the Oly
21、mpics _to win Olympic medals. The 2008 Olympicswill be held in Beiji ng, China. Did you know that?P: Oh yes! You must be very proud.L: Certai nly. And after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in Lon do n. They havealready started planning for it. A new village for the athletes and all the stadiums
22、will be built to the eastof London. New medals will be designed of course and P:Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do you compete for prizemoney too?L: No, we don t. it s still all about being able to run _(fast), jumphigher and throw further. That s the motto o
23、f the Olympics, you know-“ Swifter,Higher and Stronger. ”P: Well, that s good news. How interesting! Thank you so much for your time.Using language THE STORY OF ATLANTAAtlanta was a Greek princess. She was very beautiful and could run faster than anyman in Greece. But she was not _ (allow) to run an
24、d winglory for herself inthe Olympic Games. She was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone whocould not run faster than her. Her father said that she must marry, so Atlanta made a bargain with him.She said to him, These are my rules. When a man says he wants to marry me
25、, I will run against him. Ifhe cannot run as fast asme, he will be killed. No one will be pardoned.Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when they heard of rules theyknew it was hopeless . So many of them sadly went home, but others stayed to run the race. There wasa man called Hippome
26、nes who was amazed when he heard of Atlantas rules, Why are these men sofoolish ? he thought. Why will they let themselvesbe killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess? However, when she saw Atlanta come outof her house to run, Hippomenes changed _ mind.I will marryAtlanta-or die! he sa
27、id.The race started and although the manran very fast, Atlanta ran faster. As Hippomenes watched hethought, How can I run as fast as Atlanta? He went to ask the GreekGodness of Love for help. She promise d to help him and gave him three golden apples. She said,Throw an apple in front of Atlanta when
28、 she is running past. When she stopspick it up, you will beable to run past her and win.Hippomenes took the apples and went to the King. He said, I want to marry Atlanta . The King was sadto see another man die, but Hippomenes said, I will marry heror die! So the race began.詞匯檢測1. ancient8.stadium2.
29、比賽,競爭9.as well3.參加,參與10host4.magical11. responsibility5.志愿者;志愿的;自愿12. replace6.規(guī)律的,定期的,有規(guī)則的13. motto7.容許;承認(rèn);接納14. swift15. similarity21.bargai n16. charge22.hopeless17. in charge23.foolish18. physical24.pai n19. fine25.deserve20. advertiseUn it 3 ComputersRead ing WHO AM I?Over time I have been chan
30、ged quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642. AlthoughI was young I could simplify difficult sums. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred yearsbefore I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was program medby an operatorwho used cards wi
31、th holes, I could “think ” logically and produce an answer quicker than anyperson. At thattime it was con sidered a tech no logical revoluti on and the start of my “ artificial intelligenee ” . In1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I couldbe made to work as a“ universalmachine”
32、to solve any difficult mathematicalproblem. From the n on, I grew rapidly both in size_ in brain power. By the1949s I had grow n as large as a room, and I won dered if I would grow any larger.However, this reality also worried my desig ners. As time went_, I was madesmaller. First as a PC( pers onal
33、 computer) and the n as a laptop, I have bee n used in offices andhomes since the 1970s.These changes only became possible as mymemory improved. First it was_(store)in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chip s. _ a result I totallychanged my shape. As I have grown older I have also g
34、rown _ (small). Over timemy memory has developed so much that, like an elepha nt, I n ever forget anything I have been told!And my memory became so large that even I couldn t believe it! But I was always so Ion ely sta ndingthere by myself, un til in early 1960s they gave me a family_ (connect) by a
35、 network. I was able to share my knowledge _others through the World Wide Web.Since the 1970s many new _ (apply) have been found for my. I have becomevery importa nt in com mun icati on , finance and trade . I have also bee n put in to robots and used tomake mobile phones as well_ help with medical
36、operati on s. I haveeven been put into space rockets and sent toexplore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow, mygoal is_ (provide) humans with a life of high quality. I am now trulyfilled with happ in ess that I am a_(devote) friend and helper of the huma nrace!Using IanguageANDY - THE ANDROIDI m part of an an
37、 droid football team. About once a year we are allow ed to get togetherto play a game of football. I m as big as a human. It fact, I look like one too.On the football team I m a striker so I have to be able to run very fast. My computer ships help me tomove and think like a human. For example, I hav
38、e learned to signal to my teammates in computer Ianguage to give me the ball whe n I am ope n and havea good shot for a goal.My first football competition was in Nagoya, Japan several years ago. Last year our team went toSeattle,Wash ington in the USA. Wewon_ (two) place. Pers on ally ,I think the t
39、eam that won firstplace cheated. They had developed a new type of programjust before the competition. So we need to encourage our programmer to improve our in tellige neetoo. We are determ ined to create an even better system.In a way ourprogrammer is like our coach . She programs us_ all the possib
40、le movesshehas see n while watch ing huma n games. Then she preparesreliable moves to use if anew situation arise s. In this way I can make up new moves usingmy “artificialintelligenee” . I could like to play against a human team, for I have been programmedto act just like them. After all, _ the hel
41、p of myelectronicbrain which neverforgets anything, using my intelligenee is what I m all about!詞匯檢測13. intelligentintelligenee14. reality15. pers onal16. total adv.18. finance19. sig nal20. type21. coach22. electr onic23. appeara neeRead ing HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFEDaisy had always Iong e
42、d to help_ ( endanger) species of wildlife. Oneday she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed.“ Where do you want to go? ”it asked. Daisy respond ed immediately.“I d like to see some endangeredwildlife, ” she said. “Plea se take me to adistan t land_I can find theanimal that gave fur to make t
43、his sweater.” At once the carpet flew awa y and tookher to Tibet. There Daisy saw and antelopelookingsad. It said, “WW re_ (killed) for the wool beneath our stomachs. Our fur is(use ) to1. 解決,解答2.結(jié)果(短語)3.應(yīng)用,申請4.目標(biāo),目的,球門5. 在某種程度上6.在.幫助下(短語)7. uni versal8. simplify9. operator10. logical11.tech no logy
44、12. artificialUnit 4 Wildlife protectionmake sweaters for people like you. As a result,we arenowan endangered species. ”At that Daisy cried, “I m sorry I didn t know that. I wonder_ is beingdone to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place_ there s somewildlife protecti on.”The flying carpet t
45、raveled so fast that n ext minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisyturned around and found that she was being watched by and elephant. “ Have you come to take myphoto?” it asked. _ (如釋重負(fù)) Daisy burst into_(laugh) .“Don t laugh, ” said the elephant,“We used to be anendangered species. Farmershunt ed us wi
46、thout mercy .They said we destroyed theirfarms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour compa ni es. So the gover nment decided tohelp. They allowed tourists_ (hunt) on lya certa innumber of animals if they paid the farmers. Nowthe farmers are happy and our numbers are in creas ing.So go
47、od thi ngsare being done here to save local wildlife.”Daisy smiled, “That s good news. It shows the_ (important) of wildlifeprotection, but I d like to help as the WWF suggests. ” The carpet rose again and almost at once theywere in a thick rain forest. A mon key watched them as it rubbed itself.“Wh
48、at are you doing? ” asked Daisy. “ I m protecting myself _mosquitoes, ” it replied. When I find a millipede in sect, I rub it over my body.It contain s a powerful drug which_( affect ) mosquitoes. You should paymore atte nti on_ the rain forest where I live andappreciate how the ani malslive togethe
49、r. No rain forest, no ani mals, no drugs.”Daisy was amazed. “Flying carpet, please take me home so I can tell WWFind we can begi n producing this new drug. Mon key, please come and help.” The mon key agreed.The carpet flew home. As they land ed, things began to disappear. Two minutes later everyth i
50、ng hadgon e-the mon key, too. So Daisy was not able to make her new drug.But what an experie nee! She had lear ned so much! And there was always WWFUsi ng Ian guage ANIMAL EXTINCTIONMany animals have_ (disappear) during the long history of the earth. Themost famous of these animals are dinosaurs. Th
51、ey lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long_ humans came into being and their future seemed secureat that time.There were many differe nt kinds of dino saur and a nu mber of them used to live in China. The eggs oftwen ty-five species have bee n found in Xixia, Coun ty, Nanyang, Henan P
52、rovinee.Not long ago arare new species of bird-likedinosaur was discoveredin Chaoya ng Coun ty, Lia oning Provi nee. When scie ntists in spected the bon es, they were surprisedto find that these dinosaurs could not only run like the others but also climb trees. They lear ned thisfrom the way the bon
53、es were joined together.Dinosaurs died out suddenly about 65 million years ago. Some scientists think itcame after an unexpected incidentwhen a huge rock from space hit the earth and puttoo much dust into the air._ think the earth got too hot for the dino saursto live _ any more. Nobody knows for su
54、re why and how dinosaurs disappeared fromthe earth in such a short time.Weknow many other wild pla nts, an imals, in sects and birds have died out more recen tly. Accordingto a UN report, some 844 animals and plants have disappeared in the last500 years. The dodo is one of them. It lived on the Isla
55、nd of Mauritius and was avery_ (friend) ani mal. Please liste n to a story of the dodo and how itdisappeared from the earth.Have you ever wan ted to be part of a band as a famous sin ger or musicia n? Have youever dreamed_play ing in front of thousa nds of people at a con cert, _every one is clapp i
56、ng and appreciati n g your music? Do you sing karaoke and prete ndyou are a famous sin gerlike Song Zuying or Lin Huan? To be hon est , a lot of peopleattach great importanee to _ (become) rich and famous. But just how do peopleform a band?Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to wri
57、te and play their own music. They may詞匯檢測單詞1.threaten_2. contain_3. respond_5. hunt_6. distant_7.確定的;某一;一定_8.強(qiáng)大的,有力的_9.影響,感動(dòng),侵襲_短語句子1. 保護(hù)不受 (危害)_2.在危險(xiǎn)中;垂危_3.渴望做某事_4.對.有危害_9. 如果你能幫助我,我會非常感激。10. 那本書不久以后將要出版。Un it 5 MusicReadi ngTHE BAND THAT WASNhave an _ _ on 10.成功_11. secure_12. employ_13. bite_15.損
58、失;遺失;喪失_16. faithful_5. 注意_6. 如釋重負(fù);松了口氣 _7. 突然大笑起來_8. 形成,存在_start as a group of high-school stude nts, for_ practici ngtheir music in some one s hours is the first step_ fame. Sometimes they mayplay to_ (passer-by) in thestreet or subway so that they canearn someextra money for themselves or to pay_
59、 their instrument s. Later they may give_ (perform) in pubs or clubs,_ they are paidin cash . Of course theyhope to make records in a studio and sell_millionsof copies to becomemillio naires!However, there was one band that started in a differentway. It was called the Monkeesand began as a TV show.
60、The musician s were to play jokes_ each other as wellas play music, most of _ was based loosely on the beatles. The TV organizershad pla nned to find four musicia ns who could act as well as sing. They put an(advertise) in a newspaper look ing for rock musicia ns, but they could only find one who was go
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