13． There will be a ＿＿＿＿＿＿ performance of the play this weekend．

　　　A． far　　 　　 B． farther　　 　 C． further　　 　 D． furthest

12． -Where does Joan work？

　　 -She’s ＿＿＿＿＿＿ the Times newspaper．

　　　A． in　　　　 　 B． on　　　　　 C． at　　　 　　 D． for

11． -Susan，won’t you come and watch TV？

　　 -＿＿＿＿＿． I prefer reading to ＿＿＿＿＿ television．

　　　A． No；watch　　　　　　　　　 　 B． No；watching

　　　C． Yes；watch　　　　　　　　　 　D． Yes；watching

2. die out 　1) (of families, species, etc) no longer have any members left alive(指家族、物种等)灭绝 　No one have come up with a convincing explanation of why the dinosaur die out. 尚未有人能对恐龙的灭绝作出一个令人信服的解释。 　The habitat of the species is being destroyed and has nearly died out.这一物种因栖息地遭到破坏，几乎灭绝了。 　2) (of a custom, practice, ideas, etc) no longer be common(指习俗、做法、观念等)消失，过时 　The old traditions are dying out.旧传统正在消失。 　3) (of a fire) to lose force or power (指火)熄灭 　It was a long time before the big fire died out.过了很长一段时间那场大火才渐渐熄灭。

3. adapt to sth. / adapt oneself to sth.适应(新环境等) 　When you are abroad, you must find ways to adapt yourself to the culture and custom there.你到国外后，要设法使自己适应那里的文化和风俗习惯。 　Over the years, we all learned to adjust, to become more comfortable with each other, and to adapt to our new family arrangement. 年复一年，我们都学会了调整自己，学会了彼此宽容，学会了适应我们新的家庭规则。

4. devote(oneself / sth.) t o(sb. / sth.)致力于，把……奉献给、把……专用于 　Nurses devote themselves to the care of the sick. 护士致力于病人的护理事业。

The time he can spare from the adornment of his person he devote to the neglect of his duty. 他把花在打扮上的时间省下来，却用到了玩忽职守上去。 　This magazine is devoted to science.这个杂志专门刊载科技文章。 　5. at present目前；现在 　There is very little profit in selling newspapers at present. 现在卖报纸利润很少。 　They have no intention of getting married at present. 他们目前没有结婚的打算。 　I am quite at leisure at present if you want me to help you. 如果你要我帮忙, 我现在有空。

6. set free 释放 　The general directed that the prisoners should be set free. 将军下令释放犯人。 　The nation was reunited and the slaves were set free. 国家重新统一了，奴隶获得了自由。　 　三、 句式解析 　1. Steve Jones is an environmental expert who tries to keep animals and plants from becoming endangered.斯蒂夫·琼斯是个环保专家，他的工作是努力保护动植物不受危害。 　句中的who引导一个定语从句，修饰expert。此外句中的keep ... from doing sth.意为“阻止/防止……做某事”。例如： 　The heavy snow kept us from going out.大雪使我们不能出去。 　Keep还可用于下列句型： 　1. keep doing sth. 意为“继续干某事”，表示不间断地持续干某事，keep后不能接不定式或表示静止状态的v-ing形式，而必须接延续性的动词。例如： 　He kept working all day, because he wanted to finish the work on time.他整天都在不停地工作，因为他想准时完成工作。 　Keep passing the ball to each other, and you’ll be OK.坚持互相传球，你们就行。

　2. keep on doing sth. 意为“持续做某事”。例如： 　The pupil kept on asking me the same question.这个学生不断地问我同一个问题。

I kept on thinking about the match in the afternoon.我总是想起下午的那场比赛。

2. When the habitat of a species is changed or destroyed, the animal or plant has to either adapt to the change or find a new home. 当某个物种的环境发生变化或遭到破坏，那种动物或植物就必须适应这种变化或另觅栖息处。

either ... or 用作并列连词，用来连接句中的同等成分，表示二者取一，意为“不是……就是……，或是……或是……”。例如： 　One of them will have to go, either Tom or Mary. 他们之中只能去一个，或是汤姆或是玛丽。

Either you must improve your work or I shall dismiss you. 不是你改进工作就是我解雇你。

either ... or ... 连接两个主语时，其谓语动词应与邻近的一个主语在人称和数上保持一致，这就是我们通常说的“就近原则”。例如： 　Either you or I am going there tomorrow. 明天要么你去那里，要么我去那里。 　注意： 如果把上句变成一般疑问句，助动词形式与主语you保持一致，所以要用are提问，而不是am。例如： 　Are either you or I going there tomorrow? 明天是你还是我去那里？ 　Either you or he has lunch at school. 其一般疑问句应为： Do either you or he have lunch at school? 是你还是他在学校吃午饭？ 　若要对either ... or ... 句型进行否定时，只需把either ... or ... 换成neither ... nor ... 即可。例如： 　Either you or she is good at drawing. 变为否定句应为： Neither you nor she is good at drawing. 你和她都不擅长绘画。

[高考链接]

1. When farmers cut down trees, tigers can no longer hide and hunt. (P 64) 　[考点] cut的常用短语 　[归纳] cut away意为“切除，剪掉”；cut down意为“砍伐；削减，压缩”；cut in意为“插嘴，打断(谈话)”；cut off意为“切断、阻挡”；cut out意为“裁剪、剪下”；cut through意为“开辟(出路或通道)”；cut up意为“切碎、剁碎；打伤、割伤” 　[高考链接] 　1) I was just talking to Margot when Jackson_______. (2005湖南) 　A. cut in B. cut down 　C. cut out D. cut up 　2) He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he was_______from the outside world. (2004北京春) 　A. cut out B. cut off 　C. cut up D. cut through 　2. There are few areas left where pandas can live. (P 64) 　[考点] there be句型中非谓语做定语 　[归纳] 要选择正确的非谓语形式，需要判断做定语的非谓语动词与其所修饰的中心词之间的主被动关系，如果是主动关系，就用现在分词，如果是被动关系，就用过去分词。 　[高考链接] 　1). There have been several new events _______to the program for the Beijing Olympic Games． (2006北京) 　A． add B． to add C． addingD． added 　2) Reading is an experience quite different from watching TV, there are pictures_______in your mind instead of before your eyes.(2004全国Ⅲ) 　A. to form B. form 　C. forming D. having formed 　3. It will lead to ... (P 65) 　[考点] lead to短语 　[归纳] to是介词，后跟代词、名词或动名词 　[高考链接] 　1) We firmly believe that war never settles anything. It only_______violence. (2007浙江) 　A. runs into B. comes from 　C. leads to D. begins with 　2) The discovery of new evidence led to_______. (2003上海) 　A. the thief having caught 　B. catch the thief 　C. the thief being caught 　D. the thief to be caught 　4. Student A will act as the reporter and Student B will act as the animal. (P65) 　[考点] act的常用短语 　[归纳] act as意为“充当；起作用”；act for意为“代理，代表(某人)办事”；act on意为“根据(建议、信息等)行事”；act out意为“将……表演出来”； act up意为“捣乱” 　[高考链接] 　We went to Canada to travel and my cousin_______as our guide. (2005湖南) 　A. played B. showed 　C. acted D. performed 　5. Use the questions below to get started and try to think of more questions.(P 65) 　[考点] get done结构 　[归纳] 常见的get done结构有：get married结婚；get engaged订婚；get changed换衣服；get lost迷路等。

[高考链接] 　1) Sarah, hurry up. I’m afraid you can’t have time to_______before the party. (NMET 2004) 　A. get changed B. get change 　C. get changing D. get to change 　2) -How are the team playing? (2002北京春) 　-They are playing well, but one of them_______hurt. 　A. got B. gets C. are D. were 　6. Many of the earth’s plants and animals have already died out, and several other species are endangered. (P 66) 　[考点] die的常用短语 　[归纳] die away意为“消逝、停息”；die down意为“(慢慢地)熄灭、平息(静)下来”；die from意为“由于……而死(多指外伤)”；die of意为“因患……而死(多指因疾病、饥饿、年老等而死)”；die off意为“相继死去、先后死去”；die out意为“死光；绝种；不复存在”；die for意为“渴望，极想” 　[高考链接] 　Although the wind has_______, the rain remains steady, so you still need a raincoat.(2006湖北) 　A. turned up B. gone back 　C. died down D. blown out 　7. If we want to live a better life and have a bright future, we must learn to act in ways that do not harm other living things. (P 66) 　[考点] 先行词way引导的定语从句 　[归纳] 当先行词way在后面的定语从句中作状语时，定语从句可以由in which或that引导，也可以不用引导词；当way在定语从句中作主语、宾语或表语时，定语从句需由which或that引导。

[高考链接] 　1) What surprised me was not what he said but_______he said it. (2004湖北) 　A. the way B. in the way that 　C. in the way D. the way which 　2) I don’t like_______you speak to her.(1996上海) 　A. the way B. the way in that 　C. the way which D. the way of which 　8. They are all used to their environment. (P 66) 　[考点] be used to 　[归纳] be used to中to是介词，后跟代词、名词或动名词。除此以外，还应注意它与be used to do及used to do的区别。be used to do意为“被用来做”；used to do意为“过去常常”。 　[高考链接] 　1) In my opinion, life in the twenty-first century is much easier than_______. (2007 安徽) 　A. that used to be B. it is used to 　C. it was used to D. it used to be 　2) The country life he was used to_______greatly since 1992. (2006天津) 　A. change B. has changed 　C. changing D. have changed 　3) As the twentieth century came to a close, the raw materials for a great national literature were at hand, waiting_______. (2006湖南) 　A. to use B. to be used 　C. to have used D. to be using 　9. Professor Stevenson, who has devoted himself to protecting the milu deer, gave a talk to Chinese college students in Beijing. (P 68) 　[考点] devote的用法 　[归纳] devote意为“献身、致力、专心”，常用于“devote…to…”结构中，其中to是介词，后接代词、名词或动名词；devote的派生词devoted是形容词，意为“忠诚的、挚爱的”。 　[高考链接] 　1) Her son to whom she was so_______, went abroad ten years ago. (2001上海) 　A. loved B. cared 　C. devoted D. actively 　2) Mr. Reed made up his mind to devote all he had to_______some schools for poor children. (2001上海春) 　A. set up B. setting up 　C. have set up D. having set up 　10. Without air, water and sunlight there would be no living things. (P 68) 　[考点] 虚拟语气 　[归纳] 有两类值得注意的隐含虚拟语气表达形式：一是由介词without和but for表示的虚拟条件；二是由otherwise，or，but引导的虚拟语气。 　[高考链接] 　1) Without the air to hold some of the sun’s heat, the earth at night_______for us to live on. (1997上海) 　A. would be freezing cold 　B. will be freezing coldly 　C. would be frozen cold 　D. can freeze coldly 　2) He hesitated for a moment before kicking the ball, otherwise he_______a goal.(2001上海春) 　A. had scored B. scored 　C. would score D. would have scored

[同步练习]

I． 听力部分(略)

Ⅱ． 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

5. common 　[用法] adj. 1) 共同的；共通的；联合的；公共的 　Britain and America share a common language.英国和美国共用同一种语言。

　Parks in town are common property. 城里的公园是公共财产。 　2) 常见的；常有的 　Snow is common in cold countries. 在寒冷的国家雪是常见的。 　Rabbits and foxes are common in Britain. 兔子和狐狸在英国很常见。 　3) 普通的；熟悉的 　This sort of weather is quite common.这种天气非常普通。 　He’s not an officer, but a common soldier. 他不是军官而是普通士兵。 　[搭配] common ground一致点，共同点common knowledge人所共知的事 commonsense 常识 　[辨析] common, general, ordinary, usual 　common 侧重“普通”，表示“时时发生，人所共有”，其反义词为rare；general 侧重“普遍”之意，表示在大多数人或事物中流行并受到关注，其反义词为“specific”；ordinary 与common 基本同义, 侧重“平凡的，普通的”，表示“随时可以碰到，不值得惊奇”，其反义词为superior；usual 用来指事物，意为“通常的，惯常的”，含有“随集体风俗或个人习惯而常常发生”之意，其反义词为“unusual”。

4. devote 　[用法] vt. 投入于；献身(to give or apply (one’s time, attention, or self) entirely to a particular activity, pursuit, cause, or person) 　His whole life has been devoted to studying the origin of cancer. 他的一生都献给了对癌症起因的研究。

He has devoted himself to teaching since he graduated from the college in 1962. 一九六二年他大学毕业后一直献身于教育工作。 　Everybody knows that our director is very devoted to his wife.人人都知道我们的厂长对妻子十分忠诚。

3. measure 　[用法] n. 计量单位；标准、制度；步骤，措施(unit, standard or system used in stating size, quantity, or degree; step, action)，常构成搭配take measures(采取措施)。 　A meter is a measure of length.米是长度单位。 　They took strong measures against dangerous drivers. 他们对危害公众安全的司机采取强硬措施。

This measure aims at raising people’s living standard.这项举措旨在提高人民的生活水平。

He was so fat that all his clothes had to be made to measure. 他太胖了，所有的衣服都得定做。

v. 量；测量；计量 to find the size, length, amount, degree, etc 　The speed of light is too great for us to measure in simple units.光的速度太快，我们用简单的单位无法计量。

I measured the coat against her and found it was too long. 我把外衣在她身上量了一下，发现衣服太长了。

2. tour 　[用法] n.旅游；为了公务、娱乐或教育参观多处名胜的一次旅行；漫游(a trip with visits to various places of interest for business, pleasure, or instruction.) 　We saw so many places on the tour I can’t remember them all. 我们旅行到过很多地方，我记都记不清了。 　The tour guide gave a running commentary from the front of the coach. 导游在旅游车的前部向游客作连续的现场解说. 　The students talked about the coming tour to the nearby mountain village among themselves.同学们在一起谈论他们即将到附近山村观光的事情。 　v. 观光；从一地旅行到另一地(to travel from place to place, especially for pleasure) 　We were having a good time when we toured Beijing. 我们在北京旅游期间玩得很高兴。　

The play will tour the countryside in the autumn. 这出戏将于今秋在农村巡回演出。

[辨析] journey着重指长距离的陆上旅行，而travel通常是到远方长时间的旅行，没有直接到某地旅行的意思，而有到处游历的意味；voyage主要指乘船水上旅行，也可指空中旅行；tour 指以游览、视察、购物等为目的的旅行, 常含有最后回到原出发点的意思。trip往往着重于包括回程的短暂旅行。

　　 Sleep，as we know， is important to us． And　　　　　　 56． ＿＿＿＿

how many sleep do we actually need？For most　　　　　　　　 57． ＿＿＿＿

of us， eight hours seem to be about the right　　　　　　　 58． ＿＿＿＿

amount． Yet we know that there are a　　　　　　　　　　　 59． ＿＿＿＿

great many people who get along well less　　　　　　　　　 60． ＿＿＿＿

sleep ，and some whom may even need more． A　　　　　　　　 61． ＿＿＿＿

great deal depends by the way we live． But　　　　　　　　 62． ＿＿＿＿

a good common rule to follow to is to　　　　　　　　　　　 63． ＿＿＿＿

sleep long as we have to． So we’ll feel　　　　　　　　　 　64． ＿＿＿＿

happy and be able

to work with our best when we wake．　　　　　　　　　　　　 65． ＿＿＿＿