(选修八·Unit 3)
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．We ________ to paint the house at dawn but finished only the front part till dark.
A．set out B．set off
C．set about D．set aside
答案与解析：A set out to do sth.“开始做某事”，相当于begin to do sth.。
2．A healthy life is frequently thought to be ________ with the open countryside and
home-grown food.
A．tied B．related
C．involved D．associated
答案与解析：D be associated with...“和……有关”。tie和relate意为“和……有关”时，常与to连用；be involved与in搭配。
3．The twins were so much alike that it was impossible to
________ one from the other.
A．distinguish B．separate
C．identify D．recognize
答案与解析：A根据题意应是不可能把这对双胞胎区分开，故选A项。distinguish...from...“把……和……区别开”。separate...from...“把……和……分隔开”；identify“识别”；recognize“认出”。
4．—Have you decided which house to buy?
—No，not yet.I must find a house that is ________ for all kinds of transportation.
A．convenient B．appropriate
C．available D．content
答案与解析：A convenient“方便的；便利的”，其主语通常是物，符合题意。
5．Teachers pay more attention to the ________ skills and show students the way to catch the main ideas.
A．meaningful B．careful
C．practical D．acceptable
答案与解析：C practical“实用的”符合题意。meaningful“有意义的”；careful“仔细的”；acceptable“可接受的”。
6．If Newton lived today，he would be surprised by what has been ________ in science and technology.
A．diagnosed B．discovered
C．ignored D．determined
答案与解析：B discover“发现”。句意：如果牛顿活到现在，他将会对迄今为止在科技上的发现惊讶不已。diagnose“诊断”；ignore“忽略”；determine“决定”。
7．I call him ________；even when there is not much to say.
A．now and then B．by and by
C．step by step D．more or less
答案与解析：A now and then表示“不时地，偶尔”。句意：我不时给他打个电话，尽管有时候也没有太多的话要说。by and by表示“不久，马上”；step by step表示“逐步地”；more or less表示“大约”。
8．Mike seldom asks ________ questions in class，but today he raised ________ fairly good one.
A．/; a B．the; a
C．/; the D．/; /
答案与解析：A此题考查冠词。question是复数形式，根据语境可知在课上，Mike很少问问题，泛指，故前面是零冠词，后面一空用不定冠词a修饰。one泛指今天他提了一个相当不错的问题。
9．I've already told you never to ________ my things.
A．mess up B．put up
C．clean up D．make up
答案与解析：A mess up“搞糟，弄乱”。句意：我早已经告诉过你不要乱动我的东西！
10．She ________ great importance ________ regular exercise.
A．ties; to B．puts; to
C．attaches; to D．lays; on
答案与解析：C attach importance to 重视。句意：她非常重视定期锻炼。
11．Jack almost fell off the cliff，but managed to ________ until help came.
A．keep on B．catch on
C．count on D．hang on
答案与解析：D hang on 牢牢抓住，抓紧不放。句意：杰克差点从悬崖上掉下来，但他努力抓住不放直到获救。keep on(doing sth.)继续(做……)；catch on 理解；count on 指望，依赖。
12．________ everyone can hear the speaker，there is no
________ to turn up the radio.
A．Now that; point B．Even if; point
C．Now that; need D．Even if; need
答案与解析：C now that 引导让步状语从句；there is no need to do sth.是一个固定句型，意思是“做某事没有必要”。
13．I can't bear ________，so I hope you can come on time.
A．to keep waiting B．to keep to wait
C．being kept waiting D．being kept to wait
答案与解析：C bear 表示“忍受”时，后可跟名词、动名词或不定式作宾语。keep 作使役动词使用，后面不跟不定式作主语补足语。
14．We found the meeting room thoroughly ________ and everything ________ in good order.
A．cleaned; arranged B．cleaned; arranging
C．cleaning; arranged D．cleaning; arranging
答案与解析：A cleaned 和arranged 皆为过去分词在句中作宾语补足语，表示状态。
15．—I'd better ________ now.The water is boiling in the kitchen.
—Good-bye.
A．ring off B．ring up
C．hold on D．ring back
答案与解析：A根据语境应是“挂断电话”，故答案为A。ring up 意为“打电话”；hold on 意为“不挂断”；ring back 意为“回复电话”。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
My dad is very unique because of his personality and lifetyle，For instance，he put his watch on his left hand，even though he's a lefty，and parking his car only in the garage is just his thing and doesn't change.
My father only wears suits during the week because it's something very professional and formal.He loves to teach what he knows，from teaching my mother，aunt，and sisters driving skills to teaching his kids vocabulary.Also，whenever he is asked to do something at work，whatever it is，he will always complete the task on time.
My mother buys most of his clothes，as he hates big crowds.In his house，children watch TV only after finishing all homework，which he believes is the best，because the child does his homework and still stays happy.
One of my father's main focuses in life is making sure his children grow up the fight way，like he did.He grew up with one sister in Chicago.As he got older，he got married to my mother who is three years younger than him.
My dad is an individual with numerous qualities.His personality is just very wonderful to live with.The manners he shows are so refined and probably much better than most people.I admire my father and want to be just like him when I grow up.
1．The author used examples in the first paragraph to show his father ________.
A．is a stubborn man
B．has only one garage
C．is a unique person
D．doesn't want any change
答案与解析：C细节理解题。由本段的结构可以看出，For instance后所举的例子是为了论证第一句话所提出的观点，就是“My dad is very unique”。本题易。
2．Which of the following is NOT true about the author's father?
A．He is keen on shopping very much
B．He wants to look professional and formal
C．He takes good care of his children
D．He is always punctual for the work
答案与解析：A细节判断题。由第三段的“My mother buys most of his clothes，as he hates big crowds.”可以看出，爸爸讨厌购物，都是妈妈帮他买。由此可以判断A项错误。本题易。
3．According to the passage，the author's father ________.
A．first met his wife in Chicago
B．has a sister three years younger
C．got married at a very old age
D．gets along well with his family
答案与解析：D推理判断题。由文章的叙述来看，父亲和孩子们以及妻子相处得都很好。A项没有提到；倒数第二段提到妈妈比爸爸小三岁，而不是他的妹妹比他小三岁，故排除B；倒数第二段中“got older”意思是长大，而不是变老，故排除C项。本题难。
4．We can infer from the text that ________.
A．parents could have a great influence on their kids
B．father is always the strictest person in a family
C．children want to grow up just as their fathers
D．good personalities make a person extraordinary
答案与解析：A推断题。由文章的叙述结合最后一段的“I admire my father and want to be just like him when I grow up.”可以看出，父母对孩子的影响很大。本题易。
Ⅲ.篇章结构
The seven Cs of a good letter
What is the secret of writing a good letter？Here are two main ones.Don't try to be
fancy.Don't try to impress your reader.You will be successful if you follow these seven Cs.
https://www.doczj.com/doc/2a3073762.html,e short，direct sentences.__1__ Talk as if the reader were right there with you.Above all，don't use an introduction.
Correct.__2__ Don't guess，even for spelling.Refer to your dictionary.If you need to，check a reference book https://www.doczj.com/doc/2a3073762.html,e them as much as you need to.
Complete.Don't scatter our points.__3__ This is good organization too.
Courteous.Be friendly rather than overly casual.Present your information nicely even if you are complaining about something.In all letters，treat others as you want them to treat you.
Concise.Make each point as clearly and briefly as you can.
Conversational.This is really the secret of good writing.__4__.Such a letter has a natural，friendly tone.Let your personality come through naturally.
Considerate.__5__ Write about what you belieye the reader needs or wants to know.Try to be helpful.This will build good feeling toward you.
The seven Cs are about writing letters.But how about school papers？Use the seven
Cs.Write as if you were talking to your teacher or professor.You'll be surprised.You'll almost instantly become a good writer.And you might even enjoy writing from now on.
A．Just“talk”to the person.
B．Think of the readers' point of view as you write.
C．Make them easy to understand.
D ．Include long sentences in your letter.
E ．Make sure what you say is correct.
F ．Writing should not be taken too seriously.
G ．Finish one point completely before going on to the next.
答案：1.C 2.E 3.G 4.A 5.B
Ⅳ.短文改错
Dear friends ，
I'm glad to have had this chance to speak to so many friends.
My dream is to be a teacher.Some students may wonder how ，as they think being a teacher is hard while their pay is little.Therefore ，I have my own ideas about that.
As we all know ，the teacher is too important and necessary for social and economic develop.I have had the dream becoming a teacher since my childhood.I love being with child because they make me feel young ，energetic and happy.In the fact ，I think I can teach the next generation to be useful people who will be able to serve their country.
That's all.Thank you.
答案：
Dear friends ，
I'm glad to have had\ this chance to speak to so many friends.
My dream is to be a teacher.Some students may wonder how why
，as they think being a teacher is hard while their pay is little low .Therefore However
，I have my own ideas about that. As we all know ，the teacher is too very
important and
necessary for social and economic develop development .I have had the dream ∧of becoming a teacher since my childhood.I love being withchild children
because they make me feel young ，energetic and happy.In the\ fact ，I think I can teach the next generation to be useful people who will be able to serve their our
country.
That's all.Thank you.
Unit 16 Stories Warm-up Tapescript 1 It was a dark and foggy night. We drove and drove. At midnight, just as we thought we were lost, we saw a light behind some trees. As we got nearer, we could see a house. It looked abandoned. We knocked on the heavy door. It opened slowly. A tall man dressed entirely in black stood there. ―Good evening,‖ he said in a slow, deep voice. ―I've been expecting you.‖ 2 We were travelling through deep space at the speed of light. Suddenly, the spaceship slowed down and immediately the system came into view – a bright star with twenty or more planets. One of these would be our new home, five light years from our own planet. 3 One of my earliest memories is of my father running along the beach with our dog, Tess. I must have been about three years old. I remember the dog jumping up on me and knocking me over into the water. 4 The man lay on the ground next to a white truck. There was no doubt. He was dead. I quickly looked in the pockets of his jacket – some money, a handkerchief and a theatre ticket with a Chicago phone number
北师大版高一轮英语 必修4 第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 21．Often he________sit for hours doing nothing at all when he was in low spirits. A．should B．would C．could D．might 22．If you don’t go there，________. A．so will I B．neither do I C．so do I D．neither will I 23．Scientists generally agree that Earth’s climate will warm up over the next 50 to 100 years________it has warmed in the 20,000 years since Ice Age. A．so long as B．as much as C．as long as D．as well as 24．________he lives in a comfortable flat and possesses a lot of money，he doesn’t seem as happy before. A．While B．Whether C．Unless D．Before 25．It is________of you to turn down the radio while your sister is still in bed. A．considerate B．considerable C．considering D．considered 26．________what I had originally thought boring，the trip to Qingdao turned out to be fun. A．Related to B．In place of C．Contrary to D．Because of 27．There was________much smoke________they couldn’t see across the hallway. A．too；that B．such；as C．so；that D．rather；than 28．Liu Xiang’s talent for running and his ability to learn from his experiences________greatly to his many successes in sports. A．owed B．contributed C．devoted D．related 29．—I just can’t understand how he could________her indifference to him. —That’s why we cal l him Mr Please-all. A．put up with B．put off C．put on D．put through 30．________with the new machine，a search party went into the cave，hoping to find buried treasure. A．Being armed B．To be armed C．Armed D．To arm 31．She is already 18 years old，but she ________as if she were still a little girl. A．believes B．directs C．behaves D．declares 32．The old man was telling a funny story，surrounded by many kids，________with fascination. A．all of whom were listened B．all of them listening C．all of them listened D．all of them were listening 33．________about the poor state of students’ physical fitness，the education ministry has urged local departments to increase spending on physical education. A．Having concerned B．To be concerned C．Concerned D．To be concerning 34．The old pianist wouldn’t listen to our repeated request that he________in public again. A．play B．played C．would play D．was going to play 35．________you never plan to visit the polar bears in the North Pole or the penguins in the South Pole，now it is the proper time to start thinking about that. A．Until B．Unless C．As long as D．Even if 第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分) My father enjoys bike riding.Ever since I was little，I’ve always loved going biking with my dad.__36__，as I became a teenager，other things began to draw my__37__.Suddenly，it was important to do things with__38__.I saw my dad every evening at home.Why did I have to__39__my Sundays to allday bike trips with him，too？If my indifference (冷漠) hurt him，my father kept__40__，but he would always let me know when he was planning a bike trip__41__I wanted to come. It was a Sunday morning，and I was in low__42__.Two of my friends had gone to the movies without inviting me.Just then my father__43__my room.“It’s a beautiful day.Want to go for a__44__，today，Beck？”“Leave me alone！” I impatiently__45__.Those were the last words I said to him before he left the house that__46__. Several hours later，the police called us，__47__us that Dad had a traffic accident.My father’s injuries were serious.It took several days before he could__48__speak.Beside his bed I held his
Frederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history . This gift was the Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it . The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey . The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days . It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels , which took the country's best artists about ten years to make . In fact , the room was not made to be a gift . It was designed for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ. However, the next King of Prussia , Frederick William Ⅰ,to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return , the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room because part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg.About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors . Later,Catherine Ⅱhad the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it .In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted . Almost six hundred candles lit the room ,and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly , although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world , it is now missing . In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg . This was a time when the two countries were at war . Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace , the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room . However , some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself . In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven woooden boxs . There is no doubt that the boxs were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea . After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery . Recently , the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace . By studying old photos of the former Amber Room , they have made the new one look like the old one .In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city . A FACT OR AN OPINION? What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No. A fact is anything that can be proved. For example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world. This is a fact. Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved. So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial. For example, it is an opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is difficult to prove. Some people may not agree with this opinion but they also cannot prove that they are right. In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewit nesses to believe and which not to believe. The judge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or works. He/she only cares about whether the eyewitness has given true information, which must be facts rather than opinions. This kind of information is called evidence. Unit 2 AN INTERVIEW Pausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago, has come on a magical journey on March 18th 2007 to find out about the present-day Olympic Games. He is now interviewing Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Unit 1 单词 1.questionnaire 2.matter 3.partner 4.lifestyle 5.shepherd 6.peaceful 7.relaxing 8.stressful 9.suppose 10.series 11.cartoon https://www.doczj.com/doc/2a3073762.html,plain 13.couch 14.switch 15.play 16.BBC 17.portable 18.remote 19.workaholic 20.paperwork 21.alarm 22.urgent 23.personal 24.document 25.midnight 26.bored 27.stress 28.studio 29.expert 30.suffer 31.pressure 32.social 33.reduce https://www.doczj.com/doc/2a3073762.html,anize 35.diet 36.stand 37.prefer 38.volunteer 39.graduate 40.minus 41.basin 1.问卷,调查表 2.要紧,有重大关系 3.搭档,合作者 4.生活方式 5.牧羊人 6.和平的;平静的 7.轻松的,放松的 8.充满压力的,紧张的 9.认为,猜想 10.连续,系列,丛书 11.卡通片,动画片 12.抱怨,投诉 13.长沙发,睡椅 14.转换,转变 15.戏剧,短剧 16.英国广播公司 17.轻便的,手提(式)的 18.遥远的 19.工作第一的人 20.日常文书工作 21.警报,警告器 22.急迫的,紧急的 23.私人的,个人的 24.公文,文件 25.午夜,半夜 26.厌烦的,不感兴趣的 27.压力 28.工作室,演播室 29.专家 30.感到疼痛,遭受(痛苦) 31.压力 32.爱交际的,社交的 33.减少,降低 34.组织 35.饮食,节食 36.忍耐,忍受 37.更喜欢;宁愿 38.志愿者 39.毕业 40.负,零下 41.水盆,脸盆
Unit 1 Lifestyles Warm-up Tapescript 1 Football player: Being famous isn’t easy, you know. I travel a lot – I have matches in different countries. But my job is exciting, very exciting! I love the matches, the people cheering, know what I mean? 2 Student: My dad says these are the best days of my life –but I’m not so sure! You know, I’ve got lots of work to do and there’s not much time really. I also play football for the school team and we have to do training three nights a week. 3 Shepherd: I love the animals and I love nature. It’s peaceful, and there’s no one to tell me what to do. But it’s not so good when the weather’s bad! 4 Business manager: I’m very busy, and I don’t have time to see my husband and children. Mmmm and my life is very stressful, I suppose. I mean, I have to deal with lots of money. But I find it really exciting. 1 A Perfect Day? A Couch Potato Forty-three-year-old Brian Blakey from Birmingham is sitting on his sofa and telling me about his perfect day.
必修4 Unit 1 A STUDENT OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE It is 5:45 am and the sun is just rising over Gombe National Park in East Africa. Following Jane's way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest. Jane has studied these families of chimps for many years and helped people understand how much they behave like humans. Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day. This means going back to the place where we left the family sleeping in a tree the night before. Everybody sits and waits in the shade of the trees while the family begins to wake up and move off. Then we follow as they wander into the forest. Most of the time, chimps either feed or clean each other as a way of showing love in their family. Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right. However, the evening makes it all worthwhile. We watch the mother chimp and her babies play in the tree. Then we see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night. We realize that the bond between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family. Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp behaviour. She spent years observing and recording their daily activities. Since her childhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment. However, this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was unusual for a woman to live in the forest. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project. Her work changed the way people think about chimps. For example, one important thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat. Until then everyone had thought chimps ate only fruit and nuts. She actually observed chimps as a group hunting a monkey and then eating it. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other, and her study of their body language helped her work out their social system. For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. She has argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements. She has helped to set up special places where they can live safely. She is leading a busy life but she says: "Once I stop, it all comes crowding in and I remember the chimps in laboratories. It's terrible. It affects me when I watch the wild chimps. I say to myself, 'Aren't they lucky?" And then I think about small chimps in cages though they have done nothing wrong. Once you have seen that you can never forget ..." She has achieved everything she wanted to do: working with animals in their own environment, gaining a doctor's degree and showing that women can live in the forest as men can. She inspires those who want to cheer the achievements of women. WHY NOT CARRY ON HER GOOD WORK? I enjoyed English, biology, and chemistry at school, but which one should I choose to study at university? I did not know the answer until one evening when I sat down at the computer to do some research on great women of China. By chance I came across an article about a doctor called Lin Qiaozhi, a specialist in women's diseases. She lived from 1901 to 1983. It seemed that she had been very busy in her chosen career, travelling abroad to study as well as writing books and articles. One of them
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必修二Unit 4 Lesson 1Tomorrow’ s World明天的世界 The Future of Cyberspace网络空间的未来 Peter Taylor finds out how computers and the Internet are going to affect our lives. 彼得泰勒发现了计算机和因特网会怎样影响我们的生活。 In last thirty years, the Internet has grown rapidly. In 1983, there were only 200 computers connected to the Internet; now there are around 50 million and this growth is clearly going to continue. 在过去的三十年中，互联网的迅速发展。1983，仅有200 台计算机连接到Internet；现在有左右，这一增长显然是要继续下去。 Some expert are pessimistic about the future. One worry is crime in cyberspace. Even now, young hackers can get into the computers of banks and governments. In the future, terrorists may “ attack ” the world ’ s computers, cause chaos, and make planes and trains crash. 一些专家对未来感到悲观。一个担心是网络犯罪。即使是现在，年轻的黑客可以进入银行和政府的电脑。在未来，恐怖分子可能会“攻击”全世界的计算机，造成混乱，使飞机和火车事故。 However, many people are optimistic about the future of the Internet. Already, users can buy books, find out about holidays offers, books tickets, and get all sorts of information from the Internet.
必修 4 Unit 1 A STUDENT OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE It is 5:45 am and the sun is just rising over Gombe National Park in East Africa. Following Jane's way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest. Jane has studied these families of chimps for many years and helped people understand how much they behave like humans. Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day. This means going back to the place where we left the family sleeping in a tree the night before. Everybody sits and waits in the shade of the trees while the family begins to wake up and move off. Then we follow as they wander into the forest. Most of the time, chimps either feed or clean each other as a way of showing love in their family. Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right. However, the evening makes it all worthwhile. We watch the mother chimp and her babies play in the tree. Then we see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night. We realize that the bond between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family. Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp behaviour. She spent years observing and recording their daily activities. Since her childhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment. However, this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was unusual for a woman to live in the forest. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project. Her work changed the way people think about chimps. For example, one important thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat. Until then everyone had thought chimps ate only fruit and nuts. She actually observed chimps as a group hunting a monkey and then eating it. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other, and her study of their body language helped her work out their social system. For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. She has argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements. She has helped to set up special places where they can live safely. She is leading a busy life but she says: "Once I stop, it all comes crowding in and I remember the chimps in laboratories. It's terrible. It affects me when I watch the wild chimps. I say to myself, 'Aren't they lucky?" And then I think about small chimps in cages though they have done nothing wrong. Once you have seen that you can never forget ..." She has achieved everything she wanted to do: working with animals in their own
模块3 U7 L1 1 The Spirit of Explorers Viking Voyages to America The Vikings were the first Europeans to reach America. They achieved this long before Columbus ever set sail. The Vikings were a group of people whose ancestors came from Scandinavia. They controlled the seas and coasts of Northern Europe between the 8th and 10th centuries AD. By around 900 AD, there were many places in Northern Europe where the Vikings chose to live. In 982 AD, when a man called Eric the Red decided to set sail further west, there were as many as 10,000 Vikings living in Iceland. According to the old stories of Iceland and Norway, Eric the Red was forced to leave Iceland because he had committed a murder, for which he got into trouble. Eric reached Greenland and discovered that people could live in the place where he landed. He returned to Iceland and told people there about Greenland. He persuaded some people to go back with him to Greenland. Eric set sail once again, this time with 25 ships, of which only 14 made it to Greenland. Not long after Eric the Red had landed in Greenland, a man called Biarni set sail from Iceland in search of Eric's party. Biarni was hoping to join his father who was with Eric, but he was blown off course and found himself in an unknown land, from where he eventually reached Greenland. In the year 1002, when Eric the Red's son Leif was planning a trip further west, Biarni was the man with whom Leif discussed his plans. Leif followed Biarni's directions and sailed to what is believed to be the coast of present-day Canada. He then sailed further south to an island which is now known as Newfoundland. We know about Eric the Red and Leif's deeds through stories which were written down centuries later in Norway and Iceland. They are the first records we have of Europeans sailing to the Americas. U7 L3 3 The Sea World UNDER WATER WORLD The Best place to See Sea Creatures Polar World We have polar bears and a real iceberg too! You can only see a small part of it above the water. It's three times as big underwater. Watch the acrobatic seals at feeding time. Meet our less energetic but more friendly penguins. You'll love them! Ocean Floor See some of the most beautiful coral and the most unusual fish in the world. Watch some fish “flying” through the water. They are less colourful than some other fish but they move beautifully. Sea Theatre See our intelligent dolphins. There are fantastic shows every two hours. Discovery Pool Especially for younger children. They can touch crabs and other smaller creatures. They can be educated about daily life on the beach in this exciting area. Virtual Reality Voyage Our most up-to-date attraction. Come with us on a “virtual reality” trip to the ocean floor and see some of the strangest fish in the world.