B O O K 1 UNIT1
Anne' s best friend
Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feeling and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand what you are going through.Anne Frank want the first kind, so she made her diary her best friend.
Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War n .Her family was Jewish so they had to hide or they would be caught by the German Nazis. They hid away for twenty-five months before they were discovered. During that time the only true friend was her diary. She said, “I don 't wan s t e t t o down a series o f f acts in a diary as most people do. But I want this diary itself to be my best friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty. Now read how she felt after being in the hiding place since July 1942.
Thursday 15th June 1944
Dear Kitty, about everything to do with nature. I can well remember that there was a time when a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound. That changed since I was here.
I wonder if it s because I haven 't be o e u n td a o bl o e rs tofobreso long that I ve grown so crazy
For example, one evening when it was so warm, I stayed awak o e n purpose until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself. But as the moon gave far too much light, I didn 't dare open the window. Another time five months ago, I happened to be a u t pstairs dusk when the window was open. I didn
't go downstairs until the window had to be shut. The
dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me entirely in their power; it was the
first time in a year and a half that I fac setxn fb e e night
Sadly …I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before ver dusty
win dow. It ' s no pleasure look ing through these any Ion ger, because n ature is one thi ng that really must be experie need.
Yours,
Anne 一、阅读课文完成填空：
Anne was a little girl who lived in the capital of Netherlands during World War U . Her family was Jewish, 1. ______________ they had to hide to avoid 2. ______ (catch) by the Germa n Nazis.
They hid away for about two years 3. ______ they were discovered. During that time Anne
formed the habit of keep ing a diary, 4. _____ she made her best friend. She set dow n how she 5.
_____ (feel) in her diary.
Not hav ing bee n able to be outdoors for long, Anne grew crazy 6. ____ everyth ing to do
with nature. One evening, for example, she stayed awake on purpose 7. ____ late into the night
so as to have a good 8. ______ (look)at the moon. Ano ther time she happe ned to be upstairs at
dusk when the window was open. She didn ' t go downstairs until the window had to be shut. 9.
_____ w as the first time in a year and a half that she ' d seen the night face to face. Sadly was only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before very 10. _____ (dust)
win dows.
二、语法单句填空：
1. Whe n he travels with his frien ds, his mother is always ___ (concern) about his safety.
2. I found a __ (dust) bag under the bed when I was cleaning up my room last night.
3. I have to believe that en courageme nt is so (power) that it can cha nge a pers on.
4. We have to go___ the final exam in ati ons before we can leave school.
5. He set __ every word he could hear to avoid leav ing out someth ing importa nt.
6. They are crazy __ football and play it after class every after noon.
7. He has gone there_ purpose to see what happe ned.
8. The stude nts went home_ dusk.
9. The family decided to settle _ in the village since it was so quiet and the air was fresh, too.
10. With the help of kind people, she gradually recovered _ her terrible mood and began to look
for happ in ess.
11. Though he disagrees_ you ____ this point, he will try his best to help you.
12. After the London Olympics, it seems that Sun Yang is gettin ___ well with his career in
swimmi ng.
13. After being __ love with each other for almost nine years, the couple are said to have got
separated.
14. Because of the short of the skilled local workers, the country Laos is having a lot of trouble its econo mic growth.
15. It is the third time that she ____ (win) the race, which has surprised us all.
BOOK 1 UNIT2
The road to moder n En glish
At the end of the 16h cen tury, about five to seve n milli on people spoke n En glish. Nearly all
of them lived in England. Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to
conq uer other parts of the world an d because ofE hat, En glish bega n to be spoke n in many other coun tries. Today, more people speak En glish as their first, sec ond or a foreig n Ian guage tha n ever before.
Native English speaks can understand eachther even if they don ' t speak the same kind of En glish. Look at this example:
British Betty: Would you like to see my flat?
American Amy: Yes. I ' d like c to me up to your apartment
So why has English changed over time Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and com muni cate with each other. At first the En glish spoke n in En gla nd betwee n about AD 450 and 1150 was very differe nt from the En glish spoke n today. It wa based more on
Germa n tha n En glish we speaki t present Then gradually betwee n about AD 800 and 1150,
English became less like German because those who ruled England spoken fi Danish and later
Fren ch. These new settlers en riched the En glish Ian guage and especially Vo cabulary. So by some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 1倉cen tury some British people were take n to Australia too. En glish bega n to be spoke n in both coun tries.
the 1600 s Shakespeare was ab mak e use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620
th
Fin ally by the 19 cen tury the Ian guage was settled. At that time too big cha nges in En glish spelling happe ned: first Samuel Joh nson wrote his dictio nary and later Noah Webster wrotThe America n Dictio nary of the En glish Lan guage. The latter gave a separate dentity to America n
En glish spelli ng.
En glish now is also spoke n as a foreig n or sec ond Ian guage in South Asia. For example, In dia has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. During that time English became the Ianguage for government and education. English is also spoken in Singapore and
Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa. Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly. In fact, China may have the largest number of English learners. Will Chinese English develop its own identity? Only time will tell.
一、阅读课文完成填空：
At the end of the 16th cen tury, En glish was only spoke n by people from En gla nd. They were n ative speakers. Today, the largest nu mber of people 1. ____________ (speak)E nglish may be in China.
A lot of Chin ese people speak En glish 2. _____ their foreig n Ian guage. The En glish Ian guage
3. _______ (change)quite a lot over the last four centuries. Old English sounded more or less like
Germa n 4. ______ i t was based on Germa n, but moder n En glish sounds more like French 5.
Germa n because En gla nd was once ruled by 6. Fren ch. Two people had great 7. (affect) on the En glish cha nges. One was Shakespeare, 8. enl arg feJ大)the En glish vocabulary; the 9. was Noah Webster, who wrote a dictio nary
10. ______ gave America n En glish its own ide ntity.
二、语法单句填空：
1. Her face went red because_ what he said.
2. The girl used to be shy, but is ____ (gradual) gett ing active in group work and is more
willi ng to express herself.
3. ____ (actual), his new nove _____ (base) on his own experie nee.
4. Of these two basketball teams, the former comes from the US; the_ (late) comes from
En gla nd.
5. —I hear a nu mber of workers in the factory _ (be) out of work.
—Yes, and the number __ (be) quite huge.
6. Who do you suggest _________ (se nd) to work there?
7. Every minute was made use of ____ (practice) spoke n En glish.
8. Some En glish programs, such_ En glish on Sun day, Follow me,are very helpful to us.
9. The chairma n of the meeti ng comma nded that everythin _____ (prepare) before the
meeti ng starts.
10. More safety measures ____ (request) to be take n to improve road safety.
11. I could tell that he was very sad from the ___ (express) on his face.
12. They are faced with the same kinds of challenges and problems in life you are.
13. —They have left for Sha nghai. Why did they cha nge their pla n?
—That is ___ there will be a sno wstorm tomorrow accord ing to the weather forecast.
14. No pains, no gains; after all, there is n _ thi ng as a free lunch in the world.
15. More and more people have got to know the importance of the English study. Believe or not, about six
people in ten in this city are able to speak En glish.
16. As you continue doing your experime nt, more problems may com _ .
答案:1. so 2. being caught 3. before 4. which 5. felt 6. about 7. until 8. look 9. It 10. dusty
答案：1.c oncerned 2.dusty 3. powerful 4. through 5. dow n 6. about 7. on 8. at
9. dow n 10.from 11. with on /about/over 12. alo ng/o n 13. in 14.with 15.has won
答案:1. speak ing 2. as 3. has cha nged 4. because 5. tha n 6. the 7eefs 8. who 9. other 10. that/which
答案:1. of 2. gradually 3.Actually, is based 4. latter 5. are, is 6. (should) be sent 7.to practice 8. as 9.(should) be prepared 10. are requested 11. expressi on 12. as 13. because 14. such 15. it 16. up