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高三英语高效课堂资料Book 2 Unit 4 Wildlife protection 导学案【Learning aims】1.To grasp words，phrases and sentences2. To put them into practice and use them freely.Remember: A slow sparrow should make an early start. 笨鸟先飞阅读教材★挖掘文本Ⅰ. 教材与语法填空(passage 1)One day, when Daisy woke up, she found a flying carpet by her bed. The carpet asked her where she wanted to go. Daisy responded that she’d like to see some 1. _______(endanger)wildlife. The carpet then took her to Tibet, a 2. _______ (distance)land where Daisy saw an antelope looking sad. The antelope said they were being killed for the wool. Daisy said she hadn’t known about this and she wondered what to do 3. _______(help)them.Then they went to Zimbabwe, where Daisy found 4. _______elephant which told Daisy that they were once an endangered species. They were hunted 5. _______ mercy by farmers, who said the elephants destroyed their farms. Thanks to the government’s help, the problem was 6. _______(final)solved. Daisy said this showed the 7. _______(important)of wildlife protection.After a while they went into a rainforest. They found that a monkey 8. ______________(protect)itself from mosquitoes. The monkey asked Daisy to pay more 9. _______ (attend)to the rainforest and said it would appreciate 10. _______if animals lived together.Ⅱ. 教材与短文改错(passage 2)根据课文内容, 对下面材料进行修改。
2021高考考前争分必备导学案：Unit4 Wildlife protection（人教版，必修二）假设你是新华中学的学生李华，你的美国朋友Tom一周前给你发电子邮件，询问你暑假里的打算，但你因准备期末考试未能及时回复。
请根据以下要点给他回封邮件：1.未及时回信的原因；2.你假期的打算（如做兼职、旅行、做志愿者等）。
How is everything going? I feel terribly sorry for missing the chance of answering your letter in time. You know, I’ve been preparing for the final exams these days, so I forgot to write back. In your letter, you asked me for my plans on summer vacation. Now, I am writing to tell you some specific details.Overall, three things will make my summer vacation meaningful. To start with, doing a part-time job is my dream and I intend to work as a salesman because not only can I earn money by myself, but also it will broaden my horizons. In addition, it is a fabulous choice to visit some famous scenic spots such as Mount Tai during the vacation, in order to enjoy appealing scenery and make mo re friends. What is more, doing voluntary work, I think, will make a great contribution to the society, which is able to enrich my life.I sincerely apologize again for my mistake. By the way, what’s your plan to spend your summer vacation? I am looking forward to your reply.●单元知识必背1．respond vi.回答，答复；响应，作出反应in response to 作为对……的反应(1)They still haven't responded to my application.(2)He responded to my suggestion with a laugh/ by laughing.(3)His illness didn't respond to treatment by drugs.他的疾病对药物治疗没有反应。
UNIT2WILDLIFEPROTECTION(主题语境:人与自然——动物保护)核心考点超前集中1.dieout灭亡;逐渐消失[教材原句] Our planet’s species is dyingout at an alarming rate.(P14) 我们地球上的物种正以惊人的速度灭绝。
语境巧练[完成句子](1)在寒冷的冬天,许多野生动物可能会饿死。
In a cold winter,many wild animals can hunger.(2)我很想知道发生了什么事,因为这件事太奇怪了。
I am dying what happened because it was so strange.(3)随着生存环境变得越来越糟,地球上的很多物种正在绝迹。
With the living environment becoming worse and worse,many of the earth’s speciesare.[小情境写作](4)尽管风已减弱,但雨仍在下,所以你仍然需要一件雨衣。
Although the wind has,the rain remains steady,so you still need a raincoat.考点必记die of/from死于die off相继死去die for为……而死die away减弱;消失;渐熄die down逐渐降低,逐渐平息be dying to do sth渴望做某事be dying for sth渴望某事,极想要某事[佳句背诵]In fact,half of the 6,000—7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely dieout by the next century.事实上,今天世界上使用的6 000到7 000种语言中,有一半很可能在下个世纪消失。
2.awareadj.知道的;有……意识的[教材原句] We must make people aware of the problem and help save the endangered wildlife before it’s too late!(P14) 我们必须让人们意识到这个问题并在还来得及之前帮助拯救濒危野生生物!语境巧练[单句语法填空](1)Learning English not only increases my (aware) of foreign cultures but also helps me to make more new friends.(2)Some activities should be carried out to make people aware the importance of donating blood.(3)It is important that children develop awareness of valuing parents ’ love.(4)As a member of society,I ’m aware being responsible is what it takes tomake a better society.[小话题写作](5)总之,全世界的人们应该意识到水资源短缺的真实情况。
Unit 9 The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonF iguring out the author’s primary purpose in telling this storyText: 2 periodsDiscussion: 1 periodAbout the authorJack London (1876 - 1916)Considered by many to be America’s finest author, Jack London, whose name at birth was John Griffith Chaney, was born “south of the slot” on Market Street in San Francisco, California, on January 12, 1876. It is believed that he is the illegitimate son of William Chaney, an itinerant astrologer and journalist, who deserted Jack’s mother, Flora, a spiritualist, before he was born.Jack had little formal schooling. Initially, he attended school only through the 8th grade, although he was an avid reader, educating himself at public libraries, especially theOakland Public Library under the tutelage of Ina Coolbrith, who laterbecame the first poet laureate of California. In later years (mid-1890s),Jack returned to high school in Oakland and graduated.He was prolific: fifty-one of his books and hundreds of his articles had been published. He had written thousands of letters. Many additional works have been published posthumously. His short stories are considered to be an all-time classic. His writings have been translated in several dozen languages and to this day continue to be widely read throughout the world.In the Yukon River gold strike of 1897, Jack undertook an expedition to Alaska and the Klondike [in Canada]. Jack London gained a tremendous amount of insight and perspective there. Although he had not discovered much gold, he had uncovered a Mother Lode of experience from which he would draw material for his future novels and stories.This American literary genius brilliantly and compassionately portrayed his life and times, as well as the never ending struggles of man and nature. Millionsof avid readers have been thrilled by his stories of adventure. Authors and social advocates have been inspired by his heartfelt prose. Nevertheless, many of his life experiences were more exciting than his fiction.His most notable booksThe Call of the Wild originally entitled ( “The Sleeping Wolf”) which was published in 1903The Sea-Wolf (originally entitled “Mercy of the Sea”)Martin EdenWhite FangBy his death at age forty on November 22, 1916, Jack had been plagued for years by a vast number of health problems, including stomach disturbances, ravaging uremia, and failing kidneys. His death certificate states that he died of uremic poisoning.➢The California Gold Rush➢Preview Questions❶ Have you ever read any books of Jack London? Do you like them?K ey Words1. Again the club hit him and he crashed to the ground.(to fell violently and noisily)2. Growling ,he threw himself at the snow, and a moment later, he had jumped(upwards into the daylight. to rush violently at)3. The wild animal was strong in Buck,” and as he traveled across the snow, it grew stronger and stronger.4. Buck was beaten (he knew that ) but he was not broken.Comprehension Questions◆◆What did Buck, a dog from the south begin to learn from the hard life to thenorth?◆◆How do you understand the sentence “Buck was beaten (he knew that) but he was notbr oken”?◆◆What does the law of club and tooth mean?◆◆How did Buck manage to adapt himself to a new life?◆◆Discuss the character of Buck, of Spitz and of Francois and Perrault as they are portrayed inthe home reading section.◆What is the theme of the text “The Call of the Wild”?Topic for Discussion◆What can you learn from this story?◆What do you think of the obstacles on Buck’s way to success?Learn about reading skillsPractice Fast ReadingPreview Unit 10。
必修2 Unit 4 Wildlife protection保护野生动植物晨读·记忆Wildlife ProtectionDinosaursdied out because of an unexpected incident. But wildlife today disappears or is in danger just because humans do harm to it. For example, tigers are hunted for fur to make carpets so that they can only live in secure reserves; grassland is destroyed without mercyso thatdust storms come into being affecting distant cities.Last year, scientists saw some monkeys rubbing themselves with a certain kind of insects to protect themselves from fierce mosquitoes biting. According to the result of the inspection, they found that the insect contains a powerful drug, so local farmers were employed to catch the insects. The ending was that the insects disappeared from the whole zone. When told that it was a loss to humans, the farmers burst into laughter and responded, “Our real loss is our decreasing income.”We should appreciate the natural balance and pay more attention to the importance of wildlife protection. Not until we succeed in letting wildlife live in peace, can we smile in relief.保护野生动植物恐龙因一次意外事件而灭绝，但是今天的野生动植物却是因为人类的伤害而消失或处在危险中。
高三英语高效课堂资料高三英语期中拉练(一)试卷分为第一卷和第二卷两部分，满分150分，考试时间120分钟第一卷（共105分）第一部分：知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节：单项选择（共25小题；每小题1分，满分25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，并写在答题纸上。
1. With the successful launch of Tiangong-l, which was _____ breakthrough in space field,China's space dream took a step closer to _____ reality.A a;/ B. the a C. a; the D the;/2. Believe it or not, no bread eaten by us is as sweet as _______ earned by our own labor.A one B. that C. such D. what3. I am surprised that a company with the good _______ would produce such poor quality goods.A enjoyment B. appreciation C. entertainment D. reputation4. If you can't________ your shyness, you’ll never pass the interview.A take offB .get overC .break off D. give away5. ---Is your father a teacher of English in the No.l Middle School?---No! But he _________ English there for ten years.A. has taughtB. has been teachingC. taughtD. had taught6. He devoted all the money he had _________a school.A. set upB. to set upC. to setting upD. setting up7. With the nuclear crisis worsening in Iran, the world's attention is fixed again on ______iscalled the Middle EastA. whichB. thatC. whatD. it8. ---Are you satisfied with the result of the exam?---Not at all. I can't have _______.A.a worse oneB. a better oneC. the worst oneD. the best one9. The real-name policy for train tickets has been applied to all trains since January l,2012 in China, ________ will make it easy for people to get tickets.A. whichB. whenC. whatD. where10. The government _____ air quality in urban areas from level one to five: excellent, fairlygood, slightly polluted, poor and dangerous.A arranges B. classifies C. distributes D. divides11. ---What has made him in such a low mood recently?---_________ by his father for not passing the examA. Being criticizedB. CriticizedC.Having criticizedD. To criticize 12. ---No photos, please!---______________.A. Don't mention itB.I suppose notC. Never mindD. I'm terribly sorry13. Three foreign films will be on this month. One is made in Korea, _______ two are madein England.A. restB. anotherC. otherD. the other14. Rain and high winds today _______ to take the place of yesterday’s mild conditions.A. expectB. are expectedC. are expectingD. has expected15. In fact, I think it’s very much nicer without the naughty boy, if you don’t mind me_______ so.A. sayB. to sayC. sayingD. to saying16. A 7-year-old boy received an operation on Tuesday successfully _______ he has manyother health problems.A. sinceB. howeverC. thoughD. therefore17. China’s plan _______ its installed nuclear power capacity by 20 percent this year showsthat the country is developing new energy in an efficient way.A. raisedB. to raiseC. raisingD. has raised18. It was announced that only when the terrible disease was under control _______ to returnto their homes.A. the residents would decideB. would the residents decideC. would the residents be decidedD. the residents would be decided19. Some abstract modern paintings were ______ my understanding; I simply couldn’tfigure out what the painters really wanted to tell us.A. withinB. behindC. aroundD. beyond20. ---What did you have for breakfast during your visit to Britain?--- ______ but bread and butter. That was the only food they served day in and day out.A. NothingB. EverythingC. AnythingD. Something21. The document film ______ next week aims at introducing local cultures to the world.A. releasedB. being releasedC. to be releasedD. having been released22. ---How is your new babysitter?---We ______ask for a better one. All our kids love her so much.A. shouldB. mightC.mustn’tD. couldn’t23. A warning signal suddenly appeared on the screen of my computer, ______ thecomputer was being attacked by a certain virus.A. indicatedB. indicatingC. to indicateD. having indicated24. On top of the hill ______, whose style can be traced to the ages of the Roman Empire.A. there standing a churchB. does a church standC. a church standsD. stands a church25. Sorry, I am too busy now. If I ____ time, I would certainly go for an outing with you.A.have hadB.had hadC.haveD. had第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）Two veterans(老兵) both fought in Vietnam war and witnessed the loss of their friends. But after the war, they led very different lives. 30 years after the war, one was 26 and lonely while the other was happy and healthy, 27 by a loving family and close friends.So, what made the 28 ?One man thought, “What is the point of being 29 to someone? I’ll lose them anyway.” So he lived his life in bitterness, not being close to anyone to 30 having to feel the pain of losing them.31 , the other man thought, “Life is precious. I have to live it to the32 and cherish every moment of it.” So he lived his life in gratitude, 33 every moment he has with his loved ones. What a big difference that made!When I was studying in Cambridge, Mr.Beadsworth, a mathematics teacher 34 his famous “Rainbow Talk” in the a uditorium. He said, “It seems that you and your friend are looking at the 35 rainbow, but you are looking at two different rainbows. ”When I 36 the “Rainbow Talk” now, it is true that two persons may be looking at the same rainbow, but they still see it 37 .38 has meaning except the meaning you give it.You are 39 for giving meaning to everything that has 40 in your life. So, the question is, would you rather be 41 the first veteran who lived his life with 42 and fear? Or would you rather be like the second, who saw the 43 the war had taught him and created a more powerful meaning for it?Either way, the good news is that, with 44 , you now have the choice of 45 to any incident in your past that may be the source of your pain or you are suffering now, and createa new, more powerful meaning for it.26. A. annoyed B. depressed C. worried D. embarrassed27.A.encouraged B. admired C. surrounded D. blamed28. A. difference B. result C. argument D. point29. A. generous B. helpful C. friend D. close30. A. escape B. avoid C. miss D. admit31. A. Besides B. Therefore C. However D. But32. A. longest B. most C. biggest D. fullest33. A. treasuring B. pausing C. recalling D. remembering34. A. finished B. gave C. heard D. drafted35. A. rare B. colorful C. same D. beautiful36. A. write about B. learn about C. talk about D. think about37. A. differently B. clearly C. directly D. constantly38. A. Anything B. Nothing C. Something D. Everything39. A. anxious B. ready C. responsible D. eager40. A. struck B. invented C. disappeared D. happened41. A. like B. with C. against D. for42. A. bitterness B. worry C. disappointment D. difficulty43. A. truth B. lessons C. price D. message44. A. effort B. intelligence C. awareness D. ideas45. A. putting back B. coming back C. dating back D. going back第二部分：阅读理解（共25小题，满分50分）ACars and airplanes changed life in the 20th century. New changes in transportation are going to make life very different in the 21st century，too. Trains and planes will be faster and more comfortable. Planes will also be bigger.NEW AIRPLANESToday the biggest planes carry about 400 passengers. Soon airlines will build larger planes. These new large planes will carry 600～800 passengers. Now high-speed planes travel from London to New York in 3 hours. They carry only 100 passengers. New high-speed planes will be bigger and faster. They will fly from London to New York in only 1.5 hours and they will carry 300 people. A ticket on these fast planes will be very expensive. So most people will not take them.HIGH-SPEED TRAINSMany people will take new, high-speed trains instead of planes. Today most trains can go 80 miles per hour (130km/h). Japan's bullet train can go 150 mph(240 km/h). The most watched Shanghai-Nanjinghigh-speed intercity (城市间的) railway opened on July 1, whichis covering 301km from Shanghai Hongqiao to Nanjing. The train runs at 300 to 350 km per hour. New high-speed trains will go more than 300 mph (480 km/h) twice faster than the bullet train. Germany, Switzerland and Japan will be the first countries to use these new high-speed trains. Other countries plan to have the new train, too. In the future, the trains we have today may not be used at all.46. Planes will travel ________ faster in the future than now.A. halfB. twiceC. three timesD. four times47. The reason why fewer people will take the fast planes is that ________.A. they are not safeB. people will have their own planesC. the service on the planes is not satisfactoryD. people will spend much if they take such planes48. Which of the following is RIGHT according to the passage?A. Japan's bullet train is the fastest train in the world.B. The Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed train runs faster than Japan's bullet train.C. Trains will become smaller in the future.D. Trains will run faster than planes.49. Which of the following words can't be used to describe the future trains and planes?A. Fast.B. ComfortableC. BigD. Cheap.50. What's the passage mainly about?A. Predictions about the future trains and planes.B. Planes which will be faster and more comfortable than trains.C. Trains which will take the place of planes.D. Planes and trains which will become the main means of transport in the future.BBased on Sue Monk Kidd's best selling novel, The Secret Life of Bees is a movie of hope and faith for even the unloved and oppressed. Just as in the book, young Lily's thoughts sound and read like poetry, from the first moment when her room fills with bees.The movie tells the story of the young white girl who runs away from her cruel father. Lily convinces Rosaleen, the black housekeeper to escape with her, after Rosaleen is beaten when she attempts to vote. When Lily asks Rosaleen why she risked her life standing up to the angry men who wanted to kill her, she hears “Giving in to them would be just another way of dying”.That's Lily's story, too. She finally stands up to her father. They come to Tiburon, a town whose name is written on a label from a jar belonging to her mother before her death.In Tiburon, there is no place where Rosaleen can eat or stay, despite the fact that President Johnson just signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964. ( It's still just a piece of paper, Rosaleen says. ) So Lily goes in to buy food for them, and sees the jar on sale. When Lily finds out it's made right there in a farmhouse, they go there and ask for help.The good-hearted August who runs a successful company, offers them the honeycomb to live in. From August, Lily learns honey business and a life lesson from the bees. She sees a world where intelligence, independence and culture are honored and rewarded. She watches Rosaleen begin to understand that the dream of freedom from oppression she gave up when she was beaten is now possible for her. It is August who helps Lily see that love is all around her and all the others.51. The story of Lily is mainly developed by ________.A. timeB. spaceC. examplesD. comparison52. We can learn from the passage that_______.A. The movie is adapted from a novel.B. Lily's father treats Rosaleen cruelly.C. Lily's mother writes the label for her.D. In fact, Lily's mother is August.53. What does Rosaleen really want to get?A. Better pay and honey business.B. Equal rights and freedom.C. The fight to be voted as president.D. Enough food and houses.54. We can conclude that the story of Lily happened ________.A. in modern AmericaB. in the 1960s in North AmericaC. when the black owned equal rights in AmericaD. before the independence of America55. The passage is written to ________.A. advertise a bookB. explain the secret of bees' lifeC. introduce a movieD. tell about American politicsCDid you ever want to see Big Ben, Houses of Parliament ,Westminster Abbey in 15 minutes? Then BA London Eye, is the one for you.British Airways London Eye, formerly called as the Millennium Wheel, is situated on the south bank of the River Thames on the Jubilee Gardens. It is situated between Westminster Bridge and Hungerford Footbridge in Lambeth and adjacent to (比邻) Old Country Building. It stands opposite to Houses of Parliament.It started with a vision of Architect couple David Marks and Julia Barfields, who had competed for millennium ideas contest conducted by Sunday Times, a British newspaper in 1993 to welcome year 2000 splendidly. Regrettably, the contest was scrapped, but the couple persisted with their dream project by forming a company for this undertaking, eventually grabbing the attention of Evening Standard, another British newspaper. British Airways, after noticing this widely publicized article, agreed to fund, foreseeing the vital contribution of this project to London's skyline and its tourism, giving a spectacular view of this fascinating city that was otherwise not visible to the Londoners.The entire construction resembles a giant cycle wheel, with a diameter of 135m(443 ft) and weighing 1,700 tons of steel and 2,000 tons at the foundation reaching almost 30m deep! It is the largest observation wheel built so far, making even Statue of Liberty, Big Ben, St. Paul's Cathedral, look up to it. It is the 4th highest structure in London. Canary Wharf Towers, BT Tower and Tower 42 are the higher three.The whole structure was designed in parts in various countries, later fully assembled on Thames bank. With the dedication of 1,700 workers, this structure was realized in 16 months, just in time to welcome the millennium. Tony Blair inaugurated (为……举行开幕式) it on December 31st, 1999 and a minor safety concern regarding clutching delayed its opening to public, which finally happened 3 months behind the schedule in March 2000.56. Opposite British Airways London Eye is ________.A. Westminster BridgeB. Hungerford FootbridgeC. Old Country BuildingD. Houses of Parliament57. British Airways London Eye was founded by ________.A. David Marks and Julia BarfieldsB. Sunday TimesC. Evening StandardD. British Airways58. British Airways London Eye is higher than ________.A. Big BenB. Canary Wharf TowersC. BT TowerD. Tower 4259. We can learn from the third paragraph that David Marks and Julia Barfields ________.A. had wanted to complete their dream project on their ownB. won the first prize in millennium ideas contestC. asked for another newspaper for helpD. would have given up their idea without British Airways60. Why was the public opening of British Airways London Eye delayed?A. The structure wasn't completed in time.B. The structure was designed in different countries.C. Something wrong happened at the last moment.D. People were not completely sure about its safety.DAmanda took whatever pills she could get, largely because she was finding life hard to take. “There were a lot of problems,” she says. She had just found out that her parents were splitting (分开). It took her by surprise—and she was shocked. “I woke up one morning, and they told me.”On a few occasions during her two years of going to pharming parties(品药聚会). “My heart would race so fast that it felt like it was going to explode. I felt weak and confused sometimes and even passed out several times,” she recalls. “But I picked up from the ground because I had a lot of pride in my drinking and drugging. I was really crazy about it and proud of the fact that I could take more than a lot of people. I could come home and have a conversation with my parents.”Finally, though, things got out of control. “I couldn't go a day without taking something,” she recalls, “and after a while, the pills upset my stomach; it hurt all the time, and I hardly ate. Finally, I couldn't take it any more. I went to my parents and told them I needed help. ”Amanda entered a treatment program and has been calm since her release last January. “Detox(戒瘾)was the worst four days of my entire life,”she says.“I was throwing up all the food and had the shakes.”She doesn't care about drugs. “I'm so hurt from this,” says Amanda, who has uleers(溃疡)and damaged kid neys from the drugs and alcohol. “I have to struggle daily to stay calm. But in some ways, I feel lucky I went through it, and I'm out of it now.” Amanda wrote a song called “Goodnight to the Moonlight”. Amanda says, “It's about how it feels to be takingd rugs and alcohol, how it hurts, how it makes you feel like you're losing yourself.”61. What is the purpose of writing the passage?A. To tell us that parents have a great influence on their children.B. To warn us that drugs are a danger to our health and mind.C. To tell us once you pick up bad habits, it is hard to get rid of.D. To tell us that as long as you are determined, you will overcome any difficulty.62. The underlined expression “passed out” ( Paragraph 2)probably means ________.A. left outB. suddenly became senselessC. suddenly kicked outD. wanted to give up63. From the second paragraph we can learn that ________.A. she was bored with her behaviourB. she never felt frightened or ashamed of taking pillsC. she took pride in the fact that she could take much more drugsD. she was so strong in body that she never felt tired64. Which of the following is NOT the side effect of taking drugs on her health?A. Her stomach felt upset and she couldn't eat anything.B. She became addicted to drugs and couldn't live without them.C. She felt confused and almost broke down.D. She was able to help herself even though she was addicted.65. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ________.A. Amanda had such a strong will that she didn't lose herselfB. her song expressed her thanks and delightC. Detox was not really a success to AmandaD. drugs and alcohol ruined her health as well as her spiritEIt's not uncommon in America for a person to belong to some kind of volunteer group. Donating one's time and services is very much a part of the American way of life. Most charitable activities are organized by churches and groups around the nation and even encouraged by the government. The helping hand is extended to the poor,the homeless and the disabled. Some people work to teach youngsters how to read. Others open up soup kitchens to feed the homeless. Volunteers also take care of the disabled by making reading tapes for the blind and working in orphanages(孤儿院)to help children without parents.High school students are often encouraged to become volunteers and many school club activities center around volunteer services. Students may work with disabled children during a summer program，or participate in a club activity which helps to bring meal to senior citizens who are shut-ins. With their sense of idealism(理想主义)students are often eager to donate their spare time. They see such activities as a way of becoming involved in the community and the adult-world. Social action for them becomes as important as their academic studies.In a like manner，throughout the year，fund raising drives are also conducted by schools and community groups to raise money for a worthy cause. They may respond to a recent earthquake in a foreign country，a flood somewhere within their own，or another natural disaster which has left people destitute and homeless. They may organize drives to collect food，clothing and medicines to serve an immediate need. Today even the Halloween custom of “trick or treat” has become an occasion to collect money for a charitable cause.This call to help those less fortunate than themselves arises from the humble origins of the American nation. Those immigrants who were poor and downtrodden(受压迫的)becamedependent on the kindness of their neighbors to make a new life for themselves.American volunteers work throughout the world in less developed countries. They volunteer by serving as a champion of goodwill both at home and abroad，which no doubt enriches both his life and those whom he serves.66. Which of the following charitable activities is not mentioned in the passage?A. Some people open up soup kitchens to feed homeless people.B. Some students bring meals to old people who can't go out easily.C.Some people collect money to help a foreign country with a recent earthquake.D. Some students donate books to children in mountainous areas.67. Why are American high school students eager to do voluntary work?A. Because they want to participate in some social activities.B. Because they want to go to better universities.C. Because they can get higher scores at school.D. Because they can realize their dream sooner.68. The underlined word “destitute” in Paragrph3 probably means ________.A. lifelessB. pennilessC. uselessD. valueless69. American charitable activities started because ________.A. Americans are always ready to share with othersB. Americans are mostly kindC. poor immigrants needed help badlyD. poor Americans couldn't live on without help69. What's the best title of the passage?A. The Call from the PoorB. Voluntary Work in the USC. Ways to help the PoorD. American Volunteers Around the World第二卷（非选择题满分45分）第三部分书面表达（共两节，满分45分）第一节阅读表达（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）[1]While mankind has always been seeking beauty, standards for the abstract for the abstract thing have been changing constantly throughout history.[2]Walk around an art museum and you’re likely to see lots of fat female images in the artwork. For many centuries, being thin meant that you were ugly and poor---you didn’t have enough food to eat and you spent your days working in the fields. Being full-figured,on the other hand,was a symbol of_______. Today,while plenty of experts will point out that pictures of models and famous people are beautified and Barbie has an impossible-to-achieve figure,both men and women seek to be thin,sometimes through disordered eating ,unhealthy amounts of exercise and operation.[3] Make-up is another thing to which many women today are addicted. Ancient Egyptians,Greeks and Romans loved make-up. However, these early civilizations were exceptions to the rule, as make-up was mostly avoided in the centuries following. Queen Victoria went so far as to call all make-up rulgar(粗俗的)in a public speech,and modesty was the leading beauty trend for many years. But thanks to the introduction of movies, make-up came back in a big way.Today, it is a billion-dollar industry.[4]Though beauty might seem like a visual thing, smells also play a big role. Just imagine this: if a supermodel didn’t shower for months at a time, would we still consider her beautiful? Being clean is essential for anyone to be considered beautiful,but that would certainly surprise the generations of people who never bathed. They were concerned that wearing no clothes was immoral and the devil(魔鬼)would catch them during their bath. Now many of us can hardly go a day without taking a shower or bath. Additionally,in an effort of appearing more attractive, many of us try to smell like baby powder,flowers and fruits with the help of perfume.71. What is the main idea of the text?(no more than 8 words)72. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words.(no nore than 4 words)73. What methods do some people try to be thin according to the text?(no more than 9 words)74. What does the word “it”(Line 6, Paragraph3)probably refer to?(no more than 2 words)75. Which paragraph might the following sentence belong to?People worried that bathing could lead to serious illness._______________________________________________________________第二节写作（满分30分）假设你是星光中学的李华，将参加主题为“Let's Ride Bicycles”的英语演讲比赛。
高考英语一轮复习话题30大自然的威力（Unit5Thepowerofnature）新人教版选修6 晨读背诵基础知识自测一、单词拓展(A)根据音标及词义写出英文单词。
1.volcano [vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ] n.火山2.erupt [ɪˈrʌpt] vi.(指火山)爆发;突然发生→eruption [ɪˈrʌpʃ(ə)n] n.火山爆发;(战争等)爆发3.alongside [əlɒŋˈsaɪd] adv.在旁边;沿着边 prep.在……旁边;沿着……的边4.appoint [əˈpɒɪnt] vt.任命;委派→appointment [əˈpɒɪntmənt] n.约定;任命5.evaluate [ɪˈvæljʊeɪt] vt.评估;评价;估计→evaluation [ɪvæljʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n] n.评估6.wave [weɪv] n.波浪;波涛 vi.波动;起伏;挥手7.absolute [ˈæbsəlu:t] adj.绝对的;完全的→absolutely [ˈæbsəluːtlɪ] adv.绝对地8.suit [sjuːt] n.一套外衣;套装;vt.适合;使适宜→suitable ['sju:təbl] adj.合适的9.potential [pəˈtenʃ(ə)l] n.潜在性;可能性;潜能 adj.可能的;潜在的10.actual [ˈæktʃʊəl] adj.实在的;实际的→actually [ˈæktʃuəlɪ] adv.实际地11.shoot [ʃu:t] vt.射中;射伤→shot [ʃɒt] n.射击;枪炮声12.anxious [ˈæŋkʃəs] adj.忧虑的;不安的→anxiously ['æŋʃәslɪ] adv.不安地→anxiety [æŋˈzaɪətɪ] n.担心;焦虑;渴望13.panic [ˈpænɪk] vi. & vt.惊慌 n.惊慌;恐慌→panicked [ˈpænɪkt] (过去式/过去分词)14.diverse [daɪˈvɜːs] adj.多种多样的;不同的→diversity [daɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ] n.多种多样;多样性15.appreciation [əpriːʃɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n] n.欣赏;感激;感谢→appreciate [əˈpriːʃɪeɪt] vt.欣赏;感激16.guarantee [ɡærənˈtiː] vt.保证;担保(B)单词活用用所给词的正确形式填空。
UNIT 2 WILDLIFE PROTECTION一、阅读词汇——在词块中明义1．election poster选举海报2．fishing nets渔网3．endangered species濒危物种4．natural habitat自然栖息地5．a sacred place of peace 神圣的和平之地6．all living creatures全部生物7．social harmony社会和谐8．a position of authority权威地位二、表达词汇——在语境中活用(一)在括号内写出蓝体词汇在语境中的汉语意思1．In an average British home, afternoon tea is simple — biscuits with a cup of tea.(adj.一般的)2．With more effective measures put in place, the disease has been brought under control.(adj.有效的)3．This kind of seafood, unless treated immediately after being caught from the sea, is likely to go bad.(adv.立即)4．Without the river we could not make a living.(n.生计)5．He gathered a huge mass of snow and dug out a hole in the middle.(n.大量) 6．Should we just pay lip service or take practical measures to protect the earth？(n.措施)7．Observe carefully if any change occurs when doing experiments in the lab.(vt.视察)8．Parents need to encourage kids to develop their potential without putting too much pressure on them.(n.压力)9．Clever marketing and hard work paid off —the company's profit hit a million dollars.(n.利润)10．That is the only way we can think of to reduce the overuse of water in students' bathroom.(vt.削减)11．Reminded to board the 4：20 flight，you know，I dared not close my eyes.(vt.提示)12．The two walls are to bear the weight of the room.You mustn't remove them.(vt.去除)13．I'd like to reserve a double room with a sea view for two nights.(vt.预订)14．The company has decided to step up the output of umbrellas because of the unusual demand created by the continuing rainy weather.(adj.不寻常的)(二)写出蓝体词汇的语境之义及拓展形式1．Air quality in this city was rated as poor due to more than 5 million cars in the capital.(vt.划分等级)拓展：rate n．速度；(比)率→rating n．等级；级别2．Supermarkets also go against animal welfare as the meat is produced illegally.(adv.不合法地)拓展： legal_ adj.合法的→illegal adj.不合法的；非法的3．Frequent smoggy weather has set the alarm ringing；by no means can we develop economy at the cost of the environment.(n.警报)拓展：alarmed adj.担忧的；胆怯的→alarming adj.惊人的；使人惊恐的4．The village no longer existed because it had been submerged.(vi.存在) 拓展：existing adj.目前的；现行的→existence n．生活方式；存在5．If the situation remains the same, within 10 years, Yangtze Finless Porpoises will become extinct forever.(adj.已灭亡的)拓展：extinction n．灭亡6．When the young are not involved in the decisionmaking process, they are not aware of what is taking place.(adj.知道)拓展：awareness n．意识；相识7．Don't interfere in what doesn't concern you.(vt.涉及)拓展：concerned adj.担忧的；关切的→concerning prep.关于；涉及8．Only those species that were able to adapt to the sudden great changes of their living conditions could survive.(vi.适应)拓展：adaptation_n．适应；改编本；改写本9．It's inner beauty, in my opinion, rather than physical beauty, that matters in the long run.(n.美)拓展：beautiful adj.漂亮的→beautify vt.美化；使更漂亮10．Understanding your own needs is as important as learning to express youremotions.(n.情感)拓展：emotional_adj.情感的11．How long will it take before your father recovers from his illness？(vi.康复)拓展：recovery n．复原；复苏；痊愈12．It's none of our business.If Tom had intended to invite her, he might have.(v.准备)拓展：intention n．准备；目的；意图13．It is becoming a threat to the Chinese language and culture that some people can't write Chinese characters properly.(n.威逼)拓展：threaten vt.威逼；危及14．The health of our children is being endangered by exhaust fumes.(vt.使遭遇危急)拓展：danger n．危急→endangered adj.濒危的→dangerous adj.危急的三、词块短语——在语境中辨义活用写出或选出加蓝部分在语境中的汉语意思1．To all of you，fresh students，how to adapt to the new environment is the first thing that you have to face.适应2．Many old customs have died out because they are out of date.渐渐消逝3．The local government is under pressure and they have to set up nature reserves to protect animals.承受压力4．On average we students take exercise for at least an hour to keep healthy each day.平均5．We've had an exam and the majority of us have made progress steadily.取得进步6．Malaysia Airlines didn't make it clear what on earth had happened to MH370.原委7．He worked day and night，hoping to earn more money for his family.日日夜夜8．The picture reminded me of my happy childhood.使想起9．In conclusion，people around the world should be aware of the real situation of water shortage.意识到10．Our parents are concerned about our health.对……关切的11．It does point out that many parents still limit electronic reading，mainlydue to concerns about increased screen time.由于12．He consulted many books to search for the answer.搜寻13．Good books can usually stir up our potential.激起14．It was difficult to make out what was said over the loudspeaker in the big square.BA．看清B．听清C．分清15．Max will always have a family member to watch over him.BA．爱护B．照管 C．监督四、经典句式——在佳句背诵中品悟规则用法1.2.3.文化典句Only when everyone strives for their own dreams can we realize the Chinese Dream.只有当每个人为了自己的幻想而奋斗的时候，我们才能实现中国梦。
高三英语高效课堂资料Book 6 Unit5 The power of natureAims: 1. Learn words, phrases and important sentences and use them.2. To know something about volcanoes阅读教材★挖掘文本I.教材与语法填空(Passage 1)I 1.__________(appoint) as a volcanologist twenty years ago. The job is exciting is exciting but2._________(occasional) dangerous. I don’t mind the danger because I help protect ordinary people from the volcanoes. What I do is to collect database about Mount Kilauea,3.___________ active volcano in Hawaii. Having collected and evaluated the information, I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.When 4.___________(boil) rock erupts from a volcano and crashes back to earth, it causes 5.__________ (little) damage than you might imagine. The reason is 6.__________ no one lives near the top of the mount, where the rocks fall. However, the lava can bury everything in 7.__________(it) path under the molten rock..Once I was lucky enough 8. __________(have) a much closer look at the volcano the day after its 9.______________(erupt) with two other scientists. We had to wear protective suits that covered our whole body. We made our way 10.____________ the edge of the crater and collected some lava for later study. That was my first experience.Ⅱ教材与短文改错(Passage 2)Changbaishan is at Jilin Province. It is kept in its natural state for visitors to enjoy it. The heightof the land varies 700 meters above sea level to over 2,000 meters. It is home for many plants and animals. Many people come here to study the unique plants and animal when others come to see the spectacular waterfalls. But, the most popular attraction in the reserve are Tianchi, or the Lake of Heaven. If you are luck enough to visit it with your loved one, don’t forget to make a wish toguarantee your love will be as deeply and lasting as the lake itself.主干回顾★固基础I 分类记忆单词．1. 阅读单词---认一认（1）volcano n___________ (2). Diverse adj__________(3).precious adj_________(4).tremble vi ___________ (5).potential adj/n __________(6). alongside adv________prep________2. 核心单词---写一写（1）.__________vt 保证，担保（2）.__________n.波浪，波涛vi.波动，起伏，挥手（3）.__________vi/vt 惊慌n.惊慌，恐慌（4）.__________vt 射中，射伤（5）.__________vt评估，评价，估计→_________n.评估（6）.__________n. 设备，装备→_________vt装备，配备（7）.__________vt任命，委派→_________n.约定，任命（8）.__________n.欣赏，感激，感谢→________vt欣赏，感激（9）.__________n. 一套外衣，套装vt 适合，使适宜→_________adj 合适的（10）.__________adj 绝对的，完全的→_________adv绝对地，完全地（11）._________adj 忧虑的，不安的→_________adv不安地→_________n.担心，焦虑，渴望（12）._________adj失去知觉的，未察觉的→_______（反义词）adj 有知觉的，有意识的→_________adv有意识地II．联想背短语1._______________前往2. _____________匆匆看一遍3._______________生孩子，产仔4.______________有......天赋5._______________为....忧虑/不安6.be suitable for _____________7.be appointed as ______________ 8. be buried under the ruins ______________9.burn to the ground ____________ 10. vary from...to...____________Ⅲ.精彩写句式1.____________________________________（收集和评估完这些信息之后），I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.2. I __________________________________(刚要再睡) suddenly my bedroom became as bright as day. (正要做....这时.....)3.The other two climbed down into the crater to collect some lava for later study, but ____________________________(这是我的第一次经历)，I stayed at the top and watched them.(独立主格结构)4.Hearing a scream, I rushed downstairs __________________(结果看到) my hostess lying unconscious on the floor, surrounded by her guests. (表示“出乎意料的结果”)5._____________________________(据说)this boy, who had a great gift for languages and persuasion, is the father of the Manchu people.IV.语言知识梳理1. appoint vt. 任命, 委派；指定；约定(1)appoint sb. as/to be. . . 任命某人为……appoint sb. to do sth. 委派某人做某事appoint a time/place for 为……约定时间/地点(2)appointment n. 任命；约会make/have/fix an appointment with sb. 与某人预约keep/break an appointment 守/违(失)约①The time appointed for the meeting was 10: 30 am. 规定开会的时间是上午10点30分。
高三英语高效课堂资料The Call of the Wild书名：野性的呼唤作者：杰克·伦敦简介：在加利福尼亚的家里,巴克过着安逸舒适的生活。
他是那儿最高大强壮的狗,地位举足轻重。
他和孩子们一同散步,在水中嬉戏,冬天的时候他就坐在主人的炉火边取暖。
但是在1897年,人们在育空河发现了金矿,他们需要像巴克这样的狗。
于是巴克被从家乡偷运到北方。
他在那里学会了拉雪撬,在冰天雪地中日复一日地跋涉。
他学会了偷食以慰饥肠,破冰取水解渴,还学会了反击来对付那些欺负他的狗。
而且他学得很快。
不久巴克成为了北方所有著名的拉雪撬的狗之一。
但是北部是狼群出没的森林,在那里他们对着明月长嗥。
野性的呼唤在巴克的梦中回响,越来越响亮……杰克·伦敦1876年生于旧金山,死于1916年。
他出身穷苦,在他短暂的一生中他有丰富的经历——海员、工人、育空河的淘金人、旅行家、记者和作家。
他写了很多书,但是其中以《野性的呼唤》和另一本写狗的书《白芳》,最广为流传。
1 To the northBuck did not read the newspapers. He did not know that trouble was coming for every big dog in California. Men had found gold in the Yukon, and these men wanted big, strong dogs to work in the cold and snow of the north.Buck lived in Mr. Miller's big house in the sunny Santa Clara valley There were large gardens and fields of fruit trees around the house, and a river nearby. In a big place like this, of course, there were many dogs There were house dogs and farm dogs, but they were not important. Buck was chief dog；he was born here, and this was his place .He was four years old and weighed sixty kilos .He went swimming with Mr. Miller's sons, and walking with his daughters .He carried the grandchildren on his back, and he sat at Mr. Miller's feet in front of the fire in winter.But this was 1897, and Buck did not know that men and dogs were hurrying to north-west Canada to look for gold. And he did not know that Manuel, one of Mr. Miller's gardeners, needed money for his large family. One day, when Mr. Miller was out, Manuel and Buck left the garden together. It was just an evening walk, Buck thought. No one saw them go, and only one man saw them arrive at the railway station. This man talked to Manuel, and gave him some money .Then he tied a piece of rope around Buck's neck.Buck growled, and was surprised when the rope was pulled hard around his neck. He jumped at the man. The man caught him and suddenly Buck was on his back with his tongue out of his mouth. For a few moments he was unable to move, and it was easy for the two men to put him into the train.When Buck woke up, the train was still moving. The man was sitting and watching him, butBuck was too quick for him and he bit the man's hand hard. Then the rope was pulled again and Buck had to let go.That evening, the man took Buck to the back room of a bar in San Francisco. The barman looked at the man's hand and trousers covered in blood.‘How much are they paying you for this?’ he asked.‘I only get fifty dollars.’‘And the man who stole him—how much did he get?’ asked the barman.‘A hundred. He wouldn't take less.’‘That makes a hundred and fifty. It's a good price for a dog like him .Here, help me to get him into this.’They took off Buck's rope and pushed him into a wooden box. He spent the night in the box in the back room of the bar. His neck still ached with pain from the rope, and he could not understand what it all meant . What did they want with him, these strange men? And where was Mr. Miller?The next day Buck was carried in the box to the railway station and put on a train to the north.For two days and nights the train travelled north, and for two days and nights Buck neither ate nor drank. Men on the train laughed at him and pushed sticks at him through the holes in the box. For two days and nights Buck got angrier and hungrier and thirstier. His eyes grew red and he bit anything that moved.In Seattle four men took Buck to a small, high－walled back garden, where a fat man in an old red coat was waiting. Buck was now very angry indeed and he jumped and bit at the sides of his box. The fat man smiled and went to get an axe and a club.‘Are you going to take him out now?’ asked one of the men. ‘Of course,’ answered the fat man, and he began to break the box with his axe.Immediately the four other men climbed up onto the wall to watch from a safe place.As the fat man hit the box with his axe, Buck jumped at the sides, growling and biting, pulling with his teeth at the pieces of broken wood. After a few minutes there was a hole big enough for Buck to get out. ‘ Now, come here, red eyes,’ said the fat man, dropping his axe and taking the club in his right hand.Buck jumped at the man, sixty kilos of anger, his mouth wide open ready to bite the man's neck. Just before his teeth touched the skin, the man hit him with the club. Buck fell to the ground. It was the first time anyone had hit him with a club and he did not understand. He stood up, and jumped again. Again the club hit him and he crashed to the ground. Ten times he jumped at the man, and ten times the club hit him. Slowly he got to his feet, now only just able to stand. There was blood on his nose and mouth and ears. Then the fat man walked up and hit him again, very hard, on the nose. The pain was terrible. Again, Buck jumped at the man and again he was hit to the ground. A last time he jumped, and this time, when the man knocked him down, Buck did not move.‘He knows how to teach a dog a lesson,’ said one of the men on the wall. Then the four men jumped down and went back to the station.‘His name is Buck,’ said the fat man to himself, reading the letter that had come with the box.’Well, Buck, my by,’ he said in a friendly voice,’ we've argued a little, and I think the best thing to donow is to stop. Be a good dog and we'll be friends. But if you're a bad dog, I'll have to use my club again. Understand?’As he spoke, he touched Buck’ s head, and although Buck was angry inside, he did not move. When the man brought him water and meat, Buck drank and then ate the meat, piece by piece, from the man's hand.Buck was beaten（he knew that）but he was not broken. He had learnt that a man with a club was stronger than him. Every day he saw more dogs arrive, and each dog was beaten by the fat man. Buck understood that a man with a club must be obeyed, although he did not have to be a friend.Men came to see the fat man and to look at the dogs. Some-times they paid money and left with one or more of the dogs. One day a short, dark man came and looked at Buck.‘That's a good dog!’ he cried.’ How much do you want for him?’‘Three hundred dollars. It's a good price, Perrault,’ said the fat man.Perrault smiled and agreed that it was a good price. He knew dogs, and he knew that Buck was an excellent dog.‘One in ten thousand,’ Perrault said to himself.Buck saw money put into the fat man’ s hand, and he was not surprised when he and another dog called Curly were taken away by Perrault. He took them to a ship, and later that day Buck and Curly stood and watched the coast get further and further away. They had seen the warm south for the last time.Perrault took Buck and Curly down to the bottom of the ship. There they met another man, Francois. Perrault was a French－Canadian, but Francois was half－Indian, tall and dark. Buck learnt quickly that Perrault and Francois were fair men, calm and honest. And they knew everything about dogs.There were two other dogs on the ship. One was a big dog called Spitz, as white as snow. He was friendly to Buck at first, always smiling. He was smiling when he tried to steal Buck’ s food at the first meal. Francois was quick and hit Spitz before Buck had time to move. Buck decided that this was fair, and began to like Francois a little.Dave, the other dog, was not friendly. He wanted to be alone all the time. He ate and slept and was interested in nothing.One day was very like another, but Buck noticed that the weather was getting colder. One morning, the ship's engines stopped, and there was a feeling of excitement in the ship. Francois leashed the dogs and took them outside. At the first step Buck's feet went into something soft and white. He jumped back in surprise. The soft, white thing was also falling through the air, and it fell onto him. He tried to smell it, and then caught some on his tongue. It bit like fire, and then disappeared. He tried again and the same thing happened. People were watching him and laughing, and Buck felt ashamed, although he did not know why. It was his first snow.2 The law of club and toothBuck's first day at Dyea Beach was terrible. Every hour there was some new, frightening surprise. There was no peace, no rest—only continual noise and movement. And every minute there was danger, because these dogs and men were not town dogs and men. They knew only the law of club and tooth.Buck had never seen dogs fight like these dogs；they were like wolves. In a few minutes he learnt this from watching Curly. She tried to make friends with a dog, a big one, al－though not as big as she was. There was no warning. The dog jumped on Curly, his teeth closed together, then he jumped away, and Curly's face was torn open from eye to mouth.Wolves fight like this, biting and jumping away, but the fight did not finish then. Thirty or forty more dogs ran up and made a circle around the fight, watching silently. Curly tried to attack the dog who had bitten her；he bit her a second time, and jumped away. When she attacked him again, he knocked her backwards, and she fell on the ground. She never stood up again, because this was what the other dogs were waiting for. They moved in, and in a moment she was under a crowd of dogs.It was all very sudden. Buck saw Spitz run out from the crowd with his tongue out of his mouth, laughing. Then he saw Francois with an axe, and two or three other men with clubs jump in among the dogs. Two minutes later the last of the dogs was chased away. But Curly lay dead in the snow, her body torn almost to pieces. Curly's death often came back to Buck in his dreams. He understood that once a dog was down on the ground, he was dead He also remembered Spitz laughing, and from that moment he hated him.Then Buck had another surprise. Francois put a harness on him. Buck had seen harnesses on horses, and now he was made to work like a horse, pulling Francois on a sledge into the forest and returning with wood for the fire. Buck worked with Spitz and Dave. The two other dogs had worked in a harness before, and Buck learnt by watching them. He also learnt to stop and turn when Francois shouted.‘Those three are very good dogs,’ Francois told Perrault.’ That Buck pulls very well, and he's learning quickly.’Perrault had important letters and official papers to take to Dawson City, so that afternoon he bought two more dogs, two brothers called Billee and Joe. Billee was very friendly, but Joe was the opposite. In the evening Perrault bought one more dog, an old dog with one eye .His name was Solleks, which means The Angry One. Like Dave, he made no friends；all he wanted was to be alone.That night Buck discovered another problem. Where was he going to sleep? Francois and Perrault were in their tent, but when he went in, they shouted angrily and threw things at him. Outside it was very cold and windy. He lay down in the snow, but he was too cold to sleep.He walked around the tents trying to find the other dogs. But, to his surprise, they had disappeared. He walked around Perrault's tent, very, very cold, wondering what to do. Suddenly, the snow under his feet fell in, and he felt something move. He jumped back, waiting for the attack, but heard on-ly a friendly bark. There, in a warm hole under the snow, was Billee.So that was what you had to do. Buck chose a place, dug himself a hole and in a minute he was warm and asleep. He slept well, although his dreams were bad.When he woke up, at first he did not know where he was. It had snowed in the night and the snow now lay thick and heavy above him. Suddenly he was afraid—the fear of a wild animal when it is caught and cannot escape. Growling, he threw himself at the snow, and a moment later, he had jumped upwards into the daylight. He saw the tents and remembered everything, from the time he had gone for a walk with Manuel to the moment he had dug the hole the night before. ‘What did I say?’shouted Francois to Perrault, when he saw Buck come up out of the snow.’ That Buck learns quickly.’Perrault smiled slowly. He was carrying important papers, and he needed good dogs. He was very pleased to have Buck.They bought three more dogs that morning, and a quarter of an hour later all nine dogs were in harness and on their way up the Dyea Canyon. Buck was not sorry to be moving, and although it was hard work, he almost enjoyed it. He was also surprised to see that Dave and Sol－leks no longer looked bored and miserable. Pulling in a harness was their job, and they were happy to do it.Dave was sledge－dog, the dog nearest to the sledge. In front of him was Buck, then came Solleks. In front of them were the six other dogs, with Spitz as leader at the front. Francois had put Buck between Dave and Solleks because they could teach him the work. Buck learnt well, and they were good teachers. When Buck pulled the wrong way, Dave always bit his leg, but only lightly. Once, when they stopped, Buck got tied up in his harness, and it took ten minutes to get started again. Both Dave and Solleks gave him a good beating for that mistake. Buck understood, and was more careful after that.It was a hard day's journey, up the Dyea Canyon and into the mountains. They camped that night at Lake Bennett. Here there were thousands of gold miners. They were building boats to sail up the lake when the ice melted in the spring. Buck made his hole in the snow and slept well, but was woken up very early and harnessed to the sledge. The first day they had travelled on snow that had been hardened by many sledges and they covered sixty kilometers. But the next day, and for days afterwards, they were on new snow. The work was harder and they went slowly. Usually, Perrault went in front, on snowshoes, flattening the snow a little for the dogs. Francois stayed by the sledge. Sometimes the two men changed places, but there were many small lakes and rivers, and Perrault understood ice better. He always knew when the ice across a river was very thin.Day after day Buck pulled in his harness. They started in the morning before it was light, and they stopped in the evening after dark, ate a piece of fish, and went to sleep in their holes under the snow. Buck was always hungry. Francois gave him 750 grams of dried fish a day, and it was never enough. The other dogs were given only 500 grams；they were smaller and could stay dive on less food.Buck learnt to eat quickly；if he was too slow, the other dogs stole his food. He saw Pike, one of the new dogs, steal some meat from the sledge when Perrault wasn't looking. The next day Buck stole some and got away unseen. Perrault was very angry, but he thought another dog, Dub, had taken it and so punished him instead of Buck.Buck was learning how to live in the north. In the south he had never stolen, but there he had never been so hungry. He stole cleverly and secretly, remembering the beatings from the man with the club.Buck was learning the law of club and tooth.He learnt to eat any food—anything that he could get his teeth into. He learnt to break the ice on water holes with his feet when he wanted to drink He was stronger, harder, and could see and smell better than ever before .In a way, he was remembering back to the days when wild dogs travelled in packs through the forest, killing for meat as they went. It was easy for him to learn to fight like a wolf,because it was in his blood. In the evenings, when he pointed his nose at the moon and howled long and loud, he was remembering the dogs and wolves that had come before him.3 The wild animalThe wild animal was strong in Buck, and as he travelled across the snow, it grew stronger and stronger. And as Buck grew stronger, he hated Spitz more and more, although he was careful never to start a fight.But Spitz was always showing his teeth to Buck, trying to start a fight. And Buck knew that if he and Spitz fought, one of them would die.The fight almost happened one night when they stopped by Lake Laberge. There was heavy snow and it was very cold. The lake was frozen and Francois, Perrault, and the dogs had to spend the night on the ice, under a big rock. Buck had made a warm hole in the snow and was sorry to leave it to get his piece of fish. But when he had eaten. and returned to his hole, he found Spitz in it. Buck had tried not to fight Spitz be－fore, but this was too much. He attacked him angrily. Spitz was surprised. He knew Buck was big, but he didn’ t know he was so wild. Francois was surprised too, and guessed why Buck was angry. ‘Go on Buck!’ he shouted.’ Fight him, the dirty thief!’Spitz was also ready to fight, and the two dogs circled one another, looking for the chance to jump in. But suddenly there was a shout from Perrault, and they saw eighty or a hundred dogs around the sledge. The dogs came from an Indian village, and they were searching for the food that they could smell on the sledge. Perrault and Francois tried to fight them off with their clubs, but the dogs, made crazy by the smell of the food, showed their teeth and fought back.Buck had never seed dogs like these. They were all skin and bone, but hunger made them fight like wild things. Three of them attacked Buck and in seconds his head and legs were badly bitten. Dave and Solleks stood side by side, covered in blood, fighting bravely. Joe and Pike jumped on one dog, and Pike broke its neck with one bite. Buck caught another dog by the neck and tasted blood. He threw himself on the next one, and then felt teeth in his own neck. It was Spitz, attacking him from the side.Perrault and Francois came to help with clubs, but then they had to run back to save the food . It was safer for the nine sledge－dogs to run away across the lake. Several of them were badly hurt, and they spent an unhappy night hiding among the tress.At first light they returned to the sledge and found Perrault and Francois tired and angry. Half their food was gone. The Indian dogs had even eaten one of Perrault's shoes. Francois looked at his dogs unhappily.‘Ah, my friends,’he said softly,’Perhaps those bites will make you ill. What do you think, Perrault?’Perrault said nothing. They still had six hundred kilometres to travel, and he hoped very much that his sledge－dogs had not caught rabies from the Indian dogs.The harness was torn and damaged and it was two hours be－fore they were moving, travelling slowly and painfully over the most difficult country that they had been in.The Thirty Mile River was not frozen. It ran too fast to freeze. They spent six days trying to find a place to cross, and every step was dangerous for dogs and men. Twelve times they found ice bridgesacross the river, and Perrault walked carefully onto them, holding a long piece of wood. And twelve times he fell through a bridge and was saved by the piece of wood, which caught on the sides of the hole. But the temperature was 45°below zero, and each time Perrault fell into the water, he had to light a fire to dry and warm himself. Once, the sledge fell through the ice, with Dave and Buck, and they were covered in ice by the time Perrault and Francois pulled them out of the river. Again, a fire was needed to save them. Another time, Spitz and the dogs in front fell through the ice—Buck and Dave and Francois at the sledge had to pull backwards. That day they travelled only four hundred metres.When they got to the Hootalinqua and good ice, Buck and the other dogs were very, very tired. But they were late, so Perrault made them run faster. In three days they went a hundred and eighty kilometres and reached the Five Fingers.The other dogs had hard feet from years of pulling sledges, but Buck's feet were still soft from his easy life down south. All day he ran painfully, and when they camped for the night, he lay down like a dead dog. He was hungry, but he was too tired to walk to the fish, so Francois brought it to him. One day Francois made four little shoes for him, and this made Buck much more comfortable. Francois forgot the shoes one morning, and Buck refused to move. He lay on his back with his feet in the air, until Francois put the shoes on. Later his feet grew harder and the shoes were not needed.One morning, at the Pelly River, a dog called Delly went suddenly mad. She howled long and loud like a wolf and then jumped at Buck. Buck ran, with Dolly one step behind him. She could not catch him, but he could not escape from her. They ran half a kilometre, and then Buck heard Francois call to him. He turned and ran towards the man, sure that Francois would save him. Francois stood ,holding his axe, and as Buck passed, the axe crashed down on Dolly's head.Buck fell down by the sledge, too tired to move. Immediately, Spitz attacked him and bit his helpless enemy twice, as hard as he could. But Francois saw this, and gave Spitz a terrible beating for it.‘He's a wild dog, that Spitz,’ said Perrault.’ One day he'll kill Buck.’‘Buck is wilder,’ replied Francois.’ I've been watching him. One day he'll get very angry and he'll fight Spitz；and he'll win.’ Francois was right. Buck wanted to be lead-dog. Spitz knew this and hated him. Buck started to help the other dogs when Spitz punished them for being lazy. One morning, Pike refused to get up, and Spitz looked for him everywhere. When he found him, he jumped at him. But suddenly, Buck at－tacked Spitz. The other dogs saw this, and it became more and more difficult for Spitz to lead them. But the days passed without a chance for a fight, and soon they were pulling into Dawson City on a cold grey afternoon.They stayed in Dawson for seven days. When they left, Perrault was carrying some more very important papers, and he wanted to travel back as fast as possible.They travelled eighty kilometres the first day, and the same the second. But it was difficult work for Francois. Buck and Spitz hated each other, and the other dogs were not afraid of Spitz any more. One night Pike stole half a fish from Spitz, and ate it standing next to Buck. And every time Buck went near Spitz, he growled and the hair on his back stood up angrily. The other dogs fought in their harnesses and Francois often had to stop the sledge. He knew that Buck was the problem, but Buckwas too clever for him and Francois never saw him actually starting a fight.One night in camp, the dogs saw a snow rabbit and in a second they were all chasing it, with Spitz in front. Nearby was another camp, with fifty dogs, who also Joined the chase. The rabbit was running fast on top of the snow, but the snow was soft, and it was more difficult for the dogs. When Spitz caught the rabbit, throwing it in the air with his teeth, Buck was just behind. Spitz stopped, and Buck hit him, very hard. The two dogs fell in the snow. Spitz bit Buck very quickly, twice, and then jumped away, watching carefully.The time had come, and Buck knew that either he or Spitz must die. They watched one another, circling slowly. The moon was shining brightly on the snow, and in the cold still air not a leaf moved on the trees. The other dogs finished eating the rabbit and then turned to watch.Spitz was a good fighter. He was full of hate and anger, but he was also intelligent. Every time Buck tried to bite his throat, he met Spitz's own teeth. Then, each time Buck attacked, Spitz moved and bit him on the side as he passed. After a few minutes, Buck was covered in blood.He attacked again, but this time turned at the last minute and went under Spitz, biting his left front leg. The bone broke, and Spitz was standing on three legs. Buck tried to knock Spitz down, and then repeated his earlier attack and broke Spitz's right front leg.There was no hope for Spitz now. Buck got ready for his final attack, while the circle of sixty dogs watched, and crowded nearer and nearer, waiting for the end. At last Buck jumped, in and out, and Spitz went down in the snow. A second later the waiting pack was on top of him, and Spitz had disappeared. Buck stood and watched. The wild animal had made its kill.4 The new lead-dog‘Well, what did I say? Buck’ s a real fighter, all right,’ said Francois the next morning when he discovered that Spitz had disappeared and that Buck was covered in blood.‘Spitz fought like a wolf,’ said Perrault, as he looked at the bites all over Buck.‘And Buck fought like ten wolves,’ answered Francois.’ And we'll travel faster now. No more Spitz, no more trouble.’Francois started to harness the dogs. He needed a new lead－dog, and decided that Solleks was the best dog that he had. But Buck jumped at Solleks and took his place.‘Look at Buck!’ said Francois, laughing.’ He's killed Spitz, and now he wants to be lead－dog. Go away, Buck!’He pulled Buck away and tried to harness Solleks again. Solleks was unhappy too. He was frightened of Buck, and when Francois turned his back, Buck took Solleks’ place again. Now Francois was angry.‘I'll show you!’ he cried, and went to get a heavy club from the sledge.Buck remembered the man in the red coat, and moved away. This time, when Solleks was harnessed as lead-dog, Buck did not try to move in. He kept a few metres away and circled around Francois carefully. But when Francois called him to his old place in front of Dave, Buck refused. He had won his fight with Spitz and he wanted to be lead－dog.For an hour the two men tried to harness him. Buck did not run away, but he did not let them catch him. Finally, Francois sat down, and Perrault looked at his watch. It was getting late. The twomen looked at one another and smiled Francois walked up to Solleks, took off his harness, led him back and harnessed him in his old place. Then he called Buck. All the other dogs were harnessed and the only empty place was now the one at the front But Buck did not move.‘Put down the club,’ said Perrault.Francois dropped the club, and immediately Buck came up to the front of the team. Francois harnessed him ,and in a minute the sledge was moving.Buck was an excellent leader. He moved and thought quickly and led the other dogs well. A new leader made no difference to Dave and Solleks；they continued to pull hard .But the other dogs had had an easy life when Spitz was leading. They were surprised when Buck made them work hard and punished them for their mistakes Pike, the second dog, was usually lazy；but by the end of the first day he was pulling harder than he had ever pulled in his life. The first night in camp Buck fought Joe, another difficult dog, and after that there were no more problems with him. The team started to pull together, and to move faster and faster.‘I've never seen a dog like Buck!’ cried Francois,’ Never! He's worth a thousand dollars .What do you think, Perrault?’Perrault agreed. They were moving quickly, and covering more ground every day The snow was good and hard, and no new snow fell. The temperature dropped to 45°below zero, and didn't change.This time there was more ice on the Thirty Mile River, and they crossed in a day. Some days they ran a hundred kilometres, or even more They reached Skagway in fourteen days；the fastest time ever.For three days the dogs rested in Skagway. Then Francois put his arms around Buck's neck and said goodbye to him. And that was the last of Francois and Perrault. Like other men, they passed out of Buck's life for ever.Two new men took Buck and his team back north on the long journey to Dawson, travelling with several other dog－teams. It was heavy work；the sledge was loaded with letters for the gold miners of Dawson. Buck did not like it, but he worked hard, and made the other dogs work hard, too. Each day was the same. They started early, before it was light, and at night they stopped and camped and the dogs ate. For the dogs this was the best part of the day, first eating, then resting by the fire.Buck liked to lie by the fire, looking at the burning wood. Sometimes he thought about Mr. Miller's house in California. More of ten he remembered the man in the red coat and his club, the death of Curly, the fight with Spitz, and the good things that he had eaten But sometimes he remembered other things These were things that he remembered through his parents, and his parents parents, and all the dogs which had lived before him.Sometimes as he lay there, he seemed to see, in a waking dream, a different fire. And he saw next to him, not the Indian cook, but another man, a man with shorter legs, and longer arms. This man had long hair and deep eyes, and made strange noises in his throat He was very frightened of the dark, and looked around him all the time, holding a heavy stone in his hand .He wore the skin of an animal on his back, and Buck could see thick hair all over his body.Buck sat by the fire with this hairy man, and in the circling darkness beyond the fire he could see many eyes—the eyes of hungry animals waiting to attack. And he growled softly in his dream until。
