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Unit 4 Wildlife protectionHOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WLDLIFE一．课文感悟与探究：Daisy had always 1._________ （渴望）help 2 _________ (endanger ) species of wildlife. One day she woke up and found a flying 3.__________（飞毯）by her bed. "Where do you want to go?" it asked. Daisy 4._________（回答）immediately. "I'd like to see some endangered wildlife," she said. "Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave 5. _____（皮毛）to make this sweater." At once the carpet 6. _________ （飞去）and took her to Tibet. There Daisy saw an antelope 7. _________（look）sad. It said, "We're being killed for the wool 8. _________ our stomachs. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you. As a result, we are now an endangered species." At that Daisy cried, "I'm sorry I didn't know that. I wonder what is being done to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place 9. _________ there's some wildlife 10.__________(protect)."The flying carpet travelled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy11. __________（转来转去） and found that she was being watched by an elephant. "Have you come to take my photo?" it asked. 12. __________（松了口气）Daisy 13. ________________ （突然笑起来）."Don't laugh,” said the elephant, "We used to be an endangered species. Farmers hunted us 14. _______________（豪不仁慈地）.They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies. So the government decided to help. They allowed tourists to hunt only a15. _______ （确定的）number of animals if they paid the farmers. Now the farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife."Daisy smiled. "That's good news. It shows the 16.__________（important）ofwildlife protection, but I'd like to help as the WWF suggests." The carpet17.____（增加）again and almost at once they were in 18._______________（一个阴霾的热带雨林）. A monkey watched them as it 19. _____（摩擦）itself. "What are you doing?" asked Daisy. ” I’m 20. ________ （保护）myself from______（蚊子）" it replied. "When I find a millipede21. _____（昆虫）, I rub it over my body. It 22. ________（contain）a 23. ________（power）drug which 24. ________（affect）mosquitoes. You should 25. _____ more_____________（注意）the rainforest where I live and 26. __________（鉴赏）how the animals live together. 27. __________________________ （没有雨林，没有动物，没有药物）."Daisy was 28._______( amaze). "Flying carpet, please take me home so I can tell WWF and we can begin 29.__________(produce) this new drug. Monkey, please come and help." The monkey agreed. The carpet flew home. As they landed, things began 30.___________(disappear). Two minutes later everything had gone - the monkey, too. So Daisy was not able to make her new drug. But what an experience! She had learned so much! And there was always WWF…二．阅读理解A“Tom!”The boy was surprised to hear his name called. He stopped walking, looking around, only to find himself alone in the woods.“Tom, it’s me speaking.”It was a tree! Tom felt frightened.“I need your help, my boy. Please sit down and listen to my story.”Tom was standing there, speechless with his mouth open wide, staring at the speaking tree.“In the next 15 days, woodcutters are coming to cut me down because they think I am dying. But not long ago I was as green and healthy as the others,” the tree began d reamily. “I had fruit growing in me. I was content with happiness, dancing to the melodies of wind and rain, bathing in the gold sun. I felt like the center of the world.“But later I began to feel angry. I was home to the birds; bees consumed my flowers, animals played in me, and passers-by sat down in my shade. But what did I get in return? I began to scare away the birds and the bees. I thought I didn’t need them. I thought I could be beautifully alone.”Tom listened carefully. “I’m just like him,” he thought.“Then… animals stopped coming, all of them... I even angered the River Goddess (女神) and She stopped her water from my roots. Now I’m so weak that I’m dying.”The tree could only whisper now. “So Tom, help me... Every day on your wayhome, pray (祈求) to the River Goddess for me, so that She may have mercy on me and feed me with water. Will you do this for me?”It was Tom’s turn to whisper now. “Yes. I will help you till you are strong and green again. And I will always help people, so that I may grow into a useful man for the others, and actually for myself.”1. Why was Tom frightened?A. Because he found himself alone in the woods.B. Because he was threatened by a tree.C. Because he lost his way in the woods.D. Because he’d never heard a tree s peak.2. What happened to the tree?A. It was unfairly treated by animals.B. It was day-dreaming every day.C. It was towards the end of its life.D. It was beautifully alone in the woods.3. From the underlined sentence “I’m just like him”, what may be TRUE about theboy?A. He liked the speaking tree very much.B. He thought it not worthwhile to help others.C. He became so weak that he was dying.D. He was the best student at school.4. What may Tom have learned from the tree’s story?A. One who helps others can actually grow stronger.B. A true man should defeat all kinds of difficulties.C. Being confident is very important to a student.D. Water is the most important thing for life.B“Please don’t leave. I really don’t want to be here. This place i s such a waste of my time!” I said to my mother as she helped me settle in the boys’ dorm.This waste of time was Greenwood Music Camp: a two-week long summer camp in the middle of the mosquito-flying, unheated, Internet-less woods in a countryside area. I would have to sleep in a rock-hard bed, suffer through a fortnight with stupid campers and stupid teachers, eating stupid food, playing stupid games and stupid music.I didn’t even like playing music. It had been my mom’s idea to make me start playing the stupid viola (中提琴) and her idea to send me to this camp. Like any mother, she loved to believe that I was special and unique, but my talent on viola was neither special nor unique. She insisted that I “actually do enjoy playing”, and that I “just don’t know it yet”.When I woke up the morning of leaving home, I became very sad. I became more religious (虔诚的) than I had ever been. If there was truly a God, he surely would hear my pray. On the car ride to the camp, I prayed for something – anything –to help me escape from the trip. I wished for an earthquake, and a wild wind. I “left” a bag at home that I only “remembered” 30 minutes into our journey, I read the direction incorrectly to my driving mother, and poured Coca-Cola on myself when we stopped for lunch.But my mom survived all of my attacks. I had finally given in when I allowed her to shut the car door without me inside.I turned around, crying, ready to cry my way through what would be – though I did not know it at the time – the best two weeks of my life.5. About Greenwood Music Camp, which of the following is probably NOT true?A. It was located in the countryside.B. It taught nothing but stupid music programs.C. It didn’t provide the Internet service.D. It had simple living conditions for kids.6. According to the writer, what can we know about the mother?A. She didn’t really care about what her son needs.B. She was unique, different from other mothers.C. She felt confident about what she did for her son.D. She was religious but sometimes stupid and wild.7. What happened on their way to the camp?A. The weather was bad.B. They got lost.C. The son escaped.D. All the son’s tricks failed.8. What did the writer finally think of Greenwood Music Camp?A. It was a completely stupid idea.B. It was a club of boring people and music.C. It wasted his whole summer time.D. It turned out to be a good experience.三．语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）It’s great to see you here in Xiamen! It’s been six years 1._______we saw each other last time, and it’s the first time I 2______(visit) your hometown. So far, I’ve seen quite a lot of China and visited some beautiful cities, but this is one of the most 3._____(attract) places I’ve been to. You must feel very fortunate 4.____ (live) here by the seaside.5._____ surprises me is that there are so many tourists around! Are they 6.____ nuisance to you sometimes?I think the small island across the water must be Gulangyu, 7.____ I’ve heard of quite a few times. Is 8.____ gorgeous? It’s said to be famous 9.____ some very interesting architecture. I’ll go there and have a look tomorrow. Also, I’d like to eat in some small fish restaurants, because my friends told me that I shouldn’t miss them. In fact, I feel 10.____(starve) right now. Shall we go for lunch?。