选修八Unit5Reading

语法填空
根据课文A Visit to the Zhoukoudian Caves完成下列短文。 A group of students from England have come to the Zhoukoudian Cave for a visit. archaeologist is showing them around. The An archaeologists have been excavating (excavate) here for many years. After finding human and animal bones in those caves higher up the hill as well as tools and ornaments，they think it reasonable to assume they lived in these caves，regardless of the cold. They discovered fireplaces in the center of the caves where they constructed fires. Some evidence suggests that our ancestors did indeed wear clothes made (make) from animal skins. The archaeologist also shows the students a primitive necklace preserved (preserve) quite well. Indeed， as the botanical analysis has been specially (special) showing us，all the fields around here used to be part of a large shallow lake. Perhaps there was trade between early peoples or they traveled to the seaside on their journeys.
Words review
alternative
starvation tentative accuracy interrupt acute assume
n. 可能的选择 adj. 供选择的； 其他的 n. 挨饿；饿死 adj. 试探性的；不确定的n. 精确；准确 vt. & vi. 打断……讲话；打 岔；暂时中断或中止 adj. 有观察力的；敏锐的； 严重的；深刻的 vt. 假定；设想
细节题 1. Where do the caves lie?
A. In the forest.
B. On the seaside.
C. At the foot of the hill.
D. Higher up the hill.
2. What is the right order of early people making clothes? a. removing the skin b. rubbing salt onto the skin c. removing the fat and meat from the skin d. cutting up animals e. cutting the skin and sewing the pieces together A. a-c-d-b-e B. d-a-c-b-e C. a-c-b-e-d D. d-c-b-a-e
现在完成进行时
• 1.构成形式：
has\have been doing
用法
1, 叙述某一动作从过去开始一直继续到现 在仍在继续之中或刚刚停止。经常与for, since, recently, all morning/day/week,how long, all the time用在一起。 • 1) You have been studying for four straight hours. Why don’t you take a break? • 2) The telephone has been ringing for almost a minute. Why doesn’t someone answer it?
推理判断题
5. What can we infer from the sentences--“This one looks very like a fish bone. Is it reasonable? ---Yes indeed, as the botanical analyses have shown us, all the fields around here used to be part of a large shallow lake. Probably there were fish in it.”? A. Being an archaeologist needs a wide range of knowledge. B. A lake is not the sea. C. People can identify the fish by the colour. D. A fish bone can be made into a necklace.
2, 叙述从过去某时开始一直继续到现在，但不 再继续下去的事情。－－带有浓厚的感情色彩， 强调持续了“那么久”或做得“那么辛苦”
• 1) Oh, you have come at last! I have been waiting for you for two long hours.(我等了 你足足两个小时) • 2) You are here! I have been looking for you long.（我找了你老半天）
4. Which of the following shows us the earliest people and the modern people have something in common? A. People hung animal skins to keep out the cold B. People never grew their own crops C. People use science D. People care about their appearance 5. What can we infer from the sentences--- “This one looks very like a fish bone. Is it reasonable? ---Yes indeed, as the botanical analyses have shown us, all the fields around here used to be part of a large shallow lake. Probably there were fish in it.”? A. Being an archaeologist needs a wide range of knowledge. B. A lake is not the sea. C. People can identify the fish by the colour. D. A fish bone can be made into a necklace.
Who are they?
Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.
1. Where do the caves lie? A. In the forest. B. On the seaside.
C. At the foot of the hill. D. Higher up the hill. 2. What is the right order of early people making clothes? a. removing the skin b. rubbing salt onto the skin c. removing the fat and meat from the skin d. cutting up animals e. cutting the skin and sewing the pieces together A. a-c-d-b-e B. d-a-c-b-e C. a-c-b-e-d D. d-c-b-a-e 3. The following things were used by early people to make clothes EXCEPT _____. A. sharpeners B. needles C. salt D. knives
3, 叙述“最近”一直从事的工作或活动。 －－lately, recently • What’s the matter? Your eyes are red and puffy. Have you been crying?(你 是不是一直在哭？)
4, 叙述从过去某时到现在，或最近，一再重 复的动作。 • I have been knocking. I don’t think anybody’s in.(我一直在敲门。我想没人在 里面。) • I have been writing letters since breakfast.(我从早餐起就一直在写信)
2. — There is so much snow these days,
isn't there?
— Yes, it ____ for a few days.
A. was snowing
பைடு நூலகம்B. has been snowing
C. had been snowing
D. snowed
3. Although these scientists ____ on the project for nearly four years, I don't know how long it will last. A. have been working B. had worked C. were working