[語境展示]閱讀下面句子，并試著歸納balance的意思。

1. The salesgirl weighed the vegetable on the balan skilfully.

2. Riders need a good sense of balance.

3. We must keep a balance between spending and saving

4. The crown could balance a stick on the end of his nos (

5. He balanced the advantages and disadvantages of t\ -situation.

[自我歸納]balance既可作名詞，也可作動(dòng)詞。

★作名詞時(shí)，意為••⑦天平(句1)② (句2)

 ③均衡狀態(tài)（句3) 

★作動(dòng)詞時(shí)，意為:①使(某物) 保持平衡(句4)②平衡，平穩(wěn)(句5) 。

[拓展]

keep / lose one's balance 保持/失去平衡

balanced adj,平衡的 

[即學(xué)即練]翻譯亍?句子。

1. 他失去平衡，從自行車掉了下來。

   
   

2. 盡量保持工作和娛樂平衡。

3. 你能單腳站立多久?

2. Even though her customers might get thin after eating Yong Hui’s food,they were not eating enough energy-giving food to keep them fit. (P10)

[分析]

①本句是一個(gè)主從復(fù)合句。 

② 主句是 they were not eating enough energy-giving food to keep them fit,Ev?n though 引導(dǎo) 從句。

③ 主句中的動(dòng)詞不定式短語to keep them fit在句中作目的狀語。

④ Even though引導(dǎo)的從句中，動(dòng)詞-ing形式短語eating Yong Hui's

food作介詞after的賓語。

[句意]盡管顧客吃雍慧餐館里的食物會(huì)變得苗條，但是他們攝取不到足夠巧熱量來保持健康

[仿寫]盡管你干這些活可能不會(huì)掙到錢，但是你能得到寶貴的經(jīng)驗(yàn)來提高自己。

請(qǐng)你的同學(xué)一起認(rèn)真分析下面句子，并補(bǔ)全所缺內(nèi)容。這種學(xué)習(xí)方式能逐步提高你理解長難句的能力。

1. Something terrible ipust have happened if Li Chang was not coming to eat in his restaurant as he always did. 

[分析]

①本句是一個(gè)主從復(fù)合句。

② 主句是 Something terrible must have happened,if 引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句。

③ must have happened是must have done結(jié)構(gòu)，.表示對(duì)過去發(fā)勝事情的肯定推測(cè)可譯為“一定/準(zhǔn)是…

④ 在if從句中又包含一個(gè)由as引導(dǎo)的 從句。

句意：要是李昌不想往常那樣到他店里吃飯，那問題一定嚴(yán)重了。

仿寫：要是戴維沒像往常一樣給他的母親打電話，那一定是出事了。

Task III. Read the text and find out the reasons for the results.

Results Reasons

1. Wang Peng felt puzzled                           A. He wanted to ask him to come and eat.

2. Wang Peng thought his cola was good.                  B. He found the food was expensive.

3. Wang Peng called Li Chang.                        C. No one came to his restaurant.

4. Wang Peng followed Li Chang.                       D. He wanted to win back his cus- tomers.

6. Wang Peng went to the library.                      F. He wanted to find out where Li Chang would eat.

7. Wang Peng wrote a new sign.                        G. He wanted to do some research about food.

Task II. Read the text and put the following sentences in the correct order.

   A. Wang Peng followed Li Chang into a new small restaurant.

   B. Wang Peng went to the library to do some research,

    C. Wang Peng wrote a new sign for his restaurant.

   D. Wang Peng found no one came to his restaurant.

   E. Yong Hui gave a menu to Wang Peng.

   F. Wang Peng discovered Yong Hui's food did not provide enough energy.

   G. Wang Peng greeted Li Chang but did not get any answer.

   H. Wang Peng put down the menu and went outside quickly.

Task I. Read the text and fill in the blanks in the chart below.

                                 B

                                  ★★★★☆

     There was a time when a trip to the supermarket in the United States often ended with

a seemingly simple question from the (收銀員) ：Paper or plastic? Well,which type of bag would you choose?

      While all types of bags have some influence on th^ environment,it has long been supposed that paper b?gs are kinder. TTiey are made from a renewable source,break down easily,bum without giving off thick smoke and can be (回收利用) .However,the proild: process behind paper bags uses more energy than that of plastic ones. How can this be true?

      Studies show that paper bag production requires four times as much energy as plastic bag production. And the (量) of water used to make them is twenty times higher. Besides the influence on forests is very serious. It takes about fourteen million trees to produce ten billion paper bags,which happens to be the number of bags used in the United States yearly. In terms of recycling,the idea that paper bags are more environment-friendly than plastic ones can be quickly discarded. Research shows it requires about 98% less energy to recycle plastic than it does paper.

     Even though paper bags might be more harmful than plastic ones,plastic still seems to be considered by governments as the more harmful of the two. In Ireland,for example,a tax (??) has been introduced to discourage the use of plastic bags. People have to pay 22 cents for every plastic bag,and as a result,their use has dropped quickly.

     There,s no doubt it makes more sense to reuse these bags. However,we don't seem to be doing that at present. That may be because they fall apart quickly. If so,cloth bags are a better choice,but still,their production also has a bad influence on the environment. So what to do? How should we answer the question of “Paper or plastic?” It seems that we first need to ask ourselves one more general question: “What can I ?o to help the environment?”

6. The questions in Paragraph 1 are used to.

     A. express ?ie author,s doubts

   B. tell readers how to save money 

    C. introduce points for discussion  

    D. show the kindness of the cashier

7. Compared with plastic bags,paper bags.

   A. need more water to produce

   B. require less ertergy to recycle

    C. take more time to break down  

   D. have less influence on forests

8. The underlined word  “discarde”in Paragraph 3 probably means “ ”.

   A. shared       B. given up

   C. discussed      D. put forward

9. What does the Irish government think of plastic bags?.

   A. They are less harmful than paper bags.

   B. They can be made environment-friendly.

    C. Taxes probably need to be increased further. 

   D. No plastic bags should be provided in shops.

10. Which question does the author probably hope the cashier will ask?

   A. Paper or cloth?

   B. Paper or plastic?

    C. A small bag or big one?

   D. A new bag or your own one?

                                A

                                ★★★★☆

      Nearly every driver has experienced that feeling of great tiredness,where it becomes almost impossible to stay awake at the wheel. 14-year-old Katherine Wu is too young to have experienced this situation firsthand. However slie noticed how difficult it was for her dad to remain awake while driving back from ?ieir femiiy vacations in Florida to their home in Maryland. Her mom had to talk to her dad all the way.

So I created a tool that can be used instead of my mom talking to my dad to make sure he stays awake and is safe,” she says.

       Her inversion ,“Driver's Companion”，can notice driver sleepiness and warn the driver if he or she is too t?ed to be on the road.

     The user wears a headset(耳機(jī)) ，which sends information about the driver' s brain waves (月兇電波) to a tiny computer. The computer can be placed in front of the driver. The 吵對(duì)撕(系統(tǒng)) then gives warnings,if needed. As the driver becomes sleepier,red color will be shown to warn him or her. The driver will also hear messages warning him to get off the road. The machine can say, “You’ re tired. Please take a break."

      After sending her invention to the 2014 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge,Wu was chosen as a finalist and was able to work with Dr. Jesse Miller,who is a product development specialist.

    “He helped me understand how important it IS to make sure that my invention wprked for the people who were using it and that it was user-friendly,” Wu says.

As a young scientist,Wu has some advice for other students of her age: ul would like to tell them that they should choose something they* re interested in. So they 11 be willing to spend more time on it and enjoy working on it more. Also when there 's difficulty,they should just continue working hard because they’ 11 get over it."

1. Why di? Wu’s mother talk to her dad all the way?

   A. To prevent an accident.

   B. To help him feel relaxed

    C. To discuss their vacations.

   D. To make the trip enjoyable.

2. What is the purpose or‘Driver's Companion”？

   A. To show drivers the way.

   B. To prevent drunk driving,

    C. To improve driving skills.

   D. To help drivers stay awake. .

3. Which of the following shows how Driver5 s Companion works?

   A. Sleepiness →Headset → warnings→ Computer

   B. Sleepiness →Warnings →Headset→ Computer

   C. Sleepiness →Headset → Computer → Warnings

    D. Sleepiness -? Computer Headset Warnings

4. Dr. Miller lets Wu know the importance of

   A. satisfying users

   B. working together 

   C. making discoveries   

   D. helping other students

5. Wu advises other young students

   A. to enjoy their lives

   B. to learn to love science 

    C. not to do dangerous jobs

   D. not to give up what they love

第二節(jié):書面表達(dá)(滿分25分)

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  注意:詞數(shù)00左右(開頭已給出，仴不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)) 。

    It was a Sunday afternoon.

假定英杲上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言 錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加:在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)(A) ,并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除:把多余的詞用斜線(\) 劃掉。

修改:在錯(cuò)的詞下劃1橫線，并&該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1. 指出錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

   2. 只允許修改0處，多者(從第11處起) 不計(jì)分。

    When my grandfather left school,he got his first job as a office worker. In those days,he was extreme thin. He paid very little,so he could not afford to eating a lot. I have one or two photos of her from that time,and he looks just like me,but a lot thin!When he grew older,he worked at all sorts of thing,such as reporting for a local newspaper and worked as a part-time salesman. He worked hardly all his life,but he always found out time for the things he enjoyed,like going fishing on weekends or reading books at home.