Unit 1 A new start

Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas

基础训练

单词拼写 根据首字母或汉语提示，用本部分所学单词的正确形式填空。

1. It’s not easy for most people to keep c____________ in the face of danger.

2. Our school o____________ a meeting between the teachers and parents yesterday.

3.His books tell a story or express an idea in a way that always gives the readers a strong

i____________.

4.Steve is such a c____________ boy， always asking questions about whatever he sees.

5. Although the future is going to present many c____________， we need to be confident about it.

6. We teenagers need to learn to deal with ____________ （压力） in our study and life.

7. My thanks to my teacher for her encouragement is beyond ____________ （描述）.

8. There’s a ____________ （传统） in our family that we have dinner together on New Year’s Eve.

9. As soon as we arrived on the island， we were excited to ____________ （探索）.

10.Finally， the winter holiday is coming. I couldn’t hide my ____________ （渴望） to get back home.

选择填空 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。

in panic__pay attention__butterflies in one’s stomach__make the most of__one by one

1. Jack carefully planned his research ________________ his time.

2. All the children ran out ________________ when the earthquake broke out.

3. The students entered the classroom ________________ before the class began.

4. Alice says she usually gets ________________ when she has to talk to lots of people.

5. Mr Harris says today’s class is important so he hopes all of us can ________________.

课文语法填空

On the first day of my senior high， I __1__ （wake） up early and went to my new school， eager to get to know it.

The campus was still quiet when I arrived， so I decided __2__ （explore） a bit. I was looking at the photos on the noticeboard __3__ I heard a voice behind me. __4__ （turn） around， I saw an old man. That morning， when my English teacher stepped into the classroom， I was surprised to see the same man I had met __5__ （early）. He asked us to introduce __6__ （we） to the class one by one. Hearing my self-introduction， everyone in my class started laughing. I looked at them __7__ panic. However， my teacher said， “Nice to know we share the same name.” Although I got __8__ （embarrass）， his words made me a lot more relaxed.

Then， Mr Meng explained that in senior high school life， we might sometimes be put under pressure by __9__ （challenge） like that and it all depends on what we do. Finally， he told us to keep calm and be prepared so as to make __10__ most of the time at senior high.

1. ____________  2. ____________  3. ____________  4. ____________  5. ____________

6. ____________  7. ____________  8. ____________  9. ____________  10. ____________

能力提升

阅读理解

What a day！ I started school this morning and had the best time. I made lots of new friends and really liked my teachers. I was nervous the night before， but I had no reason to be. Everyone was so friendly and polite. They made me feel at ease （自在）. It was like I’d been at the school for a hundred years！

At 7：00 am， I had my breakfast downstairs with my mom. She could tell that I was very nervous. Mom kept asking me what was wrong. She told me I had nothing to worry about and that everyone was going to love me. Mom said if they didn’t love me she would have a good talk with them. I couldn’t stop laughing.

My mom dropped me off at the school gate about five minutes before the bell. A little blonde （金发的） girl got dropped off at the same time and started waving at me. She ran over and told me her name was Abigail. She was very nice and we became close straight away. We spent all morning together and began to talk to another girl called Stacey. The three of us sat together in class and we even made our way home together！ The day went so quickly. Our teacher told us that the next day we would really start learning and developing new skills.

I cannot wait until tomorrow and I am really going to enjoy my time at my new school. I hope that my new friends feel the same way too.

1. How did the author feel on the night before starting school？

A. Tired. B. Excited. C. Worried. D. Relaxed.

2. What did the author think of her mother’s words？

A. Clear. B. Funny. C. Fair. D. Excellent.

3. What can we learn about the author on her first day of school？

A. She met many nice people. B. She had a hurried breakfast.

C. She learned some new skills. D. She arrived at school very early.

4. What can we infer about Abigail？

A. She talked a lot. B. She was shy and quiet.

C. She got on well with the author. D. She was an old friend of the author.

阅读七选五

After entering high school， you must wonder how to study well. Here are some good skills for you：

Go to class.

If you want to do well at school， going to class is the first step in studying well. If you miss classes， you will miss what the teacher thinks is important. ____1____