Unit 6 At one with nature

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. I love the very quiet night， turn off the light and let silence w________________ me.

2. It is found that people are more creative after the c________________ of a difficult task.

3. Our teacher asked me to d________________ a poster for the activity organized by our school.

4. As we all know， it is water and sunlight that develop the c________________.

5. The car came to a stop just in time to p________________ an accident.

6. During the Tang and Song ________________ （朝代）， Chinese literature developed quickly.

7. Smoking is bad for one’s health， and ________________ （因此） should be given up.

8. It will ________________ （损害） your eyes by reading in the bright sun.

9. You’d better practice swimming in a ________________ （浅的） pool.

10. The number of farmers in ________________ （农业） has fallen in the last ten years.

选择填空 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。

be home to in harmony with pass down prevent… from provide… for

1. Humans should try their best to live ________________________ nature.

2. What is known to us all is that Australia ________________________ kangaroos.

3. People in that village ________________________ the tradition of eating candy on that day.

4. Treating wastewater is a good way ________________________ fresh water ________________________ us.

5. The heavy snow ________________________ people all over the area ________________________ going out for fun.

课文语法填空

The Longji Rice Terraces， ____1____ （build） by the local Zhuang and Yao people between Yuan Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty， have different colours in different seasons. Thousands of visitors ____2____ （attract） to come here every year ____3____ （admire） this great wonder created by people and nature working together. The terraces could not only increase the areas ____4____ they could grow rice but also catch the rainwater and prevent the soil ____5____ being washed away. What is most significant is that people have worked in harmony ____6____ nature. The terraces are ____7____ （clever） designed with hundreds of waterways ____8____ （connect） with each other. Rainwater， along with these waterways， ____9____ （move） down the mountains and into the terraces. The sun heats the water and turns it into vapour， ____10____ forms clouds from which rain falls down onto the mountain terraces once again， providing a perfect environment for birds and fish.

1. ________________  2. ________________  3. ________________  4. ________________  5. ________________

6. ________________  7. ________________  8. ________________  9. ________________  10. ________________

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Zoologial Society of London （ZSL）， which runs London Zoo， brought together 16 scientists from different organizations to make a full “health check” on 215 miles of the Thames. The results of the first-ever State of the Thames Report have been shown to the public and there’s both good and bad news for London’s main waterway.

First up， since the Thames was pronounced “biologically dead” in 1957， the number of animals and plants growing in and around the river has increased greatly. Natural habitats （栖息地） are also on the increase， some of which can help in the fight against climate change.

It’s not all good news， though—like everywhere else， the Thames is influenced by climate change， mainly through changes in water temperature and sea levels. The Thames is increasing in temperature at an average of 0.2 each year， changing the natural environment.

Water levels are also rising in the Thames—at Silvertown. There has been an average increase of 4.26 mm per year since 1990， which makes London more likely to be flooded.

As with pretty much everywhere on Earth， the Thames needs climate change to be stopped in order to make itself a living river in the future.

The Environment Agency has put together the Thames Estuary 2100 Plan which sets out a long-term plan for dealing with the influence of rising sea levels for the rest of this century， in order to protect London from floods.

James Brand， Thames Estuary 2100 Advisor at the Environment Agency said， “We are glad to support the State of the Thames Report. If we are going to stop climate change， nature needs to be at the heart of our activities， both in slowing the pace of future change and dealing with the changes that we are already seeing.”

1. What did the 16 scientists do with the Thames？

A. They made an introduction of it. B. They did an examination of it.

C. They brought new animals to it. D. They organized a clean-up of it.

2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about？

A. The way animals are raised. B. The development of natural habitats.

C. The meaning of “biologically dead”. D. The improvement of the Thames.

3. What is one of the main problem of the Thames？