UNIt5
Section A
Understanding the text
1. Because the Sydney-to-Melbourne race is 875 kilometers long and it is a harsh test if endurance for the world’s top athletes.
2. Cliff Young was toothless 61-year-old farmers; he was wearing rubber boots, and was much older than the other runners.
3. Other athletes neither believed nor treated Cliff Young with respect.
4. Because Cliff Young didn’t run properly. He had the strangest running style and appeared to shuffle.
5. When people found that Cliff Young ran through the entire night without sleeping and when it seemed to them that he intended to keep running until he reached the finishing line or fell ill or was injured.
6. When he was running Cliff Young imagined he was gathering his sheep and trying to outrun a storm.
7. Cliff Young gave all the prize money to five other runners. He didn’t keep a single cent for himself.
8. Cliff Young is a brilliant example showing that ordinary people also have the inherent quality to achieve great results.
Language focus
Words in use
3
1. annual 2. contract 3. distinction 4. substantial
5. furnished 6. amateur 7. assemble 8. react
9. apparent 10. magnificent
Word building
4.
Words learned New words formed
-ing
boring bore
fascinating fascinate
amuse amusing
-ion
explode explosion
assume assumption
evolve evolution
compensate compensation
contribution contribute
-ary
element elementary
revolution revolutionary
5.
1. assumption 2. fascinated 3. explosion 4. elementary
5. compensation 6. evolution 7. amusing 8. bore
9. contribute 10. revolutionary
Banked cloze
6
1.K 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.H 6.O 7.F 8.M 9.A 10.G
Expressions in use
7
1 passed away 2 left behind 3 give away
4 had no intention of 5 Up to 6 regardless of
7 might (just)as well 8 fall ill 9 in attendance
10 to this day
Structured writing
9.
In 1564,William Shakespeare, the great poet and playwright(剧作家),was born in England. As a boy, he attended a local grammar school in his hometown. At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, and they had three children. Between 1585 and 1592, he developed a successful Career in London. By 1592, several of his plays were on the London stage and he had become weⅡ-known by acting and writing plays. He appeared to have retired from the theater and returned to his hometown around 1613。In 1616, at the age of 52, he passed away.
Translation
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有关古代奥林匹克运动会的最早文字记载可追溯至公元前776年。古代奥运会每4年举办一次,在8月6日与9月19日之间的一个纪念宙斯的宗教节日期间举行。第一届现代奥运会于1896年在希腊雅典举办。奥运会的标志由五个大小相同的套环组成,代表着五大洲的联合和来自世界各地运动员的大聚会。奥运会真正腾飞、成为一项国际体育盛会是在1924年之后,即第8届奥运会在巴黎举办之后。这一年,来自44个国家约3000名运动员同场竞技,并且第一次在奥运会上增加了闭幕式这一仪式。同年,冬季奥运会首次亮相,比赛项目包括花样滑冰、冰球、雪撬和冬季两项运动。80年后，2004年夏季奥运会在相隔一个多世纪后再次在雅典举办，来自201个国家的近11,000名运动员展开竞技,创下参赛国数量之最。
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Tai Chi is a kind of martial arts, and a fitness exercise as well. It has a long history in China. With slow and gentle movements, Tai Chi is suitable for people of any age, sex, or body type to practice. It can be used to provide self-defense as well as build the body. Therefore, it has become very popular among Chinese people. During its development, Tai Chi borrowed and absorbed desirable elements from traditional Chinese philosophy, medicine and martial arts, and it has developed into a sport with unique features. As a unique sport in China, Tai Chi is also gaining increasing popularity among foreign friends.
SECTION B
Language focus
Words in use
4
1 critical 2 humble 3 underline 4 mutual
5 accomplish 6 adapt 7 emphasized 8 overcome
9 demanding 10 considerable
Expressions in use
5
1. for 2.on 3. to 4. in 5. out
6. for 7. with 8. on 9. in 10 .at
Sentence structure
6
1. It is thought that writing about troubling experiences helps people deal with them.
2. It is reported that a film by an unknown director has won the first prize in the film festival.
3. It was known that this world-famous company evolved from a small company with a few people and a single office.
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1. The ticket is a good deal, but the trip is not without problems.
2. They knew this was not without risk, but they encouraged us to carry out the plan.
3. Based on the evidence of the murder case, the policeman's concerns are not without foundation.
Collocation
8
1. playing 2. do 3. go
4. go 5 .doing 6. play / do
7. played 8. keep 9. overcome
10. achieved 11. set 12. earned
