高二英语UnitDisabilities

得夺市安庆阳光实验学校高二英语Unit 17 Disabilities人教版
【同步教育信息】
一. 本周教学内容
Unit 17 Disabilities
二. 教学重点
词组和句型
三. 具体内容
1. Some famous examples:
Helen Keller teacher, blind
Stephen Hawking physicist, wheelchair, speech impaired
Thomas Edison scientist/ inventor, slightly deaf
Rick Allen drummer in rock band Def Leppard, lost his arm in an accident but learned to
play with one arm
Michael Bolton singer, deaf in one ear
Stevie Wonder singer, blind
Bethoven composer, deaf when he composed his 9th Symphony
Tom Cruise actor, dyslexic—disability that makes it difficult or impossible to learn to read
Christopher Reeve actor , paralyzed
Zhang Haidi writer, wheelchair
Zheng Zhihua singer, wheelchair
Zhouzhou conductor, mentally disabled
2. Language Points
（1）V+ doing
practise / imagine / risk / delay / escape / appreciate / avoid / suggest doing
I would appreciate your calling back this afternoon.
The squirrel was lucky enough that it just missed being caught.
Practice makes perfect.
Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist.
（2）ability to do / in / for（不可加 of doing）
He had the ability to do the work.
the ability in / for organization
（3）imagine + n. / pron. / doing / clause
imagine sb. to be
（4）deal with 涉及；对付
make / do a deal with 与…做买卖；与…订约
a great deal of + [ U ]
deal in = trade in 做…买卖；生意；经营
The man deals in silk goods.
（5）outlet
an outlet for water
Children need an outlet for their energies.
（6）have access to 有…机会/ 条件
Students must have access to a good library.
Only high officials have access to the president. accessible to: that can be reached, used, etc.
a beach accessible from the sea
documents not accessible to the public
（7）in good / bad repair
in a good/ bad state of repair
a road under/ beyond repair
（8）make复合结构的几种情况
make sb. sth. make sth. + adj.
make sb. do sth.
make sb. + p.p
They made him captain.
The news made him sad.
They made me repeat it. = I was made to repeat it.
Speak louder in order to make yourself heard.
（9）try to do & try doing sth.
I will work hard and try to improve.
We’re going to try a new treatment.
He tried writing out his view.
（mean ; forget ; remember ; regret ; go on ; stop ）
Why haven’t you bought any butter?
I _______ to , but I forgot about it.
A. liked
B. wished
C. meant
D. expected
（10）award
vt.
He is awarded the prize for being the fastest runner.
The judge awarded a lot of money to those hurt by the explosion.
n.
The award went to the youngest runner.
award sb. sth.
reward sb. with sth.
She reward the boy with 100 yuan for bring back her wallet.（11）take 的词组
take…as 把…当作
take back 收回
take in 吸收；领会
take on 呈现；开始雇佣；承担；从事
take over 接收
take up 开始从事；占去（时间，空间）
（12）create
vt.
创建；创作
God created the world.
A novelist creates characters and plots.
The programme created more jobs.
引起；产生The outrageous book created a hit.
vi. 生气；惹事
She really created because she wasn’t served well.
（13）let的词组
be to let 出租
let down 失望
let go 放开；松手
let off 放过；宽恕
let out 放走；发出
（14） limit & limitation
limit 指有形或无形的界限； limitation 强调能力的局限性或缺陷
His bad eyesight is a limitation.
We must set a limit to the expense of the trip.
The fence is the limit of the school field.
limit sb. to sth. 限制某人做某事
The author will limit himself to a discussion of these two topics. limited adj.
His ability to improve his work is very limited.
（15）have a gift for
Tom has a gift for music.
（16）turn a blind eye to 假装没看见
turn a deaf ear to 假装没听见
be blind to 视而不见
blind alley 死胡同
make a blind guess 瞎猜
（17） assist
assist in / with sth.
assist sb. in doing sth.
assist sb. to do sth.
assist at sth. 参加
The headmaster’s deputy assists with a lot of things.
You will be required to assist Mrs. Smith in preparing a report.
The president assisted at the ceremony.
（18）cooperate
They cooperated with their friends in raising money.
The schools are cooperating on the project.
（19）beyond / out of recognition 难以认出
（20）be sympathetic with 对…有同情心的
be sympathetic to 对…赞同
sympathize with sb. in sth. 在某方面赞同某人
（21）more than 多于；不仅仅；极其
If you tell your father what you have done, he’ll be more than a little angry.
He is more than our teacher. He is our best friend.
more… than …与其说…不如说
Lu Bu is more brave than wise 吕布有勇无谋。

He is more mad than stupid.
（22）visually
adv. 在视觉上
He explained the journey visually by the use of pictures and maps.
adv. 外表；外观
Visually the chair is pleasing, but it is uncomfortable.
（23）impair
Today’s attack has seriously impaired attempts to achieve peace in the area.
Loud noise can impair our health.
（24）live 的词组
live off 依赖…生活
live on sth. 以…为食
live by doing 以…为生
live up to 遵守；符合
live through 度过；经受住
live with 接受某种局面；
You ’ve lost all your money ; now you have to learn to live with the situation.
（25）adjust
I must adjust my watch, it’s slow.
The body quickly adjusts to changes in temperature.
（26）to 为介词词组
stick to
lead to
object to
pay attention to
pay a visit to
prefer to
sentence sb. to
refer to
come to 提及
be up to 总计、忙于做某事
devote…to
get down to
see to
（27）while
We must strike while the iron is hot.
His fingers trembled while doing it.
The countryside is quiet while the city is noisy.
While I admit his good points, I can see his bad.
While there is life there is hope.
（28）dignity
尊严Only a free man has human dignity.
庄严的举止 She kept her dignity despite the booting.
be beneath one’s dignity 有失身份
Some husbands still think it beneath their dignity to do the shopping.
stand on one’s dignity 自命不凡
She doesn’t stand on her dignity and treat the rest of us as servants.
（29）participate in = take part in
（30）get around
到处走动（= get about）He could get around again after the operation.
传播Bad news gets around quickly.
避开；绕过某困难 get around the tax laws
We can get round the problem of space by building a space station.
（31）launch
launch a ship 使船下水
launch a man-made satellite 发射人造卫星
launch one’s son into the world 把儿子送到社会上
launch an attack 开始攻击
（32）adv. + p.p 在…方面是被…了的
generally–modified 转基因的
mentally disabled
physically disabled/ handicapped
【典型例题】
1. We must set a limit ____ the expense of the trip.
A. about
B. to
C. in
D. for
答案：B
解析：to set a limit to 对…规定限制
2. Magnificent views over the countryside have often _____ people to write poems.
A. excited
B. attracted
C. inspired
D. induced
答案：C
解析：inspire sb. to do sth.
3. My camera can be _____ to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions.
A. adapted
B. adjusted
C. adopted
D. remedied
答案：B
解析：adjust to 调整
4. Mary finally ______ Bruce as her lifelong companion.
A. received
B. accepted
C. made
D. honoured
答案：B
解析：accept 承认；接受
5. —I try _____ the rule but I always forget.
—Why don’t you try ______ it down?
A. to remember ; writing
B. remembering ; write
C. remembering ; to write
D. to remember; write
答案：A
解析：try to do 试图做成某事； try doing sth. 试图用某种方法
【模拟试题】
（答题时间：60分钟）
一. 单项选择。

1. —You must be excited about going to Japan for schooling .
—,but I’m afraid I can’t do well because my Japanese is poor .
A. Never mind
B. Well, I ought to
C. I don’t know yet
D. Certainly not
2. He be very naughty but at the same time you help liking him .
A. will ; will
B. won’t ; can’t
C. may; may
D. can; can’t
3. — do you like the story book ?
—There is nothing interesting in it .
A. How ; almost
B. What ; almost
C. How ; nearly
D. What ; nearly
4. He disagreed with you on this new program , he ?
A. did
B. would
C. didn’t
D. hadn’t
5. in this way , the situation doesn’t seem so disappointing .
A. To look at
B. Looking at
C. Looked at
D. To be looked at
6. Tom loved his wife so much that he didn’t the sadness of losing her last year .
A. give up
B. give away
C. get over
D. get through
7. Any applicant form properly will not be accepted by the company .
A. not to be filled
B. not filled
C. not being filled
D. not having been filled
8. —I’m green at everything .
—Don’t worry . you get older , you will get more experience .
A. Till
B. As
C. if
D. While
9. —Oh , dear . I forgot the air tickets .
—You something .
A. have left
B. are always leaving
C. are leaving
D. always left
10. The students who do best in examinations are not always with the best brains .
A. ones
B. that
C. those
D. the one
11. What is learned in books cannot have the same deep effect on a
child’s character
is learned through experience .
A. what
B. as
C. as what
D. when that
12. He had a good of the examination result when he saw his daughter’s face .
A. report
B. thought
C. idea
D. news
13. —May I take your order now ?
—We’d like three black and…
A. coffee
B. coffees
C. cups of coffees
D. cup of coffees
14. The seller would sell the sweater for nine dollars , but the customer eight dollars .
A. charged
B. asked
C. sold
D. offered
15. —He had his bike yesterday .
—Oh , he should have had my brother it .
A. repaired ; repaired
B. repaired ; repair
C. repaired ; to repair
D. repair; repair
二. 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。

A
Our boat floated on , between walls of forest too thick to allow us a view of the land we were passing through , though we knew from the map that our river must from time to time be passing through chains of hills which crossed the jungle plains . Nowhere did we find a place where we could have landed: where the jungle did not actually spread right down into the river , banks of soft mud prevented us going ashore . In any case , what would we have sailed by landing ? The country was full of snakes and other dangerous creatures , and the jungle so thick that one would be able to mo ve forward only slowly , cutting one’s way with knives the whole way . So we stayed in the boat , hoping that when we reached the sea , a friendly fisherman would pick us up and take us to civilization .
We lived on fish , caught with a home-made net of string（we had no hooks）, and fruits and nuts we could pick up out of the water . As we had no fire , we had to eat everything , including the fish ,raw . I had never tasted raw fish before , and I must say I did not much enjoy the experience: perhaps sea fish , which do not live in the mud , are less tasteless . After eating my raw fish , I lay back and dreamed of such things as fried chicken and rice ,and ice-cream . In the
never-ending damp heat of the jungle , ice-cream was a particularly frequent dream .
As for water , there was a choice ; we could drink the muddy river water , or die of thirst . We drank the water . Men who have just escaped what had appeared to be certain death lose all worries about such small things as diseases caused by dirty water . In fact , none of us suffered from any illness as a result .
One day we passed another village , but fortunately nobody saw us . We did not wish to risk being taken prisoners a second time : we might not be so lucky to escape in a stolen boat again .
16. What they could see in the boat was only .
A. high walls
B. villages from time to time
C. vast land
D. heavy woods
17. They couldn’t land because .
A. the mud on the shore was too soft
B. the forest was too thick to let them go through
C. they could not find the mark on the map
D. they could not find anyone
18. The passage implies（暗示）that the forest was .
A. rich of fruits and fish to be served as food
B. not very thick as they could advance slowly by cutting the branches
C. full of various dangerous beings
D. full of ancient tress
19. The best title for this passage might be .
A. Escape
B. Exploration of A River
C. How to Live on A Boat
D. A New Experience
B
Amy Tan , the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants , received the Commonwealth Club Gold Award in 1989 for her first work of fiction , the best selling Joy Luck Club. The sixteen stories that
make up the work alternate（交替）the tales of four Chinese immigrant mothers and their Americanized daughters , in an exploration of the generational and cultural tensions （紧张关系）experienced by many first-generation daughters of immigrants .
Tan’s parents , like many immigrants , had high expectations for their children and often set puzzling standards , expecting Amy and her two brothers to think like Chinese but to speak perfect English , be excellent at school work , and take advantage of every situation that might lead to success . Tan , however , rebelled （反叛）against her parents’ expectations and devoted herself to being thoroughly American and dreaming of being a fiction writer .
Tan got a bachelor’s degree in English and linguistics（语言学）and a master’s degree in linguistics and established herself as a highl y successful business writer . Tan , however , was not satisfied in spite of her material success . Turning to her life long dream , she wrote her first short story , “ Endgame,” and then a second , “Waiting between the trees .” In 1987 Tan visited her hal f-sisters in China with her mother , a trip that proved to be a turning point in her life and career . Tan felt a sense of completeness , a tie with the country and its culture that she had never expected . Returning from China , Tan was surprised to learn that on the strength of her short stories she had received an advance from a publisher . Tan closed her business and wrote the remaining stories for the Joy Luck Club . It was a great success , well received by the public and appearing on the New York Times bestseller list . It has been translated into seventeen languages , including Chinese , and was made into a movie in 1993 .
20. What is the writer’s main purpose in this passage ?
A. To analyze（分析）Amy Tan’s works
B. To support Amy Tan’s decision to b ecome a fiction writer
C. To present Amy Tan’s personal information
D. To criticize Amy Tan’s rebellion against her parents
21. According to the passage , Amy Tan’s visit to China .
A. was disappointing
B. had a great pushing effect on her
C. was not surprising in the least
D. was a trip she had always dreamed of taking
22. The underlined words “the work” in paragraph 1 refer to .
A. stories
B. writing
C. Commonwealth Club Gold Award
D. Joy Luck Club
23. It can be concluded from this passage that .
A. parents don’t know how to educate their children
B. Tan did not use personal experience in her writing
C. Tan made the right decision when she closed her business
D. Tan thinks and lives more in a American way than in Chinese . C
FIRE INSTRUCTIONS
THE PERSON DISCOVERING A FIRE WILL :
（1）OPERATE THE NEAREST FIRE ALARM .（This will cause the Alarm Bells to ring , and also send a signal to the telephone switchboard operator who will immediately call the Fire Brigade）.
（2）ATTACK THE TIRE WITH THE AVAILABLE(可得到的)EQUIPMENT, IF IT IS SAFE TO DO SO .
FIRE ALARMBELLS
The Fire Alarm Bells will ring either in the area of A Block （working shops and
Administration（行政的）Offices）or in the area of B Block（Teaching）and C Block（Sports Hall）. Those in the area where the Alarm Bells are ringing should take action as indicated （指示）below . Others should continue with their work .
ON HEARING YOUR FIRE ALARM:
1. Those in class: will go to the Assembly（集合）Area under instructions given by the teacher.
2. Those elsewhere: will go to the Assemble Area by the most sensible route , and stay near the Head of their department .
ASSEMBLY AREA:
The Assembly Area is the playing field which is south of the Sports Hall . Here names will be checked .
PROCEDURE（步骤）
1. Move quickly .
2. Do NOT stop to collect your personal belongings .
3. Do NOT attempt to pass others on your way to the Assembly Area .
4. Do NOT use the lift .
FIRE ALARMS
Fire Alarms are situated as fallows:
1. Administrative Block
At the reception desks : at the east end of the connecting corridor
（走郎）; outside the kitchen door; back of the stage in the main Hall 2. Teaching Blocks
At the bottom of each stairways and on each landing .
3. Workshops
Outside the Machines Shop No1; Engineering Machine Shop No2 . 4. Sports Hall
Inside the entrance lobby（门廊）.
24. This passage gives advice on fire safety for .
A. people using a new kind of equipment
B. workers in engineering factory
C. young children at school
D. students at college
25. Every one in the block where the fire bells has rung must gather together .
A. in another block
B. in the administration
C. in one of the playing fields
D. in the sports hall
26. Imagine that you are a teacher , what is your first duty in case of a fire ?
A. to check the names of your students from the list
B. to lead your students out of the building
C. to get detailed（细节的）instructions from your Head of Department
D. to patrol（巡查）the stairways and landings
27. When a person discovers a fire , what is the first thing he should do ?
A. attempt to put it out
B. telephone switchboard operator .
C. start the alarm bells
D. contact（取得联系）the fire brigade D
People can be addicted to different things , e. g., alcohol , drugs , certain foods , or even television. People who have such an addiction are compulsive （难以抑制的）; i . e. , they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy . According to psychologists , many people are compulsive spenders : they feel that they must spend money . This compulsion , like most others , is irrational—impossible to explain reasonably . For compulsive spenders who buy on credit , charge accounts （按月付款）are even more exciting than money . In other words , compulsive spenders feel that with credit , they can do anything . Their pleasure in spending enormous amounts is
actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy .
There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting . To save money , of course , most people look for sales , low prices , and discounts . Compulsive bargain hunters , however , often buy things that they don’t need just because they are cheap . They want to believe that they are helping their budgets ，（预算）, but they feel that they are winning . Most people, experts claim , have two reasons for their behavior : a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason .
It is not only scientists , of course , who understand the psychology of spending habits , but also business-people . Stores , companies and advertisers use psychology to increase business: they consider people’s need for love , power , or influence , their basic values , their beliefs and opinions , and so on in their advertising and sales methods .
Psychologists often use a method called “behavior therapy” to help individuals solve their personality problems . In the same way , they can help people who feel that they have problems with money .
28. According to psychologists , a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money .
A. and takes great pleasure from what he or she buys
B. in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in life
C. just to meet his or her strong psychological need
D. entirely with an irrational eagerness
29. According to the writer, compulsive bargain hunters are often in
search of the lowest
possible prices .
A. because they want to save money to help their budgets
B. because they can openly boast of their victory over others in getting things for less money
C. and will not have money problems if they can keep to their budget
D. but they seldom admit they feel satisfied if they can’t get things for less money than others
30. The passage is mainly talking about .
A. the psychology of money-spending habits
B. the purchasing habits of compulsive spenders
C. a special psychology of bargain hunting
D. the use of the psychology of spending habits in business
31. From the passage we may safely conclude that compulsive spenders
or compulsive bargain
hunters ______.
A. are really unreasonable
B. need special treatment
C. can’t be cured
D. can never get any help to solve their problems with money
E
The most noticeable trend among today’s media companies is vertical integration（融合）, an attempt to control several related aspects of the media business at once, each part helping the other. Besides publishing magazines and books, Time Warner, for example, owns Home Box Office （HBO）, Warner movie studios, various cable TV systems throughout the United States and CNN as well. The Japanese company Matsushita own MCA Records and Universal Studios and manufactures broadcast production equipment.
To describe the financial status of today’s media is also to talk about acquisitions（获得）. The media are buying and selling each other in unprecedented（史无前例的）numbers and forming media groups to position themselves in the market place to maintain and increase their profits. In 1986, the first time a broadcast network had been sold, two networks were sold that year, ABC and NBC.
Media acquisitions have increased sharply since 1980 for two reasons. The first is that most big corporations today are publicly traded companies, which means that their stock is traded on one of the nation’s stock exchanges. This makes acquisitions relatively easy.
A media company that wants to buy a publicly owned company can buy that company’s stock when the stock becomes available. The open availability of stock in these companies means that anybody with enough money can invest in the American media industries, which is exactly how Rupert Murdoch joined the media business.
The second reason for the increase in media alliances is that beginning in 1980, the Federal Communications Commission（FCC）gradually removed the regulations from the broadcast media. Before 1980, for example, the FCC allowed one company to own only five TV stations, five AM radio stations, and five FM radio stations; companies also were required to hold onto a station for three years before the station could be sold. The post-1980 FCC got rid of the three-year rule and raised
the number of broadcast holdings allowed for one owner. This trend of media acquisitions is continuing throughout the 1990s, as changing technology expands the market for media products.
The issue of media ownership is important. If only a few corporations direct the media industries in this country, the outlets for differing political viewpoints and creative ideas could be limited.
32. Which of the following is true of the media?
A. They used to sell and buy each other in great numbers.
B. They are trading each other in great numbers today.
C. They used to be controlled by two networks ABC and NBC.
D. They have stopped the trend of acquisitions in the 1990s.
33. According to the passage, what makes acquisitions easier?
A. The changing technology employed by the media.
B. The media’s increasing profits in the marketplace.
C. The ever tougher regulations of the FCC on the media since 1980.
D. The availability of the media’s stocks on stock exchanges.
34. What is the FCC’s new policy regarding media alliances ?
A. It allows companies to sell their stocks publicly.
B. It doesn’t allow companies to sell their stock publicly.
C. It permits one company to own more media businesses at the same time.
D. It has got rid of all post-1980 companies.
35. The issue of media ownership is important because _______.
A. it affects the amount of money the stockholder will make
B. it decides whether we can have different aspects of the media
C. it affects the channels through which to express opinions
D. it means that more and more people will hold onto only a few stations.
试题答案
1—5 BDACC 6—10 CBBBC 11—15 CCBDB
16—20 DAAAC 21—25 BDDDC 26—30BCCDA 31—35 BBDCC。