人教高中英语选修八Unit 5 Period Two Warming Up

Period Two Warming Up & Reading—Language Points

Ⅰ.写出下列单词的汉语意思(共10小题；每题3分，满分30分)

1．alternative n．可能的选择adj.供选择的；其他的

2．tentative adj.试探性的；不确定的

3．acute adj.有观察力的；敏锐的；严重的；深刻的

4．regardless ad v.不管；不顾

5．beast n．野兽

6．centimetre n．厘米

7．ample adj.足够的；充足的；富裕的

8．primitive adj.原始的；远古的；简陋的

9．botany n．植物学

10．category n．种类；类别；范畴

Ⅱ.写出下列汉语对应的英语单词(共8小题；每题3分，满分24分)

11．挨饿；饿死n．starvation→使挨饿；饿死v t.& v i.starve

12．精确；准确n．accuracy→准确的；精确的adj.accurate→准确地；精确地ad v.accurately 13．打断……讲话；打岔；暂时中断或中止v t.& v i.interrupt→打断；中止n．interruption 14．假定；设想v t.assume→假定；设想；承担n．assumption

15．(使)锋利；尖锐；清晰v i.& v t.sharpen→磨具；削具n．sharpener

16．凌乱的；脏的adj.messy→混乱；一团糟n．mess

17．分析n．analysis→分析；分解v t.analyz(s)e

18．使……成熟；成熟v t.& v i.ripen→成熟的adj.ripe

Ⅲ.写出下列短语或短语对应的汉语意思(共8小题；每题2分，满分16分)

19．不管；不顾regardless of

20．至多；最多at most

21．切碎cut up

22．show sb.round领着某人转转

23．in the centre of在……的中心

24．scare...away吓跑……

25．remove...from...把……从……去掉

26．care about在乎；关心

Ⅳ.完成句子(共5小题；每题6分，满分30分)

27．It is a great pleasure to meet you students from England，who are interested in archaeology.

很高兴见到你们这些来自英国并且对考古学感兴趣的学生。

28．You must be aware that it’s here that we found evidence of some of the earliest people who lived in this part of the world.

你们肯定都很清楚，正是在这个地方，我们找到了居住在世界上这个地区最早一些人类的证据。

29．We have been excavating layers of ash almost six metres thick，which suggests that they might have kept the fire burning all winter.我们一直在挖掘一层层的积灰，几乎有六米厚。这意味着他们可能整个冬天都在烧火。

30．Our evidence suggests that they did wear clothes made from animal skins.

我们有证据表明，他们的确穿的是用兽皮制作的衣服。

31．...as the botanical analyses have shown us，all the fields around here used to be part of a large shallow lake.

……正如植物学的分析结果告诉我们的一样，这四周曾经是一个很大的浅水湖的一部分。

重点词汇

Can you think of the alternatives we would use today？你能想出我们今天会用到的替代品吗？

alternative n．可能的选择；可供选择的事物adj.供选择的；其他的

※an alternative to...……的替代品

have no alternative but to do sth.除了做某事别无选择

have the alternative of...选择……

※表示“别无选择只好做……”的常见句型：

have no choice but to do sth.

can do nothing but do sth.

(1)In that situation，he had no alternative but to accept the offer.在那种情况下，他除了接受该项提议之外，别无选择。

(2)Like my friend，I now have an alternative to complaining.就像我的朋友一样，我现在有了一种代替抱怨的东西。

(3)You have the alternative of speaking or keeping quiet.你可以选择发言或保持沉默。

[句型转换]

(4)Lacking money，I have no choice but to give up the plan.

→Lacking money，I have no alternative but to give up the plan.

→Lacking money，I can do nothing but give up the plan.

I’m sorry to interrupt you but how could they live here？对不起，打断了你的讲话。不过，他们怎么能够住在这个地方呢？

interrupt vt.& vi.(用某事)打断……讲话；打岔；暂时中断或中止

※interrupt sb./sth.(with sth.)(用某事)打断(某人)讲话；打扰，打岔

be interrupted by被……打断

※interruption n．打扰；阻断物

without interruption不间断地

(1)She said that she had no alternative but to interrupt your game at the time.

她说当时除了中断你的比赛别无选择。

(2)It is not polite to interrupt a speaker with frequent questions.

不断提问打断演讲者是不礼貌的。

(3)A woman excused the interruption(interrupt) and handed me an envelope.一个女人为打断我而道歉，并递给了我一个信封。

(4)She has kept up physical training for several years without interruption.

她坚持体育锻炼，多年来从未间断。

So we think it is reasonable to assume they lived in these caves，regardless of the cold.因此，我们有理由认为他们不顾严寒，就住在这些洞穴里。

assume v．假定；设想；承担；假装

※assume sb./sth.(to be)＋adj./n.假定/认为某人/某事(为)……

It is assumed that...人们认为……

assume/assuming (that)．..假定/假设……

※assumption n．假定，假设

on the assumption that...假定……

make an assumption作出臆断