人教版高考英语选修8重点知识梳理及重点突破全册

选修8

Unit 1 A land of

diversity

要点梳理高效梳理·知识备考

●重点单词

1．distinct adj.清晰的；明显的；明确的→distinction n．差别；区分；卓著2．means n．手段；方法

3．majority n．大多数；大半→minority n．少数

4．despite prep.尽管；不管

5．elect vt.选择；决定做某事；选举某人→election n．选举

6．percentage n．百分比；百分率7．boom n．(人口、贸易的)繁荣vi.处于经济迅速发展时期

8．applicant n．申请人→apply v．申请→application n．申请

9．customs n．海关；关税；进口税

10．occur vi.发生；出现

11．indicate vt.指出；标示；表明；暗示→indication n．迹象→indicator n．指示器，指示物

12．luggage n．行李

13．apparent adj.显而易见的；显然的；表面上的→apparently adv.明显地14．slip vi.滑动；滑行；滑跤n．滑动；滑倒

15．hire vt. & n．租用，雇用16．nowhere adv.无处；到处都无17．punishment n．处罚；惩罚→punish v．惩罚；处罚

18．justice n．正义；公平→injustice(反义词)

●重点短语

1．live on继续存在；继续生存

2．by means of... 用……办法；借助……

3．make a life 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等

4．keep up坚持；维持；沿袭(风俗、传统等)

5．back to back 背靠背

6．team up with 与……合作或一起工作

7．mark out画线；标出……界线8．take in包括；吸收

9．a great/good many许多；很多10．apply for申请；请示得到

●重点句型

1．However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.然而，美洲土著人很可能在15 000年前就在加州生活着。

2．Two centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of what

we now call the United States.二百年后，西班牙人定居在南美洲大多数地区以及现在美国的西北沿海。

3．That is why today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language.这就是今天有超过40%的加利福尼亚人把西班牙语作为第一或第二语言的原因。

4．Although Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s.

虽然中国移民在淘金热时期就开始到来了，但是更大批量的移民却是在19世纪60年代为了修建贯穿美国东西海岸的铁路而来的。

5．It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mixture of many races and cultures.

人们相信过不了多久国籍间相混的程度将如此大以至于不再有明显的种族或文化团体，而仅仅是一个种族和文化的混

合体。

●高考范文

(2008·江苏)

实现有效的沟通，建立良好的人际关系，

不仅要善于言表，更要学会倾听。请你

根据下表中所提供的信息，写一篇题为

Being a Good Listener的英文演讲稿。

注意：1.对所给要点逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。2．词数：150左右。开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。3．演讲稿中不得提及考生所在学校及本人姓名。

Good afternoon, everyone!

The topic of my speech today is “Being a Good Listener”．________________________ __________________________________ ______________

Thank you for your listening!

[范文]

Good_afternoon,_everyone!

The_topic_of_my_speech_today_is_“Being_a_Good_Listener”．

Good listening can always show respect, promote understanding, and improve interpersonal relationship.

Many people suggest that parents should listen more to their children, so they will understand them better, and find it easy to narrow the generation gap; teachers should listen more to their students, then they can meet their needs better, and place themselves in a good relationship with their students; students should listen more to their classmates, thus they will help and learn from each other, and a friendship is likely to be formed.

What I want to stress is that