人教版高中英语选修8课本练习答案

Unit1

课内练习答案（P3Comprehending1）

1.First settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America.These people are now known as Native Americans.

2.Spanish soldiers arrived in South America.

3.California became part of Mexico.

4.The US declared war on Mexico.

5.Gold was discovered in California.

6.California became the31st state of the US.

P3Ex.2

第一行：

in the early16th century

early1800s

1800s

第二行：

late1840s/early1850s

in the late19th century

1911

第三行：

1920s

beginning of the20th century

from about the1970s

第四行：

from about the1970s

in more recent decades

from about the1970s

P4Ex.1（learning about language）

Adjective major Italian hard Korean racial

Pakistani distinct Danish

Noun majority Italy hardship Korea race

Pakistan distinction Denmark

P4Ex.2

1federal2Catholic3majority4Ministry5boom6Italy7distinction

8hardships9Korea10elected

P4Ex.3

Arctic,Strait,crossing,by means of,rail,making a life,aircraft

P5Ex.3；P6Ex.2

P5Ex.3

1---6

2---4

3---5

4---3

5----7

6---2

7---8

8---1

P6Ex.2

1.He started in northern California,and he has been travelling south.

2.The facts that not everybody is rich,not everybody lives on the coast, and the desert in California is not like the rest of the climate of California, surprised him.

3.He had watched too many American movies.

4.Many people from different countries moved to California.They brought their own customs,culture and food.They kept them up and so produced the large variety of food,music,customs,art and cultural activities.

P6Ex.3

southeastern California American movies beach/coast cotton, vegetables,nuts southeast desert races festival,music

P7Ex.1

1Wednesday(Angel Island)2Monday(Fisherman’s Wharf)3Tuesday (Chinatown)4Tuesday(blue and white road sighs)5Wednesday(Golden Gate Bridge)6Monday(cable car)

P9Ex.2

1He invented the cable car system because the horse-drawn trams used before were unsafe.

2He ate at Fisherman’s Wharf.

3It was convenient for him to tour around the city.It was cheaper to hire a car with other people because they could share the coast.Also he probably enjoyed being in the company of other tourists.

4Eat in Chinese restaurants,go to markets,visit temples and museums.

5It was famous as a place for immigrants to be checked before they could enter California.

Workbook练习题答案（P46Ex.1）

1Traveller’s Tales2Tom Price3Mandy Long4New Orleans

P46Ex.3

1F2T3T4F5T6T7F8T9T