选修八unit1小练.doc

课文要点Ⅰ.课文词汇填空根据课文内容完成下面语法填空，注意单词拼写和词语用法：California is the _____1_____(three)largest state in the USA but has the largest population. It has _____2______ (attraction) people from all over the world. No one really knows when the first people arrived in ______3____ we now know as California. Now there are more Native Americans _____4_______ in California than in any other state. California _____5________(统治) by Spain and there is still a strong Spanish ______6_____（影响） in the state. People began _____7______（settle） in California when gold _____8_______(发现)there. But people from Africa have been living there. It is believed that before long the mix of _____9______（国籍） will be so great that there will be no major racial of cultural groups, but simply a ____10______（mix） of many culture答案： 1.third 2.attracted 3.what 4.living 5.was ruled 6.influence 7.settling 8.was discovered 9. nationalities 10. mixtureII翻译：(名词性从句)1．我所见到的一切打动了我。 (subject Clause)2．事实是我以前从未到过那儿。(Appositive Clause)3．显而易见，良好的教育很重要。(Subject Clause)4．问题是我们下一步该怎么办。(Predicative Clause)5．我相信我们会改变目前的状况的。 (Subject Clause)III.课文佳句背诵与仿写1.【原句】Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows. 最早一批人具体是在什么时候来到我们现在了解的加利福尼来地区的，谁也说不清楚。[模仿要点] 句子结构：状语从句 + what从句，+ 主句 【模仿1】当我们把它和我们称之为 “大哥大”相比，我们发现新的移动电话携带轻便，小巧，价格便宜。_______________________________________________________________________________答案： When we compared it to what we called “Da Ge Da”, we found new mobile phones are light and small to carry with a low price.【模仿2】当我们到达人们称之为小鸟天堂的地方时，我们兴奋地发现数千种鸟类定居在那。_______________________________________________________________________________答案： When we arrived at what people call Bird Paradise, we were excited to find thousands of kinds of birds are settling there. 2．【原句】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 Ca