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金太阳新课标资源网 * * 人教版新课标2012届高三英语一轮复习基础知识核查课件系列：选修八Unit 1 A land of diversity 知识点1. Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. (Page 2) The water may be carried by means of a pipe. 水可以用管子输送。 用法归纳 means n. 手段；方法(单、复数相同) by means of ...用……的办法;借助…… by this means= in this way 通过这种方式 对应训练 (1)The quickest_______(方式)of travel is by plane. means (2)We express our thoughts ___________(依靠)words. (3)Radio and television are important ______(手段)of communication. (4)他们依靠努力工作而获得成功。(汉译英) _____________________________________ 知识点2. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. (Page 2) The majority of children in our class have brown eyes; only three have blue eyes. 我们班大多数孩子是棕色眼睛，只有三个是蓝眼睛。 用法归纳 majority n. 大多数；大半 in the majority 占多数 They succeeded by means of working hard. by means of means minority n. 少数；少数民族；未成年 in the minority 占少数major n.主修课 major in 主修 对应训练 (1)He was elected by a ________(多数)of 3,240. (2) ________________________ (大多数学生)in the class come from Japan. (3)The nation wants peace; only a _________(少数人) want the war to continue. (4) __________________ (居少数),more people are against us than with us. 知识点3. By the time California elected to become the thirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850,it was already a multicultural society. (Page 2) We’re in the minority majority The majority of the students minority They elected him chairman. 他们选他做主席。 用法归纳 elect vt. 选择；决定做某事；选举某人 elect sb. (as) president 选某人当总统 election n. 选举 对应训练 (1)The committee_______(选举)her as their representative. (2)The government is made up of men and women ______(选出)by the people of the country. (3)In America, presidential_______(选举)are held every four years. (4)他被选为美国总统。(汉译英) ____________________________________