Module3《The Violence of Nature》Introduction Reading and Vocabulary(外研版必修3).ppt

Ⅰ. 阅读理解 　　When newspapers and radio describe the damage caused by a hurricane named Hazel, girls named Hazel are probably teased（戏弄）by their friends. To keep out of trouble, the Weather Bureau says, “Any resemblance between hurricane names and the names of particular girls is purely accidental. ” 　　Some women became angry because hurricanes are given their names, but many other women are proud to see their names make headlines. They don’t even care that they are the names of destructive storms. Because more women seem to like it than dislike it, the Weather Bureau has decided to continue using girls’ names for hurricanes. 　　In some ways a hurricane is like a person. After it is born, it grows and develops, then becomes old and dies. Each hurricane has a character of its own. Each follows its own path through the world, and people remember it long after it has gone. So it is natural to give hurricanes names, and to talk about them almost as if they were alive. 1. What happens to girls named Hazel according to the passage? A. They suffer from hurricanes. B. The Weather Bureau looks for them. C. Others often make fun of them. D. They can’t find boyfriends. 【解析】选C。细节理解题，根据“. . . girls named Hazel are probably teased by their friends. ”可知答案。 2. The underlined word “resemblance” probably means ____. A. trouble B. difference C. sameness D. success 【解析】选C。词义猜测题。resemblance表示“相似”。由第一句Hazel既是一场飓风的名字也是一些女孩的名字可判断该词的意思。 ?The room must be picked up before the guests arrive. （收拾，整理） 在客人到来之前必须把房间整理好。 Sam ________ some knowledge of the computer just by watching others working on it. ［2010山东，27］ A. brought up B. looked up C. picked up D. set up 【解析】选C。考查动词短语意义辨析。句意：萨姆只是凭借看别人操作电脑就学到了一些电脑知识。表示“学会”用pick up; pick up另外还有“捡起; 顺车接送, 搭载；收拾，整理；重新开始；获得”等意；bring up 表示“抚养，教育；提出；呕吐”；look up 表示“向上看；（形势）好转，改善；查阅”；set up表示“建立，设置；造成，产生”。 6. take off 去掉；脱掉；起飞；成功；休假；减去；移动 【原句】They can take the fur off the back of a cat and the feathers off a chic