江苏牛津高中英语第二模块练习.doc

江苏牛津高中英语第二模块练习 Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained 第一部分　分课时练习Period 1 (Welcome to the unit)　背景： A In 1974, in a village in Nepal, high in the Himalayan Mountains, something strange attacked a young girl called Lhakpa Dolma. When the police saw the footprints of the attacker, they were frightened. The footprints were huge! “What kind of beast is this?” the people asked. Lhakpa lived in the village, and every day she went up the mountain with her yaks(a kind of cow) so that they could eat the grass. Lhakpa knew exactly where to find the sweet, green grass for her yaks on this special mountain, which was called Mount Everest and is famous because it is the highest mountain in the world. “Aren’t you frightened to walk in the mountains alone, Lhakpa?” asked her friends. “What about the yeti?” But Lhakpa was not frightened. “The mountains of the Himalayas are huge!” she laughed. “I only go to one small place, not far from the village. And no one here has veer seen a yetiit’s only a story.” So Lhakpa never really thought about the old yeti tales while she was working. One day in 1974, Lhakpa took her yaks up the mountain as usual, but she could see that the yaks were not happy. “Perhaps they can smell a bear or a snow leopard near us,” she thought, and looked around. Lhakpa couldn’t see anything, but she moved away. She took the yaks to another place, near a small stream. The water here came from the mountain snow and Lhakpa drank a littleit always tasted good! Then she sat down and watched her yaks eating. Suddenly, Lhakpa heard a noise behind herit was the noise of an animal, but it was very strange. She looked round very quicklyLhakpa couldn’t believe her eyes! A huge creature was coming towards her on two legs. Lhakpa’ s eyes got bigger and bigger—it was a yeti! The yeti took Lhakpa up in its long, hairy arms! She was terrified. She shouted and kicked, but it was no good the yeti was too strong. “Help me!” she shouted. But the mountains were qu