选修ModuleReadingandvocabulary.pptVIP

In The Golden Compass, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by evil scientists. In The Subtle Knife, Lyra journeys to the shimmering, haunted other world called Cittágazze, where she meets Will Parry. Together they travel from world to world and discover an object of extraordinary power, and uncover the truth of their own destiny. In The Amber Spyglass, Lyra and Will are in unspeakable danger. With the help from Iorek Byrnison, the armored bear and two tiny Gallivespian spies, they must journey to a dank and gray-lit world where no living soul has ever gone. The Amber Spyglass brings Philip Pullmans His Dark Materials to an astonishing conclusion. Will can’t think clearly because ___. He was very frightened in the dark at night He was excited when he saw a cat. He was worn out. 2. Why did the cat behave strangely? A. Because the cat put out a paw to pat something invisible in the air in front of her. B. Because the cat came up to Will when he held out his hand. C. Because the cat approached the patch of grass and then left back. 3. Which of the following is TRUE about the patch according to the text? A. Will had cut the patch out of air. B. The patch was almost square in shape and less than a meter across. C. From the most positions, the patch was completely visible. 【点拨】 选B。句意: 在晴朗的夜晚你 能看到星星, 但白天它们就看不见了。 invisible看不见的, 符合题意。 unavoidable不可避免的; inaccessible难 达到的; unavailable不可用的, 均不符合 题意。 2. But Will knew without the slightest doubt that that patch of grass on the other side was in a different world. 【考点】 doubt意为“怀疑”, 可作动 词, 在肯定句中, doubt后接宾语从句 时, 常用whether / if引导, 在否定句或 疑问句中, doubt后接宾语从句常用that 引导。doubt还可作名词, 常可用于 There is no doubt that ... 表示“毫无疑 问”。 【考例】 _____ a certain doubt among the people as to the practical value of the project． (安徽2009) A. It has B. They have C. It remains