2017_2018学年高中英语Unit4ExploringplantsUsingLanguage课时跟踪训练新人教版选修.docVIP

Unit 4 Exploring plants Using Language Ⅰ.单词拼写 1．The developmental history of the society tells us that man has evolved (进化) from the ape. 2．Lets attach (系) labels to the luggage. 3．He bought a vase with a delicate (精致的) pattern of butterflies and leaves. 4．This is a typical (有代表性的) case in my daily work. 5．The air in the garden was warm and fragrant (芬芳)． Ⅱ.单句改错 1．He attached his horse on a tree. on→to 2．The machine gave up a steady buzzing. up→out 3．This is the girl who name is Liu Hui. who→whose 4．He always passes by at the sight of blood. by→out 5．That region has plenty of natural resources since this one has none. since→while Ⅲ.阅读理解 A Plants, like animals, are easy to be infected by diseases of various kinds.It has been estimated that some 30,000 different diseases attack our economic plants: forty are known to attack corn, and about as many attack wheat.The results of unchecked plant disease are all too obvious in countries which have only a limited number of food supplies.The problem will soon be more widespread as the population of the world increases at its frightening rate.Even in countries which are now amply fed by their agricultural products, there could soon be serious food shortages.It is easy to imagine the outcome of some disastrous attack on one of the major crops; the resulting famines could kill millions of people, and the resulting hardship on other millions could cause political disturbance disastrous to the order of the world. Some plants are born with the ability to resist a great many diseases, while others are fairly easy to be infected.The tolerance (耐受性) of a particular plant changes as the growing conditions change.A blight (枯萎病) may be but a local infection which can be easily controlled; on the other hand, it can attack particular plants in a whole region or nation.An example is the blight which killed actually every chestnut tree in North American.Another is the famous potato blight in Ireland in the last century.As a result of that, i