2020_2021学年新教材高中英语课时作业十六unit6earthfirstsectionⅰstartingoutunderstandingideas含解析外研版必修第二册.doc

PAGE 课时作业(十六)　Unit 6　Section Ⅰ　Starting out Understanding ideas Ⅰ.单句语法填空 1．Happiness and success often come to those ________ are good at recognizing their own strengths. 2．The ________ (endanger) mountain gorillas (山地大猩猩) are facing many threats, and habitat loss is one of the most pressing. 3．Your attitude ________ life determines how happy or unhappy you are. 4．No scientists can exactly figure out what happened on the earth at that time, which caused the ________ (extinct) of the dinosaurs. 5．I used to oversleep in the morning. ________ (fortunate), my roommates always wake me up now. 6．In the past, school was seen ________ the only source of education. However, things are quite different now. 7．This event was ________ great success with more than 40 people attending and we made many new friends! 8．Reading plays an important role in Chinese teaching, which can ________ (strength) students language sense, develop their ability to think, improve their writing skills and enrich their inner world. Ⅱ.阅读理解 A Imagine a store where you could buy what you need using your plastic garbage. Not just food or household items but valuable goods such as minutes for your cellphone, WiFi and even health insurance. This isnt imagination for the future, or a strange society that uses trash for cash. Its the idea behind Plastic Bank, a company formed in 2013 by David Katz and Shaun Frankson. As a diver, Katz was upset—and thus inspired to act—after he saw the shocking amount of plastic trash in the ocean when he travelled to other countries to dive. Although important, simply cleaning up the ocean wasnt enough, he decided. “To understand why, imagine walking into a kitchen to find the sink (洗碗池) overflowing and water pouring onto the floor. What would you do first? Turn off the tap.” says Katz. And he believes we need to turn off the tap for plastic junk and stop it from getting into the sea in the first place. With Plastic Bank, people in parts of Haiti, the Philippines and Bra