Unit10话题：育人故事词数：176 参考用时：6分钟A king was old and he knew it was time to choose a new king. He told all the young people in his country, “I will give ___1__ of you a seed (种子). Plant it and bring it back one year later. Show me the plants that you bring, __2___ I’ll choose a new king from you.”A boy ____3___ Peter got a seed, too. He planted it ___4__. But the seed didn’t grow at all. A year later, Peter had to take his ___5__ box to the palace. Others all brought beautiful plants there and Peter felt __6___.The king __7__ the palace and looked around. When he found there was nothing in Peter’s box, the king smiled and said to the others, “One year ago, I gave everyone a seed _8_ couldn’t grow. But all of you, _9___ Peter, have brought me plants and flowers. Peter was the only one with the honesty (诚实) and courage to bring ___10_ a box. So he will be the new king!”1. A. neither B.each C. both2. A. but B.although C. and3. A. helped B.asked C. named4. A. carefully B.careful C. careless5. A. full B.empty C. beautiful6. A. excited B.sad C. happy7. A. reached B.got C. arrived8. A. who B.what C. which9. A. besides B.except C. with10. A. such B.so C. as读后自主学习【答案速查】参见答案P【自我评价】我做对了_____题，我很棒！我做错了____题，没关系，再努力！【答案还原】将正确答案填写到文中空格处。

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1. 短语互译(1) not at all______________ (2) It’s time to do sth._____________ (3) 向四周看_________________ (4) 一年前 ____________________2. 佳句翻译(1) Plant it and bring it back one year later.__________________________________________________________________ _____(2) I’ll choose a new king from you.__________________________________________________________________ _____(3) He found there was nothing in Peter’s box._______________________________________________________________________PassageB话题：助人为乐词数：296 参考用时：6分钟When I was a child, my parents often took me to an old house in a thick forest. No other children ever stayed there. I didn’t even have the choice of playing with a brother or sister.I could never understand what the attraction(吸引) of the house was, even for my parents, who enjoyed nothing better than to sit in silence with a good book. The woman in the house, my father’s distant cousin, was a terrible cook and her food was inedible.One day, when I was wandering around the garden behind the house, I noticed a wooden house which had clearly been abandoned(被遗弃的). As I walked towards it, I heard a noise, like an animal moving hurriedly away. Then I saw a man with a long beard standing at the door. I was greatly surprised.“Please don’t tell them you saw me,” he said. “They never use this pla ce, and I have nowhere else to live.” “Don’t worry,” I said. “I won’t tell anyone. But are you all right out here? I mean—do you have enough to eat?” The old man shook his head.The same evening, I took a small plastic bag into the dining room and, while no one was looking, emptied some of the food into it. Later, I got out of the back door secretly and gave the food to the old man, whose name I had discovered was Taff.I had never seen anything else as lovely as the smile of satisfaction on Taff’s face wh en he ate the food. From then on, my visits to the old house had a purpose, and I enjoyed every minute of the rest of my stay. 1．How did the writer feel about staying in the old house at first? A. He was happy to be with his parents. B. He enjoyed reading good books there.C. He was pleased with the woods.D. He felt very lonely.2. The underlined word “inedible” is closest in meaning to “_______”.A. too bad for him to eatB. nice to look atC. not enough to eatD. as delicious as usual3. The writer discovered the old man _______ the old house.A. near the back door ofB. in the dining room ofC. in the garden behindD. among the bushes before4. What can we know about the old man from the passage?A. He was poor and hungry.B. He helped to repair the old house.C. He liked to play hide-and-seek with the writer.D. He raised many animals.5. The story mainly tells us _______.A. it’s nice to raise wild animalsB. it’s va luable to help othersC. it’s good to live in the forestD. it’s comfortable to live in the old house读后自主学习【答案速查】参见答案P【我来总结】完成下列学习任务，并加以背诵。

1. 短语互译(1) have the choice of _______________ (2) in silence _____________ (3) 满意的微笑__________________ (4)从那时以后___________________2. 佳句翻译(1) No other children ever stayed there._____________________________________________________________________ __(2) Then I saw a man with a long beard standing at the door._____________________________________________________________________ __(3) I noticed a wooden house which had clearly been abandoned(被遗弃的). ___________________________________________________________________ ____(4)Later, I got out of the back door secretly and gave the food to the old man, whose name I had discovered was Taff.___________________________________________________________________ ____PassageC话题：人物故事词数：246 参考用时：5分钟Rachel Carson was born in the USA on May,1907. Her mother, Maria Carson, had been a schoolteacher. She also loved nature. She showed Rachel the beauty of nature. She also taught Rachel a deep love for books. As a quiet child, Rachel liked to read and write stories. At a very early age, she decided she wanted to be a writer some day. Her story first appeared ina children’s magazine when she was ten years old.Her first books, Under the Sea Wind came out in 1941. In 1948, Miss Carson began working on another book, The Sea Around US. She always remembered carefully when she wrote. She collected information from more than one thousand places to write The Sea Around Us. When the book came out in 1951,it won the National Book Award. It was No. 1 on the best-seller list for more than a year. The Sea Around US made Rachel Carson famous.Rachel Carson’s most famous book, Silent Spring came out in 1962. In this book, she pointed out that the use of some kinds of pesticides(杀虫剂) like DDT would cause the number of birds to decline because it would kill them as well. Finally, in November 1969, the United Sates government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years.Rachel Carson has been regarded as a great environmentalist(环保主义者) and writer. She will be remembered by the world.1. Rachel Carson had a deep love for nature and books because of ____________.A．her father B. her mother C. her schoolteacher D. her brother2. Rachel decided that she wanted to be a writer when ___________.A. she was very youngB. she was in collegeC. she became a teacherD. she became famous3. The Chinese meaning of the word“decline” in this passage is probably “__________”.A. 增加B. 减少C. 维持D. 翻番4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Rachel Carson was a careful and serious writer.B. The Sea Around Us won the National Book Award.C. In Silent Spring Rachel said some pesticides were bad for the environment.D. The use of DDT was stopped as soon as the book Silent Spring came out. 读后自主学习【答案速查】参见答案P【我来总结】完成下列学习任务，并加以背诵。