US.(填 用法介点词拨)
(1)若所涉及的职位只有一个，则其前通常不用冠词。 (2)在elect sb.后可接介词as或to，区别是：as后接具体的某职位(如 president，manager)，to后接抽象职位(如presidency，office)。
4.applicant n.申请人
ap(p1l)y
2.majority n.大多数；大半 (1) minority n.(反义词)少数；少数民族 (2) in the majority占多数 用法点拨
(1)the majority单独用作主语，谓语动词可用单数也可用复数；若 “the majority of ＋复数名词”作主语，谓语动词用复数，“the majority of ＋不可数名词”作主语，谓语动词用单数。 (2)the majority of习惯上带定冠词，有时也可用不定冠词；the majority of修饰的名词通常不带定冠词，但若需特指也可带定冠词。
6.indicate vt.指出；标示；表明；暗示 indication n.指示；象征；表明；标示
7.hire vt. & n.租用；雇用 (1) fire v.(反义词)开除，解雇 (2)Small talk even helps people gethired (hire).(2015·安徽)
3.elect vt.选择；决定做某事；选举某人 (1) election n.选举；当选；选举权 (2)Roosevelt was elected four times as President of the US. →Roosevelt was elected four times to the Presidency of the
I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours， Li Hua
名师点睛 本文思路清晰，内容完整，语言简洁，较好地完成了写作任
务。在行文过程中，be popular among，so long as，look forward to，hear from等高级词汇，以及宾语从句how Americans spend their holidays and festivals ； 条 件 状 语 从 句 so long as it’s interesting and informative；过去分词作定语written by foreign friends等高级句式运用得恰到好处。

v.应用；申请；请求
application n.申请；应用
(2)appolnyeself
to (doing) sth.专心于(做)某事；致力于(做)某
事to for
apply sb. sth.向某人申请……
5.occur vi.发生；出现 (1)Suddenly it occurred to Majorcans that the island no longer belonged to them.(填代词)(2014·陕西) (2)An idea occurred to me.(填介词) (3)This sort of incident is an everyday occurrence(occur).
Book 8 Unit 1
A land of diversity
晨背佳作 积累素材
话题词汇 1.custom n.风俗；习惯 2.civilization n.文明；文化 3.developed adj.发达的 4.developing adj.发展中的 5.promising adj.有前途的 6.population n.人口 7.be situated in位于…… 8.consist of由……组成 9.own a diverse culture 拥有多元文化 10.be rich in natural resources 自然资源丰富
内容索引
基础排查 点拨要点 教材升华 综合运用 语篇训练 提升能力
基础排查 点拨要点
1 重点单词
A.写作必记单词
1.means n.手段；方法 (1)by means of用……办法；借助…… by all means 当然可以 by no means 绝不，一点也不 (2)There is no means of finding out what happened. 无法弄清发生了什么事。
话题佳作
假定你是李华，你校英文报“外国文化”栏目拟刊登美国节日 风俗和中学生生活的短文。请给你的美国朋友彼得写一封信约稿， 要点如下：
1.栏目介绍； 2.稿件内容； 3.稿件长度：约400词； 4.交稿日期：6月28日前。
佳作欣赏 Dear Peter，
I’d like to ask you to write an article for our school’s English newspaper.The “Foreign Cultures” section in our newspaper is very pop-ular among us students.It carries articles written by foreign friends about the cultures of their home countries.Would you please write something ab-out the culture in your part of the United States？And we would especially welcome articles about how Americans spend their holidays and festivals ， and the life of American high school students.You can write anything rele-vant so long as it’s interesting and informative.400 words would be fine. Could we have your article before June 28?