课时同步（译林牛津版）高二M4 unit3 .1

Tom was lucky to  ________ being punished, though he made such a big mistake. (2012．四川成都质量检测)

The Prime Minister of Great Britain  ________ that he would resign

The robber who was in the red coat  ________ her to hand over the money.

There is an  ________ film about a highly gifted child whose pictures often appeared in the newspaper.

One of the consequences of our planet’s being warming up is a(n)  ________ in the number of natural disasters.

No matter what you do, you should put your ________into it．

I wrote him a letter to show my ________of his  thoughtfulness.

One of the advantages of living on the top floor of a high-rise is that you can get a good ________.

We have________ the meeting forward by one week according to the headmaster’s requirement.

Remember that it will make a good ________on others if you are very polite to everyone there.（2011 .江苏南通模拟）

他的父亲强迫他戒烟。(force. . . to do. . . )
                                                                              
这个有着非凡舞蹈天赋的女孩是我们的班长。(extraordinary; talent ; monitor)
                                                                              
他想通过给付额外的薪水来给员工留下好的印象。(impress ; extra)
                                                                              
他今天没去上学的原因是他妈妈病了。( the reason . . is that. . . )
                                                                              
中国无疑将会发展成为经济超级大国。( evolve  into)
                                                                            
 

The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet （彗星）is heading towards the earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the earth.
On 17 July, a piece of 4 kilometers wide comet enters the Earth’s atmosphere with a massive explosion（爆炸）. About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the seabed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards form the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned（淹死）.
Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes ash set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, but the north won’t escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun won’t be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive.
Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the earth. The dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldn’t live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?
What is mainly described in the passage?

When the first piece hits the South Atlantic, it causes________.

Why can’t the northern half of the earth escape for long?

By giving the example of dinosaurs, the author tries to prove_________.

Host family accommodation, or living with host families, remains popular among language travel students for its advantages. These days, host families are trying to offer more in terms of quality, for they still have something to worry about.
Host family accommodation is often seen as the number-one choice for its advantages in language study, cultural communication and cost of living. Staying alongside host families enables students to get enough practice for the short time of their studying so that their language acquisition is likely to become faster. Living in host families also has the advantage for students of being able to spend a lot of time communicating with their “host parents”, and get to know the local way of life, people and culture. Another advantage is that host family accommodation can sometimes be the least expensive. It attracts students for it ensures them a family type of living at a low cost.
The advantages, however, have not prevented host families form worrying. On one hand, some host families are losing their unique selling point. The problem is that the majority of hosts in big cites, now generally single and young, have less times available for students but the selling point for host family accommodation is communication practice. One the other hand, students’ expectations have risen. They are becoming more demanding and asking for more than ever from their accommodation, as they come mainly from high socio-economic groups in their own countries.
To get out of the difficult situation, host families are now making efforts to improve the quality of service. They are trying to making living conditions better, including broadband Internet service, private bathroom, and access to plenty of hot water for long showers. They are also providing students with structured family activities.
It is believed that host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with language travel students.
Host family accommodation

Theme	Host families are improving the accommodation __________
【小2题】 __________	Language study	Possibly becoming ________________
Cultural communication	Communicating with _________________ Knowing the local way of life, people and culture
Cost of _____________	Being least expensive sometimes
__________	Loss of selling point	Hosts’ having less time for students
Rise in _____________	Students’becoming more demanding
__________	Service quality improvement	_________________
Organizing structured family activities
_________	Host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with students.