一、教学内容
Unit 18 Revision Two
二、教学目标
知识目标：熟练掌握本单元课文中的单词，短语和句型。 能力目标：培养学生的综合运用知识的能力。
三、教学难点：
培养学生的综合能力
四、本单元重点知识：
单词：retire, shock, shame, regret, nail, hammer, wisely, deserve, attitude, choice, route, view, rooftop, roof, extend, telescope, exclaim 短语：
1. once upon a time 很久以前 2. decide to retire 决定退休 3. pay for 赔偿，支付
4. be sorry to do sth. 遗憾做某事 5. in time 及时
6. hand the front-door key to the old worker 把前门的钥匙递给了那位老工人 7. think of yourself 考虑你自己 8. set up 建立 9. look back 回顾
10. be filled with 充满……，装满…… 11. get used to life 适应生活
12. make a dozen bottles of tomato sauce 做了十二瓶番茄酱
13. take a different route to the park 走了一条通往公园的不同道路 14. look up 仰视，查字典
15. blow away several leaves from a tree 从树上吹（刮）下几片叶子 16. catch sight of 看见 17. on the roof 在屋顶
18. cross over to the other side 走到街的那边去 19. hear of 听说
20. keep… cooler 保持……凉爽 21. leading to the roof 通向房顶 22. mind us using 介意我们使用 23. make choices 做出选择 句型：
1. He had been working in the company for many years. 他在公司已经工作了很多年。 2. In time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. 最终人们发现他的心思不在工作上。
3. They had grown so many tomatoes that they were able to make a dozen bottles of tomato sauce to last most of the winter.
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他们种了许多西红柿，用这些西红柿又做了十二瓶西红柿酱，吃了大半个冬天。 4. People find out that it is good for the environment and good for them. 人们发现它（花园）对环境和他们有利。
五、本单元重点知识讲解：
The old worker’s house
Once upon a time, there was an old worker whose job was making and repairing wooden objects in a house building company. He had been working in the company for many years and he was respected by everyone for his good work. One day the old worker told his boss that he decided to retire, because he wanted to live a more comfortable life with his wife. 很久以前，有一位在建筑公司制作和修建木器活儿的老工人。他在公司已经工作了很多年。由于他的工作做得好，大家都很敬重他。一天他告诉自己的老板，他决定退休，因为他想和妻子过一种更加舒服的生活。
He had always been paid well for his good work. Although he would miss the pay, he needed to retire. The boss was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house before leaving. The old worker said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He used poor materials and he did his work badly, because this was his last work.
他因工作出色获得的薪水一直很高。尽管退休后他会怀念他以前的工资待遇，但他还是要退休。老板不舍得自己的好员工离开，就问他能否在离开前再建造一所房子。老工人说可以，但最终人们发现他的心思不在工作上。他使用了低水平的手艺和劣质的资料。因为这是他的最后的工作。
When the old worker finished his work, the boss came to examine the house. He handed the front-door key to the old worker, “This is your house,” he said, “my gift to you.”
What a shock! What a shame! The old worker regretted greatly. If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the house he had built himself none too well.
当老工人建好房子，老板来检查房子时，他将前门钥匙交给老木匠。“这是你的房子，”他说，“我送你的礼物。”
木匠感到非常震惊，非常惭愧。他非常懊悔。如果他事先知道建造的是他自己的房子，他就不会这样做。现在他不得不住在自己建造的一点也不好的房子里。
Our life is just like building a house. Think of yourself as the old worker. Think about your house. Your everyday life is just like hammering a nail, placing a board, or setting up a wall. So you should build it wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live for only one more day, that day deserves to be lived with great pleasure. Life is a do-it-yourself project. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.
我们的生活就像建造一所房子。把你当作那个老工人，想想你的房子。你每天的生活就像钉钉子、摆放支架或者砌一堵墙。所以你应该以一种聪明的方式建造你的房子。这是你所建的唯一的生活。即使你只在里面住一天，那一天你也应该以一种快乐满足的方式度过。生活是一个自己动手做的工作。你明天的生活将是你今天的态度和选择的结果。
If we do not give the job our best effort, then someday when we look back we will be filled
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with regrets. But at that time, we can do nothing about it.
如果我们对工作不全力以赴的话，那么有一天当回顾过去时，我们就会充满遗憾。但到了那个时候一切都无法改变了。
Carol and Anna were getting used to life in the city. The one thing that they still missed about their old farmhouse was having a place for a garden. Last summer, they had grown so many tomatoes that they were able to make a dozen bottles of tomato sauce to last most of the winter. 卡罗和安娜习惯了城市里的生活。她们依旧怀念以前住的农场，那里有空地做花园。去年夏天，她们种了许多西红柿，用这些西红柿又做了十二瓶西红柿酱，吃了大半个冬天。
One afternoon, Carol, Anna and their grandpa decided to take a different route to the park. Carol looked up when a wind blew away several leaves from a tree. She caught sight of something that looked like a tree on top of the grammar school building.
一天下午，卡罗、安娜和他们的祖父决定沿着另一条路去公园。当一阵风吹落树上的几片树叶时，卡罗抬起头看了看周围。她隐约看见文法学校楼顶上有一个看起来像树的东西。
“That looks like a tree on the roof!” she exclaimed. Anna and their grandpa looked up. The sun is shining brightly. They walked a bit farther down the street, and then they crossed over to the other side to get a better view. “You are right, Carol,” said Anna, “I think there’s a whole garden up there! I can see some wooden pots along the far side of the roof.”
“屋顶看上去有一棵树！”她惊叫道。安娜和祖父向上看去。太阳光非常耀眼。他们沿着街向前走了几步，然后他们走到街对面去以看得更清楚一些。
“你是对的，卡罗，”安娜说道。“我想那里有一个完整的花园！我看到沿着屋顶的那一边有一些木盆。” “It looks like the pupils in this school have built a secret garden many feet above the ground,” said Grandpa, “I’ve heard of rooftop gardens, But I’ve never seen one before.”
“Why do people want to plant a garden on a roof?” asked Anna.
“People find out that it is good for the environment and good for them.” Replied Grandpa. “The roof of a building can get very hot, especially in summer. The plants on the roof can keep buildings cooler in the sun, so they save energy. They can also extend the useful life of a roof.”
“看上去这个学校的学生在距地面几十英尺以上的地方修建了一个秘密花园，” 祖父说道。“我听说过屋顶花园，但我以前从来没有见过这样的花园。”
“为什么人们想要在屋顶上修建一个花园？”安娜问道。 “人们发现花园对环境和他们有利。”祖父回答道，“房屋的屋顶会很热，尤其是在夏天。屋顶的植物可降低房屋在太阳下的温度，从而节省能源。它们还可以延长屋顶的寿命。”
“Do you think we can start one on the roof of our building, Grandpa?” Anna looked very interested.
Grandpa smiled, “I’ve seen a sign for stairs leading to the roof. I’ve seen a family taking a picnic dinner and a telescope up there. I don’t think people would mind us using that space to give them some fresh air.”
“Hurray!” exclaimed that two girls. This week, they were going to be busy.
“祖父，你觉得我们可以在自家屋顶上建一个花园吗？”安娜看上去非常感兴趣。
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祖父微笑着：“我看到通往屋顶的楼梯的标识了。我看到有一家人在那里野餐，还有一个望远镜。我想人们不会介意我们利用那个空间给他们一些新鲜空气”
“太好了！”两个女孩欢呼起来。这周他们会很忙。
【典型例题】
一、用括号中动词的适当的形式填空。
1. The boy is happy because he ___________(sell) out all the newspapers. 2. The plan _____________(give) up because of the rain.
3. If it __________(not rain) tomorrow, we ____________(go )fishing. 4. Where ____________you____________(be) these days?
5. Where is Tom? He ________(go) to the post office. He said he _________(come) back soon. 6. Mike says he _________(want )to be a worker after he _________ (finish )school.
7. The last bus ____________just ________(leave) when they ________(get) to the bus stop. 8. She _________(not go) to bed until she _______(finish) her work. 9. Light ___________(travel ) faster than sound.
10. I __________(feel) much better after I _______(take) the medicine.
11. “Where ________we________(meet)?” “Let’s meet outside the park gate.”
12. I_________(be) afraid Mr. Johnson __________(not visit) out school tomorrow. 13. I _________(lost) my bike. _________you _________(see) it anywhere? 14. ________this kind of car __________(produce) in Shanghai?
15. We __________(see) several members of the family since we ________(arrive) 16. I found that the students _________(play) football on the playground. 17. The shop ___________(close) at this time of day. 18. Where ________your watch _________(lose)?
19. ________the doctor __________(send) for last night?
20. Three children ___________(take) good care of by the nurse. 21. Some children ___________(take ) good care of by the nurse. 22. Some new houses _________(build) by the villagers themselves. 23. What language ________(speak) in Australia?
24. The color TV _________(buy) in that shop three days ago. 25. He said he __________(stay) here for another two days.
二、阅读短文，回答下列问题：
Health Problems
What’s your understanding of health problems? Do you know that they include both physical health and mental health problems? While most people realize the importance of physical health, few people take mental health seriously.
News shows that more and more students experience some mental health problems. When they fail to control it, many problems such as illnesses and bad feelings are sure to come.
What do you think is a mental health problem?
Selfishness, I think, is one of them. Frankly speaking, selfishness is not a strange thing to all of us. It’s human nature to be selfish. However, selfish persons are not welcomed by society. If we are selfish, we are sure to have no friends to whom we can tell our feelings.
Envy is another case of a health problem. To be envious, we can’t appreciate others. A a
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result, the merits of other persons are overlooked and the shortcomings of them are kept deep in our hearts. Remember the more merits we learn from others, the better we will become.
If we are not grateful, we also have a mental health problem. With a thankful heart, life will be bright for us. If we feel grateful to all those around us who have given us kindness, help, and care, we will see the world full of love.
To be afraid of failure, frankly speaking, is a terrible health problem. Such a feeling prevents us from trying anything new and opportunities will get away from us.
Do you have the above problems? If you do, you should try to find the real cause and see what you can do to make a change. Also you ought to relax yourself and exercise to release pressure. What’s more, you can talk to your friends and relatives. Last, but not least, you can seek help and advice from psychological consultants. 1. What do health problems refer to?
2. What can be regarded as mental health problems?
3. What may be that results of these mental health problems?
4. How can we overcome these mental health problems?
5. What do you think is the most serious mental health problem?
【模拟试题】（答题时间：60分钟）
一、单项填空
1. —Would you like to go for a walk with ?
—Sure, I’d love to. A. I B. me C. my D. mine
2. Li Lei often goes to school 7:30 in the morning. A. at B. for C. on D. of
*3. I usually have an egg and two of milk for breakfast. A. bottle B. a bottle C. bottles D. the bottles *4. —I’m looking for a jacket for my son.
—What color do you like , the blue one or the red one? A. the best B. good C. best D. better **5. James hasn’t got Jay’s CDs, his sister has. A. so B. but C. and D. or **6. — ? —He is a computer engineer.
A. What does your father do B. How old is your father
C. What does your father look like D. How does your father go to work 7. — did you put my glasses just now, Bill? —On the table.
A. What B. Why C. When D. Where
**8. My mother will take me to the movie if she free this weekend.
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A. is B. will be C. was D. would be **9. —Where’s Susan, Mike? —She in the kitchen. A. cooks B. cooked C. is cooking D. has cooked 10. — you play the piano? —No. But I can play the guitar.
A. Can B. May C. Must D. Should
**11. —Do you know the MP3 player last week? —Sorry, I have no idea.
A. how much did she pay for B. how much will she pay for C. how much she paid for D. how much she will pay for *12. —I didn’t see you at the meeting.
—I had a bad cold. The doctor asked me in bed. A. staying B. to stay C. stayed D. to staying **13. —What’s the best food you have had in Beijing, Alex? —Roast duck! I to a famous restaurant to have it last week. A. have gone B. go C. will go D. went
**14. There is water in the glass. Let’s go and get some. A. few B. much C. many D. little
**15. It is reported that China’s largest museum of modern art at the end of 2010. A. is built B. will be built C. builds D. will build
**16. It is known to all that you exercise regularly, you won’t stay in good health. A. unless B. if C. until D. as
**二、完形填空
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card came with it. Calls to the flower shop were not 1 at all. After a while I stopped trying to 2 the sender’s name and just delighted in the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper.
However, I never 3 imagining who the giver might be. Some of my happiest 4 were spent daydreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged these imaginings. She’d ask me if there was someone for whom I had shown special 5 . Perhaps it was the old man across the street whose mail I’d delivered during the winter. As a girl, though, I had more fun imagining that it might be a 6 I had run into. One month before my graduation, my father died. I felt so sad that I became completely 7 in
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my upcoming graduation dance, and I didn’t 8 if I had a new dress or not. But my mother, despite her own sadness, would not let me 9 any of those things. She wanted her children not only to be lovable but to feel 10 . In truth, my mother wanted her children to see 11 much like the gardenia —lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery (神秘).
My mother died ten days after I was married. I was twenty-two years old. That was the year the gardenia stopped 12 .
1. A. careful B. helpful C. exciting D. interesting 2. A. take out B. work out C. find out D. put out 3. A. stopped B. began C. kept D. loved
4. A. moments B. festivals C. seasons D. holidays 5. A. practice B. housework C. kindness D. exercise 6. A. visitor B. child C. lady D. boy
7. A. uncomfortable B. uninterested C. unbelievable D. unimportant 8. A. want B. hope C. know D. care 9. A. leave B. miss C. have D. hear
10. A. needed B. noticed C. loved D. moved
11. A. herself B. myself C. ourselves D. themselves 12. A. coming B. sending C. giving D. growing
三、阅读理解
阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
(A)
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are two big national holidays in many western countries. And it’s interesting because they are not the same in every country. In England, Mothering Sunday is in March. In America and Germany and other countries, it’s one Sunday in May. Father’s Day is in the middle of June. How do you celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day? Let’s learn something more about it from the following introduction.
In England, we call Mother’s Day Mothering Sunday, because it’s always on a Sunday. I don’t really know the origin of it but I remember that my mother had a cup of tea early in the morning. And then we would go to church. And at the end of the church service, the children would collect a daffodil (水仙花) and take it back and give it to our mother who would normally be sitting in the service in the church. And really that’s all we did to celebrate the day.
As Ann said, I remember taking cups of tea to my mother. The idea in general is that the washing-up would be done; perhaps some cooking would be done on Mother’s Day. We would try
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to relieve her of all those jobs to make it a special day for her, so that whenever she looked around, there was something to eat, something to drink, or something to read, or something interesting for her to do.
Father’s Day is always in June, a Sunday in the middle of June. On Father’s Day, the idea is to find something fun that the children could do with their father together. I remember going to baseball games. I think that on Father’s Day it’s particularly focused on doing things together because that is supposed to be relaxing and fun for Dad.
1. In , Mothering Sunday is in March.
A. Germany B. England C. America D. China
2. Ann remembered that her mother in the morning on Mothering Sunday. A. had a cup of tea B. got up late
C. collected a daffodil D. had something to eat 3. What did Bill remember doing on Father’s Day? A. Doing housework. B. Eating outside. C. Going to the church. D. Watching baseball games. 4. What’s the text mainly about?
A. The history of some national holidays. B. The stories of some interesting holidays.
C. How to celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. D. How to understand Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
(B)*
Ever since I was a child, my mouth has caused me trouble. I’m not a bad person; I have a hard time learning when to keep my mouth closed.
My mom has told me again and again, “Robert, your constant bad words are hurting me. If you continue to be this rude, you will get into big trouble.”
It’s been a problem at school several times too when teachers have told me something I didn’t
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want to hear. I used to feel it was my duty to stand up for myself.
One day in English class I began working on my homework until I heard a classmate talking behind me. It was Nathaniel, talking to himself as usual.
I said ever so nicely, “Nathaniel, would you be quiet?”
Nathaniel continued talking to himself. I quickly shouted “Nathaniel, shut up!” For the next five minutes, we threw hurtful words back and forth at each other. “At least I don’t have an ugly lazy eye like you!” I shouted.
I knew this would upset him deep inside. It would hurt his feelings and shut him up.
What I said filled him with anger. He tried to reach over my seat and grab me as he shouted, “That’s it! That’s it!”
Surprised at his reaction, I sat back in my seat. Never had I seen Nathaniel act like this before.
Later on, we were taken to the principal’s office.
There, Mr. Black, the principal, told us to discuss the matter. It wasn’t until then that I finally found that when I hurt someone physically, the wounds eventually heal. But when I hurt them with my words, sometimes the pain (痛苦) never goes away.
At the end of the discussion, I said sorry to Nathaniel.
When I headed back to my room, I spent some time praying. I began to think about how often what I said hurt others. But I believe that as I keep praying and asking God to help me, he’ll tell me when to keep my mouth closed. 5. What’s the writer’s name?
A. Nathaniel. B. Robert. C. Black. D. Green.
6. One day in English class, Nathaniel ____when the other classmates worked on their homework.
A. read the text B. listened to the others C. talked to himself D. kept silent
7. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word heal? A. 愈合 B. 痛苦 C. 和好 D. 伤害 8. In the text the writer tried to tell us that .
A. when you hurt someone, the pain never goes away B. we should try to help each other at school C. it is one’s duty to stand up for himself D. words cause more pain than wounds
(C)**
Over the last 70 years, researchers have been studying happy and unhappy people and finally found out ten factors that make a difference. Our feelings of well-being at any moment are decided to a certain degree by genes. However, of all the factors, wealth and age are the top two.
Money can buy a degree of happiness. But once you can afford to feed, clothe and house yourself, each extra dollar makes less and less difference.
Researchers find that, on average, wealthier people are happier. But the link between money and happiness is complex(复杂的). In the past half-century, the average income (平均收入) has sharply increased in developed countries, yet happiness levels have remained almost the same. Once your basic needs are met, money only seems to increase happiness if you have more than
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your friends, neighbors and colleagues.
“Dollars buy status (social position), and status makes people feel better,” say some experts, which helps explain why people who can seek status in other ways, scientists or actors, for example, may happily accept relatively poorly-paid jobs.
In a research, Professor Alex Michalos found that the people whose desires (欲望), not just for money, but for friends, family, job, health, rose furthest beyond what they already had, tended to be less happy than those who felt a smaller gap (差距). Indeed, the size of the gap predicted happiness about five times better than income alone. “The gap measures just blow away the measures of only income.” says Michalos.
Another factor that has to do with happiness is age. Old age may not be so bad “Given all the problems of aging, how could the elderly be more satisfied?” asks Professor Laura Carstensen. In one survey, Carstensen interviewed 184 people between the ages of 18 and 94, and asked them to fill out an emotion questionnaire. She found that old people reported positive emotions just as often as young people. Some scientists suggest older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it, or they’re more realistic about their time running out. Older people have learned to focus on things that make them happy and let go of those that don’t.
“People realize not only what they have, but also that what they have cannot last forever,” she says. “A goodbye kiss to a husband or wife at the age of 85, for example, may bring far more complex emotional responses than a similar kiss to a boy or girl friend at the age of 20.” 9. Some actors would like to accept poorly-paid jobs because the jobs . A. make them feel much better B. provide chances to make friends C. improve their social position D. satisfy their professional interests 10. Professor Alex Michalos found that people feel less happy if . A. the gap between reality and desire is bigger B. they have a stronger desire for friendship C. the hope for good health is much greater D. their income is far below their expectation 11. We can infer from the passage that older people .
A. would like to have more goodbye kisses than young people B. are used to living a hard life because they are kind to others C. express their positive opinions just as some young people do D. find it easier to feel happy because they are more realistic 12. According to the passage, the feeling of happiness .
A. increases gradually with age B. is controlled partly by desires C. has little to do with wealth D. is decided mostly by genes
四、根据中文意思完成句子。 1. 为什么不一起去游泳呢？ go swimming together? 2. 她擅长跳舞。
She dancing.
**3. 我能跑得和你一样快。
I can run you.
*4. 天要下雨了，你去上学时最好带上雨衣。
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It’s going to rain. a raincoat with you when you go to school. **5. 我想我们应该阻止人们在公共场所吸烟。
I think we should in public places.
**五、阅读短文，回答问题。
Jogging is basically running at a steady (稳定的) speed over short or long distances. It became popular twenty years ago and has remained a favorite way of keeping fit for lots of people.
One of the main advantages of jogging over many other sports is that it can be done anywhere. People jog in parks, in the countryside and even in urban areas. No special equipment is required—no costly hats, or balls, and no expensive sports kit. Good quality running shoes are advisable. Special jogging suits are widely available these days and can be bought quite cheaply but are not necessary. In addition to being able to jog anywhere, you can also jog at any time, in any season! It’s not unusual to see joggers exercising in the height of summer or in the depth of winter!
The act of jogging doesn’t require any special training or skill. You do need to be basically healthy and then, after a few basic warm-up bends and stretches, you are ready to begin. You simply start running, gently, and then build up to a steady speed. Do not over-tire yourself by trying to go too fast. It’s best for you to run at a steady and comfortable speed.
Jogging is a single sport. You don’t need to wait until you have gathered a team or found a partner. You can jog alone. A few words of warning however: lone women joggers should be especially careful to choose jogging routes, particularly at night time.
Jogging is excellent for keeping fit. It’s good for the lungs, the heart and the circulation. It’s easy and it’s convenient. Why don’t you try it? If you require more information, talk to one of the instructors at the sports centre. We are only too happy to help. Please remember: if you do decide to jog, talk to your doctor first if you have any health worries. Happy jogging! 1. Is jogging a good way of keeping fit?
2. Which are more necessary for joggers, good quality running shoes or special jogging suits?
3. What is best for us to jog?
4. What’s the writer’s special suggestion to the lone women who decide to jog?
5. What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?
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【试题答案】
一、
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. A 11. C 12. B 13. D 14. D 15. B 16. A 二、
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. C 6. D 7. B 8. D 9. B 10. C 11. D 12. A 三、
(A) 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C (B ) 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. D (C) 9. C 10. A 11. D 12. B 四、
1. Why not
2. is good at (does well in) 3. as fast as
4. You’d better take
5. stop people from smoking 五、
1. Yes. (Yes, it is.)
2. Good quality running shoes.
3. It’s best to run at a steady and comfortable speed.
4. Be careful to choose jogging routes, particularly at night time. 5. The advantages and suggestions of jogging.
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