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Unit 4 Helping people around
the world
Allaroundtheworld
，
anincreasingnumberofpeoplea
respendingtheirtimetakingpartinonlinevolunteeringp
roj
couragesthemtohelpstrangerswithoutex
pectationofmoneyoreventhanks?
RadhaTara
lekarhelpedteachImeldahowtoprotectherselffromHIV
thoughthetwohavenevermet
，
，
andn
eitherknowstheoth
er’alekar，
theprojectgaveherthechancetou
seherprofessionalexperience.“Iwanttoservepeoplewit
hmymedicalknowledge
，
< br>”e
，
，
osinghiswi
fetocancer
TonySelmanspentmanyhoursonlin
ehelpingCancerResearchtocollectinformationontheill
n
ess.“Seeinghowpainfulshewaswhenmywifew
asdying
Idecidedtohelpscientistsfindaway
totreatcancer
，”hesaid.
joinedotheronlinevolunteerst
icepo
stedthemonline
，
，
c
allingforvolunteerstohelpthemtomakesenseofthemessa
ges.“IaminterestedinthisandI
loveSherloc
kHolmes
，”saidLuk.
ForwriterClayShirky
，
somelar
geonlinevolunteeringprojectshelpmillionsofpeople
，
swrite
Wikipedia
theworld’sbiggestencyclopedia(
百
科
全
书
)
，
，
whichiswrittenbyp
eoplewillingtousetheirprofessionalknowledge.
阅读短文，判断正
(T)
误
(F)
1
．
Wecanknowt
hatRadhaTaralekarmaybeadoctor.(T)
2
．
TonySelmandecidedtohelpCancerRe
searchbecausehiswifediedofcancer.(T)
3<
/p>
．
SamLukvolunteeredtohelpthepo
licebecauseofhisdutyofwork.(F)
4
．
Therearefourreasonswhypeoplehelpst
rangersonlinementionedinthetext.(T)
Period One
Welcome to the
unit & Reading
—
P
r
e?reading
匹配左边的单词与右边的汉语意思
[
第一组
]
1
．
lack
2
．
ambassador
3
．
description
4
．
political
5
．
worthy
答案
1.C
2.E
3.B
4.D
5.A
[
第二组
]
6
．
victim
7
．
addition
8
．
equal
9
．
voluntary
10
．
contribute
答案
6.D
7.A
8.B
9.C
10.E
[
第三组
]
11
．
acquire
12
．
expand
13
．
worthwhile
14
．
urgent
15
．
starvation
A
．紧急的，紧迫的
B
．重要的；令人愉快的；值得花时间
C
．饥饿；挨饿；饿死
D
．扩展，发展
(
业务
)
；扩大，增强
E
．购得；获得，得到
A
．增加；添加
B
．平等的；同等的
C
．志愿的；自愿的，主动的
D
．受害者
E
．捐献，捐赠，捐助；贡献；促成，导致
< br>A
．令人敬重的；值得的，相称的；有价值的
B
．描写
(
文字
)
，形容，说明
C
．缺乏
D
．政治的；政府的
E
．大使
答案
11.E
12.D
13.B
14.A
15.C
[
第四组
]
16
．
boil
17
．
carpet
18
．
wool
A
．售得，卖得
(
某价
)
；取来，去拿来
B<
/p>
．
(
羊等的
)<
/p>
绒，毛
C
．出口，输出；出口产品，输出品
19
．
fetch
20
．
export
D
．地毯
E
．沸腾，煮沸；烹煮
答案
16.E
17.D
18.B
19.A
20.C
Step1
Fast?reading
Ⅰ.Ma
tchthemainideawitheachpart.
Part1(Paras.1
～
3)
A
．
TheproblemstheU
Nhelpstosolveandthegoalstheywillachieve.
Part2(Paras.4
～
5)
B
．
TheauthorlikestoworkasaUNG
oodwillAmbassadorandabrief
introductiontotheUN.
Part3(Para.6) C
．
TheworkwhichtheauthorhasbeendoingwiththeUN.
答案
1.B
2.C
3.A
Ⅱ.True
(
T
)
orFals
e
(
F
)
．<
/p>
1
．
TheU
NwassetupinNovember1945.(F)
2
．TheUN’sworkinvolvesassistingthevictimsofwarsandd
i
sasters.(T)
3
．Th
ewriter’sworkintheUNinvolvesvisitingcountrieswhere
theUNhasprogrammestohelp
people.(T)
4
．
WiththeworkoftheUN<
/p>
，
theworldhasendedallofthehorr
ibleconflicts.(F)
Step2
Careful?reading
1
．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtheUN’smainpur
pose?
A
．
Tokeepinternationalpeace.
B
．
Todevelopfriendlyrelationshipsamongna
tions.
C
．
Toworkto
getherinsolvinginternationalpoliticalconflictsandi
npromotingrespectfo
rhumanrights.
D
．
Tobeacentreofeconomya
ndcultureintheworld.
答案
D
2
．
Wh
eredotheUNsoldierscomefrom?
A
．
Everycountryintheworld.
B<
/p>
．
Differentcountriesthatbelong
totheUN.
C
．
Thedevelopedcountries.
D
．
Thedevelopingcountries.
答案
B
3
．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutthewrite
r’sworkintheUN?
A
．
Itiswellpaid. <
/p>
B
．
Itinvolvestaking
partinpeacekeepingoperations.
C
< br>．
Itinvolvesvisitingcountrieswherethe
UNhasprogrammestohelppeople.
D
．
ItinvolvesteachingwomeninSouthAfrica
tomakebaskets.
答案
C
Step3
Post?reading
Afte
rreadingthepassage
，
pleasefil
linthefollowingblanks.
TheUN
—
bringingeveryoneclosertoget
her
Whenwasitsetup
CountriesintheUN
?(recently)
2.
192countries
?helps3.
end
someoftheworld’smosthorribleco
nflicts
?4.
assist
sthevictimsofwarsanddisasters
?protectshumanrights
Problemsitdealswith
?5.
improvesinternationallaws
?helpscountrieswithotherproblemssuchasl
ackofeducation,
tion
，
< br>disasters
，
AIDSandotherdis
eases
?tokeepinternationalpeace
?todevelopfriendly7.
relationsh
ipsamongnations
?toworktogetherinsolvin
ginternational8.
politicalconfli
< br>Itsfourmainfunctions
ctsandinpromotingrespectforhumanrights
?tobeacentrefororganizingtheactionsorwo
rkofdifferentna
tions
Goalsit
promisestoach
ieveby2015
Eigh
tgoals
，
bl
r1945.
?(originally) 51countries
teprima
ryeducation.
Step4
Sentence?learning
1
．
TheUNisaninternationalorg
anizationmadeupofcountriesthatwanttopromoteworldpe
ac
e.
[
句式分析
]
[
自主翻译
]
联合国是由希望促进世界和平的国家组成的国际组织。
2
．
BeingaGoodwillAmba
ssadormeansthatIvisitcountrieswheretheUNoperatespr
ogrammest
ohelppeople.
[
句式分析
]
该句的主语是动名词短语
BeingaGoodwillAmbassador
，
谓语是
means
，
that
引
导的从句是宾语从句，<
/p>
且该从句中包含一个
where
引导的定
语从句，
修饰先行词
countries
。
[
自主翻译
]
作为一名亲善大使意味着我要访问联合国实施扶助项目的国家。
job
with
the
UN
is
not
paid
but
voluntary
，
and
as
I
said
before
，
I
visit
countries
where the UN has programmes to help
people.
[
句式分析
]
句中
and
作并列连词，连接两个并列分句
；第一个分句为简单句
My job
with ...vol
untary
，第二个分句为复合句，句子主干为
I
visit countries ...
，其中
as
引导非限制性定语从句，指代后面整句话
的内
容，
where
引导限制性定语从句，修饰先行词
countries
。
[
自主翻译
]
我在联合国做的工作不是有偿的，而是自愿的，正如我以前所说的那样，我要
访问联合
国实施扶助项目的国家。
4
．
Recently
，
Iwasfortuna
teenoughtotraveltoSouthAfrica
，
whereImetsomewomenwhohaveorganizedthemselvesinto agroup.
[
句式分析
]
[
自主翻译
]
最近，我很幸运地去了南非，在那里我见到了一些妇女，她们自发组成了一个
团体。<
/p>
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
Onceagain
，
’swherethesimilaritiesended.
asawkward(
笨
拙
的
)
n
’n’tstandher
，
wantedtobefrien
dswithme.
Oneday
，
sheinvitedmeoverandIsaidyes
—
lynoonehadinvitedmeover
sgirl
，
whoworethelatestfashions
，
wantedtoseeme.
Shelivedonthefo
urthfloorinatwo?roomplacewithhermother
，
herstepfather
，
got
totheroomshesharedwithhersister
，
havethoughtshe’doutgrow
n(
长
大
而
放
弃
)
atonthefloorofawalk?incupb
oardlaughingaswemad
’swhenw
ef
oundoutthatwebothwantedtobewritersw
hadw
ildimaginations.
s(
wedmehero
utfits(
whichhadmostlycomefromadesignerc
lothingstore(
下
全
时<
/p>
套
装
服
设
巴
装
计
)
店
)
，
)
anwhoowneditusedherasamodelsometimesforherne wspaperadsandgave
herclothesinexchange.
kstore
ownerslentherfashionmagazi
nes
，
themoasinc
tover
ateachother’shouses
hairgrewoutandIlearn
edtolovebeingtall.
Paris
，
myfirstrealfriendsincechildhood
，
，
helpedmegetthroughthetough
teenageyearsandtaughtmeanamazingthingaboutmakingfr
iend
s
：your“worstenemy”cantur
nouttobeyour
bestfriend.
语篇解读
作者回忆了转学后，与女同
学帕丽斯由相识、敌对到和睦相处，最后成为最要好
的朋友的过程以及作者内心的感受。
1
．
Whichofthefollowingismostprobablythebestt
itle?
A
．
AStoryAbo
utParis
B
．
AnUnlik
elyBestFriend
C
．
L
ifeinaNewSchool
D
．
ASecretofHowtoMakeFriends
答案
B
解析
标题归纳题。作者在文中回忆了
最初结识帕丽斯的时候，由于各方面存在差异而觉得
不能忍受她，把她当成自己的敌人，
到后来她们却成了最要好的朋友。故选
B
。
2
．
Thewriterand
Parisweresimilarinthat.
A
．
bothofthemwerenewstudents
B
．
bothofthemwerefriendly
C
．
bothofthemweretall
D
．
bothofthemwerethey
oungestinclass
答案
A
解
析
<
/p>
细
节
理
解
题
。
从
第
一
段
中
的
“Onceagain
，
Iw
girlinmyclassnamedParis.”可以看出她们的相似之处在于两人
都是这所学校的新生。故答案为
A
。