专题 07 Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals
Section A What can plants and animals do?
单词学习
1.moss /mɒs/ n.苔藓 9.goodness /ˈɡʊdnəs/n. 美德；营养
2.redwood /ˈredwʊd/n.红杉；红木 10.tool /tuːl/n. 工具；手段
3.cheetah/ˈtʃiːtə/ n. 猎豹 11.actually /ˈæktʃuəli/adv.实际上；居然
4.folding /ˈfəʊldɪŋ/adj. 折叠式的；可折叠的 12.shoot /ʃuːt/n., v. 幼苗；嫩芽；开（枪）；
5.folding fan /ˈfəʊldɪŋ fæn/ 短语 折扇 射击
6.bamboo/ˌbæmˈbuː/ n.竹；竹子 13.appear/əˈpɪə(r)/ v. 出现；呈现
7.yeah /jeə/interj.是的；对 14.feel free (to do sth) /fiːl friː tuː duː sth/ 短 语
8.popular/ˈpɒpjələ(r)/ adj. 广受欢迎的；流行的 可以随便做某事
15.land /lænd/ n., v.陆地；土地；降落；着陆
课文解析
Section A, 1b and 1c 艾玛：嗨，亚明。你在干什么？
Conversation 1 亚明：嗨，艾玛。我开始对动物和植物进行
Emma: Hi, Yaming. What are you doing? 测试了。
艾玛：听起来很有趣。我们一起来吧。
Yaming: Hi, Emma. I’m starting to test on animals and
亚明：好的，第一个问题。世界上最大的动
plants.
物是什么？
Emma: Sounds fun. Let’s take it together.
艾玛：是蓝鲸，对吧？
Yaming: OK. First question. What’s the largest animal in 亚明：对，它也是地球上最重的动物。下一
the world? 个问题，哪种动物跑得最快？
Emma: It’s the blue whale, right? 艾玛：哦，等等！我刚读到这个。猎豹跑得
Yaming: Right. It’s also the heaviest animal on earth. Next 最快。
亚明：对，没错！而且我认为它是世界上最
question. Which animal runs the fastest?
美丽的动物。
Emma: Oh wait! I just read about it. The cheetah runs the
艾玛：我完全同意你的看法。
fastest.
Yaming: Right again! And I think it’s the most beautiful
animal in the world.
Emma: I completely agree with you.
Conversation 2 现在让我们来回答有关植物的问题。世界上
Yaming: Now let’s answer the questions about plants. What 什么是最古老的植物？
艾玛：嗯，我不确定。你有什么想法吗？
is the oldest plant in the world?
亚明：嗯，我认为苔藓是地球上最古
Emma: Hmm, I’m not sure. Do you have any idea?
老的植物之一。它大约在4亿7千万年前出
Yaming: Well, I think moss is one of the oldest plants. It
现在地球上……哦，看这里。我猜对了！
appeared on earth around 470
艾玛：有意思！我们继续吧！
million years ago ... Oh, look here. I'm correct! 亚明：世界上最高的树是什么树？
Emma: Interesting! Let's go on! 艾玛：红杉树，对吧？
Yaming:Which kind of tree is the tallest in the world? 杨明：是啊！希望有一天能看到。
Emma:The redwood tree, right?
Yaming: Yes! I hope I can see some someday.
Section A, 2a and 2d 哎呀，陈洁，这是什么呀？好漂亮啊！
Ella: Oh, what’s that, Chen Jie? It’s so beautiful! 陈洁：谢谢。这是个折叠扇子，我去年买的。
Chen Jie: Thanks. It’s a folding fan. I bought it last 哦！上面有一幅竹子的画。
陈洁：是的，竹子是中国画中最受欢迎的主题之一，
year.Ella: Oh! It has a painting of bamboo on it. 在中国文化中象征着美好。
Chen Jie: Yeah. Bamboo is one of the most popular 艾拉：我以前不知道。那么，你是从哪里得到那个扇
子的？
subjects in Chinese paintings. It’s a
陈洁：在四川的竹海，中国最大最古老的竹林。我在
symbol of goodness in Chinese culture.
那里学到了很多有趣的东西。
Ella: I didn’t know that before. So, where did you
艾拉：真的吗？像什么？
get that fan? 竹子是生长最快的植物之一，有些竹子一天可以长近
Chen Jie: At the Bamboo Sea in Sichuan, the 一米，而且它也是世界上最有用的植物之
largest and oldest bamboo forest in China. 一，人们可以用它来建造房屋和制作工具。
I learnt lots of interesting things when I 艾拉：哦，真有意思。我记得熊猫也喜欢吃竹子，对
吧？
was there.
陈洁：没错！其实我们也会吃竹笋，真的很好吃。
Ella: Really? Like what?
Chen Jie: Well, bamboo is one of the fastest-
growing plants. Some bamboo can grow
almost one metre in one day. Also, it’s one
of the most useful plants in the world.
People can use it to build houses and
make tools and instruments.
Ella: Oh, that’s interesting. I remember pandas
love to eat bamboo too, right?
Chen Jie: Exactly! Actually, we eat bamboo shoots
too. They’re really delicious.
1 . It’s also the heaviest animal on earth. Next question. Which animal runs the fastest?
形容词和副词的最高级表示三者或三者以上的比较，句中常有范围词（如：in the class, of all）。
She is the tallest girl in our class.（她是我们班最高的女生。） 最高级前通常加 the，副词最高级前可省
略。
He runs (the) fastest.（他跑得最快。）
2.I completely agree with you.
completely副词。含义：完全地；彻底地。
The room was completely dark.（房间里完全黑暗。）
agree动词。含义：同意；赞成。常见搭配：agree with sb.（同意某人）;agree to do sth.（同意做某事）
She agreed with my plan.（她同意我的计划。）
We agreed to meet at 3 o'clock.（我们同意三点见面。）
3.I think moss is one of the oldest plants.
“one of the + 形容词最高级 + 复数名词”，最……之一。
结构要点：
1. 形容词最高级前必须加the
2. 后面接复数名词
知识解析
3. 谓语动词用单数（因为主语是one）
The Great Wall is one of the longest walls in the world. 长城是世界上最长的墙之一。
She is one of the most talented students in our school. 她是学校最有天赋的学生之一。
常见错误：
× one of the tallest student → ✔️(cid:3) one of the tallest students× one of tallest buildings → ✔️(cid:3) one of the tallest buildings
4.It appeared on earth around 470 million years ago
appear动词。含义: 出现；显现。看起来像（系动词，后接形容词）。
A rainbow appeared in the sky.（天空中出现了彩虹。）
She appears happy today.（她今天看起来很开心。）
million含义：百万。
用法：前加数词时不加s：five million people（五百万人）。
表示不确定数量时用复数形式：millions of stars（数百万颗星星）。
There are two million books in the library.（图书馆有二百万册书。）
5.Let’s go on!
go on继续（做某事）。 发生（相当于happen）。go on doing sth. 表示“继续做同一件事”，而 go on to
do sth. 表示“接着做另一件事”。
Let's go on studying.（我们继续学习吧。）
What's going on here?（这里发生了什么？）
6.Emma: The redwood tree, right? Yaming: Yes! I hope I can see some someday.
hope动词、名词。含义：希望。常见搭配：hope to do sth.（希望做某事）;hope + 从句（希望……）
I hope to become a teacher.（我希望成为一名教师。）
I hope that you feel better soon.（我希望你很快好起来。）
someday副词.含义：将来有一天；某一天（常用于一般将来时）。
I hope to visit Paris someday.（我希望有一天能去巴黎。）
Someday, robots will help us do more work.（将来有一天，机器人会帮我们做更多工作。）
7 .Bamboo is one of the most popular subjects in Chinese paintings.
subject名词。①含义：学科；科目。
Math is my favorite subject.（数学是我最喜欢的科目。）
② 主题；话题。
The subject of the story is love.（这个故事的主题是爱。）
painting名词。含义：绘画作品；油画。
The museum has many famous paintings.（博物馆有许多名画。）
对比：picture 泛指“图片”，而 painting 特指用颜料创作的画。
8 .It’s a symbol of goodness in Chinese culture .
symbol名词。含义：象征；符号。
The dove is a symbol of peace.（鸽子是和平的象征。）
goodness名词。含义：善良；美德。
Her goodness touched everyone.（她的善良感动了所有人。）
关联词：good（形容词）→ goodness（名词）
9 .People can use it to build houses and make tools and instruments.
use动词、名词。含义：
①作动词：使用。Can I use your pen?（我能用你的笔吗？）②作名词：用途。 What's the use of this tool?（这个工具的用途是什么？）
常见搭配：use sth. to do（用某物做某事）
tool名词。含义：工具。
A hammer and a screwdriver are common tools.（锤子和螺丝刀是常用工具。）
注意：tool 通常用复数形式表示“工具”。
10 .Bamboo seems to be a very popular plant in China .
seem系动词。含义：看起来；似乎。
用法：①后接形容词或名词。
He seems happy.（他看起来很开心。）
② 接不定式：seem to do
They seem to know the answer.（他们似乎知道答案。）
注意：不能用于进行时态，如不能说 He is seeming tired。
1 1.The cheetah runs the fastest among all land animals.
among介词。含义：在……中间（三者或三者以上）。
She is standing among the trees.（她站在树林中间。）
The book is hidden among the magazines.（书藏在杂志中间。）
对比：between 用于两者之间：The house is between the river and the hill.（房子在河和山之间。）
1 2.Some could stand up to three meters tall and weigh up to 860kg.
up to含义：①直到：表示时间或数量的上限。
The store is open up to 10 p.m.（商店营业到晚上10点。）
②多达：强调数量。
This bag can hold up to 20 books.（这个袋子最多能装20本书。）
③由……决定：表示选择权。
It's up to you to decide.（由你决定。）
weigh动词。含义：①称重量。
I weigh myself every morning.（我每天早上称体重。）
②重（多少）。
The box weighs 5 kilograms.（这个盒子重5公斤。）
常见搭配：weigh sb./sth.（称某人/某物的重量）
1 3.Chinese people love the ginkgo, as it is a symbol of hope and long life.
as介词或连词。
含义：①作为（介词）： She works as a teacher.（她是一名教师。）
②当……时（连词，引导时间状语从句）：
He sings as he walks.（他边走边唱。）
③因为（连词，引导原因状语从句）：
We stayed at home as it rained.（因为下雨，我们待在家里。）
1 4.When autumn comes, one of the most popular activities is to take a walk under ginkgo trees.
动词不定式作表语结构：系动词（如be, seem, look） + to + 动词原形。
My goal is to become a scientist.（我的目标是成为一名科学家。）
用法：表示主语的目的、计划或未来的动作。
Her dream is to travel around the world.（她的梦想是环游世界。）
对比动名词（ing）作表语：动名词表示习惯性动作，不定式强调具体某次动作。
My hobby is reading books.（动名词，表示习惯）
My plan today is to read a book.（不定式，表示具体计划）
语法学习
形容词/副词的最高级
最高级用于三者或三者以上的人或物之间的比较。句中常含有表示范围的in/of的短语。形容词的最
高级前一定要加定冠词the,副词的最高级前的定冠词可加可不加。
一． 最高级的变化规则
变化规则 例词
tall→tallest
一般情况下在词尾加-est
long→longest
late→latest
以e结尾的形容词或副词,在词尾加-st
large→largest
以"辅音字母+y"结尾的双音节形容词或副词,要 heavy→heaviest
把"y"变"i",再加-est easy→easiest
重读闭音节的形容词或副词,且词尾只有一个辅音字母 big→biggest
时,先双写该辅音字母,再加-est thin→thinnest
多音节和部分双音节的形容词或副词,应在单词前加 slowly→most slowly
most interesting→most interesting
good→best
有些形容词或副词最高级的变化不规则
many→most
二． 最高级的句式结构
(1)"主语+be动词+the+形容词最高级+in/of短语"表示"……是……中最……的"。
The Yangtze River is the longest river in China. 长江是中国最长的河流。(2)"主语+实义动词(+the)+副词最高级+in/of短语"表示"……是……中最……的"。
Lin Feng jumps (the) highest in our school. 林峰是我们学校跳得最高的。
(3)"主语+be动词+one of the+形容词最高级+可数名词复数+in/of短语"表示"……是……中最……之一"。
China is one of the oldest countries in the world. 中国是世界上最古老的国家之一。
(4)"主语+be动词+the+序数词+形容词最高级+可数名词单数+in/of短语"表示"在……中是第几……的……"。
The Yellow River is the second longest river in China. 黄河是中国第二长河。
(5)"疑问词+be动词+the+形容词最高级,A、B or C?"用于三个或三个以上的人或事物之间的比较。
Who is the cleverest, Zhang Hua, Liu Shuang or Chen Fei?张华、刘爽和陈飞,谁最聪明?
(6)"疑问词+助动词+主语+动词原形(+the)+副词最高级,A、B or C?"
Which city do you like best, Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou?你最喜欢哪个城市,北京、上海还是广州?
语法训练
一．用所给单词的适当形式填空
1.The redwood tree is one of the (tall) trees in the world.
2.I think pandas are the (cute) animals.
3.Which is the (beautiful), the rose, the lily or the tulip?
4.The cheetah is the (fast) land animal.
5.Bamboo is one of the (useful) plants.
6.The blue whale is the (heavy) animal in the ocean.
7.Among all the students, he studies (hard).
8.Ginkgo trees are some of the (ancient) trees.
9.Bees are the (important) animals for plants' growth.
10.The (large) land animal is the African elephant.
二、根据汉语提示完成句子
1.蓝鲸是世界上最大最重的动物。
The blue whale is and animal in the world.
2.猎豹在所有陆地动物中跑得最快。
The cheetah runs among all land animals.3.我认为竹子是世界上最有用的植物。
I think bamboo is plant in the world.
4.银杏树是地球上现存最古老的树木之一。
Ginkgo trees are one of living trees on earth.
5.熊猫是世界上最可爱的动物之一。
Pandas are one of animals in the world.
6.在所有动物中，我最喜欢蜜蜂。
Among all animals, I like bees .
7.玫瑰、牡丹和莲花，哪一种最美丽？
Which is , the rose, the peony or the lotus flower?
8.大象鸟是地球上曾经存在过的最大最重的鸟类之一。
The elephant birds were one of the and birds ever on earth.
9.我认为蜜蜂是地球上最有趣的动物之一。
I think bees are one of animals on earth.
10.竹子是生长最快的植物之一。
Bamboo is one of the plants.
三、按要求完成下列句子
1. No other student is more talented than Mike in our class. (改为同义句 )
Mike is the ________ ________ ________ in our class.
2. Tom is quieter than any other student in his class. (改为同义句 )
Tom is ________ ________ in his class.
3. Tony runs faster than Jim. Jim runs faster than Alice.(合为一句 )
Tony runs ________ ________ of the three.
4. No one in our class can jump farther than Tom.(改为同义句 )
Tom jumps ________ ________ among the whole class.
5. What is your favourite sport, Andy? (改为同义句 )
Which sport do you ________ ________ , Andy?
四、根据汉语意思补全句子或翻译句子
1. 托尼住得离学校最远，所以他乘地铁去上学。
Tony lives the ________ ________ ________ school, so he goes to school by underground.
2. 在我们办公室里， Kate 工作最细心。
Kate works ________ ________ ________ in our office.3. 老舍是二十世纪中国最伟大的作家之一。
Lao She was one of ________ ________ Chinese writers of the twentieth century.
4. 除了水，世界上最受欢迎的饮品是什么 ?
_________________________ in the world after water?
5. 北京是中国最繁忙的城市之一。 (one of...)
________________________________________
五、短文填空：阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空(有一项多余)
alone many old usual dangerous big twenty during good situation hundred
Amur tigers are interesting animals. They are the 1. ________ cats in the world. A full-grown Amur tiger can
be over 600 pounds. They live 2. ________ .
Tigers also have very good eyesight and hearing. Their eyesight is 3. ________ better than humans’.
Amur tigers live in the forests in the Russian Far East and Northeastern China. They have a thick yellow
coat. It keeps them warm 4. ________ the long, cold winters in the forest.
Amur tigers 5. ________ hunt at night. Sometimes these tigers travel 6. ________ of kilometers to look for
things to eat. They hunt small animals living in the forest. They also hunt smaller kinds of bears. A hungry Amur
tiger can eat more than 50 pounds in one night.
Today, Amur tigers are in 7. ________ . The number of Amur tigers dropped fast at the beginning of the 8.
________ century. Countries like Russia and China then began to protect these big cats. After that, the number of
Amur tigers grew. Scientists believe there are about 540 Amur tigers living in the wild today.
These big cats are still in a difficult 9. ________ . We should try to save these tigers. If we try our 10.
________ , the tigers may live in peace in the future.
综合训练
一．完成句子
1. Pandas mainly feed on ____________(竹子), which is essential for their survival.
2. The new ice cream flavor is very ____________(广受欢迎的)with kids at the summer camp.
二、词形转换
1. shoot (v.) → (过去式) ____________→ (现在分词 ) ____________
2. weigh (v.) →(n.) ____________→ (动词过去式 ) ____________
3. good (adj.) → (n.) __________
4. When he was ____________, a bird flew over. In the end, he ____________ the bird by accident.
(shoot)
5. She ____________ the apples and noted their ____________. (weigh)
三、英汉互译
1. folding fan ____________
2. ___________________可以随便做某事
3. ____________散步
4. ____________接近；直到
5.The park near my home is a perfect place to relax. You can feel free 5. ____________(leave) all your
worries behind when you enter this park. I often come here to 6. ____________(散步 ). When you takea walk here, you can truly connect with nature.
四、翻译
1.蓝鲸有什么惊人之处呢？
_______________________________________________________________________________________
2.它是世界上最大的动物。
_______________________________________________________________________________________
3.竹子是中国绘画中最受欢迎的主题之一。
_______________________________________________________________________________________
4.有些竹子一天之内几乎能长一米。
_______________________________________________________________________________________
5.人们可以用它来建造房屋、制作工具和器具。
_______________________________________________________________________________________
6.我认为世界上最有用的植物是竹子。
_______________________________________________________________________________________
五、用括号内所给词的适当形式填空
1. In this speech, our teacher told us the ____________ (important) of good teamwork.
2. You must remember, “Money can buy many things, but it can never buy ________ (happy).”
3. Mr Wu always has a good and special teaching way to make his class ________ (live) and interesting.
4. There used to be a close __________ (connect) between black tea and chatting in the yard in my grandparents’
life.
5. The movie was __________ , and it __________ everyone, so we all felt __________ . (disappoint)
六、从方框中选择合适的单词或短语并用其适当形式填空
honey act store percent up to
1. Remember to add some ________ to the water, please.
2. It’s amazing that a tortoise can live ________ 150 years old.
3. We were surprised that eighty ________ of them use the Internet every day.
4. My mother always ________ a lot of food in the fridge before the Spring Festival.
5. We should take ________ to stop the pollution (污染)to live a happier life.
七、根据语境，用适当的虚词盲填
1. Nora closed the door quietly and left for work ________ waking her child.
2. ________ fact, it’s quicker to go there by train than by bus.
3. We know nothing about him ________ that he is a famous writer.
4. Reading books gets knowledge. ________ this reason, I visit the library every week.
5. People now communicate ________ each other by using WeChat on their mobile phones.
八、根据汉语意思补全句子或翻译句子
1. 太白山是很多野生动物的家园，例如猴子和朱鹮。
Taibai Mountain is ________ ________ many wild animals, such as monkeys and crested ibises.
2. 互联网与我们的日常生活紧密相连。
The Internet is ________ ________ ________ our daily life.3. 我不能想象花费这么多时间在玩电脑游戏上。
I can’t ________ ________ so much time on computer games.
4. 为了得到最好的效果，他们将使用更受欢迎的无人机。
___________________________, they will use more popular drones.
5. 每个人都应当尽一份力来保护地球。 (play a part/role in)
______________________________________________
七、短文填空：阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
In the sea there are many islands. In its warm waters there are some little ones. We call them coral islands.6.
________ coral island looks very nice. It looks 7. ________ a ring of land with trees, grass, and flowers on it. One
part 8. ________ the ring is open to the water.
If you look into this lake, you will see beautiful coral. You may think they are flowers. If you look at a piece
of coral, you will see many little holes in it. A very small sea animal 9. ________ (live) in each of these holes.
These sea animals make the coral.
They began to build under the water. Year after year, the coral grew 10. ________ (high) and higher. At last
it grew out of the water. Then the sea brought it to small trees and 11. ________ (anything) else. After some
years, these things 12. ________ (change) into earth. Sometimes the wind brought seeds (种子)to this earth.
Sometimes birds flew over it and brought seeds to the island. The little seeds grew. In a few years there were 13.
________ (plant) all over the island. In a few more years there were trees 14. ________ (grow) there.
So you see these islands were built little by little. The workers were very small. Don’t they teach 15.
________ (we) a lesson? Can you think what the lesson is?
八．完形填空
In the summer of 1936, a poor sheepherder(牧羊人) fell ill and came 1 a small hospital in Fort Benton,
Montana, with his dog. The sheepherder was seriously ill and died soon.
The sheepherder’s body was sent to his family by 2 . The dog cried as the train carrying his master’s(主
人的) body disappeared.
Trains came to Fort Benton four times a day. The dog stayed there to meet each one, waiting for his master to
return. He watched each passenger 3 the train.
The train manager Ed felt 4 for the dog. He named the dog Shep and left him some food every day. He
encouraged the dog to come inside the station. Finally, Shep got to trust Ed and would come inside. But every day
when the trains 5 , Shep would wait in the same place.
The passengers who came to Fort Benton wondered 6 the dog was always there, greeting the trains. Ed
decided to write a pamphlet (小册子) about Shep’s 7 and sell it to the passengers at a low price. Some
newspapers shared Shep’s story across the nation.
Day after day, Shep continued to wait and watch. He was 8 old when he died in 1942. After his 9
, the people of Fort Benton made a beautiful bronze statue (铜像) of Shep to honor 1 0 . Today, many visitors
still stop to look at the stature and buy the pamphlet.
1.A.out B.to C.from D.at
2.A.bus B.ship C.train D.plane
3.A.get off B.get up C.get along D.get to4.A.lucky B.angry C.happy D.sorry
5.A.left B.came C.flew D.went
6.A.if B.how C.why D.what
7.A.story B.hobby C.habit D.look
8.A.much B.exactly C.mainly D.very
9.A.death B.birth C.illness D.arrival
10.A.them B.you C.her D.him
九.任务型阅读
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
Thousands of years ago, Shennong, who had an ox(公牛) head and a human body, lived in the south of
China. Seeing that local people were suffering from disease, he built ladders(梯子) and houses on a high mountain
to keep hundreds of medicine plants. 1
This legend(传说) has made Shennongjia in Hubei an inviting place for tourists. 2
You can see natural scenery from all four seasons at different altitudes(海拔). “When the bottom of the
mountain is summer, the top is spring and while the foothill is autumn, the top is covered with ice,” local people
say of the special climate of Shennongjia.
Shennongjia is also home to 5,000 kinds of animals and plants. 3 For example, the golden monkey, the
clouded leopard(云豹) and the Asian black bear live in this area.
One interesting and mysterious thing about Shennongjia is its “Bigfoot” legends. Some people have said that
they have seen huge footprints or large man-like wild animals. 4 Some say they are just bears.
5 On July 17, 2016, the Shennongjia Forestry District was added to the United Nations World Heritage
list as a natural site. It was China’s 50th world heritage site(遗址).
A.But scientists haven’t made sure if it’s true.
B.That’s why people love these animals.
C.To remember him, people named the place Shennongjia.
D.This beautiful place got a valuable title.
E.Many rare animals live there.
F.Traveling there is an unusual experience.
