高一春·目标清北班
Unit 8
Contents
Part 1. Review
Part 3. Reading
Part 2. Writing
Review
Part One
Fill in the blanks (1-8) with the correct forms of the words in brackets.
Vocabulary
1. She regained consciousness (conscious) after a week in a coma.
2. They are now in an even more dominating (dominate) position in the
market.
3. It was not my intention (intend) that she should suffer.
4. He is working on a study on upward mobility (mobile) in global cities for the
London-based social science research institute.
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Vocabulary
5. Improving access to education and information is vital (vitality) to the
development and sustainability of the Pacific.
6. The campaign serves to raising awareness (aware) of animal rights,
particularly among decision-makers and the general public.
7. I‘m sure there will be much discussion of it prior (priority) to and after that
debate.
8. Local residents (reside) saw this move not as a problem but as a
tremendous opportunity.
Grammar
Put the verbs into correct forms, to do, doing or done and complete the
sentences. An example has been done for you.
1. Given (give) the opportunity, I would gladly work from home.
2. Suffering (suffer) from heart disease for years, Professor Geller has to take
medicine with him whenever he goes.
3. His parents passed away, leaving (leave) him an orphan.
Grammar
Put the verbs into correct forms, to do, doing or done and complete the
sentences.
4. Do you know the young man standing (stand) by the tree?
5. Being (be) a straight A student, you need to be proactive.
6. Seen (see) from the top of the mountain, San Francisco is breathtaking.
Grammar
Choose the correct form of the word to complete the sentences.
1. You hair is getting very long. It will need __________ soon.
a. to cut
b. cut
c. cutting
d. be cut
2. If you had locked the car, it wouldn't __________.
a. be stolen
b. had been stolen
c. have been stolen
d. steal
3. The room __________ cleaned the moment I arrived.
a. was
b. was been
c. was being
d. is
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4. My grandmother isn't able to look after herself any more. She needs
__________ after.
a. looking
b. to look
c. looked
d. look
5. These clothes are dirty. They all need __________.
a. to wash
b. wash
c. washed
d. washing
6. Steve hates __________ waiting.
a. keep
b. being kept
c. to be kept
d. keeping
Writing
Part Two
Guided writing
In guided writing ( 指导性写作) activities, students are sometimes provided with
an outline in words to help them write. Study the example below:
在家学习的烦恼下面这幅画反映了孩子学习时的家庭状态，请你描述这幅画所反映的
问题，并就此发表自己的看法。内容包括以下两点：
1. 不应给孩子施加过大的压力；
2. 家长应该有自己的生活。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
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Step 1 Read the question and interpret the picture.
Step 2 Choose the picture and outline the essay structure.
WRITING
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WRITING
Outlines help you develop your essay logically. Study the outline of the
picture. Complete the outline by giving two reasons.
Paragraph 1
Introduction
Paragraph 2
a child doing his homework with parents sitting beside
Your opinion: unnecessary
Reason 1: more pressure on children
Reason 2: Parents should have their own life.
Paragraph 3
Conclusion
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Step 3 Expand the outline into a complete essay.
WRITING
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This picture shows a child is doing his homework while his parents are just
sitting beside him. They are not allowed to watch TV or talk to each other in order
not to disturb their son.
In my opinion, it is unnecessary for parents to sit with their children while they
are studying. By doing so they are not really helping their children to study, but
rather putting more pressure on them. Furthermore, not only should the children
have the right to live their own life, but also parents should have lives of their own
when their children are studying.
All in all, parents should create a relaxing atmosphere for their children to
study rather than constantly putting heavy burdens on them.
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In guided writing activities, students are sometimes provided with an outline in
words to help them write. Study the example below:
• Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given
below in Chinese. (2014)
假定你是李华，贵校在学生中征集意见，询问学生是否赞成开设iPad课堂（iPad
classrooms）。你支持开设iPad课堂；请给校长写一封建议信，要点如下：
1. 资源丰富；
2. 促进交流；
3. 利于环保；
4. 其他理由。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
WRITING
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Outlines help you develop your essay logically. Study the outline of the
picture. Complete the outline by giving two reasons.
Paragraph 1
Introduction
Paragraph 2
Your opinion: for the idea
Reason 1: An iPad can be customized to students’
different needs.
Reason 2, 3, 4: …
Paragraph 3
Conclusion
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Dear Headmaster,
We have been asked about our opinions on opening iPad classrooms. I am in
favor of this plan for the following reasons.
To begin with, everyone learns differently. Students can customize their iPad
with materials that fit their level and learning style, and thus tailor it to different
needs. Moreover, when connected to the Internet, students can interact with
teachers and classmates about what they learn more conveniently. For the sake of
environmental protection, opening iPad classrooms is a good way to save trees that
we have been cutting down for paper. Most importantly, I believe students will
develop their interests in the subjects by enjoying a new way of learning.
I hope you would take my ideas into consideration and we look forward to
attending an iPad class.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
WRITING
Tips: Email Writing
Emails often consist of four parts, including salutation (称呼), body (正文),
complementary closing ( 谦称结束语), and signature ( 签名). Study the template
below. Pay attention to the position of each part.
Dear Sir or Madam, ( 称呼)
………………………………… ( 正文) …………………………………
Best wishes! ( 结束语)
Yours sincerely, ( 谦称)
Cheng Fei ( 签名)
Reading
Part Three
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A
As Congress and the public wrestle with the Facebook scandal, many people are now realizing the
risks of data collection to them. Facebook recently admitted that nearly all of its 2.2 billion users have
had data scraped ( 篡改) by "ill-natured" people or companies. The firm itself has joined calls for better
privacy ( 隐私) regulations.
For years, watchdogs have been warning about sharing information with data-collecting companies.
Most casual internet users are only now realizing how easy and common it is for irresponsible and
unknown organizations to collect detailed digital data of them. They do this by combining the separate
bits of information consumers have given up to e-tailers, health sites, quiz apps and countless other
digital services.
A study from researchers at the University of Queensland shows that staying off of Facebook for
five days can actually lower levels of the stress in the body. Yet despite the study, and the recent
Delete Facebook movement, Facebook user statistics remain strong.
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As scholars of public responsibility and digital media systems, we know that the business of social
media is based on user data and offering it for sale. There's no single way for them to protect data as
many users might expect. Like the social pollution of fake news, bullying ( 欺诈) and junk mail that
Facebook's platform spreads, the company's privacy crisis also results from a power imbalance —
Facebook knows nearly everything about its users, who know little to nothing about it.
It's not enough for people to delete their Facebook accounts. Nor is it likely that anyone will
successfully replace it with a nonprofit alternative centering on privacy and responsibility. Besides, this
problem is not specific just to Facebook! Other companies, including Google and Amazon, also gather
and use extensive personal data, and are locked in a digital arms race that we believe threatens to
destroy privacy altogether.
Exercises
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(1) What does the underlined word "this" in the second paragraph refer to?
A. Sharing information with data-collecting.
B. Collecting detailed digital data of consumers.
C. Combining the separate information of companies.
D. Quiz apps and countless other digital services.
(2) We can infer from the text that protecting personal data is _______.
A. difficult
B. easy
C. voluntary
D. dangerous
(3) What would be the best title for the text?
A. The Personal Data of People.
B. The Online Quiz App.
C. The Business of Facebook.
D. Facebook's Privacy Troubles.
(4) What will the writer most probably discuss next?
A. Policy for Google and Amazon.
B. Business pattern of Facebook.
C. Age range of Facebook consumers.
D. Measures about personal data security.
Exercises
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For years, watchdogs have been warning about sharing information with data-
collecting companies. Most casual internet users are only now realizing how easy
and common it is for irresponsible and unknown organizations to collect detailed
digital data of them. They do this by combining the separate bits of information
consumers have given up to e-tailers, health sites, quiz apps and countless other
digital services.
(1) What does the underlined word "this" in the second paragraph refer to?
A. Sharing information with data-collecting.
B. Collecting detailed digital data of consumers.
C. Combining the separate information of companies.
D. Quiz apps and countless other digital services.
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For years, watchdogs have been warning about sharing information with data-
collecting companies. Most casual internet users are only now realizing how easy
and common it is for irresponsible and unknown organizations to collect detailed
digital data of them. They do this by combining the separate bits of information
consumers have given up to e-tailers, health sites, quiz apps and countless other
digital services.
(1) What does the underlined word "this" in the second paragraph refer to?
A. Sharing information with data-collecting.
B. Collecting detailed digital data of consumers.
C. Combining the separate information of companies.
D. Quiz apps and countless other digital services.
Exercises
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As scholars of public responsibility and digital media systems, we know that the
business of social media is based on user data and offering it for sale. There's no
single way for them to protect data as many users might expect. Like the social
pollution of fake news, bullying (欺诈) and junk mail that Facebook's platform
spreads, the company's privacy crisis also results from a power imbalance —
Facebook knows nearly everything about its users, who know little to nothing about it.
(2) We can infer from the text that protecting personal data is _______.
A. difficult
B. easy
C. voluntary
D. dangerous
Exercises
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As scholars of public responsibility and digital media systems, we know that the
business of social media is based on user data and offering it for sale. There's no
single way for them to protect data as many users might expect. Like the social
pollution of fake news, bullying (欺诈) and junk mail that Facebook's platform
spreads, the company's privacy crisis also results from a power imbalance —
Facebook knows nearly everything about its users, who know little to nothing about it.
(2) We can infer from the text that protecting personal data is _______.
A. difficult
B. easy
C. voluntary
D. dangerous
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As Congress and the public wrestle with the Facebook scandal, many people are
now realizing the risks of data collection to them. Facebook recently admitted that
nearly all of its 2.2 billion users have had data scraped (篡改) by "ill-natured" people
or companies. The firm itself has joined calls for better privacy ( 隐私) regulations.
(3) What would be the best title for the text?
A. The Personal Data of People.
B. The Online Quiz App.
C. The Business of Facebook.
D. Facebook's Privacy Troubles.
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As Congress and the public wrestle with the Facebook scandal, many people are
now realizing the risks of data collection to them. Facebook recently admitted that
nearly all of its 2.2 billion users have had data scraped (篡改) by "ill-natured" people
or companies. The firm itself has joined calls for better privacy ( 隐私) regulations.
(3) What would be the best title for the text?
A. The Personal Data of People.
B. The Online Quiz App.
C. The Business of Facebook.
D. Facebook's Privacy Troubles.
Exercises
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It's not enough for people to delete their Facebook accounts. Nor is it likely that
anyone will successfully replace it with a nonprofit alternative centering on privacy
and responsibility. Besides, this problem is not specific just to Facebook! Other
companies, including Google and Amazon, also gather and use extensive personal
data, and are locked in a digital arms race that we believe threatens to destroy
privacy altogether.
(4) What will the writer most probably discuss next?
A. Policy for Google and Amazon.
B. Business pattern of Facebook.
C. Age range of Facebook consumers.
D. Measures about personal data security.
Exercises
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It's not enough for people to delete their Facebook accounts. Nor is it likely that
anyone will successfully replace it with a nonprofit alternative centering on privacy
and responsibility. Besides, this problem is not specific just to Facebook! Other
companies, including Google and Amazon, also gather and use extensive personal
data, and are locked in a digital arms race that we believe threatens to destroy
privacy altogether.
(4) What will the writer most probably discuss next?
A. Policy for Google and Amazon.
B. Business pattern of Facebook.
C. Age range of Facebook consumers.
D. Measures about personal data security.
Exercises
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B
Home prices remained divergent in China during December, with some of the first-tier cities
recording price drops, while second and third-tier cities saw increases due to the varied market
policies, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
Newly built commercial housing prices in the first-tier cities — namely Beijing, Shanghai,
Guangzhou and Shenzhen — remained stable in December, while those in second and third-tier cities
rose by 0.6 percent and 0.5 percent respectively from November 2017.
The same trend was witnessed in second-hand home prices, which dropped slightly by 0.1 percent
in first-tier cities and rose 0.3 percent in both second and third-tier cities in December, said Liu
Jianwei, a senior statistician at the NBS.
In September 2017, the local governments of several regional capitals launched new restrictions to
further slow home sales, in response to the central government's call to end housing speculation and
cool the red-hot housing market in certain cities.
As housing regulations in larger cities have tightened, investors have started looking for
opportunities in medium-sized and small cities, thus causing a noticeable home price increase in third-
tier cities.
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Fan Hengshan, deputy secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission,
said at an economic forum on Thursday that housing prices in third and fourth-tier cities have risen too
fast, and this needs to be monitored carefully.
"The home price increase in third-tier cities will have a fairly large impact, considering that a large
part of China's gross domestic product and population come from these cities," said Zhang Zhiwei,
chief economist and head of equity strategy for China at Deutsche Bank, during a recent media
briefing.
Zhang estimated that third-tier cities accounted for a major part of Chinese residents' 50 trillion
yuan wealth gains, driven by rising home prices in 2017.
"Despite a relatively large increase in home prices in third-tier cities, studies have found that at the
end of 2017, local residents in 85 third-tier cities need to save four to eight years of their income to buy
a home, meaning that house price to income ratios are not too high in these cities," he said.
Exercises
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(1) What does the underlined word "divergent" in the first paragraph mean?
A. Diverse
B. Stable
C. Increasing
D. Decreasing
(2) What do we know from the passage?
A. Housing prices in the first-tier cities dropped slightly in December.
B. Home prices in medium-sized and small cities remained stable in November.
C. National housing prices rose in most time of 2017.
D. The second-hand home prices dropped slightly in the first-tier cities while rose in both second and
third-tier cities in November.
(3) Why did the housing prices in the third and fourth-tier cities rise fast?
A. Because the local governments didn't launch any restrictions and regulations.
B. Because the governments in the first-tier cities have carried out tougher measures.
C. Because there are more people living in these cities.
D. Because people there saved more money than other cities.
(4) Where is the passage probably taken from?
A. A science book.
B. A newspaper.
C. A fashion magazine.
D. A text book.
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Home prices remained divergent in China during December, with some of the first-
tier cities recording price drops, while second and third-tier cities saw increases due
to the varied market policies, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
(1) What does the underlined word "divergent" in the first paragraph mean?
A. Diverse
B. Stable
C. Increasing
D. Decreasing
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Home prices remained divergent in China during December, with some of the first-
tier cities recording price drops, while second and third-tier cities saw increases due
to the varied market policies, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
(1) What does the underlined word "divergent" in the first paragraph mean?
A. Diverse
B. Stable
C. Increasing
D. Decreasing
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Home prices remained divergent in China during December, with some of the first-
tier cities recording price drops, while second and third-tier cities saw increases due
to the varied market policies, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
Newly built commercial housing prices in the first-tier cities — namely Beijing,
Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen — remained stable in December, while those
in second and third-tier cities rose by 0.6 percent and 0.5 percent respectively from
November 2017.
The same trend was witnessed in second-hand home prices, which dropped
slightly by 0.1 percent in first-tier cities and rose 0.3 percent in both second and third-
tier cities in December, said Liu Jianwei, a senior statistician at the NBS.
(2) What do we know from the passage?
A. Housing prices in the first-tier cities dropped slightly in December.
B. Home prices in medium-sized and small cities remained stable in November.
C. National housing prices rose in most time of 2017.
D. The second-hand home prices dropped slightly in the first-tier cities while rose in
both second and third-tier cities in November.
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Home prices remained divergent in China during December, with some of the first-
tier cities recording price drops, while second and third-tier cities saw increases due
to the varied market policies, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
Newly built commercial housing prices in the first-tier cities — namely Beijing,
Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen — remained stable in December, while those
in second and third-tier cities rose by 0.6 percent and 0.5 percent respectively from
November 2017.
The same trend was witnessed in second-hand home prices, which dropped
slightly by 0.1 percent in first-tier cities and rose 0.3 percent in both second and third-
tier cities in December, said Liu Jianwei, a senior statistician at the NBS.
(2) What do we know from the passage?
A. Housing prices in the first-tier cities dropped slightly in December.
B. Home prices in medium-sized and small cities remained stable in November.
C. National housing prices rose in most time of 2017.
D. The second-hand home prices dropped slightly in the first-tier cities while rose in
both second and third-tier cities in November.
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As housing regulations in larger cities have tightened, investors have started looking
for opportunities in medium-sized and small cities, thus causing a noticeable home
price increase in third-tier cities.
(3) Why did the housing prices in the third and fourth-tier cities rise fast?
A. Because the local governments didn't launch any restrictions and regulations.
B. Because the governments in the first-tier cities have carried out tougher measures.
C. Because there are more people living in these cities.
D. Because people there saved more money than other cities.
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As housing regulations in larger cities have tightened, investors have started looking
for opportunities in medium-sized and small cities, thus causing a noticeable home
price increase in third-tier cities.
(3) Why did the housing prices in the third and fourth-tier cities rise fast?
A. Because the local governments didn't launch any restrictions and regulations.
B. Because the governments in the first-tier cities have carried out tougher measures.
C. Because there are more people living in these cities.
D. Because people there saved more money than other cities.
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(4) Where is the passage probably taken from?
A. A science book.
B. A newspaper.
C. A fashion magazine.
D. A text book.
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