Summary writing摘要写作
In not more than 80 words explain how the two men came to spend five days on a desert island and say what they did there. Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph. Answer these questions to get your points:xiao84.com
1 Was the men's boat damaged or not?
2 Where were they taking it?
3 What happened to it on the way?
4 What did the men load on to their rubber dinghy?
5 Where did they row?
6 Where did they arrive?
7 Where did the men collect water during their stay there?
8 How did they catch fish and lobster?
9 Did they eat ‘like kings’ for five days or not?
10 How were they rescued?
Vocabulary词汇
Give another word or phrase to replace the following words as they are used in the passage: picture (1. 1); wretched (1. 6); starve to death (1. 6); opportunity (1. 8); repaired (1. 10); loaded (1. 11); dinghy (1. 11).
Composition作文
Imagine spending two weeks on an uninhabited desert island. In not more than 200 words, describe what you did there. Use the ideas given below. Do not write more than three paragraphs. Title: Shipwrecked.
Introduction: Shipwreck ---- everybody drowned ---- I clung to a plank ---- washed up on island.
Development: Slept for a long time ---- woke up ---- hungry and thirsty ---- explored island ---- uninhabited ----found plenty of fruit ---- freshwater spring ---- tried to hunt wild animals ---- failed to catch anything ---- spent days swimming, lying in sun. Conclusion: Boat on horizon ---- signalled and shouted ---- rescued.
Letter writing书信写作
In not more than 60 words, write a suitable Purpose and Conclusion to follow this introductory paragraph:
Dear Judy,
We arrived here late last night and are staying at a charming little hotel by the sea. The weather is perfect and I am sure we are going to enjoy our holiday.
Key structures关键句型
If . 用if引导的从句(IKS 88) (参见第2册第88课关键句型)
Exercise练习
Complete the following:
1 If you had told me earlier ______ .
2 If I were you ______ .
3 You will be disappointed if ______ .
4 You would change your mind if ______ .
Special difficulties难点
Wish and If only,
在英语中，表示愿望可用动词wish或短语if only。其中wish常指尚有可能发生的事情，而if only则强调所希望的状况并不存在。在wish和only后面，要用过去时表示现在，用过去完成时表示过去。Study these examples:
They wished they had stayed there longer. (1. 9)
I wish you would do as you are told.
If only the weather would change.
I wish she could see me now.
I wish I had more time to spare.
If only you would try a little harder!
I wish I hadn't said anything about it.
If only we could have gone to the party!
I wish you hadn't spent so much money.
Exercise练习
Complete the following:
1 It was silly of me not to buy that dress. I wish I ______ .
2 You are making a lot of noise. I wish you ______ _.
3 It's a pity John's away. If only he ______ .
4 He plays the piano so well. I wish I ______ .
5 I never studied at all when I was at school. I wish I ______ .
6 I'm sorry I mentioned it to him. I wish I ______ .
Multiple choice questions多项选择题
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehensjon理解
1 In what way are the pictures we form of life on a desert island unreal?
a．They fail to present the wretchedness of such a situation.
b．We forget that we would be too weak to work and only imagine the pleasure of idleness.
c．They are either unduly optimistic or unduly pessimistic.
d．They lack any truth at all as most of us have never visited one.
2 What was the equipment the men had brought that proved essential to their survival?
a．Tools with which they had been going to repair their boat.
b．Food, matches and tins of beer.
c．Rainwater, lobster and fish.
d．A spear gun and a rubber dinghy.
3 What made the men wish to stay on the desert island?
a．Discovering how pleasant life can be fending for oneself.
b．Having seen very few trees and no rainwater on the coral island.
c．The fact that they were able to eat the same food as kings eat.
d．Knowing they no longer needed to take their boat to Miami for repair.
Structure结构
4 We sometimes think of a desert island ______ a sort of paradise. （1．2）
a．to be
b．as being
c．is
d．be
5 But ______ have had the opportunity to find out. （11．7-8）
a．we few
b．hardly anybody
c．little people
d．not many
6 After ______ a few miles across the Caribbean, they arrived at a small coral island. （11．11-12）
a．they rowed
b．rowed
c．rowing
d．to row
7 ______ were scarce there and there was no water. （11．12-13）
a．The trees
b．Trees
c．Any trees
d．Trees on the island
8 Both men genuinely regretted ______ . （1．16）
a．their leave
b．to have to leave
c．having to leave
d．they must have leftVocabulary词汇
9 A desert island is ______ place. （11．1-2）
a．an unpopular
b．an uninhabited
c．a deserted
d．a barren
10 The other side of the picture is ______ different. （11．4-5）
a．naturally
b．rather
c．really
d．entirely
11 But this was not ______ to be a problem. （1．13）
a．demonstrated
b．thought
c．shown
d．found
12 And, as one of them ______ it, they‘ate like kings’. （1．15）
a．expressed
b．placed
c．told
d．said
