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alien n. ['eɪlɪən] 外星人
astronaut n. ['æstrənɔːt] 宇航员；航天员
receive v. [rɪ'siːv] 收到
hill n. [hɪl] 山丘；小山
loud adj. [laʊd] 响亮的；大声的
explore v. [ɪk'splɔː; ek-] 探索
bush n. [bʊʃ] 灌木
quiet adj. ['kwaɪət] 安静的
round adj. [raʊnd] 圆形的；球形的
damage v. ['dæmɪdʒ] 毁坏；破坏
crash n. [kræʃ] 碰撞；相撞
frightened adj. ['fraɪtnd] 惊吓的；害怕的
discover v. [dɪ'skʌvə] 发现；找到；发觉
terrible adj. ['terɪb(ə)l] 可怕的；非常讨厌的
fear n. [fɪə] 害怕；惧怕
creature n. ['kriːtʃə] 生物；动物
feather n. ['feðə] 羽毛
wonder v. ['wʌndə] 想知道；想弄明白
line n. [laɪn] 线；线条
refuse v. [rɪ'fjuːz] 拒绝
spread v. [spred] (spread, spread) 张开
mark n. [mɑːk] 符号
desert n. ['dezət; dɪ'zɜːt] 沙漠；荒漠
tent n. [tent] 帐篷
knife n. [naɪf] 小刀
explain v. [ɪk'spleɪn] 解释；说明
pleased adj. [pliːzd] 高兴；满意；愉快
keep quiet 保持安静
because of 因为
in fear 恐惧地；害怕地
landing site 降落场
as soon as possible 尽快
agree with 同意；赞成
disagree with 不同意；持不同意见；有分歧
Aliens arrive!
外星人到来！
Tina woke up at midnight. She looked out of her window and saw a yellow light in the sky.
蒂娜在午夜醒来。她向窗外看去，看到了天空中一道黄色的光。
It suddenly dived towards the ground. She heard a noise and saw a red light.
它突然向地面落下。她听到一个吵声并看到了一道红光。
The next morning, Tina mentioned it to her brother Tom. "I'm sure something landed in the forest near the hills as I heard noise last night," she said. "Let's explore after school."
第二天早上，蒂娜对她的弟弟汤姆提起这件事。她说：“昨晚当我听到一个大的吵声时，我确定有东西落在了山附近的树林里。”“让我们放学后去探索一下吧。”
At 6 p.m., Tina and Tom reached the forest. They heard some voices speaking a strange language, so they hid behind some bushes and kept quiet.
下午六点，蒂娜和汤姆到达了树林。他们听到一些说着奇怪语言的说话声，所以他们躲在一些灌木丛后，不出声。
Then they saw an alien! It was tall, with a round head and a silver body. It was standing next to a long spaceship.
然后他们看到一个外星人！它个子高大，头圆圆的，身体是银色的。它正站在一个长长的太空飞船的旁边。
The spaceship was damaged become of a crash. The children were frightened.
由于撞击，太空飞船被毁坏了。孩子们感到害怕。
Suddenly, another alien appeared from the bushes in front of them. It discovered them and made a terrible noise! The children ran away in fear.
突然，另一个外星人从他们前面的灌木丛出现了。它发现了他们并发出了一声可怕的噪声！孩子们害怕地跑开了。
The next morning, Tina and Tom told their parents about the strange creatures. "They were very ugly. They had some hair, but they didn't have any feathers," said Tina.
第二天早上，蒂娜和汤姆告诉他们的父母关于这些奇怪的生物的事情。蒂娜说："他们长得很丑，他们有毛发，但是没有任何的羽毛。"
"There was something written on the spaceship," said Tom. "It looked like this. I wonder what it means." He drew some lines on a piece of paper.
汤姆说："太空船上面写了一些字，看起来像这样。我想知道那是什么意思。"他在纸上画了一些线。
But Dad said, "Since no one else saw these aliens, I refuse to believe you. Now go to school!"
但是爸爸说："既然没有其他的人看到这些外星人，我拒绝相信你们。现在去上学！"
The children spread their wings and flew to school together.
孩子们撒开双腿，一起跑着去上学了。
Dad looked at the piece of paper with the strange marks on it. "It looks strange," he said, as he looked at the word "EARTH".
爸爸看着那张上面有奇怪标志的纸。当他看着这个字"地球"的时候，他说："看起来很奇怪。"
More practice
UFO
不明飞行物
Many people say they have UFOs. Here is one famous story. It is called the Roswell Incident and it happened in the US in 1947.
许多人说他们看到过不明飞行物。这有一个著名的故事。人们称之为罗斯维尔事件，它发生在1947年的美国。
Person A (name not given): My wife and I were sitting outside because it was a warm night.
人物A（姓名未知）：因为那晚天气热，我的妻子和我正坐在外面。
Suddenly we saw something very bright flying through the sky.
突然我们看到有个十分明亮的东西飞过天空。
Person B (William Brazel, a farmer): I found some pieces of strange metal on my farm.
人物B（威廉·布雷泽尔，农民）：我在我的农场发现一些奇怪的金属。
I called the army. Major Marcel came and collected the pieces. He told me not to talk to anyone about this.
我给军队打电话了。马塞尔少校来收集这些碎片。他告诉我不要和任何人谈起这件事。
Person C (Major Marcel): I went and collected the pieces. I gave them to an army expert. He said the pieces came from a weather balloon.
人物C（马塞尔少校）：我去那收集了碎片。我把它们给了一个军事专家。他说这些金属来自于气象探测气球。
However, since I have not seen this kind of metal before, I think this was a lie.
然而，由于我以前没有见到过这种金属，我认为这是一个谎言。
Person D (name not given): My parents and I were in the countryside. Suddenly we saw a silver spaceship on the side of the hill.
人物D（姓名未知）：我的父母和我正坐在院子里。突然我们看到一个银色的太空飞船在山的那边。
There were the bodies of three aliens lying on the grass. Then some soldiers came and told us to leave.
有三个外星人的尸体躺在草地上。然后一些士兵来了，告诉我们离开那里。
So what is the truth?
那么真相是什么呢？
Perhaps some or all of the people lied.
也许他们中的一些或者全部人都在撒谎。
Perhaps a US rocket crashed and people thought it had come from space.
也许美国的火箭坠毁了，人们认为它来自于太空。
Perhaps an alien spaceship really crashed in Roswell.
也许一个外星太空飞船真的在罗斯维尔坠毁了。
短语：
1.believe in 相信、信任
2.thousands of 成千上万的
3.wake up 醒来
4.keep quiet 保持安静
5.because of 因为
6.in fear 恐慌地、害怕地
7.landing site 降落地点
8.as soon as possible 尽快
9.agree with 同意、赞成
10.disagree with 不同意
11.look out of 向...外看
12.next to 紧挨着
13.run away 逃跑
14.call the police 报警
15.at midnight 在半夜
16.no one 没人
17.know about 了解
18.in the future 在将来
19.mother ship 母舰
20.talk to 和...交谈
21.look like 看起来像
22.a piece of paper 一张纸
23.come from 来自
24.have a good idea 有一个好主意
25.on the side of the hill 山的一边
26.write down 写下、记下
27.from...to... 从...到
28.talk about 谈论
句型
1.be sure to do sth 确信做某事
2.Let’s do sth 咱们做某事吧
3.refuse to do sth 拒绝做某事
4.hear sb doing sth 听见某人正在做某事
5.tell sb about sth 告诉某人某事
6.what to do（特殊疑问词+动词不定式）要做什么
7.keep+adj 保持
8.try to do sth 尽力做某事
9.become(变化类系动词)+adj 变得......
10.sth happens to sb 某人发生了某事
11.as...as possible 尽可能...
12.tell sb (not) to do sth 告诉某人（不要）做某事
13.try doing sth 尝试做某事
语法：原因状语从句和because of的用法
(1). Since no one else saw these aliens, I refuse to believe you..
(2). We went there because I heard a loud noise last night.
(3). I’m unhappy because of your marks in the exam!
句子（1）中含有since引导的原因状语从句，
句子（2）中含有because引导的原因状语从句，
句子（3）中含有because of短语。
1.because,as,since这几个词都表示“因为”，语气由强到弱依次是because>since>as，这几个词都是从属连词。
(1)because表示直接原因，它所指的原因通常是听话人所不知道的，其语气最强。常用来回答 why所提出的问句，一般放在主句之后，也可以单独使用。
I stayed at home because it was raining.
(2)since侧重主句，从句表示仙人的或已为人所知的理由，常常翻译为“既然”，语气比because 稍弱，通常位于句首。
Since every is here, let’s start.
(3)as是常用词，它表示的是双方已知的事实或者显而易见的原因。含义与since相同，但语气更弱，没有since正式，常翻译为“由于、鉴于”，从句说明原因，主句说明结果，主从并重。
We all like her as she is kind.
2.because of是介词短语，其后可接名词、代词或者动名词以及由关系代词引导的从句。
He lost his job because of his age.
一、从下面每小题的 A、B、C三个选项中选出可以替换划线部分或与其意思相近的最佳选项。
( ) 1. It is said that aliens are living in the world that is undiscovered.
A. the far world
B. the unknown world
C. the dark world
( )2. Sara walked in fear, because she felt that someone was following her.
A. in need
B. in surprise
C. in horror
( )3. My mother is sleeping, so we should have a low voice.
A. keep quiet
B. feel relaxed
C. hurry up
( ) 4. I wonder if you could give me a hand.
A. want to guess
B. want to know
C. want to believe
( )5. I suggested my family going somewhere on vacation, and they agreed with me.
A. didn’t say anything
B. had the same opinion with me
C. saidno to me
( )6. You will receive a warm welcome if you come to England.
A. get
B. give
C. bring
( ) 7. You should stay away from the snakes, because they are dangerous creatures.
A. animals
B. tools
C. human beings
( ) 8. I have discovered the person who broke the window.
A. found
B. seen
C. watched
( ) 9.The thing in the bowl looks terrible, and I don't want to see it again.
A. happy
B. exiting
C. unpleasant
( )10. Henry refused our invitation, because he was really busy.
A. recorded
B. couldn’t hold
C. didn’t accept
二. 语法填空。
Over millions of years ago, there were deserts. Now about one fifth of the Earth’s surface 11. ____ (be) deserts. The size of the world’s deserts is always 12. ____ (change). Deserts can be hot or cold. The Australian Desert is a hot desert, while the Gobi Desert in Mongolia is an example of a cold desert. Deserts are dry areas 13. ____ less than 50 cm of rain falls each year. The Sahara Desert in Africa receives less than 1.5 cm a year. 14. ____ rain doesn’t fall very often in deserts, sometimes even for years, there can be heavy rain 15. ____(sudden). Because they are dry, deserts have wide changes in temperature each day. When the sun16. ____(go) up, it is very hot. At night, the heat 17. ____(receive) by the ground during the day 18. ____(quick) disappears(消失), and then it becomes very cold. Because 19. ____ the change, living in the desert is very difficult. Man can make deserts, but they can also stop them from getting larger and larger. Planting trees can prevent the sand from 20. ____(spread).
三、完形填空。
It was a fine spring day for a walk down the street. A mother and her two little girls walked along the sidewalk, happily laughing. 21 , a hundred small alien ships appeared on the horizon. It started 22 off some electric rays. People screamed. Children cried. There was 23 everywhere.There came the tingling sound of glasses breaking everywhere. People fled in every 24 . The mother was jostled (推) and lost hold of her 25 . She raced around shouting and crying for her kids. She thought they were lost to her forever.The sky cleared up. The aliens were 26 . But there was no sight of the children. Heart-broken, the mother reached her house, crying her eyes out.She heard someone 27 “Mamma”. Was it her kids? She frantically (慌忙地) 28 around. There they were! Hand in hand they came running towards her. She ran towards them, too. Her arms stretched out 29 to hug them. She opened her eyes. The pillow felt wet. It was a dream!She raced to the kids’ bedroom. Her lovely girls were sleeping peacefully. She kissed both their foreheads and 30 “love you”.( )21.A.Finally B.Suddenly C.Hardly
( )22.A.taking B.putting C.giving
( )23.A.joy B.panic C.laugher
( )24.A.direction B.opinion C.time
( )25.A.friends B.students C.children
( )26.A.gone B.broken C.hit
( )27.A.sing B.talk C.call
( )28.A.looked B.drove C.ran
( )29.A.slowly B.sadly C.eagerly
( )30.A.shouted B.whispered C.replied
四、阅读理解。
A
We want to explore and try to better understand the world in which we live. Space exploration is one of the ways. Through the exploration of space, we can begin to unravel the mysteries of our universe, and to better know our living environment.Space exploration provides us with knowledge about the beginning of our solar system, our own planet and ourselves. It also helps answer the questions that have puzzled us for many years. Solar system exploration is important because it is good for us. Space technology has become an important part of our daily lives. Some technology uses satellites to communicate. Satellites are also used to examine the changes in the Earth’s climate and seas, for weather report and for military. We also use satellites in food production. Because of the use of space technology in crops, fewer and fewer people will suffer hunger. The space program provides a chance for nations to work together. The cooperation(合作) promotes peace and understanding between governments and their people. Many governments have taken part in the space technology, including the United States, Russia, Japan, the European nations and India. In the near future, other nations will take part in it. In fact, the United States remains the leader in new space technology.( ) 31. The underlined word “unravel” in the first paragraph can be replaced by “_____”.
A. explain B. describe
C. keep D. believe
( ) 32. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. Difficulties in space exploration.
B. The advantages of space exploration.
C. The answers to the questions of space exploration.
D. What we can get from space and solar system.
( ) 33. The following are the use of satellites EXCEPT _____.
A. reporting the weather
B. examining the changes of seas
C. increasing the food production
D. changing the climate of a certain place
( ) 34. Which country is the best in new space technology?
A. The United States.
B. Russia.
C. Japan.
D. India.
( ) 35. What can we know from the last paragraph?
A. Poor countries don’t agree to explore space.
B. People in different countries have different ideas on exploring space.
C. More and more countries will take part in the space program.
D. Many countries don’t want to work together with other countries.
B
Are you a big fan of E.T. (Extraterrestrial) or aliens? Then you should read Extraterrestrial Civilizations (《地球以外的文明世界》) by American writer Isaac Asimov (1920-1992). In his 1979 book, Asimov looked at whether there is life beyond the Earth. He also talked about how we might be able to communicate with aliens someday. Asimov even told us that there are possibly about 500,000 civilizations (文明) in the galaxy (银河系). The book may be a little out of fashion since it came out in the 70s. But you’ll still enjoy the good reasoning (推理) and imagination of it. Asimov was a science fiction (科幻故事) master. His most famous works talk about the relationship between robots and humankind.
( ) 36. Which of the following sentences best expresses the main idea?
A. Asimov’s books are talking about the relationship between robots and humankind .
B. Students are big fans of E.T.
C. Some students enjoy the good reasoning and imagination.
D. Asimov was a love of E.T.
( ) 37. Asimov was a ____.
A. science fiction (科幻故事) master
B. writer of funny story
C. actor
D. dancer
( ) 38. Isaac Asimov comes from_____.
A. England B.America
C.China D.Japan
( ) 39. The writer indirectly expresses that there are possibly about 500,000civilizations ______.
A. in America B. in Australia
C. European D. in the galaxy
( ) 40. The readers will enjoy the _____.
A. good reasoning and imagination of it
B. good imagination
C. good expression
D. good understanding
五、词汇。用所给单词的正确形式填空。
41. He refused _____ (do) the housework.
42. She _____ (explanation) the reason for being late.
43. The bird in the cage has beautiful_____ (feather).
44. We need several different ____ (knife) to make paper cutting.
45. I'm very pleased ____ (see) you.
46. I am very ____ (frighten) with snakes. Don't let me see them.
47. The plane landed on the ____ (land) site three hours ago.
48. There is something ____ (write) on this piece of paper.
49. Our teacher asked us not ____ (talk) to each other in class.
50. I heard a man ____ (speak) outside the house at that time, but I didn't know who he was.
参考答案
一、
1-5 BCABB 6-10 AAACC
二、
11.is 12.changing 13.where 14.Although 15.suddenly 16.goes 17.received 18.quickly 19.of 20. spreading三、
21-25 BCBAC 26-30 ACACB
四、
31- 35 ABDAC 36-40 AABDA
五、
41.to do 42.explained
43.feathers 44.knives
45.to see 46.frightened
47.landing 48.written
49.to talk 50.speaking
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