【正文】 對 ?? 感到滿意 be satisfied with 1． Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. 袁隆平種植的是被稱為 “ 超級雜交水稻 ” 的稻種 。 5． He awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people. 他從夢中醒來 ， 希望能種植一種可以養(yǎng)活更多人的水稻 。 (2)It was a hard struggle to get my work done on time. 為使工作按時完成 ， 我做了一番努力 。 (2)The girl has a strong hunger for knowledge. 這個女孩有強(qiáng)烈的求知欲 。 (2)Nowadays the whole world has a hunger for peace. 如今全世界渴望和平 。 [歸納拓展 ] expand v． 使變大；伸展；擴(kuò)大，擴(kuò)展；增加 expansion n． 展開；膨脹；擴(kuò)展 expand...into...將 ?? 擴(kuò)展 /發(fā)展成 ?? expand on/upon 詳述；詳細(xì)闡明 [語境助記 ] (1)He is thinking of expanding his business. 他正在考慮擴(kuò)大他的生意 。 [歸納拓展 ] equip vt.amp。 [題組訓(xùn)練 ] (1)The soldiers were well equipped with (裝備 )weapons. (2)This library is equipped for (為 ?? 而裝備 )atomic research. (3)Our classroom is equipped with (裝備有 )a puter and a tape recorder. (4)All classes of this school are equipped with modern equipment.(equip) 1． Thanks to his research， the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. 多虧了他的研究，聯(lián)合國在消除世界饑餓的戰(zhàn)斗中又多了些方法。 (2)You should rid yourself of the smoking habit. 你應(yīng)該改掉吸煙的習(xí)慣 。 (3)Further measures will be taken to rid our streets of crime. 將采取進(jìn)一步措施來防止街頭犯罪 。 [題組訓(xùn)練 ] (1)I am not satisfied with your must improve ， 你一定要改進(jìn) 。 [歸納拓展 ] would rather 寧愿；寧可 (1)would rather 的否定形式為 would rather not。 [語境助記 ] (1)He would rather stay at home watching TV. 他寧愿待在家里看電視 。 [歸納拓展 ] what 后引導(dǎo)的句子為賓語從句，做 grow 的賓語， what 在從句中作主語。 (3)The question is what he wants to do next. 問題是他下一步想做什么 。 (2)He is among the best students to do the 。 [語境助記 ] This river is three times as long as that one. This river is twice longer than that one. This river is three times the length of that one. 這條河是那條河的三倍長 。根據(jù)文章首段可知，無論從經(jīng)濟(jì)還是環(huán)保的角度考慮，收集雨水都是非常有益的。 3． What is the fourth paragraph mainly about? A． How to fix the equipment under the ground. B． How to reduce the cost of new equipment. C． How to take advantage of the rainwater. D． How to harvest rainwater effectively. 答案 D 解析 主旨大意題。 B Why do men live a shorter life than women？ The latest research indicates that men’ s hearts going into a rapid decline when they reach middle age could be the cause. The research of ageing on the heart has shown that women’ s longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose much pumping power with age. “ We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20 percent～ 25 percent between 20 and 70 years of age， ” said the head of the study， Samantha of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK. “ Within the heart there are millions of cells which make it the ages of 20 and 70， one third of those cells die and are not replaced in men， ” said Samantha.“ This is part of the ageing process.” What amazes scientists is that the female heart suffers very little loss of these healthy 70 year old woman’ s heart could work almost as perfectly as a 20 year old one’ s. “ This gender(性別 ) difference might give the reason why men live shorter than women， ” said studied over 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 17 and 80， who are mainly healthy persons so as to reduce the influence of disease.“ The team has yet to think about why ageing suffers a greater loss on the male heart， ” said Samantha. But there is also good news— men can enjoy the health of their hearts with regular stressed that women should also take regular exercise to stop their leg muscles getting weaker as they age. 5． The underlined word “ longevity” in the second paragraph means “ ” ． A． health B． long life C． ageing D． effect 答案 B 解析 詞義猜測題。男人的心臟細(xì)胞在 20歲到 70 歲之間會喪失三分之一，因而心臟的功能降低了 20%～25%，而女人的心臟細(xì)胞在這個年齡階段幾乎沒有喪失。 8． If you want to live a long life， you should . A． enable your heart to beat much faster B． think about the reason for ageing C． take regular exercise D． stop your cells from being lost 答案 C 解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解