【正文】 記 ] (1)Are you satisfied with his answer? 你對他的答案滿意嗎 ？ (2)Everyone is quite satisfied with Liu Qian’ s 。 [題組訓練 ] (1)I am not satisfied with your must improve ， 你一定要改進 。 (3)She looked back on her career with great ， 她深感欣慰 。 [歸納拓展 ] would rather 寧愿；寧可 (1)would rather 的否定形式為 would rather not。 (3)would rather 后接動詞原形或 that 從句。 [語境助記 ] (1)He would rather stay at home watching TV. 他寧愿待在家里看電視 。 (3)I would rather you had gone there last night. 我寧愿你昨晚去了那里 。 [歸納拓展 ] what 后引導的句子為賓語從句，做 grow 的賓語， what 在從句中作主語。 [語境助記 ] (1)What we need is 。 (3)The question is what he wants to do next. 問題是他下一步想做什么 。 [歸納拓展 ] 一般當中心詞為序數(shù)詞、最高級， the last， the only 等或中心詞被這類詞修飾時多用不定式作定語。 (2)He is among the best students to do the 。 [歸納拓展 ] 本句中 twice as large as 是表示倍數(shù)關(guān)系的一種句型，意為 “ 是 ?? 的兩倍 ” 。 [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 。 自主翻譯 ： 袁博士從夢中醒來，希望能種植一種能養(yǎng)活更多人的水稻。根據(jù)文章首段可知，無論從經(jīng)濟還是環(huán)保的角度考慮，收集雨水都是非常有益的。由第三段可知，美國的情況與 Bermuda 的情況不同。 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。 4． What is the best time for us to harvest rainwater to drink? A． Before it reaches our roofs. B． After it runs over our lawns. C． After it drops from the roof. D． After it runs into the street. 答案 C 解析 細節(jié)理解題。 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。 6． The text mainly talks about . A． men’ s heart cells B． women’ s ageing process C． the gender difference D． hearts and long life 答案 D 解析 主旨大意題。男人的心臟細胞在 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%，而女人的心臟細胞在這個年齡階段幾乎沒有喪失。 7． According to the text， the UK scientists have known that———— . A． men have fewer cells than women when they were born B． women can produce the cells that make the heart beat C． the female heart suffers less loss of the cells with age D． women will never suffer the loss of pumping power with age 答案 C 解析 細節(jié)理解題。 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 細節(jié)理解題。因此，要想長壽，就要積極鍛