Unit 1Task 1:【答案】A.EventYearKenny G was born.1956He toured Europe with his High School band.1971He made his first solo album.1982He won released his most successful album.1993He won the Best Artist Award.1994He broke the world record for playing a single note.1997B1) F 2) F 3) TTask 2:【答案】1) c 2) d 3) cTask 3:【答案】1) d 2) b 3) b 4) bTask 4:【答案】1) He started writing poetry when he was about 14 or 15.2) He has published four books.3) His first book came out when he was about 26. It wasnt easy. He got a lot of his work rejected at first.4) The British, or at least the English, are embarrassed by it. Theyre embarrassed by people who reveal personal feelings, emotions, thoughts and wishes.Task 5:【答案】1815， 1914， 35millionI.A. villages，seaportB. danger，long ocean voyageC. a new land，a new languageD. finding a place to liveII.a better life，opportunity，freedomIII.A. England, Germany, Russia, HungaryB. Roman Catholic, JewishC. customs，languagesIV.A. Americanized，disappeared.B. havent disappeared，customs，identitiesV.A. were cheated，prejudice，mistreatedB. hardest，least-paid，dirtiest，most overcrowdedD. rejected，old-fashioned，ashamedovercomeTask 6:【答案】A.The Life Story of Thomas EdisonOhio，1847，industrial development, 1931, a modern nationI.A. curiosity，desireB. 1857，station masters sonC. 1863II.A. New York City，electricity，report the pricesB. New Jersey，invented，producedC. organized industrial researchD. 1877E. 1879III.A. 1,000B. motion-picture machineC. photographyD. streetcars，electric trainsIV.B. turn off all powerC. the progress of manB. 1) F 2) F 3) T 4) T 5) FTask 7:【答案】A. 1) c 2) a 3) d 4) c 5) c 6) aB.1) Thats because the explosion robs the fire of oxygen.2) Once the fire is out, the well still needs to be covered, or capped, to stop the flow of oil. This is the most dangerous part of the process. Any new heat or fire could cause the leaking well and the surrounding area to explode.3) In March of 1991, Red Adair went to Kuwait. He and his crews were called in to help put out oil well fires.4) He has spent his 76th birthday in Kuwait working side by side with his crew.5) At his funeral, many family members and friends honored him by wearing red clothes.Task 8:【答案】A.1) She was born in New York City in 1884.2) After she finished school, Eleanor began teaching children to read in one of the poorest areas of New York City. She investigated factories where workers were said to be badly treated. She became involved with other women who shared the same ideas about improving social conditions.3) She decided she would no longer play the part of a politicians wife. Instead, she began to build a life with interests of her own.4) Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in 1932. His new economic program was called the New Deal.5) She was different from the wives of earlier presidents in that she was the first to become active in political and social issues.6) She publicly resigned her membership to protest the action of the group.7) She spent the last years of her life visiting foreign countries. She became Americas unofficial ambassador. She called on Americans to help the people in developing countries.B. 1) F 2) T 3) TUnit 2Task 1:【答案】June 5th，the United Nations，1972，world leaders and citizens how to protect the environment， San Francisco, California，Plan the Planet，Green Cities，most people now live，more than 75 percent，the former vice president，music concerts，parades，tree plantings，representatives from many environmental organizationsTask 2:【答案】A. 1) d 2) a 3) b 4) cB.1) Occupational noise2) Aircraft noise3) Traffic noiseTask 3:【答案】1) F 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) T 6) F 7) F 8) T 9) TTask 4:【答案】A.Israel and Jordan，365，the lowest point，saltiest，are important to Jews, Christians and Muslims，Minerals，The strange beauty of the seaB.Purpose of the project: To help save the Dead Sea from shrinking.Countries to initiate the project: Israel and Jordan.Cause of the shrinking: Water that used to flow from the Jordan River into the Dead Sea has been redirected for other uses in the area.Specific measures: A pipeline of more than 300 kilometers long will be built to pump water from the Red Sea through both countries into the Dead Sea.Duration of the project: At least three years.Cost of the project: 1,000 million dollars.Message sent by this project: The environment, ecology and nature are more important than borders or political conflicts.C.1) T 2) TTask 5:【答案】A.1) 27 percent, higher ocean temperatures，activities by people，60 percent2) developing countries，off the coast of northeastern Australia，off the Philippines，the Caribbean islands，South AmericaB.Coral reefs support many kinds of sea life.Coral reefs also protec