Unit 4 Global warming Section Warming Up & Reading-Language Points.单句语法填空 1Lets make good use of our energy and oppose (waste)water，electricity，paper，and so on.2A sudden change in temperature tends (bring)rain or snow.3Food will last longer if (keep)in a closed container.4Why does the lake smell terrible?Because large quantities of water (pollute).【导学号：33100040】5He is clever.I wonder how it came that he should have failed the simple test this time.6Although money is important，not many people subscribe the idea that money brings happiness.7If you stick to that，you shall take the (consequent)8These years，our company has been developing (stead)9Having lived in Paris for 35 years，he experienced many social and cultural (phenomenon) of France.10A spokesman for the government made a (state) to the public to explain the accident.【答案】：1.wasting2.to bring3.kept4.have been polluted5.about6.to7.consequence8.steadily9.phenomena10.statement.单句改错1There is no doubt whether those working hard can pass the exam easily. 2English is a language shared by several diverse cultures，each of them uses it differently. 3Large quantities of rain is needed in this area. 4He has a wide range of interests，range from chess to canoeing. 5When the teacher came in，they still kept on to talking. 【答案】1.whetherthat2.themwhich3.isare4.第二个rangeranging5.去掉 to .阅读理解(2016湖北老河口市高二模拟)The US.governments push to decrease the nations output of greenhouse gases by increasing the fuel efficiency of the cars Americans drive is arousing again an emotional argument.Does driving a small，fuelefficient car make you more likely to die on the road?Engineers and statistical analysts can point to data that suggest moreefficient cars dont necessarily put motorists at greater overall risk.But most of us care less about the “overall” risk than we do about ourselves.Driving a big Chevrolet Tahoe SUV makes many of us believe we are safer than we would be in a smaller car even if statistical measures across a large population of vehicles and all kinds of car accidents suggest the advantage of safety isnt quite as wide as SUV owners believe.The Obama government has put the fuelefficiency and safety question back on the front burner by calling for newvehicle fuel economy to rise to an average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020 from about 25 mpg today.That goal could move higher if the government decides to adopt Californias requirement to cut vehicle greenhousegas giving off，which would result in stricter mileage standards.Those moves，and the effects of last summers gasprice shock，are driving auto makers to offer cars such as the Toyota Yaris，Honda Fit and Daimler AGs Smart For Two which get the kind of mileage today that law says should be the average in a decade.Beyond that，auto makers will launch a wide range of new compact (紧凑的) vehicles，and decrease production of large，bodyonframe SUVs.Thats leading to new concerns about “green safety”，a term for managing the balance between reducing vehicle size for efficiency and adding safety and protection features that tend to make vehicles heavier and less efficient.Undoubtedly，further work has to be done before Americans make the choice.1The US.government requires to improve the fuel efficiency in order to Apush Americans to drive smaller carsBreduce the output of greenhouse gasesCdrive auto makers to produce fewer SUVsDcause Americans to make an argument【解析】细节理解题。第一段第一句“The US.governments push to decrease the nations output of greenhouse gases by increasing the fuel efficiency”美国政府提出通过提高燃油效率来减少温室气体的排放。故选择B。【答案】B2According to Paragraph 2，engineers and analysts idea Afails to relieve people of their worry about safetyBpersuades people to purchase smaller cars instead of SUVsCis based on research and therefore persuasive enoughDmakes people think of their safety as well as others【解析】细节理解题。第二段第二句“But most of us care less about the overall risk than we do about ourselves.” 但是大多数人很少关心“整体”危险，更多的是关心自己的安全。可知工程师和数据分析师的说明并没有效果，故选择A。【答案】A3About the Obama governments new moves，the auto makers are and average Americans are Auncertain；positiveBdoubtful；uncertainCsupportive；positiveDpositive；uncertain【解析】推理判断题。第四段说汽车制造商开始积极生产紧凑型的汽车；后一自然段最后一句“Undoubtedly，further work has to be done before Americans make the choice.”意思是毫无疑问，进一步的工作必须在美国人做出选择之前被做，可知美国民众还是摇摆不定。故选择D。【答案】D4The best title for the text should be ANew Law Reduces Greenhous