高一期末统考复习讲义

Units 3-4 Book 3

I. Important Words and Expressions

novel, adventure, phrase, author, scene, bet, wander, pavement, businessman, permit, ahead, bay, fault, spot, passage, account, embassy, seek, patience, envelope, steak, pineapple, dessert, amount, rude, manner, scream, genuine, , indeed, bow, barber, astronomy, system, religion, theory, atom, billion, globe, violent, carbon, atmosphere, unlike, fundamental, acid, chain, harmful, multiply, oxygen, exist, thus, puzzle, biology, gravity, satellite, gentle, physicist, climate, crash, spaceship, pull, float, mass,

watch out, break out, now that, cheer up, block out, prevent... from, carbon dioxide, in one's turn, give birth to, lay eggs, in time, take a chance, on the contrary, account for, stare at, by accident, as for, in rags, go ahead, bring up,

II. Important Sentence Patterns

1. I wonder if you'd mind us asking a few questions.

2. ...his eyes stare at what is left of the brother's dinner on table.

3. I'm afraid I don't quite follow you, sir.

4. Well, to be honest, I have none.

5. Why don't you explain what this is all about?

6. The fact is that I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand, which accounts for my appearance.

7. It's amazing how much pleasure you get out of the simple things in life, especially if you can't have them for a while.

8. Just having you sit here is a great honor!

9. What it was to become was uncertain until between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago when the dust settled into a solid globe.

10. It was not immediately obvious that water was to be fundamental to the development of life.

III. Grammar

Noun clauses as the object, predicative and subject

Consolidation Exercises

I. Word Spelling

1. Smoking is not p__________ in our school.

2. He had his wallet stolen, so he had to earn his p__________ during the journey.

3. The reason he gave to a________ for his absence was unbelievable.

4. To do this work well needs some p_________.

5. He was so hungry that he ordered a thick s________ and a glass of beer for lunch.

6. It's good m________ to say good-bye to the host when leaving.

7. Seeing the snake, she couldn't help s____________.