高三英语新教材U15课文原版人教版最后校验整理.docx

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高三英语新教材U15课文原版人教版最后校验整理

Unit1Thatmustbearecord!

GOALS

1.Talkaboutrecords，adventuresandhobbies

2.Practisemeasuringandcomparing

3.ReviewtheSubject

4.Fillinaform

WARMINGUP

GuinnessBookofWorldRecordscontainsrecordsofallkinds．Takethequizbelowandseewhetheryoucanguesstheanswers．

（m=metrescm=centimetersh=hours）

1Thelowesttemperatureeverrecordedonearthis________.

A一75.4℃B一89．2℃C—I10.7℃

2Theworld’stallestmanis_________.

A2.35mB2.45mC2．55m

3Theyoungestcollegegraduatewas____________.

A10yearsoldB12yearsoldC14yearsold

4Thehighestnumberofgoalsinasoccercareeris_______．

A1,279B546C3,850

5Thelongestbeardis_______.

A73cmB1.83cmC2.33cm

6Thelongestlecturelasted__________.

A32.5hB62.5hC82.5h

LISTENING

1.Youaregoingtohearsomeonetalkaboutthesizeandspeedofhumansandanimals.Beforeyoulistentothetape,answerthequestionsbelow.

（1）Whatwordswouldyouusetodescribeaperson'ssizeandananimal'ssize?

（2）Whatwordswouldyouusetotalkabouthowfastahumanbeingorananimalis?

（3）Somepeopleareshortandsmallandsomearetallandbig.Whataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofdifferentsizes?

2.Listentopart1andcompletethetwopicturesbelowwithinformationfromthetape.

l=YaoMingTheworld’sheaviestlivingperson

weighs__________kilograms.

2=You

3=TallestclassmateThatisthesameas________TVsor_______!

4=TallestlivingmanItisalsoabout_________timesmyweight.Iweighabout_________TVs

5=TallestlivingwomanFastestlandanimal:

cheetahSpeed:

Fastestseaanimal:

sailfishSpeed:

Fastestanimalontheplanet:

Speed:

Fastestman-madeobject:

Voyager1Speed:

（_________thespeedofsound,_______thespeedoflight）

SPEAKING

Workinpairs.Imaginethattherecord-breakingtightropewalkerAdiliisvisitingyourcityandthatyouaregoingtointerviewhimfortheschoolnewspaper.Usethefollowinginformationandrolecardstopreparefortheinterview.

StudentA

youareareporterfortheschoolnewspaper.,UsetheinformationaboutAdilionthenextpagetopreparequestionsfortheinterview.Askhimabouthimachievements,howhepreparesfortherecordsandwhathethinksmakeshimagoodtightropewalker.

StudentB

ImaginethatyouareAdili.Usetheinformationonthenextpagetoprepareanswerstothereporter'squestions.Thinkwhatcharacteristicsagoodtightropewalkermusthave.

SomeofAdili'srecords

Stayedonohighwirefor22days,beatingthe21-dayGuinnessworldrecordCrossedtheThreeGorgesonahighwire，646metreslong，402metreshigh，time13minutes48secondsWalkedacrossMt．Heng，1，399metreslong，436metreshigh，time52minutes13secondsAtTlankeng，walked687metres，about662metresabovetheground

PRE—READING

Scanthetextandanswerthefollowingquestions.

1.WhowasSirHughBeaver?

2.WhenwasthefirsteditionofGuinnessBookofWorldRecordspublished?

3.Howlongisthelongestmoustacheintheworld

4.WhatGuinnessrecordweresetinUrumqiandHongKong?

READING

In1951,thethendirectoroftheGuinnessBrewery,SirHughBeaver,wantedtosettleanargumentaboutthefastestbirdinEurope．Aftertalkingtohisfriends,heconcludedthatabookwhichansweredsuchquestionsmightpopular.TheGuinnesscompanyhiredacompanytowritewhatlaterbecameGuinnessBookofWorldRecords.Thefirsteditionwaspublishedin1955andhasbeenabest—sellereversince.

Morethan60，000newrecordsaresentintothebookeachyear,buttheycannotallbeprinted.Instead,theeditorsofthebooksetdowntherecordsandkeeptrackoftheminotherways．Therecordsareputintodifferentcategories．GuinnessBookofWorldRecordshaschaptersonthehumanbody，amazingfeats，thenaturalworld，scienceandtechnology，artsandthemedia，modelsociety，travelandtransport，andsportsandgames．Youcanlearnthattheoldestpersonisawomanwholivedtobe122yearsand164days，thatthelongestmoustachereachedalengthof1．6metresandthatthelongestpoisonoussnakeis5．71metreslong.Therearealsostrangerecords,liketheEnglishmanwhobalancedasmallcarweighing159.6kilogram’sonhisheadforthirty-threeseconds!

TherearemanyChineserecords，Forexample，Tian’anmenSquareisthelargestsquareintheworldwithanareaofabout40hectares.ChinahasagreatestnumberofhospitalsintheworldandUrumqiisthemostremotecityfromthesea___itis2，500kilometresfromthenearestcoast．Aspecialanddeliciousrecordwassetin1997tocelebrateHongKong’sreturntoChina.Theworld’slargestjiaoziwasmade,weighinganincredible480kilogrammes!

ManyoftherecordsinGuinnessBookofWorldRecordscomefromtheworldofsports.Amongthebrilliantathleticachievements,afewrecordsstandoutbecauseofthemovinglifestoriesbehindthem．TheGuinnessworldrecordforthefarestaveragespeedattheTourdeFrancewassetin1999bytheAmericancyclistLanceArmstrong.Impressiveasrecordasis,itfadesnexttothestoryofArmstrong’sstruggleagainstdisease.In1996Armstrong,thethenNo1cyclistintheworld,wasdiagnosedwithcancerandmanythoughtthatitmeanttheendofhiscancer,maybeevenhislife.In1998,however,Armstrongreturnedtotheworldofracing．HewentontosetthespeedrecordandachievehisgoalofwinningtheTourdeFrancesixyearsinarowfrom1999to2004．

Whyarepeoplesointerestedinworldrecords?

PartofthereasonforourinterestisprobablythesamecuriositythatledSirHughtowriteGuinnessBookofWorldRecordsinthefirstplace．Wewanttoknowwhatispossibleandfindoutjusthowfarwecanpushourselves.Clearly，wearealsoentertainedbyaccountsofstrangeandunusualdeedsandfacts．Whetherweareouttosetanewrecordourselvesorsimplyenjoyreadingaboutchampions,GuinnessBookofWorldRecordsmakesforinterestingreading．

Anybodycantrytosetarecord．Thereare，however，somerecordsthatthebookdoesnotaccept．Norecordsthataredangeroustothepersonwhoisattemptingitortoothersareallowed．Ifyouwanttotrytosetarecord，youshouldfirstcontactGuinnessBookofWorldRecords．Theeditorswilldecideifyourideaissuitableandthensendyourulesandtheformyouneedtoapplyfortherecord.Afterwards，ifallgoeswell，aGuinnessofficialwillcometoinspectyourattempt：

IfyouaresuccessfuljtheofficialwillconfirmtherecordandyouwillgetacertificatefromGuinnessBookofWorldRecordsstatingthatyouareaworldrecordholder!

POST-READING

1Answerthefollowingquestions．

1HowdidSirHughBeavercomeupwiththeideaforGuinnessBookof

WorldRecords?

2WhatarethecategoriesinGuinnessBookofWorldRecords?

3WhyareLanceArmstrong’srecordsspecial?

4Whattypesofrecordattemptsarenotallowed?

5Whydoyouthinkmanypeopleareinterestedinworldrecords?

2Matcheachofthesentencesbelowwithaparagraphinthereading.AGuinnessBookofWorldRecordsispopularbecausepeopleenjoyreadingaboutstrangefactsandexcitingachievements．

BTheeditorsofthebookcollectalltherecordsandputthemintodifferentgroups．

CSirHughBeaverdecidedtowritethebookastheresultofanargumentwithafriend．

DEventhoughtherecordsthemselvesareamazing，thestoriesofthepeoplewhosettherecordsareoftenevenmoreinteresting.

EAnewGuinnessworldrecordwillonlybeacceptedifitissafeandhasbeendoneaccordingtotherules.

F“Ijustlovereadingaboutpeoplewhodoamazingthings，suchasswimmingalongriverorrunningacrossacountry．Thestoriesinspiremeandarefuntoread．

3Ifyouwanttosetaworldrecord，whathastobedonetogetyourrecordintoGuinnessofWorldRecords?

LANGUAGESTUDY

Wordstudy

1Matchthenewwordsintheleftcolumnwiththeirmeaningintherightcolumn．

1attemptAsaythatsomethingistrue.

2accountBtotalnumberofcopiesofabook，newspaper，etcissuedatonetime

3confirmClosecolourordisappeargradually

4inspectDmakeanefforttoachievesomething

5editionEdetaileddescriptionofanevent

6certificateFmakeavisittocheckthattherulesarebeingobeyed

7fadeGofficialwrittenorprintedstatementusedasproofofacertainfact

8beardHhairgrowingonthechinandthelowercheeksofaman’sface

2Fillintheblankswiththewordsorphrasesfromthebox．usingtheirproperform．

announceapplyforathleticcertificatecomfirmfadeinspectopportunitysuitableinthefirstplace

July13，2001sawaverybrightnightinBeijingthatwillnever

（1）——frommemory．ThatnightthousandsofenthusiasticpeoplecelebratedtheWinningofthebidforthe29thOlympicGamesin2008．

Inorderto

（2）_______the2008OlympicGames,theChinesepeopleandthegovernmenthavedonealltheycouldtoshowthatBeijingis（3）________tohosttheworld’slargest（4）_______eventoverthepasttwodecades.ManyofthemembersoftheInternationalOlympicCommittee（IOC）havevisitedBeijingto（5）_______China’sprogressinpreparingfortheOlympicGames.Theywerefascinatedtoseeenthusiasticpeopleeverywhere，eveninthesmallhutongsinthecity．

WhenIOCPresidentJuanAntonioSamaranch（6）__thatBeijingwouldhostthe2008OlympicGames,allChinesewatchinghimonTVburstintocheers:

"Wehavewon!

”Afterwards,theChinesedelegationwasgivena（7）__bytheIOCinMoscowwhich（8）____thedecision.

ItwasnotonlyagreathonourforBeijingbutalsoahistoricalachievementforthewholenation.ThereasonwhytheChinesepeople

andthegovernmentwanttheOlympicGames（9）__istoshowthatthecountryisabletohostsuchanimportantevent,towelcomeforeignerstogetabetterunderstandingo