Unit 8 Lesson 3 Marco Polo 高一Unit 8 Lesson 3 Marco Polo学案
Difficulty words: amaze   confuse wealthy quantity
Important phrase:
1. take sb. to court
2. in turn/ by turns/ in return
3. be amazed at/ to do/ that-clause
4. be confused by/ confuse… with…
5. break out/ into/ down/ up/ away from/ through/ in
6. put into prison/ end in prison/ send sb. to prison
7. stand by/ for/ out (as)/ up for/ aside
8. a large quantity of/ large quantities of
9. hunt for/ go hunting
10. do trade with sb./ trade sth. for sth. (with sb.)
11. be ruled by
12. be impressed by/ impress sb. with sth./ impress sth. on sb.
13. across the country
14. describe… as…
15. be covered in gold and silver/ be covered with
16. be available (to sb.)
17. paper money
18. be caught by/ be caught in/ sb. be caught doing
19. take dictation
20. the best-selling books
21. reply to/ response to
22. in huge quantities
23. it’s generous of sb. to do sth./ be generous with sth./in doing sth.
Important sentences:
1. Marco, in turn, was amazed by how beautiful and powerful China was.
2. Not long after his return, a local war broke out near his town.
3. Although people enjoyed reading his books, many of them thought that Marco’s stories about China were too fantastic to be true.
4. But Marco always stood by his tales.

EXERCISES:
Ⅰ.Choice:
1. I felt quite ____ when I was first at college. I didn’t know what courses to take.
   The instructions on the box are very ____.
A. confusing B. confused C. confused D. to confuse
2. The letters PLA ____ the peoples Republic of China.
A. stands for B. stand by C. stands by   D. stand for
3. ____ he has limited technical knowledge, the old worker has a lot of experience.
    A. Since   B. Unless    C. As      D. Although  
4. News reports say peace talks between the two counties ____ with no agreement ____.
    A. have broken out; reaching      B. have broken up; to reach
    C. have broken down; reached     D. have broken away; reach
5. The reason ____ she explained seemed reasonable.
    A. why     B. that     C. what       D. if         
6. To my ____, he was able to recite the whole poem from memory.
    A. amaze    B. amazed     C. amazement    D. amazing
7. The foreigners are ____ by the ____ achievements that the Chinese have made recently in socialist construction.
    A. amazing; amazing   B. amazed; amazed   C. amazed; amazing D. amazing; amazed
8. He was against the law and put into ____ last month for robbery.
    A. the prison   B. a prison    C. prison     D. prisoner
9. When it stopped, people got on the bus ____.
    A. in turn    B. in turns    C. by turns     D. by turn
10. The pollutant will give off a large ____ of heat.
    A. quantity   B. sum     C. number     D. plenty
Ⅱ. Cloze:
Obviously, there was a wall separating my father and me. But I was 11 my father's love. Nobody knew how 12 I was when I saw other fathers and 13 walking hand in hand. 14 , for me, it was only a dream.
With years going by, I couldn't 15 it any more. So I decided to tear down this 16 into pieces. But I needed courage.
Everything began to 17 after I wrote a letter to my father. I can imagine the 18 look on my father's face when he read the letter, which was really a 19 to him.
"I am sorry, my daughter. It is my fault that I have 20 your feelings. But I 21 , from now on, I'll try my best to be a good father." My father told me this later. 22 , tears rolled down my cheeks.
He ignored my feelings before, but now he really 23 the importance of love and has changed a lot. Now 24 I come home from school, my father will talk with me. He will ask me 25 I get along well with my teachers and classmates and if everything is going well in school.
26 , I have entered my father's world. I opened the door to his heart. My 27 has come true!
I have succeeded in gaining happiness by my own 28 and I'll 29 it for ever and ever. He is my father, the only one I have.
"Wherever you go, whatever you do, your mother and I will be 30 there for you," said my father.

11. A. angry with B. indifferent (不在乎) about C. eager for D. wondering about
12. A. jealous (嫉妒的) B. disappointed C. uninterested D. puzzled
13.A. mothers B. daughters C. sons D. teenagers
14.A. However B. Therefore C. Anyway D. And
15.A. change B. make C. suffer D. bear
16.A. situation B. wall C. love D. dream
17.A. turn B. fade C. change D. vary
18.A. surprised B. exited C. appreciated D. interested
19.A. reminder B. comfort C. blow D. shock
20.A. avoided B. ignored C. harmed D. forgot
21.A. decide B. guess C. promise D. hope
22A. For the moment B. The moment C. Every moment D. At that moment
23.A. understands B. masters C. attaches D. follows
24.A. in time B. at times C. at the time D. every time
25.A. how B. whether C. why D. when
26.A. Finally B. Luckily C. Clearly D. Regularly
27.A. expectation B. thought C. plan D. dream
28.A. way B. effort C. hands D. behavior
29.A. value B. hide C. keep D. remember
30.A. correctly B. perfectly C. right D. very
Ⅲ. Reading comprehension:
                
The national Weather Service eat Ryan Airport announced the following forecast(预报) Saturday night for baton Rouge and the surroundings.
It will be partly cloudy through Monday with a chance of afternoon showers. High Sunday and Monday will be in the mid 80s. Winds will be southeasterly 10 to 15 miles per hour becoming smaller at night.
Probability of rain will be 20 percent Sunday.
On the coast, winds will be southeasterly 10 to 15 knots(海里). Seas will run 2-4 feet. Winds and seas will be 3 feet higher near a few thunder-showers.
High tide(潮水) at 1 p.m., low tide at 12:24a.m. Record high for May 22 was 63 posted in 1965 and record low was recorded in 1954. Normally, temperature should change from 86 to 65 degrees.
There will be scattered(分散的) afternoon thunder-showers Tuesday and over the west part of the state Thursday. Tuesday through Thursday, lows will be in the mid to upper 70s, with highs in the mid to upper 80s. High Saturday was 86, with a low of 65.
31. This weather forecast probably appeared in a ____________.
A. Saturday morning paper    B. Sunday morning paper
C. Sunday evening paper      D. Monday morning paper
32. This forecast predicts(预言) that __________.
A. records will be broken      B. there will be no rain in the forecasted period
C. skies will be partly cloudy on Sunday and Monday
D. temperatures will be lower than normal for the time of year.
33. This forecast tells that winds _________.
A. will be from south to west
B. will reduce their speed when they join in thunder-showers at sea
C. will reduce their speed at night      
D. will be from a different direction on the coast than in the city
34. The lowest recorded temperature for the date of the forecast was ___________.
A. 65 degrees   B.51 degrees C. in the upper 60s D. in the mid to upper 70s
35. If one were planning to play an outdoor game during this period, he should ________.
A. put off the game for better weather    B. plan the game for the afternoon
C. plan the game for the morning hours D. plan the game for the evening hours

范文：Is Failure a Bad Thing?
　　Outline：
　　1. Failure as a daily occurrence
　　2. People's different attitudes （态度） towards failure
　　3. My attitude towards it   

作文参考（One Possible Version）：
　　Everyone wishes to succeed. Nobody hopes to fail. Can we succeed in everything we do all the time？No，of course not. Whatever we do，the result is either success or failure. So，failure is a common occurrence in our daily life.
　　Different people have different attitudes towards failure. Some people think that failure is a bad thing. If they have one or two failures in doing a thing，they become sad and begin to lose heart. Others，however，never give in even when they fail and they learn lessons from it. Then try their best again and again until they succeed.
　　As for me，I like success but，at the same time，I don't mind failure because it is not always a bad thing. “Failure is the mother of success，” I am sure.
(11-15 CABAD 16-20 BCADB 21-25 CDADB 26-30 ADBAC)

答案:（unit8 lesson3）

单选 1-5 B/A D D C B 6-10 CCCAA

完型: 11-15 CABAD 16-20 BCADB 21-25 CDADB 26-30 ADBAC

阅读: 31-35 BACAC

作文参考（One Possible Version）：

Everyone wishes to succeed. Nobody hopes to fail. Can we succeed in everything we do all the time？No，of course not. Whatever we do，the result is either success or failure. So，failure is a common occurrence in our daily life.

Different people have different attitudes towards failure. Some people think that failure is a bad thing. If they have one or two failures in doing a thing，they become sad and begin to lose heart. Others，however，never give in even when they fail and they learn lessons from it. Then try their best again and again until they succeed.

As for me，I like success but，at the same time，I don't mind failure because it is not always a bad thing. “Failure is the mother of success，” I am sure.