2023學(xué)年完整公開課版UnexplainedMysteriesoftheNaturalWorld

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UnexplainedMysteriesoftheNaturalWorldThiswasn’tasmalllakeorpond，eitheritwasaboutfivemileslong!Thelasttimegeologists(地質(zhì)學(xué)家)sawitwasinMarch2007andnothingappearedstrangeordifferentaboutitatall.Whatcouldhavehappenedwithinjusttwoshortmonths?Howcouldahugelakedisappearoutofnowhere?Besidesthelakesimplydisappearing，ariverthatflowedfromthelakewasreducedtoaverysmallstream.Whenthisstoryfirstbroke，manypeoplethoughtitwasjustahoax，andindeeditdoesseemtoostrangetobetrue.Itistrue，however，nomatterhowconfusingitis.Clearlytheicebergswerestillleftbehind，thoughthewaterwasgone.Geologistsalsoreportedhugecracksatthebottomofthepit.Didthewatersomehowdrain(排出)throughthecracks?Wastheresomesortofearthquake?Whythenweretheicebergsfine?Oneglacierspecialistexplainedthatthelakeitselfdidnotevenexistthirtyyearsago.So，isitpossiblethatthelandscapeinthatpartoftheworldisreformingitself?Geologistsandglacierspecialistsaredoingteststoseewhattheycanfindoutaboutthestrangelandscapeinthatarea.Whilesomeareholdingouttoseeiftherecouldbeanyscientificexplanationaboutwhathappened，somereportsaretryingtoclaimthatthewaterwasactuallydrainedbyUFOs!Whetherthereisascientificexplanationforwhathappened，onlytimewilltell.Ⅰ.篇章結(jié)構(gòu)閱讀文章，完成下面表格(每空不超過3個詞)【答案】

1.edge

2.seemed

3.soldiers

4.surface5．swimming

6.horns

7.Through

8.creature9．divedinto

10.appearedⅡ.語篇理解閱讀P52的ReadingandVocabulary部分，從每題所給的3個選項中選出最佳答案1．Howmanyreportsofsightingarewrittenaboutindetailinthispassage?A．Twoinrecenttime.B．Threeinrecenttime.C．Twosincethebeginningofthelastcentury.2．Whatcanweknowaboutthemonsteraccordingtothesoldierswhoclaimedtohaveseenit?A．Itwasblueincolorandwithaheadlikeaseal.B．Itwasblackandhadalongheadlikeaseal.C．Itwasgreenish-blackandhadaroundheadwith10-centimetrehorns.3．Whatwerethesoldiersdoingwhentheysawtheanimal?A．Theywereswimminginthelake.B．Theywerewalkingalongthelake.C．TheywerevisitingthelakewithLiXiaohe.4．WhycouldLiXiaoheseethemonsteraccordingtohimself?A．Hewastoldbyhisfamily.B．Hehadapairofeyeswithgoodsight.C．Theweatherwasfineandthelakewascalm.5．Fromthepassage，wecanconcludethatthewriter

.A．believesthemonsterreallyexistsinlakeTianchiB．believesthemonsterdoesn’tactuallyexistinLakeTianchiC．introducestoussomereportsofthesightingsofthemonsterofLakeTianchi【答案】

1－5

BCBCCⅢ.課文縮寫用所給單詞或短語的正確形式完成課文縮寫unlikely；distant；along；through；claim；fine；calm；coveranareaof；see；creature【答案】

1.coversanareaof

2.claimed

3.along4．haveseen

5.through

6.fine

7.calm

8.distant9．unlikely

10.creaturesⅡ.短語填空beunlikelytodo；beskepticalabout；bebackinthenews；closeto；befrightenedat1．He

becauseofthescandal.2．She

thesight.3．Thesetactics

behelpfultoyou.4．Mary

thesolution.5．David’shouseisquite

theGlobalTheater.【答案】

1.isbackinthenews

2.wasfrightenedat3．a(chǎn)reunlikelyto

4.isskepticalabout

5.closetoⅢ.句型背誦1．Heclaimstohaveseenaroundblackcreaturemovingquicklythroughthewater.他聲稱看見一個圓圓的、黑黑的動物在水中快速游動，游過三四百米后潛入水中。2．TherehavebeenreportsofmonstersinLakeTianchisincethebeginningofthelastcentury，althoughnoonehasseeno