Section Ⅱ The Language Points of Reading课前重点检测Ⅰ.重点词汇1．convey (vt.) 传达；运送2．concrete (adj.) 具体的3．contradictory (adj.) 引起矛盾的；好反驳的4．diamond (n.) 钻石；菱形5．flexible (adj.) 灵活的；柔顺的；可弯曲的→flexibly (adv.) 灵活地；易弯曲地→flexibility (n.) 灵活性；柔韧性；弹性6．pattern (n.) 模式；图案；式样7．tease (vi.& vt.) 取笑；戏弄；招惹8．salty (adj.) 含盐的；咸的→salt (n.) 盐9．endless (adj.) 无穷的；无止境的→end (n.& v．) 结尾；结束10．minimum (n.) 最少量；最低限度；最小数→maximum (n.) 最大量；最大限度11．translation (n.) 翻译；译文→translate (vt.) 翻译12．branch (n.) 枝条；支流；部门13．eventually (adv.) 最后；终于→eventual (adj.) 最后的14．transform (vi.& vt.) 转换；改造；转化；变换→transformation (n.) 转化15．sorrow (n.) 悲伤；悲痛；懊悔16．make_sense 有意义；讲得通17．stay_up 熬夜；挺立18．take_it_easy 不紧张；轻松；从容19．run_out_of 用完20．be_made_up_of 由……构成21．be_popular_with 很受……欢迎22．in_particular 尤其；特别23．day_by_day 日复一日24．of_one's_own 属于某人自己的25．play_with 玩耍Ⅱ.教材原句1．There are various reasons ________ people write poetry.答案：why2．Some poems tell a story or describe something in a way ________ will give the reader a strong impression.答案：that3．The poems may not make ________(sense) and even seem contradictory, but they are easy to learn and recite.答案：sense4．________ playing with the words in nursery rhymes, children learn about language.答案：By5．Some rhyme (like B) ________ others do not (like C)．答案：while6 ． Another simple form of poem that students can easily write is the cinquain, a poem ________ (make) up of five lines.答案：made7．It is not a traditional form of English poetry, ________ is very popular ________ English writers.答案：but; with8．It is easy to write and, like the cinquain, ...
