山西省原平市第一中学 2012-2013 学年高一英语 Book3 Module5 Great People and Great Inventions of Ancient China Period4 Writing 练习题学习内容：Cultural corner 主要介绍纽约帝国大厦及世界著名高层建筑的一些数据资料。Ⅰ. Cultural corner 1. Read the passage quickly but silently and try to an swer the questions below. ① What is the tallest building in the world? In the US? And in China?__________________________________________. ② How much do you know about the Empire State Building in New York?__________________________________________. ③ For how long was the Empire State Building the tallest building in the world? And what happened to it in 1945?__________________________________________. ④ How many of the world’s Top ten tallest buildings belong to China?__________________________________________. 2. Find out some data information related to the Empire State Building in New York. ① 102 --- __________________________________________. ②1931 --- __________________________________________. ③6500 --- __________________________________________. ④5 ----- ___________________________________________. ⑤500 --- ___________________________________________.Ⅱ. Languages points:1. Ten million bricks were used in the construction of the building. million num. “百万” 修饰名词常与具体数字或 some, several 等词连用，但 million 本身不用复数，后接复数名词表实数，如：ten million dollars. 但表虚数时则用 millions of + pl. “数百万”[拓展] 数词：十二 _________ 二十_________ 百 __________ 千_____________ 十亿 ____________ 用法与 million 相同.2. foggy adj. 有雾的，多雾的，（思考等）模糊不清的，朦胧的 ●–y 是一个形容词后缀，n. + y → adj. [拓展] mud n. 泥土→_____ adj. 泥泞的 sun n.阳光→____ adj.晴朗的 rain n.雨 →______ adj. 下雨的 snow n.雪→______adj.下雪的 cloud n.云→______adj.多云的 wind n. 风→______adj.刮风的 dust n. 尘土→_______ adj. 满是尘土的3. The valley is now part of the reservoir created by the Three Gorges Dam. part of …一部分 a part of 一小部分1 [注意] 1）（a）part of 作主语时谓语动词的数按其后所接的名词的数而定。 2） part of 还侧重于不可分割的含义。 ① A part of the students ________ from cities.(be 的适当形式) 一小部分学生来自城市。 ② Part of the water_________ polluted. (be 的适当形式) 一部分水被污染了。 ③ Taiwan is _____________ China’s territory. 台湾是中国领土的一部分。2
