Module5ATripAlongtheThreeGorges三峡是万里长江一段山水壮丽的大峡谷，为中国十大风景名胜区之一。它西起重庆市奉节县的白帝城，东至湖北省宜昌市的南津关，由瞿塘峡、巫峡、西陵峡组成，全长193公里。就让我们通过下面这篇短文一起走进长江，走进三峡吧！TheYangtzeRiverandtheThreeGorgesTheYangtzeRiver，nextonlytotheAmazonandtheNile，isthethirdlongestintheworldandthebiggestriverinChina.ItstartswiththeTuotuoRiverattheRoofoftheWorld—QinghaiTibetPlateau，takesincountlessrivers,andflowseastwardacrosstheinteriorofChina.Withanoverall(全部的)lengthofmorethan6，300kilometers,itrunstowardtheEastChinaSea,singingthesongsofthefourseasonswithitswaves.TheYangtzeRiverbreeds(繁殖；孕育)theancientcivilizationoftheChinesenation.Ithasthreebeautiful，magnificentandwonderfulgorges—theQutangGorge,theWuGorge,andtheXilingGorge.Itattractsthousandsofpeoplecomingtoseethewonderofnature.TheQutangGorge,eightkilometerslong,extendsfromBaidichengofFengjieCountytoDaxizhenofWushanCounty.Itistheshortestbutthegrandestofthethree.The40kilometerlongWuGorgefollowstheQutangGorge.ItextendsfromDaninghekouofWushanCountytoGuandukouofHubei’sBadongCounty.Goingdownthestream,you’llbeattractedbytheTwelvePeaksofWushanMountain—Denglong，Shengquan，Zhaoyun，Shennv，Songluan，Jixian，Jingtan，Qiyun，Feifeng，Shangsheng，CuipingandJuhe.TheXilingGorge，whichisabout76kilometerslong，extendsfromXiangxikouofZiguiCountytoNanjinguanofYichang.Itisthelongestgorgeofthethreeandhasmanyrapidsandshoals(浅滩)．Butnownavigation(航行)hasbecomeverysafe.SectionⅠIntroduction&ReadingandVocabulary—Comprehending重点单词写作词汇1.plainn．平原2.valleyn.山谷3.woodn.(常作复数)树林4.flatadj.平坦的5.tradevi.做生意6.hillyadj.多山的；丘陵起伏的拓展词汇7.surroundvt.围绕；环绕→surroundingadj.周围的n.周围的事物→surroundingsn．环境8.downstreamadv.向下游；随波而下→upstreamadv.向上游；逆流9.narrowvi.变狭窄→narrowlyadv.勉强地10.distantadj.遥远的→distancen．距离阅读词汇11.caven．洞；山洞12.peakn.山顶；山峰13.plateaun.高原14.shoren.(海、湖、河等的)岸15.slopen.斜坡16.colleaguen.同事17.goodsn.货物18.templen．寺庙19.dockn.码头vi.驶入码头20.raftn.木筏21.legendn.传奇；传说故事22.deckn.甲板23.exploitvt.开发重点短语1.at__the__edge__of在……的边缘2.at__least至少3.be__heavy__with有大量的……4.go__through通过；经历；完成5.take__advantage__of利用重点句型1.betodosth.表示“按照计划或安排将要做某事”：Heandacolleaguewere__to__spend__two__years__there__teaching__English(准备在那里教两年英语)atateachertrainingcollege.2.see＋宾语＋宾补：Wecouldsee__the__sun__setting(看到太阳西沉)behindthewhitepagoda.3.全部倒装：On__a__distant__mountain__was(远山上的是)asignin20footcharacters.“BuildtheThreeGorgesDam,ExploittheYangtzeRiver，”itsaid.Readthetextandmatchthemainideaofeachparagraph.1．Para.1A．WhatwesawanddidaftertheXilingGorge.2．Para.2B．WhatwesawanddidintheQutangGorge.3．Para.3C．Theadviceofcolleagues.4．Para.4D．WhatwesawfromFulingtoFengdu.5．Para.5E．WhatwesawalongtheWuGorge.答案：1－5.CDBEAReadthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1．Thewriterwrotethispassageinorderto________．A．tellabouthisexperienceasateacherinChinaB．tellabouthisfirstvisittotheThreeGorgesC．tellabouthisfirstrideonaboatalongtheYangtzeRiverD．tellsomethingabouttheThreeGorgesDam2．WhydidtheircolleaguessuggesttheynotgoontheJiangyouboat?A．BecausetheticketsfortheJiangyouboatareexpensive.B．Becausethe...
