Ⅰ.单词拼写

　　1．Today an airplane is used sometimes as a means (手段) of advertising.

　　2．He made a lot of money during the property boom (繁荣)．

　　3．It was becoming distinct (明显的) to me that she didn't like me.

　　4．A strong man will bear hardship (困苦) without complaining.

　　5．The majority (大多数)of people believed smoking is harmful to health.

　　6．The unemployment percentage (百分率) keeps rising in the recent financial crisis.

　　7．Taiwan Island and the mainland are separated by the Taiwan Straits (海峡)．

　　8．The spokesman of the Foreign Ministry (部长) announced the news to the reporters.

　　Ⅱ.拓展词汇

　　1．majority n．大多数；大半→minority (反义词)少数

　　2．Italy n．意大利→Italian n．& adj.意大利人(的)；意大利语(的)

　　3．racial adj.人种的；种族的→race n．人种；种族

　　4．elect vt.选择；选举→election n．选举

　　5．aircraft n．飞行器→aircraft (pl.)

　　6．immigrate vi.移入(外国定居)→immigration n．移民；移居入境

　　[巧记单词]

例词 规律 派生词 racial n.去e＋­ial→adj. election v.＋­ion→n. immigration v.去e＋­ion→n. 合成词 aircraft n.＋n.→n. 　　Ⅲ.补全短语

　　1．live on　　　　　 继续存在；继续生存；依靠......生存

　　2．by means of... 用......办法；借助......

　　3．declare war on/against ... 向......宣战

　　4．make a life 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等

　　5．become home to 成为......的家园

　　6．keep up 坚持；维持；沿袭(风俗、传统等)

　　7．suffer from 遭受

　　8．in addition 而且；除......以外(还)

　　1．[教材原句]Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows.

　　最早的一批人是在什么时候来到我们现在所知道的加利福尼亚州地区的，谁也说不清楚。

　　[句型点拨]what引导宾语从句，作介词in 的宾语。

[佳句赏析]In 1492, Columbus reached what is now called America.