on P8
1. The author went to Chinatown on Monday.( )
2. Chinese immigrants settled in Chinatown in the 1850s.( )
3. In 1940 the civil authorities reformed the system.( )
【學(xué)習(xí)過程】
Step 1 【基礎(chǔ)知識回顧】
16． 重點(diǎn)單詞
（1） n. 繁榮 vi.處于經(jīng)濟(jì)迅速發(fā)展時(shí)期。
（2） vt.選擇，決定做某事，選舉某人 n. . adj.
(3) vi.發(fā)生，出現(xiàn)
（4） vt.指出，標(biāo)示，表明，暗示
（5） vt. ﹠n.租用，雇用
（6） adj.明顯的。顯而易見的 adv
(7) vi.滑動，滑行，n.滑動，滑到 adj
(8) adj.清晰的，明顯的，明確的 n.
(9) n. 渡船，渡口vt.擺渡，渡運(yùn)
（10） vt ﹠vi 改革，革新n. 改革，改造，改良
（11） n﹠vt.抓住，抓緊，掌握，領(lǐng)會
（12） vt﹠vi .哀悼，悼念;表示悲痛 adj
2.重點(diǎn)短語
（1） 繼續(xù)存在，繼續(xù)生存，靠。。。生活
（2）by 借助，依靠
（3）make a life
(4) 維持，保持;使不掉下來，使不下降;（使）繼續(xù);沿襲（風(fēng)俗，傳統(tǒng)等）。
（5）be apparent to…
(6) 與。。。合作或一起工作
（7）hire out hire oneself out to sb for/on hire
(8) 畫線，標(biāo)出。。。界限
（9）take 接受，理解；包括，欺騙，收進(jìn)，吸收，對。。。加以考慮，改小，改瘦
（10） 申請
（11） 背靠背
（12） 許多，很多
17． 重點(diǎn)句型
(1)However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.(it為形式主語，真正主語是that 引導(dǎo)的主語從句，It is likely that …句型)
(2)That is why today over40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language.(That is why…,why引導(dǎo)表語從句)
(3)Apparently he’d been shocked when he saw a terrible accident in which a tram’s brakes failed, the conductor could not control the situation and the tram slipped down the hill dragging the horses with it.(本句的主句是apparently he’d been shocked, when引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句，該從句含有in which 引導(dǎo)的定語從句，修飾accident, in which 引導(dǎo)的定語從句中又有三個(gè)并列分句：a tram’s brakes failed, the conductor could not control the situation和the tram slipped down the hill.)
4. 語法知識
名詞性從句作主語，賓語和表語
Step 2 單元檢測
一． 單選
( ) 1.. — It’s such a pity. I didn’t get the first place in the exam.
— Come on. __________
A. Nobody is perfect. B. Congratulations!
C. Bad luck! D. You really did badly
( ) 2. George Washington was born in 1732 in a rich family in _______ is now the state of Virginia.
A. which B. where C. that D. what
( ) 3 I’ve already forgotten ___________ you put the dictionary.
A. that it was where B. where it was that
C. where was it that D. that was it that
( ) 4. It is _____that he has been addicted to the drugs and has difficulty quitting it.
A. obviously B. apparently C. possibly D. likely
( ) 5. He _________ in American for five years, and now he works in Shanghai.
A. have worked B. worked C. had worked D. have been working
( ) 6. ----- Why are they taking all the equipment away ?
------____________ , they are packing up to leave.
A. The job was done B. The job has been done
C. With the job do D. With the job doing
( ) 7. The police looked into the case carefully and found the thief had entered the house ______ a ladder.
A. by the means B. by all means C. by ways of D. by means of
( ) 8. Many students listened to the lecture, but I wondered how much they ______.
A. took out B. took up C. took off D. took in
( )9.I’m told that you are going to Canada to have a three month further study. Don’t let such a good chance to improve your English _____ through your fingers.
A. ski B. spread C. slip D. skip
( )10. The reason why I didn’t go to France was __________ a new job.
A. because I got B. because of getting C. I got D. that I got
( )11. As a matter of fact, ________ tries again makes no difference.
A. no matter which B. no matter who C. whoever D. whichever
( )12. ------- What do you think of Harry, our new roommate?
-------- I am not sure, but he is always asking ______ questions.
A. a great many of B. a great many C. a great number D. a large amount of
( )13. ______ what he has had already, the treasure is not really exciting.
A. Compare with B. Comparing to C. Com..