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Tulip

The tulip is a kind of garden plant growing from a bulb in spring, with a large brightly-colored cup-flower on tall stem.Tulips are beautiful flowers and people often send them to their friends as presents. Tulips in Dutch are the most famous all over the world.

Sunflower

It comes from North America.Indians there began to grow them some 3000 years ago . WE can make cooking oil out of their seeds.

Peony

the Chinese national flower

Rose

Roses are best presents to be sent to friends. And it is also very popular to send roses as love signal between young people. Red roses indicate warmth and love and white ones, purity and simplicity, blue ones, honesty and sincerity.

§1.1细枝末节1. Before Linnaeus botany was ________．A．studied by doctors B．unknown to anyoneC．fully developed D．a branch of medicine2. Some economic species plants such as_______could help to develop local economies．A．rose and peonyC．tea and appleB．cocoa and hempD．Cocoa and lemon3. It was _________ who made Kew a centre of scientific and economic research．A．Joseph Banks B．Captain CookC．Linnaeus D．Daniel Solander

D

B

A

4. The research by Darwin，Mendel and Turesson shows that _____________ ．A．genetics is more important than the environment to plantsB．genetics is less important than the environment to plantsC．both genetics and the environment are important to plantsD．neither genetics nor the environment is important to plants5. Darwin observed that the birds with _________ would eat________________A．small beaks l hard seedsB．broad beaks；hard seedsC．hard beaks；hard seedsD．broad beaks；soft seeds

C

B

6. Scientists of the nineteenth century believed that______________A．the development of new species was behind the influence of the environmentB．the development of new species and the influence of the environment were hand in handC．the development of new species had nothing to do with the influence of the environmentD the influence of the environment was behind the development of new species

7. at the age of 22，Darwin joined the scientific expedition on __________ ．A．the Endeavour B．TahitiC．the Beagle D．space

D

C

§1．2主旨大意■Paragraph one of the text“The birth of a science”mainly tells us _________ ．A．the importance of botanyB．how to classify plant species into groupsC．Linnaeus’contribution to botanyD．Linnaeus’discoveries about different species

§1．3推理判断●Captain Cook made ________voyages altogether around the world.A．one B．two C．three D.four

C

C

◆Darwin studied physics，chemistry and botany because_________A．he was invited to join scientific expeditionB．he was interested in themC．he could do a lot of experimentsD．he wanted to finish his book“On the Origin of Species”

B

Before 1700 -----Botany was merely a branch of medicine.

1729---- Linnaeus developed his system of classifying plants into families.

1759----

1761----

1766----.

Solander went to London and made friends with banks.

Banks’s father died and he made a career in science.

Banks made his first journey to study wild plants

Banks and Solander joined the team of botany explorers, led by James Cook.

1768----

-Banks was elected president of the Royal Society. He held it for 42 years.

1778---

The Endeavour returned and they discovered strange new lands, culture,animals and plants.

1771----

most ,mostly

(1)most

most students most of books

most of the students most of people

most of you the most books

most of your books

It is most kind of you to help me.

This is a most useful reference book.

at(the)most 至多 for the most part 在极大程度上

at the very most make the most of 充分利用

x

very

(2)Mostly adv. 主要地，大部分地通常；强调所占比例，成分。 相当于 mainly,chiefly

e.g. She is mostly out on Sundays.

They are mostly students.= Most of them are students.

The medicine is____made of soda water.

Most B. almost C. mostly D nearly

.family

(1)（动，植物的）科，（语言的）语族

e.g. Tigers are related to the cat family.

These bamboo belong to the family of grass.

C

The Germanic family of languages includes German,Dutch and English.

(2)family是集合名词。作主语时，当表整体---动词谓语用单数； 当表所有成员----复数

My family_____ all fond of swimming.

His family_____ very large.

（3） family可表“子女”

e.g. He has a family of three.

unique: 独一无二的，独特的；无可匹敌的

e.g. This is a unique custom in China.

口语可意为“珍奇的，罕有的，不凡的，极好的

are

is

A unique opportunity 极好的机会

A ~ ability 一种罕有的才能

A building of a ~ style 设计风格罕见的楼房

primary adj. 基本的，首要的，主要的；最初的，初级的原始的，原来的，原著的；一次性 的；（地理）原生的

a primary forest

the ~ meaning of a word 一个字的原意

a matter of ~ importance 头等重要的事

~ cell 一次性电池

~ mineral 原生矿物

life

[u]生物，即动物，植物和人的总称; 生命

[c] 性命； 一生，一辈子，终身

[u] /[c]生活， 当前有 形容词常作可数名词

Is there any______ on the planet Mars?

Where did ______ come from?

Many _____were lost in the disaster.

They devoted all their_____to teaching.

Some people have easy_____________________

Which do you prefer,town_____or country _______?

life

life

lives

lives

lives/an easy life

life

life

look out (for)

寻找，留意（别让某物错过）

Look out for Xiao Lin, or we shall miss her.

注意小林，别错过了

I’m looking out for mistakes.

当心，提防

Look out! The car is coming here.

When crossing the road, look out for cars.

Banks was elected president of the Royal Society.

如果一个职务是由一个人担任的，并在句中强调这个职务，则这一表职务的名词前一般不带冠词（如此处的president）。这种表示职务的名词在句中作表语，补语或同位语时一般也不加冠词。

In 1864,Lincoln was elected President of the United States for the second time.

Wang Hong was made monitor at that class meeting.

如果一个职务是由几个人担任的，则应在前面加上a

He is a vice-president of our school.

如果表示职位的名词作主语或宾语时应加the

The president of China is on a visit to America.

We didn’t see the headmaster of our school today.

强调句。

强调句子各成分。

Tom and Mark often come to see me.

They set out yesterday.

强调特殊疑问句中的疑问词。

Where did you find the wallet?

Were was it that you found the wallet?

It is Tome and Mark Who/that often come to see me.

It was yesterday that they set out.

强调结构中的由引导的成分。

When shall we meet?

He did not marry until forty.

.

I won’t leave until he arrives.

When is it that we shall meet.

It was not until forty that he married

It is not until he arrives that I will leave.