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1.Attempts had been made by others to classify plant species into groups, but the breakthough came with the work of Carl Linnaeus. 另一些人尝试按植物种类分类,但是突破性进展却 来自卡尔.林尼厄斯的工作. ● a. make an attempt to do sth/ at doing sth; ►They made no attempt to escape/at escaping. ► My early attempts at learning to drive were unsuccessful. b. attempt on sth; ►We are all concerned about the latest attempt on the world speed record. ►An attempt was made on the Pope’s life.

c. The prisoners attempted an escape/to escape. Don’t attempt the impossible. He was charged with attempted robbery. ● classify sth into groups . The books in the library are well classified according to subject. ● breakthrough n. break through v. ►Scientists say they are beginning to break through in the fight against cancer. ►The sun broke through at last in the afternoon. ►He finally broke through his shyness.

break away from 离开,脱离;放弃;摆脱. break in 闯入;插嘴. vi break into 闯入,插嘴 vt break one’s word;the law; the rule;the oppointment. break up 破碎,解散,瓦解,驱散. ~ with sb 绝交. break off 折断,中断,停止讲话. 2.In 1759,Linnaeu’s student, Daniel Solander, travelled to England to promote the system. 1759年,Linnaeus的学生Solander去了英国, 以便进一步发展这个新的体系.

D A 1)That the sales man had been___ to general manager occurred too unexpectedly. A. raised; B. risen; C. lifted; D. promoted 2) They ___ the rock group’s new record by playing it often on the radio. A. promoted; B. stimulated; C.exposed. D A ►A meeting to promote trade between China and the UK was held. ►Do you have any idea how to promote the sales of this product? ►How to promote the love of learning ?

3.Many young man in his position would lead a cozy life, but young Banks had an appetite for knowledge. 1) He has an amazing appetite for pop music. 2) Paul has no/little appetite for the fight. 3) She has completely lost her appetite since the operation. 4) Don’t eat that cake now. It will spoil your appetite. 5) All that walking has given me a big (an enormous) appetite.

4. Despite his wealth, he worked to make a career in science.

C He gained his ____ by printing ____ of famous writers. (NMET 1995) A. wealth; work B. wealths ; works C. wealths; work D. wealth; works 析：根据wealth的词性，可排除B、C；works意为“作品，著作”。

5. Secondly, the purpose of the expedi-tion was to record, classify and describe all plant and animal life observed during the trip. 动词不定式可用作表语，表示主语 的具体内容，尤其可用于指未发生的 情况。

C The purpose of new technology is to make life easier, _____ it more difficult. (上海2005春) A. not making B. not make C. not to make D. nor to make C

析：两个或多个不定式表示并列或递进关系时，后面的不定式符号to常常省略，但当它们表示对比关系时，不定式符号to常常保留。 本题题意为“新技术的目的是使生活更容易，而不是让生活更艰难”，两个不定式之间是对比关系。

6. As astronomy was one of the most important branches of science, it was the British government that paid for all the equipment and expenses for that part of the expedition. ●We should not perspire too much and lose the salt from our bodies; it is of very great ____ to us. A. price; B. cost; C. value; D. expense ►The expense of time and energy on the project was high. ►Redecorating the house will be a considerable expense.

►Most children in Britain are educated at public ~. ►He built up a successful business but it was all done at the expense of his health. ►She’s just returned from an all-expense-paid trip to France. ►I’m going to take you out to dinner, no expense spared.

1) Charles had been with Tod only one year when he was ___ editor. A. replaced; B. appointed; C. removed D. raised. 2) We met him at the ________(appoint) time. 3) Phone his secretary and make an________.

4)It is important to use much of the information we have ___ about the natural world. A. calculated; B. saved; C. appointed; D. accumulated. 5)翻译: 他专心致志地制订计划. He is _______ in working out a plan. He is ___________ his efforts on working out the plan. He ______all out to work out a plan.

Don’t involve others in your trouble. All the children are involved in the school play.

Practice 1. _________ had been made by others to _______ plant species into groups, but the breakthrough ___________ the work of Carl Linnaeus. Attempts classify came with

2. In 1768, the Royal Navy _________ James Cook as the commander of the Endeavor to take members of ________________ on an ___________ to Tahiti. appointed the Royal Society expedition

3. He also _____________ new economic species: plants that could be grown in England or other parts of the world to produce crops that could be sold. looked out for 4. Banks was the first to move crops from one continent to another ______ ____________, helping to develop local economies with these new imports. on a large scale

Homework Please read the text several times and then try to write something about Joseph Banks: what do we learn from him?