Learning about language

1. Learning about language Unit 5 Canada---- “The True North”

2. Check the answers of exercise 1 on page 36

3. Check the answers of exercise 1 on page 36

4. extremely have a gift for settle down coast surround harbour figure out port within Check the answers of exercise 2 on page 36

5. Check the answers of exercise 3 on page 36 • figure out • harbour • within • border • a gift for • settled down • surrounded • extremely

6. Grammar

7. What kind of noun clauses are they? 主语从句 1. What it was to become was a mystery. 2. I don’t know who will help Henry to win the bet. 3. His trouble is that he doesn’t know anybody in London. 4. The fact that ships can go there surprises many people. 宾语从句 表语从句 同位语从句

8. subjective clause 主语从句 objective clause 宾语从句 noun clauses predicative clause 表语从句 appositive clause 同位语从句

9. appositive clause 同位语从句 The appositive clause is a clause used as an appositive. The clause is an explanation to the noun before. 同位语从句属于名词性从句，大多由从属连词that引导，常常跟在fact, news, idea, thought, question, reply, report, remark, hope, belief等名词后面。同位语从句一般用来解释或说明这些名词的具体含义或内容，在逻辑上表现为同为关系。

10. They are familiar with the opinion that all matter consists of atoms. Where did you get the idea that I could not come. We haven’t yet settled the question where we are going to spend our summer vocation. The suggestion came from the chairman that the new rule should be adopted.

11. practice Find out the appositive clause from the reading text. The idea that you would cross the whole continent was exciting. The idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days is just wrong. The fact that ocean ships can go there surprises many people.

12. 同位语从句与that引导的定语从句 （1）从先行词看 同位语从句与名词之间在逻辑上是“主语+be+表语”的关系。该名词是需要做特殊说明的抽象名词。例如： They were delighted at the news that their team had won. The news was that their team had won.

13. (2)从引导词来看 引导词that在同位语从句中是连词，只起连接作用，无具体词，that不可省略；that在定语从句中是关系代词，它在从句中充当一定成分——主语或宾语，有具体词意，作宾语时还可以省略。 The factory (that) we visited yesterday is a chemical one. The news that he will leave for Shanghai is true.

14. (3)同位语从句的简易判断方法 同位语从句与其先行词在逻辑上是“主语+be+表语”的同位语关系。所以，可以在名词和从句之间加系动词be，使之构成一个新句子，如果合乎逻辑，句子通顺，则原句为同位语从句；定语从句是不能够用系表结构把先行词与从句连接起来的。 The belief that the earth is flat is still held in some countries. The belief is that the earth is flat.

15. 能用于名词性从句的名词有： ability, patience, anxiety, answer, order, report, wish, decision, suggestion, belief, doubt, fact, hope, message, news, promise, question, reply等等。

16. Exercises Finish exercise 2 on page 37 1. The possibility that the weather in winter would be warmer pleased the Canadians. 2. The idea that there will be an earthquake terrifies many people. 3. The hope that we could go to France was exciting. 4. The fact that more and more people settle down in Canada surprises me. 5. The belief that the world is not scientific.

17. Finish exercise 1 on page 71 1. His suggestion that we should take the train from the west to east across Canada sounds very exciting. 2. The idea that they would clone the first human being surprised many people at the meeting. 3. He broke the rule that no one is allowed to smoke on the campus. 4. The Chinese basketball fans were wild with joy when they heard the news that Yao Ming had collected forty points for the Houston Rockets in the game.

18. 5. Mary left a message with me for you that she won’t be able to see you off this afternoon. 6. There is no doubt that he is the right person for this job. 7. In the letter he expressed the hope that he would come and visit China again. 8. The captain gave the order that all the soldiers had to reach the village before dawn. 9. Not everyone present agrees to his thought that it is impossible to finish the work before the end of his month.

19. 高考链接 A • He made another wonderful discovery, _______ of great importance to science. A. which I think is B. which I think it is C. which I think it D. I think which is 解析：答案A。该题考查定语从句中加入插入语的用法，因插入语应位于引导词之后，所以D项不对，B、C两项无法构成正确结构。

20. 名词性从句试题集锦 • 1.I ask her _______ come with me. • if she will B. if will she • C. whether will she D. will she • 2._______ he said is true. • A. What B. That C. Which D. Whether • 3.Can you tell me ________? • who is that gentleman • B. that gentleman is who • C. who that gentleman is • D. whom is that gentleman

21. 4.He didn't know which room _______. • they lived B. they lived in • C. did they live D. did they live in • 5.To get the job started, _______ I need is some money. • only what B. all what • C. all that D. only that • 6.I have no idea _______ far the railway station is from here. • A. what B. how C. it's D. that

22. 7.Can you tell me _______ the railway station? A. how I can get to B. what can I get to C. where I can got to D. where can I get to 8.Do you know _______? A. what is his name B. how is his name C. what his name is D. how his name is 9._______ you have done might do harm to other people. A. That B. What C. Which D. This

23. 10.They have no idea at all ________. • A. where he has gone B. where did he go • C. which place has he gone D. where has he gone • 11.They want to know _________ do to help us. • A. what can they B. what they can • C. how they can D. how can they • 12.These photographs will show you _______. • what our village looks like • B. what does our village look like • C. how does our village look like • D. how our village looks like

24. 13.Can you make sure ________ the gold ring? A. where Alice had put B. where had Alice put C. where Alice has put D. where has Alice put 14.No one can be sure ________ in a million years. A. what man will look like B. what will man look like C. man will look like D. what look man like 15.________ the Olympic Games will be held in that country is not known yet. A. Whenever B. If C. Whether D. That

25. 16.Go and get your coat. It's ________ you left it. A. there B. where C. there where D. where there 17.It worried her a bit _______ her hair was turning gray. A. while B. that C. if D. for 18._______ he said at the meeting astonished everybody present. A. What B. That C. The fact D. The matter

26. 19. — Do you remember ________ he came? • — Yes, I do. He came by car. • A. how B. when C. that D. if • 20._________ we can't get seems better than _________ we have. • What ; what B. What ; that • C. That ; that D. That ; what • 21.________ we'll go camping tomorrow depends on the weather. • A. If B. Whether C. That D. Where

27. 22.It is generally considered unwise to give a child ________ he or she wants. • however B. whatever • C. whichever D. whenever • 23. — I drove to Zhuhai for the air show last week. • — Is that _________ you had a few days off? • A. why B. when C. what D. where • 24.These wild flowers are so special that I would do ________ I can to save them. • A. whatever B. that C. which D. whichever

28. 25.________ you don't like him is none of my business. • What B. Who • C. That D. Whether • 26.You can't imagine ________ when they received these nice Christmas presents. • A. how they were excited B. how excited they were • C. how excited were they D. they were how excited

29. 27.________ caused the accident is still a complete mystery. A. What B. That C. How D. Where 28.I had neither a raincoat nor an umbrella. _________ I got wet through. A. It's the reason B. That's why C. There's why D. It's how

30. 29.It was a matter of ________ would take the position. A. who B. whoever C. whom D. whomever 30.________ has helped to save the drowning girl is worth praising. A. Who B. The one C. Anyone D. Whoever

31. 31.It was _______ he said _______ disappointed me. A. what ; that B. that ; that C. what ; what D. that ; what 32.Eat ________ cake you like and leave the others for ________ comes in late. A. any ; who B. every ; whoever C. whichever ; whoever D. either ; whoever