高考英语总复习 代词 高三英语上学期一轮复习专项

Pronouns代词RapaNui,orEasterIsland,intheSouthPacific,isfamousforits

giantstatuescalledmoai.ThesestatuesareanimportantpartoftheRapanuiculture,butmanymysteriessurroundtheRapanuiand

their

statues.Everyonewhohaseverstudiedthemoaihashisorher

owntheoriesabouthowandwhythesestatueswerecarved,butnooneknowstheexactanswerstothesequestionsbecausesomuchoftheirculturehasbeenlost.ThepopulationofRapaNuiatitspeakwasbetween6,000-10,000.However,by1877,duetomanyfactorsincludingdisease,warfare,andslavery,thepopulationoftheislandhadfallentojust111.Sincethenthepopulationhasgrown,andtodayit

isjustunder6,000people.TheRapanuihaveovercomemanydifficultiesandthenearlossof

their

culture.Themoaistatues,however,areonereminderoftheir

longculturalhistory.Possessiveadjectivesarefollowedimmediatelybyanoun.ManymysteriessurroundtheRapanuiandtheirstatues.poss.adj.+nounWhosestatues?TheRapanui’sUseapluralgenericnountoavoidproblemswithmasculineorfemininepronouns.Studentshave

their

owntheoriesofwhythestatueswerecarved.Astudenthashis/her/hisorherowntheoriesofwhythestatueswerecarved.EasiersolutionCorrect,butcomplexInformalEnglish,useasingularpronountorefertoanindefinitepronoun.Everyone

whohaseverstudiedtheRapanuihashisorher

owntheoriesaboutthestatues,butnooneknowstheanswers.WithinformalEnglish,apluralpronounisusuallyused.

EveryonewhohaseverstudiedtheRapanuihashisorherownideaaboutwhythestatueswerecarved.EveryonewhohaseverstudiedtheRapanuihastheir

ownideaofwhythestatueswerecarved.FORMALINFORMALPractice1Choosethecorrectcompletions.Thehugestatuesarefamousfortheir/theirs

largeeyesstaringupintothesky.Touristsoftentakehisorher/theirpicturesnexttothemoai.ThepopulationofRapaNuiisamixofdifferentnationalities.Itis/Theyare

60%Rapanuiandabout40%peoplefromothercountriessuchasChile.4.Everyonehastheir/her

theoriesaboutwhythemoaiwerecarved.Onecan'thelpbuthavemanyquestionsaboutthegiganticmoai.Whobuiltandlatermovedthem?Whydidtheyfaceawayfromthesea?Didtheislandersbelieveeachmoaiitselfhadspecialpowers?Waseachoneastatueofafamousperson?Researchersknowtheanswertosomeofthesequestions,butothersremainamystery.Almostallofthemoaicamefromasinglesiteinsideanextinctvolcanocrater.Eachstatuerepresentsanimportantperson.Thecarversneededlargeamountsoftimbertomovethemassivemoai.It'spossibletheyplacedthemononlogsandrolledthemtotheirdestinations.Becausethereweresomanystatues,thisrequiredalotoftrees.SomescientiststospeculatethattheRapanuithemselvespossiblyplayedaroleinthedeforestationoftheisland.Usereflexivepronounswhenthesubjectandtheobjectofasentencearethesameperson.TheRapaNuipossiblyplayedarolethemselves

inthedeforestation.SubjectObjectTheRapaNuithemselves

mighthaveplayedaroleinthedeforestationoftheisland.samemeaning??Usereflexivepronounsforemphasis.Didtheislandersbelieveeachmoaiitselfhadspecialpowers?Whatdoesitselfemphasize?TheislandersThemo’aiUseYou,One,andTheyasimpersonalpronounsthatreferto“peopleingeneral”Youcan’thelpbutbefilledwithquestions.Onecan’thelpbutbefilledwithquestions.Whodoestheyou

referto?Someone,anyone,peopleingeneralSamemeaning,butoneismuchmoreformalthanyou.FossilevidenceshowsthatRapaNuioncehadmanydifferentkindsoftrees.However,therearenownotreesonRapaNui.

One

theoryisthatcoldertemperatureskilledthetrees.Anotheristhatthepeoplethemselvescutdownmoreandmoretreesinordertotransportanderectthegrowingnumberofmoai.Stillotherspointtoacombinationoffactorsfromoverpopulation,wars,climatechange,andmoaiconstruction.Whatevertheactualreason,didanyonestoptoquestiontheeffectsoftheiractions?AstheRapaNui

choppeddownthelastremainingtreesone

afteranother,didtheyaskeachother

wherenewtreeswouldcomefrom?Ordideveryonejustassumethereweremoretreesontheother

sideoftheisland?Wewillneverknowtheanswers,butfortheislandofRapaNuihoperemains.Recentlyenvironmentalistshavebegunplantingnativetreesontheisland.Useformsofotheraseitheradjectivesorpronouns.Onetheoryisthatcoldweatherkilledallthetrees.Another

theoryisthatlackofrainkilledthem.Othersincludecuttingdownallthetreesforfirewoodorusingthetreestotransportmoai.

(firstexample)adjective+nounpronounOtherisusedinmanydifferentexpressions.Theychoppeddownthelastremainingtreesoneafteranother.SeparateeventsthatoccurredverycloseintimeAlternativeReciprocalrelationshipWithouttrees,theRapanuicouldn’tmovethemoai.Theytriedeveryotherwaytheycouldthinkofbutnoneworked.Thepeoplehelpedeachothermovethemoai.Practice2Completethesentenceswithaformofotherfromthebox.MosttouristscometoRapaNuitoseethemoai.____________cometoseethebeautifulbeaches.____________islandI’vevisitedhaspalmtrees,butRapaN