Thanksgiving Day in your country?
A. congratulate B. observe C. honor D. remind 4. They argued ___ each other ____ the best place for a holiday.
A. with; about B. against; with C. with; into D. against; over 5. Madam Curie _____ her whole life to the finding of Uranium. A. spent B. wasted C. devoted D. paid
6. The girl‘s parents are both ill so she has to _____ the large family by selling newspapers. A. live B. lead C. make D. support
7. I wouldn‘t think it ____ to ask him to _____ the club—he‘ll only refuse. A. worthwhile; join B. worthwhile; join in C. worth; join D. worth; join in
8. Lunar eclipse(月食) occurs when the earth’s____ falls on the moon. A. shade B. shadow C. shades D. shadows 9. A big ____ soon gathered at the scene of the accident.
A. people B. crowd C. group D. team
10. ____ have been trying every means to maintain the balance of nature. A. Man B. Human beings C. Mankind D. Person 四、阅读理解
If parents bring up child with the aim of turning the child into a genius(天才), they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational psychologists(心理学家), this is one of the biggest mistakes which some parents make. Generally, the child will understand very well what the parent expects, and will fail. Unrealistic(不现实的) parental expectations can cause great damage to children.
However, if parents are not unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are hopeful in a sensible (有理智的) way, the child may succeed in doing very well — especially if the parents are very supportive (支持的，鼓励的) of their child.
Michael Li is very lucky. He is very fond of music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometres twice week for violin lessons. Although Michael‘s mother knows very little about music, Michael’s father plays the trumpet (小号) in a large orchestra (管弦乐队). However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Michael‘s friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him in every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. ―When I was your age, I used to win every competition I entered.‖ Winston‘s father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy. 1. The main idea of the passage is__________. A. how parents should make a child a musician B. how parents should bring up a child
C. what differences there are between two kinds of parents D. what aim of a child can be much easier to reach 2. Michael is lucky because______________. A. his parents help him in a sensible way
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B. his family is rich enough to have a car C. his father is a musician in a orchestra D. he is free to do anything that he likes best
3. Winston‘s parents set so high a standard for him that_____________. A. he has to do his best to do everything B. he has made greater progress in music C. he is afraid he may disappoint them D. he often wants to kill himself some day 4. It is one of parents‘ worst mistakes if_____. A. they want their child to be a musician
B. they help their child to win music competitions C. they don‘t care for their child‘s education much D. they make their child try to achieve too much 5. According to the author‘s opinion________.
A. it is unimportant to let the children develop in the way they want B. parents should be supportive of their children
C. all sensible parents can train their children to succeed in everything D. unrealistic parents should arrange private lessons for their children
第二课时Reading 实战演练
一、阅读课文回答下列问题。
1. What did the group do first in the morning? They __________. A. went into the forest slowly
B. left the chimp family sleeping in a tree C. observed the family of chimps wake up
D. helped people understand the behaviour of the chimps
2. Why did Jane go to Africa to study chimps in the wild? Because she wanted________. A. to work with them in their own environment
B. to prove the way people think about chimps was wrong C. to discover what chimps eat D. to observe a chimp family
3. From the passage we know the bond between members of a chimp family____. A. is very strong B. is a little weak C. doesn‘t exist
D. is the strongest of all the animals.
4. The chimps show love in their family by _______ each other. A. touching B. feeding
C. feeding or cleaning D. feeding or touching
5. Where did Jane Goodall suggest the chimps be left?__________ A. In the wild B. In the zoo.
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C. In cages D. In Africa 6. What can we infer from the text?
A. Jane Goodall's mother lives with her.
B. Jane Goodall loves animals and tries to protect them. C. Jane Goodall looks down upon men.
D. Jane Goodall doesn't like to work with other women of her age. 二、翻译下列句子：
1. However, the evening makes it all worthwhile.
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2. Everybody sits and waits in the shade of the trees while the family begins to wake up and move off.
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3. She spent years observing and recording their daily activities.
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4. She has argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment.
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1. Without any university training, she has achieved what she wanted. （ ） 2. She supposes that people should use chimps for entertainment. （ ）
3. She has spent less than forty years helping people understand her work. （ ） 4. She has built many homes for the wild animals to live in. （ ） 四、翻译短语:
1. 离开；启程；出发 ________ 2. 为?.而战 _____________ 3.（想法、问题）涌上心头____ 4. 人类 _____________ 5. 而不是；胜于__________ 6. 过着?的生活__________ 7. 自言自语____________ 8. 查阅、参看___________ 9. 为?做准备___________ 10. 决定做 _____________
反馈检测 一、完成句子
1. 我打算出国学习。
I ___________ abroad. 2. 他昨天在会上发表了讲话。
He ______________________ at the meeting yesterday. 3. 她昨天偶然遇到了她的朋友。
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She _________________________ her friend yesterday. 4. 当你不认识这些词时，可以参考一下字典。
When you don‘t know the words, _________________. 5. 你应该继续写你的新书。
You should ______________________. 6. 他们试图说服他参加。
They tried ________________________. 二、阅读理解：
Alice always wanted to be a singer. Music was the most important thing in her life and, to tell you the truth, she took lessons for years, and practiced every day, but in spite of all this, her voice didn‘t improve. Honestly, it didn‘t get better, it just got louder.
Her teacher finally gave up and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused（拒绝）to give in, and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her teacher to attend.
The teacher was very worried about what to say after the concert. She knew it would be terrible and it was. She didn’t want to tell a lie, but she didn’t want to hurt Alice’s feelings, either. Finally, she got an idea and went backstage (后台) to greet her pupil. “Well,‖ said Alice, ―what did you think of my singing?‖
“My dear,‖ said the teacher, ―you‘ll never be better than you were tonight.‖ 1. Alice wanted to be a singer because she___________. A. was good at singing
B. could do nothing but sing C. had a good teacher
D. was most interested in music
2. Alice‘s teacher stopped the lessons because_________. A. Alice didn‘t make any improvement in singing B. Alice‘s voice became louder and louder C. Alice didn‘t work hard enough
D. Alice was so proud and wouldn‘t listen to her 3. What made Alice decide to give a concert?
A. She wanted to prove that her teacher was wrong. B. She wanted to please her teacher.
C. She was sure that she could sing beautifully. D. Somebody else wanted her to do so.
4. What is really meant by saying ―You‘ll never be better than you were tonight.‖? A. You gave a wonderful concert tonight.
B. You won‘t make any improvement in future. C. You have never sung so well before. D. You did much better before than tonight.
5. If Alice‘s teacher had told a lie, she might have said_______. A. ―I don‘t like the concert.‖
B. ―You have made no progress.‖ C. ―The concert tonight is terrible.‖ D. ―Your concert tonight is excellent. 三、短文改错：
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