Hunger Games leave you hungry for more (P4)

合肥世界外国语学校 卜楠

I.Pre-reading

Could you survive on your own in the wild witheveryone fighting you?

What would you do if you had to make a choicebetween love and life?

II. Reading

Read the passage and choose the rightanswer.

1. The purpose of writing this passage wasmainly to _____.

A. give us an example of how to survive inthe wild

B.introduce to us a New York Times best-seller

C. teachus how to win The Hunger Games

D. tellus what might happen in North America in the future.

2. Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?

A. “TheHunger Games” is a televised competition held every two years.

B.Katniss takes her sister’s place to compete because she loves adventure.

C. Thenew country Panem is divided into 12 parts altogether.

D. Theyoung competitors in the Hunger Games are forced to kill or be killed

3. The word “complicated” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _____.

A.difficult         B. hopeless

C.advantageous     D. impossible

4. In the The Hunger Games, Katniss faces more challenges because she hasto think about _____.

A. who willsupport her family

B. whatis most important in life

C. howshe can defeat her opponent

D. whyshe has to compete in such a violent game

III. Chunks:

1.单独，独自地 _____ 2.与…作斗争 ______ 3.发生____

4.不再, 已不_______ 5.被分成_____                 6.同意做某事____

7.取代某人_______              8.奋力做某事 ______9.迂回曲折____

IV. Translation

1.她很努力地用自己很少的收入养活一家人。

2.她答应和我们一起去看电影吗？

3.我们将不得不同困难作斗争。

4.他成为有名的音乐家已很久了, 但他现在不演奏了。

 

Laugh a day keeps pain away（P5）

珠海市第一中学 王吉

•          Do you often laugh? Why?

•          Do you believe that laughter is the best medicine? Why?

A. Laughter — the Best Medicine

B. Laughter Produces Endorphins

C. Two Experiments about Laughter

Key: A

1. Both of the two experiments were done in a lab.

2. It was found that laughter improved people’s ability to stand pain.

3. The more people laugh, the less they feel pain.

4. The “magic” effect of laughter comes from endorphins.

5. Polite laughing can reduce pain, too.

Key: F T T T F

Answers：1. volunteers 2. relaxed  3. recorded  4. stand 5. Produces 6.Improve

Structure

deal with have an effect on at the same time put … against

1.       这实验对他们的将来有影响。

2.       他处理不好这个困难的局面。

3.       她努力学习的同时在做兼职。

4.       把凳子对着墙放。

 

l       Have you ever been helped or have you helped other people?

l       How did you feel when you were helped or helped other people?

Key: kindness generosity care for fellow human being

1. He was pretty deaf but we talked and talked.

2. I got hold of an old man with a tow truck.

3. He towed my car to a small Texas town.

4. The auto shop called and asked me to go and get the car.

5. My car broke down when I was driving home.

6. I will never forget the man and I always try to follow his example.

The correct order: 5   2   1   3   4   6

A: to talk to someone endlessly

B: to bore someone with too much talk

Key: A

Key: It’s a verb and it means to get rid of something.

Tip: You can get the meaning of tow from “a tow truck” in the 1^st paragraph.

Key: It means to pull a car/boat behind another vehicle.

Key: It implies that the story happened before or when the author was 18 years old, and that he expects the old man is dead by now.

Key: 1. blow up  2. junk 3.broke down  4. afford

1.       He was pretty deaf, so to talk with him, I had to scream!

2.       I will never forget this man's generosity and care for his fellow human being!

3.       I told them I could not afford to pay.

4.       Who knows, maybe the Internet has reached heaven!