Issue 384

云南大学附属中学 凌红珊

大连五十五中学 宋文静

 

 

‘Smart’ passports P (2)

云南大学附属中学 凌红珊

 

Look at the places in these pictures. Do you want to go there?

If you want to travel abroad, what must you bring with you?

 

Read the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs and then answer these questions:

1. What is a passport?

2. Why do people who go abroad have to bring their passports with them?

3. What is a visa?

4. Do we need to apply for a visa to visit all countries in the world?

Key: 1. It is a kind of ID with the person’s personal information inside. 2. To show that they are citizens of their home countries. 3. A visa is the sticker or stamp in the passport. It shows that the

 person is allowed to travel, work, or live in that country. 4. No, we needn’t. For example, we don’t need to apply for visas to visit Seychelles, Fiji, or Jeju Island of South Korea. But we still need to apply for visas to most countries in the world, such as the US and the UK.

 

Choose the best answer:

1. Which of the following is TRUE about the new Chinese passports?

A. The country’s symbol is inside the passport.

B. The person’s name and age are on the front of the passport.

C. Some personal information is in an electronic chip.

D. Plenty of pages for visas are in an electronic chip.

 

2. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. People must bring their passports when they go abroad

B. People abroad can stay whatever length of time they want.

C. People go abroad for different reasons, like work or study.

D. Chinese passports holders need to apply for visas to visit many countries.

Key: CB

 

Words in use

Make sure you know the three phrases and then put them into the right sentences.

1. I have _____ time to think over what I am going to do.

2. She married an American and became a US____.

3. I have ________a scholarship.

Key: 1. plenty of 2. citizen 3. applied for  

People with American passports can easily travel around the world, but we can’t.

I dream of holding a universal visa. Do you want one?

Is it necessary to invent a universal visa? Give your reasons.

 

 

A new cure for hiccups... lollipops! P(3)

云南大学附属中学 凌红珊

I. Pre-reading

 Read this letter from Jack, a Japanese hiccupping boy, and give him advice:

“O, my warm-hearted friends, I really need your help. I have hiccupped for a long time. It is

terrible. What should I do? Help! Help! ”

Advice:

Drink water upside down.

Hold your breath.

…

 

II. While-reading

Read and answer:

1. What is the hiccupop?

2. What is the hiccupop made of?

3. Who invented it?

4. How do hiccupops cure hiccups?

Key: 1. It is a kind of lollipop that can cure people of hiccups. 2. It is made of apple cider vinegar,

sugar and normal lollipop candy. 3. Mallory Kievman, a 13-year-old girl from Connecticut, US. 4. The vinegar stops the message from nerves in the tongue to hiccup. She learned this from many studies done before and did many experiments to prove it herself.

 

Read and choose:

1. How did Mallory Kievman invent hiccupops to cure for the hiccups?

A. She learned the skills at her school in Connecticut .

B. She got help from students of the University of Connecticut.

C. She got the idea after trying to cure her own hiccups.

D. She read and copied others’ studies and experiments from online.

 

2. According to the article, which of the following is NOT a traditional way to cure hiccups?

A. Holding your breath.

B. Eating some lollipops.

C. Drinking water upside down.

D. Putting sugar on the back of your tongue.

 

3. What is Mallory’s hope for her Hiccupops?

A. They will be popular in the US soon.

B. Other people will copy her patent easily.

C. They will kill the nerves that cause hiccups.

D. Mallory will get help from society.

Key: CBA

 

What can you learn from the girl Mallory Kievman?

Practice makes perfect .

Patents are important.

 

 

Bringing a bottle of success P(5)

大连五十五中学 宋文静

 

★     What do you usually take into the exam room?

★     What else do you usually take into the exam room besides stationery? Why?

After fast -reading, guess the meaning of these words

1. improve            a. common, typical

2. normal              b. to think about

3. effect                      c. to check

4. consider            d. to make/become better

5. make sure         e. a result

Key: 1-d 2-a 3-e 4-b 5-c

 

1. From Paragraph 2, we know if students bring water into exams, _____

A. they will pass the exam easily

B. they will be the top students

C. they may easily get higher degrees

D. they may get better grades

 

2. From the study by scientists at the University of East London and the University of Westminster, UK, we know that _____.

A. 25 students entered the exam hall with something to drink

B. almost 112 students entered the exam hall with something to drink

C. About 447 students entered the exam hall with something to drink

D. the students are all from different universities and are studying for different degrees

 

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. It is easy to find out why drinking water improves exam results.

B. As long as you take water into the exam room, you will get better grades.

C. It may helpful to take water into the exam room.

D. Students should try to drink more water while they are having an exam.

 

4. What’s Chris Pawson’s opinion?

A. Whenever you take an exam, bring a bottle of water.

B. Water is quite important for us when taking a big exam.

C. Students should keep hydrated during exams.

D. Drinking water helps us to feel better when we are anxious.

Key: DCCC

 

What is your opinion on this article? Do you believe water can help you on exams?

Next time, will you bring a bottle of water with you when you take a big exam? Why?

 

Fishing for a way of life P(6)

大连五十五中学 宋文静

 

♣ What is most important to you in your life? Why?

Choose the best answer:

1. The fisherman will have a fleet of fishing boats if _________.

A. he sells his company

B. he steals some boats

C. he becomes rich

D. he works hard enough

 

2. What changes would come to the fisherman if he worked as the businessman said ?

A. He wouldn’t have time to play with his children.

B. He wouldn’t live in the fishing village in Mexico.

C. He would have more time to talk with his wife.

D. He would be a businessman and sleep late every day.

 

3. From the story, we learn that _____.

A. hard work pays off in the end

B. the businessman is cleverer than the fisherman

C. the businessman has different view of life from the fisherman’s

D. the fisherman will live a rich life

 

4. What is the story about?

A. A businessman learns how to fish from a fisherman.

B. A fisherman wants to become a businessman.

C. A businessman gives advice to a fisherman.

D. How a fisherman lives his life.

Key: DACC

 

Give an ending:

How will the fisherman reply to the businessman?

You may begin like this:

1. There was a Mexican fisherman in a small village. …

2. An American businessman went on vacation to a small Mexican fishing village. …

 

What can you do to make your life happy?

Know what really matters in life, and you may find that it is already much closer than you think.