齐园园  张萌  韩新颜

 

Rail connecting China (P2)

Pre-reading

1. Have you ever traveled by high-speed railway?

2. How do you feel when taking the high-speed railway?

 

While reading

Choose the answer: 

1.  What makes the high-speed railway from Zhengzhou to Henan special?

A. It was the first high-speed railway in China. 

B. It connects eastern and western China as well as the south and the north. 

C. It makes China's high-speed railways over 20,000km long.

D. It makes up 60 percent of the world's total high speed railway lines.

 

2. In which order were these countries starting to build high-speed railways?

  A. China > Germany > Japan

  B. Japan > Germany > China

  C. China > Japan > Germany

  D. Germany > Japan >China

 

3. How many trips did China's high-speed trains give to people in 2010?

  A. About 2883 million

  B. About 961 million.

  C. About 320 million.

  D. About 240 million.

 

4. What does Huang Xin mean according to the second last paragraph? 

 A. The high-speed railways have improved people’s life   a lot. 

 B. China is still in the group of developing countries. 

 C. China should develop more bridges. 

 D. The high-speed railways in China are not long enough.

 

Words in use

development    long    connect     great

 

1. It_____ Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province with Xuzhou in eastern Jiangsu province. 

2. With this railway, China's high-speed railways are over 20,000km in_______. 

3. Behind the fast ____________ of China's high-speed railways, there is the country's growing need for transportation. 

4. It _____ develops the economy (经济) in different areas, 

 

Post-reading

1. Next time when you travel, would you like to take the high-speed railway?

2. Why do you like taking it? Or why not?

 

Panda population growing (P4-5)

Pre-reading

1. What do you know about Chicago ?

2. Do you think it’s a beautiful city?

 

While reading

Choose the answer: 

 1. Which of the following cities has the largest population in the US?

 A. Chicago.

 B. New York City.

 C. Los Angeles.

 D. Washington D.C.

 

 2. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

 A. It explains why Chicago is called “The Windy City”.

 B. It introduces where Chicago is. 

 C. It shows the usual weather of Chicago. 

 D. It introduces what Lake Michigan is like.

 

 3. Trip Advisor uses the word “school” to describe Chicago to show that _____.

 A. Chicago is actually as small as a school

 B. people can learn a lot in Chicago

 C. Chicago is famous for its art museum

 D. people can visit Chicago’s schools easily

 

 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the last two paragraphs?

 A. Millennium Park is a museum. 

 B. Cloud Gate is in Millennium Park.

 C. There is a big reflective bean in Willis Tower.

 D. Willis Tower is far away from the city center. 

 

Post-reading

1. Do you like Chicago?

2. If you go to Chicago, where do you want to visit? Why?

 

New city test future (P6)

Pre-reading

1. Have you heard of a new city without any people in it?

2.What is the new city for?

 

While reading

Choose the answer: 

1. What will the new city be like?

A. It will be completely the same as any other city.

B. There will be no people walking on the streets.

C. It doesn’t have anything except a big factory.

D. Robots will live a normal life there as us now. 

 

2. From the story, we know _____.

 A. the new city will be in Mexico

 B. the new city will cost $1 million

 C. the new city is in use now

 D. Pegasus Global Holdings is building the new city

 

3. How will people know their testing results in the new city?

A. Researchers will live in the new city. 

B. Researchers will live under the city to do their testing.

C. They will let robots do all the checking work.

D. There will be a computer under the city to collect information.

 

Words in use

except for     build    driver    without

1. Rome wasn't ____in a day.

2. We cannot exist ____air, food and water.

3. I can answer all the questions ______the last one.

4. A ____car is a car could drive itself.

 

Post reading

1. What do you think of the idea of the new city?

2. Do you have any new ideas to test in the city? 

 

 

Key: 

P2: 

1. 解析C。从第二段“With this railway, China’s high-speed railways are over 20,000km in length”. 可知

2. 解析B。从第四段可知。

3. 解析C。从第五段“According to Xinhua, China's high-speed trains gave 961 million trips to people last year. It was three times more than in 2010.”可知

4. 解析A。从倒数第二段“It greatly develops the economy (经济) in different areas, people's lives and tourism (旅游业) ”. 可知。

 

P4-5

1. 解析：选择B。从第一段“Chicago is actually the third most populous city in the US, right after New York City and Los Angeles, according to the US 2010 Census” 可知。

2. 解析：选择A。从第二段第一句可知。第一句“The Windy City” is Chicago‘s most famous nickname 为中心句。

3. 解析：选择B。从第三段内容可知。Chicago is very well known for its art and culture. In fact, TripAdvisor says that the Art Institute of Chicago is the No 1 place to visit in the city. It is not only a school, but also a world-class art museum.

4. 解析：选择B。本题可用排除法，B选项在文中有提到：If you‘re not feeling like a museum, your best choice is to visit Millennium Park. This is one of my personal favorites. This park holds the famous Cloud Gate。

 

P6

1. 解析：选择B。从第二段“There won't be any people living in the city” 可知。

2. 解析：选择D。从第六段“The city is the idea of technology company Pegasus Global Holdings” 可知。

3. 解析：选择D。从第八段“Without people there to check on it, scientists use a special computer under the city to collect information” 可知。