第11/597期初一教案
By Tang Hongmei

Plant more trees (P2)
I. Pre-reading
How much of China’s land is desert?
What is desertification? Do you know what harm desertification brings?

II. While Reading
Choose the answer:
1. What is Ant Forest?
A. It is an app that lets people buy things.  
B. It is a game that can help fight desertification.
C. It is a forest for people to grow trees in.
D. It is a name for a group of special ants.

2. What has China done to fight desertification in the past 40 years?
A. Planted billions of trees.
B. Built houses in dry northern areas.
C. Moved all the sand to one place.
D. Built oases around cities.

3. Planting new trees has helped China cut down sandstorms by _____.
A. 2.6 percent
B. 27 percent
C. 20 percent
D. 66 percent

4. What did Ian Teh think of northern China after his visit last year?
A. It was hard to travel in the desert.
B. It was amazing to see new oases there.
C. It was still full of sand.
D. It was not easy to find any trees in the north.

III. Words in use
Fill in the blanks:
1. I will give the book back to you as soon as I f______ it.
2. One of Tony’s hobbies is c _________  stamps.
3. He is still f_______ for his life in the hospital.
4. You're old enough to t______ on the train by yourself.

IV. Post-reading
About 27 percent of China’s land is covered with sand. It will take us a long time to stop desertification. What can we do to fight it?

My time at the City of London School for Girls (P3)

I. Pre-reading
Each school has its own style. But what is the most important thing for a school to have, in your opinion?
What kind of school do you like best?

II. While reading
Choose the answer:
1. What do we know about the City of London School For Girls?
A. It has existed for more than 130 years.
B. There are about 700 new students every year.
C. The school only has language lessons.
D. All of its students are from the UK.

2. From the third paragraph, we can learn that _____.
A. most students like history class
B. teachers at the school don’t teach much
C. students at the school do lots of research homework
D. students at the school have too many tasks to do

3. Which of the following has the closest meaning to the phrase “a wide range of”?
A. several
B. some
C. a few
D. many kinds of

4. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. The school has many clubs to develop students’ interests.
B. Students like to study new things at this school.
C. All of the clubs are helpful for students’ health.
D. It is important for students to have more interests.
     
III. Words in use
根据提示完成下列句子：
1. I have _________(信心) in the players’ ability.
2. I wanted to _______ (建立) a relationship with my team.
3. He is engaged in scientific ______  (研究) .
4. She finally took my ________ (建议).

IV. Post-reading
What are the characteristics of your school?
What do you like best at your school?

Autumn is pumpkin fun time! (P4)

I. Pre-reading
The jack-o’-lantern is a symbol of Halloween.
For Halloween, children like to make all kinds of jack-o’-lanterns. Do you know how to make one? Did you make one for this year’s Halloween?

II. While reading
Choose the answer:
1. The correct order of making the jack-o’-lantern is _____.
a. carve a face or other things
b. put it in front of a house
c. choose a pumpkin and hollow it out
d. put a candle inside the pumpkin
A. a-b-c-d    B. c-a-d-b 
C. c-d-a-b    D. a-d-c-b

2. What does the writer want to tell us in Paragraph 3?
A. Pumpkin pies are popular food for holidays.
B. Pumpkins are also part of Thanksgiving.
C. It is not easy to make pumpkin pies.
D. Pumpkin pies are the writer’s favorite dessert.

3. Which of the following is not mentioned in the story?
A. Pumpkins for Halloween.
B. Pumpkins for Thanksgiving.
C. Pumpkins for Christmas.
D. Pumpkins for growing contests.

4. What does this story mainly talk about?
A. How to eat pumpkins.
B. Pumpkin culture in the United States.
C. How to make a jack-o’-lantern.
D. How to grow big pumpkins.

III. Words in use
 根据中文提示完成下列句子：
1. 这几种酒都是用葡萄酿造的。
   These wines are all ________grapes.
2. 在上周书法比赛中他获得了一等奖。
   He won the ________ in last week's handwriting competition.
3. 你跟以前一样忙碌吗?
   Are you _____ busy ____ before? 

IV. Post-reading
Pumpkins are part of American culture in several ways. Is there something similar to the pumpkin in Chinese culture? Please share your ideas with us.

参考答案及解析
【P2】
II. 1. B。根据It is a game on Alipay… Alipay will plant a real tree in the desert areas of China.This is part of China’s efforts to fight desertification…可知Ant Forest是Alipay所带的游戏，在游戏中每完成一棵树的能量收集，Alipay将会在荒漠地区种植一棵树，这是中国的抗荒漠化的一部分，所以选B 。
2. A。根据第2段Since 1978, China has planted over 66 billion trees across its dry northern areas可知，从1978年开始到现在近40年中，种植了树木over 66 billion。
3. C。根据第5段By planting new trees, sandstorms in China have been cut by 20 percent in recent years可知，C正确。
4. B。文中最后一段…He saw many new oases.  
“It was hard to imagine that it was ever a desert,” he told Wired magazine可知，Ian Teh在原是荒漠的地方看到了新的绿洲.
III. 1. finish   2. collecting  3. fighting   4. travel

【P3】
II. 1. A。根据文中It was established in 1881. More than 700 students study there…Lots of lessons need us to have research abilities, like history可知，学校建于1881年迄今130多年了，A正确；共有700多名学生而非每年700多新生，B错误；不仅有语言课程还有历史等学科C错误；D未提及。
2. C。根据文意可知，许多课程对学生的研究能力提出了要求，学生要独立完成许多研究任务，而老师会给学生提供建议，所以C正确。
3. D。a wide range of意为“大范围的，许多种不同的”，从后面描述的俱乐部种类有那么多种，也可推测，D选项many kinds of意思最为接近。
4. A。根据City has…clubs to…develop our interests… Climbing club helps …可知，学校有很多club供学生选择加入，以develop学生的兴趣爱好，A符合文意。
III. 1. confidence   2. build    3. research    4. advice

【P4】
II. 1. B。根据文中People first hollow out ... Next, they carve… a face or other things on one side. Then, they place a candle inside…可知制作南瓜灯的步骤 ，所以选B。
2. B。根据第3段During the Thanksgiving holiday, pumpkin pie is a common dessert. It is made from pumpkins…可知，南瓜派是感恩节常见的甜点，是感恩节的一部分，是作者在感恩节最喜欢吃的食物之一，B最符合文意。
3. C。文中2、3、4段分别介绍了Pumpkins for Halloween、Pumpkins for Thanksgiving、Pumpkins for growing contests，文中没提及的pumpkines之于圣诞节，所以选C。
4. B。文中介绍了pumpkins 在不同节日中的作用，pumpkins文化是美国文化的一部分。
III. 1. made from   2. first prize   3. as...as...