添加内容初三19-20年第4期总第599期
Alone in the woods (P3)
Pre-reading
1. What kind of books do you like to read?
2. Why do you like them?

While reading

1. What do we know about Chris Packham?
A. He traveled by bus quite often.
B. He didn’t talk much as a boy. 
C. He kept many birds as pets.
D. He was not interested in books.

2. What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?
A. Packham’s writing style.
B. What Packham’s book was about.
C. Why Packham wrote his book.
D. Some of Packham’s problems.

3. Where does Packham enjoy himself most?
A. In the wild.               
B. In his school. 
C. In his bedroom.       
D. In the hospital.

4. How did the book Fingers in the Sparkle Jar help the author?
A. She learned a lot about birds.
B. She learned how to love others.
C. She got to know herself better.
D. She learned where to have fun.

Words in use
根据首字母提示完成下列句子：
1. She went into the kitchen in s _____ of a drink.
2. He s_________ with cancer for two years.
3. Your opinion will not a _____ my decision.

Post-reading
1. Are there any books that have made a deep impression on you?
2. Can you tell us about one of them?

Relax with a good laugh (P4)
Pre-reading
1. Have you watched any American or British TV series to learn English?
2. Does watching these shows help you learn?

While reading
1. Friends is popular mainly because _____.
A. it helps people learn English
B. it makes people laugh
C. it was one of the earliest sitcoms
D. it was aired on TV in the US

2. What do we know about the laugh track?
A. It helps actors tell their jokes.
B. It cannot be heard on TV.
C. It creates the feeling of sitting in a theater.
D. It was first used in sitcoms in 1994.

3. According to Sanes, why are sitcoms popular?
A. Because they are full of jokes.
B. Because they tell real-life stories.
C. Because actors do crazy things in sitcoms.
D. Because they show us that it’s okay to be imperfect.

4. What do we know from the story?
A. The more jokes a sitcom has, the more popular it will be.
B. It’s fun to watch sitcoms with others.
C. Characters in sitcoms are not successful people.
D. Sitcoms are about people’s everyday lives.

Words in use
根据中文提示完成下列句子

1. 考试将包括回答一些关于一张照片的问题。
The test will ______ answering questions about a photograph.

2. 汤姆立志要成为一名计算机专家。
Tom _____ to become a computer expert.

3. 他无法理解他人的想法。
He is unable to _____ to other people.

Post-reading
Do you like watching sitcoms? What do you think about them?

Bananas might go away (P6)
Pre-reading
1. What’s your favorite fruit?
2. How do you feel about bananas?

While reading
1. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. People’s love for bananas.
B. The taste of bananas.
C. The convenience of eating bananas.
D. The future disappearance of bananas.

2. What might happen if temperatures keep going higher?
A. More countries will start to grow bananas.
B. Bananas will grow better in most countries. .
C. Bananas will not be able to grow any more.
D. Bananas won’t be as tasty as before

3. What does Paragraph 5 tell us?
A. What diseases bananas may suffer from.
B. How bananas are grown.
C. How diseases can easily kill bananas.
D. Which diseases can kill bananas.

4. The story is written to _____.
A. offer tips for growing bananas
B. explain why bananas may die out
C. show the difficulties of growing bananas
D. describe bananas’ growing conditions

Words in use
根据中文提示完成下列句子：
1. Lisa watched until the train ________ (消失) from view.
2. How did the dinosaurs________(灭绝)?
3. There is still no ______ (治疗) for such a rare disease.
  

Post-reading
• What can we do to stop bananas from dying out?

答案与解析：
P3
1. B。从文中第四段第一句As a quiet young boy, Packham only felt happy in the fields and woods around his home.可以得知Packham小时候话不多，他只在他家周围的田野和树林里感到快乐。故答案选B。

2. B。从文章第五段最后一句His story is about the search for freedom, meaning and acceptance in a world that didn’t understand him.可以得知Packham的书是关于在一个不理解他的世界里寻求自由、意义和接受。故答案为B。

3. A。从文章第四段第一句Packham only felt happy in the fields and woods around his home和第六段第一句But just as Packham is having fun in forests and streams可以得知Packham最喜欢待在野外的森林里和小溪边。故答案为A。 

4. C。从文章最一段第一句In fact, this book helped me get to know my own unusual character可以得知作者从这本书中了解了自己不同寻常的性格。故答案为C。 

Word in use
1.search   2. struggled  3. affect

P4
1. B。 从第三段第一句Its humor is, of course, the main reason.可以得知《老友记》之所以受欢迎，主要是因为它的幽默。故答案为B。

2. C。从文章第五段第二句the laugh track aims to create a theater experience at home.可以得知笑声音轨的设计旨在创造一种家庭剧院的体验。故答案为C。
 
3. D。从文章最后一段最后一句as Sanes wrote. “They give us permission to be imperfect.”可以得知情景喜剧之所以受欢迎，是因为他们允许我们不完美。故答案为D。
 
4. D。 从文章第六段第二句sitcoms are often about the trivial matters of daily life and every character is as real as we are.可以得知情景喜剧是关于日常生活的琐事，每个角色都和我们一样真实。故答案为D。

Word in use
1.involve   2. aims   3. relate 

P6：
1. D。 从第一段最后一句British scientists say that the fruit may disappear by 2050. 可以得知英国的科学家表示，香蕉这种水果可能到2050年就消失了。故答案为D。

2. C。从文章第四段最后一句If temperatures get too high, they will stop growing可以得知如果温度太高，香蕉就停止生长了。故答案为C。

3. C。从文章第五段第二句Unlike other crops, the bananas we grow come from shoot cuttings rather than seeds. 可以得知跟其他作物不同，人们通过茎段来种植香蕉而不是种子。所以如果病菌能杀死一株植物，它就能杀死所有的植物。故答案为C。

4. B。 从文章第二段第一句One reason for this is climate change.和第五段第一句Diseases are another danger to bananas.可以得知本文分析了香蕉灭绝的原因一是因为气候，二是因为感染疾病。故答案为B。

Word in use
1. disappeared    2. die out   3. cure