初一19-20学年第12/676期
                                                              汤红梅

Castle of my dreams (P3)

I. Pre-reading

1. Have you seen this movie before?

2. In this movie, a beautiful princess lives in a castle. Do you know what the castle looks like?

 

II. While reading

Answer the following questions:

1. Where is the New Swan Castle?

 _________________________

 

2. In which Disney movie can we see a similar castle?

_________________________

 

3. Why did the writer and her mother take a carriage?

_________________________

_________________________

 

4. What does the writer think of the castle?

_________________________

 

5. What do we know about the New Swan Castle?

A. It looks like a place in a fairy tale.

B. The room inside has three floors.

C. Its walls are colorful and funny.

D. There are many swans living in the garden.

 

III. Word in use

根据提示完成下列句子：

 1. Parents should be good role ______(榜样).

 2. Sleeping Beauty slumbered in her forest ______(城堡).

 3. There are wild beasts in the ________(山).

 4. I know who _________(设计) the garden.

 

IV. Post-reading

The name of this castle derives from one of Wagner’s opera’s characters, the Swan Knight. It was built for King Ludwig II (巴伐利亚国王路德维希二世), although he only stayed in the castle for 11 nights.

Show your power by setting a new record (P4)

I. Pre-reading

1. What do you know about Guinness World Records?

2. Do you have a favorite record?

3. Why do you like this record?

 

II. While reading

Choose the answer:

1. The writer uses the example of the boy to show that _____.

A. he can solve a Rubik’s cube faster than anyone

B. he was the first to solve an upside-down cube

C. a lot of people set new records on Nov 14

D. it is difficult to solve a cube in 15 seconds

          

2. People want to set new records because they can _____.

A. become famous

B. get a surprising prize

C. earn a lot of money

D. enjoy the feel of competition

 

3. In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that setting a record _____.

A. is not the same as competing with others

B. lets you show your strength

C. helps you beat others more easily

D. helps you little in your life

 

III. Word in use

选择合适的词语并用其正确形式填空:

1. Why don’t you enter the writing  _________ ? I think you can win first prize.

2. Don’t touch it; it ______ easily.

3. What do you ______ to be in the future?

4. She set a new all-time ________.

 

IV. Post-reading

1. Do you know the boy in this picture?

2. He has set several records. Do you know what they are?

3. What kind of record would you want to set? 

AI passes science test (P6)

I. Pre-reading

We all know that robots can do a lot of things for us. Can robots think and reason like human beings?

II. While reading

Choose the answer:

1. What can the AI system Aristo do?

A. Help students get better scores.

B. Pass a school test.

C. Think like a human does.

D. Make other AI systems.

 

2. What was Aristo’s biggest progress?

A. It passed an eighth-grade science test.

B. It scored higher than human students.

C. It scored 60 percent on the test.

D. It wrote a set of test questions.

 

3. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A. It explains how Aristo improves itself.

B. It shows how Aristo was made.

C. It describes another AI system.

D. It shows what Aristo can do in the future.

 

4. From the story, we can learn that _____.

A. Aristo is the best tool to help students study

B. AI systems might work in different ways

C. robots can think more logically than people

D. AI products can solve all kinds of problems

 

III. Word in use

根据中文提示完成下列句子：

1. 这水不但干净，而且还很凉。

  The water is______ clean, ______ cool.

2. 我们祝贺她通过了英语考试。

  We congratulated her on having ____________________.

3. 解决这个问题有很多种方法。

  There are many ways to _____________.

 

IV. Post-reading

Can AI be as smart as humans or even smarter than humans?                                                   

                              

 

参考答案及解析

【P3】

II. 1. It is in the Alps of Bavaria.

2. Sleeping Beauty.

3. Because it was a long way up to the castle from the foot of the mountains.

4. She thinks it is very beautiful.

5. A。细节理解题，题干要求为找出描述正确的一项。

根据第二段“it is straight out of a fairy tale”可知，A选项正确。

 

III. 1. models      2. castle    3. mountains    4. designed  

 

【P4】

II. 1. C。细节理解题。根据第1段可知11月14日为吉尼斯世界记录日，在这一天，组委会鼓励大家去创造世界纪录，所举的例子也正是为此。

2. D。细节推断题。根据第三段 For one thing, people love to compete 人们创造纪录是因为享受比赛；根据第二段应用排除法同样可以获取正确答案。

3. B。细节理解题。

根据最后一段内容可知，创造纪录不仅仅是同他人比赛，更是同自己的竞赛，是证明自己有提升自己的力量。

III. 1. competition      2. breaks          3. want     4. record               

 

【P6】

II. 1. B。细节理解题。根据第1、2段可知，它参加了学校八年级的科学考试并以90%的正确率通过。

2. A。细节理解题。根据第三段可知，四年前AI系统还没不能通过类似的测试，通过八年级的科学考试是一大进步。

3. A。细节理解题。最后一段解释说明了Aristo得以提升能够通过学校年级测试的原因：不仅能理解语言，还能够应用逻辑思考来解决问题。

4. B。逻辑推断题。

根据文意可知AI系统增加了逻辑思维能力，可以以不同的方式工作，而对ACD三项并未提及。

III. 1. not only  but also        2. passed her English exam        3. solve the problem