初一19-20学年第16/680期 
                                                              汤红梅
Reward for my score (P3)
I. Pre-reading
1. What subject are you good at?
2. Have you ever got any award on your study?
3. Did you feel nervous when you got the award?

II. While reading
Choose the answer: 
1. The writer got an award because _____.
A. she did well on a language test
B. her English was the best among her friends
C. she did something kind in Australia 
D. she wrote good articles in English

2. What do we know about the girl sitting next to the writer?
A. She is also good at learning languages.
B. She got a higher score than the writer.
C. She is good at psychology.
D. She is also Chinese.

3. When the writer was onstage, she _____.
A. wouldn’t take photos with the premier
B. felt unhappy about winning the award
C. was nervous at first
D. thought she should be careful

4. The writer thought the premier _____.
A. would make the test harder to pass
B. was friendly and nice
C. didn’t want to shake hands with her
D. encouraged her a lot before her exam

III. Word in use
选择合适的词语并用其正确形式填空:
perfect            wait for           photo           congratulation
1. We have received many letters of ___________.
2. You don’t need to ______me.
3. Her house was in _____ order when she moved in.
4. I took some _____  with her camera on my birthday.

IV. Post-reading
On a prize ceremony, the prize winners often get  onstage and give a short speech. What will you say if you are a prize winner?  
Wake up to a lovely snowy day (P4) 
I. Pre-reading
1. Do you like snowy days?
2. What do you do in snowy days?
3. Do you think it is fun to play with friends in snowy days?

II. While reading
Choose the answer:
1. The writer’s hometown is _____.
A. a world of ice and snow all year
B. in a small village in the northern part of the US
C. a place that often makes him feel lonely
D. the most beautiful place in the US
           
2. The sentence “It feels like you’re on the moon” shows that _____.
A. the snow at night is as bright as the moon
B. snow falls on the moon
C. snowing makes everything quiet
D. walking on snow is like walking on the moon

3. What is Paragraph 3 about?
A. What people do on snowy days.
B. How to play with friends in snow.
C. What families can do during winter.
D. Why winter is the best season.

4. One of the downsides of snowy days is that _____.
A. it is much colder inside
B. people have to stay inside while exercising
C. snow makes people miss home
D. it is dangerous to drive

III. Word in use
  根据提示完成下列句子：
 1. Hurry up! Or you will _____(错过) the first bus. 
 2. Wish him all the best, and tell him we _____    (想念) him.
 3. The traffic here is very ________(危险的)  for children.
 4. He returned to his  ________(家乡) in the spring of 2009.

IV. Post-reading
1. What is the weather like in your hometown?
2. Which season do you like best? Why?  

Read better with dogs (P6)
I. Pre-reading
Dogs are our good friends. Would you like to list what they can do for human beings as much as possible?
II. While reading
Choose the answer:
1. Paragraph 1 shows us that _____.
A. dogs are our best friends 
B. dogs can help people in many ways
C. dogs can make us feel lonely
D. dogs can take care of children

2. What do we know about the children in the experiment?
A. There were 17 of them.
B. All of them can read difficult stories.
C. None of them were used to reading.
D. Some of them loved reading very much.

3. What is Paragraph 3 about?
A. How dogs help children enjoy reading more.
B. How dogs teach children to read books.
C. How dogs listen to children.
D. How dogs help children learn from their mistakes.

4. What are therapy dogs?
A. They help students with their reading.
B. They help students stay healthy.
C.  They are dogs that have no owners. 
D. They help students feel less lonely.

III. Word in use
根据中文提示完成下列句子：
1.他们都穿上盛装去参加晚会.。
    They all dressed up to ______________ the party. 
2. 你不会孤单的，有十多个学生要加入你们。
    You __________. More than 10 students will join you. 
3. 我每天用一个小时的时间跑步。
    I _____________ running every day.

IV. Post-reading
What can a therapy dog do? 
*It may just sit or lie quietly while being petted.
*It may visit an elementary school to help teach children about the humane care of animals. 
*It may visit the emergency room (急诊室) because of the calming effect on patients, doctors, nurses and staff members working in the high-stress environment.                                                   
                               

参考答案及解析
【P3】
II. 1. 1.A 。细节理解题，根据第一段 “I got the Premier’s VCE Award in Australia for doing well on this test” 可知作者获奖是因为语言测试成绩好，故选A。
2. C。细节理解题，根据第二段“I met a girl sitting next to me who got good scores in psychology ”，可知邻座女孩在心理学获得了高分，故选项C正确。
3. C。细节理解题。根据第三段“I was nervous”可知，在领奖的舞台上作者开始是紧张的，故选项C正确。
4. B。细节理解题，根据文中最后的描述可知，州长和作者亲切交谈，微笑祝贺作者取得了好成绩，故选项B正确。

III. 1. congratulation      2. wait for    3. perfect    4. photos   

【P4】
II. 1. B。细节理解题。根据第1段 “I’m from a small village in the northern part of the US.”可知正确答案为B。
2. C。细节推断题。根据第二段“When it snows at night, everything becomes quiet. It’s almost like there is no sound at all. It feels like you’re on the moon”可知雪夜中一切都变得寂静，似无声一样，正确答案为C。
3. A。段落概括。根据这一段内容可知，雪天有很多的乐趣，有很多乐事可为，故正确答案为A。
4. D。细节理解题。根据最后一段“The snow can make roads too dangerous to drive on”可知，雪天不好的一方面是行车有危险。故答案为D。

III. 1. miss      2. miss        3. dangerous       4. hometown                

【P6】
II. 1. B。细节理解题。根据第1段 “dogs can do us even more good than that” 可知狗能为我们做更多的事，故答案为B。
2. A。细节理解题。根据第二段“an experiment with 17 children  in grades one through three”可知参加实验的是17个一到三年级的孩子，故正确答案是A。
3. A。主旨理解题。根据本段内容可知实验中当房间有狗的时候，孩子们愿意花更多的时间、也更有乐趣读书，故正确答案是A。
4. A。细节理解题。根据最后一段 “therapy dogs have taken part in reading activities in schools and libraries” 可知治疗犬已经在学校和图书馆参与学生的读书活动，故正确答案是A。

III. 1. take part in        2. won't be alone        3. spend an hour