Issue 307

北京市文汇中学 李树红

山东省烟台市第一中学 曲君

Pre-reading question:

1. Do you have lunch at a school canteen?

2. Do you think the foods your school offers are healthy or unhealthy?

 

While reading

1. Which of the following is not one of the things the student’s food club does?

2. The government doesn't test a food’s

 A. fat.      B. salt.      C. sugar.      D. calories.

3. From the text, which of the following sentences is not true…

Post-reading

1. If you don’t like the food in your school, what do you do?

2. What are your suggestions for the food in

 

Pre-reading questions:

1. After the Wen Chuan Earthquake, what did the Chinese Government do?

2.   What did you do to help people in Wen Chuan?

 

While reading

1. When did the accident happen in a mine near Copiapo, Chile ?

 A. on August 22

 B. on August 5

 C. on August 17

 D on August 2

2. The rescue people did not…

A. make a small hole in the ground

B. drop food, water, medicine and communication tools through the hole

C. Send emails to miners.

D. design a capsule

3. Who designed and built the capsule?

A. miners from other countries

B. the Chilean government

C. people around the world.

D. experts from Canada, the US and Germany

4. Which of the following is not true?

A. Thousands of people in Copiapo cheered and danced when the miners got to the ground.

B. All the miners were saved on Christmas.

C. The Chilean government carried out rescue work for two months.

D. The Chilean rescue is the world’s longest running mine rescue.

 

Post-reading

1. After reading, tell something about how the Chilean government carried out the rescue work.

2. What do you think of the rescue work that happened in Chile?

 

 

1. Do you often help your parents do house work?

2. Have your heard of “Food Security”?

3. Do you like cooking? Is it cool or interesting?

1.Choose the best answer.

1) Jenny’s mother is a good ____. She can make a lot of delicious food.

A. cooker    B. cook    C. cooking D. bakery

2) The word “recipe” in the 3rd paragraph means _____.

A. 建议    B. 食谱      C. 便条     D. 收据 

3) It’s _____ who first taught Lerner how to cook.

her mother           B. her father

C. her grandpa          D. her grandma

4) According to the USDA, Oregon is one state which has _____ food security .

A. low       B. high       C. good       D. better

5) Which is the healthiest way to eat in the following statements according to the passage? 

A. eating fast food .

B. having dinner in a restaurant.

C. cooking for oneself at home.

D. eating cheap food.

6) The main reason Lerner created her “kidskichencoach.com” is that ____.

A. she likes cooking a lot.

B. she wants to make money.

C. she heard her state had the lowest food security.

D. she wants to show her own recipes. 

Fill in the blanks with proper forms:

 cook   cooker    desert   dessert   health security

1. John is the best _____ in our school.

2. A rice- _____ is an electronic kitchen appliance.

3. It’s hard to live in the ______, for there is very little rain and plant life.

4. _____ is more important than wealth(财富).

5. In the UK, people like to have _____ after dinner.

6. For reasons of _____, the passengers have to be searched before boarding.

III. Post-reading

    Many young people, especially children, like eating fast food in China. It is often crowded in KFC and McDonald’s during dinner time. In Western countries fast food is called “junk food”(垃圾食品). It means it’s not nutritious(有营养的) or healthy. What’s your opinion? Would you like having dinner at home or in the restaurant?

1.        Do you know your mother’s and father’s birthdays? How about your grandparents’?

2.        We all know respecting the old is a good tradition in China. What do you usually do for old people in your daily life?

 

1.Judge true or false.

1)Mother’s Day is on the 2nd Sunday in May.

2)Father’s Day is on the 3rd Sunday in June.

3)Double Ninth Festival is a special festival only in China.

4)Chinese people are proud of being old.

5) In western countries, older people seldom think they are old because young people don’t respect them.

Fill in the blanks with proper forms:

 present   offer knowledge proud retirement gather hug experience part-time

1.In western countries, older people usually find a ______ job because they don’t think they are too old to work.

2. “I’m so _____ of you!” said the teacher.

3. Since we were young we were told— “________ is power.”

4. After the speech, all the students ____ together for a photo with the professor.

5. The company ____ him a good job but he refused.

6. My father gave me big ____ and a nice present for my birthday.

7. Professor Wang will retire next month and we’re arranging a party for his _______.

8. Our headmaster ______ Lilin the reward for winning the speech contest.

9. He didn’t get the job for lack of _____.

 

III. Post-reading

Do you often offer your seat to the old on the bus? Why should all of us respect the old? Please share your opinion with your class.

Some students do very well when they meet older people outside. They are very polite and respectful to others, but they are quite different at home for they might shout at their parents or speak to their grandparents rudely. What do you think about this?

 

Key:

P1 CBA

P2 BCDC

P3 BBBACC

P8 TTTTF