南开大学附中 李璐

湖北黄州中学 吴静

1. What does "Expo" stand for?

2. What is the theme of the Shanghai Expo?

3. Did you go to the Shanghai Expo?

 

1. The Shanghai Expo lasts for ______.

2. The following buildings will stay at the Expo Site except _____.

3. The money from the auction organized by the UK Pavilion will benefit (对…有益) ______.

4. What is the author's attitude towards the Shanghai Expo?

 

1. Everyone ___________his talents.

2. The old building is __________ to make room for a new one.

3. If she continues like this, she could ___________.

4. The future seems to _________ hope.

1. Imagine you are going to introduce the Shanghai Expo to one of your pen-pals in the USA. Try to use the wh- word information we have learnt to tell him/her about the splendid event.

2. What do you think of the measures taken by Shanghai when dealing with the buildings left from the Expo? Why?

 

1. What is graffiti?

2. Why do people draw on walls?

 

1.        The students invited are professional painters.

2.        All the painters were girls, for girls are more talented in arts than boys.

3.        The painting was made on the wall of a gas station.

4.        The students drew a story on the wall.

5.        The brothers’ family name is Perrysville.

6.        The aim of painting on the wall was to attract drivers’ attention and make them happy.

1. Nowadays, newly developed things are common in our daily lives. Would you please make a list of them?

2. Ways of making others happy are various. Tariq Sheikh made people happy. He satisfied the students and the drivers. How do you bring happiness to others?

 

Discussion

1. We may meet many different kinds of challenges or difficulties in our lives. Would you face them bravely or just give up and wait for the bad results?

 2. What would you do if an animal like a buffalo or a donkey fell into a deep well? How could you help it out?

 

While reading

Choose the best answer

1. Why did the farmer give up on saving the donkey?

A. Because the donkey was old.

B. Because people needed to cover the well.

C. Because he didn’t need the donkey any more.

D. Both A and B.

2. The word “horribly” means “____”.

A. 恐怖地           B. 极坏地      C. 讨厌地            D.大声地

3. The donkey calmed down soon because ______.

A. all the other farm animals were upset

B. his friends began to help him

C. he thought up a good idea to help himself out

D. he was disappointed and waited to die

4. How could the donkey get out of the well?

A. He jumped out of the well by himself.

B. He shook the dirt off and took a step up as the dirt piled up.

C. His friends helped him.

D. The farmer and his neighbors helped him.

5. We can learn from this passage that _____.

A. you should never give up. Try to do all you can to help yourself out when you are in trouble

B. donkeys are clever animals, so don’t give up on them

C. when there is dirt on you, shake it off

D. try to help others when they are in trouble

 

Fill in the blanks with the proper forms.

worth, upset, realize, surprise, amazing, continue

1. At last, he _____ that he was impolite and said sorry to me.

2. The workers _______ to work though it was dark.

3. Your sister looks _____ these days, let’s cheer her up.

4. To our _______, Lucy didn’t pass the exam.

5. The trip was expensive but it was _____ every penny.

6. That dog is ______, he can understand many instructions.

 

Post-reading

1. Tell a story about some animal that helped himself out when he was in trouble.

2. You must have helped yourself out, haven’t you? Share the story with your friend who is in need of help.

 

Pre-reading

1.        Do you know why there are only seven days in a week?

2.        How did ancient people name the seven days of the week?

3.        Is it difficult to learn English words? Why or why not?

 

While reading

 Choose the best answer:

1. In old days, how did people give names to the seven days of the week?

A. They used the sun, the moon and the five planets.

B. They used the names of God and Goddess.

C. They used the planets that they loved.

D. They used the names of the wars and kings.

 

2. Why are there only seven days in a week?

A. Because there were only seven planets in old days.

B. Because ancient people didn’t want a longer week.

C. Because ancient people only knew the sun, the moon and five planets.

D. Because ancient people only liked the sun, the moon and five planets.

 

3. The word “confusing” means “____”.

A.奇怪的     B.令人迷惑的 C.难的   D.令人吃惊的

4. Which of the following is not true according to this passage?

A. Monday was named after the moon.

B. Saturday was named after Saturn.

C. Tuesday and Friday are from German.

D. All the seven days of the week in English are from Latin.

 

Fill in blanks with the proper forms 

sound like, match, name after, base on, seem, ancient

1. Our school was ________ a famous scientist in our city.

2. It ____ that they have made a decision to set up a volunteer project.

3. According to an _____ Chinese legend, Shen Nong discovered tea by accident.

4. That ________ a good idea.

5. The movie is _________ a real hero in history.

6. The doors were painted blue to _____ the walls.

 

Post-reading

1. Find out what Wednesday and Thursday were named after.

2. English words are changing all the time. Discuss with your classmates and give some examples of the change.

 

Key: P21 BCCB

P3 FFTTFT

P6 DACBA

P8 ACBD