Building a useful vocab (P3)

A. English grammar is different from Chinese grammar.

B. English has the largest vocabulary among languages.

C. English keeps changing and accumulating new words.

D. Many English words have different meanings and usages.

A. Their method of learning English vocabulary is poor.

B. They think there’s no need to learn a large vocabulary.

C. They do not work hard enough to increase their vocabulary.

D. They find it hard to communicate with native speakers.

A. American college students have a vocabulary of more than 15,000 words on average.

B. Memorization of words is of little help in learning English.

C. Students should not use Chinese when they memorize English words.

D. SATs examiners look out for how well students understand English words.

A. To memorize words by their first letters.

B. To take an English book with them wherever they go.

C. To use a card system produced by language experts.

D. To memorize new words in related groups.

 

1. B。根据第一段第二句可知英语的单词量在所有语言中最大，所以对于学习者而言是个很大的挑战。

2. A。根据第二、三段内容可知中国学生学习单词的方法有缺陷，不能满足他们应试的要求。

3. D。In these tests, a reader and writer needs to understand, not simply parrot, words. 可见SAT考试着重对词汇意义的理解而不是简单背诵定义。

4. D。根据建议learn by theme not alphabet，可知专家建议根据逻辑类别学习，所以把意义相关的词汇放在一起记忆效果好。

 

New Year, Times Square style (P4)

A. It talks about what people eat on New Year’s Eve in different countries.

B. It mainly focuses on different beliefs and stories about New Year’s Eve.

C. It introduces how people celebrate on New Year’s Eve in some countries.

D. It mainly tells readers where people go to celebrate New Year’s Eve.

A. The US.           B. Brazil.

C. Scotland.               D. Spain.

A. People in Scotland go to Times Square to welcome in the new year.

B. Auld Lang Syne is a song written by a Scottish musician named Robert Burns.

C. People in Brazil like to be dressed in white to celebrate the New Year’s coming.

D. People in Brazil go to the theaters to have fun on New Year’s Eve.

A. Dick Clark’s program on New Year’s Eve has a lasting popularity.

B. People in Spain countdown seconds to welcome the coming of New Year.

C. People in Scotland set off fireworks on the big square on New Year’s Eve.

D. People in Brazil make a wish before the coming of New Year’s midnight.

 

1. C。主旨大意题，本文主要讲述的是世界各地的人们如何庆祝新年前夜的，故选C。

2. D。细节题，根据关于西班牙的部分可得知答案。

3. C。细节题，根据文章关于巴西那一段可得知答案。A错在People in Scotland； Robert Buns是Scottish poet，所以B错；D文章没提。

4. A。细节推论题，根据文章第二段可知答案。BC都错在地点；D错在时间上。

 

 

A year of natural disasters (P5)

A. Natural disasters.       B. Terrorist attacks. 

C. Poor buildings.            D. Too rapid development.

A. earthquakes are happening more often because of human beings

B. earthquakes are causing more damage because of human beings

C. stronger houses should be built to limit storm damage

D. Port-au-Prince is now overpopulated 

A. list the natural disasters that occurred in 2010

B. give the details of some natural disasters of 2010

C. warn that more natural disasters are to strike

D. blame humanity for not helping those affected by the disasters

ABB

1．根据第二段可判断答案为A。

2．B。 Disasters from the Earth, such as earthquakes and volcanoes “are pretty much constant 恒定的,” said Andreas Schraft, a Swiss disaster expert. “All the change that’s made is man-made.”而下面一段作为例证说明了人为原因增加了地震的危害。

3. B。全文主要说了2010年发生的自然灾害，并分析说人类的行为导致了这些。

 

Alexander’s three wishes (P6)

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 I. Pre-reading

Who is Alexander? What did he accomplish?

 II. Skimming

Complete the table.

 

III. Scanning

 1. Complete the table.

 

2. Match the two parts.

The first lesson

 

The second lesson

 

The third lesson

 

 

 

VI. Language Study

Understand the sentences.

With death staring him in his face, Alexander realized how his conquests, his great army, and all his wealth were of no consequence.

It means:____________

With tears flowing down their cheeks, the generals agreed to abide by their king's last wishes.

It means:____________

 

V. Post-reading

1. Suppose you were the generals and your partner the king. Make up a conversation you might have.

2. What is your view of the king’s three lessons? Do you agree? Discuss with your classmates.

 

1. D。从第二三段可知他希望将军们实现自己最后的三个奇怪的愿望。其他几项都是他没有继续做的或者不能够做到的了。

2. A。倒数第三段中，他告诉将军们，无论生的时候多么富有，死时财产一分都不能带走，追求财富是浪费时间的行为。

3. D。线索是：I want my doctors to carry my coffin because people should realize that no doctor can really cure any body, let people not take life for granted.

4. B。本文讲的是亚历山大从死亡明白的道理，所以B正确。

 

I.  He is the great Greek king

 

II.  

 

III. Skimming

 1.

 2. The first lesson: no doctor can really cure any body

The second lesson: no gold will come with anybody

The third lesson: One comes empty handed into this world and empty handed one goes out of this world.

VI.  When death came to him, Alexander understood that his material wealth was meaningless.

The generals cried and t promised to carry out their king’s wishes.