1. Do you have any after-school activities?

2. Do you go to these activities because you want to, or because your parents want you to?

3. If you didn’t like some of your activities, would you argue with your parents about them?

 

True or false:

1. The writer listened to his parents and attended every activity.

2. The writer did many extracurricular (课外的) activities such as basketball, football, swimming and tennis.

3. The writer thinks choir used to be good.

4. He once had five after-school activities.

5. He’s playing a sport after school.

 

Choose the best answer:

1. Why did the writer quit Chinese school?

2. What did the writer enroll in this year?

3. According to the passage, which statement ISN’T true? _____

Fill in the blanks with the proper forms.

1. Every four years athletes all over the world _________ the Olympic Games.

2. Never ____ old ____ learn, never ____ late ____ turn.

3. John ________ smoke, but now he doesn’t.

4. It’s difficult for them to ________ a job

5. They are waiting for the manager to ____________  .

 

1. Think about the all the after-school activities you do. How do you feel about them.

2. Why do people participate in activities even if they don’t like them? Is it good to do activities you don’t like?

 

Pre-reading

1. How do you and your classmates get to school?

2. Is there a school bus for your school? If no, do you think there should be one?

 

The Chinese school bus will _____.

A.     be green and yellow     

B.     have warning lights

C.     look like an English bus    

D.    have no stop signs

2. Which of the following is true?

 

3.The differences between Chinese and US school buses are all of the following EXCEPT  

 

4. The school bus can’t _________ .

 

Vocabulary in use

1)I take a seat __________ the classroom.

2) You _________ death.

3)Words cut ________ swords.

4)There are ________ people standing in the back.

5) You've been in prison three times, ________ our records.

 

Post-reading

1. Do you think school buses are necessary?

2. Do a survey among your classmates about the distance between their house and school and the ways they get to school.

 

1. Have you ever heard of the prefect system?

2. What is your classroom monitor like?

3. Would you like to be a monitor? Why or why not?

 

While reading

Judge true or false.

1. If you read Titanic, you have heard of prefects.

2. The prefect system in the UK is as old as school itself.

3. Prefects can only punish other students in China.

4. Most UK schools have decided to end the prefect system because of prefects’ bad reputations.

 

Choose the best answer:

1. At Hogwarts, prefects can walk the dorm halls to ______.

2. In the past, prefects _____.

3. According to the passage, which statement ISN’T true? _____

Vocabulary in use

 Fill in the blanks with the proper forms.

1.           the best way       learn English.

2. He is ______             us?

3. ____ you ___________ your handwriting?

4. They are ___     popular ___  movie stars in our school.

5. ________ the illness, he can’t come to the party.

 

1. Imagine your partner is the leader of the class. Think of five questions to ask him.

2. Is there anything you’d like to say to the monitor? Share it with your class.

 

1. Have you ever adopted a pet?

2. What is your favorite animal?

3. What do you think about adopting a pet?

 

While reading

1. It         (can, has) be a lot of work to adopt an animal.

2. My parents compare it to               (have, having) a baby.

3. Parents should expect their dog               (to bite, biting) .

4. Having a dog also means              (to provide, providing) fresh food.

5. Adopting a pet is a big                   (decision, decide).

 

True or false:

1. Mollie Lesser ’s pet ---Bart, was 6 months old last autumn.

2. Mollie Lesser ’s parents regard taking care of Bart as like taking care of a baby.

3. Bart is Lesser’s first dog.

4. A young dog actually needs to be let outdoors every three hours.

5. Chewing or jumping on people is good behavior for a dog.

 

Vocabulary in use

1) What do you ________ do after school?

2) ____ Tom           David are top students.

3) We heard that the professor ______        last week.

4) If you ________ British football _____ American football, you may find many differences.

5) It ________                   for him to finish the task.

 

Post-reading

1. Do a survey.

2. Discussion.

 

Key: P3 FTTFF ADC

P4-5 BAAA

P5 FTFT CDB

P6 TTFFF