Issue 474 For Junior 2

云南大学附属中学 凌红珊

 

Growing fresh healthy behaviors P(3)

 

I. Warming up

★ Do you like eating vegetables？

★ What kind of vegetables do you like best? 

 

II. While-reading

Judge true (T) or false (F).

1. Students’ lunch at Philips Academy Charter School tastes special.

2. All the students in the school had to grow their own lunch.

3. They grow crops like broccoli outside their kitchen.

4. The greens grow under artificial lights.

Key: TFFT

 

Comprehension check 

1. What does “greens” mean in paragraph 2?

A. Some places.                    B. Newcomers.

C. A kind of color.                D. Vegetables.

2. Why did the lunch taste “proud”?

A. Because it was cooked from fresh vegetables.

B. Because there were different kinds of food in the meal. 

C. Because the students grew the lunch themselves. 

D. Because it was one of the best school lunches in the US.  

3. Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The greens grow under sunlight.         

B. Every week they can get about 8 pounds greens

C. The small farm is on the playground.

D. Catkin likes green food now.

4. What did the students think of the project?

A. They were enjoying the food they grew.

B. It took up too much of their study time. 

C. It didn’t help to learn science.

D. The greens were not as good as those grown on farms.

Key: DCDB

 

III. Post-reading 

Discussion:

It’s not good for students to eat much meat and less vegetables. To keep healthy, what should we eat?

A saying: Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.

To keep healthy, we need to have a balanced diet, enough sleep and proper exercise!

 

 

 

What an angry face looks like P(5)

 

I. Warming-up

Look at the picture and discuss:

What is the similarity (相似点) of the 10 different anger faces ?

 

II. While-reading 

Choose the best answer:

Which of the following is NOT the characteristic of an angry face?

A. A lowered brow.

B. Thinned lips.

C. Flared nostrils. 

D. Wide open mouth.  

2. What does the blind children example show?

A. Human’s anger face is not learned.

B. Blind children get angry easily.

C. They can’t see people’s anger face.

D. They look physically stronger than other kids.

3. The correct order of the study is_____.

a. Human’s anger face look physically stronger.

b. Scientists did test among 141 men and women.

c. Scientists showed more photos of anger faces.

d. Scientist showed two photos of different faces.

d, a, b, c        B. d, b, a, c

C. c, d, b, a        D. b, d, c, a

4. What is the conclusion (结论) from the study?

A. People’s anger face is the result of evolution.

B. Anger face helps warn others and work out conflicts.

C. Stronger people are more likely to show an anger face

D. People’s anger face made them look physically stronger. 

5. When frogs puff themselves up, it shows that they _____.

A. want to fight with the rivals

B. are becoming angry      

C. are hungry and want to eat 

D. are about to swim

6. The article may come from _____. 

A. an advertisement 

B. a dictionary

C. a story book

D. a science magazine

Key: DADDBD

 

III. Post-reading

Discuss: 

Are you often angry with others?

Being angry is not good for our health.

What can we do to control our anger?

 

 

It’s not always black or white P(6)

I. Warming-up

★ Is she pretty？

★ What can you learn from it?

 

II. Fast-reading

Read fast and answer questions: 

1. Why did the writer argue with his classmate?

2. Why did the writer argue with his classmate again ?

3. Who won in the end, the writer or the boy?

    Why?  

 

III. Fast-reading

Comprehension check 

1. What happened to the writer in the beginning?

A. She fought with a boy in her class. 

B. She didn’t get along with boys.

C. She had a big argument with a boy.

D. A boy tried to teach her a lesson.

2. In what order did the story happen?

a. I had a big argument with a boy in my class.

b. It was a ball with two differently colored sides.

c. The teacher taught us a very important lesson.

d. The teacher brought us to see the color of  a ball.

e. The teacher came to help us.

A. a-d-e-b-c      B. a-e-d-b-c      

C. c-b-d-e-a      D. c-a-b-d-e

3. From what the teacher did, we know that she is _____.

A. kind     B. friendly    

C. wise    D. strict 

4. What can we learn from the story?

A. Don’t argue with classmates about small things. 

B. We should make others truly understand our view. 

C. Listen to teacher’s advice on these problems. 

D. We should look at problems at other’s view.

Key: CBCD

 

IV. Post-reading 

If you have disagreements with others, what should you do?