Issue 487 For Junior 2

福建省石狮市中英文实验学校 孙丽平

 

Girl picks up prize for speaking to cows P(3)

I. Pre-reading   

1. Do you know a person who has a special talent? 

2. What’s the talent? 

 

II. While reading

Judge true (T) or false (F). 

1. Taylor learned those skills from her uncle. 

2. Taylor didn’t love cows at first. 

3. The style of talking is very important when talking to a cow. 

4. Taylor talked to the cows about her school life. 

5. Taylor wants to use the prize money to buy more cows. 

Key: FFTTF

 

Answer the following questions: 

1. What special talent does Taylor have?

2. When did Taylor start to show those special skills?

3. What does Taylor think is important to talk with cows?

4. What does Taylor want to be in the future?

 

III. Post-reading

If you could talk to an animal, which animal would you want to talk to, and why?

  

Perfect skills for skipping stones P(5)

I. Pre-reading

1. Have you skipped stones in a river? 

2. How many skips did you get? 

 

II. While reading  

Choose the answer:

1. According to the article, scientists found out _____.

A. how many times a stone can skip across the water

B. why people like to play the stone skipping game

C. how people can play the stone skipping game well

D. what areas high-speed cameras can be used 

2. According to Paragraph 3, the best choice of stone is _____.

A. a flat round one

B. a heavy flat one

C. a large round one

D. a light round one

3. Which angle is better for a heavy stone?

A. 15 degrees.   

B. 25 degrees.   

C. 30 degrees.   

D. 88 degrees.

4. The last two paragraphs talk about _____.

A. how to measure the right angle

B. the best angle for disc skipping 

C. another way of throwing a round stone

D. differences between two ways of stone skipping

Key: CAAC

 

III. Post-reading

1. What does the article mainly talk about?

2. Sum up the skills for skipping stones. Next time when you skip a stone, you can use the skills.

 

 

Magical man of Christmas P(6)

I. Pre-reading (warm up)

Who do you think “the magical man” in the title is?

 (discussion)

1. Can you name some features (特点) related to Christmas?

2. How do you celebrate Christmas Day?

3. Have you ever received Christmas gifts? Who gave them to you?

 

II. While reading

1. When the writer was 3 or 4 years old, _____.

A. she believed deeply in Santa Claus 

B. she began to doubt if Santa Claus existed

C. she didn’t care about Santa Claus at all

D. she knew Santa Claus was her mom

2. Which of the following events helped the writer find out that Santa Claus was not real?

A. She stayed up all night on Christmas Eve to wait for Santa.

B. She went to another state for Christmas.

C. She didn’t send her Christmas letter to Santa. 

D. She didn’t look at anything in the supermarket.   

3. The writer wanted to tell us that _____.

A. there is actually no Santa Claus

B. Christmas and Santa Claus are fun parts of childhood 

C. Christmas played an important role in American culture

D. Santa Claus was the most popular figure in American history 

Key: ACB

 

III. Post-reading

1. What did the writer think of his childhood with Santa?

2. Can you think of something your parents have done for you without you knowing?