Issue 499 For Junior 2

福建省石狮市中英文实验学校 孙丽平

Who is behind the blog? P(3)

I. Pre-reading  

1. Do you like reading books?

2. What’s your favorite novel?

II. While reading 

Choose the answer:

1. The novel Solitaire tells a story about _____.

A. teenage students

B. online problems of teenagers

C. teachers and students 

D. student romance

2. What is true about the girl Tori?

A. She doesn’t get along with others.

B. She cares too much.

C. She is confident in herself.

D. She has lots of social skills.

3. According to the story, Solitaire _____.

A. is a bad person

B. is a teacher

C. wants to do harm to Tori’s school

D. plans to hurt Tori and Michael

4. What does Nia Abraham think of the novel Solitaire?

A. It’s not close to students’ lives.

B. It would be better as a fairy tale.

C. It’s interesting and exciting.

D. It needs small plots between characters.

III. Post-reading

Discussion:

Split into groups, and share you favorite novel with each other.

Add music for a tasty flavor P(5)

I. Pre-reading

1. What is important for a delicious meal?

2. What do you use to make a meal more delicious?

3. Do you like to listen to music when eating?

II. While reading 

Choose the answer:

1. The secret ingredient to make a meal delicious is _____.

A. a spicy sauce

B. homegrown herbs

C. a piece of music

D. a mixture of different ingredients

2. According to Paragraph 2, a high-pitched tone may make a meal taste _____.

A. sour          B. sweet

C. bitter         D. spicy

3. What did the chocolate test aim to do?

A. To show how tones are connected to taste. 

B. To learn about what type of chocolate is better.

C. To find out why people like chocolate.

D. To find out what music chocolate lovers like.

4. The last paragraph tells us that the study is helpful for _____.

A. music companies

B. chefs

C. restaurants

D. music stores

III. Post-reading

What do you think of the study? Do you believe it to be true?

Kind lesson of a mean lady P(6)

I. Pre-reading

1. Have you done a great thing on your own at a very young age?

2. What did you learn from the experience?

II. While reading

While reading 

Choose the answer:

1. When the writer held up her list, Miss Bee _____.

A. warned her not to steal things

B. helped her get all that she wanted

C. asked her to find things by herself

D. spoke bad words towards her

2. Why did the writer describe going to the store as “going into battle”?

A. Because she had to be very careful to avoid being tricked.

B. Because she was scared of seeing Miss Bee.

C. Because she once had a fight with Miss Bee.

D. Because she wanted to make Miss Bee feel sorry.

3. The writer could finish her shopping in 15 minutes by the end of summer because ____.

A. she didn’t dare to buy anything at a later time

B. she was more familiar with how to shop there

C. the worker in the store often gave her a hand

D. Miss Bee gradually gave up playing jokes on her

4. When the writer remembered her shopping experience, she realized that _____.

A. Miss Bee was really a “meanie”

B. it was not right to overcharge others

C. it was important to teach a child math problems

D. Miss Bee had actually helped her improve her math skills

III. Post-reading

What do you think of Miss Bee? Have you learned something from such “unpleasant” experiences like in the story? What is one such experience?