Chemistry kid’s a class above (P3)

Pre-reading

1.When you go to college, how old will you be?

2.When you were 11 years old, which grade were you in?

3.Imagine what your life will be like in college.

 

While reading

1. According to the first two paragraphs, Daniel Liu is ____.  

A. an elementary student  

B. a chemist  

C. a college student  

D. a teacher 

 

2. What did Cigdem Kahyaoglu say on Twitter about Daniel?  

A. He is the youngest student in their college.  

B. If they have troubles, they can give him a call.  

C. If they have questions, they can email him.  

D. He wants more people to share photos. 

 

 

3. What did Daniel’s father say to the local news site?  

A. His son can learn things really fast.  

B. He paid a lot of money on his son’s music class.  

C. He asked his son to go to college at a very young age.  

D. His son enjoyed high school because everybody knows him. 

 

4. Which is NOT true according to the story?  

A.The photo about him taking college class is really popular on Twitter.  

B. Daniel likes chemistry because it makes him look like a magician.  

C. He won the “You Be the Chemist” competition and got $10,000.  

D. In April, he met the US President at the White House Science Fair. 

 

 

Post-reading

1. Do you know who the boy is? 

2. Do you know how old the boy is?

 

 

 

 

 

Do you support or oppose the idea of the juvenile class?

SupportOppose

Reason 1

Reason 2

Reason 3

 

 

Books come to life in Australian schools (P5)

Pre-reading

1. Do you like reading books?

2. What is the name of your favorite book?

3. What are the main characters of the book？

4. What is the story about?

 

 

While reading

1.How do the kids in Australia dress up to celebrate books?  

A.  As Halloween characters.  

B.  As their favorite book characters.  

C.  As characters in Shakespeare plays.  

D.  As people from real life. 

 

2.The teachers develop activities on Book Week because they want to _____.  

A.  keep the kids busy.  

B.  make kids know reading is important.  

C.  turn Book Week into Drama Week.  

D.  help kids make good use of their costumes. 

 

3.  According to Professor Margot Hillel, ____.  

A.  kids should read more books outside schools  

B.  parents should read books with their kids  

C.  nobody likes to read books alone  

D.  reading can bring happiness to kids  

 

Post-reading

Your book week:

The name of the book:

The character you like to dress up as:

The personalities of the character:

The reasons you want to dress up as her/him:

 

 

 

Dogs seeing double (P6)

Pre-reading

1. Do you have twin friends or classmates?

2. Do you want to have a twin brother or sister and why?

3. Is it easy to find animal twins?

4. Which kind of animals can give birth to twins? 

 

While reading

1. We have seen twins in the following, but not ____.  

A. people  

B. nine-banded armadillos  

C. dogs  

D. zebras 

 

2. Where were the first twin dogs born?  

A. In South America.  

B. In North America.  

C. In South Africa.  

D. In North Africa. 

 

3.Which of the following is TRUE about the twin dogs?  

A. It’s impossible to look for differences on the twin dogs.  

B. It’s normal to find small differences on their bodies.  

C. The vet found that the numbers of the twins’ paws are different.  

D. People find out that only twin dogs can give birth to twins. 

 

4. What does the word “They” mean in the last paragraph?  

A. The twin dogs.  

B. More twin humans.  

C. More twin animals.  

D. Readers.

 

Post-reading

1. If one of your classmates had the chance to become your twin brother or sister, who would you like to choose?

2. Could you introduce your “twin brother or sister” to the whole class?

 

参考答案及解析

【P3】 1. 答案为C。本题是一道细节理解题。从文章第二段第一句On Aug 22, he attended a class at the University of Toledo in Ohio, US.可以得知Daniel Liu在美国的一所大学读书，college 和university是同义词，所以答案为C。

 

2. 答案为C。本题是一道细节理解题。 从文章第二段第三句This kid is 11 and in my chemistry class. He said if we have questions to just email him, 可以得知如果你有任何问题可以给他发邮件，而不是打电话。故答案为C。

 

3.答案为A。本题是一道细节理解题。从文章第三段最后一句“’He would learn things very fast,’ Daniel’s father Chunyu Liu told a local news site. ”可以得知Daniel的爸爸对他儿子的评价是学东西很快，故答案为A。

4. 答案为B。本题是一道细节理解题。从文章第三段第二句But she is not the first Chinese to win the award.可以得知她不是第一个获得这个奖项的中国人。Liu Cixin  在Hao之前就获得了这个奖项。故答案为B。

 

 

【P5】1. 答案为B。本题是一道细节理解题。从文章第一段第一句Each August in Australia, children dress up as their favorite book characters (人物) and come to school. 可以得知在澳大利亚的读书周，学生们要装扮成他们最喜欢的书上的人物到学校。故答案为B。

 

2. 答案为B。本题是一道细节理解题。 从文章的倒数第三段的最后一句This is to show how important reading is.可以得知在阅读周，老师们组织了一系列的活动都是为了让学生知道阅读的重要性。  故答案为B。

 

3. 答案为D。本题是一道细节理解题。 从文章倒数第二段Children’s Book Council chairperson Professor Margot Hillel said reading books will always bring great joy. 可以得知Professor Margot Hillel 认为读书可以给人们带来快乐，joy 和happiness是同义词。故答案为D。

 

【P6】1. 答案为D。本题是一道细节理解题。 从文章第一段和第二段So far, only humans and nine-banded armadillos can give birth to twins, BBC reports.  Now, we can add one animal to the list － dogs! 可以得知到目前为之，可以诞下双胞胎的有人类，九带犰狳，和最新发现的狗，D选项中的斑马并没有被发现可以产下双胞胎。故答案为D。

 

2. 答案为C。本题是一道细节理解题。从文章第四段第一句They were born in an animal hospital in South Africa.可以这对双胞胎狗出生于南非的一家动物医院，故答案为C。

 

3. 答案为B。本题是一道细节理解题。 从文章倒数第三段Cullen and Romulus still have small differences in the white markings on their paws and other parts of their bodies.可以得知这两只双胞胎小狗在爪子和身体上还是有细微的差别。故答案为B。

 

4. 答案为C。本题是一道细节理解题。从文章的最后一段的最后一句，But maybe there are lots of others in the world. They are waiting for us to find out.  

 They指代的是前文中提到的在世界上可能有更多的双胞胎，等着我们去发现。故答案为C。