初三18-19年第1期总第562期

Cannot stop playing (P2)

Pre-reading

1. Do you play video games? If so, how many hours do you play each day?

2. Why are video games so popular?

While reading

1. A player may have “gaming disorder” if he or she _____.

A. prefers offline games to online ones

B. can’t stop playing video games

C. takes part in different kinds of social activities

D. is good at dealing with personal or family problems

2. What does “the decision” in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A. The WHO wrote a new draft of its classification of diseases.

B. The WHO listed “gaming disorder” as a mental disorder.

C. “Gaming disorder” now includes more characteristics.

D. New services will be available to treat “gaming disorder”.

3. In South Korea, people have to be _____ to play online games after midnight. 

A. under the age of 12  

B. between 12 and 18 years old

C. over 16 years old

D. over 18 years old

4. What can we infer from the story?

A. Most teenagers enjoy playing video games.

B. Experts don’t take gaming disorder seriously.

C. It’s impossible to give up bad gaming habits.

D. “Gaming disorder” is a common problem in the world.

Words in use

Fill in blanks

1. Healthy living standards are different now than in the past. They include not only physical health, but also ________ health. (心理上的)

2. My mother sets a ________ for how much money I can spend each week. (限制)

3. James had a serious illness. Luckily, the ___________ worked really well for him. (疗法)

Post-reading

Being addicted to video games can cause serious problems in people’s lives and even harm their health. 

Can you think of some ways to control gaming habit?

Teaching girls to love science (P3)

Pre-reading

If you could start your own club, what kind of club would you start? What would you want to achieve with this club?

While reading

1. Hou felt alienated in her computer science lecture because _____.

A. computer science was very difficult for her

B. she had no friends in her class

C. there were not many girls in her class

D. she was the only foreigner in the class

2. Which subject is NOT included in STEM?

A. Science.

B. Biology.

C. Technology.

D. Engineering.

3. Hou's club Girls in STEM aims to _____.

A. encourage boys to help girls in STEM

B. help students in her school improve in STEM

C. narrow the gender gap in STEM education

D. help girls make friends by learning about STEM

4. What do we know from the story?

A. STEM isn’t popular in Hou’s school.

B. There are no girls working in STEM fields.

C. The gender gap in STEM is large.

D. Girls work harder than boys in school.

Words in use

根据首字母提示完成下列句子：

1. All of the students in her class paid close a__________ to her speech.

2. Our school’s team will compete with the team from No.5 middle school. It is said that they are our main c ________.

3. Liz made a mistake because she didn’t really f________ on her work.

Post-reading

STEM subjects are difficult for many students – boys and girls alike.

Do you know of any ways to improve your knowledge of STEM subjects?

Heat hits Arctic (P6)

Pre-reading

People all over the world, including in China, experienced a very hot summer this year. How did it

feel to you? Did it affect your life in any way?

While reading

1. From the first two paragraphs, we know that during this summer, _____.

A. it rained a lot in the northern hemisphere

B. China was the hottest country in the world

C. temperatures in Norilsk were higher than in China

D. temperatures in Norilsk were extremely high

2. Which of the following phrases can explain the extreme heat in the Arctic compared to other places?

A. A heat wave.

B. Global warming. 

C. The polar amplification effect.

D. The disappearance of Arctic sea ice.

3. What will happen if Arctic ice continues melting?

A. The planet will become even warmer.

B. There will be no ice on Earth by 2040.

C. Arctic animals will disappear.

D. Some countries may be covered by water.

4. What is the main message of this story?

A. Hot summers in China are longer than ever.

B. The Arctic Circle has seen extreme heat this year.

C. The melting of Arctic ice has slowed down.

D. Global warming has been overlooked.

Words in use

根据中文提示完成下列句子：

1. Alice花了一整周的时间为她的老师做礼物。

  Alice spent an _______ week making a gift for her teacher.

2. Mr Jones 跑的速度是Louis的两倍。

  Mr Jones runs  _________  as Louis?

3. 问题不会自动消失，我们应该学会如何解决它们。

Problems won’t ________ by themselves. We have to learn how to solve them.

Post-reading

Extreme heat waves can cause serious problems, including wildfires, melting polar ice and heatstroke. 

Please work in groups and list the possible consequences (后果) of rising global temperatures.

Offer some suggestions for dealing with this problem.

答案与解析

P2

1. B。从文中第三段“"Gaming disorder" refers to persistent or recurrent [video-gaming] behavior, whether online or offline.” 及第四段内容可知。

2. B。 由文章第五段可以得知，这个决定会让人开始重视“gaming disorder”，所以，“决定”是指上文第二段中说的 “it recognized "gaming disorder" as a mental disorder”。

3.C。从文章第六段 “South Korea has introduced a law banning children under 16 from playing online games between midnight and 6 am” 可以得知16岁以下的孩子是不能在午夜到凌晨6点之间玩游戏的。

4. D。从最后一段第一句 “some countries are already working to solve this problem.”。 以及第二段WHO对这一问题的关注，可以知道这是一个不局限于某一国家的普遍问题。

P3

1. C。由第一段最后一句 “There were only 11 women in a class of 100.”可知，她的感觉源于像她一样学习计算机科学课程的女孩很少。故答案为C。

2. B。从文章第三段第一句 “…which stands for science, technology, engineering, and math.” 可知。故答案为B。

3. C。从文章第三段第一句 “Hou decided to do her part to close the gender gap (性别差异) in STEM.” 以及第二句“She formed a club called Girls in STEM.”可知。故答案为C。

4. C。由文章开头描写Hou上过的两个STEM课程中男女生比例，以及后面她成立社团的目的都可以得知，在STEM课程的选择中，性别差异是巨大的。故答案为C。

P6

1. D。文章第二段“Temperatures in the city of Norilsk … reached a record high of 32 C” 可以得知。故答案为D。

2. C。从文章第三段最后一句 “In fact, while the whole world is getting warmer, the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. This is called the polar amplification effect.” 可以得知。故答案为C。

3. D。从文章最后一段 “Melting ice can also cause sea levels to rise in the long term.” “Some countries …are at risk of disappearing into the sea.” 可以得知。故答案为D。

4. B。文章通过中国今年夏天给人的感觉，引出北半球的高温天气。第二段紧接着提出，北极地区都没能例外，说到在Norilsk的极端高温。下文进一步解释了极地高温出现的原因和影响。故答案为B。