初三19-20学年第13期总第608期

Finding sun power (P3)

Pre-reading

1. Do you have a dream? What is it?

2. What is the most important step toward realizing your dream?

 

 

While reading

Choose the answer

1. What does Stewart want to do?

A. Move to a different community.

B. Invent a solar power app.

C. Do research on his school’s energy use.

D. Install solar panels for his school’s science labs.

 

2. Who provided Stewart with the funding he needed?

A. His parents.           

B. His teacher.

C. His school.            

D. Synergy Home.

 

3. According to Wheeler, Stewart succeeded because _____.

A. he got a lot of help from his teachers

B. he did a lot of research before taking action

C. he worked on a similar project for a local company

D. his school building receives enough sunlight every day

 

4. What do we know from the story?

A. Stewart is a man of action.

B. Stewart is a straight-A student. 

C. Stewart’s favorite subject is science.

D. Stewart will start a new project soon.

 

 

Words in use

Fill in the blanks:

 

             make efforts; due to; ask for; be expected to

 

1. He ____________ get through to the finals.

2. When you are in trouble, don't be afraid to _____ your friend ________ help.

3. His successes were largely ________ his hard work.

4. He __________ to improve his reading. Now his reading has improved a lot.

 

 

Post-reading

Some people believe that “actions always prove why words mean nothing.”

Do you agree? Why or why not?

 

 

 

Play a game from far away (P5)

Pre-reading

1. Do you like watching or playing basketball or soccer?

2. If you can talk about these sports with others while watching, will you enjoy them more?

 

 

While reading

Choose the answer：

1. Players of fantasy sports will get a point if _____.

A. their team joins a better league

B. they win an online game against another player

C. there are more star players on their teams

D. the players they choose score in real-life games

 

 

2. What are the last two paragraphs mainly about?

A. Tips for playing fantasy sports.

B. Ways to receive updates on fantasy sports.

C. Reasons for the popularity of fantasy sports.

D. Prizes for winners of fantasy sports.

 

3. What do we know from the story?

A. Fantasy sports refers to American football games.

B. Fantasy sports were invented by sports fans.

C. People need to pay the league to become a member.

D. People don’t have to meet in person to play fantasy sports.

 

 

Words in use

根据中文提示完成下列句子：

1. 初中毕业后，我仍然会和初中的好友们保持联系

After graduating from junior high school, I will still _________ with my friends.

2. 如果我现在足够努力，未来我就可以自如做自己想做的事。

  If I work hard enough now, I can ________ do what I want to do in the future.

3. 多亏你的帮助，我才能很好地完成这项任务。

________ your help, I can finish this job.

 

 

Post-reading

What do you think about fantasy sports?

Would you like to make a fantasy league with your friends?

 

 

 

Learn from your loss (P6)

Pre-reading

1. If you make mistakes, what do you do afterwards?

2. Are you afraid of making mistakes?

 

 

While reading

Choose the answer

1. According to researchers from the University of Arizona, _____.

A. failure is a bad thing

B. people fall under great pressure if they fail

C. the best error rate for learning is 15 percent

D. students learn faster by doing hard tasks

 

2. Why is the study by Northwestern University mentioned?

A. To prove the results of the first research project.

B. To explain what the “sweet spot” is.

C. To describe how teachers design learning tasks.  

D. To explain how failure can help us succeed.

 

3. What do we know from the story?

A. The more mistakes we make, the faster we will succeed.

B. Without failures, we are not able to learn new things.

C. We have to give up if we fail too many times.

D. It’s better to try again quickly if we fail.

 

 

Words in use

根据首字母提示完成下列短文：

    Nick Vujicic is a s_____ speaker who helps many people through his speeches.

He was born without arms. But he didn’t g ____ up on life. The s_____ to his success is that he isn’t afraid of f _____and he tries over and over again. We can l_____ a lot from him.

 

 

Post-reading

Our mistakes are soft failures that help us grow.

Share a mistake you made that helped you improve.

•     What was your mistake?

•     How did you feel at that time?

•     What did you do?

•     What did you learn from it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

答案与解析：

P3

1. D。根据文章第二段第一句去年Parker Stewart开始努力将太阳能引入学校的科学实验室。由此可知他想为学校的科学实验室安装太阳能电池板。故选D。

2.C。根据文章第五段第一句 “Stewart then went to Sayre’s headmaster to ask for funding after explaining the benefits of solar power.”可知Stewart通过跟校长谈太阳能的好处从而从学校申请到他需要的资金。故选C。

3. B。根据文章第六段第一、二句可知Wheeler 认为Stewart的这个项目的成功归功于他的努力。在行动之前他做了很多必要的研究如计算项目的成本、效益和回报率等最终确定太阳能方案是否适合学校实验室的情形。故选B。

4. A。根据文章事件的描述以及最后一段最后一句“Others just talk about improving the environment, “but Parker had the persistence to make it happen,” she added.”可知Stewart是一个实干家，别人只是说说而他是努力去做。故选A。

 

 

Word in use

1. is expected to

2. ask ; for

3. due to

4. make efforts

 

 

P5

1. D。根据文章第三段第四句 “All the players on your team can earn points---or lose them---based on their real-life performances.”可知如果梦幻体育选择的球员在现实比赛中得分，那这些玩家就可得分。故选D。

2. C。根据文章最后两段内容以及第六段第一句“Why do people like fantasy sports?”可知后两段都是在讲梦幻体育受欢迎的原因。故选C。

3. D。根据文章第五段可知过去人们通过邮件玩梦幻体育而如今只需手机就可以在线玩。由此可知人们不需见面就能玩梦幻体育。故选D。

 

Words in use

 

1. keep in touch                

2. be free to                 

3. Thanks to

 

 

 

 

P6

1. C。根据文章第二段可知根据美国亚利桑那大学的研究者们的研究可知学习的最佳错误率是15%。故选C。

2. D。根据文章第五段第四、五句 “If failure is normal, then how do we learn from it and succeed? Another study by Northwestern University, US, can tell us. ”可知提到美国西北大学的另一项研究是为了解释失败如何帮助我们成功。故选D。

3. D。根据文章第七段内容可知从失败到重新尝试间的间隔时间很重要。如果间隔短，重新尝试成功的机会就越大。由此可知如果失败了，最好尽快再试一次。故选D。

 

 

Word in use

1. successful

2. give 

3. secret   

4. failures

5. learn