1、界首初中 王 進(jìn)Unit4 Growing upstudy skillsLearning aims1. To know the four types of exercises in reading comprehension.2. To review different reading skills and use them to finish the exercises.How much time do you spend working out each passage of the reading comprehension?題型分值單選15完形填空15閱讀理解30詞匯10任務(wù)型閱讀10

2、首字母填空10句子翻譯10寫作20You cant be too careful!Pre-task建議時(shí)間10min10min5min10min10min5-10min15-20min20-25minPreviewHow did you work out the answer to each question?Share your answers with your partners or group members.Finish reading comprehension of 2017 Yangzhou Senior high school entrance examination(揚(yáng)州市

3、2017年中考)before class.Did you read the each passage one word by one word slowly, or use some reading skills?Task:Review the reading skills weve learnt! Read the title, the first and last paragraphs, and the first sentence of each paragraphlook for key information that will answer our questions.Skimmi

4、ng（略讀） Scanning（跳讀） Guessing Careful reading(細(xì)讀)Guess from the contextRead the sentence which the word appears in.Read the sentence before or after.Guess by its formationThese words are formed with suffix or prefix, and sometimes two words form a compound word.Skimming（略讀） Scanning（跳讀） Guessing Care

5、ful reading(細(xì)讀)Read the whole passage carefully to get the exact idea!37. Which sentence best expresses the theme of this story?A. One persons loss is anothers gain.B. An act of kindness is often rewarded.C. A near neighbour is better than a brother far off.D. Do something specific to help those in

6、need.38. What does the article mainly talk about?A. Viesturs first successful climb of Mount Everest.B. Viesturs physical preparations for climbing EverestC. The difficulties that Viesturs has met in his life.D. The lessons that Viesturs can share with others.43. Paragraph 2 mainly tells us _.A. kid

7、s cant tell “right” from “wrong”B. it takes time for kids to learn to tell the truthC. its wrong to punish kids for telling the truthD. all the kids are willing to confess to a bad act對(duì)文章做歸納、概括或評(píng)價(jià)。主旨大意題(Topic and main idea)While-taskRead the title, the first and last paragraphs, and the first senten

8、ce of each paragraphSkimmingScanning細(xì)節(jié)查找題Searching for details直接從文中找答案或是對(duì)文中的個(gè)別難句、關(guān)鍵詞、詞組及句子作出解釋。look for key information that will answer our questions.Which of the following is ture?What is the correct order of the sentences below?.36.If one of her friends has lost a loved one, what will the writer

9、probably NOT do?A.Call her friend to ask what she can do.B.Look after her friends young children.C.Take her friendss dog to the boarding kennel.D.Offer her friend house-sitting during the funeral.Now whenever I hear of a friend whos lost a loved one, I no longer call with the polite offer, “If there

10、s anything I can do”31. According to the passage, which of the following sentences is TRUE?A. The 9/11 Memorial only honours the victimsB. You can enter the museum at 6:30 p.m. on SundayC. You are advised to take the underground thereD. Join a Memorial tour to understand what happened on 9/1140.The

11、first “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to (指的是) _.A.being physical fit B.climbing Everest C.using oxygen when climbing D.climbing without oxygen44.What did Smith and his workmates find in their study? A.Older kids are more likely than younger children to confess to a bad act.B. Younger children are more l

12、ikely than older kids to confess to a bad act.C.The four-to-five-year-olds would feel better confessing the crimeD.The seven-to-nine-year-olds thought parents would be angry with their confessions.Scanning33. The passage probably comes from _.A. a film magazine B. a history textbookC. a government r

13、eport D. a travelling guide Careful reading推理判斷題Inferring and judging不能直接找到答案，要做上下文深層理解。What can we infer from the article?According to the article, we can learn.What do you think will happen next?The writer probably suggests.Read the whole passage carefully to get the exact idea!32.If Mr.Black (60

14、years old) and his grandson John (7 years old) want to join the Museum tour, they need to pay _ for the tickets.A.$39 B.$40 C.$69 D.$7934. The writer didnt know what to put into the suitcase because _.A. she couldnt do it on her own.B. she was too sad to do anythingC. she wanted to take everything t

15、o SeattleD. she was not good at housework39.What do we know about Ed Viesturs?A.As soon as he reached Mount Everest, he set out for Everest climb.B.Hes been to the top of the worlds 14 highest mountain without oxygen.C.Well prepared, he had no difficulty climbing the top of Mount Everest .D.So far,

16、he is the only one to have reached the top of Mount Everest without oxygen.41.Which sentence should go in the empty box in the last paragraph?A.I like being near the top of a mountain. B.Life is like climbing a mountain.C.You never climb the mountain twice. D.Over every mountain there is a path.45.A

17、ccording to Professor Smith, what can parents learn from these studies?A.Parents should at once punish the children who lied.B.Parents should tell children the wrongness of lying.C.Parents should never get angry after their childrens confessions.D.Parents should show positive feeling about their chi

18、ldrens confessions.42. What does the underlined word “denial” in Paragraph 1 mean?A. 委屈 B. 責(zé)備 C.否認(rèn) D. 拒絕Parents of very young children know this: You catch your child in the act of stealing the cookiethe evidence of candy written on his or her face. However, you get a wide-eyed denial, “I didnt do i

19、t!”猜測詞義Guessing the meaningGuess from the context(上下文)Read the sentence which the word appears in;Read the sentence before or after.Practice.Yet, shopkeepers may have to spend extra hours to deal with problems, such as shoplifters, who always take away things from the shop without paying for them.Wh

20、at does the word “shoplifter” mean?A. thief B. a guide in the shop C. the owner of the shop D. a customerIt was a great way to get his mind off what he had to do later. As they got close to the school, he could feel his heart beating, his hands were starting to sweat. He hated this.What does the und

21、erlined word “sweat” probably mean?A.觸摸 B. 鼓掌 C. 出汗 D. 指點(diǎn).While each father is a unique person who educates children in his own style, good fathers have something in common39. A unique person in the third paragraph means “a person who_”.A. has the same ideas as others B. is the only one of his typeC

22、. does everything without considering others ideas D. tries to do everything well guessing the meaning猜測詞義searching for details細(xì)節(jié)查找topic and main idea主旨大意inferring and judging推理判斷42guess from the contextscanningskimmingcareful readingPractice makes perfect!ConclusionTask : Separate all the questions

23、 of reading comprehension in 2015 Yangzhou Senior high school entrance examination into groups.題型猜測詞義細(xì)節(jié)查找主旨大意推理判斷題號(hào) Less than 5 minutes363132333435373839404142444543PracticeWilliam Shakespeare died on April the 23rd in 1616. This years 400th anniversary of his death is not just a chance to remember

24、one of the greatest writers of all time. It is a moment to celebrate his ongoing influence. Just as Ben Jonson, another great English writer of his times, said, “he is not of an age, but for all time.” People like Shakespeares plays because the characters show real human feelings. Romeo and Juliet,

25、who are young lovers, they dont quite know how to get ahead with their lives. And they disagree with their parents. Their story ha sad ending. When we take the characters out of his period, they really speak to almost any time and place. The language of Shakespeare is alive and well in modern, every

26、day English. Even if an English-speaker knows nothing about Shakespeare, they will surely know some sayings that come from his plays. When we have problems making up our mind, we say “to be or not to be: that is the question” (Hamlet). When a friend eats all the food in the house, we say hes “eating

27、 me out of house and home” (Henry IV). But Shakespeares influence is felt far beyond his language and his culture. “Cowards(懦夫) die many times before their death, the valiant never taste of death but once.” This saying from Shakespeares historical play Julius Caesar encouraged Nelson Mandela to figh

28、t on when he was a prisoner. Shakespeares influence is everywhere, from Goethe (a German writer) to Tchaikovsky. As Shakespeare himself put it in his comedy As You Like It, “all the worlds a stage.” More than 400 years later, stages around the world still show his plays. Through his works, Shakespea

29、re lives on. Perhaps well still be attracted by his works 400 years from now. Task 1:揚(yáng)州.2016, 閱讀理解C（修改）5minPost-task牛刀小試1.What does the word “valiant” in Paragraph 4 mean?A. 膽小的 B. 聰慧的 C. 英勇的 D. 永生的2.Why do people like Shakespeares plays?A. Because they contains(包含) a lot of sayings.B. Because reade

30、rs feel what is real in life.C. Because they always have a sad ending.D. Because stages still show his plays now.3. Paragraph 4 is mainly about _. A. some famous Shakespearian sayings B. some Shakespearian historical stories C. Shakespeares influence on modern English D. Shakespeares influence on wi

31、der society 4. By the last sentence “Perhaps well still be attracted by his works 400 years from now”, the writer means _. A. Shakespeares influence will last for a long time B. Britain will remember William Shakespeare forever C. Shakespeares works will be gone and forgotten some day D. Shakespeare

32、s works will have a stronger influence than ever before Topic and main ideaSearching for detailsGuessing the meaningInferring and judgingTask 2: If you were the setter(命題人), make up four or five exercises related to(與.相關(guān)) one of the books above.Group workSet the questions related to one chapter(章節(jié))o

33、r one story. You should tell us which lines on which page you choose. “And who are these?” the Queen asked, and pointed at the three gardeners on the ground.Alice thought, “They are only playing cards. Im not afraid of them.”So she said, “I dont know and Im not interested!”The Queen didnt like Alice

34、s answer. Her face turned red with anger.“Off with her head! Off with her head!” She shouted.“Go to your places!” the Queen shouted, and people started running in all directions. After a minute or two they were ready to begin.“What a strange croquet ground!” Alice thought. It wasnt flat, it was full

35、 of bumps. The players didnt have mallets, they had live falmingoes, the balls were live hedgehogs and soldiers bent their bodies to make the hoops.Alice didnt find the game easy to play. Her flamingoes moved its head up and down all the time. The hedgehogs ran away when she tried to hit them. The s

36、oldiers were always moving around the ground. The players didnt wait for their turns and they argued about the hedgehogs.Evey minute or two, the Queen Stamped her feet and shouted, “Off with her head!” or “Off with his head!” .At the end of the game, only the King, the Queen and Alice were on the cr

37、oquet ground. All the other players were in prison.Passage 1The duke and thee king made their money by cheating people. In each new town that they visited they used a different trick.On the first evening, everyone was very excited. The duke come on stage and said nothing, he pulled back the curtain

38、and the king ran on. He wasnt wearing any clothes! But his body was painted all the colours of the rainbow!The audience laughed and clapped. He ran around the stage for a few minutes and then went off. The duke came out and thanked the people for coming.“Is that all?” “Yes!” the duke said and disapp

39、eared.The men got angry. Some of them suggested catching the duke and the king. Then suddenly a large man shouted, “Wait a minute, These men have tricked us, but we dont want others in the town to laugh at us, we dont want to be embarrassed. So go home and tell your friends that the show was wonderf

40、ul.”“Good idea!” the men said and left quietly.The court house was full again on the second evening. On the third evening the same men that saw the show on the first and the seconds returned. But they werent there to see the show. Their pockets were full of old cabbages and tomatoes and bad eggs. They planned to throw them a