高中英语Unit6Period6Lesson4DreamHouses课堂达标训练含解析北师大版必修2
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Teaching PlanM2 Unit6Lesson 4 Dream HousesTeaching aims:At the end of this period, the students will be able to:1.appreciate the detailed description of houses during reading;2.describe the houses in the text using the language learned;3.learn to design their dream houses and share their ideas;4.develop their awareness of the importance of pursuing their dreams.Reading strategies:1.predicting from the pictures2.skimming for main idea3.reading for key information4.guessing the meaning of words from the contex tTeaching aids: computer, blackboard, PPT, handoutsTeaching procedures:Step 1. Lead-in to warm upT: Look at the house on the screen. Is it beautiful?S: Yes.T: This is the house i bought a few years ago in Xiamen, which means that i have a house, towards the sea, with all the flowers blossoming, in the warm spring. Do you know how much it is worth?S: ...T: It is worth at least more than ten million RMB, which means that i am a millionaire. But it is a pity that i can only own such a house in my dream.S: (Laughters)...T: Talking about houses, different kinds of houses may come to our mind: castle, palace, cottage, apartment/flat, townhouses...T: today, we are going to read The House on Mango Street.The author: Sandra Cisneros. Sandra Cisneros is one of the most interesting ‘Latina’writers in the USA. The House on Mango Street was about a dissatisfied little girl who was brought up in a poor family.(teaching purpose: Start from pictures and Ss own feelings so that Ss can relate it to something they are familiar with and get ready for the reading. )Step 2、Skimming to match the topics with the paragraphs.(Ss read through the article quickly to match the topics with paragraphs.)Para. 1 The flat on LoomisPara. 2 The house on Mango streetPara. 3 The places she lived beforePara. 4 The house of her ownPara. 5 Her dream house(teaching purpose: Read for main idea.)Step3 Read to learn for details(Ss answer questions about some detailed information in the article.)1.Read paragraph 1 and answer the question: How many places has the girl lived in?2. Read para 2 and answer:What are the good points the girl thought the house on Mango Street had?3. Read para 3 and answer: Why did they leave the flat on Loomis?4. Read para 4 and answer: Which of these things did the girl’s dream house have?swimming pool, pipe, a yard with trees, washrooms, balcony, games room, fence,running water, bathtub, basement, “real”stairs5. Read para 5 and answer: How does the writer describe the house on the Mango Street?(teaching purpose: Reading strategy training: reading for key information .)Step 4、Match the houses according to the description in Para.3-5.(T shows three pictures of houses. Ss work to match the pictures with the houses. Check with the whole class. Describe the houses.)Her dream house The flat on Loomis The house on Mango street(teaching purpose: Read for detailed information. Get Ss familiar with the content.)Step5、Can you design your own dream houses?(T asks Ss to talk about the way the writer describes the houses in the passage.)Introduction:Kind of house: flat / apartment, cottage, castle, palace, townhouseMaterials: concrete, steel, glass, wood, bamboo, stoneLocation: in the city center, in a forest, on a mountain, at the seaside…Rooms:Describe what the rooms are like, where they are and what is in them (furniture)bedroom, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, hall, bathroom, basement, garage, stairs sofa, bookshelf, fireplace, curtain, lampSpecial features of the house:solar panels on the roof, yard , swimming pool, balcony, ceiling, statue, painting…Conclusion: say why you would like to live there I would like to have a…so that I can…Have a peaceful life Sleep comfortably Enjoy the sunshine study quietly Have tea parties…The house on Mango street (a sample based on the structure and the key words)Kind of building? Materials used? Location?Rooms? Features?(teaching purpose: Help Ss be clear about detailed description.)Step 6、Group Work:(Group presentation: Ss work in groups of 4 to talk about a sitting room/ kitchen/ bedroom/ bathroom/ balcony/ basement/ study… in their dream house.)First: In group of four, design a house that you think is perfect and do the drawing on a piece of paper. Then describe it to other students. Try to use thekey words.Second: Interaction: Make a presentation about your dream houses to your classmates according to your drawing. (You can use the key words in the text book to help you )T: Good! Time is limited. I am sure you must have more fantastic ideas of dream houses. I think you can share them with each other after class. It’s time for us to make a summary for this class.(teaching purpose: Students use the expressions and information they have learned to practise describing houses.)Step 7 SummaryIn this period, we have read the House on Mango Street; and we have learned how to describe a house using the key words in the text; more importantly, we have learnt to design a dream house and describe it using what we have learned; most importantly, we have understood how important it is to pursue our dream.(teaching purpose:to help the students get a general idea of the whole lesson.)Step8、Homework :( consolidate the reading practice in this period)1. Read the text aloud.2. Write a passage titled “My Dream House”.(teaching purpose: to put what have been learnt into practice and achieve the aim of reading to write.)Reflection for this period:本节课充分体现了《普通高中英语课程标准》强调课堂教学注重学生自主性、探究性原则:首先,本节课设计以“阅读---思考---表达”教学思路为主线,根据文章的特点,采用中心句,逐段设置问题的形式,引导学生分析语篇的段落结构,把握文章的主要脉络,并深入语篇,借助语境建立语句之间、段落之间的语义联系,开展语篇阅读整体教学。
Period 6 Lesson 4 Dream HousesⅠ.用适当的介词填空1.The zebra (斑马) is related ______ the horse.2.Chen Zijiang is a papercutting expert whom I interviewed ________ my article ________ Chinese art.3.Papercutting is a Chinese folk art ________ a long history.4.This ancient tomb dates back __________ the Ming Dynasty.5.Paper cuts used ______ decoration are often seen ______ windows and gates.6.This big desk can be used ______ a bed.7.The lanterns ______ the shape of animals are well received by children.8.He waved goodbye ______ me and went away.Ⅱ.选词填空错误!1.China is a country ________________.2.He promises if he ____________ her,he will make her happy.3.The rise in crime is reported to ____________ an increase in unemployment (失业).4.They often ________ animals ________ scientific experiments.5.The church,which ____________ the nint hcentury,is being rebuilt.6.He ____________ his homework after he finished reading the text.Ⅰ.Reading comprehension(Ⅰ)Fast readingRead the text and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).1.We always lived on Paulina.______2.The house on Mango Street is our ideal house.______3.We had to leave Loomis quickly because the house was too old.______4.We would have a real house with running water,pipes,real stairs,a basement and three washrooms.______5.Everybody shares a bedroom on Mango Street.______(Ⅱ)Careful readingChoose the best answers.1.How many places the writer lived in are mentioned in the text?A.One.B.Two.C.Six.D.We don’t kno w the exact number.2.Which of the following statements about the house on Mango Street is TRUE?A.We need to pay rent to landlord.B.The house is not a wanted house at all.C.We should share the garden with others.D.We can’t make too much noise there.3.A landlord is ________.A.a businessmanB.a piece of landC.an owner of a houseD.a cleaner4.Why did they leave the flat on Loomis?A.Because the house was too old.B.Because water pipes broke and nobody would fix them.C.Because we should share the washroom with others and carry water by ourselves.D.All of the above.5.The passage is mainly about ________.A.the place where they lived before moving to Mango StreetB.the life on Mango StreetC.a dream house and a real house on Mango StreetD.the reasons why they moved to Mango StreetⅡ.Language points1.The house on Mango Street is ours,and we don’t have to pay rent to anybody,or share the yard with the people downstairs,or be careful not to make too_much noise,and worried about the landlord being angry.芒果街的房子是我们自己的,不用给任何人交房租,不用和楼下的住户共用一个院子,不用小心翼翼不能大声喧哗,也不用担心房东生气。
Lesson4 Dream Houses教案Teaching aims:A: Knowledge aim:vocabulary ( cottage, apartment, basement, garage, narrow, balcony ,washroom, bathroom, sitting room, curtain, air conditioner ,hold one’s breath )B: Ability aim:a. to practise extensive reading in order to understand the main idea of each paragraph and guess the meaning of new words from the context.b. to practise intensive reading to get detailed information .c. to practise oral English and written English.2.Teaching method : Direct teaching method.Teaching procedures:Step one: Warm-up and lead-inEnjoy some pictures of different styles of houses and rooms.Question : what kind of house do you like most and why?( Introduce the topic of this lesson, give Ss a stage to show their interest and ability)Step two :Before readingAn introduction of the author and the book <The House on Mango Street>The author:Sandra Cisneros is one of the most interesting ‘Latina’ writers in the USA. Her father was exican and her mother was ‘Chicano’. She is both a poet(诗人) and short story writer.The House on Mango Street was about a dissatisfied little girl named Esperanza(埃斯佩兰萨), the main character of the novel. She was brought up by a poor family.Esperanza was a young girl of many hopes and dreams. One dream she had was to leave her childhood memories behind one day and live in a rich family with a nice husband and family. One remarkable thing about Esperanza was that she wanted to make herself different from all the other female genders(女性).Step three: Fast readingRead the text quickly. Which of these things did the girl’s dream house have?A swimming pool , a big garden/yard with trees , a balcony ,running water ,a games room , three washrooms , real stairs , a basement( To train Ss’ability o f fast reading and how to get the main idea of each paragraph)Step four: Intensive reading阅读课文,选择正确答案1.Which is NOT true about the flat on Loomis?A.Its walls were made of wood.B.Water ran all the way in the flat.C.The house was built many years ago.D.We were not willing to leave it.2.Which is NOT true about the dream house?A.It has running water and they don’t need to carry water over from the next door.B.The house is white surrounded by trees.C.Everyone has a washroom of his or her own.D.Other people can go into the yard if they want to3.In fact,the house on Mango Street .A.is exactly the same as the dream oneB.is nothing like the dream oneC.has a big garage for them to park their carD.has many trees of its ownStep five: Post reading一、根据汉语提示写出单词1.Don’t sit on the grass;it’s damp(潮湿的)!2.I don’t like taking the garbage(垃圾)out,and my brother doesn’t like it, either.3.I work downdown(在市区),but I live in the suburbs.4.Grandma took mercy(怜悯)on that poor man who was begging on the street.5.The rent(租金)of the houses is so high in Beijing.二、从课文中找出下列短语并译成汉语1.by the time 到……的时候2.share...with...和……分享……3.dream of梦想4.dream up虚构5.pay rent to付……的租金Step five:Language points1.But what I remembered most is moving a lot.what 用来引导名词性(主语, 宾语, 表语)从句,同时在句中又担句子成分, 译为“…的”moving a lot 在句中作表语e.g. The teacher’s job is teaching his students knowledge.e.g. What he bought yesterday are three books.(主语从句)I am enjoying what I ’m listening now. (宾语从句)He isn’t what he used to be.(表语从句)2. Each time it seemed (that )there’d be one more of us.It seems/seemed that…=sb. seems./seemed to doe.g. It seems that he has been ill. = He seems to have been ill.It seemed that you had heard of it.= You seemed to have heard of it.e.g. It seems as if you are the first one to be here.(与事实可能相符)It seemed as if he had just stepped out of a fairly book.(与事实不相符)3.By the time we got to Mango Street we were six—Mama,Papa,Carlos,Kiki,my sister Nenny and me.搬到芒果街时,家里有六口人——妈妈、爸爸、卡洛斯、基基、姐姐内妮和我。
高中英语北师大版必修2Unit6 Design《Lesson4 Dream Houses》省级名师优质课教案比赛获奖教案示范课教案公开课教案【省级名师教案】1教学目标Knowledge Objects:1. To practise using the vocabulary of houses and rooms.2. To practise the differences between American and English vocabulary.Ability Objects:1. To practise intensive reading and understanding the inferences in a text.2. To assess the difficulty of reading texts and comprehension exercises.3. To plan and talk about a design for a study or bedroom.Emotional Objects:It is good to have a dream and better to work hard to make the dream come true. We can ex perience much happiness in the process of realizing our dreams.2新设计本课选自北师大版高中英语必修模块一第六单元第四课,是一篇阅读课文,《芒果街的房子》,在课文的字里行间,描述出了梦想中的房子是什么样子的。
本节课的主要教学目标是提高学生阅读理解能力与阅读速度,与此同时,努力提高学生的英语的表达能力与交际能力。
3学情分析高一学生自开学以来,已经适应了高中的学习模式,对英语课程的学习也很有兴趣。
虽然学生们的英语基础较差,但是学生们愿意努力提高英语水平,在平时的学习中,能够积极发言,积极交流。
Period Four Lesson 4 Dream HousesⅠ.重点单词1.cottage n.村舍,小屋2.rent n.租金3.pipe n.管子4.mercy n.慈悲,怜悯,同情心5.damp adj.潮湿的6.bathe vi.洗澡;沐浴7.narrow adj.狭窄的8.dream n.& v.梦想;做梦9.garbage n.垃圾,废物10.apartment n.(美)公寓住宅11.downtown adv.在市区;往市区;adj.市区的12.lorry n.卡车,载重汽车13.curtain n.窗帘Ⅱ.重点短语1.by the time到……的时候为止2.share...with...与……分享……3.even so即使这样,尽管如此4.at least至少5.hold one’s breath屏住呼吸Ⅲ.重点句式1.what引导主语从句But what I remembered most is moving a lot.但我记得最多的是我们搬了很多次家。
2.the way表“方式”,后跟定语从句But the house on Mango Street is not the way they described it at all.但是芒果街的房子根本不像他们描述的那样。
3.副词out位于句首引起的完全倒装Out back is a small garage for the car we don’t own yet and a small yard that lookssmaller between the two buildings on either side.房子后面有一间小车库,但现在我们还没有车,还有一个小院子,夹在路两边的高楼中显得更小了。
Ⅰ.根据课文内容判断正(T)、误(F)1.We always lived on Paulina Street.(F)2.The house on Mango Street is our ideal house.(F)3.We had to leave Loomis fast because the house was too old.(T)4.We thought we would have a real house with running water, pipes,real stairs,a basement and three washrooms.(T)5.Everybody shares a bedroom on Mango Street.(F)Ⅱ.课文阅读理解1.How many places the writer lived in are mentioned in the text?A.One.B.Two.C.Six.D.We don’t know the exact number.答案 D2.Which of the following statements about the house on Mango Street is TRUE?A.We need to pay rent to the landlord.B.The house is not a wanted house at all.C.We should share the garden with others.D.We can’t make too much noise there.答案 B3.A landlord is .A.a businessmanB.a piece of landC.an owner of a houseD.a cleaner答案 C4.Why did they leave the flat on Loomis?A.Because the house was too old.B.Because water pipes broke and nobody would fix them.C.Because they should share the washroom with others and carry water by themselves.D.All of the above.答案 D5.The passage is mainly about .A.the place where they lived before moving to Mango StreetB.the life on Mango StreetC.a dream house and a real house on Mango StreetD.the reasons why they moved to Mango Street答案 CⅢ.课文难句分析They always told us that one day we would move into a house,a real house that would be ours so we wouldn’t have to move each year.[句式分析] 本句是一个复合句,其中第一个that引导宾语从句,第二个that引导定语从句。
Unit 6 Design Section Ⅳ Dream HousesⅠ.单句语法填空1.It's not worth while to show mercy your enemies.2.On the way home she (narrow)escaped injury.3.He took a deep (breathe)and dived into the pool.4.She always made people talking with her seem to be (bath)in the warm breeze.5.We used to dream living abroad.6.The manager holds more than 50% of the (share)in the company.7.There are a lot of spelling mistakes;even ,it's quite a good essay.8. the time you get home,the dinner will be ready for you.9.To study English well,you should read it at (little)twenty minutes a day.10.I haven't seen the movie and my brother hasn't .【答案】 1.to 2.narrowly 3.breath 4.bathed 5.about/of 6.shares 7.so 8.By 9.least 10.eitherⅡ.单句改错1.Bathing in the warm sunlight,I soon fell asleep on the sunny beach.【导学号:08220050】2.Even then,they stressed,there is room for hope.3.When I got to the finishing line,I was out of breathing.4.We didn't find any houses in rent.5.You can't go and I can't too.【答案】 1.Bathing→Bathed 2.then→so3.breat hing→breath 4.in→for 5.too→eitherⅢ.阅读理解(2016·安阳一中高一检测)Yinxu (Ruins of Yin) is the ruins of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty(1600 BC~1046 BC).The capital served 255 years for 12 kings.It shows the golden age of early Chinese culture,crafts(工艺品) and sciences,a time of great prosperity(繁荣) during the Chinese Bronze Age(青铜时代).Discovered in 1899,Yinxu is one of the oldest and largest archaeological sites(考古遗址 )in China and is one of the historical capitals of China and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.It lies in central Henan Province,near the modern city of Anyang,and is open to the public as the Garden Museum of Yinxu.It is famous as the source of oracle bone script (甲骨文),the earliest recorded form of Chinese writing.The oracle bone script has recorded everything from dream explaining to events such as harvests,birth of a child,the weather,and the success of military campaigns.Over 3,000 tombs,2,200 pits,and 200 houses have been dug out at Yinxu.The large number of burial accessories found there shows the high level of the Shang crafts industry.The site includes a main palace and an ancient tomb.Besides,there are a number of large buildings,at least 53 of which have been dug out.Yinxu has seen many years of research,first studied by the Academia Sinica in the late 1920s to the early 1930s and most recently by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了殷墟——中国商朝的国都废墟的情况。
《4 Dream Houses》教学指导Objectives■To practise using the vocabulary of houses and rooms.■To practise intensive reading and understanding the inferences in a text.■To assess the difficulty of reading texts and comprehension exercises.■To practise the differences between American and English vocabulary.■To plan and talk about a design for a study or bedroom.■To listen to a description of a room and take notes.Resources usedCassette, pictures of different rooms from the luxurious tothe poor, if possible.Possible problemsStudents may lack ideas or relevant vocabulary when designing a study or bedroom.BackgroundSandra Cisneros is one of the most interesting “Latina” writers in the USA. Her father was Mexican and her mother was “Chicana” (Spanish American). She is both a poet and short story writer.Fallingwater House is one of the most outstanding examples of the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. The quote is by Le Corbusier (1887?C1965), a Swiss-born French architect. He believed that a house should be designed according to its function and is considered to be one of the most influential twentieth century architects.Routes through the material■ If you are short of time, set some of the exercises for homework and shorten Ex ercises 8 and 9. ■ If you have time, do the Options activities.■ If you have two periods for the lesson, a suitable break is after Exercise 4.Language Power: pages 82? C83.ReadingBefore you startExercise 1Key Wordshouses: cottage, flat, house, palace, castlerooms: bathroom, bedroom, dining room, sitting room, hall,games room, kitchenStudents look up any unknown Key Words in the dictionary.■ In pairs, students discuss what their dream house would be like.■Some of the pairs can then tell the class about their ideas.Read to learnExercise 2Useful vocabulary: rent, yard, landlord.Students should be able to understand the text well enough to answer the questions without knowing all the vocabulary. After doing Exercise 3, you may like to go over new words with the class, seeing if they can guess their general meaning or letting them look them up in a dictionary. ■ Read through the vocabulary with the class, explaining that the words in brackets are the American equivalent of the British English words.■ Tell the students to focus on the fourth paragraph as they read the text.AnswersA big garden (yard) with trees running water three bathrooms (washrooms) “real” stairs a basementExercise 3■ Students read through the q uestions then, working in pairs, read the text again to find the answers.■ Students work in pairs, reading the text again and writing three or four comprehension questions to ask the rest of the class.■ Students then ask and answer the questions.Answers1 A lot/She can’t remember.2 A third floor flat on Loomis. They had to leave because the water pipes broke and the landlord wouldn’t fix them.3 So that, when she took a bath, she wouldn’t have to tell everybody.4 To the children.5 Students give their own answers, with reasons.Exercise 4■ Read the Reading Strategies with the class and advise students to separate the difficulty of the text from the difficulty of the exercises. Elicit the Strategies students use when reading a difficult text.■ Students individually assess the difficulty of the text The House on Mango Street. Have a show of hands if you wish to see how students assessed the text.■ Students then assess the difficulty of Exercises 2 and 3. Find out which exercise they found l ess difficult and encourage them to say how they managed the exercises.Vocabulary: American and British wordsExercise 5■ Students look through the text to find the American English words.Answers1 yard2 to fix3 washroomExercise 6■ Students do the exercise in pairs. Advise them to fill in the words they are sure of first. Then they will probably be able to guess the remainder.■ Check students' answers by having them read the text aloud with the American words in it. (If any of the students are fans of American films, they might be able to pronounce the words with an American accent!)Answers1 vacation2 apartment3 downtown area4 (a) subway5 first floor6 truck7 garbage■ Ask students if they know any other pairs of British/ America n words, e.g. petrol/gas, biscuit/cookie, film/movie. Write the pairs on the board. Encourage students to record the words in a separate section of their vocabulary books for British/American words.Exercise 7Key Wordsceiling, walls, floor, door, window, French windows, curtains,chair, table, sofa, desk, bookshelves, bed, plants, lamp■ Check students' understanding of the Key Words by asking them to point to some of the objects in the classroom and translate others or look them up in the dictionary.■ Students work in pairs looking at the picture and noting the objects they can see.■ When checking answers, encourage students to describe where the objects are, using prepositions of place.Answersceiling walls floor window French windows chairtable sofa plantsWriting and SpeakingExercise 8■ Tell students they all have the same plan to work with. Encourage them to think about the colour scheme, the materials they want to use, the furniture they need in the room ?C as well as sleeping in the room, are they going to study there? use a computer? play CDs? make coffee for their friends? telephone friends? and the colour scheme.■ Each student makes notes on the plan for his/her ideal study or bedroom.■ Go round and help students if necessary.Exercise 9■ Students work in pairs asking about each other’s plan. Students should also ask why their partner has planned the study in a certain way.■ Students then give their opinions about each other’s plans.Comparing CulturesSuggested AnswersSmall house. Little gardens at front and back.Garage.Downstairs? C living room kitchen toiletFirst floor ?C 3 bedrooms bathroomAttic in the roof.TapescriptFemale: I live in quite an average house for Britain. It’s a small house? C with a little garden at the front and a little garden at the back and a garage for the car. Downstairs there is a living room, with a sofa, TV, etc.? C that’s where we relax. We also have a kitchen? C where we usually have our meals. Ah and downstairs there is also a toilet. You go up the stairs and on the first floor there are three bedrooms and a bathroom. My room’s at the back of the house. It’s not very big, but I really like it. And that’s about it.■ Students listen to the cassette and make notes about the main facts about the girl’s home.QUOTE … UNQUOTERead the quote with the class. Ask students what they think Le Corbusier meant by “a machine for living in”. Ask them what feelings they have about their home. Have any of them moved house a lot? C if so, did they mind?OptionsPracticeStudents look back at Exercise 6. In groups, they write a text using as many American words as possible.The groups then exchange papers and rewrite the text using British words.ExtensionBring in some pictures of various rooms in a house? C if possible showing a range of houses, from luxurious rooms to rooms in poor houses. Students choose one of the pictures and work in pairs, writing a description of it. Then display the pictures in a random order and have students match the texts to their pictures. If possible, duplicate the texts so that all the pairs have all the texts. If this is not possible, have students read out their texts while the class looks at all the pictures.。
Lesson 4 Dream Houses即时检测一、用方框中所给词的适当形式填空1Wipe the surface with a cloth.2They showed no to their enemies.3We’re staying in a holiday in Dorset.4Can you take out the when you go out?5On hot days we often go in the river.6I pay a higher than the other tenants(房客) because my room is bigger.7The road was too for cars to pass.二、单句改错1They live at the 18th floor.2He shared his chocolate to the other kids.3The concert will have to carried over till next week because the singer is ill.后加be4In the evenings,we watched the TV or did some reading and never dreamed of going out.the5There are many trees on both side of the road.三、用正确的介词或副词填空1This is the way which we solved the problem.2 the time we arrived,the movie had already begun.3Don’t dream thousands of reasons why you can’t do what you want to;find one reason why you can.4 a teacher’s point of view,this dictionary will be helpful.5Diane’s house is Cherrywood Street.四、根据汉语意思完成下列句子1这不是我们想要的房子。
Period 6 Lesson 4 Dream HousesⅠ.语境填词1.Have ______________ (同情) on the poor! Don’t be too cruel.2.The __________ (地下室) is too narrow to be used for a garage.3.You should drop the bag of ________ (垃圾) into the dustbin.4.Mr.Green has just rented an ________ (公寓,住宅) with an air conditioner.5.Going ________ (往市区) to do shopping is a pleasant thing.6.He ________ (使沐浴) himself in the warm sunshine and relaxed.Ⅱ.句型转换1.A:It seemed that he was lying.B:He seemed ______ ______ ______.2.A:You needn’t bring y our meals here.B:You ________ ________ ________ bring your meals here.3.A:The book cost me ten dollars.B:I __________ ten dollars __________ the book.4.A:Tom and I live in the same room.B:I ________ one room ________ Tom.5.A:There are trees on both sides of the street.B:There are trees on ________ side of the street.Ⅲ.完形填空The year I went to college was a very difficult transition (过渡期) for me.__1__is probably true with many people,I got quite homesick and__2__thought about going home.Although the__3__time for many students is getting__4__from home,my mailbox was frequently__5__.One day when I went to the mailbox,there was a postcard__6__out at me.I sat down to read it,__7__a note from someone back home.__8__I became increasingly puzzled (困惑) as__9__ postcards were like this.It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby.I took the card back to my room and__10__about it.Several days later I__11__another postcard,this one__12__news about Maybelline,Mabel’s cousin.Soon afte r,another card arrived and then another,__13__full of news of different people.I began to__14__look forward to the next one,__15__to see what this author would come up with__16__.I was never__17__.Finally,the cards__18__coming,right about the time I had begun to feel__19__about college life.They had been such a happy distraction (调剂) that I have__20__all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a lift (较好的心情).1.A.If B.SoC.As D.What2.A.often B.carefullyC.seldom D.merely3.A.hard B.lastC.busiest D.happiest4.A.visitors B.lettersC.calls D.directions5.A.empty B.fullC.closed D.open6.A.pouring B.reachingC.staring D.rolling7.A.describing B.consideringC.enjoying D.expecting8.A.But B.ThusC.Also D.Even9.A.any B.noC.some D.such10.A.joked B.talkedC.forgot D.cared11.A.mailed B.acceptedC.wrote D.received12.A.delivering B.demandingC.discovering D.developing13.A.one B.eachC.either D.both14.A.nearly B.possiblyC.usually D.really15.A.promising B.surprisedC.interested D.pretending16.A.below B.latelyC.next D.behind17.A.frightened B.disappointedC.excited D.pleased18.A.continued B.stoppedC.started D.avoided19.A.easy B.safeC.tired D.anxious20.A.lost B.collectedC.torn D.savedⅣ.阅读填空根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
选项中有两项为多余选项。
May the first is an important date in the college admission process in the United States.This is the last day for high school seniors to accept or reject offers of admission in the fall.But according to a recent report, there is a great change. Acceptance rates at the top colleges this year were lower than ever. 1.________ These days, college applicants are applying to more colleges because online and common applications make the process easier. 2.________On the other hand, deciding students for top colleges to accept can be difficult because it takes much time.Students may not like being put on waiting lists. Also, common colleges work more to get the students they accept to accept them. Some colleges hold visiting days that offer a chance to attend classes and stay overnight. Some universities send gifts. 3.________For many families, the most important thing colleges can do is show them the money, especially this year; the weak economy makes parents nervous. 4.________ The recent problems that spread from the housing market to credit markets have even affected student’s loans. So lately, top schools have to spare lots of money to increase their financial aid for students.5.________The Education Department expects the number of high school graduates to start to go down. This will happen as the last of the children of the baby boom generation finishes high school. The number is not expected to start rising againuntil 2015.A. Besides, top colleges are facing changes in the population.B.What contributes to it?C.But a mistake can be costly if it happens.D.But top colleges ignore them.E.They have international students who know English.F.It can mean several acceptances to choose from.G.They cannot afford college as planned.Period 6 Lesson 4 Dream HousesⅠ.1.mercy/sympathy 2.basement 3.garbage4.apartment 5.downtown 6.bathedⅡ.1.to;be;lying 2.don’t;have;to3.paid/spent;for/on 4.share;with 5.eitherⅢ.1.C[as引导非限制性定语从句,指代后面整个句子,意为“正如”。