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unit 1 LionsBefore you read 阅前思考Answer the following questions:1. How can you tell male and female lions apart? 2. How much do you think a male lion weighs? 3. How many animals does a lion kill for food in one year? Target Vocabulary 目标词汇Match each word with the best meaning.1. bite a. material around the neck (e.g., on a shirt or dress)2. maleb. to cut with the teeth 3. femalec. boy or man4. collard. a place where animals are kept for people to look at5. populare. girl or woman6. zoof. well-liked by many peopleReading Passage 阅读文章(213 words)Lions have been called the kings of the animal world. These animals can be found wild in Africa and India. Lions in Africa can go without water for up to one month, so they have no trouble during dry times. Without question, lions are also one of the most popular animals to see in zoos. Almost every zoo around the world has a few lions. It is very easy for people to tell male and female lions apart. Lions are the only kind of cat that show this strong difference between males and females. A male lion has a mane, a large collar of hair around the lions face. Females do not have manes. Male lions are also larger than females. A male lion usually weighs about 200 kilograms. Both male and female lions have very strong mouths. They can break the backs of other animals with one bite, One lion will usually kill between ten and twenty large animals each year for food. It is unusual for lions to kill people. However, in 1898 two lions killed and ate over one hundred people in Kenya before they were shot by a British colonel named P. J. Patterson. This story became the subject of a 1996 Hollywood movie called The Ghost and the Darkness.Reading comprehension 阅读理解Circle the letter of the best answer. 1. How are lions different from other cats? a. Lions are from Africa. b. Many zoos keep them. c. Males and females look different. d. Lions are one of the most popular animals at zoos.2. Male lions . . . a. are larger than females. b. have manes. c. weigh more than most people. d. all of the above3. Female lions . . . a. are-larger than males. b. have manes.c. can break the back of an animal with one bite, d. need to drink water every day. 4. How many large animals does a lion usually kill for food in one year? a. less than ten b. between ten and twentyc. over one hundred d. about two hundred5. Lions can live without water for . . . a. a few days. b. a week. c. about ten days. d. about four weeks.Idioms 习语Find each idiom in the story. 1. go without-be or live without something 将下列例句翻译成汉语：Robin tried to go without smoking for one day, but he couldnt do it. How long can a person go without water? 2. tell (things) apart-able to see the difference between two or more things or people 将下列例句翻译成汉语：Lucy and Emily are twin sisters. No one can tell them apart. Male and female baby chickens are very difficult to tell apart 3. without question-for sure, certainly 将下列例句翻译成汉语：This pizza is, without question, the best pizza Ive ever eaten. Without question, Fred was the right person for the job. Vocabulary Reinforcement 词汇强化A. Circle the letter of the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 1. Without question, lions are my favorite animal at the _. a. world b. king c. zoo d. collar2. Male and female fish are hard to tell _. a. from b. with c. apart d. them3. Her dress had a very high _. a. female b. collarc. mane d. bite4. Be careful! That dog sometimes _ people. a. bitesb. weighs c. tells d. goes without5. Jennifer Lopez is one of the most _ singers in the world. a. popular b. poor c. female d. wild6. I can never tell if a cat is _ or female. a. mane b. dry c. collar d. maleB. Complete the passage with items from the box. One item is extra. bite collar during female go without zooLions are different from other cats because it is easy to tell if a lion is male or (1) _. The male lion has a (2) _ of hair around its face. Lions have strong mouths. They can break an animals back with one (3) _. Lions can also (4) _ water for a long time, so they have no trouble (5) _ dry times.请翻译上面这段话： What do you think? 你怎么想？1. What is your favorite animal? Why? Are there any animals you dont like? Why not? 2. What animal do you think kills the largest number of people around the world each year? Quiz 小测试Part 1: Match the words and definitions 词义搭配Write a word or idiom from the box next to each definition below. One word or idiom is extra.zootell apartfemalecollarpopularbite1. well-liked by many people2. to cut with the teeth 3. something around the neck4. a place to keep animals5. to see the difference between thingsPart 2: Read and answer 阅读并答题Read the sigh and decide if the statement is true or false. Zoo Information-LionsFrom: Lions live in the wild in Africa and India. Our lions are African lions from Kenya.Males: We have two adult males and they weigh about 200 kilograms. They have a collar of long hair called a mane around their faces.Females: Our zoo has four adult females. They weigh about 175 kilograms. They dont have a mane.Young lions: Lions live in family groups called prides. Young lions are called cubs. There are six young lions in this pride. Can you tell apart the males and the females?Feeding: We feed the lions at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Adult lions eat about 5 kilograms of meat a day. Zoo workers must be careful because a lions bite is very strong!1. ( ) The lions in this zoo are from India.2. ( ) The males weigh more than the females.3. ( ) Both male and female lions have mane.4. ( ) Young lions are called “prides”.5. ( ) The lions in this zoo eat twice a day. Unit 2 Harry PotterBefore you read 阅前思考Answer the following questions:1. Do you know the person in the picture is? What do you know about her? 2. Have you read any Harry Potter books, or seen the movies? What did you think of them? 3. Who is the best-selling writer in your country? Have you read any of his or her books?If yes, what did you think of them? Target Vocabulary 目标词汇Match each word with the best meaning.1. publish a. room for living in a building or house2. translateb. get money by working3. earnc. print and sell books, magazines, or newspapers4. afford d. popular, or making a lot of money5. apartmente. to have enough money to be able to buy something6. successfulf. change from one language to anotherReading Passage 阅读文章(226 words)The idea for the book Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone came to Joanne Kathleen Rowling in 1990. It took her seven years to finish writing it. During those seven years she had a number of jobs, including one job as an English teacher in Portugal. Rowling sent the book to four publishers before one of them bought it. She was very happy to sell her book because it was her lifes dream to be a published writer. Before she sold her book, Rowling was living in a small apartment with her daughter and was so poor that she could not afford heat in the winter. Harry Potter became very successful with children and adults in England. The book also really took off in the United States. After her second and third books were published, the three Harry Potter books filled the top three places on many newspapers lists of best-sellers. Then the books were made into popular movies. Without question, Rowlings life had completely changed, in just three years. Harry Potter books have now sold more than 30 million books around the world and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. In 1997, Rowling was earning 70 (about US$110) a week. By the end of 2001, she had earned over 150 million ($250 million), making her one of the most successful female writers of all time. Reading comprehension 阅读理解Circle the letter of the best answer. 1. This reading is about _. A. Harry Potters life B. the writers life C. how the book became a movie D. why Harry Potter is popular 2. Which sentence is true about the first Harry Potter book? A. Four publishers bought it. B. It took the writer several years to finish it. C. It was first published in Portugal. D. Rowling got the idea from her daughter. 3. Rowlings dream was _. A. to be a magician B. to make a movie C. to have her books published D. to be an English teacher 4. How many languages has Harry Potter been translated into? A. more than 35 B. about 135 C. about 90 D. more than 150 5. Which sentence is true about Rowling? A. Many other writers have been much more successful than she. B. Not many writers are as successful as she is. C. She is more successful than all other writers. D. She became successful because of a movie.Idioms 习语Find each idiom in the story. 1. a number of-several将下列例句翻译成汉语：A number of students did not do the homework. He found a number of empty cans behind his house.2. take off-become popular将下列例句翻译成汉语：Cell phones really took off quickly in Asia.The new potato chip didnt take off, so the company stopped making them.3. around the world-in many different countries 将下列例句翻译成汉语：People around the world enjoy chocolate.The company sells its clothes around the world. Vocabulary Reinforcement 词汇强化A. Circle the letter of the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 1. 1. Doctors_ a lot more money than teachers. a. earn b. translatec. publishd. bite 2. Were going to move to a bigger_ next month. a. zoo b. apartment c. collar d. publisher3. His first movie was not famous, but his second one really _. a. went withoutb. took offc. told apart d. turned on4. The book was short, but it was very difficult to _ into other languages. a. translateb. publish c. afford d. earn5. Id love to buy a new TV, but I just cant _ it. a. earn b. go without c. tell d. afford6. She was unhappy because the magazine did not _ her story. a. afford b. bite c. earn d. publishB. Complete the passage with items from the box. One item is extra. apartment around the world earned popular afford translatedJoanne Kathleen Rowling wrote the (1) _ Harry Potter books. People (2) _ like these books. Her books have been (3) _ into many languages. Before Harry Potter became famous, Rowling did not have money to pay for heat in her (4) _. But her books became big hits, and now she has (5) _ millions of dollars!请翻译上面这段话： What do you think? 你怎么想？1. Which books have you read that are also movies? Which did you enjoy morethe books or the movies? 2. Which books have you read that were translated from other languages? Quiz 小测试Part 1: Complete the passage 完形填空Use words from the box to complete the passage. One item is extra.took off translate apartment go without successful without questionMy friend Lailas singing career wasnt (1) _ at first. She was so poor she had to (2) _ new clothes and share a(n) (3) _ with three other girls. Then she had a hit song and her career (4) _. Now, (5) _, shes a popular star.Part 2: Read and answer 阅读并答题Read about the meeting and answer the questions. Circle the letter of the best answer.Love Harry Potter?-Have you read all the books and seen all the movies?Have you read about the writers success?Wouldnt you like to have your book popular all around the world too?If so, come to a writers meeting at the library next Tuesday, July 13, at 7:30 p.m.Learn how to get your book published and earn money from your writing. Come to this free meeting and learn the magic of success.1. The meeting is about _. a. Harry Potter films b. popular new booksc. how to publishd. travel around the world 2. Who will go to the meeting? a. writers b. translators c. childrend. librarians3. When is the meeting? a. this Thursdayb. next Tuesdayc. on June 13 d. at 7:30 a.m.4. This ad does not say _. a. what time the talk isb. who will give the talkc. where the talk is d. why you should go to the talk5. The meeting _. a. sells Harry Potter booksb. shows Harry Potter filmsc. costs a lot d. doesnt cost anythingUnit 3 Bubble GumBefore you read 阅前思考Answer the following questions:4. What kinds of candy are popular in your country? 5. How often do you buy chewing gum? What kind(s) do you like? 6. How long ago do you think bubble gum was invented? Target Vocabulary 目标词汇Match each word with the best meaning.1. rubber a. a soft material used to make erasers and tires2. tasteb. make better3. chewc. learn, find, or find out something no one knew before4. improved. break up food with the teeth5. discovere. a person who creates new things6. inventorf. the flavor of food on the tongueReading Passage 阅读文章(234 words)Thomas Adams, an American inventor, is the father of modern bubble(泡泡) gum, During the 1870s, Adams discovered a new way to make chewing gum by accident, while he was trying to find a use for chicle(糖胶树脚)Mr. Adams wanted to make rubber(橡胶) from chicleMr. Adams worked for a long time trying to make rubber from chicle. His oldest son also helped him sometimes. But they never discovered a way to make it work. One day, Thomas Adams was in a store when he heard a young girl ask for some chewing gum. Adams and his son had been chewing chicle while they were working on the rubber, so he decided to give up trying to make rubber from the chicle and make gum insteadAt that time, chewing gum was made form spruces sap(云杉树液). This chewing gum didnt taste very good. Admas thought chewing gum from chicle tasted better. He and his sonwrappedsmall pieces of chicle in colorful paper and sold it. In no time, people everywhere began chewing his gum. Mr. Adams gum could make bubbles, but the bubbles were very sticky(胶粘的). It was not until 1928 Walter Diemer found a way to improve chewing gum by making bubbles that were not sticky1Where as Thomas Adams from?AChileBSpainCAmericaDMexico2Who helped Mr. Adams try to make rubber?Aa girl in a store BWalter DiemerChis best friendDsomeone in his family3What was Thomas Adams trying to make?AA new kind of rubber. BA new kind of candy.CA new kind of chicle. DA new kind of taste.4Which of the sentence is NOT TRUE?AThomas Jr. helped his father.BMr. Adams was the first person to sell gum.CMr. Adams thought spruce gum didnt taste as good as chicle gum.DMr. Adams never found a way to make rubber from chicle.5How was Mr. Diemers gum different from other gum?A. It made bubbles.B. It was sold in colored paper.C. It was less sticky.D. It was made from tree sap.Idioms 习语Find each idiom in the story. 1. by accident-by chance, not planned将下列例句翻译成汉语：He was killed when he shot himself by accident.Last night I found