（学案）话题11：lesson2主题阅读

1、130 话题十一 故事类主题阅读学案Task 1: 完成以下三篇阅读（限时阅读20mins,必须划出答案出处，标上题号）AOnce there was a parrot on sale in a pet store. It was a beautiful red and blue bird. It sat on a perch(栖木) in the middle of the store, so that everyone could see it when they came in. The owner was very proud of it and asked a high price

2、for it.    One day a man went into the store. “That's a beautiful bird,” he said to the pet store owner, “But why is it so expensive? Is it unusual bird?” “No, it's not very unusual. It's expensive because it can talk,” the pet store owner said.    “I see. H

3、ow can I make it talk?” the man asked.    The pet store owner asked him, “Do you see those string（绳子） tied to each of the bird's legs?”    “Yes,” the man answered.    “Well, you pull those strings,” the pet store owner told him. “That will make the pa

4、rrot talk.”    The man asked, “Do you mind if I try?”    “Not at all,” the pet store owner said.    The man walked up to the parrot and pulled the string on its left leg. The parrot said, “Good morning.” The man pulled the string on the parrot's right

5、 leg. This time the parrot said, “How are you today?”    “That's not very interesting,” said the man. “Any parrot could do that.” Then he laughed, “But what would happen if I pulled both strings at the same time?”    “I'll fall off my perch, you fool!” the parro

6、t said. ( ) 1. The parrot was expensive because_. A. it was pretty beautiful                                    

7、60; B. it could talk with the peopleC. it was a very unusual bird                                D. it was in the middle

8、 of the store( ) 2. The parrot would talk when _. A. people came into the pet store                       B. it was the pet store ownerC. people said it was beautiful

9、0;                         D. people pulled the strings on its legs( ) 3. Which is the first sentences that the parrot said to the man? A. Good morning.  &

10、#160;                                            B. How are you?C. Tha

11、t's wasn't interesting.                                 D. I'll fall off my perch, you fool.( ) 4. From the story we k

12、now the parrot was_. A. kind        B. silly                        C. clever         

13、;          D. crazy( ) 5. The best title for the passage should be “_”. A. Unusual Parrot              B. Parrot Talk        

14、     C. Silly man                D. Clever OwnerBWhen the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book, and a poor man got it.T

15、he book wasn't very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum(羊皮纸)on which was written the secret of the "Touchstone".The touchstone was a small pebble(鹅卵石)that could turn any common metal into pure gold.The writing ex

16、plained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this. The real stone would feel warn, while ordinary pebbles are cold.So the man sold his house, bought a tent, camped on the seashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if

17、he picked up normal pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebbles hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick u

18、p a pebble. Coldthrow it into sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. The days stretched into months and the months into years.One day, however, about mid afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He was used to throwing each

19、 pebble into the sea as soon as he picked it up. So when the one he wanted came along, he still threw it away.So it is with opportunity(机会). Unless we are vigilant, it's easy to fail to realize an opportunity when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away.( ) 1.According to the pa

20、ssage, the touchstone is a stone _. A. that you can touchB. that can turn common metal into pure goldC. that can bring you thousands of pebblesD. that can bring you good luck( ) 2. The man threw the touchstone into the sea because _. A. it was coldB. it was a normal pebbleC. he was too tired to hold

21、 itD. he had formed a habit( ) 3. How did the man probably feel when he realized it was the touchstone? A. Excited. B. Moved. C. Interested. D. Regretted.( ) 4. What's the meaning of the underlined word “vigilant” in the last paragraph? A. Brave enough. B. Hardworking enough. C. Careful enough.

22、D. Strong enough.( ) 5. What does the writer want to tell us? A. Opportunity knocks but once.B. Use it or lose it.C. Where there is a will, there is a way.D. Practice makes perfect. CThen Alice saw a small glass table. There was a little golden key on it. She picked it and put it in all the locks on

23、 the doors but it didn't open any of them. She moved a curtain on one of the walls and discovered another door, a very small one. She put the key in the lock. It was exactly the right size! She opened the door and looked through it. At the end of a low passage she saw a beautiful garden. It was

24、full of brightly coloured flowers and fountains. "Oh, how beautiful!" she said. "I'd love to go there but I'm too big to get through the door." She walked back to the table. There was a bottle on it now. "I'm sure that bottle wasn't there before," she sa

25、id, a little confused. She put down the key and picked up the bottle. She read the words "DRINK ME" on it. Alice wasn't a stupid girl. She didn't drink it immediately. First she looked at the bottle carefully. There wasn't a label on it that said "POISON". So she put

26、the bottle to her lips and drank. "Mmm, its nice," she said. It tasted like cherry tart, pineapple, roast turkey and toast-all the things that she liked to eat-so she drank some more. And some more. Soon the bottle was empty. "What a curious feeling," she said. "I'm gett

27、ing smaller and smaller.'" It was true! She was now as small as her cat Dinah. "Good! I can go through the door into the garden," she said. But, poor Alice! When she got to the door, she didn't have the key! It was on the table. She couldn't reach it because she was too sm

28、all now. She sat down and cried. After a while she said, "Alice! Stop crying! Crying doesn't help! Dry your tears immediately!"When she looked at the table again, she saw a small glass box under it. She picked it up and opened it. There was a small cake inside. It had the words "E

29、AT ME" on it. She put a small piece of it in her mouth. "If I grow bigger I can reach the key," she thought. "And if I grow smaller I can go under the door." But nothing happened so she finished it. ( ) 1. From the passage we can know that _. A. at first Alice could go throu

30、gh the door into the garden easilyB. then Alice found there was a little golden key on a small wooden tableC. Alice was as small as her rabbit Dinah after she drank something in the bottleD. Alice saw a small glass box with a small cake in it under the table( ) 2. Alice like eating the following thi

31、ngs Except_. A. pineapple B. cherry tart C. roast turkey and toast D. cake( ) 3. Alice did the following things in the order of _. a. She saw a beautiful garden at the end of a low passage.b. She moved a curtain and discovered another door.c. She put a small piece of the cake in her mouth.d. She put

32、 the bottle to her lips and drank.e. She cried because she couldn't reach the key.A. a- b- c- d- e B. b- a- d- e- c C. d- a- b- e- c D. b- d- e- a- c( ) 4. The underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refers to _. A. the small box B. the glass table C. the small cake D. the golden ke

33、y( ) 5. According to the passage, the best words to describe Alice are _. A. careful and brave B. curious and helpfulC. clever and friendly D. organized and strangeTask 2: Try to find out as many useful phrases and sentence pattern as you can. Underline them with colorful pen.Task 3: Translate the f

34、ollowing into English and try to make sentence with them.1. 对感到自豪 2. 在的中间 3. 一点也不 4. 成千上万 5. 继续；不停 6. 扔掉 7. 习惯于做 8. 一就 9. 出现 10. 做某事失败 11. 在结尾 12. 充满 13. 从里面穿过 14. 变得越来越小 15. 像一样小 16. 停止做某事 Task 4: Speak up请根据提示和思维导图，给你的同学讲一个你喜爱的故事或一件发生在你身边的事。 When and whereyour feeling A storywhoThe plot of the sto

35、rythe beginningthe endingthe middle Homework一、阅读理解Long long ago, a young man became a great archer (射手). He asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer of the country. The king was going to do so when an old servant of the king said, "Wait, sir. I know an old man who lives in the fores

36、t. He is a much greater archer. Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three years." The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him, but he went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him. Then one day, when he thought he

37、 had learned everything, the thought came to him: "If I kill this old man, then I will be the greatest archer." The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood on his shoulder. The young man hid behind a tree, waiting to kill him. He shot an arrow. The old man took a

38、small piece of wood and threw it. It struck (击中) the arrow and the arrow turned back and hurt the young man very deeply. The old man came, took out the arrow and said, "I knew that someday you were going to do this. That's why I have not taught you this secret. There is no need to kill me.

39、My teacher is still alive, and I'm nothing before him. You must be with him for at least thirty years. And he is very old, so go fast! Find the old man!"( ) 1. The underlined word "declare" in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to "_". A. 崇拜 B建议 C宣布D夸奖( ) 2. The you

40、ng archer wanted to kill the old man in the forest because _.A. he had nothing more to learn from himB. he could then become the greatest archer C. the old man refused to teach him everything D. the king's old servant ordered him to do so( ) 3. The following pictures show what happened between t

41、he young archer and his teacher.Which is the right order of the story? A. 1234 B. 4321 C. 4231 D. 4213( ) 4. What do you think would most probably happen next?A. The young archer died soon after he got hurt. B. The king declared the young man the greatest archer. C. The young archer found the old ma

42、n's teacher and killed him.D. The young archer set off (动身) to look for the old man's teacher.( ) 5. What can you learn from the story?A. There's always someone better than you in this World. B. You must never try to become better than your teacher. C. The older a mall is, the better arc

43、her he usually becomes. D. Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow.二、阅读填空Id just got in a taxi at the railway station when suddenly I found one of my suitcases(手提箱) missing. Just then, I saw a young man, not very far away from me, opening it and taking out my valuable things. “S

44、top thief! Stop thief!” I shouted and opened the door and rushed to him, followed by the driver and some passers-by. 1._The driver caught him by the neck and took out the things from his trousers pocket, and put them back into my suitcase.2._But as I checked those stolen things, I became surprised,

45、even unable to speak. 3._The report is of a 58-year-old woman. I suddenly realized that the taxi driver must have mistaken the thiefs things and put them into my suitcase. I felt very sorry for the poor young man.4._ But this event keeps coming back to me. Was the young man a real thief or a dutiful(孝顺的）son who had been driven to steal money to save his mothers life? 5._How I wish I could go back to that summer afternoon to return the money and say sorry to him! For the first time in my life, I realized that hate and love