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1、-READING ACTIVITYRead The following paragraph and answer the questions that come after it: After lunch Diane took her bike and sneaked(溜) quietly into the yard. She moved carefully to the plot of soil under the tree in back of the house as she checked to see that nobody watched her. She leaned her b

2、icycle against the tree and bent down. All around dark clouds rumbled. Digging swiftly in the hot earth she made a small hole and in a moment took a wrinkled ten-dollar bill from her pocket. After she slipped the money into the ground and covered it, she breathed deeply and smiled. She was goad that

3、 was over! Now no one would find it or know how she got it. Certainly it would be there later when she wanted it.1. Diane is probablya. a girl of 10 to 14 years old.b. a young motherc. child of three or four.2. As for the money, Diane probablya. got it as a gift from her father.b. earned it.c. got i

4、t in a suspicious way. 3. This event probably took place.a. on a snowy winter afternoon.b. before a summer rainstorm.b. one night in March.4. After she hid the money, Diane felta. very guilty and sorry.b. relievedc. that someone had seen her.Diane must be a 10-14 year old girl, judging from her acti

5、ons and thoughts. She made sure that no one watched her when she sneaked into the yard, dug in the earth, and slipped the money into the hole. From this we can guess she got the money in a very suspicious way. And the description of Dianes breathing deeply and the statement she was glad that was ove

6、r indicate that she felt greatly relieved after she had hidden the money. Next, when did this event take place? This doesnt seem to be mentioned at all. But the noisy, dark clouds and the streak of yellow -it is lightning, surely - suggest that a storm was coming; and how earth suggests the summer.

7、Besides, Diane went out after lunch. So this event must have taken place before a summer rainstorm. You may have found that none of the answers are stated in exact terms. They are supplied based on the evidence or hints given in the paragraph. And the process by which we use evidence or hints to gat

8、her information is known as inferring (推论).Skill: Reading Comprehension Skill III- Making Inferences While ReadingMaking inferences while reading is a very important reading skill. It helps you not only to understand better but also to appreciate more fully what you read.PsassageThe following is tak

9、en from the autobiography of Richard Wright (1908-1960),a famous black American writer. Read it carefully and try to use inference skills mentioned above to answer the questions that come after the selection.Words to KnowSeries 系列Negro 黑人Disgust 厌恶Flight 楼梯的一段Attitude 态度Punch 使劲敲,猛击Impatient 急躁的Type

10、writer 打字机Optical 光的,眼的,视力的Mail 邮件Sake 缘故,理由rob 抢动,使丧失thunder 吼叫worthy 值得的,配得上的Black Boy(1)I held a series of jobs for short periods, quitting some in disgust, being fired from others because of my attitude, my speech, or the look in my eyes. I was no nearer than ever to my goal of saving enough mon

11、ey to leave town. At times I doubted if I ever could.One jobless morning I went to my old classmate, Griggs, who worked for a Capitol Street jeweler(珠宝商). He was washing the windows of the store when I came up to him.Do you know where I can find a job? I asked.He looked at me with scorn.Yes, I know

12、where you can find a job, he said, laughing.Where?But I wonder if you can hold it, he said.What do you mean? I asked. Wheres the job?Take your time, he said. Dick, youve been trying to keep a job all summer, and you cant. Why? Because youre impatient. Thats your big fault.Well, I said, eagerly encou

13、raging him to continue.He grew serious, Theres an optical company(眼镜公司) upstairs, and the boss is a northerner from Illinois. He wants a boy to work all day in summer. Mornings and evenings in winter. He wants to start a colored boy in the optical trade. You know algebra, and youd be good at this. I

14、ll tell Mr. Crane about you and get in touch with you. Do you suppose I could see him now? I asked.For Gods sake, take your time! he thundered at me.()Maybe thats whats wrong with Negroes, I said. They take too much time. I dont want a job sweeping floors. I plan to make something of myself!I thanke

15、d him and left. After a week I gave up hope. Then one afternoon Griggs came to my house.It looks as if youve got a job, he said. Youre going to have a chance to learn a trade. But remember to keep your head(保持镇静). Remember youre black; youre working for Whites. You start tomorrow.What will I get?Fiv

16、e dollars a week to start with; theyll raise you if they like you, he explained.My hopes grew. I would have a chance to learn a trade. And I need not give up school. I told him I would take the job, that I would be humble and respectful to Whites. Youll be working for a White Yankee(北方佬), and youll

17、have to try really hard to get along, he said.()The next morning I was outside the office of the optical company long before it opened. I was reminding myself that I must be polite, must think before I spoke, must think before I acted, must say yes, sir or no, sir, that I must behave myself so that

18、White people wouldnt think that I thought I was so good as they. Suddenly a White man came up to me.What do you want? he asked me.Im reporting for a job, sir, I said.O.K. Come on.I followed him up a flight of steps and he unlocked the door of the office. I was a little nervous, but the young White m

19、ans manner put me at ease, and I sat and held my hat in my hand. A White girl came in and began punching the typewriter. Soon another White man, thin and gray, entered and went into the back room. Finally, a tall, red-faced White man arrived, shot me a quick glance, and sat down at his desk. His bri

20、sk(敏捷的) manner told me he must be a Yankee.Youre the new boy, eh?Yes, sir.Let me get my mail out of the way, and Ill talk with you, he said pleasantly.Yes, sir.()I even tried to keep the tone of my voice low, trying to rob it of any suggestion or overtone(暗示) of aggressiveness(咄咄逼人).Half an hour lat

21、er Mr. Crane called me to his desk and questioned me closely about my schooling, about how much mathematics I had had. He seemed pleased when I told him that I had had two years of algebra.How would you like to learn this trade? he asked.Id like if fine, sir. Id like nothing better. I said. He was t

22、reating me so well, being so good to me.He told me that he wanted to train a Negro boy in the optical trade; he wanted to help him, guide him. (5)I tried to answer in a way that would let him know that I would try to be worthy of what he was doing. This was the chance Id been waiting for - a chance

23、to learn a trade and make something of myself. After introducing me to the other people in the firm, Mr. Crane said, Now boy, lets see how clean you can get this place. Exercise A Choose the best answer for each of the following: 1. Dick had quit some jobs becausea. he did not want to work for white

24、 bosses.b. he did not like to work with white southerners.c. he could not stand doing the low paying, unchallenging kind of work that was open to Negroes.d. he was eager to leave town.2. Dick had been fired from some jobs becausea. his employers thought he wasnt ambitious(有抱负的) enough.b. he spoke qu

25、ite a different language.c. he thought only about ways of getting enough money.d. his employers objected to his manners. 3. Griggs feeling was thata. Dick shouldnt be in such a hurry.b. Dick didnt really want a jobc. Dick wasnt suited to the type of work in the optical trade.d. Dick was capable of f

26、inding a better job 4. When Dick says, Maybe thats whats wrong with Negroes. They take too much time, he meansa. Negroes fail to take immediate and resolute action and thats why they never get anywhere in the world.b. its utterly(完全的) wrong of Negroes to be so docile, taking whatever is offered them

27、.c. Negroes are content with what they are given and thats fatal mistake they have made.d. None of the above.5. Waiting outside the office the next morning, Dick decideda. to hide his real feelings.B. to prove the was as good as white people.C. to speak before he thought.D. to say yes, sir t all the

28、 questions he might be asked. 6. All the people in the office except the young white mana. appeared never to have seen a black boy in the office before.b. ignored him.c. were particularly anxious to make him feel at home.c. were deliberately rude to him.7. On the very first meeting, Dicks future emp

29、loyer seemeda. relaxed but formal.b. easy-going (随和的) and very friendly.c. rather embarrassed by Dicks presence.d. in a hurry and concerned with business matters.8. When Dick said, Id like nothing better, he wasa. being humorous.b. just trying to be polite.c. saying what he honestly felt.e. trying t

30、o please Mr. Crane.9. From the end of the passage we knowa. Mr. Crane would train Dick in real earnest.b. Mr. Crane wanted an office boy.c. Dick finally got a job he liked.d. Mr. Crane would give Dick higher pay than he had promised. 10. From this passage we know that Dick.a. felt indignant at the w

31、ay Negroes were treated.b. was eager to begin his career by learning a trade.c. thought much of his education, hoping to keep up schooling at any cost.d. all of the above.Exercise BTranslate into Chinese the underlined sentences in the passage.GUIDED WRITINGPART ISkill: Combining Sentences with Subo

32、rdinating Conjunctions or Relative PronounsLike coordination, proper subordination will also help you to expand your sentence so as to achieve emphasis and variation. Combine the following short sentences so that they run smoothly and coherently. Subordinate where necessary.In the United States ther

33、e is a belief. It goes that people are rewarded for working, producing, and achieving. Many people believe that there is equality of opportunity. It allows anyone to become successful. This belief is illustrated by stories written by a nineteenth- century American novelist, Horatio Alger. He wrote a

34、bout the American Dream. In his stories he described poor people. They became rich because of their hard work, honesty, and luck. The stories reinforced the idea. The idea is that all individuals, no matter how poor, were capable of becoming wealthy as long as they were honest and hard-working. For

35、many Americans, however, Horatio Algers rags-to-riches stories do not represent the reality of opportunity. Many poor immigrants were able to become rich. They came to the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Today, however, the poor generally do not rise to the middle and upper

36、classes. That is why the American Dream is now described as a myth.PART IIParagraph WritingDirections: Write a paragraph of 120-150 words explaining why the young man in the story refused to take the teaching post. The following questions may serve as a guide. 1. What was the young mans impression o

37、f the headmaster? 2. Did they share the same views on education? 3. How many subjects was the young man expected to teach? 4. What would he be required to do on Saturday afternoons? 5. How much would he be paid? 6. Who would be his real boss?SUPPLEMENTARY READING IN POPULAR SCIENCEA Star Is BornTher

38、e have been theories of how stars came into being, but now scientists have actually seen the birth of a new star.Words to KnowTheory 理论Compact 密集的;紧凑的Type 类型Collapse 崩塌Predict 预言;预测Hydrogen 氢For the first time ever, scientists have taken pictures of a baby star, or protostar, developing in the Milky

39、 Way(银河系). These pictures confirm the scientists theory of how a star is born and matures.Scientists had believed that new stars are formed inside clouds of gas and dust, explains Thomas Kuiper, an American astrophysicist(天文物理学家). Gravity, the force that attracts objects to one another, pulls some o

40、f the gas and dust particles together into a compact ball, the protostar.Until now, scientists had found the clouds around the star so thick that they couldnt see inside. But two groups of scientists took pictures of this new star, using radio telescopes. These telescopes gather and focus radio wave

41、s, a type of energy emitted from some objects in space, using large antennas(天线).As the scientists had predicted, the images show gas and dust collapsing into this baby star, which is now 150,000 years old. (Thats young for a star, which can live for billions of years)Now we have some real evidence

42、to confirm our theory of star creation, Kuiper says.Scientists will continue to watch the new star as it matures and becomes hotter and more compact. Kuiper predicts that the rest of the gas cloud will either collapse into the star or blow away. Then, in a few million years, hydrogen atoms inside th

43、is star will start to fuse(combine) and give off light energy. When that happens the star will begin to glow.Answer the following questions: 1. What is a protostar? 2. In what way are the pictures taken of the protostar valuable to the scientists? 3. What apparatus did the scientists use to take pic

44、tures of the protostar? 4. How old is the new star? 5. What prediction does Kuiper make about the new star?READING ACTIVETYExercise A1.c 2.d 3.a 4.a 5.a 6.b 7.d 8.c 9.b 10.dExercise B1. I held a series of jobs for short periods, quitting some in disgust, being fired from others because of my attitud

45、e, my speech, or the look in my eyes.我曾干革命过一系列工作，可都为期很短，有些是我愤然辞去不干的，有时则是由于我的态度、我的言词或是我的眼神而被解雇的。2. “Maybe thats whats wrong with negroes, ” I said.“They take too much time.”“黑人的毛病可能就出在这里，”我说，“他们太不着急了。”3. The next morning I was outside the office of the optical company long before it opened. I was rem

46、inding myself that I must be polite, must think before I spoke, must think before I acted, must say“yes, sir or no, sir,”that I must behave myself so that white people wouldnt think that I thought I was so good as they.第二天上午，眼镜公司还没开门，我就早早地候在外面了。我不住提醒自己要有礼貌，开口前要先动动脑子，要三思而行，要说“是，先生，”或“不，先生”；要举止得当，不能让白

47、人们觉得我自以为跟他们一样行。4. I even tried to keep the tone of my voice low, trying to rob it of any suggestion or overtone of aggressiveness.我甚至竭力压低嗓门，尽量不让语调中还有丝毫咄咄逼人的口吻。5. I tried to answer in a way that would let him know that I would try to be worthy of what he was doing.我在回答时竭力要让他知道，我将竭尽全力，决不辜负他的栽培。-第 7 页-