七年级英语“时文阅读”
初一英语组高娟2014/4
Learning aims:
1.Knowledge aims: To learn about some information from the passage.
2.Skill aims: To improve the skills of Cloze test, reading comprehension and
task-based reading. (提高完型填空、阅读理解以及任务型阅读的做题技巧)
3.Emotion aims: To enrich students’ reading ability and make them like reading. Enjoyable Reading One:
Act of true love
只有真爱才能破解的魔咒
ONCE there lived two princesses (公主), Elsa and Anna. Elsa had the magic power (魔力) to __1___ ice and snow. But she didn’t know __2____ to control (控制) it.
One day she cast a spell by mistake. The whole kingdom was frozen (冰冻的)! The younger sister Anna had to find a way ___3__the spell. __4___told her it should be “an act of true love”.
__5___ what is “true love”? Will Anna __6___ find it? Go to __7__ the Disney movie Frozen (《冰雪奇缘》) and learn a lesson of love with Elsa and Anna. The movie opened __8___ Feb 5 in the Chinese mainland.
( )1. A. make    B. have    C. teach    D. take ( )2. A. what    B. how    C. when    D. where ( )3. A. break    B. breaks    C. breaking    D.to break ( )4. A. Someone    B. Nobody    C. Anyone    D. Everyone ( )5. A. And    B. Also    C. But    D. Then ( )6. A. be able to    B. can    C. able to    D. able ( )7. A. watch    B. look    C. look at    D. find ( )8. A. on    B. in    C. To    D. by
注释：关于“spell”
Spell 即童话故事中经常出现的“魔咒”。Cast a spell/put a spell on sb是“下魔咒，施魔法”的意思，而break a spell是“打破魔咒，解除魔法”之意。Spell 是一个多义词，作动词时是“拼写”的意思。如：Please spell the word “magic”.
Summary:
我来总结做完型填空题的技巧：
Task 1: 学以致用再提升——方法实践演练
韩天宇勇夺中国冬奥会第一枚奖牌
Skating for silver
LET’S ___1_ for the 17-year-old boy Han Tianyu. __2_ Feb 10 in Sochi (索契), Russia, Han won a silver medal (银牌) in the ___3__ short track (短道速滑) 1,500m at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. It is __4__ medal for Team China in the Games. Three weeks before the Games, China’s short track star Wang Meng got hurt. She couldn’t ___5___ the Games. But Han cheered us up on the first day of the Games. Good job, Han!
( )1.A. cheer    B. to cheer    C. cheers    D. cheering ( )2.A. In    B. At    C. On    D. For ( )3.A. man   
B. men’s    C. man’s    D. woman ( )4.A. the first    B. first    C. one    D. the one ( )5.A. takes part in    B. take part in    C.take part    D.takes part 温馨感悟：
Han Tianyu’s success tells us that anything is possible. We should believe ourselves. I believe I can.
Task2: 变式阅读提升——阅读表达再现
ONCE there lived two princesses (公主), Elsa and Anna. Elsa had the magic power (魔力) to make ice and snow. But she didn’t know how to control (控制) it. One day she
*cast a spell by mistake. The whole kingdom was frozen (冰冻的)! The younger sister Anna had to find a way to *break the spell. Someone told her it should be “an act of true love”. But what is “true love”? Will Anna be able to find it?1 Go to watch the Disney movie Frozen (《冰雪奇缘》) and learn a lesson of love with Elsa and Anna. The movie opened on Feb 5 in the Chinese mainland.
*cast a spell/put a spell on sb是“下魔咒，施魔法”的意思，而break a spell是“打破魔咒，解除魔法”之意.
根据短文内容和要求完成题目：
1. 把文中划线的句子“The younger sister Anna had to find a way to *break the spell.”翻译成汉语。
2.把文中划线句子1，做肯定回答。
3.把文中Go to watch the Disney movie Frozen. 变为否定句。
金贤重女友4.From the two sisters,we can learn ________________.
Enjoyable Reading Two:
Land of colorful tulips
In Europe, there are many great and interesting countries. But one country stands out for its tulips（郁金香）and windmills（风车）. It is the Netherlands.
The Netherlands is more than 41,500 square kilometers. It is about the size of Hainan, China.
欢天喜地七公主
However, it is large in culture and art. It is home of many great artists, for example, Vincent Van Gogh(文森特.梵高，1850-1890). You can see his works in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands.
Besides fine art, many people also visit here for tulips. The Netherlands is called the country of tulips.
It has the world’s largest tulip garden: Keukenhof garden. Every year, at least 100kinds of tulips bloom here.
俄语专业Dutch people are very hardworking. There’s a saying: “God made the Earth, but the Dutch made Holland.” More than a quarter of the country is below sea level (海平面). So Dutch people build many dams（水坝）to protect the country from flooding （洪水）. They also create new land
From seas and rivers. They have created one sixth of the country.
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Task1：根据短文内容选择正确答案
: 1. The Netherlands is famous for the following EXCEPT _____.
A. tulips
B. sheep
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C. windmills
2. Which of the following about the Netherlands is NOT true?
A. It is about twice as big as Hainan.
B. It is rich in culture and art.
C. Its capital is Amsterdam.
3. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. Dutch people are very hardworking.
B. There are a lot of dams in the Netherlands.
C. There are many seas and rivers in the Netherlands.
我来总结做阅读理解题的技巧：
____________________________________________________________________________ Task2: 学以致用再提高—英汉互译沂蒙山小调原唱
1. One country stands out for its tulips and windmills.
2. It is large in culture and art.
3. 它的尺寸差不多是中国海南的大小。(size)
温馨感悟：
Time is a clever thief, it takes away our time easily. No one can call back yesterday, so let’s treasure time时间是个偷盗高手，它在不知不觉中拿走了我们的时间。没有人能回昨天，因此让我们珍惜眼前的时间吧！
Enjoyable Reading Three:
World master of words
走进一代文豪莎士比亚的戏剧世界。
WHO is the greatest English writer of all time? He is William Shakespeare. This year is his 450th birthday. It’s a good time for us to learn about him.
Shakespeare was born in a small village in England in 1564. When he was young , he moved to London and later became a playwriter （剧作家）.
At that time, plays were just to make people laugh. But Shakespeare’s works told truths about human nature （本性）. His plays could be very sad. The characters fight for power and desire （权利和欲望）, such as Macbeth (《麦克白》). But in the other hand, his plays are also full of happiness and jokes, like A Midsummer Night’s Dream (《仲夏夜之梦》).
Besides, Shake spear had a big influence on the English language. He made up about 1,700 English words, like “lonely” and “ hurry”, according to the New York Post.
Today, Shakespeare’s works are still popular. His plays have been translated into every major language around the world.
( )1. Where and when was Shakespeare born?
A. in a small village in England in 1564
B. In a small village in America
C. In England in 1540
D. In America in 1564
( )2. What did Shakespeare’s works tell people?
A.Plays made people laugh.
B. Plays were sad.
C. They told truths about human nature.
D. The passage doesn’t tell us.
( )3. According to the New York Post, how many words did Shakespeare make up?
A. 450 English words
B. About 1,700 English words.
C. 1,564 English words
D. 170Englishi words
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( )4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Shakespeare’s works are still popular.
B. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a sad play.
C. Shake spear had a big influence on the English language.
D.When he was young , he came to London and was    a playwriter .
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