Unit 4 A garden of poems
一: Teaching periods. 5 periods
Period 1: Warming-up, Listening & Speaking
Period 2: Pre-reading & Reading
Period 3: Reading & Post-reading
Period 4: Language study
Period 5: Integrating skills
1. Words and Expressions
类别 课程标准要求掌握的项目
话题 1. Talking about English poetry2. Practice expressing intention 3. Talking about literature and poetry
词汇 poem intention recite pattern dialogue sort sadness grammar glory absence district atmosphere introduction translate extraordinary idiom apart recommend contribute
put…together play with call up stand out light up come into being send for contribute to…
功能 表达意图（Expressing intention）I’m interested to…but… I think I might want to… I want to… I’d like to I’ve never heard of…so I’ve never read any… so I think it will be too difficult to… I think it will be boring I’m very interested in …so I’m not very interested in… so I hope to find I don’t know much about…
语法 过去分词(短语)作状语Frightened by the noise in the night, the girl no longer dared to sleep in her roomFolded in his pocket, the letter wasn’t found until twenty years laterGiven better attention, the crops would grow betterAlthough recommended by the doctor, she refused to have an operation
The First Period
(Warming-up & Listening)
Teaching Aims:
1.Talk about rhymes, songs, limericks and poems to raise the students’ interest in poetry.
2.Improveing the students’ listening ability.
3.Introduce some poems to the students.
Teaching Difficult points:
1.To teach the students how to grasp the detailed information to finish the listening task.
2.How to make every students active in this lesson.
Teaching Aids:
1.a computer
2.a projector
(Play the song “Ten little Indian boys”)
Step I Greetings and Lead in.
T: Good morning, everyone!
Ss: Good morning, Mrs/Mr …!
T: Sit down please. Just now we’ve enjoyed a song. Do you like it?
Ss: Yes./(No)
T: Ok. This kind of songs belong to poetry. And so do rhymes and limericks. Rhymes and limericks can be very interesting. So let’s enjoy them now.
Step II Warming up.
1) Listen and read the rhyme
Good, better, best!
Never have it rest!
Till good is better!
And better, best!
2) Listen and read the limerick.
People laugh and people cry.
Some give up, some always try.
Some say hi while some say bye.
Others may forget you but never I.
Ok. Now please open your books and turn to page 25. Let’s enjoy two more limericks.
3)Read the limericks and ask “What is the pattern of each poem?
Step III. Pre-listening
T:Mmm, it seems poems are really interesting. I’d like to know more about poetry.
But where can I find a certain poem? Are poems put together in collections of poetry?
Maybe these questions can help us.
Who wrote them?
What are they about?
When were they written?
Step IV. While listening
In collections of poetry, poems are put together because they belong to the same group.
They can be sorted by different writers, or they can be sorted by a certain topic or a certain period of time.
1.Listen to the tape and list the name of the books on poems by different writers.
(Suggested answers: A Garden of Poems”
“1001 Songs or Poems in English”
2.Listen to the tape and list the information of poems by a certain topic
Suggested answers: The topic can be human feelings (humour & love…)
“Poetry about Nature” (flowers, trees, plants & the old countryside)
“The Earth is Painted Green”
3.Poems by a certain period time
Suggested answers: “English Poem of the Early 17th Century”
“Poetry Between the World Wars”
4.OK, Since we learned some about poems. Now let’s listen to a reader and a woman working in the library. First listen to the tape and tick the words that are used by the woman.
Suggested answer: poem, collection, the World Wars , The countryside and nature
5.Listen to the tape again and answer the following questions.
1).What is the dialogue about?
2)What kind of book is A Garden of Poems?
3)Which period is meant when we say “between the World Wars”?
4)How should you read a book such as 1001 Songs and Poems in English?
5)Which topic for poetry does the student like?
Step V. Post-listening
1.T: OK. What topic for poetry do you like?
S: …….
T:Sometimes English poems can be read in a really interesting way. Now I’d like you to enjoy one of them.
(A rhyme
Pick an apple
Pick a pear
Pick a banana over there.
Let’s work and let’s play,
Picking apples every day.)
2.Listen and imitate.
Step VI. Listening on the workbook.
Good. I’m really interested in poems and I want to know why our ancestors invent poetry. Do you know the reason. If you don’t know, let’s look at the following questions.
1)Before the invention of writing, was there any other way but to remember important things?
2)Were rhyme and rhythm very helpful when they are trying to remember things?
3)Why did our ancestors invent poetry?
4)What is the listening text about?
Step IX Homework.
Recite one or two poems and get ready for tomorrow’s lesson!
The 2nd period
(Reading )
Teaching Goals:
1. Learn about poets and poems of different countries.
2. The similarities and differences between the Chinese and English poets and poems.
3. Improve the student’s reading ability.
Teaching procedures:
Step1 Greeting & Warming-up
(Before the beginning of the class, show the students a clip of video from the movie Dead Poets Society.)
T: Morning, boys & girls!
Ss: Morning, sir!
T: Just now, we saw a video clip from the movie Dead Poets Society. (Show the poster on the screen) Have you found what is the boy doing?
SA: He is creating a poem.
T: Yeah, quiet right! He is using his imagination to create a poem. We know poetry is a special form of literature. If you want to write a good poem, you need to put yourself in the dream world of the poem. (Show the words on the screen one by one)
Step 2 Lead-in
T: We know China has long history and splendid culture. Of course, in the field of poetry, we have many of the world’s greatest poets. Can you name some famous poets?
SB&SC: Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Wang Wei……
T: Good job! Thanks. (Show the portraits of Li Bai & Du Fu on the screen) Chinese poets, such as Li Bai & Du Fu use their genius to make the dream world of poetry more colorful. Here is a poem written by Li Bai, I think you are familiar with it.
( Show the poem望庐山瀑布 on the screen)
T: Okay, let’s read it aloud together.
Great poet Li Bai use his endless imagination to describe the wonderful scenery of the Lu Shan Mountain Waterfall, we can feel the power & magic of the waterfall through the words that Li Bai use. Can you recite any other poems that written by Chinese poets?
(Call several of them to recite)
T: Well done! We have taken a look on the art of poetry and Chinese poetry. Next, we’ll take a journey to English poetry (show the theme page on the screen). English poetry is as interesting and attractive as Chinese. I’ll be the guide to show you around. Are you ready?
Ss: Yes!
Step 3 Fast-reading
T: So here we go! Open your books and turn to P27, look at the Reading part, English Poetry. First, I want you to go through the text quickly and find the answers to the following 2 questions:
Q: 1. What are the differences between poetry and other forms of literature?
2. Whose poetry reminds Chinese readers of Du Fu or Li Bai? Whose of Su Dongpo?
(Give them 2 minutes to find the answers)
T: Well, let’s deal with the 2 questions.
A: 1. ① Poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar. ② Poetry is difficult to write, but interesting to read.③ Poetry calls up all the colors, feelings,experiences and curious images of a dream world.
2. ① William Wordsworth, George Gordon Byron & John Keats ② John Donne
Step 4 Careful-reading
Task 1. The main idea of each paragraph
T: Good job! How many paragraphs in the text? (7) Ok, now listen to the tape & read the text carefully. Then I want you to summarize each paragraph’s main idea.
Para. 1 The characters of poetry.
Para. 2 A look on Chinese poetry.
Para. 3 The first period of Modern English poetry.
Para. 4 Modern English poetry in the 19th century.
Para. 5 Why modern poets have special attraction?
Para. 6 The introduction of English poetry to China.
Para. 7 ①The translation of English poetry.②The role that poems act as.
Task 2 A timeline
T: Excellent! Here is a task for you. Please focus on paragraph 3-5 and finish the timeline (show it on the screen), which will help you to get a more clear impression of some great poets in English history. Now do it!
Step 4 Post-reading
Task 1
T: Let’s turn to next step. Look at P28, Ex.1, make sure to get the right choices.
(After 2 minutes, check the answers)
Keys: 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. C
Task 2
T: In several paragraphs, there are some words in bold; can you tell what do they refer to?
Para. 1 That makes poetry difficult to write, but very interesting to read.
------Poetry plays with sounds,words and grammar.Para. 3 Despite its short history,there is a lot of good poetry around.
------English poetry’s
Para. 4 The style and atmosphere in their poems has often…------William Wordsworth,Byron,John Keats
Para. 5 Finally, modern poets have their special …in the language and images they use.
------modern poets Para. 7 They can help us to understand each other better,…------poems and literature
Step 5 Further-understanding
T: This lesson, we’ve learnt much of English poetry, it’s an exciting experience. Here is a question for you: the writer talks about the translation of poems in the last paragraph. Think this question;
Task 1
Q: If a poem is translated into another language, is it still the same poem? What are some differences?
A: Something of the spirit of the original works is lost (including rhythm, rhyme, figures of speech of the poem, etc.).七步诗.)
Task 2
T: The poet Mu Dan wrote a short poem, “Quietly, we embrace In a world lit up by words.”.
Q: Can you use your own words to explain it?
A: When people from one country read the poems from another, they will be struck by what is inside the poem, so they will understand each other and become good friends.
Step 6 Enjoyment
T: You have understood the magic that poetry brings, that’s great! There, we can use a image to describe the special role that poems and literature act as, “Poems and literature can be bridges.” Can you give other images to express the same idea? Who’d like to have a try?
A: 1.Poems and literature can be ties that bring the East and the West together.
2. Poems and literature can be fine wine enjoyed by the East and the West.
T: We say, Poems can be fine wine enjoyed by the East and the West. That means not matter you are a English or Chinese, you can find amusement in poem. But how to enjoy a English poem? We need to know several simple principle, do you want to know what principles they are? (Yes!) Well, let’s see a clip of video.(After the end of the video, show the next slide)
T: When enjoy an English poem, you should: 1. Use your heart and emotion.2. Imagine you are exactly in the dream world of that poem.Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black, Cutting through the forest with a golden track.
Step 8 Homework
1. Read the text again to get a better understanding.
The third period
(Word Study and Grammar)
Teaching aims:
1.Learn and master the Past Participle used as adverbial.
2.Compare the differences between the Present Participle and the Past Participle used as adverbial.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Song
Ask the students to watch the VCD programme and learn to sing the song AN APPLE A DAY.
An apple a day ,
Keeps the doctor away.
An apple a day,
Keeps the doctor away.
A-P-P-L-E, “apple”
Then ask the students to look at the words from the song---“day, away”.
T: What do these two words have in common?
S: They end with the same vowel---/ei/.
T: If two words have the same sound, including a vowel, we can say they rhyme. Who can give us some words that rhyme?
S: Horse and mouse, school and fool…
Now look at Part 2. Please read them and match the words that rhyme.
Suggested answers:
mad-glad tale-fail glory-story recite-night cow-plough shade-afraid isle-smile embrace-base
Step 2 Word study
T: Please turn to Page 29. Look at Word Study, Part 1. Fill in the blanks with words in the text. Have a discussion with your partner and then we’ll check the answers:
Suggested answers:
1. poem 2. absence 3.atmosphere 4.stories 5. poets 6. translated (put)
Step 3 Grammar
Show the two sentences on the screen.
The past participle used as adverbial.1.Once published, his work became famous for the absence of rhyme at the end of each line.2. No matter how well translated, something of the spirit of the original work is lost.
T: Look at the two sentences on the screen, who can tell us their Chinese meanings.
1.一经出版，他的作品就因不押韵而著名。
2．即使翻译得再好，一经翻译，原作的一些精华就没有了。
T: Can you think of another way to express these ideas?
Suggested answers:
1. Once it (his work) was published, his work became famous for the absence of rhyme at the end of each line.
2. No matter how well it is translated, something of the spirit of the original work is lost.
T: From the sentences we’ve discussed, we know that if the past participle is used as adverbial, we can change them into the adverbial clauses, which has the same meaning. Now turn to Page 30. Please look at Grammar Part 1.Complete each sentence by using the past participle of the right verb. Before doing that, who will tell the meanings of the words in the box?
Suggested answers:
1. Frightened 2. followed 3. examined 4. Built 5. Seen 6. trapped 7. shot
Step 4 Practice
Show the sentences on the screen.
1. The castle , burned down in 1943, was never built.2. If left alone on a deserted island, what would you do to survive?
T: Look at the two sentences on the screen. Each of the sentences has a past participle. Have a discussion about them and decide their functions.
Suggested answers;
1.In the first sentence the past participle phrase “ burned down in 1943” is used as attribute, modifying the noun “castle”. The meaning of the whole sentence is:1943年被夷为平地的那座城堡，再也没有重建。
2. In the second sentence, “ left alone on a deserted island” is used as adverbial, expressing condition. The meaning of the whole sentence is: “如果你流落到一个荒凉的岛上，为了生存下去，你会怎么办呢？
Now look at Part 2 and decide the function of each past participle phrase. You can do it in pairs or groups.
Suggested answers:
1. AT 2. AD 3. AD 4. AT
Step 5 Consolidation
T: Look at the example on Page 30. Here are two sentences. They both have the same meaning but their adverbials are expressed in the different ways. Study the example and then rewrite the sentences on Page 31, using a clause to substitute the past participle phrase.
Suggested answers:
1. When he was asked what had happened, he told us about it.
2. As he was well known for his expert advice, he received many invitations to give lectures,
3. If we were given more time, we would be able to do the work much better.
4. Once it was translated into Chinese, the book became very popular among Chinese teenagers.
5. As she was deeply interested in medicine, she decided to become a doctor.
6. Though she was left alone at home, Sam did not feel afraid at all.
Step 6 Comparison
Show two pictures. Ask the students to make sentences using the present participle and past participle as adverbial.
A. When crossing the street, you must be careful.
B. Followed by many students, the teacher came in.
T: Well done, so far we have finished learning the present and past participle used as adverbial. Let’s have a revision and make a comparison.
1.共同点: 现在分词和过去分词在句中不能单独作谓语,但可作定语,表语,宾语补足语,状语.
分词作状语时,其逻辑主语是句子的主语.如:
正确:Looking from the top of the hill, we can see the whole town..
错误:Being an orphan, the villagers take good care of the child.
正确:Seen from the hill, our school looks more beautiful.
错误:Seeing from the hill, our school looks more beautiful.
2.不同点: 现在分词有时态和语态的变化;而过去分词只有一种形式,现在分词常表”主动”和 “进行”;过去分词的一般式常表 “被动”和 “完成”.
式 语态 及物动词make的主动语态 及物动词make的被动语态 不及物动词rise
现在分词 一般式 making being made rising
完成式 having made having been made having risen
过去分词 made risen
3.易混淆点:
a.分词作伴随状语时,若表”正在被……” 的概念,常用过去分词,而不用现在分词的被动式.
Followed by some officials, Napoleon inspected his army.
b.现在分词的完成被动式和过去分词两者都可表示 “完成”和 “被动”,但前者更加强调分词动作明显先于谓语动作;而后者的时间性不强.
Having been told to stay in Beijing, the boy decided not to return to his village.
Homework
Finish the word study and grammar part on the workbook.
The fourth Period
(Integrating Skills)
Goals/objectives:
Students will:
1. Learn to read poems aloud with expression.
2. Learn to enjoy simple poems and interpret basic elements of poetry.
3. Practice listening actively
Time required
40 minutes
Step One
Warming-up
Play two recordings of the poems by Keats and Wordsworth as students listen; direct their attention to the rhythm, the rhyme and the sounds of the words. Guide them to forget about difficult words by getting the students to quickly go through the penultimate paragraph of the text. Highlight the sentence:
“Poetry uses many difficult words and idioms, but the best thing is to just forget about them.”
Brainstorm some of their understanding of the rhyming of poetry by letting them giving examples of rhyming words.
e.g.
Get them to practice reading aloud these couples of rhyming words for a little while and then ask several to demonstrate.
Ask for their favorite Chinese poems and when and how they read poems.
Also ask them if they sometimes read by the light of the candle and if reading poems is kind of romantic etc.
Ask them to compare singing songs to reading poems.
Step Two
Pre-reading
After the previous brief activity of comparing singing songs and reading poems, lead them to the title Songs and Poems. Ask “Are the song words also a kind of poem lines?” They may think of the fact that in ancient times poems were sung.
Step Three
While-reading
Invite students to list unfamiliar words that they noticed in the passage.
e.g. avoid, recite, extraordinary
Step Four
Post-reading
Assess students understanding by asking their a few questions:
e.g.
1. When does the writer sing songs?
2. When did the writer begin to touch on poetry?
3. When does the writer read Keats and when Wordsworth?
Step Five
Exercise I
Briefly introduce "Dust of Snow" by Robert Frost.
Listening and reading aloud
Play the recording of Robert frost's Dust of Snow at a high volume as the students listen and then have them repeat after the recording. Guide them to read with expression.
Discussion
Discuss how many characters are involved in the poem.
(There is no right or wrong answer here as long as the students can give a reason why they want to assign a part to a certain character.)
Possible answers include:
Two (a crow and a person),
Four ( a crow, a person, a tree a heart)
Analysis
Guide them to notice the line "A change of mood".
Ask them a few questions
1. his mood has changed, from what mood to what mood?
2. What happens to bring about the change?
Appreciation
Brainstorm about how students feel at the beginning of the poem.
Answers may vary:
The Crow may let some of them think of bad luck.
The Crow above the writer’s head may let some of them think of a lonely place.
Practice
Get students to read the poem aloud again and have some of them to recite the poem in class.
Step Six
Exercise II
Let students take out their exercise books. Do exercise 2 on Page 32 with the poem as "right here waiting".
Homework:
1. Draw a couple of comic strips according to the imagery of Dust of Snow
2.Finish the workbook passage "The Birth of Modern Poetry" by yourself.
Unit4 summary
本单元的topic是英国诗歌，包括诗歌的种类，英国诗人，英文诗歌的发展史等。
文科班的学生对诗歌很感兴趣，但了解并不多，通过本单元的学习，可帮助他们对诗歌有更深的了解，开拓他们的视野，并帮助他们了解如何开始选择阅读诗歌，陶冶情操。
语法部分是有关过去分词做状语的练习，由于本部分曾系统讲过，所以现在只是复习学过的知识，通过练习，仍发现不少问题，学生们大部分仍不能灵活使用分词，不能举一反三。
本单元体会最深的是：大量的诗歌欣赏使得学生们热情高涨，他们自己背诵和搜寻了很多自己喜爱的英文诗歌，并争先在课堂上展示，这样就达到了教学目的。
不足之处：学生们语法部分薄弱，课堂教学效果不太明显，有待提高。
单元检测题
第一节 单项填空(共15小题,每小题１分，满分15分)
从 A,B,C,D 四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
11．---Can I have a look at your new cartoon book?
---___________.
A．Of course, please look. B．Sure, go ahead.
C．Yes, have a look. D．Sorry, please don’t look
12．_____ want to go to the zoo will meet at the school gate tomorrow morning.
A．Those B．Anyone who C．Who D．Those who
13．There are about a hundred people in the shop, ten children _____.
A．including B．include C．included D．to be include
14．As soon as he arrived in Beijing, he ____ working at his studio.
A．got down B．got down to C．got down to be D．got off
15．The train runs ______ the speed _____ 100 kilometres an hour.
A．at, at B．of, of C．at, of D．of, at
16．Mr. Green, _____ we have made rapid progress in English, is one of the best teachers in our
school.
A．whose help B．of whom C．with who D．with whose help
17．The mother _____ her son not to smoke, but he wouldn’t _____.
A．persuaded, listen B．advised, hear C．taught, hear D．tried to persuade, listen
18．Football is very popular _____ young people all over the world.
A．with B．to C．by D．for
19．The next morning people found the old man _____ on the ground, _____.
A．lying, died B．lying, dead C．laying, died D．laying, dead
20．--- Shall we go and have a walk in the park?
--- I don’t feel like going for a walk, _____, it is too hot outside.
A．beside B．besides C．except D．except that
21．The building _____ here will be a hospital.
A．to build B．building C．is being built D．to be built
22．There are trees and flowers on _____ side of the street.
A．both B．either C．every D．all
23．Sorry, I have got no more money ______ to buy you any more new clothes.
A．left B．leaving C．to leave D．to be left
24．We must often read newspapers. It can help us to ________ news up to the minute.
A．keep up B．catch up C．keep up with D．catch up with
25．The young couple stood _______ in the dark without saying anything.
A．face and face B．face-to-face
C．face-and-face D．face to face
第二节: 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意，然后从26---45各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项。
The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. - Thomas Macaulay
Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette O’Neill gave an arithmetic __26__ to our class. When the papers were __27__ she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the same mistakes throughout the test.
There is nothing really new about __28__ in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O’Neill __29__ even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to __30__ after class. I was one of the twelve.
Mrs. O’Neill asked __31__ questions, and she didn’t __32__ us, either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the __33__ words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to __34__ these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.
I don’t __35__ about the other eleven boys. Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most important single __36__ of my life. Thirty years after being introduced __37__ Macaulay’s words, they __38__ seem to me the best yardstick (准绳) , because they give us a __39__ to measure ourselves rather than others.
Few of us are asked to make __40__ decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called __41__ daily to make a great many personal decisions. Should the wallet, found in street, be put into a pocket __42__ turned over to the policeman? Should the __43__ change received at the store be forgotten or __44__? Nobody will know except you. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always __45__ to live with someone you respect.
26．A．test B．problem C．paper D．lesson
27．A．examined B．completed C．marked D．answered
28．A． lying B．cheating C．guessing D．discussing
29．A．didn’t B．did C．would D．wouldn’t
30．A．come B．leave C．remain D．apologize
31．A．no B．certain C．many D．more
32．A．excuse B．reject C．help D．scold
33．A．above B．common C．following D．unusual
34．A．repeat B．get C．put D．copy
35．A．worry B．know C．hear D．talk
36．A．chance B．incident C．lesson D．memory
37．A．for B．by C．with D．to
38．A．even B．still C．always D．almost
39．A．way B．sentence C．choice D．reason
40．A．quick B．wise C．great D．personal
41．A．out B．for C．up D．upon
42．A．and B．or C．then D．but
43．A．extra B．small C．different D．necessary
44．A．paid B．remembered C．shared D．returned
45．A．easier B．more natural C．better D．more peaceful
第三部分： 阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
When you fly, fly with Bel Air. People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air, because they know they will get what they want. They want to go quickly, and safely, across the country, across the sea, or right across the world-and they know Bel Air will take them where they want to go. Bel Air flies all the newest and fastest, to more towns and cities in more countries in the world, than any other airline.
Do you want to go to Paris, Washington, Tokyo? Bel Air will take you there at all times of the day or the night, right through the week.
But Bel Air flies not only to the big cities in the rich countries. We fly two or three times a week to towns and cities in the very heart of Asia, Africa and South America.
People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air, because they know they will leave on time and arrive on time. They know that the food they will receive, and the film they will watch, will be of the best.
Bel Air is second to none. When you fly, fly with the Bel Air.
46．Bel Air is________.
A．a kind of plane B．a name of an airline
C．a name of an airport D．a city’s name
47．Bel Air’s planes fly to cities like Paris and Tokyo _______.
A．once a week B．twice a week
C．once a day D．more than once a day
48．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A．Bel Air’s planes fly to many countries
B．Fly with Bel Air, you will get the best service
C．Bel Air’s planes are newest and fastest
D．Few people fly with Bel Air
49．This passage is _______.
A．an advertisement B．taken from a guide book
C．a piece of news D．a notice
50．The phrase “second to none” here means ______.
A．one of the largest B．better than any other
C．the most popular D．very good
B
It would be very exciting to be a reporter on a newspaper. As soon as a reporter’s boss gives him a story to write, the reporter is on the job. He keeps his mind on what he is going to do. He does not begin writing the story until he knows what he is supposed to find out. He must know why he should write the story.
At times a reporter must search hard to find all of the facts he needs for a story. The facts may not be right under his nose. To find the facts, he must also be able to recognize important details (细节).
As a reporter is gathering information for a story, he asks himself questions: Should I use this piece of information? Is this an important fact?
A reporter writes the story as fact as he can, so it can go right away into the newspaper. The story also needs a headline, which tells very quickly what the news story is about. The headline is the part of the news that is printed bigger and blacker than the rest of the news story.
Every big newspaper has many reporters, because many stories are needed in the newspaper. Would you like to be one of them?
51．The passage is about __________.
A．the job of a news reporter B．how to gather information for a news story
C．how to write the headline of an article D．big newspapers in the world
52．Before a news reporter begins to write a news story, he must know ______.
A．all the useful facts he needs B．what he writes the story for
C．how to please his boss D．both A and B
53．A reporter writes the story as fast as possible because ______.
A．he wants to have a rest
B．he is good at writing it
C．he wants it to go into the newspaper right away
D．people prefer to buy today’s newspaper
54．A headline should be _____.
A．simple and clear B．printed bigger and blacker
C．long and in detail D．both A and B
55．Which is the writer’s opinion? _____.
A．reporter’s boss is usually very hard to his men
B．The job of a newspaper reporter is not easy
C．Everyone can write a good news story
D．No one likes to be a journalist
第四部分：写(共两节，满分30分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题，每题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，该行右边横线上画一个勾（√ ）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误，则按下列情况改正：
此行多一词：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉；在该行右边横线上写上该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一词：在缺词处加一个漏字符（∧），在该行右边的横线上写上该加的词。
此行错一词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
Newspaper today supply us with much more 66._______
than that just happened in our country or in other 67._______
country. If we want to know what the weather will 68._______
be we can read the weather report. If we want to 69._______
find out what the films are being shown or what 70._______
plays or concerts we can enjoy, they can look at 71._______
the newspapers. In many countries people put notice in 72._______
newspapers if they are trying to get information 73._______
of find a house or rooms where they can live or even 74._______
a person that gets losing. Newspapers indeed help us a lot. 75._______
第二节：书面表达 （共1题，满分20分）
李明是你的朋友，他很喜欢英语，一直想要找一份适合的英语报来阅读，现要求你以书信的形式，向他介绍《新世纪报中学生版》。
内容：
1．该报于2003年10月15日正式出版了, 它是目前国内第一份根据中学生阅读水平和需要而设计的英语时事周刊。
2．它用浅显的英语介绍一些热门话题，包括时事之窗、校园热点(campus trends)、影视娱乐(entertainment)、体育休闲、科技生活、大家一起学等栏目。
3．对扩大词汇量，扩展知识面都有帮助。
4．建议李明读一读该报。
说明：你可以适当增加你对该报的主观看法，但字数控制在100字左右。
注意书信格式。
选择题答案
第一、二、三部分（Key to 1---65）
1----5 CBABC 6---10 ABBBA 11---15 BDCBC 16---20 DDABB 21---25 DBACD
26---30 ACBCA 31---35 ADADB 36---40 CDBAC 41---45 DBADC
46---40 BDDAB 51---55 ADCDB 56---60 BDACB 61---65 ABCDC
第四部分：
第一节：
66.newspaperànewspapers 67.thatàwhat 68.countryàcountries
69.be 后加like 70.the去掉 71.theyàwe 72.noticeànotices
73. √ 74.findàfinding 75.losingàlost
第二节：
One possible version:
October 29, 2003
Dear Li Ming,
How are you? Are you still spending a lot of time in studying English? I remember that you told me you wanted to find some proper English newspaper to read. Now I have an exciting news to tell you.
New Century School Edition was published on October 15th , 2003. So far, it’s the first weekly English newspaper in China which is edited according to the reading level and requirements of middle school students. Many popular things are introduced in simple English. It has many sections, for example, our world, campus trends, entertainment, sports, science life and learning with us. Reading them can help you enlarge your vocabulary and broaden your knowledge. I advise you to read the newspaper if necessary. I’m sure you can learn more from it.
I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Best wishes,