(共12张PPT)
Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
第6课时 Section B(3a—Self Check)
一、选词填空。
Robert likes taking a walk in the park after work.One day when he was __1__ in the park, he heard someone calling his name.He stopped to look around, but saw nothing.Then he felt tired and sat down on a bench(凳子).When he was looking around, he __2__ found a little snake was sitting next to him.How terrible it was! He was too afraid to move away from the bench and didn't know what to do.Then he heard someone__3__ his name again.A woman __4__ beside the bench and said, “Robert, come here! You can't stay on the bench like that.People will be__5__ by you.”
sudden embarrass stare believe walk
appear he scare say expect call slow
Robert was in great surprise and __6__ at the woman for a long time.He didn't know her but how did she know__7__ name So he said, “Excuse me, I have no idea about you.But people always say I'm handsome.” The woman seemed to be shocked by what Robert__8__．At that moment, Robert found something amazing.The little snake next to him slowly moved down from the bench and went towards the woman.
Then Robert heard the woman say, “I'm not talking to you.I'm telling Robert, my pet snake.” You can imagine how__9__Robert was at that moment.Life is full of the__10__．After all, few people would like to keep a snake as a pet.
1．__________ 2. __________
3．__________ 4. __________
5．__________ 6. __________
7．__________ 8. __________
9．___________ 10. ___________
stared
calling
suddenly
walking
said
scared
appeared
his
embarrassed
unexpected
二、阅读填空。
A young soldier was looking for someone in a hospital.Then in front of a room, a nurse saw him and said, “Oh, your father is right here.” __1__“Your son is here，” she said.She had to repeat many times before the old man's eyes opened.
The old man was too sick to see the young man clearly.He reached out his hand.__2__ He wanted to let the old man feel his love.
The nurse brought a chair so that the young man could sit beside the bed.All through the night, the young man sat there and held the old man's hand.The nurse found him very tired.__3__ Sometimes the nurse heard the young man say a few words.The old man said nothing.He only held the young man's hand the whole night.
__4__ The nurse said, “I'm sorry about that.” “But who was that man？” “He was your father，” she answered in surprise.“No, he wasn't，” the young man said.“I never saw him before in my life.” “Then why didn't you say anything when I took you to him？” “I knew at once that there must be something wrong.But I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn't here.When I found he was too sick to tell whether I was his son or not, I knew how much he needed me.So I stayed.”
__5__
1．____ 2.____ 3.____ 4．____ 5.____
E
F
A
B
D
A．The young man held his hand.
B．When morning came, the old man died.
C．So next time, you should tell the truth at once.
D．So she asked him to have a rest, but he didn't.
E．And she quickly took him to an old man in bed.
F．The next time someone needs you, just be there and stay.
三、阅读短文，完成表格，每空一词。
Life is a great joke most of the time.However, the problem is that most people treat this joke very seriously.Life is given to us for enjoying and having fun，while we all see lots of unhappiness around us.Most of this unhappiness is our creation.We make most mistakes in life because of our greed(贪婪).However, we miss many beautiful moments of life.
Life is full of many exciting things.They offer a great enjoyment to all of us.We were all born in this world with no thoughts and desires(欲望) and a child only wants to enjoy his life.However, we expected too much from childhood.In this way a circle of expectations start moving in the life of every person.The child finds it difficult to go with the changing world and he ends up as an unhappy person.
Enjoying life is a great art，but very few people know on this earth.For enjoying life，a person needs a clear understanding of life from all the common things.We all know many people are unhappy though they live in big houses.But some beggars(乞丐) are always happy though they don't have anything.This is a strange reality(现实) of life.Life looks strange to people who do not understand it and it becomes a great joke and excitement for those who master it.
Main idea： __1__ life is a great art. Paragraph 1 Life is a great joke most of the time, so we can't treat it very __2__．
Some people make most mistakes in life because of their __3__．
Paragraph 2 The writer gives an example of a child to show how a person becomes __4__．
Paragraph 3 We can infer that __5__ is a view(看法，态度) of life.
1．________ 2. _______ 3. _____
4. __________ 5. _______
Enjoying
seriously
greed
unhappy
happiness(共9张PPT)
基础知识巩固
Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
第1课时 Section A(1a—2d)
综合能力提升
一、根据汉语或英文提示填空。
1．Everyone thinks the new TV play's ending is ___________(expected).It is
surprising.
2．He ________(oversleep) and missed the train.
3．There was a storm yesterday.________(lucky), most of the flowers in my
garden are still alive.
4．When I went into the classroom, the final bell _________(ring).
5．Let me take my camera out of my ________(背包).
基础知识巩固
unexpected
overslept
Luckily
had rung
backpack
二、从方框中选择适当的短语并用其正确形式填空。
1．My alarm clock _________ at 6 o'clock every morning.
2．“It's a little far from here to the train station.Let me ______________，”
she said to me.
3．Linda has to _______ her glasses to read the words on the card.
go off wake up put on
give sb.a lift rush out of
goes off
give you a lift
put on
4．The students ______________ the classroom as soon as the bell rang.
5．When Tina __________， she found nobody was at home.
rushed out of
woke up
阅读理解。(天津中考)
综合能力提升
In the morning, Daniel and Peter finished their breakfast quickly.They put on their school uniforms (校服), took their school bags and walked quickly to the bus stop.They had to wait for their school bus as usual.They waited for half an hour but the bus didn't come.The two brothers were starting to get worried.They did not want to be late for school.
Just then, Daniel's classmate, Ben, came with a football on his bike.They were surprised to see that Ben wasn't in his school uniform.
Ben stopped in front of the two brothers and asked, “Where are you going？”
“To school，” replied Peter quickly.
“Why aren't you ready for school, Ben？” Daniel asked.
“Have you forgotten that today is a school holiday？” laughed Ben.“We have no lessons today！”
When Daniel and Peter told their mother about it, they all laughed.At last, the brothers joined Ben in playing football in the field nearby.
What a special morning!
( )1.When did the story happen
A．In the morning.
B．At noon.
C．In the afternoon.
D．In the evening.
( )2.How did Daniel and Peter feel when their school bus didn't come
A．Angry. B．Excited.
C．Lonely. D．Worried.
A
D
( )3.Why were the two brothers surprised
A．Ben was a football fan.
B. Ben wasn't in his school uniform.
C．Ben had a bicycle.
D．Ben was leaving school.
( )4.The bus didn't come because ________．
A．the weather was bad
B．the driver was sick
C．it was a school holiday
D. there was something wrong with it
B
C
( )5.What did the two brothers do at last
A．They went to the cinema.
B．They played football with Ben.
C．They read books at home.
D. They cooked with their mother.
B(共18张PPT)
基础知识巩固
Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
第3课时 Section A(Grammar Focus—4c)
单元语法梳理
综合能力提升
基础知识巩固
一、根据汉语或首字母提示填空。
1．Why did you put some red _______(豆) into the soup
2．Would you like milk or ________(奶油) in your coffee
3．There are two big m______ near my home.It's convenient for me to buy
things.
4．Michael, help yourself to some more ______(馅饼).
5．Today is Friday, the last w________ of this week.
beans
cream
arkets
pies
orkday
二、从方框中选择适当的短语并用其正确形式填空。
1．—Claire hasn't __________．It's five past seven.
—It's typical of her to let others wait for her.I have lost my patience.Let's
go.
2．He's the best teacher, _____________ he has the least experience.
3．________________ the holiday I had spent all my money.
4．She stared at me _____________ when I told her the news.
5．With such thoughts in mind, Jenny prepared to __________ Europe.
by the end of show up even though
in disbelief leave for
shown up
even though
By the end of
in disbelief
leave for
一、用所给词的适当形式填空。
1．When the policemen arrived, the robbers ________(run) away.
2．Our plan failed because we __________(make) a bad mistake.
3．By the end of last month, Jane __________(raise) enough money for the poor sickboy.
4．Before I ____(get) to the bus stop, the bus had already left.
5．It was a pity that by the time I ran to the school, the exam ________(be)
over.
单元语法梳理
had run
had made
had raised
got
had been
二、单句改错。
1．The early bus has left before I arrived at the bus top.What a pity it was.
____________
2．By the time Tina was five, she begun to play the piano.
______________
3．I had told Mary, so the news comes as no surprise to her.
______________________________
has改为had
begun前加had
comes改为came或把had改为have
4．By the end last term, we had learned 500 new words.
___________
5．Before the firefighters arrived, the house had burn.
____________________
end后加of
burn改为burned/burnt
三、按要求完成下列句子，每空一词。
1．By the time she got up, her mother had__gone__to__work．(对画线部分
提问)
______ ____ her mother ______ by the time she got up
2．When I got home, my mother had cooked dinner.(改为否定句)
When I got home, my mother ______ ________ dinner.
3．The train had left when I got to the station.(改为一般疑问句)
_____ the train _____ when _____ got to the station
What had
done
hadn't cooked
Had
left
you
4．John had never seen the film before.(改为反意疑问句)
John had never seen the film before, ______ _____？
5．The plane took off.I reached the airport.(合并为一句)
The plane _____ _______ ____ when I ________ the airport.
had he
had taken off
reached
【语法小结】
一、过去完成时的构成
1．其谓语由“助动词_____＋_________”构成。
2．其否定式为“________________＋__________”。
3．其一般疑问句应把______提到主语______。
had
过去分词
had not/hadn't
过去分词
had
前
二、过去完成时的用法
1．表示在过去某一时间或动作之前已经发生或完成了的动作或状态，即这一动作或状态发生的时间是“_____________”。
2．表示一个动作或状态在过去某时之前已经开始，一直延续到这一过去时间，而且到那时还未结束，仍有继续下去的可能性。
过去的过去
三、一些使用过去完成时的常见情况
1．由by(在某时前，到某时)构成的短语表示过去的时间时，句子常用过去完成时。如：
By ten o'clock yesterday evening, she had finished her homework.
在昨晚10点以前，她已经完成了她的作业。
2．由by the time(在……以前)和when/before引导的时间状语从句谓语动词使用了一般过去时，而主句的动作发生在从句动作之前，此时主句用过去完成时。如：
By the time I got home, my father had left for New York.
我回到家时，爸爸已经出发去纽约了。
Ann had been at the bus stop for 20 minutes when a bus finally came.
当公交车最后到来的时候，安已经在公交站等了20分钟了。
Tim had rushed out of the door before I could stop him.
在我能够阻止蒂姆之前，他已经冲出了房门。
3．在含有宾语从句的复合句中，主句使用了一般过去时，而从句的动作发生在主句动作之前，此时从句用过去完成时。如：
The Smiths were glad to know that their son had won the competition.
史密斯夫妇得知儿子赢得比赛(之后)，他们很开心。
【注意】现在完成时与过去完成时的区别
现在完成时表示的动作发生在说话之前某个没有明确说出的过去时间，侧重过去发生的动作对现在产生的影响或造成的结果，与现在有关；过去完成时的动作发生在“过去的过去”，它是一个相对的时态，不能离开过去的时间而独立存在。如：
We have lived here for ten years.
我们在这里居住了10年了。
We had lived here for ten years when we had to move last year.
在我们去年搬家之前，我们在这里居住了10年了。
综合能力提升
语法填空。
Gan Yu was missing after the earthquake in Luding in 2022.Luckily, he was found alive after 17 days.There is little chance to live in the wild __1__ any food for such a long time.So many people expressed their __2__ (belief) when the news first came out.
Gan Yu, 28, was __3__worker in Wandong Hydropower Station (水电站).When the earthquake happened, Gan and his workmate Luo Yong risked their lives to discharge the flood (泄洪), saving thousands of villagers.As Gan was hurt, he could not walk __4__ (far) during their journey to look for rescue (救援).So he stopped walking and asked Luo to continue __5__ (he).On Sept.8, 2022, Luo lighted a fire.The smoke from the __6__ (burn) fire caught the attention of one rescue team.Then Luo led a rescue team to search for Gan.They searched for days but had no discovery.
The great news __7__ (expect) came on Sept.21.A local villager called Ni Taigao found Gan in the forest.Before Gan was found, Ni __8__ (volunteer) to search for him in the forest for two days.Gan said he survived (幸存) by eating wild fruits and drinking water in the forest.
The whole country was moved __9__the three persons' heroic behaviors.We should all learn from Gan's spirit of never giving up, his and Luo's risking their own lives __10__ (save) others, as well as Ni's kindness to offer help.
1．________ 2. ________ 3．________ 4. ________
5．________ 6. ________ 7．___________ 8. _______________
9．________ 10. ________
without
disbelief
a
farther
himself
burning
unexpectedly
had volunteered
by
to save(共19张PPT)
重点知识讲练
Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
第2课时 Section A(3a—3c)
基础知识巩固
综合能力提升
重点知识讲练
一、I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first.我正要上楼，这时我决定先去买杯咖啡。
句型be about to do sth.(when…) 意为“正要做某事(这时……)”，侧重于表示动作马上就要发生，常与when引导的从句连用，when在此处相当于at that time。
【即讲即练】
昨晚，我正要睡觉时，手机响了。
I ________________ to bed ______ my smartphone rang last night.
was about to go
when
二、As I was waiting in line with other office workers, I heard a loud sound.当我和其他办公室职员一起排队等候时，我听到一声巨响。
as、when与while的用法
as 引导时间状语从句时，多用于平行结构，表示两个动作同时发生，一个主语同时进行两个动作或者一种状态随另一种状态的变化而变化等。
when 从句中既可用延续性动词，又可用非延续性动词；从句中的动作既可和主句的动作同时发生，又可在主句的动作之前或之后发生。
while 它强调主句的动作与从句的动作同时发生或主句的动作发生在从句的动作过程中，从句的谓语必须是延续性动词。
【即讲即练】
( )I was reading a book ______ my brother was playing the guitar last night.
A．when B．as
C．while D．unless
C
三、We stared in disbelief at the black smoke rising above the burning building.我们盯着燃烧着的大楼上升起的黑烟，无法相信(这一切)。
1．stare意为“盯着看；凝视”，表示长时间地看，有时也表示带着吃惊的意味去看，常与at、into连用。
2．in disbelief意为“不相信地；疑惑地；怀疑地”。
3．above、over与on的用法
单词 含义 两物体之间的关系 反义词
above 在……上面 不接触，不强调垂直 below
over 在……正上方 不接触，常表示恰好的垂直关系 under
on 在……上面 表面接触 beneath
【即讲即练】
1．杰克一边疑惑地盯着他看，一边摇着头。
Jack ______________________， shaking his head.
( )2.There is a bridge ________ the river, and a plane is flying ________
the clouds in the picture.
A．over; on B．through; on
C．over; above D．through; above
C
stared at him in disbelief
四、The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next day.其他飞机都满座，所以我不得不一直等到第二天。
till/until意为“到，直到”，主句谓语必须是延续性动词。结构not…until…意为“直到……才”， 主句谓语用非延续性动词。注意：till不能用在句首。
【即讲即练】
1．用till/until填空。
(1)They didn't arrive there ______ midnight.
(2)______ you told me, I had heard nothing of her.
( )2.(白银中考改编)Let's wait ________ the rain stops.
A．so B．while
C．since D．till
D
until
Until
基础知识巩固
一、根据汉语或英文提示填空。
1．Sally's uncle is a ________(工人) in a car factory.
2．We walked a few ________(街区) farther down the street.
3．Tom read the news over and over again in ________(怀疑).
4．Rain is spreading from the ______(西方).
worker
blocks
disbelief
west
5．Because of the terrible weather, seven ________(机场) had to be closed
today.
6．When he arrived, he found a bright fire was _________(burn).
7．It's rude __________(stare) at other people.Don't do like that again.
airports
burning
to stare
二、用适当的介词填空。
1．Look! Carol is sitting on the grass _____ line with her friends.
2．I think I can fix the car on Wednesday.If not, you'll have to wait
__________ Friday.
3．In winter, the temperature in Sanya often remains _______ 20℃ all day.
4．Sometimes a bad luck will turn ______ a good thing in the end.
5．He didn't say a word; just stared _____ her.
in
till/until
above
into
at
综合能力提升
一、阅读教材Section A 3a的短文，根据其内容完成表格，每空一词。
Life Is Full of the Unexpected Time and Places Accidents How I __1__ them My feelings
Sept.11, 2001 New York The World Trade Center where I worked was __2__ by two planes. I arrived at the building but decided to get a coffee first when I was about to go up. I was lucky to be __3__．
1.______________ 2.____ 3._______
4.__________ 5.____________
missed/avoided
hit
overslept
unexpectedly
alive
Feb.21, 2011 New Zealand An earthquake happened. I __4__because my alarm clock had never gone off, so I missed the plane to New Zealand and had to wait till the next day. My bad luck had __5__ turned into a good thing.
二、完形填空。
At the beginning of this term, my P.E.teacher suggested me that I should take part in the marathon(马拉松赛跑).I was very surprised because I was never a good runner.In order to__1__me, he said that if I took part in the race, I would get the highest mark for the term's P．E.class.Therefore, I decided to have a try because I had__2__to lose.
I prepared for the race very__3__．I ran every day in the morning before school.And after school, I practiced running with many other runners on the sports ground.I even had the special diet(饮食) for athletes(运动员).I heard that the special diet could __4__me to get good results.
When the__5__of the marathon arrived, I was very nervous.As usual, I got up in the morning, had my breakfast, and listened to some music.Then my father gave me a__6__to the sports ground, for the marathon race was going to take place there in an hour.All my family wished me good luck because they knew how __7__this race was for me and how much effort I had put into its preparation.
My competitors looked like athletes.I was __8__that I would be last.However, when I started to run, I thought only about the race.As I paid much attention to the race itself, I did not remember when I __9__the other runners.Suddenly I realized that I had come first.I was very happy when I won the race.From the experience, I learn that __10__always comes out of hard work.
( )1.A. punish B．Hurt C．introduce D．encourage
( )2.A. something B．Everything C．nothing D．anything
( )3.A. carefully B．Shyly C．angrily D．secretly
( )4.A. teach B．Help C．expect D．order
( )5.A. day B．Week C．month D．year
D
C
A
B
A
( )6.A. hug B．Shake C．kiss D．lift
( )7.A. easy B．Important C．traditional D．silly
( )8.A. surprised B．Right C．afraid D．happy
( )9.A. passed B．Followed C．touched D．pushed
( )10.A. feeling B．Competition C．success D．intelligence
D
B
C
A
C(共12张PPT)
话题剖析
Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
单元写作指导
写作积累
技能提升
实战演练
话题剖析
本单元的话题是“突发事件”，主要谈论过去的事情或经历。相应的话题作文以记叙文为主，写作时要熟练运用过去完成时、一般过去时等时态，按时间顺序叙述事件的过程。
写作积累
一、相关短语积累。
1．难忘的经历 ________________________
2．在……的第一天 ____________________
3．表达谢意 ______________
4．赶到；露面 ____________
5．充满；装满 ____________
unforgettable experiences
on the first day of
express thanks
show up
be full of
6．在……以前 ____________
7．最终成为；最后处于 ________
8．在(某时间点)以前 ______________
9．与……成一排 ____________
10．捎……一程 _______________
by the time
end up
by the end of
in line with
give…a lift
二、相关句型积累。
【开头句】
1．I will always remember the date May 23rd, 2024.It was the (un)luckiest
day of my life.
2．You can't imagine how happy/sad/upset/glad/excited/embarrassed I was
when I went to school on the first day.
3．While books and movies usually have a happy ending, real life is always
full of the unexpected.
4．Last Sunday was a special day for me, because it was my mother's
birthday.I did a lot of things on that day.
【中间句】
1．When I woke up that morning, it was raining.
2．Later that day, I realized I had left my wallet at home and couldn't buy
lunch.
3．After that, I was praised by my math teacher because I got the highest
score in the math exam.
4．That night they were so happy that they promised me that they would buy
a bike for me as a prize.
【结尾句】
1．After the competition/game/show, I learned/ realized that I should have
been prepared for everything.
2．What good/bad luck.
3．How lucky/unlucky I was!
4．As long as you try your best to do everything, you will actually be
winners in life.
5．Losing a…doesn't mean you have to be a loser in life.
6．I think that was the best day I'd had in a long time.
技能提升
扩句升格。
1．What happened to you _____________________(扩写时间状语“在愚人
节那天”)
2．Amy's dad saw me on the street ____________________________(扩写并
列成分“并且用他的小汽车捎了我一程”).
3．I am good at playing drums _____________________________________
(扩写结果“因此我确信我会赢得演出”).___________________________．
(扩写具体表现“那就是我为何如此自信的原因。”)
on April Fool's Day
and gave me a lift in his car
so I am sure that I would win the show
That's why I am so confident
实战演练
在过去的日子里，我们曾经欢笑，也曾经哭泣……照片或将这些精彩定格，或勾起你对往事的回忆。某英语网站向你发出邀请，请你按要求用英语写一篇文章，分享你照片背后的故事。
要点：
1．描述你的照片(时间、地点、人物……)；
2．分享你的故事(起因、经过、结果……)；
3．谈谈你的感受(感受、怀念、影响……)。
要求：
1．故事必须原创；
2．80词左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数；
3．文中不能出现自己的姓名和所在学校的名称。
写法点拨
1．确定文体：记叙文。
2．确定时态：以一般过去时为主。
3．确定人称：以第一人称为主。
思维导图
小试身手
This is a photo that is very special to me.In the photo,
I was 10 while my dad looked younger than now.Look, we were playing ping pong happily.
I used to be a ping pong player.My dad trained hard with me, though he was tired after a day's work.Once, I lost a game and I felt so sad that I wanted to give up.My dad said nothing, sitting quietly with me.The next morning, I found a piece of paper.It said, “Never give up, dear.I am proud of you！”
I will never forget what my dad told me.He is proud of me.How lucky I am to be his daughter!(共12张PPT)
重点知识讲练
Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
第5课时 Section B(2a—2e)
基础知识巩固
综合能力提升
重点知识讲练
He asked her to marry him.他向她求婚。
marry的用法
及物 动词 (和……) 结婚； 嫁；娶 marry sb.＝get married to sb.和某人结婚；娶某人；嫁给某人
marry sb.to．.. 把某人嫁给……；让某人娶……
不及物 动词 结婚 与get married同义
注意：marry是非延续性动词，不能与时间段连用。若表示“结婚多久了”可用be married
( )1.(海南中考)Joey and Marina have lived a happy life since
they________.
A．got hurt
B．got lost
C．got married
2．The Blacks got married thirty years ago.(写出同义句)
The Blacks have _______ _________ for thirty years.
C
been married
基础知识巩固
根据首字母、汉语或英文提示填空。
1．Could I have your attention, l_____ and gentlemen
2．My father had planned to take me to Shanghai Disneyland, but he was too
busy and had to c______ it.
3．Don't believe the story—it's a ______(骗局).
4．Is the __________(意大利面条) ready yet, Dad
5．The message was so __________(believe) that everyone in our class
believed it.
adies
ancel
hoax
spaghetti
believable
6．A large black cloud covered the moon.The moon ____________(appear)
behind the cloud.
7．Yesterday evening a TV show reported the __________(discover) of special
water.
8．I hope all government _________(office) can pay more attention to the
education of young people.
9．They haven't formally __________(announce) their new ideas yet.
10．—We all went to the cinema except you last night.Why didn't you come
—Because I _____________(watch)that movie twice.
disappeared
discovery
officers
announced
had watched
综合能力提升
一、阅读教材Section B 2b的短文，根据其内容完成表格，每空一词。
April Fool's Day General introduction ·It is __1__on April 1 every year.
·Many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on one another.
Two __2__ hoaxes ·A reporter announced farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.As a result, all the spaghetti in England had been sold out before people knew the __3__．
·A TV show reported the discovery of special water, which can help people lose weight.As a result, about 10，000 people called to ask for the special water.
A hoax with a sad ending A TV star __4__his girlfriend into agreeing to marry him at the show.In the end, he lost her and his show.
One of the most famous hoaxes An actor said aliens from Mars had landed on the earth.He made it sound so __5__that many people left their homes.
1. _________ 2. _________
3．_________ 4. _________
5．_________
real
fooled
celebrated
funny
truth
二、阅读理解。(宁波中考)
Three Centuries of Hoaxes
A Thinking Machine
In 1769, long before computers were invented, a man from Hungary(匈牙利)built a wonderful machine that could play chess very well.It delighted(使高兴)people all over Europe and beat nearly everyone it played, including famous figures like French leader Napoleon Bonaparte, and scientist and inventor Benjamin Franklin.For decades, many people believed that it was truly a thinking machine.There were people who said it was a hoax, but could not prove it or explain how it worked.About 85 years later, the secret was finally revealed.There was a man hiding inside the machine all the time…who was obviously very good at playing chess!
Zoo Escape(逃脱)
On November 9, 1874, New York newspaper, The Herald, ran a shocking story on its front page.It said that all the animals in the Central Park Zoo had escaped and were running around the city.It said the police were working to save people, but 27 people had already been killed, and 200 people hurt.It warned everyone to stay at home to avoid the danger.Many people in New York were terrified, and did as the paper said.If only they had read the final words of the article, which said: “Not one word of it is true.Not a single act described has taken place.” It was all just a hoax.The story was made up by Thomas Connery, an editor at The Herald, who wanted to draw attention to the poor condition of cages in the zoo.
Rosie the Runner
The first woman to cross the finish line of the 1980 Boston Marathon(马拉松)was 23 year old Rosie Ruiz.However, as she climbed the stairs to receive her prize, people started to become suspicious(怀疑的).She didn't seem to be tired at all.Furthermore, none of the other runners remembered seeing her, and her picture never appeared in photos or TV broadcasts of the race.Later, several people said that they had seen her join the race only at the end.It turned out she had run only half a mile (about 805 meters) and taken the train for the rest of the race! Her prize was taken away, of course.
( )1.The underlined word “It” in Paragraph 1 refers to ________．
A．the hoax B．the news
C．the thinking machine D．the computer
( )2.Which of the following is mentioned in the passage
A. The thinking machine used a computer to win games.
B. 200 people were killed by zoo animals in 1874.
C. Rosie Ruiz wasn't tired at the finish line.
D. Rosie Ruiz didn't appear in TV broadcasts of the race.
C
D
( )3.What is TRUE about all the hoaxes in the passage
A. They made people scared.
B. They fooled a lot of people.
C. They made people suspicious.
D. They delighted people.
( )4.The title of the passage shows us that the writer thinks that
hoaxes________．
A．are not new B．are easily avoided
C．are always cruel D．are usually unbelievable
B
A(共8张PPT)
Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
第4课时 Section B(1a—1e)
基础知识巩固
综合能力提升
基础知识巩固
一、根据首字母、汉语或英文提示填空。
1．Many people are f______ by their friends on April Fool's Day every year.
2．All the dancers wear beautiful c_________(服装).
3．I felt like a ______ (傻瓜) when I realized my mistake.
4．Michael went to Shanghai at the age of 20 and ______________ (work)
there since then.
5．Tom was very ____________(embarrass) because he made a big mistake.
ooled
ostume(s)
fool
had worked
embarrassed
二、阅读下面短文，从方框内的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Last night, I __1__ late to watch a movie.I was so tired that I didn't hear the alarm __2__ this morning.When I finally woke up, it was already 7:30.I __3__ the house without having breakfast.I thought I would be late, but luckily, I caught the last school bus.And to my surprise, my best friend John __4__ in the same bus.He overslept too.We laughed and __5__ that staying up late is really a bad thing!
A.rushed out of B．go off C．realized
D．showed up E．stayed up
1．____ 2. ____ 3. ____
4．____ 5. ____
E
B
A
D
C
综合能力提升
阅读填空。
Today's teens have grown up online.__1__ They do homework online.And surely they get their news online.But because they are so comfortable with the Internet, they seldom question the news stories online.
Now William Colglazier, a history teacher at a high school in America, is teaching his students how to think critically(批判性地) about online information and recognize a fake(假的) news story.
His idea came from a study on people's online reasoning(推理) at Stanford University.__2__ Most middle school students in the study could not tell the difference between an advertisement and a news story, and high school and college students fully trusted the websites ending in “.org”．
The good news is that, according to Colglazier, once teens realize they've been cheated, they have strong will to tell truth from lies.“__3__ And how to recognize when others use poor argumentation(论据)，” he said.Some of the advice that Colglazier offers his students includes moving off the site to find more information about the site, the writer's motivations(动机) and the organization behind the news story.
__4__ He hopes more kids would think critically when they read news online.“__5__” he said.“If people can't tell real news from fake news, the results can be frightening.”
1．____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4．____ 5. ____
A．The Internet is both beautiful and ugly，
B．They make friends online.
C．The study found that young people lack ability to reason about the
information on the Internet.
D. The Internet is between beautiful and ugly，
E. Colglazier shared some of his courses with other teens in Teen Vogue.
F．But they need some advice on how to find evidence(证据).
B
C
F
E
A
