课件23张PPT。Unit 1
A land of diversityWarming up & Reading How much do you
know about the USA ?Warming up——The Statue of Liberty The White House 1.What does USA stand for?
A: Usually stupid and annoying
B: The United States of America2. Which flag is American flag?
A. B. C.3. Which city is the capital of the USA?
New York
Washington D.C
Los Angeles 4. Where is California?A.B.E.C.D.Exploring USAWhat is the style of the passage?目的——常常通过解说事物、阐明事理,
使人们增长知识和技能。
解题关键——理解说明文的关键是要
抓住事物的特点和本质。
题型——细节理解题、推理判断题、
主旨大意题、词义猜测题 Pre-reading————说明文While-reading—— 1). What does the text mainly talk
about?
A. The history of California.
B. The population of California.
C. The culture of California.
D. The lifestyle of California.1.主旨大意题1.使用略读的技术,迅速将全段或全文扫读一遍。
2.寻找主题句,确定文章主题。文章的主题句常出现在首段或尾段或由归纳总结每段的首句,将其含义连接成一个整体得出。 2). Which of the following is NOT true
about the Gold Rush?
A. Only a few people became rich in
the Gold Rush.
B. Some people died in the Gold Rush.
C. It happened during the American-
Mexico war.
D. The first to arrive for gold were
South Americans.While-reading——_______________________2.细节理解题在细节理解题中,它有时候考的是比较直接的细节题,通常从原文中的某一句话就可直接得到答案。
关键是要根据问题中的关键性词语找出这句话,从而得出答案。
3). All of the following are true in the passage
EXCEPT____
A. Film industry attracted many foreign
people to California.
B. Over 40% of Californians speak
Spanish as a first or second
language today.
C. It was so hard to make a life in
California that most didn’t survive
during the Gold Rush Period.
D. Today a large percentage of Chinese-
Americans live in the “Chinatowns” of Los
Angeles and San Francisco in California.While-reading—— 4). Which of the following is the correct order of the
events? _______
a. Spanish soldiers arrived in South America.
b. The US declared war on Mexico.
c. California became part of Mexico.
d. California became the 31st state of the US.
e. First settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the
Arctic to America.
f. Gold was discovered in California.
A. a c f b d e B. e a c b f d
C. e a c b d f D. a c e b f d While-reading——细节理解题之排序题 1).看选项,选出先发生的两件事进行对比,
迅速缩小选择范围,然后排除干扰项;
2).接着对比其他事件的时间,逐步选出正确
答案。
5). It can be inferred from the text that ____
A. The diversity of the customs and languages
of California attracted people from all over
the world.
B. It was the Gold Rush that brought even
larger numbers of Chinese immigrants to
California in 1860s.
C. The Spanish went to California to teach the
native Americans the Catholic religion.
D. Perhaps in the future California will have no
distinct major racial or cultural groups.While-reading——3.推理判断题 1)根据文中所陈述的事实、论点、例证等一系列论据材料进行推理,从而得出合乎逻辑的结论。
2)解答这类题的前提是首先获得短文的主题思想或获得列举的相关事实,然后按题意的要求进行推断。
After-reading——Let's do some exercises~(1)
Therefore, in the final analysis the three major factors of production (land, labor and capital) are all influenced by technology. When we need new skills, on techniques in medicine, people will start developing new technology to meet those needs. As equipment proves to be slow or inefficient, new machines will be invented. Technology responds to our needs in helping us maintain our standard of living.
(1). Which is the main idea of the passage?
A. Modern technology is the key to the improvement of standard
of living.
B. The three major factors of production (land, labor and capital)
are all influenced by technology.
C. Technology is the response to our needs.
D. The United States is making great efforts to advance its
technology. After-reading——______________________________________________________________________(2)
After architects designed the bridge, Amos Peters and Bill Hutch started Construction, They built the 60-foot bridge from aluminum and lengths of fire hose(消防水带). It cost 1,000.
In 1983, after 20 years of use, Peters took down the worn-out bridge. Repairs were made and crosspieces were replaced. The faded sign was repainted and in July 1983, hundreds of animal lovers attended the completion ceremony of the new bridge.
(2). Which of the following is TRUE of the squirrel bridge? A. It was replaced by a longer one.
B. It was built from wood and metal C. it was rebuilt after years of use
D. It was designed by Bill Hutch. After-reading——____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(3)
One day a man walked into a pet shop and said to the shop assistant,“I need two small mice and about five dozen roaches (蟑螂) and two spiders.”?
“What do you need these things for?” the shop assistant was very surprised.?
“Well,”replied the man,“I’m moving out of my apartment and the landlord insists that I should leave the house in exactly the same condition as I found it.”?
(3). The passage suggests that when the writer moved into the house, it was _______
A. very clean?
B. just cleaned by the landlord?
C. tidy and comfortable ?
D. dirty and full of insects?After-reading——_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(4)
People can use a home computer to make their shopping lists. Once at the store, a shopper can use a preferred customer card to start a system (系统) that will organize the trip around the store. If you're looking for toothpicks, you type in the word or pick it from a list, and a map will appear on the screen showing where you are and where you can find them.…
(4). Which of the following is the correct order of shopping with the computerized shopping carts? ____
a. Start the system. b. Make a shopping list.
c. Find the things you want. d. Go to a self-checkout
stand.
A. a b d c
B. b a c d
C. a c b d
D. b c a dAfter-reading——______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Read the passage California carefully again and try to understand the whole passage.Homework