外研版英语九上 Module 2.3 Public holidays Unit 2
单项选择题
When my family moved to America?in 2010?from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬) elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.
I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.
In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.
After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.
By Jack
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1.Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______.
A.?the manager asked him to do so??
B.?he respected the elderly
C.?the couple wanted him to do so??
D.?he wanted more pay
2.When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became _______.
? ? A. nervous?
? ? ??B. satisfied
? ? ??C. unhappy
? ? ??D. excited
3.In Jack’s hometown, _______.
A.?people dislike being called “old”
B.?people are proud of being old
C.?many people reach the age of seventy or eighty
D.?the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants
4.After this experience, Jack _______.
A.?lost his job in the restaurant
B.?made friends with the couple
C.?no longer respected the elderly
D.?changed his way with older people
5.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.?The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.
B.?Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.
C.?The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.
D.?From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.?
? ? ? ?Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is that the people in Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.
So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous(匿名), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.
Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common(共同的) interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.
When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on David’s door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
6.Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is _______.
A.?rich ?????????????????????????????????????????B.?famous ????
C.?young ??????????????????????????????????????D.?lonely
7.Jean thought “David” was special because he _______.
A.?made her quite happy on QQ??????B.?was from San Francisco
C.?sent her a picture of himself???????D.?was tall and good-looking
8.When Jean and “David” met and introduced themselves to each other, who felt surprised?
A.?“David”.????????
B.?Both “David” and Jean.
C.?Jean.?????????
D.?Neither “David” nor Jean.?
9.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.?Don’t believe those you get to know on QQ so easily.
B.?People don’t use their real names on QQ so often.
C.?Don’t go to meet those you get to know on QQ.
D.?People should tell their real names to others on QQ.?
10.?---We’ll do what we can ____English well this term.
---It’s high time for you to work hard.
? A. study ? ??
? ? ?B. to study ? ? ?
? ? ?C. be studied ? ?
? ? ?D. be studying
答案解析：
单项选择题
1. B
解析：根据第2段中的I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly可知答案。
2. C
解析：根据第2段中的As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure可知他们听到Jack称他们为老者时，一点也不高兴。
3. B
解析：根据第3段中的In my village in China, people are proud of being old可知答案。
4. D
解析：根据最后一段中的After that, I changed the way I had with older people可知答案。
5. D
解析：根据第2段最后一句After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry可知A选项不对；根据文章最后一句but now I don’t show my feelings through words可知B选项不对；根据第2段中的I then waked back to the table and apologized to the wife 可知C 选项也不对，故正确答案为D。
6. D
解析：由第1段的句子…In fact, Jean is quite lonely. 可知答案选D。
7. A
解析：Jean认为David幽默风趣，在摇滚乐和现代舞上和她有共同的兴趣，他们可以在网上快乐地聊上几个小时。很显然David使得Jean很开心。答案选A。
8. C
解析：文章的最后一句…she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!告诉我们，当Jean发现她那特殊的朋友是一个12岁的小孩时，用了一个感叹号结尾，虽然作者没有直接说Jean感到惊讶，但是我们可以从这个标点符号推断出她的感觉应该是十分surprised(惊讶的)。
9. A
解析：本文讲述Jean交了个十分投缘的网友，后来却发现对方原来只是一个12岁的小男孩。通过这个故事，短文意在告戒人们不要轻易相信Q友，答案选A。
10. B
解析：不定式做目的状语。
课件14张PPT。Module 2
Public holidays
课程编号：TS1604010203W91020201WYL授课:May外研版《英语》 九年级上册Unit 2 We have celebrated the festival since
the first pioneers arrived in America.
Learning goals1.Get the main idea of the passage.
2.Understand some phrases and setence patterns.
3.Can do some reading exercise correctly.
知识点一 1. Thanksgiving is an American festival. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in
November. It is a time for a special dinner
among family and friends. People make short speeches and give thanks for their food. 2 . give thanks for sb 对……表示感谢
I give thanks for your help.
我对你的帮助表示感谢。 2.We have celebrated the festival since
the first pioneers from England arrived in
America by ship in the seventeenth century. While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died, and after they landed, their first winter was worse than any English winter. land (v.) 着陆；登陆
(n.) 土地(不可数名词)
To protect animals, we shouldn’t take the land away.
为了保护动物，我们不应该占用土地。
The ship landed safely as last.
船如往常一样安全着岸。after在句中引导时间状语从句，表示主句动作发生在从句动作之后。
e.g. After we had finished the work,
we went home.
完成工作之后，我们就回家了。
知识点一The local people, the Native Americans,
taught the pioneers how to grow corn. The
following year they celebrated Together by
eating a dinner of the new food.
by eating a dinner of the new food在句中作方式状语, 表示“以聚餐品尝新食物的方式(来庆祝)”。by doing sth.常用来表示“以某种行为方式……”。知识点一 3.We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with
a traditional dinner. The kitchen is always the
most crowded room in our house because we
all help prepare the food. We lay the table,
and then before we begin dinner, my father
gives thanks for the food, so we remember
why we celebrate the festival.lay the table 摆设桌子 (lay—laid—laid)
My mother asked me to lay the table for dinner.
拓展:(1) lay还可表示“下蛋；产卵”
(lay—laid—laid)
(2) lay 还是lie(撒谎)的过去式
(lie—lay—lain)
The hen laid an egg this morning.
He lay on the bed, listening to his favourite music. 知识点一We usually eat too much, but it is only once a
year! We often talk a lot and tell stories after
dinner as well. When it is all over, everyone
helps wash the dishes.
as well也；还 (句末；肯定句)
I can sing this song well and John can as well.
我能唱好这首歌唱歌，约翰也可以。
【拓展】as well as 以及；并且 (就前一致)
Mike as well as his parents likes go fishing.
迈克和他的父母喜欢去钓鱼。知识点一 4.The festival is a very busy time for travel
when friends and families come together to
celebrate. During the Thanksgiving Day
festival, there are plenty of other things to see
and do. with sth 忙于sth
doing sth 忙于做sth
My mother is busy with housework every day.妈妈每天忙着做家务。
I was busy doing my homework yesterday.
我昨天一直忙着写家庭作业。
plenty of = lots of 大量的 (用于修饰可数名词复数或不可数名词)
There are plenty of places to visit in Beijing. 北京有很多可以参观的地方。be busy知识点一We live in New York City, and we go to
watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
Parade, the parade goes along several streets
and finishes at the famous Macy’s store.
Thanksgiving is the start of the Christmas
season, and we start shopping for presents.
start+名词（例如：start work,start an experiment）/开始做什么.没有start do sth的用法.
※表示开始某一动作时,start to do与start doing所表达的意思相同.但start doing多用于表示开始一项较长时间或经常性的活动,如：
he start playing piano.他开始学习钢琴.
※下列情况下常接不定式,不接动名词
（ 1 ）主语是无生命的事物,而不是人时.如：
The ice started to melt.冰开始融化了.
（ 2 ）当 start 用于进行时态时.
The plaster was starting to fall from the walls.墙上的灰泥开始脱落了.
（ 3 ）当 start 后接表示心理状态或精神活动的动词时.
Mary started to guess what is in the bag.玛丽开始猜包里有什么东西了.知识点一Football is also important at Thanksgiving,
with many teams playing games. Like many
Americans, we usually watch the games on
television and enjoy ourselves very much.have a good/nice/great/wonderful time
=enjoy oneself=have fun知识点一Complete the table.On the fourth Thursday in November Gives thanks the first pioneers grow corn eating a dinner知识点二4. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.among corn dish lay pioneer plentyThe first (1)__________ crossed the Atlantic and arrived in America in the seventeenth century. At the beginning, they did not have enough food. The Native Americans taught them how to grow(2)_______. They soon had (3)________ to eat. Today, people living in the US remember the Native Americans and the pioneers at Thanksgiving. This festival is celebrated with a meal(4)_______ family and friends. Everyone helps (5) _____ the table. After the meal, they help wash the (6)_________.
pioneerscornplentyamonglaydishes知识点二1.阅读并了解了文章的大意。
2.学习了文章中重要的词汇与短语。
3.完成了课后习题。
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