Step I Revision Now let’s review five different verb tenses. Can you name the five tenses? Please look at the screen. Show the names of the five tenses on the screen by a projector along with a sample sentence for each. present progressive: You’re reading these sentences. present: We use our books every day. past with used to: He used to live in the countryside. passive voice: Our classroom is found at the end of the hall. present perfect: We have already finished Unit 14. We haven’t finished Unit15 yet. Invite a student to read the verbs in these sentences. Then get other students to briefly explain what each tense is used for. Present progressive describes things that are happening right now. Present describes things that happen all the time or usually happen. The past with used to describes things that were a certain way in the past, but have changed now. The passive voice describes things that we don’t know who did, or we don’t care who performed the action. The present perfect describes recent events. Get students to think of two or three more sample sentences using each type of verb. Have several students read their sentences. Step Ⅱ 1a This activity introduces the key vocabulary. Look at the signs on each animal’s picture and read the words to the class. Get students to repeat the name of each animal. African elephants, chimpanzees, kangaroos, manatees, cheetahs, polar bears. If necessary, read the words and ask students to repeat them again. Then have students read the words by themselves. Make sure students can read the words correctly and fluently. Read the directions to the class. Point to the list of words in the box. Read the words and let students repeat them. Then get different students to explain what they think each word means in their own words. For example, A gentle animal is quiet and not dangerous. A fury animal is covered with soft hair. Ask some students to explain any words students may not understand. An enormous animal is very great. A playful animal is full of fun. An aggressive animal is fond of quarrels and quick-tempered. A spotted animal is marked with spots. Let students begin filling in the answers on their own. When they work, walk around the classroom checking their progress and answering any questions they may have. After students have finished using all the words from the box, let the students write some other words in the blanks below some of the pictures. Check the answers with the whole class. Let students say the words they wrote under each heading. Answers Possible answers manatee: gentle, shy chimpanzees: noisy elephants: enormous, gray kangaroos: playful cheetahs: spotted, fast polar bears: aggressive, furry Step Ⅲ 1b This activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation. Go through the instructions with the class. Look back at the list of words in Activity 1a. You will hear Ginny and Victor talk about the animals in the picture in Activity 1a. Now please listen to the recording carefully and circle the words on the list that they use to describe the animals. Play the recording the first time. This time students only listen. Play the recording a second time. Now listen to the recording again and circle the words you hear on the recording. Check the answers. Answers These words should be circled: aggressive, gentle, shy, furry, gray, fast, spotted Tapeseript Boy: Hey, Ginny, What’s that big, furry animal in the pond? Girl: It’s a polar bear, Victor. They’re kind of aggressive. Boy: Are they? They looks like really love water. Girl: Uh-huh. Boy: And what do you call those big, gray things in the water? Girl: They’re called manatees. Boy: What? Girl: Manatees. They’re very gentle and very shy. Boy: Oh. And how about the yellow and black spotted animals in that cage? Girl: They’re cheetahs. The cheetah is the fastest animal on earth. Step Ⅳ 1c This activity provides oral practice using the target language. Go through the instructions with the whole class. Look at the sample conversation in the box and get three students to read it aloud to the class. SA: I am like this animal because I am strong and intelligent. I like water, and I like to eat vegetables. SB: You’re like an elephant. SA: No. SC: You’re like a manatee. SA: Yes! Tell students to think of an animal that is the same as them in some ways. Take a few minutes to write down a statement. Say, You can write a sentence or two that describes how you are similar to the animal you choose. Don’t say the name of the animal. A few minutes later, let student read their statements to the class and see how quickly the other students can guess what animal the students is talking about. Statement 1 S1:I am like this animal because I am playful and funny. Ss: You’re like a polar bear. S1: No. Ss: You’re like a kangaroo. S1: Yes! Statement 2 S2: I am like this animal because I run very fast. I like to wear colorful clothes. Ss: You’re a kangaroo. S2: No. Ss: You’re like a cheetah. S2: Yes! Note like-in the manner of Step Ⅴ Summary In this class, we’ve learned some important words such as manatee, kangaroo, Po ;; ar bear, gentle, furry, enormous, playful, noisy, aggressive, spotted. We’ve also learned the target language I am like this animal because I am strong and intelligent. I like water, and I like to eat vegetables. You are like an elephant. No. You’re like a manatee. Yes! Step Ⅵ Homework1. Get students to write down some statements and read them to their partners. Let the partners guess what animals they are talking about. 查看更多

 

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用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空,使短文正确、通顺、连贯(每词限用一次)。
as well, because, everything, fear, grade, get along, happy, make, real, try
       Wednesday , Step. I
       Today was the first day of my new life. I    1   my new school uniform and looked at my new books
and checked   2   for the new school year. I was worried and excited   3  .
       I was excited for I had expected this day for a long time. I am a student of senior middle school now. I was worried    4   I was in a new school. I didn't quite know about the teachers and students here. I was afraid that I couldn't    5   well with them. Would I get new friends? What would the other kids think of
me? Would I get good   6   ? Would I please the teachers? Would I be   7   for the next three years here? I really wanted   8   a good beginning when I made my first step to this wonderful school.
       Everyone was     sweet to me. Teachers were kind and ready to help us. I soon forgot my shyness
and nervousness. I felt at home.
       At the end of today, I didn't have any shyness and   10   I believe I will have lots of fun and happiness from today on at this new school.

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Welcome to your favorite show-"Music Land" ! This month we are going to have some special shows on Bach, the Father of Music.
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Germany(德国)in 1685. During his life, Bach wrote a lot of music for the church (教堂) and for his students, but he himself did not keep his own works(作品) carefully. Luckily, his second wife(妻子)saved them for him, so today we can still remember Bach through his music.
Bach married twice in his life and had 20 children. He loved his family very much. He wrote music for one of his daughters to tell her that too much coffee was bad for her health. I am now going to play a song for you from this interesting Coffee Cantata. And we will hear more about Bach after this song.
【小题1】Why is Bach's second wife important to his music?
A.She helped Bach keep his works.
B.Many of Bach's works were for her.
C.She gave Bach a lot of good ideas about music.
D.Her money helped Bach write music.
【小题2】 Why did Bach write the Coffee Cantata?
A.To celebrate his birthday.
B.To show people his love of coffee.
C.To tell his child not to drink so much coffee.
D.To make a new kind of music for the church.
【小题3】 What is this passage mainly(主要地)about?
A.Ways to learn Bach's music.
B.The Bach family's history.
C.Bach's great church music.
D.Stories about Bach and his music.
【小题4】 This passage may be a ______.
A.fashion showB.radio show
C.TV playD.talk show

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I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely(模糊地)  1  the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see things again,  2  a disaster can do strange things to people. It happened to me the other day that I might not have come to love  3  as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not sure that I would believe in it so  4 . I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I  5  mean that the loss of  6  made me enjoy more of  7  I have now.

Life asks us to keep making  8  to reality. If a person is able to get ready for anything changeable his world will  9  more meaningful. I became blind, but I was  10 . My parents and my teachers saw  11  in me-a potential(潜力) to live, you might call it-which I didn’t see, and they make me fight it out with blindness.

The hardest  12  I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was what I had to do at least. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would become a chair rocker for the  13  of my life. When I say I believe in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase  14 . That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: A belief that I could deal with anything alone; that somewhere in the  15  there is a special place where I can make myself fit.

1. A. imagine       B. find             C. remember     D. guess

2. A. but           B. though               C. so           D. because

3. A. myself        B. life             C. eyes         D. blindness

4. A. that          B. therefore            C. happily      D. deeply

5. A. seldom        B. just             C. hardly           D. always

6. A. them      B. it                   C. blindness        D. light

7. A. that          B. what             C. which            D. where

8. A. moments       B. encouragements       C. improvements D. changes

9. A. become        B. change               C. look         D. end

10. A. brave        B. lucky                C. sad          D. wise

11. A. something    B. everything           C. nothing      D. anything

12. A. problem      B. experience           C. difficulty       D. lesson

13. A. rest     B. whole                C. need         D. last

14. A. lonely       B. alone                C. self         D. person

15. A. company  B. group                C. society  (社会)   D. family

 

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阅读短文,根据意思,判断所给句子的正误。正确的写T,错误的写F。并在答题卡上将T或F写在对应题号的方格内。 

As I am now a middle school student, I have many friends, but there is one I like best. I first met him when I began to go to school.

Though he looks serious, he is interesting. Often he is clever, sometimes even much fun. He knows every language in the world, all the things in history, and the words of all the great articles. Everyone who knows him loves him. To me, he is a great teacher as well as a good friend.

My friend is always ready to help me. Though I may be not very smart, I can ask him for help again and again. When I am bored, he tells me something interesting. When I am lonely, he always stays with me. He is a friend not only to me but to all the people around the world.

Do you want to know his name? His name is “Reading.

1.The writer thinks his best friend looks serious.

2.The writer’s best friend only knows one language.

3.The writer’s best friend doesn’t help people who are not smart.

4.When the writer feels bored, his best friend tells him something interesting.

5.The writer’s best friend is “Reading”.

 

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Boys and girls, let’s begin our English class now. This time I want to talk about my family. Then I want you to say something about your families.
There are seven people in my family. They are my parents, my two sisters, my brother, his wife (妻子)and I. In England, a family like this is a big one. My father has a factory(工厂). It isn’t very big. It makes all kinds of boats. My brother is a doctor. He works in a hospital(医院). His wife works in a hospital, too. She is a nurse. My two sisters are students. One wants to be a teacher. She studies hard and well. The other likes singing very much and can sing very well. So she wants to be a singer(歌手). I’m now in China teaching English and learning Chinese. My mother stays at home. Can you guess (猜测)what she does at home? Yes, she does housework. She is a housewife.
【小题1】Where do I come from?

A.ChinaB.AmericaC.EnglandD.Canada
【小题2】Where am I now ?
A.In ChinaB.In AmericaC.In EnglandD.In Canada
【小题3】 Who works in a school in my family?
A.One of my sistersB.IC.My fatherD.My brother
【小题4】My brother and his wife work _________.
A.as teachersB.as nursesC.as doctorsD.in a hospital
【小题5】 In Chinese “ housewife” means_________ .
A.干家务活的人B.在家的妻子C.家庭主妇D.保姆

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