Unit 2 The Fun They Had
Page26 Text comprehension
I. Decide which of the following best states the author’s purpo of writing.
A
II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or fal.
1—5 T F T F T
III. Answer the following questions.
1. What is a “real book” to Margie’s understanding?
A “real book” is a very old book in which stories are printed on yellow and crinkly pages.
2. What books are Tommy and Margie using?
They must be using telebooks, as is mentioned in the text.
3. Why does Margie now hate school more than ever according to the text?
She hates school becau she has been doing wor and wor in her tests of geography.
4. Why was Margie disappointed after the mechanical teacher was repaired and installed again?
She was disappointed becau she had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether.
5. What lesson did the mechanical teacher give Margie that day?
软件打不开怎么办It gave Margie an arithmetic lesson on the addition of proper fractions.
6. Explain briefly the major differences between the schools in Margie’s day and tho in the old days.
The schools in Margie’s day give class by computer, assigning homework by computer
software programs while students in the old days went to school to attend their lessons given by human teachers, experiencing interaction, friendliness and team spirit instead of taking lessons alone at home as Tommy and Margie do.
IV. Explain in your own words the following ntences.
1. Her mother asked the County Inspector to come over.
2. The mechanical teacher worked out the mark very quickly.
3. Tommy looked at Margie with an air which suggested he knew far better about school than others.
4. A teacher had to make necessary changes about what to teach and how to teach so as to meet the different needs of different pupils.
Page 27—30 Vocabulary
I. Explain the underlined part in each ntence in your own words.
1. When you have finished reading the book, you just throw it away.
2. She read the book by looking from behind his shoulder for a while.
3. Our television screen must have a million books on it and it is capable of providing plenty more.
4. Her mother nt a message asking for the assistance of the County Inspector.
关于雪的爱情诗句5. He smiled at Margie and gave her an apple, then dismbled the machine / computer teacher.
6. Margie didn’t like / want to dispute that.
II. Fill in the blank in each ntence with a word or phra taken from the box in its
appropriate form.
1. in no time 2. crinkly 3. scornful 4. neighborhood
5. awfully 6. adjusting 7. tuck 8. nonchalantly
9. punched 10. fit
III. Choo a word or phra that best completes each of the following ntences.
1—4 D A B B 5 – 8 A C C B
IV. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in its appropriate form and note the difference in meaning between them.
1. funny & interesting红楼梦读书感悟
a. Funny b. interesting c. interesting d. funny
2. still & silent
a. silent b. silent c. still d. still
3. dispute & argue
a. dispute b. arguing c. disputing d. arguing
4. regular & usual
a. usual b. usual c. regular d. regular
V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each ntence in the
n it is ud.
1. real: actual, genuine, true
2. still: moving, movable, mobile, restless
3. crinkly: rough, coar, uneven
4. hate: like, love, enjoy
5. scornful: disdainful, contemptuous
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6. superior: inferior, subordinate, condary
7. nonchalantly: indifferently, coldly, coolly, casually, offhandedly
8. regular: irregular, uncertain, random
VI. Fill in the blank in each ntence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in brackets.
1.pointless 2. reproduction 3. unreliable
4.generosity 5. apologetic 6. disobedience
7.employer; employees 8. encouragement
Page 30—33 Grammar
I. Put in a / an or the where necessary.
1. the; the
2. a
3. a; a; ／
4. a
5. the
6. ／; the
7. The; the; ／
8. the; the
9. a; a; a
10. a; a; a
II. Put in the where necessary.腹肌拉伤
1. ／; ／; 板载内存／
2. ／
3. the; ／
4. the; ／
5. ／; ／
6. The
7. the
8. the; the
9. the; 毛刷实验／
10.
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III. Choo the correct noun or noun phra from the underlined parts of the following ntences.
