高一英语学习：The violence of Nature

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The Violence of Nature

Learning paper 3 Extensive Reading

Learning aim: to practice learning skills and revise words and expressions in this module

Learning methods: group work, discussing, etc.

Activity 1 Read the passage on page 29 and answer these questions

1. Where and when was the worst Chinese earthquake?

2. Which earthquake caused the worst natural disaster in American history?

3. What was the most dangerous thing about the California Earthquake of 1906?

4. How many people were killed by the earthquake in the whole of California?

5. What caused the 1906 earthquake?

Activity 2 Read the passage on page81-82 and do exercise 11-12 on page 82.

Homework: Reading comprehension

A

Mr. Black and Mr. White were two very famous artists in the city. Their drawings were also very popular in the city. But they tried to see who could draw the best picture.

One day they asked an old man to be the judge. Mr. Black drew an apple tree. He put his picture in the field. Soon the birds came and tried to eat the apples. The old man saw it and said, “You have certainly won. Mr. White cannot draw so good a picture as yours. But we will go to see his picture.”

They went to Mr. White’s house. There were nothing but red beautiful curtains on the wall. The old man asked, “Where is your picture, Mr. White?” He said, “Lift the curtains, and you will find my picture.” The old man tried to lift the curtains but found that they were drawn there. They were Mr. White’s picture. The old man said, “Birds thought the apples were real. Men thought the curtains were real. So Mr. White won. His picture is the best one.”

1. Mr. Black drew .

A. an apple tree B. the best picture C. curtains D. birds

2. The old man thought Mr. Black’s picture was good because .

A. it was in the field B. it was an apple tree

C. the birds liked it D. the birds thought it was real

3. Mr. White’s picture was .

A. an apple tree B. curtains C. nothing D. an old man

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The birds came and ate the apples up.

B. The old man said Mr. White’s picture was the best one at last.

C. The two pictures were not so good.

D. The curtains on the wall were real.

B

Mr. and Mrs. Williams got married when he was twenty-three, and she was three years younger. Twenty-five years later, they had a big party, and a photographer came and took some photographs of them.

Then the photographer gave Mrs. Williams a card and said, “They will be ready next Wednesday. You can get them from our studio(照相馆).”

“No,” Mrs. Williams said, “Please send them to us.”

The photographs arrived a week later, but Mrs. Williams was not happy when she saw them. She got into her car and drove to the photographer’s studio. She went inside and said angrily, “You took some photographs of me and my husband last week, but I am not going to pay for them.”

“Oh, why not?” the photographer asked.

“Because my husband looks like a monkey,” Mrs. Williams said.

“Well”, the photographer answered, “that isn’t our fault. Why didn’t you think of that before you married him?”

5. When Mr. and Mrs. Williams had a party, he was , and she was .

A. 23; 20 B. 28; 25 C.48; 45 D. 43; 40

6. When Mrs. Williams saw the photographs, she was with them.

A. contented B. satisfied C. pleased D. unhappy

7. Mrs. Williams didn’t want to pay because .

A. she had no money

B. her husband looked like a monkey in the photographs

C. she looked like a monkey in the photographs

D. she lost her money

8. The photographer said, “ .”

A. Sorry, it’s my fault B. Oh, it’s our fault

C. Pardon, it’s our fault D. Well, that isn’t our fault

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