Unit 1 课时作业1-【红对勾讲与练】2022-2023学年新教材高中英语必修第一册(外研版)

Unit 1　 A new start 课时作业 1 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　阅读理解 A Finally came Wednesday! I walked onto campus feeling nervous even though I had walked these same grounds for two years because my junior high school is next door. Everything looked and felt different now that I was in senior high. I looked at my schedule. First period— German. Our German teacher was very friendly and I liked her from the beginning. What I didn􀆳t like, though, was that I was surrounded by students from other grades, with only five familiar faces. Then I had to walk all the way across campus and up three flights of stairs to get to my second period—biology. Our teacher􀆳s name is Ms Compeau, and I think that she will teach us a lot this year because she is very to the point. She also has her unique way of saying “be quiet”; she says “alligator” . She explained that she is the king, or should I say queen, of the class because alligators are the “king of the swamps (沼泽)” . My third class was English. After surviving two periods without too much of a challenge, I began to feel good. However, the third period changed everything. Mr V. , my English teacher, told us that we would have to write 40 essays and read AP-level books such as The Odyssey this year. I love reading and writing, but 40 ESSAYS? AP-level books? Now I was scared. He also talked about how important it was to be focused. Last year was not a very “ focused” year for me. While doing homework, I was often talking on the phone, or busy with a conver