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Section Ⅶ 聚焦单元主题活动·发展语言交际技能
1语言技能 Listening
主题活动 人物介绍
(一)听第1段材料,回答第1至3题。
1.What does the woman think of Mark Twain's biography?
A.Informative. B.Adventurous. C.Boring.
2.Which place gave Mark Twain the idea to write a book?
A.New Orleans.
B.Hannibal.
C.New York City.
3.What happened to Mark Twain in 1859?
A.He became a steamboat pilot.
B.He left his hometown.
C.He met Horace.
答案:1~3 CBA
(二)听第2段材料,判断正(T)误(F)。
4.The man didn't realize his childhood dream because his parents didn't support him.(T)
5.The woman wanted to be a scientist when she was a little girl.(T)
6.The woman is good at English and French.(F)
7.The woman is just a common office clerk.(T)
(三)听第3段材料,补全信息。
Laurent Clerc — the first outstanding deaf teacher in America
·He was ① born in a small village near Lyons, France, on December 26, 1785.
·When he was one year old, he ②lost both his hearing and his sense of smell.
·At the age of 12, Laurent ③entered the Royal Institution for the Deaf in Paris.
· He stayed on as ④an assistant teacher after graduation.
·In 1815, he agreed to ⑤come with Gallaudet to America.
听力材料:
(Text 1)
M:I've read Mark Twain's book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It's quite interesting and adventurous.
W:①But this book I'm reading is kind of boring. It only tells you some facts about Mark Twain.
M:Oh, tell me something about Mark Twain, please.
W:Well, when Mark Twain was four, ②his family moved to Hannibal, a port town on the Mississippi River that gave him the idea for writing the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
M:Oh, really? Anything else?
W:In 1847, when Twain was 11 years old, his father died. The next year, he began to learn printing. When he was 18, he worked as a printer in New York City.
M:What happened next?
W:Then on a voyage to New Orleans, the steamboat pilot Horace inspired Twain to become a pilot and ③Mark Twain really received his steamboat pilot license in 1859 after two years of hard work.
M:Oh, Mark Twain himself really had a life of adventures.
(Text 2)
W: