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Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
Section B(课前)
——目标预习,自主学习
Section B—2b长阅读预习。
(一)阅读前任务。预习2b,完成下列句子。
1.As far as we know, many people __________________ on April Fool's Day.
2.In the second paragraph, _______ examples of funny stories are mentioned.
3.From the third paragraph, we know many April Fool's Day jokes may end up being _________________.
play tricks and jokes
two
not very funny
(二)阅读后任务。请阅读2b,选出最佳答案。
( )1.How many people phoned the TV station to find out how to get the water?
A.Over 1,000. B.About 10,000.
C.Over 10,000. D.Less than 10,000.
C
( )2.What is NOT true according to the passage?
A.People play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other on April Fool's Day.
B.When people realized that the story was a hoax, all the spaghetti of the country had been sold out.
C.The lady married the famous TV star successfully at last.
D.The actor called Orson Welles announced one of the most famous tricks on his radio program.
C
( )3.The reading mainly tells us something about _________.
A.April Fool's Day
B.the most famous tricks
C.examples of funny stories
D.a sad story on April Fool's Day
A
4.How many tricks are mentioned in the passage on April Fool's Day?
________________________________________________________________
5.Did the girl marry the famous TV star at last?
________________________________________________________________
Four.
No, she didn't.
Section B对点练习。
1.happen “发生”,常指预想不到或出乎意料的事件的发生。
(1)sth.+happened+地点/时间 发生了什么事
The story happened in 2003.这个故事发生在2003年。
An accident happened in that street.那条街上发生了一起事故。
(2)sth.+happened+to sb.表示“某人出了某事(常指不好的事)”
A car accident happened to her this morning.今天上午她发生了交通事故。
What happened to you 你怎么啦?
【拓展】 take place意为“发生、举行、举办”,指实现计划好或预想到的事情的发生。
Great changes have taken place in our hometown during the past ten years.
近十年我们家乡发生了巨大的变化。
1)昨天Jim发生了什么事? What _________________ Jim yesterday?
2)这事故是怎么发生的? ______ did the accident ___________?
3)2008年奥运会在北京举办。 The Olympic Games of 2008 __________