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Unit 1
Looking forwards
Period 2
Understanding ideas—Reading comprehension
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1.ambition A.in the end;finally
2.historical B.towards a place or position that is behind;in the opposite
direction to the usual one
3.ultimately C.a strong wish to be successful,powerful,rich,etc.
4.backwards D.a person employed by a newspaper,a television station,
etc.to report on a particular subject or send reports from a
foreign country
5.correspondent E.a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to examine
crimes and catch criminals
6.detective F.connected with the past or the study of history
Ⅰ.匹配单词
1.He,a well-known detective,likes everything to be before he starts work.
2.We are difficulties,but we still have faith in victory,because the trainees in our company are excellent.
3. ,Vivian is more thoughtful and qualified for the position.
4.We need to understand what is happening to our planet so that we can .
5.We were touched by his bravery to overcome the misfortune that .
Ⅱ.选词填空
take action,by contrast,in place,come one’s way,in the face of
in place
in the face of
By contrast
take action
came his way
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Ⅰ.明文章大意
What’s the passage mainly about?
A.Different jobs people might do in the future.
B.Stories about different people’s future.
C.Various possibilities for future development.
D.Fixed future for everyone.
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Step 1 速读——整体理解文意
Ⅱ.悉层次结构
Skim the passage and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para.1 A.Everyone has their way to success.
Para.2 B.Doyle was disappointed with the success of his Holmes stories.
Para.3 C.Doyle’s main writing ambition.
Para.4 D.Hemingway achieved his ambition to become a writer.
Para.5 E.Having plans in place for the future is no guarantee that they
will become reality.
Para.6 F.What we are most concerned about in life.
Ⅰ.Read Para.1 carefully and do the following exercise.
Why does the author ask any questions in the first paragraph?
A.To introduce the topic.
B.To seek a certain answer.
C.To turn to readers for help.
D.To entertain readers.
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Step 2 细读——逐段获取细节
Ⅱ.Read Paras.2 and 3 carefully and do the following exercises.
1.What can we learn from the second paragraph?
A.As long as we have plans,we must have a great future.
B.Even if we have plans,there’s no guarantee of our future.
C.Our future is determined by luck.
D.All successful writers have the same ambition.
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2.Which is the right order of Hemingway’s events?
a.He joined a local Kansas newspaper.
b.He graduated from high school.
c.He won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
d.He was determined to be a writer.
A.a-b-c-d. B.c-a-d-b.
C.d-a-b-c. D.d-b-a-c.
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3.What were Hemingway’s novels and stories based on?
A.His own experiences.
B.Others’ experiences.
C.Material from books.
D.News from newspapers.
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Ⅲ.Read Paras.4 and 5 carefully and do the following exercises.
1.Which of the following is TRUE about Arthur Conan Doyle?
A.He was best known for his historical novels.
B.He was born in Scotland in 1895.
C.He began to write his detective novels when he worked as a doctor.
D.He had an ambition to become a writer of detective novels.
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2.Why did Doyle kill off his famous detective in his novel?
A.To bring in a new character.
B.To satisfy the readers.
C.To focus on his historical novels.
D.To make more money.
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3.What can we learn from the story of Doyle?
A.Practice makes perfect.
B.Rome was not built in a day.
C.Where there is a will,there is a way.
D.The future may not turn out exactly as we planned.
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Ⅳ.Read Para.6 carefully and do the following exercises.
1.What rhetorical device(修辞手法) does the author use in the second sentence in the last paragraph?
A.Personification(拟人).
B.Metaphor(隐喻).
C.Hyperbole(夸张).
D.Parallelism(排比).
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2.What’s your understanding of Steve Jobs’s words?
答案 What we went through in the past can be connected with our future.
Ⅴ.Read the whole passage again and do the following exercises.
1.What type of text is this passage?
A.Narration. B.Exposition.
C.Argumentation. D.A news report.
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2.What’s the purpose of the passage?
A.To prove that future doesn’t necessarily turn out as planned.
B.To call on readers to read their books.
C.To compare the differences between the two authors.
D.To tell readers to prepare for future whatever happens.
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1.What can you learn about facing the future from the two authors? (Critical thinking)
2.What will you do to prepare yourself for the future? (Creative thinking)
Step 3 读后——讨论深度理解
As is known to all,what we have planned does not necessarily agree with 1. we will become.Let’s take two famous authors Ernest Hemingway and Arthur Conan Doyle for example.Although they shared 2.____ same ambitious and energetic approach to life,their careers unfolded in contrasting 3. (way).
Step 4 总结——课文语法填空
what
the
ways
Born in 1899,Ernest Hemingway had the ambition 4. (write) from early boyhood.On leaving high school,he first worked as a trainee reporter in a local newspaper,and then became a foreign correspondent.He wrote many novels and short stories 5. (base) on his personal experiences,among 6. The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953.
to write
based
which
Born in Scotland in 1859,Arthur Conan Doyle had 7. (original) worked as a doctor.But his main ambition was to become a writer of 8._________(history) novels.Although some of his historical novels were published,their success was nothing compared to the stories of his fictional detective,Sherlock Holmes,which he is still 9. (well) known for to this day.
Both of them were ultimately successful,but their paths to 10.________(succeed) were very different,their futures not necessarily turning out exactly as they planned.
originally
historical
best
success
1.As many of us already know,having plans in place for the future is no guarantee that they will become reality.
[句式分析] 此句是 句。句中as引导 从句,修饰整个主句;having plans in place for the future是动名词短语作 ;that引导_____
___从句,对名词guarantee的内容进行解释说明。
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Step 5 解读——长句难句分析
复合
定语
主语
同位
语
正如我们许多人都知道的那样,对未来有计划并不能保证它们都会成为现实。
2.Although some of his historical novels were published,their success was nothing compared to the stories of his fictional detective,Sherlock Holmes,which he is still best known for to this day.
[句式分析] 此句是 句。句中Although引导 从句;compared to the stories of his fictional detective是过去分词短语作 ;Sherlock Holmes作 的同位语;which引导非限制性定语从句,修饰先行词the stories of his...Sherlock Holmes。
[自主翻译] ___________________________________________________
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复合
让步状语
状语
his fictional detective
虽然他出版过一些历史小说,但与他虚构出来的侦探夏洛克·福尔摩斯的故事相比,所取得的成功不可同日而语。直到现在,道尔最广为人知的作品仍是夏洛克·福尔摩斯的故事。
3.Though both of these men were ultimately successful,their paths to success were very different,their futures not necessarily turning out exactly as they planned.
[句式分析] 此句是 句。句中Though引导 从句;their futures not necessarily turning out exactly as they planned是 结构,其中as引导 从句。
[自主翻译] ___________________________________________________
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复合
让步状语
独立主格
方式状语
虽然这两位作家最终都获得了成功,但他们的成功之路却截然不同,他们的未来也不一定完全如他们当初所计划的那样。
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