1、还记得你第一次骑自行车的情景吗?当时的心情如何呢?Riding a bicycle has become very popular these days.My school is some distance from the house and, therefore,I have to go there by bus.I sometimes get there late.I had been asking my father to get me a good bicycle so that I might reach school on time.Finally, he gave me one
2、 as a gift.Now the problem was how to ride the bicycle.One of my friends lives next door.I persuaded him to help me learn how to ride.He used to take me to the school playground and teach me how to balance and use the pedals.He used to run with me so that I did not hurt myself.I picked up things ver
3、y quickly and could ride a cycle without any ones help after a few days.One day, however, I took the bicycle out and went to the playground by myself.Soon I met with an accident and hurt myself.But I knew that practice makes perfect.I became an expert cyclist in a few days.What a pleasure it is to r
4、ide a bicycle! I now go to school on my bicycle.I think riding a bicycle is the cheapest and quickest means of transport for a student.I make use of my bicycle if something urgent is to be brought from the market.I now visit the homes of my friends who live too far away.I can also be very helpful to
5、 my mother and get vegetables and fruit for the house.What a pleasure it is to fly like a bird on my bicycle!阅读障碍词1persuade v说服2balance v平衡3pedal n踏板4transport n交通工具5urgent adj.紧急的 诱思导读1According to the passage, why did the author want to get a good bicycle?He could reach school on time with a good
6、bicycle.2As a student, what did the author think of riding a bicycle?He thought it was the cheapest and quickest means of transport for a student.匹配下列单词的词性及汉语意思()1.distanceAn.风景;景色()2.abandonedBvt.训练()3.productCn.沙漠()4.sceneryDn.距离()5.shootEn.产品()6.trainFvt.射杀()7.desertGadj.被遗弃的()8.expertHn.专家()9.mi
7、dnight In.旅程()10.journeyJn.半夜答案15DGEAF610BCHJI.选择下列句中词组的汉语意思A超过,多于B上(车等)C下(车等)D起飞E是的缩写/简称F不再1As our plane took off, I told myself that I would come back someday._2The woman got out of her car to see if the old man was hurt._3I can not answer any more these pointless questions.It makes no sense._4She
8、 got on her bicycle and cycled off quickly._5Do you know what WHO is short for?_6Judging from his appearance, the expert is more than 60._答案16DCFBEAMy First Ride on a TrainMy name is Alice Thompson.I come from Sydney, Australia and Im 18 years old.Recently I had my first ride on a longdistance train
9、.And what a ride! A friend and I travelled on the famous Ghan train.We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia, more than four thousand kilometres away.We spent two days and nights on the train.我第一次乘火车我是艾丽斯汤姆逊,来自澳大利亚悉尼,今年18岁。最近我第一次乘坐了长途火车。多精彩的乘车旅程啊!我和一位朋友乘坐
10、著名的Ghan去旅行。我们在悉尼上车,在4 000多千米以外的澳大利亚中部的艾丽斯斯普林斯下车,在火车上待了两天两夜。助读讲解And what a ride!是感叹句,主语和谓语被省略,完整形式是And what a (wonderful) ride it is!The train was wonderful and the food was great.We ate great meals cooked by experts!For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey(旅程), the scenery was very colour
11、ful.There were fields and the soil was dark red.After that, it was desert.The sun shone, there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky.Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time.We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a hundred years ago.火车很棒,食品又美味。我们吃的美味饭菜是由烹饪大师们做的!旅途开始的几百
12、千米,景色多姿多彩:有田野,泥土是深红色的。过后就是沙漠。太阳高照,空中没一丝风、一朵云彩。突然之间又好像来到了另一个时代的某地。我们看到被遗弃了的100多年前建造的农庄。助读讲解本句中,and是并列连词,连接两个并列分句。过去分词短语cooked by experts作后置定语(which/that were cooked by experts),修饰meals。which引导定语从句,修饰先行词farms,which在从句中作主语,不能省略。The train was comfortable and the people were nice.During the days, I sat a
13、nd looked out of the window, and sometimes talked to other passengers.I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes (Im studying Chinese at school)One night, at about midnight, I watched the night sky for about an hour.The stars shone like diamonds.火车很舒服,大家都很友好。在白天,我坐着看窗外,有时和别的旅客说说话。我读读书,听听汉语磁带(
14、我正在学校学汉语)。有一个晚上,大约是在半夜,差不多有整整一小时我都在注视夜晚的天空。星星闪着如钻石般的光芒。助读讲解本句中,sat, looked和talked是并列谓语。Im studying.是现在进行时表示目前或现阶段的情况。Why is the train called the Ghan? A long time ago, Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country.They tried riding horses, but the horses didnt like the hot weather
15、and sand.A hundred and fifty years ago, they brought some camels from Afghanistan.Ghan is short for Afghanistan.Camels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance.For many years, trained(训练) camels carried food and other supplies, and returned with wool and other products.The Afghans
16、 and their camels did this until the 1920s.Then the government built a new railway line, so they didnt need the camels any more.In 1925, they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem.In 1935, the police in a town shot 153 camels in one day.为什么这种火车叫Ghan呢?很久以前,澳大利亚
17、人需要一条去往澳大利亚中部的通道。他们试着骑马,但那些马不喜欢炎热的天气和沙漠。150年前,他们从阿富汗引进了一些骆驼,Ghan是阿富汗的缩写。对于长途旅行而言,骆驼比马匹要好的多。许多年以来,经过训练的骆驼运走食品和其他供给物,带回羊毛和其他产品。直到20世纪20年代,阿富汗人和他们的骆驼还在做着这样的工作。后来,政府修了一条新的铁路线,他们就再也不需要骆驼了。1925年通过了一条法令,规定如果这些动物成为问题,就允许人们射杀它们。1935年,一座镇上的警察一天之内就射杀了153头骆驼。助读讲解try doing sth.表示“试着做某事”,而try to do sth.表示“努力做某事”。
18、which引导定语从句,修饰先行词a law。if引导条件状语从句。第一步速读了解文章主题和段落大意速读P23教材课文,匹配段落大意/选择最佳答案1Para.1AFood on the train and the scenery outside the train.2Para.2BThe reason why the train is called Ghan.3Para.3CThe use of camels in the past.4Para.4DWhat the author did on the train.5Para.5EHow the government dealt with th
19、e camels.6Para.6FThe authors first ride on a longdistance train.7The whole passage mainly tells us_ Athe importance of the desert in AustraliaBhorses are of no use in travelling in desertCits cruel to kill thousands of camelsDthe transport to the middle of Australia答案16FADBCE7.D第二步细读把控文章关键信息细读P23教材课
20、文,选择最佳答案1The sentence“And what a ride!” in the first paragraph means “_”Athe writer enjoyed the long journeyBthe writer was made too tired from the long rideCthat was a long and dangerous journeyDhe had nothing to see but desert2Camels were brought to Australia because_ Acamels ran faster than horse
21、sBcamels could carry more food and supplies than horsesCcamels could travel a long distance and could stand hot weather and sandDtrains cost too much then3From this passage, we can conclude that_ Athe Ghan train plays an important part in the life of middle areas of AustraliaBcamels are no longer se
22、en in AustraliaCit was the Afghans that made the Ghan trainDAustralians used to ride horses to travel to the middle of Australia4How did Alice feel about her first ride on the famous Ghan train?ADull.BBored.CExcited.DSad.答案14ACAC第三步研读能力升华接轨高考根据P23教材课文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式Alice Thompson is a girl
23、 from Sydney,Australia.She had her first longdistance train ride at the age of 18.Together with a friend,she got 1.on the famous Ghan train in Sydney and got off in Alice Springs.During the two days and nights,they ate meals 2.cooked(cook) by experts and saw fields,desert and 3.abandoned(abandon) fa
24、rms.In the daytime,Alice talked to other passengers and read some books.At night,she watched the stars in the sky 4.which/that shone like diamonds.The train 5.is called(call) the Ghan,which is short for Afghanistan.A long time ago,Australians wanted to travel to the middle of 6.their (they)country,so they brought some trained camels from Afghanistan 7.to carry(carry) food and other supplies,and returned with wool and other 8.products(produce)They did that until the 1920s,when the government 9.built(build) a new railway line and took 10.the place of the camels.