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初二英语提高班 第2次课：9月16日 14：45—16：45 阅读与写作训练1：Modern Media A. 听力训练 Computer Games 1. Computer games ________ the boy and he spends too much time on them. 2. Sitting in front of the computer too long is bad for the boy’s eyes and ________. 3. The father thinks playing ________ computer games at night will influence his son’s sleep. 4. The girl is in Grade ________ now. 5. She likes watching TV ________. 6. Copying what is seen in ________ stories is not good for a girl student. 7. The woman is worrying about her daughter and she wants to work out a ________ and let her child grow up healthily. How To Create A Class Homepage 1. There are_______ students in our class. 2. A class homepage should have _______or weekly news of class activities. 3. Something like spring outings in can be put on the class homepage. 4. It can also have of students’ artwork . 5. Parents are always in their kids’ assignments(作业）. 6. The weekly agenda(事项) includes in-class and assignments. 7. In , “reading corner” is proper to be put on the homepage, too. B． 现代媒体 Newspapers A. part B. realize C. stations D. For example E. events F. unusual G. receive H. all over I. In addition Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to 1 news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their own country and 2 the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers. Newspapers have been an important 3 of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors(编辑) decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story? Firstly, it is important to report new stories. TV 4 can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories to those on TV. Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and 5 . People don’t want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be “bad” news. 6 , newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead, they print stories about plane accidents. 7 , many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and 8 in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers. Radios & Televisions About fifty years ago, when television first came out, people thought that radio was no longer useful. Television has both sounds and pictures. It is much more real and interesting to watch television than to listen to the radio. However, fifty years later radio is still very popular and it will be here for a long time. One reason is that we don’t need to see pictures when we listen to music on the radio. In fact, listening with your eyes closed is the best way to listen to a piece of music. You can think yourself on a sandy beach or up high on a mountain. In other words, you can create or make your own picture. Moreover, while listening to the radio, you don’t have to take your eyes off your work. For example, you can listen to the radio and drive at the same time. Or you can read a book and listen to the radio. Television, on the other hand, doesn’t have this advantage. A radio is much smaller than a television. You can take a radio anywhere and turn it on anytime you want. In a quiet place you can use headphones to listen to the news or music on the radio. In this way you won’t disturb anybody. Moreover, a radio is much cheaper than a television. For less than $ 20 you can buy a small radio and have fun with it. Which is better, radio or television? ( ) 1. Television was not available in 1920s. ( ) 2. Radio is no longer useful since television came out. ( ) 3. Television provides both sounds and pictures, which is more real and interesting. ( ) 4. While you listen to music with your eyes closed, you can create your own pictures. ( ) 5. According to the passage, you can do something else while watching television. ( ) 6. A radio can be taken to anyplace because it is smaller than a television. ( ) 7. In the author’s opinion, television is better than radio. Internet Many people use the Internet to get useful knowledge and facts, and to relax themselves. But some of them are not using it in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are s ___1 and have fun on the Internet. · Make rules for the Internet use with your parents. For example, when and how long you can go online, and what activities you can do online. · Don’t give your password to anyone else, and never give out the following i 2 : your real name, home address, age, school, phone number, etc. · Check with your parents before giving out a credit (信用) card number. · Never send a photo of yourself to anyone in an e-mail u 3 your parents say it’s OK. · Check with your parents before going into a chat room. Different chat rooms have different rules and attract different kinds of people. You and your parents must make sure it’s a r 4 place for chatting. · Never agree to meet someone you meet on the Internet w 5 your parents’ permission (允许). Never meet anyone you meet online a 6 . · Always remember that people online may not be the people they say they are. Treat (视为) everyone online as if they were strangers. · If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable, l 7 the site. Tell your parents or your teachers at once. · Treat other people as you’d like to be treated. Never use bad language. · Remember---not everything you read on the Internet is true. C. 网络时代 Teleworking Have you heard about teleworking? It means working from a distance, in other words, not working in an office but working at home. You use the computer and the Internet to keep in touch with your boss, but instead of being tired of an office work, you can work in your own comfortable room. The idea sounds nice, doesn’t it? You can do all your research on the World Wide Web, and send in all your work by e-mail. Well, that’s exactly what my boss said to me two years ago. “Jenny, how would you like to work at home?” he said. At first everything was great. My job was editing articles for a university, and so I spent most of my time sitting in front of a monitor and typing busily at the keyboard. Through the Internet I had access to all the information I could possibly want. It was really good being at home, too. I didn’t have to waste any time traveling, and I could stop and make myself a cup of coffee or a sandwich if I wanted to –- I was quite free and happy. But then things started to change. I put on weight, because I wasn’t going out as much as I had before. I stopped wearing smart dresses, because a jogging suit (运动衣) and trainers were so much more comfortable. My friends stopped telephoning because I didn’t meet them on the bus or in the café. I knew something had to change. I needed to get back out into the world. So I telephoned my boss, “Please let me come back to the office –- I’m going mad on my own!” And then goodness, he did. If you want my personal opinion, teleworking may become popular in the future… but not for me! 1. What does the word “teleworking” in the passage mean? 2. What was Jenny’s job? 3. How did Jenny feel when the boss told her to work at home at first? 4. Jenny had more time to enjoy herself when working at home, didn’t she? 5. Why did Jenny put on weight? 6. What’s your opinion about “teleworking”? Online Shopping There are many online food shopping sites. Things l___1___ CDs, books, and DVDs sell well online. But it is quite different to sell food online b___2___ people like to see food with their own eyes. It is very i___3___ for people to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. Customers like to c___4___ their food by its color. They also want to touch and smell it. Some people like going to the same shop to buy food with good quality. So if the food is always g___5___ , they will feel comfortable buying it online. Boxes of fruits and vegetables have been delivered to h___6___ around Britain for a few years now. Dried or canned foods are almost the same all the time, but fresh things are not. For example, people may want to pick their own apples so they can take the o__7__ that look nice. Buying dried and canned food online is easier. A person can buy this kind of food on the Internet and then buy fruits and vegetables at a store or a market. D. 额外阅读 1. A new report says more than 50 percent of middle school students in China aren’t getting enough sleep. Experts say that middle school children need at least nine hours of sleep a night to be well rested. But many students sleep for only six or seven hours a day. Teachers also find that children are often sleepy or yawning (打哈欠) in the classroom. This is a terrible problem, they say. The cause of students’ lack of sleep may be the following. Activities such as after-school sports, watching television, and using the computer often take away hours from sleep time. Some families don’t go to bed as early as they need to. Parents, who stay up quite late to get everything done, often keep their children up too late as well. Too much homework shortens the students’ sleep time, too. Many students say that they have to spend lots of time at night finishing their homework. Now teachers have begun to realize that getting enough sleep is important to students. Here are some tips for healthy sleep: · Set a reasonable (合理的) bedtime. Most middle school children should go to bed by 9 pm. Some children who want more sleep might need an earlier bedtime. · Relax before bedtime. Children should not be joining in intense (易兴奋的) activities, such as watching television, or using the computer, right before they go to bed. Taking a bath or reading a story can help children fall asleep more easily. · Don’t eat food high in sugar in the late afternoon and evening. A cup of hot milk will help you fall asleep. · Children should go to bed at the same time every night, including weekends. ( )1. Middle school students need only six or seven hours of sleep a day to be well rested. ( )2. Teachers find a terrible problem that children are often sleepy or yawning in the classroom. ( )3. To have sports, see films and play computer games often take away hours from sleep time. ( )4. Parents often make their children get everything done before they go to bed. ( )5. From the passage we know that it takes students much time to finish their homework at night. ( )6. Some children should go to bed earlier if they want to get less sleep and sleep well. ( )7. The writer tells us children shouldn’t watch TV, use the computer right before they go to bed. 2 What would you choose, if you were sitting in front of a TV and there was a book right next to you? The answer will most p 1 be the TV! Young people would certainly choose the TV, but you will be surprised to find out that the older o 2 will at least hesitate about choosing it. Why is this? Are the books not as interesting as they used to be? Is it that the world has changed so much in recent years that our habits are not the same anymore? Nowadays many people have no interest in literature（文学）. This may be a possible explanation. Another r 3 might be the change of lifestyle (生活方式). We are more l 4 to visit a club or a bar to relax ourselves after a long day’s work, rather than read a book in the comfort of our own homes. People are more outgoing than they used to be. All the stress (压力) of work makes us want a quick relaxing means. Perhaps , most of us do not have the patience to read anymore. It is much s 5 to turn on the TV and watch the latest news around the world than read 19th century literature! With all the TV programs, every one of us can find an interesting show or movie to watch. What’s better than getting into b 6 with the remote control(遥控器) and falling asleep whenever you wish? You are the master of all the TV programs. The only disadvantage is that TV will never p 7 you with all the facts that a book can do. TV is much more superficial (肤浅的) than books, even if it does get you relaxed in just a moment! E. 根据下列提示就“我对使用因特网的看法”写6-8句话。 · What are your views on using the Internet? · Why do you think so? (Give at least two reasons) · What are your suggestions of using the Internet properly? My views on using the Internet 1. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 6. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 7. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 8. _______________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 12教育咨询电话：55062928 - 1/ 5-