高中英语 Unit 3 Under the sea Reading Tasks同步讲练 新人教版选修7.doc

unit 3 under the sea reading taskspre-reading activitiestask i name at least 6 sea animals and share them with your partners.task ii tell your partners what you know about whales.task iii if you have a chance to dive into the sea, what do you expect to see?while-reading activitiestask i read the first anecdote and fill in the blanks.timein june 1. _placeat a whaling station and a bay in australiacharactersclancy, old tom, george, a whale, other killers, jack, redeventsat the whaling stationclancy heard a loud noise and found old tom signaling that there was a(n) 2. _.george asked clancy to go with him to the sea.in the baythey followed tom and went to the place where a whale was being attacked by a group of other killers.the killers hunted the whale by stopping it 3. _ or diving or fleeing.a man killed the whale by using a(n) 4. _.task ii read the second anecdote and put the following events in the correct order.a. james was pushed further and further away.b. old tom went back to join the hunt.c. we got the boat back to james.d. we pulled james back into the boat.e. james was washed off the boat.f. we found james being firmly held up by old tom.g. a shark appeared._task iii read the text and decide whether the following statements are true (t) or false (f).( ) 1. clancy had never seen the killers helping the whales before he came to work at the whaling station.( ) 2. the loud noise that clancy heard came from the fight between the whales and the killers.( ) 3. old tom gave the signal that the whale hunt would start.( ) 4. george beat the water with his oar to kill the whale.( ) 5. the function of the whales blow-hole is to breathe.( ) 6. the wounded whale died because there were too many killer whales.( ) 7. the whales body would be carried to land after it floated up to the surface.( ) 8. the killers would have a good meal before the whales body float up to the surface.task iv read the text and match the facts with the purposes.factspurposes1. old tom jumped out of the water and crashed down again.a. to show the way to the hunt.2. george beat the water with his oar.b. to prevent the whale from breathing.3. old tom swam by the boat.c. to eat the lips and tongue of the whale.4. the killers went to the top of the whales bow-hole.d. to tell people there was a whale nearby.5. the killer pulled down the whales body deep into the sea.e. to call back tom.6. old tom help up james firmly in the water.f. to protect him from the sharks.post-reading activitiestask i write a summary of the text. then try to retell the story to your partners._task ii make a dialogue between george and clancy talking about what they experienced according to the first anecdote.task iii imagine you are james. rewrite the second anecdote telling your story on the sea. task iv discussion. what is your opinion on peoples killing whales?参考答案：pre-reading activitiestask i 略task ii 略task iii 略while-reading activitiestask i 1. 1902 2. whale 3. breathing 4. harpoontask ii eagcfdbtask iii 1-5 tftft 6-8 ftttask iv 1-d 2-e 3-a 4-b 5-c 6-fpost-reading activitiestask i in 1902 when i was 16 i went to work with some whalers. i saw a killer whale they called old tom jumping out of the water and crashing into it again. a whaler told me it was telling us that a large whale was in the bay. the whalers and i ran to our boats. in the distance we saw other killer whales attacking a larger whale to stop it from escaping out to sea. the whalers killed it with a harpoon and the killer whales dragged it underwater. a whaler told me that the killer whales were feeding on its lips and tongue and that we would come back later for the rest of the wha