必修6 Unit 1 Reading

人教课标高二选修8Unit1,Unit1Alandofdiversity,Warmingup,NorthAmerica,SouthAmerica,Africa,Europe,Asia,Oceania,Antarctica,PacificOcean,PacificOcean,AtlanticOcean,IndianOcean,ArcticOcean,Namethesevencontinentsandfouroceans.,Seattle,SanFrancisco,LosAngeles,Denver,Houston,NewOrieans,Miami,Atlanta,Boston,NewYork,Philadelphig,Washington,D.C,Appalachian,RockyMountains,Mexico,Chieago,Detroit,St.Louis,Canada,AtlanticOcean,PacificOcean,theMississippi,HowmuchyouknowabouttheUSA.,TheUSAliesin_,borderingboththe_Oceanandthe_Ocean,between_and_.Thereare_statesintheUS.48ofthemareinthesingleregion,while_and_arenotcontiguouswithanyoftheotherstates.,theNorthAmerica,Atlantic,Pacific,Canada,Mexico,fifty,Alaska,Hawaii,Aquiz,Superior,Michigan,Erie,Huron,Ontario,Star-SpangledBanner,50starsEachstarrepresentsonestate,13stripestheoriginal13states.,Blueloyaltyandjustice,Redcourage,Whitefreedom,TheWhiteHouse,TheStatueofLiberty,_istheexecutivemansionofthePresidentoftheUnitedStates.ThestatueoflibertyisstandingonasmallislandinNewYorkHarbor,symbolizingthespiritof_oftheUSA.,TheWhiteHouse,independence,Thelanguagetheymainlyuseis_.Mountainrangeinthewestis_.ThelongestriverintheUSAis_.,theMississippiRiver,theRockyMountains,English,Someimportantcities:,NewYork,WashingtonD.C.,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOrleans,Houston,Philadelphia,Miami,Atlanta,Seattle,Denver,Kansas,Detroit,Boston,WhocannamesomeimportantcitiesoftheUSA?,IfyouhaveachancetogototheUSA,wherewouldyouprefertovisit,CaliforniaorWashingtonDCorothercities?Why?LetsappreciatesomepicturesaboutCalifornia.,Californiacoast,Hoovertower,Californiasunset,HotelCalifornia,California,AndresCanyon,LakeTahoe,DeathValley,TheDeathValley,Ithasanareaof411,000squarekilometers.AnditisoneoftheAmericanstatesofthelargestpopulation,withthemostdevelopedeconomy.,Californiaisamazing.Thepleasantweather,longbeachandgracefulnaturallandscapemakethetourismprosperous.,HowiseachpicturerelevanttothehistoryofCalifornia?,NativeAmericanIndianoneofthefirstpeopletoliveinCalifornia.,AgoldminerthediscoveryofgoldinCaliforniacreatedagoldrushwhichbroughtpeoplefromallovertheworldtoCalifornia.,AbuildinginChinatown,SanFranciscoManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.,NativeAmericans,SomepicturesaboutthehistoryofCalifornia!,GoldRushPeriod,1.Californiaisthe_largeststateintheUSA.A.thirdB.secondC.fourthD.fifth,2.California,astateinthewesternUSA,borders_.thePacificOceanB.theIndianOceanC.theAtlanticOceanD.theArcticOcean,GeneralknowledgequizaboutCalifornia.,3._isCaliforniaslargestandthenationssecondlargestcity.SacramentoB.LosAngelesC.SanDiegoD.SanFrancisco,4.Californiasofficialnicknameisthe_.SunflowerStateB.GoldenStateC.LandofOpportunityD.EvergreenState,5._hasthelargestpopulationintheUSA.A.CaliforniaB.AlaskaC.WashingtonD.Texas,6.CaliforniaenteredtheUniononSeptember9,1850,asthe_state.A.thirtiethB.thirty-eighthC.thirty-secondD.thirty-first,Thetextisaboutthebrief_ofCalifornia,whichfocusesonthesettlementofthestate.,history,Readthetextquicklyandcompleteitsmainidea.,Skimming,I.Readthetextcarefullyandfillintheblanks.,15,000,landbridge,slavery,Europeans,religious,16th,Russian-Americans,hunters,gold,Europe,GoldRush,fishermen,Denmark,Jewish,farmers,1800s,ship,Asia,Indians,computer,II.Choosethebestanswer.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueabouttheGoldRush?OnlyafewpeoplebecamerichintheGoldRush.B.ManypeoplediedintheGoldRush.C.IthappenedduringtheAmerican-Mexicanwar.D.SouthAmericanswereamongthefirsttoarrivetolookforgold.,C,1.CaliforniaisthethirdlargeststateinUSAbuthasthelargestpopulation.2.In1848,beforetheAmerican-Mexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.3.ThenativepeoplesufferedgreatlyafterthearrivalofEuropeansinthe16thcentury.,F,T,T,III.TrueorFalse.,4.Over40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpanishasafirstlanguage.5.Inthe1800s,RussianhuntersbegansettlinginCalifornia.,T,F,6.Alotofpeoplerushingforgoldlosttheirlivesorwentbackhome,butmostofthemleftinCaliforniatomakealivingforthemselvesinthenewtownsoronfarms.,T,7.Comparedwiththeperiodofgoldrush,lessChineseimmigratetoCaliforniaduringtheperiodofbuildingtherailnetworkfromthewesttotheeastcoast.8.Bythe1920s,thefilmindustrywaswellestablishedinCalifornia.,T,F,9.Itisthecomputerindustrysinceitsbeginningin1970sthathasattractedIndiansandPakistanistoCalifornia.10.WithmoreimmigrantscomingtoCalifornianowandthen,itisbelievedthatbeforelongtherewillbeaevengreatermixofnationalitiesinthisstate.,T,T,WhyisCaliforniainthe21stcenturysuchamulticulturalcommunity?Explaininyourownwords.Writethreeorfoursentences.Compareyouranswerwithothersinyourclass.,ThestateofCaliforniaisamulticulturalcommunitybecauseEuropean,AfricanandAsianpeoplehavebeenmovingintothestateforthelast200years.Itisthismixofpeopleswiththeirowncustoms,cultureandfoodthathavegivenCaliforniaitsmulticulturalflavor.,Problemsthatmightariseincludeinterculturalrivalryorcompetition,discriminationormisunderstanding.ItistothecreditofCaliforniansthatsuchproblemsdonotariseveryoften.,Writingstyleandtechniques,Thepassageisahistoricalnarrativearticle.ItintroducesbrieflythemainhistoryeventsofdifferentperiodsoftimesinCalifornia.Italsodescribeswhen,howandwhythepeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldimmigrated,toCalifornia.TheshorthistoryofCaliforniaisdescribedclearlyandaccurately,whichgivesthereadersadeepimpression.,Writingcharacteristic,1.Thetextisarrangedwellintheorderoftime.2.Thetextcatchesthefeatureofpeopleandthingsandusesadject