gettingreadyandreading

1、Unit OneHope and Love徐云凤Look at the picture and guess what they areThe picture shows the Braille alphabetin which the black dots are raised for blind people to feel with their fingers.Braille System Louis Braille, who became blind from an accident at age 3, developed the Braille System to help teach

2、 blind children to read and write. The system of letters, numbers, and punctuation marks consists of six raised points or dots used in 63 possible combinations. What are these letters in the Braille alphabet?helenkellerHelen Keller海伦凯勒(1880年6月27日-1968年6月1日)，是美国一位残障教育家。她在19个月大时因为一次高烧而引致失明及失聪。后来通过她的导师

3、安沙利文(Anne Sullivan)的努力，使她学会说话，并开始和其他人沟通，并且毕业于哈佛大学。享年88岁，却有87年生活在无光、无声、无语的世界里。在此时间里，她完成了一系列著作，如：假如给我三天光明我的生活等，并致力于为残疾人造福，建立慈善机构，1964年荣获“总统自由勋章”，次年入选美国时代周刊评选“二十世纪美国十大英雄偶像”之一。1899年6月考入哈佛大学拉德克利夫女子学院。，Match the pictures with the sentencesA. In June 1904, Helen graduated from Radcliffe with honours.B. On

4、March 3, 1887, Anne began teaching Helen.C. The documentary Helen Keller in Her Story won the Oscar for Best Feature-length Documentary Film at the 1955 Academy AwardsD. On April 5, 1887, Helen discovered the purpose of language beside a water pump.Underline these words in the text and find out thei

5、r meanings. soul shine doll imitate spout flow mystery awaken joy eager sight “Light! give me light!” was the wordless cry of my soul,soul: the spiritual part of a person, opposite to the body, believed to exist after death灵魂2.and the light of love shone on me on that very day.shine: to produce or r

6、eflect light, to be bright. Underline these words in the text and find out their meanings. soul shine doll imitate spout flow mystery awaken joy eager sight 发光；反射；照耀3.and give me a doll, when I played with itdoll: something in the shape of a person, often played by children.Underline these words in

7、the text and find out their meanings. soul shine doll imitate spout flow mystery awaken joy eager sight 洋娃娃4. I was simply imitating what the teacher did.imitate: to copy somebody or something. Underline these words in the text and find out their meanings. soul shine doll imitate spout flow mystery

8、awaken joy eager sight 模仿 5. Someone was drawing water and the teacher placed my hand under the spout.spout: a pipe on a container that can give you water. Underline these words in the text and find out their meanings. soul shine doll imitate spout flow mystery awaken joy eager sight (容器的) 嘴；壶嘴6. As

9、 the cool stream flowed over one hand she spelled into the other the word “water”, first slowly, then rapidly. flow: (water,gas) move steadly in one direction. Underline these words in the text and find out their meanings. soul shine doll imitate spout flow mystery awaken joy eager sight 流动Underline

10、 these words in the text and find out their meanings. soul shine doll imitate spout flow mystery awaken joy eager sight 7. Suddenly the mystery of language was fully made known to me.mystery: something that is difficult to understand or explain. 秘密，神秘8. That living word awakened my soul, gave it lig

11、ht, hope, joy and set it free.awaken: to wake up; to make some-body wake up. Underline these words in the text and find out their meanings. soul shine doll imitate spout flow mystery awaken joy eager sight 醒来；唤醒9. That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy and set it free.joy：a feel

12、ing of great happiness. Underline these words in the text and find out their meanings. soul shine doll imitate spout flow mystery awaken joy eager sight 高兴，愉快，喜悦Underline these words in the text and find out their meanings soul shine doll imitate spout flow mystery awaken joy eager sight 10. I left

13、the well-house eager to learn.eager: very happy or excited to do something急切的，渴望的be eager to do sth. 迫切想做某事11. That was because I saw everything with the strange, new sight that had come to me.sight: a thing you see or you can see.Underline these words in the text and find out their meanings. soul s

14、hine doll imitate spout flow mystery awaken joy eager sight 景象Choose a proper word to fill in the blanks. soul shine doll imitate spout flow mystery awaken joy eager sight 1. When Sally reached the village, the _ of poverty made her sad.2. The boss with black glasses put his mouth to the _ of the te

15、apot and drank some tea.sightspout3. Our body may die, but our _ will live forever life after life. 4. The river _ to the east and never return.soulflowsChoose a proper word to fill in the blanks. soul shine doll imitate spout flow mystery awaken joy eager sight 5. A smart student is always _ to lea

16、rn new things.eager6. The moon _ brightly and we felt homesick in the mid-autumn day.shoneChoose a proper word to fill in the blanks. soul shine doll imitate spout flow mystery awaken joy eager sight 7. To her great _, she got full marks.8. Generally speaking, girls like _ better than boys.joydolls9

17、. I was _ by a great noise, then the roof fell down. An earthquake happened.awakenedChoose a proper word to fill in the blanks. soul shine doll imitate spout flow mystery awaken joy eager sight 10. All of us want to know the _ of the universe.mystery11. A child learns his mother tongue by _ what he

18、hears.imitatingChoose a proper word to fill in the blanks. soul shine doll imitate spout flow mystery awaken joy eager sight Read the text quickly and choose the best answer.1. Miss Sullivan was Helens _. A. mother B. teacher C. student D. friendRead the text carefully and choose the best answer in the right order. 2. Choose the right order according to the text.Helen imitated Sullivan.b. Helen felt like a ship in a heavy fog.c. Helen was eager to learn.d. Miss Sullivan came.e. Helen suddenly knew that everything has a name. bcdae B. dabecC. bdaec