2015-2016学年高一英语讲练（人教版）：Book 2 Unit 5 Reading Tasks .docVIP

READING TASKS THE BAND THAT WASN’T Pre-reading activities Task I. List some singers who you like. Task II. Do you dream to become famous in the future? If yes, what kind of famous person do you want to be? Task III. Do you know anything about the Beatles? While-reading activities Task I. Read Paragraph 1 and 2 and fill in the blanks. What many people dreamed of 梑ecoming a famous singer or 1. ________ 梡laying at a(n) 2i. ________ 梥inging like a famous singer 梑ecoming rich and famous Possible growing process of a band 梥tart as a group of 3e f. ________ 梡lay to 4l. ________ 梘ive performances in pubs or clubs 梙oping to make records and become 5wi. ________ Task II. Read Paragraph 3 and 4. Fill in the blanks in the chart and try to understand the development process of the Monkees. Task III. The following are the phrases describing what Monkees did. Read Paragraph 3 and 4, and then complete the phrases. began as a(n) 1. ________ → played jokes on each other → played music → relied on 2. ________ to help them → pretended to sing → played and sang songs written by other musicians → became more 3. ________ about their work → played and sang their own songs → produced their own records → started touring → played 4. ________ → became even more popular than 5. ________ → sold even more records → broke up → reunited → produced a new record→ celebrated their former time Task IV. Read the text and tell what the following pronouns refer to. 1. which (Line 3) ____________________________________________________________ 2. they (Line 9) ____________________________________________________________ 3. which (Line 17) ____________________________________________________________ 4. who (Line 17) ____________________________________________________________ 5. they (Line 19) ____________________________________________________________ 6. which (Line 29) ____________________________________________________________ 7. their (Line 30) _________________________________________