河南省长垣县第十中学高中英语必修二《Unit2TheOlympicGamesPart2ReadingandComprehending》课件.ppt

Part 2 Reading and Comprehending ; 一、Fast reading and summary Answer the following questions and summarize the text (P9-P10) according to your answers. 1. What’s the writing style of this passage? 2. Do the ancient Olympics and modern Olympics have anything in common? ;3. Is there any difference between them? Summary： Written in a_______________ style, the passage tells us _______________ and ______________ between ___________ _________________________________. ; 二、Choose the best answers according to the text 1. Which of the following is not mentioned in the text? A. The 2000 Olympic Games. B. The 2008 Olympic Games. C. The 2004 Olympic Games. D. The 2012 Olympic Games. ;2. What is the text mainly about? A. telling the history of the Olympic Games. B. telling the fairy tale of the ancient and modern Olympics. C. telling the similarites between the ancient and modern Olympics. D. telling the differences and similarities between the ancient and modern Olympics. ;3. Which of the following is true according to the text? A. Only women could not take part in the ancient Olympics. B. The 2004 Olympic Games were held in America. C. The motto of the Olympics is “Swifter， Higher and Further.” D. The Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honour of winning. ;4. What does the word “housed” (in Line 33)mean? A. Enclose or contain (a part or fitting), esp in order to protect it B. Provide permanent or temporary accommodation for (sb) C. Provide shelter for (an animal) D. Store (goods，etc) ;5. From “Oh，dear! Do you compete for money too?”，we can infer that Pausanias. A. is angry that athletes care too much about money. B. is happy that winners may become rich. C. fears that the spirit of the Olympics may have changed. D. thinks highly of using money as the prize for athletes.; 三、Careful reading and retelling Fill in the blanks and then retell the text using the chart. The similarities between the ancient and modern Olympics ;competitors; ;c