2015-2016高中英语 Unit 3 Under the sea Reading Tasks同步讲练 新人教版选修7.docVIP

Unit 3 Under the sea Reading Tasks Pre-reading activities Task 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 activities Task I Read the first anecdote and fill in the blanks. Time in June 1. ________ Place at a whaling station and a bay in Australia Characters Clancy, Old Tom, George, a whale, other killers, Jack, Red Events at the whaling station ☆Clancy 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 bay ☆They 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 whale’s blow-hole is to breathe. ( ) 6. The wounded whale died because there were too many killer whales. ( ) 7. The whale’s body would be carried to land after it floated up to the surface. ( ) 8. The killers would have a good meal