M1U2外研社英语九年级_the_grand_canyon_was_not_just_big.pptVIP

My Favourite Wonder How long is the Great Wall? How wide is the Great Wall? How high is the Great Wall? It’s 6000 kilometres long. It’s between 4 and 5 meters wide. It’s between 6 and 7 meters high. the Changjiang River 6300千米 the Huangguoshu Waterfalls 78米，101米 the Grand Canyon the Yellow Mountain 1864米 Module 1 Wonders of the world Unit 2 the Grand Canyon was not just big Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions: 1. Which country is the Grand Canyon in? How do you know? 2. What is the writers opinion of the Grand Canyon? The Colorado River It is in America. It’s the greatest wonder of the natural world. [,k?l?rɑ:d?u] 科罗拉多河 Part 3Choose the correct answer. 1) Where does the passage possibly come from? a) A magazine. b) A grammar book. c) A dictionary. d) A storybook. 2) Why was there nothing to see? a) Because there was nothing to see? b) Because it was too dark. c) Because it was raining. d) Because it was in the moring. 3) Which direction was the writer facing while he was looking over the Grand Canyon? a) South. b) North. c) East. d) West . 4) What is the writer’s purpose in writing this passage? a) To give facts about the natural world. b) To say how he feels about the natural world. c) To tell an interesting story about the Grand Canyon. d) To attract people to visit the Grand Canyon. 4. Complete the passage with the words in the box. Below mile remain reply sign silent sky stream through In the dark, there is no (1) _________ of the Grand Canyon, and it is (2) ____________. But if you (3) ___________by the Grand Canyon as the (4) ___________ gets brighter and look down about one (5)__________, you can see the Colorado River (6) __________ you. It looks