外研社选修七module 3 reading practice Dickens London.pptVIP

Read the New Words Pre-reading: Activity 1 (P39) Look at the title. What do you expect the writer to say? A. London used to be the largest city in the world. B. Today London is a clean city full of skyscrapers and broad avenues. C. London in the 19th century used to be a city with both rich and poor districts. D. Dickens felt at home in London as it is the capital of England. Decide what text type the passage is a narrative : B: a description: C: an argument: The main idea of each part Choose the correct answers Few people had a good standard of living because_____ A. the taxpayer didn’t care about them B. the city was polluted C. there were huge numbers of poor people D. the wealth was distributed unfairly among the population. 2. Poverty was so severe that ________. A. some people were ill because they didn’t have enough to eat B. children wore rags for school C. the river became polluted and because disease and death D. it was dangerous to swallow the water if you fell in the river 3. The port of London was where ______. A. the district of the East End and Southwark were B. the poorest people lived C. men queued for work every day D. ships came from all over the world to load and unload their goods. 4. The old City of London was _____. A. the business and financial district of London B. where Dickens lived C. where the Law Courts and many restaurants and squares were D. Dickens set his stories 5. The further west you went in Dickens’ London ______. A. the more Dickens felt at home B. the richer and more important the people who lived there were C. the safer it was to walk at night D. the less it looks like London today 2．The River Thames was polluted, causing disease and death everywhere. causing disease and death everywhere 是现在分词短语作结果状语 Many trees were blown down, (block) the road. His parents died in the war, _______( leave) him an orphan. The European Footba