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Unit 2 The Fun They Had

Page26 Text comprehension

I. Decide which of the following best states the author’s purpose of writing.

A

II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.

1—5 T F T F T

III. Answer the following questions.

1. What is a “real book” to Margie’s understanding?

A “real book” is a very old book in which stories are printed on yellow and crinkly pages.

2. What books are Tommy and Margie using?

They must be using telebooks, as is mentioned in the text.

3. Why does Margie now hate school more than ever according to the text?

She hates school because she has been doing worse and worse in her tests of geography.

4. Why was Margie disappointed after the mechanical teacher was repaired and installed again?

She was disappointed because she had been hoping they would take the teacher away

altogether.

5. What lesson did the mechanical teacher give Margie that day?

It gave Margie an arithmetic lesson on the addition of proper fractions.

6. Explain briefly the major differences between the schools in Margie’s day and those in the old

days.

The schools in Margie’s day give classes by computer, assigning homework by computer

software programs while students in the old days went to school to attend their lessons given

by human teachers, experiencing interaction, friendliness and team spirit instead of taking

lessons alone at home as Tommy and Margie do.

IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences.

1. Her mother asked the County Inspector to come over.

2. The mechanical teacher worked out the mark very quickly.

3. Tommy looked at Margie with an air which suggested he knew far better about school than

others.

4. A teacher had to make necessary changes about what to teach and how to teach so as to meet

the different needs of different pupils.

Page 27—30 Vocabulary

I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

1. When you have finished reading the book, you just throw it away.

2. She read the book by looking from behind his shoulder for a while.

3. Our television screen must have a million books on it and it is capable of providing plenty

more.

4. Her mother sent a message asking for the assistance of the County Inspector.

5. He smiled at Margie and gave her an apple, then dissembled the machine / computer teacher.

6. Margie didn’t like / want to dispute that.

II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its

appropriate form.

1. in no time 2. crinkly 3. scornful 4. neighborhood

5. awfully 6. adjusting 7. tuck 8. nonchalantly

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9. punched 10. fit

III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.

1—4 D A B B 5 – 8 A C C B

IV. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in its appropriate form and note

the difference in meaning between them.

1. funny & interesting

a. Funny b. interesting c. interesting d. funny

2. still & silent

a. silent b. silent c. still d. still

3. dispute & argue

a. dispute b. arguing c. disputing d. arguing

4. regular & usual

a. usual b. usual c. regular d. regular

V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the

sense it is used.

1. real: actual, genuine, true

2. still: moving, movable, mobile, restless

3. crinkly: rough, coarse, uneven

4. hate: like, love, enjoy

5. scornful: disdainful, contemptuous

6. superior: inferior, subordinate, secondary

7. nonchalantly: indifferently, coldly, coolly, casually, offhandedly

8. regular: irregular, uncertain, random

VI. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in

brackets.

ess 2. reproduction 3. unreliable

sity 5. apologetic 6. disobedience

er; employees 8. encouragement

Page 30—33 Grammar

I. Put in a / an or the where necessary.

1. the; the 5. the 9. a; a; a

2. a 6. ／; the 10. a; a; a

3. a; a; ／ 7. The; the; ／

4. a 8. the; the

II. Put in the where necessary.

1. ／; ／; ／ 5. ／; ／ 9. the; ／

2. ／ 6. The 10.

3. the; ／ 7. the 11. ／

4. the; ／ 8. the; the

III. Choose the correct noun or noun phrase from the underlined parts of the

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1. 5. president 9. coffee

2. 6. The vegetables 10. poetry

3. 7. war

4. 8. All the books

IV. Complete the sentences with the if necessary.

1. ／ 2. the 3. ／ 4. the

5. the 6. ／ 7. ／ 8. the

V. Rewrite the newspaper headlines using articles where necessary.

1. A Briton falls to his death on the Matterhorn.

2. An Olympic Silver medalist dies in a crash.

3. Callaghan recalls the British Ambassador from Chile.

4. The army ends the chaos in the capital.

5. A college student wins the first prize.

Page 33 Translation

I. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

1. 玛吉的爷爷曾经说过，小时候他的爷爷告诉他，过去的故事都是印刷在

纸上的。

2. 他们翻阅那些旧得泛黄，皱巴巴的书页，阅读那些一动不动的单词真是

好玩极了。那些单词并没有象我们平时看到的那样在屏幕上滚动。

3. 这个机器老师一直在接二连三地让她做些地理测验，但她越做越糟糕。

结果她的母亲伤心地摇摇头，请来了县视察员。

4. 玛吉希望他无法将机器重新组装起来，但他还是成功了。过了个把小时，

机器又好了，硕大的黑色机器，奇丑无比， 有个大大的屏幕，所有的课

程和问题全都显示在上面。

II. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and phrases given

in brackets.

1. Yesterday a government delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs

arrived in South Africa and began a three-day friendly visit to the country.

2. It is awfully funny to look at these caricatures which satirize social ills.

3. Computers are one of the most useful teaching aids, for all your lessons as well as

all the questions asked and all the answers provided can be shown on a screen.

4. Zhang Li’s mother fell ill suddenly the day before yesterday; he sent for a doctor

immediately.

5. He failed in the college entrance examination last year, but he did not feel

disappointed. Instead, he continued to study hard, passed the examination

successfully and became a student in a famous university this year.

6. There are many English words that this middle school student cannot pronounce

correctly.

7. In this era of information explosion, we have to make constant efforts to renew

our knowledge. Only thus can we become adjusted to the requirements of our

following sentences.

Light

a noise

very good weather

bad luck

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work.

8. With his shirt tucked into the top of his trousers and a leather bag tucked under his

arm, the boy looked just like a boss.

9. Although she is only 8 years old, the little is already very good at calculating

fractions. No wonder her parents feel proud of her.

10. All the neighborhood have heard of the news, but you haven’t. Don’t you think it

is strange?

Integrated skills

I. Dictation

Children learn almost nothing from television, / and the more they watch, / the less they

remember. / They regard television purely as entertainment, / resent programs that make

demands on them / and are surprised that anybody should take the medium seriously. / Far from

being over-excited by programs, / they are mildly bored with the whole thing. / These are the

main conclusions from a new study of children and television. / Its author confirms / that the

modern child is a dedicated viewer. / The study suggests / that there is little point in the

television company's attempts / to isolate adult viewing in the later hours. / More than a third of

the children regularly watched their programs after / All 11-year-olds had watched

programs after midnight.

II. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE word you think appropriate.

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1. fun

2. game

3. watch

4. millions

5. popular

6. who

7. at

8. radio

9. value

10. amusement

Listening

From Television Back to Games

In a society where everyone is not so fortunate as to be able to spend a lot of money on

entertainment, most of us end up either in front of a television or spending time with our family

and friends playing a game of some kind. While television is probably the most popular form of

home entertainment, there is a small group of us that still believe board games offer the most

enjoyment. They offer us a variety of ways to learn new information, to test our skills, and most

importantly, to bring us together.

Television is one of our best sources of information, but for a lot of the time it is not the kind

of information that you want or need. The commercials for instance always insult your

intelligence. On the other hand, board games are set up to offer a variety of information, which

can cover subjects such as geography, vocabulary, or financial investment. All of this information

is offered in a way that makes you want to learn and lets you choose what you learn. I have

acquired more information about history, geography, and science from "Trivial Pursuit" alone

than I have ever been able to get from the boring way they are presented on television.

Added to the benefits of learning new information, board games test your skills and

knowledge with a particular outcome ahead. They let you use your ideas and strategies to win

the game. Whether you are trying to get your opponent's king in chess or trying to make the

most money in "Trump," there is an outcome which you brought about with these ideas and

strategies. However, you are forced to become a passive spectator when watching television. In

some cases a program might be produced to stimulate your thought processes, but they don't

offer you an outlet for following through with your ideas, such as the useless concept of the game

show for entertainment.

Still the most important difference between television and the board game is the interaction

with others. Getting the family together to watch a show on television is nice; that is, if you can

find a show on for the whole family. But playing a board game gives you the chance to learn, not

only about the subject, but also about each other. Everyone is different, with their own views and

unique ways of handling situations, giving each game a different outcome. One of the nicest

parties I ever attended was one where we played a murder-mystery game called "How to Host a

Murder." We never knew what to expect next, and it was a wonderful way to get to know

everyone.

Instead of watching television all the time, people are finding that board games give us the

outlet to test our skills and knowledge against each other. They are putting the remote controls

away and giving up their "Executive Couch Potato" status, and gathering around the kitchen table

for an exciting game. I would much rather pretend that I'm a millionaire, playing for the high

stakes, rather than watch someone else on a glass tube pretending to be one. It's more exciting,

less expensive, and best of all, I spend the time with real and interesting people.