湖南教师招聘考试：《中学英语》全真模拟卷2

 第一部分客观题

I. Vocabulary and Structure (Questions 1 to 20)(每题1分，共20分)
Directions: In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose ONE answer that best completes the sentence.
1. Those robots can walk like__________.
A. human
B. humans
C. humen
D. humens
2. She with her friends __________ to visit their teacher every week.
A. go 
B. going
C. goes 
D. went
3. I don't think the poor __ always poor. Working hard __________ very important.
A. is ; is
B. are; are
C. are; is
D. is; are
4. Would you mind __________ the window?
A. I closing 
B. my closing
C. me closing
D. me close
5. It has been __________ since we went out to play last time.
A. some time 
B. sometime
C. sometimes 
D. some times
6. Mr. Green works in a __________ building.
A. thirty stories high 
B. thirty-stories high
C. thirty-stories-high
D. thirty-story high
7. Many children would__________watch TV than do sports.
A. rather
B. like
C. want 
D. love
8. It's very nice __________ you __________ my parents your best wishes.
A. of; sending 
B. of; to send
C. for; to send 
D. for; sending
9. If you want to go to the movie tonight, so __________ I.
A. do 
B. am 
C. will
D. should
10. Can you tell me how much __________ ?
A. you pay the book for
B. you spend the book on
C. the book take you
D. you buy the book for

11. I still remember the parkwe first met.
A. where
B. that
C. which
D. when
12. --Did you enjoy the concert last night?
--Very much. __________ wonderful concert it is!
A. What a 
B. What
C. How a
D. How
13. --Would you please take these books downstairs?
—__________ . 
A. Yes, please
B. No problem
C. That's right
D. I'll go
14.__________ of the students in our classmoney for the disabled child.
A. Two three; have raised
B. Two third; have raised
C. Two thirds; have raised
D. Two thirds; has raised
15. I have __________ homework to do this weekend.
A. much too
B. too many
C. many too
D. too much
16. --I'm hungry. Is there any bread in the fridge?
--__________, but we have cakes. Would you like to have one?
A. Some
B. Much
C. None 
D. Nothing
17. When he saw all his books __________ here and there on the floor, he knew that something terrible
A. lying; must have happened 
B. lie; must happen
C. lay; might have happened
D. had lain; could have happen
18. She never spends any time __________ clothes. All her time is spent __________studying.
A. in; in
B. in ; on
C. on ; in
D. on ; on
19. The exciting vacation through the jungle __________ us about three days.
A. spend
B. cost 
C. paid 
D. took
20. I want to try again. Could you please give me__________ third chance?
A. a
B. an 
C. the
D. 不填

||. Cloze (Questions 21 to 40)(每题1分，共 20 分)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage.
Dogs are often21 man's best friend. For those who are blind, a dog is22than a friendly company. A dog has a pair of sharp eyes. A23dog guide gives blind people the24 to move through the world safely and freely. A dog guide is also a best friend.25a working team of a dog and a person is not easy. There are no factories making thousands of dogs guides a day. There are however, schools all26the country that train both blind people and the dogs they depend upon. The process of education is long for both the dog and its human partner.
A dog begins schooling as puppy. Around age of 8 weeks, the puppy is placed with a faster family. There it27training and gets used to 28around people. When a dog is about a year old, it goes off to school for a series of tests. These tests help the school29whether the dog is likely to make a good guide. Dogs that fail the test are placed in permanent homes.30that passthe tests go into a tratnmg31 .
For the next four-to-six months, the dog learns everything32needs to become a dog33 . The dog learns to stay focused. It learns to ignore food, smell, and other animals. It learns to remain34 by such noises such35shouting or music from a passing car radio. It learns to36commands like"right", "left" or "forward". The dog learns to stop before every curb and stairway and to37moving objects. In short, good dog guides learn to keep their38safe while they go about the everyday actions of life. A dog that39completed training will be40a master.
21. A. call 
B. calling
C. called
D. to call
22. A. rather 
B. more 
C. better
D. most
23. A. trained
B. to train 
C. training 
D. train
24. A. happy 
B. easy 
C. freedom 
D. wisdom
25. A. Becoming 
B. To become
C. Became 
D. Become
26. A. through
B. over 
C. about
D. in
27. A. asks 
B. gives 
C. receives 
D. wants
28. A. being
B. be 
C. goes 
D. walk
29. A. deciding 
B. decide
C. make
D. think
30. A. They
B. These
C. Who 
D. Those

31. A. test 
B. practice 
C. play 
D. programme
32. A. he 
B. it
C. they
D. dog
33. A. guide 
B. training
C. test
D. blind
34. A. smart
B. excited
C. undistracted
D. distracted
35. A. in
B. on 
C. to
D. as
36. A. remember
B. tbllow
C. listen
D. tell
37. A. avoid
B. see 
C. like
D. move
38. A. people 
B. men 
C. owners
D. teachers
39. A. have
B. will 
C. to 
D. has
40. A. give 
B. place
C. assigned 
D. choose

|||. Reading Comprehension (Questions 41 to 50)(每小题2分，共20 分)
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should choose the best answer.
A
Trogmire Troll was dealing with a crisis. The new girl in class really liked him a lot. Trogmire was not happy about it.
Trogmire's good friend, Tremor Troll, tried to comfort him. "What's the big deal?I think Trea- sure Troll is kind of cute. And she seems to be nice enough."
Trogmire swallowed his last bite of poison sumac salad and glared at Tremor. "Then why don't you ask her to be your girlfriend?There she is, sitting all by herself at the other end of the cafeteria．March over there and ask her to be your sweetie-poo!”
“She’s crazy about you，not me，”Tremor replied．
“Well，I don’t want any girlfriend，especially not a weird pesky one like her!”Trogmire growled．
Tremor wouldn’t give up．“The only thing pesky about her is that she keeps writing you those notes and she stares．”
“Yucky love notes!”Trogmire interrupted．He took another sip of mole milk．“Did you notice those strange brown eyes?Why aren’t they normal red or pink?”
Tremor took another look at Treasure．“I think her face iS a lovely shade of green．And her dark green curly hair is quite pretty．Besides，she’S very sweet and that’S what really matters．”
Trogmire stuck out his tongue．“I think l’m going to be sick!1’d better save my dessert for later．”He crammed a small bag of Maggot Munchies into his even smaller shirt pocket．“The fact is，I have a problem．That girl is getting on my nerves!”
Tremor followed Trogmire’S example and decided to save his dessert for later．However，he care—fully placed the bag into his lunch box．“Do you have any ideas about how to solve your problem?”
Tremot asked．
“I’m going to be mean and rude to her．”Trogmire announced．“l’11 call her names and make ugly faces at her．”
“That’s how you treat everyone．”Tremor reminded his friend．
Trogmire nodded．“It’S time that Treasure got to know the real Troll!”
41．How did Treasure Troll feel about Trogmire Troll?
A．She didn’t like him because he was rude．
B．She was annoyed by his strange appearance．
C．She didn’t have any strong feelings about him．
D．She liked him a lot．
42．How did Trogmire feel about Treasure?
A．He felt annoyed．
B．He enjoyed the attention．
C．He wasn’t aware that she existed．
D．He was crazy about her．
43．Who did Trogmire want for a girlfriend?
A．No one．
B．Tremot’s sister．
C．Treasure Troll．
D．A weird girl from another class．
44．Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．Trogmire pretended to be rude in order to make Treasure stop liking him．
B．Tremor thought that looks were more important than personality．
C．Tremor thought that Treasure was cute．
D．Trogmire offered his dessert to Treasure to make her sick．

B
Many great inventions are greeted with ridicule and disbelief．The invention of the airplane was no exception．Although many people who heard about the first powered flight on December 17，1903，were excited and impressed，others reacted with peals of laughter．The idea of flying an aircraft was repulsive to some people．Such people called Wilbur and Orville Wright，the inventors of the first flying machine，impulsive fools．Negative reactions，however，did not stop the Wrights．
Impelled by their desire to succeed，they continued their experiments in aviation．
Orville and Wilbur Wright had always had a compelling interest in aeronautics and mechanics．As young boys，they earned money by making and selling kites and mechanical toys．Later，theydesigned a newspaper—folding machine，built a printing press，and operated a bicycle—repair shop．In 1896，when they read about the death of Otto Lilienthal，the brother’s interest in flight grew into a compulsion．
Lilienthal，a pioneer in han9—glidin9，had controlled his gliders by shifting his body in the desired direction．This idea was repellent to the Wright brothers，however，and they searched for more efficient methods to control the balance of airborne vehicles．In l900 and l901，the Wrights tested numerous gliders and developed control techniques．The brothers’inability to obtain enough lift power for the gliders almost led them to abandon their efforts．
After further study，the Wright brothers concluded that the published tables of air pressure on curved surfaces must be wrong．They set up a wind tunnel and began a series of experiments with model wings．Because of their efforts，the old tables were repealed in time and replaced by the first reliable figures for air pressure on curved surfaces．This work，in turn，made it possible for them to design a machine that would fly．In l 903 the Wrights built their first airplane，which cost less than one thousand dollars．They even designed and built their own source of propulsion—a lightweight gasoline engine．When they started the engine on December 17，the airplane pulsated wildly before taking off．The plane managed to stay aloft for twelve seconds，however，and it flew one hundred twenty feet．
By 1905 the Wrights had perfected the first airplane that could turn，circle，and remain airborne for half all hour at a time．Others had flown in balloons or in hang gliders，but the Wright brothers were the first to build a full．size machine that could fly under its own power．As the contributors of one of the most outstanding engineering achievements in history，the Wright brothers are accurately called the fathers of aviation．
45．The idea of flying an aircraft was__________to some people．
A．boring
B．distasteful
C．exciting 
D．needless
46．People thought that the Wright brothers had__________．
A．acted without thinking
B．been negatively influenced
C．been too cautious 
D．acted in a negative way
47．The Wright’s interest in flight grew into a__________．
A．financial empire
B．plan
C．need to act 
D．foolish thought
48．Lileiathal’s idea about controlling airborne vehicles was__________the Wrights．
A．proven wrong by
B. opposite to the ideas of
C. disliked by
D. accepted by
49. The old tables were __________and replaced by the first reliable figures for air pressure on curved surfaces.
A. destroyed
B. canceled
C. multiplied
D. discarded
50. The Wrights designed and built their own source of __________ . 
A. force for moving forward
B. force for turning around
C. turning
D. force to going backward

第二部分主观题
I. Complete the sentences (5 points)
Directions: In this part, you are required to fill in each blank with an appropriate word according to history knowledge about the USA.
Abraham Lincoln was born into a very poor family, but he later became one of the most important1of the United States. In 1860, he was elected to become the 16th president of the Unite States, mainly because of his opposition to2By that time, most3 states had abolished slavery, but the agricultural states in the4still wanted slaves to work on their plantations. Mter Lincoln's election, southern states began to secede (break away) from the United States. They based their secession on a doctrine called "states' rights", which gives citizens of individual states the power to nullify (overturn) federal laws.
After Lincoln's inauguration in 1861, he urged all sections of the United States(the Union)to remain united. He used all his powers to avoid a civil war, but his efforts5. On April 12,1861, the war began with the bombardment of a Union fort, Fort Sumter, South6 .
By the middle of the7War, President Lincoln concluded that the nation could never exist as half-slave and8 . He issued the9Proclamation, which freed the slaves in the Confederate states. In 1865, the Union soldiers defeated the Confederate soldiers and the war ended on April9, 10
II. Writing (15 points)
Directions: For this part, you are required to write a composition entitled "Save Water". You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.
1．水对一切生物的重要性：
2．云南持续三年干旱情况；
3．我们应该怎样节约用水。
写作要求：
1．结构完整，衔接自然，行文流畅，句式多样，覆盖要点，适当发挥。
2．不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。
Save Water

|||. Teaching Analysis (20 points)
请根据以下教学内容设计一个课时的教案。
教学内容：人教版3a Unit 12 Grade 9
Different Customs in Different Countries
I' m from Colombia; we' re pretty relaxed about time. If you tell a friend you're going to their house for dinner, it's okay if you arrive a bit late. Spending time with family and friends is very important to us. We often just drop by our friends' homes. We don't usually have to make plans to meet our friends. Often we just walk around the town center, seeing as many of our friends as we can!
In Switzerland, it's very important to be on time. We're the land of watches, after all!If someone invites you to meet them at 4:00, you have to be there at 4:00. If you're even fifteen minutes late, your friend may get angry. Also, we never visit a friend's house without calling first.
We usually make plan to see friends. We usually plan to do something interesting, or go somewhere together.
根据上面题为Different Customs in Different Countries一文的内容，进行教材分析和处理。
要求：“教学目标、教学重难点、教学过程、教学评价和教学方法”的确定与设计要体现新课程标准的基本理念；遵循语言教学的规律，符合教学对象的认知特点和心理特征；重点突出，条理清晰(中、英文均可)。
1．确定这节课的具体教学目标。
2．确定这节课的教学重点和难点。
3．设计这节课的教学过程，并写出各教学步骤的具体做法和主要内容。

第一部分客观题
|．Vocabulary and Structure
1．【答案】B。解析：humen和humens本身拼写错误，首先排除C和D。由于主语是复数形式，因此like的宾语在此处泛指人类，用复数形式humans，故选B。
2．【答案】C。解析：该句缺少谓语动词，所以首先排除goin9；再根据时间状语everyweek可知，该句时态为一般现在时，故排除went。另外根据主谓一致的原则，当主语后面跟有由with，togetherwith，like，except，but，no less than，as well all等引出的短语时，谓语动词与前面的主语一致，故选C。
3．【答案】C。解析：“the+形容词”表示一类具有某种特征或特性的人时，通常表示复数意义，谓语动词要用复数；“working hard”是动名词短语作主语。谓语动词要用单数。故选C。
4．【答案】B。解析：Would you mind one’s doing sth．?表示请求允许或询问对方是否介意自己或别人做某事，观察四个选项，应选择形容词性物主代词my，故选B。
5．【答案】A。解析：根据since可知，此处需要填一个表示时间段的词。some time意为“一些时间，一段时间”；sometime表示过去或未来的一个时间点；sometimes意为“有时”，等于at times；some times意为“几次”，表次数。故选A。
6．【答案】D。解析：选项中出现“数词一名词”的形式，在这个结构中，名词必须用单数形式，故排除B、C两项。A项的形式不能作定语。thirty-story high表示“30层楼高”，故选D。
7．【答案】A。解析：由于“watch TV”和“do sports”是由than连接的两个对等成分，符合would rather do A than do B“宁愿做A，也不做B”句型。故选A。
8．【答案】B。解析：本题需要辨析句型“It is+adj．+(of sb．)to do sth．”和“It is+adj．+(for sb．)to do sth．”。前者中的形容词一般用来表示人物的性格、品德，一般带有主观感情或态度，如good，kind，nice，clever等；后者句型中的形容词常用于表示事物的特征、特点，一般表示客观形式，如easy，hard，difficult，interestin9等。故选B。
9．【答案】C。解析：该句是由if引导的条件状语从句。从句用一般现在时，主句用一般将来时。因此so后边的助动词要用will。故选C。
10．【答案】D。解析：pay money for sth．意为“付钱买……”，pay后面不能直接跟the book；sb．spend(s)time／money on s山．意为“某人做某事花多长时间(多少金钱)”；It takes sb．+时间+to do sth．意为“做某事花了某人多少时间”，A、B、C三项均不符合，故选D。
11．【答案】A。解析：由于the park在定语从句中作地点状语，所以用where或in which，故选A。
12．【答案】A。解析：当感叹句中被修饰的名词为可数名词时，感叹旬的形式是：What+a+形容词+可数名词+陈述语序，或How+形容词+a+名词+陈述语序。故选A。
13．【答案】B。解析：Would you please…?的回答通常是：No problem．／Sure．/Certainly／of course．／AU right．/I’m sorry…。故选B。
14．【答案】C。解析：英语分数的分子用基数词，分母用序数词。如果分子是一，则分母直接用序数词；如果分子大于一，则序数词要加．S变成复数。故排除A、B两项。再根据the studentS的复数形式得出谓语动词也用复数形式。故选C。
15．【答案】D。解析：表示“太多”可以用too many和too much，前者修饰可数名词，后者修饰不可数名词。因为homework为不可数名词。故选D。
16．【答案】C。解析：根据空格后的转折词but可知，空格处填入的词应该与后面的意思相反，表示“没有”，因此排除A、B两项。C项意为“(面包)一点也没有”，也可表示没有人；D项意为“什么都没有”，但题目明确说明了还有蛋糕。故选C。
17．【答案】A。解析：句型”see…doing sth．”意为“看见……正在做某事”，doing有正在进行的意思，此句型指看的瞬间动作。“must+have+过去分词”表示对过去事实的肯定推测，意为“一定”，故选A。
18．【答案】C。解析：spend time on sth．／(in)doing sth．是常用搭配，故选C。
19．【答案】D。解析：sth．takes sb+time+to do stll．为惯用句型，用物作主语，表示“做某事花费某人多长时间”,题干省略了to do，意为“激动人心的丛林穿越度假活动花费了我们大约三天时间”，故答案选D。而A项spend和C项paid都只能用人作主语，而8项cost表示“花费”时，虽也用物作主语，但后面的宾语不接时间，只能接金钱，A、B、C三项均不符合题意。
20．【答案】A。解析：序数词前面加不定冠词a，an，表示“再一个(次)，又一个(次)”，相当于another。故选A。

||．CIoze
21．【答案】C。解析：句意是“狗被称为人类好的朋友”，应用被动语态，故选C。
22．【答案】B。解析：句意是“狗不仅仅是友好的伴侣”，more than意为“不仅仅是”，故选B。
23．【答案】A。解析：此处需要填入一个修饰d09的形容词，过去分词trained可作形容词，意为“被训练过的”，符合题意，故选A。
24．【答案】C。解析：首先此处需要填入一个名词，另外根据上下文及常识可知，有了导盲犬的帮助，盲人可以自由地移动。freedom意为“自由；自主”，符合题意，故选C。
25．【答案】B。解析：由句子结构可知，此处需要填入主语中心语，C、D两项不符合。此处意在表达“要想让人和狗成为一个工作团队”。所以应用不定式表示目的，故选B。
26．【答案】B。解析：all overthe COHntry是固定搭配，意为“(在)整个国家”，符合题意，故选B。
27．【答案】C。解析：根据上下文可知，此处的it指代上句中的tlle puppy，所以此处意在表达“狗接受训练”，receive意为“接受；接收，收到”，符合题意，故选C。
28．【答案】A。解析：get used to doing意为“习惯做……”，此处的t0是介词，所以后面跟动名词。故选A。
29．【答案】B。解析：根据句型“help(sb．)do，to do sth．帮助(某人)做某事”可知，A项错误。结合上下文，此处意在表达“帮助学校决定狗是否能成为一个好的向导”，decide意为“决定，决心”，符合题意，故选B。
30．【答案】D。解析：根据句子结构可知，此处缺少先行词。those(指人或物)可作定语从句的先行词，当其指物时，关系词用that，which等；当其指人时，关系词用who等。其他三项不可做先行词，故选D。
31．【答案】D。解析：根据下文可知此处意在表达通过测试的小狗们要进行下一阶段的培训，表达“培训课程”应用a training programme。故选D。test意为“试验，测验”；practice意为“练习，实践”；play意为“比赛，游戏”，三项均不符合文意。
32．【答案】B。解析：此处缺少定语从句的主语，从句的先行词为everythin9，从句中动词的宾语是that，已省略。由于定语从句中主语是前面的the dog，因此四个选项中只有it符合。故选B。
33．【答案】A。解析：将四个选项分别代入空格处，只有a dog guide(-导盲犬)符合上下文，即把狗训练为导盲犬。故选A。
34．【答案】C。解析：第三段讲狗成为导盲犬应学习和具备的技能。根据空格后的noises可知，此处讲“狗要学习在有噪音的环境之下保持不分心的能力”。undistracted意为“不分心的”，符合文意，故选C。smart意为“聪明的，敏捷的”；excited意为“激动地，兴奋的，活跃的”；distracted意为“分心的，思想不集中的”，三项均不符合文意。
35．【答案】D。解析：表示列举用such as，意为“比如……”，故选D。
36．【答案】B。解析：此处意在表达“遵守命令”，follow command符合文意，故选B。remember意为“记得，牢记”；listen意为“听，倾昕”；tell意为“告诉，说；吩咐”，三项均不符合文意。
37．【答案】A。解析：此处意在表达“狗学会避开移动的物体”，即avoid moving objects，故选A。see意为“看见；领会，理解”；like意为“喜欢，想要”；move意为“移动，搬动”，三项均不符合文意。
38．【答案】C。解析：根据上下文和常识可知，好导盲犬要学会让它的主人安全，owners“主人，物主，所有人”，符合文意，故选C。people意为“人，人类”；men意为“男人，人类“；teachers意为“教师，师资”，三项均不符合文意。
39．【答案】D。解析：此处的定语从句意在表示“完成”，故排除B、C两项。又因为先行词是a dog,为单数,故选D。
40-【答案】C。解析：此处是被动语态，即“be+动词的过去分词”。只有assigned“指定，分派，派选”符合题意，故选C。

|||．Reading Comprehension
A
41．【答案】D。解析：根据第一段第二句“The new girlin class reallyliked him aloL”，再结合第二段中的“What，s the big deal?I think Treasure Troll is kind ofcute”可知，‘1rhe new girl”指的就是Treasure Trou，故选D。
42．【答案】A。解析：根据第一段第三句“Tmgmire Was not happy about it．”和整篇文章可知，Trosmire Troll并不喜欢Treasure Troll，故选A。
43．【答案】A。解析：根据第五段“…I don’t want any girlfriend…．”可知，Trosmire不想要女朋友。故选A。
44．【答案】C。解析：第二段中的“What’s t}le big deal?I think Treasure TmU is kind of cute．”是Tremor Tmu对Treasure TmⅡ的看法，故选C。
B
45．【答案IS。解析：文章第一段第四句指出“The idea offlying an aircraft Was repulsive to some people．”。其中，repulsive意为“令人厌恶的，可憎的，反感的”，distasteful意为“使人不愉快的，讨厌的，表示厌恶的”,与repulsive是同义词。故选B。
46．【答案】A。解析：文章第一段第五句指出“Such people called Wilbur and Orville Wright…impulsive fools．"．即人们把the Wright brothers看作是“冲动的傻子”，A项符合文意，故选A。
47．【答案】C。解析：第二段后一句指出“the brother’s interest in flight grew into a eompulsion”，compuIsion意为“强迫，强制”，只有C项符合文意。
48．【答案】C。解析：第三段第二句指出“This idea was repellent to the Wright brother”，可见Wrights不喜欢Lilenthal的想法，repellent意为“令人反感的”，与B项中的dislike意义相近，符合句意，故选C。
49．【答案】B。解析：第四段第三句指出“Because oftheirefforts，the oldtableswere repealedintimeand replaced bythefirst reliablefiguresforairpressure on curved surfaces”，此题的题干是本句的简写，需要找出repeal(撤销、消除)的同义词，cancel意为“取消”。故选B。
50．【答案】A。解析：根据全文及常识可知，莱特兄弟自行研制了初的飞机，A项意为“向前的推动力”，符合文意，故选A。

第二部分主观题
1．Complete the sentences
1．【答案】leaders
2．【答案】slavery
3．【答案】northern
4．【答案】south
5．【答案】failed
6．【答案】Carolina
7．【答案】Civil
8．【答案】half-free
9．【答案】 Emancipation
10．【答案】1865

11．Writing
【参考范文】
Save Water
As we all know, water is the source of people's life. We need to drink water every day. Without water, people can't survive, things will not grow, and the world will not be so colorful. Water is found almost everywhere. Even in the driest part of the world there is stir some water in the air.
Yunnan province has witnessed a severe drought for three consecutive years, which leaves 3.2 million people and 1.65 million livestock short of water. Tens of thousands of hectares of farmland in Yunnan province have been affected by the drought.
So to save water is our responsibility. What can we do to save water? First of all, when we brush our teeth, we can get the water in a cup, not from the flowing water. Secondly, when we take a shower, we should turn off the water in time. Therefore, let' s save water from now on and make our world more beautiful!

|||. Teaching Analysis
【参考答案】
1. Teaching Objectives:
Knowledge objectives:
Students can understand and master the new words and phrases: relaxed, a bit, drop by, land, after all. Ability objectives:
(1) Through reading practice, students can develop their reading skills and language competence.
(2) Through discussion and demonstration, students get to know how to talk about customs in different countries.
Emotional objectives:
Students get more interests in learning English and in studying the customs of different countries.
2. Teaching Key Points:
(1) Key words and phrases: relaxed, a bit, drop by, land, after all
(2) Develop the students' reading skills.
Teaching Difficult Point:
How to get students to talk about customs in different countries?
3. Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Warming up and Leading-in
(1) Greeting
Daily greet. Communicate with students by asking some simple questions. For example, "How are you today? "
or "How was your weekend? "
(2) Checking Homework
Get students to sum up the expressions learned in the last period and ask some pairs to act out the conversations before the class.
Step 2 Presentation and Practice
Pre-reading
Present two flag signs and ask students if they know what the two countries are. Get them to say any information they know about the two countries. Enable students to predict the content of this lesson.
While-reading
( 1 ) Ask students to read the paragraphs on their own and get the main ideas of the two paragraphs.
(2) Raise new words and phrases in the passage to help students to understand. Get students to guess the meaning of the word according to the context.
① Set a scene to guide students to guess the meaning of the word "relaxed".
② Present some sentences such as "The song is a bit sad" "He is a bit silly" to guide students to guess the meaning of the phrase of "a bit" and tell them that it is used to modify adjectives.
③ Set a situation and let students guess the meaning of the phrase "drop by".
④Present some sentences and guide students to know the meaning of the word"land" and the meaning of the phrase "after all".
(3) Get students to look through the two passages and try to complete the chart on their own. And then check the answers with the class.

Post-reading
Ask students to work in pairs and to talk about their attitudes towards being on time and getting together with their friends. And then ask some representatives of some groups to give their talk.
Step 3 Summary and Homework
One student acts as an assistant teacher to guide all the students to summarize the new knowledge of this lesson.
Homework:
(1) Ask students to prepare for tomorrow' s word salon.
(2) Ask students to write a short passage about the customs of their familiar countries and show the passage to the whole class in next lesson.
Blackboard Design: