高中英语选修8Unit-1reading

Unit1AlandofdiversityCaliforniaWarmingupandReadingALandofDiversity•Whatcomestoyourmindwhenyouhear“USA”?FreetalkTheStatueofLiberty自由女神像,位于美国纽约市曼哈顿岛上，是法国政府作为庆祝美国独立100周年的礼物赠给美国。女神像由铁架和铜皮做成,高46米,连同底座总高约100米。一个多世纪以来,自由女神像已成为美法人民友谊的象征。TheWhiteHouseManhattanGoldenGateBridgeTheGrandCanyonWallStreetHollywoodFilmCityUniversalStudiosTheCentralParkCapitolHill(国会山庄)HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUSA?AquizaboutthegeneralknowledgeoftheUSA1.WhichflagisAmericanflag?A.B.C.Star-SpangledBanner(星条旗)TheAmericaflagisknownas“thestarsandstrips”.50stars——Eachstarrepresentsonestate13stripes——theoriginal13states.Red——courageWhite——freedomBlue——loyaltyandjusticeJune14——FlagDay.NationalFlag2.WhichcityisthecapitaloftheUSAA.NewYorkB.WashingtonD.CC.LosAngelesA.B.C.D.3.WhichstandsfortheUSA?√NationalEmblem（国徽）4.HowmanystatesarethereintheUSA?A.B.C.D.47484950A.B.C.D.5.Whichdoesn’tbelongtotheUSA?StatueofLibertyGoldenBridgeWhiteHouseEiffelTower6.WhicharenotAmericanbrands?ABCDGermanyBFGEFGGermanyFinland7.Thelargeststate---Texas8.Whichcityisknownas“BigApple”?---NewYork2.MoststatenamescomefromSpanishorEnglish.1.NewYorkisthelargeststateintheUs.3.Atlantaisknownasthe“BigApple”.4.TheConstitutionwaswrittenin1779.FFFFNewYorkTexasNativeAmericanlanguageIn17895.Thereare52starsontheAmericanflag.6.GeorgeWashingtonwasthefirstAmericanPresident.7.ThefirstsettlersarrivedinNorthAmericaabout30,000yearsago.8.TheMississippiRiveristhelongestriverintheworld.FFTT50TheNileRiverCaliforniaPre-reading:TheyareallaboutCalifornia.Whatarethey?NativeAmericanAgoldminerinCalifornia.AbuildinginChinatowninCalifornia.ⅠFast­readingSkimthetextandanswerthefollowingquestions.1．What’sthemainideaofthepassage?A．ThelifestyleofCalifornia.B．TheclimateofCalifornia.C．ThepopulationofCalifornia.D．ThebriefhistoryofCalifornia.2．Dividethepassageintothreepartsandthenmatchthemainideaofeachpart.Part1(Para.1)A．ThehistoryofsettlementinCalifornia.Part2(Paras.2－9)B．ThefutureofCalifornia.Part3(Para.10)C．BriefintroductiontoCalifornia.答案：CABⅡCareful­readingReadthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestanswer.1．________isthethirdlargeststateintheUSAbuthasthelargestpopulation.A．LosAngelesB．AlaskaC．SanFranciscoD．California2．ThefirstsettlerscametoCaliforniaby________．A．sailingtothewestintheSpanishshipB．flyingoverthePacificOceanC．crossingtheBeringStraitintheArcticbymeansofalandbridgeD．sailingtothesouththroughtheIndianOcean3．IndiansandPakistanisareattractedtoCaliforniamostlyby________．A．thewell­developedfishingindustryB．thepromisingcomputerindustryC．therichnaturalresourcesD．thefamousfilmindustry4．WhichistherightorderoftheimmigrantsreachingCali­forniabetweenthe18thandthe20thcentury?a．theSpanishb．theDanishc．theItaliand．theRus­siane．theChineseA．a­d­e­c­bB．e­d­b­c­aC．a­b­c­d­eD．d­e­a­c­b1.What’sthetopicofthistext?A.thecultureofCaliforniaB.thehistoryofCaliforniaC.theweatherofCalifornia2.Makealistofthepeoples(民族)mentionedinthistextplease.While-readingPara.1Task1FastreadingRussiansLaterArrivalspeoplesTheSpanishMostRecentArrivalsNativeAmericans2.Makealistofthepeoplesmentionedinthistext.GoldMiners(thesubtitles)RussiansChineseItaliansDanishKoreansCambodiansTask2ScanningWhendidtheyfirstcametoCalifornia?intheearly1800sduringthegoldrushperiod(inthelate1840s/early1850s)inthelate19thcenturyin1911inmorerecentdecadesReadthefirstparagraphandfillintheblanksIntroduction(Para.1)：Californiaisthemost___________stateandthe____largeststatewiththe_______population.multiculturalthirdlargestTheCharacteristicsofCaliforniaTask3DetailedReading1.Whendidtheycome:_______________2.Howdidtheycome:_____________________3.WhathappenedtothemafterthearrivaloftheEuropeans?werekilledbyEuropeanswereforcedintoslaverydiedfromthediseasesNativeAmericansNativeAmericans(para2)15,000yearsagobymeansofalandbridgeThey_______greatly.sufferedWritedownanimportanteventinCalifornianhistoryineachbox.16thcentury18thcenturyin1821in1846SpainishsoldiersarrivedinCaliforniaCaliforniawasruledbySpainCaliforniabecamepartofMexicoMexicogaveCaliforniatotheUSATodayover40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpanishasafirstorsecondlanguageTheSpanish(para3)Influence:TrueorFalse?Correctthefalseones.1.In1848,beforetheAmerican-Mexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.2.Alotofadventurersachievedtheirdreamofbecomingrich.3.Californiabecomethethirty-firststateoftheUnitedstatesofAmericain1850.afterFewRussian&Gold-Miners(para4-5)FFTLaterarrivals&mostrecentarrivals(para6-9)1.WhicheventbroughtevenlargemembersofChineseimmigrantstoCalifornia?Thebuildingoftherailnetworkfromthewesttotheeastcoast2.Laterarrivalsincludeimmigrantssuchas_________________,______,________,__________and_________.ItaliansDanishJewishAfricansJapaneseChineseThefuture(para10)WhatattractpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoCalifornia?TheyareattractedbytheclimateandlifestyleofCalifornia.Ⅳ课文语法填空Californiaisthethird1.____________(large)stateintheUSAbuthasthelargestpopulation.ItisthemostmulticulturalstateintheUSA.Thisisnot2.____________(surprise)whenyouknowthehistoryofCaliforniawhichhasattractedpeoplefromnearlyeverycountryintheworld.Noonereallyknowswhenthefirstsettlersarri