1、1Unit 5 Do you want to watch a game show?第 4课时 (Section B 2a4，Self Check)一、阅读理解When people go to the movies today, they can watch and listen to a story. But when the movie first appeared many years ago, there was no sound or music. Those silent movies played an important role in movie history.When m
2、ovie theaters showed silent movies, musicians were often there to play music along with the movie. Sometimes, musicians also made some special sounds. However, there was no sound in the movie itself. People learned the story through the actors, the musicians and words on the screen.When movies first
3、 had sound, not everyone liked them. Many silent movie actors thought it was hard to perform in the new kind of movie. Clara Bow was a famous silentmovie actress in the early 1920s. She was so nervous(紧张的) about her voice that she couldnt become a star in the world of talking pictures. She then left
4、 show business(演艺界). The Jazz Singer(1927) was the first movie with sound. Talking pictures became a big success, and there were more and more movies like that. Later, silent movies became history.(A)1.What can we know from Paragraph 2?A. What silent movies were like.B. Who liked to see silent movie
5、s.C. Where people went to see silent movies.D. How people felt when they saw silent movies. (B)2.What helped people to learn the story of a silent movie?Actors Musicians Music in the movieWords on the screen2A. B. C. D. (C)3.Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. Silent movies were important
6、in movie history.B. There was no sound in the silent movie itself.C. Clara Bow was a famous actress in the early 1930s.D. The first movies with sound were not popular with everyone.二、单词拼写In American 4.culture(文化) one very famous 5.symbol(象征) is a cartoon, for example Steamboat Willie. Mickey Mouse f
7、irst 6.appeared(出现) in the cartoon on November 18，1928. Because of the 7.successful(获得成功的 ) cartoon, Walt Disney became very rich. You might ask why this cartoon was so popular. One of the main 8.reasons(原因) is that Mickey was like a common man. Though he 9.lost(失去) his house or girlfriend, he was a
8、lways ready to try his best to face any 10.danger(危险). So people wanted to be someone like Mickey.On November 18th，1978, Mickey became the first cartoon 11.character(人物) to have a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame. People today 12.expect(期待) to see more and more little mice 13.fight(战斗) against bad guys(家伙).
