1、Period 5 Extensive Reading泛读材料 1：选用教材中 Using language 中的阅读素材1.Which scenic spot didnt Zhang Pingyu visit?A.The Tower of London B.Westminster Abbey.C.Big ben D.The White House2.What is the Buckingham Palace used for?A.It is used as Queens house.B.It is used as Kings house.C.It is used for the goverme
2、nt.D.It is used for shopping.3.When did the St. Pauls Cathedral build?A. In 1566 B.In 1666 C.In 1878 D.In 18884.How long did Zhang Pingyu stay?A. 2 B.3 C.4 D.55.What made her thrilled?A.Many cultures displayed in the museum. B.Many visitors came here.C.The imaginary line divides the world into two p
3、arts D.She would see the Queen.泛读材料 2：选用课外的相关话题的阅读素材，如：A simple piece of clothesline hangs between some environmentally friendly Americans and their neighbors.On one side stand those who see clothes dryers (干衣机) as a waste of energy and a major polluter of the environment. As a result, they are turn
4、ing to clotheslines as part of the “what-I-can-do environmentalism (环境保护主义).”On the other side are people who are against drying clothes outside, arguing that clotheslines are unpleasant to look at. They have persuaded Homeowners Associations (HOAs) access the U.S. to ban outdoor clotheslines, becau
5、se clothesline drying also tends to lower home value in the neighborhood. This has led to a Right-to-Dry Movement that is calling for laws to be passed to protect peoples right to use clotheslines.So far, only three states have laws to protect clothesline. Right-to-Dry supporters argue that there sh
6、ould be more.Matt Reck, 37, is the kind of eco-conscious (有生态意识的) person who feeds his trees with bathwater and reuses water drops from his air conditioners to water plants. His family also uses a clothesline. But on July 9, 2007, the HOA in Wake Forest, North Carolina, told him that a dissatisfied
7、neighbor had telephoned them about his clothesline. The Recks paid no attention to the warning and still dried their clothes on a line in the yard. “Many people say they are environmentally friendly but they dont take matters into their own hands,” says Reck. The local HOA has decided not to take an
8、y action, unless more neighbors come to them.North Carolina lawmakers are saying that banning clotheslines is not the right thing to do. But HOAs and housing businesses believe that clothesline drying reminds people of poor neighborhoods. They worry that if buyers think their future neighbors cant e
9、ven afford dryers, housing prices will fall.Environmentalists say such worries are not necessary, and in view of global warming, that idea needs to change. As they say, “The clothesline is beautiful. Hanging clothes outside should be encouraged. We all have to do at least something to slow down the
10、process of global warming.”1. One of the reasons why supporters of clothes dryers are trying to ban clothesline drying is that _.A. clothes dryers are more efficient B. clothesline drying reduces home valueC. clothes dryers are energy-saving D. clothesline drying is not allowed in most U.S. states2.
11、 Which of the following best describes Matt Reck?A. He is a kind-hearted man. B. He is an impolite man.C. He is an experienced gardener. D. He is a man of social responsibility.3. Who are in favor of clothesline drying?A. Housing businesses.B. Environmentalists.C. Homeowners Associations. D. Recks d
12、issatisfied neighbors.4. What is mainly discussed in the text?A. Clothesline drying: a way to save energy and money.B. Clothesline drying: a lost art rediscovered.C. Opposite opinions on clothesline drying.D. Different varieties of clotheslines.泛读材料 3：选用课外的相关话题的阅读素材，如：The Queens English is now sound
13、ing less upper-class, a scientific study of the Queens Christmas broadcasts has found. Researchers have studied each of her messages to the Commonwealth countries since 1952 to find out the change in her pronunciation from the noble Upper Received to the Standard Received.Jonathan Harrington, a prof
14、essor at Germanys University of Munich, wanted to discover whether accent (口音) changes recorded over the past half century would take place within one person. “As far as I know, there just is nobody else for whom there is this sort of broadcast records,” he said.He said the noble way of pronouncing
15、vowels (元音) had gradually lost ground as the noble upper-class accent over the past years. “Her accent sounds slightly less noble than it did 50 years ago. But these are very, very small and slow changes that we dont notice from year to year.”“We may be able to relate it to changes in the social cla
16、sses,” he told The Daily Telegraph, a British newspaper. “In 1952 she would have been heard saying thet men in the bleck het. Now it would be that man in the black hat. Similarly she would have spoken of the citay and dutay, rather than citee and dutee, and hame rather than home. In the 1950s she wo
17、uld have been lorst, but by the 1970s lost.”The Queens broadcast is a personal message to the Commonwealth countries. Each Christmas, the10-minute broadcast is put on TV at 3 pm in Britain as many families are recovering from their traditional turkey lunch (传统火鸡午餐).The results were published (发表) in
18、 the Journal of Phonetics.1. The Queens broadcasts were chosen for the study mainly because _.A. she has been Queen for many yearsB. she has a less upper-class accent nowC. her speeches are familiar to many peopleD. her speeches have been recorded for 50 years2. Which of the following is an example
19、of a less noble accent in English?A. “dutay” B. “citee” C. “hame” D. “lorst”3. We may infer from the text that the Journal of Phonetics is a magazine on _.A. speech sounds B. Christmas customs C. TV broadcasting D. personal messages4. What is the text mainly about?A. The relationship between accents and social classes.B. The Queens Christmas speeches on TV. C. The changes in a persons accent.D. The recent development of the English language.答案：泛读材料 1： DABBA泛读材料 2： BDBC泛读材料 3： DBAC
