1、1Cloze Tests TrainingBeijing No. 12 High School Yuan BinTeaching aims:1. Help students to learn how to do cloze tests according to the information inbetween words, sentences and paragraphs.2. Get students to summarize the methods of doing cloze tests.Teaching procedures:I - Leading inStep 1: Ask stu
2、dents to look at the title of the lesson.Step 2: Ask students the following questions.1. What do you think of cloze tests?2. Do you think doing cloze tests is difficult for you?Step 3: Tell students they will get some training about cloze tests.II - Cloze tests trainingPart 1 - WordsStep 1: Ask stud
3、ents to do the following exercises.Step 2: Ask students to discuss how to get the right answers.Step 3: Ask students to summarize the methods.1. I remember as a child I said something 40 about somebody, and my father said, “Any time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, its a reflection
4、of you.” (NMET2005 山东)- A. unkind B. unnecessary C. unimportant D. unusual2. When I started playing for him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I 55 down, I played better. When you enjoy something, its a lot easier to do it well. (NEMT2004 北京)- A. fell B. stepped C. slowed
5、D. calmedMethod 1: 利用上下文的相关词汇（同义，近义或反义词等）找出答案。3. The clerk brought him a hammer. He shook his head and pointed to the twofingers he was hammering. The clerk 49 him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. (NMET 2002 全国)- A. brought B. packed C. sent D. soldMethod 2: 利用上下文的原词复现找出答案。2Part 2
6、- Relationship between sentencesStep 1: Ask students to do the following exercisesStep 2: Ask students to discuss how to get the right answers.Step 3: Ask students to summarize the methods.1. Never had I eaten spaghetti and 40 of the grown-ups had enough experience to be good at it. (NMET 2004 全国 I)
7、- A. none B. one C. some D. neither 2. He never criticized us, but used 38 to bring out our best. (NMET2005 山东)- A. praise B. courage C. power D. warmthMethod 1: 利用句与句之间的逻辑关系（并列，转折，因果等）找出答案。3. Ask students to fill in the blanks with right conjunctions.- if, although, until -(1) Because of my job I w
8、as always the one buying when my friends and I went to the local Tastee Freez. This made me proud. Word that I was trustworthy and hard-working got around town. A local clothing store offered me credit (赊账) 48 I was only in seventh grade. (NMET2003 北京)(2) Then, he spent hours and hours on the used m
9、otorcycle 39 it looked almostnew. I was so proud of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet (头盔) and a riding outfit. (NMET2005 北京)(3) We watch each others homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a group of four or five of us goes out together. 52 something doesn
10、t look right, then we call the police. (NEMT2002 北京春)- Keys (1) although (2) until (3) if4. Doc, a deaf-and-dumb (聋哑 ) man 46 some nails. Having entered a store,he put two fingers together on the counter and made hammering movements withthe other hand. The clerk brought him some nails. He picked out
11、 the right size and left. (NMET 2002 全国)- A. bought B. tested C. found D. neededMethod 2: 利用动作发生的先后顺序找出答案。5. He looks for anything 38 such as strange cars, loud noises, brokenwindows, or people gathering on street corners. (NMET2002 北京春)- A. familiar B. unusual C. nervously D. coldlyMethod 3: 利用上下文的
12、列举或解释找出答案。Part 3 - Paragraphs or the whole passageStep 1: Ask students to do the following exercises.3Step 2: Ask students to discuss how to get the right answers.Step 3: Ask students to summarize the methods.1. At first, everyone on the team got 38 playing time. Then the team moved up to the top di
13、vision after winning all its games, and the pressure started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have private one-on-one training, got angry when she didnt give them more playing time in our matches. The coach was replaced. (NMET2004 北京)- A. great B. equal C. right D
14、. extraMethod 1: 利用对全段的理解找出答案。2. The native people said they knew of this creature and called it the “Yeti” and they said that they had even caught Yetis on two occasions though none has ever been produced as evidence (证据).Over the years, the story of the Yetis has continued. In 1951, Eric Shipton t
15、ook photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not simply the tracks of a monkey or bear and felt that the Abominable Snowman might really exist.Further efforts have been made to find out about Yeti. But the only things people have ever found were more foo
16、tprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than ordinary animal tracks, which had been made large as they melted (融化) and refroze in the snow. However, in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was real and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, 50 , no
17、 evidence has ever actually been produced. (NMET2001 全国)- A. so B. besides C. again D. insteadMethod 2: 利用对隔段信息的理解找出答案。3. Dear Laura,I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in todays world. Well, Im here
18、to give you 36 .I wanted to do something very special for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He worked all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it until it looked almost new. I was so proud of him that I bought him the s
19、hiniest helmet and a riding outfit.I could hardly wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon a wakening, I went to the kitchen to start the coffee, tea, and 4morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a note:” To my wonderful mother, all m
20、y love, your son.”I was so astonished. It had been a log-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could take lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and Ill get you one” was my husbands response.I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could afford this expensive
21、 gift.Of course, the house awoke, and my son was thrilled（激动的）with myreaction. Many kisses were exchanged, and I immediately wanted him to open my gift.As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not exactly what I was expecting. Then I realized that he has sold the motorcycle to get m
22、e the keyboard.Of course I was the proudest mother ever on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still exists and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!I thought youd love to share this story.Yours,HilaryP.S. The next day, my
23、husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle. (NMET2005 北京)- A. hope B. advice C. support D. courageMethod 3: 利用对全文的理解找出答案。(略)Part 4 - Common knowledgeStep 1: Ask students to do the following exercises.Step 2: Ask students to discuss how to get the right answers.Step 3: Ask student
24、s to summarize the methods.1. When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach (教练) said that I had lots of potential (潜力), and I became captain of my team. That was before all the fun was taken out of playingThe coach was replaced.The new coach, ho
25、wever, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was 42 . (NMET2004 北京)- A. jump B. play C. run D. shoot5Method 1: 利用上下文及一些常识找出答案。III - SummarizingStep 1: Summarize the methods of doing cloze tests.IV - PracticeStep 1: Ask students to do the following cloze exercise.Step 2: Check
26、the answers and ask students to present how to get the right answers.Mary and Peter were having a picnic with some friends near a river when Mary shouted, “Look! Thats a spaceship up there and its going to land here.” Frightened by the strange spaceship, 1 of the young people got into their cars and
27、 drove away as quickly as possible. Peter loved Mary and always stayed close to her. They, more 2 than frightened, watched the spaceship land and saw a door open. When nobody came out, they went to look 3 it. In the center of the floor, there was a pile of food. Peter followed Mary in to the spacesh
28、ip and did not 4 the door close behind him. The temperature fell rapidly and the two young people their 5 .When they came to, they were 6 to see that they were back by the river again. The space ship had gone. 7 car was nearby.“What happened?” asked Mary.Peter scratched his head, saying slowly, “Don
29、t ask me. Perhaps we had a 8 . Come on. Its time to go home.”After driving about fifty meters, they found their way blocked by a thick wall made of something like 9 . On the other side of the wall, a few strange beings stopped to look through it and read a notice which, translated into English, said
30、: “new arrivals at the Zoo: a pair 10 inhabitants in their natural surroundings with their house on wheels.1. A. both B. all C. several D. most2. A. tired B. curious C. confused D. astonished3. A. at B. for C. into D. around4. A. hear B. watch C. let D. make5. A. way B. weight C. speech D. conscious
31、ness6. A. pleased B. disturbed C. surprised D. disappointed7. A. A B. Another C. Their D. No8. A. game B. dream C. mistake D. problem69. A. glass B. stone C. wood D. steel10. A. city B. space C. land D. EarthV - Blackboard designVI - Self-evaluation完形填空作为高考难度最大的试题，学生的丢分率一直是比较高的。尤其是近两年的北京高考题，题目设置由原来的
32、注重语法题转变为以阅读为主的理解题，这就更强调要求学生注重对文章的理解。因此在设置此课的时候，我更注重训练学生对文章的理解，依据对文章中的词，句以及段甚至全文，来选出正确的答案。本课的选材均为北京近年高考原题，在教学环节上由易到难，层层递进，讲练结合。让学生通过大量高考试题，体会总结出做完形的方法。本课不尽如人意的地方还有很多，比如除了所教授的方法之外，还应向学生灌输句子层次和语篇层次的概念，以防学生片面的断章取义。在课上，教学指示语有点单一，应尽量避免重复。给学生提出要求时，应尽量避免用命令的口吻，而是要以学生的需要为第一位，避免用教师的感受代替学生的感受。Cloze Tests Trainingwordssentencesparagraphs or passagecommon knowledge上下文
