Period 2 课文整体阅读(Understanding ideas) 1．What's the main idea of the passage A．How the monarchs migrate every autumn． B．How to understand monarchs' migration． C．How to protect monarchs by studying their migration． D．How the scientists do the research about monarchs． 2．What can we learn about the North American monarch butterflies from paragraph 2 A．Every two years they will migrate to spend the winter． B．They have ugly black and orange wings． C．They manage to travel around 4，000 kilometres north and find their way to places where they will spend the winter． D．Now people have found the solution about how they manage to travel such a long distance． [答案] 1—2 CD 1．Which is NOT the purpose of animals' migration A．To find food． B．To find a partner． C．To escape being killed． D．To find warmer weather． 2．Why does the author say the monarch is in serious trouble A．The North American monarch butterflies are in danger of extinction． B．The North American monarch butterflies are forced to migrate every autumn． C．The North American monarch butterflies have to travel around 4，000 kilometres south． D．People are killing more and more North American monarch butterflies． 3．What might be the purpose of the volunteers' work according to the passage A．To be aware of the importance of protecting the North American monarch butterflies． B．To keep a record of the migration of the North American monarch butterflies and find out enough plants for them to eat． C．To help the North American monarch butterflies increase their number． D．To get us to know more about the North American monarch butterflies． [答案] 1—3 CAB 1．Which fact mentioned in the text has shocked you most _____ 2．What can people do to help protect the monarch butterflies _____ [答案] 略 1．position n．位置；姿势；职位；处境；立场，态度 ①(教材原句)It uses its eyes to measure the position of the sun． 位置 ②I'm writing to you to apply for the position as a student volunteer． 职位 ③This trouble put him and his colleagues in a difficult position． 处境 ④His comments showed that he misunderstood my position on the question． 立场，态度 2．crash v．暴跌；撞击，坠毁；(计算机或程序)出故障，崩溃 ①(教材原句)Its population has crashed by as much as 90 per cent in the last few years． 暴跌 ②Of the six people in the plane that crashed only one survived． 坠毁 ③My computer crashed when I was about to finish my project． 出故障，崩溃 3．creature n．生物，动物；(具有某种特征的)人 ①(教材原句)The research on the monarch's behaviour has however led to a greater awareness of this creature． 生物，动物 ②She was a beautiful creature with long hair and brilliant eyes． 人 1．(学会断句)These two pieces of information/—the time of day/ and the point/ where the sun is in the sky/—allow the butterfly to determine the way to go． [分析] 本句是一个复合句，the time of day and the point where the sun is in the sky是information的同位语，其中where the sun is in the sk ... ...
