UNIT 3 Period Ⅳ Extended reading & Project                                                                                                                                              Step Ⅰ Read for the main idea Fill in the blanks according to the text. Part 1 Para. 1 Theme—friendship is important to us. Part 2  Paras. 2-5 Explanation—three fruits of friendship: comfort the heart, advise the head, and help us achieve the goals. Part 3  Para.6 Suggestions———friends should be carefully chosen and relationships carefully developed. Step Ⅱ Read the lines (Ⅰ)Read the text carefully and choose the best answers. 1.Which advantage of friendship is NOT mentioned in paragraph 2 A.Comfort the heart. B.Lend us some money. C.Help us reach our goals. D.Advise the head. 2.What does the word “This” in paragraph 4 mean A.Finding weakness of our own first. B.Achieving what we want to achieve. C.Offering advice on important decisions to others. D.Putting our thoughts into words before we talk with a friend. 3.Which expression is NOT right according to the text A.Friends can offer advice on important decisions. B.Many things only can be achieved with friends’ help. C.Judgments made by one person might be wrong. D.We can achieve nothing without friends’ help. 4.What can we learn from the last paragraph A.A carefully chosen friend will bring us advantages. B.People can succeed as soon as they have friends. C.Individuals can choose friends carelessly. D.We ought to enjoy the company of a crowd. 答案 1.B 2.D 3.D 4.A (Ⅱ) Read the text carefully and answer the following questions. 1.Why may we sometimes wish to think alone while walking the “path of life”? Because quiet periods of reflection can lead to personal improvement. 2.What is the first fruit of friendship The peace that comes from sharing with friends our joy,sadness,success and failure. StepⅢ Read between the lines Read the text carefully and choose the best answer. 1.What’s the structure of the text 2.What’s the genre(体裁) of the text A.Argumentation. B.A poem. C.A news report. D.A novel. 答案 1.A 2.A Step Ⅳ Read beyond the lines 1.As is known to all,this essay was finished more than 400 years ago.Why do we still need to read it nowadays?(Critical thinking) 2.How do you know when to be independent and when to ask for the help of friends?Explain and support your opinion.(Creative thinking) Step Ⅴ Post-reading Fill in the following blanks according to the text. When we walk the “path of life”, social life is very important.More often than not, friendships can help us 1.smooth(smooth) out the sometimes rocky road that we 2.are meant(mean) to travel.In general, close friendships have three main “fruits”.The first fruit is that they can comfort heart, because the peace comes 3.from sharing with friends our joy, sadness, success ... ... 
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