1、UnitUnit 4 4 ReadingReading forfor WritingWriting 课后练习课后练习阅读理解阅读理解When was the last time you sat down, made a story up and wrote it downfor the fun of it? Im guessing school. Thats the case with me. Somewherealong the way, I stopped exercising my imagination when I became an adultand just let Hollyw
2、ood and other peoples books take over.A guy I know called Johnny Lake has started a blog (博客) at20minstory.blogspot.co.uk. Ive now written three stories for him. The20-minute story gives you a time limit to pen a tale. It could be aboutanything. But I found its not as easy as just telling an opinion
3、 orexperience as a journalist. To make something up and finish it in thattime, you need to have the idea.Eventually I found the idea and the moment. I picked up my iPad inbed in South Wales and wrote about the weather I might encounter (遭遇)driving through the Brecon Beacons, across the country to th
4、e Yorkshiremoors (漠泽), and on to Northumberland, which at the time was in rainstorms,floods and snow threats.I thought about those unstoppable TV pictures of old stone bridgesbeing washed away, and set my story in the mind of a guy who goes huntingfor wild weather, explaining why he loves it so much
5、 and how nature makeshim feel that man can be easily harmed.I finished it in 18 minutes and sent it off to the site. Johnnypublished it. People read it and gave me feedback (反馈). I hope itencouraged others to give it a go. Since then, Ive written another aboutfear in the face of danger on the London
6、 Underground, and another aboutmeeting the American film director Quentin Tarantinos parents on a planemany years ago.It feels good to be writing something for no other reason than thefun and the challenge of it. In all three of the stories, I havent goneback and edited (编辑) anything. All you have t
7、o do is write the firstwords and youre away.1. The stories for Johnny Lakes blog _.A. get no readersB. are historical talesC. should be about certain topicsD. must be completed in 20 minutes2. The first story mentioned in the text _.A. was an invented oneB. described the life of a film starC. dealt
8、with a weather problemD. came from a personal trip experience3. We can learn from the text that the author _.A. enjoyed reading others books at schoolB. has no interest in Hollywood filmsC. liked telling stories as a kidD. enjoys the fun of writing七选五七选五根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。HowHo
9、w toto makemake a a successfulsuccessful apologyapologyHave you done something that you feel bad about? Is there a personwho you have treated badly? Do you need to say “I am sorry” to someone?Here are five things you can do to have a successful apology. MakeMake youryour apologyapology real.real.1 P
10、eople can tell if you takeresponsibility for what you did or if you are lying. DoDo notnot makemake excuses.excuses.2It is saying that you were wrong to doit. 3_3_AnAn apology should show that you have learned from what you did.Show that you mean what you say. MakeMake itit clearclear thatthat youyo
11、u areare apologizing.apologizing. Just saying “I am sorry”is not enough. Talk about what you did and then say that you feel bad aboutdoing it.4 BeBe preparedprepared forfor thethe unexpected.unexpected. Be prepared for it to take sometime for your apology to be accepted. This may be a long moment, a
12、 fewminutes, or even days or weeks. The person may stay angry with you.5A. Be patient and hopeful.B. Make a promise to change.C. Choose the right time to apologize.D. An apology will be better accepted if it is sincere.E. An apology is not explaining why you did something.F. You can give your apolog
13、y to the other person as a letter.G. It is important that the person knows you are apologizing.书面表达书面表达假设你是一名火星移民, 已经在火星上生活了若干年。 请你用英语给自己的孩子们写一篇短文，介绍你原来在地球上的生活。内容包括：1. 居住和工作方式； 2. 娱乐方式； 3. 你的感想。注意：注意：1. 词数 100 左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。_参考答案参考答案阅读理解阅读理解DAD七选五七选五DEBGA作文作文OneOne possiblepossible version:
14、version:When I was on the Earth, I worked in a big, crowded city and liveda busy life. Most people there lived in high-rise flats and drove to work.As a result, there were frequent traffic jams and accidents. And the airwas full of smoke.But there were many ways for people to get relaxed after work. Somewent to cinemas or theaters to watch movies or plays. Some preferred toplay all kinds of sports games in parks. Others held parties to meet newfriends and entertain themselves.So you see, we have a different lifestyle here. Anyway life is changingfor the better.
