AnewstartB1U1StartingoutandUnderstandingideas1.Howdidyoufeelonyourfirstdayatseniorhigh?

exciteddelightedcuriousproudcalmconfidentfrightenednervousWhatdoyouwanttoincludeinyourdiaryaboutyourfirstdayatseniorhigh?theschoolcampusschoolsubjectsanewtimetablenewteachersnewfriendsyourfeelingsanembarrassingmoment1.WhatdidMengHaoincludeinhisdiary?theschoolcampusschoolsubjectsanewtimetablenewteachersnewfriendsyourfeelingsanembarrassingmomentP2MyFirstDayatSeniorHighReadforgeneralinformationReadforgeneralinformation2.ChoosethebestdescriptionofMengHao’sfirstdayatseniorhigh.A.HefoundtheEnglishclassdifficultandwasnotsurewhattodo.B.WiththeEnglishteachers’support,hethoughtseniorhighwaseasyand

feltconfidentabouthisfuture.C.Hewasnotsureaboutlifeatseniorhigh,butaftertheEnglishclass,hefeltmoreconfident.P2Myfirstdayatseniorhigh我的高中第一天Monday

4September9月4日

星期一AfterIhadpictureditoverandoveragain

inmymind,thebigdayfinally

arrived:myfirstdayatseniorhigh!Iwokeupearlyandrushedoutofthedoorinmyeagernesstogettoknowmynewschool.v.想象；描述v.發生；到來wakeup起床；醒來我在腦海中進行一遍又一遍地想象之后，如今這一天終于來了：我高中生活的第一天！我一大早就起床

沖出家門，迫不及待地想要了解我的新學校。一次又一次在腦海中沖出迫不及待地Thecampuswasstill

quietwhenIarrived,soIdecidedtoexploreabit.I

waslookingatthephotosonthenoticeboardwhenIheardavoicebehindme.“Newhere?”Turingaround,Isawawhite-hairedman.“Yes,”Ireplied.“I’mwonderingwhatlifeisgoingtobelikehere.”“Don’tworry,”hegavemeasmile.“You’llsoonfindout.”我來到的時候校園里還很安靜，我決定四處探索一番。當我正在看布告牌上的照片時，身后忽然傳來一個聲音：“你是新生嗎？”我轉過身，看到一位白發老人。“是的，”我回答道，“我想知道這里的生活將是怎么樣的。”“別擔心，”他對我微微一笑，“你很快就會知道了。”查明；弄清decidev.決定lookat察看v.give給轉身對我微笑adv.仍然；依舊Howtruethesewordswere!WhenmyEnglishteachersteppedintotheclassroom,IwassurprisedtoseethesamemanIhadmet

earlier.這話說得真是太對了！當我的英語老師走進教室時，我很驚訝地發現，他就是我之前遇到的那位老人。stepinto走進;跨進adj.相同的；同樣的v.meet遇見“Goodmorning,everyone.Beforewestart,pleasecometothefrontonebyoneandintroduceyourselftotheclass.I’llgofirst…”“大家早上好。開始上課前，請大家依次到前面來向全班介紹一下你自己。我先來……”“What?!”Itriedtoturnon

mybrainbuttheenginejustwouldn’tstart.“Ishouldsaymyname,ofcourse.Butwhatelse?WhatcouldIsaytomakeagoodfirstimpression?“什么？！”我試圖讓我的大腦運轉起來，但引擎怎么就是無法啟動。“當然，我得先介紹我的名字。還有呢？我該說些什么才能給別人留下一個不錯的第一印象呢？turnon啟動；打開tryv.嘗試；試圖其他的；別的當然留下一個好的第一印象Somethingaboutmyinsect

collection,perhaps.”Iwasorganizingmywordsinmyheadwhenthegirlnexttomegavemeanudge.“It’syourturn!”也許應該說說我昆蟲標本收藏的事。”我正忙著在腦海中組織語言，坐在我旁邊的女孩輕輕推了我一下：“輪到你了！”adv.可能；大概；也許在腦海中到你了n.昆蟲n.收藏品With

butterfliesinmystomach,Ibreathed

deeply.“Hi,I’mMengHao.”Everyonestartedlaughing.Ilookedattheminpanic.“Nicetoknowwesharethesamename,”saidmynewteacher.我心里七上八下、緊張萬分。我深呼一口氣說：“大家好，我叫孟浩。”大家開始大笑起來。我驚慌失措地看著他們。“很高興我們同名啊。”我的新老師說。deep深的adj.---deeplyadv.深深地laughv.笑情緒緊張驚慌地breathev.呼吸看著adj.相同的；同樣的prep.隨著Ihadbeentoo

nervous

to

payattentionwhenheintroducedhimself!AlthoughIwasembarrassed,hiswordsmademealotmorerelaxed!我剛才太緊張了，竟然沒有仔細聽老師的自我介紹！盡管有些尷尬，但他的話還是讓我放松了很多！too...to...太......而不能......payattentionto注意adj.緊張的盡管；即使adj.尬尷的；窘迫的adj.放松的n.話語；言語Whenwehadallintroducedourselves,MrMengsaid,“Welldone,everyone!Iknowthisisn’teasyformanyofyou.Butthisisjustthekindofthingyouaregoingtofaceatseniorhigh.我們都介紹完后，孟老師說：“大家都做得很好！我知道這對你們很多人來說并不容易，但這正是你們在高中階段將會面對的。當......時Mister先生干得漂亮所有人；大家adj.容易的v.面對Challengeslikethismightsometimesputyouunderpressure.【Butitalldependsonwhatyoudo.】

Keepcalmandbeprepared.Thatway,【you’llmakethemostofyourtimeatseniorhigh.】”類似的挑戰有時可能會讓大家倍感壓力，但這一切都取決于你自己的努力。大家要時刻保持冷靜，做好準備，這樣就可以充分利用高中的時光了。”dependon取決于讓你有壓力保持鎮靜充分利用你的時間n.挑戰adj.有所準備的Peoplesay,“【Wellbegun,halfdone.】”Iguessthiswasagoodbeginningtomynewschoollife.常言道：“好的開始是成功的一半。”我想，我的高中生活開了一個好頭。v.猜；想；以為n.開始良好的開端是成功的一半Readforstructure

Para._____Para._____Para._____BeforegoingtoschoolArrivingatschoolDuringtheEnglishclassAftertheclassPara._____Matchtheparagraphswiththetimeline.123-78P2ReadforspecificinformationCompleteMengHao’sexperienceswithexpressionsfromthepassage.MengHao’sexperiencesFeelingsBeforegoingtoschoolBecauseit

wasMengHao’sfirstdayat1__________________,hegotupearlyand2______________________tohisnewschool.ArrivingatschoolThecampuswasstillquiet,soMengHaodecidedto3_____________________.Hemetamanwhohe4_______________________findoutlaterwashisEnglishteacher.DuringtheEnglishclassMengHaowasnervousaboutintroducinghimselfinfrontoftheclass.With5_________________________________,hebegan,buteveryonelaughed.Itturnedoutthatheandhisteachershared6___________________.MrMengsaidthatchallengesatseniorhighmightputthem7_________________.Headvisedeveryoneto8_______________and9_________________.AftertheEnglishclassMengHaothoughthehad10______________________tohisnewschoollife.P5seniorhighrushedexploreabitwassurprisedtobutterfliesinhisstomachthesamenameunderpressurestaycalmbepreparedagoodbeginningReadforspecificinformationFindwordstodescribeMengHao’sfeelingsbasedonhisactions.MengHao’sexperiencesFeelingsBeforegoingtoschoolBecauseit

wasMengHao’sfirstdayat1__________________,hegotupearlyand2______________________tohisnewschool.ArrivingatschoolThecampuswasstillquiet,soMengHaodecidedto3_____________________.Hemetamanwhohe4_______________________findoutlaterwashisEnglishteacher.DuringtheEnglishclassMengHaowasnervousaboutintroducinghimselfinfrontoftheclass.With5_________________________________,hebegan,buteveryonelaughed.Itturnedoutthatheandhisteachershared6___________________.MrMengsaidthatchallengesatseniorhighmightputthem7_________________.Headvisedeveryoneto8_______________and9_________________.AftertheEnglishclassMengHaothoughthehad10______________________tohisnewschoollife.P5seniorhighrushedexploreabitwassurprisedtobutterfliesinhisstomachthesamenameunderpressurestaycalmbepreparedagoodbeginningexcitedcuriousnervousfrightenedembarrassedrelaxedconfidentReadforspecificinformationChoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1.

Why

did

Meng

Hao

say

“The

campus

was

still

quiet”?(

)A.

Because

he

dared

not

speak.B.

Because

the

students

were

in

class.C.

Because

he

arrived

at

school

too

early.D.

Because

no

one

was

allowed

to

speak

in

the

school.2.

According

to

the

text,

what

is

Meng

Hao's

favorite

hobby?(

)A.

Collecting

stamps.

B.

Making

a

speech.C.

Taking

photos.

D.

Collecting

insects.CDReadforspecificinformationChoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.3.

What

is

the

writer's

purpose

of

using

the

phrase

“With

butterflies

in

my

stomach”?(

)BA.

To

tell

us

that

he

felt

sick.

B.

To

tell

us

that

he

was

nervous.C.

To

show

us

that

he

was

angry.

D.

To

show

us

that

he

loved

butterflies.4.

Why

did

students

laugh

when

Meng

Hao

introduced

himself?(

)CA.

His

words

were

humorous.B.

He

made

a

stupid

mistake.C.

He

had

the

same

name

as

his

teacher.D.

He

was

too

nervous

to

say

a

word

to

the

whole

class.Thi