高二英语必修⑤Unit2Unit2TheUnitedKingdomPeriod2(Reading)林万春Step1.Warming-up.1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeC．four2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingairporttoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.about6hoursB.about11hoursC.about16hours3.WhoactuallyrulestheUK:thePrimeMinisterortheQueen?A.theQueenB.thePrimeMinisterC.both4.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?A.countiesB.DepartmentsC.states5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?A.theRiverAvonB.theRiverThamesC.theRiverSevernStep2.Pre-reading.Matchthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para.1A.Explainswhattheterm“GreatBritain”meansandhowitcameabout.Para.2B.Statesthetopicofpassage.Para.3C.Explainsdifferencesinthefourcountries.Para.4D.ExplainstheimportanceofLondonasaculturalandpoliticalcenterintheUK.Para.5E.TheevidenceoftheinvaderscanbefoundintheBritishcountryside.Para.6F.ExplainshowEnglandisdividedintothreezones.Step3.ReadingPara2andcompletingtheform.Inthe13thCentury______waslinkedtoEngland.Inthe17thCenturyEnglandandWaleswerejoinedto__________.Intheearly20thCentury_________Irelandbrokeawayand_________Irelandjoinedwith_________,Walesand_________tobecome____________________.Step4.Readingthetextagainandchoosethebestanswer.(1)EnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotlandinthe______century.A.thirteenthB.seventeenthC.earlytwentiethcenturyD.1060s(2)FromPara.4,weknowthat____________________________.A.England,WalesandScotlandformGreatBritain.B.mostofthepopulationsettleinthenorth.C.thecitiesareaslargeasthoseinChina.D.Britishpeoplelovefootballverymuch.(3)Wecandrawaconclusionthat______.A.noneofthecitiesinEnglandareasbigasthoseinChina.B.thefourcountriesworktogetherinthecurrencyandlegalsystem.C.everycityinEnglandhashistoricalarchitecturebuiltbyRomans.D.evidenceofdifferentinvaderscanbefoundallovertheUK.(4)Para5mainlytellsus______.A.museumsB.invadersC.governmentD.theVikings1(5)Whatisthemainideaofthetext?A.HowmanycountriesmakeuptheUnitedKingdom.B.ExplainhowEnglandisdividedintothreezones.C.ThereasonwhyLondonbecametheculturalcapitalofEngland.D.AbriefintroductiontotheUKaboutitsfoundationanddevelopmentbasedongeography,historyandculture,etc.Step5.Fillingintheblankswithproperwords.TheUnitedKingdom1（由…组成）fourcountries:England,2,ScotlandandNorthernIreland,3isknowntotheworldinaflag4(call)theUnionJack.Thefourcountriesdoworktogetherinsomeareas,buttheyhavedevelopeddifferent5(教育的)andlegalsystems.England,thelargestofthefourcountries,is6(大致)dividedintothreezones.Itscapital,7,hasbeeninfluencedbytheinvadersofEngland,andyouwillfind8greatesthistoricaltreasureinit.Step6.Possiblesummary.课文大意概括（旨在训练用30个单词概括大意的能力）阅读课文，试着用30来个单词概括课文大意或将下面的短文译成英语。从短文中我们得知联合王国由四个国家：英格兰，威尔士，苏格兰和北爱尔兰组成。它还介绍了英国和伦敦，并说明英格兰文化如何受到入侵者的影响。Fromthepassageweknow_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________高二英语必修⑤Unit2Unit2TheUnitedKingdomPeriod2(Reading)(答案)Step1.Warming-up.1.C2.B3.B4.A5.BStep2.Pre-reading.Matchthemainideaofeachparagraph.1.B2.A3.C4.F5.D6.EStep3.ReadingPara2andcompletingtheform.WalesScotlandSouthernNorthernEnglandScotlandtheUnitedKingdomStep4.Readingthetextagainandchoosethebestanswer.BDDBDStep5.Fillingintheblankswithproperwords.(一)1.consistsof2.Wales3.which4.called5.educational6.roughly7.London8.theStep6.Possiblesummary.课文大意概括（旨在训练用30个单词概括大意的能力）FromthepassageweknowtheUnitedKingdomconsistsoffourcountries:England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.ItalsogivesusabriefintroductionofEnglandandLondon,andexplainshowthecultureofEnglandwasinfluencedbyitsinvaders2
