Unit16TheAmericanSouthFillintheblankswithnewwords:1.Clintonisthef_____presidentoftheUSA.2.Hetriedtosavehissonfromdrowning,butinv___.3.Thecitywasdestroyedandtherewasnomoneyforr____________.4.Somepeopleareg_____formoneyandsomeforpower.5.Thefailurecausedhisd________.6.Parentsoftenmakes______fortheirchildren.7.Wegotupbefored____.It’sstilldarkoutside.ormeraineconstructionreedyepressionacrificesawnTheCivilWarCivilRightsMovementsGreatDepressionBrainstormingnationalemblemandflagPresidentHarrietTubmanMartinLutherkingJohnBrownFreedomfightersTheUSAisfamousforStatueofLiberty自由女神像WhiteHouseThefirstpresidentoftheUSAisWashingtonListatleasttwowarsabouttheUSAIndependentwarCivilwarListatleastthreeneighboringcountriesHowmanystatesarethereintheUSA50ThecapitaloftheUSAisWashingtonDCOpeningceremonyof1996AtlantaOlympicGamesAtlantaDoyouwanttoknowmoreabouttheAmericanSouth?theU.S.A.SOUTH1.WhatdidAtlantasufferfromintheCivilWar?2WhatisModernAtlantalike?Atlantawasburntdownanddestroyed.ModernAtlantaisaboomingbusinesscenterandthehomeofsomeofthelargestandmostsuccessfulcompaniesinAmerica.I.ReadthepassagequicklyandfindtheanswerstoI.Readthepassagequicklyandfindtheanswerstothefollowingquestionsthefollowingquestions::II.Scanthetextandtellthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para1:1996AtlantaOlympics’successPara2:TheCivilRightsmovementPara3:ItshopeaswellasproblemsPara4:ItssufferinghistoryPara5:ItsreconstructionPara6:TheunitedSouthernersIII:TorFquestions()1.Thewoundsfromthepastarequicktoheal.()2.Thefightersbetweenblacksandwhitesinthe1960swerefierce.()3.IttookalongtimeforAtlantarecoverfromthedestructioncausedbytheCivilWar.()4.Thefightagainstsegregationwaswidelysupported.()5.TheSouthhastakenachancetodisplayitsnewimagetothewholeworld.FTFTTslowOnly5yearsIV.Choosethebestanswer:1.Hundredsofyearsago,whichofthefollowingcountriesprobablykilledthenativeAmericans?A.Korea.B.Egypt.C.England.D.Canada.2.Thephrase“invain”inParagraph2probablymeans____.A.withoutsuccessB.introubleC.putintopracticeD.dangerousCA3.Inthelastparagraph,thewritertriestosupportthepointthat____.A.thestoryoftheSouthisabouthopeandsuccessB.itishardfortheSouthtodevelopfurtherC.Atlanta,Birmingham,MiamiandLittleRockareSoutherncitieswhichdevelopveryfastD.thereisnotroublewiththedevelopmentoftheSouthA4.Whichofthefollowingiswrongaccordingtothepassage?A.TheSouthhasovercomemanydifficultieseversincetheCivilWar.B.Thefightsbetweenblacksandwhitesinthe1960’swerefierce.C.ThereisnodoubtthatAtlantaisatypicalSoutherncityinmanyways.D.TodaytheSouthhasdevelopedfarbetterthantheNorth.D5.Thepassageismainlyabout____.A.thesufferingsinthehistoryoftheSouthB.thequickdevelopmentoftheSouthaftertheCivilWarC.theCivilRightsMovementoftheblackpeopleD.thefamouscitiesoftheSouthBV.Difficultsentences:1.ThehistoryoftheSouthisoneofsuffering:thesuffering…Movement.(para.1)2.ItwasalsoinAtlantathatoneofthegreatleadersoftheCivilwarRightsMovement,DrMartinLutherKing,Jr,wasborn.(para.4)3.In1996,thecitywasthehostoftheOLYMPICGames,anhonourthecityshareswithgreatcitiessuchasSydneyandBeijing.(para.5)4.LikemanyotherSoutherncities,AtlantaisrepresentativeofthenewSouth,aplacewherehopeandfaithhavereplacedfearanddoubt.(para.5)V.Difficultsentences:1.ThehistoryoftheSouthisoneofsuffering:thesuffering…Movement.(para.1)2.ItwasalsoinAtlantathatoneofthegreatleadersoftheCivilwarRightsMovement,DrMartinLutherKing,Jr,wasborn...