Book8Unit1Alandofdiversity
PeriodOneReading
编者：孔庆华
导学目标
1.通过课文的学习，提高阅读能力；了解加利福尼亚州的多元文化特征。
2.熟悉课标词汇，分析背诵课文中部分经典的句子。
自主合作探究
I.语篇理解
1.DecideTrueorFalseaccordingtothepassageandthencorrectthem.
1)CaliforniaisthelargeststateintheUSAbuthasthethirdlargestpopulation.()
2)ManyCaliforniansspeakSpanishbecausetheythinktheSpanishlanguageisbeautiful.()
3)SouthAmericansandpeoplefromtheUnitedStateswerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold.()
4)DuringtheGoldRushPeriodmanyChineseimmigrantsarrivedinCaliforniaonlytofindgold.()5)ItwasthefilmindustrythatattractedIndiansandPakistanistoCalifornia.()
2.Choosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.
1)HowdidCaliforniabeeastateofAmerica?
A.MexicogainedindependencefromSpain.
B.MexicolosttheAmericaMexicowarandthengaveittotheUSA.
C.SpainlosttheSpainAmericawar.
D.SpaingaveittotheUSAasagift.
2)WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?
A.Alotofpeoplebecamerichinthegoldrush.
B.Mostpeoplediedinthegoldrush.
C.Afterthegoldrush,mostpeoplesettledinCaliforniaalthoughnotfindinggold.
D.ThefirsttoarriveinCaliforniaforgoldwereEuropeans.
3)What’sthemainreasonthatChineseimmigrantscametoCalifornia?
A.Forgold. B.Forthebuildingoftherailway.
C.Toopenrestaurants. D.ToliveintheChinatown.
4)WhyhasCaliforniaattractedsomanypeople?
A.Goldwasdiscoveredhere.B.Ithasattractiveclimateandlifestyle.
C.Manypeoplecameheretomakeafortune.D.Alloftheabove.
3.Readthetextcarefullyandfillintheblanks.
NativeAmericans
★TheyaresaidtohavelivedinCaliforniaforover1._________years,whocrossed
theBeringStraitbymeansofa(n)2.___________.
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