Active-Reading-Book-2-Unit-1-Chapter-1-Oh--No--Not

ActiveReadingBook2:Unit1Chapter1Lead-in1.Whatdoyouthinktheparentsaredoing?Theyarewaitinganxiouslyfortheirchildren.Pre-reading2.Whataretheydoing?Theyaresittinganexamination.3.Whatkindoftestdoyouhavetotakeinyourschool?classroomquizzes随堂测验classroomtests课堂考试weeklytests周考monthlytests月考mid-termexam半期考试finalexamination期末考试SeniorHighSchoolEntranceExamination(SSEE)中考NationalUniversityEntranceExamination(NUEE)高考1.ArethereanytestslikeNUEEinAmerica?Whatarethey?Pre-reading：brainstormDiscussionScholasticAssessmentTest=SAT(学术能力测试)和AmericanCollegeTesting=ACT(美国学院测试)SectionAverageScoreTime(Minutes)ContentWriting49360Grammar,usage,anddiction.Mathematics51570Numberandoperations;algebraandfunctions;geometry;statistics,probability,anddataanalysisCriticalReading50170Vocabulary,Criticalreading,andsentence-levelreadingWhatisSAT?TheSATisastandardizedtestforcollegeadmissionsintheUnitedStates.SATconsistsofthreemajorsections:CriticalReading,Mathematics,andWriting.1.ArethereanytestslikeNUEEinAmerica?Whatarethey?Pre-reading：brainstormDiscussionWhatisACT?TheACTisanothertest,onewhichwasoriginallymorepopularinMidwestschools,butasthenumberofstudentstakingbothtestshasincreased,sohascollegeacceptanceofthem.InadditiontotheEnglish,readingandmathsectionstheSAThas,theACTincludesasectiononscienceandscientificreasoningaswell.ThescoresontheACTrangefrom1to36points,withtheaveragebeinginthe17to23pointsrange.2.WhichismoreimportantfortheentranceexamsinAmerica,scoreoroverallquality?Pre-reading：brainstormDiscussionPre-reading：ToomanytestsLookatthislistoftests,andanswerthequestionsbelow.aspokenEnglishtestaschooloruniversityentranceexamadriver’slicensetestastandardizedEnglishtest,suchastheTOEFLtestavocabularyquizaplacementtesttoputyouinthecorrectEnglishclassatesttogetajob1.Whichofthesetestshaveyoutaken?Whichwillyoutakeinthefuture?2.Whicharethemostdifficult?Why?3.Whicharethemostimportantforyourfuture?Sometestslistedabovearerelatedtofurthereducationandothersarerelatedtofindingjobs.Discusswithyourpartnerthefollowingquestions.ReadingPassage:Oh,No,NotAnotherTest!ReadingSkill:IdentifyingMainandSupportingIdeasEveryparagraphhasamainidea,youwillfindthemainideatalkedaboutinthefirstorsecondsentenceofaparagraph.Supportingideasusuallyfollowthemainidea.Sentenceswithsupportingideasexplainorgiveusmoreinformationaboutthemainidea.Readthepassageonthenextpage.Underlinethesentenceineachparagraphthatexpressesthemainidea.Circleatleastonesupportingideaineachparagraph.PutMnexttothestatementthatisthemainidea.PutSnexttothestatementthatisasupportingidea.para.1a.Peopletakestandardizedteststograduatefromaschool,orgetabetterjob.______b.Standardizedtestsareusedaroundtheworldtomeasurestudents'abilities.______代词：these指代前文的keywords：standardizedtestsInorderto：参加standardizedtests的目的Mainidea为本段第二句话tomeasure…：动词不定式表目的task1:scanningandidentifymainandsupportingideaswhile-reading:skimmingandscanningMSThefirsttype:achievementtestTheother:proficiencytestfunction:toevaluatefunction:measureoverallskilltwotypesoftestsPutMnexttothestatementthatisthemainidea.PutSnexttothestatementthatisasupportingidea.para.2a.Anachievementtestmeasureshowmuchastudenthaslearnt._______b.Therearetwotypesofstandardizedtestscommonlyusedinacademicinstitutions.______task2:twotypesoftestswhile-reading:skimmingandscanningSMtask3:TAandTR’sopinionbelievethat…/alsobelievethat…advocatesadvantageofachievementtestsreformershowever,believethat…/theyrealizethat…/Inaddition…disadvantageofachievementtestswhile-reading:skimmingandscanningWhatareadvocatesandreformersattitudetowardstests?advocatesParagraph3a.Studentsallovertheworldtakemultiple-choiceachievementtestsregularly______.b.Manypeoplebelievethattakingamultiple-choicetestisagoodwayofrememberinginformation_______.MSParagraph4a.Manystudentsarenotalwaysgoodtesttakersorgoodatmemorizinginformation.______.b.Educationalreformersbelievethatstandardizedtestingonlymeasuressomeofastudent’sability._______.SMWhile-reading:scanningReadpara.3and4,thencompletetheform,markwhowouldagreeeachoneTestadvocatesTestreformers1.Standardizedtestsareagoodwaytomeasurestudents’learning.2.Studentstodayhavetotaketoomanytests.3.Alotoftestsdon’treallymeasurestudent’sability.4.Memorizingisaveryimportantpartofeducation.5.Withoutwrittentests,wecan’tcheckwhatstudentshavelearnt.6.Standardizedtestsarenotfairtosomekindsofstudents.task3:TAandTR’sopinionIsPaulBartonaadvocateorareformer?Why?hesays…Hisopinion：standardizedtestingneedstochangeeven,承接上文观点：currenttestsarenotperfectreformer本段依然在支撑文章第四段reformer‘sopiniontask4:PaulBarton,reformeroradvocate?While-reading:skimmingandscanningParagraph5a.Studentstodayshouldtakefewerstandardizedtests._______b.PaulBartonbelievesstandardizedtestingneedstochange._______SMReadjustthetitle,thefirstandlast2paragraphsquickly,thenanswerThistextismainlyabout________.A.Testsneedchanging.B.Achievementtestarecommonlyusedinacademicinstitutions.C.Studentstakeregularmultiple-choiceachievementtests.D.Standardizedtestsneedchanging.Dtask5:Identifythemainideaofthetexttitleandfirstpara.last2paras.skimmingandhigh-f