Unit 3 Traditional skills Reading1
一、回答问题 回答问题 阅读短文，然后根据内容回答所提问题。
1. What’s Wang Damin’s job?
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2. How old is Wang Damin?
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3. How long can the cormorants stay under the water?
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4. When does he usually set off for work?
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5. Why does he usually jump up and down on his boat?
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6. What will probably happen to cormorant fishing in the future?
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答案：1. A fisherman. 2. Over 65. 3. For up to 2 minutes.
4.I n the late afternoon. 5.To attract fish. 6. It will probably disappear.
二、综合阅读
Wang Damin is a fisherman.Although he is over 65 , he is very (A) fit and still enjoys working.
Damin uses cormorants to catch fish.Cormorants are large,black birds.They (B) 擅长catching fish because they can swim well. They can dive down and stay under the water for up to two minutes.
Damin usually sets off in the late afternoon and gets the cormorants ready for work. First, (C) he ties a piece of grass around their necks to stop them from eating big fish.Then when Damin’ boat reach the right place in the river,he pushes them into the river. Damin uses several ways to (D) fish.During the day,he jumps up and down on his boat.After dark,he hangs a light on a post at the front of the boat. The cormorants bring back to the boat.The fish are then taken and thrown into a big basket by Damin.No nets are (E) required for this type of fishing.
Cormorant fishing was once practised in lots of places in South-East China,and there were many fishermen in the area.But today, few young people are interested in it In fifty years, perhaps there will be no more cormorant fishermen in the world.
1. 写出划线部分(A)和(E)同义词：___________ ___________
2. 将划线部分(B)译成英语：_______________
3. 将划线部分（C)改写为：A piece of grass _____ _____around their necks to stop them from
eating big fish by Damin.
4. 在文中(D)的空白处填入合适的单词：_____________
5. 写出描写鸬鹚外貌的两个词语：___________ ___________
答案1.healthy; needed 2.are good at\do well in 3.is tied 4. attract
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5.large；black
一、短文填空 阅读短文，然后用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
Mr Chen makes 1_____ (toy) from dough . He is over 50 years old now .His hands are rough because he 2_____–(work) with dough all the time.
Mr Chen makes dough toys of different 3_____(size) .Only a small piece of dough and some simple tools are 4_____(require) to make a dough toy. Mr Chen uses his hands 5_____(turn) the dough into different characters, for example the Money King. Dough of different colours 6_____（are）used to make the toys 7_____(interesting), I like 8_____ ( Mr Chen ) toys because they are very 9_____(love). I hope that one day I can learn 10._____(make) dough toys.
答案：1. toys 2. works 3. sizes 4. required 5. to turn
6. is 7. more interesting 8. Mr Chen’s 9. lovely 10. to make
二、回答问题 阅读短文，然后根据内容回答所提问题。
Mr Chen makes toys from dough. He is over 50 years old now. His hands are rough because he works with dough all the time.
Mr Chen makes dough toys of different sizes. Only a small piece of dough and some simple tools are required to make a dough toy. Mr Chen uses his hands to turn the dough into different characters, for example the Money King. Dough of different colours is used to make the toys more interesting.
I like Mr Chen ’s toys because they are very lovely. I hope that one day I can learn to make dough toys.
1. How old is Mr Chen?
2. Mr Chen works hard, doesn’t he?
3. What does Mark think of Mr Chen’s dough toys?
4. Give an example of dough toys.
5. Would you like to learn his skills?
答案：
1.50 years old.
2.Yes, he does .
3.They are very lovely.
4.Monkey King.
5. Yes.
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