Welcome to our class Leadingin Guess the missing

Welcome to our class!

Leading-in Guess the missing words in the song I’m a New Soul.

Brain storming New I’m a New Soul new I’m a _______ soul I came to this strange world _____ take hoping I could learn a bit about how to give and_____. ___ But since I came here fear felt the joy and the _____ __ finding myself making every possible ______ mistake la-la-la-la-la. . . young ______ I’m a ____ soul in this very strange world fake ___ hoping I could learn a bit about what is true and ____. But why all this hate try to communicate finding trust and love is not always easy to make. la-la-la-la-la. . .

Cloze test Methods & Skills

1、运用“前置信息”与“后置信息” 充分利用文章的上下文和前后句，找到对选择有提示作 用的词或句。例如： Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived ____ for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a holiday. A. alone B. next door C. at home D. abroad

2、利用复现词语 有时为了表达的需求，在上下文中有同一概念 出现，可以借助这一信息选择正确答案。 All of a sudden I started to feel rather _1__. She wondered why I was looking for this sort of_2_ . I felt even more hopeless when she told me that it would be difficult to get a job without experience. 1. A. encouraged B. dissatisfied C. hopeless D. pleased 2. A. place B. job C. advice D. help

3、利用同义词或近义词 在英语中有时为了避免重复，常用意思相同或 相近的词或解释性的语言来连接上下文。 I remember as a child I said something _______ about somebody, and my father said, “Any time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you. ” A. unkind B. unnecessary C. unimportant D. unusual 【思路点拨】 A。近义词复现，从后暗示unpleasant 得知答案。

1. He taught her how to rely on her other ____, specifically her hearing…（NMET 2010 湖北卷） A. feeling B. organs C. skills D. senses 2. I…dropped all the coins into… “It proved to be a waste of _______, ” I thought… A. words B. effort C. space D. money

【小试闯关】 1. We arrived in Spain for the first time a few weeks ago. I decided to buy a car because we had sold the one we had in England before____home. A. leaving B. making C. returning D. getting 【思路点拨】此题考查行文逻辑中的因果关系、时间先后 顺序。从第一句的arrived可知题 2选A（leaving）。 2. She was small in figure but strong in ____. A. brain B. wish C. will D. health 根据连词确定选项。

7、运用生活常识及文化背景知识 了解生活常识，确定相关知识　 1. It was an early morning in summer. In the streets, sleepy-eyed people were moving quickly, heading towards their____. This was the beginning of another ordinary day in New York City. A. jobs B. homes C. buses D. offices 2. (Immediately)the officers jumped into their cars and rushed to the___ hospital. A. animal B. biggest C. plant D. nearest

Bedtime stories are one of the delights of early childhood. According to Dr. Julie Spreadbury from Queensland University, Parents should not __1___ reading to their children after they enter primary school. 1. A. speed up B. keep up C. give up D. hold up

Task: Use the methods you have learned to analyse your homework.

Practice makes perfect ! 同词（同源词）暗示 NMET 2011 Guangdong Cloze Test It has been argued by some that gifted children should be ____ argued grouped in special classes. The 1 has been on the belief that in ______ classes regular classes these children are held back in their intellectual ( _____ children __________________ 反义暗示 intellectual 智力的) growth by 2 situation that are designed for the 3 children. 同一话题（场景）暗示 反义暗示 同一话题暗示 There can be little doubt that 4 classes can help the gifted _______________ gifted children to graduate earlier and take their place in life sooner. ____ However these However, to take these 5 out of the regular classes may create serious problems. 因果暗示 1. A. principle B. theory C. arguments D. classification 2. A. designing B. grouping C. learning D. living 3. A. smart B. curious C. mature D. average 4. A. regular B. special C. small D. creative 5. A. children B. programs C. graduates D. designs

与 gifted 近义暗示 However, to take these 5 out of the regular classes may create serious problems. gifted children I observed a number of 6 children who were taken out of a special class and placed in a 7 class. In the _________ special class, they showed little ability to use their own _____ judgment, relying 8 on their teachers’ directions. In _________________ 反义暗示 因果暗示 the regular class, having no worry about keeping up, _______ they began to reflect 9 on many problems, some of 反义暗示 which were not on the school program. 因果暗示 5. A. children B. programs C. graduates D. designs 6. A. intelligent B. competent C. ordinary D. independent 7. A. separate B. regular C. new D. boring 8. A. specially B. slightly C. wrongly D. heavily 9. A. directly B. cleverly C. voluntarily D. quickly

同词（同源词）暗示 Many are concerned gifted children become _____ that ______ 10 and___________ lose interest in learning. However this 11 is more often from___________ parents and teachers than from 近义暗示 students, and 近义暗示 some of these 12 simply conclude that special classes should be set up for those who 上下义词暗示 are 13. Some top feel bored ___ students do _____ in class, but why they 14 so so goes far beyond the work they have in school. Studies have shown that to be _____ bored 近义暗示 同词（同源词）暗示 is to be anxious. bored is an _______ The gifted child who is______ 15 child. 同词（同源词）暗示 10. A. doubted B. bored C. worried D. tired 同词（同源词） 11. A. concern B. conclusion 暗示 C. reflection D. interest 12. A. students B. adults C. scholars D. teachers 13. A. talented B. worried C. learned D. interested 14. A. believe B. think C. say D. feel 15. A. outstanding B. intelligent C. anxious D. ordinary

Summary 1. In a cloze, a clue word can be found either before or after a blank. 2. In an article, there are lots of clue words.

Homework 1. Get a better understanding of the basic skills we have discussed in this class. 2. Finish another Cloze Test in your papers. Do remember to apply the above skills.