1．语言知识目标

本单元是7下的第一单元.在经过一个学期的学习之后, 学生也积累了一定的词汇量.教师在教学时尽量用游戏,图片或flash动画的多种媒体来引起学生的学习兴趣,引导学生在交际中动态生成，学生有话可说，乐于合作分享。这样就有利于他们更好的运用课本知识，达到提高综合运用语言能力的目的。

本模块以旅游为话题，运用现在进行时态介绍世界各地的时差, 并且让学生了解在不同的时间,不同的国家人们做些什么事情.是学生感兴趣的话题. 教学中应结合学生实际情况，灵活调整教学内容(或增加，或删除，或前后调整)，合理设置课时。适当进行拓展，以丰富学生知识，拓展学生视野.

Have you ever seen snow? A lot of people in the world have not. A lot of countries 1_________ have snow-or they have it only on the tops of very high mountains. In Scotland and in the north of England, there is quite a lot of snow every 2______, but in the south of England, there is usually 3__________.

When a student from 4_______ country like Malaya or Indonesia comes to Britain in autumn for the first time, he feels cool at first. There are 5________dark clouds, gray sky and cold rain in Britain in autumn, and most students from warm countries do not like this.

But snow is different although it is very 6_______ . Perhaps, after several dark mornings, the student wakes up one day, and there is a lot of 7______ in his room. He thinks, “Is it so late?” and jumps out of the bed. But no, it is not very late. He 8______ out of the window-and there is the 9______, on the ground and on the roofs of the houses and 10______. The light in his room came from that clean, beautiful white snow.

1. A. often　　　　　　　　 B. never　　　　　　　　 C. only　　　　　　　　　 D. ever

2. A. spring　　　　　　　 B. summer　　　　　　 C. autumn　　　　　　 D. winter

3. A. little　　　　　　　　 B. a little　　　　　　　 C. few 　　　　　　　　 D. a few

4. A. a cold　　　　　　　 B. a windy　　　　　　 C. a warm　　　　　　 D. a rainy

5. A. no　　　　　　　　　　 B. not　　　　　　　　　 C. often　　　　　　　　 D. even

6. A. dirty　　　　　　　　 B. bad　　　　　　　　　 C. beautiful　　　　　 D. handsome

7. A. light　　　　　　　　 B. dark　　　　　　　　　 C. wind　　　　　　　　 D. bright

8. A. sees 　　　　　　　　 B. looks　　　　　　　　 C. looks at　　　　　　 D. reads

9. A. rain　　　　　　　　　 B. wind　　　　　　　　 C. for 　　　　　　　　　 D. snow

10. A. somewhere　　　 B. nowhere　　　　　　 C. everywhere　　　　 D. anywhere

5. Rodney is an emperor too, because ____________.

A. his music is very beautiful

B. Napoleon thinks he is an emperor

C. he wants to be an emperor

D. he meets the Emperor Napoleon.

4. The writer is worried because ________.

A. his music is not very good

B. Napoleon is an emperor

C. he has some other things to do

D. he doesn’t dress very well

3. The __________ is called Rodney.

A. music　　　　　　　 B. musician　　　 C. emperor　　　　　　 D. opera

2. Napoleon wants to _______ the writer of the music.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A. see　　　　　　　　　 B. tell　　　 C. teach　　　　　　　　 D. find

(B)

Rodney is a famous musician. Napoleon is an emperor. Rodney writes a lot of music. One day, Napoleon goes to Rodney’s concert. He enjoys the music very much. He wants to see Rodney. So he asks others to invite Rodney to his box. Rodney is worried because he doesn’t have full dresses. He says he can’t see the Emperor like that. But when Napoleon knows that, he says, “There is no request between two emperors.” Then people call Rodney Music Emperor.

1. Napoleon goes to the concert to _________.

A. watch a ballet　　 B. listen to music　 C. have a meeting 　　　 D. see Rodney

(A)Plans for the weekend

Ken：Right, this weekend we should get up early so we can do more things!

Jack：We can go to the noodle shop at 8 a.m. for some food.

Ken：Okay, and at 9 a.m. we can go to the stadium and play basketball. Then we are going to the park for a picnic lunch with my family.

Jack：And then we are going to the computer center.

Ken：Right-we can buy some computer books, and then we can go to my house to check our e-mail and then watch television.

Jack：Saturday’s going to be fun, but what are we going to do on Sunday?

Ken：I know-get up at 8 a.m., go to the park at 9 and go on the lake in a boat.

Jack：Yes, we can have hamburgers for lunch!

Ken：Great-I love hamburgers!

Jack：Amy is having a party in the afternoon-do you want to go?

Ken：I can’t-I have a test on Monday-so I have to stay home to do my homework and then revise!

Jack：Yes, I should study too. Oh, well, see you tomorrow