英语人教版八年级上册拓展阅读材料

Unit2 阅读能力提升单

【Learning aims】

After this lesson I will:

1) improve my reading skills.

2) know school life in other countries.

3) be able to make a survey and write a report.

4) work harder and value time.

【Reading】

You may feel curious about students in other countries: Do they also have so much homework? What do they do in their spare time?

On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed(调查)around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.

Who studies hardest(最努力)?

Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly(将近) half of Chinese students spend more than twohours on their homework every day. That's much more than students of the US (26.4%), Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%). Who sleeps most often in class?

Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes doze off(打瞌睡)in class. In South Korea, it's 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China.South Korean students don't like taking notes. About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan (93%), China (90%) and the US (89%).

Who is the most distracted (分心的)?

American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted: 64.2% said they chat with friends in class; 46.9% said they eat snacks in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated (无关的) books in class. What do they do after school?

In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercises. Most Korean students watch TV.

Task 1 Scan the article and fill in the blanks in the following chart.

Task 2Read the article again carefully and answer the following questions.

1) Who are most hard-working and who arethe least(最少)? Why?

_______________________________________________________________ 2) How many Chinese students sleep in class?

_______________________________________________________________ 3) What do American students like to do the most(最喜欢做) in class?

_______________________________________________________________ 4) Do Chinese students have many outdoor activities after school?

_______________________________________________________________ 5) How do you feel after reading this report?

_______________________________________________________________ Task 3 Summarize(总结) the report using “nearly, most often, just”.

According to(根据) the report, ______half of Chinese students spend over 2 hours on homework, so they are the most hard-working;Japanese students sleep _________ in class, but ____ 5% of Chinese students do like that; most American students are active and distracted in class; in their free time, most American, Japanese and Korean students can do what they like; however, most