【学习目标】：阅读理解并背诵这篇文章。

【学习重难点】：课文的背诵。

(Reading) p23

1. Match the main ideas of 6 paragraphs.

Para 1 The colorful scenery

　　Para 2 What I do on the train

　　Para 3 A long train travel

　　Para 4 Camels for transporting things

　　Para 5 The reason for the Ghan train

　　Para 6 A law allowing shooting camels

2. Choose the right answer.

　　1. Alice Thompson on the train.

　　A. didn't like to talk to other passengers

　　B. sometimes learned Chinese

　　C. only read books during the day

　　D. always watched the night sky

2. Camels were brought to Australia because .

　　A. camels ran faster than horses

　　B. camels could carry more food and supplies than horses

　　C. camels could travel a long distance and bear the hot weather

　　D. trains cost too much then

　　3.-Why is the train called the Ghan?

-Because of .

　　A. camels B. camels from deserts

　　C. camels from Afghanistan D. Afghanistan

　　4. They shot camels because .

　　A. they used horses

　　B. they passed a new law

　　C. camels brought many problems

　　D. they built a new railway line and they didn't need the camels any more.

3. Fill in the blanks.

　　Alice, together with a friend had her first ride on a 1 train from 2__ to ____ 3 , over 4,000 kilometres 4, spending ____ 5 hours on the train.

　　The train was 6 and the food cooked by 7 was great. At first, the 8 was colorful. There were fields and 9 10 soil. After that, it was 11 . The sun 12 and there was no 13 and 14___in the sky. Suddenly, 15 farms 16 more than 100 years ago appeared in front of them.

Alice sometimes talked to other 17 and listened to Chinese 18 . The stars 19 like 20__in the night.