Section Ⅳ　Using Language

　　第一步　速读--了解文章主题和段落大意

　　速读P9教材课文，写出文章的主题

　　The text mainly introduces some bad predictions people made in the twentieth century about the twenty­first century．

　　第二步　细读--把控文章关键信息

　　细读P9教材课文，选择最佳答案

　　1．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?

　　A．Airplanes.　　　 B．Keys.

　　C．Clothes. D．Food.

　　2．Which is TRUE about the clothes mentioned in Changing Times Magazine?

　　A．They are made from wool.

　　B．They are made from cotton.

　　C．They can last for a long time.

　　D．They will be thrown away for they are made of paper.

　　3．Which of the following doesn't the home robot have?

　　A．One large eye on the top.

　　B．Several arms.

　　C．Black hair.

　　D．Long narrow pads.

　　[答案]　1－3　DDC

　　第三步　研读--能力升华　接轨高考

　　根据P9教材课文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式

　　Not 1.all predictions come true. Here are just some of the bad 2.predictions(prediction) people made in the 3.twentieth(twenty) century about the twenty­first century, which turned out to be wrong.

"No flying machine 4.will fly(fly) from New York to Paris，" said Orville Wright