Task （二）. Choose the right words from the box.

camels clouds desert diamonds experts midnight sand scenery shoot soil supply weather cassette passengers shine field 　　1. an area of land where it is always dry_____________

　　2. valuable stones____________

　　3. people who travel on a train,bus or plane____________

　　4. you find this on beaches____________

　　5. white or gray things made of water in the sky___________

　　6. where plants grow__________

　　课中探究

　　探究点一：语篇探究

　　(一).Read the whole passage, choose the right answers according to the three parts in the passage.

　　A. Alice's feeling about her journey

　　B. Brief introduction about her journey

　　C. The story about Ghan

　　Paragraph 1______________, Paragraph 2, 3______________

　　Paragraph 4, 5, 6 ______________

　　探究点二：课文探究

　　(一) Reading the passage more carefully and try to choose the best answers.

　　1. From the passage, we know that Alice Thompson is from______________.

　　A．China B. Afghan C. Australia D. Austria

　　2. The sentence "And what a ride!" in the first paragraph means that______________.

　　A. the writer enjoyed the long journey

　　B. the writer was made too tired from the long ride

　　C. that was a long and dangerous journey

　　D. the writer had nothing to see but desert

　　3. Before 1920s, ______________.

　　A. Australians couldn't travel to the middle of the country

　　B. Australians didn't dare to travel in the endless desert

　　C. Australians could only travel to the middle of the country by riding horses

　　D. camels played an important part in travelling through the desert

　　4. The whole passage mainly tells us______________.

　　A. the importance of the desert in Australia

　　B. horses are of no use in travelling in desert

　　C. it's cruel to kill thousands of camels

　　D. the transport to the middle of Australia

(二) Discuss these questions with your partners.