B。最后一段主要说明为什么需要专门的眼镜来看日全食。
Words in use
根据提示完成下列句子： 1. Today is no ________ ordinary (平凡的) day for me. I am 13 years old. 2. What _________ happened (发生) to you? You have red eyes. wearing (戴着) sunglasses. 3. Look! The dog is _________ How funny!
D。根据文中第一段的内容 Every hour, it “bongs” the number of hours to tell the time可知，大本钟会发出“当当” 的声音来报时，几点就敲几下。
While reading
2. How long will Big Ben keep quiet? A. For 157 years. B. For about four years. C. For 2021 years. D. For a month.
Words in use
Fill in the blanks: dress up (打扮) as their 1. Children like to _________ favorite book characters. 2. Did you ________ watch (观看) the eclipse last week? 3. You need to ______________ pay attention to (注意) your writing next time. Make a list (列个清单) and you will know 4. ____________ what you need.
Post reading
What can we do when we are reading books? Make some notes? Talk with your partner? Ask questions? Find more information (信息) about the background (背景)?
Post reading
Can you draw how a total solar eclipse happens? What about a total lunar eclipse?
Thank you.
While reading
Answer the following questions:
1. Is the Australian reading event only for children to join?
2. When did it start and end this year?
3. What activities did they have during the week?
C。根据最后一段的内容可知，大本钟在重要的节日还是 会敲响钟声，所以C正确。从文中无法判定圣诞节前夕是 否会敲响。
Words in use
根据中文提示完成下列句子： 1. 请保持安静，大家听我说。 Please _________. keep quiet Everybody listens to me. 2. 根据计划，我们需要买一些水果。 according to We need to buy some fruits, ___________ the plan. 3. 别担心，你会按时完成作业的。 Don’t worry You will finish your homework ___________. on time.
Pre-reading
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London. Usually it includes both the clock and the clock tower. The tower is officially known as Elizabeth Tower.
In the US, millions celebrate The Great American Eclipse (P4)
Pre-reading
What is an eclipse? What is a total solar eclipse? Why do we need special glasses to watch the eclipse?
Post reading
Is there a large clock in your city? Does it bong the hours to tell the time? If no, would you like to design a large clock for your city?
While reading
Choose the answer: 1. How does Big Ben tell the time? A. Somebody says the time aloud. B. The clock shouts the time aloud. C. It bongs once every hour. D. It bongs the number of hours.
While reading
2. How many times did a total solar eclipse cross the US in the past 100 yn times. D. Eleven times.
B。根据第2段最后一句可知，上次日全食在美国横跨发生 的时间是1918年，所以百年之内看到了两次。
While reading
Choose the answer:
1. Aug 21 was not an ordinary day for Americans because _____.
A. many US people stood in streets and didn’t move B. they could see the sun and moon at the same time C. a total solar eclipse happened from the West Coast to the East Coast D. this was the first time to see a total solar eclipse in 100 years C。根据第1-2段的描述可知，这次的日全食很特殊，是因 为从西海岸到东海岸都可以看到，百年一遇。D的描述错 误，因为每隔几年就可以看到日全食。
4. Who drew the book Home in the Rain?
5. Why do Australian people have this activity?
While reading
Possible answers: 1. Yes, it is. 2. It started on Aug 19 and ended on Aug 26. 3. There were parades, storytelling and other fun activities (like dressing up as book characters). 4. Bob Graham. 5. Because many Australian children can't read well when they leave school, and this activity helps with children's reading ability.
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Clock tower stops ticking (P2)
Aussie kids love books (P3)
Pre-reading
Do you like reading? Do you like reading in groups or by yourself? Is there a reading activity for students to join in your school?
B。根据第2段首句But from Aug 21, Big Ben started to keep quiet until 2021可知，到2021年大本钟不再敲响， 有四年的时间。
While reading
3. Why can’t Big Ben work now? A. Because the UK is renovating it. B. Because workers don’t know how to repair it. C. Because its glass is broken. D. Because its hands can’t move.
A。根据第2段第2句 The country is going to renovate it 可 知，猫也可以带来问题，这段的后半部分阐述了猫可以带 来哪方面的问题。
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4. From the end of the story, we learn that ____. A. many people don’t like the sound of Big Ben B. Big Ben will not bong any more in two or three years C. people can still hear the bonging on some big festivals D. Big Ben won’t bong on Christmas Eve