To make matters even more critical, global warming is becoming an ever-increasing threat to the existence of humans and animals. Polar icecaps are melting, and sections,the size of the state of Rhode Island,are breaking off. Traveling toward the Temperate Zones, they begin to melt, placing an inordinate amount of fresh water into the oceans and causing an imbalance.
Humans further complicate their lives by allowing businesses to release pollutants in urban areas, in the name of profit. “Accidents” often take place at refineries where toxic fumes are released into the air that people and animals breathe. Pesticides are so widely used and pose such a threat that it is amazing all of them haven’t been banned.
Governments, anxious to appease money-hungry corporations and their stockholders, have allowed timber companies into National Forests to cut virgin-growth trees. Most of these businesses clear cut vast areas and often wait an inordinate amount of time to replant.
Burning questions never cease: When will governments—local, state, and federal—corporations, and the rest of the human race realize what is happening to this planet? When will the race for profit cease to consume them? Perhaps it will come about when there is no land left to farm and feed the burgeoning population, or there is no clean water left to drink, or wildlife to balance the ecosystem, or, more importantly, when their children start dying. By that time, however, it probably will be too late.
1.In Paragraph1, “another nail in their coffin” is similarin meaning to______.
A.a bad luck B.going dead
C.a blessing in disguiseD.going from bad to worse
2.The author purposefully capitalizes the initial letters of Mother Nature because ______.
A.the author is clearly being sarcastic and suggesting that human beings show no respect for the nature
B.the author wantsto emphasizethe point that nature, like our mother, provides us with nourishment
C.they are used here as a proper noun personifyingthe might power of nature
D.they are words of very special importance
3.The author implies that travelling one-to-a-car______.
A.is an environmentally-friendly travel option
B.should be discouraged
C.should be encouraged
D.should be punished
Transcribethe sound represented by the underlined letter(s) in the words and then describe it. (10 points)
II.语言教学知识与能力
1.单项选择题
Which of the following activitiesbelongs incommunicative practice?
A.Repeating sentences that the teacher says.
B.Doing oral grammar drills.
C.Reading aloud passages from the textbook.
D.Giving instructions so that someone can use a new machine.
2.简答题(中文作答)
(1)请辨析下列两个句子的不同点并解释原因。
Did you eat something this evening?
Did you eat anything this evening?
(2)英语教师应该如何看待并处理学生的语言错误?请举例说明。
III.教学设计
教学设计题：根据所提供的信息和语言素材进行教学设计，本题用英文作答。
请根据以下信息和语言素材进行教学设计，本题用英文作答。
设计任务：阅读以下信息和语言素材。假设你将利用此语言素材提高学生的阅读能力，请根据学生情况设计针对此素材的教学目标，以及实现该目标的课堂活动。
学生概况：本班为中等城市普通学校高中一年级的学生，班级人数为40人。多数学生已具备一定的英语语言能力。学生能够积极参与课堂活动，合作意识较强。
教学时间：45分钟。
教学设计需包括：
教学目标;
教学步骤及设计意图;
教学活动方式、具体内容及设计意图;
教学时间规划;
学习评价。
语言素材：(加粗单词为学生首次接触的词汇)
The Road to Modern English
At the end of the 16th century, above five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England. Later in the next century, people from England made voyagesto conquer other parts of the world and because ofthat, English began to be spoken in many other countries. Today, more people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before.
NativeEnglish speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. Look at this example:
British Betty: Would you like to see my flat?
American Amy: Yes, I’d like to come upto your apartment.
So why has English changed over time? Actuallyall languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first, the English language spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It wasbased more on German than the English we speak at present.Then graduallybetween about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600s Shakespeare was able to make use ofa wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia too. English began to speak in both countries.
Finally by the 19thcentury the language was settled. At that time two big changes in English spellinghappened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary andlaterNoah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of English Language. The latter gave a separateidentityto American English Spelling.
English now is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia. For example, India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. During that time English became the language for government and education. English is also spoken in Singaporeand Malaysiaand countries in Africa such asSouth Africa. Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly. In fact, China may have the largest number of English learners. Will Chinese English develop its own identity? Only time will tell.
IV.教学实施与评价
教学情景分析题：根据题目要求进行教学分析，本题用中文作答。
以下片段选自某课堂实录(片段中T指教师，S指学生)。请分析该教学片段并回答下列问题：
(1)学生在对话中的语言错误是什么?
(2)教师采用什么方式来纠正学生的错误?效果如何?
(3)教师还可以采用哪些方式纠错?请举例说明。
教学片段：
T:What did your mum do yesterday, Wang Lin?
S: My mum buyed the dress for me.
T: Oh, that is nice, your mumboughtit for you, did she?
S: Yes.
T: Where did she buy it?
S: She buyed it in town.
T: Oh, shebought it in town for you. Well, it is very nice.
