1. April 14 高中进阶版 P1

2. Pre-reading P2P2 Have you dropped out of any competition after entering it? Why? What do you think of Sun Nan’s dropping out of the final competition of I Am a Singer?

3. While-reading P3P3 2. What do the critics say about Sun Nan’s dropping out of the competition? 1. Why did Sun Nan drop out of the final competition of I Am a Singer? Some say it showed Sun’s disrespect for the competition and the other competitors, and some say Sun was just afraid of the embarrassment of losing. Answer the following questions. Because he wanted the other six “younger” singers to have a better chance of winning the competition.

4. While-reading P4P4 4. According to the author, what should we do if we enter a competition? 3. Why was Sun Nan afraid of the embarrassment of being first eliminated in the final competition? We should try hard and never give up whatever the result. Answer the following questions. Because for a singer with such a long career in show business and many hits like Sun, that would have been a big blow to his ego.

5. While-reading P5P5 3. Han Hong won the championship in this year’s I Am a Singer reality show. 1. Only one percent of the audience chose to eliminate Sun Nan before the final. 2. Sun Nan sang the duet “Endless Love” with Han Hong in the first round of the final competition. True or false 4. In the Aesop’s fable of the fox and the grapes, the fox doesn’t pick the grapes because they are too sour to eat.

6. Language study P6P6 1.Medical opinion __________ on how many tablets it takes to overdose ( 药物过量 ). 2.Cancer is a taboo subject that people are frightened or __________ to talk about in public. 3.Harvard University and MIT are __________ the fourth and fifth largest employers in that area. 4.Efforts to commercialize the Russian space program have met with little __________. 5.She went through the typescript carefully to __________ all errors from it. Complete each sentence with the proper form of the given words. va ri es variouseliminationrespectembarrassmentsucceed embar rasse d respe ctive ly suc ces s elim inat e

7. P7P7 Language study 1. 这次事故是由于司机的疏忽造成的。 ( on the part of ) 2. 研究表明，父母离异的孩子更容易从学校中途退学。 ( drop ) Translate the following sentences into English. The accident was caused by carelessness on the part of the driver. Research suggests that children whose parents split up are more likely to drop out of school. 3. 我们肯定会得益于学校新的作息时间表。 ( benefit ) We are sure to benefit from the school’s new timetable.

8. After-reading P8P8 What is the most important thing you have learned in the competitions you have participated in? What would you do in the final competition if you were Sun Nan? QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER How can we get rid of the fear of the embarrassment of losing?