1. Safe landing for Chinese astronauts

2. Unit Four
Reading
The TV Programmes on Saturday

3. A. Find the facts
The text you will read on pages is about a TV guide. Now listen to the tape and say whether each of the following is True (T) or False (F).

4. F F F F 1. Sports world covers high jump this week.
A1.True (T) or False (F).
1. Sports world covers high jump this week.
2. Sports world is interviewing well-known
swimming players this week.
3. Beijing Music Awards was pre-recorded
yesterday.
4.People have not voted for Beijing Music
Rewards by casting their ballot paper. F F F F

5. T F F F 5. The actors in Murder in a Country House are not superstars.
6. You can find out who is the murderer before
the end of the film.
7. Pandas are not disappearing as quick as the Asian tiger.
8.Tiger Watch won an award for the surprising scene of India. T F F F

6. c b 1.You might be ________about the weekly
A2. Choose the right answer
1.You might be ________about the weekly
round-up of sports, if you are not football fans.
a. uninteresting
b. excited
c. tired and impatient
2. Some of the most famous stars ___________.
a. will be covered live.
b. will be asked questions.
c. will be announced. c b

7. b c end of the film. a. after b. before c. from
3. You can’t find out the murderer ________ the
end of the film.
a. after
b. before
c. from
4. You won’t realize how much danger the tigers
face_______ you watch this documentary.
a. when
b. as
c. until b c

8. 5. While ________ the programme, you might
find it a bit disturbing.
a. watch
b. watching
c. to watch
6. India is ____________________________.
a. one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
b. one of many places where tigers still live.
c. one of the few places where tigers still live. b c

9. B .Find the meanings B1 Find the words in Column A in the passage and
match them with the meanings in Column B
A B
1.up-to-date a. deal with a a difficult situation
2.full of horror b. a performance by musicians
3.face c. including all the latest info.
4. photography d. feel a lot of fear
5. interview e. any written material
6. coming f. the art of taking photographs
7. text g. to ask someone questions
8. concert h. happening soon

10. B2.Find these words in the passage. Then read the
words around them and choose the best meanings.
1. direct
a. aim sth in a particular direction
b. tell actors in a play, film etc.what they should do
c. tell sb how to get to a place
2. scared
a. frightened of sth.
b. make sb feel frightened
c. frightening

11. 3.disappear
a. to become impossible to find
b. to stop existing
c. go out of sight
4. scene
a. part of a play
b. view
c. the place where an accident happened
5. mystery
a. condition of being secret
b. an event, situation that people don’t understand
c. a subject that is very secret

12. 6. disturbing
a. surprising
b. worrying or upsetting
c. suffering
7. documentary
a. drama
b. a film giving detailed info. about a particular
subject.
c. comedy
8. habitat
a. earth
b. camp
c. the natural home of a plant or animal

13. text to complete the following sentences:
C. Read and think
Read the text again and find words in the
text to complete the following sentences:

14. 1.They pay a _______ visit to their parents.
2. Unemployment is likely to rise in the _______ year.
3. Visit our Web site for the most __________ team
standings.
4. There’ll be a news ________ before the station goes
off the air.
5. The _________ of prizes will begin at three o’clock.
6. She ________ the Ethiopian famine for CBS news.
7. It wasn’t a recorded show; it was ________.
8. The government has_________ plans to create
10,000 new jobs.
9. The mother of the _______ victim wept in court.
10. The play was ________ by Frank Hauser.
weekly
coming
up-to-date
round-up
presentation
covered
live
announced
dead
directed

15. E. More Practice

23. Extension 1.Discussion Talk about your favorite programme on CCTV-9.
2. Homework
1. Do Exx of Assessment Handbook on
pp63-64
2. Write your favorite TV programme