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- Word Pretest
For each italicized word or expression, choose the best meaning below.
1. The stormy sea engulfed the small boat.
A. carried B. covered C. hit
2. George commanded that we go there at once.
A. begged B. ordered C. complained
3. The teacher separated the boys from the girls.
A. set apart B. set down C. set up
4. Children love to hear stories about terrible monsters.
A. small imaginary animals that look frightening
B. large imaginary animals that look beautiful
C. large imaginary animals that look frightening
5. Different from tigers and lions, horses and dogs are domestic animals.
A. four-legged B. grass-eating C. not wild
6. She resembles her sister very much in appearance.
A. likes B. looks like C. looks different from
7. His descendants still live in the same village.
A. ancestors B. supporters C. children or grandchildren
8. he saw Mary as the companion of a lifetime.
A. person one spends time with
B. person one brings up
C. person one works for
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Cultural Background：
the Bible: sacred writings of the Christian Church, comprising the Old and New Testaments 圣经（包括旧约和新约的基督教圣书）.
Old Testament: the first half of the Bible,containing ancient Hebrew writing about events before the birth of Christ 圣经的旧约全书
New Testament: the second half of the Bible,containing the earliest Christian writings about Jesus Christ 圣经的新约全书
 The Story of Creation
In the beginning when God created the universe the earth was formless. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the power of God was moving over the water. Then God commanded, “Let there be light” — and light appeared. God was pleased with what he saw. Then he separated the light from the darkness, and he named the light “Day” and the darkness “Night”. Evening passed and morning came — that was the first day.
Then God commanded, “Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in two separate places” — and it was done. So God made a dome, and it separated the water under it from the water above it. He named the dome “Sky”. Evening passed and morning came — that was the second day.
Then God commanded, “Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear” — and it was done. He named the land “Earth,” and the water which had come together he named “Sea”. And god was pleased with what he saw. Then he commanded, “Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit” — and it was done. So the earth produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw. Evening passed and morning came — that was the third day.
Then God commanded, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin; they will shine in the sky to give light to the earth” — and it was done. So God made the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over the night; he also made the stars. He placed the lights in the sky to shine on the earth. To rule over the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God was pleased with what he saw. Evening passed and morning came — that was the fourth day.
Then God commanded, “Let the water be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let the air be filled with birds.” So God created the great sea monsters, all kinds of creatures that live in the water, and all kinds of birds. And God was pleased with what he saw. He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number. Evening passed and morning came — that was the fifth day.
Then God commanded, “Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and wild, large and small” — and it was done. So God made them all, and he was pleased with what he saw.
Then God said, “And now I will make human beings; they will resemble me. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild, large and small.” So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female, blessed them, and said, “Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over that earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals. I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat; but for all the wild animals and for all the birds I have provided grass and leafy plants for food” — and it was done. God looked at everything he had made, and he was very pleased. Evening passed and morning came
— that was the sixth day.
And so the whole universe was completed. By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working. He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had completed his creation and stopped working. And that is how the universe was created.
Then the Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and guard it. He told him, “You may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden, except the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad. You must not eat the fruit of that tree; if you do, you will die the same day.”
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to live alone. I will make a suitable companion to help him.” Then the Lord God made the man fall into a deep sleep, and while he was sleeping, he took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the flesh. He formed a woman out of the rib and brought her to him.
Total words: 800
Total reading time: minutes seconds
The text is based on “The Story of Creation” in Good News Bible. New York: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1976.
Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences
Read each of the following sentences. Write the core parts in the space provided and underline the main clause.
1. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild, large and small.
2. Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary to be your wife, for it is by the Holy Spirit that she has conceived.
3. Now all this happened in order or make come true what the Lord had said through the prophet.
4. So when Joseph woke up, he married Mary, as the angel of the Lord had told him to.
5. They went into the house, and when they saw the child with his mother Mary, they knelt down and worshipped him.
Reading Comprehension
Circle the letter of the best choice.
1. According to the Bible, the world was created by God in .
A. one day B. six days C. seven days
2. When God created the universe, .
- there was no land on the earth
- there was no water on the earth
- there was no darkness on the earth
3. The first thing God commanded was .
A. the sun B. a human being C. light
4. Man was created on the day.
A. first B. fourth C. sixth
5. On the seventh day, what did God do?
- He created sea monster.
- He created all kinds of birds.
- He did nothing but have a rest.
6. In this story, the order of creation was .
- Sea, the sun, man, animals
- The sun, Sea, animals, man
- Sea, the sun, animals, man
7. Who named all the animals and birds?
A. God B. The first man. C. The first woman.
Vocabulary Building
① Word Match
Match the following words with their definitions within each group of five words.
cunning spread
plain a large flat area of land
bridegroom clever in deceiving
scatter a man about to be married
container a box, bottle or any other object used for holding something
disciple cause to worry; not be calm
disgrace a follower
sin a person who foretells the future
prophet bring shame or dishonor on
upset the breaking of a religious or moral law
tolerate charge (someone) with doing wrong
repent become pregnant
accuse put up with; stand; bear
conceive show great respect to
worship be sorry for and wish one hasn’t done (something bad)
Complete the sentences by using the words above. Change the forms if necessary.
1. He knew nothing of the means used to get him out his job.
2. They were by the poverty they saw in the countryside.
3. The gunshot the birds.
4. He his wickedness.
5. Christians are people who Jesus Christ.
6. “I will not such nonsense,” the teacher said to the naughty boy.
7. He was of cheating
8. Martin Luther King considered himself a of Gandhi.
② Suffix
Many adjectives end in suffixes-(i)ous, -less, and –most. Study the examples, and then list some adjectives that end in these suffixes in the space provided. Add more if you can.
suffixes examples
-(i)ous various, curious, mysterious
-less endless, priceless
-most lowermost, formost
-(i)ous 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
-less 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
-most 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Fill in each blank with a word in its proper form.
1. A driver is a danger to the public. (care)
2. The medicine is if taken in large quantities. (poison)
3. What she said exposed her thoughts. (inner)
4. What she said exposed her thoughts. (inner)
5. It is to walk on railway lines. (danger)
6. The young man has a future before him. (glory)
7. to say, this absent-minded professor left his umbrella in the classroom again. (need)
8. I’m fed up with your complaining. (end)
Cloze
Fill in each of the blanks with a word given below.
like animal wonderful snake person
fruit eat tree garden bush
The snake was the most cunning that the Lord God had made. The
asked the woman, “Did God really tell you not to fruit from any tree in the garden?”
“We may eat the fruit of any tree in the ,” the woman answered, “except the tree in the middle of it. God told us not to eat the fruit of that or even touch it; if we do, we will die.”
The snake replied, “That’s not true; you will not die. God said that because he knows that when you eat it, you will be God and know what is good and what is bad.”
The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how it would be to become wise. So she took some of the and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it.
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