Step 1 Fast reading
Answer the following questions
1. How do honey bees communicate with each other? (Para 3)
2. What information do the two dances convey? (Para 4)
True or False:
( ) 1. Von Frisch and his co-workers counted hoe many times the bees repeated the wagging dance during one hour.
( ) 2. They discovered that the farther away the feeding station was, the faster the dance was.
( ) 3. The number of wagging dances per minute told the direction to the feeding place.
( ) 4. Then Professor Von Frisch did his third experiment, which was to discover whether the wagging dance showed direction.
( ) 5. He found that the straight part of the dance was the same in the morning from what it had been in the afternoon.
( ) 6. If the feeding place was toward the sun, the dance headed straight onward during the straight part of the wagging dance.
( ) 7. The experiment of Professor Karl Von Frisch tells us that bees can and do communicate with each other by their dances, which may be called a kind of “language”.
Suggested Answers: FFFTFFT
Step 2 Careful reading
make a summary of each part:
Part 1: (Para 1) Some basic knowledge about bees.
Part 2: (Paras 2-8) Professor Von Frisch’s experiment.
Part 3: (the last Para) The late life of Professor Von Frisch.
Choose the best answer
1.The scientist can research the language of the honeybees because of the development of ____ .D
A. the modern beehive B. experiment C. dishes of honey D. both A and B
2. The phrase “ tell the bees apart ” in Paragraph 2 means ______ . B
A. tell the bees separately
B. tell one bee from the other
C. drive the bees away
D. tear the bees into pieces
3. After the marked bees danced , the other bees _____ . D
A. danced together
B. became very excited
C. seemed not to noticed it
D. both A and B
4. Different dances indict different ______ . B
A. food B. feeding place C. steps D. semicircle
5. The phrase “ come to light ” in Paragraph 5 means _______ . A
A. become known
B. come to a bright place
C. turn bright
D. both A and B
6. The circle dances told the bees about ______ . A
A. the position of the feeding place
B. the distance of the feeding place
C. the amount of the food
D. all the information about food
7. The number of the wagging dances per minute told ______ . C
A. the position of the feeding place
B. the amount of the food
C. the distance of the feeding place
D. all the information about food
8.You can find the main idea of the test simply from _____ . A
A. the title
B. the first paragraph
C. the second paragraph
D. the last paragraph
9.Karl Von Frisch made an experiment to research ______ . C
A. the food of honeybees
B. the dance of honeybees
C. the ways honeybees communicate
D. the hive of honeybees
10. Which of the statements is possible according to the last paragraph? D
A. We human beings can communicate as honeybees do
B. We human beings can go as quickly as honeybees
C. We human beings can come to help each other in a fast way
D. We human beings can learn something from animal’s behavior
Step 3 Language points
1．tell ------ apart 识别，辨别 动副短语 常与can，could，be able to 连用。
eg. Can you tell the two things apart ？ （tell apart the two things）
eg. The twins are so much alike that their own mother can not tell them apart.
tell -----from-----
2. one after another one by one
eg. They have solved problems one after another since they came.（强调数量之多）
eg. After class the students left the classroom silently one by one.　（强调顺序）

3.They troop behind the first dancer, copying its movements.
troop Vi. 结队而行，成群涌向。　句子主语应是复数。
eg. The children trooped into the park.
eg. The game was over and the players trooped home.
n. 一群，许多。　军队（常用复数） A troop of visitors /students (a group of / a line of)
copy 模仿，效仿 eg. You should copy his strong points ,not his weak points.
4.What else else 常放在疑问代词或副词后面
who else ,where else ,nobody else ,anything else eg.Where else did he go?
注：所有格
5. faraway 遥远的　　　nearby　　附近的 eg. a faraway forest a nearby hotel
faraway 作表语或状语用 far away , nearby 作表语或状语可用nearby, near by, near-by.
eg. The house is far away. eg. They live near-by less than a kilometer.
6. come to light 发现，暴露 (to be discovered)
eg.The money didn’t come to light until the old man died.
eg. New facts about the case have recently come to light.
注：come to light ,come about 中come 不用被动态
7.make a beeline for sp. 　走直路，走近路
eg. As he spoke he made a beeline for the door.
eg. If you want catch with the team, you’d better make a beeline for them.
head for sp. eg. The ship is heading for London for repairs.
8.except/ except that /except for/ but/besides/apart from
eg. We all succeed _______ Tom.. (except)
eg.I looked everywhere _________ in the bedroom.. (except)
eg.He is a good man _______hot temper. (except for)
eg. Your article is quite good ________there are several spelling mistakes. (except that)
eg._________me ,there were ten other people at the meeting. (Besides, Apart from)
eg. The doctor told me nothing ______to stop smoking. (but)
eg. Last night I did nothing _____ watch TV. (but)

Integrating Skills

Step 1 Lead in
Which group do the zoologists place human Beings? Primates.
Primates include other mammals such as apes and monkeys, and they share certain characteristics.
Step 2 Fast reading
1 What are the key features found in primates? (Para 1)
2 Do you think it is possible to teach chimpanzees to use language and do other things that we consider typically human? Why or why not? (Para 6)
3.Can you name some key features found in primates?
Their hands and feet can gra

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