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which one was a person of great determination?

Pre-reading

A person went to visit a friend but she didn’t know exactly

where the friend lived. She walked down the street , but

didn’t see her friend, so she went home.

B.A person grew up in a poor family. She wanted to be a doctor. She worked during the day and every evening she studied, she spent all the money that she saved on books. After doing this for six years, she went to a medical school and finally became a doctor.

C.A person wrote a book. The book was bought by many people and the person became rich. Finally the book was made into a film and the person became even richer.

Helen Keller

Deaf and blind

Educator/writer

Stephen Hawking

England

In a wheelchair

Physicist/ mathematician

In your opinion, what does the title “A person of great determination ” mean?

A person who knows what he wants and makes every effort to get this even though the situation is difficult

Scanning

What was the boy looking for and what was the problem?

How did the bookseller and the writer each offer to

help the boy?

want to buy a geography book only have 62 cents

the bookseller: offer him the chance to buy the new book

pay him the rest of the money later

offer him a secondhand book for 50 cents

give him a new pencil and some writing paper

the writer: give him two dollars to buy some books

Careful reading

1. The writer went to a bookstore to buy a geography book.

2.The boy couldn’t go to school maybe because his family was poor.

3.The boy was anxious to get a geography book because he wanted to be ahead of other boys and learn about where his father had been to.

4.The writer followed the boy to find out whether he could get what he wanted.

5.The boy was interested in geography because he wanted to enter college.

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F

F

F

T

6.After the fifth bookstore, the boy decided to try most of the bookstores in town in order to know whether he could get one.

7.The young boy was very happy because he got a secondhand book for only forty cents.

8.Having been given two dollars, the boy looked as if he was going to burst into tears. That was because he was shy and thankful.

9.From the passage, we can mainly see the boy’s eagerness, disappointment and desperation.

F

F

F

T

Further discussion

What do you think of William Hartley?

What do you think of the bookseller at the fifth

store and the writer?

What conclusion can we draw from the text?

determined clever iron-willed wise strict devoted

careful diligent firm persisting respectable patient

kind-hearted helpful thoughtful

patient warm- hearted generous merciful

unselfish

Where there is a will, there is a way.

1.“A weak smile” means the same as a ____ smile.

A.happy B.pleasant C.faint D.sad

2.Altogether the boy went into ___bookstores.

A.seven B.four C.five D.six

3.The boy was eager to have a geography book because ___.

A.he did not want to fall behind the other boys

B.he wanted to show off (炫耀) before the other boys

C.he was interested in the places his father once arrived at

D.both A and C

4.We can infer that the boy showed ___ towards his father.

A.admiration B.thankfulness C.gratitude D.hatred

5.That the boy questioned about the secondhand book showed that he was ___.

A.careful B.unsatisfied

C.narrow-minded D.hard to please

Reading comprehension

6.The verb phrase “look into” means ___.

A.search and find B.read quickly about

C.give a quick look D.examine carefully

7.The text is mainly about ___.

A.the boy’s determination of getting a geography book

B.the boy’s love for books

C.the author’s curiosity about the boy

D.the bookseller’s kindness to the boy

8.The fact that the boy at least got his book showed his___.

A.strong will B.calmness C.cleverness D.bravery