Page I
Comprehension test：
1. explore 2. changes 3. family 4. look back
5. understand 6. alive 7. decide 8. lessons
Vocabulary in use:
1. alive 2. confusing 3. divide; into 4. spread
5. wear out 6. simple
Writing task: (one possible version)
Yes, I agree. My grandfather is 70 years old, but he started learning to play the piano this year. He says it is never too late to try something new. I think that as long as we keep learning and laughing, life is always colorful.
Pages II-III
Day 1
语篇导入：1-4 cbda
活学活用：
1. on → to 2. to → with 3. and → but
阅读填空：1. poems/poetry 2. fell 3. early
4. two/2 5. poets 6. joy 7. thinking 8. open
Day 2
活学活用：
1. We can go hiking as long as the weather is fine.
2. Climbing mountains all day made us tired.
3. They will put on a show next Friday.
4. We will continue with our trip tomorrow.
阅读理解：CCB
Day 3
活学活用：
1. She has a fear of storms. / She fears storms.
2. The little boy can’t sit still in class.
3. He is under great stress these days.
阅读理解：DDCB
Day 4
1-5 BCCAB 6-8 CDA
Page IV
任务型阅读：
1. It means “Mother of the World”.
2. They climbed to the top in 1953.
3. The lowest temperature can reach –60 C.
4. Because it is very cold and windy and there is very little oxygen on the mountain.
5. Yaks help people carry things in the high mountain areas, just like ships carry goods across the sea.
语法填空：1. us 2. a 3. raises 4. studying
5. found / have found 6. useful 7. for
8. chickens 9. and 10. is
