单选题_____ that I wasn’t going to get much chance for promotion, I soon became bored with my work.A To realizeB RealizingC Being realizedD Realized

Teaching Contents: Listening to a dialogue about Frank ' s inviting Betsy to his party. Teaching Objectives:
(1) Knowledge objectives
①Students will learn some new words or expressions, like promotion, throw a party, the more the merrier.
②Students will know how to invite people for parties, as well as how to react to people' s invitation.
(2) Ability objective
Students' listening ability for general ideas and detailed information can be improved.
(3) Emotional objectives
①Students will learn to share their happiness with their friends.
② Students will be willing to apply their English into daily use.
Teaching Key and Difficult Points:
(1) Teaching key point
Students will know how to invite people for parties and how to react towards people' s invitation.
(2) Teaching difficult point
① Students ' listening ability for general ideas and detailed information can be trained.
② Students will make offers for their own party to their friends.
Major Steps:
Step 1 Warming up (3 minutes)
I will begin the class by sharing my experience of a fantastic birthday party last week. Then I will give them 1
minute to think about one of their unforgettable parties. And they can share it with the whole class by telling the time,the theme, the activities of that party.
(Justification: By talking about their own parties, they will recall back some related expressions under this topic.
And this will prepare them for the following listening.)
Step 2 Pre-listening (5 minutes)
I will present some new expressions first, like promotion, throw a party, the more the merrier by making up ashort paragraph--People celebrate important occasions, like weddings, promotions or birthdays. Usually they like tothrow a party to get their families and friends together and have fun. For most parties, it is the more the merrier andthat' s why people will invite a lot of people to their parties.
(Justification: It is easier to teach the new expressions with the help of context. For example, if I tell students that"throw a party" means "have or hold a party", they will not only understand the explanation, but also get to know howto use the expression by comparing the context provided.)
Step 3 While-listening (6 minutes)
First, I will play the tape once. And before they are ready, I will remind them that during listening they should notpay much attention to any specific words or expressions and all they need to do is to get the main idea of it. Afterlistening, I will invite some students to tell the class what happened, and why it happened.
Next, I will ask them to listen to the dialogue for the second time with a filling task on the blackboard.

(Justification: Listening for the first time is to train students' listening ability for general ideas and the secondtime is to train their listening ability for detailed information.)
Step 4 Post-listening (6 minutes)
(1) Students need to work with their desk-mates to do the dialogue with the help of the chart on the blackboard.
(2) Then they will be divided into groups of 4 to design a party for their parents' anniversary. They need to figureout the theme, the time, the activities and the invitation letters of this party. Two groups will be invited to share their
ideas.
(Justification: The first activity is for students to practice the targeted language point--how to invite people forparties and how to react to people's invitations. The second activity is to provide a chance for them to use thelanguage actively.)

【考情点拨】考查比较级的用法。【应试指导】句意：这个号手的演奏声音无疑太吵。但是与其说我不能容忍这么大的声音不如说我不能容忍他的演奏水平低下。首先排除A、C两项，因为它们构不成比较级的正确形式。而该题的开头句子限定了对D项的选择，因为作者更想说明的是his lack of talent（缺乏才能）。not…so much as…与其说……不如说……，符合题意。

考查让步状语从旬。特殊疑问词+ever既可引导让步状语从句，也可引导名词性从句。本句中however引导的是一个让步状语从句，however后面要接形容词或副词，however much it costs相当于no matter how much it costs。句意为“我已经告诉你了，无论花多少钱，我都要买它”。故A项正确。

本题考查介词短语。四个选项都有“由于，幸亏”的意思，A选项作为连词引导句子，引导短语要用because of，B选项引导短语，C选项强调“为了……”，如“for the sake of safety”“为了安全起见”。 D选项强调“多亏，幸亏”，而题目意为“由于一些失误，我没能得到晋升。”需要能引导短语，表示消极原因的词语。