Unit 2 Task
一、结合词汇表自学本模块中出现的生字词。试试英汉互译。
hybrid_______________ title____________ agriculture____________
hunger_____________ contribution_____________ production_____________
碰巧____________________ 优势,有利条件_________________
目前__________________发展___________________增加_______________
二、读P32,完成下列问题
1)When was Yuan Longping born _________________________________
2) What did he do after his graduation ______________________________
3) Why did he begin research into rice _________________________________
4) What is his contribution _______________________________
5) Can you explain why Amy wants to write about him ____________________
三、根据32页信息,完成33页文章
四、翻译下列词组
杂交水稻之父_________________________________
一个工程院院士______________________________
大学毕业之后________________________________
死于饥饿____________________________________
开始研究杂交水稻_________________________________
碰巧发现___________________________________
比起其他有许多优点_______________________________
研制出一种新型的杂交水稻植物__________________________________
被引入美国__________________________________
使水稻增产20﹪-30﹪________________________________
五、你心目中的偶像是谁?写一篇文章来介绍他/她吧!请你先填写以下表格
The greatest person in my heart
No. Items materials
1 Name
2 Date of birth
3 Place of birth
4 Family
5 Studies
6 Major events (1)
(2)
(3)
7 Famous for
8 Prizes/ Awards
9 Reason for admiring
六、小组合作,写完成一篇介绍名人的短文
七、练一练
(A)用所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.I want to be an ___________ (invent)when I grow up.
2.Yuan Longping worked as a teacher after(graduate) ____________ from college.
3.Yuan is one of the greatest ____________ (science)in China.
4.At present, over 100 countries in Asia ,Africa and America __________(grow) hybrid rice already.
5.Because of the great ___________(achieve) in Chinese film industry, Zhou Runfa is written into textbooks in HK.
(B)阅读理解
Ba Jin, China’s most famous writer, passed away on October 17, 2005. he was one of the most respected Chinese writers of the past century.
Ba Jin was born on November 25, 1904, in a wealthy family in Chengdu,
Sichuan Province. He received a good education while young. The May 4th
Movement in 1919 filled him with democratic (民主的) ideas. With these new
ideas, he decided to study abroad. Ba Jin went to study in France in 1926 and
there completed his first novel, Destruction (《灭亡》). It expressed his sadness
over China’s status (地位) in the world at that time and his hope for revolution.
“ I am a person always full of contradictions (矛盾),” he once said. “It was hard to choose whether to devote myself to revolution as a soldier or as a writer at that time.” But finally he picked up his pen to fight against the enemy.
Ba Jin was one of the few writers in China who did not live on government pay, but on royalties (版税) from his writing. On his 80th birthday, he said, “I’ve lived on royalties all my life. All my readers have supported me.”
( )1. Ba Jin was one of the most respected Chinese writers of the____Century.
A. 18th B. 19th C. 20th D. 21st
( ) 2. What does the word “wealthy” here mean in Chinese
A. 贫穷的 B. 富有的 C. 不起眼的 D. 健康的
( ) 3. Ba Jin completed his first novel in________ .
A. China B. France C. Britain D. Germany
( )4. His first novel Destruction showed that _________ at that time.
A. he wished China could have a revolution
B. he didn’t care about the status of China in the world
C. it was hard for him to choose to be a soldier or a writer
D. he had no new ideas for the future of China
( )5. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true
A. Ba Jin passed away at 101.
B. Ba Jin got a good education while young.
C. Ba Jin used to be a soldier.
D. Ba Jin lived on royalties all his life.
参考答案
四、1. Father of Hybrid Rice 2. a member of the Academy of Engineering
3. after graduating from college 4. die of hunger 5. begin research into hybrid rice
6. happen to find 7. have many advantages over others
8. develop a new type of hybrid rice plamt 9. be introduced into the USA
10. increase rice production by 20﹪-30﹪
七、(A)1. inventor 2. graduating 3. scientists 4. have grown 5. achievements
(B) CBBAC