(共17张PPT)
Unit 2 Great minds
第2课时 Reading
一、根据教材P19的课文内容,补全下面短文,每空一词
Many people consider Albert Einstein a genius. This story about him shows that he was also 1. _______ (humour). Einstein often received 2. _______ (invite) to explain his theories at different universities. One evening, on his way to a university, he was tired and he wished he could avoid
3. _______ (give) the lecture, but he didn’t want to let the
humorous
invitations
giving
audience 4. _______. His driver Hans had 5. _______ idea to solve the problem. Because Hans had listened to the lecture many times, he had learnt it 6. _______ heart. He decided to give the lecture instead of Einstein. Hans gave the lecture
7. _______ difficulty. But before Hans 8. _______(leave), a man asked him such a difficult question that Hans couldn’t answer it. However, Hans was a genius. He laughed and said that it was so easy that even his driver could answer it. So
down
an
by
without
left
Einstein answered the question 9. _______(perfect) instead. After they left the university, Hans offered to drive but Einstein laughed and said, “It’s a 10. _______ (please) to drive a genius like you.”
perfectly
pleasure
二、阅读理解
(一)
Do you know Garfield (加菲猫) Garfield first appeared in June, 1978. He is well known all over the world. Lots of Garfield books have been turned into more than 20 languages. Garfield products are sold in sixty-nine countries.
Jim Davis is Garfield’s creator. Jim was born in July, 1945, in Indiana. He grew up on a farm where his dad raised cows. Jim
and his brother Dave helped with the farm work. They had twenty-five cats.
As a boy, Jim was in poor health. When he had to rest, he drew pictures. He added words to his pictures to make them funny.
After college, Jim worked a few years at a company. In 1969, he got a job to help a cartoonist. Jim noticed that there
were many cartoons but few about cats. He thought that was strange since the world is full of cat lovers.
He remembered the twenty-five farm cats he grew up with. They gave him ideas for a cat cartoon. In the cartoon, Garfield became the central character in daily difficult experiences with Jon, his owner, and other characters. He is lazy, funny and hungry.
Jim Davis has received many awards. Twice he was given the Best Humour Strip Cartoonist of the Year Award. He has won four Emmys (艾美奖).
( )1. How old is Jim now
A. 70. B. 73. C. 77. D. 80.
( )2. Who is Dave
A. Garfield’s brother. B. Jim’s brother.
C. Garfield’s father. D. Jim’s mother.
C
B
( )3. What happened to Jim in 1969
A. He created Garfield.
B. He helped with the farm work.
C. He worked for a company.
D. He got a job to help a cartoonist.
( )4. Who does the underlined word “He” refer to
A. Dave. B. Jim. C. Garfield. D. Jon.
D
C
( )5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage
A. Jim’s family kept 23 cats on the farm.
B. Garfield first appeared in 1945.
C. Before Jim created Garfield, there were few cartoons about cats.
D. When Jim was young, he was very healthy.
C
(二)
信息匹配。阅读下面的地方介绍,为五个人选出合适他们的地方,并将其标号填入题前括号内。
A. Have an out-of-this-world experience at Peter Harrison Planetarium(天文馆). Activities include “Space Travel” events for younger children and the “Meet the Neighbors”live shows,which are hosted by some astronomers(天文学家).
B. Learn a Victorian lesson at the Ragged School Museum. It sends children back to the 1800s,when Dr Barnardo first set up this place to offer free education to the poor. In this place,kids can experience the Victorian classroom.
C. Score a goal at Chelsea FC Stadium Tours. Take a look at the parts of Stamford Bridge that only players or officials can enter. The most popular tour part includes a museum visit to test your football skills.
D. Toffee Park is a great playground. It encourages children to think and do for themselves,letting them control their own play indoors and outdoors,with an interest in nature and working with all kinds of recycled objects.
E. Make your own comics trips at the Cartoon Museum. There are shows of old comic art on weekends for children to try different artistic styles and create comic strips (连环漫画).
F. Go and see a play at Shakespeare’s Globe. It was recreated in the style of a theater. Children and families are welcome to performances. The tour and shows are the best ways to introduce kids to Shakespeare.
( )1. Mark is a football fan. He wants to go to a place where he can learn more about this sport with his friends this weekend.
C
( )2. Linda is a 12-year-old girl,and she likes reading comic books best in her spare time. She wants her mother to take her to a place that has to do with comics on weekends.
( )3. Aaron’s favourite subject is history. He’s interested in what schools used to be like and wants to know something about the education in the past.
E
B
( )4. Jane wants to be an astronaut in the future. She wants to use her weekends to learn more about the universe.
( )5. Shakespeare is Jack’s favourite writer. He wants to go with his family on weekends to experience what the theater was like and to see a play together.
A
F
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