外研版英语九下 Module 3.2 Life now and then Unit 2
阅读理解
Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and over1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.
Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.
When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired?him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first ?patent(专利权) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.
Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.
1.How often did Edison make a new invention？
A. About every fourteen days. ???
B. About every seven days.
C. About once a week. ???????????
D. About twice a week.
2.The underlined world “fired” in the passage means “[INPUT]”
A. Gave somebody a job. ??????
B. Set fire to somebody.
C. Let somebody down. ????????
D. Forced somebody to leaves his job.
3.Edison considered his deafness as[INPUT].
A. something bad ????????????
B. a gift from God
C. a kind of ability ????????
D. a disadvantage
4.Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Edison had only 8hours’rest each day after his deafness.
B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching.
C. Edison had his first job in 1986.
D. Edison’inventions greatly improved the quality of people’s life.
5.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The fun_ction of the electric light.
B. Edison and his experiments.
C. The importance of inventions.
D. The whole life of Edison.
单项选择题
6.The path leads ______ a tiny village.
A. to? ? ? ? ? B. into? ? ? ? ? C. at? ? ? ? ?D. on
7.The candle was blown ________ by the wind.
A. off? ? ? ? ?B. out? ? ? ? ?C. in? ? ? ? ?D. at
8.I can't walk ________ this heat.
A. on? ? ? ? ?B. under? ? ? ? ?C. in? ? ? ? ?D. about
9.My parents _______ go abroad with me.
A. nearly? ? ? ? ?B. almost? ? ? ? ?C. hard? ? ? ? ? D. seldom
10.I have too much housework nto do in my _______ time.
A. spare? ? ? ? ?B. empty? ? ? ? ? C. enough? ? ? ? ? D. busy
答案解析：
阅读理解
1. A
解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句About every two weeks he created something new.可看出他每两周就有一项新的发明，故答案为A。
2. D
解析：词汇释义题。题根据文中的句子Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well.(不幸的是，他的第一份工作结果并不好。) 及Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, …(然后爱迪生作为一名电报员工作了五年，…)可推测出该词义为“解雇”，故选D。
3. B
解析：细节理解题。根据文章中的句子…, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways.(但是他认为耳聋是上帝在许多方面对他的袒护。)可看出他认为自己一个耳朵聋了是上帝对自己的袒护，故选B。
4. C
解析：细节判断题。根据文中的句子He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours.可看出爱迪生每天只有8小时的休息时间，故A项说法正确；从第二段He attended school for only three months. …, but Thomas was mostly self-educated.看出他仅上了三个月学，但是爱迪生多数时间都是通过自学获得知识的，因此选项B说法也是正确的；由文章最后一句话He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.可看出他的发明大大提高了人们的生活水平，故D说法也正确；爱迪生生于1847年，在他12岁时，他获得了第一份工作，所以这一年应该是1859年，而不是1969年，故选项C法错误。
5. D
解析：主旨大意题。本文通篇介绍了爱迪生的一生，介绍了他的生平，教育以及干的工作、作出的发明等等，因此正答案选D。
单项选择题
6. A
解析：lead to引入
7. B
解析：blow out吹灭
8. C
解析：in this heat在这种温度下
9. D
解析：nearly=almost几乎，hard辛苦地，坚硬的，seldom几乎不
10. A
解析：spare time空闲时间
课件13张PPT。外研版《英语》 九年级下册Module 3
Life now and thenUnit 2 I think life is better today. 课程编号：TS1611010203W92030201WL授课: Sherry1. To get the main idea of the passage and
to master language points in the passage.
2. To complete the reading exercises on page 21.
Language Goals知识点一 Mrs Li is over seventy years old. She has lived in Beijing all
her life. I asked her about life today and in the past.
What was your life like in the past?
My family lived in a tiny house. There were no electric lights,
only candles. My father was a postman, and he often worked
twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer
heat. My mum was a farm girl before she met my father. She
was a kind and loving mother. She didn’t go out to work. There
were five children in my family, and looking after us was more
than a full-time job.
Reading and Vocabulary知识点一... and looking after us was more than a full-time job.
动名词短语在句中作主语时, 谓语动词要用单数;
more than表示“不只是，多于”。
e.g. He is more than a coach. He is a friend.
Reading and Vocabulary知识点一 I remember the family meals. The food was simple.
We could only eat meat once or twice a year. I wasn’t
sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it,
and what' s more, because I was a girl.
How has life changed?
Families have got smaller than they were in the past.
Today most people only have one child! The role of women
has changed too. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good
education, and she goes to work even after getting married.
I’m happy to see she’s busy working every day, but sometimes
I feel lonely because she can’t come to see me often.
Reading and Vocabulary知识点一what' s more 然而/还有…… ，表示递进；
既可以放句首，也可以放句中，后面加逗号。
e.g. You should remember it, and?what’s?more,
you should get it right.
afford v. 负担得起 常与can, could, be able to连用
其后接名词、代词或动词的不定式
e.g. The computer is expensive. Can you afford to buy it?Reading and Vocabulary知识点一 Transport and travel are easier today. When
I was young, I went everywhere on foot or
sometimes by bike. Now you can take the bus
everywhere, and there’s also the underground.
And you young people can take a plane to
anywhere in the world. The only thing I don’t
like, though, is that there’s so much more
traffic. It’s so difficult to cross the road.
Reading and Vocabulary知识点一 Of course, we didn’t have television when I
was a child. I really enjoy watching television
today.There’re so many good programmes, like
the Beijing Opera and old films. But Some of the
shows are too noisy for me.
Generally speaking, I think life is better today.
We eat better and we live longer.
Reading and Vocabulary知识点一generally speaking 一般而言, 总的说来 = in general
e.g. Generally speaking, we enjoyed the trip.
In general, women live longer than men.Reading and Vocabulary知识点二Now complete the notes and add more points of your own.
more food and better
foodsimple, meat only
once or twice a yearhard and difficult
work, long hoursinteresting jobs for
boys and girlsexpensive, often
only for boysgood schools for
everyoneReading Exercises知识点二Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box.
candles cold generally speaking postman tiny traffic
Mrs Li’s father was a (1) __________. He often worked outside
for twelve hours a day in the summer heat or in the winter (2)____.
They lived in a (3) ______ house and used (4) __________ for
light. Mrs Li says that (5) __________________, life is better today.
But not everything is satisfying. There are some things that she is not
happy with, for example, the (6) __________.
postmancoldtinycandlesgenerally speakingtrafficReading Exercises1. 了解文章的主要内容
2. 掌握文章中重要的语言点
动名词短语在句中作主语时, 谓语动词要用单数
afford to do sth
what' s more
generally speaking小结THANK YOU
