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沪教版英语八年级上册U1U8Reading原文含习题
Unit1Encyclopaedias
Lookitup!
Herearetwoarticlesfromanencyclopaedia.
DaVinci,Leonardo
LeonardodaVinci(1452-1519)wasanItalianpainter,inventor,musician,engineer
andscientist.DaVinciwasborninthecountryside.Fromanearlyage,heshowedgreat
intelligenceandartisticability.Ashegrewolder,helearnttodomanydifferentthings.His
paintingsareveryfamous,andone,theMonaLisa,isperhapsthemostfamouspainting
intheworld.Healsohadmanyinventions.Forexample,hisnotebooksincludesome
interestingdrawingsofflyingmachines.(SeeArt)
Dinosaurs
DinosaurslivedonEarthmorethan60millionyearsbeforehumanbeings.Theylived
everywhereonEarth.Somedinosaurswereassmallaschickens.Otherswereasbigas
tenelephants.Somecouldevenfly.Manydinosaursateplants.However,somedinosaurs
likedtoeatmeat.DinosaurslivedonEarthformorethan150millionyears.Then,
suddenly,theyalldiedout.Nobodyknowswhy.However,wecanlearnaboutthemfrom
theirfossils.(SeeEarthhistory)
Module1
CVocabulary
C1Thewordsinitalicsarefromthetwoarticles.Circlethecorrectanswerstocomplete
thesesentences.
1Whensomebodyisborn,he/she
.
acomesoutofhis/hermother'sbody
c
leaves
his/her
parents
bgoestoseea
doctor
2
Benny'sgrandparentsliveinthecountryside.Theylive
thecity.
a
insideb
outsidec
inthecentreof
3
Birdshaveamusicalability.They
sing.
a
can
bcannot
c
arehappyto
4
Thebookincludessomebeautifulphotos.Thesephotosare
thebook.
a
partof
battheendof
cconnectedto
5
Ahumanbeingisa(n)
.
a
animal
bmachine
c
person
C2Complete
the
article
below
with
the
words
from
the
box.
Change
their
forms
if
necessary.
evenhoweverinventionnotebookperhapsscientist
WhenIwasyoung,Iusedtokeepa.Iwrotemanypoemsanddrewmany
picturesofdifferentinit.Theywerenotverygood,buttheyhelpedmethinkanddream.
NowIamafamousandIdomanyimportantthings.myjourneybeganwhen
wasatschool,withmystudies,andmypoemsandpictures.Iwasastudentjustlikeyou.
youwilldosomethingimportantorbecomefamousoneday.Justrememberto
thinkandtodream.
I
DComprehension
D1Belowaresomenotesabouttheencyclopaediaarticles,butsomeofthefactsarewrong.
Readthearticlesandcorrectthenotesifnecessary.
1DaVinci,Leonardo
ahelivedfrom1425to1519.
bHewasborninthecity.
cHeshowedgreatartisticabilityfromanearlyage.
dHeisfamousforhispaintingsandbooks.
2Dinosaurs
aTheylivedonEarthmorethan60thousandyearsbeforehumanbeings.
bSomewereSmall;otherswerehuge.
cAllofthematemeat.
dSomediedoutSuddenly.
D2Readthearticlesagainandcompletetheanswerstothequestionsbelow.
1WhowasLeonardodaVinci?
Hewas
.
2
Whatishismostfamouspainting?
Itis
.
3
Whatdiddinosaurseat?
Manyofthemate
.
Somelikedtoeat
.
4
HowlongdiddinosaursliveonEarthbeforetheydisappeared?
TheylivedonEarthfor
.
5
Flowcanwelearnaboutdinosaurstoday?
Wecanlearnaboutthem
.
Morepractice
AReadthefollowingencyclopaediaarticleaboutbigattractionsinAustraliaandanswerthequestionsbelow.
Australia'sbigattractions
Australiaisaverybigcountry.Italsohasmanybigattractions.
TheBigBanana
TheBigBananaisinCoffsHarbour.Itwasmadein1964byjohnLandy.Landy
wantedsomethingtomakepeoplecometohisfruitshop,sohebuilttheBigBanana.The
ideaworked.ManypeoplevisitedhisfruitshopandtookpicturesoftheBigBanana.Soon
peoplealloverAustraliabeganmakingbigthings.
TheBigMerino
TheBigMerinoisinthecityofGoulburn.Merinosareatypeofsheep.Theycanlivein
dryweather.SomeplacesinAustraliaareverydry,sothesesheepareveryimportantto
thefarmersthere.InsidetheBigMerino,thereisasmallmuscun'.aboutthehistoryof
woolinAustralia.VisitorscanalsoclimbuptotheBigMerino'sheadandlookattheview
throughitseyes.
1WhenwastheBigBananabuilt?
2WhywastheBigBananabuilt?
3WhyaremerinosimportanttothefarmersinAustralia?
4WhatcanyoufindinsidetheBigMerino?
5WhatcanyoudoinsidetheBigMerino'shead?
Unit2Numbers
Thekingandtherice
Alongtimeago,therewasakinginIndia.Theking’sfavouritegamewaschess.
Oneday,awiseoldmancametothepalaceandthekingchallengedhimtoagame.
Thekingpromisedtheoldman,
“Youcanhaveanyprizeifyouwinthegame.
”
Theoldmansaid,“IfIwinthegame,I’dlikeonegrainofriceforthefirstsquareofthechessboard,twoforthesecond,fourforthethird,andthendoubletheamountforeachof
therestofthesquares.
”
“Isthatall?
”askedtheking.
“Wouldn
’tyoulikegoldorsilverinstead?
”
“No,justrice,”repliedtheoldman.
Thekingandtheoldmanplayedthegameforalongtime.Finally,theoldmanwon.
Sothekingorderedhismentocollectabagofrice.Heputonegrainonthefirstsquare,
twoonthesecond,andsoon.Thekingquicklyrealizedtheproblem---evenwithallthe
riceinthecountry,hewouldstillnothaveenoughricetoputonallthesquares!
CVocabulary
C1Thewordsinitalicsarefromthestory.Matchthetwohalvesofthesesentencesto
makethemmeaningful.
1
Whenyouaskawisepersonfor
help,
a
youtell
him/her
that
you
will
give
him/herthe
presentforsure.
2
Ifyoupromisesomebodyapresent
b
youknowsomethingiswrong.
3
Ifyougetaprizeinagame,
c
yougetthenumber4.
4
Whenyoudoublethenumber2.
d
youwant
him/her
to
give
you
good
advice.
5
Whenyourealizetheproblem,
e
youwinsomethingfordoingverywell.
C2Completethestorybelowwiththewordsfromthebox.Changetheirformsifnecessary.
doubleprizepromiserealizewise
Ayoungmanoncetalkedtoaoldman."Iwonaandhavealittlegold
now,butIwantmuchmore,"hesaid."Canyouhelpme?
"
Theoldmanlookedathim."Icanteachyouhowtomakemoremoneyifyou
followmyadvice."hesaid.Theyoungmanagreed.Thentheoldmantooktheyoungmanto
awindow."Lookoutside,"hesaid."Icanseenothingbutanemptyfield,"theyoungman
said."
Useyourmoneytobuythisfield,"saidtheoldman,"andgrowsomecotton.Inayear,you
cansellthecottonandyourmoney."
Theyoungmanwhattheoldmanmeant.Fromthenonhewasnotlazyany
more.Heworkedhardallyearround.
DComprehension
D1Readthestoryonpage19andcompletethetablebelow.
Wherethestorytookplace
to
.
Whowasinthestorythekinganda.
Whathappenedthestory
in
Thebeginning
Themiddle
Theending
Thekingchallengedtoa
game.Thekingpromisedtogivehim
ifhewonthegame.
Theyplayedthegame
for.
wonthegame,butthe
kingdidnothavetogive
him.
D2Findfactsinthestorytosupportthesestatementsabouttheking.Writedownthe
facts.
1Thekinglovedtoplaygames.(Theking'sfavourite...)
2Thekingthoughttheoldmanaskedtoolittlefortheprize.("Isthatall?
"...)
3Thekingdidnothaveenoughricefortheoldman.(Thekingquicklyrealized...)
Morepractice
Readtheonlinearticleandthencompletetheflowchartaboutthedevelopment
ofcountingmethods.
Countingbeforenumbers
Beforetheinventionofwrittennumbers,peopleusedmanydifferentwaystocount
things.
Atfirst,peopleusedtheirfingers,andeveiitheirtoes.However,theycouldonlycountsmall
numbersinthisway.
Afterthat,theybegantomakesmallmarksonsticksandbones.Thishelpedthem
countbiggernumbers.Theyusedthemtocountthingslikethedaysofthemonth,the
amountoffoodandthenumberofanimalstheyhad.
Thenpeoplebegantousetokensmadefromclayorsmallstones.Thishelpedthem
countevenbiggernumbers.Theyoftenputthetokensonpiecesofstringsothatthey
couldcarrythemaroundeasily.Thisdevelopedintotoolsliketheabacus.
Finally,peoplebegantodevelopsystemsofwrittenmarkstoshowdifferentnumbers,
andthisledtotheHindu-Arabicsystem(0-9).Wearestillusingthissystemtoday.
First,peopleused.
Afterthat,theymade.
Thentheyused.
finally,theybegantodevelop.
Thisledto.
Unit3Computers
Computerfacts
Smallerandbetter
Inthe1940s,thefirstcomputerswerebiggerthancars.Nowcomputersarebecoming
smallerandbetter.Somecomputersaretiny.Youmaybeunawareofthem.Thereis
probablyoneinsideyourTVorwashingmachine.Youdependoncomputersmorethan
yourealize.
Whatcanwedowithcomputers?
Wecanusecomputerstocalculate.Theycancalculateatafasterspeedthanwecan
andalmostnevergivewronganswers.Wecanalsotypeanddrawthingswiththem.In
addition,computerscandoimportantjobslikeoperatingrailwaysandflyingplanesand
spaceships.
Isacomputerclevererthanme?
Theansweris“No”.Yourbraincanproducenewideasbutcomputerscannot.
However
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