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主题六 科学与技术
科学技术与工程,人类发明与创新
一、语法选择(每小题1分,共10分)
Do you know how batteries(电池) were developed? The Italian scientist Alessandro Volta made the __1__ first battery. Before this, the only way for people to create electricity was to rub(摩擦) materials together. The way could result in static electricity(静电). It, however, could hardly __2__ in everyday life.
Volta knew that eels(鳗鱼) could produce electricity. He thought that if he could understand __3__ they worked, he might find a better way to create electricity. So he __4__ studied these eels.
One day, Volta did a test, and he succeeded. Volta thought he had discovered __5__ secret of how eels produce their electricity. Based on this invention of the test, he later __6__ his battery.
Volta probably thanked eels __7__ his success. 长难句However, scientists now know that his discovery had nothing to do with the way that those eels produce __8__ electricity. Eels use another way to produce their electricity. Volta's thought is much more __9__ than the real way.
Scientists are now trying to improve batteries. Eels have continued __10__ them. A team of scientists is working on a soft battery, but the scientists admit(承认) that they have a long way to go.
1. A. world B. worlds' C. world's
2. A. use B. used C. be used
3. A. how B. what C. where
4. A. careful B. careless C. carefully
5. A. a B. an C. the
6. A. invents B. was inventing C. invented
7. A. for B. with C. about
8. A. they B. them C. their
9. A. easy B. easier C. the easiest
10. A. help B. to help C. helped
【长难句分析】
However, scientists now know that his discovery had nothing to do with the way that those eels produce their electricity.
析成分:本句为主从复合句。that his discovery ... their electricity为that引导的宾语从句,作know的宾语;在宾语从句中,that those ...their electricity为that引导的定语从句,修饰先行词the way。
句意:然而,科学家们现在知道,他的发现与那些鳗鱼发电的方式无关。
【语篇研读】
What:讲述了意大利科学家Volta发明了世界上第一块电池的过程。
Why:旨在激发学生的好奇心和探究精神及其对科技创新的热情。
How:①文体特征:记叙文。
②写作手法:文章开头通过设问的方式来引起读