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话题2  人物故事

Passage 1

【重难点拨】

1. be born in__________________

2. cause heavy losses__________________

3. be made of...__________________

4. in ancient times__________________

5. name after__________________

In the Museum of Chinese History in Beijing, there is a model of a seismograph. The inventor was Zhang Heng, a famous scientist in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

He was born in Nanyang of Henan Province. He 1. _________ hard and loved astronomy(天文学), calendar and maths. During that period, earthquakes happened a lot and caused heavy losses to the country. Most people believed earthquakes were caused by ghosts or gods, 2. _________ Zhang Heng did not believe it.

After lots of research, Zhang Heng invented the seismograph in 132 AD. It was the world’s 3. _________ instrument to show the direction of earthquakes. The seismograph was made of fine copper(铜). There were eight 4. _________ on the surface, facing eight directions. Each dragon held a copper ball in the mouth. On the ground, there were eight copper toad raising their heads and 5. _________ their mouths. When an earthquake happened, the copper ball would fall 6. _________ the mouth of the toad below, showing the direction of the earthquake. In the following years, the seismograph 7. _________ showed the directions of some earthquakes.

Nowadays, people respect Zhang Heng as one of the 8. _________ scientists in ancient times. There is even a hill on the moon named after 9. _________. Without doubt, Zhang Heng wrote a great page in our 10. _________ science history.

【读后迁移练】

一、一材多设

1. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?_________

A. Zhang Heng's Childhood Life

B. The history the seismograph.

C. Seismograph was lost after a war.

D. How Zhangheng made the seismograph.

2. What is the best title of the text?_________

A. Zhangheng and His Seismograph

B. A Great Chinese Invention in History

C. A Great Scientist in Eastern Han Dynasty

D. Early Warning of Earthquakes in Ancient Times

二、佳句仿写

one of+形容词最高级+名词复数 最……的……之一

仿：__________________________________________________________________________

母爱是我们能享受到的最大的快乐之一。

 

Passage 2

【重难点拨】

1. be late for__________________

2. jump out of__________________

3. hurry to sp.__________________

4. wait for__________________

5. be strict with__________________

6. be afraid of__________________

7. take off__________________

“Get up, get up, Jim. It’s time to get up!” My mother said while she was pushing me. I opened my eyes and looked at the clock. “Oh dear! It’s a quarter past eight already. I’ll be late for school again,” I thought. I jumped out of the bed, washed my face, and then hurried to the bus stop without breakfast. As soon as I got on the bus, it started running. “I’m sure I can get to school in

time.” I said to myself. Suddenly the bus stopped. The bus driver got off the bus, then got on the bus again and said, “I’m sorry, ladies and gentlemen. There’s something wrong with the bus. Please get off the bus and wait for another one.” “I couldn’t wait. The school isn’t far. I’d better run to school,” I thought, and then I began to run. But before I got to school, it began to rain hard.

I reached the classroom but I was wet shivering with cold. The math teacher had already begun his lesson. It was Mr. Smith. He was very strict with his students and the students were a little afraid of him and so was I. I liked neither him nor his math lessons. I hesitated(犹豫) for a moment, and then I opened the door. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Smith. I’m late again.” I said with a red face.

“It’s you again, Jim,” Mr. Smith said angrily, “I’ve told you not to be late, but you… ” he suddenly stopped and looked at my wet clothes. He turned to the class and said, “I’m very sorry, boys and girls.” With these words he quickly took off his own jacket and handed it to me. “Now, take off your wet clothes and put on this one or you’ll catch a cold,” he said kindly.

I went to my seat with Mr. Smith’s jacket on. It was a bit larger for me but I felt very warm in it. I found, for the first time, math was so interesting and how well I could understand it!

1．When did Jim’s mother wake him up today?_________

A．About 7:45. B．About 8:15. C．About 8:45. D．About 9:00.

2．How did Jim go to school when there was something wrong with the bus?_________

A．He rode a shared bike to school. B．He ran to school in the rain quickly.

C．He waited until the next bus came. D．He called his mother to drive him to school.

3．Which of the following picture can express the meaning of the underlined word “shivering”?_________

           

       A               B             C            D

4．What words can best describe Mr. Smith?_________

A．Sad and helpless. B．Easy to be angry.

C．Strict but kind. D．Serious and impatient.