Unit 5 Understanding ideas Reading Secrets caught in time-课文阅读理解 学习任务单2025-2026学年外研版八年级英语下册

该初中英语学习任务单围绕“琥珀中的自然秘密”核心主题，以速读（主题、出处、秘密）为导入，通过细读填表（恐龙、花、蚂蚁的琥珀信息）深化细节理解，再以读后思考（段落作用、拓展方法）构建从整体感知到深度探究的学习支架。 资料亮点在于融合语言能力与思维品质培养，速读题训练信息抓取能力，细读填表引导分析具体案例，读后思考激发批判性与创造性思维。习题设计层次分明，从选择到开放问答，助力学生掌握科学阅读策略，提升主动学习能力。

八年级英语 Unit 5 Secrets caught in time 【速读】 ( )1. What is the passage about? A. How amber helps scientists unlock the secrets of nature. B. How to make amber and use it in daily life. C. How amber came into being. ( )2. Where do you most likely read this passage？ A. In a popular science magazine about findings in nature. B. In a newspaper report on exhibitions about dinosaurs. C. In a sci-fi book about travelling 160 million years into the past. ( )3. How many secrets are mentioned in the passage? What are they? A.The secret about the dinosaur B. The secret about the ants C.The secret about the flower D. All the above 【细读】 Task 1. Read Paragraphs 1–4 and fill in the form.  About the dinosaur About the flower About the ants What’s in the amber? Where was it found? What did scientists  find through it? What secrets does it  tell? Task 2. Read Paragraph 5 and answer. What does the writer compare amber to? 【读后思考】 1 . What do you think of Paragraph 1? Why does the writer begin like this? 2. What are some other ways for you to learn about nature's secrets? 学科网（北京）股份有限公司1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $