Unit 5 Plants for life 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“Plants for life”主题，聚焦植物学家王文采的生平、成就及精神，以“速读-细读-读后思考”为脉络搭建学习支架，先通过主旨题和段落大意匹配实现整体感知，再分段落提取人物信息、成就、困难等细节，最后以标题意义和人物描述问题深化理解。 资料亮点在于分层阅读任务设计，速读培养整体理解的语言能力，细读通过具体问题（如人物、时间、成就）训练信息提取技能，读后思考开放性问题促进分析评价的思维品质。习题层次分明，从事实性到探究性，渗透科学精神与家国情怀，助力提升学习效率与综合素养。

八年级英语 Unit 5 Plants for life 课文阅读理解 【速读】 1.What’s the passage mainly about? A. The life story of a great botanist. B. The ways to study plants in nature. C. The introduction to a famous symphony. 2.Match the main idea with each part. Para 1 His lifelong research work Para 2 His attitude towards honour Para 3 His death and people’s memory of him Para 4 Introduction to Wang Wencai 【细读】Read and complete the tasks Para 1 1.Who:______________ 2.When was he born?_________________________________________ 3.What was he interested in? He was interested in________and _______. Para 2 1.The achievement he made. He discovered and named about_________________________________ 2.The difficulties he met. ①He fell_________________while doing field work in Yunnan. ②He______________________at the age of 83. 3.The actions he took. ①Though he nearly died, he _____________________________. ②He didn’t let anybody know and used a________to____________his research for another 10 years. Para 3 1. Did Wang Wencai care much about personal honour and wealth? __________________________________________________________ 2. What did he think of the award? __________________________________________________________ 3.What does “quiet about” mean? Find similar expressions. __________________________________________________________ Para 4 1. When did Professor Wang pass away?__________________________ 2. Why does the writer mention “the seasons”? ___________________________________________________________ 3. What does Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony tell about Wang Wencai? ___________________________________________________________ 【读后思考】Think and share 1.What does the title of the passage mean? __________________________________________________________ 2.What words will you use to describe Wang Wencai? __________________________________________________________ 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $