Unit 1 Science fiction Reading and Thinking课文学案-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

选择性必修四 unit 1 Reading and thinking 学案（附答案）

 Lead-in

1.What can robots give us?

They can help us____________________________________________________________________________

2.What can’t robots give us?

They can’t give us __________________________________________________________________________

 

Fast reading

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

The passage mainly tells us an ____________ where a household robot was _____________.

2. What kind of text is the passage?

A. Descriptive      B. Narrative       C.  Expository      D. Argumentation

3. Match the following paragraphs with their main topics.(段落大意匹配)

Part 1: para (1-2)                The process of the robot helping Claire

 

Part 2: para (3-8)                The result of Claire living with the robot

 

Part 3: para (9)                 Larry persuaded Claire to accept the robot that will be tested out.

 

4. Skim for the characters (their traits and relationships)

Larry Belmont	worked for a company that made_________________
Claire	Larry’s ______________
Tony	a household robot .He was__________and______________
Gladys Claffern	one of the _______________.and most powerful___________ around.

 

Careful reading :Read for basic information

Read P1 & P2, find out the 6Ws information and fill in the blanks.

who	Husband, ____________. He worked in a company that ____________ robots Wife, _________. She would __________  the robot. Robot, ____________
what	The company had recently begun _______________ with the robot.
where	________________
when	When Larry was away for ____________
why	Larry had to go on a business trip , he wanted __________________
how	She felt ____________ when she first saw Tony because he looks more like a human

1.Why did Claire feel alarmed when she first saw Tony?

   A.Because he was a robot.

   B.Because she didn’t like him.

   C.Because he never changed his facial expression.

   D.Because he seemed more like a human than a machine.

 

Read para. 3-8 and answer the questions.

1. What were Claire’s problems?

Claire’s problems

2. How did Tony help her?

Tony gave Claire a new__________.  and ___________ her____________

Tony ____________to the woman and changed her __________ .

Tony offered ______________to Claire.

 

Para.8-9 and complete the table.

When…	Tony...	Claire...
Claire fell off the ladder.	Tony managed to ___________her in time.	screamed, ___________him away, and___________to her room.
Claire dismissed Tony for the rest of the night.	Tony took her____________ , bringing his_________close to hers and declared that he did not want to_________ her.
Conclusion	On the night of the party, before the guests ________, Tony took her in his arms, said that he did not want ___________ the next day, and that he felt more than just the _______ to please her.

 

Read for the changes of Claire’s feelings.

1.  

	Before Tony arrived	When she first saw Tony	When Tony offered sympathy	When Tony helped her speak to the saleswoman	When Claire fell and Tony caught and held her.	When Tony said he didn’t want to leave her.
Feelings

 

2. Did Claire fall in love with Tony?       ________________________

 

3. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.Tony falls in love with Claire.

B.Tony will have a rest that night.

C.Tony will stay with Claire forever.

D.Tony, the robot needs to be improved.

 

4. Read the passage quickly and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. Larry brought the robot home in order to help his wife.  (     )

2. Tony looked more like a human than a machine and he could change his facial expression. (     )

3. Claire was surprised that Tony read books like a human being.      (     )

4. Tony always accompanied Claire to go shopping.  (     )

5. Claire was sure that Gladys would misunderstand her and Tony.       (     )

6. Tony told Claire that she was just as good as Gladys.  (     )