Unit1EncyclopaediasReading

1、Unit 1 Encyclopaedias第 2 课时 Reading （ 1）课内基础练一、根据教材 P3 的课文内容，补全下面短文，每空一词。Da Vinci was from Italy. He was a great painter, 1. , musician, engineer anscientist. Born in the 2. , he showed great 3. and artistic 4. from an early age. His paintings are well-known, and one, the Mona Lisa, is 5. the most f

2、amous painting in the world.Dinosaurs lived on Earth over 60 million years before 6. beings. Some of themwere as small as chickens. While others were huge. Some could 7. fly. They alldied out 8. . 9. knows why. 10. , we can learn about themfrom their fossils.二、根据教材 P3 的课文内容，回答下列问题1. What was Leonard

3、o da Vinci?2. What is Leonardo da Vinci mostpfaainmtionugs?3. What can we find in his notebooks?4. Where did dinosaurs live?5. What did dinosaurs eat?三、根据句意及首字母提示完成句子。1. Do you know that famous m called Lang Lang?2. He wants to be a s like Qian Xuesen when he grows up.3. He was b in a poor family.4.

4、 When she was a child, she lived in the c with her grandparents.5. Our English teacher is a man of high i.6. Does your brother have any special a?7. This boy is very clever. He has many i.8. The tools i a knife and a fork.四、用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。1. Edison is a great (invent).2. It s useful for you (learn)

5、 English well.3. Pizza is a kind of famous (Italy) food.4. Linda is an (art) girl. She paints very well.五、单项选择。1. My parents bought encyclopaedia for me on my birthday.A. a B. an C. theD. /2. Nobody me English. I have to learn it by myself.A. teachB. teachesC. teachingD. to teach3. She is he most fa

6、mous singer among the young people.A. may beB. mayC. perhapsD. can4. Sam used to games for fun, but now he wants to do .A. play; something elseB. playing; something elseC. play; else somethingD. playing; else something5. There are some players the playgroup, John.A. play; include B. playing; includi

7、ngC. play; includingD. playing; include六、根据所给中文意思 ,完成下列各句 .1. 一些学生正在扫地 ,另一些学生正在擦窗户。 students are sweeping the floor, are cleaning the windows.2. 多于一半的学生在学校里吃午饭。 half of the students have lunch at school.3. 我也不知道这个词的意思。你可以在词典里查阅它。I dont know the meaning of this word either. You can in a dictionary.4.

8、 我们可以从这本书上了解欧洲的历史。We can the history of Europe this book.课外提升练七、阅读理解LibrariesPublic LibrariesMost towns in Britain have a public library. A library usually has a large selection of books and other resources, which library members can use and borrow for free.Britain s First Public LibraryThe first pu

9、blic library in Britain opened in Manchester in 1852. Its first librarian was a man called Edward Edwards. Edwards attended the librarys opening ceremony and two famous writers called Charles Dickens and William Thackeray were there too.How to Join a LibraryTo join a library, go to your local librar

10、y and fill in a form. You lrleceive a library card which is needed when using library services.Library ServicesModern public libraries have something for everyone. Most of them have audio books, CDs, newspapers and DVDs as well as books to borrow.Mobile LibrariesNot everyone can get to a library. So

11、me people live far away from towns and cities. Other people find it difficult to go out because they have disability libraries. these people can still borrow books.Unlike most libraries, which store books in buildings, mobile libraries usually keep their books in a mini-bus. The back of the mini-bus

12、 has shelves for the books, and it is big enough for borrowers to step inside and look around. A driver takes the mini-bus to a certain place at a certain time, so people know when to expect it. They can then return their books and borrow some more.All Aboard the Library!A school in London didnt hav

13、e space for a library inside the building. However, everybody agreed that it was still important to have a school library. So, the head of the school, Graham Blake, decided to park an old bus on the school car park and change it into a library. Pupils helped to paint the bus, and after eight months,

14、 the new library was ready.1. Who was the first librarian of the first public library in Britain?A. Charles Dickens.B. William Thackeray.C. Edward Edwards.D. Graham Blake.2. Who can use public library services?A. CD or DVD sellers.C. A person with a library card.B. Anyone living in Britain.D. Newspa

15、per or book writers3. What is special about the mobile library?A. Keeping books in buildings.B. Returning books to readers.C. Offering special services to pupils.D. Going to a certain place at a certain time.4. Why did the school in London build its library on an old busA. Because parents offered th

16、e school an old bus.B. Because pupils thought it was fun to read on a bus.C. Because the school didnt have enough money to buy books.D. Because the school didnt have enough space inside the building.5. What can we learn from the passage?A. Schools in London like mobile libraries.B. Public library se

17、rvices in the UK are free.C. People living far away cant use libraries.D. Many famous British writers lived in Manchester.八、阅读填空。American Thomas Edison（1847-1931） was one of the greatest inventors in the world. _1 The most famous one was the light bulb!_2He tried about 1,600 differe nt kinds of mate

18、rials to get the right filame nt灯丝）for the light bulb. He used things like the hair from a man beard 胡须）! _3However, finally he succeeded.Edison was in school for only three months. His teacher told him that he was so stupid that he couldn tlearn anything. He taught himself everything he needed to k

19、now.When Edison worked on a new kind of battery （电池）, he tried out8,000 ways to make it. Then he sa i d ,“_5”This is the longest lasting light bulb in the world. The light bulb burns for 108 years in California（加利福尼亚）.It is still working today.A. Some people thought he could not make it.B. Well, at least we found 8,000 things that dont work!C. He made a lot of inventions in his life.D. But he kept studying on his o