外研版高中英语Book6 Module5 Period4 reading practice(Jussaic Park)

1、3.3.does the writer think this method does the writer think this method believable? what are believable? what are thethe reasons for his reasons for his argument? argument? read the passage and answer the read the passage and answer the questions.questions. by cloing dna taken by cloing dna taken fr

2、om prehistoric mosquitoes.from prehistoric mosquitoes.because they have absorbed because they have absorbed dinosours dna.dinosours dna.3.3.does the writer think this method does the writer think this method believable? what are believable? what are thethe reasons reasons for his argument? for his a

3、rgument? no. first, . ; second, . ; thirdly, . no. first, . ; second, . ; thirdly, .many questions. .many questions. . no. no. part part 1 1part 2 part 2 introductionintroductionraiseraise list fourlist four so, since it is so, since it is possible possible to clone sheep, is it possible to clone to

4、 clone sheep, is it possible to clone dinosaurs? or is this just hollywood? dinosaurs? or is this just hollywood?1. the mosquitoes need to be much older to get the dna of dinosaurs, but as far as we know, mosquitoes that old dont exist. (para 2)2. only female mosquitoes can absorb the dna of another

5、 creature but the recovered one is male, and there is no way of knowing if the dna was from a dinosaur or not. (para 3) take in recover: bring sth. back to its original state= so 如此的，那么的如此的，那么的part part 3 3drawdrawscientifically impossible scientifically impossible 3. choose the best main idea.the p

6、assage is about_.a. the story the film jurassic parkb. the scientific truth behind dinosaur cloning in jurassic parkc. the principles of dna and cloningd. why dinosaurs died out 4. decide who the writer is.the writer of the passage is probably_. a film producer (b) a science teacher (c) a film criti

7、c (d) a doctor5. choose the best answers.5. choose the best answers.1.the story of 1.the story of jurassic parkjurassic park is based is based on the idea that mosquitoes on the idea that mosquitoes preserved since prehistoric times preserved since prehistoric times _._.(a) can be used to create liv

8、ing (a) can be used to create living dinosaurs dinosaurs(b) can be found in costa rica(b) can be found in costa rica(c) can be cloned(c) can be cloned(d) contain dinosaur blood which (d) contain dinosaur blood which contains dinosaur dna contains dinosaur dna2. in fact, dinosaurs 2. in fact, dinosau

9、rs died outdied out before before mosquitoes existed, so_.mosquitoes existed, so_.(a) the basic story of (a) the basic story of jurassic parkjurassic park is fictionis fiction(b) mosquitoes need to be older(b) mosquitoes need to be older(c) dinosaurs are at least 60 million (c) dinosaurs are at leas

10、t 60 million years oldyears old(d) its possible to clone dinosaurs(d) its possible to clone dinosaurs3. although preserved mosquitoes 3. although preserved mosquitoes have been found, _.have been found, _. female mosquitoes cannot absorb female mosquitoes cannot absorb dnadna its not possible to con

11、firm that its not possible to confirm that the dna it contains is from a the dna it contains is from a dinosaurdinosaur no dinosaur dna from an earlier no dinosaur dna from an earlier period has been discoveredperiod has been discovered(a)(a)dna breaks down after a long dna breaks down after a long

12、period of timeperiod of time4. the questions which arise from 4. the questions which arise from the cloning of dinosaurs_.the cloning of dinosaurs_.(a) prove that (a) prove that jurassic parkjurassic park is is fictionfiction(b) do not prove that (b) do not prove that jurassic parkjurassic park is f

13、ictionis fiction(c) mean we can clone them (c) mean we can clone them successfullysuccessfully(d) are easy for scientists to answer(d) are easy for scientists to answer 5. a suitable environment where 5. a suitable environment where dinosaurs might survive_.dinosaurs might survive_. (a) can be found

14、 in hollywood, usa (a) can be found in hollywood, usa (b) is scientifically impossible (b) is scientifically impossible (c) probably doesnt exist today (c) probably doesnt exist today (d) would be different from the (d) would be different from the environment dinosaurs are used environment dinosaurs

15、 are used totopost-readingthink critically! do you agree with all the arguments the author lists in the article? can you find any weak or unreasonalbe arguments and state your own idea?argument 1 dinosaurs are 60 million years old while mosquitoes are 40 million years old so dinosaur dna cannot be f

16、ound in mosquitoes. from the sentence we can only know when the dinosaurs came into existence but we have no idea when they became extinct. what if they lived until mosquitoes came into being? good readers should think good readers should think criticallycritically and never believe and never believ

17、e anything anything blindlyblindly. please keep in . please keep in your mind that the right and the your mind that the right and the courage to courage to question question even even well-well-established established things are what things are what drives the human race to move drives the human rac

18、e to move forward!forward!but abut a tropical stormtropical storm hits the hits the islands, islands, knocking outknocking out the power the power supply.supply.knock out 摧毁摧毁 e.g. the bombers have knocked out the city. 其他固定短语：其他固定短语：knock down 把把撞倒撞倒knock at/on 敲敲knock into 撞到撞到身上身上,把把敲进去敲进去knock o

19、ut of 把把从从中敲出来中敲出来knock off 下班，降价下班，降价 knock around / about到处漫游到处漫游2. in fact, only females can2. in fact, only females can absorbabsorb the dna of another the dna of another creature.creature.absorb vt.吸收吸收 ；接受（看法、知识等）；接受（看法、知识等）；吸引（注意力吸引（注意力 精力等）精力等）be absorbed in 专注于专注于 e.g. the students were completely absorbed in their reading. 3. when life ends, dna breaks down and does not repair itself. break down： ( (化学物化学物) )分解；分解； ( (机器机器) )出故障；出故障； ( (谈判谈判) )失败；失败； ( (身体身体) )垮掉垮掉” ( (情绪情绪) )崩溃。崩溃。1.the telephone system has 1.the telephone system has broken broken do