沪教版英语八年级上册U1U8Reading原文含习题文档格式.docx

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sgrandparentsliveinthecountryside.Theylivethecity.

ainsideboutsidecinthecentreof

3Birdshaveamusicalability.Theysing.

acanbcannotcarehappyto

4Thebookincludessomebeautifulphotos.Thesephotosarethebook.

apartofbattheendofcconnectedto

5Ahumanbeingisa（n）.

aanimalbmachinecperson

C2Completethearticlebelowwiththewordsfromthebox.Changetheirformsifnecessary.

evenhoweverinventionnotebookperhapsscientist

WhenIwasyoung,Iusedtokeepa.Iwrotemanypoemsanddrewmanypicturesofdifferentinwerenotverygood,buttheyhelpedmethinkanddream.NowIamafamousandIdomanyimportantjourneybeganwhenIwasatschool,withmystudies,andmypoemsandpictures.Iwasastudentjustlikeyou.youwilldosomethingimportantorbecomefamousoneday.Justremembertothinkandtodream.

DComprehension

D1Belowaresomenotesabouttheencyclopaediaarticles,butsomeofthefactsarewrong.Readthearticlesandcorrectthenotesifnecessary.

1DaVinci,Leonardo

ahelivedfrom1425to1519.

bHewasborninthecity.

cHeshowedgreatartisticabilityfromanearlyage.

dHeisfamousforhispaintingsandbooks.

2Dinosaurs

aTheylivedonEarthmorethan60thousandyearsbeforehumanbeings.

bSomewereSmall;

otherswerehuge.

cAllofthematemeat.

dSomediedoutSuddenly.

D2Readthearticlesagainandcompletetheanswerstothequestionsbelow.

1WhowasLeonardodaVinci

Hewas.

2Whatishismostfamouspainting

Itis.

3Whatdiddinosaurseat

Manyofthemate.Somelikedtoeat.

4HowlongdiddinosaursliveonEarthbeforetheydisappeared

TheylivedonEarthfor.

5Flowcanwelearnaboutdinosaurstoday

Wecanlearnaboutthem.

Morepractice

AReadthefollowingencyclopaediaarticleaboutbigattractionsinAustraliaandanswerthequestionsbelow.

Australia'

sbigattractions

Australiaisaverybigcountry.Italsohasmanybigattractions.

TheBigBanana

TheBigBananaisinCoffsHarbour.Itwasmadein1964byjohnLandy.Landywantedsomethingtomakepeoplecometohisfruitshop,sohebuilttheBigBanana.Theideaworked.ManypeoplevisitedhisfruitshopandtookpicturesoftheBigBanana.SoonpeoplealloverAustraliabeganmakingbigthings.

TheBigMerino

TheBigMerinoisinthecityofGoulburn.Merinosareatypeofsheep.Theycanliveindryweather.SomeplacesinAustraliaareverydry,sothesesheepareveryimportanttothefarmersthere.InsidetheBigMerino,thereisasmallmuscun'

.aboutthehistoryofwoolinAustralia.VisitorscanalsoclimbuptotheBigMerino'

sheadandlookattheviewthroughitseyes.

1WhenwastheBigBananabuilt

2WhywastheBigBananabuilt

3WhyaremerinosimportanttothefarmersinAustralia

4WhatcanyoufindinsidetheBigMerino

5WhatcanyoudoinsidetheBigMerino'

shead

Unit2Numbers

Thekingandtherice

Alongtimeago,therewasakinginIndia.Theking’sfavouritegamewaschess.

Oneday,awiseoldmancametothepalaceandthekingchallengedhimtoagame.Thekingpromisedtheoldman,“Youcanhaveanyprizeifyouwinthegame.”

Theoldmansaid,“IfIwinthegame,I’dlikeonegrainofriceforthefirstsquareofthechessboard,twoforthesecond,fourforthethird,andthendoubletheamountforeachoftherestofthesquares.”

“Isthatall”askedtheking.“Wouldn’tyoulikegoldorsilverinstead”

“No,justrice,”repliedtheoldman.

Thekingandtheoldmanplayedthegameforalongtime.Finally,theoldmanwon.Sothekingorderedhismentocollectabagofrice.Heputonegrainonthefirstsquare,twoonthesecond,andsoon.Thekingquicklyrealizedtheproblem---evenwithallthericeinthecountry,hewouldstillnothaveenoughricetoputonallthesquares!

CVocabulary

C1Thewordsinitalicsarefromthestory.Matchthetwohalvesofthesesentencestomakethemmeaningful.

1Whenyouaskawisepersonforhelp,ayoutellhim/herthatyouwillgivehim/herthe

presentforsure.

2Ifyoupromisesomebodyapresentbyouknowsomethingiswrong.

3Ifyougetaprizeinagame,cyougetthenumber4.

4Whenyoudoublethenumber2.dyouwanthim/hertogiveyougoodadvice.

5Whenyourealizetheproblem,eyouwinsomethingfordoingverywell.

C2Completethestorybelowwiththewordsfromthebox.Changetheirformsifnecessary.

doubleprizepromiserealizewise

Ayoungmanoncetalkedtoaoldman."

Iwonaandhavealittlegoldnow,butIwantmuchmore,"

hesaid."

Canyouhelpme"

Theoldmanlookedathim."

Icanteachyouhowtomakemoremoneyifyoutofollowmyadvice."

heyoungmanagreed.Thentheoldmantooktheyoungmantoawindow."

Lookoutside,"

Icanseenothingbutanemptyfield,"

theyoungmansaid."

Useyourmoneytobuythisfield,"

saidtheoldman,"

andgrowsomecotton.Inayear,youcansellthecottonandyourmoney."

Theyoungmanwhattheoldmanmeant.Fromthenonhewasnotlazyanymore.Heworkedhardallyearround.

DComprehension

D1Readthestoryonpage19andcompletethetablebelow.

Wherethestorytookplace

.

Whowasinthestory

thekinganda.

Whathappenedinthestory

Thebeginning

Thekingchallengedtoagame.Thekingpromisedtogivehimifhewonthegame.

Themiddle

Theyplayedthegamefor.

Theending

wonthegame,butthekingdidnothavetogivehim.

D2Findfactsinthestorytosupportthesestatementsabouttheking.Writedownthefacts.

1Thekinglovedtoplaygames.（Theking'

sfavourite...）

2Thekingthoughttheoldmanaskedtoolittlefortheprize.（"

Isthatall"

...）

3Thekingdidnothaveenoughricefortheoldman.（Thekingquicklyrealized...）

Morepractice

Readtheonlinearticleandthencompletetheflowchartaboutthedevelopmentofcountingmethods.

Countingbeforenumbers

Beforetheinventionofwrittennumbers,peopleusedmanydifferentwaystocountthings.

Atfirst,peopleusedtheirfingers,andeveiitheirtoes.However,theycouldonlycountsmallnumbersinthisway.

Afterthat,theybegantomakesmallmarksonsticksandbones.Thishelpedthemcountbiggernumbers.Theyusedthemtocountthingslikethedaysofthemonth,theamountoffoodandthenumberofanimalstheyhad.

Thenpeoplebegantousetokensmadefromclayorsmallstones.Thishelpedthemcountevenbiggernumbers.Theyoftenputthetokensonpiecesofstringsothattheycouldcarrythemaroundeasily.Thisdevelopedintotoolsliketheabacus.

Finally,peoplebegantodevelopsystemsofwrittenmarkstoshowdifferentnumbers,andthisledtotheHindu-Arabicsystem（0-9）.Wearestillusingthissystemtoday.

First,peopleused.

Afterthat,theymade.

Thentheyused.

finally,theybegantodevelop.

Thisledto.

Unit3Computers

Computerfacts

Smallerandbetter

Inthe1940s,thefirstcomputerswerebiggerthancars.Nowcomputersarebecomingsmallerandcomputersaretiny.Youmaybeunawareofthem.ThereisprobablyoneinsideyourTVorwashingmachine.Youdependoncomputersmorethanyourealize.

Whatcanwedowithcomputers

Wecanusecomputerstocalculate.Theycancalculateatafasterspeedthanwecanandalmostnevergivewronganswers.Wecanalsotypeanddrawthingswiththem.Inaddition,computerscandoimportantjobslikeoperatingrailwaysandflyingplanesandspaceships.

Isacomputerclevererthanme

Theansweris“No”.Yourbraincanproducenewideasbutcomputerscannot.However,onedaycomputersmaybeabletoabetterjobthanhumanbeings.Forexample,theymaybebetterthandoctorsatdoingtheirjob.

WhatwillhappentousifcomputerscandoallourjobsWillwehavenothingtodoComputersmaychangeourlives,butwilltheymakethembetter

C1Thewordsinitalicsexplainthemeaningsofsomewords.Findthesewordstocompletethesentences.Changetheirformsifnecessary.

1ifsomethingisverysmall,itis

2Somevotingpeoplealwaysneedhelpfromtheirparents.Theyshouldlearntothemselves.

3Wehadfunandlearntsomethingnewaswell.Wehadagoodtime.,welearntalot.

4Whenwemakeamachinework,weit.

C2Completetheconversationbelowwiththewordsfromthebox.

dependonexpensiveinadditionspeed

Mark:

Iboughtanewcomputer.

Helen:

Why

Iboughtmyfirstcomputerfiveyearsago.Iuseditalmosteveryda