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沪教版英语八年级上册U1U8Reading原文含习题

Unit1Encyclopaedias

Lookitup!

Herearetwoarticlesfromanencyclopaedia.

DaVinci,Leonardo

LeonardodaVinci（1452-1519）wasanItalianpainter,inventor,musician,engineerandscientist.DaVinciwasborninthecountryside.Fromanearlyage,heshowedgreatintelligenceandartisticability.Ashegrewolder,helearnttodomanydifferentthings.Hispaintingsareveryfamous,andone,theMonaLisa,isperhapsthemostfamouspaintingintheworld.Healsohadmanyinventions.Forexample,hisnotebooksincludesomeinterestingdrawingsofflyingmachines.（SeeArt）

Dinosaurs

DinosaurslivedonEarthmorethan60millionyearsbeforehumanbeings.TheylivedeverywhereonEarth.Somedinosaurswereassmallaschickens.Otherswereasbigastenelephants.Somecouldevenfly.Manydinosaursateplants.However,somedinosaurslikedtoeatmeat.DinosaurslivedonEarthformorethan150millionyears.Then,suddenly,theyalldiedout.Nobodyknowswhy.However,wecanlearnaboutthemfromtheirfossils.（SeeEarthhistory）

Module1

CVocabulary

C1Thewordsinitalicsarefromthetwoarticles.Circlethecorrectanswerstocompletethesesentences.

1Whensomebodyisborn,he/she.

acomesoutofhis/hermother'sbodycleaveshis/herparentsbgoestoseeadoctor

2Benny'sgrandparentsliveinthecountryside.Theylivethecity.

ainsideboutsidecinthecentreof

3Birdshaveamusicalability.Theysing.

acanbcannotcarehappyto

4Thebookincludessomebeautifulphotos.Thesephotosarethebook.

apartofbattheendofcconnectedto

5Ahumanbeingisa（n）.

aanimalbmachinecperson

C2Completethearticlebelowwiththewordsfromthebox.Changetheirformsifnecessary.

evenhoweverinventionnotebookperhapsscientist

WhenIwasyoung,Iusedtokeepa.Iwrotemanypoemsanddrewmanypicturesofdifferentinit.Theywerenotverygood,buttheyhelpedmethinkanddream.NowIamafamousandIdomanyimportantthings.myjourneybeganwhenIwasatschool,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."hesaid.Theyoungmanagreed.Thentheoldmantooktheyoungmantoawindow."Lookoutside,"hesaid."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.Nowcomputersarebecomingsmallerandbetter.Somecomputersaretiny.Youmaybeunawareofthem.ThereisprobablyoneinsideyourTVorwashingmachine.Youdependoncomputersmorethanyourealize.

Whatcanwedowithcomputers?

Wecanusecomputerstocalculate.Theycancalculateatafasterspeedthanwecanandalmostnevergivewronganswers.Wecanalsotypeanddrawthingswiththem.Inaddition,computerscandoimportantjobslikeoperatingrailwaysandflyingplanesandspaceships.

Isacomputerclevererthanme?

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

Whatwillhappentousifcomputerscandoallourjobs?

Willwehavenothingtodo?

Computersmaychangeourlives,butwilltheymakethembetter?

CVocabulary

C1Thewordsinitalicsexplainthemeaningsofsomewords.Findthesewordstocompletethesentences.Changetheirformsifnecessary.

1ifsomethingisverysmall,itis

2Somevotingpeoplealwaysneedhelpfromtheirparents.Theyshouldlearntothemselves.

3Wehadfunandlearntsomethingnewaswell.Wehadagoodtime.,welearntalot.

4Whenwemakeamachinework,weit.

C2Completetheconversationbelowwiththewordsfromthebox.

dependonexpensiveinadditionspeed

Mark:

Iboughtanewcomputer.

Helen:

Why?

Mark:

Iboughtmyfirstcomputerfiveyearsago.Iuseditalmosteveryday,anditbecamereallyslow.

Helen:

Isee.Sohow'syournewcomputer?

Mark:

Itwasreally,butitworksatamuchfasterthanmyoldone.,ithasalargermonitor.

Helen:

Ialsomycomputeralotthesedays.Iuseittowritereports,andtogetontheInternettoo.Mycomputerworkswell,soI'mnotgoingtobuyanewone.

DComprehension

D1Readthearticleandcompletetheanswerswiththeexamplesfromthearticle.

1S1:

Theremaybetinycomputersinyourhome.

S2:

Where,forexample?

S1:

Insideyour_or.

2S1:

Wecandomanythingswithcomputersinourdailylife.

S2:

Forexample?

S1:

Wecan,_,andwiththem.

3Sl:

Computerscandosomeimportantjobs.

S2:

Forexample?

S1:

Theycanand.

4Si:

Oneday,computersmaybeabletodoabetterjobthanhumanbeings.

S2:

Forexample?

S1:

They.

D2Readthearticleagainandanswerthequestionsbelowincompletesentences.

1Whatwerethefirstcomputerslike?

.

2Whyareweunawareofsomecomputers?

.

3Arecomputersclevererthanyouandme?

Whyorwhynot?

.

Morepractice

AReadthescriptofaspeechbyaheadteacherandanswerthequestionsbelow.

Computergameproblems

Goodafternoon,parentsandteachers.Thankyouforattendingthismeeting.

Lastweekend,oneofourstudentswenttohospital.ThestudentplayedcomputergamesontheInternetalldaySaturdaywithoutstoppingtodrink,eatorsleep.Finally,hebecameveryill.

Somestudentsplaycomputergamesfortoolong.Thisisaseriousproblem.Inthepast,studentsusedtoplayoutsidemoreoften,butnowtheyspendmoretimeinfrontofcomputers.Thisisbadfortheirhealth.

Tomorrowwe'llhavesomeexpertsheretotalktothestudentsaboutthebadeffectsofplayingcomputergames.They'llalsogivesomeadviceonhowtousecomputersforstudying.

Ihopewecanallworktogethertostopstudentsfromspendingtoomuchtimeplayingcomputergames.Thankyouforyourtime.

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