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 an
scientist. 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 famous painting in the world.
Dinosaurs lived on Earth over 60 million years before 6. _________ beings. Some of them
were as small as chickens. While others were huge. Some could 7. _________ fly. They all
died out 8. _________. 9. _________ knows why. 10. _________, we can learn about them
from their fossils.

二、根据教材 P3 的课文内容，回答下列问题
1. What was Leonardo da Vinci?

2. What is Leonardo da Vinci’ most famous painting?

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. 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) 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. the D. /
2. Nobody __________ me English. I have to learn it by myself.
A. teach B. teaches C. teaching D. to teach
3. She is __________ he most famous singer among the young people.
A. may be B. may C. perhaps D. can
4. Sam used to __________ games for fun, but now he wants to do __________.
A. play; something else B. playing; something else
C. play; else something D. playing; else something
5. There are some players __________the playgroup, __________ John.
A. play; include B. playing; including
C. play; including D. 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 don't know the meaning of this word either. You can __________ __________ __________
in a dictionary.
4. 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
Libraries
Public Libraries
Most 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 Library
The first public library in Britain opened in Manchester in 1852. Its first librarian was a
man called Edward Edwards. Edwards attended the library’s opening ceremony and two
famous writers called Charles Dickens and William Thackeray were there too.
How to Join a Library
To join a library, go to your local library and fill in a form. You’ll receive a library card
which is needed when using library services.
Library Services
Modern public libraries have something for everyone. Most of them have audio books,
CDs, newspapers and DVDs as well as books to borrow.
Mobile Libraries
Not everyone can get to a library. Some 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 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 m ore.
All Aboard the Library!
A school in London didn't have 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, 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. B. Anyone living in Britain.
C. A person with a library card. D. Newspaper or book writers
3. 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 bus
A. Because parents offered the school an old bus.
B. Because pupils thought it was fun to read on a bus.
C. Because the school didn’t have enough money to buy books.
D. Because the school didn’t have enough space inside the building.
5. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Schools in London like mobile libraries.
B. Public library services in the UK are free.
C. People living far away can’t 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!
__2________ He tried about 1, 600 different kinds of materials to get the right filament
( 灯 丝 ) for the light bulb. He used things like the hair from a man’s beard( 胡 须 )!
__3_________ However, finally he succeeded.
Edison was in school for only three months. His teacher told him that he was so stupid that
he couldn’t learn anything. _4_________He taught himself everything he needed to know.
When Edison worked on a new kind of battery (电池), he tried out8,000 ways to make it.
Then he said, “__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 don't work!
C. He made a lot of inventions in his life.
D. But he kept studying on his own.
E. Thomas Edison spent a long time making the light bulb.

参考答案：
一、
1. inventor
2. countryside
3. intelligence
4. ability
5. perhaps
6. human
7. even
8. suddenly
9. Nobody
10. However
二、
1. He was a painter, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist.
2. The Mona Lisa.
3. We can find some interesting drawings of flying machines in his notebooks.
4. They lived everywhere on Earth.
5. Many dinosaurs ate plants and some ate meat.
三、
1. musician
2. scientist
3. born
4. countryside
5. intelligence
6. ability
7. inventions
8. include
四、
1. inventor
2. to learn
3. Italian
4. artistic
五、1-5 BBCAB
六、
1. Some, others
2. More than
3. look it up
4. learn about, from
七、1-5 CCDDB
八、1-5 CEADB