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1、 Unit 3 Amazing peopleLiu Wei，a pianist who lost both his arms aged 10 when he was electrocuted(触电) during a game of hideandseek，touched many Chinese people in 2011.Liu Wei was forced to give up playing soccer(his favorite sport) and began to challenge himself to learn swimming.After two years，Liu h
2、ad won two gold medals and one silver at the National Swimming Championship for the disabled in 2002.By the age of 19，Liu had taught himself how to play the piano with his feet，realizing a childhood dream of producing music.He said with a big smile，“Given enough time，I could be just as same as anyon
3、e.”He has been practicing playing the piano very hard.“I can read music and have figured out the toeing by myself，” he said.According to Liu，the big toe is the most flexible(灵活的) when “toeing”，but he can only reach five keys at the same time.“It means I have to train my toes to move more rapidly，” h
4、e said.The pianist，from Beijing，who taught himself to play the piano at the age of 18，impressed the audience with his performance of the James Blunt song Youre Beautiful，singing and using his feet to play the piano.“Weve all fought for our dreams when we were young，but no one has fought as hard as y
5、ou，”commented(评价) Gao Xiaosong，a famous musician in China.根据上文完成下列各题1According to this passage，when did Liu Wei lose his arms?He lost his arms at the age of ten.2What kind of person is Liu Wei according to the passage?He is strongminded and hardworking.Period OneWelcome to the unit & Reading.重点单词1.
6、curious adj.好奇的，求知欲强的curiously adv.好奇地2fortune n大笔的钱，财富；运气3preserve vt.保存，保护，保持4entrance n入口enter v进入5content n内容；adj.满意的；vt.使满足6swallow vt.& vi.吞下，吞咽7death n死亡dead adj.死的8shortly adv.不久，很快9within prep.在之内，不超过10coincidence n巧合；碰巧11connection n联系，连接connect v连接12punishment n惩罚punish v惩罚13scientific ad
7、j.科学的science n科学scientist n科学家14disturb vt.打扰，扰乱15breathe vi.& vt.呼吸.重点短语1set sail启航2come across(偶然)遇见；发现3fall ill生病4have something to do with与有关5in connection with关于，与有关6breathe in吸入7result in导致，结果是8pay off还清(债务)；回报.重点句式1not.but.不是而是Howard Carter did not go to school，but learnt to draw from his fat
8、her，who was an artist.霍华德卡特没有上过学，但是他从身为艺术家的父亲那里学会了画画。2on/upon doing.一就Upon their entering the tomb，Carters lucky pet bird，which he had left in Cairo，was swallowed by a snake.在他们进入陵墓的那一刻，卡特的那只被他留在开罗的幸运爱鸟被一条蛇吞食了。3only to do sth.结果He too visited the tomb，only to catch a high fever the next day.他也去了陵墓，结
9、果第二天就发高烧了。4whichever引导让步状语从句Within the tomb，whichever way we looked there was a fortune in gold and treasure.在陵墓里，不管我们怎么看，都有大量金银珠宝。.根据课文内容判断正(T)误(F)1Howard Carter is the most famous explorer the world has ever known.(F)2Howard Carter was well educated at school.(F)3Howard Carter set sail for Egypt i
10、n 1891，at the age of 17.(T)4The explorers decided to leave the treasure in the tomb.(F)5It is believed that the mummys curse makes those who enter Egypt ill or even dead.(F).课文阅读理解1What do we know about Howard Carter?AHe learned to draw at school as a child.BHis father wanted him to be an artist.CHe
11、 began to explore the tombs of the Egyptian kings by the 1920s.DHe began to search for mummies in 1891.答案C2Why did Howard Carter call the discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamun the most important one?ABecause Tutankhamun was an important king in Egyptian history.BBecause it took him great work to
12、 find the tomb of King Tutankhamun.CBecause it was found near the city of Luxor instead of in the Valley of the Kings.DBecause it had the most treasure besides the mummy of the king.答案D3Which of the following deaths was said to have nothing to do with the curse of the mummy?ACarters death.BCarters l
13、ucky pet birds death.CCarnarvons death.DCarters secretarys death.答案A4Which of the explanations for those deaths is NOT included in the passage?ACoincidence.BThe curse of the mummy.CDog.DViruses.答案C5From the passage，we can conclude that the author .Athinks the deaths have something to do with the cur
14、se of the mummyBthinks the deaths have something to do with the viruses in the tombCdoesnt show his attitude towards the deathsDthinks the deaths are just coincidence答案C.课文阅读填空The curse of the mummyMysteriesMain charactersMain eventsHoward Carter，a famous 1.explorerIn 1922，he led a team to Egypt and
15、 made his most amazing 2.discovery of all.Lord Carnarvon，a British manHe，who was on the 3.scene when the tomb was open，fell ill and died in Egypt.George Gould，a 4.friend of CarnarvonsHe also visited the tomb，only to catch a high fever the next day and died 12 hours later.Richard Bethell，Carters 5.secretaryHe died of heart trouble four 6.months after the tomb was opened.Arthur Mace，a member of the teamHe also died 7.shortly after the disc
