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1、人教版英语精品资料（精修版）Section_Warming Up & Reading PrereadingStephen Hawking, a famous scientist, has spent his life discovering the universe. What is his bestselling book called? Read the following passage and find the answer.Hawking was diagnosed with some muscle disease 54 years ago while a student at Ca
2、mbridge University. He recalled how he became depressed. But he continued to be absorbed in his studies. For his work on black holes, Hawking is famous for bringing some rather difficult concepts to the ordinary people through his bestselling books, including A Brief History of Time, which sold more
3、 than 10 million copies worldwide. Hawking has survived longer than most people with this kind of disease. People affected by this kind of disease gradually have more and more trouble breathing and moving as muscles weaken and waste away. Theres no way to cure it. Few people live longer than a decad
4、e. Hawking receives aroundtheclock care, can only communicate by moving his cheek, and relies on a computer to convey his thoughts.Despite his disease, Hawking has remained active. In 2007, he floated like an astronaut on an aircraft that creates weightlessness.Hawking once said he did not think hum
5、ans would survive another 1,000 years without escaping the earth and therefore he appealed to people to explore space as much as possible. He gave a piece of famous advice to all of us, “Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Be curious.”Warming Up1Match the pictures and the proper introduc
6、tions.(1)A He together with other two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 2014 for discovering the “inner GPS” that helps the brain navigate through the world.(2)F She was a physicist and chemist born in Poland. She discovered radium in 1898 and received two Nobel Prizes, one for physics a
7、nd the other for chemistry.(3)B He is a ChineseAmerican citizen, whose Chinese name is Gao Kun. He won half the prize for his research that led to a breakthrough in fiber optics (纤维光学) and is called “Father of fiber optics”(4)D He is an American inventor. He invented the way of giving electricity to
8、 everybody in large cities.(5)E He is a British scientist. He worked in astronomy and put forward a theory about black holes.2Look at the pictures and write down what diseases people have faced in the past few years.(1)Cholera(霍乱)(2)SARS(传染性非典型肺炎)(3)Influenza_A(H1N1)(甲型H1N1流感)(4)The_Ebola_Virus_(埃博拉
9、病毒)Fast Reading1Read the text quickly and complete the main idea of it.The text tells that how John Snow found the (1) cause of the disease and finally “King Cholera” was (2) defeated.2Scan the text and then choose the best answer according to the text.(1)The passage mainly tells us that _.Athe caus
10、e of cholera was polluted waterBJohn Snow was a wellknown doctor in LondonCthe source of all the water supplies should be examinedDJohn Snow did some research and helped to solve “King Cholera”(2)Which of the following theories did John Snow believe?ACholera multiplied in the air without reason.BPeo
11、ple spread the disease when speaking to each other.CPeople absorbed the disease into their bodies were affected and died.DPeople were too dirty.(3)What does the word “this” in the sentence “He had not foreseen this” in the 23rd line refer to?AThe outbreak of cholera.BThe cause of the disease.CNo dea
12、ths in some areas.DThe water pump in Broad Street.(4)What was the key help for John Snows discovery?AThe government.BThe woman moving away from Broad Street.CThe water company.DThe map made by himself.(5)At last，“King Cholera” was controlled by _.Ausing medicines in hospitalsBdriving patients out of
13、 the countryCdealing with the polluted waterDgetting rid of all kinds of pollution答案：(1)(5)DCCDCCareful Reading1Read the text carefully and then fill in the blanks.John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”About choleraIt was a (1)deadly disease of its day.People didnt know its cause or its (2)cure. Many thou
14、sands of people died every time there was an outbreak.Two(3)theoriesCholera was spread in a cloud of gas. Cholera was spread by germs.John Snows opinionCholera was spread by germs.The course of finding evidenceAs the disease spread quickly through poor (4)neighbourhoods of London, he began to gather
15、 information. He found the outbreak was particularly (5)severe in two streets. After further investigations he discovered it seemed that the water was to (6)blame. When people didnt use the (7)polluted water, the disease slowed down, which showed that cholera was really spread by germs.(8)Measures to prevent cholera from happeningJohn Snow suggested that the (9)source of all the water supplies be examined. The water companies were (10)instructed not to expose people to polluted water any more.2Find out the sentences in the text which have similar meanings to the
