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1、2020学年人教版英语精品资料Section_Warming Up & Reading Prereading1Do you remember lying on your back in a grassy field on a summer afternoon, discovering the soft shapes in the clouds in the sky?2What is “Flogos”？Please read the following passage to get the answer.“That one looks just like a sheep! And look ov
2、er there. That one looks like a horse！” Do you remember lying on your back in a grassy field on a summer afternoon, discovering the soft shapes in the clouds in the sky? Those were the good old days when you could see anything and everything in the clouds.But now people look at the sky and see cloud
3、s in the shape of a motor companys advertising logo (标识), or a message inviting them to go out and buy a certain brand (品牌) of beer. These cloud pictures are not products of their imaginations. Instead, they are produced by a machine. These new floating advertisements are called Flogos; the name sta
4、nds for “floating logos.” Theyre made from a mixture of soapy foam (泡沫) and a lighterthanair gas such as helium, and they can be made into different sizes and shapes depending on the advertisement.Flogos can last up to an hour if weather conditions are good, and they can fly several kilometers high.
5、 Advertisers can rent a Flogo machine for $2,500 a day. The setup is normally performed within 1 to 2 hours, and it will release four Flogos per minute. Advertisers can fill the air with any shape or message they want.Some people are worried that the Flogos might not be pollutionfree (无污染的). However
6、, the Flogos inventor insists that the soap he uses is natural, and that a Flogo just dissipates (消失) in the air, leaving nothing behind. Though it may be true that Flogos are environmentally friendly, some people believe that the natural clouds in our memory may be replaced by manmade ones. They ar
7、e afraid that soon there will be nowhere left where their imaginations can float freely.Warming Up1Look at the pictures and answer the following questions.(1)What is Yuan Longping famous for?Yuan_Longping_is_famous_for_his_hybrid_rice.(2)Who was Thomas Edison?Thomas_Edison,_an_American_inventor,_inv
8、ented_more_than_1,000_things,_including_the_lamp_bulb.(3)Who was Cai Lun?Cai_Lun,_a_Chinese_inventor,_invented_the_papermaking_technology.(4)What did George Stephenson invent?George_Stephenson,_an_English_inventor,_invented_the_locomotive_(铁路机车)2What is an invention?An invention is something that is
9、 created by a human being. Inventing is a scientific activity. 3What is a discovery?A discovery merely makes_known something that already existed in nature.4Look at the following pictures and tell which pictures show inventions and which show discoveries.inventions: inventions:_BDE;_discoveries: dis
10、coveries:_ACFast Reading1Read the text and write down the main idea of the text.The text is mainly about the authors experience in helping her mother get rid of the snakes and applying for the patent for her invention.2.Divide the text into four parts and match the main idea for each part.(1)Part (P
11、ara.1)(B) AThe attempts to catch the snakes.(2)Part (Paras.23)(D) BThe discovery of the problem of the snakes.(3)Part (Paras. 46)(A) CThe requirement of getting a patent.(4)Part (Paras.78)(C)DThe research on the approaches to solving the problem.Careful ReadingRead the text and then choose the best
12、answer according to the text.(1)The purpose in writing this passage is _.Ato show us how to trap the snakes but not to kill themBto tell people how to apply for a patent of the writers new ideaCto introduce the writers new idea of trapping the snakes and her application for a patentDto tell the read
13、er how to get a new idea and make it a patent(2)Whats the biggest advantage of the writers new idea?AIt makes the snakes move slowly.BIt makes the snakes hardly bite us.CIt is easier for us to kill the snakes without hurting ourselves.DIt is easier for us to catch the snakes without killing them.(3)
14、The snakes were finally caught by _.Ahitting them with a stickBcooling them and catching them with a netCputting them into a schoolbagDwatering them with cool water(4)You wont get a patent before you _.Amake an inventionBcatch all the snakesClearn to operate a computerDget rid of your bad habits(5)A
15、ccording to the text, which subject do you think can be given a patent?AA new star discovered by a scientist.BA new novel written by Huo Da.CA new way to make dirty water clean.DA new kind of grass found in a mountain which can be used as a medicine.答案：(1)(5)CDBAC SummaryRead the text carefully and fill in the blanks.1When the writer called up her mother in the country on the phone, she learned that snakes came near their house and that they seemed 2.to_have_made (make) their home near their house.The writer felt proud and considered 3.it a chance for her to
