Unit 1 reading final

Period1ReadingSpeakupModule1AmazingthingsOxfordEnglishUnit1EncyclopaediasMilitaryparadeCulturecornerReadthefirstparagraphofthearticleandexplainwhateachnumbermeans.Readthearticleandanswerthequestions.Completethetablebelow.BackgroundknowledgeTopicSujectReadthetitleandtheintroductiononpage3.Thenanswerthequestions.Lookatthepicturesandthetitleofthefirstarticleonpage3.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.BeforeyoureadYouaregoingtoreadashortarticleaboutLeonardodaVincifromanencyclopaedia.Beforeyoustart,trythequizbelow.Circlethecorrectanswers.Therecanbemorethanoneanswer.Whatdoyouknowabout…?Self-portraitDaVinci’sachievements/notebookD1Belowaresomenotesaboutthefirstencyclopaediaarticleonpage3,butsomeofthefactsarewrong.Readthearticleandcorrectthenotesifnecessary.ComprehensionAboutDaVinciachievementsyearofbirthyearofdeathchildhoodpainterinventormusicianengineerscientistcontributions15191452birthplacecountryside,ItalyshowedgreatintelligenceandartisticabilityadulthoodlearnttodomanydifferentthingsmanyinventionsfamouspaintingsLeonardodaVinciReadthefirstarticleandcompletethespidergram.Lookitup!DaVinci,LeonardoLeonardodaVinci(1452—1519)wasanItalianpainter,inventor,musician,engineerandscientist.DaVinciwasborninthecountryside.Fromanearlyage,heshowedgreatintelligenceandartisticability.Ashegrewolder,helearnttodomanydifferentthings.Hispaintingsareveryfamous,andone,theMonaLisa,isperhapsthemostfamouspaintingintheworld.Healsohadmanyinventions.Forexample,hisnotebooksincludesomeinterestingdrawingsofflyingmachines.(SeeArt)Inpairs,talkaboutDaVinciaccordingtothespidergram.achievementsyearofbirthyearofdeathchildhoodpainterinventormusicianengineerscientistcontributions1452birthplaceshowedgreatintelligenceandartisticabilityadulthoodlearnttodomanydifferentthingsmanyinventionsfamouspaintingsLeonardodaVincicountryside,Italy1519C1Thewordsinitalicsarefromthefirstarticleonpage3.Circlethecorrectanswerstocompletethesesentences.VocabularyWhatareyouinterestedin?Lookitupinanencyclopaedia.Inpairs,talkaboutit.Followtheexample.SpeakupMakeaspidergramaboutWaltDisney.yearofbirthyearofdeath?achievementsbirthplaceWaltDisneyWhendidhedie?Wherewasheborn?Whenwasheborn?Whatdidhedo?Whatdidheachieve?…hisjobLookitup!Whoelsedoyouwanttoknowabout?Lookuptheinformationintheencyclopaediaanddiscussitwithyourclassmates.ShowtimeSaysomethingaboutthetopic“ThepersonIaminterestedin”.BeforeyoureadLookatthepictureandthetitleofthesecondarticleonpage3.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.Youaregoingtoreadashortarticleaboutdinosaursfromanencyclopaedia.Beforeyoustart,trythequizbelow.Circlethecorrectanswers.Whatdoyouknowabout…?AboutdinosaursLookatthepicturesbelow.DinosaursDinosaurslivedonEarthmorethan60millionyearsbeforehumanbeings.TheylivedeverywhereonEarth.Somedinosaurswereassmallaschickens.Otherswereasbigastenelephants.Somecouldevenfly.Manydinosaursateplants.However,somedinosaurslikedtoeatmeat.DinosaurslivedonEarthformorethan150millionyears.Then,suddenly,theyalldiedout.Nobodyknowswhy.However,wecanlearnaboutthemfromtheirfossils.(SeeEarthhistory)Lookitup!D1Belowaresomenotesaboutthesecondencyclopaediaarticleonpage3,butsomeofthefactsarewrong.Readthearticleandcorrectthenotesifnecessary.ComprehensionAboutDinosaurtimedinosaursReadthesecondarticleandcompletethespidergram.AboutDinosaurtimedinosaursReadthesecondarticleandcompletethespidergram.placesizefoodlastingtimefossilsMorethan60millionyearsbeforehumanbeingsEverywhereonEarthSome…as…as,others…,someManyateplants,somelikedtoeatmeat.Morethan150millionyearsdieout,learn…fromSomedinosaurswereassmallaschickens.Somecouldevenfly.However,somedinosaurslikedtoeatmeat.Wecanlearnaboutthemfromtheirfossils.Readthearticleagain.Findoneortwosentencesfromthearticletomatcheachpicture.DinosaursTheylivedeverywhereonEarth.Otherswereasbigastenelephants.Manydinosaursateplants.ReadandmatchDinosaurslivedonEarthformorethan150millionyears.DinosaurslivedonEarthmorethan60millionyearsbeforehumanbeings.Over_____________yearsbeforehumanbeings.___________onEarth.Somewere_____________chickens.Otherswere___________tenelephants.Manyofthemate_______.Someate______.Theyall_________diedout._____________why.Fromtheir_________.Listenandcompletethetable.Thentalkaboutdinosaursaccordingtothetableinpairs.ReadthearticleLanguagepointsSome…Others…as…as…as…as…heavylightgentlefierceHomework1.模仿录音的语音、语调，朗读课文。2.抄写单词和短语：dinosaur，Italian，inventor，musician，scientist，born，countryside，intelligence，artistic，ability，perhaps，invention，notebook，include，lookup，inthecountryside等。3.根据对子活动的信息，以“我感兴趣的人物”为题准备口头汇报。4.完成《综合练习册》第七至第八页ListeningandspeakingD，F和第九页ReadingA的练习。