英语人教版八年级上册U7课文及习题

DoYouThinkYouWillHaveYourOwnRobot?1.Whenwewatchmoviesaboutthefuture,wesometimesseerobots.Theyareusuallylikehumanservants.Theyhelpwiththehouseworkanddojobslikeworkingindirtyordangerousplaces.Q1:Whatdorobotslooklikeinthemovies?_____________________Q2:Whatdorobotsdointhemovies?_____________________2.Todaytherearealreadyrobotsworkinginfactories.Somecanhelptobuildcars,andtheydosimplejobsoverandoveragain.Fewerpeoplewilldosuchjobsinthefuturebecausetheyareboring,butrobotswillnevergetbored.Q3:Dorobotsgetboredwhentheydosimplejobsoverandoveragain?_________________3.Scientistsarenowtryingtomakerobotslooklikehumansanddothesamethingsaswedo.SomerobotsinJapancanwalkanddance.Theyarefuntowatch.However,somescientistsbelievethatalthoughwecanmakerobotsmovelikepeople,itwillbedifficulttomakethemreallythinklikeahuman.Forexample,scientistJamesWhitethinksthatrobotswillneverbeabletowakeupandknowwheretheyare.ButmanyscientistsdisagreewithMr.White.Theythinkthatrobotswillevenbeabletotalklikehumansin25to50years.Q4:ReadPara3.decideTrueorFalse.()1.SomerobotsinJapanarefuntowatch,becausetheycandanceandwalk()2.scientistsaretryingtomakerobotslooklikeanimals.()3.wecanmakerobotsmovelikepeopleandthinklikeahuman.()4.ScientistJamesWhitebelievesthatrobotswillneverbeabletodothesamethingsaswecan.4.Somescientistsbelievethattherewillbemorerobotsinthefuture.However,theyagreeitmaytakehundredsofyears.Thesenewrobotswillhavemanydifferentshapes.Somewilllooklikehumans,andothersmightlooklikeanimals.InIndia,forexample,scientistsmaderobotsthatlooklikesnakes.Ifbuildingsfalldownwithpeopleinside,thesesnakerobotscanhelplookforpeopleunderthebuildings.Thiswasnotpossible20yearsago,butcomputersandrocketsalsoseemedimpossible100yearsago.Weneverknowwhatwillhappeninthefuture!Q5:ReadPara4.completethediagram.Howlong:________________Shapes:_________Robotsinthefuture_________-inIndia:_______usefor:___________________Possible/impossible?Nothingisimpossibleifyouputyourheartintoit2BReadandmatcheachparagraphwiththequestionsitdiscusses.Paragraph1Willrobotsthinklikehumansinthefuture?Paragraph2Whatwillrobotsbelikeinthefuture?Paragraph3Whatcanrobotsdotoday?Paragraph4Whatarerobotslikeinmovies?2CReadthearticleagainquickly.Completethesentencesaboutwhatrobotscandonow.1.Robotscanbuild___________infactories.2.Theycando_____________jobsmanytimesandnevergetbored.3.Somecan____________and_____________.4.Somecanhelp__________peopleunder___________.2DFillintheblanksinthisparagraphwithwordsfromthearticle.Somerobotsareveryhuman-like.Theycanwalkand________likepeople.Somescientiststhinkthatinthefuturetheywill_________robotsmorelikehumans.Thismaynot_________inthenearfuture,butatsomepoint,robotswillevenbeableto__________likepeople.However,somescientists__________.JamesWhitebelievesthatrobotswillnotbeabletodothe__________thingsaswecan.Forexample,hethinksthatrobotswill________beabletowakeupandknowwheretheyare.Whichsidedoyou________with?2EWhatkindofanimalsmightrobotslooklikeinthefuture?Whatdoyouthinktheserobotswillbeabletodo?Writeyourideasanddiscussthemwithyourpartner.Ithinksomefuturerobotsmightlooklike_______________.Theywill_________________________________________________________Ithinksomefuturerobotsmightlooklikespiders.Theywillbeabletohelpuscleanthewindow,sweepthefloor.Somerobotsmightlooklikesnakes.Theywillbeabletohelplookforpeopleunderthebuildings.Ifbuildingsfalldownwithpeopleinside.Somerobotswillbelooklikepeople.Theywillbeabletosing,danceandtalkwithus.Theywillalsobeabletoseverus.Theycanmakedinner,dothedishesandcookcoffeeforus.Somerobotsmightlooklikebigarms.Theywillbeabletoworkinfactories.Theycanhelpmakecarsanddosimplejobsoverandoveragain.