人教版选修8 unit3 reading

1、人教课标人教课标 高二高二 选修选修 8Unit 3Discuss in pairs which pictures show inventions and which show discoveries. An amphibious carStephensons “Rocket”DNA Work out the rules that will help you decide what a discovery is and what an invention is.(1) A discovery is A discovery merely makes known something that al

2、ready exist in nature, such as the discovery on the New Continent by Columbia. (2) An invention is something that created by human being, such as the lighting rod. Thomas Edison invented the electric bulb.Did Edison invent electricity? Can electricity be invented? Is electricity an invention or disc

3、overy? Why? In pairs discuss any modern inventions you know. Describe them to your partner and explain how they changed peoples lives.television 1923 colour television 1940photocopier 1937air conditioner 1902electronic digital computer 1942Atomic bomb 1945Credit cards 1950Penicillin 1928 Do you know

4、 the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approved? Inventing is a scientific activity and so follows similar stages to those used in research. Work out a suitable order. Applying for a patent2. Finding a problem 3. Doing research 4. Testing the solution 5. Thin

5、king of a creative solution 6. Deciding on the invention The problem of the snakesThe text is mainly about the authors experience in helping her mother get rid of the _ and applying for the _ for her invention. snakespatent Read the text quickly and complete its main idea. How did the writer catch t

6、he snakes?A. using something the snakes were interested to attract them into a trap. B. taking their habitat to another place. C. placing the snakes at a low temperature for them to sleep and then caught them. D. All the above. C Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.2. The writer was s

7、uccessful to catch the snakes in _ attempt. the first B. the second C. the third D. everyC3. The following are used in the three attempts EXCEPT _. perfumeB. a bowlC. jelly D. ice-cubesA4. Why did cooling the snakes make them less active? A. Because snakes are warm-blooded animals.B. Because snakes

8、like high temperature.C. Because snakes are reptiles and their body temperature depends on the heat around them. C5. Which of the following may get a patent according to the text?A. A computer programme.B. A new animal variety.C. A work of literature.D. A truly novel and useful invention.D6. The pur

9、pose in writing this text is _.A. to show us how to trap the snakes but not to kill themB. to tell people how to apply for a patent of the writers new ideaC. to introduce the writers new idea of trapping the snakes and her application for a patentD. to tell the readers how to get a new idea and make

10、 it a patentC7. The biggest advantage of the writers new idea is that _.A. it makes the snakes move slowlyB. it makes the snakes hardly bite usC. it is easier for us to kill the snakes without hurting ourselvesD. it is easier for us to catch the snakes without killing themD8. Which statement is true

11、 according to the text?A. The snakes were so sleepy in the second attempt that they couldnt bite the writer at all.B. Your product must be different from everybody elses if you want to receive a patent.C. The writer decided to send her invention to the patent office the moment she succeeded in catch

12、ing the snakes.D. If an application for your product proves to be valid, you can get a patent immediately.BRead the text carefully and fill in the blanks.Finding a problemSnakes came near my mothers house now and then and she wanted me to get rid of them without _ them.Doing researchI set out to res

13、earch the _ of snakes to find the easiest way to trap them.harminghabitsThinking of a creative solutionThree possible approaches: removing the snakes_ attracting the snakes into a _ using male or female perfume or food _ the snakes so that they would become sleepy and could be easily caughtI decided

14、 to use the _ approach. habitattrapcoolinglast /thirdTesting the solutionThree attempts: putting the frozen bowl over the snakes habitat early in the morning putting the frozen bowl over the snakes habitat _ putting the frozen bowl over the snakes habitat in the evening and carrying a small _ to col

15、lect them the next morningThe third attempt was a success.in the eveningnetApplying for a_ The patent office makes a search to check that your product really is _ from everyone elses. Patent examiners examine whether your claim is _ or not. Your application for a patent will be published _ months from the date you apply if your claim passes all the tests.patentdifferentvalid18Divide the passage into several parts and find out the main idea for each paragraph.Part 1(para.1) the discovery of the problem of the snakesP