Unit+1+reading 牛津深圳版英语七年级上册

Whatdoyouknowaboutencyclopaedias?LeadinsubjectallkindsofsubjectsEncyclopaediaBritannicaIt

isaworld-famousencyclopaedia.ItistheoldestEnglish-languageencyclopaedia.1Doyouhaveanencyclopaedia?2Haveyoueverreadanencyclopaedia?Quiztime:1LeonardodaVinciwasa(n)_____.apainterbengineerccook2LeonardodaVinciwas_____.aFrenchbEnglishcItalian3LeonardodaVincipainted_____.aSunflowers bTheLastSuppercImpression,SunrisePre-readingIfyou’restillnotsure,youcanalsofindinformationaboveinanencyclopaedia.4Todayyoucanfinddinosaurs_____.ainzoosbinmuseumsceverywhere5WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?aDinosaursoncelivedonEarth.bAlldinosaurswereverybig.cSomedinosaurscouldfly.Completethetablebelow.BackgroundSubjectMoreinformationonDaVinci,LeonardoArt

DinosaursEarthhistoryReadthetitleandtheintroductiononpage3.Thenanswerthequestions.1.Inthetitle,whatdoesthephrase“lookup”mean?Itmeanstolookforinformationaboutsomethinginadictionaryoranencyclopaedia.2.Whatdoesthepronoun“it”inthetitlereferto?

Itreferstoinformation.BeforeyoureadWhatisthepaintinginPicturea?TheMonaLisa.Whopaintedit?

LeonardodaVinci.aLookatthepicturesandthetitleofthefirstarticleonpage3.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.bWhataretheanimalsinPictureb?Dinosaurs.Whatdoyouknowaboutthem?

DinosaursusedtoliveonEarth,butallofthemsuddenlydiedout.Nobodyknowswhy.Herearetwoarticlesfromanencyclopaedia.DaVinci,LeonardoLeonardodaVinci(1452—1519)wasanItalianpainter,inventor,musician,engineerandscientist.DaVinciwasborninthecountryside.Fromanearlyage,heshowedgreatintelligenceandartisticability.Ashegrewolder,helearnttodomanydifferentthings.Hispaintingsareveryfamous,andone,theMonaLisa,isperhapsthemostfamouspaintingintheworld.Healsohadmanyinventions.Forexample,hisnotebooksincludesomeinterestingdrawingsofflyingmachines.(SeeArt)Lookitup!While-ReadinglookitupanItalianpainterwasborninthecountrysidefromanearlyagelearntodothemostfamouspaintingintheworldforexampleincludesomeinterestingdrawings查阅一个意大利画家出生在乡村从很小的时候学做...最有名的画在世界上例如包含一些有趣的画Readthearticlesagainandcompletetheanswerstothequestionsbelow.1WhowasLeonardodaVinci?Hewas__________________________________________________.2Whatishismostfamouspainting?Itis________________.anItalianpainter,inventor,musician,engineerandscientisttheMonaLisaReadthefirstarticleandfillinthechart.DaVinci

LeonardoYearofbirthBirthplaceYearofdeathCareerChildhoodAdulthoodContributions1452thecountryside,Italy1519painter,inventor,musician,engineerandscientistshowedgreatintelligenceandartisticabilitylearnttodomanydifferentthingsfamouspaintings,liketheMonaLisa,andmanyinventionsDinosaursDinosaurslivedonEarthmorethan60millionyearsbeforehumanbeings.TheylivedeverywhereonEarth.Somedinosaurswereassmallaschickens.Otherswereasbigastenelephants.Somecouldevenfly.Manydinosaursateplants.However,somedinosaurslikedtoeatmeat.DinosaurslivedonEarthformorethan150millionyears.Then,suddenly,theyalldiedout.Nobodyknowswhy.However,wecanlearnaboutthemfromtheirfossils.(SeeEarthhistory)onEarthmorethanassmallaschickenssome...othersliketododieoutNobodyknowswhy.learnabout...from...在地球上超过和小鸡一样小一些...其他的一些喜欢做...灭绝没有人知道为什么。从...了解到1Whatdiddinosaurseat?Manyofthemate______.Somelikedtoeat_____.2HowlongdiddinosaursliveonEarthbeforethey

disappeared?TheylivedonEarthfor_________________________.3Howcanwelearnaboutdinosaurstoday?Wecanlearnaboutthem________________.plantsmeatmorethan150millionyearsfromtheirfossilsAboutdinosaursDinosaurslived(1)_____________onEarthover(2)___________yearsbeforehumanbeings.Somewere(3)_____andotherswere(4)____.Somecould(5)_____.Someate(6)______andothersate(7)_____.DinosaurslivedonEarthformorethan(8)_________________years.everywhere60,000,000smallbigflyplantsmeat150,000,000Readthesecondarticleandfillinthechart.1DaVinci,LeonardoaHelivedfrom1425to1519.bHewasborninthecity.cHeshowedgreatartisticabilityfromanearlyage.dHeisfamousforhispaintingsandbooks.2DinosaursaTheylivedonEarthmorethan60thousandyearsbeforehumanbeings.bSomeweresmall;otherswerehuge.cAllofthematemeat.dSomediedoutsuddenly.1452√countrysideinventionsmillionSomeTheyall√Readthetwoarticlesagainandcorrectthenotesifnecessary.Post-reading1452～1519Painter,inventor,musician,engineerandscientistItalyTheMonaLisaHehadmanyinventionsLookatthismind-mapandretellthestoryLeonardodaVinciwasbornin1452anddiedin1519.HewasborninItaly.Hewasafamouspainter,inventor,musician,engineerandscientist.Duringhislife,hehadmanyinventions.TheMonaLisaisperhapsthemostfamouspaintingintheworld.Oneversion:Lookatthepicturesandretellthestory.DinosaurslivedonEarthmorethan60millionyearsbeforehumanbeings.TheylivedeverywhereonEarth.Somedinosaursweresmall,somewerebig,andsomecouldevenfly.Manydinosaursateplants,butsomeatemeat.Suddenlytheyalldiedout.Nobodyknowswhy.Oneversion:WhatelsedoyouknowaboutLeonarddaVinci?2.Whydidthedinosaursdieoutsuddenly?Discussandanswerthequestionsbelowwithyourclassmates.Revision1.WhowasLeonardoVinci?Hewas_______________________________________2.Whatishismostfamouspainting?Itis____________________________________.3.Whatdiddinosaurseat?

Manyofthemate_______.Somelikedtoeat_____.4.HowlongdiddinosaursliveonEarthbeforetheydisappeared?TheyliveonEarthfor________________________.5.Howcanwelearnaboutdinosaurstoday?Wecanlearnaboutthem_________________.Listentothestoryandcompletetheanswers.anItalianpainter,inventor,musician,engineerandscientist.theMonaLisa

plantsmeatmorethan150millionyearsfromtheirfossils1.Whensomebodyisborn,he/she_____.

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comesoutofhis/hermother’sbodyb.goestoseeadoctor c.leaveshis/herparents2.Benny’sgrandparentsliveinthecountryside.Theylive

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a.inside b.outside c.inthecentreof3.Birdshaveamusicalability.They_____sing.

a.can b.cannot c.arehappyto4.Thebookincludessomebeautifulphotos.Thesephotosare____thebook.

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partof b.attheendof c.connectedto5.Ahumanbeingisa(n)_____.

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