上海教育版八年级英语下册Module4 Unit7第2课时Reading课件

Unit7Theunknownworld第2课时Reading一、根据教材P99的课文内容，补全下面短文Tinawokeupatmidnight.Sheheardanoiseandsawaredlight.Thenextmorning,TinamentionedittoherbrotherTomandtheydecided1.______________（explore）itafterschool.At6p.m.,TinaandTomreachedtheforest.Theysaw2.____alien!Itwastall,

3.______aroundheadandatoexploreanwithsilverbody.Itwasstandingnexttoalongspaceship.Thespaceship4.______________（damage）becauseofacrash.Thechildrenwerefrightened.Suddenly,anotheralienappearedfromthebushesinfrontofthem.Itdiscoveredthemandmadea5.________（terribly）noise.Thechildrenranaway6.____fear.Thenextmorning,wasdamagedterribleinTinaandTomtoldtheirparentsaboutthestrange7.__________（creature）.“Theywereveryugly.Theyhadsomehair,buttheydidn’thaveanyfeathers,”saidTina.ButDadsaid,“8.________nooneelsesawthesealiens,Irefuse9.________（believe）you.Nowgotoschool!”Thechildrenspreadtheirwingsand10.____（fly）toschooltogether.creaturesSincetobelieveflew二、阅读理解（一）AcomputerprogramthatcouldhelpcatchandeventranslatemessagesfromaliensinouterspacehasbeenstartedbyJohnElliott,aBritishscientist.Ifaliensarediscoveredoneday,scientistsfeartheirlanguagemaymakeitimpossibletounderstandthem.ButJohnElliotthascomeupwithaprogram.Theprogramcanfigureoutthestructureoftheirlanguage.Hethinksthat’sthefirststepinunderstandingwhattheyaresaying.DrElliott’sprogramwouldcompareanalienlanguagetoadatabase（数据库）of60differentlanguagesintheworldtolookforasimilarstructure.1Hebelievesthatevenanalienlanguagewillhaveitsownstructure.Languagehastobestructuredinacertainway,oritwillbehardertouse,hetoldNewScientistmagazine.Researchhasshownthatitispossibletoknowifasignalcarriesalanguageratherthanapictureormusic.DrElliotthasgoneastepfurtherbyfindingawaytopickoutwhatmightbewordsandsentences.Becauselanguageshavedifferentwordorders,DrElliotthassetupalibraryofthesentencestructuresof60humanlanguages.Ifamessageisreceivedfromouterspace,itcouldbecomparedagainstthisdatabase.Scientistswouldthenbeabletoseeifit’ssimilartoanyhumanlanguage,oramixofthelanguages.However,DrElliottalsosaidthatinordertotranslatewhatthealiensareactuallysaying,itmaystillbenecessarytohaveacodebook.（

）1.WhydidDrElliottcomeupwiththeprogram?A.Tolearnmoreaboutouterspace.B.Todevelopanewlanguage.C.Tohelptranslatethemessagesfromaliens.D.Tocompareanalienlanguagetohumanlanguages.C（

）2.AccordingtoDrElliott,what’sthefirststepofunderstandinganalienlanguage?A.Comingupwithaprogram.B.Knowingitsstructure.C.Understandingaliens.D.Discoveringaliens.B（

）3.Howdoestheprogramworkwhenitreceivesamessagefromaliens?A.Itmixesthemessagewith60humanlanguages.B.Ittranslatesthemessageandsendsittothedatabase.C.Itpicksoutthesentencestructureandtranslatesit.D.Itcomparesthemessagetothedatabaseof60humanlanguages.D（

）4.Accordingtothepassage,whichstatementisNOTtrue?A.Evenanalienlanguagewillhaveitsownstructure.B.Itisimpossibletoknowwhetherasignalcarriesalanguage.C.Ifalanguagehasnostructure,itwillbehardertouse.D.Acodebookmightbeneededforthetranslationofanalienlanguage.B（

）5.Whatcanweinferfromthestory?A.Notalllanguageshavetheirownstructures.B.Thestructureofanalienlanguageissimilartothatofhumanlanguages.C.Totranslateanalienlanguage,thereismuchworktodo.D.Analienlanguageissignalscarryingpicturesandmusic.C（二）信息匹配。阅读下面学校活动的介绍，为五个人选出他们想参加的活动，并将其字母编号填入题前的括号内。A.Sunday,18:00—20:30.HowtoProtectYourTeethbytheMedicalClubmembers.Wewillteachsometipsabouthowtokeephealthyandbeautifulteeth.B.Tuesday,8:30—10:30.Rock&RollandModernDancebyTina.Moredancingskillshelptoimproveyourself.C.Wednesday,19:00—21:00.TalkonUFOsandAliensbyElizabeth.PictureShowhelpstolearnmoreaboutspace.D.Thursday,14:00—17:00.DiscussiononMoviesbyFilmClub.Avatar2willbediscussedbytheclubmembers.E.Friday,8:00—10:45.ShowTimebySchoolTeachingAffair’sOffice.Inventionworkscanbeshownforadvice.F.Saturday,14:00—17:30.BasketballTrainingClassesbyPEteachers.Basketballplayingskillsarefreefortraining.（

）1.MarkisveryinterestedinUFOsandaliens.Heplanstolearnsomethingaboutthem.He’sgoingtoattendatalk.（

）2.Joana’steethareunhealthy.Shewantstoknowsomemedicalknowledgetokeepherteethhealthy.CA（

）3.Benjaminisstrongandtall.Heisinterestedinplayingbasketball.Hewantstotakebasketballclassestolearnsomes