高一英语资料 Unit 1 Advertising Reading 1学案

1、Unit 1 Advertising Reading 1姓名 班级 学号 完成评价 学习目标理解课文，掌握Reading部分的生词与词组学习重点培养阅读能力预习内容预习第 67页至第 68 页从 advertising 到 purchase 的单词预习第 2 页至第 3 页课文。要求完成学案练习阅读理解 AThe next time you use telephone and Internet, you can probably thank Charles Kao（高锟）, who was one of the Nobel Prize in physics winners on October

2、 6，2009. His idea of fiber-optic (光纤) communications has made the modern telephone and Internet possible. People can exchange text, music and photos around the world within seconds thanks to this technology. Half the $1. 4 million prize goes to Charles Kao, 75, for discovering how to send light sign

3、als long distance through hair-thin glass fibers. The other half goes to the Americans Boyle, 85, and Smith, 79, for inventing a sensor (传感器) that turns light into electrical signals. Their invention led to digital cameras. Kao was born in Shanghai in 1933 and now has both American and British citiz

4、enship (公民身份). Kao has been interested in science since he was a boy. He once tried making a bomb (炸弹) at home using chemicals and water; then he threw it in the street. Fortunately, no one was hurt! After primary school and the first year of middle school, Kao moved to Hong Kong with his family. He

5、 went to Hong Kong University, but he had to go to London University to study electrical engineering. Later he studied fiber-optic communications. Kao said in 1966 that glass fibers could carry light over long distances. Not many took him seriously at the time. But in 1970, researchers in the US wer

6、e able to make the material. Today the fibers are used throughout the world in computer cables and other cables. The light that flows through them sends text, music, pictures and video globally in less than a second. If you put together all the fibers in the world, you would get a single thread over

7、 1 billion kilometers long. That is enough to go around the globe more than 25, 000 times. 1. Why was Charles Kao awarded the Nobel Prize in physics? A. Because he invented the modern telephone and Internet. B. Because he together with Boyle and Smith invented a sensor which changes light into elect

8、rical signals. C. Because his idea led to the invention of digital cameras. D. Because he discovered the way to send light signals through glass fibers. 2. The passage mainly tells us_. A. Charles Kaos contribution and his growthB . Charles Kao together with Boyle and Smith won the Nobel Prize in ph

9、ysicsC. how Charles Kao discovered fiber-optic communicationsD. how Charles Kao became a great scientist3. When probably did Charles Kao discover fiber could carry light over long distances? A. In 1970. B. In the mid 1960s. C. Soon after leaving Hong Kong University. D. Before his graduation from Lo

10、ndon University. 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Charles Kao left his parents and went to Hong Kong after the first year of middle school. B. Charles Kao is a Chinese-American. C. Only a few people considered Charles Kaos idea very useful at the very beginning. D. Char

11、les Kao studied fiber-optic communications in Hong Kong University. B The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly, ”said Mrs. Brown. She said that Clyde, her 7yearold cat, didnt come home for dinner more than a month. Th

12、e next morning he didnt appear for breakfast, either. So she called the police. “Is Clyde your child or your pet? ”the officer doubtfully asked. “Well, hes my cat, of course. ”Mrs. Brown replied. “Lady, youre supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS. You have to ask your neighbors, hand

13、out leaflets(传单)or take other measures, ”said the policeman. Mrs. Brown thought a billboard(广告牌)would work better than a piece of paper on a telephone pole. There was an empty billboard at the end of her street just off the highway. The billboard had a phone number on it. She called that number, and

14、 they told her they could blow up a picture of Clyde and put it on the billboard for all to see. It would cost 3, 000 a month. So she took most of her money and rented the billboard for a month. A month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared. She has almost no money in savings, so she called the loc

15、al newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the billboard for another month. 1. How long has Clyde been away from home? A. For one week. B. For about 30 days. C. For no more than 60 days. D. For over 60 days. 2. Mrs. Brown had to rent a billboard to find her cat because_. A. the policeman did

16、not help herB. she did not believe the policemanC. the policeman couldnt find her catD. she followed the policemans suggestion3. What does the underlined phrase “blow up” in Paragraph 3 mean? A. Take something with youB. Make something largerC. Show something to othersD. Improve something4. From the

17、 last paragraph, we can learn that_. A. Clyde has been found finallyB. Mrs. Brown is not a rich womanC. Mrs. Brown can afford the rent for the next monthD. some kind-hearted people gave support to Mrs. Brown. 学习反思：Unit 1 Advertising Reading 2姓名 班级 学号 完成评价 学习目标理解课文，掌握Reading部分的生词与词组学习重点增强阅读能力预习内容预习第

18、67页至第 68 页从 advertising 到 purchase 的单词预习第 2 页至第 3 页课文。要求完成学案练习 完形填空 Charlie Chaplin, Mr Bean and so on are examples of famous international comedians and all of them are British. But why has British 1 been so successful? Why is it more successful in pleasing others 2 great enjoyment than French or G

19、erman comedy? Everybody in Britain is expected to have a 3 of humour. And the British pay special attention 4 showing others humour in situations which might seem very strange, almost 5 , to other cultures. Professors giving serious lectures at university often 6 jokes to get people relaxed and inte

20、rested. Business people often 7 humour and number when making important presentations. Some doctors are 8 for making their patients relax. Even priests（牧师）tell 9 in churches! But what 10 makes British people laugh? And why is British humour often 11 for foreigners to understand? Jokes are connected

21、with 12 . They often refer to people and places that are 13 familiar to the British themselves. Another thing 14 makes British humour difficult for foreigners is that they often play 15 words that sound the same 16 have different meanings, and there are a lot of 17 in English! However, a lot of Brit

22、ish humour is 18 and comedians like Charlie Chaplin and Mr Bean have been successful 19 the world. Their humour is understood on sight and they express it in situations that we can tellpeople often find themselves 20 in laughing or being laughed at. 1. A. comedy B. performance C. play D. humour2. A. by B. with C. on D. through3. A. fact B. experience C. sense D. feeling4