Unit2ExtensivereadingABiographyofIsaacAsimov1Theboy’snewelectronictoytrainwas_____envyofhisfriends.AaBtheC/Da/the2PreparationsarebeingmadefortheOlympicGames___inBeijingin2008.AtobeheldBheldCholdingDtohold3Allthesegiftsmustbemailedimmediately___intimeforChristmas.AinordertohavereceivedBinordertoreceiveCsoastobereceivedDsoastobereceivingBAC4WasitduringtheSecondWorldWar___hedied?AthatBwhileCinwhichDthen5Hemadeanotherwonderfuldiscovery,____ofgreatimportancetoscience.AwhichIthinkisBwhichIthinkitisCwhichIthinkitDIthinkwhichis6Wouldyoupleasetellmethewayyouthoughtof_____difficulties?AsmoothingawayBtosmoothawayCdoingawaywithDtomakeyourwaytoAAB7Nickislookingforanotherjobbecausehefeelsthatnothinghedoes____hisboss.AservesBsatisfiesCpromisesDsupports8Allthepreparationsforthetask____,we’rereadytostart.AcompletedBcompleteChadbeencompletedDhavebeencompletedBDReading:1What’sthemainideaofthetext?IntroductionafamousAmericansciencefictionwriterIssacAsimov’slifeandworks.2HowmanyyearsdidIssacAsimovworkinstore?A5B9C11D13D3.WhowasIssacAsimov?A.AnAmericanscientistandwriterwhogothisPhDinphysicsin1948.B.AnRussianscientistandwriterwhomarriedtwice.C.AnRussian-Americanscientistandwriterwhobecameafulltimewriterin1958.D.AnAmerican-Russianscientistandwriterwhohad2children.4.Inwhichbookdidhedevelopasetofthreelaws?A.TheFoundationTrilogyB.I,RobotC.InhisfirstnovelD.Inhisfirstsciencebook.CB5.WhatwasAsimovbestknownfor?A.Hismysterystories.B.Hissciencefictionstories.C.Hisscienceandhistorybooks.D.HisbooksabouttheBibleandaboutShakespeare.6..Allthefollowingsaretrueexcept_____.A.Asimov’stalentforwritingwasn’tobviouswhenhewasyoung.B.Hebeganhavinghisstoriespublishedinsciencemagazinein1939.C.Hepublishedhisfirstnovelin1950.D.Hepublishedhisfirstsciencebookin1953.BA7.WhatmighthappeninaworldwheretherewererobotsifAsimov’sthreelawsdidn’texist?A.Mayberobotswillharmorinjurehumanbeings.B.Mayberobotswilldisobeyhumanbeings.C.Inordertoprotecttheirownexistence,robotsmayinjurehumanbeings.D.Alloftheabove.D8WhycouldIssacAsimovbecomeawriter?AAfriendofhismadehimawriterBHisparentswantedhimtobeawriterCHehadthetalentforwritingDHehadsomanyexperiencesinhislife.C9WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothetext?AIssacAsimovdidn’tpublishbooksuntilhebecameafulltimewriter.BIssacAsimov’sideasaboutrobotscompletelyinfluencedscientistsresearchingintoartificialintelligenceCRobotsshouldprotecthumanbeingsin“I,robot.”DIssacAsimovwrotesomefamousplaysaboutShakespeare.CReadaboutIsaacAsimovandcompletethetimelineoftheeventsinhislife.DateEvent1920BorninRussia.1922___________.1923___________________________.Parentsboughtacandystore.1929___________________________.Motherhadherthirdchild.____Startedtotakehimselfseriouslyasawriter.1939________________________________________________________________.SisterbornMovedwithfamilytoNewYorkStartedworkinginacandystore1931BeganhavingstoriespublishedinsciencefictionmagazinesDateEvent____GainedMaster’sdegreeinchemistry.1942Finishedworkinginthecandystore.________________.1942-1945_____________________________.____GotPhDinchemistry.____Becameabiochemistryteacher,BostonUniversitySchoolofMedicine.1950Publishedhisfirstnovel._____________.Developedthreelawsforrobots.1941GotmarriedWorkedasjuniorchemist,PhiladelphiaNavyYard19481949Published“I,Robot”DateEvent1951-1953Published“TheFoundationTrilogy”andwonanawardforit._____Publishedfirstsciencebook_____Becameafull-timewriter.1973Divorcedhisfirstwife.__________________________._____Hadabloodtransfusion.BecameinfectedwithHIV.1992________________________.19531958Marriedforasecondtime1983DiedinNewYorkLanguagepoints1.ABiographyofIsaacAsimovbiographyn.传记bio(尤其供公开发表的)个人简历(biography的缩写)biocards传记档案卡;bioinformation传记资料bio-表示“生命,生物”之义biophysics生物物理学biochemistryn.生物化学2anAmericanscientistandwriter一位科学家兼作家Thesingeranddancer_______(be)comingforavisit.Thesingerandthedancer__________(be)Comingforavisit.Aknifeandfork_______(be)onthedesk.is/wasare/wereis/was3fiction:stories/novels,etcwhichdescribeeventsandpeopledonotexistnon-fiction:writingthatisaboutrealpeople,eventsandfactsliterature:writingthatisconsideredtobeworkofart,includingnovels,playsandpoetry4Asimovhadbothanextraordinaryimaginationthatgavehimtheabilityto….andanamazingmindwithwhichhesearchedfor….“介词+which/whom”的结构引导定语从句阿西莫夫不仅有着超凡的想象力,使他能对未来世界进行探索,而且还有惊人的智力,使他能对现在和过去的各种事物作出解析2)句子分析:Asimovhadbothanextraordinaryimaginationandanamazingmind是句子的主要部分,had在句中有两个宾语imagination和mind,他们分别带了自己的宾语从句。that引导的从句修饰imagination;withwhich引导的定语从句修饰mind。动词不定式toexplorefutureworlds修饰ability。Heseemedtobelookingforthewordswithwhichhecouldexpresswhathewasthinkingabout.ThenovelfromwhichthefilmshasbeenadaptedforChildreniswrittenbyafamousAmericanwriter.Thecar,forwhichIpaidalotofmoney,isnowoutofdate.Heistellingastoreyofahero,ofwhomeveryoneinthetownisproudInthedarkstreet,therewasn’tasingleperson_______theycouldturnforhelp.AwhomBwhoCtowhomDfromwhomCTheNile,________electricityisproduced,nolongerdestroysvillagesandcrops.AwhichBfromwhichCformitDfromthat-----Howdoyoulikethecake?------It’squitedifferentfro