选修8_Unit3_Inventors_and_Inventions_Using_language

TheTelephonebecomespartofourlife.Butdoyouknowwhoinventedthetelephone?ABritishinventorcalledAlexanderGrahamBell.Biography(传记）Name:Birth:Birthplace:Whenhewashisfamilymovedto.Hismotherwasalmost.AlexanderGrahamBell1847ScotlandyoungBostondeafBell’smostfamousinvention:Recognitions:Thepatentwasgivenintelephone1876Soundwavescouldbeinamoving,theycouldbesentalongreproducedelectricalcurrentawire•1847•1876•FivedaysafterthepatentwasgiventoBell•1858•1922•1847AlexanderGrahamBellwasborn•1876AlexanderGrahamBellinventedtelephone•FivedaysafterthepatentwasgiventoBellBellsenthisfirsttelephonemessagetohisassistantWatson•1858Bellmadehisfirstinvention•1922Bellmadehislastinvention2.Readthepassagequicklyandfindoutthemainideaofeveryparagraph.Para.1Para.6Para.7B.theinventionofthetelephoneE.acontinuingsearcherPara.2Para.3Para.4Para.5F.curiosityD.theimportanceofthetelephoneC.thefirsttelephonemessageA.anewdiscovery-thetetrahedronshapeSkimmingG.lifeinformation,interestMatcheachparagraphandthemainideaDetailedreadingTherearealtogethersixquestionstodealwith.Youcandiscussthequestionsingroups.1.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue?A.Bellinventedthetelephonebychance.B.Bellgotapatentforthetelephoneat30.C.Bellwasinterestedinhelpingdeafpeople.D.Bellsucceededinmanyareasbesidesthetelephone.2.Intheyear_________Bellmadehislastinvention.A.1920B.1921C.1922D.19233.Modernbridgedesignsbenefitalotfrom_________.A.trianglesB.tetrahedronshapeC.kitesD.flyingmachines4.Hismostfamoussayingsuggestedthathewas________.A.thinkinghardB.torestC.offewwordsD.thinkingtoomuch5.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?ABellinventedthetelephonebychanceBBellwantedtogetapatentforhisinvention.CBellwasinterestedinhelpingdeafpeopleDBellsucceededinmanyareasbesidesthetelephone.6.Guessthemeaningoftheunderlinedwords.Leavethebeatentrackoccasionallyanddiveintothewoods.A.anareaoftreesB.difficultiesC.buildingmaterial7.Whatdoes“leavethebeatentrack”mean?A.insistondoingthesamethingB.lookatthingsortryinanewwayC.sticktotheoriginalmethod8.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue?A.Bellsetouttoinventthetelephoneonpurpose.B.Bellexperimentedwithhelicopterdesignsandflyingmachines.C.Bellwasacontinuingsearchertoimprovethequalityoflife.D.Bell’scuriosityledhimtoinventthetelephone.“偶尔离开平路，去寻求困境。当你这么做的时候，你一定会发现你从未见过的东西。跟踪下去，不断探索，不知不觉中，你就会发现某种值得思考的东西占据着你的头脑。所有真正伟大的发现都是思考的结果。”Goodbye!