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第1页共16页Unit1EncyclopaediasLookitup!Herearetwoarticlesfromanencyclopaedia.DaVinci,LeonardoLeonardodaVinci(1452-1519)wasanItalianpainter,inventor,musician,engineerandscientist.DaVinciwasborninthecountryside.Fromanearlyage,heshowedgreatintelligenceandartisticability.Ashegrewolder,helearnttodomanydifferentthings.Hispaintingsareveryfamous,andone,theMonaLisa,isperhapsthemostfamouspaintingintheworld.Healsohadmanyinventions.Forexample,hisnotebooksincludesomeinterestingdrawingsofflyingmachines.(SeeArt)DinosaursDinosaurslivedonEarthmorethan60millionyearsbeforehumanbeings.TheylivedeverywhereonEarth.Somedinosaurswereassmallaschickens.Otherswereasbigastenelephants.Somecouldevenfly.Manydinosaursateplants.However,somedinosaurslikedtoeatmeat.DinosaurslivedonEarthformorethan150millionyears.Then,suddenly,theyalldiedout.Nobodyknowswhy.However,wecanlearnaboutthemfromtheirfossils.(SeeEarthhistory)Module1CVocabularyC1Thewordsinitalicsarefromthetwoarticles.Circlethecorrectanswerstocompletethesesentences.1Whensomebodyisborn,he/she.acomesoutofhis/hermother'sbodycleaveshis/herparentsbgoestoseeadoctor2Benny'sgrandparentsliveinthecountryside.Theylivethecity.ainsideboutsidecinthecentreof3Birdshaveamusicalability.Theysing.acanbcannotcarehappyto4Thebookincludessomebeautifulphotos.Thesephotosarethebook.apartofbattheendofcconnectedto5Ahumanbeingisa(n).aanimalbmachinecpersonC2Completethearticlebelowwiththewordsfromthebox.Changetheirformsifnecessary.evenhoweverinventionnotebookperhapsscientistWhenIwasyoung,Iusedtokeepa.Iwrotemanypoemsanddrewmanypicturesofdifferentinit.Theywerenotverygood,buttheyhelpedmethinkanddream.NowIamafamousandIdomanyimportantthings.myjourneybeganwhenIwasatschool,withmystudies,andmypoemsandpictures.Iwasastudentjustlikeyou.youwilldosomethingimportantorbecomefamousoneday.Justremembertothinkandtodream.DComprehensionD1Belowaresomenotesabouttheencyclopaediaarticles,butsomeofthefactsarewrong.Readthearticlesandcorrectthenotesifnecessary.1DaVinci,Leonardoahelivedfrom1425to1519.bHewasborninthecity.cHeshowedgreatartisticabilityfromanearlyage.dHeisfamousforhispaintingsandbooks.第2页共16页2DinosaursaTheylivedonEarthmorethan60thousandyearsbeforehumanbeings.bSomewereSmall;otherswerehuge.cAllofthematemeat.dSomediedoutSuddenly.D2Readthearticlesagainandcompletetheanswerstothequestionsbelow.1WhowasLeonardodaVinci?Hewas.2Whatishismostfamouspainting?Itis.3Whatdiddinosaurseat?Manyofthemate.Somelikedtoeat.4HowlongdiddinosaursliveonEarthbeforetheydisappeared?TheylivedonEarthfor.5Flowcanwelearnaboutdinosaurstoday?Wecanlearnaboutthem.MorepracticeAReadthefollowingencyclopaediaarticleaboutbigattractionsinAustraliaandanswerthequestionsbelow.Australia'sbigattractionsAustraliaisaverybigcountry.Italsohasmanybigattractions.TheBigBananaTheBigBananaisinCoffsHarbour.Itwasmadein1964byjohnLandy.Landywantedsomethingtomakepeoplecometohisfruitshop,sohebuilttheBigBanana.Theideaworked.ManypeoplevisitedhisfruitshopandtookpicturesoftheBigBanana.SoonpeoplealloverAustraliabeganmakingbigthings.TheBigMerinoTheBigMerinoisinthecityofGoulburn.Merinosareatypeofsheep.Theycanliveindryweather.SomeplacesinAustraliaareverydry,sothesesheepareveryimportanttothefarmersthere.InsidetheBigMerino,thereisasmallmuscun'.aboutthehistoryofwoolinAustralia.VisitorscanalsoclimbuptotheBigMerino'sheadandlookattheviewthroughitseyes.1WhenwastheBigBananabuilt?2WhywastheBigBananabuilt?3WhyaremerinosimportanttothefarmersinAustralia?4WhatcanyoufindinsidetheBigMerino?5WhatcanyoudoinsidetheBigMerino'shead?第3页共16页Unit2NumbersThekingandthericeAlongtimeago,therewasakinginIndia.Theking’sfavouritegamewaschess.Oneday,awiseoldmancametothepalaceandthekingchallengedhimtoagame.Thekingpromisedtheoldman,“Youcanhaveanyprizeifyouwinthegame.”Theoldmansaid,“IfIwinthegame,I’dlikeonegrainofriceforthefirstsquareofthechessboard,twoforthesecond,fourforthethird,andthendoubletheamountforeachoftherestofthesquares.”“Isthatall?”askedtheking.“Wouldn’tyoulikegoldorsilverinstead?”“No,justrice,”repliedtheoldman.Thekingandtheoldmanplayedthegameforalongtime.Finally,theoldmanwon.Sothekingorderedhismentocollectabagofrice.Heputonegrainonthefirstsquare,twoonthesecond,andsoon.Thekingquicklyrealizedtheproblem---evenwithallthericeinthecountry,hewouldstillnothaveenoughricetoputonallthesquares!CVocabularyC1Thewordsinitalicsarefromthestory.Matchthetwohalvesofthesesentencestomakethemmeaningful.1Whenyouaskawisepersonforhelp,ayoutellhim/herthatyouwillgivehim/herthepresentforsure.2Ifyoupromisesomebodyapresentbyouknowsomethingiswrong.3Ifyougetaprizeinagame,cyougetthenumber4.4Whenyoudoublethenumber2.dyouwanthim/hertogiveyougoodadvice.5Whenyourealizetheproblem,eyouwinsomethingfordoingverywell.C2Completethestorybelowwiththewordsfromthebox.Changetheirformsifnecessary.doubleprizepromiserealizewiseAyoungmanoncetalkedtoaoldman.Iwonaandhavealittlegoldnow,butIwantmuchmore,hesaid.Canyouhelpme?Theoldmanlookedathim.Icanteachyouhowtomakemoremoneyifyoutofollowmyadvice.hesaid.Theyoungmanagreed.Thentheoldmantooktheyoungmantoawindow.Lookoutside,hesaid.Icanseenothingb