高中英语 unit 3《inventors and inventions》同步练习3 新人教版选修8.docVIP

Unit 3 Inventors and inventions 同步练习 一、 Read the text on pages 20-21 of Student’s Book 8 and make the best choices. 1. The purpose of the text is ____. A. to show us how to trap the snakes but not to kill them B. to tell people how to apply for a patent of the writer’s new idea C. to introduce the writer’s new idea of trapping the snakes and her application for a patent D. to tell the readers how to get a new idea and make it a patent 2. How did the writer catch the snakes? A. Using something the snakes were interested in to attract them into a trap. B. Taking their habitat to another place. C. Placing the snakes at a low temperature for them to sleep and then caught them. D. All the above. 3. How did the snakes react in the first attempt? A. They escaped immediately. B. They bit the writer. C. They were very sleepy. D. They had no reaction. 4. Which statement is TRUE according to the text? A. The snakes were so sleepy in the second attempt that they couldn’t bite the writer at all. B. Your product must be different from everybody else’s if you want to receive a patent. C. The writer decided to send her invention to the Patent Office the moment she succeeded in catching the snakes. D. If an application for your product proves to be valid, you can get a patent immediately. 5. According to the text, which of the following do you think can be given a patent? A. A new star discovered by a scientist. B. A new novel written by your Chinese teacher. C. A new way to make dirty water clean. D. A new kind of grass found in a mountain which can be used as a medicine. 二、Read the text on pages 25-26 of Student’s Book 8 and fill in the following form. Born in 1452, Leonardo da Vinci grew up in the 1 countryside. But his drawing ability allowed him to study under a famous painter, from whom he gradually learned the skills needed to be a great artist. Unfortunately, at this time painting did not always provide a steady 2 , so he developed his drawing skills to e