高中英语人教版新课标必修七（浙江专版）Unit1-SectionⅠWarmingUpReading—PreparingWord版含答案.docVIP

Unit 1　Living well 海伦·凯勒，凡·高，霍金，这些都是一个个耳熟能详的名字。他们的经历带给我们无比的震撼。让我们来了解一下身患疾病的他们的成就吧！ Helen Adams Keller Helen Keller is a famous American writer and educator for the disabled.At 19 months old，she lost her sight and hearing because of several days of a high fever.Later，she learned to“speak”and communicate with others with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan，who was also her good friend all through her life.She later became a distinguished social reformer and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964 and the next year，she was elected as one of the worlds ten outstanding women. Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh，a Dutch painter suffering from schizophrenia committed suicide at only 37 years old.As an artist he didnt shock people with his imaginative paintings until his death.A few years after Van Gogh died，some artists began to imitate his method of painting.His paintings aim to reflect artists strong feelings rather than the reality of external world.This creative approach is called Expressionism.This kind of modern paintings proved to be a kind of enduring tendency. Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of Galileos death.Though suffering from the serious encephalopathy，he has come to be thought of as the greatest mind in physics after Albert Einstein.He wrote a book called A Brief History of Time with his fingers，which became the best seller in 1988. 1．distinguished adj.　　 卓越的；著名的 2．reformer n. 改革家 3．schizophrenia n. 精神分裂症 4．encephalopathy n. 脑病 1．When did Helen Keller lose her sight and hearing? At 19 months old. 2．Who wrote A Brief History of Time? Stephen Hawking. 3．What do you think of Van Goghs paintings? 略 Section Ⅰ　Warming Up Reading－Preparing 根据提示写出下列单词 1． n．　　　 雄心；野心 2． adj. 适合的；适宜的 3． adj. 有益的；受益的 4． vt. 使适应；改编 5． n. 缺席；不在某处 6． vt. 使……不悦；惹恼 7． n. 鼓励；奖励 8． n. 行为；品行 vt. 指挥；管理；主持 9． adj.