选修八Unit3reading阅读 课件.ppt

A discovery is merely making known something that already _____ in nature. An amphibious car Columbia Stephenson’s “Rocket” DNA The purpose of inventions is Choose the right answers 1. The writing purpose of this 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 writers new idea C. to introduce the writers 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 语篇理解 Choose the best answers. 1．Whats the problem that the writer came across? A．Snakes came near her house now and then. B．Snakes seemed to have made their home near her house. C．How to catch the snakes without harming them. D．Her mother felt upset. 2．Why did the writer not use powders to solve the problem? A．Because it was an old thought pattern to use powders. B．Because that would harm or even kill the snakes. C．Because that would damage something else near the house. D．Because she wanted to invent something new. 3．The following are the three possible approaches that the writer thought of to catch the snakes EXCEPT ________. A．removing their habitat B．attracting them into a trap using male or female perfume or food C．using the natural enemies of snakes D．cooling the snakes 4. Tell the differences between the three solutions the writer used to catch the snakes. According to the text, which subject do you think can be given a patent? A. A new star discovered by a scientist. B. A new novel written by Huo Da. 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. Para 7 It is a tool of communication; It is convenient to take along with you; You can hear a person’s voice when using it. You can call up sb now and then; mobile phone 1 It’s always equipped in high buildings; lift /elevator People can go up and down in it instead of climbing steps . It looks like a small room; v v v