人教版高一必修三unit4 reading.ppt

How life began on the earth 1.Read the passage carefully and analyse its structure .Write down the main idea for each paragraph Main body The first part: Paragraph 1: A widely accepted theory about the foramation of the universe The second part: Paragraph 2: The formation of the earth Paragraph 3: the importance of water for life Paragraph 4: The development of plants and animals on the earth The third part: Paragraph 5: The arrival of humans and their impact on the earth 1.How were stars and other bodies created? A. Atoms combined to create them B . Clouds of dust combined to create them C . Water combined to create them D . Gases combined to create them 2 . Which is the most important for life appearing on the earth? A . Fire B . Rock C. Water D .Clouds 3 . It can be known from the passage that ________ A . Plants and animals appeared on the earth at the same time B . Plants appeared later on the earth than animals C . Early shellfish apprared rarlier than plants D. Animals appeared later on the earth than plants 4 . How many years did dinosaurs exiast on the earth? A . More than 140 billion years B. More than 140 million years C . More than 140 thousand years D . More than 140 years 5 . Why can the earth become too hot to live on? A . Small clever animals produce more heat B. Small clever animals produce too much carbon dioxide C . Small clever animals don’t want heat to escape from the earth D . Small clever animals like to live on a hot planet acdbb Exercise 3. Think about what you have read and discuss these questions in pairs 1. Why was the earth diffeent from the other planets ? Because the water remained on the earth 2 . Why did the plants grow beforte the animals came? Because plants provide oxygen for animals to breathe 3 . Why is it wrong to show films with dinosaurs and people together ? Because dinosaurs died out long before human beings developed on the earth 65 million years ago the age of dinosaurs ended 4 . There