高中英语 M11U3 reading课件 牛津版选修11.pptxVIP

Sir Clive Sinclair ;3. What society was Clive chairman of?;Read the text quickly and decide which of the following can best express the main idea of the text.;【解题点拨】;Read Paragraph One and choose the correct topic sentence. Sir Clive Sinclair was a famous British businessman and inventor. B. Clive’s brilliant childhood. C. Clive got a job at 17. D. Sinclair invented the calculator.;Read Paragraph Two and choose the correct topic sentence. Sinclair was unfortunate. B. How did Clive run his own company? C. Sinclair produced his pocket radio in bulk. D. Sinclair registered his own company.;Read Paragraph Three and choose the correct topic sentence. Sinclair was the first to make pocket- sized things in the world. B. Sinclair’s computer cost only 100 pounds. C. Sinclair’s company expanded rapidly. D. Clive was very talented at making little things. ;Read Paragraph Four and choose the correct topic sentence. Sinclair studied Economics at Cambridge University. B. The advantage of Sinclair’s new inventions. Sinclair’s new invention was laughed at in the newspapers. D. How Sinclair’s career underwent a downward slide during the 1980s.;Read Paragraph Five and choose the correct topic sentence. Sinclair became chairman of British Mensa. B. How Sinclair saved Mensa as chairman. Sinclair paid personally for an annual Mensa conference at Cambridge. D. Sinclair has been an inventor and a businessman.;1957;1976 ;Read Paragraph Six and fill in the blanks.;Fill in the blanks; Ages ;;What did Sinclair’s grandfather and father do? _______________________________ 2. Why didn’t Sinclair go to university? ______________________________ ______________________________ 3. What was the first thing that Sinclair made and sold? _______________________________;;7. What was Sinclair’s failure? _______________________________ 8. What did the growth of Mensa demonstrate? _____________________________