高中英語北師大版必修二UNIT 6　Period 5　Lesson 3 The Superhero Behind Superman-Reading Comprehension

Period5Lesson3TheSuperheroBehindSuperman—ReadingComprehensionⅠ.匹配單詞1．journalistA．wayofthinkingorbehaving2．passionB．a(chǎn)personwhoseprofessionistoreportnews3．reputationC．strong，deep，oftenuncontrollablefeeling4．a(chǎn)ttitudeD．whatisgenerallysaidorbelievedabouttheabilities，qualities，etc.ofsb/sth5．depressionE．continuingtoexistordevelop6．ongoingF．a(chǎn)feelingofsadnessandhopelessness7．intenseG．tosupportsthpublicly8．a(chǎn)dvocateH．verygreatorsevere；extreme答案1.B2.C3.D4.A5.F6.E7.H8.GⅡ.選詞填空beregardedas，dueto，tryoutfor，awiderangeof，passaway1．Theathletehadtoquittheraceduetohiskneeinjury.2．Itisshockingthatawiderangeofspeciesaredyingouteveryyear.3．Unfortunately，thecomedianpassedawayinatrafficaccidentthepreviousday.4．Teachingisregardedasaneasyjobbysomepeople，butitisnotthetruth.5．Mybrothertriedoutforthefootballteambutwasrefusedbecausehewasoverweight.Step1速讀——整體理解文意Ⅰ.明文章大意What’sthemainideaofthepassage?A．HowReevegotdisabled.B．Reeve’slifeafterhebecamedisabled.C．WhyReevewascalledasuperherodespitehisdisability.D．HowReeveachievedhisgoalofwalkingagain.答案CⅡ.悉層次結構Matchthemainideawitheachpart.Part1(Para.1)A．Reeve’slifestory.Part2(Paras.2－5)B．Reeve’spassingaway.Part3(Para.6)C．Reeve’sreputationasasuperhero.答案Part1CPart2APart3BStep2細讀——逐段獲取細節(jié)Ⅰ.ReadPara.1andchoosethebestanswer.Whatdoesthefirstparagraphmainlytalkabout?A．Reeve’spastandfuture.B．Reeve’sfilmsandcareer.C．Reeve’smarriageandfamily.D．Reeve’sachievementsandinfluence.答案DⅡ.ReadParas.2－5anddothefollowingexercises.1．WhendidChristopherReevestarinhisfirstschoolplay?A．In1952. B．In1960.C．In1978. D．In1987.答案B2．WhatwasReeve’s“wildlysuccessfulHollywoodcareer”like?答案Heraisedawarenessforgoodcausesandspokeoutabouthealth，educationandchildprotectiontohelpthosemostinneed.3．WhichwasNOTtheachievementsReevemadeafterhisdisability?A．HereturnedtohisfilmcareerandstarredinSupermanfilmsagain.B．Hewroteabiographyofhimself.C．Heraisedmillionsofdollarsformedicalresearch.D．Hebecameanadvocateforpeoplewithbackinjuriesanddisabilities.答案A4．What’sthemeaningof“I’mtoobusywithlivingtothinkofgivingup！”inparagraph5?A．SofarIhavebeenbusythinkingofgivingup.B．I’msobusythatIhavetothinkofgivingup.C．Ihavebeensobusy.SoIhavenotimetothink.D．I’msobusythatIhavenotimetothinkofgivingup.答案DⅢ.ReadPara.6andchoosethebestanswer.Whatdoes“Hewillalwaysberememberedasasuperhero—inmorewaysthanone.”meaninthelastparagraph?A．HewillbehonoredonlyforstarringinSupermanfilms.B．TheroleofSupermanheplayedwasverysuccessful.C．Heishonorableforhisfilmcareeraswellashisachievementsinreality.D．HewasfamousnotonlyasSupermanbutalsoasrolesheplayedinotherfilms.答案CⅣ.Readthewholepassageagainanddothefollowingexercises.1．Putthefollowingincidentsintherightorder.①Hegotseriouslyinjured.②HestarredinSupermanfilms.③Hereturnedtohischaritywork.④Hestarredinaschoolplay.A．②①③④ B．④③②①C．④②①③ D．②①④③答案C2．Whereareyoumostlikelytoreadthisarticle?A．Inamedicalmagazine.B．Inaguidebook.C．Inanofficialreport.D．Inanewspaper.答案D3．WhatkindofpersondoyouthinkReeveis?A．Pessimisticandweak-willed.B．Determinedandpositive.C．Outgoingandkind.D．Hard-workingandgenerous.答案BStep3讀后——討論深度理解1．AfterReevebecameanadvocateforpeoplewithbackinjuriesanddisabilities，whatmighthepossiblyhavesaidtohisaudience？(Creativethinking創(chuàng)造性思維)2．Doyouagreewiththesaying“WhatIdoisbasedonpowersweallhaveinsideus...”？Whyorwhynot？(Criticalthinking批判性思維)Step4總結——課文語法填空Bornon25September,1952inNewYork，thefamousactorChristopherReeveisnotonlyknownasasuperheroinhisfilmsbutalsoisregarded1.asasuperheroinreallife.Sincechildhoodhehadapassionforactingand2.starred(star)inhisfirstschoolplayattheageof8.Fromtheyear1978to1987，heplayedtheleadingroleinfourSupermanfilms,3.whichgavehimagoodopportunitytobeareal-lifesuperman.Hegainedareputationforraising4.awareness(aware)forgoodcauses.5.Unfortunately(fortunate)，in1995，he6.wasthrown(throw)offthehorseandbrokehisneckwhilehorsebackriding.Duringthattimehewasverypessimisticandeventhoughtofendinghislife.Itwastheongoingsupportofhisfamilyandfriends7.thateventuallyhelpedhimgothroughthehardtime.Hewasthenengagedinawiderangeofexercises8.designed(design)torebuildmuscleandmade9.remarkable(remark)progress.Later，hemanaged10.toreturn(return)tohisfilmcareer.Hispositiveattitudeinspiredmanypeoplestuckinillness.Sadly，on10October,2004，ChristopherReevepassedaway，buthewillalwaysberememberedasasuperhero.Step5解讀——長句難句分析1．Thus，notonlyisheknownasasuperherointheSupermanfilms，butheisalsoregardedasasuperherotomanyinreallife.[句式分析]此句是notonly...butalso...引導的并列句。notonly位于句首，引起部分倒裝。[自主翻譯]因此，他不僅是電影《超人》里的超級英雄，在現(xiàn)實生活中也被許多人視為超級英雄。2．Headmittedthatduringtheearlystagesoflivingwithhisinjury，hewishedthathewasdeadandeventhoughtofendinghisownlife.[句式分析]此句是復合句。兩個that都引導賓語從句。在“hewished...hisownlife”部分中，wished和thoughtof是并列謂語。[自主翻譯]他承認，在他受傷的早期階段，他希望自己已經(jīng)死掉，甚至想過結束自己的生命。3．Itwasonlyduetotheongoingsupportofhiswife，parentsandfriendsthatheeventuallyfoundthewilltoliveagain.[句式分析]本句是一個強調(diào)句。其中被強調(diào)部分是onlyduetotheongoingsupportofhiswife，parentsandfriends，強調(diào)的是狀語部分。[自主翻譯]是因為在妻子、父母和朋友的不斷支持下，他才最終找到了重新生活的意愿。4．WhatIdoisbasedonpowersweallhaveinsideus...andyoudon’thavetobea“superman”todoit.[句式分析]此句是并列復合句。在前一個分句中，What引導的是主語從句，在從句中充當賓語；powers之后是定語從句，修飾powers，但是省略了在從句中充當賓語的關系代詞that/which。[自主翻譯]我所做的是基于我們每個人體內(nèi)都擁有的力量……你不必成為“超人”就能做到。Ⅰ.閱讀理解A“Whatifwetreattheoceanasifourlivesdependonit？Or，whatifwedon’t？”World-famousmarinebiologistSylviaEarleposesherfamous“whatif”questionstoinspirepeopletoreflectonhowtheycanhelpsavetheocean.In1998，TimesmagazinenamedEarleitsfirst“HeroforthePlanet”．Earle’smovetoFlorida’swestcoastatage12iswhatstartedalifelongpassion.Shesays，“That’swhereIfirstfellinlovewiththeocean.”In1953，usingnewlydevelopedequipment，theyoungscientistbecameoneofthefirstinherfieldtoscubadive(水肺潛水)．Herfirstlong-termexposuretotheoceandepthscamein1970whensheledanall-femaleresearchteamtostudytheocean.Theylivedundertheseainasubmersible(潛水器)fortwoweeks.Whentheyreturnedtothesurface，world-widecheerandpraisewerewaiting，especiallyforDrEarle.SylviaEarle’scareerincludesmanyfirsts.In1979shebecamethefirstwomantowalktheoceanfloor381metersbelowthesurface.In1990，shebecamethefirstfemalechiefscientistoftheU．S.NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration(NOAA)．Throughtheyears，Earlehasspentroughly7,500hoursunderwater.Duringthattime，shehasbecomeincreasinglyalarmedbythesignificantchangesshehasobserved.Thefamousscientistfearsthattheoceanisdying.Climatechange，overfishing，thedumpingoftrashandchemicalsandoilspillsarejustsomeofthemanycauses.Inordertotackletheproblem，EarleformedMissionBluein2009.Thisorganizationpromotesthelegalprotectionandconservationoftheworld’soceans.Herplanistodevelop“HopeSpots”，protectedareaslargeenoughtoreverse(逆轉)damageandrestoretheocean.語篇解讀本文是一篇記敘文。主要講的是世界著名的海洋生物學家西爾維婭·厄爾為了拯救海洋所做出的一些努力。1．WhydoesSylviaEarleputforward“whatif”questions?A．Tocallonpeopletoprotecttheocean.B．Tostressourdependenceontheocean.C．Tocriticizepeople’sdamagetotheocean.D．TocontributeanarticletoTimesmagazine.答案A解析細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的“World-famousmarine...reflectonhowtheycanhelpsavetheocean.”可推知，西爾維婭·厄爾提出問題的目的是號召人們保護海洋。故選A。2．WhatcanwelearnaboutSylviaEarle?A．ShemovedtoFloridatolearndiving.B．Shewasthebestinscubadiving.C．Shedidnotgetmuchattentionin1970.D．ShebecameachiefscientistofNOAAin1990.答案D解析細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的最后一句可知，她于1990年成為NOAA的首席科學家。故選D。3．Whatisthelastparagraphmainlyabout?A．AScientist’sfears.B．Causesofthedamage.C．EffortsEarlemade.D．Brightfuturefortheocean.答案C解析段落大意題。根據(jù)最后一段的“Inordertotackletheproblem，Earleformed...toreverse(逆轉)damageandrestoretheocean.”可知，為了解決海洋可能消失的問題，厄爾在2009年成立了藍使命，旨在拯救海洋，故最后一段主要講的是厄爾所做的努力。故選C。4．Whichofthefollowingisasuitabletitleforthetext?A．DrSylviaEarle—ALoverofDivingB．DrSylviaEarle—PioneeroftheDeepC．TheOcean—APlaceinUrgentNeedofOurCareD．ScubaDiving—AFantasticWaytoLearntheOcean答案B解析標題歸納題。通讀全文，尤其是第一段及最后一段可知，本文主要講的是世界著名的海洋生物學家西爾維婭·厄爾為了拯救海洋所做出的一些努力，因此本文恰當?shù)念}目是B選項“西爾維婭·厄爾博士——深海的先鋒”。故選B。BHeZehui，aChinesenuclearphysicist，accomplishedgreatthingsinphysicsandbecameanoutstandingscientist.Herfamilyisfamousforproducingthreefamouswomenscientists，includinghertwosisters.ShegraduatedfromTsinghuaUniversityin1936withadegreeinphysics，andthenwentontostudyattheTechnicalUniversityofBerlin，whereshewasthetopinherclass，outperformingherfuturehusbandQianSanqiang—China’s“fatheroftheatomicbomb”．In1940，sheearnedaPh.D.inEngineering.Thecouplemadegreatdiscoveriesinthefieldofuraniumfission(鈾核裂變)，whichdrewglobalattentionandearnedthemworldwidereputations，alsomarkingamilestoneinthedevelopmentofChina’sexperimentalfissionphysics.ManyWesternmediacalledthecouplethe“MarieCurieandPierreCurieofChina”．AsoneofthepioneersinnuclearscienceandtechnologyinChina，ProfessorHecontributedagreatdealtonuclearphysics.Duringthe1950s，shestartedtheresearchanddevelopmentofnuclearemulsions(核乳膠)inChinaandtheirresearchreachedtheadvancedworldlevelatthattime.HeandherresearchgrouptooktheleadinbuildingChina’sfirstnuclearreactorandaccelerator.ShewasawardedthefirstAwardoftheNationalPrizeofNaturalSciencesformakingoutstandingachievementsinsupportingthenationalprogramofnuclearweapondevelopment.Throughouthercareer，Heconqueredmanyobstacles，andwasalwaysonthefrontlinesofChina’sscience-relatedwork.Shepublisheddozensofpapersyetplacedlittlevalueonpersonalfame.Theworld’stopphysicistsrecognizedHeasafamousscientist，“ChineseMadameCurie”．HepassedawayinBeijingin2011attheageof97，nearly20yearsafterQianSanqiang.Shededicatedherselftoscience，livingasimplelife，alwaysnurturingyoungresearchersandmaintainingthehigheststandardsthatshehadalwaysvalued.Shelovedhercountryandscience；tobothsheisnowanicon.語篇解讀本文是一篇人物傳記。文章介紹了中國偉大的核物理科學家何澤慧及其成就。5．Whatisthefocusofparagraph2aboutHeZehui?A．Identitybackground.B．Characterpersonalities.C．Educationexperiences.D．Professioncompetence.答案C解析段落大意題。根據(jù)第二段中的“ShegraduatedfromTsinghuaUniversity...In1940，sheearnedaPh.D.inEngineering.”可知，本段主要介紹何澤慧的教育經(jīng)歷。故選C。6．WhatdoweknowaboutQianSanqiang?A．Hediedfollowinghiswifein1991.B．HewontheNationalPrizeofNaturalSciences.C．HeassistedHeZehuitodevelopfissionphysics.D．HeisalsoaremarkableChinesescientist.答案D解析細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“...herfuturehusbandQianSanqiang—China’s‘fatheroftheatomicbomb’．”和第三段介紹的夫妻倆的成就可知，其丈夫錢三強也是一位偉大的中國科學家。故選D。7．WhyisHeZehuiacknowledgedas“MarieCurieofChina”？A．Forhergreatcontributionstonuclearphysics.B．Forheraccomplishmentintheatomicbomb.C．Forhercontinuousachievementinnaturalscience.D．Forherresearchofnuclearemulsions.答案A解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句和第四段第一句可知，何澤慧因對核物理科學作出了巨大貢獻而被稱為“中國的居里夫人”。故選A。8．HowcanwefittinglydescribeHeZehui?A．Ambitious，talented，conservativeanddetermined.B．Unselfish，patriotic，indifferenttofameanddevotedtoscience.C．Aggressive，imaginative，stronginmindandkindinheart.D．Knowledgeable，awesome，creativeandsociable.答案B解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Shepublisheddozensofpapersyetplacedlittlevalueonpersonalfame.”和最后一段中的“Shededicatedherselftoscience，livingasimplelife...lovedhercountryandscience...”可知，何澤慧無私、愛國、淡泊名利、獻身于科學事業(yè)，有極高的科研素養(yǎng)。故選B。CScientistshavemadegreatdiscoveries.Buthowhavetheyinfluencedourpersonallives？DokidsinyourclassroomevenknowwhenEinsteinlived？Youmaybewondering：whyisitimportanttoteachkidsstoriesaboutmodern-dayscientists?First，storiesofscientistscanencouragekids.ChrisHadfieldisaCanadianwhowenttospace，andhe’sarealguitar-playingperson.Hemakessingingvideosonthewebsite.Hisstorycanmakekidsthinkscientistsarealsocommonpeople.Hearingscientists’storiesmakeskidsthinkthattheycandothattoo.Butnotonlythat，thestoriesoffamousscientistscanencouragekidstoexploreandnevergiveup.BillNyewasalwaysrefusedwhentryingtobeanastronaut.Butuptonow，hehasmadealotofsuccessesinhisroleasapopularscienceeducatorandengineer.Besides，it’snosecretthatscientificdiscoveriesrequiretrying，andtryingagain.Anotherwaysomescientistscanencouragekidsisthroughtheirdiversity.NeildeGrasseTyson，forexample，isanAfrican-American，whichisnotcommoninhisfield.Suchstoriescanmakekidsthinkanyonecanbeascientist.It’simportanttoknowthatscientistsdon’tneedtobe“gifted”or“good”atschool.Oftenweconsiderascientistasbeinganextremelysmartkidatschool，whichdoesn’thavetobetrue.Theyjustneedtohaveagreatinterestinscience.Tellingstudentsstoriesofscientistscanencouragethemtoshowinterestinscience.Aslongastheyareinterested，theyarelikelytobecomeascientistinthefuture.Modernscientiststeachkidsthatknowledgebuildsuponthefoundationothershavelaid.Thisisimportant—noonecandoitalone.Scientists’storiescanencouragetoday’syoungscientiststokeeptrying.They’llbeencouragednottogiveuponthedreamofexploringandmakingdiscoveries.Eveniftheyhaven’tmadeimportantdiscoveries，theirresearchmayhelpthefollowingscientists.語篇解讀這是一篇議論文。文章主要介紹了當代科學家的故事給孩子們帶來的積極影響。9．WhatcanChrisHadfield’sstorytellstudents?A．Scientistsareinterestedindifferentthings.B．Studentsshouldhaveahobbyoftheirown.C．Scientistscanbeordinarylikepeoplearoundus.D．Studentsshouldconsiderscientistsastheirmodels.答案C解析細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段倒數(shù)第二句可知，ChrisHadfeild的故事告訴學生們科學家也是普通人，也可能像我們周圍的人一樣平凡。故選C。10．Whichofthefollowingwilltheauthoragreewith?A．Scientistsarenotnecessarilyverysmartatschool.B．Notallscientistsreallyshowinterestinscience.C．Scientistsareusuallygoodattheirschooling.D．African-Americansaremorelikelytobecomescientists.答案A解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段第一句可知，作者認為，科學家在學校不一定很聰明。故選A。11．Whatcanbelearnedaccordingtothelastparagraph?A．Scientistsshouldhelpeachother.B．Ascientistshouldnevergiveuptrying.C．Makingdiscoveriesisnecessaryforscientists.D．Newscientificdiscoveriesmaybebasedonothers’findings.答案D解析細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句可知，新的科學發(fā)現(xiàn)可能基于他人的發(fā)現(xiàn)。故選D。12．Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A．Whyscientistsareimportanttous.B．Whystudentslovestoriesofscientists.C．Whyscientistscanmakegreatdiscoveries.D．Whystudentsshouldbetaughtstoriesaboutscientists.答案D解析主旨大意題。根據(jù)分析可知，文章采用了總分結構，第一段中的“whyisitimportanttoteachkidsstoriesaboutmodern-dayscientists？”是中心話題，下文從多個角度解釋了這一問題，即文章主要是關于“為什么應該教學生們關于科學家的故事”。故選D。Ⅱ.七選五Hasitbeenawhilesinceyourlastvisittoapubliclibrary?Ifso，youmaybesurprisedtolearnthatlibrarieshavechangedforthebetter.1Theyhavechangedthemselvesintoplaceswhereyoucandevelopyourloveofknowledge，meetinterestingpeople，orfindouthowtostartabusiness.2Whilelibrariesstilllendoutbooks，you’llfinditeasiertogetacopyofwhateveryou’relookingfor，thankstoacooperativenetworkofarealibraries.Throughsuchnetworks，librariessharetheirbookswitheachother.Oncethebookyou’verequestedisdeliveredtothenearestbranch，theywillinformyoubye-mail.3Jointargetedreadinggroups.Librarieswilloftenholdreading-groupsessionstargetedatvariousagegroups.4Thelibrarymaysponsor(贊助)alanguagegroupyoucouldjoin.Ifyouhavedifficultyreading，askaboutspecialreadingopportunities.Yourlibrarymightbeabletohelpyou.Andyoumightfinditrelaxin