1、Module 8 Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors 阅读课 阅读话题: 克隆学习目标：通过阅读课文A visit to the Zhoukouidian caves，让学生了解早起人类的生活方式，增长考古学知识，让学生体验人类文明发展的进程，同时激发学生对考古学的兴趣和研究古代史的欲望。学法指导：运用略读阅读法把握文章大意，用跳读法获取细节信息。预习自测题 根据课文内容，选择最佳答案1. The main idea of the text is about the _ of the earliest people in the Zhoukoudian caves.A.
2、 life and habits B. food and clothing C. homes and fishing D. farming and hunting2. Through the conversation, everything about the earliest people is mentioned EXCAPT_.A. homes B. toolsC. dress D. entertainment3. The earliest people in the Zhoukoudian caves kept themselves warm by _.A. working B. fi
3、ghting C. making fires D. hunting4. Evidence has shown that the earliest people in the caves used _ to make clothes according to the conversation.A. leaves B. tree skinsC. animal skins D. cotton5. From the conversation we can infer that the earliest people in the caves were very _. A. busy and rich
4、B. idle and lazy C. clever and hard-working D. stupid and cruel课堂检测题课文细节理解： Read the passage and answer these questions.1. Why have the English students come to the Zhoukoudian caves?2. Where did early people live?3. What did they use for doors?4. What did they eat?当堂训练题段落归纳连线Stage1 (Line 1-23) A. W
5、hat we can learn from a needleStage2 (Line 24-37) B. What we can learn from a necklace Stage3 (Line 38-end) C. Life in the cave短文填空A group of students from England has come to the Zhoukoudian Cave for a visit. 1_ archaeologist is showing them around. The archaeologist 2_(excavate) here for many year
6、s. After finding human and animal bones 3_ those caves higher up the hill as well as tools and ornaments, they think 4_ reasonable to assume they lived in these caves, regardless of the cold. They discovered fireplaces in the centre of the caves 5_ they constructed fires. Some evidence suggests that
7、 our ancestors did 6_(wear) clothes 7_(make) from animal skins. The archaeologist also shows the students a primitive necklace 8_(preserve) quite well. Indeed, as the botanical analysis has been 9_(special) showing us, all the fields around here used to be part of a large shallow lake. Perhaps there
8、 was trade 10_ early people or they traveled to the seaside on their journeys.课后练习题AMany people believe Timbuktu is a place of mystery. It is romantic(浪漫的) land in legends. People often use Timbuktu as a symbol of a place that is far away, unknown, or difficult to reach. For example: “I want to work
9、 in this office, but my company may send me to Timbuktu.”“Sorry Im late. I had to park my car in Timbuktu!”“Im happy that you like the gift. I had to go to Timbuktu to find it for you.”Timbuktu is not only a symbol but also a real place. It is a city in the country of Mali in Western Africa. Timbukt
10、u is on the edge of the Sahara Desert, about eight miles from the Niger River. Even today it is not easy to travel there; the best way to get there is by river or camel. At one time, Timbuktu was a very important city, like Rome, Athens, or Jerusalem. It was the center of learning in Africa, and peo
11、ple called it the “City of Gold”A group of nomads (游牧部落的人) created Timbuktu in the twelfth century. By the fourteenth century, it was a center for the gold and salt trade. Everyone needed salt, so they charged a high price for it. Sometimes, salt was more expensive than gold! People outside the regi
12、on (地区) started to hear and talk about Timbuktu when Mansa Moussa was Mails king. His religion (宗教) was Islam, and he built beautiful mosques (清真寺) and huge libraries to spread the religion. Timbuktu was also famous for its universities. The University of Sankore had 25,000 students. People called i
13、t the Oxford University of the Sahara. Moussa made Timbuktu into a cultural center for Islam. It became an important city not just in Africa, but also in the world of Islam. 1. The underlined sentence “I had to go to Timbuktu to find it for you”probably implies that _. A. it was difficult to get the
14、 gift B. the gift was made in Timbuktu C. the gift was very expensive and valuable D. the maker of the gift was unknown 2. Which of the following is TURE about Timbuktu? A. It is a city in Eastern Africa B. Transport to the city is very poor. C. It is in the center of the Sahara Desert D. It is eigh
15、t kilometers from the Niger River. 3. According to the passage, Mansa Moussa _. A. created Timbuktu in the 12thcentury B. became the king of Mali in the 13thcentury C. built Timbuktu into a famous city D. built libraries to develop the arts 4. What is the passage mainly about? A. A big mystery in Ma
16、li. B. An interesting new term. C. An important king in Mali. D. A famous city in Africa. 5. The passage is most likely taken from a _. A. travel magazine B. news report C. story book D. romantic novel BAncient history is better understood and our knowledge of the past is directly increased when the
17、 remains of old animals and cities are unearthed. Sometimes their bones are found in the earth. From these bones the skeleton (骨架) of the animal is reconstructed and from the skeleton quite a good idea of its appearance can be got. The bones of various kinds of dinosaurs have been found both in Euro
18、pe and in America. Some of them walked on four legs, but others stood partly upright and walked on their back legs only, like a bird. But birds couldnt match them in size. The dinosaurs were the biggest animals that ever walked on the surface of the earth. Imagine a dinosaur which had a head the siz
19、e of a room doorway, eight feet two in length and with three bony points on it. Other buried remains are a sign of the activities of ancient men. The archaeologist digs up objects proving that civilization is not the product only of modern times. Old cities hide their treasures. Beautiful pottery (陶
20、器) is brought to light after lying buried for centuries. Inscriptions (碑文) on stone tell of the activities of men before their death. The language of the ancient Egyptians was for long a puzzle to the Egyptologist and no one was able to understand the inscriptions found on ancient Egyptian stones. B
21、y good fortune, however, a piece of stone was found near Rosetta in the Nile Delta. The stone proved to be the key to the old Egyptian language, because the Greek on it could be understood. 6. All of the following are true EXCEPT that _. A. dinosaurs once lived in America and Europe B. some dinosaur
22、s walked on two legsC. some birds were bigger than dinosaurs D. some dinosaurs heads had the size of a room doorway7. The sentence “civilization is not the product only of modern times” in the last paragraph means civilization exists _. A. only in ancient times B. in modern times and in ancient time
23、s as wellC. only in modern timesD. neither in ancient times nor in modern times8. The stone found near Rosetta is of great value because it _. A. enabled archaeologists to understand old Egyptian languageB. was found in Egypt C. told activities of ancient European people D. enabled archaeologists to understand Greek9. The passage mainly discusses _. A. ancient history B. prehistoric animals and civilizations C. that dinosaurs once lived on the earth D. how we learn about the past