1、英语选修8(人教版)第一学时 Reading and ComprehensionTask 1语 篇理 解快速阅读课文“The Problem of the Snakes”，以约30词写出文章的段落大意。温馨提示：本文是记叙文，写摘要时需抓住作者三次尝试捕蛇的经历，最终找到了一个简妙的办法，并盼望她的办法能获得专利等要素。_Having attempted three times，the writer finally found a way of catching snakes by cooling them without hurting them，hoping to get her idea
2、 recognized by the patent office.(30 words)Task 2语 篇理 解仔细阅读课文“The Problem of the Snakes”，根据课文内容选择正确答案。1The purpose in writing this text is_Ato show us how to trap the snakes but not to kill themBto tell people how to apply for a patent of the writers new ideaCto introduce the writers new idea of tra
3、pping the snakes and her application for a patentDto tell the readers how to get a new idea and make it a patentC语 篇理 解2How many parts is the reading passage divided into?AThree.BFour.CFive.DSix.3According to the passage，what instruments were used for catching the snakes?AA bowl，icecubes，male perfum
4、e.BA bowl，a bucket，female perfume.CA small net，icecubes，a bucket.DA small net，a bucket，powders.BC语 篇理 解4 From the reading passage，we can infer that_AIts impossible for the common to get a patentBThe passive snakes were so sleepy that they couldnt bite the writer at allCIf an application for your pro
5、duct proves to be valid，you can get a patent immediately DInvention is around usD语 篇理 解5 According to the text，which subject do you think can be given a patent?AA new star discovered by a scientist.BA new novel written by Huo Da.CA new way to make dirty water clean.DA new kind of grass found in a mo
6、untain which can be used as a medicine.CTask 3语 篇理 解再次阅读课文“The Problem of the Snakes”，完成下列表格。ParagraphStages in the inventing process Example in this story1Find a problemThe snakes must be 1._but not harmed.2Do researchLook for methods of removal and the 2._of snakes.3Think of a creative solution Id
7、entify three possible3._：choose one.4，5，6Test the solution several timesTry 4._times to make it work efficiently.7Apply for a patentThis means the solution is 5._.caughthabitsapproachesthreevalidTask 4语 篇理 解根据课文“The Problem of the Snakes”，在下文空格中填上恰当的词语，使文章连贯完整。On 1._phone my mother told me that she
8、wanted me to get rid of the snakes 2._came near our house from time to time.Then I started thinking about how to catch the snakes 3._harming them.For my first 4._,I placed a 5._(freeze)bowl over the snakes hole to cool 6._But when I tried to catch them,they were still too fast for me.So I had to adj
9、ust my plan.thewhich/thatwithoutattemptfrozenthem语 篇理 解For my second attempt,I did the same thing in the evening and left everything overnight.The next morning，the snakes were very sleepy.But once 7._(pick)up,they tried to bite.8._ I needed to improve my design again.My third attempt 9._ the early procedure.But in 10._ the snakes tried to bite，I caught them one by one using a small net that I carried in my hand.At last，I succeeded in collecting all the snakes and released them back into the wild.pickedSorepeatedcase
