1、Unit 1 Great scientists 第一学时 Reading and Comprehension,Task 1,快速阅读课文John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”， 然后用大约30词写出课文的概要。 温馨提示：本文属记叙文。写记叙文的概要时要紧扣人物、事件、结果等要素。 _ _ _,John Snow, a wellknown doctor in London, used his knowledge to find out the cause of the deadly disease，cholera，and managed to defeat it in
2、 1850s.,Task 2,仔细阅读课文 John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”， 然后根据课文内容选出最佳选项。 1.From the first paragraph we can infer that_.A.John Snow was a famous doctorB.Queen Victoria respected John SnowC.Cholera was a deadly disease of its dayD.John Snow was willing to help ordinary people,D,2.John Snow finally prov
3、ed the theory he believed by _.A.gathering information with the help of a mapB.looking into the source of the water for Broad Street and Cambridge StreetC.separating those who suffered cholera from those who didntD.both A and B,D,3.What did John Snows test show？A.Cholera was spread in a cloud of gas
4、.B.The beer in the pub was polluted.C.Cholera attacked the people in the whole district.D.Cholera was spread by germs.,答案：D,4.Another title of the text should be_.A.John Snow and CholeraB.The Discovery of CholeraC.John Snow, a Great ScientistD.John Snow Became Famous,A,5.The text is written as a(n)_
5、A.biography BdescriptionC.creative story Dessay,A,Task 3,再次阅读John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”，完成下列表格。,答案：1the most deadly,2.controlled,3was found,答案：4.multiplied in the air,5.victims,6absorbed,答案：7.outbreak,8.two particular,9severe,10.marked,11.valuable clue,12was to blame,13.the source of the water
6、,14polluted,15.by germs,答案：16.was found,Task 4,根据课文内容填空。 John Snow was a wellknown 1._in the 2._century in London.In order to find the3._of cholera and 4._it, John Snow tried to gather useful information when another cholera 5._out in 1854. He marked on a map 6._all the dead had lived then he found
7、that many people who had drunk the 7._water from the pump died.,physician,nineteenth,cause,defeat/ conquer,broke,where,polluted,As a result, he announced that the dirty water 8._cholera. Meanwhile he suggested that the source of all water supply 9._and new methods of dealing with polluted water be found. Finally he 10._to defeat “King Cholera”,carried,be examined,managed,
