1、Period 5 Extensive Reading惠东荣超中学 郭雪梅泛读材料 1：可以选用教材中 Using language 中的阅读素材或是 Workbook 部分的阅读素材根据阅读素材改编成 5 个题目的阅读理解题泛读材料 2：选用课外的相关话题的阅读素材，如：Marie Curies, born in Sklodovka, Poland in 1876, led a hard life as a girl. Her parents, both teachers, had small salaries and were quite poor, especially after her
2、 mother stopped teaching to raise five children and take care of her poor health. Maries mother suffered from tuberculosis (肺结核) and died of it when Marie was ten.When Marie was small, she showed great interest in science. She loved to study and hoped to become a scientist when she grew up. Her pare
3、nts encouraged her interest in science. Excellent as she was in her studies, she couldnt go on with the advanced education she needed because Poland was then ruled by Russia and women were not permitted to go to college.In order to continue her education, she smoothed away many difficulties and ente
4、red Paris University, where she lived a simple life and studied hard, so she graduated with the highest grades in her class.After graduation she was engaged in scientific research in Paris University. There she met Pierre Curie, whom she married. Pierre joined her in her research into an unknown phe
5、nomenon “radiation”, which a certain scientist had declared that uranium gave off. The Curies spent several years trying their best to find the element that produced radiation. Finally they succeeded in 1902.Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes, one for physics in 1906, together with her husband and ano
6、ther scientist; the other for chemistry herself in 1911. Madame Curie was a scientist of great achievement, and the first woman ever to be honored in the Nobel Prize history.1. When Marie was young, her family became poorer because _.A. the family had five childrenB. Of Maries father small salaryC.
7、of Maries mothers giving up her jobD. the family was cruelly taxed by the Russians2. Marie couldnt continue the advanced education because _.A. she wanted to help her father to support the familyB. her father couldnt afford to send her to collegeC. her grades were very poorD. colleges in Poland woul
8、d not take women as students then3. The fact that proves she was the best student in her class is that _.A. she smoothed away many difficulties and entered Paris UniversityB. her grades were the highest in her classC. she did research work after her graduationD. she won the Nobel Prize finally4. In
9、1906, a certain scientist shared the Nobel Prize with the Curies because _.A. he depended upon the Curies discoveryB. he made some contribution to the discoveryC. he persuaded the Curies to be engaged in the researchD. the Curies were greatly encouraged by him5. The best title for this passage is _.
10、A. A Brief (简短的) Account of Madame Curies LifeB. Madame Curie and RadiumC. Marie Curies ChildhoodD. Madame Curies Interest Science泛读材料 3：选用课外的相关话题的阅读素材，如：Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history, and his achievement was even greater than only a few other great scientists have achiev
11、ed. An American university president once said that Einstein had made a new outlook, a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind understands fully the identity of time and space and so onbut even ordinary man now understand that the universe is something larger than ever
12、thought before.By 1914 young Einstein had been world-famous. He accepted the offer to become a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. He had few duties, little teaching and unlimited chances for study, but soon his peace and quiet were broken by World War I.Einstein hated fighting a
13、nd killing. The great suffering of war affected him deeply, and he sat unhappily in his office doing little. He lost interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work.In the year following World War I honors were increasingly put on him. He became head of the Kai
14、ser Whihem Institute of Theoretical Physics. But he himself refused the effort to put him in a position far above other people. He was well known for his humble（恭顺的，谦逊的） manner. He often said that his success would certainly have been achieved by others if he had never lived.In 1921 he won the Nobel
15、 Prize, and he was honored in Germany until the rise Nazism when he was driven from Germany because he was a Jew.6. The main idea of the first paragraph is _.A. the difficulty of Einsteins thought to othersB. the feeling of an American university president towards EinsteinC. the difference between s
16、cience and historyD. the change in human thought produced by Einstein7. It seems to the American university president that _.A. Einstein achieved more than any other scientist in historyB. everybody understands Einsteins scientific ideasC. the new view of the universe can be quickly learned by every
17、oneD. our ideas about the universe are different today from those in the past because of Einstein8. Between 1914 and 1918 Einstein _.A. received world-wide praiseB. had no chances for studyC. almost did nothing in his officeD. still continued his scientific research9. Einstein did his greatest work
18、_.A. when Nazism rose B. when he was youngC. during World War I D. after he left Europe10. From the passage we can know that _.A. Germans usually have a high respect for scienceB. Einstein had other interests besides scienceC. Einstein was forced to work again in 1918D. Everyone understands Einsteins scientific ideas参考答案：1. C 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. A
