《阅读理解活动单.doc》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《阅读理解活动单.doc（2页珍藏版）》请在三一文库上搜索。
1、Reading ComprehensionActivity 1 : Self-examination (10m)Check the answers by yourselves and underline one or two sentenses(paragraphs) which you think are important to solve the problems and then tell us why.Activity 2: Discussion in groupsDiscuss in groups and then tell us the reasons why you chose
2、 the answers.事实细节题：6,13,15,推理判断题：7,9,11主旨大意题：8,12 词义猜测题：3Activity 3: Self-assessment常见错误张冠李戴偷梁换柱无中生有以偏概全添油加醋过度概括曲解原文混淆视听断章取义你犯了吗Conclusion:_Activity 4: ConsolidationAlmost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for.
3、We do know, however, that they existed over 5,500 years ago in ancient Asia.The oldest known. Transport wheel was discovered in 2002 in Slovenia. It is over 5.100 years old. Evidence suggests that wheels for transport didnt become popular for a while, though. This could be because animals did a perf
4、ectly good job of carrying farming tools and humans around.But it could also be because of a difficult situation. While wheels need to roll on smooth surfaces, roads with smooth surfaces werent going to be constructed until there was plenty of demand for them. Eventually, road surfaces did become sm
5、oother, but this difficult situation appeared again a few centuries later. There had been no important changes in wheel and vehicle design before the arrival of modem road design.In the mid-1700s,a Frenchman came up with a new design of roada base layer(层)of large stones covered with a thin layer of
6、 smaller stones. A Scotsman improved on this design in the 1820s and a strong, lasting road surface became a reality. At around the same time, metal hubs(the central part of wheel)came into being, followed by the Wheels were invented in 1967, sixty years after the appearance of tarmac roads(泊油路). As
7、 wheel design took off, vehicles got faster and faster.1. What might explain why transport wheels didnt become popular for some time?A. Few knew how to use transport wheels.B. Humans carried farming tools just as well.C. Animals were a good means of transport.D. The existence of transport wheels was
8、 not known.2. What do we know about road design from the passage?A. It was easier than wheel design.B. It improved after big changes in vehicle design.C. It was promoted by fast-moving vehicles.D. It provided conditions for wheel design to develop.3. How is the last paragraph mainly developed?A. By
9、giving examples.B. By making comparisons.C. By following time order.D. By making classifications.4.What is the passage mainly about?A. The beginning of road design.B. The development of transport wheels.C. The history of public transport.D. The invention of fast-moving vehicles.Revision Read the fol
10、lowing sentences after class and try to keep them in mind.1. Anyone whos heard the story of the three little pigs might have some reservations about the use of wood as a building material. But 2. However, building regulations threaten to nip the growth of wooden structures in the bud.3. It is time t
11、hat we established our own national paid parental leave program.4. Although fox attacks on humans are still rare, they will become more common if we dont change our behavior towards these increasingly fearless animals.5. It is humans rather than foxes that are responsible for rising fox attacks on humans.