初三英语话题复习(五).doc

初三英语话题复习（五）
复习话题：Great people and great inventions
复习范围：8A unit 4 Inventions, 9A unit 1 Wise men in history, 9A unit 2 Great minds, 9B unit 1 Great explorations

Task 1.知识回顾
Great inventions change the world. They helped people _______ ______ _______ ________(过更好的生活）。The wheel made travelling become ________ （更快）and ________ _______________（更舒适）。Telephones allowed people _____ ______ ______ _______ ______ (联系）each other. With light bulbs, people can do _______ _______ things in the evenings _______(与...一样多） they can in the daytime.

There were many great people in the world.
In Ancient Greece, King Hiero asked a crown maker _____ _______ a golden crown. At first, he was very _______ ______ it. But soon he doubted that the crown maker cheated him.
At that moment, Archimedes used a very good way to find that the crown was not completely _____ _____ gold. At last, King Hiero sent the crown maker _______ ______.

Einstein was also a genius. Besides, he was very humorous. He enjoyed ________ harmless ______ _____ people.
His speech was _____ wonderful _______ he always received invitations to explain his theories at different universities.
One evening, Einstein was so tired that his driver offered to give the lecture to the audience _______ _______ him. At first, everything was OK. But later, a man asked ______ a difficult question that Hans, his driver, could not answer. Yet, Hans cleverly solved the problem by asking Einstein(who pretended to be his driver) to answer the question.

In Chinese history, Zheng he was a very great explorer. During his great voyages, he _____ _______ trade routes with foreign countries. His voyages were such a huge achievement that people still remember him as a pioneer in opening up cultural contacts between different peoples around the world.

Task 2.阅读理解-人物传记类

What can we learn from Hawking?________________________________________________
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Task 3.书面表达。
A wise/famous man I admire
Who is this man?
What does /did he/she look like?
What does/did he/she do?
Why do you
admire him/her?

实战演练：
请根据以下中文提示，写一篇80字左右的短文，所给的信息必须都用上。
1. 卓别林是世界上最伟大的演员之一；
2. 1889年4月出生于伦敦，童年(childhood)生活困苦(live…a life)；
3. 很有天赋(gifted)，14岁开始在英国各地演出(perform)；
4. 1913年到美国， 开始从事电影事业(film career);
5. 一生中拍摄了(make)80余部电影；1977年12月逝世。
Chaplin is one of the greatest actors in the world. __________________________________
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