初三18-19年第7期总第568期

Prizes for top minds  (P2)

Pre-reading

How much do you know about the Nobel Prize? 

Tell us something about it.

 

 

While reading

1. Who won this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine?

A. James Allison and Paul Romer. 

B. Tasuku Honjo and James Allison. 

C. Paul Romer and William Nordhaus.

D. A doctor and an activist. 

 

2. Which of the following prizes was shared by three scientists this year?

A. The Nobel Prize in Medicine. 

B. The Nobel Prize in Economics.

C. The Nobel Prize in Physics. 

D. The Nobel Peace Prize.

 

3. From the story, we know that _____. 

A. the Nobel Prize winners were all announced on the same day

B. our bodies can cure cancer on their own

C. a carbon tax could help deal with climate change

D. research on enzymes is part of laser physics

 

4. What is the story mainly about?

A. Amazing achievements in medicine. 

B. The 2018 Nobel Prize winners. 

C. Top scientists around the world.

D. The latest discoveries in science.

 

 

Words in use

Translation

1. 治疗癌症

2. ……的秘诀

3. 最令人惊奇的成就之一

4. 全球变暖

5. 最有效的方式

 

 

Post-reading

1. Why does the writer say “One of the most amazing Nobel-winning achievements this year was in medicine” ? 

2. What is your opinion?

 

 

 

‘Timeless’ memories (P3)

Pre-reading

1. How much do you know about Alzheimer’s disease?

2. Does anyone in your family have this disease?

 

 

While reading

1. Emma Yang’s app was created to help people _____. 

A. who like taking photos

B. who have Alzheimer’s disease

C. who have lost their family members

D. who are too old to take care of themselves

 

2. What can the app Timeless do?

A. It can cure diseases.

B. It can tell good strangers from bad ones.

C. It can recognize faces. 

D. It can talk to patients.

 

3. What do we know about Emma Yang?

A. She was good at coding before she created the app.

B. She is now working in a tech company.

C. She decided to create the app because of her grandmother’s illness.

D. She worked alone to create the facial recognition software.

 

4. The last paragraph is mainly written to _____.

A. introduce a famous memory expert

B. show how popular the app is 

C. prove the app’s usefulness from an expert’s point of view

D. show that the app also works for healthy people

 

 

Words in use

用memory的适当形式填空

1. The flood of last summer was the worst in Carey’s _________.

2. He studied his map, trying to __________ the way to Rose Street. 

3. This was the most ____________ period of my poetry career.

 

 

Post-reading

If someone in your family got Alzheimer’s disease, how would you interact with him or her?

 

 

 

Going to explore a new frontier (P6)

Pre-reading

Please read the following information about the Voyagers. Then tell us what they are.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While reading

1. What can we learn about Voyager 1 from Paragraph 2? 

A. It’s a moon probe launched by NASA.

B. It has flown through the solar system for over 40 years.

C. It flew out of the solar system in 2012.

D. It flew into interstellar space this month. 

 

2. When was Voyager 2 launched into space?

A. In 1977. 

B. In 1993. 

C. In 2012.

D. In 2018. 

 

3. What do we know about Voyager 2?

A. It was the first spacecraft to leave the solar system. 

B. It’s getting farther away from interstellar space.  

C. It is somewhere in the bubble-like heliopause. 

D. It was launched 16 days later than Voyager 1. 

 

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. The Voyager spacecraft will return to Earth. 

B. The Voyager program has successfully ended. 

C. There is nothing in interstellar space.  

D. The Voyager spacecraft have done a lot for space research.

 

 

Words in use

Translation

 1. get close to

 2. solar system

 3. the edge of

 4. be like a big bubble

 5. the boundary between … and …

  

 

Post-reading

You have 5 minutes to memorize information about the Voyager spacecraft. 

 

Competition:

Get into groups and ask each other questions to see who can remember the most facts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

答案与解析：

P2

1. B。从文中第三段第二句James Allison from the United States and Tasuku Honjo in Japan shared the prize, the BBC reported. 可以得知在医药方面获得诺贝尔奖的是Tasuku Honjo 和James Allison。故答案选B。

 

2. C。 由文章第七段第一句The Nobel Prize in Physics was given to three scientists who made new discoveries in laser physics可以看出诺贝尔物理学奖同时颁给了三位科学家。故答案为C。

 

3. C。从文章第六段第二句They found that creating a global carbon tax (碳排放税) is the most efficient way to fight climate change.可以得知碳排放税可以帮助应对气候变化。故答案为C。 

 

4. B。从全文内容可以得知本文是关于2018年诺贝尔奖得主的。故答案为B。 

 

P3:

1. B。 从第一段最后一句Yang, now 14, decided to create an app to help people with this disease. 

可以得知Emma Yang设计的APP是用来帮助那些有阿兹海默症的人的。 故答案为B。

 

2. C。从文章第二段第二句It uses facial recognition technology.以及第二段后面的描述，可以得知这个APP可以识别人脸。故答案为C。

 

3. C。从文章第一段When Emma Yang was 7 or 8 years old, her grandmother got Alzheimer’s disease (阿兹海默症). It made her grandmother lose her memory. She couldn’t even recognize (认出) her own family members. Yang, now 14, decided to create an app to help people with this disease. 可以得知因为祖母的病，Emma才决定要设计这个APP的。故答案为C。

 

4. C。 文章的最后一段Memory expert Katherine Possin agrees. Possin said looking at photos on the app can help patients feel more social. It can also improve their memory, she added.可以得知Possin作为专家，肯定了这个设计的有效性。故答案为C。

 

P6

1. C。 从第二段第二句In 2012, Voyager 1 became the first spacecraft to leave our solar system and fly into interstellar space可以得知关于旅行者1号的信息是它在2012年飞出了太阳系进入了星际空间。 故答案为C。

 

2. A。从文章第六段第二句It was launched into space 16 days earlier than Voyager 1.可以得知旅行者2号比旅行者1号早16天，而第二段第一句Voyager 1 is a space probe (探测器) launched by NASA in September, 1977.可得知旅行者1号是1977年发射的。故答案为A。

 

3. C。从文章第四段第二句It lies in what scientists call the heliopause (日球层顶), which is like a big bubble (泡泡) around our solar system.可以得知旅行者2号目前在像泡泡一样的日球顶层。故答案为C。

 

4. D。 文章的最后一段说从旅行者让我们看到了之前从未见过的数据，所以从最后一段可推断出旅行者为太空研究做了很多贡献。故答案为D。