版权所有:中国好课堂 www.zghkt.cnRead the text and choose the best answer.1The writer wrote this passage to _Ashow us how Asimov became famousBintroduce Asimov, a great American scientist and writer to readersCtell us Asimov had a talent for writingDtell us something about Asimovs early life2We can infer from the passage that _AAsimov was a Russian scientistBAsimov died in RussiaCAsimov was a person with a talent for writing and ambition for workDAsimov didnt live a happy life with his second wife3Which of the following statement is NOT true?AAsimov died at the age of seventytwo.BAsimov was once a biochemistry teacher at Boston University School of Medicine.CHe became a fulltime writer when he was thirtyeight.DThe Foundation trilogy was an award given to Asimov.4Which is the correct order of the following events?版权所有:中国好课堂 www.zghkt.cnalived in Russiabdivorced his first wifecdied of an HIV infectiondmoved to New Yorkegot his PhD in chemistryfpublished his first novelgstarted working parttime in the candy storehbecame a fulltime writerAadgefhbcBdea cfghbCdac egfhbDaeghbfdc答案：14BCDA.单词拼写1He has deep affection (喜爱) for China and doesnt want to leave.2He took up the receiver (电话听筒) and began to talk.3To our surprise, my niece has a talent (天赋) for writing poems although she is only four years old.4This new model of digital (数字的) TV is made in Japan.5My mother cooked a grand (大的) turkey dinner yesterday.6She is junior (比年幼) to me but she looks mature.7Motorists must obey (服从 ) the new traffic laws.版权所有:中国好课堂 www.zghkt.cn.拓展词汇1receiver n收件人；接收机；电话听筒receive vt.收到2obey vt.& vi.服从；顺从 disobey vt.& vi.(反义词) 不服从；违抗3imagination n想象(力)；创造力imagine vt.想象；料想；猜想4theoretical adj.理论上的；假设的theory n理论5assessment n评价；评定assess v评价；评定6junior adj.较年幼的；资历较浅的；地位较低的 n.年少者；晚辈；等级较低者senior ( 反义词 ) adj.资格较老的；地位较高的 n较年长者7talent n天才；特殊能力；才干talented adj .天才的；有才能的巧记单词派生词receiver receiverassessment assessmentdisobey disobey.补全短语 1feel pity for sb. 同情某人2set aside 将放在一边；为节省或保留( 钱或时间)3at one time 曾经；一度4be attached to 喜欢；依恋5in all 一共；总计6be bound to do 一定做7as a result (of) 作为(的)结果8help (sb.) out 帮助(某人)摆脱困境版权所有:中国好课堂 www.zghkt.cn9gain/receive a masters degree in chemistry获得化学硕士学位10take sb./sth.seriously 认真对待某人/某事物1教材原句While some owners were firm with their robots suggestions, others would turn around and walk out of the shop, feeling embarrassed.有些主人坚信他们的机器人的建议，而另一些主人会尴尬地转身走出商店。句型点拨while 在句中表示对比。佳句赏析 我喜欢英语而他喜欢数学。I like English while he likes maths.2教材原句Among his most famous works of science fiction, one for which he won an award was the Foundation trilogy (19511953), three novels about the death and rebirth of a great empire in a galaxy of the future.在他那些最著名的科幻作品中，有一部获奖作品叫做基地三部曲(19511953) ，由三本小说组成，讲的是未来银河系中一个伟大帝国的灭亡和再生。句型点拨one 作同位语，代替上文提到的科幻作品中的一部作品。佳句赏析The number 2008 is a special number, one I think that will be remembered by all the Chinese.数字“2008”是一个将被所有中国人记住的特别的数字。3教材原句Use a clear simple style as if you were writing to younger students in your school.运用简洁明了的写作风格，就好像你是写给你们学校中低年级的学生那样。句型点拨as if 引导状语从句，也可引导表语从句。as if 从句中，当说话人认为从句所陈述的是不真实的或不可能发生(存在) 的情况时，从句谓语常用虚拟语气。佳句赏析When a pencil is partly put into a glass of water, it looks as if it were broken.版权所有:中国好课堂 www.zghkt.cn当把铅笔的一部分放进水里时，它看上去就好像断了一样。课 文 对 译 A BIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC ASIMOVIsaac Asimov was an American scientist and writer who wrote around 480 books that included mystery stories, science and history books, and even books about the Holy Bible and Shakespeare. But he is best known for his science fiction stories. Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination that gave him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazing mind with which he searched for explanations of everything, in the present and the past.Asimovs life began in Russia, where he was born on 2 January, 1920. It ended in New York on 6 April, 1992, when he died as a result of an HIV infection that he had got from a blood transfusion nine years earlier.When Asimov was three, he moved with his parents and his oneyearold sister to New York City. There his parents bought a candy store which they ran for the next 40 or so years. At the age of nine, when his mother was pregnant with her third child, Asimov started working parttime in the store. He helped out through his school and university years until 1942, a year after he had gained a masters degree in chemistry. In 1942 he joined the staff of the Philadelphia Navy Yard as a junior chemist and worked there for three years. In 1948 he got his PhD in chemistry. The next year he became a biochemistry teacher at Boston University School of Medicine. In 1958 he gave up teaching to become a fulltime writer.It was when Asimov was eleven years old that his talent for writing became obvious. He ha