上海教育版九年级英语上册Unit1第2课时Reading课件.ppt

上册 Module 1 GeniusesUnit 1 Wise men in history第2课时 Reading 一、根据教材P3的课文内容，完成短文填空 One day in ancient Greece, King Hiero asked a crown maker to make __1__ a golden crown. At first, he was very happy __2__ it. Later, ___3___, he began to doubt that it was a real golden crown. He gave the crown to Archimedes and asked him to __4__ out the truth. himwithhoweverfind At first, Archimedes thought this problem seemed___5___ to solve. ___6___ he was taking the bath, some water ran over. He suddenly thought out a way to __7__ the king’s problem. He asked the king for some gold of __8__ same weight. After the experiment, they found that the __9__ was not completely made of gold. Then the crown maker was sent to prison __10__ the king. difficultWhensolvethecrownby 1. __________________2. __________________3. __________________4. __________________5. __________________6. __________________7. __________________8. __________________9. __________________10. __________________himwithhoweverfinddifficultWhensolvethecrownby 二、阅读理解(B篇) When Claire Vlases of Montana was in Grade 7, she learned about plans to modernize her middle school. Claire asked the school board(董事会)to add solar panels(太阳能电池板) to the project because, she explained, clean energy would be helpful to a really modern school. The board liked the idea but said it could offer just $ 25,000—one-fifth of the cost. So Claire organized a group of kids and grown-ups who set to work raising the rest. They sold their second-hand books, put on talent shows and asked for donations(捐赠), even going door-to-door for them. One donated more than half the cost! After two years of hard work, the group paid for the solar panels, which now provide one-fourth of the school’s electricity needs—saving the neighbourhood thousands of dollars. “My favourite part about this project was that one person could start something small and then the project could grow and have a big influence on the commu