Unit 9

When was it invented?

Self check

Unit 9

When was it invented?

Self check

Self check 1Fill in the blanks

1.I don’t like eating chocolate. It tastes too _____.

2. Mom added salt but it still wasn’t _____ enough.

3. I prefer lemons to oranges. I Like the ______ taste.

sweet

salty

sour

4. She likes _____ cookies. They

are hard, dry and easily broken.

crispy

Self Check (2:P73) Self Check (2:P73)

The abacus was invented in the sixth

century by Chinese people.

The abacus was invented in the sixth

century by Chinese people.

The umbrella was invented about 4000

years ago in Assyria, China and Egypt.

The umbrella was invented about 4000

years ago in Assyria, China and Egypt.

In Italy in 1854 , Ignatio Porro

invented the binoculars.

In Italy in 1854 , Ignatio Porro

invented the binoculars.

The Camera was invented by Joseph

Nicephore Niepce in 1827 who took the

first picture.

The Camera was invented by Joseph

Nicephore Niepce in 1827 who took the

first picture.

The bicycle was invented in the

1880s in England.

The bicycle was invented in the

1880s in England.

Reading TasksReading Tasks

Do you know when basketball was invented?

请根据课本 74-75 页的短文完成下列练习。I. 根据短文内容完成下列表格 , 每空词数不限。

Basketball

History A little over (1)

_____________ years old100/ a hundred

Inventor A (2) ______________ named James Naismith

Time of the first basketball game

On December 21st, (3)_____

Place where it became an Olympic event

(4) ______

Number of people playing basketball today

More than (5) __________

Canadian doctor

1891

Berlin

100 million

Ⅱ. 根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。 ( )6. James Naismith invented basketb

all because ______. A. he wanted to show others he coul

d do anything well B. his classmates wanted to play a ne

w game C. his parents wanted him to create

a new game D. his class was asked to invent a ne

w game

D

( )7. Basketball games have been played for ______.

A. 97 years B. 117 years C. 107 years D. 127 years ( )8. The aim of basketball is for players

to ______. A. get a ball into the “basket” B. kick a ball into the net C. hit another player with a ball D. get as many balls as possible

A

B

1. How many people are playing basketball today? 2. When was James Naismith born? 3. Where was Dr Naismith’s game played at first?

III. 请根据课本短文完成下列练习。

More than 100 million people.

In 1861

Indoors.

4. When did basketball become an Olympic event? 5. What do many young people dream of?They dream of becoming famous basketball players.

In 1936.

1.The abacus was ________ by Chinese people .

2.Li Lei likes ______ cookies because they are hard , dry and easily broken .

3.The meat produced a ________ smell.

4.The most popular drink in the world was invented by ________.

accident, invent, microwave, crispy, pleasant

invented

crispy

pleasant

accident

根据句意填空。

5.There are many __________(发明 ) in this museum.

6.How was the tea ________ (发明 )?

7.Silk is __________(生产 ) in Suzhou and Hangzhou .

8.He always makes a lot of ________ (错误 ) in class .

inventions

invented

produced

mistakes

句型转换1. People all over the world enjoy surfing .

( 同义句转换 )

Surfing ___ ______ by people all over the w

orld.

2. When he was thirty , Tom decided to move

to London . ( 同义句转换） At the ____ of thirty , Tom made a _______

_ to move to London .

is enjoyed

age

decision

3.Kate took good care of the baby yesterd

ay evening .( 改为被动句） The baby ____ ____ ____ ______ by Ka

te yesterday evening .

4.She was seen to come out of the library

by him .( 改为主动句 )

He ____ ___ ____ out of the library .saw her come

was taken good care of

5.Did you see the film last night ?( 改为被动句 )

____ the film ____ by you last night ?

6.Li Lei gave Tom a new pen last week .( 改为被动句 )

A new pen ___ _____ __ Tom last week .

7.He didn’t go to bed before he finished his wo

rk .( 同义句转换 )

He ____ ___ go to bed ____ he finished his w

ork.

Was seen

was given to

did not until

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