Book Ⅳ Module 4 Great Scientists

　　　　Period Ⅰ Reading &Comprehension

　　　　 May

Ⅰ. Match the names in Column A with the inventions or discoveries in column B.

1. Qian Xuesen a. father of integral calculus（积分学）

2. Marie Curie b. Theory of Relativity

3. Archimedes c. father of China's aerospace

4. Albert Einstein d. Radium and Polonium

Ⅱ. Translate the following into Chinese:

1. biochemistry 2. biology

3. botany 4. genetics

5. zoology 6. chemistry

7. chemist 8. physicist

Ⅲ. Read the passage fast, then choose the best answer for each of the following.

1. How to produce more rice and more quickly?

　　A. By enlarging growing area

　　B. By crossing different species of rice plant

　　C. By planting rice several times a year

　　D. By adding more fertilizer

2. The features of the special type of rice plant are .

　　A. female and sterile B. male and born with seeds

　　C. male and sterile D. female and born without seeds

3. The greatest contribution Yuan Longping made is that .

　　A. he discovered a rice plant with a higher yield

　　B. more rice fields were converted to growing vegetables and other cash crops

　　C. his discovery has been exported to other countries

　　D. more fields are used to grow rice

4. Which of the following is True?

　　A. Yuan Longping didn't study hard at school.

　　B. European countries don't grow rice.

　　C. Rice is the first most important crop in Pakistan.

　　D. Yuan Longping once worked as a teacher.

5. What's the main idea of this passage?

　　A. A brief introduction of Yuan Longping and his discovery.

　　B. The importance of growing rice in a hungry food.

　　C. How Yuan Longping experimented with different types of rice

　　D. China is an agricultural country in great need of more rice

Ⅳ. Do Part 2, 3 and 4 at pages 32-33

Ⅴ. Complete the following according to the information given

1. As a boy,

2. In college,

3. As a young teacher,

4. In 1966,

5. In 1970,

6. In the 1990's,

Ⅵ. Translate the third paragraph into Chinese.

参考答案：Ⅰ1 c 2 d 3 a 4 b Ⅱ 1 生物化学 2 生物学 3 植物学 4 遗传学 5 动物学 6 化学7 化学家 8物理学家 Ⅲ B C A D A