高考英语一轮复习 Unit3 Inventors and inventions导学案 新人教版选修8-新人教版高三选修8英语学案

河北省武邑中学 2016 届高考英语一轮复习 Unit3 Inventors and inventions 导学案 新人教版选修 8ReadingWhen I called up my mother in 1.______ countryside on the telephone she was very upset. “There are some snakes in our courtyard,” she told me. “Snakes come near the house now and then, and they seem to have made their home here, not far 2.______ the walnut tree. Can you get rid of them please?” I felt very proud. It was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something 3.________ (mercy) that would catch snakes but not harm them. I knew my parents would not like me4._______ (hurt) these living creatures!The first thing I did was to see if there were any products that might help me, but there only seemed 5.________ (be) powders designed to kill snakes. A new approach was clearly needed. I set about researching the habits of snakes to find the easiest way to trap them. 6.__________ (lucky), these reptiles are small that made the solution easier.7.___________ (prepare) with some research findings, I decided on three possible approaches: firstly, removing their habitat; secondly, attracting them into a trap using male or female perfume or food; and thirdly cooling them so that they would become sleepy and could 8.____________(catch) easily. I decided to use the last One. I bought an ice-cream maker which was made of stainless steel. Between the outside and the inside walls of the bowl there is some jelly, which freezes when cooled. I put the bowl into the fridge and waited for 24 hours. At the same time I prepared some ice cubes.The next morning I got up early before the sun was hot. I placed the 9._________(freeze) bowl over the snakes’ habitat and the ice cubes on top of...