Unit12FactandFantasyReading“20,000Leaguesunderthesea”（海底两万里）mainlytellsusastoryinwhichDrAronnax,hisservantandaCanadianwhalehunterwerekeptasprisonersbyCaptainNemoandthenwentonavoyageacrosstheoceansbytheNautilus.Thebook“JourneytotheCentreoftheEarth”（地心游记）describeswhattwomenexperiencedafterenteringthecentreoftheearththroughachimneyinadeadvolcano,whichliesinIceland.ReadthepassagecarefullyThenanswerthefollowingquestions:1.Tomakealiving,whatdidJulesVernehavetodo?2.Whatwillmanyoftheinstrumentsinhisnovelsremindthereadersof?Tomakealiving,JulesVernehadtowriteandsellstories.TheywillremindthereadersofDrBenjaminFranklin’sexperimentswithelectricity.3.HowdidVernelaythefoundationofmodernsciencefiction?4.Inhisnovel“20000LeaguesUndertheSea”,whatkindofpersonisCaptainNemo?Bytakingthescientificdevelopmentsofhisdayonestepfurther.Heissomeoneyouwillneitherlikenordislike.HeisverycruelbecausehekeepsAronnaxandothersasprisonersanddestroysships.Butatothermoments,heisgentleandweakbecausehecriesaboutthelostlivesofpeopledrownedinshipsthathavesunk.5.Howdoesthestory“JourneytotheCentreoftheEarth”beginandendup?ThestorybeginswiththediscoveryofanancientdocumentandendsupwiththembeingshotoutofavolcanoinsouthernItalywitheverincreasingspeedandtemperature.TrueorFalse1.VernehadtosellnewspaperstomakealivingwhenhewasinParis.2.Vernediedat77,withhisdreamsrealized.3.ThefurnitureontheNautilusispreciousandthefoodaboardisallseafood.FFT4.CaptainNemoisaverycruelmanandnoonelikeshim.5.ThestoryJourneytotheCenteroftheEarthisasciencefiction.FTChoosethebestansweraccordingtothepassage:1.Fromthesecondparagraphwecansee“aseamonster”is_________.A.AkindofnaturalphenomenonB.AnanimalthateatpeopleanddestroyshipsC.PeopledressedindivingsuitD.AsubmarineD2.“TheNautilus”isunusualbecause______.A.itisstrongB.itissplendidC.itcandiveintotheseaD.alloftheabove3.Fromthelastparagraphwecanseethecentreoftheearthis______.A.Nothingbutmagma(岩浆)andwaterB.AbiglakeC.coalandstoneD.awonderfulworldDD4.Thispassageismainlyabout______.A.ThefatherofsciencefictionB.200,000LeaguesUndertheSeaC.JourneytothecentreoftheearthD.JulesVerneandhissciencefictionD5.Wecaninferfromthepassagethatthesciencefictioncan______.A.MakepeopleimaginativeandmanagetorealizetheirdreamsB.MakepeopleamazedandfrightenedC.AttractreadersD.MakepeopletakeanadventurebravelyA1.Tomakealiving,Vernehadtowriteandsellstories.makealiving“谋生”1)Sheearnsherlivingbygrowingflowers.2)Hemakesagoodlivingasanindustrialdesigner.2.ManyoftheinstrumentsinhisnovelswillremindthereaderofDrBenjaminFranklin’sexperimentswithelectricity.使读者想起本杰明弗富兰克林博士所作的有关电的实验remind使人想起；提醒。可用于以下结构之中：remindsb.ofsb./sth.remindsb.that从句remindsb.+todosth.I_________________workhard.我提醒他努力工作。I_________________mypromise.有人提醒我不要忘了我的允诺。She_______________Ihadn’twateredtheflowers.她提醒我我还没有浇花。remindedhimtowasremindedofremindedmethat3.Heusedthelatestideasandtechnicalinventionsofhisdayinhisbook.1)latestadj.最新的;最近的lateadj.&adv.迟的(地),晚的(地)lateradv.后来;以后adj.较晚的;latelyadv.最近;近来thelatestnews/fashionsHaveyouseenhimlately?Wearrivedtherethreedayslater.2)ofone’sday在……时代Hewasthebestpainterofhisday.4.Bytakingthescientificdevelopmentsofhisdayonestepfurther,JulesVernelaidthefoundationofmodernsciencefiction.通过将他所处的时代的科学向...
