Unit4 Integrating skills
I. Scanning:
1. How many people are mentioned in the text? Who are they?
Charles Darwin、Gregor Mendel、Gote Turesson
2. Match their achievements:
Charles Darwin gave birth to the science of genetics.
Gregor Mendel found evidence for the existence of stable varieties within species in nature
Gote Turesson wrote a famous book named “On the Origin of Species”
II. Skimming:
1. Fill in the following blanks according to the passage:
Scientist Research/experiment Result
Charles Darwin 1 2
Gregor Mendel 3 4
Gote Turesson 5 6
Key:
1. The wildlife of Galapagos, many varieties of garden roses
2. There were differences between the species of the different islands’yet all showed a clear relationship with those of America’ differences in habitat could lead to different species in birds as well as in plants.
3. Flowers and peas
4. Many characteristics were passed on from one generation to the next, without influence by the environment. His research gave birth to the science of genetics
5. A wild plant found on the Swedish west coast
6. Found evidence for the existence of stable varieties within species in nature. He showed that differences between plants of one species occurred as a result of the environmental conditions in their habitat.
2. The text can be divided into four parts,then find the topics of the four parts:
Part I (Para______) :
Part II (Para______) :
Part III (Para____) :
Part IV (Para____)
Key:
Para 1-3: Darwin and his research.
Para 4-5 Mendel and his experiment.
Para 6 Turesson and his study
Para7 the importance and significance of the research of the three.
III. Post-reading: (Multiple choice)
1. The research by Darwin,Mendel and Turesson shows that_
A.genetics is more important than the environment to plants
B．genetics is less important than the environment to plants
C.both genetics and the environment are important to plants
D.neither genetics nor the environment is important to plants
2. Darwin observed that the birds with __ would eat_
A.small beaks l hard seeds B．broad beaks；hard seeds
C.hard beaks；hard seeds D．broad beaks；soft seeds
3.Darwin joined the scientific expedition on _____ ．
A.the Endeavour B.Tahiti C．the Beagle D．space
4. Scientists of the nineteenth century believed that
A．the development of new species was behind the influence of the environment
B．the development of new species and the influence of the environment were hand in hand
C．the development of new species had nothing to do with the influence of the environment
D the influence of the environment was behind the development of new species .
5. Darwin studied physics，chemistry and botany because_________
A．he was invited to join scientific expedition
B．he was interested in them
C．he could do a lot Of experiments
D．he wanted to finish his book“On the Origin of Species”
IV. Key phrases:
1. do what he liked 做他喜歡做的事
2. at the age of 22 在22歲時
3. be separated from 被分離出來
4. relate to 與…有關
5. pass on from one generation to the next 一代一代傳遞下來
6. give birth to 產(chǎn)生……
7. adapt to 適應
8. be of equal importance to sth 與…具有同樣的重要性
V. Important sentences in the passage
1. It was Darwin’s visit on the Beagle to the Galapagos Isles that gave him the key to his new theory. (Para 2)
2. Darwin counted 225 flowering plants, of which he collected and brought home 193. (Para 2)
3. Back home, in England, Darwin realized that differences in habitat could lead to different species in birds as well as in plants. (Para 3)
4 As a result of Darwin and Mendel’s research, scientists of the nineteenth century formed the belief that that influence of the environment was behind the development of new species. (Para 5)
5. It would take a next generation of scientists to bring the importance of the environment on species back in view. (Para 5)