2009 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 12 Sir Clive Sinclair

2009 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 12 Which of the following can best express the main idea of the text. A. A. Sir Clive’s stories. B. Sir Clive’s mini inventions. C. How Sir Clive ran his company. D. Sir Clive Sinclair’s life and inventions. D

2009 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 12 解题点拔 Reading Strategy: Understanding the topic sentence or theme. 精确地概括全文，防止外延太大或以 偏概全。如上题中的 A 项： Sir Clive’s stories. 外延太大； B 项 Sir Clive’s mini inventions. 和 C 项 How Sir Clive ran his company 是本文当中的具体事例，为以偏 概全。只有 D 选项，能够精确地概括全文。

2009 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 12 Read Para One and chose the correct topic sentence for it. A. A. Sir Clive Sinclair was a famous British businessman and inventor. B. Clive’s brilliant Childhood. C. Clive got a job at 17. D. Sinclair invented the calculator and was saddened.

2009 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 12 Read Para Two and chose the correct topic sentence for it. A. A.Sinclair was unfortunate. B. How Clive ran his first company. C. Sinclair produced his pocket radio in bulk. D. Sinclair registered his own company.

2009 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 12 Read Para Three and chose the correct topic sentence for it. A. A.Sinclair was the first to make pocket- sized things in the world. B. Sinclair’s computer cost only 100 pounds. C. Sinclair’s company expended rapidly. D. Sinclair was very talented at making little things.

2009 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 12 Read Para Four and chose the correct topic sentence for it. A. A. Sinclair studied Economics at Cambridge University. B. The advantage of Sinclair’s new inventions. C. C. Sinclair’s new invention was laughed at in the newspaper. D. How Sinclair’s career underwent a downward slide during the 1980s.

2009 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 12 Read Para Five and chose the correct topic sentence for it. A. A. Sinclair became chairman of British Mensa. B. How Sinclair saved Mensa as a chairman. C. C. Sinclair paid personally for an annual Mensa conference at Cambridge. D. Sinclair has been an inventor and a business man.

2009 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 12 Read Para Six and chose the correct topic sentence for it. A. A. People’s recognition of Sinclair’s efforts and achievements. B. Sinclair’s life story. C. C. Sinclair has realized his dream. D. Sinclair has a full and interesting life.

2009 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 12 Careful reading : 1. How many parts can you split the text into ? He was clever and talented when he was young. His success and failure. His great leadership skills and strength of personality. People’s recognition of his efforts and achievements Part 1 (para 1) Part2 (paras 2-4) Part3 (para 5) Part4 (para 6)

2009 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 12 E: Licheng wrote an article about Sir Clive Sinclair for the school Magazine. Complete the article with the words in the box below. Answers: (1) inventing (2) educating (3)electronic (4) registered (5) radio (6) expanded (7) electricity(8) unfortunately (9) membership (10) honoured

2009 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 12 Understanding 1.Sinclair was blessed with brains and spent much of his time educating himself. 2.A few years later, he restarted his company that had earlier folded. Sinclair’s big picture was to produce in bulk and to sell cheaply so that everyone could afford electronic goods. 3.By the end of eight months, Sinclair had sold more than 20,000ZX80 computers, making it a real hit.

2009 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 However, during that time, his career underwent a downward slide after he launched the Sinclair C5 car. This small three-wheeled, battery-powered car didn’t need a tank filled with gallons of petrol for energy like most vehicles, and so it was better for the environment. 5. Mensa’s membership figures boomed under his leadership.

2009 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 Sinclair has been successful because he possessed a combination of intelligence and determination that allowed him to realize his dream of making electronic goods available to everyone. 7. He was honoured in 1983 with a knighthood from the Queen of England in recognition of his efforts and achievements.