课时作业8：Writing

Unit 3 Inventors and inventions
Writing
I. 七选五
Although becoming a successful inventor can be tough, it is doable. As a would-be entrepreneur, you have an endless resource to tap: your mind. But the process is a bit more complicated than just coming up with ideas. You have to know how to turn those ideas into a working product and how to protect your intellectual property.
Study and become a student of logic. 1 Study how things work and note problems and inefficiencies. Then come up with solutions.
2 You need to make sure your idea is original, and you need to know the market for your product.
Decide if you will apply for a patent. A patent protects your idea by preventing others from copying it. However, the process is long and expensive. 3
Write a business plan. 4 See eHow article, “How to Write a Business Plan” for help.
Market your invention. Get some professional-looking brochures. Consider a website. Send personalized letters to companies who sell products similar to yours.
5 You have several options here: sell the rights and patent to your idea altogether, “rent” the right to use your idea through a licensing agreement, or create, market and sell your idea yourself.
A. Keep a Notebook and Pencil on hand at all times.
B. Conduct your own research.
C. Realize you have a potential to make money.
D. If you’re seriously thinking about your application, ask yourself a few questions.
E. Understanding basic logic principles greatly helps with Step Brainstorm your ideas.
F. This should include information about the product, your company, customers, market, competition, and risks involved.
G. Therefore, make sure your idea is worth the money and effort before you apply.
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2. ________
3. ________
4. __________
5.__________
II. 语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（仅1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned 6 farm, which looked almost abandoned. 7 (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearly 8 other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what 9 (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass 10 it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she 11 (fall) over the hill and died. Then the Johnson tried to make a living 12 the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees 13 (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children’s clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market 14 people from the town met regularly. Now it occurred to 15 that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.
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11. _________ 12. __________ 13.___________ 14. ___________ 15.__________
III. 短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划—横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Jeremy and Alice,
Although we’ve been delighted to have you as neighbors, we’re hoping to settle something that bothers to us. In a word, your dog—Cleo.
We’ve called several time about Cleo’s early morning barking. It is difficult to understanding why she barks every minute she’s outside. The early morning barking have been disturbing us as we are often up all night with the baby. Beside, Cleo tends to bark a average of six hours a day.
This morning she starts barking even before 5 o’clock. That is too much for us, considering how closely the houses are.
We appreciate our apologies and goodwill, but we hope that you can figure a good way of settling the matter.
Sincerely,
Jack and Rose
IV.书面表达
发明创造改变了世界,不少青少年都梦想成为一名发明家,你们应该怎样做才能实现这样的梦想,以How to become an inventor为题,写一篇100词的短文。

写作要点：1.努力学习是基础；(Learn a lot)
2.兴趣是最好的老师；(Have an interest)
3.需要创新; (Creativity)
4.持之以恒、永不放弃。

(Never give up)
【参考答案】
I.七选五
1～5 EBGFC
II.语法填空
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7. Luckily
8.for
9. was left10. when
11.fell12. without13. to sell14. where15. him
III.阅读理解
1～5 CADBB 6～10 ABDDA
IV. 短文改错
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times understand every minute she’s outside. The early morning barking have been disturbing us as we are often up all night with
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the baby. Beside, Cleo tends to bark a average of six hours a day. This morning she starts barking even before 5
Besides an stared o’clock. That is too much for us, considering how closely the house are.
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We appreciate our apologies and goodwill, but we hope that you can figure a good way of settling the matter.
your out Sincerely,
Jack and Rose
IV.书面表达：
How to become an inventor
When being kids, we were dreaming of being an inventor or a scientist although we were
considered as childish. As a senior student with a strong will to making contributions to our society, I think we need to do the following things to become an inventor.
Firstly, studying hard is the basic method. It is clearly that only when we study hard to acquire the knowledge about the science and technology, can we fulfill the need of innovation.
Besides, interest is the best teacher. Hardly can we imagine a child without passion of exploring will get progress in innovation, so we may as well develop our interests when we are young.
In addition, those who want to become an inventor should cultivate their creative thinking. That means we may love asking questions and thinking about the reasons why the situation happens, rather than just listening and following the traditions and customs.
Seeing new invention ideas for help coming up with the right product idea is one side of the coin. More importantly, be persistent. Nothing seems to work the first time around. Overnight success can take years but we can do it. Only if we never give up, can we succeed definitely!。