1、Unit 4 Scientists who changed the world .单句填空 1.The test will involve(answer) questions about a book titled A Dream of Red Mansions. 2.He has to applya permit if he wants to find a job in that country. 3.These magnificent ancient buildings show the great(intelligent) of the labouring people. 4.It is
2、 every citizens(responsible) to protect our city from being polluted. 5.I believe my English knowledge will begreat benefit to my future job. 6.This book is intendedmiddle school students so it is suitable for you. 7.The young scientist encountered many difficulties during his(explore). 8.If the wea
3、ther keeps raining, the sports meet will have to (postpone) again. 9.Smoking is often referred toNo.1 killer of human health. 10.He cut off the electricity quickly, successfully(prevent) an accident. .阅读理解 Jane Goodall is best known for her 26-year study of the chimps in the wild. There, she made se
4、veral revolutionary discoveries that made her one of the greatest field scientists of the 20th century. Born in London in 1934, the expectations for Jane were standard for the time: a marriage to a nice man, followed by a few children. Fortunately, her mother never discouraged her interest: animals
5、and the natural world. Once her mother discovered that little Jane had brought a handful of worms(幼虫) to bed; rather than screaming, she explained that her new little friends needed the soil to live, and together, they took them back to the garden. Jane was a bookworm who admired Doctor Dolittle and
6、 loved the Tarzan novels. Reading did its usually quiet but life-changing thing: Jane developed a dream to go to Africa and live among the wild animals. Jane realized her dream on July 14, 1960 when she arrived at Gombe Stream Game Reserve to study the chimps. However, for two months, the chimps esc
7、aped when they heard her coming. The only thing she saw was the back of a chimp, running away from her. “The more I thought of the task I had set myself, the more discouraged I became,” Jane wrote in her first book, In the Shadow of Man. Eventually, she became familiar with a male chimp and his big
8、family. She observed them kiss, hug, pat each other on the back, and shake their fingers at each other. She watched them act very human-like. One day, moving quietly through the jungle, Jane saw the male chimp sit beside a large termite mound (白蚁土堆). He kept taking small branches from trees and putt
9、ing them in the holes to fish the ants. In any case, Janes discovery became the talk of the scientific world. Harvards Stephen Jay Gould observed, “We must now re-think what the words tool and man mean or accept chimps as humans.” ()1.What did Janes mother do when she found the worms on the bed? A.S
10、he studied them carefully. B.She shouted at her daughter. C.She threw them into the garden. D.She explained they liked the soil. ()2.Which is the major reason that made Jane dream to work in the wild? A.Doctor Dolittles invitation. B.Her interest in chimps. C.The reading in her childhood. D.Her moth
11、ers encouragement. ()3.How did Jane feel during the first two months in Africa? A.Lonely.B.Frightened. C.Hopeless. D.Content. ()4.What did Stephen Jay Goulds words imply? A.Chimps should be accepted as humans. B.Janes discovery is of great importance. C.Only human beings know how to make use of tool
12、s. D.The scientists should confirm the meaning of the words. .完形填空 It happened on a rainy Saturday morning last month. My wife Catherine and I were 1along what some people called moose (麋鹿) alley. It was so2that there were few cars on the road.3, something happened. A moose jumped out across our pat
13、h. I had been driving for years and was4at driving. In order to5knocking into the moose, I made a quick6to the other lane. If I had not done that, the moose might have been killed, and my wife and I might have got injured, too. A few seconds later, when I7and looked back in my rear view mirror, the
14、moose was getting up and then ran into the bush. Shaken but8, we both looked at each other with a surprised expression. From then on, I often thought about the relationship between humans and9. We know that animal species have appeared and disappeared10since life began on the Earth. This is a(n)11ph
15、enomenon (现象). However, animal species have been decreasing at a much faster rate for about a century now12human factors such as pollution. Certain philosophers and scientists keep repeating that if we dont save animals, how we will be able to save ourselves. A better13of animals gives us a better u
16、nderstanding of our own species. The will to protect animals and nature in general14 the value of a society. And all animals play roles in nature and have a right to15. Therefore, I think we should try our best to save endangered animals, because humans cannot live on the Earth alone. ()1.A.looking
17、B.driving C.walkingD.running ()2.A.coolB.quiet C.wideD.early ()3.A.ExpectedlyB.Obviously C.FortunatelyD.Suddenly ()4.A.angryB.good C.slowD.mad ()5.A.avoidB.keep C.delayD.excuse ()6.A.turnB.jump C.response D.rush ()7.A.understoodB.thought C.stoppedD.tried ()8.A.worried B.fine C.sad D.scared ()9.A.lan
18、dsB.roads C.plantsD.wildlife ()10.A.exactlyB.silently C.continuallyD.mysteriously ()11.A.strangeB.natural C.unusualD.recent ()12.A.according to B.instead of C.because ofD.along with ()13.A.treatmentB.performance C.worldD.knowledge ()14.A.shows B.includes C.predictsD.protects ()15.A.escapeB.survive C
19、.refuseD.select .语法填空 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Everyone has dreams, but not all dreams can be realized. People give up their dreams for this or that reason. Those 1.dreams become true have one thing in common, that is, they insist on 2.(work) for their dreams. Marie Curie, a famous scienti
20、st, has set 3.good example. In 1898, Marie 4.(find) a new element(元素) in the pitchblende(沥青铀矿). 5. (prove) her discovery, she had to show it to the world, which also became her dream. After using tons of pitchblende, Marie and her husband 6.(final) saw the blue light of radium(镭). There are many oth
21、er examples. Athletes who gain gold medals and students who enter key universities after 7.(year) of hard work, are all dream-holders. The path to dreams may not be smooth and the progress may be 8. (pain). But hold on to your dreams, no matter 9.big or small they are. Hold on to the end, and you wi
22、ll find there is nothing 10.(happy) than your dreams coming true. 参考答案 .1. answering2. for3. intelligence4. responsibility5. of6. for 7. exploration8. be postponed9. as10. preventing .【文章大意】 本文是一篇人物传记,主要介绍了研究野生黑猩猩长达 26年的科学 家 Jane Goodall的生平以及成就。 1.D细节理解题。根据第二段中“Once her mother discovered that little
23、 Jane had brought a handful of worms(幼虫) to bed; rather than screaming, she explained that her new little friends needed the soil to live, and together, they took them back to the garden.(有一次,她妈妈发现年幼的简带着一把虫子上了床;她没有尖叫,而是解释说,她 的新的小朋友需要土壤来存活,于是她们一起把它们带回了花园。)”可知,简的妈妈 发现床上有虫子时,她解释说它们喜欢土壤。 2.C细节理解题。根据第三段中
24、“Reading did its usually quiet but life-changing thing: Jane developed a dream to go to Africa and live among the wild animals.”可知,阅读往往 是平静却能改变生活的,它使简梦想着去非洲,和野生动物生活在一起。由此可知,简 梦想在野外工作的主要原因是她童年时代的阅读。 3.C推理判断题。根据第五段中“The more I thought of the task I had set myself, the more discouraged I became, Jane w
25、rote in her first book”可知,简在她的第一本书中 写道:“我越是想起我给自己设定的任务,我就越泄气。”由此可推断出,简在非洲的头 两个月感觉很绝望。 4.B推理判断题。根据最后一段中最后一句“We must now re-think what the words tool and man mean or accept chimps as humans.”可知,哈佛大学的 Stephen Jay Gould说:“我们现在必须重新思考工具和人的含义,或者接受黑猩猩是人类。”由此 推断出,Stephen Jay Gould的话暗示出简的发现很重要。 .【文章大意】 本文是一篇夹
26、叙夹议文。经历一次交通小事故后,作者开始思考人 类与动物的关系,他认为我们应该保护野生动物,因为保护它们就是保护人类自己。 1.B根据下文可知,作者的车差点跟一头麋鹿相撞,所以作者当时在开车(driving)。 2.D根据上文中的“It happened on a rainy Saturday morning last month.”以及下文中的 “there were few cars on the road.”可知,马路上车少是因为当时还很早(early)。 3.D根据下文的“A moose jumped out”可知,突然有事情发生了。 4.B根据上文中的“I had been driv
27、ing for years”可知,作者开了很多年车,擅长开车。 be good at 擅长。 5.A根据下文中的“If I had not done that, the moose might have been killed”可知,这 里是指为了“避免”撞上这头麋鹿 6.A“我”急转弯到了另外一条道上。 7.C根据下文中的“looked back in my rear view mirror”可知,作者当时把车停 (stopped)了下来,从后视镜里看到那头麋鹿起身,随后跑进了树丛。 8.B“我们”虽然受到惊吓,但是没事(fine)。 9.D根据下文可知,从那以后,作者经常思考人类与野生动物
28、(wildlife)的关系。 10.C我们知道,自从地球上出现生命以后,动物物种不断地(continually)出现并灭绝。 11.B这是个自然(natural)现象。 12.C根据上下文可知,这里表示原因,故用 because of。 13.D更好地了解动物,才能更好地了解我们人类。“a better knowledge of”和“a better understanding of”都是“更了解”的意思。 14.A这里指显示了社会价值。 15.B所有动物在自然界中都有自己的角色,它们都有权利生存(survive)。 .【文章大意】 本文是一篇议论文,以科学家居里夫人为例,论述了要想梦想成真,
29、必 须坚持努力。 1.whose考查定语从句。 本空引导定语从句,修饰代词 those,在从句中作名词 dreams 的定语,故用关系代词 whose。 2.working考查动名词。insist on doing sth 意为“坚持做某事”,故用动名词作宾语。 3.a考查冠词。set an example 意为“树立榜样”,名词 example前有形容词 good修饰, 故用冠词 a。 4.found考查时态。根据时间状语 in 1898 可知,本句是对过去事情的描述,应用一般 过去时。 5.To prove考查不定式。根据句意可知,此处应用不定式作目的状语。 6.finally考查副词。本空修饰动词 saw,故用副词 finally作状语。 7.years考查名词复数。 year是可数名词,根据句意可知,此处应用名词复数形式 years。 8.painful考查形容词。本空在句中作表语,故应用形容词 painful,表示 “痛苦的”。 9.how考查让步状语从句。设空处引导让步状语从句,根据空后形容词 big or small 可知,应用 how。 10.happier考查形容词比较级。根据空后 than可知,此处应用形容词比较级 happier。
