1、UnitUnit 2 2OutOut ofof thisthis worldworldExtendedExtended reading,reading, Project,Project, AssessmentAssessment &Further&Further studystudy基础知识过关基础知识过关.单词拼写1.The Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft and its carrier(火箭) were moved to thelaunch site on Sunday morning.2.Greed was his only(动机) for stealing.3.
2、(投资) in ear and hearing care has been shown to be cost-effective.4.The Monkey Prince is inspired by the Monkey King, the legendary hero of theChinese mythology and classic(故事)Journey to the West.选词填空make sense of; be curious about; make contributions to1.To me, learning about other cultures has alwa
3、ys been a fun experience, and Iwant to pass this feeling to people whoChina.2.Can youwhat this writer is saying?3.It is hoped that all capable countries will join hands andsupporting the international community, particularly developing countries, inovercoming the pandemic.单句语法填空1.The Qingming Festiv
4、al then became an important holiday from an(origin)simple farming day.2.In addition to new words like “contactless delivery”, the(frequent)of words like “cheer up” and “want to see you” was significantly higher in2020 than in 2019.3.Chinas favorable growth prospects and further opening-up policies a
5、re keyfactors that attract foreign direct(invest).4.The(calculate) of the number of days in a year is based on the amountof time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun.5.Now a special TV network gives live(cover) of most races.6.I am busy at the moment; Ill get one of the(assist) to see to you.7.Frontl
6、ine workers risk their own health to save people, which is(incredible) respectable.8.Studying its atmosphere could help to explain how Mars became the barren,(dust) place it is today.9.The citys bomb(shelter) were being built for possible air raids.10.Awareness of the health effects of loneliness is
7、(constant)increasing.完成句子1.正如我上次在信里说的,我七月份要考试。in my last letter, I am taking an exam in July.2.你不必担心吃什么。You neednt bother yourself about.3.他今天没来,因而我们有必要找人干他的工作。He didnt come today,for us to find someone to do his work.课文语法填空Space exploration is extremely difficult and dangerous, can take a very long
8、time and1(cost) a huge amount of money. Why do we continue to explore space,then? Thats because it is in our nature2(explore). From the very earlydays of human life on the Earth, our curiosity about3unknown has kept us4(adventure) into new places. We even desire to explore the furthest frontier ofal
9、lspace, because we are curious5what makes the universe exist and wonderwhether there is life on other6(planet). By exploring space, we can solvesome of the big problems facing mankind,7(make) our lives safer and easier.Although space exploration demands huge8(invest), the space industry canactually
10、bring great economic value. Moreover, the9(amaze) work people docan provide education and inspiration for the next generation,10may be thebiggest reason for humanity to explore space.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.能力提升训练.阅读理解The Mars 2020 rover, which will set off for the Red Planet this year, will notonly se
11、arch for traces of ancient life, but pave the way for future human missions,NASAs scientists said on Friday as they introduced the vehicle.The rover has been constructed in a large, sterile room at the Jet PropulsionLaboratory in Pasadena, near Los Angeles, where its driving equipment was givenits f
12、irst successful test last week.Shown to invited journalists on Friday, it is scheduled to leave Earth in July2020 from Floridas Cape Canaveral, becoming the fifth US rover to land on Marsseven months later in February.“Its designed to seek the signs of life, so were carrying a number ofdifferent ins
13、truments that will help us understand the geological and chemicalsituations on the surface of Mars,” deputy mission leader Matt Wallace told AFP.Among the devices aboard the rover are 23 cameras, two “ears” that willallow it to listen to Martian winds, and lasers used for chemical analysis.Approxima
14、tely the size of a car, the rover is equipped with six wheels likethe former US rover, Curiosity, allowing it to travel along rocky land.Speed is not a priority for the vehicle, which merely has to cover around 200yards (about 180 metres) per Martian dayapproximately the same as a day on Earth.Fuele
15、d by a tiny nuclear reactor, it has seven-foot-long (about 2 metres)articulated arms and a drill to crack open rock samples in locations scientistsidentify as potentially suitable for life.We are hoping to move fairly quickly. Wed like to see the next missionlaunched in 2026 where the rover will get
16、 to Mars, pick up the samples, put theminto a rocket and finally bring them back to the Earth, said Wallace. NASAs Mars2020 rover will remain active for at least one Martian year, which is around twoyears on Earth.1.What does the underlined part “pave the way” in Paragraph 1 mean?A.Make preparations
17、.B.Find suitable landing sites.C.Set up research centers.D.Construct roads.2.What can we know about the Mars 2020 rover?A.It looks much like a car with six wheels.B.It is an updated version of the US rover Curiosity.C.It is solar-powered and can crack open rock samples.D.It is able to perform differ
18、ent tasks on Mars in search of the signs of life.3.If you search for the passage on the website ofChina Daily, where can youprobably find it?A.Lifestyle.B.Region.C.World.D.Culture.4.What is the main idea of the passage?A.The Mars 2020 rover has successfully passed its first test.B.NASA is planning a
19、 new round of space exploration.C.Future human missions on Mars are on the way.D.A new rover will be launched to carry out scientific research on Mars.七选五(2021 浙江温州新力量联盟高二上期末联考)The 24-year-old female commander(指挥员) Zhou Chengyu has been a heated topicon Weibo since the Chinese state media highlighte
20、d her as one of the womeninvolved in the successful launch of the Change 5 lunar probe(月球探测器) on 24November. Social media users have been referring to her as a “source of pride”for the country.1Several people jokingly reflected on their own achievements,commenting how far behind in life they were in
21、 comparison.Starting in 2004, the Change Programme consists of three stages:“orbiting”,“landing” and “returning”.2In December, 2013, the goal of Chinas firstsoft landing on the lunar surface and ground exploration on the Moon was achievedby the lander of Change 3 and Yutu lunar rover. Last year, Cha
22、nge 4 probe madethe first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon.The Change 5 mission is Chinas third successful moon landing in sevenyears.3If it were successful, China would be the third country to bringlunar samples back to Earth after the United States and the Soviet Union.Most Chinese pe
23、ople know the mythological story of Change, the Chinesegoddess of the moon. People cant hear the word “Change” without picturingromantic images of a moon goddess.4And so pictures of Zhou Chengyu have beenall over the state media, with comments about how she is a “front-line soldier inthe field of ae
24、rospace” and a “big sister” that the young Chinese can look upto.However, the huge amount of interest in the native of Guizhou Province has notappeared to have had much of an effect on her.5A.Her story in particular has inspired the public, considering her young age.B.She refused repeated requests f
25、or interviews in order to focus on her work.C.However, China has been trying to highlight strong female figures in the country.D.Despite her young age, Zhou is now working at the Wenchang Satellite LaunchCenter.E.Its aim is to gather lunar rocks and soil to help scientists learn more aboutthe moon.F
26、.For this reason, Chinas mission to the moon has been calling for a strongfemale figure.G.China completed the “orbiting” stage by launching Change 1 and Change 2lunar probes in 2007 and 2010.1.2.3.4.5.概要写作(2021 湖南长郡中学高二期中)阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。It may help you to know that there is no such thin
27、g as a perfect speech. Atsome point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understoodexactly as he has planned. Fortunately, such moments are usually not obvious tothe listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans tosay. They hear only what the speaker d
28、oes say. If you lose your place for a moment,wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to stop at a certainpoint, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, dont worry aboutthem. Just continue as if nothing happened.Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speec
29、h, that doesnt reallymatter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther Kings famous speech“I Havea Dream”, you may notice that he stumbled (结巴) over his words twice during thespeech. Most likely, however, you dont remember. Why? Because you were fixingyour attention on his message rather than on hi
30、s way of speech-making.People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regardspeech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication.They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. However, infact, the listeners are not looking for a per
31、fect performer. They are looking fora well-thought-out speech that expresses the speakers ideas clearly and directly.Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speakers attractiveness bymaking him more human.As you work on your speech, dont worry about being perfect. Once you freeyour mind o
32、f this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.参考答案与解析基础知识过关.1.rocket2.motive3.Investment4.tale.1.are curious about2.make sense of3.make contributions to.1.originally考查副词。句意:后来,清明节从起初一个单纯的耕作日变为一个重要节日了。此处修饰形容词 simple,应用副词。故填 originally。2.frequency考查名词。句意:除了像“无接触配送”这样的新词外,“加油”“想见你”这样的
33、词在 2020 年的出现率显著超过了 2019 年。由空前后的 the 和 of 可知,此处应用名词。故填 frequency。3.investment考查名词。句意:中国有利的发展前景以及进一步的开放政策是吸引外国直接投资的关键因素。direct 是形容词,其后应跟名词。故填 investment。4.calculation考查名词。句意:用地球绕太阳一周所需的时间来计算一年中的天数。根据定冠词 The 和后面的 of 可知应用名词。故填 calculation。5.coverage考查名词。句意:现在有一个专门的电视网络对大部分比赛进行现场报道。live是形容词,意为“现场直播的”,其后应
34、跟名词,live coverage 现场报道。故填 coverage。6.assistants考查名词及其单复数。句意:我现在很忙,我叫一个助手来招呼你。根据句意可知此处表示“助手”,one of the 后加复数名词,表示“之一”。故填 assistants。7.incredibly考查副词。句意:一线工作者冒着自身的健康风险去救助他人,这点非常值得尊敬。respectable 是形容词,应用副词修饰。故填 incredibly。8.dusty考查形容词。句意:研究火星的大气层有助于解释它是如何变成了今天这个贫瘠、多尘的地方。place 是名词,应用形容词修饰。故填 dusty。9.shel
35、ters考查名词复数。句意:为防御可能发生的空袭,该城市(当时)正在建防空洞。由谓语部分的 were 可知,主语应用复数。故填 shelters。10.constantly考查副词。句意:对孤独对健康的影响的认识一直在增长。此处修饰谓语动词,应用副词。故填 constantly。.1.As I said2.what you will eat3.making it necessary.1.costs考查时态、语态和主谓一致。句意:太空探索是极其困难和危险的,可能需要很长的时间并花费大量资金。设空处与 is 和 can take 并列,在句中作并列谓语,故用一般现在时;主语 Space explo
36、ration 与 cost 之间是主动关系,应用主动语态;Space exploration 是不可数概念,谓语应用单数形式。故填 costs。2.to explore考查不定式作主语。句意:那是因为探索是我们的天性。根据句子结构可知 it是形式主语,应用不定式作真正的主语。故填 to explore。3.the考查冠词。句意:从地球上很早期的人类生活开始,我们对未知事物的好奇心就使我们不断探索新的地方。the unknown 意为“未知的地方(或事物)”。故填 the。4.adventuring考查现在分词。keep sb. doing sth.表示“让某人持续做某事”。故填adventur
37、ing。5.about考查介词。句意:我们甚至渴望探索一切的边界太空,因为我们好奇是什么使宇宙存在,而且想知道其他行星上是否存在生命。be curious about 是固定搭配,意为“对好奇”。故填 about。6.planets考查名词复数。planet 是可数名词,这里指除了地球之外的其他行星,应用复数。故填 planets。7.making考查现在分词作结果状语。句意:通过探索太空,我们可以解决人类面临的一些重大问题,使我们的生活更安全、更舒适。“使我们的生活更安全、更舒适”是“解决人类面临的重大问题”的自然结果,表示自然而然的结果应用现在分词。故填 making。8.investme
38、nt考查名词。句意:虽然太空探索需要巨大的投资,但航天工业实际上可以带来巨大的经济价值。huge 是形容词,其后应跟名词。故填 investment。9.amazing考查形容词。句意:此外,人们所做的惊人的工作可以为下一代提供教育和灵感,这也许是人类探索太空的最大原因。work 是名词,应用形容词修饰;work 指物,应用-ing 形式的形容词修饰。故填 amazing。10.which考查非限制性定语从句。根据句子结构可知,10may be the biggest reasonfor humanity to explore space 是非限制性定语从句,先行词为整个主句,故填 which
39、。能力提升训练.语篇解读本文是一篇新闻报道,美国国家航空航天局科学家上周五表示“Mars 2020”火星车将启程前往火星,它不仅将寻找古代生命的痕迹,而且将为未来的人类太空飞行任务做好准备,文章同时介绍了这款火星探测器的一些情况。1.A词义猜测题。结合第一段画线短语所在句可知,“Mars 2020”火星车不仅将寻找古代生命的痕迹,而且将为未来的人类太空飞行任务做好准备。由此可知,画线短语“pave the way”意思为“做好准备”。故选 A。B.找到合适的着陆地点;C.建立研究中心;D.建造道路,均不符合语境。2.D细节理解题。根据第四段中的 Its designed to seek the
40、 signs of life, so werecarrying a number of different instruments that will help us understand thegeological and chemical situations on the surface of Mars 可知,“Mars 2020”火星车携带了许多不同的仪器,能够在火星上执行不同的任务,寻找生命的迹象。故选 D。根据第六段可知,这个火星车只是在大小上跟一辆汽车差不多,它有六个轮子,与美国以前的“好奇号”火星车相似,但并非“好奇号”的升级版。所以 A、B 两项说法均不正确。根据倒数第二段中
41、的Fueled by a tiny nuclear reactor 可知,它是由小型的核反应堆驱动的,并非由太阳能驱动,所以 C 项说法不正确。3.C推理判断题。文章主要说明了美国国家航空航天局科学家周五表示,“Mars 2020”火星车今年将启程前往火星,这一火星探测器不仅将寻找古代生命的痕迹,而且将为未来的人类任务做好准备,同时介绍了这款火星探测器的一些情况。这属于国外科技类文章,结合选项可推知,如果你在中国日报的网站上搜索这篇文章,你可能会在“World(世界)”部分找到它。故选C。A.生活方式;B.地区;D.文化。4.D主旨大意题。根据第一段可知美国国家航空航天局科学家周五表示“Mar
42、s 2020”火星车今年将启程前往火星,它不仅将寻找古代生命的痕迹,而且将为未来的人类任务做好准备,同时介绍了这款火星探测器的一些情况。由此可知,这篇文章的主旨是一个新的火星探测器将被发射到火星上进行科学研究。故选 D。A.“Mars 2020”火星车成功地通过了它的第一次测试;B.NASA 正计划新一轮的太空探索;C.未来人类在火星上的任务即将到来。这三项均不是主旨大意。.语篇解读本文是一篇新闻报道,主要报道了与嫦娥五号有关的 24 岁的女航天发射指挥员周承钰的事,同时也介绍了我国的“嫦娥工程”。1.A根据上文“Social media users have been referring t
43、o her as a source ofpride for the country.”(社交媒体用户把她称为我国的“骄傲之源”)和下文“Severalpeople jokingly reflected on their own achievements, commenting how far behind inlife they were in comparison.”(一些人拿他们自己的成就开玩笑,说相比之下他们在生活中远远落后)可知,A 项“考虑到她还很年轻,她的故事尤其鼓舞公众”符合语境。故选 A。2.G根据上文“Starting in 2004.orbiting, landing an
44、d returning.”(始于 2004 年,“嫦娥工程”分三个阶段“绕”“落”和“回”)和下文“In December,2013, the goal of Chinas first soft landing.of Change 3.”(在 2013 年 12 月,嫦娥三号着陆器和玉兔号月球车实现了我国首次在月球表面软着陆并探测月球地面的目标)可知,G 项“通过 2007 年发射的嫦娥一号和 2010 年发射的嫦娥二号中国完成了绕这个阶段”符合语境,在时间上承接了上文的 2004,并与下文的 2013 呼应,该段按时间线索展示了中国的“嫦娥工程”。故选 G。3.E根据上文“The Chang
45、e 5 mission is Chinas third successful moon landing inseven years.”(嫦娥五号任务是中国在七年内第三次成功登月)和下文“If successful,China would be the third country to bring lunar samples back to Earth after theUnited States and the Soviet Union.”(如果成功的话,中国将成为继美国和苏联后第三个把月球样本带回地球的国家)可知,E 项“它的目标是收集月球岩石和土壤以帮助科学家更多地了解月球”符合语境,承上
46、启下,选项中的 aim 呼应上文的 mission。故选 E。4.F根据上文“People cant hear the word Change without picturing romanticimages of a moon goddess.”(人们听到嫦娥这个词就会不禁联想到月亮女神的浪漫形象)和下文“And so pictures of Zhou Chengyu have been all over the state media.youngChinese can look up to.”(因此,周承钰的照片出现在国家媒体上,评论说她是“航天一线战士”,是年轻的中国人都尊敬的“大姐姐”
47、)可推知,F 项“正是这个原因,中国登月的任务一直需要一个有影响力的女性人物”符合语境,选项中的 this reason 指代上文内容。故选 F。5.B根据上文“However, the huge amount of interest in the native of GuizhouProvince has not appeared to have had much of an effect on her.”(然而,人们对这位贵州本地人的巨大兴趣似乎并没有对她产生多大影响)可推知,B 项 “为了专注于她的工作,她多次拒绝了采访请求”符合语境,说明了出名没有给她带来很大影响的具体体现,故选 B。
48、.One possible version:There is no perfect speech as every speaker makes a mistake, which listenersmay not notice, so just go on.(要点 1) Besides, it doesnt matter when you makemistakes sometimes, because listeners focus on your thought rather than the way aspeech is made.(要点 2) Actually, a mistake or two can make a speaker moreattractive and more human. (要点 3)Therefore, take it easy, and it will be mucheasier to make a speech freely.(要点 4)
