1、【 精品教育资源文库】Unit 24 Society单元检测 A语言基础扎根练阅读理解提速练语言基础扎根练.单词拼写/用所给词的适当形式填空1Mr. Thomas resigned (辞职) from the company for the reason that his health was poor.2During his election (选举) campaign he promised to put the economy back on its feet.3The project which was undertaken (承担) by the young engineer on
2、his own turned out to be very successful.4Since everything develops, we have to make an adjustment (调整) to the changing situation.5The rainforest is abundant (丰富的) in rare species of plants and animals.6Burdened (负担) with great working pressure, people nowadays even dont have much time to dine with
3、their parents.7Jack was sentenced (判刑) to six months in prison because of family violence.8To his disappointment, his name has been deleted (删除) from the list.9Some people had no respect for the speed limit and consequently (consequent) were punished.10He made them realize that beauty can have a div
4、ersity (diverse) of forms.11They asked her to be merciful (mercy) to the prisoners.12The central issue in the strike was the preservation (preserve) of jobs.13They do some voluntary (volunteer) work at the local hospital.14They are bringing out a new edition (edit) of the dictionary.15The government
5、 (govern) should make every effort to promote the economy.单句改错 1They have burdened themselves on a high mortgage.onwith2It was in that park where the children saw the strange green objects. wherethat【 精品教育资源文库】3The teacher explained it to us again to make himself understand._understandunderstood4It
6、is time that I go to pick up my daughter from school.gowent 或 go 前加 should5We all love him and made him the monitor of our class.去掉 the6Id rather she asked me before borrowing the car.asked 前加 had7No one knows for sure when such a custom first came out being.outinto8Our teacher encourages us not to
7、resign ourselves on our fate.onto9Many ways can contribute to solve this problem, but the following one may be most effective. solvesolving10We had to break in the house because we had lost the key.ininto.补全句子 1房子外面有一个陌生人。我已经注意他好一会儿了。There is a stranger outside the house, and I have_kept_an_eye_on_h
8、im for a while.2那是那位电影明星最后一次出现在公众面前。It was the last time that the movie star had_shown_up in public.3警察闯进房间并对其进行了搜查，结果什么也没发现。The police broke_into_the_room and searched it, only to find nothing.4我们宁愿所有人都坚持我们的信念，尽我们的努力来实现我们的梦想。We would rather everyone stuck_to_our_belief and did_our_best_to_realize_o
9、ur_dreams. 5如果下周的数学考试我不及格怎么办？What_if_I_fail_the_math_exam next week?6在那些日子里，他把帮助我复习功课看作他的义务。He thought_it_a_duty_to_help me with my lessons in those days. 7她设法用英语表达明白自己的意思。She managed to make_herself_understood in English.8经过激烈的讨论，一项新的计划诞生了，这将对学生的学习有很大的影响。After a heated discussion, a_new_plan_came_i
10、nto_being/existence,_which would have a great effect on the study of the students.阅读理解提速练【 精品教育资源文库】ARobert Ballard was born in 1942.Form an early age, he loved the sea.Ballard grew up in Southern California.He spent his free time at the beach near his home.He enjoyed fishing and swimming.He even le
11、arned to dive.When Ballard wasnt at the ocean, he loved reading about it.At the age of 10, he read Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, a book which describes the undersea adventures of Captain Nemo.Ballard decided he wanted to be like Captain Nemo when he grew up.His parents helped him follow his
12、 dream.Ballard was a hardworking student.He spent many years learning all he could about the ocean.By the age of 28, he was an expert.In 1970, he took a job as a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.There he studied underwater mountains of the Atlantic Ocean.He came up
13、with ways to predict volcanoes under the oceans.Working with other scientists, Ballard also found previously unknown sea animals.These animals lived far below the oceans surface, where scientists had believed no animals could live.By the 1980s, Ballards interests changed.He developed unmanned vehicl
14、es to explore the ocean bottom.His first find, the wellknown ship Titanic, made Ballard famous.He was not happy with just one big find, however.He looked for and found other wellknown ships.One was the German battleship Bismarck.Another was the USS Yorktown, an aircraft carrier (航空母舰) that sank duri
15、ng World War .Today Robert Ballard is still an underwater explorer.He also heads an organization that encourages students to learn about science.Ballard hopes that some of the students will follow in his footsteps.After all, the worlds huge oceans are mostly unknown.Who knows what remains to be disc
16、overed under the sea?语篇解读：本文介绍了海底探险家罗伯特巴拉德的人生经历，包括他小时候的理想、学习经历以及长大后的成就。1What was Ballards dream when he was young?ATo be an animal expert.BTo be a professional diver.CTo be a famous writer.DTo be an underwater explorer.解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“At the age of 10, he read Twenty 【 精品教育资源文库】Thousand Leagues
17、 Under the Sea, a book which describes the undersea adventures of Captain Nemo.Ballard decided he wanted to be like Captain Nemo when he grew up.”可知，巴拉德小时候的梦想是做一名海底探险者。故选 D 项。2When Ballard worked at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, he_.Aexplored mountains with other scientistsBthought of ideas
18、to predict underwater volcanoesCfound some unknown sea animals aloneDdeveloped unmanned vehicles to change interests解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“There he studied underwater mountains of the Atlantic Ocean.He came up with ways to predict volcanoes under the oceans.”可知，巴拉德在伍兹霍尔海洋研究所工作时，提出了预测海底火山的方法。故选 B 项。3Wh
19、at can be a suitable title for the passage?AThe Unknown Ocean WorldBA Hardworking StudentCThe Life of an Undersea ExplorerDAn Underwater Exploration解析：选 C 标题归纳题。根据文章的时间线索可知，本文是一篇人物传记，主要介绍了海底探险家罗伯特巴拉德的人生经历。故选 C 项。4Which of the following is TRUE about Ballard according to the passage?ABallard set up a
20、n organization to teach students science.BBallard has explored more than half of the worlds oceans.CBallard disappointed his parents at his undersea adventures.DBallard was greatly influenced by Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“At the age of 10, he read Twenty Thousand Leag
21、ues Under the Sea, a book which describes the undersea adventures of Captain Nemo.Ballard decided he wanted to be like Captain Nemo when he grew up.”可知，巴拉德受海底两万里这本书的影响很大。故选 D 项。BMusic has a great effect on everyone. But does music affect plants, too? People have been experimenting with music and pla
22、nts for almost three decades. From schoollevel projects to higherlevel scientific experiments, the effect of music on plants has been a confusing and debatable topic.【 精品教育资源文库】We know music is sound, and sound is nothing more than a wave. Plant growth is a result of the cell division that takes pla
23、ce within the cells. But why is music associated with plant growth? In humans, music has a strong effect on our health and mood, and over the years, people have claimed that the same effect of music has been observed on plants, too. Plants are sensitive by nature, and many people claim that they have feelings just as humans do. There are stories about plants shedding tears. Although scientists do not support these as facts, these myths have led them to take up various experiments on plant
