1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 单元检测（二十二） Great Scientists .阅读理解 A One day Thomas Alva Edison was given a letter by his teacher. His teacher asked him to give it to his mother. Edison thought it was something nice. After he returned home, he proudly gave it to his mother, saying “My teacher let me give this letter to
2、 you.” Not knowing what it was, Edisons mother opened it, and then her eyes opened wide. With tears in her eyes, she looked at her son and read out the letter aloud, “Your child is a genius. This school is too small for h im and doesnt have enough good teachers to train him. Please teach him yoursel
3、f.” The fact was that Edison liked asking strange questions in class. His teachers thought he was mentally ill. They could no longer stand him and decided to stop him from going to school. However, Edisons mother didnt give up on her son. She taught him at home. Many years after Edisons mother died
4、and he was already one of the greatest inventors, one day he was looking through the old family things. Suddenly he saw a piece of folded paper in the corner of a drawer. He took it and opened it up. It read, “Your son is addled (mentally ill). We wont let him come to school anymore.” Edison cried f
5、or hours and then he wrote in his diary, “Thomas Alva Edison was an addled child, but, by his hero mother, he becomes the genius of the century.” Having faith in those we love is very important. We should have faith in those around us. Even if others have given up on you, you should have faith in yo
6、urself. 语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要介绍了爱迪生小时候被学校开 除，但他妈妈没有责备他，而是用善意的谎言鼓励他，并让他在家接受教育，最终，爱迪生成为一名伟大的发明家的故事。 1 How did Edisons mother probably feel when reading the letter? A Relaxed. B Sad. C Proud. D Calm. 解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据第二段中的 “. and then her eyes opened wide. With tears in her eyes, she looked at her son and
7、 read out the letter aloud .” 及下文内容可知，爱迪生的妈妈读那封信时应该很难过。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 2 In the teachers opinion, Edison_. A wasnt hard to train B was really a genius C was too clever to teach D wasnt a normal child 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第三段中的 “The fact was that Edison li ked asking strange questions in class. His teachers
8、 thought he was mentally ill.” 可知，爱迪生的老师们认为他精神不正常。 3 What did Edisons mother do after knowing the teachers decision? A She asked him to invent things. B She sent him to another school. C She let him get educated at home. D She asked him to study by himself. 解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据第三段中的 “However, Edisons mot
9、her didnt give up on her son. She taught him at home.” 可知，爱迪生的妈妈并没有放弃他，而是让他在家接受教育。 4 The passage is meant to show that _. A teachers should love their students B parents know their children the best C we should have faith in others and ourselves D most children can be geniuses if encouraged 解析：选 C 主
10、旨大意题。根据全文，尤其是最后一段可知，本文是想告诉我们：要对别人及自己有信心。 B Women Nobel Peace Prize laureates (获奖者 ) are fewer in number than men who have been awarded the Prize, even though it may have been a womans peace activism (行动主义 ) which inspired Alfred Nobel to create the award. In recent decades, the percentage of women a
11、mong the winners has increased. 1 Baroness Bertha von Suttner A friend of Alfred Nobel, Baroness was a leader in the international peace movement in the 1890s, and she received support from Nobel for her Austrian Peace Society. When Nobel died, she bequeathed (遗赠 ) money for four prizes for scientif
12、ic achievements, 【 精品教育资源文库 】 and one for peace. In 1905, she was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 2 Jane Addams Jane Addams, best known as the founder of HullHouse, a settlement house in Chicago, was active in peace efforts during World War with the International Congress of Wo
13、men. Jane Addams also helped to found the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom. She was nominated (提名 ) numerous times, but the Prize went each time to others until 1931. She was, by that time, in poor health, and could not travel to accept the Prize. 3 Mother Teresa Born in Skopje, Mot
14、her Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in India and focused on serving the dying. She was skilled at publicizing her orders work and thus financing the expansion of its services. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work in bringing help to suffering humanity. 4 Wangari Maat
15、hai Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt movement in Kenya in 1977, which has planted more than 10 million trees to prevent soil erosion (流失 ) and provide firewood for cooking fires. Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to be named a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, honored for her contribution
16、to sustainable development and peace. 语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章向我们介绍了四位女性诺贝尔和平奖得主。 5 What can we know from the first paragraph? A Women contributed less to the world than men. B Women were not as active as men in keeping the world peace. C Women won more Nobel Peace Prizes than men in recent decades. D Women
17、 Nobel Peace laureates are still fewer in number than men. 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句中的 “Women Nobel Peace Prize laureates 【 精品教育资源文库 】 are fewer in number than men” 可知答案为 D。 6 What can we learn about Jane Addams? A She set up a settlement house. B She was a friend of Alfred Nobels. C She accepted the P
18、rize in person. D She made the effort to keep the peace during WWII. 解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据 2.Jane Addams 介绍中的内容 “. best known as the founder of HullHouse, a settlement house in Chicago” 可知答案为 A。 7 Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize because of _. A her fight for freedom B the international p
19、eace movement C her contribution to environmental protection D her work in bringing help to suffering humanity 解析：选 C 推理判断题。根据 4.Wangari Maathai 介绍中内容可知，万加丽 马塔伊为环保事业做出了突出贡献。 . 阅读七选五 A small mammal lives in the rocky cliffs of Tian Shan, a mountain range in northwest China. But scientists dont know m
20、uch about this tiny creature known as the Ili pika. _1_ In fact, it had been more than 20 years since anyone had seen an Ili pika. But Weidong Li, who first discovered the animal, and a team of volunteers combed the mountains looking for the animals. _2_ “They found it hiding behind a rock, and they
21、 realized that they had found the pika， ” Tatsuya Shin, a Chinese naturalist said. Li was studying diseases in a mountainous region of northwest China when he first discovered the 8inch mammal in 1983. _3_ In 1985, he found two more pikas. When researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences took a c
22、loser look at Lis discovery, they confirmed that it was indeed a new species. In the early 1990s, scientists estimated that there were about 2,000 Ili pikas running across mountain cliffs in China. Now there are probably fewer than 1,000. Li thinks that the Ili pika population has decreased by nearl
23、y 70 percent since he saw the first one in 1983. “This tiny species could be extinct anytime， ” Li said. “_ 4_” 【 精品教育资源文库 】 Big changes to the Ili pika habitat are probably contributing to the pikas lower population. In addition, Ili pikas dont reproduce often, and other animals are eating grass where they live. Changes in local temperatures have driven Ili pikas to higher elevations (海拔 ) in the mountains. Li and others are encouraging wildlife groups to help protect this creature. Li searches fulltime for Ili pikas. _
