1、教学资源网教学资源网教学资源网教学资源网教学资源网教学资源网教学资源网必修3 Unit 1 The world of our senses课时基础测评Welcome to the unit &Reading. 单词拼写1. She glanced (扫视)round the room before she left. 2. The government will firmly (坚定地) help people to solve the economic problem. 3. One snowy night，all the streets were deserted (空无一人的). 4.
2、Walking in the open air, I felt the wind brushing (轻拂着) against my face. 5. Hes alive as his heart is still beating (跳动). 6. After a few seconds（秒），the little child began to play with his new friends. 7. Well eat some of the bread and keep the rest（其余） for breakfast. 8. He turned off the light and t
3、he room was in complete darkness（黑暗）. 9. There are many footsteps（脚步） left by children in the snow. 10. After the earthquake, many helpers（帮助者） came here. . 用方框中所给的词组的适当形式填空in sight, wish for, pay back, reach out, stare up at, watch out for, be frozen with1. The police are watching out for the suspe
4、ct these days. 2. I lent him some money last week but he didnt pay it back. 3. The land came in sight after we had sailed for ten days. 4. They stared up at the strange sight in the sky. . 单项选择1. See what youve done! Dont you have a _ of right or wrong? A. feeling B. thoughtC. sense D. knowledge【解析】
5、选C。sense判断力。句意为：看看你做的事！难道你没有判断是非的能力吗？feeling感情; thought 思想; knowledge 知识，均与题意不符。2. Why was the cook fired? Because he was found_ in the kitchen by the boss. A. smoke B. smokingC. to smoke D. smoked【解析】选B。find sb. doing sth. =sb. be found doing sth. 发现某人在做某事。在find+宾语+宾语补足语结构中，宾语补足语不用动词原形充当，动词-ed形式作宾语
6、补足语表示被动。这里的he和smoke之间为主动关系，故B项符合。答句句意为：因为他在厨房抽烟被老板发现了。3. The weather in London is so changeable that people always take their umbrellas with them _ rain. A. for fearB. for fear thatC. for fear ofD. with fear【解析】选C。for fear that 后跟从句；而with fear作状语“恐惧地”；for fear of “以免”。4. _? Sorry. I dont know. A. Wh
7、at do you think does she like bestB. Do you think what does she like bestC. What do you think she likes bestD. Do you think what she likes best【解析】选C。本题是考查疑问词+插入语+陈述语序的句子。句意：你认为她最喜欢什么？对不起，我不知道。5. They look worried. Whats the matter? Oh, their little son is _ to be found. A. anywhere B. somewhereC. w
8、here D. nowhere【解析】选D。nowhere to be found “哪儿都找不到”。句意为：他们看起来很担忧。怎么回事？哪儿都找不到他们的小儿子。 6. She _ her watch and left in a hurry. A. glanced at B. stared at C. looked D. glared at【解析】选A。句意：她匆匆看了一下表就急忙离开了，glance at“瞥，扫视”；stare at“盯着”；look表示“看”时，要与at连用才可跟宾语；glare at“怒视”。7. Recently all the cashiers(出纳员) in b
9、anks are asked to _ a kind of fake banknotes named “HD”. A. look out B. be carefulC. take care D. watch out for【解析】选D。句意：最近银行内所有出纳员都被要求密切注意一种叫做“HD”的假钞。A、B、C答案中均缺少相应的介词。watch out for sth. 当心/留意某物。8. Would you please lend me $120? I will _ next month. OK. Here it is. A. pay back you B. pay you backC.
10、pay for you D. pay off you【解析】选B。pay sb. back 还钱给某人。you是代词，应放在back前。而pay for sb. “为某人付钱”，pay sb. off“结清账，解雇某人”。9. Is there any news for the missing boy? Yes, he was observed_ computer games at eight oclock yesterday in a net bar. A. playB. playedC. to playD. playing【解析】选D。根据时间状语及句意可知，应选择一个表示动作正在进行的选
11、项作主语补足语，故D项符合题意。10. In the snowstorm in January, 2008, many of the crops in Hunan were _ to death. A. freeze B. freezing C. frozen D. froze【解析】选C。be frozen to death“被冻死”，而A、D形式不对；freezing “极冷的”，不符合句意。11. Now that you like the house so much, why not buy it? Well, I cant afford_house. A. that a bigB.
12、a big thatC. a that bigD. that big a【解析】选D。that相当于副词so, 表示程度，修饰形容词或副词，但如果在“a(n)+adj. +n. ”这个结构中则用that+adj. +a(n）+n. 的形式。12. Most women wish_ a happy family with a healthy child. A. to B. forC. withD. of【解析】选B。wish for企盼，盼望。句意：大多数女人都盼望着一个有着健康孩子的幸福家庭。13. Keep away from him. He is always hitting anyone
13、_ . Ill be careful. Thank you. A. within his reachB. in his reachC. out of his reachD. beyond his reach 【解析】选A。上句句意：离他远点。他总是打能够得到的人。within his reach“他能够到的”。14. He was so nervous that he could hear his heart_ . A. jumping B. knockingC. beatingD. striking【解析】选C。句意：他那么紧张以至于能听到自己的心跳。beat（心脏）跳动。15. How d
14、o you like the film “Slumdog Millionaire”? _，it is interesting. A. Personally B. PersonalC. In person D. Generally【解析】选A。personally“就本人而言”，用于陈述自己的观点之前。in person亲自，generally一般而言，均与句意不符。而B项词性不对。. 阅读理解Let us begin by saying what causes our dreams. Our dreams do not come from another world. They are not
15、 messages fromsome outside source. They are not a look into the future, either. All our dreams have something to do with our feelings, fears, longings, wishes, needs and memories. If a person is hungry, or tired, or cold, his dreams may include a feeling of this kind. If the covers on your body, suc
16、h as a quilt or a blanket, have slipped off your bed, you may dream that you are sleeping on ice or in snow. The material for the dream you will have tonight is likely to come from the experience you have today. So the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has effect on you while y
17、ou are sleeping（feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc. ）and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and the interests you have now. This is why children are likely to dream of fairies, older children of school examinations, hungry people of food, homesick soldiers of their familie
18、s and prisoners of freedom. To show you how this is happening while you are asleep and how your needs and wishes can all be joined together in a dream, here is the story of the experiment. A man was asleep and the back of his hand was rubbed with a piece of soft cotton. He would dream he was in hosp
19、ital and his charming girlfriend was visiting him, sitting on the bed and feeling his hand gently! There are some scientists who have made a special study of why we dream, what we dream and what those dreams mean. Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone but
20、it offers an interesting approach to the problem. They believe that dreams are mostly expressions of wishes that did not come true. In other words dreaming is a way of having your wishes carried out. 1. From the passage we know that our dreams_. A. are imagination of our daily lifeB. are mans curiou
21、s look into the futureC. have nothing to do with our feelingsD. are to some degree connected with our feelings【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第二段的第一句话：All our dreams have something to do with our feelings. . . 可知我们的梦和我们日常的心情、恐惧等有一定的关系。2. In your dream when you feel like eating something it indicates（暗示）that_. A. you
22、are in a state of being cold B. you are in a state of being tiredC. you are in a state of hungerD. you should have had your dinner that day【解析】选C。推理判断题。由第三段的内容：梦到的物体可能受到你现在的希望影响，儿童梦见仙女；学生梦见考试；饥饿的人梦见食物，想家的士兵梦见家人；犯人梦见自由，推出在梦里想吃东西可能是你处在饥饿的状态中。3. Older children often dream of examinations probably becau
23、se_. A. they are interested in exams B. they are often worried about their studiesC. they hope for better lifeD. they show much interest in their studies【解析】选B。推理判断题。由第三段的内容：梦到的物体可能受到过去的经历影响，学生梦见考试，从常理来讲应该是由曾经惧怕考试所致。4. Some scientists explanation of dreams _. A. is not widely accepted though a bit r
24、easonableB. gives an exact description of our lifeC. provides us with information of dreamsD. is of no use for us【解析】选A。细节理解题。由最后一段的Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone. . . 可得出答案。Word power &Grammar and usage. 单项填空1. The foreign minister said, “_ our hop
25、e that the two sides will walk towards peace. ”A. This is B. There is C. It is D. That is【解析】选C。it作形式主语，而把主语从句that the two sides will walk towards peace放在了主句之后。2. _ that the weather was to be very hot this Sunday. A. It was said in the newspaperB. As was reported on the radioC. What the weather repo
26、rt saidD. It was said in the newspaper was【解析】选A。“that the weather was to be very hot this Sunday”为主语从句，因此用it作形式主语。而B项应用逗号与主句隔开，且that应去掉；C项 what从句作主语，应该由was作系动词, that从句为表语从句。3. Nancy told me _ she wanted to have an e-pal to chat with on line. A. if B. that C. whether D. what【解析】选B。句意：南希告诉我她想在网上交个笔友聊
27、天。that引导宾语从句，从句中不缺少任何成分。4. Celia looks just like her sister_ her sister has shorter hair. A. besidesB. exceptC. but forD. except that【解析】选D。考查词语辨析。except意为“除去，不包括”；except that. . . “除了（后接从句。除except that外，还有except when, except what, except where等。）”; besides“除之外还有（意为“包括在内，在原基础上另外加上”，句中常出现also, too, m
28、ore, other, another, else等词。）”；but for=without“要不是因为，如果没有”。5. I doubt _ Ill be chosen for the team. The chance is one tenth _you will be chosen. A. that; thatB. if; thatC. if; whetherD. whether; whether【解析】选B。doubt if/whether 怀疑是否, 第二个从句是同位语从句，对chance的内容进行说明。答句句意为：你被选中的可能性是十分之一。6._ is no chance that
29、 they will show up at the meeting. A. ThatB. ItC. ThereD. This【解析】选C。Theres no chance/possibility that. . . 为固定句型，此句型中that引导同位语从句。7. Evidence has been piled up_specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as five months old. A. what B. whichC. whenD. that【解析】选D。that引导同位语从句，解释evidence的内容。
30、8._ well go camping tomorrow depends on the weather. A. IfB. WhetherC. ThatD. Where【解析】选B。句意为：明天我们是否去野营得依据天气而定。依据题意，主语从句表达一个未确定的概念，须用whether引导，意为“是否”；if所引导的主语从句一般不能置于句首。9. The reason _ my absence was _ I was ill. A. for; thatB. why; thatC. for; becauseD. why; because【解析】选A。考查表语从句。句意为：我缺席的原因是我生病了。for
31、和why虽均可表示“原因”，但介词for后要接名词或名词短语，而why为连词，后要接从句，且the reason作主语时后面应跟that引导一个表语从句。10. I take it for granted_ a mother should love her child. A. whetherB. whenC. whatD. that【解析】选D。句意：我认为母亲爱孩子是理所当然的。that引导宾语从句，没有实际意义，it作形式宾语。而whether，when，what均与句意不符。 . 完成下列句子1. People doubt whether/if he can get a gold med
32、al (他是否能得金牌). 2. He asked whether he could get more information（是否他能得到更多信息）about you, such as your studies, your interests and your family. 3. The reason why he was absent was that one of his old friends visited him (他的一位老友来看望他). 4. The question whether middle school students should study English or
33、 not (中学生要不要学英语) was discussed at yesterdays meeting. 5. She told me (that)she would do anything (她愿意做一切）for the party. III. 用所给词的适当形式填空来源:Z*xx*k.Com1. It will take three weeks, possibly longer to finish this book. (impossible)2. Song Zuying has a pleasant voice and many people like her. (unpleasant
34、)3. We were talking on the phone when the line went dead suddenly. (sudden)4. This book is about the relation of time and space. (relate)5. The blind man got to know many things by touching. (touch)6. Those who misuse their power will end up in prison. (use)7. He opened the milk and sniffed at it，sa
35、ying “fine”. (sniff)8. Now our country lays great stress on our development of science. (stressed)9. The depth of the water here is about 21 metres. (deep)10. The students were ignorant of any events outside their classroom. (ignore)IV. 句型转换1. It is I, not you who made the mistake. It is I rather th
36、an you who made the mistake. 2. The music came to a sudden stop during the party. The music came to a stop all of a sudden during the party. 3. I was so much moved by the story that I could hardly fall asleep late into the night. I was moved sodeeply that I could hardly fall asleep deep into the nig
37、ht. 4. Little Tom couldnt understand the picture. Little Tom couldnt make sense of the picture. 5. There were such a lot of people that no seat was left. There were so many people that no seat was left. V. 单项填空1. Do you think Peter is free today? I dont think so. Recently he has been_the most of his
38、 time to prepare for the final examinations. A. making B. planningC. using D. getting【解析】选A。考查固定短语。make the most of充分利用。答句句意为：我不这样认为。最近他一直在充分利用时间为期末考试做准备。. How did you get burnt? Oh, I_a hot pot. A. felt B. touchedC. held D. kept【解析】选B。touch表示“触摸”时，意指“碰到、碰上”。而feel 表示“触摸”时，指有意识地触摸、抚摸某物。3. I always ca
39、nnot help_ people in trouble a hand. But I am so busy today that I cannot help_ the work with you. A. to give; to doB. giving; doingC. give; doD. giving; do【解析】选D。考查非谓语动词。cannot help doing sth. 禁不住做某事；cannot help(to) do sth. 不能帮着做某事。4. Soon_was clear that he couldnt stay in China forever, he had to
40、play on the worlds big stages. A. this B. itC. thatD. what【解析】选B。it作形式主语，that从句是真正的主语。It was clear that. . . 很明显。5. Several new events were_ the program for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. 来源:Z。xx。k.ComA. added to B. added upC. adding D. adding up to【解析】选A。add. . . to. . . 把加到上去。句意为：2008北京奥运会新增加了几个项
41、目。add up加起来，add up to总计。6. The policemen of Dongguan wrote down all the information_ the case of many missing children. A. is related to B. relate toC. related to D. related【解析】选C。related to形容词短语作定语修饰the information。句意：东莞的警察记下了所有与多名儿童失踪案有关的信息。7. Have you heard any sound last night? Yes. At about 2 o
42、clock in the morning, a gun shot_. A. rang upB. rang offC. rang backD. rang out【解析】选D。ring out突然响起（铃声、枪声）。ring (sb. ) up给打电话；ring off挂断电话；ring back 回电话。8. The price of meat reduced_ 30% _ 15. 5 yuan per kilogram because of the crisis(危机). A. to; byB. by; toC. to; toD. by; by【解析】选B。by表示下降的程度，而to则表示“下
43、降到”。句意为：由于危机，肉的价格下降了30%，下降到每公斤15. 5元。9. You look disappointed!I made a suggestion but they chose to_ it. A. ignorant B. ignoreC. ignoring D. ignorance【解析】选B。答句意为“我提出了建议，但他们不予理会”。choose to do sth. 意为“选择做”，所以ignore要用原形。10. Mr. Li_as a secretary in the company since he entered it. A. has been servingB.
44、 has been servedC. is servingD. had been serving【解析】选A。have been doing sth. 一直在做某事，句中含有since引导的时间状语，多用完成时态，而且serve as要用主动语态。D项过去完成进行时，不符合语境。11. Jack wants to stay up and watch a football match on TV. Eleven oclock is_hour that a boy of his age shouldnt stay up. A. such late anB. such a lateC. so a l
45、ateD. a so late【解析】选B。在such/so. . . that. . . 句型中，常用结构有so+形容词+冠词（a/an)+名词或such+冠词(a/an)+形容词+名词，故只有B项符合。12. There are several chemical plants around here. No wonder the water in the river is_. A. smellB. a smellC. smellyD. smelling【解析】选C。由句子结构可知A项错误。a smell只表一种气味，但不一定是臭味。smelly臭的，难闻的；smell用作不及物动词表“发出
46、恶臭味”，但常用一般时态。VI. 完形填空 As the plane circled over the airport, everyone sensed that something was wrong. The plane was 1 slowly but unsteadily through the air, and although the passengers had 2 their seat belts, they were suddenly 3 forward. At that moment, the airhostess appeared. She looked very 4 ,
47、 but was quite 5. Speaking quickly but almost in a whisper, she informed everyone that the 6 had blacked out and asked if any of the passengers 7 anything about machines or 8 how to drive a car. After a moments thinking, a man got up and followed the 9 into the pilots room. Moving the pilot aside, t
48、he man 10 his seat and 11 carefully to the demanding 12 that were being sent by 13 from the airport below. The plane was now 14 close to the ground, but before the passengers got their 15 , it soon began to 16 . The man had to circle the airport several times to become 17 with the controls. But the
49、danger had not yet passed. The plane was 18 towards the airfield. It shook violently as it touched the ground, but 19 . Outside a crowd of people rushed forward to congratulate the “pilot” 20 a perfect landing. 1. A. moving B. running C. taking off D. landing【解析】选A。指飞行。2. A. had B. taken C. tied D.
50、fastened【解析】选D。动词tie意为“系”，fasten表示“系紧（安全带）”。3. A. put B. thrown C. taken D. suffered【解析】选B。由于飞机不稳，乘客们突然向前，而put forward意为“提出”。4. A. beautiful B. sad C. weak D. pale【解析】选D。脸色苍白。5. A. skilled B. thin C. calm D. worried【解析】选C。句意为：尽管她看起来脸色（因紧张而）苍白，但十分镇静。6. A. airman B. engineerC. rider D. conductor【解析】选A
51、。首先理解句中的black out的意思是“晕过去”，airman的意思是“飞行员”，再根据下文就不难选出A。7. A. mastered B. knewC. understood D. learned【解析】选B。懂得，知道。8. A. in fact B. in time C. at least D. at last【解析】选C。至少，最低要求。9. A. way B. instructionC. host D. girl【解析】选D。根据airhostess得知。10. A. took B. sat C. got D. held【解析】选A。take ones seat意为“坐在某人的座
52、位上”。其他搭配不对。11. A. looked B. spoke C. listened D. said【解析】选C。listen to倾听。12. A. introduction B. instructionsC. calls D. pictures【解析】选B。instruction意为“指示，指令，命令”，符合句意; introduction意为“介绍，导言”，不合句意。13. A. air B. telegram C. television D. radio【解析】选D。by radio意为“通过无线电”; by air意为“乘飞机”; by telegram意为“用电报”。飞机是通
53、过无线电与地面联系的。14. A. gradually B. luckilyC. merely D. specially【解析】选A。根据句意应是gradually(逐渐地), 其他选项不适合。15. A. spirit B. breath C. favor D. prayer【解析】选B。get ones breath意为“喘过气来”, 是固定短语。16. A. fly B. shake C. climbD. fall【解析】选C。此句句意为：飞机不久开始向上攀升。只有climb表示此意。17. A. satisfied B. helpfulC. familiar D. well-known
54、【解析】选C。熟悉操作。18. A. followedB. guidedC. keptD. carried【解析】选B。飞机被引导飞向机场。19. A. carefullyB. dangerously C. slowly D. safely【解析】选D。从结果可知是安全的。20. A. onB. at C. in D. with【解析】选A。congratulate sb. on sth. 意为“祝贺某人某事”, 为固定短语。Task & Project. 用所给词或短语的适当形式填空treatment, whisper, deadly, distance, feed on，bang into
55、, drown, work out, be likely to，make progress1. They say they are making progress in preventing pollution. 2. There were seven deaths and 13 injured in this accident. 3. Yesterday evening, I saw a car bang into a tree, but no one was injured. 4. She said it in a whisper, so I didnt hear. 5. The pris
56、oners were treated well by their guards. 6. Butterflies feed on the flowers of garden plants. 7. After the earthquake, some children became cold and distant. 8. China and Japan will be likely to increase communication next year. 9. It was said that her daughter drowned in that lake. 10. Guangdong Go
57、vernment has worked out a plan in response to the hand-foot-mouth disease. . 单项填空1. Some _ in the shop were stolen during the holidays. A. jewelsB. jewelleriesC. a jewelleryD. jewel【解析】选A。jewellery不可数名词，是“珠宝”的总称，因此排除B、C两项；jewel“宝石、珠宝”，是可数名词。2. People in Mongolia keep horses and sheep; the former for
58、 riding, _ for meat. A. later B. latterC. the later D. the latter【解析】选D。the former. . . ，the latter. . . “前者，后者”。later“稍后，后来”，与句意不符。3. He was_ to win the 100-meter hurdles race, but he fell to the ground and missed the chance. A. possible B. probable C. likely D. maybe【解析】选C。possible和probable作表语时，主语
59、只能是it或事物而不能是人；maybe为副词，它只能作状语，常常位于句子的开头；likely作表语时，主语可以是人，也可以是物。根据用法，此题选C。4. The policeman was _ in the arm when seizing the murder. Really? Lets see him in the hospital. A. hurtB. woundedC. injuredD. harmed来源:Z&xx&k.Com【解析】选B。wound多指在战争中、打斗中受的刀枪之伤; hurt一般用语; injure事故、灾难中的受伤; harm危害。前句句意为：那名警察在抓捕凶犯时
60、胳膊受伤了。5. Great changes have taken place in the city!Yes, our city has developed into a big city, which is _ it used to be. A. four times larger than thatB. four times the size of whatC. four times the size larger than whatD. as four times the size as that【解析】选B。表示“的样子”之意时，用what, 不用that, what在句中作表语；英
61、语倍数的表达结构为：倍数+比较级+than 倍数+the size(length, . . . )of 倍数+as+形容词或副词原级+as。此题属于第二种句型结构。6. My teacher was angry with me. You should get up early to_ being late for class again. A. avoidB. leaveC. missD. hold【解析】选A。下句句意为：你应该早起避免再次上课迟到。avoid意为“避免”，强调有意去避免，是主观行为；miss也是“避免，逃避”的意思，但不强调主观意识；leave意为“离开”；hold意为“抑
62、制，约束”，不合题意。7. What _ of computer are you going to buy? PC 586. A. kindB. typeC. sortD. species【解析】选B。上句句意为：你打算买什么型号的电脑？type类型，型号；kind种类；sort含有贬义；species物种。8. We are all surprised that Tom has made _ in his studies recently. A. so great progressB. so great a progressC. such great progressD. such a gr
63、eat progress【解析】选C。progress为不可数名词，故B、D不正确。great progress是由形容词修饰的名词短语，不能用so, 故C正确。9. The _ you sign your name can tell experts a lot about you. A. choice B. wayC. method D. means【解析】选B。choice选择；way方式；method方法；means手段、方法。句意：你签名的方式可以告诉专家许多有关你的情况。10. The financial problem is difficult_ . It needs effort
64、s made by all the people. A. dealing withB. dealt withC. to be dealt withD. to deal with【解析】选D。此题考查的是固定句型：名词/代词+系动词+形容词+不定式。故A、B不正确。而此结构中的不定式用主动形式表被动意义。11. When he got to the disaster area, there had already been some volunteers _ people in the buildings. A. helpingB. helpedC. helpD. are helping【解析】
65、选A。句意为：当他到达灾区时，已经有一些志愿者在帮助困在大楼里的人们了。there be sb. doing sth. 此处用现在分词表示与主语的主动关系和正在进行的动作。12. Mike had the back wheel of his bus _ in the deep snow. A. to stick B. stickC. stickingD. stuck【解析】选D。stick有“陷入”的意思，本题考查的是had sth. done结构，所以应用过去分词stuck。13. With the world getting warmer, the bamboo that pandas f
66、eed_ is reducing day by day. A. onB. toC. withD. for【解析】选A。feed on 以为主食。句意为：随着全球变暖，大熊猫的主食竹子一天天在减少。14. I think you should phone Jenny and say sorry to her. _, it was her fault. 来源:Zxxk.ComA. No wayB. Not possibleC. No chanceD. Not at all【解析】选A。由后面的it was her fault（是她的错），可知说话者不会道歉。no way决不；not possibl
67、e不可能；no chance不可能；not at all不客气，一点也不。只有A项表明说话人不道歉的决心。15. Though you_a good education_ is difficult for you to find a job you like. A. accept; itB. accept; thatC. receive; itD. receive; that【解析】选C。“受到教育”用receive而不用accept; 第二空考查it+be+adj. +for sb. +不定式的固定结构。. 阅读理解 Stephen Hawking, the 67-year-old Brit
68、ish physicist, was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by American President Barack Obama on August 12. The medal is the highest civilian(平民) honor given in the US. Few scientists have won this medal. Hawking is no ordinary scientist. He is a hero in the field of scientific thought. He was serio
69、usly disabled by a disease and has spent most of his adult life in a wheelchair. However, that didnt stop him from coming up with some of the most important discoveries in modern science. Hawkings work is difficultfor non-experts to understand. For this reason, he has also written special books for
70、the general public. His best-selling book A Brief History of Time, as well as books for children, has introduced scientific topics to millions of people outside of universities. At the award ceremony, President Obama said of Hawking: “His popular books have advanced science. From his wheelchair, he
71、has led us on a journey to the farthest and strangest reaches of the cosmos(宇宙). ” Former US President Harry Truman started the Presidental Medal of Freedom in 1945 to recognize people who have made great contributions to society. Professor Hawking said in a speech after the ceremony that it was a g
72、reat honor to receive the medal. He said freedom is important for scientists. “We need freedom to develop our theories, exchange ideas, and communicate our discoveries with each other and the public. ”he said. “We also need the freedom to raise ideas which shake common perceptions(感知) of ourselves,
73、or our place in the universe. ” In that, he said, he has been much more fortunate than some of his forebears(前辈) in science. He compared himself with astronomer Galileo Galilei(伽利略) who was put in prison for suggesting that the Earth goes around the sun, rather than the other way around. 1. Accordin
74、g to the passage, we know Stephen Hawking_ . A. was the only scientist who received the Presidential Medal of FreedomB. was 67 when he was given the Presidential Medal of FreedomC. was an ordinary scientistD. spent all his adult life in a wheelchair【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第一段第一句可知B对。根据第二段可排除A、C、D三项。2. Which
75、of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence? A. Even the experts cant understand Hawkings work. B. Nobody can understand Hawkings work. C. If you are not an expert, Hawkings work is hard for you to understand. D. None of the experts have difficulty in understanding Hawkings wor
76、k. 【解析】选C。句意理解题。原句中的non-experts意为“不是专家的人”。句意：霍金的作品对于那些不是专家的人来说理解起来很难。故选C。3. Who started the Presidential Medal of Freedom? A. Barack ObamaB. George Washington. C. Galileo GalileiD. Harry Truman. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第五段第一句可知。4. According to what Hawking said, we can infer that_ . A. he compared himself to
77、 astronomer Galileo GalileiB. he thought Galileo Galilei had no freedom to put forward his ideasC. he was no more fortunate than some of his forebears in scienceD. freedom was not everything in science【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据霍金所说的可知，他认为自由对于科学家是非常重要的，并且他比科学家前辈们要幸运的多，最后他把自己与伽利略相比，伽利略因为发表自己的学说被关进监狱，表明了当时科学家没有发表自己的学说的自由，故选B。教学资源网教学资源网教学资源网教学资源网教学资源网教学资源网教学资源网