1、Unit 4Astronomy:the science of the starsSection Warming Up,Pre-reading,Reading & Comprehending课时过关即时巩固一、单词拼写1.Do you think our education (制度)needs improving?答案:system2.The discussion has become more and more (激烈的).答案:violent3.She is (不像) her mother.答案:unlike4.Darwin spent more than 20 years working
2、on his (理论) of evolution.答案:theory5.These are the (有害的) effects of smoking.答案:harmful6.The hen was old and it couldnt (下蛋) eggs.答案:lay7.The idea (存在) only in the minds of us young people.答案:exists8.The woman gave (生育) to a healthy baby.答案:birth9.After(迷惑) for hours,I finally saw daylight and found t
3、he answer.答案:puzzling10.Yesterday the bad weather(阻止) me from going swimming.答案:prevented二、单句改错1.Children should not be allowed to play violently games. 答案:violentlyviolent2.A life free from all worries just isnt exist. 答案:isntdoesnt/existexistent3.They lay the cups on the table and sat down. 答案:lay
4、laid4.We dont do anything that will be harmful for peace. 答案:forto5.Dont worryIm sure things will get better on time. 答案:onin三、翻译句子1.如果你想及时参加会议,必须现在动身。(in time) 答案:You must set off now if you want to attend the meeting in time.2.他们轮流回答张先生的问题。(in turn) 答案:They answered Mr Zhangs questions in turn.3.你
5、的想法在理论上是对的。(in theory) 答案:Your idea is right in theory.4.不像他的爸爸,他做事很认真。(unlike) 答案:Unlike his father,he does everything very carefully.5.这次洪水对我们的交通有害处。(be harmful to) 答案:The flood is harmful to our traffic.四、阅读理解 Do you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in someones l
6、ife?If yes,dont care about sex or age!Come and join us,then youll make it!Position:Volunteer Social Care Assistant(No Pay with Free Meals)Place:ManchesterHours:Part TimeWe are now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives!Only 4 days left.Dont miss the
7、chance of lending your warm hands to help others!Role:You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives.You will help them to develop new skills.You will help them to protect their rights and their safety.But your primary concern is to let them know they are va
8、lued.Skills and Experience Required:You will have the right values and great listening skills.You will be honest and patient.You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since youll have to help those people with different learning disabilities.Pre
9、vious care-related experience will be a great advantage for you.1.The text is meant to .A.leave a noteB.send an invitationC.present a documentD.carry an advertisement答案:D解析:推理判断题。根据文章中出现的工作岗位、工作地点、工作时间及要求的技能及经验可判断,这是一则招聘广告。2.What does the underlined part mean?A.Youll make others lives more meaningfu
10、l with this job.B.Youll arrive home just in time from this job.C.Youll earn a good salary from this job.D.Youll succeed in getting this job.答案:A解析:句意理解题。根据第一段的内容可知,画线部分想要表达的是你可以通过这项工作让别人的生活更加有意义。3.The volunteers primary responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities .A.to get some finan
11、cial supportB.to properly protect themselvesC.to learn some new living skillsD.to realize their own importance答案:D解析:细节理解题。根据倒数第二段最后一句“But your primary concern is to let them know they are valued.”可知,志愿者们首要的职责是帮助残疾人意识到自身的重要性。4.Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer?A.The one who c
12、an drive a car.B.The one who has done similar work before.C.The one who has patience to listen to others.D.The one who can use English to communicate.答案:B解析:推理判断题。根据文章最后一句“Previous care-related experience will be a great advantage for you.”可知,之前有过类似工作经历的人会被优先录用。五、语篇填空阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
13、Have you ever wondered whether there is life on Mars?The big Red Planet is a mystery to us but 1.(hope) not for much longer.In November,the Mars rover(漫游者) 2.(name) Curiosity started its journey into space.After eight months flying in a rocket,Curiosity covered more than 566 million kilometres and f
14、inally landed on Marsaccording to BBC reports.The rover is there to find out 3. there is,or ever was,life on the cold,desert-like planet.The place 4. Curiosity landed is called Gale Crater,a huge hole on Mars.Scientists believe that there was once water and even life there.In order to do its job,Cur
15、iosity is packed with many 5.(use) tools,although it is only three metres long,about the size of a small car.It has a robot arm that can collect soil and drill into rock.It also carries 6.(it) own laser gun.The gun can turn 7. small amount of rock into gas,so that Curiosity can study what the rock 8.(make) up of.With the help of these tools,Curiosity will act as a robot 9.(geology).For the next two years,it will stay and travel inside Gale Crater,10.(collect) and studying rock and soil.答案:1.hopefully2.named3.if/whether4.where5.useful 6.its7.a8.is made9.geologist10.collecting
