1、Section Warming Up,Pre-reading,Reading & Comprehending课时演练促提升一、根据句意以及首字母或汉语提示写出下列单词的正确形式1.These members include the rich and the poor,the young and the old,who represent many races,r and political beliefs.答案:religious2.According to the t of relativity,nothing can travel faster than light.答案:theory3.
2、We know that matter is made up of a.答案:atoms4.From space the earth looks like a huge water-covered g.答案:globe5.The talk between the two countries went on in a friendly a.答案:atmosphere6.The ancient building (存在)in the city hundreds of years ago.答案:existed7.With so many problems arising,the (制度)should
3、 be improved.答案:system8.The boy likes studying the universe and he wants to choose (天文学)as his major.答案:astronomy9.The police say armed robbery is the fastest-rising (暴力的)crime.答案:violent10.As is well known,fresh air is (基本的)to good health.答案:fundamental二、用方框内所给短语的适当形式填空in timebe harmful togive birt
4、h toin ones turnprevent.from.lay eggsbe puzzled aboutcome intoexistence1.Do you know that crocodiles reproduce by ?答案:laying eggs2.During the car accident,he was to escape from the car without being hurt.答案:in time3.No matter what will happen,nothing and nobody can the plan being carried out.答案:prev
5、ent;from4.Reading in dim light your eyes.答案:is harmful to5.She lost heart since she failed in the exam.She her future.She had no idea what to do next.答案:was puzzled about6.Scientists have many theories about how the universe first .答案:came into existence7.After the second competitor went off the sta
6、ge,my son went onto the stage to perform .答案:in his turn8.He told us happily that his wife would a baby the next week and that he would be a father.答案:give birth to三、用所给词的适当形式填空1.As you know,the customers have (multiply) their demands on this kind of products recently.答案:multiplied2.Many of them bel
7、ieve the (exist) of ghosts.答案:existence3.It is known that a bad eating habit is (harm) to ones health.答案:harmful4.He often says that he doesnt believe in any (religious) and only believes in himself.答案:religion5.There is a expression on his face because of the problem.(puzzle)答案:puzzled;puzzling6.To
8、 us the whole (global) is like a family.答案:globe7.A (violence) tornado hit a village in southwest of China the other day.答案:violent8.If a person or thing is (chain) to something,they are fastened to it with a chain.答案:chained9.We need many powerful (system)to keep a stable society running smoothly(顺
9、利地).答案:systems10.(like) what he said,he didnt carry out his promise.答案:Unlike四、单句语法填空 1.People cant afford expensive things the prices of daily goods going up.答案:with2.Thats the best way (stop)people getting into dangerous areas.答案:to stop3.The top leaders of G20 are discussing the global problems a
10、 friendly atmosphere.答案:in4.Please remember wins you respect is not your background and appearance but your knowledge and virtues.答案:what 5.As the busiest woman in the neighbourhood,she made her duty to look after all other peoples affairs.答案:it6.Going on a trip into space must be quite exciting exp
11、erience.答案:an7.We cant continue to pretend that the problem of homelessness doesnt exist this city.答案:in8.He wants to see changes in the company and I am sure he will time.答案:in 9.They had a (violence)quarrel and John stormed out.答案:violent10.Its extremely (unlike) to reach an agreement between us.答
12、案:unlikely五、翻译句子1.如果你想及时参加会议,必须现在动身。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。答案:They answered Mr Zhangs questions in turn/by turns.3.你的想法在理论上是对的。答案:Your idea is right in theory.4.这次大雪对我们的交通有害。答案:This heavy snow is harmful to our traffic.5.她只打算生一个孩子。答案:She is g
13、oing to give birth to only one child.六、语法填空Stephen Hawking,who is the most famous physicist,was born in Britain on January 8th,1942.As a child,he was enthusiastic about1(design)complicated toys but 2(fortune),in his twenties,he suffered3a disease that was impossible to be cured,4was a great challeng
14、e for him.However,not only was he positive about the misfortunes5eventually he defeated all the obstacles but also he was6(absorb)in his research in the universe.In 1988,his best-seller A Brief History of Time was published,7which he put forward the idea8time itself has a beginning,and that it will
15、have9end.In conclusion,he has made outstanding10(contribute)to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.答案:1.designing2.unfortunately3.from4.which5.and6.absorbed7.in8.that9.an10.contributions七、阅读理解LONDONThe tiny,distant and frozen planet Pluto,for 30 years believed to have ju
16、st one moon,has suddenly been found to have two more satellites.Only discovered in 1930 because of its vast distance from Earth,Pluto has remained a largely mysterious object ever since.Some three billion miles from the Sun,Pluto,the ninth planet,is the only one not yet to have been visited by a spa
17、cecraft.Its first known satellite is called Charon.With a diameter(直径)of 1,200 km,it is half that of Plutounusually large for a moon in relation to its primary.But now,using images from the Hubble Space Telescope,scientists from Johns Hopkins University,Southwest Research Institute and the Massachus
18、etts Institute of Technology say they have found two more tiny orbiting satellites,P1 and P2.Both are travelling outside the orbit of Charon and tiny by comparison,the scientists wrote in the journal Nature.P1,the more distant of the two from Pluto,has a diameter of between 60 and 165 km while P2 is
19、 20 percent smaller.“Although definitive(确切的)orbits cannot be obtained,both new satellites appear to be moving in circular orbits in the same orbital plane as Charon with orbital periods of about 38 days for P1 and 25 days for P2,”they wrote.The discovery of the two new members of Plutos family make
20、s it the only object in the Kuiper belta vast region of rock and ice beyond Neptune which contains debris(碎片)from the formation of the solar systemknown to have multiple satellites,the scientists said.1.It is implied in the passage that .A.Charon was not discovered until the late 1960sB.Charon is th
21、e largest satellite in the solar systemC.all the inner planets are better observed than PlutoD.Pluto may have some more moons to be discovered答案:C解析:根据文章第三段“Some three billion miles from the Sun,Pluto,the ninth planet,is the only one not yet to have been visited by a spacecraft”可知,冥王星是太阳系的内行星中宇宙飞船唯一
22、没有登陆过的行星,由此可知答案为C项。2.The underlined word “primary” in Paragraph 4 refers to .A.sizeB.shapeC.planetD.weight答案:C解析:根据前文内容可知,“unusually large for a moon in relation to its primary”指的是卫星和其行星的关系,即其与它的行星相比,(卫星有行星)一半的大小通常来讲算是大了。3.Which of the following shows the possible orbits and positions of Plutos sate
23、llites?答案:D解析:根据文章第四段的“Its first known satellite is called Charon”,第五段的“.have found two more tiny orbiting satellites,P1 and P2”及第六段的“Both are travelling outside the orbit of Charon”的描述可知,冥王星除了卫星卡戎外,还有另外两个卫星,而这两个卫星都是在Charon的轨道外运行,由此可知D项正确。4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A.
24、Pluto:furthest in the solar systemB.Pluto:two additional moons foundC.Pluto:tiny,distant and frozen planetD.Pluto:two satellites formed in 30 years答案:B解析:文章第一段便点明了主旨“The tiny,distant and frozen planet Pluto,for 30 years believed to have just one moon,has suddenly been found to have two more satellites”,后文的内容主要都是围绕这一点展开的。故B项应为文章的标题。