第10頁（共10頁）Unit1SectionAReandingandThinking一、單句語法填空1.Cheerup!Youneedn'tfeel(frustrate)atyourfailureintheexam.

2.Officialssaythatfewcitizens(infect)withthevirusowingtoeffectivepreventionnow.

3.Thesearejustsome(proof)thatwecoulddofortheprogram.

4.Theseevents(severe)affectourenvironmentaswellashumanhealth.

5.Carbonemissionsfromhumanactivitiesarepartlytoblameourwarmingplanet.

二、完成句子1.我們還沒決定去哪兒度暑假。Wehaven'tdecidedforoursummerholiday.

2.澳大利亞的救援人員正把鯨魚拖離沙洲,以便它們能返回大海。TheAustralianrescuersarepullingthewhalesoffthesandbankstheycanreturntothesea.

3.當學生進入青春期時,他們似乎很容易變得渴望展示出他們是不同的,是獨立的。Whenstudentsreachpuberty,theyeasilybecomeeagertoshowthattheyaredifferentandindependent.

三、閱讀理解DoyousupposeDarwin,oneofthegreatestscientistsofalltime,reallydidfoolishexperiments?Ordidhedoexperimentsthatweresosimpleandbasicthatotherpeoplejustthoughttheywerefoolish?Sometimes,peoplethinktheyalreadyknowtheanswertoaquestionorthesolutiontoaproblem.Sometimes,theyreallydoknowananswerorasolution,butwithoutthinkingtheyareimportant.CharlesDarwindidn'tsettlefor(滿足于)justthinkingheknewsomething.Andhebelievedallthingscouldbeimportanthoweversimpletheyseemedtobe.Supposeyoudropsheetsofpaperthatareofexactlythesamesizeandshape.Ifyoudropthematthesametimeinthesameplace,theywillfallinthesameway.Nowmakeoneofthesheetsofpaperintoatightlittlebaltandletitdropalongwiththeothersheets.Whathappens?Youhavedoneanexperimentthatissosimplethatyoumightthinkitcouldn'tbeworthanything.Butthissimpleexperimentisimportant.Itexplainspartofourpresent-dayunderstandingsofphysicsthatwereworkedoutlongagobyGalileoandNewton.AndtheseunderstandingssetasidesomeofancientGreekphysics.Scientistssometimesstoptolookatverysimplethingsandtothinkveryhardaboutthem.Eventhesimplestidea,whichwemightthinkisfoolish,canshakethefoundationsofscience.1．ThepassagetellsusthatCharlesDarwin．A．wasagreatEnglishscientistB．alwayslikeddoingtheexperimentsthatothersthoughtdifficultC．thoughteventhesimplestthingwasimportantD．didn'tgetonwellwithothers2．Theunderlinedphrase“setaside”mostprobablymeans“”．A．throwaway B．storeupC．puttouse D．realize3．Theauthorofthepassagetriesto．A．convinceusthatCharlesDarwin,GalileoandNewtonarethegreatestscientistsintheworldB.drawtheconclusionthatbasicsciencesaresimplethingsC．provethattwosheetsofpaper,withthesamesizeandshape,willfallatthesamespeedD．drawourattentiontoeverydayhappeningsaroundus4．WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?A．Darwinreallydidfoolishexperiments.B.Accordingtosomepeople,Darwindidfoolishexperiments.C.Itisbelievedbyallthepeoplethatthingscouldbeimportantthoughtheyseemedtobesimple.D.GalileoandNewtonworkedoutancientGreekphysics.四、閱讀填句Franklin’sExperiment:HowMuchIsTrue?BenjaminFranklin’sfamouslightningexperimenthasintroducedgenerationsofchildrentoscience.1.

Thewell-knownstoryisthatFranklinflewakiteduringastormin1752.Atthattime,therewasmuchinterestinelectricity.Peoplewantedtoknowiflightningwasreallyproducedbyelectricity.2.Heraisedthekitewithapieceofstringtiedtoit.Ametalkeywasattachedtothestring.Aflashoflightninghitthekite,andelectricitywasconductedthroughthestringtothekey.3.“This”,hesaid,“provedthatlightningwasaformofelectricity”.

Foryears,schoolshavetaughtthisstoryandithasinspiredusandtaughtusthatscientificexperimentsareimportanttoestablishthetruthandtocontributetowardslaterscientificdiscoveriesandinventions.However,neitherthestorynorthedetailsoftheexperimentareentirelytrue.AlthoughithasbeenprovedthatFranklin’sexperimenttookplace,morethanonescientisthasquestionedwhatreallyhappened.4.ButscientistsallagreethatifFranklinhadactuallytouchedthekey,hewouldcertainlyhavediedfromtheelectricshock.

Scientistsoftenquestionacceptedideasbecausetheywanttoestablishthefacts.SomehaveevenquestionedthestoryabouttheapplethatfellonNewton’sheadandledhimtocomeupwithhistheoryofgravity.5.Butinscience,factsshouldbeprovedbyexperimentsandresearch,andweshouldnotalwaysbelieveeverythingwereadorhear—evenifitisagreatstory.

A.Franklinwasoneofthem.B.Thedetailaboutthestringandthekeyistrue.C.It’struethatmanydiscoveriesstartwithanexperiment.D.Admittedly,fictionisoftenmoreinterestingthanthetruth.E.Franklinthentouchedthekeywithhisfingerandgotanelectricshock.F.However,newresearchsuggeststhatthestorymaybefictioninsteadoffact.G.Thisexperimentprovesbeyondanydoubtthatlightningisanelectricphenomenon.一、單句語法填空1.frustrated考查詞性轉換。句意:振作起來!你沒有必要因為考試失利而感到沮喪。feel是系動詞,后面應跟形容詞作表語,此處修飾人,應填frustrated,意為“沮喪的”。2.areinfected考查動詞的時態和語態。句意:官員說,由于有效的預防,現在很少有居民感染那種病毒。分析句子結構可知,設空處作賓語從句的謂語,citizens與infect之間為被動關系,由say和now判斷應用一般現在時的被動語態,故填ofs考查名詞復數。句意:這些只是我們可以為這個程序做的一些證明。由句中的are以及some可知此處應用名詞的復數形式。故填proofs。易錯分析本題容易錯填為prooves,在這里,我們需要注意,以-f結尾的名詞變復數時很多都是把f變為v然后加-es,然而proof、belief、chief、roof這幾個詞的復數形式都是直接在后面加-s。4.severely考查副詞。句意:這些事件嚴重影響了我們的環境和人類健康。設空處修飾動詞affect應該用副詞形式,故填severely。5.for考查介詞。句意:人類活動產生的碳排放是造成地球變暖的部分原因。betoblamefor意為“應為……負責任;應因……受責備”,故填for。二、完成句子1.wheretogo2.sothat3.itseemsthat三、閱讀理解1.C推理判斷題。短文并沒有說CharlesDarwin是哪個國家的科學家，可排除A項；根據第一、二段可知別人認為Darwin的許多實驗太簡單不值得做，可排除B項；文中沒有論述Darwin與別人相處的事情，可排除D項。根據第三段中的hebelievedallthingscouldbeimportanthoweversimpletheyseemedtobe可推出答案為C。2.A詞義猜測題。根據上文可知作者認為做這個簡單實驗是重要的，它解釋了目前人們對于物理方面的部分理解。因此這些理解當然是推翻了一些希臘古典物理學的觀點。由此可推知setaside與throwaway同義。3.D主旨大意題。文章的最后一段點明最簡單的事情都可能動搖科學的根基，意在告訴我們要留意身邊的每一件事，哪怕它非常簡單。4.B細節理解題。根據第一段第二句Ordidhedoexperimentsthatweresosimpleandbasicthatotherpeoplejustthoughttheywerefoolish？明確告訴我們，有些人認為Dar