人教版（新课程标准）必修三：Unit4 Astronomy the science of the stars Pre-reading&Reading同步测评（无答案）

必修三： Unit4 Astronomy: the science of the stars
Section Ⅰ：Warming up、Pre-reading and Reading
【拓展训练】：
A级测评：（认真填一填，打基础!）
Ⅰ．用所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. There ______ a good way to solve the _____ problem.（exist）
2. It’s said that Li Yang who had started ‘Crazy English’ used domestic____, which showed that he was a ___husband. (violent)
3. Smoking is___________ to your health and it will do _______to your lung. (harm)
4. The ________ expression on her face suggested she was ____________ by the _______ maths problem. (puzzle)
5. Zhao Benshan held a birthday party in a five-star hotel. Everyone ________ at the party was ________ with a ________ for their _________. (present)
II、用所给短语的正确形式填空
in time prevent …(from) give birth to be harmful to in one’s turn
1. Drinking is good to our heart, but too much drinking ______________________ our health.
2. He will be on duty _______ tomorrow.
3. We can’t ______ people ____ saying what they think.
4. We should thank our mother, for she ________________ us and gave us life.
5. He studied so hard that he achieved his goal ________.
B级测评：（努力做一做，重运用！）
I.单项填空
1. His plan is excellent in ______, but I don’t think it will work in practice.
A. theory B. exercise
C. theme D. paper
2. The ______ cause which led to his business failure was that he relied too much on other people.
A. total B. special
C. natural D. fundamental
3. The shops and streets are very lively. They already have a New Year ______.
A. situation B. state
C. atmosphere D. custom
4. It is commonly believed that ___________ programmes and video games really cause people to become more aggressive.
A. fierce B. violent
C. cruel D. fearful
5. The talks between the two delegations are expected to ________ economy, business trade and other topics too.
A. say B. cover
C. talk D. negotiate
II.阅读理解
European astronomers have discovered 50 new planets beyond our solar system, including 16 which are a similar size to Earth. This is the largest number of such planets ever announced at one time.
　　 The biggest planet of the new batch（一批） is HD85512b, which is 3.6 times the area of Earth and can be found 36 light-years away in the Vela constellation(船帆座).
　　 The findings suggest that more than half of the stars like our sun possess planets, and that many of those worlds are lighter than Saturn(土星).
　　 HD85512b is the only one of new planets, called 'super-Earths' that is located in its star system's habitable zone. That's the area where scientists believe water could exist, in liquid form, making a planet potentially habitable.
　　 Super-Earths are of particular interest to planet-hunters because it's thought that they could be even more helpful to the development of life than our own planet.
　　 This discovery was made by The High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS)， which is installed at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory in Chile.
　　 HARPS can sense the slight gravitational wobble(引力摇摆)caused by planets as small as Earth, if they have unbelievably close-in orbits（轨道）.
　　 HARPS' observations of 376 sunlike stars has led the team to conclude not only that more than half of such stars are surrounded by planets, but also that about 40 percent of them have at least one planet smaller than Saturn.
　　 One of the team members, Lisa Kaltenegger, of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and the Harvard Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, said the latest round of findings marked a new age in the search for habitable planets.
1. What information can we get from the first paragraph
A. About 32 percent planets have a similar size to Earth in solar system.
B. 50 new planets is the largest number of such planets ever announced.
C.16 planets are the largest number of such planets ever announced at one time.
D. 50 new planets beyond solar system have been discovered.
2. Which of the following information about the HD85512b is false according to the passage
A. HD85512b is the biggest planet of the new batch—discovered 50 new planets.
B. HD85512b is 3.6 times the mass of Earth.
C. HD85512b is located in its star system's habitable zone, whose water exists in gas form.
D. HD85512b can be found 36 light-years away in the Vela constellation.
3. Why scientists believe that the HD85512b is a a potentially habitable planet
A. Because HD85512b is dubbed 'super-Earths'.
B. Because HD85512b is located in its star system's habitable zone where scientists believe water could exist, in liquid form.
C. Because HD85512b is the biggest planet of the new batch.
D. Because HD85512b is 3.6 times the mass of Earth and can be found 36 light-years away.
4. What is the conclusion based on HARPS’ observation
A. More than half of such stars are surrounded by planets.
B. About 40 percent of them have over one planet less massive than Saturn.
C. The latest round of findings marked a new age in the search for habitable planets.
D. Both A and B.
5. what does the underlined word in paragraph 4 mean
A. suitable for living B. large enough
C. hot enough D. cold enough
C级测评：(大胆试一试，测能力！)
完成句子，根据汉语意思用上括号中所给的单词完成句子。
1. Mary told me that __________________ in June. (to)
玛丽告诉我他们计划六月结婚。
2. ______________________ that bad weather could cause more natural disasters. (remain)
恶劣的天气仍有可能引起更多的自然灾害。
3. We __________________________to the top of the hill in such bad weather.（it）
我们发现在如此糟糕的天气爬到山顶是不可能的。
4. ___________________on the earth for millions of years to come will depend on whether the pollution problem can be solved. (continue)
未来的几百万年生命是否会继续将取决于污染问题能否被解决。
5. This produced a chain reaction, ____________________________ for life to develop. (make)
这就产生了一种连锁反应，使得生命的发展成为可能。