Unit4 Listening and Speaking and Reading and Thinking
基础过关练
I. 单词拼写
1.The earth is nothing but a very small planet in the endless________ (宇宙).
2.The painful experience has affected both her m and physical health.
3.Smoking should be banned in cars,and particularly any v with children in it.
4.Man-made________(卫星)are used for sending and receiving messages.
5.Since you have been a college student,you may as well be i of your parents.
6.The le appearance newborn________(巨头)suggests that newcomers can make waves,too.
7.NASA plans to l a satellite.
8.It is reported that in 1961 the USSR sent an a into.
9.The chairman was quite familiar with the________(步骤)or conducting a meeting.
10.Everything falls towards the centre of the earth because of________(重力) .
II. 单句填空
1. The man they talked about is famous not only ________ for his talent for his kindness.
2. It is generally accepted that genes ________ (transmit) from one generation to another.
3.a child’s ________ (intelligent) develops rapidly between the ages of four and five.
4. With the ________ (develop) of agriculture, the life of the farmers here becomes better and better.
5. After failing the examination, he determined ________ (work) hard and catch up with others.
6. When things go wrong, all of us naturally feel ________ (disappoint) and frustrated.
7. Today we're going to focus________ the question of homeless people in London.
8.I really desire________ (get) a good education that will give me chances to realize my dreams.
9. As we have learned in history class, India gained________ (independent) in 1947 after a long struggle.
10. Mrs. Smith then sent me an e-mail__________ (hope) to get further information.
III.课文语法填空
Looking up at the stars, people have always wanted to learn more about space, and scientists work hard to find answers. They make 1 (vehicle) to carry brave people into space to find out the secrets of the universe.
On 4 October 1957, the Sputnik 1 satellite 2 (launch) by the USSR and successfully orbited around Earth. Afterwards, the USSR focused on 3 (send) people into space, and on 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in the world 4 (go) into space Over eight years later, on 20 July 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon.
China's space programme started later than those of Russia and the us. 5 it has made short time. China became the third country in the world to 6 (independent) send humans into space in 2003, 7 Yang Liwei successfully orbited Earth in the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft. Then Shenzhou 6 and 7 completed a second manned orbit and the first Chinese spacewalk, 8 (follow) by the vehicle Jade Rabbit being sent to the moon to study its surface. After that, China launched the Tiangong 2 space lab into space and Tianzhou 1 to dock with it. This signalled one step 9 (far) in China's plan to establish a space station 10 the future. More recently, China has sent Chang’e 4 to explore the surface of the far side of the moon to make measurements and observations.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10.________
参考答案:
Ⅰ. 单词拼写
1. universe 2. mental 3. vehicle 4. satellites 5.independent
6. giants 7. launch 8. astronaut 9. procedure 10. gravity
II.单句填空
1.but句意:他们(刚才)谈论的那个男人不仅因他的才华而出名,而且因他的善良而出名。考查连词。not only …but(also)...不仅……而且……。
2. are transmitted句意:人们普遍认为基因是从一代传给另代的。考查动词的语态和时态。transmit与 genes之间是被动关系,因此用被动语态,此处表达的是一个客观事实,因此用般现在时。
3. intelligence句意:儿童的智力在4到5岁之间发展迅速。考查词性转换。根据空前面的名词所有格可知此处需要用名词作主语,intelligence为不可数名词。
4. development句意:随着农业的发展,这里农民的生活变得越来越好。考查词性转换。根据空前面的定冠词the可知,此处需用名词作介词with的宾语。
5. to work句意:考试不及格后,他决心努力学习,赶上别人。考查非谓语动词。determine to do sth.决心做某事。
6. disappointed句意:出问题时,我们所有人自然都感到失望和沮丧。考查形容词。所填词与 frustrated并列,都是表示主语的自身感受的词语,因此应该填 disappointed。
7.on句意:今天我们将集中精力在伦敦的无家可归者的问题上。考查介词。focus on集中(注意力、精力等)于。
8. to get句意:我真的渴望得到会给我机会实现我的梦想的良好的教育。考查非谓语动词。desire后接不定式作宾语。
9. independence句意:正如我们在历史课上学到的,印度经过长期斗争,于1947年获得独立。考查词性转换。设空处作动词 gained的宾语,因此用名词形式。
10.hoping句意:史密斯太太随后给我发了一封电子邮件,希望能得到进一步的信息。考査非谓语动词。Mrs. smith和hope之间是主动关系,因此用现在分词形式作状语。
III. 课文语法填空
1.vehicles考查名词单复数。vehicle是可数名词,空前没有限定词,此处需要用复数形式。
2. was launched考查动词的语态和时态。句子主语与 launch之间是被动关系,因此应该用被动语态,再根据On 4 October1957可知,应该用一般过去时。
3. sending考查非谓语动词。focus on doing sth. 集中(精力、注意力等)做某事,因此应该用动名词形式。
4. to go考査非谓语动词。根据前面的中心词person被序数词修饰可知,此处需要用不定式作定语。
5. but考查连词。空前面说中国的太空计划起步晚,空后面说进步很大,因此填but表转折关系。
6. independently考查副词。设空处修饰动词,因此应该用副词作状语。
7.when考查非限制性定语从句的关系词。设空处引导非限制性定语从句,逗号前面的2003是先行词,从句缺少时间状语,因此用when引导非限制性定语从句。
8. followed考查非谓语动词。此处需要用非谓语动词,根据后面的介词by的提示可知应该用过去分词形式。
9. further考查比较级。此处指又迈进了一步,因此用far的比较级形式further。
10. in考查介词。in the future在未来。