选择性必修一Unit1 People of Achievement课文语法填空
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2023年新高考一卷语法填空考点 56词性转换:名词---形容词 taste-tasty 57非谓语动词:不定式to do 58连词 whether…or… 59非谓语动词:-ed作定语 60介词:by hand 61非谓语动词:不定式 allow sth to be done 62代词:they-their 63冠词: a touch of 一点点;稍许 64词性转换:形容词—副词 rare—rarely 65非谓语动词:-doing :leave sb+ wanting
2022年新高考一卷语法填空考点 56.非谓语动词 –ing形式作状语 57.冠词 倍数+the+度量词+of 58.动词的时态和主谓一致:一般过去时 59. 非谓语动词:不定式作目的状语 60.动词的时态语态和主谓一致:一般现在时 61.并列连词 and 62.名词的数:populations 63.词性转换:eventually 64.介词 serve as担任;充当 65.定语从句:that ( 用that不用which的情况)
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Unit1 People of Achievement TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE
This year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Tu Youyou (co-winner), 1._______ research led to the discovery of artemisinin, a crucial new treatment for malaria. Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has led to 2._________(improve) health for millions of people. Over 200 million people around the world get malaria each year, and about 600, 000 die from it. Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria, 3._________is thought to save 100, 000 lives a year in Africa alone.
Tu Youyou, a 4._________(commit) and patient scientist, was born in Ningbo, China, on 30 December 1930, and graduated from Peking University Medical School in 1955. After she graduated, she worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing. In 1967, the Chinese government formed a team of scientists 5.__________ the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria, and Tu Youyou was among the first researchers 6._________(choose). In the beginning, Tu Youyou went to Hainan, in 7._________ malaria was more common, to study malaria patients. In 1969, she became the head of the project in Beijing, and decided to review ancient Chinese medical texts 8._________(find) traditional botanical treatments for the disease. Her team examined over 2, 000 old medical texts, and evaluated 280, 000 plants for their medical 9._________(property). From their research, they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments 10._________(show) promise in the fight against malaria.
One medical text from the 11._________(four)century suggested using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. Tu’s team tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves but found no effect. They then tried boiling fresh wormwood, and using the liquid 12._________(obtain) from this to treat malaria, but this did not work either. Their project got stuck. However, Tu Youyou would not acknowledge defeat. She analysed the medical texts again, and by chance, she found one sentence 13._________ (suggest) a different way to treat the wormwood. She concluded that 14._________(boil) the sweet wormwood apparently destroyed its medical properties. 15._________(use) a lower temperature to draw out the extract, she found a substance that worked. After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971. Tu Youyou and her team members even insisted on testing the medicine on 16.________(they) to make sure that it was safe. Later, the medicine 17._________(test) on malaria patients, most of whom recovered. This medicine, 18.________(call) artemisinin, soon became a standard treatment for malaria.
According to Tu Youyou, the discovery of artemisinin was a team effort. 19._________ hearing that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize, she said, “The honour is not just mine. There is a team behind me, and all the people of my country. This success proves the great value of traditional Chinese medicine. It is indeed an honour for China’s scientific research and Chinese medicine 20._________(spread) around the world.”
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THE MAN WHO CHANGED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE
Albert Einstein, 1._________is perhaps the greatest scientist in modern physics, is often considered one of the smartest men who ever lived. He made numerous contributions to the world, the most well-known 2.__________ (be) the general theory of relativity and the famous formula E=mc2. Einstein was not only a genius; he was a 3.__________ (courage) and kind figure loved by many people.
This gentle genius was born in Germany on 14 March 1879. When he was 16, he tried to enter university in Switzerland, 4._________failed due to his low scores in the general part of the entrance exam, despite 5.________ (obtain) exceptional scores in maths and physics. After studying for another year, he managed 6._________(pass) the exam, entering university in 1896 and graduating in 1900.
After two years of looking for work as a teacher, Einstein took a job as a clerk in the Swiss patent office. While working there, out of a strong passion 7._________ knowledge, he continued to study, 8.________ (earn) a doctorate in physics in 1905. That same year, which was later recorded 9._________a miracle year in science, he published four extraordinary physics papers. Following this, he 10.__________ (gradual) became famous throughout the world as the new Isaac Newton. After four years, he was able to quit his job at the patent office and enter research full-time at a university. In 1922, he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics for his 11.___________ (explain) of the photoelectric effect.
12.____________ (circumstance) changed in 1933, when Hitler came to power in Germany. Einstein, who was Jewish, found the doors of academic institutions 13.__________ (close) to him. 14.__________ a consequence he had to flee Germany. After spending time in Europe, he finally took up a position as a researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, USA. Following that, he continued to make great 15.___________ (achieve)in physics and mathematics.
To the public, he 16._________(see) as a slightly odd-looking but kind and funny man. He had a thick moustache and long white hair, 17._________ sometimes stood on end as though he had just received 18._________ electric shock. Although he was a genius, he sometimes forgot things, like his friends birthdays. But despite his peculiarities, he was loved by his friends and neighbours. There is even a story about how he helped a little girl who knocked on his door and asked for help with her homework. In fact, Einstein often 19.__________ (encounter) people on the street who would stop him and ask him to help explain things. After many such occasions, he finally started saying, “Pardon me! Sorry! Always I am mistaken 20._________Professor Einstein!”
On 18April 1955, it was reported that Einstein had passed away, and the whole world mourned the great loss of a brilliant scientist.