Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars 基础练习
单项选择：
1. In ____ space, there are plenty of planets besides ____ earth.
A. /; / B. /, the C. the, the D. the, a
2. Work hard and never give up, and you will achieve your goal _____.
A. in time B. on time C. by the time D. at the time
3. From my point of view, the ____ movie we saw today is very exciting, as there are so much fight and chase.
A. rude B. violent C. fierce D. impolite
4. Jerry pretended to be sick to prevent himself ______ by his father.
A. from punishing B. punished C. being punished D. to be punished
5. After I took a seat in the restaurant, a waiter came up and began to ____ the table.
A. lay B. lie C. make D. put
6. It is the first time I _____ such a beautiful city.
A. came to B. come to C. have come to D. coming to
7. _____ he will join us won’t make too much difference.
A. What B. That C. Whether D. If
8. As we all know, mammals _____ their young from within their bodies.
A. lay B. produce C. create D. invent
9. When I was eighteen, I read the novel _____.
A. the first time B. at the first time C. at first D. for the first time
10. Tom and Jenny decided to get married in the year ____.
A. coming B. came C. will come D. to come
词组填空
prevent from depend on give birth to cheer up cool down in time
now that break out be different from as well as escape from
1. I’m going to relax ________________ the school year is over.
2. Will you be able to finish the job _________________.
3. The air-conditioning doesn’t seem to be ___________________ the room much.
4. Once the war ___________________, a great number of people will lose their homes.
5. I ___________________ you to tell me everything.
6. He was ___________________ taking part in the party by accident.
7. Every time I was in low spirits, she would try her best to make me _______________.
8. Patsy was celebrating last night after ___________________ twins.
语法练习
1. ______ he is a strict and good headmaster is known by everyone in the school.
A. That B. Because C. For D. /
2. There is no doubt ______ he will come tonight.
A. that B. whether C. if D. when
3. _______ makes no difference _____ he will come or not.
A. This, if B. That, if C. It, whether D. This, whether
4. ______ is important to a person is _____ he must know ________ he is fit for.
A. It, what, that B. That, how, what C. It, that, that D. What, that, what
5. ____ is a fact that the book A Brief History of Time written by Hawking is popular with ordinary people.
A. There B. This C. It D. That
6. It’s no longer a question now _____ man can land on the moon.
A. that B. if C. whether D. what
7. It was at the very beginning ______ Mr Black decided to send more fire-fighters there.
A. when B. that C. what D. where
8. _____ all the inventions have in common is _____ they have succeeded.
A. What, what B. That, that C. What, that D. That, what
9. ______ is no doubt that you will be warmly welcomed.
A. It B. He C. There D. That
10. ----_______ can I do with such a situation? ----Take _____ measure you consider best.
A. How, whichever B. What, whatever C. How, whatever D. Which, whichever
完成句子
1. 当你处于卡困境时，你可以及时请求帮助。
When you are ________________, you can _______________________________________.
2. 不能允许小孩子看暴力电影。
Children should not be ______________ to watch ____________ movies.
3. 她希望生一个健康可爱的儿子。
She hopes to ____________________________ a healthy and lovely boy.
4. 完成了自己的工作，他们接着去帮助别人了。
They finished their work. _________________, they went to help others.
5. 一听到这个让人迷惑的问题，他感到迷惑不解，脸上出现了迷惑的表情。
_________________ the _____________ problem, he felt ___________ and there was a _________ look on his face.
6. 大雨阻止我们看这吸引人的西湖，但是我们没有放弃。
The heavy rain _________ us __________________ the attractive lake, but we didn’t ______________.
7. 我们需要的是更多的水。 ____________________________ is more water.
8. 他说的任何话你都不要相信。 Don’t believe _____________________________.
9. 我想要知道的是谁解决了这个问题。
__________ I want to know is ______________________________________.
10. 你不知道我们那段时间有多忙。
You have no idea _________________________________ those days.
五、短文改错：
A long time before, people thought that the sun went round the earth. In some countries people even
had said the sun was god. They thought how he drove across the sky each day on a golden horse. Now we
know the earth went round the sun. They tell us that the earth travels over a thousand miles a minute on it’s
journey round the sun. It cost the earth a year to go round the sun. The sun is really a star. It’s more bigger
than the earth and it is very hot. Some people have been to the moon. So we know that no one can go to the
sun. it is far and hot for people to live anywhere near it. The sun is three hundred thousand of times heavier
than the earth and more than a million times larger.
Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars 基础练习
参考答案：
一：BABCA CCBDD
二：now that, in time, cooling down, breaks out, depend on, prevented from, cheer up, giving birth to
三：AACDC CBCCB
四：1. in trouble, ask for help in time 2. allowed/permitted, violent 3. give birth to
4. In their turn, 5, On hearing, puzzling, puzzled, puzzled 6. prevent, , give up 7. What we need
8. whatever he says 9. What, who solved the problem 10. how busy we were
五: A long time before, people thought that the sun went round the earth. In some countries people even
ago
had said the sun was god. They thought how he drove across the sky each day on a golden horse. Now we
去掉 that
know the earth went round the sun. They tell us that the earth travels over a thousand miles a minute on it’s
goes its
journey round the sun. It cost the earth a year to go round the sun. The sun is really a star. It’s more bigger
costs much
than the earth and it is very hot. Some people have been to the moon. So we know that no one can go to the
But
sun. it is far and hot for people to live anywhere near it. The sun is three hundred thousand of times heavier
too far 去掉
than the earth and more than a million times larger.
Unit 4 Astronomy基础知识练习二
单项选择：
1. The new story book is written in ______ easy English ______ beginners can understand.
A. such, that B. so, that C. such, as D. too, that
2. You can’t imagine this lake used to be a beautiful place in our province _____.
A. at any time B. at one time C. in no time D. at times
3. Drinking too much _____ our health.
A. is harm to B. is harmful to C. does harmful to D. harm to
4. All the members of the company take it _____ to do night duty.
A. in turn B. by turn C. on the turn D. out of turn
5. We will do something to prevent the rivers _____.
A. pollute B. polluting C. pollution D. being polluted
6. The _____ expression on his face suggested that he _____ not able to work out the ____ problem.
A. puzzling, was, puzzling B. puzzled, be, puzzled C. puzzling, be, puzzled D. puzzled, was, puzzling
7. All the people ____ at the good news that our country has successfully launched a manned satellite.
A. cheered up B. cheered on C. lost heart D. lost their heart
8. _____ they have computers, it becomes easier for them to solve the problem.
A. Although B. For C. Now that D. When
9. Suddenly the war ____, and young men were called on to join the army.
A. broke out B. was broke out C. broken down D. broke up
10. The wings of the plane are _____ of its body.
A. twice more than the length B. more than twice the length
C. more twice the length than D. twice the length more than
词组选择填空
1. John held Tom’s hands to ___________ him ______________ hitting Billy.
2. Koala bears _____________________ the young and put them into the pocket of skin on their stomachs.
3. Women, ____________________ men, have the right to be paid based on the work they do.
4. It’s a pity that he failed to pass the test _________________________ his carelessness.
5. the mark on your face will disappear _____________________.
6. ---should we pay a visit to Professor Wang this afternoon? ---It _______________ you.
7. What you are talking about is quite ____________________ what we are concerned about.
8. All the students went ________________________ to be examined by the doctor.
9. In case another world war ___________________, what will happen to human beings?
10. We will _____________________ at once immediately we think of going home.
完成句子
1. 有人担心，洪水的结束将是另一场疾病的爆发。
It is feared ______________________________ the floods, another disease would ______________.
2. 为了使她高兴起来，他打算在星期天给她一个大惊喜。
In order to ______________________, he _______________ give her a big surprise on Sunday.
3. 经过实验，这种细胞已经变得有原来的三倍那么大了。
(1). After the experiment, the cell has become ___________________as ___________ as it used to be.
(2). After the experiment, the cell has become __________________________ it used to be.
(3). After the experiment, the cell has become ___________________________ what it used to be.
4. 如果你不注意，你会在这惹上麻烦的。
If you don’t __________________, you may get ____________________ here.
5. 半夜发生了火灾，幸运的是很快就被不灭了。
A fire ___________________ at midnight, but ________________, it was soon put out.
6. 他为什么做这件事还不十分清楚。
__________________________________ wasn’t quite clear.
7. 我们对于他所做的感到非常惊讶。
We are amazed ___________________________.
8. 火星上有没有人类还不确定。
_______ is uncertain ______________________________ on Mars.
9. 我想不明白的是为什么他老是上课迟到。
____________ I can’t understand is _________ he is always ______________ class.
10. 既然你拿到了驾照，为什么不自己开车呢？
_____________ you have got your license, ______________ drive the car yourself?
单句改错：
1. Children should not be allowed to watch violently films.
2. They lay the cups on the table and sat down.
3. We don’t do anything that will be harmful for peace.
4. Don’t worry — I’m sure things will get better on time.
5. Everything was perfect for the picnic as well the weather.
6. The school kept my mother from waiting at the school gate for an hour.
7. The room isn’t enough big to hold so many people.
8. The box is five times as bigger as that one.
9. That surprised me most was that Mary spoke Chinese just like a native speaker.
10. They are so interesting books that I want to read them once more.
单词拼写
1. A v_______________ storm hit the country and damaged many buildings.
2. The moon’s p____________ on the Earth’s oceans creates the tides.
3. Eating too much junk food is h________________ to your health.
4. Many people believe that life e________________ on other planets besides the earth.
5. She spent the afternoon f_________________ on her back in the pool.
6. These flowers will not grow in a cold c_______________.
7. It’s hard to breathe on top of the mountain, so you’d better take an o____________ bottle.
8. The new owners have tried to give the restaurant a more family-friendly a_______________.
9. U_____________ most students in my class, I don’t like PE lessons.
10. The p______________ of the famous actor made all his fans excited.
编印：屠小平 101—121 2010/05/10
完形填空
????Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin, was on his way to Belfast. The?Nobel?prize winner was going to?? 1?? an important lecture?? 2?? .
????When he?? 3?? at Heathrow? Airport, he was?? 4?? and annoyed(恼怒) to find his flight?overbooked, and that he and?? 5?? passengers had no seats. The clerk was very apologetic, but?? 6?? that the government had booked fifty?? 7?? at the last moment. That meant hat “ordinary”?? 8?? were bumped- simply thrown?off the flight.
???“But I've had this ticket?? 9?? over a month,” Fleming insisted, "it's not? 10?? and I must get to Belfast?? 11 ? ."
???“I'm __12__ sorry, sir.?But the government passengers are?? 13?? priority(优先) passengers travelling on important business. It's?? 14?? for them to take a?later flight.”
????Just?as?Fleming was going to 16? what the important business was a group of government passengers arrived to check in. Fleming turned to the leader of the group.
“I’d like to know what is so urgent(紧急) about your business __17__ we ordinary passengers __18__ wait for another flight.”
The man replied, “Oh, it’s a matter of __19__ urgency. Sir Alexander Fleming is giving a lecture in Belfast tonight, and we can’t __20__ it!”
1. A. have??????????????????? B. attend?????????????? C. give?????????????? ?? D. hear
2. A. here?????????????????? B. there????????????? C. abroad???????? ???? D. everywhere
3. A. stopped?????????? ? B. arrived???????????? C. stayed?????????? ?? D. called
4. A. surprised????? ?? B. excited?????????? ? C. frightened????? D. disappointed
5. A. some?????????????????? B. several???????????? C. many????????????? D. other
6. A. insisted??????? B. proved?????????????? C. explained???????? D. declared
7. A. books???????????????? B. seats????????????? ?? C. rooms??????????? D. stamps
8. A. people?????????????? B. officers???????? ? C. officials????? ?? D. passengers
9. A. in????????????????? ? B. for?????????????? C. after?????????????? ? D. during
10. A. fair????????????? B. right??????????????? C. true???????????????? ? D. satisfactory
11. A. now?????????????? ? B. then????????????????? C. today????????????? D. tomorrow
12. A. all???????????????? B. both????????????????? C. really??????????????? D. almost
13. A. terribly B. terrible C. great D. much
14. A. reasonable B. funny C. impossible D. unnecessary
15. A. consider????? B. discuss???????? ??? C. describe?????????? D. Demand
16. A. government B. ordinary C. clerk D. common
17. A. as B. when C. that D. now that
18. A. must B. should C. ought to D. have to
19. A. little B. great C. some D. no
20. A. catch B. get C. miss D. lose
阅读理解
A
Jiuquan, Gansu Province, Sept.6 (Xinhua) ---- China’s manned spacecraft Shenzhou-7 will be launched at an appropriate time between Sept.25 and 30 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province, a spokesman said here on Saturday. The mission will accomplish the first spacewalk by Chinese astronauts.
“All the major systems involved in the launching are now in the final preparation. The main tests for the spacecraft, the Long-March II-F rocket, suits for the space walk and a satellite accompanying the fly have also been finished,” said the spokesman. In addition, the ground control system is fully prepared, including the launch site, the landing site, and the communication for observation and control.
When Shenzhou-7 enters its orbit, one of the three astronauts will conduct a space walk, said Zhao Changxi, a senior scientist with the project, earlier. According to Zhao, cameras would be fixed outside and inside of the ship for live broadcasting of the space walk.
While the last mission of Shenzhou-6, with a crew of two, was aimed at several days of manned flight, this time the task might be more stringent as one of its main goals is the space walk. Earlier reports said a crew of six astronauts had been chosen for the mission, with three manning the spacecraft and three substitutes.
China successfully put two manned spacecrafts into orbit in 2003 and 2005 respectively, becoming the third country to send an astronaut into space after the United States and the former Soviet Union (now Russia).
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Shenzhou-7 is better equipped than the last two spaceships.
B. Shenzhou-7 will be more successful than the last two launches.
C. All the systems involved in the launching have been prepared.
D. China is ready for the launching of Shenzhou-7.
2. We can learn from the passage ________.
A. This will be the third time for Chinese astronauts to have a space walk
B. Three of the six astronauts chosen for the mission will walk in space
C. The space walk will be live broadcasted on TV
D. Everything has been prepared except communication system
3. The underlined word“ stringent” most probably means _______.
A. challenging B. encouraging C. inciting D. convincing
B
Astronomy is the oldest science known to man. Thousands of years ago man looked at the stars and wondered about the heavens. But man was limited by what he could see with his eyes alone.
The Greeks studied astronomy over 2,000 years ago. They could see the size, color, and brightness of a star. They could see its place in the sky. They watched the stars move as the seasons changed. But the Greeks had no tools to help themselves study the heavens.
Each new tool added to the field of astronomy helped man reach out into space. Until there were telescopes, man knew little about the moon. They did not know that the planet called Saturn(土星) had rings around it. Their sight was so limited that they could not see all the planets. In the early 1700s, people thought there were only six planets. Nepture(海王星), the last of eight planets to be discovered, was not seen until 1846.
Before the spectroscope(分光镜), man did not know what kind of gases was in the sun or other stars. Without the radio telescope, we didn’t know that radio noises came from far out in space.
Today, astronomy is a growing science. We had learned more in the last fifty years than in the whole history of astronomy.
4. Thousands of years ago, people observed the stars with the limitation of their _____.
A eyesight B. land C. wealth D. knowledge
5. The Greek could see the following things about a star EXCEPT its ______.
A. size B. shape C. place D. color
6. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A. Astronomy is the oldest science that humans have known.
B. Astronomy is developing fast with the help of technology.
C. In the early 1700s, people didn’t know the existence of Neptune.
D. Over 2,000 years ago, the Greeks knew the planet Saturn had rings around it.
7. This passage mainly talks about _____.
A. tools used in astronomy B. the development of astronomy in the last 50 years
C. Greeks’ achievements in astronomy D. new tools and the development of astronomy
编印：屠小平 101—121 2010/05/11
参考答案：
一：ABBAD DACAA
二：1. prevent, from 2. give birth to 3. as well as 4. as a result of 5. in time 6. depends on
7. different from 8. in their turn 9. breaks out 10. cheer up
三: 1. that as a result of, break out 2. cheer her up, is to 3. three times, large, threes larger than, three times the size of 4. watch out, into trouble 5. broke out, luckily/fortunately 6. Why he did it
7. at what he did 8. It, whether there are human beings 9. What, why, late for 10. Now that, why not
四: 1. violently—violent 2. lay—laid 3. for—to 4. on—in 5. as well—as well as 6. from去掉
7. enough big—big enough 8. bigger—big 9. That—What 10. so—such
五: 1. violent, 2. pull 3. harmful 4. exists 5. floating 6. climate 7. oxygen 8. atmosphere
9. Unlike 10. presence
六: CBBAD CBDBA CAACD ACDBC
七: DCA ABDD
