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高一英语外研版必修4单元检测Module4GreatScientist

Module4GreatScientists单元检测

第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1．LastmonthItravelledacrosstheSaharaDesertby______camelwithsomelocals.What______amazingexperience!

A．the；anB．a；/

C．/；theD．/；an

2．Eversincethatpoliticalparty______lastyeartookmanyeffectivemeasurestodeveloptheeconomy，greatchangeshave______.

A．cametopower；takenplace

B．comingtopower；takenplace

C．cametopower；beentakenplace

D．comingtopower；beentakenplace

3．It______tenyearstogrowtreesandahundredyearsto______people.Wecan'tbeeagerforquicksuccessandinstantbenefit.

A．spends；plantB．spends；educate

C．takes；plantD．takes；educate

4．Patienceisanimportant______ofahappyandrewardinglife.Afterall，somethingsareworthwaitingfor.

A．lessonB．experience

C．purposeD．quality

5．—Workersinthisdepartmentarenotdoingtheirduties.

—Advancedwaysofmanagementmustbe______tomakethingsbetter.

A．broughtdownB．broughtin

C．broughtonD．broughtup

6．IntheUK，peopleconsume______meatproductssuchaschicken，beef，porkandlamb.

A．alargeamountofB．aplentyof

C．alargequantityD．quantitiesof

7．Thekey______ourproblemisthatwemusthaveenoughmoney.

A．forB．to

C．inD．on

8．—Whataboutthepriceofpetrolnow?

—Ithasbeen______20percentsincethebeginningofthisyear.

A．increasedtoB．risenby

C．increasedbyD．risento

9．Scientistssaytheyarebeginningto______inthefightagainstsomespecialillnesses.

A．breakdownB．breakup

C．breakoutD．breakthrough

10．Thenumberofdeathsfromheartdiseasewillbereducedgreatlyifpeople______toeatmorefruitandvitamins.

A．persuadeB．willpersuade

C．bepersuadeD．arepersuaded

11．Inthehuntforasafercigarette，electroniccigarettesarebecomingapopularoptionamongthosewhoarelookingforto______standardtobaccosmokewithanalternative.

A．replaceB．inplaceof

C．insteadofD．taketheplace

12．Heisknown______hisbeingontime，sowedon'tknowthereason______hisbeinglatethistime.

A．for；ofB．as；for

C．for；forD．of；of

13．Itlookslikemycousin，butIdon'trememberhim______apairofglasses.

A．towearB．wore

C．wearD．wearing

14．Attheendofthemeeting，it______thatanagreement______.

A．announced；wasreached

B．wasannounced；wasreached

C．wasannounced；hasbeenreached

D．wasannounced；hadbeenreached

15．NataliePortmanwasawardedtheAcademyAwardforBestActressatthe2011Oscars______herperfectperformanceinBlackSwan.

A．inneedofB．asaresultof

C．incaseofD．insteadof

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Afamousscientistwasaskedwhyhewasabletobesomuchmorecreativethantheaverageperson.Whatmadehimso__16__fromothers?

He__17__thatitallcamefroma（n）__18__thathappenedwhenhewasthree.Hewastryingto__19__abottleofmilkfromthefridgewhenhelostholdofthebottle，spilling（泼洒）itscontentsalloverthekitchenfloor.

__20__yelling（大叫）athim，hismothersaid，“Robert，whatawonderful__21__youhavemade！

Ihave__22__seensuchahugepuddleofmilk.Sincethe__23__isdone，wouldyouliketogetdownandplayinthemilkforawhile__24__cleaningitup？

”

Indeed，hedid.“Robert，__25__youmakeamesslikethis，__26__youhavetocleanitupandputeverythingtoits__27__order.”Andthentogethertheycleanedupthespilledmilk.Hismotherthensaid，“Robert，thatisa__28__experimentinhowto__29__carryabigmilkbottle.Let'sgooutintheyardand__30__thebottlewithwaterandseeifyoucan__31__awaytocarryabottleofwaterwithoutdroppingit.”

Thescientistsaidhelearnedfromthatmomentthatmistakeswerejust__32__forlearningsomethingnew，whichis__33__scientificexperimentsareallabout.Eveniftheexperiment“doesn'twork”，weusuallylearnsomething__34__fromit.

Wouldn'titbegreatifall__35__woulddolikeRobert'smother?

16．A．goodB．different

C．luckyD．creative

17．A．answeredB．argued

C．agreedD．approved

18．A．experimentB．accident

C．experienceD．event

19．A．putB．return

C．moveD．remove

20．A．InsteadofB．While

C．WhenD．Becauseof

21．A．mistakeB．mess

C．trickD．plan

22．A．alwaysB．often

C．seldomD．ever

23．A．damageB．business

C．favorD．harm

24．A．beforeB．after

C．withD．without

25．A．whateverB．however

C．whereverD．whenever

26．A．especiallyB．finally

C．quicklyD．regularly

27．A．exactB．average

C．properD．natural

28．A．failedB．forbidden

C．requiredD．deserved

29．A．hopefullyB．immediately

C．confidentiallyD．successfully

30．A．putB．take

C．tryD．fill

31．A．developB．grasp

C．inventD．discover

32．A．lessonsB．chances

C．qualitiesD．purposes

33．A．thatB．where

C．whatD．which

34．A．availableB．valuable

C．practicalD．enjoyable

35．A．managersB．directors

C．parentsD．relatives

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

DoyousupposeDarwin，oneofthegreatestscientistsofalltime，reallydidfoolishexperiments？

Ordidhedoexperimentsthatweresosimpleandbasicthatotherpeoplejustthoughttheywerefoolish?

Sometimes，peoplethinktheyalreadyknowtheanswertoaquestionorthesolution（解决办法）toaproblem.Sometimes，theyreallydoknowananswerorasolution，butwithoutthinkingtheyareimportant.

CharlesDarwindidn'tsettlefor（满足于）justthinkingheknewsomething.And，hebelievedallthingscouldbeimportanthoweversimpletheyseemedtobe.

Supposeyoudropsheetsofpaperthatareofexactlythesamesizeandshape.Ifyoudropthematthesametimeinthesameplace，theywillfallinthesameway.Nowmakeoneofthesheetsofpaperintoatight（紧的）littleballandletitdropalongwiththeothersheets.Whathappens？

Youhavedoneanexperimentthatissosimplethatyoumightthinkitcouldn'tbeworthanything.

Butthissimpleexperimentisimportant.Itexplainspartofourpresentdayunderstandingsofphysics，ideasthatwereworkedoutlongagobyGalileoandNewton.Andtheseunderstandingsset_asidesomeofancientGreekphysics.

Scientistsometimesstopstolookatverysimplethingsandtothinkveryhardaboutthem.Eventhesimplestidea，whichwemightthinkisfoolish，canshakethefoundationsofscience.

36．ThepassagetellsusthatCharlesDarwin______.

A．wasagreatEnglishscientist

B．alwayslikeddoingtheexperimentsthatothersthoughtdifficult

C．thoughteventhesimplestthingwasimportant

D．didn'tgetwellwithothers

37．Thephrase“setaside”mostprobablymeans“______”.

A．throwawayB．storeup

C．puttouseD．realize

38．Theauthorofthepassagetriesto______.

A．convinceusthatCharlesDarwin，GalileoandNewtonarethegreatestscientistsintheworld

B．drawtheconclusionthatbasicsciencesaresimplethings

C．provethattwosheetsofpaper，withthesamesizeandshape，willfallatthesamespeed

D．drawourattentiontoeverydayhappeningsaroundus

39．WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A．Darwinreallydidfoolishexperiments.

B．AccordingtosomepeopleDarwindidfoolishexperiments.

C．Itisbelievedbyallthepeoplethatthingscouldbeimportantthoughtheyseemtobesimple.

D．GalileoandNewtonworkedoutancientGreekphysics.

B

Rollinguphersleevestomakeacupoftea，SarahBrownsetthetonefortheday.Whiletheirhusbandstriedtorescuetheglobaleconomy，MrsBrownandMichelleObamashowedthereareother，smallerwaystomakeadifference.ThetwowomendemonstratedtheirdowntoearthtouchastheyvisitedacancercarecentreinLondonyesterdaymorning.WhileMrsObamabusiedherselfintalkingtopatientsandfamilies，MrsBrownputthekettleon.

TheFirstLadywasintroducedtoTrudiCogdell，whoiscurrentlyonherthirdcourseoftreatmenttogiveherthemaximumtimepossiblewithherchildren.The44yearoldmothersaidlastnightthatsheexpectedMrsObamatokeepherdistance.Instead，theFirstLadyhuggedMrsCogdell'stwoyoungestchildren—Maysie，eight，andfiveyearoldPresley.MrsCogdell，whoismarriedtoJohn,38，said，“StafftoldmethatI'dbesittingonthesofawithmykidsandshe'dstandafewmetresaway.Butassoonasshewalkedinthedoorshecameandsatdownrightnexttome.Shesaid“Comeon，bighugs”，andsheembracedmeandmytwochildren.Sheadded，“Shewasaskingalotaboutmycancer.It'sterminal.Theycan'tdoanything.”

“I'vegotcancerinmybreasts，liverandbonesandI'monmythirdcourseofmycancer.Michellejustsaid，‘Bestrong.’Shesaid，‘Youknowwhatyou'redoing，staypositive，keepgoing.’ItoldherI'mnotgoinganywhere.IpointedtomytwokidsMaysieandPresleyandtoldherthatwaswhy.I'vegotthreeolderchildren.Ican'tleavethem.”Maggie'sCentre，whichhelpscancersufferersandtheirfamilieswithinformation，practicaladviceandemotionalsupport，wasopenedlastAprilbyMrsBrown.

Despiteanundoubtedlybusyschedule，thePresident'swiferemainedrelaxed，introducingherselftoeveryonepersonallyasMichelle.

ThefirstWivesmetatDowningStreetbeforebreakfastandtravelledtothecancercentretogether.

40．Howmanychildrendoesthe44yearoldmotherhave?

A．2.B．3.

C．4.D．5.

41．WhydothetwoFirstLadiestriptoMaggie'sCentre?

A．Tohelptheirhusbandsrescuetheglobaleconomyinotherways.

B．Toshowtheworldthattheycareabouttheordinarypeople.

C．Todosomeworkforthecentresincethereisashortageofstaff.

D．Tomakeeffortstohelpwhoeverneedshelp.

42．What'stheauthor'sattitudetowardsthistrip?

A．Beinginterested.B．Feelingbored.

C．Thinkinghighly.D．Havingalowopinion.

C

JohnWheeler，theUSphysicistwhocoinedtheterm“blackhole”，diedattheageof96athisNewJerseyhomeon13Aprilofpneumonia（肺炎）．Wheeler，aprofessoratPrincetonUniversity，wasoneofAlbertEinstein'slastcollaborators（合作者）.

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