单元练习高一英语单元练习十四内容必修三 Unit 4.docx

1、单元练习高一英语单元练习十四内容必修三 Unit 4高一英语单元练习（十四）练习内容：必修三第四单元一、阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节 （共10小题;每小题2分,共20分）A【b】Many people will remember the flight of the space shuttle(航天飞机) Challenger,in June,1983.The achievement of Sally Ride,Americas first woman astronaut to fly into space,made this flight especially memorable.St

2、udents from two high schools in New Jersey,however,are likely to remember Norma rather than Sally whenever they think about the flight.Norma didnt travel alone.She brought about 100 companions along with her.Norma was an ant,a queen ant who,with her subject,made up the first ant colony(群体)to travel

3、into space.The ants were part of a science experiment designed by the students to test the effects of weightlessness on insects.The equipment designed by the students for their colony functioned perfectly throughout the long space trip.The young scientists and their teachers were very sad to find th

4、at their insect astronauts had all died at some point before the container was returned to the school and opened.The problem did not happen in space,but on the ground after Challenger had landed.The container remained in the desert for nearly a whole week before the ant colony was moved.The hot,dry

5、desert air dried out the colonys container and the ants died from lack of water.The project was termed success because it did provide useful information.Students will continue their efforts to find out what went wrong.They will try to prevent the same difficulties from reoccurring on future missions

6、.They dont want to be discouraged either by the demise of the ants or by the $10,000 shuttle fare they will have to pay to send the next colony of ants into space.1.What does the passage mainly tell us?A.Americas first woman astronaut Sally Ride.B.How to keep ants alive in space.C.How to make equipm

7、ent for insects in space.D.An experiment with ants in space.2.According to the passage,we know that the underlined word “demise” means “”.A.death B.colonyC.insect D.moisture3.The project wasnt a failure because.A.everything went as smoothly as expectedB.the students had exactly found out the reasonC

8、.something important had been learnedD.the students had succeeded in the experiment4.We can conclude that ants on the next space trip.A.will have to be kept alive in a container full of waterB.will have to be sent into space with the first woman astronautC.should be put into a container where there

9、is enough foodD.should be put into a container which is not too dryB【c】On July 20,1969,Americans Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon.It was an important moment in American history.More US missions to the moon followed.Now,two congresswomen want to p

10、rotect the lunar landing sites by granting them the same protection given to national historical parks.On July 8,a bill called the Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act was introduced,which would set up a national park on the moon.The purpose of the act is to protect the sites for scientific research and

11、to improve public understanding of the Apollo program.Apollo is the name of the spacecraft used by American astronauts between 1969 and 1972.If passed,the bill would protect artifacts,such as footprints and equipment,left behind during the seven Apollo missions.It would also require the United State

12、s to ask the United Nations to name the Apollo 11 landing site as a World Heritage Site.“In the light of other nations and private beings developing or already having developed the ability to go to the moon,the United States must be active in protecting artifacts left by the seven Apollo lunar landi

13、ngs,” Congresswoman Johnson said in an e-mail message.“This bill will help ensure that this unique aspect of our cultural heritage is preserved.”Some critics say that the bill does not require immediate attention because NASA does not have plans to return to the moon.Countries like China and Japan h

14、ave only predicted about sending people there around 2025,but no one knows whether that will happen.Other critics question whether the bill can be carried out and say that it may even break an international treaty.In 1967,the United States and the Soviet Union agreed that no country could make a cla

15、im on the moon.Now,more than 40 years since the last Apollo mission,the Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act is making its way through Congress.“I know that it can sound impossible to say that we are going to have a national park on the moon,”said Congresswoman Johnson.But she believes its important to p

16、rotect the lunar landing sites.“These are an important reminder of what has made America great and serve as an inspiration for future generations.”5.The bill Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act was introduced to .A.celebrate the first landing on the moonB.set up a national park on the moonC.send a manne

17、d spacecraft to the moon againD.emphasize the moment in American history6.According to the passage Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act.A.is to be presented to the UNB.is part of the Apollo programC.is cultural heritage D.is meant to preserve artifacts7.Some critics who doubt the bill argue that .A.the b

18、ill itself is against an international treatyB.China is sure to send people on the moon around 2025C.the bill should require immediate attentionD.NASA should plan to return to the moon8.From the last paragraph we can learn that.A.the bill is going to be passedB.Johnson is confident of the billC.the

19、lunar landing sites will be destroyedD.the landing sites make the American proudC English is fast becoming the language of science around the world, but what is its future among everyday speakers? One expert points out that the percentage(比率) of native English speakers is declining(降低) globally whil

20、e the languages of other rapidly growing regions are being spoken by increasing numbers of people. But English will continue to remain widespread and important. However, British language scholar David Graddol says English will probably drop in dominance(主导) by the middle of this century to rank, aft

21、er Chinese, about equally with Arabic, Hindi, and Urdu. “The number of people speaking English as a first language continues to rise, but it isnt rising nearly as fast as the numbers of many other languages around the world, simply because the main population group has been largely in the less devel

22、oped countries where languages other than English have been spoken,” he says. In a recent article in the journal Science, Mr. Graddol noted that three languages that are not near the top of the list of the most widely spoken now might be there soon. These are Bengali, Tamil, and Malay, spoken in sou

23、th and Southeast Asia. David Crystal, the author of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, says about 1.5 billion of the worlds six billion people speak it as a second tongue compared to the 400 million native speakers. But another expert on the English language says Mr. Graddol underes

24、timates (低估) the future of its dominance. “Nobody quite knows whats going to happen because no language has been in this position before. But all the evidence (证据) suggests that the English language snowball is rolling down a hill and is getting faster,” he said. 9. In David Graddols opinion, Englis

25、h will _. A. remain widespread and important B. be more important than any other language C. lose its dominant positionD. die away in the near future10. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph implies that _. A. snowballs will roll down faster than language balls B. the English language snowba

26、ll is rolling down faster than any time in the past C. English language will soon drop in dominance D. more and more language users will choose English11. How many experts does the passage mention who express their ideas about the future of English? A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. D. 5.12. What should be the best

27、 title for the passage? A. English Remaining the Dominant PositionB. The Future of English? Who Knows? C. Opinions from Different ExpertD. The English Language Snowball Rolling DownDLanguage learning begins with listening. Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they

28、 start speaking, and later starters are often long listeners .Most children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word “obey” is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child .Before they can speak, many child

29、ren will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.Any attempt to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises

30、sort themselves as particularly expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so on. But since these cant be said to show the babys intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment,

31、and that by six months they are able to add new words to their store. This self-imitation（模仿）leads on to deliberate（有意的）imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.It

32、is a problem we need to get out teeth into. The meaning of a word depends on what a particular person means by it in a particular situation and it is clear that what a child means by a word will change as he gains more experience of the world .Thus the use at seven months of “mama” as a greeting for his mother cannot be dismissed as a meaningless sound simply because he also uses it at other times for his father, his dog, or anythin