外研版选修8Module 5 The Conquest of the Universe同步达标检测题

Module 5 Section Ⅲ　Integrating Skills & Cultural Corner

课时作业

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．Hard as/though they tried, they couldn't make her change her mind.

2．(2019·安徽六校联考)This company was accused of using misleading advertisements in its promotion of the weight loss pills.

3．To work out the difficult maths problem，I have consulted(consult) Professor Russell several times.

4．—Shall we go for a drink at one o'clock this afternoon?

—Sorry，I can't make it.Will two o'clock be OK?

5．They set out to solve (solve) the pollution problems as soon as they got to the place.

6．I was walking along the river when I heard a boy crying for help.

7．At last，the boy acknowledged stealing/having stolen (steal) the money from his mother's pocket.

8．Devoted(devote) to his teaching work all the time，and finding that he was really exhausted，the teacher decided to have a good rest.

9．It is a great relief (relieve) to have rain after a long time of drought.

10．Viewed (view) from a distance, the mountain looked like a lion, as a result of which it got its name.

Ⅱ.单句改错

1．Seldom you get what you go after unless you know in advance what you want.

Seldom后加do

2．Teacher although he is, he can't know everything.

although→as/though

3．All my life I have set ahead of me series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time.

series前加a

4．The famous doctor is going to set out performing the operation, so please keep calm.

out→about

5．Their house is similar with ours, but ours has a bigger garden.

with→to

Ⅲ.阅读理解

A

A home science experiment recently took the world by storm. Two teens from Toronto, in Canada, sent a Lego man rising above the Earth and captured their tiny astronaut's trip on film.

Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, both 17, used a weather balloon to launch their plastic lego model 16 miles above the Earth. This is inside a part of Earth's atmosphere.

The two teens were inspired by a similar project performed by students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The MIT students had launched a weather balloon with a camera into near space and taken many unusual images of the Earth. Mathew and Asad then spent four months figuring out how to launch their own spacecraft into the space.

Traveling to space is expensive for NASA, but Mathew and Asad worked hard to keep their costs down. They bought much of their equipment used and even sewed the Lego man's parachute (降落伞) by hand. In total, the project cost only $400.

“We had a lot of anxiety on launch day because there were high winds when we were going up，” Mathew told reporters. They had to pump extra helium (氦) into the balloon so that it would rise quickly and avoid being blown too far off course by the strong winds.

The toy astronaut's journey lasted 97 minutes before the balloon broke and he fell back to Earth. Mathew and Asad then spent two weekends looking for their spacecraft. It had landed 76 miles away from the launch site.

The student scientists are currently finishing up their final year of high school and applying for colleges. They are also looking into more do­it­yourself space projects.

“I guess the sky is not really the limit anymore，” Mathew told reporters. “We never knew we'd get this far. It's been a lesson for us that hard work pays off.”

【解题导语】　本文主要介绍了两个青少年利用气象气球把他们的玩具乐高人送到太空的过程和结果。

1．By saying “took the world by storm” in the first paragraph, the writer meant the experiment         .

A．destroyed the world

B．flooded the world

C．fascinated the world

D．managed the world

解析：选C　词义猜测题。根据第一段的第二句话可知两个青少年把一个玩具乐高人送入了太空，并把过程拍了下来，因此作者想要表达的是这个试验吸引了世人的目光。

2．Which of the following about the students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is right?

A．They were examples for Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad.

B．They helped Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad to achieve dream.

C．They launched weather balloon together with Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad.

D．They studied with Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad in the same school.

解析：选A　细节理解题。根据文章第三段的第一句话可知选A。

3．How did Mathew and Asad keep their costs down?

A．By sewing the weather balloon themselves.

B．By borrowing spacecraft from the MIT students.

C．By making their spacecraft by hand.

D．By using second­hand equipment.

解析：选D　细节理解题。结合文章第四段的第二句话可知他们使用二手的设备来节省费用。

4．What problems did Mathew and Asad have on launch day?

A．They ran out of helium.

B．The wind was too strong.

C．The balloon suddenly broke.

D．Their spacecraft was blown away.

解析：选B　细节理解题。根据文章第五段中的“We had a lot of anxiety on launch day because there were high winds when we were going up”可知，在他们进行发射的那天遇到的问题是风比较大。

B

In our everyday lives we meet situations in which we take many things for granted. We only treasure things when they are gone. This is a sad truth of human nature. One day, I found myself as a witness to a similar situation.

One evening, I left work and boarded the train. After entering, I noticed something unusual. The center of the car had a few empty seats while both ends were crowded with people standing. I didn't pay much attention and sat down on one of the empty seats. I sensed a funny smell. It wasn't long before I noticed a homeless person sleeping on three seats in front of me. He was bleeding from his nose. Why wasn't anyone helping him?

His clothes were torn and he was giving off a strange smell. Along with the smell, his eyes were dull, watery, and red. Occasionally he scratched himself and people looked at him as if he had committed a crime. As the train stopped at stations and more people came in they covered their noses and faced away from him. All the seats around him were empty.

Suddenly, he began to swear at the people around him. A plain­clothes police officer who looked like a construction worker took out his certificate and showed it to the homeless man. The officer, not wanting to touch the homeless man, told him his rights and directed him to exit the train. As the officer walked the man out of the train, the homeless man turned around and said “MY HOME！” and started crying.

A man doesn't value things until they are gone. If he didn't have a home, at least he had freedom. Now he has neither. No one wants to help someone who won't help himself.

【解题导语】　本文是一篇记叙文。乘坐火车时，“我”发现了一个流浪汉，他衣衫褴褛，身上散发异味，乘客们避而远之。突然，他开始咒骂他周围的乘客。后来流浪汉被便衣警察带走，他不仅没有家，这一次还失去了自由。

5．When entering the car, how did the author feel at first?

A．Annoyed.　　　　　　 B．Puzzled.

C．Sad.   D．Calm.

解析：选B　推理判断题。根据第二段第三句可知，车厢中部有一些空座位，而两头却挤满了站着的人；据此可以判断，“我”感到很困惑，故B项正确。

6．How did people react to the homeless man?

A．They caught him and called the police.

B．They covered him with clean clothes.

C．They disliked and avoided him.

D．They stared at him curiously.

解析：选C　推理判断题。根据第二段第三句可知，车厢中部有一些空座位，而两头却挤满了站着的人；根据第三段第三句可知，流浪汉偶尔抓挠自己，人们看着他，好像他曾经犯罪了一样；据此可以判断，人们不喜欢他，避免和他接触，故C项正确。

7．It can be learned that the policeman        .

A．was very rude to the man

B．sent the man back to his hometown

C．forced the man to leave the city

D．went off the train with the man

解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句可知，警官最后带着这个流浪汉走下了火车，故D项正确。

8．What does the author think of the homeless man?

A．He is a loser of life.

B．He is worth our respect.

C．He is very funny.

D．He is a fearless fighter.

解析：选A　推理判断题。根据最后一段第二、第三句可知，如果他没有家，至少他还有自由，如今他两个都没有了。据此可以判断，他是一个生活的失败者，故A项正确。

Ⅳ.七选五

It is necessary to be reasonable and flexible enough to avoid conflicts as much as possible and live in peace with others.   1   If you have done all your best to avoid conflicts and you are still arguing, then read these effective tips on how to avoid conflicts.

Don't get in the center of the conflict.

Sometimes people can get in the center of conflicts due to their enthusiasm for offering help. Frankly speaking, it is very unwise, because it can make you the main figure of the conflict.   2   You should focus on your own life issues.

Be kind.

  3   Life is full of conflicts and disagreements, and that's why you should find more conservative ways of dealing with them. For example, kindness can lessen the conflict.

Try to be a peacekeeper.

Peacekeepers tend to cooperate with people without bad emotions which usually lead to arguments and even conflicts. “  4  ”This saying is the life motto of a natural­born peacekeeper.Don't worry if you are not a natural­born peacekeeper; you can gain this skill during life.

Walk off.

When the conflict is gathering pace and you can't manage to control yourself, you should choose to handle the situation in another way. By all means, try to keep yourself away from stress.  5   You should get away from the situation for a while.

A．The greatest victory is a battle not fought.

B．Conflicts are unavoidable, so try to accept them.

C．Weak people usually desire others to offer help and support.

D．Let other people solve their problems without your presence.

E．It is helpful to put some distance between yourself and the opponent.

F．When someone pushes you to the limit, try to act kindly towards this person.

G．Arguing can either break your friendship or affect your relationship to some degree.

【解题导语】　本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了几种有效避免冲突的建议。

1．解析：选G　根据空前一句可知，尽量避免冲突是十分有必要的；据此可以判断，空处承上启下，介绍冲突的严重危害，引出文章主题，故G项符合文意。

2．解析：选D　根据空后一句可知，作者建议把注意力集中在自己的事情上；据此可以判断，空处建议“让其他人自己解决他们自己的问题”，故D项符合文意。

3．解析：选F　根据该段标题Be kind.可知，该段主要阐述“和善待人”的建议，这与F项中的“try to act kindly towards this person”照应，故F项符合文意。

4．解析：选A　根据空后一句可以判断，空处是调解人的一句格言。A项意为“最伟大的胜利是一场没有战斗的斗争。”，故A项符合文意。

5．解析：选E　根据空前一句可知，这里作者建议要远离冲突，离开对手；据此可知E项符合文意。