英语选择性必修 第三册Unit 5 Learning from nature同步测试题

Unit 5 Starting out & Understanding ideas

I. 将下列各句中画线单词与其相应的词性和英文释义进行匹配。

1. So far about 1 million trees have been planted here and they’ve done a superb job of protecting

the environment. ________

2. It’s a discovery at the very frontiers of our understanding. ________

3. The distinctive lotus flower design was created by an American architect. ________

a. n. the limits of knowledge in a particular field

b. n. a person whose job is to design new buildings and make certain that they are built correctly

c. adj. extremely good, excellent or brilliant in a very noticeable way

II. 根据括号内的汉语提示补全下列句子（每空一词）。

1. The Bird’s Nest stadium is ________ ________ ________ (……的范例) biomimicry.

2. All the chicken in the farm ________ ________ ________ (被用……喂食) natural grass seeds

and organic corn.

3. Anna ________ ________ (回应) the invitation by saying, “Thanks, but I already have plans.”

4. If we ________ ________ ________ ________ (将某事视为理所当然) we don’t realise how

important it is.

5. Most funny stories ________ ________ ________ (基于……) comic situations. In spite of

national differences, certain funny situations have a universal attraction.

6. In this peaceful land, people live ________ ________ ________ (与……和谐) nature, far away

from the noise and worry of the outside world.

7. We designed this building to ________ ________ ________ ________ (迎合……的需求) our

customers, and we must constantly focus on customer satisfaction.

8. Some Australian Aborigines still live ________ ________ ________ ________ (以相似的方式)

to their ancestors, while others live in cities, towns and the country in the same way as their fellow

Australians.

III. 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Do you remember the Greek legend in which Daedalus, 1. ________ (inspire) by birds, built

wings for his son Icarus and himself so they could escape from the tyrant (暴君) Minos? Then you

2. ________ (sure) remember that this journey did not go so well. The wax (蜡) on the wings

melted when Icarus flew too near 3. ________ sun and he crashed. What is 4. ________ (interest)

about this story is that Daedalus’ inspiration was Mother Nature, 5. ________ leads us to the topic

of bionics. Nature has been and is a role model for many inventions and achievements, 6.

________ instance in packaging, technology and architecture.

Take the Sydney Opera House as an example. Nature was the inspiration for the shape, as

well as for the body and building structure. The large size of the roof construction was a real

challenge for which architect Jørn Utzon drew inspiration from palm fronds (棕榈叶) and the roof

was not modeled after sails, as popularly 7. ________ (assume), but rather after orange peel.

Another example is the Multihalle in the Herzogenried Park. It 8. ________ (call) “the

Mannheim marvel” because it is the 9. ________ (large) self-supporting structure in Europe. It can

accommodate 2,600 10. ________ (visitor) on 10,000 square meters without a single support

column. This tent-roof has been made possible by a unique lattice (格子框架) shell construction.

Its designer Frei Otto took his inspiration from spider-web structures.

答案

I.

1-3  cab

II.

1. an example of

2. are fed with

3. responded / replied to

4. take something for granted

5. are based on / upon

6. in harmony with

7. meet / satisfy the needs of

8. in a similar way

III.

1. inspired

2. surely

3. the

4. interesting

5. which / who

6. for

7. assumed

8. is called

9. largest

10. visitors