必修3&4必修3Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars课堂检测

课时作业(十三)　Unit 4　Astronomy：the science of the stars

Section Ⅰ　Warming Up & Reading—Pre­reading

(本栏目内容，在学生用书中以独立形式分册装订！)

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

It’s not easy to die when you are only fifteen.

Those were the words that began the story I heard from Robert White，a North Carolina factory worker.He and his wife were visiting their daughter Lee in the hospital as they did every evening.

This evening，Lee suddenly said，“I always dreamed of swimming with dolphins (海豚)，free and happy in the open sea.I still dream of it.”

It seemed like an absurd dream because she was so ill that she couldn’t walk without help.

Robert and his family talked it over and decided to do everything they could.They had heard of a research center at Grass Key，and they phoned them.

“Come at once，” they said.

When they arrived there，Robert took Lee to the dolphins，Nat and Tursi.At first，they seemed uninterested，but when Lee called them softly by name，they came over.They kissed her on her nose and carried her out to sea with them.

“It feels like I’m flying！” cried Lee，laughing with joy.

Lee’s family hadn’t heard her laugh like that since before she became ill.In that hour with the dolphins，Lee was strong and happy like she used to be.

The next day Lee was too weak to get out of bed.She told Robert，“Daddy，don’t be sad for me.I’ll never be afraid again.The dolphins have made me understand that I have nothing to fear.”

Just before night fell，Robert’s little girl died in his arms.The next day they went out to scatter (撒) her ashes (骨灰) in the ocean among the dolphins as she wanted.And then，suddenly，through their tears，they saw Nat and Tursi jumping out of the water.

As Robert said，“They had come to take our daughter home.”

语篇解读　 本文是记叙文。15岁的花季少女在去世前实现了自己与海豚共舞的梦想。

1. The underlined word “absurd” in the text probably means________.

A．real　　　　　　　　  B．strange

C．impossible  D．pleasant

解析：　词义猜测题。根据该词后面的she was so ill that she couldn’t walk without help可知，由于Lee已经无法独立行走，她想和海豚在大海里畅游的梦想是荒谬的，不可能实现的。

答案：　C

2．During her stay at Grass Key，Lee________.

A．had a good time there

B．was uninterested in Nat and Tursi

C．became healthy again

D．died in the open sea unexpectedly

解析：　细节理解题。根据文中的“It feels like I’m flying！” cried Lee，laughing with joy和In that hour with the dolphins，Lee was strong and happy like she used to be可知，Lee在Grass Key玩得非常开心。

答案：　A

3．It seemed that Lee________.

A．was never afraid of death

B．had a deep love for dolphins

C．understood dolphins very well

D．used to have a hard and unhappy life

解析：　推理判断题。根据第三段可知，Lee从小就希望能和海豚一起自由自在、开开心心地在大海里游来游去；再根据倒数第二段中的scatter her ashes in the ocean among the dolphins as she wanted可知，Lee希望家人能将她的骨灰撒向大海，与海豚为伴。由此可推测，Lee喜欢海豚。

答案：　B

4．What’s the best title for the text?

A．Making friends with animals

B．Swimming with dolphins

C．Father and daughter

D．A sudden death

解析：　标题归纳题。Lee在大家的帮助下，终于在生命的尽头实现了自己的梦想：和海豚共舞。故B项作标题贴切。

答案：　B

B

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语篇解读　本文是应用文。文章是一则关于约克大教堂的参观指南。

5. What can visitors do in York Minster?

A．Explore ways of improving Yorkshire.

B．Join some research programmes.

C．Hold a series of concerts.

D．Learn about its history.

解析：　细节理解题。根据第一段中的to explore the past可知，游客在约克大教堂可以探究其历史。

答案：　D

6．When can you get someone to show you around for free?

A．At 9 am on Monday.

B．At 12.45 pm on Sunday.

C．At 11 am on Friday.

D．At 4 pm on Saturday.

解析：　细节理解题。根据文中的Free guided tours run from Monday to Saturday between 10 am—3 pm可知，只有C项符合该时间段要求。

答案：　C

7．What are you advised to do if you are interested in group tours?

A．Phone 01904 557 217.

B．Send an email to learning@yorkminster.org.

C．Call 01904 557 224.

D．Visit www.yorkminster.org/learning.

解析：　细节理解题。根据Group visits部分的内容可知，要想了解关于团体参观的信息，可以拨打电话01904 557 217或者发邮件至groups@yorkminster.org。

答案：　A

C

“Hello，Earth！Can you hear me？” That’s the voice more than 400,000 people received recently.It was from Philae，a space vehicle that landed on a cormet in 2014.However，its transmissions (传送信号) back home went silent since then.

It took a long time for Philae to make its way across the solar system and reach comet 67P/C­G.The space vehicle got there aboard the Rosetta probe (探测器)，which has been circling around the comet since Philae separated from it in November,2014.

Philae’s job was to collect materials to study the comet’s composition.And for about two and a half days after landing，it did just that，sending the information back to scientists on Earth.But Philae’s landing on the comet’s icy surface had not been smooth.While touching down，it jumped up and ended up in the shadow of something like a huge rock.Philae runs on solar power，but there was no light in the place where it landed.In the end，it failed to work.

However，as comet 67P/C­G moved closer to the sun，more sunlight reached the space vehicle，allowing it to power up and come back online.Philae then sent something to Rosetta，which passed on the information back to Earth.

“We only received the information for about 85 seconds，but that’s enough to let us know it is alive and well，” says Stephan Ulamec，who works for the European Space Agency.“We hope to work out where it landed exactly on the 4­kilometer­wide comet.Now we plan to change how Rosetta moves so that Philae can keep on communicating and receiving instructions.”

语篇解读　本文是说明文。彗星着陆器Philae在失联后又获“重生”。

8．Hearing Philae’s voice，those people must have felt________.

A．afraid  B．calm

C．excited  D．worried

解析：　推理判断题。由第一段中的Philae...landed on a comet in 2014.However，its transmissions back home went silent since then可知，Philae于2014年着陆彗星后就失联了，所以当人们再次听到它传来的声音时一定很兴奋，故选C项。

答案：　C

9．According to the text，Philae________.

A．was damaged when it landed

B．moved around comet 67P/C­G

C．needs light and gas to keep working

D．helps scientists learn about a comet

解析：　细节理解题。由第三段中的Philae’s job was to collect materials to study the comet’s composition可知，Philae的任务是帮助科学家了解一颗彗星的相关情况，故选D项。

答案：　D

10．What Stephan says in the text suggests that________.

A．Rosetta will move around another comet

B．Philae will continue to work for scientists

C．most comets are as wide as four kilometers

D．he wonders whether Philae is still alive

解析：　细节理解题。由最后一段中的Now we plan to change how Rosetta moves so that Philae can keep on communicating and receiving instructions可知，Philae将会继续服役，故选B项。

答案：　B

11．What does the author mainly talk about in the text?

A．A sleeping space vehicle wakes up.

B．It is very dangerous to travel in space.

C．A new comet was discovered recently.

D．Philae was sent into space successfully.

解析：　主旨大意题。总览全文可知，文章主要介绍了彗星着陆器Philae的一些情况。它在沉睡了好久之后醒了过来，并向地球发回了信息。

答案：　A

Ⅱ.七选五

Yash Gupta

Yash Gupta has worn glasses for many years.When they broke one day and he was not able to wear them to school，he had a big problem.__1__At the end of the day，he realized that he had learned nothing that day!

Yash quickly got his glasses fixed，but his experience changed his life.He realized that there were probably many kids around the world that did not have proper glasses to help them learn in school.__2__He found out that 13 million children around the world don’t have proper glasses to help them see in class.Instead of just shaking his head at this problem，he decided to do something about it.__3__Its goal is to help find glasses for other kids and teens that need them.

He created Sight Learning in 2011 and since then he has changed the lives of thousands of young students around the world！The organization has tried to provide eyeglasses to students who need them but cannot afford them.It has collected and given away over $1,000,000 worth of eyeglasses.__4__

As Dr.Seuss，a famous writer，once said，“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot，nothing is going to get better.It’s not.”__5__He has taken action to not only improve his own life，but those of others.

A．Yash is such a teenager.

B．So，he did some research.

C．Yash started a small organization，Sight Learning.

D．Here is an easy way to help Yash and Sight Learning.

E．He could not see much of what was going on in his classroom.

F．He learned that not having glasses can cause a 20% loss in learning!

G．This has helped over 20,000 young people in 5 countries to see better!

语篇解读　本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述了一位青少年向其他近视儿童捐赠眼镜的故事。

1．解析：　由该空前的a big problem和空后的he had learned nothing that day可知，E项内容符合此处语境。

答案：　E

2．解析：　由该空后的He found out that...in class可知，他做了一些调查研究，故选B项。

答案：　B

3．解析：　由该空后的Its goal和下文的He created Sight Learning in 2011可知，这里是说他成立了Sight Learning这一组织，故选C项。

答案：　C

4．解析：　由该空前的It has collected and given away over $1,000,000 worth of eyeglasses可知，G项内容符合此处语境。

答案：　G

5．解析：　由该空前Dr.Seuss所说的话可知，Yash就是这样一个人，故选A项。

答案：　A