Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars
Warming up, Pre-reading, Reading
课堂基础自测
一、根据句意及首字母提示,写出各句中所缺单词的正确形式。
1.City life is very d____from country life.
2.The fire s____from the factory to the house nearby.
3.In this v____ conflict, about 20 common people died.
4.It allowed the earth to dissolve h____ gases, which formed part of the atmosphere.
5.With the d____ of society, we come to realize the importance of the balance of nature.
6.Your ______ (出场) is requested at the club meeting on Friday.
7.Pieces of rubbish were floating on the ______ (表面) of the river.
8.I was ______ (失望的) to hear that he lost the last game.
9.I think we should try again using a different ______ (方法).
10.The ______ (气氛) at home has been depressing since they had that flight.
二、用所给词或短语的适当形式填空。
prevent...from depend on spread exist in time
1.Lacey has a back injury that may ______ him ______ playing in the tomorrow’s game.
2.The custom of arranged marriages still ______ in many countries.
3.—Why are you in a hurry to leave here?
—Get home ______ to bathe the children.
4.This kind of disease ______ all over the country.
5. Future agriculture should ______ high technology as well as traditional methods.
三、单项选择。
1. I want to know the thief was caught on the spot.
A. which B. that C. what D. whether
2. made the school proud was 90% of the students can play a kind of
musical instrument.
A. What; because B. What; that
C. That; what D. That; because
3. It is better to the children to learn than to them to do their homework.
A. encourage ; encourage B. force ; force
C. encourage ; force D. force ; encourage
4. With the rapid development, Zhengzhou in all directions in the past few years.
A. spreads B. has spread C. spread D. had spread
5. Better keep him off alcohol, for he’ll be likely to get when he’s drunk.
A. disappointed B. interested C. violent D. quiet
四、完成短文。
give birth to prevent...from depend on go by as…as…
Peter is a pupil, whose mother_____1_______him seven years ago. Now he is not __2____
healthy___ before because he likes eating meat very much. So his parents are worried about him,
they always say they must take measures to__3___ him _____ becoming fatter. But it doesn’t
work. In fact, his parents know losingweight_____4_____ their own son,Peter. Unfortunately, as
time ____5__, his son becomes fatter and fatter.
Learning about language
课堂基础自测
一、用适当的连接词填空。
1. Having checked the doors were closed, and ______all the lights were off, the boy opened the
door to his bedroom。
2. The other day, my brother drove his car down the street at ______I thought was a dangerous
speed.
3. _____we can not get seems better than ______we have.
4. It is a fact English is being accepted as international language.
5. What the doctors really doubt is ______ my mother will recover from the serious disease soon.
二、单项选择。
1.I’ve learnt _____, no matter what happens and how bad _____seems today, life goes on and it
will be better tomorrow
A. it; that B. that; it C. it; it D. that; that
2. —It’s wrong for a student to follow _____his teachers say.
—It’s true. I can’t agree more.
A. what B. no matter what C. however D. whatever
3. The reason ___he was late for the meeting was _____his car had been blocked by an accident.
A .that; why B. how; why C. why; that D. why ; because
4. Black should have taken the doctor’s advice _____in bed for a day or two.
A. that he would lie B. he would lie C. that he lie D. that he must lie
5. Nowadays the doctors are trying their best to reduce people’s fear _____they would be affected
by the present disease.
A. why B. how C. if D. that
6. —Who was the first man on the moon?
— I have no idea_________
A. who was the first man on the moon B. if the first man on the moon was
C. who the first man on the moon was D. whether the first man on the moon was
7. _____we’ll go camping this Sunday depends on the weather.
A. If B. Can C. Whether D. That
8. _______troubles me most is ________I can’t learn all these English idioms by heart.
A. What; that B. That; what C. What; what D. That; that
9. Mother made a promise _______ I passed the final exam, she would buy me a bicycle.
A. that B. whether C. if D. that if
10. We have been walking a long way, so ________is a good rest.
A. what are we really needed B. what we really need
C. That we really need D. what do we really need
11. _______will be suitable for the position?
A. Who you think of B. Whom do you think
C. Who do you think D. Do you think who
12. The warm-hearted man often helps ________is in trouble.
A. who B. whoever C. whomever D. whom
13. No one can be sure ____in a million years.
A. what look will man like B. man will look like what
C. what will man look like D. what man will look like
14. I am lucky _______the thing I enjoy doing most is _________I’ve ended up doing.
A. what; what B. that; that C. what; that D. that; what
15. —I told you ________he would come to see you.
—Actually I had little doubt ________it was true
A. whether; that B. that; that C. if; that D. whether ; if
Using language
课堂基础自测
一、单项填空。
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. _______made the school proud was _______ more than 90% of the students had been admitted
to key universities.
A.What;because B.What;that
C.That;what D.That;because
2. _______she couldn't understand was _______ fewer and fewer students showed interest in her
lessons.
A.What;why B.That;what C.What;because D.Why;that
3. _______has helped to save the drowning girl is worth praising.
A.Who B.The one C.Anyone D.Whoever
4.A satellite is _______object traveling in orbit round another object in space.
A.the;/ ; the B.an;an;a C.the;an;a D.an;an;/
5.The camera(相机)isn’t _______.It still _______where I _______ it a month ago.
A.missed;lies;lay B.missing;lies;laid
C.gone;lays;laid D.lost;lays;lay
6.They _______that he works all night.
A.expected B.wished C.hoped D.required
7.That’s the best way you thought of _______ into dangerous areas.
A.stopping people to get B.to stop people getting
C.keeping people getting D.preventing people in getting
8.We won’t give up _______ we should fail ten times.
A.even if B.since C.whether D.until
9.—What will happen if I smoke here?
—Anyone _______ here will be punished.
A.seen smoking B.seeing smoke
C.seeing smoking D.seen smoke
10.Our neighbor has _______ ours.
A.as a big house as B.as big a house as
C.the same big house as D.a house the same big as
二、翻译下列句子。
1.当 H1N1 爆发时,突然的恐惧迅速地弥漫全国。(break out)
2. 只要更努力,你终久会成功。(in time)
3.他们尽力使那些遭遇地震不幸的人们高兴起来。( cheer up)
4.我们应该想办法防止有害气体的蔓延。(prevent… from)
5.她发现河面上有奇怪的东西浮着,这使她感到非常害怕。(float )
作者:文波 赵伟 张宏
责任编辑:夏永超
文字编辑:燕楠