2020-2021学年高中英语 Unit 2 Cloning Section Ⅰ— Warming UpPre-readingReading & Comprehending习题（含解析）新人教版选修8.docx

1、Unit2CloningSectionWarmingUp,Pre-reading,Reading&Comprehending课后篇巩固探究一、写作词汇检测根据该部分词汇,完成下列小对话或语段。1.Li Hua won the first prize in the national English competition.Oh,really?Im glad that his efforts at last (得到回报).答案paid off2.Why did you look so (沮丧) in the morning?I lost my wallet with my ID card and

2、a lot of money.答案cast down3.How much is this coat and tie?It is $68 (总共).答案altogether4.Do you think it is wise to clone humans?I dont think so.It may raise (伦理的) and social questions.答案moral5.How do Americans like to be called?Most of them dont (反对) calling them by their first name.答案object to6.Wher

3、e can I (得到) a list of restaurants?Go and ask our manager for it.答案obtain7.So you think Im wrong?No,not (精确),but.答案exactly8.John (不同) with us on this matter,so he (禁止) me to go with you.答案differs;forbids二、阅读词汇检测根据该部分词汇,写出黑体部分的汉语意思。When we do business,we should be familiar with commercial 1.procedure

4、s 2.We should not be conservative 3.,nor should we be arbitrary4.We should accumulate 5. experience and believe in ourselves in doing business.I believe we will learn a lot from business and make a breakthrough 6. one day.答案1.商业的2.程序3.保守的4.任意的5.积累6.突破三、用所给短语的适当形式填空have a great impact onpay offdiffer

5、 fromobject tobreak throughon the other handin favour ofcast down1.Their language and custom ours as we are from different countries.答案differ from 2.Scientists hope to soon in their fight against heart disease.答案break through3.His wife is not the idea that he will make a profit in the stock market.答

6、案in favour of 4.The researchers were after the death of the cloned dog,but they would keep on until they could succeed.答案cast down 5.Three years of studying hard in June,and three months later I was accepted by a university.答案paid off 6.His parents firmly his going into the forest by himself.答案objec

7、ted to 7.What the teachers have done their students in the future.答案has a great impact on 8.On the one hand,we should ask for help; we should try our best to rebuild our houses.答案on the other hand四、单句填空1.Im constantly astonished by people who can speak so many (differ) languages.答案different2.We may

8、ask her a few questions to make sure we know (exact) what she wants.答案exactly3.The aircraft (carry) accidentally hit a small fishing boat.答案carrier4.Id like to come too,if you have no (object).答案objection5.Photography is strictly (forbid) in the museum.答案forbidden6.There are some programming errors

9、that need (correct).答案correcting/to be corrected7.Cloning mammals is a difficult task (undertake).答案to undertake8.Something that is (disturb) makes you feel worried or upset.答案disturbing五、阅读理解I believe in the power of the unknown.I believe that a sense of the unknown pushes us forward in all of our

10、creative activities,from science to art.When I was a child,after bedtime I would often go to the window and stare at the stars.I had so many questions.How far away were those tiny points of light?Did space go on forever and ever,or was there some edge?And if so,what lay beyond the edge?Another of my

11、 childhood questions:Did time go on forever?I looked at pictures of my parents and tried to imagine their parents,and so on,back through the generations.Does time go on forever?Or is there some beginning of time?When I grew up,I became a professional astrophysicist.Although I never answered any of t

12、hese questions,they continued to challenge me,to haunt me,to drive me in my scientific research,and to cause me to live on tuna fish and no sleep for days at a time while I was crazy about a science problem.These same questions,and questions like them,challenge and haunt the leading scientists of to

13、day.Einstein once wrote that “the most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious.It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the beginning of true art and true science.” What did Einstein mean by “the mysterious?” I dont think he meant that science is full of unpredictable or unknowable o

14、r supernatural forces.I think that he meant a sense of awe,a sense that there are things larger than us,that we do not have all the answers at this moment,and that we can stand right at the boundary between known and unknown.Scientists are happy,of course,when they find answers to questions.But scie

15、ntists are also happy when they become stuck,when they discover interesting questions that they cannot answer.That is when their imaginations and creativity are set on fire.That is when the greatest progress occurs.1.As a child,the author was .A.cautiousB.generous C.curiousD.doubtful答案C解析推理判断题。根据第二段

16、的“Ihadsomanyquestions.”和第三段的“Anotherofmychildhoodquestions”可推知作者在童年时代好奇心很强,故选C项。2.What does the underlined word “haunt” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A.Make someone to feel annoyed.B.Make someone to feel excited.C.Cause great trouble to someone.D.Keep coming to someones mind.答案D解析词义猜测题。由文章第四段的“.continuedt

17、ochallengeme,tohauntme,.whileIwascrazyaboutascienceproblem.”可知,文中提到的问题不断地挑战着、萦绕着、驱使着作者继续从事科学研究,让作者在着迷于某个科学难题时以金枪鱼罐头为食,连日不眠不休。D项“Keepcomingtosomeonesmind.”意为“一直出现在某人的脑海中”,故选D项。3.What is the source of pleasure according to the passage?A.Exact prediction.B.Creativity in experiments.C.Rich imagination.D

18、.Exploration of the unknown.答案D解析细节理解题。由最后一段第二句可知,科学家们被难题困扰或是发现遇到无法解答的新奇问题的时候也是快乐的,D项意为“对未知世界的探索”,符合题干中的“thesourceofpleasure(快乐的来源)”,故选D项。4.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A.The Power of Mysteries.B.The Characters of Mysteries.C.The Significance of Science.D.The Beauty of Art

19、.答案A解析主旨大意题。根据第一段中心段和整篇文章的描述,作者相信未解之谜的力量,作者认为神秘而不可知的东西以及对未解之谜的探索能激发想象力和创造力,带来进步。故A项“ThePowerofMysteries(神秘事物的力量).”正确。六、语篇填空Andrew was going for a sales job interview.He knew he had the 1.(little) experience to get the job.In fact he wasnt even sure how hed got the interview.2. he did know was that h

20、e was very thankful for the opportunity given to him.Though the interview 3.(go) well,it was impressed on him again that 4.(compare) with the other candidates he didnt have the ability 5.(get) the job.As he left the building,he gave the receptionist 6. envelope.Inside was a thank-you note for the ma

21、n 7. had just interviewed him,thanking him for his time and for the opportunity.That evening,Andrew got a call 8.(tell) him that hed got the job.His new employer knew 9.(clear) that it wasnt Andrews qualifications that got him the job,but his thank-you note.If Andrew was able to be thankful at this stage,he would be able to build positive relationships with his 10.(customer),which was exactly what the company was looking for.Being grateful won Andrew the job.答案1.least2.What3.wentpared5.to get6.an7.who8.telling9.clearly10.customers