【走向高考】（天津 山东专用）高考英语一轮总复习 第二部分 学生作业手册 Module5 The Conquest of the Universe 外研版选修8

Module5　TheConquestoftheUniverseⅠ.单词拼写1．Theworldwasinshock－maybethey________(假定)thisspaceflightwouldbenomoredangerousthangettingonanaeroplane.2．Wedidn'thavemuch________(耐心)waitingforthelaunch.3．Toexplodemeansto________(爆炸)withalotofforceandloudnoise.4．Itisnow________(认为)bythemovieindustryasthemostsuccessfulfilmseriesever.5．LukeSkywalkerisevertoldthathis________(忠诚)oughttobetofinishhistrainingratherthanrescuehisfriends.6．Thisis________(一致，吻合的)withmanyreligiousfaiths.7．Itisa________(戏剧性的)storyaboutaninvasionoftheEarthbyaliensfromMars.8．WhenpeopoleheardthataninvasionbyaliensfromMarswas________(在进行中)，therewasawaveofmasshysteria.9．He________(发誓)thathehadnevertalkedwiththegirl.10．Theprincewasdeterminedto________(为……报仇)hisfather，theKing.答案：1.assumed　2.patience　3.burst　4.acknowledged　5.commitment　6.consistent　7.dramatic　8.underway　9.swore　10.avengeⅡ.句型转换1．Sheneveracknowledgeshermistakes.→Sheneveracknowledges___________________________.2．Hesetaboutdoinghishomeworkassoonashearrivedhome.→________________athishome,__________________hishomework.3．Thelittleboycriedsuddenlyassoonashesawhismother.→Thelittleboy____________________assoonashesawhismother.4．Heisn'tpatientwithhisstudents.→He______________________hisstudents.5．Thoughhewasill,hekeptonworking.→____________________________________，hekeptonworking.答案：1.thatshehasmademistakes　2.Onhisarrival;hesetouttodo　3.burstintotears　4.hasnopatiencewith　5.InspiteofhisillnessⅢ.单项填空1．AfterIstoodintheroomforoneminute,myeyesslowlygrew________to7\nthegloom.A．familiar　　　　　　　　B．similarC．accustomedD．addicted答案：C　grow/beaccustomedto“(变得)习惯于……”。sth.befamiliartosb.“某物对某人来说是熟悉的”；besimilarto“和……相似的”；beaddictedto“沉溺于”。2．Aftertheaccident,thepolicespentaweekfindingoutthepersonwho________it.A．witnessedB．staredC．provedD．heardof答案：A　witness“见证；证明；目击”。stare“盯着看”为不及物动词，强调由于好奇而一直盯着看，后接宾语时，需加介词at；prove“证明是”；hearof“听说”。3．Thestarfootballerwasoutof________withtheaggressivereporters.A．patience　　B．habit　　C．practice　　D．envy答案：A　beoutofpatiencewith“对……忍无可忍”。4．Hewenttoworksick,and________badweather,healwaysnevermissedaday.A．becauseofB．accordingtoC．insteadofD．inspiteof答案：D　此处inspiteof意为“尽管”，后接名词作状语。5．Onlyafterhewasbroughttothepolicestationdidtheyoungman________thathehadstolensomepursesfromotherpassengers.A．participatedB．realizedC．summarizedD．acknowledged答案：D　acknowledge“承认”；participate“参加，参与”；realize“意识到”；summarize“概括”。6．Ihopeyouunderstandthetenniscommitteehas________youofaseriousoffence,John.A．charged　　B．accused　　C．blamed　　D．warned答案：B　accusesb.ofsth.“指控某人做某事”。charge常与介词with连用；blame常与介词on连用；warnsb.ofsth.“警告某人某事”。7．Ofthesetwobasketballteams,theformercomesfromtheUS;the________comesfromEngland.7\nA．late　　　B．later　　　C．latter　　D．lately答案：C　theformer...，thelatter...“前者……，后者……”，为固定搭配。late“迟到的，晚的”；later“稍后”；lately“最近，近来”。8．Iamsureshewillpassthetest.I'vegotgreat________inher.A．hopeB．determinationC．faithD．will答案：C　faith“信心，信任”；hope“希望”；determination“决心”；will“意志，决心”。9．I'msorrythatwhatIsaidjustnowhashurtyou,butIdidn'tdoit________.A．deliberatelyB．actuallyC．carelesslyD．especially答案：A　deliberately“故意地”；actually“实际上”；carelessly“粗心地”；especially“特别地”。10．Ihavebeenaprisoner,soIhavealotof________withotherpeopleinprison.A．shame　　B．sympathy　　C．pain　　D．sadness答案：B　sympathy“同情”；shame“耻辱”；pain“痛苦”；sadness“悲伤”。11．Wegreatly________thefinancialsupportfromseverallocalbusinesses.A．acknowledgedB．knowledgeC．contributedD．promised答案：A　acknowledge“感谢”。本题缺少谓语，排除B项。contribute“贡献”；promise“允诺”，均不符合语境。句意：我们对本地几家企业的资助表示感谢。12．Weallcangoforapicnicthisafternoon________thattheothersagree.A．assumedB．assumingC．assumeD．toassume答案：B　由句子结构可知，前句是后句前提下的结果，故后句为状语，assumingthat...“假定……”，在句中作条件状语。13．________,youcan'tlifttheheavyboxup.A．EvenyouarestrongB．Strongasyouare7\nC．HowstrongyouareD．Asyouarestrong答案：B　句意：虽然你很强壮，但你举不起这个重箱子。考查as引导的让步状语从句，需用倒装形式，形容词应放于句首，答案为B。14．—Areyougoingtovisithim?—Well,________.Imaynothavethetime.A．rightB．I'msureC．allrightD．itdepends答案：D　答句的“我”可能没时间，说明不一定去，选D表示“根据情况而定”，而A项“正确”；B项“我肯定”；C项“好吧”，均不合乎语境。15．Beingabletotellthetruthatlastseemedto________her.A．calmB．relieveC．comfortD．anger答案：B　句意：讲出真话似乎使她感到轻松。calm“使……镇静”；comfort“安慰”；anger“使……生气”，均不合乎句意。Ⅳ.阅读理解AHaveyoueverwondered?1.Whydoairplanestakelongertoflywestthaneast？ItcantakefivehourstogowesteastfromNewYork(NY)toLondonbutsevenhourstotraveleastwestfromLondontoNY.Thereasonforthedifferenceisanatmosphericphenomenonknownasthejet(喷射)stream.ThejetstreamisaveryhighaltitudewindwhichalwaysblowsfromthewesttotheeastacrosstheAtlantic.Theplanesmovingataconstantairspeedthusgofasterinthewesteastdirectionwhentheyaremovingwiththewindthanintheoppositedirection.2.WhatwouldhappenifthegravityonEarthwassuddenlyturnedoff？Supposingwecouldmagicallyturnoffgravity.Wouldbuildingsandotherstructures(建筑物)floataway？WhathappenedwoulddependonhowstronglythethingswereattachedtotheEarth.TheEarthismovingatquiteaspeed，movingatoverathousandmilesperhour.Ifyouturnsomethingaroundyourheadonastring(细绳)，itgoesaroundinacircleuntilyouletgoofthestring.Thenitfliesoffinastraightline.“Switchingoff”gravitywouldbelikelettinggoofthestring.ThingsnotattachedtotheEarthwouldflyoffinastraightline.People7\ninbuildingswouldsuddenlyshootupwardsatagreatspeeduntiltheyhittheceiling.Mostthingsoutsidewouldflyoffintospace.大千世界，奥妙无穷。飞机为什么向西飞行比向东慢？地球突然失去重力会怎样？你想过这些宇宙奥秘吗？1．Whatinformationcanwegetfromthefirstpassage?A.Itisthejetstreamthataffectshowfastairplanesfly.B.Planesgoslowerwhentheyaremovingwiththewind.C.IttakesmoretimetoflyfromNYtoLondonthanfromLondontoNY.D.ThejetstreamalwaysblowsfromtheeasttothewestacrosstheAtlantic.答案：A　事实细节题。由第一段中的“Thereasonforthedifferenceisanatmosphericphenomenonknownasthejet(喷射)stream”可知选A。B项中goslower应为gofaster；C项中Ittakesmoretime应改为Ittakeslesstime;D项中fromtheeasttothewest应改为fromthewesttotheeast。2．Theunderlinedword“shoot”inthe2ndpassageprobablymeans“________”．A.sendforB.movequicklyC.comeoutD.growquickly答案：B　猜测词义题。切断地心引力就像撒开细绳一样，没有附着在地表的物体就会沿直线飞出去。室内的人以很快的速度迅速向上运动直到撞着天花板。根据句子的语境，shoot与flyoff意义相近。movequickly“迅速运动”；sendfor“派人去叫，派人去请”；comeout“出来，开放，出版”；growquickly“迅速增加”，故选B。3．Itcanbeinferredthatwithoutgravity________.A．buildingsandotherstructureswouldfloatawayB．treesandbuildingswouldnotsoeasilyflyoffC．somethingaroundyourheadwouldnotfloatawayD．everythingoutsidebuildingswouldflyoffintospace答案：B　推理判断题。失去地心引力，外部的大部分东西就会飞入太空，而附着固定在地表的物体如树木、楼房等不会那么容易飞走。可由第二段倒数第一句、倒数第三句得出。4．Wherecanwemostprobablyreadthistext?A.Inaresearchpaper.B.Inashortstory.C.Inatravelmagazine.D.Inastudent'sbook.答案：7\nD　推理判断题。问题以疑问形式引出，解释举例浅显易懂，易于学生接受，符合学生教科书的特点。BThedesiretomakeexplorationsisbornwithman.Whereverhisimaginationgoes,manalsohasastrongwishtogo.Alargepartofhumanhistoryisconnectedwiththeexplorationoftheworldinwhichwelive.Againandagainpeoplehavesetoutwithsurprisingcourageandpatiencetolookintounknownregionsandlandstoseewhathadnotyetbeenseen,tomaketheunknown.Withkites,balloonsandaircrafttheyleftthegroundtopassthroughtheloweratmosphere.Nowtheouterspacereceivestheirattention.Whyshouldmantakethetroubleofconqueringspace?Itishardtolistthespecificpracticalbenefitsthatwillresultin.Butoneknows,frompastexperienceinotherareas,thatmanwillsurelyseeanddiscovernewthingsinspacethatwillincreaseourscientificknowledge,andthisnewknowledgewillfinditswayintovaluablepracticaluses.Whatwelearnaboutmanhimself,fromhisexperienceinspace,andfromtheeffectsofspaceandthespaceflightenvironmentonhim,willbeextremelyvaluable.Thenewtechniquesdevelopedtocarry7\nouttheexplorationofspace,andtokeepmanaliveinspace,willcertainlyfindpracticalusesineverydaylifeinsomeway.Theareasthatwillbenefitaremanifold.Theyincludecommunication,generationofpower,transportationandtravel,foodproduction,materials,fuelsandmanyothers.Buttosaydefinitelyjustwhatthepractical_resultswillbeisalmostimpossible.5．Themainideaofthefirstparagraphisthat________.A．manoftengoeswhereverhisdreamsgoB．mandesirestoexplorewhatisunknownC．manisnolongerinterestedinthestudyofthelandandseanowD．man'shistoryishisexplorationoftheworld答案：B　主旨归纳题。由第一段首句和第三句可知此段在说“人类渴望探索未知的世界”。选项A和D是片面的，而选项C在此段没有被提及。故正确答案为B。6．Theunderlinedword“manifold”inthesecondparagraphprobablymeans“________”．A．vast　　B．valuableC．various　　D．practical答案：C　词义猜测题。画线词下句中的they是指theareasthatwillbenefit，所以可猜测manifold意为various。7．Theauthorseemstobeinfavorof________.A．theexplorationofspaceB．hisexperienceinspaceC．doubtingthenecessityofthespaceexplorationD．exploringmoreinspacethaninsea答案：A　推断题。从全文来看，作者提出“Alargepartofhumanhistoryisconnectedwiththeexplorationoftheworldinwhichwelive”和空间探索对人类生产生活和知识方面有莫大益处，由此推知作者是支持空间探索的。故正确答案为A。8．InthelastsentenceofParagraph2,theunderlinedphrase“practicalresults”referstotheresults________.A．thatareobtainedfromexperienceB．thatcanbelearnedasknowledgeC．thatcanbemadeuseofD．helpingusmakefurtherexploration答案：C　推断题。由前句可知“空间探索在通信、发电、交通旅行、食物生产、原料、燃料等人们日常生活的各个领域会带来益处，这是实用的、可利用的”。故正确答案为C。7