人教版高中英语必修三unit4单元检测

1、Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the starsi .词汇知识1. The boy wondered why fish soon went in hotweather. He went to ask his teacher.A. puzzled; badlyB. puzzling; badC. puzzling; badlyD. puzzled; bad答案与解析 D句意：这个困惑的小男孩奇怪鱼为什么在热天很快就 变质了。他就去问了他的老师。puzzling “令人困惑的"；puzzled "感到困 惑的"；go bad “变质

2、”，故本题选D项。2. The court case will do serious harm my business.A. forB. toC. withD. in答案与解析 B 此题重在考查harm后的介词，应牢记do harm to = be harmful to。3. my mother, my father is a terrible cook.A. DislikeB. AlikeC. UnlikeD. Likes答案与解析C 句意：不像我妈妈，我爸爸是很差劲的厨师。dislike“不喜欢”；alike "和相像的"；unlike “不像”；like “喜好”。4

3、. She gave birth three daughters and two sons all her life.A.forB. atC. toD. on答案与解析C 考查固定搭配give birth to "生产；生育；分娩”。句意：她一生生育了三个女儿和两个儿子。5. We suggested that they provide an effective warning system many of the disasters.A. keep; happeningB. to prevent; from happeningC. stop; from being happened

4、D. to prevent; from being happened答案与解析B 考查短语 prevent/stop/ keep . from doing sth.。happen为不及物动词，不能用于被动语态；空格处的结构表目的，作目的 状语，故用动词不定式。6. Which material can be thrown into the sea the nature of thematerial.A.depend onB. depends onC. rely onD. relies on答案与解析 B句意：哪种材料可以扔进大海取决于材料的性质。当“信赖；依靠”讲时，depend on可以与r

5、ely on换用；当“取决于”讲时， 只能用depend on7. I must hurry. I want to get home to see the football matchon TV.A. at timesB. in timeC. any timeD. just then答案与解析 B句意：我必须快点。我想及时赶到家看电视足球赛。in time “及时” ；at times “有时；间或"。8. The Big Bang is a term describe a huge explosion that happened around 15 billion years ag

6、o, creating our universe.A. usedB. is used toC. used toD. use to答案与解析 C used to "被用来”。9. I was still sleeping when the fire , and then it spread quickly.A. broke outB. put outC. came outD. got out答案与解析 A break out "（火灾等）发生”，符合句意。put out "扑 灭"；come out “出来”；get out “出来”。句意：火灾发生时，我

7、正在睡 觉。10. The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendlyA. atmosphereB. stateC. situationD. phenomenon答案与解析 A 句意：这两个国家的最高领导人在友好的气氛中进行交谈。atmosphere "气氛；氛围" ；state “状态” ；situation "形势；局面”phenomenon "现象n .语法知识11. Tom is very pleased with the newly-built house,

8、which is almost the one he used to live in.A. the twice size ofB. as twice big asC. bigger twice thanD. twice the size of答案与解析D考查倍数表达方式，“倍数+the+ n.+ oF'为固定结构。12. Is it true the rain stops, it will be as hot as in the summerhere?A. whenB. that whenC. wheneverD. that答案与解析B句意：雨停之后，这儿就像夏天一样热，是真的吗？it

9、作形式主语，所选选项引导主语从句，而主语从句内部又有一个以when引导的时间状语从句。13. is a fact that English is being accepted as an international language.A. ThereB. ThisC. ThatD. It答案与解析D句意：英语正在被接受为国际语言已经是个事实。it是形式主语，真正的主语是 that引导的从句，其他三项都没有这种句型结 构，故选D项。14.you are familiar with the author's ideas, try reading all the sections as qu

10、ickly as you can.A. Ever sinceB. Now thatC. So thatD. As long as答案与解析B句意：既然你对作者的观点熟悉，那就试着尽可能快地读完所有部分。now that “既然”，符合句意。15. Jay Zhou sings will surely become popular pretty soon.A. WhatB. WhichC. WhoeverD. Whatever答案与解析D 句意：无论周杰伦唱什么样的歌都一定会很快流行的。whatever “无论什么”，引导主语从句，并在从句中作宾语。 what “什么” ;which "

11、;哪一个m .阅读理解; whoever “无论谁 ”My father was Chief Engineer of a merchant ship, which was sunk in World War H . The book Night of the U -boatstold the story.MemoriesIn September, 1940, my mother, sister and I went to Swansea, where my father's ship was getting ready to sail. We brought him a family

12、photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him safe.Then I remember my mother lying face down, sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpedol（雷）.I can remember the arrival of the telegram （电报）,which in those daysSafe. Lovalways brought bad news. My grandmoth

13、er opened it. It read,Ted.My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my father's knee, his arm in a bandage.He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For as long as I can remember, he had a weak heart. Mother said it was cau

14、sed by the torpedoes.He said it was becauseof the cigarettes. Whichever, he died suddenly in his early 50s.Ten years later I read Night of theU-boatsand was able to complete the story.TorpedoOne torpedo struck the ship. Father was in the engine room, where the third engineer was killed. He shut down

15、 the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoned.By the time he got on deck 甲板）he was alone. Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck fast. When he tried to cut it free, it swung against the ship, injuring his hand and arm. He had no choice but to jump 一still with the

16、photograph in his pocket.Three days later, he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow.All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph.A ToastIn my room is the book and the photograph. Often, glass in hand, I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion, a sinking ship, a jump into a vas

17、t ocean and a wait for rescue? Lest （以免）we forget, I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.16. We can infer that the mother and children went to SwanseaA. to meet a friendB. to see the father offC. to take a family photoD. to enjoy the sailing of the ship答案与解析B 推理判断题。根据第二段中二.my fathe

18、r's ship wasgetting ready to sail. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him .”等内容可以判断母亲和孩子们去 Swansea是去给父亲送行的。17. What did the author learn about the father from the telegram?A. He was still alive.B. His knee was broken.C. His ship had been sunk.D. He had arrived in Glasgow.答案与解析a细节

19、理解题。根据第四段中电报的内容Safe. LoveTed.”可知父亲依旧活着。18. The underlined word “it in Paragraph 6 refers to the father's A. weak heartB. taking a shore jobC. failure to return to seaD. injury caused by a torpedo答案与解析 A 细节理解题。第六段的第二句提到父亲心脏不好。母 亲说是鱼雷造成的，而父亲说是抽烟引起的，可见 it在此指“心脏不好”。19. What can we know about the aut

20、hor's father after his ship was attacked?A. He lost his arm.B. He repaired the engines.C. He managed to take a lifeboat.D. He was the last to leave the ship.答案与解析D 细节理解题。根据第九段“By the time he got on deck（甲板）he was alone.可以判断父亲是最后一个离开沉船的20. What is the passage mainly about?A. A group of forgotten

21、heroes.B. A book describing a terrifying battle.C. A ship engineer's wartime experience.D. A merchant's memories of a sea rescue.答案与解析 C 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了一个船舶工程师战时的 经历。故C项最佳。BSince the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain-computer interface（BCI）

22、technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.Recently, two researchers,Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated1） a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person's thoughts.In the laboratory, Tavella op

23、erated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.“Our brain has billions of nerve cells. These send signals through the spinal cord （脊髓）to the musclesto give us the ability to move. But spinal cor

24、d injuries or other conditionscan prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles Tavella says. "Oursystemallows disabled peopleto communicate with external world and also to control devices.The researchersdesigneda special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals

25、from the scalp（皮）and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain.Prof. Millan, the team leader, says scientists keep

26、 improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. "The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories: communication, and controlling devices. One example is this wheelchair.”He says his te

27、am has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time.21. BCI is a technology that can.A. help to update computer systemsB. link the human brain

28、 with computersC. help the disabled to recoverD. control a person's thoughts答案与解析B细节理解题。由第一段可以看出，BCI技术是科学家一直研究的to link the brain with computers'技术，由此可知 B项正确。22. How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory?A. By controlling his muscles.B. By talking to the machine.C. By moving his hand.D. By using his mind.答案与解析D 细节理解题。由第三段中的 “In the laboratory,Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand.”可知，Tavella是通过