高三一轮复习同步精练 必修 UnitAstronomythe science of the stars

1、Unit 4Astronomy: the science of the stars . 完形填空阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。He came across her at a party.She was outstanding；many boys were after her，but nobody paid any _1_to him.After the party，he invited her for coffee.She was surprised.In order not to _2_rude，she went along.As t

2、hey sat in a nice coffee shop，he was too _3_to say anything.Suddenly，he asked the waiter.“Could you please _4_me some salt？Id like to put it in my coffee.”The girl stared at him.He turned red，but when the salt came，he put it in his coffee and drank._5_，she asked.“Why salt with coffee？”he _6_，“When I

3、 was a little boy.I lived near the sea，I liked playing in the sea.I could feel its taste salty，like salty coffee.Now every time I drink it，I think of my _7_and my hometown.I miss it and my parents，who are still there.”She was deeply _8_.A man who can realize that hes homesick，must love his home and

4、_9_about his family.He must he _10_.She talked too，about her faraway hometown，her childhood，her _11_.That was the start of their love story.They continued to date each other.She found that he met all her_12_ .He was tolerate，kind，warm and careful.And to think she would have missed the _13_if not for

5、 the salty coffee!So they married and lived happily together.Every time she made coffee for him，she put in some salt，the _14_he liked it.After 40 years，he _15_away and left her a letter which said：“My dearest，please forgive my lifelong lie.Remember the first time we dated？I was so nervous I asked fo

6、r salt instead of sugar.If I could live a second time，I hope we can be together again，even if it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life.”【解题导语】 本文讲的是男士撒了一个善意的谎言而赢得了一位美丽姑娘的芳心的故事。直到死，在男士留给女士的一封信中，谎言才被揭穿。1A.money Battention Cvisit Drespect解析：这里表示“没人注意他”，故选B。答案：B2A.show Blook Cs

7、eem Dappear解析：这里应填一个系动词，故排除A，此空表示“为了不显得不礼貌，她跟他一起去了。”故填appear。答案：D3A.eager Bproud Cnervous Danxious解析：此处根据语境是“他紧张得说不出话来。”故填nervous。答案：C4A.lift Btake Ccarry Dbring解析：表示从别处拿来，带来应用bring。答案：D5A.Mysterious BMoved CCurious DExcited解析：女士对他的做法感到好奇，故用curious形容她此时的心情。答案：C6A.explained Bargued Cstated Dclaimed解析

8、：后面是他回答女士问题的内容，即对他的做法作出解释。答案：A7A.boat Bfriend Cplaymate Dchildhood解析：最值得回忆的是自己的童年，加上童年一般在自己的家乡度过的，故选D。答案：D8A.touched Bhurt Cpressed Dinterested解析：根据后文，听了他的话，女士被感动了，故填touched。答案：A9A.mind Bcare Cknow Dattend解析：关心自己的家庭，应用care与about搭配，attend与to搭配。答案：B10A.smart Bintelligent Cresponsible Dflexible解析：从前面的l

9、ove his home and care about his family说明他是一个有责任心的人。答案：C11A.family Bschool Crelatives Dhouse解析：和他一样，女士谈到的应是她的家乡、童年和家庭。答案：A12A.friends Brequirements Cneeds Dstandards解析：从后面的对他的品质描述He was tolerate，kind，warm and careful.他应是女士需要找的人，所以他各方面符合她的要求。答案：B13A.sight Btrain Ccatch Dchance解析：catch作名词表示“值得追求的人(尤指夫或

10、妻)，宜于婚配的对象”。答案：C14A.method Bstyle Cmanner Dway解析：这里表示他喜欢的方式，用way。答案：D15A.moved Bpassed Cdied Dwalked解析：pass away是固定搭配，表示“去世”的意思。die away是“渐熄；减弱，消失”之意。其它选项构成的词组没有“去世”之意。答案：B. 词汇运用用所给单词的适当形式填空。combineexplodeviolentsurfacedevelopmentspreadpresencedisappointmassgradually1Lets _ to fight against our comm

11、on enemy.2Dont put the bottle on the edge of the _ of the desk，or it will fall down.3A great _ of rock had fallen from the cliff and now blocked the road.4The news that tsunamis caused more than 100,000 deaths _ throughout the world in a short time.5Several days ago，a bomb _ near the police station，

12、killing 10 officers.6There is too much sex and _ show on TV.7There have been several new _ in electronics.8The change was so _ that we hardly noticed it.9The picture was so lifelike that he felt as if he were in the _ of his dead father.10The film was a bit of _；we expected it to be much better.答案：b

13、ine2.surface3.mass4.spread5.exploded6.violent7.developments8gradual9.presence10.disappointment.阅读理解Its hardly surprising that weather is a favourite topic for so many people around the worldit affects where we choose to live，what we wear，our moods，and perhaps even our national characteristics. Studi

14、es have shown that changeable weather can make it difficult to concentrate，cloudy skies slow down reaction，and high humidity with hot，dry winds makes many people badtempered.If you live in a place like Britain，where the weather seem to change daily if not hourly，you could be forgiven for thinking th

15、at the weather is random. In fact the weather is controlled by systems which move around areas of the globe. In the UK the weather depends on depressions，often called lows，and anticyclones，also known as highs. These systems start in the Atlantic Ocean，and make their way across the British Isles from

16、 the west to the east. Highs bring sunny weather，while lows bring rain and wind. In modern times，human activities seems to be altering weather patterns. Gases produced by heavy industry change the temperature of the Earths surface，and affect cloud formation. Some researchers say that factories in Eu

17、rope and North America may have been one of the causes of the droughts in Africa in the 1980s.The human race has always tried to guess the weather，especially in areas of the world where there are frequent changes. Traditional rhymes point to early attempts to identify weather patterns，popular poems

18、include：Red sky at night，shepherds delight；Red sky in the morning，shepherds warning.Flies will swarm before a storm.Rain before 7，clear by 11. While folk wisdom can still provide a guide to help forecast weather，todays methods of prediction increasingly rely on technology. Satellites，balloons，ships，

19、aircraft and weather centres with sensitive monitoring equipment，send data to computers. The data is then processed，and the weather predicted. However，even this system cannot predict weather for longer than about a week.【文章大意】 天气是世界各国人民最喜欢谈论的话题，它可以影响我们的情绪、穿着。1When weather keeps changing，_.Apeople be

20、come badtempered Bpeoples reaction slow downCpeople find it hard to focus on their work Dpeople become hungrier解析：考查细节理解。由本文第一段中“changeable weather can make it difficult to concentrate”可知C项是正确的。答案：C2Which of the following questions could have the answer in the second paragraph? AWhat causes changes in the weather?BWhats the weather like in Britain?CWho should be responsible for the droughts in Africa in the 1980s?DWhy does the weather