新标准大学英语2unitetest10 的答案

1.

Earth

rotates

onitsaxisevery24hours.

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2.

rotates

Theatmosphereofsomeplanets,suchasJupiter,ismuchmore

rotates

dense

thanEarth's.

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3.

dense

WorldWarIIendedwhentheUnitedStatesdroppedtwo

dense

atomic

bombsonJapan.

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4.

Theequatorisa(n)

atomic

imaginary

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imaginary

atomic

linearoundthemiddleofEarth.

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imaginary

5.

Eventhoughwe'realwaysaffectedbygravity,werarelynoticeitbecauseitdoesn't

exert

agreat

pressureonus.

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exert

exert

6.TheHubblespacetelescopeiscapableoftakingamazingphotographsatanincrediblyhigh

resolution

.

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7.

resolution

Ioftenwonderifwewillevermakecontactwith

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aliens

aliens

resolution

fromanotherplanet.

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aliens

8.

Afterseeingthatmovie,Jakewantedamagiccoatthatwouldmakehim

invisible

.

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9.

invisible

Manyastronomershavemadethe

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proposal

proposal

invisible

thatwormholesarelike"doorways"inspace.

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proposal

10.

Timmywantstobea(n)

astronaut

whenhegrowsupandtraveltotheMoon.

11.

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astronaut

Iwanttotraveltootherplanetssomeday;

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hence

hence

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astronaut

,Istudyphysicsandastronomytoday.

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hence

12.

formula

Thetocalculatetheforceofanobjectisitsmassmultipliedbyitsacceleration.

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13.

Eachandevery

formula

inhabitant

formula

ofEarthrequiressomeformofenergysustenancetosurvive.

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inhabitant

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inhabitant

14.

curve

TheofEarth'shorizonisonlyreallynoticeablefromhighintheatmosphere.

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15.

curve

Themeteorshowercreatedalotof

interference

curve

intheatmospherethataffected

telecommunications.

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16.

interference

Scientiststhinkthatthereisanalmost

infinite

interference

numberofstarsintheUniverse!

2

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17.

infinite

Manyscience-fictionmovieshavemore

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explosions

explosions

infinite

thanscience.

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explosions

18.

revolves

EartharoundtheSunonceevery365days.

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19.

revolves

OurSolarSystemonlycomprisesaverytiny

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fraction

fraction

revolves

oftheMilkyWaygalaxy.

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fraction

20.

Amazingly,thereweretwo

simultaneous

asteroidimpactsonMarslastyear.

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simultaneous

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simultaneous

SectionB:Completeeachsentencewithasuitableword.

21.

Stephaniepassedherchemistryexam

with

flyingcolours.

22.

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with

HowcanIchoosethemostinfluentialscientist

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among

among

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with

themanythroughouthistory?

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among

23.

Einstein'sequations,

in

theory,shouldholdtrueforever.Youranswer

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24.

in

What'stopreventGreg

from

in

comingtothesameconclusionasyouhave?

25.

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from

Asaphysicist,oneofthefirstthingsyoulearnistolearn

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from

from

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from

yourmistakes.

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from

26.

Militaryjetscanflyveryfast,buttheyneedtospeed

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up

up

evenmoretoleavetheatmosphere.Correctanswer

up

27.

Violenceincreased

to

theextentthatresidentswereafraidtoleavetheirhomes.

28.

Research

in

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to

to

UKmiddleschoolsshowsthatstudentsarelosinginterestinscience.

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29.

in

Manyastronautsclaimthatlife

on

in

boardisn'tasexcitingasitmayseem.

30.

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on

Iwatchedamovielastnightaboutajourney

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through

through

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on

spacetostudytheSun.

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through

PartII:BankedCloze

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Questions31to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

reckless

LastFriday,LucyandIwenttoseeascience-fictionmovie.Itwasabouta(n)(31)

astronautsflyingthroughspace.Whyweretheysocareless?Whoknows?Thestorywas(32)anditdidn'tmakesenseforoneminute.Atleast,itdidn'tmakesensetome.

baffling

groupof

Itseemedlikeeveryfewminutestherewasa(n)(33)

blast

andsomethingwouldblowupforno

apparentreason.You'dthinkthat,withsomanyexplosionsandsomuch(34)

dreadful

lyingaroundas

aresult,thespaceshipwouldhavetroubleflying.Apparentlynot.Actually,oneofthecharactersinthemoviewas(35)

momentarily

worriedaboutthisproblem,butthensomethingelseblewupanddistractedhim.

Honestly,Ithoughtthewholemoviewas(36)

dreadful

;Icouldbarelysitthroughtotheend.Itliterally

leftme(37)

gasping

forbreathbecauseIwassoconfusedandfrustrated.Itseemstobean

unfortunatetrendthatfilmmakershavedecidedto(38)

shift

awayfromsolid,meaningful

storytellingandinsteadfocusonspecialeffectswithoutaclearstory.

Callmeold-fashioned,butIprefermovieswith(39)

well-defined

charactersandsensiblestories—(40)

namely

,oldHollywoodfilmsfromthe1940sand1950s.I'lltakeClarkGableorFredAstaireoverthese

sillyspecialeffectsextravaganzasanyday.

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(31)

(32)

(33)

(34)

(35)

(36)

reckless

baffling

blast

dreadful

momentarily

dreadful

reckless

baffling

blast

debris

momentarily

dreadful

5

(37)gasping

gasping

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shift

well-defined

namely

shift

well-defined

namely

PartIII:ReadingComprehension

Questions41to45arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Whenmostpeoplethinkofsciencefiction,theythinkofentertainingstoriesaboutthefuturethatincludelotsof

technologyandsituationsthatseemimpossibletoday.Flyingcars,human-likerobots,interplanetarytravel,timetravel,and

contactwithalienlifeareallfairlynormalforscience-fictionstories.Forthisreason,sciencefictionisusuallyregardedasan

escapefromrealityandisgenerallyconsideredtodealwithsubjectsthatarefarremovedfromtherealissueswithwhichwedealonEarthin2010.

However,Ithinkthislineofthinkingmissestheentirepointofsciencefiction—namely,thatthesestoriesportraythe

potentialofhumanityunderalmostanyimaginablesituation.Therehavebeenmanystoriesaboutastronautstryingtodestroy

anasteroidthatisheadedstraightforEarthoraboutscientistsplanningtocolonizeanotherplanetbecauseEarth'sresources

aredisappearing.Booksandmoviesaboutthesesubjectsareoftenseenasescapistentertainment,andnothingmore.

However,itisverylikelythat,oneday,anasteroidwillbeheadedstraightatEarth.Itisalsoafactthat,eventually,humanswill

useupallofEarth'sresources.Whenthathappens,wewillneedtothinkofanalternativeplanforsurvival.Whenviewedinthislight,thesestoriesdon'tseemsofar-fetched.

Anotherreasonthatscience-fictionstoriesareseenasfarremovedfromourlivesisbecauseoftheincrediblyadvanced

technology.Thinkaboutit,though.Science-fictionstorieshavebeenaroundsincethe19thcentury.The"advanced

technology"thatamazedreadersbackthenhasmostbecomereality—thingslikeairplanes,hands-freetelephones,andcomputers.Who'stosaythattheunbelievabletechnologyintoday'sstorieswon'tbetomorrow'sreality?

Ofcoursesciencefictionisstillfiction.Thestoriesaren'ttrueandtheyareawonderfulwayforpeopletolettheir

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imaginationsrunwild.However,historyhasclearlyshownthatsciencefictionhasawonderfulabilitytocometrue.Wejustneedabitofpatienceandletsciencecatchuptosciencefiction.

41.Thisstyleofwritingwouldbestbedescribedas_______.

A.expository

B.narrative

C.argumentative

D.descriptive

42.Whichofthefollowingbestsumsuptheauthor'smainpoint?

A.Sciencefictionisusuallyregardedasanescapefromreality.

B.Sc