19-20学年新教材高中英语课时素养评价十一Unit4Historyandtradit

19-20学年新教材高中英语课时素养评价十一Unit4HistoryandtraditionsDis

课时素养评价十一

Unit 4 Discovering Useful Structures

Ⅰ. 单句语法填空

1. Critics remain puzzled(puzzle) by the election results.

2. Those woods gave us all a sense of belonging(belong).

3. He realized no one was in defence(defend)of his interest.

4. It could be a bit problematic, legally(legal)speaking.

5. He reads newspapers every day to keep himself informed(inform) about what’s going on in the world.

6. She wonders how many times she has to come here and gets her false teeth fixed (fix).

7. Mother had me go(go) to the shop and buy some salt.

8. With his homework finished(finish), he went out to play football.

9. We found the eggs eaten ( eat) by the snake.

10. I had my left arm broken(break) yesterday.

Ⅱ. 根据汉语提示用短语完成句子

1. He studied philosophy, psychology as well as(和) computer at Yale.

2. They share the same currency(有相同的货币) in those countries.

3. Military action(军事行动) may become necessary.

4. So, whatever I meet, I have confidence to conquer any difficulty(战胜任何困难).

5. It’s time to get your clothes washed(把你的衣服洗洗了).

6. I want the house painted white(想把房子粉刷成白色).

7. You’d better have yourself examined when you are free(把身体检查一下).

8. The book written by a farmer(农民写的) is very popular.

9. The building built last year(去年建的) now collapsed in the Wenchuan earthquake.

10. The problem discussed at the meeting(在会议上讨论的)yesterday was very difficult to solve.

19-20学年新教材高中英语课时素养评价十一Unit4HistoryandtraditionsDis

Ⅰ. 阅读理解

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Fishy Weather Conditions

(2019·北京高一检测) Laj amanu, Australia, is a dry little town, sitting right on the edge of the Tanami desert. Can you imagine how surprised people were when live fish rained down on them from a dark gray cloud. It happens that there are similar cases in England and Honduras.

How do clouds make fish? The simple answe r is that they don’t. There is a particular weather phenomenon(现象)called a waterspout. A waterspout is just like a tornado, only it forms above oceans, lakes, or rivers. Like a tornado, a waterspout moves in a circle at high speeds. When it moves above the water, it tends to carry the fish with it, as well as frogs or other small plants or animals.

Scientists couldn’t work it out at first. To make matters stranger still, the fish in Honduras were very much alive when they rained down to the ground, but they were all blind. In England and Australia, it rained fish and snakes, and none were blind. It was difficult to puzzle out, but the blind fish gave them a place to start.

Scientists knew that some fish that lived in deep, underground caves with no light sources often lost their eyesight. So when blind fish rained down on Honduras, scientists began to connect some dots. Clearly, these particular fish were pulled from an underground water source by force.

It has rained fish on every continent, and each time, people have tried in various ways to explain this strange phe nomenon. Historically, villagers thought the“fishes from the heavens”might be answers to prayers for food. Others suggested that floods overran river banks and oceans, leaving the fish on the city streets. No scientist had actually seen the rain as it occurred, only the fish left on the ground. But in 1990, a National Geographic team happened to be in Honduras when the Rain of Fishes began. They recorded what was happening and made history by finally proving that the fish really did fall from the sky.

19-20学年新教材高中英语课时素养评价十一Unit4HistoryandtraditionsDis

This huge breakthrough wasn’t just a spot of good luck. It changed thousands of years of myths and legends into true stories and provided scientific explanations for how fish came to live in deep caves. It explained ancient cave paintings and shed new light on how species have spread over time. It turned out to be a lot more than just a little fishy weather.

【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章解释了可疑的天气状况, “为什么会出现这种雨中下活鱼的天气”。盲鱼让科学家们开始认为龙卷风理论似乎更有可能。这个巨大的突破不仅仅是运气好, 而且它把几千年的神话传说变成了真实的故事, 为鱼是如何生活在深深的洞穴里提供了科学的解释。

1. According to the passage, a waterspout .

A. can make animals blind

B. is difficult to catch on film

C. can carry items with it

D. is a dangerous sea creature

【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第二段中When it moves above the water, it tends to carry the fish with it, as well as frogs or other small plants or animals. 可知, 水上龙卷风可能携带水里的一些生物。故选C。

2. The blind fish made the scientists start to think that .

A. raining fish was a warning of natural disasters

B. animals changed to match their environments

C. the weather system differed from place to place

D. the waterspout theory seemed more possible

【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句It was difficult to puzzle out, but the blind fish gave them a place to start. 可知, 盲鱼让科学家们开始认为龙卷风理论似乎更有可能。故选D。

3. From Paras. 5 and 6, we can learn .

A. how species in the area changed over time

B. the importance of finding the truth behind the event

C. that the discovery cleared up many different scientific theories

D. how the understanding of waterspouts affected other areas of science

19-20学年新教材高中英语课时素养评价十一Unit4HistoryandtraditionsDis

【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第五段最后一句They recorded what was happening and made history by finally proving that the fish really did fall from the sky. 和第六段倒数一、二句It explained ancient cave paintings and shed new light on how species hav …… 此处隐藏：5656字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……