高考英语一轮复习 Unit 4 Astronomy：the science of the stars考点规范练 新人教版必修3

Unit 4 Astronomy：the science of the starsⅠ.阅读理解A(2016·兰州诊断)One of my first memories as a child in the 1950s was a discussion I had with my brother in our tiny bedroom in the family house in Bethlehem,Pennsylvania.We had heard in school about a planet called Pluto.It was thefarthest,coldest,and darkest thing a child could ima gine.We guessed how long it would take to die if we stood on the surface of such a frozen place wearing only theclothes we had on.We tried to figure out how much colder Pluto was than the Antarctic,or than the coldest day we had ever experienced in Pennsylvania.Pluto,which famously was downgraded from a “major pla net” to a “dwarfplanet”(矮行星)in 2006,captured our imagination because it was a mystery that could complete our picture of what it was like at the most remote corners of our solar system.Pluto’s underdog discovery story is part of what makes it so attractive.Clyde Tombaugh was a Kansas farm boy who built telescopes out of spare auto parts,old farm equipment and self-ground lenses.As an assistant at Lowell Observatory inFlagstaff,Arizona,Tombaugh’s task was to search millions of stars for a moving point of light,a planet that the observatory’s founder thought existed beyond the orbit of Neptune.On February 18,1930,Tombaugh found it.Pluto was the first planet discovered by an American,and represented a moment of light in the midst of the Great Depression’s dark encroachment (入侵).Pluto is much more than something that is not a planet.It’s a reminder that there are many wo rlds out there beyond our own and that the sky isn’t the limit at all.We don’t know what kinds of fantastic variations on a theme nature is capable of making until we get there to look.1.Why did Pluto become famous in 2006 according to the passage?A.Because it disappeared in the sky.B.Because it lost its major planet status.C.Because it was discovered by an American.D.Because it was proved to be the coldest planet in the universe.2.What can be a suitable title for the text?A.Pluto’s RomanceB.Pluto Was First Discovered by a BoyC.An American Scientist:Clyde TombaughD.The Days I Sp ent with My Brother in Pennsylvania3.What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?A.Clyde Tombaugh discovered the darkness in the Great Depression.B.Pluto was the only planet that was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh.C.Clyde Tombaugh’s telescopes used for searching stars were very simple.D.Clyde Tombaugh’s job was to build telescopes for Lowell Obse rvatory.4.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph is most likely to mean .A.Pluto is no less than a planet in the solar systemB.Pluto is much more than a planet in the solar systemC.Pluto is more important than any other planet in the skyD.Pluto is not a planet in the solar system,but it is more than a planet〚导学号92550050〛B(2016·成都第二次诊断)NASA’s New Horizons probe(宇宙探测器)flew by Pluto this morning,sending back history’s first up-close looks at the vast freezing-cold world.Closest approach came at 7:49 am EDT.To celebrate,NASA gave out the latest photo of Pluto.It showed a reddish w orld with an amazing heart-shaped feature on its surface.After today’s close encounter,all the nine solar system’s traditionally recognized planets have now been visited by a spaceship—a huge project begun in 1962 when NASA’s Mariner 2 probe flew past Venus,a planet in the solar system. More than 1,200 scientists,NASA guests and important persons,including 200 reporters,watchedthe flyby(定点飞行) live at New Horizons’ mission control center.That close encounter has been a long time coming.The $723 million New Horizons mission was launched in January 2006 but began taking shape in 1989. “New Horizonsis ‘a capstone mission’,”Glen Fountain,mission project manager told .“It is the first completion of the observations of our solar syst em.It’s giving us a new idea about how we human beings fit into the universe.”New Horizons “faced a crazy number of challenges”.Stern,a driving force behind New Horizons said,“So many people stuck with this for so long.They got knocked down; they stood up.They got knocked down again; they stood up again.”In a coincidence,today’s close approach falls on the 50th anniversary of thefirst flyby of Mars,another planet,which was completed by NASA’s Mariner 4 spaceship.There are no longer nine officially recognized planets,of course.TheInternational Astronomical Union regarded Pluto as “a dwarf planet” in 2006 in a decision that remains controversial(有争议的)today.5.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?A.Ideas still vary in the identity of Pluto.B.Only scientists could watch the flyby live.C.Mars is the first planet visited by a spaceship.D.New Horizons mission aimed to observe the solar system.6.Glen Fountain may probably agree that .A.it is the most difficult to land on Pluto in the solar systemB.New Horizons mission is a long and troublesome projectC.their strong determination leads to the successful flybyD.people are likely to find new ways to fit into space7.Which is the best title for the passage?A.A New Horizons ProbeB.NASA’s H uge ProjectC.Pluto,a Controversial PlanetD.A Close Approach to PlutoⅡ.七选五阅读Violent Games:Fun or Harmful?If you play lots of video games,you’ve probably blown a zombie(僵尸) into tiny bits. 1 Many adults worry that playing such games could make children actviolently in real life.Is that true?The American Academy of Pediatrics(儿科) says that violence in any kind of media—from TV to music to video games—presents a risk to kids’ health.A number of studies have shown a link between video games and aggression,including one published in JAMA Pediatrics in 2014,which found that kids who played violent video games showed an increase in aggressive thoughts and behaviours. 2But not all studies agree that violent games cause kids to act out.Another study replaced violent deaths with evaporation(蒸发) in a game. 3 People who played thenon-violent game without any training were more aggressive afterward than people who played the violent version but learned to control themselves first.And here’s an even stranger fact:When violent video games are released,people carry out fewer violent crimes!Why? 4 Steve Levitt,coauthor of the book Freakonomics,said,“If you can make video games fun enough,then kids will stop doing everything else.They’ll stop watching TV,and they’ll stop going out and creating violent disorder on the street.”What do you think? 5A.One possible explanation:potential criminals are at home playing the new game.B.Then,before playing the game,some people received training and others didn’t.C.More than 3,000 kids answered survey questions during a two-year period.D.For example,thinking it’s OK to hit someone you don’t like.E.Have you ever played any violent video games?F.Do violent video games cause bad behaviour?G.Some games even pile up dead bodies.Ⅲ.短文改错(2016·南昌二模)Everyone of us are thinking about the future.I have decided to become a middle school teacher.Does it sound surprised?I have had this dream when I was a child.I love children.I don’t think to deal with them all years round is just wasting time.On the contrary,to me it means happiness.Like we all can see,teachers are badly needed in our country,and not many of us want to become teachers.One of the main reasons of this is teachers work too hard but get too little.In spite of that,I’m determining to devote all my life into the cause of education.〚导学号92550051〛##考点规范练14(必修3Unit4)Ⅰ.【解题导语】本文为说明文。