高中英语 Unit 4 Astronomy the science of the stars Using Language课时作业 新人教版必修3

1 Using Language

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．A truck went out of control and________(碰撞) into the back of a bus.

2．The smell of new bread________(飘动) up from the kitchen.

3．Don't________(拉) so hard or the handle will go off.

4．As we all know, Qian Xuesen is a famous________(物理学家)．

5．We should form the habit of living in low________(碳)．

6．The space shuttle orbited a communication________(卫星)．

7．Today all of us face the problems of________(气候) change, shortage of energy

and other natural resources.

8．Mary is a very________(温和的) person, who never loses her temper.

9．He arrived home，________(筋疲力尽的)．

10．He________(振奋) up at the thought of buying a new car.

Ⅱ.单项填空

1．The doctor had almost lost hope at one point，but the patient finally________.

A．pulled out B．pulled through

C．pulled up D．pulled over

2．The loss of this fire is________that of last one.

A．twice as many as B．as twice many as

C．twice as much as D．as twice much as

3．(2013·蚌埠高一期中)________for that fierce dog outside the hardware store.

A．Look after B．Look at

C．Watch out D．Watch over

4．Help me move the piano；you push and I________.

A．drag B．advance

C．march D．pull

5．________your daughter has recovered and your son has passed the college

entrance examination，you have nothing to worry about.

A．So long as B．As soon as

C．Although D．Now that

6．The sun was so bright that he put up a curtain to________the sunshine. 2 A．block in B．block off

C．block up D．block out

7．He________at once when I promised to help him.

A．cheered up B．gave up

C．lighted up D．turned up

8．A fire________in the lower storey during the midnight and soon the whole

building was in flames.

A．broke up B．broke down

C．broke out D．broke through

9．According to some scientists，with the change in the world's________，dinosaurs

died out but many smaller animals lived on.

A．temperature B．climate

C．weather D．atmosphere

10．In the street in front of the school，there happened a serious car________the

other day.

A．crash B．break

C．strike D．conflict

Ⅲ.阅读理解

A

Copernicus was born in Torun，Poland，on February 19,1473.Little is known about

his early life except that his father died when he was 10.An uncle adopted him，his two sisters，and his brother.The uncle saw to it that the two boys received a

good education.Copernicus went to the University of Cracow.There he studied such

subjects as Latin，mathematics，and astronomy.It was probably at that time that he

changed his Polish name，Niklas Koppernigk，to the Latin form of Nicolaus

Copernicus.In 1496 Copernicus went to Italy，where he spent the next 10 years studying

at various universities.

In Copernicus' time people still believed that all things—the sun，the stars，and the planets—moved around the earth.It was an old belief that few men had ever

questioned.Aristotle had based his theory of astronomy on this belief.Because the

Church had long been the center of learning，the theory was also linked to religious

beliefs.

In 1506 Copernicus returned to his homeland.A few years later he began to work

for the Church.All those years Copernicus carried on his work in astronomy.He had 3 just the most basic equipment and，like other scientists of his day，made observations

with only his eyes.Still，using mathematics and logic(逻辑)，Copernicus worked out

a different theory，which held that the planets went around the sun.

Copernicus did not announce his ideas.He did not want to make trouble.But he

could not hide the scientific truth.So he talked about his theory with his friends，who strongly advised him to have his work published.His great book，On the Revolutions

of the Heavenly Bodies，appeared at the very end of his life.Copernicus saw the first

copy on the day he died，May 24,1543.

1．Which of the following is TRUE about Copernicus?

A．He had two brothers and a sister.

B．He used to be called Niklas Koppernigk.

C．He lost his father soon after he was born.

D．He spent 10 years at the University of Cracow.

2．From the passage we can see that “astronomy” is________.

A．the life experience of great men

B．the movement of the stars and the planets

C．the scientific study of natural objects in space

D．the theories developed by scientists of old times

3．Copernicus developed his theory________.

A．using various telescopes

B．based on Aristotle's beliefs

C．through observations and reasoning(推理)

D．under the encouragement of his friends

4．Copernicus had his great book published because________.

A．he didn't agree with Aristotle

B．he could not hide the scientific truth

C．he worked for the Church

D．his friends advised him to do so

B

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