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Unit 11 Scientific achievement单元同步小测试

一、单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1.Dr.Bethune devoted his whole life to . A. benefit mankind B. benefit the mankind C. benefiting mankind D. benefiting the mankind 2.He’s to know the answer. A. likely B. probable C. maybe D. possible 3. a foreign language, you ought to have a lot of . A. To master; practice B. Mastering; practise C. To grasp; practice D. Grasping; practise 4.The airline for a plane to take us to Boston yesterday. A. called B. arranged C. asked D. sent 5. teaches . A. Failure; success B. Success; failure C. Fail; succeed D. Succeed; fail 6.He hopes to all his aims by the end of the year. A. gain B. receive C. achieve D. get 7.The broadcasting station last night that a typhoon was approaching. A. declared B. announced C. proclaimed D. published 8.The most important of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people. A. element B. spot C. sense D. point 9.We him, but he would not listen to us. A. persuaded B. tried to persuade C. want to persuade D. advise 10.I smoke out of habit, not for pleasure, for I have been in the habit for twenty years. A. a; the B. the; a C. /; the D. /; / 11.—Emily, my husband is too lazy! —My husband is no more helpful. When I am rushed off my feet doing housework, he never lifts a (an) to help. A. lip B. hand C. finger D. eye 12.Only in that way find out how this kind of animal lived and then finish the research on time. A. could they B. they could C. were they able to D. they were able to 13.Children, for example, in my opinion, creative ability is unthinkably rich, is seldom taken notice of by us, should be trained in that areA. A. which; that B. which; which C. whose; which D. whose; that 14.To our surprise, the painting considered should have won the prize. A. being copied B. having been copied C. to have copied D. to have been copied 15.—Jack, you sweep the floor today, ? —But I swept it yesterday. A. have you B. will you C. didn’t you D. don’t you 二、完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16—35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

This was one of my experiences at work. When I was 16, I was working for a large international company which had its head office in London. I was working in the 17 department. The company had a training centre which was just outside London. Different courses were 18 there throughout the year and I 19 go on one training course a year. These usually started 20 a Sunday evening and lasted six days. Once I was 21 a week’s training course with about forty 22 sales people. I was in the bar on the Friday evening and suddenly a woman who was 23 behind the bar asked me a curious question. “I hope you don’t 24 my asking,”

she said, “but I’ve been 25 about it all week. Have you got a sister 26 Mary?” The woman’s name was June, and she used to do various jobs at the training centre. She worked in the office, she organized all the food and drink for the centre and she worked in the bar at lunchtime and in the evening. My answer 27 June’s question was “Yes”, and June said, “I thought 28. I met her last September when she was organizing a course here.”

At that time, my sister was working for29 company but in a different part of the country. That was 30 she came to be at the training centre. 31 surprised me was how June guessed we were brother and sister. Three things made it even more 32. First, she had met my sister six months before she met me. Second, they have about sixty new people every week at the training centre. So about one thousand five hundred people had 33 the centre in those six months. And 34, my sister is married, so she doesn’t have the same family name as me. We’re not 35, but I guess we must look quite like each other. 16.A. in the 30s B. in my 30s C. in 30s D. at my 30s 17.A. selling B. sales C. sale D. sale’s 18.A. held B. taken C. made D. completed 19.A. used to B. once C. get used to D. was used to 20.A. at B. in C. during D. on 21.A. on B. in C. during D. over 22.A. other B. another C. the other D. one other 23.A. hearing B. waiting C. serving D. seeing 24.A. matter B. care for C. remind of D. mind 25.A. understanding B. wondering C. discovering D. worrying 26.A. called B. calling C. calling on D. calling up 27.A. of B. about C. to D. for 28.A. that B. it C. such D. so 29.A. the same B. a different C. another D. the other 30.A. where B. when C. what D. how 31.A. All B. What C. That D. It 32.A. surprising B. surprised C. strange D. puzzled 33.A. passed through B. passed away C. left D. passed by 34.A. finally B. at the end C. at last D. later 35.A. friends B. relatives C. twins D. brother and sister 三、阅读理解（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A Planet Hunter When Geoff Marcy was 14, his parents bought him a telescope. Every night, he would go onto the roof outside his window to see the wonders of the sky. “What excited me most was whether there were planets（行星）in other solar（太阳的）systems where life might exist, ”he says. “I decided to try to find planets orbiting（沿……轨道运行）other stars like our Sun.” And he did. “My fellow researcher, Paul Butler, and I found our first planet in 1995, ”

Dr. Marcy says. “We worked for ten years without finding anything! But we stuck to it, and our patience paid off. ” Since then, the two scientists have discovered 65 of the more than 100 planets found orbiting other stars. Dr. Marcy and Dr. Butler also spotted the first “family”

of three planets. In June 2002 they announced another discovery: a Jupiter-like（像木星一样的）planet orbiting star 55 Cancri. At first, the two researchers found only planets that orbit close to stars. Recently, the scientists found planets farther out. The planet orbiting 55 Cancri is a major breakthrough: it is the first sighting of a large gas planet about the same distance from the star as Jupiter is from the Sun. Why is this important? Scientists think that life on Earth may exist because of two special features（特征）in our solar system. The first is Jupiter. “Because It’s so big, Jupiter pulls comets and asteroids（小行星）, or they all come and hit the Earth. ”

Dr. Marcy explains. “Without Jupiter, life on Earth would likely have been destroyed. ”

A second feature is that Earth is a rocky planet where liquid water, which is necessary for life, can exist. Unlike gas planets, rocky planets like Earth have surfaces where water can gather in pools and seas, which may support life. A huge space exists between the Jupiter-like planet and two other planets that lie close to 55 Cancri. Is there an Earth-like planet in the space, too small for us to notice? If so, says Dr. Marcy, “We would have two striking similarities to our so