1、Great Scientists 课时作业一、听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节：（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你有 10 秒的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. How will the man go to the airport7?A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. By motorcycle.2. What does the woman want to buy?A. A camera.B. Som
2、e pictures. C. Some film.3. Why doesnt the woman accept the invitation?A. She likes staying at home. B. She has to study at home. C. Shes taking an exam on Friday.4. Where does the woman want to go?A. To the Art Museum. B. To the Science Museum.C. To the Bus Station.5. When will the meeting be held?
3、A. At 3 p.m. today. B. At 3 p.m. tomorrow. C. At 2 p.m. tomorrow.第二节：（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分。满分 22.5 分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 8 题。6. Where does this conversation take place?A. In a classroom.B
4、. In a library.C. At a second-hand bookstore.7. How much does the book of 19th-eentury plays cost?A. 5 dollars.B. 50 cents.C. 75 cents.8. What do we know about Harold Dickinson from the conversation?A. He once gave a book as a present.B. He was a politician.C. He was a famous writer.听第 7 段材料，回答第 9 至
5、 10 题。9. What will a party be held for?A. For Mrs. Smiths retirement.B. For Mrs. Smiths birthday.C. For Mrs. Smiths coming to teach the speakers.10. Whats the possible relationship between the two speakers?A. Father and daughter. B. Boss and secretary.C. Classmates.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. Why doe
6、s the woman make the conversation with the man?A. Because she doesnt know how to learn new words.B. Because she wants to improve her speaking ability.C. Because she needs advice on how to improve her English writing ability.12. What advice does the man give to the woman first?A. Do more reading.B. D
7、o more speaking.C. Do more listening.13. When will the two speakers meet again?A. This evening. B. Tomorrow. C. The day after tomorrow.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. Where is Jim going?A. To the cinema. B. To the hospital. C. To the shop.15. Why cant the woman go with him?A. Because she is going home to
8、 meet her friend.B. Because she doesnt like the film.C. Because she is very busy with her work.16. How long is Jims wife going to stay by the sea?A. Three weeks. B. A month. C. A couple of weeks.听第 9 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How does the English language change?A. The English language changes fast.B. C
9、hanges in English take place little by little.C. Big changes occur in English every few years.18. What does the English used in the days of King Alfred the Great look like now?A. It looks like the English used in last centuryB. It looks like a dead language.C. It looks like a foreign language to the
10、 English people.19. Which of the following isnt mentioned in the passage?A. Literature. B. Words. C. Pronunciation20. What does the speaker mainly talk about?A. Language learning B. Language changes C. Dead languages 二、单项填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）从所给的四个选项(ABC 和 D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21. In some Muslin
11、 countries, women do not _their faces in the public.A. reveal B. uncover C. expose D. disclose 22. If I take this medicine twice a day, it should _my cold.A. recover, B. heal C. restore D. cure23. The boy is often found _in reading books.A. absorbs B. is absorbed C. absorbing D. absorbed24. Only the
12、 men held the view _ the book was right.A. that; what B. what; that C. all; what D. that; whether25. My watch has stopped. Can you get it _ for me?A. to go B. going C. go D. gone26. _to complete the job on time, they set out to work immediately.A. Determined B. Be determined C. Having determined D.
13、To be determined27. Dont trust such people _ praise you to your face. A. who B. that C. which D. as28. The students expected _ more reviewing classes before the exam. A. there to be B. there are C. there being D. there to have29. You shouldnt keep silent when _A. speaking B. spoken to C. spoken D. s
14、peaking to30. The storms did a lot of _and caused some_. A. damage, deaths B. damages, deaths C. damage, deaths D. damages, death31. With a lot of difficult problems_, the newly-elected president is having a hard time. A. settled B. settling C. to settle D. being settling32. After being _,he was tol
15、d he was suffering from cancer. A. checked B. tested C. examined D. treated33. It rained for two weeks, completely _ our holiday. A. ruined B. to ruin C. ruining D. to ruining34. The way he suggests to us doesnt make_A. difference B. opinions C. use D. sense35. Mary feels quite upset what to do, but
16、 he _ firm. A. seems B. looks C. appears D. sounds三、完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1。5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(ABC 和 D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. One of his_36_important inventions was the train. He _37_his first train when he was forty
17、-four years old. When he was experimenting with the _38_engine on the train, he met with _39_from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would _40_ cows, horses and sheep, that the _41_ would burst or that the hot coals from it would _
18、42_ their houses. At that time,_43_people believed what they said. George Stephenson _44_the people that the train could go on small _45_, could pull carriages _46_goods and passengers and there was _47_to them. It was a very _48_ matter for him to _49_hem believe. However, after _50_, he was able t
19、o do it; and the first train that _51_by Stephenson himself _52_ what he had said. The first day _53_the people along the way _54_the noises of the train _55_ and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius(
20、妖怪).They did not dare to come out until it had passed. 36. A. very B. a lot C. most D. much 37. A. made B. bought C. introduced D. did38. A. electrical B. atomic C. steam D. oil39. A. success B. troubles C. people D. pleasure40. A. kill B. buy C. interest D. take away 41. A. smoke B. noise C. driver
21、 D. engine 42. A. pull down B. blow away C. set fire to D. pass43. A. most B. few C. only a few D. the rich44. A. said B. spoke C. told D. warned45. A. roads B. rivers C. steam D. rails46. A. short of B. full of C. empty of D. without47. A. no great danger B. dangerous C. a lot of danger D. few dang
22、er48. A. easy B. difficult C. pleasant D. light49. A. get B. cause C. make D. force50. A. sometime B. some time C. a few times D. sometimes51. A. was sold B. was driven C. was pulled D. helped52. A. believed B. seemed C. sensed D. proved53. A. of B. when C. while D. for54. A. caught sight of B. list
23、ened to C. heard D. thought55. A. nearby B. in the distance C. on the far D. from the distance四、阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(ABC 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。AGeena David knew she wanted to be a movie star when she was very young. She was not sure what gave her the idea, but she wanted to look
24、like a movie star. “I have a lot of pictures from my childhood of me wearing sunglasses,” she says. “I used to wear them to watch TV.”Early movie actors started wearing sunglasses not because they looked good, but because their eyes hurt. The lights used on movie sets were extremely bright and could
25、 cause a painful problem known as “Klieg eyes”. It was named after the Klieg brothers who invented the lights. Actors wore sunglasses to give their eyes a rest. But when movie stars began wearing their sunglasses in public, they quickly became a must.Eventually actors started wearing sunglasses in t
26、heir movies as well as on the street. Audrey Hephburn wore ultra-cool Ray-Ban sunglasses in the 1961 movie, Breakfast at Tiffanys. As a result, Ray-Ban sunglasses started to appear more and more in the movies. In 1979, Ray-Ban “Wayfarers” were worn by Jake and Elwood in The Blue Brothers. Tom Cruise
27、 wore Ray-Ban “Aviator” sunglasses in the 1986 hit, Top Gun. Then in 1997, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones made Ray-Ban “Predator” sunglasses famous in Men in Black.Of course sunglasses arent just a fashion statement. The main reason to wear sunglasses is to protect our eyes against UV radiation. UV
28、radiation can damage our eyes, so people now choose their sunglasses carefully. But you dont have to give up style for safety. The choice of frames and lenses available these days is huge. So you can protect your eyes and still be the coolest person on the beach.56.What is mainly discussed in this p
29、assage? A. The use of sunglasses.B. The history of sunglasses.C. The sunglasses wearing.D. Why movie stars like to wear sunglasses.57.Why did Geena David like to wear sunglasses? A. She was a movie star.B. She wanted to follow a movie star.C. Wearing sunglasses was good to her eyes.D. It was good to
30、 wear sunglasses when watching TV.58.Early actors eyes hurt because _.A. they wore sunglassesB. they went out in the sun too muchC. the lights on movie sets were too brightD. their scripts were written in very small writing59.We may know from this passage that _.A. Audrey Hephburn was a famous film
31、starB. Ray-Ban is the name of sunglasses makerC. Sunglasses made Top Gun the hit in 1986D. Men in Black must be an advertisement of sunglasses60.Now people wear sunglasses _.A. just to protect their eyesB. for fashion and to protect their eyesC. because of bright lightsD. because movie stars wear th
32、em BWhen he took office, George W. Bush, son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush, became the first son to follow his father into the White House since John Quiney Adams followed John Adams in the early 19th century. Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, the first child
33、 of George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush. Although George Herbert Walker Bush began his career in the oil industry, he finally served as a congressman(国会议员), and vice(副) president and president of the United States.At the age of two,Bush moved with his parents from Connecticut to Odess
34、a, Texas, where his father took up the oil business. After a year in Texas, the family moved to California for business reasons. A year later, the family returned to Texas and settled in Midland, where Bush lived from 1950 to 1959.In 1959, again for business reasons, the family moved to Houston, Tex
35、as. In 1961 Bush left Texas and went to Andover, Massachusetts, to attend Phillips Academy, aboarding school(寄宿学校) that his father had also attended.At Phillips, Bush played basketball, baseball, and football. He was best known for being head cheerleader. In 1964 he enrolled at Yale University in Co
36、nnecticut.His father and grandfather had also attended Yale. At Yale, Bush was considered an average student, but he was popular with his classmates.Bush graduated from Yale with a bachelors degree in history in 1968. Then he joined the Air National Guard and remained in the Guard until 1973. After
37、earning his MBA from Harvard in 1975, Bush returned to Midland. Like his father, he first entered the oil industry as a “landsman(新手)”. However, Bushs oil companies never enjoyed great success. He took more interest in politics. He helped his father to become president and in 1994 he himself was ele
38、cted governor of Texas.In the summer of 1999, Bush began to run for the president of the USA and on January 20, 2001, George W. Bush, hand raised, took the oath(宣誓) of office to become the 43rd president of the US.61.What does the writer intend to tell us in the first paragraph? A. George W. Bush is
39、 the first son in American historyto follow his father into the White House.B. George W. Bush is the first son of former presidentGeorge Herbert Walker Bush.C. John Quincy Adams and his father were both former American presidents.D. George W. Bush is the second one in American history to follow his
40、father into the White House.62.We may learn from the text that young Bush _.A. got on very well at the universitiesB. was very good at basketball, baseball and footballC. did everything as his father had doneD. was a very successful politician like his father63.Which of the following is NOT true abo
41、ut George W. Bush?A. Young Bush lived with his family in Texas from 1948 to 1961.B. He once studied at a university that his father and grandfather had also attended.C. He once ruled over an American state before he entered the White House.D. He once served at the Air National Guard for about five y
42、ears.CIn 1752, three years after two Scotsmen, Alexander Wilson and Thomas Melville, fastened thermometers to kites to record the temperature of clouds, Benjamin Franklin made his famous experiment with a kite, a string, and a key. Franklin hoped to show that natures tremendous displays of electrici
43、ty in lightning were the same thing as the feeble electric sparks scientists of the day were producing in their laboratories. He built a square kite to which he attached an iron wire. He flew the kite with a hemp string(麻线), and near the base of the string he tied a large brass key. The kite rose in
44、to a dark thundercloud, where the iron wire picked up electrical charges. Franklin noticed that the strands of the string(绳串) were beginning to stand up with electricity. As rain wet the string, it conducted more electricity. Standing in the shelter of a shed, Franklin cautiously reached out his fin
45、ger to touch the brass key. A series of sparks jumped from the key to his finger. He thus proved that lightning and electricity are the same. We now know that this experiment was a dangerous one, for Franklin might have been killed by a bolt of lighting. 64. The best title for this passage is _.A. T
46、he Discover of ElectricityB. The kite and ScienceC. Franklins Experiment with LightningD. Franklin, a Great Scientist 65. According to the passage, Benjamin Franklin _.A. recorded the temperature of cloudsB. was killed by a bolt of lightningC. proved that lightning can be controlled by manD. proved
47、that lightning and electricity have the same essential nature 66. Two Scotsmen experimented with kites in _.A. 1752B. 1746C. 1755D. 1749 67. Franklin did not use a _.A. stringB. wireC. keyD. thermometer 68. The fact that Franklin was not injured was apparently due to _.A. luckB. wisdomC. the materia
48、lsD. the sheds protectionDEvery living cell contains genes. They are too small to be seen in a microscope, but they are very important. Each set of genes in the body contains all the instructions needed to make a human being. Some genes determine hair color. Some determine the shape of a nose. Some genes help determine your height and even your weight. Genes are made of a chemical called DNA-the letters stand for deoxyribonucleic acid(脱氧核糖核酸). In the early 1950s, two scientists, Francis Crick and Ja
