Unit 8 Adventure
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．The scientist has ________(观察)the star for many years. 2．There are ________(各种各样的，不同的)ways of getting to the station：by bus, by car or on foot.
3．After the test, the student was ________(渴望的)to know the results from the teacher. 4．As a teacher, it is a must for you to have a wide range of knowledge as well as ________(耐心)．
5．The two squares ________(与……不同)in colour but not in size.
6．There were so many people that the company put on ________(额外的)buses. 7．The ________(作者)of the book had a lot of difficult experiences in his life. 8．Saunder's lawyer made a brief ________(陈述)to the press outside the court. 答案 1.observed 2.various 3.anxious 4.patience 5．differ 6.extra 7.author 8.statement Ⅱ.选词填空
on one's way, get across, turn up, run out of, stand by, take off, break down, back out 1．Don't just ________．Please help me.
2．My money has been________， so I have to return home. 3．He________my wet boots and made me sit by the fire. 4．Could you________the TV ________？I can't hear clearly. 5．He________and wept when he heard the bad news.
6． It took a long time to________to the workers the way the system worked. 7．Once you have given your words, don't try to________． 8．Could you mail these letters ________downtown? 答案 1.stand by 2.run out of 3.took off 4.turn；up 5．broke down 6.get across 7.back out 8.on your way Ⅲ.翻译句子
1．我非常高兴能被邀请参加你的生日聚会。(too...to...)
________________________________________________________________________ 2．我怎样才能让你们理解这件事的重要性？(get across)
________________________________________________________________________ 3．你认为接下来我们应该做什么？(do you think作插入语)
________________________________________________________________________ 4．我费了好大劲才说服他放弃抽烟。(have difficulty (in) doing...)
________________________________________________________________________ 5．刘大成在电视上亮相后歌唱事业迅速腾飞。(take off)
________________________________________________________________________ 答案 1.I'm too glad to be invited to your birthday party. 2．How can I get it across to you how important this is? 3．What do you think we should do next?
4．I had much difficulty (in) persuading him into giving up smoking. 5．Liu Dacheng's singing career took off after his TV appearance.
Ⅳ.阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Mike：Hello , I'd like some information about trips to Katmandu. Wad：Well, how can I help you?
Mike：I hear there's a special kind of __1__ with sleeping rooms. Wad：Yes, that's true.
Mike：How many people travel on __2__ bus? Wad：Well, the bus sleeps ten. Usually there are eight travelers, two drivers, and a girl to act as your tour guide.
Mike：So, we sleep __3__(comfortable) in the bus. Wad：Yes. It's fully __4__(equip) for cooking, and weather __5__(permit), it's got a shower system __6__ we set up outside every evening. Mike：We leave from London? Wad：Yes , and return to London.
Mike：Is there __7__ special we need to bring? Wad：Oh, we give everyone a list of suitable clothes and all the things to bring. Of course, space is __8__(limit)．
Mike：Oh, yes , I understand that. Now __9__ you tell me about the deadline for booking? Wad：Well, it depends. Usually six or eight months __10__ your travel. Could you come in and we can go over the details?
Mike: OK, I'll come and see you next Wednesday. Wad：OK, thanks for calling.
答案 1.bus 2.the 3.comfortably 4.equipped 5.permitting 6.that 7.anything 8.limited 9.can 10.before
Ⅴ.阅读理解 体裁 记叙文 题材 科技发明 词数 348 难度 ★★★ 建议用时 7.5分钟 It was a modest test drive：moving forward 15 feet, turning in place 120 degrees, then backing up about 8 feet.The entire trip took about 16 minutes.
But for the team behind Curiosity, the six-wheeled NASA rover(探测器) that landed on Mars 17 days ago, the first tracks on Mars were an exciting milestone.“It couldn't be more important，” Peter C．Theisinger, the mission's project manager, said.“I mean, we built a rover.So unless the rover moves, we really haven't accomplished anything.”
Curiosity, which was launched on November 26，2011, is to spend about a couple of years traveling through a 96-mile-wide crater(陨石坑) and up a mountain at the center of the crater,
exploring for signs that early Mars could have been habitable for life.
But that journey of miles started a few feet away from Bradbury Landing, where Curiosity set down on Aug.6，2012.The spot had been named for Ray Bradbury, the author of The Martian Chronicles and other influential science-fiction novels.He would have turned 92 on Wednesday.
Recently, Curiosity has been busy with other exercises.On Sunday, the rover fired a laser instrument for the first time, hitting a rock and analyzing the atomic make-up.On Monday, it extended its arm.On Tuesday, it moved its four corner wheels in preparation for the drive.
“Everything has been going extremely well，” Mr.Theisinger said.So far, the only broken instrument has been a wind sensor that may have been damaged during the landing, NASA said.
During the next week, as more instruments are checked out, Curiosity is to head to its first destination, called Glenelg.At first, Curiosity will move only about 30 feet at a time.As its engineers gain experience, the drives will stretch to longer than the length of a football field.
Mr. Theisinger warned that the early successes did not ensure future ones.So far, the mission has accomplished only two of its primary goals：to launch on time and to land on Mars.“We've got a long way to go before this mission meets its full potential，” he said.
【语篇解读】 美国国家航空航天局发射的好奇号火星探测器在降落火星17天后首次试车，迈出了火星探险的第一步。
1．What does Peter C．Theisinger think of the test drive? A．It hasn't accomplished anything. B．It is of great importance. C．It ended up as a failure. D．It was not smooth.
答案 B [考查细节理解。根据第二段第二句“It couldn't be more important”可知，Peter C．Theisinger认为这次试车非常重要。]
2．Curiosity is mainly designed to________． A．search for evidence of life on Mars B．prepare for human landing on Mars C．explore the natural resources on Mars D．try out some scientific instruments
答案 A [考查细节理解，根据第三段中的“exploring for signs that early Mars could have been habitable for life”可知，好奇号火星探测器的主要任务是寻找早期火星是适合生命存在的证据。]
3．We can infer that Ray Bradbury________． A．designed the Mars rover Curiosity B．is a space scientist from NASA C．has just died
D．is an English science-fiction writer
答案 C [考查推理判断。由第四段最后一句“He would have turned 92 on Wednesday.”可知，他本来在星期三就要过他的92岁生日了。言外之意是他刚刚离开了人世。]
4．What is Mr.Theisinger's attitude towards the mission? A．Very optimistic. B．Very confident. C．Very disappointed. D．Very cautious.
答案 D [考查推理判断。从最后一段可以看出Theisinger先生出言谨慎认为目前取得的成功并不能代表将来，在彻底完成任务前，还有很长的一段路要走。故选D项。]
创新设计高考英语北师大一轮活训练基础： nit Adventre
