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课时达标训练(一)
Section Ⅰ Reading and Thinking
Ⅰ. 单词拼写
1. The border between science fact and science fiction (小说) gets a bit blurred (模糊的).
2. You can't get the bonus (奖金) of this month because you've been absent from work.
3. He was praised for his fairness and high integrity (诚实正直).
4. We do this because we believe in the dignity (尊严) and value of every person.
5. Her salary (薪水) is paid directly into her bank account.
6. It is ridiculous/absurd (荒谬的) to spend so much money buying useless things.
7. I hate to rush you but I have another appointment (预约) later on.
8. He was feeling guilty (内疚的) and scared.
9. He declared (宣布) that the meeting would suspend (暂停) ten minutes.
10. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss (解雇) him.
Ⅱ. 用适当的介词或副词填空
1. This reminds me of New Year parties.
2. I can't wait to test out that new machine.
3. He's more likea film star than a lifeguard.
4. I've got a new flat, or rather a large room.
5. He's not to blame. After all, it was the first time he'd done it.
6. He can't come up with a convincing explanation.
7. His report of this event is quite similar to ours.
8. On the other hand, the idea appealed to him.
Ⅲ. 阅读理解
Perhaps no one knows the power of imagination better than Chinese writer Liu Cixin. Until many years ago, Liu worked fulltime as a computer engineer at a power plant in Shanxi Province. He only wrote science fiction in his spare time. But it was during this time that Liu's imagination took flight. He did what he might never have the chance to do in real life — wander in space, fight with aliens, and visit planets light years away.
But even with such a powerful imagination, Liu, probably hadn't expected that he would become the first Asian to win the Hugo Award, science fiction's highest prize, in 2015. Perhaps neither did he think that former US President Barack Obama would read his novel The ThreeBody Problem, nor that on Nov. 9 in Washington DC, he would win the 2018 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Servi