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课时达标训练(三)
Section Ⅲ Using Language, Assessing Your Progress & Video Time
Ⅰ. 单句语法填空
1. The mother kissed the baby gently (gentle) on the hand.
2. It was remarkable (remark) that women didn't have the right until that time.
3. The decision could have serious consequences (consequent) for the industry.
4. Tom managed to finish (finish) the work on time using a newlyinvented machine.
5. It seems as though/if it were spring already.
6. This will enable the audience to sit in comfort while watching (watch) the shows.
7. It is said that the injured have been sent to local hospitals for treatment.
8. As is reported, it is 70 years since the organisation was founded (found).
9. The following is a summary (sum) of our conclusions.
10. The man was shocked to learn of his mother's passing away.
Ⅱ. 短语填空
due to; as a consequence; take up a position; come to power; make contributions to
1. Peter will take up a position of the sales department in August.
2. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.
3. Since he came to power, the city has taken on a new look.
4. With our knowledge based on practice, we can make contributions to our country.
5. After five rounds, Mr Smith defeated all competitors and won the scholarship as a consequence.
Ⅲ. 阅读理解
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Tu Youyou, born in December, 1930, is a Chinese scientist and educator. She is best known for discovering artemisinin used to treat malaria, which has saved millions of lives. For her work, Tu received the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Scientists worldwide had tried over 240,000 medicines to treat malaria without success. In 1969, Tu Youyou, then 39 years old, decided to turn to traditional Chinese herbs for possible solutions. She looked into the Chinese medical classics in history, visiting traditional Chinese doctors all over the country on her own. She gathered her findings in a notebook, in which she recorded 640 methods of treating malaria. She and her team also experimented with over 2,000 t