练案16 必修四 Unit 1 Women of achievement-【衡中学案】2024年老高考英语一轮总复习提能训练（人教版）

Ⅲ. 短文改错 (重庆巴蜀中学一诊) How did the name Canada come about? In 1535, the king of France ordered a navigator Cartier exploring the New World and look a passage to India. Cartier first reached the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, which he wanted to make an exploration. Hope this Gulf was just an arm of the ocean between the island, he sailed upstream along the river. However, they arrived at Quebec or Stadacona, as the Indians called it, instead of the Asia. It was not until then when the term “ Canada” entered the country􀆳s history. Now, it is apparent known that it comes from an Indian word “Kanata”, and meant community or village. What a huge “village” Canada is! 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 练案[16] 必修四　 Unit 1　 Women of achievement Ⅰ. 阅读理解 A (2022·成都石室中学三模) British scientist are preparing to launch trials of a new way to fight cancer, which kills tumours(肿瘤)by infecting them with viruses. Leonard Seymour, a professor of gene therapy at Oxford University, who has been working on the virus therapy with his colleagues will lend the trials later this year. Cancer Research UK said yesterday that it was excited by the potential of Prof Seymour􀆳s pioneering techniques. Prof Seymour has been working with viruses that kill cancer cells directly, while avoiding harm to healthy tissue. Cancer-killing viruses exploit the fact that cancer cells suppress(抑制) the body􀆳s local immune system. “ If a cancer doesn􀆳t do that, the immune system wipes it out. If you can get a virus into a tumour, viruses find them a very good place to be because there􀆳s no immune system to stop them replicating(复制). You can regard it as the cancer􀆳s Achilles􀆳 heel. ” Researchers have known for some time that viruses can kill tumour cells. American scientists have previously injected viruses directly into tumours but this technique will not work if the cancer is inaccessible or has spread throughout the body. Prof Seymour􀆳s innovative solution is to disguise(伪装) the virus to a