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UNIT 1 SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS
Reading and Thinking
必备知识基础练
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.Although we are suffering such a (严重的) natural disaster,we will eventually overcome the temporary difficulty.
2.The public are holding a number of apparently (矛盾的)attitudes towards the matter.
3. (处理) the most important tasks first,and you’ll feel a real sense of achievement.
4.The factory used 65 percent of the (原始的) materials,the rest of which were saved for other purposes.
5.Being exposed to these surroundings will increase the risk of (感染).
6.Experts (怀疑) it was evolution in other animals that caused the change.
7.If you have any of these symptoms,change your life goals and (减少;降低) your tolerance of stress.
8. (统计数字) suggested that a decreasing number of children showed interest in reading.
Ⅱ.短语填空
thanks to,attend to,die from,once and for all,give birth,as a result of,subscribe to,in general
1.Bill and Tom asked the teacher to settle the argument .
2.Which journals does the library ?
3. his parents’ encouragement and support,he finally realised his dream.
4.I was told the plant the effects of over-exposure to the sun.
5.The Nile River to the immortal civilisation of the Egyptians.
6.I can’t go to your birthday party on Sunday because I have something important to .
7. ,the two scientists’ methods have much in common,but the results are quite different.
8.Nearly all the people are believed to be staying at home the disaster.
Ⅲ.完成句子
1.好像问题在于没有人知道怎样操作这台机器。
What seems to be the trouble is that nobody knows this machine.
2.老师好像很欣赏我为我的同学们做的一切。
the teacher appreciated what I did for my classmates.
3.如果人们总是长时间坐在电脑屏幕前,他们很可能会患上背部问题。
People from back problems if they always sit before computer screens for long hours.
4.机场附近的房屋经常被飞过头顶的喷气式飞机震破窗户。
Houses near airports often by the jet planes passing overhead.
5.事实是,有好几年时间