Unit 2 Onwards and Upwards Starting out & Understanding ideas 知识点测试-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Starting Out ＆Understanding Ideas 一.写出下列画线词的词性和汉语意思;写出下列划线短语的汉语意思 Success in the face of hardship. ( ) ( ) Stephen Hawking was one of the world’s leading scientists. ( ) He was intelligent and curious from a young age. ( ) ( ) He was suffering from a disease that affects the brain and nerves. ( ) Hawking continued with his work, achieving awards and changing forever the way we think about the universe. ( ) ( ) Hawking’s success has shown how perseverance and willpower can overcome even the greatest of challenges. ( ) ( ) He had gone through extreme hardship for what he believed in: equality for all the people of South Africa. ( ) Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and a year later became the first black president of South Africa, proving that the qualities of determination, patience and leadership can lead to great things. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) His experiences drove his desire to create a new form of national art that ( ) ( )( ) combined traditional Chinese painting techniques with Western composition, to ( ) ( ) reflect a modern China. ( ) ( ) Don’t quit ( ) "We regret to inform you..." These are the words that every writer dreads ( ) ( ) ( ) receiving, but words every writer knows well. The response from a publisher comes ( ) ( ) back and the writer eagerly opens and reads it, their hearts sinking when they reach ( ) ( ) ( ) that final sentence. You may have spent years giving up your wee