04 Unit 4 单元话题阅读精练(阅读理解15篇+七选五5篇)-【帮课堂】2023-2024学年高一英语同步学与练(译林版2020)(必修第三册)

Unit 4 Scientists who changed the world (译林版2020必修第三册) 单元话题阅读精练(阅读理解15篇+七选五5篇) I. 阅读理解 A (2023上·黑龙江鸡西·高一密山市第一中学校考期中)Inspirational ideas have a habit of striking in the most unforeseen places. For example, dreams operate on the level of stories, making them primary sources of ideas and inspirations. The following are four great ideas created from dreams. Elias Howe’s sewing machine In 1895, Elias Howe was struggling with the needle (针) design. One night, he had a dream that some people on an unknown island caught him and were preparing to turn him into a meal. They were dancing around waving their spears (矛) in the air, and then he saw it. The spears had holes at the tip. It helped him solve his problem. Einstein’s theory of relativity In his dream , Albert Einstein was talking to a farmer who was telling him about the fenced (被围住的) cows. However, the farmer saw something different from him. When waking up, he realized that a similar event could be different from a different point of view. Through this, the theory of relativity slowly began to fall into place. Beatles’hit song Yesterday Yesterday by the famous band Beatles is one of the most covered songs in history . It all came to one of the band members, Paul McCartney, in a dream. One night in 1963 he suddenly woke up with a tune (曲调) in his head. He got up and started playing the notes until the song came into being. The periodic table While in his mid - thirties, Dmitri Mendeleev, a known Russian chemist, was struggling to place 56 known elements on a periodic table. Then one night in a dream, he saw a table where all aspects fell into place as called for. When he woke up, he wrote it down on a piece of paper. 1. What inspired Elias Howe to design the needle of sewing machines ? A. Spears with holes at the tip. B. A big meal he had in his dream. C. A talk with the people trapping him. D. The dancing moves of some strangers. 2. Which of the following was inspired by a dream which included a farmer ? A. The