Unit 4 单元仿真验收性评价（word练习）-【新课程学案】新教材2023-2024学年高中英语必修第三册（人教版2019）

13 / 13 UNIT 4 单元仿真验收性评价 时间：100分钟　满分：120分 第一部分：阅读(共两节，满分50分) 第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A The Next 500 Years — Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds ￥203.00 Hardback: 256 pages　Published: 20/04/2021 Availability：In Stock DESCRIPTION Certainly, life on Earth will come to an end, whether because of climate disaster, world wars, or the death of the sun in a few billion years.To avoid dying out, we will have to find a new home planet, perhaps even a new solar system, to live. In this challenging and interesting book，Christopher Mason argues that we have a duty to do just that.We have a responsibility to act — not only for us human beings but for all other creatures on which we depend. Mason argues that our technology that has enabled us to build rockets and land on other planets can be applied to redesigning biology so that we can live on those planets.And he makes a 500­year plan for carrying out the huge project. As they are today, our weak human bodies could never survive (幸存) travel to another planet.Mason describes the bad effects that long­term space travel had on astronaut Scott Kelly, who returned from a year on the International Space Station with changes to his blood, bones, and genes (基因) . Mason suggests a ten­period, 500­year program that would engineer our body so that humans can stand the extreme (极端的) environments of outer space — with the final goal of achieving human settlement of new solar systems.He makes a roadmap of which solar systems to visit first, and uses biotechnology and genetics to offer a unique vision of the universe to come. Weight: 620g Size: 203×137mm 语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了书籍《未来500年：迈向太空的生命工程之旅》的内容、价钱等信息。 1．What does Mason suggest doing in his book? A．Preventing creatures from dying out. B．Looking for a new home in space. C．Protecting our home planet. D．Watching over the activities of the sun. 解析：选B　细节理解题。根据“DESCRIPTION”部分第一段中“To avoid dying out, we will have to find a new home planet ...”可知，梅森在书中建议在太空中寻