单元限时训练(2) B卷 Unit 2 Natural Disasters（Word练习）-【优化指导】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语必修第三册（译林版2020）

单元限时训练(二)　B卷 [对应学生用书P179] (限时40分钟) Ⅰ.语法填空 China has become the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon.The unmanned Chang'e­4 probe (探测器) — the name was inspired by an ancient Chinese moon goddess, 1. (touch) down last week in the South Pole­Aitken basin.Landing on the moon's far side is 2. (extreme) challenging.Because the moon's body blocks direct radio communication with a probe, China first had to put a satellite in orbit above the moon in a spot 3. it could send signals to the spacecraft and to Earth.The far side of the moon is of particular 4. (interesting) to scientists because it has a lot of deep craters (环形山), more 5. the familiar near side.Chinese researchers hope to use the instruments onboard Chang'e­4 6. (find) and study areas of the South Pole­Aitken basin.“This really excites scientists，” Carle Pieters, a scientist at Brown University, says, “because it 7. (mean) we have the chance to obtain information about how the moon 8. (construct)”．Data about the moon's composition, such as how 9. ice and other treasures it contains, could help China decide whether 10. (it) plans for a future lunar (月球的) base are practical. [语篇解读]　本文是一篇说明文。中国成为第一个将航天器降落在月球背面的国家，文章主要介绍了中国无人月球探测器嫦娥四号发射的意义。 1．touched　[考查动词的时态。句意：无人月球探测器嫦娥四号——该探测器名字的灵感来源于古代的中国月亮女神——上周在南极艾特肯盆地着陆。空处是句子的谓语，根据时间状语last week可知应使用一般过去时，故填touched。] 2．extremely　[考查副词。句意：登陆月球的背面是极其有挑战性的。空处修饰形容词challenging，应使用extreme的副词形式，故填extremely。] 3．where　[考查定语从句。句意：中国首先必须把一颗人造卫星送入月球轨道上的一个点，人造卫星可以在这个点向航天器和地球发射信号。分析句子可知，空处引导一个定语从句，先行词是a spot，关系词替代先行词在从句中作地点状语，应用where引导。故填where。] 4．interest　[考查名词。句意：月球背面让科学家尤其感兴趣。根据空前的形容词particular可知，空处应填名词，interest是不可数名词，be of interest to sb.意为“(某物)使某人感兴趣”。故填interest。] 5．than　[考查介词。句意：因为它比熟悉的一面有更多的深环形山。根据空前的比较级more 可知，此处填介词than，表示“比……更”。故填than。] 6．to find　[考查非谓语动词。句意：中国的研究者希望使用嫦娥四号上的设备来发现和研究南极艾特肯盆地。此处表示目的，应使用不定式作目的状语。故填to find。] 7．means　[考查动词的时态和主谓一致。句意：因为它意味着我们有机会获得关于月球是如何构造的信息。根据上文“This r