Unit 1 Science Fiction 单元基础知识检测-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

Unit 1 Science Fiction (单元基础知识检测) 4 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 Task I Fill in the blanks to review the content of the passage. It was at ten o’clock today _1_________ my first Time Machine began its career. After _2__________ (sit) in the leather seat, I pushed the starting lever and looked around.Then my eyes settled on the clock. It was _3_____________(believable)! Just now, it was a minute or so past ten; now it was nearly half past three! I pushed the lever further. Night _4___________ (fall) as if a lamp was being turned out, and in another moment came the day.  I found _5______ hard to explain the strange and unpleasant feeling of time travelling. I felt I was being driven fast on a _6_________ (wind) road. As my pace grew faster, all of _7______ sudden, the walls of the laboratory fell away, and I found I was left in the open air. The whole surface of the earth was _8___________ (constant) changing before my eyes. I thought that I was being pushed through time at _9____________ (hundred) of years a minute.  I had a strong urge _10_______ (look) at things that were flashing before my eyes! I knew I would be _11______ risk if I stopped the Time Machine. As long as I travelled _12_________ maximum speed, I would be safe and sound. But if I stopped, I would be forced together with something _13_________ (occupy) the same space and we would explode like a bomb!   I pulled the lever backwards, and then I _14_________ (throw) through the air. I was stunned for a moment and then I found myself _15___________ (sit) in the rain next to the machine.  Task II Write down the proper form of the words according to their Chinese meaning. 1. The government is making efforts to narrow the ___________ (差异) between rich and poor.  2. I'm a bit ___________ (模糊的) about that.  3. Reference books, stationery, and a reading ________ (灯) are all arranged properly on his desk.  4. They were __________ (震惊) by the view from the summit.  5. When selecting b