Unit 4 Exploring literature Period 4 Integrated skills同步练习-2025-2026学年高中英语译林版必修第二册

Unit 4 Exploring literature Period 4 Integrated skills

Ⅰ. 单句语境填词，注意词的词性和词形。

 1. There are various t__________ of diseases.

 2. Have you read the c__________  on the legal system?

 3. The truth or f__________ of this story has never been truly determined.

 4. It's a great film and it ________(由……主演) a Spanish actor who is going to be a world star within a year.

 5. There were more than 50 people on the ________(舞台) in one scene.

 6. His music is purer ________(诗意) than a poem in words.

 7. We want to recreate the ________(浪漫) and excitement that used to be part of rail journeys.

 8. Yesterday's letter contains a ________(详细的) account of the decisions.

 9. She comes from a very ________(艺术的) family.

10. A child answering the ________(描述) of the missing boy was found safe and well in London yesterday.

Ⅱ. 阅读理解。

A

After years of efforts, China's space station has been fully operational.

Over the past 19 years, from China's first manned space mission Shenzhou Ⅴ  to the latest Shenzhou ⅩⅤ  launch, the nation's space projects have progressed from a single­astronaut mission to the long­term stay of several astronauts in space, and the length of time of the astronauts'  stay in space has expanded from just 23 hours to six months.

After the Shenzhou ⅩⅤ spacecraft docked(对接) with the Tiangong Space Station, the three astronauts handed it over to the three new arrivals before returning to Earth. During the week­long transition(过渡) period there were six astronauts living in the space station. That's really a huge step forward. Actually, China's space progress has been advancing. It took eight years to go from Shenzhou Ⅴ to the Tiangong Ⅰ space lab, and five years from Tiangong Ⅰ to the more advanced space lab Tiangong Ⅱ．

With the arrival of the Shenzhou ⅩⅤ spacecraft and its crews(全体工作人员), the Chinese space station is opening a new chapter for China's space program, as the astronauts will conduct a series of scientific experiments in space. More than 40 space science and technology experiments will be conducted by the Shenzhou ⅩⅤ astronauts. And with more scientific research equipment to be sent to the space station, it will be equal to having a world­class university laboratory in space.

Besides, requests have been received from several countries to send astronauts to take part in the space station experiments, and China is coordinating(协调) with them and actively preparing for the training of foreign astronauts.

The International Space Station has conducted over 3，000 experiments during its time in service, and the Chinese space station won't waste a minute in this regard. As the only space station after the ISS is retired, it will continue to expand humans' understanding of space. That is worth

looking forward to.

(　　) 1.  What can we know from Paragraph 2?

A. Shenzhou Ⅴ could only take one astronaut to space.

B. Shenzhou Ⅴ is China's first man­made spacecraft.

C. Shenzhou ⅩⅤ is China's first space station.

D. Shenzhou ⅩⅤ stayed in space for just 23 hours.

(　　) 2.  What will happen after the arrival of the Shenzhou ⅩⅤ and its crews?

A. An advanced university laboratory will be sent to Tiangong.

B. Foreign astronauts will probably work in Tiangong in the near future.

C. The International Space Station will be replaced by Tiangong.

D. Crews from Shenzhou ⅩⅤ won't do any experiments in space.

(　　) 3.  What's the author's attitude towards Tiangong Space Station?

A. Doubtful.    B. Negative.    C. Indifferent.    D. Positive.

(　　) 4.  Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Tiangong Space Station is open to the world

B. Shenzhou crews meet in Tiangong Space Station

C. Tiangong Space Station and its functions

D. Shenzhou ⅩⅤ and its advanced techniques

B

For the first time, researchers have successfully transplanted genetically modified(基因改良的) pig hearts into two dead humans who were on life support. The recipients(接受者), whose families donated their bodies for the procedures, had been declared brain­dead.

The two operations took place at NYU Langone Health's Tisch Hospital in New York City. The first recipient was Larry Kelly, a 73­year­old man who had had two open­heart operations before. Information on the second recipient hasn't yet been shared. After the transplants, the two recipients were observed for 72 hours. There were no signs of rejection(排斥) and the hearts functioned normally.

Xenotransplantation offers a possible solution to the shortage of donor organs. In the US alone, more than 105，000 people are waiting for an organ transplant, and 17 die each day. But a major concern with using animal organs is transplant rejection—when the immune system attacks the organ, eventually causing it to fail.

To avoid this, Nader Moazami at NYU Langone Health and his colleagues used hearts from pigs with 10 genetic modifications. Four turned off genes known to increase the risk of transplant rejection and abnormal organ growth. The other six were inserted human genes that reduce incompatibilities(不相容性) between biological pathways in pigs and humans. Infection with animal viruses is another possible risk. While the virus can't infect human cells, it did infect the transplanted organ, potentially contributing to the recipient's death.

For the two recent transplants, Montgomery at New York University Langone Health said they used specialized procedures that can detect low levels of the virus and screen for other pig diseases.