Unit 5 Revealing nature Understanding ideas A Journey of Discovery课文词块词汇挖空检测-2026-2027学年高中英语外研版选择性必修第一册

**基本信息** 以达尔文进化论发现历程为语境载体，通过37处词汇挖空实现主题词块与短语的语境化应用训练，融合语言能力培养与科学文化意识渗透。 **专项设计** |模块|题量/典例|题型特征|知识逻辑| |----|-----------|----------|----------| |课文词汇挖空|37题|根据上下文语境及中文提示填单词/短语|围绕“科学探索-物种进化-理论形成”主线，整合“evolved from”“adapted to”等核心短语与“common ancestor”“lower forms of life”等主题词块，构建“语境理解-词汇匹配-意义表达”的语言应用逻辑链|

A Journey of Discovery 课文词汇挖空训练 根据上下文语境及括号内中文提示，在横线处填入恰当的单词或短语。 1 The captain of the ship, the Beagle, wanted someone who would "(1)________(从…中获益) the opportunity of visiting distant countries yet little known". The person who (2)____________(响应号召) was not the captain's (3)________(首选). It was a young man who had left medical school (4)____________(未完成学位). What's more, he had recently received a letter from his father predicting that he would be "(5)____________(对…的耻辱) yourself and all your family". Despite all this, his adventures on this ship would (6)________(导致) one of the most important scientific discoveries (7)____________(有史以来). 2 The young man (8)________(讨论中的), Charles Darwin, was a geologist and naturalist, (9)________(着迷于) rocks, plants and animals. He left England on the ship, the Beagle, in 1831. The journey (10)____________(给了他机会) to study various living things in their natural environments. After Darwin had spent some time in South America, his room on the ship was (11)________(挤满) samples of the plants and animals he had collected. As he studied these, he asked himself the question: how did different species (12)____________(开始存在)? 3 (13)____________(那时), people believed that all species had appeared on Earth at the same time, and had not changed since. But Darwin began to think differently. He noticed that some species of animals were very (14)________(与…相似) each other. Maybe animals evolved as they (15)________(适应) their changing environments? It was just an idea, but (16)____________(足以激发) Darwin to (17)____________(寻找更多证据). 4 When the Beagle reached the Galápagos Islands in 1835, Darwin saw (18)____________(各种各样的) new species, but it was the birds that (19)____________(最让他感兴趣). Darwin noticed that there was (20)____________(…之间的差异) the finches on each of the islands. It seemed their beaks had evolved (21)________(根据) what food was (22)______(可获得的) on that particular island. 5 Darwin suspected that the finches had (23)________(从…进化而来) (24)____________(共同祖先), which had arrived on the islands (25)____________(很久以前). (26)________(随着时间的推移), it had slowly (27)________(进化成) many new species. And that was the answer to how new species of plants and animals came to exist: they evolved from earlier ancestors. 6 It was a completely new idea – (28)____________(进化论). Darwin explained this theory in his book, On the Origin of Species. It (29)____________(直到…才出版) 1859 and immediately (30)____________(引起轩然大波). Many people (31)________(拒绝) believe that living things, including humans, had evolved from (32)____________(低等生命形式). They were shocked. But Darwin's scientific studies were so convincing that (33)____________(越来越) people started to believe his theory. 7 Today, On the Origin of Species (34)____________(被看作) one of the most important works (35)________(写过的). It has (36)____________(改变了关于…的观念) life on Earth (37)______(永远). And it all began with the journey on the Beagle. ———————————————————————————————————————— 参考答案 序号 答案 中文 类型 1 profit by 从…中获益 短语 2 answered the call 响应号召 词块 3 first choice 首选 短语 4 without completing his degree 未完成学位 词块 5 a disgrace to 对…的耻辱 词块 6 lead to 导致 短语 7 of all time 有史以来 词块 8 in question 讨论中的 短语 9 fascinated by 着迷于 短语 10 gave him the chance 给了他机会 词块 11 crowded with 挤满 短语 12 come to exist 开始存在 词块 13 At that time 那时 词块 14 similar to 与…相似 短语 15 adapted to 适应 短语 16 enough to inspire 足以激发 词块 17 look for more evidence 寻找更多证据 词块 18 a variety of 各种各样的 词块 19 interested him the most 最让他感兴趣 词块 20 a difference between …之间的差异 词块 21 according to 根据 短语 22 available 可获得的 短语 23 evolved from 从…进化而来 短语 24 a common ancestor 共同祖先 词块 25 a long time before 很久以前 词块 26 Over time 随着时间的推移 短语 27 evolved into 进化成 短语 28 a theory of evolution 进化论 词块 29 was not published until 直到…才出版 词块 30 caused a storm 引起轩然大波 词块 31 refused to 拒绝 短语 32 lower forms of life 低等生命形式 词块 33 more and more 越来越 词块 34 is regarded as 被看作 词块 35 ever written 写过的 短语 36 changed ideas about 改变了关于…的观念 词块 37 forever 永远 短语 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $