Unit 1 Science and Scientists Using Language 课文检测-2026-2027学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第二册

Using Language THE FATHER OF CHINA’S AEROSPACE Perhaps no other scientist has had a 1._________(great) impact on China’s aerospace science than Qian Xuesen. 2._________(describe) by the authors of the Story of Qian Xuesen as a man with “great scientific thought and scientific spirit” who was patriotic and served his homeland with effort, achievement, and devotion, Qian was an extremely well-respected man. 3._________(bear) in Hangzhou in 1911, Qian attended schools in Beijing and then entered Shanghai Jiao Tong University to study Railway Mechanical Engineering. However, after the Songhu Battle 4._________(break) out in 1932, Qian made the decision to switch his major 5._________ aviation because he realised that China needed its own powerful air force to protect and defend the country. Qian went to the United States in 1935 to pursue his graduate studies. Over the course of the 1930s and 1940s, Qian became a pioneer 6._________ American jet and rocket technology. As a graduate assistant at the California institute of Technology during the 1930s, Qian helped conduct important research into rocket propulsion, and in 7._________ 1940s, he and several other people founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, now one of NASA’S 8._________(lead) space-exploration centres. After overcoming some difficulties during his final few years in the US Qian returned to China in 1955. He received a hero’s welcome from his homeland and was put in charge of not only developing China’s rocket science but also its space and missile programme. At that time, China was poor and its rocket science was undeveloped. No institute 9._________university in China offered rocket science as a major, and there were no talents or experts in this field in China. Nevertheless, Qian did not let that discourage him 10. _________taking on the challenge. When 11._________(ask) “Can we Chinese possibly make missiles?” his reply was a determined “Why not? We Chinese are able to make the same things that other people make.” 12._________Qian’s leadership, China developed the Dongfeng missiles, 13. _________ (follow) by the first generation of Long March rockets. In 1970, China successfully launched its first man-made satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, from a Long March rocket. Because much of the technology behind the Shenzhou rockets can also be 14.______________ (追溯至) Qian’s research, Qian earned the name of “the father of China’s aerospace.” Qian read a lot and was extremely 15. _________(knowledge), especially in the area of frontier science research. However, 16._________ might have made him such an outstanding and creative scientist was probably his strong interest in other things, such as music and drawing. His deep appreciation for art often gave him inspiration in his scientific research. On 31 October 2009, the whole country was 17._________(sad) by Qian’s death, and people honoured and remembered him in different ways. A WORLD OF PURE THOUGHT Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous and gifted scientists in physics. Most people are familiar 18._________images of him in his wheelchair, unable to move and using a computer to talk. Since he came down 19._________a disease which caused him to lose the use of most of his muscles, his world became one of abstract thought. Hawking first achieved fame when he was still healthy enough 20._________(walk), as a graduate student in physics at Cambridge University in 1964. In general, there were two main theories on the origin of the universe. The first was the steady state theory, which holds that the universe has no 21._________(begin) or end. The other was the big bang theory, 22._________ holds that the universe began at a single point in time and space. The biggest champion of the steady state concept was Fred Hoyle, a professor at Cambridge. During the question and answer period after one of Hoyle’s lectures, Hawking stood up and 23._________ (指出) that Hoyle had made a mistake in his maths. Once the maths was corrected, it showed that the big bang theory—and not the steady state theory—was true. Hawking’s own work on the big bang theory was soon proven by astronomers with telescopes. A star was born. So, what made Stephen Hawking a genius? Besides 24._______(be) brilliant, he was brave, though sometimes careless in what he said or did. He was willing to say 25._________ others were afraid to say, and to dream of what others were afraid to dream about. Furthermore, he was quite determined. This had helped him as a scientist, and had helped him even more in his fight against his disease. 26.________________ (最重要的是), Hawking was willing to admit his faults. This odd 27.___________(combine) of characteristics had made him one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries. 参考答案： 1. greater （否定词 + 比较级表最高级：no…greater than 没有比…… 更……） 2. Described （过去分词作状语，钱学森被描述为……） 3. Born （be born in 出生于，分词作状语，省略 be） 4. broke （break out 爆发，一般过去时） 5. to （固定搭配 switch…to… 把…… 转向） 6. in （a pioneer in… 在…… 方面的先驱） 7. the （in the 1940s 在 20 世纪 40 年代，固定用法） 8. leading （形容词，主要的；领先的，修饰 centres） 9. or （否定句中并列用 or：没有研究所也没有大学） 10. from （discourage sb from doing 阻止某人做某事） 11. asked （状语从句省略：when (he was) asked） 12. Under （Under one’s leadership 在某人的领导下） 13. followed （过去分词作后置定语，表被动：紧随其后） 14. traced to （固定短语 be traced to 追溯至） 15. knowledgeable （形容词，知识渊博的，作表语） 16. what （主语从句，what 在从句中作主语） 17. saddened （被动语态：全国为之悲痛） 18. with （be familiar with 对…… 熟悉） 19. with （come down with 染上（疾病）） 20. to walk （enough to do 足够做某事） 21. beginning （名词，开端；no beginning or end 无始无终） 22. which （非限制性定语从句，指代 the big bang theory） 23. pointed out （固定短语，指出；与 stood up 并列用过去式） 24. being （介词 besides 后接动名词） 25. what （宾语从句，what 作 say 的宾语） 26. Above all （固定短语，最重要的是；句首大写） 27. combination （名词，结合体；this 后接名词，原题 266 为笔误，应为 26） 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $