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1、Unit 2CloningSection Warming Up,Pre-reading,Reading forbids二、阅读词汇检测根据该部分词汇,写出黑体部分的汉语意思。When we do business,we should be familiar with commercial 1. procedures 2. .We should not be conservative 3. ,nor should we be arbitrary 4. .We should accumulate 5. experience and believe in ourselves in doing bus
2、iness. I believe we will learn a lot from business and make a breakthrough 6. one day. 答案:1.商业的 2.程序 3.保守的 4.任意的 5.积累 6.突破三、用所给短语的适当形式填空have a great impact on pay off differ from object tobreak through on the other hand in favour ofcast down1.Their language and custom ours as we are from different c
3、ountries. 答案:differ from 2.Scientists hope to soon in their fight against heart diease. 答案:break through3.His wife is not the idea that he will make a profit in the stock market. 答案:in favour of 4.The researchers were after the death of the cloned dog,but they would keep on until they could succeed.
4、 答案:cast down 5.Three years of studying hard in June,and three months later I was accepted by a university. 答案:paid off 6.His parents firmly his going into the forest by himself. 答案:objected to 7.What the teachers have done their students in the future. 答案:has a great impact on 8.On the one hand,we
5、should ask for help; we should try our best to rebuild our houses. 答案:on the other hand四、单句填空1.Im constantly astonished by people who can speak so many (differ) languages. 答案:different2.We may ask her a few questions to make sure we know (exact) what she wants. 答案:exactly3.The aircraft (carry) accid
6、entally hit a small fishing boat. 答案:carrier4.Id like to come too,if you have no (object). 答案:objection5.Photography is strictly (forbid) in the museum. 答案:forbidden6.There are some programming errors that need (correct). 答案:correcting/to be corrected7.Cloning mammals is a difficult task (undertake)
7、. 答案:to undertake8.Something that is (disturb) makes you feel worried or upset. 答案:disturbing 五、阅读理解I believe in the power of the unknown.I believe that a sense of the unknown pushes us forward in all of our creative activities,from science to art.When I was a child,after bedtime I would often go to
8、 the window and stare at the stars.I had so many questions.How far away were those tiny points of light?Did space go on forever and ever,or was there some edge?And if so,what lay beyond the edge?Another of my childhood questions:Did time go on forever?I looked at pictures of my parents and tried to
9、imagine their parents,and so on,back through the generations.Does time go on forever?Or is there some beginning of time?When I grew up,I became a professional astrophysicist.Although I never answered any of these questions,they continued to challenge me,to haunt me,to drive me in my scientific resea
10、rch,and to cause me to live on tuna fish and no sleep for days at a time while I was crazy about a science problem.These same questions,and questions like them,challenge and haunt the leading scientists of today.Einstein once wrote that “the most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious.It
11、 is the fundamental emotion which stands at the beginning of true art and true science.” What did Einstein mean by “the mysterious?” I dont think he meant that science is full of unpredictable or unknowable or supernatural forces.I think that he meant a sense of awe,a sense that there are things lar
12、ger than us,that we do not have all the answers at this moment,and that we can stand right at the boundary between known and unknown.Scientists are happy,of course,when they find answers to questions.But scientists are also happy when they become stuck,when they discover interesting questions that t
13、hey cannot answer.That is when their imaginations and creativity are set on fire.That is when the greatest progress occurs.1.As a child,the author was . A.cautious B.generous C.curiousD.doubtful答案:C解析:推理判断题。根据第二段的“I had so many questions.”和第三段的“Another of my childhood questions”可推知作者在童年时代好奇心很强,故选 C
14、项。2.What does the underlined word “haunt” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A.Make someone to feel annoyed.B.Make someone to feel excited.C.Cause great trouble to someone.D.Keep coming to someones mind.答案:D解析:词义猜测题。由文章第四段的“.continued to challenge me,to haunt me,.while I was crazy about a science problem.”可知,文
15、中提到的问题不断地挑战着、萦绕着、驱使着作者继续从事科学研究,让作者在着迷于某个科学难题时以金枪鱼罐头为食,连日不眠不休。D 项“Keep coming to someones mind.”意为“一直出现在某人的脑海中”,故选 D 项。3.What is the source of pleasure according to the passage?A.Exact prediction.B.Creativity in experiments.C.Rich imagination.D.Exploration of the unknown.答案:D解析:细节理解题。由最后一段第二句可知,科学家们被
16、难题困扰或是发现遇到无法解答的新奇问题的时候也是快乐的,D 项意为“对未知世界的探索”,符合题干中的“the source of pleasure(快乐的来源)”,故选 D 项。4.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A.The Power of Mysteries.B.The Characters of Mysteries.C.The Significance of Science.D.The Beauty of Art.答案:A解析:主旨大意题。根据第一段中心段和整篇文章的描述,作者相信未解之谜的力量,作者认为神秘
17、而不可知的东西以及对未解之谜的探索能激发想象力和创造力,带来进步。故 A 项 “The Power of Mysteries(神秘事物的力量).”正确。六、语篇填空Andrew was going for a sales job interview.He knew he had the 1. (little) experience to get the job.In fact he wasnt even sure how hed got the interview.2. he did know was that he was very thankful for the opportunity
18、given to him. Though the interview 3. (go) well,it was impressed on him again that 4. (compare) with the other candidates he didnt have the ability 5.(get) the job.As he left the building,he gave the receptionist 6. envelope.Inside was a thank-you note for the man 7. had just interviewed him,thankin
19、g him for his time and for the opportunity. That evening,Andrew got a call 8. (tell) him that hed got the job.His new employer knew 9.(clear) that it wasnt Andrews qualifications that got him the job,but his thank-you note.If Andrew was able to be thankful at this stage,he would be able to build positive relationships with his 10.(customer),which was exactly what the company was looking for.Being grateful won Andrew the job. 答案:1.least 2.What 3.went pared 5.to get6.an 7.who 8.telling 9.clearly 10.customers
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