外研版高中英语必修四4.2.docx

高中英语学习材料***鼎尚图文理制作***Period Two Language PointsⅠ.语境填词1．Tai Lihua，a deaf ________ (领头的) dancer once said，“You cannot choose what life you will have，but you can choose your attitude towards life.”2．The Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press has decided to ________ (出版) the best-selling book.3．His discovery has been proved to be a ______________ (突破)．4．Whales are now an endangered ________ (物种) and protected by an international ban.5．It is said that more help is needed for ________ (受害者)．6．This wheat field has been ________ (转化) to planting trees.7．I want to become a film ________ (制片人) and make many good films for people.8．As we all know，wheat is the ________ (主要的) food in northern China.9．With the development of ________________ (农业) and industry，more and more people are living a better life.10．Sometimes ________ (质量) is much more important than quantity.Ⅱ.选词填空be known for；by accident；make a breakthrough；be converted to；as a result of1．She hurt her finger ________________ when cutting vegetables.2．Many beautiful fishes are fast disappearing ________________ the heavy pollution.3．The city ________________ its good weather and attracts a lot of tourists.4．If you want to ________________ on this subject，you must work harder.5．In some condition，coal can ________________ gas.Ⅲ.同义词辨析1．用publish或come out的适当形式填空(1)The magazine ________________ a long story written by a college student.(2)The first edition of the novel ________________ in 1990.(3)All of that author’s novels were ________________ by the company.2．用as a result of或as a result填空(1)________________ the earthquake，thousands of people lost their homes.(2)________________，he lost the chance，which made him very disappointed.(3)He didn’t study hard，________________，he didn’t pass the exam.Ⅳ.单项填空1．When I entered the classroom，I found that the blackboard was covered with maths ________.A．forms B．figuresC．shapes D．signs2．His parents died when he was very young，so he was ________ by his grandmother.A．brought up B．grown upC．taken up D．picked up3．I advise you to take school more seriously，otherwise you’ll have to go out and work ________.A．as a result B．now and thenC．in a word D．at that moment4．Don’t forget ________ foods like sugar and salt when you go to the shop.A．staple B．stableC．sterile D．original5．He didn’t tell me the answer ________ the question.A．of B．forC．to D．about6．—Mum，it is nice weather.I’d like to go skating this afternoon.—Don’t you think the ice on the lake is too thin to ________ your weight?A．stand B．catchC．support D．take7．As is known to all，rice and wheat are two different ______ of cereal(谷物)．A．kind B．typeC．species D．sort8．At the beginning of class，the noise of desks________could be heard outside the classroom.A．opened and closedB．to be opened and closedC．being opened and closedD．to open and close9．During the rush hours cars were ________ in the traffic jam.A．held up B．held onC．held out D．held back10．Recently scientists have made a great ________ in the treatment of cancer.A．break in B．breakoutC．breakthrough D．breakdownⅤ.阅读理解Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history，and his achievements were even greater than that of a few other great scientists.An American university president once said that Einstein had made a new outlook，a new view of the universe.It may be some time before the average mind understands fully the identity(特性) of time and space and so on—but even ordinary man now understand that the universe is something larger than ever thought before.By 1914 young Einstein had been world-famous.He accepted the offer to become a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin.He had few duties，little teaching and unlimited chances for study，but soon his peace and quiet were broken by World War I.Einstein hated fighting and killing.The great suffering of war affected him deeply，and he sat unhappily in his office doing little.He lost interest in his research and violin.Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work.In the year following World War I，honours were increasingly put on him.He became head of the Kaiser Whihem Institute of Theoretical Physics.But he himself refused the effort to put him in a position far above other people.He was well known for his humble(谦逊的) manner.He often said that his success would certainly have been achieved by others if he had never lived.In 1921 he won the Noble Prize，and he was honoured in Germany until the rise of the Nazism when he was driven from Germany because he was a Jew.1．The main idea of the first paragraph is ______.A．the difficulty of Einstein’s thought to othersB．the feeling of an American university president towards EinsteinC．the difference between science and historyD．the change in human thought produced by Einstein2．It seems to the American university president that ______.A．Einstein achieved more than any other scientist in historyB．everybody understands Einstein’s scientific ideasC．the new view of the universe can be quickly learned by everyoneD．our ideas about the universe are different today from those in the past because of Einstein 3．Between 1914 and 1918 Einstein ______.A．received world-wide praiseB．had no chances for studyC．almost did nothing in his officeD．still continued his scientific research4．Which of the following statements about Einstein is TRUE?A．He achieved more than any other scientists in history.B．Our ideas about the universe differ from one another because of him.C．He kept working until peace came in 1918.D．His research practically stopped during the First World War.5．From the passage we can know that ______.A．Germans usually have a high respect for scienceB．Einstein had other interests besides scienceC．Einstein was forced to work again in 1918D．Einstein led a quiet life during World War Ia quantity of或quantities of可以修饰可数名词复数或不可数名词。