2018版高考英語大一輪復(fù)習(xí)Book5Unit2ChallengingYourselfⅠ教案（含解析）重慶大學(xué)版.docx

Unit 2 Challenging Yourself 話題詞匯1breakthroughn突破；重大進(jìn)展2conveniencen便利；方便3electronicadj.電子的4intelligentadj.智能的5inventionn發(fā)明；創(chuàng)造6technicaladj.技術(shù)的；工藝的7beinthelead領(lǐng)先8followthefashion追隨時(shí)尚9inthefieldofscience在科學(xué)領(lǐng)域10withthedevelopmentof隨著的發(fā)展話題佳作請(qǐng)你結(jié)合下面要點(diǎn)提供的信息，給某英語晚報(bào)寫一篇100詞左右的新聞報(bào)道，簡單介紹研究油菜花的父子農(nóng)民科學(xué)家。要點(diǎn)如下：1沈克泉、沈昌健是湖南一對(duì)普通的農(nóng)民父子；240年前，沈克泉立志培育出優(yōu)質(zhì)雜交油菜(hybridrape)；3父子二人靠自學(xué)、肉眼觀察、記錄和總結(jié)規(guī)律，經(jīng)1000多次實(shí)驗(yàn)后培育出優(yōu)質(zhì)品種；4“油菜花父子”用實(shí)際行動(dòng)證明農(nóng)民也能變成科學(xué)家。佳作欣賞ShenKequanandhissonShenChangjianwhousedtobetwocommonfarmersinHunanProvincehavebecomefamousbecausetheydevelopedhybridrapewithgoodquality.40yearsagoShenKequanmadeuphismindtocultivateakindofgoodhybridrape.Toreachhisgoal，thefarmertogetherwithhissontaughtthemselvesagricultureknowledge，observedtherapewiththeireyes，keptrecordsanddrewconclusionsthemselves.Althoughtheyhadntgotprofessionaleducation，theyusedtheirwaytofindouthowtosolvetheproblemstheymet.Finally，theyproducedakindofhybridrapewithexcellentqualityaftermorethan1,000experiments.Thefatherandhissonsachievementtellsusthatfarmerscanalsobecomescientists.名師點(diǎn)睛文章結(jié)構(gòu)如下：(1)指出文章要介紹的人物及事件農(nóng)民父子(沈克泉、沈昌健)培育出優(yōu)質(zhì)雜交油菜。(2)圍繞要點(diǎn)進(jìn)行細(xì)節(jié)報(bào)道：40年前立志要培育出優(yōu)質(zhì)油菜；自學(xué)、觀察、記錄、總結(jié)；1000多次實(shí)驗(yàn)后終于成功。(3)總結(jié)性評(píng)價(jià)農(nóng)民也能成為科學(xué)家。文中出現(xiàn)了定語從句、原因狀語從句、讓步狀語從句、賓語從句等復(fù)雜句式和usedtobe，makeuponesmind，teachoneself，drawconclusions等高級(jí)詞匯，增強(qiáng)了文章的說服力。.寫作必記單詞1explosiven炸藥；adj.爆炸(性)的；爆發(fā)(性)的2generousadj.慷慨的；大方的3considerationn體諒；考慮considerateadj.體貼的；體諒的considervt.考慮4worthyadj.有價(jià)值的，可敬的；n.(pl.)杰出人物；知名人士5reformvt.改革；革新6shockedadj.驚愕的7professionn職業(yè)8aboardadv.在(船、飛機(jī)、車)上；上(船等)9doubtfuladj.可疑的，不確定的；疑心的doubtn/vt.疑問；懷疑10conclusionn結(jié)論.閱讀識(shí)記單詞11industrialistn工業(yè)家，實(shí)業(yè)家12privatelyadv.私下地；秘密地13skillfuladj.靈巧的，熟練的；制作精巧的14inventiveadj.善于創(chuàng)造的；發(fā)明的15financialadj.財(cái)政的；金融的financen財(cái)政；金融16outstandingadj.突出的；顯著的17forwardlookingadj.有遠(yuǎn)見的；向前看的18brotherhoodn手足情誼；兄弟關(guān)系19brilliantadj.燦爛的；閃耀的；有才氣的；絕妙的20crewn全體人員；(工作)隊(duì)21naturalistn自然主義者；博物學(xué)者22evolutionn進(jìn)展；發(fā)展；演變；進(jìn)化23unclearadj.不了解的；不清楚的；含混的24extraordinaryadj.非常的，特別的，非凡的ordinaryadj.普通的；平常的25classifyvt.分類；分等26physicallyadv.按照自然規(guī)律地physicaladj.物質(zhì)的；身體的；物理的27representativen代表28definitelyadv.肯定地；明確地29distinguishingadj.有區(qū)別的30undergovt.經(jīng)歷；遭受語境活用用所給詞的正確形式填空1Intheprocess，itbringsoutimportantevidenceabouthowphysical(physically) objectsinteract(相互作用)(2016浙江)2Everydayinourwork，weareinspiredbythepeoplewemeetdoingextraordinary(ordinary) thingstoimprovetheworld.(2016四川)3Thequestionisnowunderconsideration(consider)4Overtheyears，Ivelearnedtoironshirtsskillfully(skill)，whichgivesmeasenseofpride.(2014湖南)5Whatsworse，fairnesswillundoubtedly(doubt) beaffectedduetotheemotionalfactorresultingfrominterpersonalrelationships.6Ifyouareoneofthoseenergeticmorningpeople，yourmostinventive(invent) timecomesintheearlyeveningwhenyouarerelaxed.7Thefactthatcollegestudentsarefinancially(finance) dependentontheirparentsisnothingnew.(2015北京)8Belowaresomeclassified(classify) adsfromanEnglishnewspaper.1buildup建立2liein在于3makemoney掙錢4takeaninterestin.對(duì)有興趣5careabout關(guān)心6atbirth出生時(shí)7divideinto分成8asfollows如下9outofcuriosity出于好奇心10makenotesof記下11ontheway在途中；接近12cometotheconclusion得出結(jié)論13attheendof在末端/盡頭14leadto導(dǎo)致；通向15inchargeof負(fù)責(zé)；主管16dueto由于；因?yàn)?7beproudof以自豪18forinstance例如；比如語境活用運(yùn)用上述短語完成片段 Peterwas1.outofcuriosity(出于好奇) fortheInternetduringthemiddleschooland2.tookaninterestin(對(duì)感興趣) taobaoonline，sothathehas3.mademoney(掙錢)Nowadayshe4.isproudof(以自豪) thatandwhenheisadmittedintothekeyuniversity，healso5.caresabout(關(guān)心) taobao.1wouldrather.than.“Idrathertakecareofthestomachsofthelivingthanthegloryofthedeadintheformofstonememorials，”heoncesaid.他曾說過：“我寧愿讓活人填飽肚子而不愿以石碑的形式表彰死者?！狈聦懰麑幵杆酪膊磺?。Hewouldratherdiethangivein.2shouldhavedone.Andso，themanwhofeltheshouldhavediedatbirthisrememberedandrespectedlongafterhisdeath.因此，這位原先認(rèn)為自己一出生就該死去的人卻在他去世后長期受到人們的懷念和尊敬。仿寫對(duì)不起，媽媽！我這次面試又沒過。哦，真是太糟糕了。你本該做好充足的準(zhǔn)備的。(2015福建)Sorry，Mum! Ifailedthejobinterviewagain.Oh，itstoobad.Youshouldhavemadefullpreparations.3suggestthat.(should)do.ItwasafriendwhosuggestedthathebegivenajobasnaturalistaboardtheBeagle.是他一位朋友的建議使他在“小獵犬號(hào)”上獲得了一份博物學(xué)家的工作。仿寫一些心理學(xué)家建議用這種方式小孩子會(huì)了解到比物質(zhì)世界更多的東西。(2016浙江)Somepsychologistssuggestthatyoungchildrenlearnaboutmorethanjustthephysicalworldinthisway.4方位倒裝句Hereisablogfromoneofthevolunteers.這里是一篇一位志愿者的博客。仿寫下面是三條有用的建議。(2014安徽)Herearethreeusefultips.worthy adj.令人敬重的；值得的，相稱的；有價(jià)值的(1)Hedidnotcompromiseeasily，butwaswillingtoacceptanyconstructiveadviceforaworthycause.他不輕易妥協(xié)，但他很樂意接受對(duì)一項(xiàng)崇高事業(yè)的任何建設(shè)性的建議。(2016江蘇)(2)Herealizedhewouldtakealossbysellingthehousetous，butitwasworthwhile.他意識(shí)到把房子賣給我們他會(huì)有金錢上的損失，但是這值得。(2015天津)(3)Thismaysurpriseyou，butoneofthebesttoolsformakingcookingworthyourtimeisexperimentation.也許會(huì)讓你驚訝，但是讓烹飪值得你花時(shí)間的最好的方式就是通過反復(fù)試驗(yàn)。(1)be worthy of sth./of being done/to be done值得(做)某事(2)worthwhile adj.重要的；令人愉快的；值得花時(shí)間(或錢、努力等)的Its worthwhile to do/doing sth.值得做某事(3)worth adj.值得的；值錢的；n.價(jià)值be worthn.值得，值be worth doing sth.值得做某事worthy和worthwhile可作前置定語，而worth不能，worth一般只作表語，可用程度副詞well修飾。一句多譯這家工廠值得參觀。(1)Thefactoryisworthyofbeingvisited.(worthyofbeingdone)(2)Thefactoryisworthytobevisited.(worthytobedone)(3)Thefactoryisworthyofavisit.(worthyofn.)(4)Itsworthwhiletovisit/visitingthefactory.(worthwhile)(5)Thefactoryisworthvisiting.(worth)aboardadv./prep.在船(飛機(jī)、火車、公共汽車)上；上船(飛機(jī)、火車、公共汽車(1)ThenTimwasabletocatchupandclimbaboardtheboat.然后Tim趕了上來，并爬上船。(2)Theywerethelasttwotogoaboardtheship.他們是最后兩位上船的。(3)Thepassengersboardedtheplaneat9：00am.乘客在上午9：00登機(jī)了。(1)go/get aboard上車/船/飛機(jī)等(2)board n木板；膳食費(fèi)用；硬薄板；委員會(huì)；v.寄宿；上船(飛機(jī))；用板蓋上on board搭乘船(飛機(jī)、車等)；在船(飛機(jī)、車等)上(3)abroad adv.在/到國外(4) broad adj.寬闊的；顯著的；大概的；adv.寬闊地基礎(chǔ)知識(shí)訓(xùn)練用aboard，board，broad，abroad填空(1)Mybrotherhasneverbeenabroadbefore，soheisfindingthistripveryexciting.Whenthebeautifulairhostesssaid，“Welcomeaboard！”，hecantwaittoboardtheplanewithabroadsmile.單句改錯(cuò)(2)Pleasecollectyourthingsandgetready.Itstimetogoonaboardthetrain.寫作能力提升翻譯句子(3)我們陪她走到碼頭(wharf)，將她安頓到船上。Wewalkedhertothewharfandputheraboardtheship.(4)船上所有乘客皆落入河中。Allpassengersaboardfellintotheriver.careabout關(guān)心；在乎(1)Thetextisespeciallyhelpfulforthosewhocareabouttheirbodyshape.這篇文章對(duì)那些關(guān)心體形的人特別有幫助。(2015全國)(2)Youshouldtakecareofyournieceforthesakeofyoursister.看在姐妹的份上，你應(yīng)該照顧你的侄女。care for喜歡；照顧take care小心；注意take care of照顧with care小心地careabout意為“介意；在乎”；carefor意為“喜歡；照顧”，兩者意義不同，不要混淆?；A(chǔ)知識(shí)訓(xùn)練短語填空(1)Mothersholdingjobsoutsidethehomeshouldhaveflexibleschedulestomakeiteasiertocarefortheirchildren.(2)Hehandledtheinstrumentwithcareforfearitshouldbedamaged.(3)Ifyes，dontcareaboutsexorage!(4)Itsveryicy，sotakecareontheroads.寫作能力提升同義句改寫(5)Whateveryoudo，youmustdoitwithcare.Whateveryoudo，youmustdoitcarefully.leadto導(dǎo)致；造成(后果)；通往(1)Studyingbabiesplaymayleadtoabetterunderstandingofscience.研究嬰兒的游戲可能會(huì)更好地了解科學(xué)。(2016浙江)(2)Noneofthecompetitorscouldcatchupwiththeuntiringrunnerwhowasinthelead.沒有一個(gè)參賽者能追上那個(gè)不知疲倦的領(lǐng)跑者。(3)Healwaystakestheleadinresponsetothegovernmentscall.他總是帶頭響應(yīng)政府的號(hào)召。lead sb.to do.使某人做lead sb.to.帶某人去lead the way帶路lead sb.by the nose牽著某人的鼻子走in the lead領(lǐng)先；處于首位take the lead帶頭；領(lǐng)先基礎(chǔ)知識(shí)訓(xùn)練根據(jù)提示語填空(1)Withhimleadingtheway(帶路)，wegottherewithoutanydifficulty.Butforhim，wewouldhavebeenlost，whichwouldleadto(導(dǎo)致) seriousconsequences.Hisactionledustobelieve(使我們相信) thathewasourtruefriend.寫作能力提升一句多譯(2)他的粗心導(dǎo)致了他考試失敗。Hiscarelessnessledtohisfailureintheexam.(lead)Hiscarelessnessresultedinhisfailureintheexam.(result)Hiscarelessnesscontributedtohisfailureintheexam.(contribute)classifyvt.編排；把分類；歸類單句語法填空(1)Onlyelevenoftheseaccidentswereclassifiedasmajor.(2)Ourclasswasthenclassifiedintofourgroups.(3)Inthestudyfamiliesareclassifiedbytheirincome.classify sb./sth.by/according to sth.根據(jù)劃分classify sb./o sth.把分為classify sth.as.把某事物歸類為representativen代表；代理人；典型人物adj.典型的；有代表性的單句語法填空(1)Thepopularpresstendstorepresenthimasanenvironmentalleader.(2)Thesubjectissodifficult；Ireallydontknowhowtorepresentittoyou.(3)Thistypeoftrainingisrepresentative(represent) ofthemanagementcharacteristicofthecompany.(4)Tomrepresenting(represent) ourschoolparticipatedinthecompetition.represent sb./sth.as/to be.宣稱某人為；把某事敘述為represent sth.to sb.向某人說明(傳達(dá))某事inchargeof負(fù)責(zé)；主管同義句改寫(1)PolicehavechargedBellwithmurder.(用accuse改寫)PolicehaveaccusedBellofmurder.(2)Heisinchargeoftheclass.Theclassisinthechargeofhim.(用theclass作主語改寫)Hetakeschargeoftheclass.(用takechargeof改寫)(1)in/under the charge of在掌管之下，由負(fù)責(zé)take charge of管理，負(fù)責(zé)free of charge免費(fèi)(2)charge sb.money for sth.向某人索取的費(fèi)用charge sb.with sth.指控某人某事Andso，themanwhofeltheshouldhavediedatbirthisrememberedandrespectedlongafterhisdeath.因此，這位原先認(rèn)為自己一出生就該死去的人卻在他去世后長期受到人們的懷念和尊敬。(1) Imsorryforbeinglate.Ishouldhavephonedyouearlier.Thatsallright.Ivejustarrived.對(duì)不起，我來晚了。我本該早點(diǎn)給你打電話的。沒什么。我剛到。(2)Ifheshouldfailtocome，askMarytoworkinhisplace.萬一他不來，就叫瑪麗代替他的工作。(1)should have done還可以表示本該做某事而實(shí)際上未做，用于否定句時(shí)，則表示不該做的事反而做了。(2)should常用于主句中表示“驚異、意外”，常譯為“竟然”。(3)在條件狀語從句中，should表示“萬一”，既可表示不能實(shí)現(xiàn)的假設(shè)，又可表示可以實(shí)現(xiàn)的假設(shè)。基礎(chǔ)知識(shí)訓(xùn)練單句語法填空(1)Youshouldhavetold(tell) mesobefore，butyoudidnt.(2)Shoulditraintomorrow，themeetingwouldbeputoff.寫作能力提升完成句子(3)那副被認(rèn)為是復(fù)制品的畫竟然獲得了大獎(jiǎng)。Thepaintingconsideredtohavebeencopiedshouldhavewontheprize.ItwasafriendwhosuggestedthathebegivenajobasnaturalistaboardtheBeagle.是他一位朋友的建議使他在“小獵犬號(hào)”上獲得了一份博物學(xué)家的工作。(1)Isuggestthatwe (should)holdameetingnextweek.我建議下周開會(huì)。(2)Heinsistedthathe(should)besentthere.他堅(jiān)持被送到那里去。(3)Theexpressiononhisfacesuggestedthathewasveryangry.他臉上的表情表明他很生氣。表示“建議、命令、要求”等動(dòng)詞后的賓語從句謂語常用“(should)動(dòng)詞原形”。常這樣用的動(dòng)詞有：(1)表示“堅(jiān)持”：insist(2)表示“命令”： order，command(3)表示“建議”：advise，suggest，propose，recommend(4)表示“要求”：demand，require，request當(dāng)suggest作“建議”解時(shí)，其后的賓語從句用虛擬語氣；當(dāng)作“暗示，表明”解時(shí)，其后的賓語從句用陳述語氣?；A(chǔ)知識(shí)訓(xùn)練單句語法填空(1)Thecommitteerecommendsthatthematter(should)bediscussed(discuss) atthenextmeeting.(2)Itispolitelyrequestedbythehotelmanagementthatradios(should)notbeplayed(not，play) after11oclockatnight.寫作能力提升完成句子(3)她提議由我來做領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。ShesuggestedthatI(should)betheleader.教材與語法填空AlfredNobelwasborninStockholm，SwedenonOctober21,1833,1.wherehebeganhisownstudyof2.explosives(explode) inhisfatherslaboratory.3.Althoughhehadneverbeentoschooloruniversity，bythetimehewastwenty，hehadbecomea4.skillful(skill) chemistandanexcellentlinguist.Hehad5.better(good) luckthanhisfatherinbusinessandshowedmore6.financial(finance) sense.Hisgreatnesslayinhisoutstandingability7.tocombine(combine) thequalitiesofanoriginalscientistwiththoseofaforwardlookingindustrialist.Nobelwasneverconcernedaboutmakingmoneyormakingscientificdiscoveries.Hewasalwayssearching8.forameaningtolife.Henevermarriedandwasalwaysgenerousto9.thepoor.Accordingtohiswill，afterhedies，hiswealthshall10.bedivided(divide) intofivepartsforphysicist，chemist，doctor，writerandpeacemakerwhomakegreatcontributionsintheirfields.教材與短文改錯(cuò)TodaywethinkDarwinasabrilliantscientificthinker, butitwasinfactquitesurprisedthathewaschosenasamemberoftheBeaglescrew.HehadfailedasastudentofmedicineinEdinburghandhadstudiedatCambridgeUniversitytobecomingaclergymanandthendecidednotto.Infact, atCambridgehehadspentmoretimelookatbeetles, shootingbirdsandreadingbooksonplantsandanimalsthanatstudying.ItwasafriendwhosuggestedthathewasgivenajobasnaturalistaboardtheBeagle.IfDarwinhadnotenjoyedtheprivateincome, hewouldnothavegoneonthevoyageifhereceivednopaymentforthejob.Hewentoutofsimplescientificcuriosityandforwantingofanythingelsetodo.答案TodaywethinkDarwinasabrilliantscientificthinker, butitwasinfactquitethathewaschosenasamemberoftheBeaglescrew.HehadfailedasastudentofmedicineEdinburghandhadstudiedatCambridgeUniversitytoaclergymanandthendecidednotto.Infact, atCambridgehehadspentmoretimeatbeetles, shootingbirdsandreadingbooksonplantsandanimalsthanat studying.ItwasafriendwhosuggestedthathegivenajobasnaturalistaboardtheBeagle.IfDarwinhadnotenjoyedprivateincome, hewouldnothavegoneonthevoyagehereceivednopaymentforthejob.Hewentoutofsimplescientificcuriosityandforofanythingelsetodo.教材與話題微寫作寫作素材(關(guān)于人物描述)1我最喜歡的發(fā)明家是愛迪生；2他是發(fā)明家的代表；3他是一個(gè)善于創(chuàng)造的，有遠(yuǎn)見的人；4他為社會(huì)的發(fā)展做出了貢獻(xiàn)；5我想成為像愛迪生那樣杰出的人。提示：黑體部分用本單元詞匯表達(dá)，并且請(qǐng)使用who引導(dǎo)的定語從句。連句成篇(將以上句子連成一篇50詞左右的英語短文)MyfavoriteinventorisEdison，whoisarepresentativeofinventors.Hewasaninventive，forwardlookingperson，andmadecontributionstothedevelopmentofsociety.IwishIwouldbeanoutstandingpersonlikehim.單句語法填空1Wesuggestedthathe(should)go(go) andmakeanapologytohisteacher.2Hereis(be)agraphthatchartshowfarabirdfliesduringthefirstfivedaysofitsspringmigration.(2015浙江)3Thetwinsaresoalikethatnoonecandistinguishonefromtheother.4Equally，supportersmustarguetheircasebyacknowledgingtheconcernsandexplainingwhytheyareeithermisplacedorworthyofmuchattention.(2014福建)5Perhapsevolution(evolve) providedhumanbabieswithcuriosityandanaturaldrivetoexplaintheirworlds，andadultscientistssimplymakeuseofthesamedrivethatservedthemaschildren.(2016浙江)6Sometimesheworeaduckhat，andIwouldtellmyself，hewasdefinitely(definite) afanofDr.Bernie.(2015江蘇)7Youareonlyoneperson, andyoudonothavetimetowasteonpeoplewhowouldrathercausedramaormessupwithyourpurpose.(2016浙江)8Itseemsunfairthatthisshouldhappentome.9Ifinditdifficulttoreachaconclusion (conclude)10Sheiswillingtodonatemoneytoaworthy (worth) cause.閱讀理解AAnewplanethuntingtechniquehasdetectedthemostearthlikeplanetyetaroundastarotherthanoursun，raisinghopesoffindingaspacerockthatmightsupportlife，astronomers(天文學(xué)家) reportedrecently.“ThisisanimportantdiscoverytoanswerthequestionArewealone？”saidMichaelTurneroftheNationalScienceFoundation.“Theteamhasdiscoveredthemostearthlikeplanetyet，andmoreimportantly，hasprovedthepowerofanewtechniquethatissensitive(靈敏的) todetectingplanetsthatarefitforpeopletoliveon，”Turnersaidinastatement.Inthelastdecade，astronomershavedetectedmorethan160planetsmovingaroundstarsoutsideoursolarsystem.MostofthesehavebeengasgiantplanetslikeJupiter，whichareunfitforlife.Butaninternationalteamhasdetectedacoldplanetabout5.5timesmoremassivethantheearthstillsmallenoughtobeconsideredearthlikemovingaroundastarabout20,000lightyearsaway，closetothecenteroftheMilkyWay.Tofindthisnewplanet，theteamusedatechniquecalledgravitationalmicrolensing(引力微觀透鏡法)Whenaplanetiscirclingthecloseststar，theplanetsgravitycanadditsownsignaturetothelight.ThiskindoflightsignaturewasobservedonJuly11byagroupoftelescopesinaprojectknownasOGLE，shortforOpticalGravitationalLensingExperiment.“Themainadvantageofmicrolensingisthesignalsforlowmassplanets：Theyrenotweaksignals.Theyrejustrare，”BennettoftheUniversityofNotreDameinIndianasaidbytelephone.“Iftherehappenstobeastraightlinebetweenaforegroundstarwithitsplanetandthebackgroundsourcestar，thenyoureabletodetectthatplanet.”語篇解讀科學(xué)家用一項(xiàng)新的技術(shù)檢測(cè)到一顆新的最類似地球的行星，并研究是否適合人類居住。11Theunderlinedword“detected”inParagraph1probablymeans“”AdiscoveredBdestroyedCcreatedDsearched答案A解析詞義猜測(cè)題。由第一段第一句“Anewplanethuntingtechniquehasdetectedthemostearthlikeplanetyetaroundastarotherthanoursun.”及第三段第一句中的“Theteamhasdiscoveredthemost.”可知，這里detect與discover的含義相同，指的是“探測(cè)、發(fā)現(xiàn)”。故選A。12Theauthorspurposeinwritingthispassageisto.AprovethatscientistshavealotofdifficultiesindoingscientificresearchBexplainwhythisplanetmovesaroundastarlikeoursunCteachthereaderssomebasicknowledgeabouttheuniverseDtellpeopleaboutanewtechniquethatfindsthemostearthlikeplanetmovingroundanotherstar答案D解析寫作意圖題。文章主要講述的是科學(xué)家用一種新的技術(shù)，找到了與地球最相似的行星，并研究其是否適合人類居住。故選D。13Fromthenewsreportwecaninferthat.AtheplanetisliketheearthbecauseitisclosetothecenteroftheMilkyWayBitisquitepossiblethatlifemayexistonotherplanetsintheuniverseCpeoplehavenointerestinfindingaplanetthatmightsupportlifeDthequestion“Arewealone？”istoodifficultforscientiststoanswer答案B解析推理判斷題。由第一段“.raisinghopesoffindingaspacerockthatmightsupportlife，astronomers(天文學(xué)家) reportedrecently.”及第二段“ThisisanimportantdiscoverytoanswerthequestionArewealone？”可推知有生命可能存在于宇宙中的其他行星上。故選B。14WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?AThesignalscomingfromlowmassplanetsaretooweaktobenoticed.BMostofthediscoveredplanetsarenotfitforpeopletoliveon.CIfastarwithitsplanethappenstobeinlinewiththesourcestar，thentheplanetcanbefound.DThepowerofthenewtechniqueisprovedbythediscoveryoftheearthlikeplanet.答案A解析判斷正誤題。由最后一段“Themainadvantageofmicrolensingisthesignalsforlowmassplanets：Theyrenotweaksignals.Theyrejustrare.”可知低質(zhì)量行星的信號(hào)不是弱而只是罕見。故選A。BWeknowthefamousonestheThomasEdisonsandtheAlexanderGrahamBellsbutwhataboutthelessfamousinventors？Whataboutthepeoplewhoinventedthetrafficlightandthewindshieldwiper (雨刮器)？Shouldntweknowwhotheyare?JoanMcLeanthinksso.Infact，McLean，aprofessorofphysicsatMountainUniversityinRange，feelssostronglyaboutthismatterthatshesdevelopedacourseonthetopic.Inadditiontolearning“who”invented“what”，however，McLeanalsolikesherstudentstolearntheanswerstothe“why”and“how”questions.AccordingtoMcLean，“Whenstudentslearntheanswerstothesequestions，theyarebetterpreparedtorecognizeopportunitiesforinventingandmoremotivatedtogiveinventingatry.”Herstudentsagree.OneyoungmanwithapatentforanunbreakableumbrellaiswalkingproofofMcLeansstatement.“IfIhadnotheardthestoryofthewindshieldwipersinvention，”saidTommyLee，aseniorphysicsmajor，“Ineverwouldhavedreamedofturningmybadexperienceduringarainstormintosomethingsoconstructive.”Leeiscurrentlynegotiatingtosellhispatenttoanumbrellaproducer.So，justwhatisthestorybehindthewindshieldwiper？Well，MaryAndersoncameupwiththeideain1902afteravisittoNewYorkCity.Thedaywascoldandstormy，butAndersonstillwantedtoseethesights，soshejumpedaboardastreetcar.Noticingthatthedriverwasstrugglingtoseethroughthesnowcoveringthewindshield，shefoundherselfwonderingwhytherecouldn