Unit 1 People of Achievement ——Assessing Your Progress
一、选词填空
sum up; come to power; take up; as a consequence of; stand on end; as though; 1. It is worthwhile to ______ the experience and characteristics of Macao in faithfully implementing “one country, two systems”.
2. As a child, did you experience the dream scene which made your hair _______ at midnight.
3. __________ the consciousness, three days ago, a series of anti-terrorist posters caused widespread alarm across Indonesia and Turkey.
4. That Hitler _________ was really a disaster to the world. 5. Can you figure out the average living space that a person can ____________ in this city?
6. It seems __________the difficulty will be over soon. 二、阅读理解
When many people are worried that there are no more heroes in the modern times, two university students who lost their lives to rescue drowning children have shown that heroes still exist (存在)．
According to the Inner Mongolia Morning Post, the tragedy (悲剧) occurred on the afternoon of December 14,2002 when three
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school students skating on a frozen lake in Qingcheng Park in Hohhot fell through the ice into the freezing water.More than 20 university students who happened to be near the spot immediately went to the rescue of the children.Two children were quickly rescued，but the third died.The child's body was not found for three hours.Two of the rescuers, Liu Ye and Hao Longbiao, also died of cold and exhaustion.The body of Hao who took the lead in jumping into the lake was not found until the next day.A student who was unwilling to tell his name said he and his classmates from the local college were taking photos at the lake.When they heard the children's cries for help, they went to the ice hole hand in hand to rescue the children.But the ice kept breaking, causing most of them to fall into the icy water.
Local residents held mourning ceremonies (祭奠仪式) at the lake.Eight of the students were seriously affected by the freezing water and were being kept in hospital for further observation, but their lives were no longer in danger.
1．The underlined word “occurred” here means“________”． A．employed C．happened
B．mixed D．guided
2．When the three students fell into the water, the university students were ________.
A．skating on the ice C．walking along the lake
B．having a picnic
D．taking photos at the lake
3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A．Hao Longbiao's body was found on December 14, 2002. B．Three students died on the same day in all.
C．The university students didn't think it dangerous to save
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the drowning children in the lake.
D．Local residents were not brave in face of danger. 4．The author wrote the passage to ________.
A．call on people to learn from the brave university students
B．warn people of the danger of skating on ice C．tell us a tragedy
D．advise university students to cherish(珍惜)their lives 三、七选五
A rocket problem that forces astronauts to evacuate (撤退) may appear to be a plot straight out of a Hollywood movie.However, that is exactly what happened to Russian astronaut Alexey Ovchinin and American astronaut Nick Hague.__1__
The event happened shortly after the Soyuz rocket and its Soyuz MS10 space capsule (联盟号太空舱) carrying the astronauts took off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.__2__
The takeoff went off smoothly, but just 119 seconds later, officials from Russia's space agency informed NASA the booster (助推器) had failed to separate from the capsule.__3__ Instead, they were ordered to evacuate by separating the capsule and returning to Earth in what is known as a ballistic descent mode (弹道下降模式)．The sharp drop is similar to freefalling from the skies and subjects astronauts to high levels of gforce.
__4__ They appeared to be in excellent condition when they crashlanded about 20 kilometers east of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, just 34 minutes after they stopped the task.Upon arrival, they were quickly found by the rescue team from Baikonur Cosmodrome and taken to the hospital for a quick check
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up to ensure they had not suffered any injuries during their rough ride back to Earth.
It will take a few weeks for experts to determine what caused the problem of the usually reliable Soyuz rocket.__5__ Hague, who was on his way to the space station for the first time later joked, “I imagined that my first trip to outer space was going to be a memorable one.I didn't expect it to be quite this memorable.”
A．To their sadness, this event became a nightmare for their future space journey.
B．The two scientists were on their way to carry out a sixmonth task at the International Space Station.
C．Surprisingly, the harrowing event has not stopped Hague's and Ovchinin's wish to go to space.
D．Thus, the astronauts didn't head to the International Space Station.
E．And luckily, they became the main characters of the movie about space exploration.
F．Fortunately, the “movie” had a happy ending with both scientists returning to Earth safely.
G．Fortunately, Hague and Ovchinin had been welltrained for such emergencies. 四、书面表达
请你根据下表内容, 为校报的人物专栏撰写一篇英语稿件, 介绍著名的篮球运动员—— 姚明。 出生地 上海 出生日期 1980. 9. 12 身高 2. 26米 经历 1993: 加入上海鲨鱼队(the Shanghai Sharks); 第4页（共10页）
1998: 成为中国国家队的成员;
2002: 前往美国, 成为NBA选秀(draft)第一名, 并加入了休斯敦火箭队(the Houston Rockets) 注意: 1. 词数80左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯; 3. 标题已经给出。
Yao Ming
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一、选词填空 1.sum up 2.stand on end
3.As a consequence of 4.came to power 5.take up 6.as though 二、阅读理解
1.C 词义猜测题。画线词后的“on the afternoon of December 14,2002 when three school students skating on a frozen lake in Qingcheng Park in Hohhot”是事情发生的时间和地点，由此可知画线词词义为“发生”，故C项正确。
2.D 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“A student who was unwilling to tell his name said he and his classmates from the local college were taking photos at the lake.”可知，儿童落水时，大学生们正在湖边拍照，故D项正确。
3.B 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Two children were quickly rescued，but the third died.”可知，一名落水儿童当场死亡，再根据“Two of the rescuers, Liu Ye and Hao Longbiao, also died of cold and exhaustion.”可知，参与救人的两名大学生死于严寒和体力不支，一共有三名学生死亡，故B项正确。
4.A 目的意图题。根据第一段“When many people are worried that there are no more heroes in the modern times, two university students who lost their lives to rescue drowning children have shown that heroes still exist(存在)”可知，作者认为勇救落水而牺牲的两名大学生是英雄，由此可知，作者写这篇文章就是号召大家学习他们的英雄事迹，故A项正确。
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三、七选五
1．F 解析：根据上文“A rocket problem that forces astronauts to evacuate(撤退) may appear to be a plot straight out of a Hollywood movie.However, that is exactly what happened to Russian astronaut Alexey Ovchinin and American astronaut Nick Hague.”(迫使宇航员撤离的火箭问题可能是好莱坞电影里的情节。然而，这正是发生在俄罗斯宇航员阿列克谢·奥弗奇宁和美国宇航员尼克·黑格身上的事情。)可知本空继续承接上文说明事情的结果，故F选项“Fortunately, the ‘movie’ had a happy ending with both scientists returning to Earth safely.”(幸运的是，这部“电影”有一个皆大欢喜的结局，两位科学家都安全返回了地球。)”符合语境。故选F。
2．B 解析：根据上文“The event happened shortly after the Soyuz rocket and its Soyuz MS10 space capsule(联盟号太空舱) carrying the astronauts took off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.”(这一事件发生在“联盟号”火箭及其搭载宇航员的“联盟号MS10”太空舱从哈萨克斯坦拜科努尔航天发射场起飞后不久。)可推测下文说明本次事件涉及的人物，即俄罗斯宇航员阿列克谢·奥弗奇宁和美国宇航员尼克·黑格这两位科学家。故B选项“The two scientists were on their way to carry out a sixmonth task at the International Space Station.(这两位科学家当时正在前往国际空间站执行一项为期六个月的任务。)”符合语境。故选B。
3．D 解析：结合上文“The takeoff went off smoothly, but just 119 seconds later, officials from Russia's space agency informed NASA the booster(助推器) had failed to separate from the capsule.”(发射顺利进行，但仅仅119秒后，俄罗斯航天局官员通知美国宇航局，助推器未能与太空舱分离。)可知助推器未能与太空舱分离，因此宇航员没有前往国际空间站。故选D。
4．G 解析：结合上文“The sharp drop is similar to free
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falling from the skies and subjects astronauts to high levels of gforce.”(这种急剧下降类似于从空中自由落体，使宇航员承受高水平的重力。)以及下文“They appeared to be in excellent condition when they crashlanded about 20 kilometers east of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, just 34 minutes after they stopped the task.”(当他们在哈萨克斯坦的Dzhezkazgan以东约20公里处紧急着陆时，他们的状况看起来非常好。)可知虽然这种急剧下降类似于从空中自由落体，使宇航员承受高水平的重力。但是幸运的是，Hague和Ovchinin已经为这种紧急情况接受了良好的训练，他们的状况看起来非常好。故选G。
5．C 解析：根据下文Hague, who was on his way to the space station for the first time later joked, “I imagined that my first trip to outer space was going to be a memorable one.I didn't expect it to be quite this memorable.”(黑格后来开玩笑说：“我以为我的第一次外太空之旅将会是一次难忘的旅行。我没想到会有这么难忘。”)可知这一令人痛心的事件并没有阻止黑格和奥夫奇宁后来继续前往太空。故选C。 四、书面表达
Yao Ming
Yao Ming, who was born on September 12th, 1980 in Shanghai, is a world-famous basketball player. He is one of the tallest players with a height of 2. 26 metres.
Yao started playing for the Shanghai Sharks while he was still a teenager. In 1998, he joined the Chinese National Team. Four years later, he went to the US and became the number one player in the NBA draft, which helped him join the Houston
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Rockets.
In the US, Yao was a hit among basketball fans. He is considered one of the best players in the NBA though he has retired now.
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