【步步高】高中英语 Module 5 The Conquest of the Universe Period One Warm up Reading同步测试2 外研版选修8(1).doc

period onewarmup & reading ()基础落实.以旧识新1join_ adj.共同的；联合的2accustom_ adj.习惯的3history_ adj.历史性的，有重大历史意义的4patient_ n耐心5advance_ adj.高级的，先进的.以义思词1_ adj.：familiar with sth.and accepting it as normal or usual2_ n：a long or high jump3_ v：to think or accept that sth.is true but without having proof of it4_ adj.：of great importance in history5_ v：to see sth.happen (typically a crime or an accident).选词填空1though they assumed it would take _ three days to fulfill the task，it took not less than six days.2this english film is well worth seeing _ its long time.3the workers were _ when they heard from the radio that there was a terrible earthquake in their hometown.4i was bitten by a dog before and i have been afraid of them _.5_ the term，some of the students perhaps may not get accustomed to the new school life.同义词语替换1she gets_used_to living in the countryside._2despite the bad weather，he still went out to work._3supposing it rains tomorrow，well stay at home._4no one knows who set_off the firecrackers._5the man insisted that he saw the accident with_his_eyes._6are you conscious_of how people will regard such behaviour？_7in the last ten_years，more and more people have bought their private cars._8we sat in the bombshelter listening to the enemy shells bursting._9people wondered at the surprising achievements._10with the prices of vegetables rising，people find it hard to bear them._.完成句子1_(假定你是对的)，what should we do next?2my hometown has changed greatly _(在过去的十年里)3she has studied very hard _(自从她来到我们学校)4_(我习惯早起) to do morning exercises.5we stood there _(等车来).单项填空1what about the two cars?this one is _ expensive _ that one.but the blue one uses less oil.ano more；but bno more；thancas；than dnot more；as2_ the heavy rain，the couple continued looking for their lost daughter.athough balthoughcin spite of din spite3our teacher told us what to do _ the beginning of the experiment.aby bon cin dat4accustomed to _ the steep mountains，i had no difficulty reaching the top.aclimb bclimbingchaving climbed dhave climbed5we must _ him to be innocent until he is proved guilty.apretend bbelievecassume dthink6at the sad news，the girl _ into tears.abursted bburstcexploded dsplit7in _，every player has done their best to make the olympic games _.aa word；success ba word；a successcone word；success dwords；successes8the_ the two friends have kept in with each other is becoming closer and closer.arelation btieclink dcontact9are you still very busy?yes，i _ the report for the manager and it wont take long.ahave just finished bam just finishingchad just finished dwill just finish10a huge amount of oil was spilt on the east sea，the causes of _ are still under investigation.ait bthatcwhich dwhom能力提升阅读理解why can some people sleep through noises like a honking car or flushing toilet，while others are awakened by the lightest sound?to find the answer，sleep researchers at massachusetts general hospital conducted an unusual study of 12 selfdescribed deep sleepers.after tests confirmed that the healthy volunteers were solid sleepers，they took part in a threenight study in the universitys sleep laboratory.the participants spent the night in a big and comfortable room.but the room also included four speakers positioned near the top of the bed.during the night，the deep sleepers were subjected to 14 different recorded sounds，like street traffic，toilets flushing，and an airplane flying overhead.next door，the researchers monitored their sleep patterns and brain waves.as expected，all of the participants slept relatively well，but there were differences in how they responded to the noisy interruptions.some of the sleepers didnt wake up even when a sound was blasted at 70 decibels (分贝)；others were awakened by sounds at 40 or 50 decibels.the researchers discovered that the difference in a sleepers reaction to noise could be predicted by the level of brain activity called “sleep spindles(纺锤体)”a sleep spindle is a burst of highfrequency brain activity coming from deep inside the brain during sleep.the source of the spindles is the thalamus(丘脑)，a part of the brain that sends sensory information to the rest of the cortex(皮层)before the study，the massachusetts researchers theorized that the spindles are the brains way of preventing sensory information from passing through the thalamus and waking the rest of the brain during sleep.they found that sleepers who experienced the most sleep spindles during the night were also the soundest sleepers and were least likely to be awakened by noise.scientists already know that most people become lighter sleepers with age，most likely because older people experience less “slow wave sleep”，which is the deepest stage of sleep.people also produce fewer sleep spindles as they age.but even when controlling for the stage of sleep a person was in，the number of sleep spindles still predicted their risk for awakening because of noise.more research is needed，but the findings suggest that a better understanding of sleep spindles could lead to new behavioral or drug therapies for people with sleep disorders.for example，future studies may try to determine whether diet，exercise or other behaviors may influence the number of sleep spindles a person produces during the night.1some participants can sleep well through loud noises mainly because _.atheir brains dont respond to outside noisesbtheir brains react differently to noisescthey adapt to the environment quicklydthey dont pay attention to the monitors2scientists believe that the key to affecting deep sleep is _.asleep spindles bstages of sleepcsleep disorders dsensory information3it can be learned from the passage that _.athe older a deep sleeper becomes，the lighter his sleep must be.bthe more “slow wave sleep” one experiences，the deeper sleep one has.cthe more frequently a sleepers brain works，the less information it sends.dthe deeper sleep people have，the more likely they will be awakened by noise.4what is the main idea of the passage?athe differences between the deep sleepers and the light