高中英语 Unit 5 Meeting you rancestors-SectionⅢ自我小测 新人教版选修8.doc

unit 5 meeting you rancestors-section一、单词拼写1it was a great r_ to find that my family was all safe.2the opposition threatened to force a _(分割) on the motion.3what i plan to do is to make a s_ study of maths.4most isotopes produced artificially are _(放射性的)5dont become d_ with success.6she is s_ enough to control the machine now.7children who are offered little a_ develop slowly.8i think i am quite a p_ person with everything.9i have never seen an airplane _(加速) so fast before.二、选词填空1these plant fossils _ to the age of the dinosaurs.2they agreed upon a _ of the textbook into twelve units.3the robber was shot dead resisting _.4i was _ his constant complaints.5the children learn singing，dancing，and drawing in the _.6sunshine，fresh air，and rest often _ a persons recovery from sickness.7young people often _ to the future while the elderly look back on the past.三、同义句转换(每空一词)1as the temperature dropped abruptly，the campers were shivering all over with cold.as the temperature dropped _，the campers were shivering all over with cold.2can you pass me the black sweater please?can you _ the black sweater _ me please?3the bright colour of the flowers arrested the girls attention.the bright colour of the flowers _ the girls attention.4bruce has eaten so many eggs since his childhood that he is tired of them now.bruce has eaten so many eggs since his childhood that he is _ _ _ them now.5the history of humanity may date back to the ice age.the history of humanity may _ _ the ice age.四、句式转换 1he walked slowly across the grass and pointed the gun at the lion and fired._ _ _ _ _，he pointed the gun at the lion and fired.2fresh air and nutritious food will speed his recovery.fresh air and nutritious food will _ his recovery.3the delicious smell from the restaurant attracted him and made him stop.the delicious smell from the restaurant _ him and made him stop.4he looked from the top of the building and felt giddy.he looked from the top of the building and felt _.5mr.green had to appear before the committee to explain his behavior.mr.green had to _ _ before the committee to explain his behavior.五、完成句子 1要是财源不断就好了！_ _ one had an unlimited supply of money!2参加这次会议是我的荣幸。it is _ _ _ to attend the meeting for me.3你想过五年后你要做些什么？have you _ _ to what you will be doing in five years time?4我已经长大了，可以处理我自己的事情。im _ _ to handle my own affairs.5撞船事故发生地区的所有船只都参加了搜寻幸存者的工作。all the ships in the vicinity of the crash joined in the _ _ survivors.六、阅读理解ahave you ever heard of the lost continent of atlantis？where was the lost continent of atlantis？in 1956 a greek seismologist(地震学家)suggested that the great continent lay in the eastern mediterranean sea.more specifically south of greece on the island of santorini，which was called thera in 1650 bc.plato，a great greek poet and historian，was interested in an ancient egyptian story of a civilization，which plato called atlantis.he described atlantis as the greatest civilization of its time.the people were famous for their beauty and their culture.plato wrote about this beautiful place one thousand years after it was destroyed.his translation of the language of those ancient egyptian writings was questionable.he also put the time of the disaster to be about 9,000 years，about 10 times earlier than it could have really occurred according to most historians.what happened to wipe this great civilization off the face of the earth？a great volcanic eruption was the cause.a volcano named santorini exploded and it blew most of the island into the heavens.when the caldera(火山口)formed，the tsunamis(海啸)produced by the crashing of the top of the volcano wiped out many cities and towns in the eastern mediterranean.this tsunami was reported to have reached the height of over 300 feet.the earthquakes produced knocked down walls 100 miles away！historians believe these sea waves were what caused the end of the great civilization in the mediterranean.archaeologists have recovered artifacts(史前古器)from the island lately that show a great ancient civilization was present on thera about 3,800 years ago.it helps us to believe that santorini may be the “lost continent of atlantis”！1on what did plato base his descriptions of the lost atlantis?ahis imagination.bancient egyptian writings.cstories told by the older people.dthe research of other historians.2when was atlantis destroyed by most historians?a2,000 years ago. b9,000 years ago.c900 years ago. d3,800 years ago.3what caused the production of a huge tsunami over 300 feet tall?athe form of caldera.bthe crashing of the top of the volcano.cthe great earthquake.dthe great sea waves.4the passage is most likely to be found in _.aa history report ba storybookca travel guideda technological reportbarchaeologists have discovered the ruins of an 800yearold aztec pyramid in the heart of the mexican capital that could show the ancient city is at least a century older than previously thought.mexican archaeologists found the ruins，which are about 11 metres high，in the central tlatelolco area，once a major religious and political centre for the aztec elite(上层集团)since the discovery of another pyramid 15 years ago，historians have thought tlatelolco was founded by the aztecs in 1325，the same year as the nearby twin city of tenochtitlan，the capital of the aztec empire.the spanish seized tenochtitlan in 1521 to found mexico city，conquering the aztecs.the pyramid newly discovered last month as part of an investigation begun in august，could have been built in 1100 or 1200，indicating the aztecs began to develop their civilization in the mountains of central mexico earlier than believed.“we have found the stairs of this，much older，pyramid.the (aztec) time line is going to need to be revised，”archaeologist patricaia ledesma said at the site on thursday.tlatelolco，visited by thousands of tourists for its prehispanic ruins and colonialera spanish church and convent，is also infamous for the 1968 massacre of leftist students by state security forces there，days before mexico hosted the olympic games.ms ledesma and the archaeological groups coordinator，salvador guilliem，said they would continue to dig and study the area the next year to get a better idea of the pyramids size and age.the archaeologists also have detected a sculpture that could be of the aztec rain god tlaloc，or of the god of the sky and earth tezcatlipoca.in addition，the dig has turned up five skulls and a series of rooms near the pyramid that could date from 1431.“what we hope to find soon should tell us much more about the society of tlatelolco，”said ms ledesma.mexico city is littered with prehispanic ruins.in august，archaeologists in the citys crimeridden iztapalapa district unearthed what they believe may be the main pyramid of tenochtitlan.the aztecs，a warlike and religious people who built monumental works and are credited with inventing chocolate，ruled an empire stretching from the gulf of mexico to the pacific ocean and encompassing much of modernday central mexico.5the latest discovery would show that tlatelolco was probably built about _.ain 1431 bin 1225 cin 1325 din 15216the following sentences about the aztec empire are true except _.ait was a religious empirebit was once a powerful empirectlatelolco was its capitaldit was once under the control of spanish7the passage is mainly about _.aa great finding in archaeologybthe history of the aztec empirecthe customs of the aztec empiredthe discovery of a pyramid8the passage most probably appears in a newspaper in the column _.alifestyle bculturecentertainment dtop news七、语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。a group of students from england has come to the zhoukoudian cave for a visit.1._ archaeologist is showing them around.the archaeologists 2._(excavate) here for many years.after finding human and animal bones 3._ those caves higher up the hill as well as tools and other objects，they think 4._ reasonable to assume they lived in these caves，regardless of the cold.they discovered fireplaces in the centre of the caves 5._ they made fires.some evidence suggests that our ancestors did 6._(wear) clothes 7._(make) from animal skins.the archaeologist also shows the students a primitive necklace 8._(preserve) quite well.indeed，as the botanical analyses have been 9._(special) showing us，all the fields around here used to be part of a large shallow lake.perhaps there was trade 10._ early people or they travelled to the seaside on their journeys.参考答案一、1答案：relief2答案：division3答案：systematic4答案：radioactive5答案：dizzy6答案：skilful7答案：affection8答案：patient9答案：accelerate二、1答案：date back2答案：division3答案：arrest4答案：fed up with5答案：kindergarten6答案：accelerate7答案：look ahead三、1答案：suddenly2答案：hand/pass；to3答案：drew/attracted4答案：fed up with5答案：date from四、1答案：walking slo