英语周报高一课标（新教材）（XN）2023-2024第二期

英语周报高一课标（新教材）（XN）2023-2024第二期

Last evening, I went to teahouse with my best friend Susan. Before the tea was serving, we talked to each other happily. When the waiter went to us with the tea, we didn’t see him. Unfortunately, Susan rose her hand to comb her hair just while the waiter bent to put the plate on the table. His hand hit the cup, and the tea was spattered (溅) on her trousers. In my surprise, instead of complaining , Susan smiled, “ So lucky that it’s not on my shirt, and I can’t even clean it.” Her words were very inspired. We can’t foresee what will happen, but looking at it in a positive way can make us be happy

英语周报高一课标（新教材）（XN）2023-2024第二期试题答案

1.to ∧a

2.serving改成 served

3.went改成came

4.rose改成 raised

5.while改成when

6.His改成 Her

7.In改成To

8.and改成 or

9.inspired改成 inspiring

10.去掉be动词

【解析】

试题分析：文章给读者介绍了作者和朋友Susan去茶馆喝茶的经历。

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考点：考查短文改错

Move Earth—it’s no science fiction

LONDON—Scientists have found an unusual way to prevent our planet from overheating: move it to a cooler spot. All you have to do is send a few comets（彗星）in the direction of Earth, and its orbit will be changed. Our world will then be sent spinning into a safer, colder part of the solar system.

This idea for improving our climate comes from a group of US National Aeronautics and Space Administration（NASA） engineers and American astronomers. They say their plan could add another six billion years to the useful lifetime of our planet—effectively doubling its working life.

The plan put forward by Dr Laughlin, and his colleagues Don Korycansky and Fred Adams is designed to carefully direct a comet or asteroid（小行星） so that it passes close by our planet and sends some of its gravitational energy to Earth.

“Earth’s orbital speed would increase as a result and we would move to a higher orbit away from the Sun,” Laughlin said.

Engineers would then direct their comet so that it passed close to Jupiter or Saturn. The comet would pick up energy from one of these giant planets. Later its orbit would bring it back to Earth, and the process would be repeated.

In the short term, the plan provides an ideal way to global warming, although the team was actually concerned with a much greater danger. The sun is certain to heat up in about a billion years and so “seriously compromise” our biosphere（生物圈）by cooking us.

That’s why the group decided to try to save Earth.

The plan has one or two worrying aspects, however. For a start, space engineers would have to be very careful about how they directed their asteroid or comet towards Earth. The smallest miscalculation（误算）in orbit could fire it straight at Earth—with deadly consequences.

There is also the question of the Moon. As the current issue of Scientific American magazine points out, if Earth was pushed out of its current position, it is “most likely the Moon would be stripped(剥去) away from Earth,” it states. This would greatly change our planet’s climate.

1.What makes the scientists plan to move Earth?

A. A few comets are moving to the direction of Earth.

B. Earth’s working life is coming to an end soon.

C. Earth will become too hot for mankind to keep alive.

D. The moon is moving farther and farther away from Earth.

2.If the plan is successful, Earth will have a working life of ______ years.

A.12 billion B.6 billion

C.18 billion D.24 billion

3.What serious problems might the plan cause according to the passage?

A. The comet might hit Earth and man might lose the moon.

B. Earth might be moved too far away and man might be frozen to death.

C. The comet might hit Jupiter or Saturn and never return to Earth.

D. Earth’s working life might be greatly shortened.

4.What does the underlined word “compromise” mean?

A.provide B. benefit

C. share D. Endanger

英语周报高一课标（新教材）（XN）2023-2024第二期试题答案

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

【解析】

试题分析: 本文介绍了由于地球升温，人们想办法移动地球以及由此产生的后果。

1.】C细节理解题。根据第一段第一句末to prevent our planet from overheating及第六段the plan provides an ideal way to global warming该计划提供了解决全球变暖问题的理想办法可知选C

2.细节理解题。由文章第二段They say their plan could add another six billion years to the useful lifetime of our planet—effectively doubling its working life可知选A.

3. 细节理解题。由文章最后两段的描述可知选A项。

4.4】D 词义猜测题。由倒数第四段中by cooking us. 可推测选D。

考点：科普类阅读。

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