Unit-1-Science-and-Scientists课文语篇填空.docx

Unit 1 Science and Scientists
课文语篇填空专练

课文语法填空(1)
　 John Snow was a pioneer in the use of maps and statistics when 1. 　　　　（study） cholera. Snow began the investigation by marking on a map the exact places 2. 　　　　 all those who died had lived. There were multiple 3. 　　　　 （dead） near the water pump in Broad Street 4. 　　　　 no one died in some households. The survivors 5. 　　　　（give） free beer and had not drunk the pump water. Another woman away from the water pump had the water 6. 　　　　（deliver） to her house so that she as well as her daughter died of cholera. As a consequence 7. 　　　　 the evidence，Snow announced the water pump was 8.___________（blame）. His 9. 　　　　（intervene） of removing the pump handle stopped the disease in its tracks. Snow also showed a link between cholera and water companies，10. 　　　　（make） them sell clean water. Therefore，the threat of cholera around the world saw a substantial decrease.

答案详解
1. studying 　考查状语从句的省略。此处是省略形式，完整形式是when he was studying cholera。当主句和从句主语一致且从句谓语部分含有be 动词时，从句的主语和be 动词可以同时省略。
2. where 　考查定语从句。此处是一个定语从句，先行词是places，where 是关系副词，在定语从句中作地点状语。
3. deaths 　考查名词。此处需要一个名词，dead 的名词形式是death，根据前面were 可知造成了很多人死亡，所以用复数。
4. while 　考查连词。while 此处表示对比。
5. had been given 　考查动词的时态和语态。and 后面用了过去完成时，根据语境可知此处也应该用过去完成时。
6. delivered 　考查固定搭配。have sth. done 让某事被做。
7. of 　考查介词。as a consequence of 由于。
8. to blame 　考查动词。be to blame 负有责任，blame 用主动形式表被动含义。
9. intervention 　考查名词。在形容词性物主代词his 后面需用名词。
10. making 　考查现在分词。making... 是现在分词短语作结果状语。

课文语法填空 (2)
Perhaps no other scientist has had a greater impact 1. 　　　　 China’s aerospace science than Qian Xuesen. Born in Hangzhou in 1911，Qian attended schools in Beijing and entered Shanghai Jiao Tong University to study Railway Mechanical Engineering. However，he switched his major to aviation 2. 　　　　（advance）China’s aerospace after the Songhu Battle broke out. After finishing his graduate studies in the United States，Qian became a pioneer in American jet and rocket technology and founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory with several other people.
　　Qian returned to China in 1955 after he 3. 　　　　（overcome）some difficulties and was put in charge of not only 4. 　　　　（develop）China’s rocket science but also its space and missile programme. Under Qian’s leadership，China made many 5. 　　　　（breakthrough）in aerospace. Therefore he earned the name of “6. 　　　　 father of China’s aerospace”.
　　Qian was 7. 　　　　（extreme）knowledgeable， especially in the area of frontier science research. 8. 　　　　might have made him so outstanding and creative was probably his extensive interests. His deep 9. 　　　　（appreciate）for art often gave him inspiration in his scientific research. The whole country10. 　　　　（sad）by Qian’s death in 2009 and people honoured and remembered him in different ways.

答案详解
1. on 　考查介词。have an impact on 对……有影响。
2. to advance 　考查非谓语动词。他转专业的目的是发展中国的航空事业，故用动词不定式作目的状语。
3. overcame 　考查时态。这是过去发生的事情，用一般过去时。
4. developing 　考查非谓语动词。of 是介词，介词后面接动名词。
5. breakthroughs 　考查名词。many 后用可数名词复数。
6. the 　考查冠词。他被尊称为“中国航天之父”。
7. extremely 　考查副词。修饰形容词knowledgeable 用副词。
8. What 　考查主语从句。这是what 引导的主语从句，what 在主语从句中作主语。
9. appreciation 　考查名词。形容词后面用名词，appreciate 的名词形式是appreciation。
10. was saddened 　考查动词的时态和语态。句意：2009 年， 钱学森去世，举国上下悲痛不已，人们用不同的方式纪念他。sad 的动词形式是sadden，由介词by 可以断定，应用被动语态，由in 2009 可知用一般过去时，故此处应用一般过去时的被动语态。