2015届高三英语一轮检测14 　Unit 4　Astronomy：the science of the stars（人教版必修3）.docVIP

课后限时自测(十四)Ⅰ.语法填空 In ancient times，many people believed the earth was a flat disc.Well over 2，000 years ago，the ancient Greek philosophers were able to put forward two good arguments__1__(prove)that it was not.Direct observations of heavenly bodies were the basis of both these__2__(argue)． First，the Greeks knew that during eclipses (月食)of the moon the earth was__3__the sun and the moon，and they__4__(see) that during these eclipses，the earths shadow on the moon was always round，they realized that this could be true only__5__the earth was spherical( 球形的)．If the earth was a flat disc，then__6__shadow during eclipses would not be a prefect circle; it would be stretched out__7__a long ellipse (椭圆)． The second argument was based on__8__the Greeks saw during their travels.They noticed that the North Star appeared lower in__9__sky when they traveled south，in the more northerly regions，the North Star appeared to be much__10__(high)in the sky. 【语篇解读】　本文主要讲述了古希腊哲学家很早就认识到地球是球形而不是平的。 1．proving　现在分词短语作定语。 2．arguments　名词作宾语，由these可知是复数。 3．between　根据后面的and可知。 4．saw　由上下文可知用一般过去时。 5．if　根据前后句的条件关系可知，if引导条件从句。 6．its　指代前面的the earth的。 7．into　介词into这里意为“变成为”。 8．what　引导宾语从句，作从句的宾语。 9．the　固定词组。the sky天空。 10．higher　根据句意及前面的much可知用比较级。 Ⅱ.完形填空 (2013·临沂一模)During my second year of college，I was a part－time waitress in Chicago.I spent most of my time on __1__ and as little as possible on conversation.I wasnt used to talking to unknown people except when taking __2__． One night，a little old man came in and __3__ himself in my section.I took his order and went on my way.But I __4__ that he came in week after week and always sat at one of my tables.Slowly，I began having short __5__ with him.His name was Mr.Rodgers，but he __6__ that I call him Don.I learned that he and his wife had gone to dinner and a movie every Saturday.Since she had died，he __7__ the tradition alone. As the weeks went on，I began to sit and __8__ talk with Don.We talked about his wife，his days __9__ in the war，his son who had grown