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单元评估检测(四) 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分：阅读理解(共两节满分60分)第一节(共15小题；每小题3分满分45分)阅读下列短文从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。A Edmund Halley was an English scientist who lived over 200 years ago.He studied the observations of comets (彗星) which other scientists had made.The orbit of one particular comet was a very difficult mathematical problem.He could not figure it out.Neither could other scientists who dealt with such problem.Newton，who was a brilliant mathematician.Newton thought he had already worked out that problem，but he could not find the papers on which he had done it.He told Halley that the orbit of a comet had the shape of an ellipse (椭圆形)．gured out (解决计算出) the orbits of some of the comets that had been observed by scientists.He made a surprising discovery.The comets that had appeared in the years 1531ree times.The comet had gone away and had come back again. It was an astonishing idea！Halley felt certain enough to make a prediction (预言) of what would happen in the future.He decided that this comet would appear in the year 1758.There were 53 years to go before Halley’s prediction could be tested.【解题导语】　本文主要介绍了科学家埃德蒙·哈雷及其发现。________．解析：选B。从文章第四段中的“He decided that they had simply seen the same comet three times.”和上段中看到的彗星时间分别是1531年、1607年、1682年得知项为正确答案。________．　　　　　　 B．1705 解析：选B。通过文中倒数第二段的“He decided that this comet would appear in the year 1758.There were 53 years to go before Halley’s prediction could be tested.”可计算出。________．alley and other scientists B．the orbit of a comet C．Newton and Halley D．Halley and his discovery 解析：选D。文章的中心就是讲埃德蒙·哈雷以及他的发现所以选D项、B、C三项均不是文章的中心所在可排除。B The earth is the only planet that scientists are certain has life.What does the earth have that the other planets don’t ? For one thing，the earth has just the right temperature.As the_third_planet from the sun，the earth seems to be just the right distance away.The planets that are closer to the sun are so hot that their surfaces bake in the sun.The farthest planets are cold balls. When the earth developed梬hich scienti