2015年高考英语一轮总复习精练：Unit 1 Lifestyles 单元测试（北师大版必修1）.docVIP

Unit 1　Lifestyles 第一部分：语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分) 第一节：完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) (2014·温州质检)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 Dinosaurs were wiped out by a huge asteroid(小行星)that hit the Earth 65 million years ago with the force of a billion atomic bombs，scientists said，hoping to __1__ an age-old debate to __2__ once and for all. The __3__ comes from an international group of experts who __4__ 20 years __5__ of evidence about what caused the Cretaceous—Tertiary(KT)(白垩纪——第三纪)extinction that wiped out more than half the __6__ on the planet. They __7__ it was a huge asteroid，measuring around 15 kilometers wide，which hit what is today Mexico. “The asteroid is believed to have hit Earth with a force 1 billion times more powerful than the atomic bomb at Hiroshima(日本广岛)，” the researchers said in a report published in the Science magazine. The group of 41 scientists hope their __8__ will put an end to all the debate about what caused the KT extinction. Some scientists have __9__ that dinosaurs were wiped out by a series of volcanic eruptions in what is now India that __10__ some 1.5 million years. But the evidence gathered for the study published in Science shows that the Earths ecosystems were destroyed __11__ in the KT extinction.That __12__ the scientists to rule out volcanic __13__ as the __14__，because its effects would have __15__ dinosaurs and other species over time. 【解题导语】 本文主要讲述科学家通过研究发现生活在白垩纪第三纪的恐龙的灭绝是由于当时地球受到了一颗能量巨大的小行星撞击。 1． A．lie B．lay C．laid D．lain 答案：B　[相当于put的意思。] 2．A.rest B．disappear C．continue D．stay 答案：A　[意为“中止”。] 3．A.effect B．study C．suggestion D．conclusion 答案：D　[由上文可知这个争论已有了结果。这里用conclusion有承上指代的作用。] 4．A.reviewed B．experienced C．sought D．explored 答案：A　[意为“重新考虑”。] 5．A.time B．worth C．age D．period 答案：B　[意为“能用多长时间的东西”。] 6．A.animals B．plants C．human beings D．species 答案：D　[小行星撞击地球使地球上的物种减少。] 7．A.determined B．debated C．discovered D．disagreed 答案：A　[意为“断定”。] 8．A.findings B．inventions C．researches D．gue