【新课标人教版】（福建专用）2012届高考英语一轮复习精品学案：必修3 Unit 4 astronomy the science of stars.docVIP

Unit 4 astronomy: the science of stars 导读：据研究,6500万年前的小行星撞击地球，对地球造成了几乎是毁灭性的破坏，有人认为这可能是恐龙灭绝的原因。如果是这样，那么未来再有这样的小行星或彗星撞击地球，会不会导致人类的毁灭呢？ Its said that a huge asteroid(小行星)smashed(撞击) into the earth 65 million years ago, which certainly sent the earths ecosystem(生态系统) into a disaster which took thousands of years to recover from. Scientists say that its probable that such disaster could happen again. Asteroids are rocky bodies which tend to live in orbits(轨道) between Mars and Jupiter. Comets, on the other hand, are a mix of rock and ice, and they can swing into the earths orbit from anywhere in the Solar System. Comets have an icy tail which reflects the sun and can therefore be seen from the earth. But asteroids have far less visibility(可见度) and have to be at least half a kilometre across to be found. There are millions of such rocky and icy bodies out there which have not been discovered yet. But did an asteroid kill the dinosaurs — and could another kill us? Despite what you may have heard, it hasnt been proved that the hitting was the only reason for the dinosaurs dying out. But the asteroid which created the hitting would certainly have had a great effect on the environment, and a mass extinction(灭绝)did take place around the time. So far we have no idea when the next one will be because we havent spotted it yet and not many organizations are spending money on asteroid－detection, because a deathly hitting is such a faraway possibility. 请根据语义及提示写出单词 　1. There is a friendly __________(氛围)of helping each other with difficulties in study in our class. 　2. Most of the students in China benefit from the new educational __________(体制). 　3. She listened with a __________(困惑的)expression on her face. 　4. I believe his words will do __________(危害) to our company. 5. The warm spring wind brush our faces __________(轻柔地). 　6. Nothing can __________(阻止) him doing research into the issue of water pollution. 　7. The results of the test are