Unit20NewFrontiersPeriodThree　Lesson3　ScientificBreakthroughs每课一练北师大版选修7.doc

PAGE  PAGE - 6 - Unit 20 New Frontiers Period Three　Lesson 3　Scientific Breakthroughs 基础落实 Ⅰ.课文理解 1．Why would people have a real dilemma，if they had to choose the single most important discovery of the 20th century? A．Because different people have different ideas and it’s difficult to choose. B．Because there were no great discoveries in the 20th century. C．Because there was no common standard to judge. D．Because so many amazing discoveries were made in medicine，communications，transport and many other fields，and they all had a great influence on the world. 2．How did Einstein think of the equation “E＝mc2”？ A．When he was at work. B．His assistant helped him. C．When he was rocking his one-year-old baby，he was inspired. D．His dream inspired him. 3．Whose discovery can be used to save people’s lives according to our text? A．Alexander Fleming’s. B．Edwin Hubble’s. C．Albert Einstein’s. D．Eckert and Mauchly’s. 4．What’s the original purpose of designing the first computer? A．To do some difficult experiments. B．To improve the accuracy of the missiles. C．To help people make mathematics calculations. D．To replace the missiles，becoming a new weapon. Ⅱ.课文缩写 If you had to choose the single most important discovery of the 20th century，you would have 1.________ real dilemma on your hands.In just 100 years，the world changed 2.________(complete)．It is possible 3.________(single) out a few pioneers of the 20th century.Here are five of 4.________. One of the 20th century’s premier scientists was Albert Einstein.In the summer of 1905，this outspoken young man was rocking his one-year-old baby 5.________ he was suddenly inspired.“E＝mc2” was born. 6．________(use) the most high-powered telescope of the time，he began the long，slow process of exploring our galaxy.Edwin Hubble discovered small areas of mist 7.________ were in fact galaxies like our own，millions of light years away from us. Alexander Fleming saw a blue mould in the dish around which the bact