（全国）2017届高考英语一轮复习 Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note课时作业 新人教版必修3.docVIP

Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note Ⅰ.阅读理解 A 体裁：记叙文　话题：人物与事件　词数：308　时间：6′ Patrick was on a diet of fruit and vegetables，believing this would make him live long，very long.Ironically(嘲讽地) enough，his own work “End of Times in 2012”(1977) shocked him so deeply that it put him on a worldwide research. Patrick Geryl is the author of 9 books，written in Dutch，of which was published in Germany，called “Topfit mit Sonnenkost”．All of them became bestsellers. Since his childhood Patrick was very interested in astronomy and up to now he studied hundreds of publications and books on this subject. In his first published book on astronomy (“A new Space－Time Dimension”，1979)，he launched an attack on the world－famous relativity theory：he predicted several very impressive things that were connected to the universe.His predictions were proved in the last ten years，getting a lot of public attention in the Belgium press and television. Within three years time he hopes to present his book in the USA，but first he has more important things to do.Through his astronomical knowledge，he discovered a trace leading to a high－developed civilization that was destroyed by a polar reversal(反转)．The descendants(后裔) of this civilization，the Maya and Old Egyptians，predict a similar disaster for the year 2012.Noticing the urgency of this warning，Patrick started an intensive(彻底的) research and wrote three books on this subject. The first book，“The Orion Prophecy”，was published in 1998 in Belgium and Holland.It was translated and published at the end of 2001 in the USA.In the meantime the book became a bestseller in Poland.“The World Cataclysm in 2012” was published in 2005 in the USA.It also became a bestseller in Poland.“How to survive 2012” was published at the end of 2006. 【语篇解读】　Patrick Geryl自小喜 1．Which of the following made Patrick Geryl do his research work world－widely? A．“End of Times in 2012”． B．“A new Space－Time Dimension”． C．“The Orion Prophecy”． D．“The World Cataclysm in 2012”． 答案A　[细节判断题。根据第一段可知，