2018版高考英语大一轮复习 Module 2 The Renaissance检测 外研版选修8.docVIP

Module 2　The Renaissance Ⅰ.语法填空 Sweet wormwood (青蒿) is a common plant in China,1.　　　　 it has the power to cure the deadly disease called malaria (疟疾).Tu Youyou 2.　　　　 (be) the woman who uses the plant’s special power to save millions of lives.The Chinese scientist won a Nobel Prize because of her great contribution.? On October 5,Tu was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.She shared the prize with two other scientists from the US and Japan.Tu is the first native Chinese person 3.　　　　(receive) a Nobel Prize in natural sciences.? Tu was modest about receiving the award:“It’s a success for the whole research team.”She also thinks 4.　　　　 is scientists’ duty to fight for the health of all humans.? When Tu joined the national research team to find the medicine 5.　　　　 could fight against malaria in the 1960s and 1970s,things were hard.The team didn’t have 6.　　　　 (advance) equipment back then.Tu used to test 7.　　　　 (medicine) by eating them herself.Her team searched old Chinese medicine books by hand and tested over 2,000 traditional recipes.? Once Tu 8.　　　　 (return) home after traveling for six months.Her little daughter didn’t recognize her and hid from the“strange woman”.To do research,Tu also had to move around a lot.? Finally,Tu found artemisinin (青蒿素) in sweet wormwood in 1971.She spent the next decades 9.　　　　 (try)to improve the medicine.According to World Health Organization,about 200 million people suffer 10.　　　　 malaria around the world,and about half a million die each year.Artemisinin is still the most effective treatment against malaria known today.? Tu never complains about how hard she works.“I feel more rewarded when I see so many cured patients,” she said. 答案及剖析: 1.but　考查连词。空前语境为:青蒿在中国是一种常见的植物;空后语境为:它有治愈致命疾病——疟疾的能力。根据空格前后语境可以判断,两句为转折关系,故用转折连词but。 2.is　考查时态和主谓一致。根据该句中的“who uses the plant’s special power”可知,该句应用一般现在时。又因主语为Tu Youyou,故用is。 3.to receive　考查动词不定式。该句中的“native Chinese person”前有序数词修饰,应用动词不定式作person的后置定语。 4.it　考查it的用法。分析句子结构可知,动词不定式