2025版高考英语一轮复习Module4GreatScientists练习含解析外研版必修4.docVIP

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Module4GreatScientists

Ⅰ.话题延读

Uptonow,nobodyhasbeenabletounderstandchimpbehaviorbetterthanJaneGoodall.Sinceherchildhood,shehadbeendreamingofworkingcloselywithanimalsinAfrica.“Allthroughmychildhoodpeoplesaidyoucouldn’tgotoAfrica.

You’reagirl.Butmymotherusedtosay,ifyoureallywantto,there’snothingyoucan’tdo.”Goodallsaid.

In1957,the26-year-oldGoodallwenttoKenyatoworkasasecretary.ShealsoarrangedtomeetthefamousscientistLouisLeakey,whowassoimpressedbyherenthusiasmthathehiredherashisassistant.ShewentwithhimonmanytripstotheAfricanjungleandin1960LeakeysentGoodalltoliveamongchimpanzeesinaremoteanimalpreserve,recordingtheanimals’behaviorandinteractions.

ForthreemonthsGoodallmadelittleprogress.Butshesaid,“Inevercameclosetogivingup.”Herbreakthroughcameonedaywhenshesawamalechimpanzeestickapieceofgrassintoatermite(白蚁)hill,thenputthegrassinhismouth.Afterwardsshecametothehillanddidthesame.Pullingthegrassout,shediscovereddozensoftermitesonit.Thediscovery—thatsomeanimalsusetools—wasunknowntomostscientistsatthetime.

Goodallsawchimpanzeesexhibithuman-likeemotions,suchasjealousyandlove.Butshealsodiscoveredtheywerecapableofviolentattacksagainsteachother.

GoodallreceivedherPhDinthestudyofanimalbehavioratEngland’sCambridgeUniversity.Nowshetravelsaroundthegloberaisingmoneytopreservewildlife.“Ilovebeingintheforestwiththechimpanzees,”shesaid.“I’dmuchratherbetherethantravelaroundfromcitytocity.”

1.WhatwasGoodall’schildhooddream?

A.Shedreamedofgoingtocollege.

B.Shedreamedoftravelingallaroundtheworld.

C.Shedreamedofbecomingafamousscientist.

D.ShedreamedofstudyinganimalsinAfrica.

2.WhatdidGoodall’smotherthinkofherdream?

A.AsagirlsheshouldnotgototheAfricanjungle.

B.Herdreamwouldre