课堂新坐标2016_2017学年高中英语unit3fairnessforall单元综合测评新人教版

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1、单元综合测评(三)Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)A(2016·西安质量检测)StephenHawking，whospenthiscareerexploringtheuniverseandevenexperiencedweightlessness，isurgingthecontinuationofspaceexploration—forfuturegeneration'ssake.The71yearoldHawkingsaidhedidnotthinkhumanswouldsurviveanother1，000y

2、ears“withoutescapingbeyondourfragileplanet”．TheBritishscientistmadetheremarksTuesdaybeforeanaudienceofdoctors,nursesandemployeesatCedarsSinaiMedicalCenter，wherehetouredastemcell(干细胞)laboratorythat'sfocusedontryingtoslowtheprogressionofLouGehrig'sdisease(“渐冻人”病)．Wellkn

3、ownforhisworkonblackholesandtheoriginsoftheuniverse,Hawkingisfamousforbringingmysteriousphysicsconceptstothemassesthroughhisbestsellingbooks,includingABriefHistoryofTime,whichsoldmorethan10millioncopiesworldwide.HawkingtitledhishourlonglecturetoCedarsSinaiemployees“AB

4、riefHistoryofMine”．Hawkingwasdiagnosed(诊断)withLouGehrig'sdisease50yearsagowhenhewasastudentatCambridgeUniversity.Herecalledhowhebecamedepressedandatfirstdidn'tseeapointinfinishinghiseducation，buthecontinuedhisstudies.HawkinghassurvivedlongerthanmostpeoplewithLouGehrig

5、'sdiseasebecausefewpeoplewithLouGehring'sdiseaselivelongerthanadecade.Peoplegraduallyhavemoreandmoretroublebreathingandmovingasmusclesweakenandwasteaway.What'sworse,there'snocure.Dr.RobertBaloh,directorofCedarsSinai'sALSprogramsaidhehadnoexplanationforthephysicist'slo

6、ngevity.Balohsaidhehastreatedpatientswholivedfor10yearsormore.“But50yearsisunusual，tosaytheleast，”hesaid.Despitehisdiagnosis,Hawkinghasremainedactive.In2007，hefloatedlikeanastronautonanaircraftthatcreatesweightlessness.Hawkinghadsomevaluableadvice：Lookupatthestarsandn

7、otdownatyourfeet.Becurious.“Howeverdifficultlifemayseem,thereisalwayssomethingyoucandoandsucceedat.”【语篇解读】　本文是一篇人物介绍。主要介绍了StephenHawking这个人。虽然患有“渐冻人”症，但是他对人生的态度是积极的，并且取得了很多成就。1．WhydidHawkingthinkhumanshouldcontinuetoexplorespace?A．Becausetheearthbecametooweaktosupport

8、us.B．Becausehumanbenefitedbyexploringtheuniverse.C．BecausemanypeoplesufferedLouGehrig'sdisease.D．Becauseitisgoodforfuturegen