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1、新高考英语必备---课时提升作业 四必修1 Unit4 Earthquakes(限时35分钟)Ⅰ.阅读理解 A 世纪金榜导学号79060279ZhangHeng(78~139),anativeofNanyangincentralChina’sHenanProvince,wasamathematician,astronomerandgeographeroftheEasternHanDynasty(25~220).Zhang’sgreatestcontributionswereinthefieldofastronomy.In123h
2、ecorrectedthecalendartobringitintolinewiththeseasons.In132heinventedthefirstseismoscope.Itwasintheshapeofacylinderwitheightdragonheadsaroundthetop,eachwithaballinitsmouth.Aroundthebottomwereeightfrogs,eachdirectlyunderadragon’shead.Whenanearthquakeoccurred,ballfelloutofadragon’s
3、mouthintoafrog’smouth,makinganoise.ZhangHengwasasupporteroftheHun,theancienttheory,whichstatedthattheearthisinsideanegg.Hewrote,“Theskyislikeahen’seggandtheEarthisliketheyolkoftheegg,lyingaloneatthecenter.TheskyislargeandtheEarthissmall.”Healsodrewadetailedmapoftheheaven.Hischar
4、tshowed124constellations(星群)consistingofatotalof2,500stars,320ofwhichwerebrightstarswithnames.“Thisisnotincludingthoseobservedbysailors,”hewrote,“Ofthesmallstars,thereareeleventhousandfivehundredandtwenty.”-11-However,ZhangHengwasnotsatisfiedwithhispapermapofthesky.Whenhischarts
5、werecompleted,hehiredcraftsmentobuildwhatmayhavebeentheworld’soldestthree-dimensionalmodelsoftheheaven.Thefirstglobesweremadeoutofbamboostrips,buteventuallyhehadaglobemadeoutofbronze,whichwasalmostfivemetersincircumference.Thisinitselfwouldhavebeenaremarkableaccomplishment.ButZh
6、angHengtookitonestepfurther.Heusedthepowerofwatertomakehisglobecompleteonerotationeveryyear,showinghowthepositionsofthestarschangedfromoneseasontothenext.【文章大意】本文介绍了东汉科学家张衡的几项科学发明——发明最早的地动仪、绘制星空图和发明漏水浑天仪。1.WhatisseismoscopeinParagraph2?A.Anartworkwhichwasverybeautiful.B.Adevicef
7、ormeasuringearthquake.C.Atoyforkidswithsomeanimalsonit.D.Amusicalinstrumentwhichcanmakeanoise.【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段Whenanearthquakeoccurred,ballfelloutofadragon’smouth...可知应选B项。2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“which”inParagraph4referto?A.Thedetailedmapoftheheaven.B.124constellations.C.T
8、heheaven.D.2,500stars.-11-【解析】选D。词义猜测题。根据第四段320