2016-2017学年高中英语人教版选修十单元综合测评3.doc

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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.The71yearoldHawkingsaidhedidnotthinkhumanswouldsurviveanother1，000years“withoutesca

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

3、riginsoftheuniverse,Hawkingisfamousforbringingmysteriousphysicsconceptstothemassesthroughhisbestsellingbooks,includingABriefHistoryofTime,whichsoldmorethan10millioncopiesworldwide.HawkingtitledhishourlonglecturetoCedarsSinaiemployees“ABriefHistoryofMine”．Hawkingwasdiagnosed(诊断)withLo

4、uGehrig'sdisease50yearsagowhenhewasastudentatCambridgeUniversity.Herecalledhowhebecamedepressedandatfirstdidn'tseeapointinfinishinghiseducation，buthecontinuedhisstudies.HawkinghassurvivedlongerthanmostpeoplewithLouGehrig'sdiseasebecausefewpeoplewithLouGehring'sdiseaselivelongerthanad

5、ecade.Peoplegraduallyhavemoreandmoretroublebreathingandmovingasmusclesweakenandwasteaway.What'sworse,there'snocure.Dr.RobertBaloh,directorofCedarsSinai'sALSprogramsaidhehadnoexplanationforthephysicist'slongevity.Balohsaidhehastreatedpatientswholivedfor10yearsormore.“But50yearsisunusu

6、al，tosaytheleast，”hesaid.Despitehisdiagnosis,Hawkinghasremainedactive.In2007，hefloatedlikeanastronautonanaircraftthatcreatesweightlessness.Hawkinghadsomevaluableadvice：Lookupatthestarsandnotdownatyourfeet.Becurious.“Howeverdifficultlifemayseem,thereisalwayssomethingyoucandoandsucceed

7、at.”【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．Becausetheearthbecametooweaktosupportus.B．Becausehumanbenefitedbyexploringtheuniverse.C．BecausemanypeoplesufferedLouGehrig'sdisease.D．Becauseitisgood

8、forfuturegen