Unit 3Amazing people

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1、Unit 3Amazing people时间：30分钟.单项填空1People have always been curious _ how living things on the earth exactly began.Ain Bat Cof Dabout2Ming and Qing Tombs have _ relatively undamaged.They，_，have suffered some damage from centuries of exposure，war，fire and deliberate destruction.Abeen remained；howeverBsu

2、rvived；thoughCexisted；thereforeDleft；thus3At minus 130 ，a living cell can be _ for a thousand years.Aspared BprotectedCpreserved Ddeveloped4You will be successful in the interview _ you have confidence.Abefore Bonce Cuntil Dthough5Now lets move on to another topic.Do you follow me? _，Professor.ANo，I

3、 am not BYes，I willCNo，I havent DYes，perfectly6The movie _ on JK.Rowlings Harry Porter and the Goblet of Fire was put on in the theaters on Nov.18,2005.Abasing BbasedCbeing based Dto be based7To keep healthy we should have food _ all kinds of vitamins.Acontain BcontainsCcontaining Dcontained8The acc

4、ident is reported _ the workers misusing the facilities.Ato have been resulted inBto result fromChaving resulted inDto have resulted from9Why was Prof.Yang unhappy these days?Because the theory he insisted on _ wrong.Aproved BprovingCbeing proved Dwas proved10_ about wild plants that they decided to

5、 make a trip to Madagascar for further research.ASo curious the couple wasBSo curious were the coupleCHow curious the couple wereDThe couple was such curious11When _ about his future plans，Zhang Yimou said that his next movie would follow a modern theme.Aasking Basked Cto ask Dbeing asked12She _ her

6、 sister in appearance but not in character.Alooks Bcompares13The whole towns were simply swept aside by the power of water.Cars，trains and buildings could not _，_ the people who stood in the way.Aremain；or rather Bsurvive；let aloneCexist；more or less Dachieve；besides14Mr Smith _ his wife and daughte

7、r _ going to the Great Wall.Aas well as；is Bas well；areCas well as；are Das well；is 15What a pity! You _ it down on your notebook.Oh，my god! I forgot his mobile phone number.Acould have writtenBshould have writtenCmust have writtenDwould have written .完形填空You have waited 45 minutes for the valuable 1

8、0 minutes break between classes.But when the bell for the next class rings，you cant _1_ how quickly time has passed.If you are familiar with this _2_，youll know how time flies when you are having fun and_3_ when you are bored.Now scientists have _4_ a reason why this is the case.Scans have shown tha

9、t patterns of activity in the brain _5_ according to how we focus on a task.When we are _6_，we concentrate more on how time is passing.And this makes our brains _7_ the clock is ticking more slowly.In an experiment _8_ by a French laboratory,12 volunteers watched an image _9_ researchers monitored t

10、heir brain activity.The volunteers were told to _10_ concentrate on how long an image appeared for，then _11_ the color of the image，and thirdly，study both duration and color.The results showed that_12_ was more active when the volunteers paid attention to_13_ subjects.It is thought that if the brain

11、 is _14_ focusing on many aspects of a task，it has to_15_its resources，and pays less attention to the clock._16_，time passes without us really _17_ it，and seems to go quickly.If the brain is not so active，it concentrates its _18_ energies on monitoring the passing of time._19_，time seems to drag.Nex

12、t time you feel bored _20_，perhaps you should pay more attention to what the teacher is saying! 1A.guess Blearn Cbelieve Ddoubt2A.view Bpoint Cscene Dchance3A.drags Bstops Cbacks Dgains4A.thought over Bmade upCsuggested Dcome up with5A.change Bdevelop Cgrow Dslow6A.sleepy Bbored Cexcited Dactive7A.r

13、eport Bthink Cdecide Dsee8A.produced Bcarried Ctried Dperformed9A.so Bwhen Cwhile Dbut10A.partly Bquickly Chow Dfirst11A.remember Bfocus onCforget Dtell apart12A.the researchers Bthe experimentCthe clock Dthe brain13A.less Bno Cfewer Dmore14A.busy Blikely Cready Dsure15A.focus Bgather Creach Dspread

14、16A.However BFurthermoreCTherefore DFinally17A.recognizing BwatchingCnoticing Dcounting18A.enough Bfull Cright Dproper19A.In fact BAs a resultCFor example DInstead20A.in class Bwith workCin mind Dof lessons.任务型阅读Adopting a vegan diet dramatically(显著地)reduces one persons impact on the environment.It

15、would help deal with the problem of climate change if people ate less meat，according to a government agency.A leaked email to a vegetarian campaign group from an Environment Agency official expresses sympathy with the environmental benefit of a vegan diet，which bans dairy products and fish.The agenc

16、y also says the Department for Environment，Food and Rural Affairs(DEFRA)is considering recommending eating less meat as one of the key environmental behavior changes needed to save the planet.It says that this change would have to be introduced“gently”because of“the risk of alienating(使疏远)the public

17、”David Miliband，the Environment Secretary，has raised the issue that farm animals are blamed for producing large amounts of powerful greenhouse gas，methane，and told farmers they need to do something about it but the agencys response appears to go further than official advice.It has provoked(引起)an imm

18、ediate response from the National Farmers Union，which said the suggestion was“simplistic”and“a cause of concern”The agencys official was responding to an email from the vegan group Viva，which argues that it is more efficient to use land to grow crops for direct consumption by humans rather than feed

19、ing them to dairy cows or livestock(家畜)raised for meat.The campaign group entered a comment on the Environment Ageneys website saying：“Adopting a vegan diet reduces one persons impact on the environment even more effective than giving up their car or forgoing several plane trips a year！Why arent you

20、 promoting this message as part of your World Environment Day campaign？”An agency official replied：“While potential benefit of a vegan diet in terms of climate impact could be very significant，encouraging the public to take a lifestyle decision as substantial as becoming a vegan would be a request t

21、hat few are likely to take up.”You will be interested to hear that the Department for Environment，Food and Rural Affairs is working on a set of key environmental behavior changes to mitigate climate change.Consumption of animal protein has been highlighted within that work.As a result the issue may

22、start to figure in climate change communications in the future.It will be a case of introducing gently as there is a risk of alienating the public.“Future Environment Agency communications are unlikely to ever suggest adopting a fully vegan lifestyle，but certainly encouraging people to examine their

23、 consumption of animal protein could be a key message.”Juliet Gellatley，director of Viva，said，“I think it is extraordinary that a government agency thinks becoming a vegetarian or a vegan could have such a positive impact on the environment yet it is not prepared to stand up and argue the case.”A DE

24、FRA spokesman said：“The government is not telling people to give up meat.It isnt the role of government to enforce a dietary or lifestyle change on any individual.”A_1_from a vegetarian groupOne person can reduce environmental_2_by adopting a vegan diet.Different _3_ to the suggestionThe Environment

25、 Agency officialsExpress sympathy with it.Raise an_4_and ask farmers to do something about it.Encourage people to examine their_5_of animal protein.The National Farmers UnionThink it is simplistic and it will raise peoples_6_.DEFRA_7_it as one of the“key environmental behavior changes”The_8_in carrying out the reformWhen the change is introduced there will be a_9_.The government doesnt play an important_10_.