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1、课时跟踪练（一）Warming Up & Reading Prereading.阅读理解ABrian Greene, a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, has created an online science education platform. He tries to “build a bridge” with things you know about, and then “bring you across that bridge to the strange place of modern p
2、hysics”Recently I had a chance to ask Greene about wormholes (a hole which some scientists think might exist, connecting parts of space and time that are not usually connected), time travel and other mysteries of the universe. I asked him a milliondollar question: What if I went through a wormhole a
3、nd prevented my parents from meeting? “Most of us believe that the universe makes sense，” Greene said. Although there are several interesting theories about time travel, he added, the laws of physics would probably prevent something so illogical from taking place. The good news is that the time para
4、dox (悖论) is open for future physicists to solve.When asked how physics could become more exciting for kids, Greene said that books by Stephen Weinberg, Leonard Susskind, and other physicists, “make it a great time for people who want to learn about big ideas but arent yet ready, perhaps, to learn ma
5、th.”When I pointed out that some students still might find physics boring, Greene said that the key is to teach them about things that are strange. “The basic stuff is important，” Greene said. “But I think its really important to also describe the more modern ideas, things like black holes and the B
6、ig Bang. If kids have those ideas in mind, then at least some of them will be excited to learn all the details.”Greene has followed Albert Einsteins lead in trying to solve the mysteries of the universe. Now he wants kids to do the same. As Greene said, physics is “not just a matter of solving probl
7、ems in an exam”. Its about experimenting, showing an interest in strange phenomena (现象) and having fun!语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。物理学家Brian Greene希望更多的孩子可以对现代物理学感兴趣。1A milliondollar question is probably very _.AdirectBdifficultCpersonal Dlong解析：选B细节理解题。根据第二段Greene对这个问题的解释以及他说需要未来的物理学家去解决可知，作者提出的这个问题非常难。2The book
8、s by Weinberg and Susskind _.Aare boring to readBare mainly about mathCare popular science booksDare only popular among kids解析：选C推理判断题。根据第三段的“. books by . make it a great time for people who want to learn about big ideas but arent yet ready, perhaps, to learn math”可知，Greene认为Weinberg和Susskind等物理学家写的
9、书浅显易懂，适合普通大众阅读，故这些书属于科普读物。3According to Paragraph 4, which of the following does Greene agree with?AModern physics is a boring subject.BInterest plays an important role in studying.CIt is not necessary to learn all about physics.DIt is easy to describe black holes and the Big Bang.解析：选B推理判断题。根据第四段可知
10、，当作者指出一些学生觉得物理无聊时，Greene说重要的是向孩子们讲述一些稀奇古怪的事，并描述一些诸如黑洞和宇宙大爆炸的现代物理现象，如果孩子们知道了这些，他们就愿意了解更多详细的内容。因此他认为兴趣在学习过程中起着非常重要的作用。4In the last paragraph, Greene hopes that _.Akids can love science and physicsBkids can do well in physics examsCkids can have fun with experimentsDkids can find more strange things in
11、 life解析：选A推理判断题。根据最后一段的“Greene has followed Albert Einsteins lead in trying to solve the mysteries of the universe. Now he wants kids to do the same.”可知，Greene希望孩子们可以像他一样对科学和物理感兴趣，去探索宇宙的奥秘。BSir John Gurdon, a British scientist, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2012, said he had p
12、redicted at the time of his frog experiments that the successful cloning of a mammal would happen within 50 years, and that “maybe the same answer is appropriate” for the step to human cloning. Parents who lose children in accidents may be able to clone “copies” to replace them then.Although any att
13、empt to clone an entire human would raise complex moral issues, the biologist claimed people would soon overcome their concerns if the technique became medically useful. Cloning was regarded with extreme doubts when it was first developed but became widely accepted after the birth of Louise Brown, t
14、he first “testtube baby”. He said, “When my first frog experiments were done, an American reporter asked how long it would be before these things could be done in mammals or humans. I said, Well, it could be anytime between 10 years and 100 years how about 50 years？ It turned out that it wasnt far o
15、ff the mark as far as Dolly was concerned. Maybe the same answer is appropriate.” Sir John added that cloning a human being effectively means making an identical twin, and doctors would therefore simply be “copying what nature has already produced”The average vote on allowing parents of deceased chi
16、ldren, who are no longer fertile (能生育的), to create another by using the mothers eggs and skin cells from the first child, thinking the technique was safe and effective, is 60 percent in favor. The reasons for “no” are usually that the new children would feel they are some sort of replacements for something.语篇解读：诺贝尔生理学或医学奖得主、英国科学家约翰格登爵士称，那些在事故中失去子女
