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1、Unit 3 Tomorrows world reading每课一练I. 热身题：(每题5分，共15分)1. Do you think the Moon could be a tourist destination in the future?2. What jobs do you think robots could do in the future?3. What developments in science and technology would you like to see happen in the future?II. 阅读题： The happy space shuttle
2、My name is Discovery. I am the orbiter. Astronauts ride inside of me. I am part of the STS, also known as the Space Transportation System. The STS is made of the solid rocket boosters (SRBs), the external tank (ET), and me. When we come together, you can call us a space shuttle. The SRBs are the roc
3、kets that hunch like a very big gas tank.I am very happy! Do you know why? I am happy because soon I will be going into space. I have not been there in years.Before I go, I need a checkup. (1)_.They want to make some that I will be safe and healthy.I will be launching soon, and I am better than ever
4、. (2)_. (3) _. It will take pictures when the external tank leaves me. People on Earth will study the pictures.I have a boom! Its a part of my robotic arm. The nice people in Canada made it for me. It has a camera on it. It will take pictures of my skin. (4) _, even while Im in space.I even have som
5、ething new on my wings. They are called sensors. They can tell if anything hits me during the launch or in space.The external tank and the solid rocket boosters have new parts, too.(5)_. Now I am sitting on the hunch pad waiting for launch day. It will soon be time for me to return to space. I am a
6、very happy space shuttle.A) 阅读上面的短文，从文章后所提供的A、B、C、D、E、F中选择正确答案填入空白处，其中有一项为多余项。（每题6分，共30分）A. I have many good friends in spaceB. I have some new parts to keep me safeC. NASA (美国航空航天局) says I am healthy and ready to goD. Many people at NASA have looked me overE. I have a camera on my bellyF. NASA will
7、 see if my skin is healthyB) Questions: （每题5分，共10分）1. Do you know when the first artificial satellite was launched?_2. Which do you think is more interesting, a space travel or a forest expedition? Give your reasons._III. 阅读理解题:（每题5分，共20分） Four hundred and three babies are crying loudly. Do you know
8、 how to make them quiet in 41 seconds? There is an amazing new product on sale in Japan which docs exactly this. It is an LP (a long-playing record) of sounds from inside a mothers body, which a hospital doctor recorded. In tests with the record she played the LP to 403 crying babies. After 41 secon
9、ds none of the babies was crying and 161 of them were sleeping. The record began as an experiment by Professor Hajime Minooka of the Nippon Medical University near Tokyo. He was looking for something natural that helps newborn babies go to sleep. The sound of the mothers heartbeat and other body sou
10、nds arc the things the babies heard inside their mothers. They feel safe and happy when they hear these sounds again. And they go to sleep. Hospitals in Osaka and Tokyo are using the LP. 10,000 young couples are using it too. Toshiba Music Company who make and sell the records are very happy. One an
11、d a half million couples marry every year in Japan. Many will have babies, so the LP will definitely (明确地，干脆地) be a hit!1. The experiment was made on _ babies.A. 10. 000 B. 564 C. 403 D. 1612. What is TRUE according to the text?A. About 55% of the crying babies fall asleep after 41 seconds hearing t
12、he LP.B. The LP sounds were first recorded by Professor Hajime Minooka.C. The LP is produced and sold by Toshiba Music CompanyD. One million and a half babies are born in Japan every year.3. Babies feel _ when they hear these LP sounds.A. the sounds be their mothers voicesB. as if they were inside t
13、heir mothersC. the music natural and softD. themselves sleeping together with their mothers4. “Many will have babies, so the LP will definitely be a hit!” The word “hit” means “_”.A. popularity B. amazement C. strike D. experimentIV. 教你一招：（每题5分，共25分） Our solar system has nine planets (the Earth we l
14、ive on is one of them) and one star the Sun. The nine planets are (in order, from the Sun out): Mercury (水星), Venus (金星), Earth, Mars, Jupiter (木星), Saturn (土星), Uranus (天王星), Neptune (海王星), and Pluto (冥王星). A popular mnemonic (记忆术) used to remember the planets in order is My Very Educated Mother Ju
15、st Served Us Nine Pizzas. Can you remember them in 3 minutes? You can check it with your classmates. Do you know more about the universe? Tell your classmates about it.Astronauts wear different kinds of clothing. What they wear is based on what they are doing. Guess what are the uses of so many tools shown in the above picture and where they should be placed.1.
