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1、Unit 4 History and TraditionsPeriod 11Period 28Period 314Period 423单元素养检测32Period 1. 阅读理解ALajamanu is a dry town in Australia. Can you imagine how surprised people were when live fish rained down from a dark gray cloud? It happens that there are similar cases in England and Honduras. How do clouds m
2、ake fish? The simple answer is that they dont. There is a particular weather phenomenon called a waterspout. A waterspout is just like a tornado, which only forms above oceans, lakes, or rivers. Like a tornado, a waterspout moves in a circle at high speeds. When it moves above the water, it tends to
3、 carry the fish with it, as well as frogs or other small plants or animals. Scientists couldnt work it out at first. To make matters stranger still, the fish in Honduras were very much alive when they rained down to the ground, but they were all blind. In England and Australia, it rained fish and sn
4、akes, and none were blind. It was difficult to puzzle out, but the blind fish gave them a place to start. Scientists knew that some fish that lived in deep, underground caves with no light sources often lost their eyesight. So when blind fish rained down on Honduras, scientists began to connect some
5、 dots. Clearly, these particular fish were pulled from an underground water source by force. Historically, villagers thought the “fishes from the heavens” might be answers to prayers for food. But in 1990, a group of scientists in England happened to record what was happening when it rained fish fro
6、m the sky and finally proved the fact of rains of fish. This huge breakthrough changed legends into true stories and provided scientific explanations for how fish came to live in deep caves. 【语篇概述】本文是一篇说明文。文章解释了神奇的天气状况:“雨中下活鱼”。 “盲鱼”让科学家们开始认为龙卷风理论似乎更有可能。科学家目击天上下“鱼雨”更是把神话传说变成了真实的故事, 同时为鱼如何生活在深海洞穴里提供了科
7、学的解释。1. According to the passage, a waterspout _. A. can make animals blindB. is difficult to catch on filmC. can carry items with itD. is a dangerous sea creature【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第二段中“When it moves above the water, it tends to carry the fish with it, as well as frogs or other small plants or animals.
8、 (当它移动到水上, 它可能会卷起一些鱼、青蛙, 或者其他小的动植物。)”可知, 水上龙卷风可能会卷起一些物品。故选C。2. The blind fish made the scientists start to think that _. A. raining fish was a warning of natural disastersB. animals changed to match their environmentsC. the weather system differed from place to placeD. the waterspout theory seemed m
9、ore possible【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句“It was difficult to puzzle out, but the blind fish gave them a place to start. ”可知, “盲鱼”让科学家们开始认为龙卷风理论似乎更有可能。故选D。3. The author writes the passage to _. A. tell us it may rain fish sometimesB. explain what caused the fishy weatherC. persuade people to protect the en
10、vironmentD. encourage people to do scientific research【解析】选B。写作意图题。纵观全文, 特别是第一段中“Can you imagine how surprised people were when live fish rained down from a dark gray cloud?”及下文的研究和结论可知, 作者写这篇文章是为了解释为什么会出现这种雨中下活鱼的天气。故选B。BThe first day of the month of May is known as May Day. It is the time of the ye
11、ar when warmer weather begins. People celebrate the coming of summer with customs that are expressions of joy and hope after a long winter. Today, May Day activities have been moved to the May Day holiday on the first Monday of the month. It is a public holiday when families take advantage of the ti
12、me off to visit some of the UKs many attractions, including parks, zoos, historic buildings, ancient towns and villages and beautiful countryside. May Day celebrations have their origins in the Roman festival of Flora, the goddess of fruit and flowers, which marked the beginning of summer. People wo
13、uld decorate their houses and villages with leaves and flowers they picked at daybreak in the belief that the vegetation spirits would bring good luck. In the very early morning, young girls went into the fields and washed their faces with dew (露水). They believed this made them very beautiful for th
14、e following year. May Day was an important day in the Middle Ages and was a favorite holiday of many English villages. People of the time used to cut down young trees and stick them in the ground in the village to mark the arrival of summer. This is the origin of the maypole (五月柱). People danced aro
15、und them in celebration of the end of winter. Maypoles were once common all over England and were kept from one year to the next. The tallest maypole is said to have been put up in London on the Strand in 1661. It stood more than 143 feet high and was cut down in 1717, when it was used by Newton to
16、support a new reflecting telescope. 【语篇概述】本文是一篇说明文。围绕英国的传统节日“May Day”展开描述。从它的庆祝时间及意义到人们在这一天的活动, 从它的起源到人们在这一天的传统做法, 详细地、全面地把与这一节日有关的知识呈现给大家。4. How do British people celebrate May Day?A. They visit friends and family members. B. They spend a lot of time shopping around. C. They show great love for the long winter. D. They celebrate it on the first Monday of May. 【解析】选D。细
