Unit 12　Innovation Lesson 3　Stephen Hawking 【基础知识过关】 Ⅰ.单词拼写 1．There has been a sharp ________ (下降) in profits this year. 2．The stone rolled down the mountain by ________ (重力)． 3．The wedding was a very ________ (宏大的) occasion. 4．She was rewarded for her efforts with a cash ________ (奖金)． 5．Matter plays a central role in ________ (宇宙学)． 6．I want advice that's realistic rather than ________ (理论的)． 7．She ________ (克服) injury to win the Olympic gold medal last year. Ⅱ.单句语法填空 1．He spent 7 days in the wind and snow cold and ________ (hunger)． 2．Her sudden arrival prevented him ________ (go) out. 3．________ the heavy snow, he managed to come. 4 ． By 1989 that business became one of the biggest ________ (supplier) of music to television. 5．Her parents don't allow her ________ (stay) out late. 6．He was late for work. That was ________ he was stuck in a traffic jam. 7．Insurance costs ________ (reduce) for houses fitted with window locks later. 8．They have ________ (successful) communicated their knowledge to others. 9．As a result, he found ________ (him) cheated by the young man. Ⅲ.短语填空 hear about， rather than， a number of， in spite of， prevent...from...， look for， be diagnosed with， be proud of 1．________ the fog, the crew can distinguish the coastline fairly well. 2．I would stay at home ________ go shopping with you. 3．Although his illness had ________ him ________ studying, he managed to pass the exam. 4．We are pleased to ________ the news that you won the game. 5．The children like to ________ shells on the seashore. 6．He is so excellent that his parents ________ him. 7．A few years ago, the actor ________ a strange disease which was difficult to cure. 8．Not only was she the owner of this building, but ________ other buildings as well. Ⅳ.完成句子 1．令我们感到宽慰的是，孩子们最终安然无恙地加到了家里。 To our relief, the children returned home ________________________ at last. 2．他不但读了这本书，而且记得所读的内容。 He ______________________________ this book, ______________________ remembered what he had read. 3．尽管天气不好，运动会将按时举行。 ____________________________________ ， the sports meeting will be held on time. 4．孩子们不被准许收看暴力电视节目。 The children ________________________________ violent TV programmes. 5．在她 18 岁的时候，她赢得了比赛一等奖。 __________________________________ 18, she won the first prize in the competition. 6．山东省以丰富的农产品而出名。 Shandong Province ______________________________ its abundant agricultural resources. 7．在老师们的帮助下，我们完成了所有的任务。 __________________________________ our teachers, we have finished all the tasks. 8．由于干旱，明年将有数百万人面临饥饿的威胁。 __________________________________ the drought, millions of people will face starvation next year. Ⅴ.课文语法填空 Stephen Hawking was born in 1942. He studied at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, 1.________ at the age of 21, he 2.________ (diagnose) with a serious disease. However, he finished his education and got a job at the University of Cambridge and continued his work in 3.________ (theory) physics and cosmology. While his reputation for his work spread, his physical ability got 4.________ (bad). In 1985, after 5.________ operation, he started to use a piece of speechgenerating equipment 6.________ (help) him talk. However, Hawking never ceased his studies and he continued to develop his theories on the universe. Hawking believed that he was not an 7.________ (lucky) person. From his diagnosis at 21 he regarded everything since then 8.________ a bonus. He was proud of his family and his work, and he appreciated the help that many people had given him. On 14 March, 2018, one of the world's most influential 9.________ (scientist), Stephen Hawking, died at his home in England, 10.________ (age) 76. 【能力提升训练】 Ⅰ.阅读 A We can have video chat with astronauts aboard the International Space Station and watch live footage from the frozen heights of a mountain. But communicating with a submarine (潜艇) or a diver is not so easy. The lack of practical methods for sharing data between underwater airborne ( 空 气 传 播 的 ) devices has long been a frustration for scientists. The difficulty stems from the fact that radio signals work perfectly in air travel but poorly in water. Sonar ( 声呐) signals used by underwater sensors reflect off the surface of water rather than reaching the air. Now, researchers at MIT have developed a method with the potential to revolutionize underwater communication. “What we've shown is that it's actually feasible to communicate from underwater to the air, ” says Fadel Adib, a professor at MIT's Media Lab, who led the research. The MIT