Unit 2 Great minds 单元测试 本试卷共75分，考试时间70分钟 第一部分 选择题（50分） 一、完型填空（10分） Zou Aimin is a border defense soldier (边防战士). He works on top of Changbai Mountain in Jilin province. The 29-year-old young man came to the outpost (前哨) 1 Zou got his PhD (博士学位) from Jilin University in 2011. He is one of the few soldiers in the province with such a high 2 of education. Heavy snows there in winter can stand as 3 as 2 meters. The weather is too cold—the lowest 4 in recent years was -47℃. “At the beginning, it was very 5 to fall asleep with the wind outside crying like a wolf (狼),” Zou said. The road leading to the outpost is often 6 in winter because of heavy snow. Then there is never enough 7 on the mountain top. So the soldiers can only take a bath once a month. Although it’s hard, Zou and his team also spend time training 8 to take on many other tasks—they learn to cook and cut hair for each other. Most of the soldiers were born between 1990 and 1999, but they like to 9 the difficulties as valuable experiences and stories that they could “show off” to their friends at home. “Sometimes we shout and sing songs 10 . That is the cheerful moment we can feel what ‘defending (防守) our border’ means,” said Zou. 1．A．after B．before C．if D．so 2．A．group B．point C．level D．place 3．A．long B．short C．wide D．deep 4．A．weather B．temperature C．river D．class 5．A．clever B．perfect C．difficult D．important 6．A．put off B．cut off C．gone off D．taken off 7．A．water B．air C．snow D．rain 8．A．himself B．yourselves C．ourselves D．themselves 9．A．act B．treat C．know D．choose 10．A．happily B．slowly C．clearly D．wisely 二、阅读理解（40分） 第一节 阅读下列短文, 从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选山最佳选项（共 15 小题, 每小题2分 共30分） Chinese scientist Qian Xuesen, who is known as the father of China’s space technology program, died in 2009. Qian, also known as Tsien Hsue-shen, set up the country’s first missile (导弹) and rocket research institute, which later helped to start China’s space program. Thanks largely to Qian, China sent a man into space one of only three countries to do so. Qian was born in 1911 in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. After graduating from Shanghai Jiaotong University, he left for the United States in 1935 to study math and aviation (航空) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology. He returned to China in 1955 and joined the Communist Party three years later. He was put to develop the country’s missiles. Qian worked hard to develop China’s first atomic bomb (原子弹) , which detonated (爆炸) successfully in 1964. In 2007, he was named Space Technology Person of the Year for his greatest achievement on aviation. In 2008, China Central Television named Qian as one of the ten most inspiring people in China. Have you ever heard of a small planet named Asteroid 3,763 Qianxuesen It was named after him in honor of his co ... ...
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