文档介绍：2019届一轮复****外研版选修八Module 5The Conquest of the Universe单元学案
一单元基础词汇句式全练
一、写其形
n. 飞跃，跳跃
adj****惯的
3ies of 一系列的；一连串的
sb of sth 指责/控告某人某事
for 祈望；祈求
similar to 与……相似的
in motion 使某事开始
it 成功；准时到达
out 开始做；着手进行；陈述
accustomed to sth/doing sth<br****惯于
the time the Challenger took off in 1986, the world seemed to have lost its fear and wonder at the amazing achievement of people going up into space.
到1986年“挑战者”号起飞，当世界人民得知人类进入太空这一巨大的成就时，他们似乎已不再害怕与震惊了。
ordinary teacher, Christa McAuliffe, 37, who was married with two children, was to be the first civilian in space.
一位37岁的普通教师克里斯塔·麦奥里菲将要成为第一位进入太空的普通公民，她已经结婚并有两个孩子。
world was in shock—maybe they assumed this space flight would be no more dangerous than getting on an aeroplane.
全世界都震惊了——也许他们原本都认为这次太空飞行跟乘坐飞机一样没有什么危险。
as it may seem, both the observations of science and the evidence of our eyes lead to the inescapable assumption that those strange beings who landed in the New Jersey farmlands tonight are the vanguard of an invading army from the planet Mars.
尽管看起来不可思议，但科学观测以及我们肉眼看到的证据都必然会让我们做出一个设想，那就是今晚降落在新泽西农场的怪物就是来自火星入侵部队的先导。
二 单元综合知识运用检测
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
Most buildings are built to stand up straight, but these look as if they might fall over!
The church tower of Suurhusen
Built in 1450, the 27­metre­high church tower lies in Suurhusen, Germany. It was built in wet land on foundations of oak tree trunks (树干). When the land was drained (排水) later, the wood broke down, causing one side of the tower to be a little lower than the other. In 1975, the tower became a real hazard and people were not allowed to enter until the foundations were made strong again. The lean (倾斜) of the tower is now about five degrees.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The work of building the tower began in 1173, and was finally completed in 1372. In fact, it began to lean after just a couple of floors were built. And this condition continued in the