Units 56The British Isles Life in the future.单项填空1_ youll have a greater chance of finding a suitable job if you have done someparttime jobs.AGenerally BEspecially CMainly DSurprisingly解析：Generally常置于句首，相当于In general或Generally speaking，“总的来说”。答案：A2The murderer tried to run away from the prison but he _ getting arrested by thepolice.Aended up Bbroke up Cstarted up Dcut up解析：end up doing sth.“以做某事而结束；最终”。答案：A3For centuries the upper classes in Britain spoke French _ the common peoplespoke English.Awhile Bwhen Cthough Dsince解析：while意为“而”，表转折对比关系。答案：A4We have only a short holiday, so lets _ the most of it and try to enjoy ourselves.Aget Btake Cmake Dhave解析：make the most of是习语，意为“充分利用”。答案：C5He came up with a new _ to the problem at yesterdays meeting.Away Bmethod Cmeans Dapproach解析：四个词中，只有approach与介词to搭配。an approach to.意为“的办法”。答案：D6The test _ a number of multiple choice questions.Aconsists of Blies in Cmakes of Dtakes in解析： 题意是“这套测试题由很多单项选择题组成”。答案：A7She cant _ her husband making fun of her.Aallow Bbear Cagree Dsuffer解析：bear用于否定句，后常跟名词或动名词，意为“忍受”。答案：B8It is said that President Bush will be _ tonight at ten oclock, giving a speechabout fighting terrorism.Ain the air Bon the air Cin air Don air解析：on the air“在播出；作广播演说”；in the air“谣传；未做决定的”。答案：B9Jack, Id like to go to see the movie this evening.Will you please _ mecompany?Akeep Bshare Ctake Djoin解析：keep sb.company是习语，意为“陪伴某人；陪同某人”。答案：A10The schools of the future will probably be quite different from _ they are today.Athat Bwhat Cwhich Dones解析：what引出一名词性从句，作介词from的宾语。答案：B.完形填空Eating less may bring longer life？A study by the National Institutes of Health _1_ that reducing calories by 30 percent _2_ to slow the rate of aging in monkeys，providing _3_ evidence that humans might live longer by eating less.The study has shown that a _4_ diet that includes a sharp reduction in calories caused the animals to _5_ a lower body temperature，a slower metabolism(新陈代谢) and _6_ changes in the biochemical markers for aging.Dr.George Roth，a _7_ at the research center of the National Institute on Aging said，“This shows that what has been demonstrated in mice can also _8_ in monkeys.”“We have _9_ for 70 years that if you _10_ laboratory mice less food，they age _11_，they live longer and they get diseases less _12_，”he said.“We find that monkeys _13_ in the same way and that the same biological changes may be in _14_ here.”Dr.Roth said _15_ biochemical measurements also showed that eating less was _16_ for the monkeys.The study is continuing and _17_ 200 monkeys.Dr.Roth said that the diets of the monkeys included all of the _18_ vitamins and other nutriments _19_ that half of the monkeys received about 30 percent fewer calories than a _20_ group.1A.remarks Bbelieves Ccauses Dshows答案：D2A.aims Bappears Cdemands Dagrees答案：B3A.strange Bno Cnew Dlittle答案：C4A.wellbalanced Bwellprepared Cwellplanned Dwellcooked答案：A5A.produce Bgive Chave Dchange答案：C6A.more Bfewer Cfaster Ddeeper答案：B7A.scientist Bdoctor Clawyer Ddesigner答案：A8A.support Bperform Cpromote Dapply答案：D9A.heard Bknown Cdone Dmade答案：B10A.accumulate Bsupply Cafford Dfeed答案：D11A.slower Bnaturally Csmoothly Doutstandingly答案：A12A.carefully Bobviously Cfrequently Ddefinitely答案：C13A.direct Brespond Cacknowledge Durge答案：B14A.play Bwork Cpeace Dbattle答案：A15A.some Bsame Cother Dall答案：C16A.healthy Bhappy Clucky Dfortunate答案：A17A.advocates Bconcerns Crefers Dinvolves答案：D18A.referred Basked Chelped Drequired答案：D19A.for Btherefore Cbut Das答案：C20A.guide Bcontrol Cmix Dready答案：B.阅读理解There are no exact differences between physics and other natural sciences because all sciences overlap(重叠)In general，however，physics is the scientific study of forces and qualities such as heat，light，sound，pressure，gravity and electricity，and the ways they affect other objects.One major branch of physics deals with the states of mattersolids，liquids and gases and with their motions.The pioneer achievements of Galileo，Kepler and Newton dealt with solid masses of matter in m