Unit 15 Learning Section Warmup & Life long Learning-Language Points.单句语法填空 【导学号：78880043】1My car has broken down.Would you help me to get it (start)?2Jack has obtained a (qualify)3Sometimes the police are not absolutely sure that someone has committed a crime，but suspect him having done it.4A computer can only do what you have (instruct) it to do.5He was (bury) in watching TV.6When a tape is put in the VCR，it switches automatically.7I was about to get out of the room the door was opened.8If we (have) time now，we would read it again.9If it rain tomorrow，the crops would be saved.10If he had (take) my advice，he would have succeed.【答案】1.started2.qualification3.of4.instructed5.buried6.on7.when8.had9.should10taken.单句改错1Please switch on all the equipment before you leave. 2The police suspect(ed) him of have taken the money. 3She has all the right qualification to be a good teacher. 4Alexander tried to get his work recognise in the medical circles. 5If he was a bird，he would fly freely in the sky. 【答案】1.onoff2.havehaving3.qualificationqualifications4.recogniserecognised5waswere.阅读理解 【导学号：78880044】The sun has been the inspiration for hundreds of songs，but now scientists have discovered that the star at the centre of our solar system produces its own music.Astronomers at the University of Sheffield have managed to record for the first time in the world the eerie musical harmonies produced by the magnetic field (磁场) in the outer atmosphere of the sun.They found that huge coronal loops (日冕环) that have been observed spinning away from the outer layer of the suns atmosphere vibrate (振动) like strings on a musical instrument.Using satellite pictures of these loops，which can be over 60，000 miles long，the scientists were able to recreate the sound by turning the visible vibrations into noises and speeding up the frequency so that people can hear them.Professor Robertus von FySiebenbrgen said，“It was strangely beautiful and exciting to hear these noises for the first time from such a large and powerful source.It is providing us with a new way of learning about the sun and giving us a new insight into the physics about the suns outer layers where temperatures reach millions of degrees.”The coronal loops are thought to be involved in the production of solar flares that throw magnetic energy out into space，creating a phenomenon known as space weather.When the suns activity，and thus solar flare production，increases，the resulting “space storm” can have severe results here on earth，destroying electronic equipment，overheating power networks and damaging satellites.Professor FySiebenbrgen said that studying the “music of the sun” would provide new ways of understanding and predicting solar flares before they happen.Professor FySiebenbrgens research has been shown as the University of Sheffield sets up a new project，called Project Sunshine，aimed at finding new ways to control the power of the sun.“These loops are vibrating like the strings on a guitar.Over time the waves die away and that is telling us new things about the physics in the suns atmosphere，” he said.【语篇解读】太阳其实也会“唱歌”。英国科学家首次记录下了人耳可辨的太阳外层大气发出的声音，这种类似琴弦拨动的声音对人类进一步认识、总结太阳的活动规律很有帮助。1The underlined word “eerie” in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by “ ”AcommonBworryingCmysteriousDfamiliar【解析】词义猜测题。根据句中for the first time in the world可推断，能够录到太阳的歌声应该令人感到神秘，故答案为C。【答案】C2What can we know from Paragraph 2?AThe sun can make different kinds of music.BMusicians are inspired to create songs by the suns music.CScientists have recorded songs of coronal loops with recorders.DPeople hear the music of the sun with the help of the scientists.【解析】推理判断题。根据第二段“.the scientists were able to.speeding up the frequency so that people can hear them”可判断，答案为D。【答案】D3Professor Fy Siebenbrgen tends to think that Amost people cant bear the music of the sunBit is wonderful to hear the music of the sunCmusic does exist all around the universeDpeople should change the way they think of music【解析】推理判断题。根据第三段“It was strangely beautiful and exciting to hear these noises.”可知，答案为B。【答案】B4As a matter of fact，the music of the sun Acan help people know more about the sunBcan do great harm to the earthCis a sort of common space weatherDwill cause huge space storms【解析】推理判断题。根据第四段“.studying the music of the sun would provide new ways of understanding and predicting solar flares before they happen.”可推断，答案为A。【答案】A.完形填空As a music teacher，I have always known that music touch