山西省阳高县第一中学高中英语必修四Unit 1 Women of achievement配餐作业二 精品

配餐（二）CGeorge Carruthers was born on October 1, 1939, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the eldest of George and Sophia Carruthers’ four children. George Carruthers, Sr. encouraged his son’s early interest in science. By the age of 10, the young Carruthers had made his own telescope.Carruthers’ father died when the boy was only 12 years old. After his death, the family moved to Chicago, where Sophia went to work for the US Postal Service. Though he lost his father’s encouragement, Carruthers continued working at science. In Chicago’s high school science fairs, he won three awards, including the first prize for a telescope that he designed and built.In 1957, Carruthers graduated from Chicago’s Englewood High School and entered the engineering program at the U niversity of Illinois’ Champaign-Urbana campus. As an undergraduate, Carruthers focused on aerospace engineering and astronomy. After earning his bachelor’s degree in physics in 1961, Carruthers stayed on at the University of Illinois, earning his master’s degree in nuclear engineering in 1962, and his Ph.D. in 1964.In 1964, he went to work for the US Naval Research Laboratory as a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow. Two years later, he became a full-time research physicist at the NRL’s E. O. Hurlburt Center for Space Research.On November 11, 1969, Carruthers was awarded a patent (专利权). During a 1970 rocket flight, Carruthers’ UV telescope and image converter(变频器) provided the first proof of the existence of molecular hydrogen (氢分子) in interstellar space (星际空间). This invention was used on April 21, 1972, during the first lunar walk of the Apollo 16 mission. Carruthers was awarded NASA’s Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for his work on the project. In the 1980s, one of Carruthers’ inv entions captured an image of Halley’s Comet. In 1991, he invented a camera that was used in the Space Shuttle Mission.1. It is implied in the passage that as a young boy, George Carruthers ______.A. learnt a lot from his fatherB. showed great interest in scienceC. was the favorite son of his fatherD. didn’t know what he wanted to be2. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?A. George Carruthers’ campus life.B. George Carruthers’ advanced education.C. George Carruthers’ early achievements.D. Ge orge Carruthers’ majors in university.3. We can infer that George Carruthers’ UV tele-scope and image converter ______.A. was mainly used in interstellar spaceB. captured an image of Halley’s CometC. played a big role in the Apollo 16 missionD. was also used in the Space Shuttle Mission4. What’s the correct time order of the following events that happened in George Carruthers’ life?a. He was awarded a patent.b. He received an award given by NASA.c. He became a full-time research physicist.d. He went to work for the US Naval Research Laboratory.A. c-d-a-bB. d-a-c-bC. d-c-b-aD. d-c-a-bDIt’s hard for most 8-year-old boys to sit still for ten minutes. But while his friends were playing videogames, Joshua spent much of the last two months working on his first 10-page story called “M-M-M-Monster!”The story is about a group of monsters that come into a family’s house. Rather than fight off the monsters, the family becomes friends with them, and invites them to stay forever. The monsters are representative of cats and dogs. As an animal lover from a family focused on animal rescue, Joshua believes that animals should never be mistreated, and wants to encourage others tosave the lives of homeless pets.“I Googled it and I figured out more than 3,000 dogs are dying each year,” Joshuatold the Washington Post. “People don’t adopt (收养) them, or they’re dying in the streets.”To help these animals, Joshua’s family is self-publishing his storybook, and plans to donate all of the proceeds (收入), as well as the money that the boy has saved, to animal rescue groups. The family has printed 150 copies to start with, and is selling them for $10 each.Animal rescue group leaders, such as Barb Whipkey of the St. Mary’s Animal Rescue League, which adopted a dog to the Bayer family years ago, agree with Joshua’s generous idea. “Obviously, children learn better from other children,” Whipkey said. “If we can start with the children, they can grow up knowing how to care for animals and that someone needs to look out for animals.”5. Joshua writes the book because ______.A. he loves writing more than playing videogamesB. he has to spend the whole summer aloneC. he wants to adopt more animalsD. he wants to help the homeless animals6. In Joshua’s story, he wants to tell us that ______.A. monsters are as lovely as cats and dogsB. people should treat animals kindlyC. we can keep monsters as petsD. we should fight against monsters bravely7. According to the story, Joshua thinks that ______.A. some homeless pets are considered as monstersB. people like monsters as well as cats and dogsC. staying with monsters can be dangerousD. homeless animals are real monsters8. How much money will Joshua get if all the printed copies are sold out?A. 3,000 dollars.B. 10 dollars.C. 15 dollars.D. 1,500 dollars.。