《2025年情景导学高中英语选择性必修第四册外研版》

Ⅲ. 用所给短语的适当形式填空
| beyond the reach of,set sail,hold the record,be equivalent to,continue to |
1. The man is an excellent basketball player and still holds the record for the most points in a season.
2. Although he has graduated from university, he continues to learn new skills each day.
3. The millimetre is a unit of length in the metric (公制的) system, which is equivalent to one thousandth of a metre.
4. Zheng He set sail from China on his first voyage in 1405, commanding about 62 ships and over 27,800 men.
5. Telescopes enable observers to see very faint stars which are far beyond the reach of the naked eye.

答案： 1. holds the record
2. continues to
3. is equivalent to
4. set sail
5. beyond the reach of

Ⅳ. 根据汉语意思完成句子
1. 看！坐在房子前面的是一位头发灰白的学者。
Look! Sitting in front of the house is a scholar with grey hair.
2. 人们感到很难适应一个完全黑暗的新环境是正常的。
It's normal that people feel it hard to adapt to a new environment of complete darkness.
3. 鉴于目前的条件,我认为她做得相当好。
Given the present conditions, I think she has done rather well.
4. 随着我们进入海洋发现的新时代,我们将继续开拓我们地球的最后疆域。
As we enter a new age of oceanic discovery, we will continue to open up our planet’s final frontier.

答案： 1. Sitting in front of the house is
2. It's normal that; complete darkness
3. Given the present conditions
4. continue to open up; final frontier

Ⅴ. 翻译句子
1. 站在公共汽车站旁边的是汤姆,他正在等下一班公共汽车。(完全倒装；非限制性定语从句)Standing beside the bus stop is Tom, who is waiting for the next bus.
2. 考虑到他及时向我道歉,我原谅了他。(given that)Given that he apologised to me in time, I forgave him.
3. 银行的左边是一家餐厅,我们可以在那里吃中国菜。(完全倒装；定语从句)On the left side of the bank is a restaurant where we can have Chinese food.
4. 我们看重的是未来更紧密的国际科学、经济以及文化合作。(主语从句)What we attach importance to is closer international scientific, economic and cultural cooperation in the future.

答案： 1. Standing beside the bus stop is Tom, who is waiting for the next bus.
2. Given that he apologised to me in time, I forgave him.
3. On the left side of the bank is a restaurant where we can have Chinese food.
4. What we attach importance to is closer international scientific, economic and cultural cooperation in the future.

Ⅰ. 阅读理解
A team of international scientists set out for one iceberg on a mission aiming to answer fundamental questions about the impact of climate change in the polar regions. The scientists, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS),tried to reach a newly revealed ecosystem that had been hidden for about 120,000 years below the Larsen C Ice Shelf.
In 2017, part of the Larsen C Ice Shelf collapsed, forming a huge iceberg — A68 — which was about four times the size of London, and revealing life beneath for the first time. Scientists said it was a race against time to explore these new ecosystems before they were transformed by sunlight.
“The cave - in (坍塌) provides us with a unique opportunity to study marine life as it responds to a huge environment change,” marine biologist Dr Katrin Linse from BAS said. “It is important that we get there quickly before the undersea environment changes as sunlight enters the water.”
Professor David Vaughan, science director at BAS, said, “We need to be bold on this one. Larsen C is a long way south and there’s lots of sea ice in the area, but this is important science, so we will try our best to get the team where they need to be.” He said climate change had already affected the sea around Antarctica and is warming some coastal waters. “Future warming may make some habitats warm. If these habitats support unique species that are adapted to the cold rather than the warm, those species are going to either move or die.”
There is growing concern about the possible impact of climate change in the Antarctic. A recent report revealed that melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are speeding up the already fast pace of the sea level rise. The research said, “At the current rate, the world’s oceans will be on average at least 60 centimetres higher by the end of the century.” However, it found that the process is accelerating, and more than three quarters of the acceleration since 1993 is due to melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica.
1. Why were the scientists eager to go to the iceberg?
A. To study how the iceberg was formed.
B. To study a newly discovered ecosystem.
C. To explore a new way to prevent climate change.
D. To explore the geography of the Larsen C Ice Shelf.
2. What do the underlined words “this one” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The Larsen C Ice Shelf.
B. Climate change in Antarctica.
C. The A68 iceberg with the ecosystem beneath it.
D. The condition of animal species in Antarctica.
3. What can we learn about the newly revealed ecosystem from the passage?
A. It had been hidden for billions of years.
B. It was four times bigger than London.
C. It would lead to the extinction of many species.
D. It was of great value to marine biologists.
4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. There is no need to worry about climate change in Antarctica.
B. The ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting at a steady rate.
C. Many creatures living in deep water will die out due to climate change.
D. By 2100, the sea level will have risen to a much higher level than now.

答案： 1.B 2.C 3.D 4.D