Unit 1 Art reading课时作业

[语言知识练习固基础]

　　单句语法填空

　　1．It was for this reason that he left that school.

　　2．The experience gained will be of great value (valuable) to us.

　　3．What are we going to do with the problem?

　　4．She listened with a puzzled(puzzle) expression on her face.

　　5．What does a balanced (balance) diet give an athlete?

　　6．It possessed rich mineral deposits, including (include) gold.

　　7．The plane will be taking off in approximately (approximate) five minutes.

　　8．This world is always so interesting and appealing (appeal)．

　　9．He made an impersonal comment on the incident.

　　10．He was annoyed (annoy) with his wife because the dinner was badly cooked.

[高考题型练习提能力]

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　There are many different voices on charity donations recently.Chen Tianqiao，one of the Chinese billionaires，gave away $115 million to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to help promote brain research.Chen has been interested in the brain research，believing it can advance the industries of artificial intelligence and virtual reality.However，this huge donation has caused heated discussions among Chinese scholars and internet users.

　　Many criticized him for giving money to a foreign university rather than domestic institutes for brain research，which are developing fast and are catching up with the US in just a few years.Rao Yi，a biologist at Peking University，even said the donation was a typical mistake.

Others，however，support his choice.They believe Caltech is a more reasonable choice compared with Chinese research Institutes.Caltech has a long history and has taken a leading position in biology，and therefore it produces more efficient results.What's more，the results of the research will benefit not only the Americans，but also the rest of the world.