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第5讲 Inventors and inventions (A)
基础巩固
一、单词拼写
1. I don't a (与……关联) him with energetic sports.
2. It is f outside, and put on your winter coat.
3. Will it be c for you to come here tomorrow?
4. P on this farm are popular with the citizens because of their safety and freshness.
5. He was always seeking someone to whom he could talk with c .
6. You should s this opportunity. It may never come again.
7. He needs a s job, and doesn't want to be out of work soon again.
8. There are a lot of people who can't d between certain colors. Those people are said to be color-blind.
9. We've got to be p and buy only what we can afford.
10. He is always the first to b great hardship.
二、选词填空
call up, now and then, distinguish between...and...
set about, with caution
1. Oh, my dear! Could you ___________ right __________wrong?
2. Dad always drives __________, so he is recognized as one of the best drivers.
3. The picture ________him _______the time when he was brought up in
the village.
4. As soon as my mother came home after work, she __________ preparing
dinner for us.
5. My grandfather still plays tennis__________, even though he’s in his nineties.
三、单项选择
1. — I wonder if I could use your telephone.
— __________.
A. I wonder how B. I don’t wonder
C. Sorry, it’s out of order D. No wonder, here it is
2. The thief was ____ and turned over to a police station.
A. seized B. obtained
C. Recovered D. appealed
3. They have a beer together ____, talking about their separate life, but not often.
A. by and by B. now and then
C. all the time D. more or less
4. Unfortunately the restaurant he recommended fell short of our ____.
A. expectations B. advantages
C. opportunities D. contributions
5. A healthy life is frequently thought to be ________ with open countryside and homegrown food.
A. tied B. bound
C. involved D. associated
6. It’s ten years since the scientist ________ on his life’s work of discovering the valuable chemical.
A. made for B. set out
C. took off D. turned up
7. It started to rain so we ________ the nearest café and went on talking about our school life.
A. called up B. separated from
C. dived into D. set out
8. Don’t you think I have _______ reasons for not supporting the proposals?
A. valid B. stable
C. abrupt D. stainless
9. —I’d better ________ now. The water is boiling in the kitchen.
— Good-bye.
A. ring back B. ring up
C. hold on D. ring off
10. He tried his best, but he couldn’t ________ the college entrance exams
last year.
A. get through B. get over
C. get up D. get away
能力提升
一、单句语法填空
1. The two teachers have different___________(expect) of their students.
2. She was awarded an honorary degree in (recognize) of her work
in community.
3. They asked her to be ___________ (mercy) to the prisoners.
4. My friend gave me a set of ___________ (stain) knives and forks.
5. They sang and danced ___________(merry) in the street after they won
the football match last night.
二、 单项选择
1. ______in the early 20th century, the school keeps on inspiring children’s love of art.
A. To found B. Founding
C. Founded D. Having founded
2. They might just have a place ______on the writing course—why don’t you give it a try?
A. left B. leave
C. leaving D. to leave
3. Before driving into the city, you are required to get your car _______ .
A. washed B. wash
C. washing D. to wash
4. Film has a much shorter history, especially when ____ such art forms as music and painting.
A. having compared to B. comparing to
C. compare to D. compared to
5. Time, _______correctly, is money in the bank.
A. to use B. used
C. using D. use
6. “It’s such a nice place. ”Mother said as she sat at the table ______
for customers.
A. to be reserved B. having reserved
C. Reserving D. Reserved
7. When ______ for his views about his teaching job, Philip said he found it very interesting and rewarding.
A. asking B. asked
C. having asked D. to be asked
8. After completing and signing it, please return the form to us in the envelope _______.
A. providing B. provided
C. having provided D. Provide
9. Michael put up a picture of Yao Ming beside the bed to keep himself ______of his own dreams.
A. reminding B. to remind
C. reminded D. Remind
三、翻译(根据中文提示完成句子)
1. 他们开始进行春播准备工作。(词数不限)
They making preparations for spring sowing.
2. 白天干农活的时候,我总是把羊拴在河边的树上。(keep)
When I work on the farmland in the daytime, I always to a tree on the riverbank.
3. 网上购物价格一般较便宜。
Prices of daily goods the Internet are usually lower.
4. 他从树上掉下来,左胳膊骨折了。
He dropped down from a tree and .
5. The machine is (发生故障). I have to have it repaired.(词数不限)
6. 决心按时完成这项工作,他们马上着手工作。(set) (词数不限)
Determined to complete the job on time, they_______________________
immediately.
7. 我打不通北京的电话,占线。(get) (词数不限)
I can't to Beijing. The line is busy.
8. 他一直在潜心研究中国文学史。
He has been the history of Chinese literature.
9. The man, (被认为是医学专家的), in fact, was a cheat.
10. 这张老照片经常勾起我对童年时代的回忆。(call) (词数不限)
This old photo often .
11. The performance of the host, (旨在) to please
the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with a cold silence, however. (intend)
12. 早上人们一醒来就发现房屋外边的世界完全变了。(词数不限)
In the morning people woke up and found the world outside their houses .
13. 你明天开始工作方便吗? (词数不限)
Will it be you to start work tomorrow?
14. 我们吃的美味饭菜是由烹饪大师们做的。
We ate great meals experts.
15. 想不到您会同意和我们一起来,我们真是不胜荣幸。(词数不限)
We _______________________________ you should agree to join us.
四、完形填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In Thanks for What We Have
I sat nervously and waited for Kathleen to speak. Being called to the human resources department is a little like being called to the principal’s office. “Annie,” she said, “A food bank in our town that serves the elderly is asking for 1 . I’d like you to organize the event and see it through.” “Well, um, errr…sure. I guess so.” As I stuttered(结结巴巴地说) through my 2 , all I could think was, “What? Why me?”
I walked back to my office without any idea as to where to 3 . This was a time when the economy was 4 . The rise in unemployment forced the families of many of my coworkers to 5 to survive. How could I ask my coworkers for more?
That evening I drove home filled with negativity. Then I remembered a time long ago when my father was out of work. Mom wrote a note to Jim, the milkman, asking him not to 6 any more milk. Two days later Jim picked up the 7 and left four liters of milk. He wrote his own message on the back side of Mom’s. It read, “Kids need milk.” The milk delivery 8 as usual and Jim left four liters of milk every other day, never collecting a cent 9 us.
The memory of Jim’s 10 fired my enthusiasm. Perhaps I’d be in for a pleasant surprise.
The next morning I 11 signs about our food drive all over the cafeteria and on every notice board I could find. Each sign read, “Food drive to support the elderly poor of our town! 12 of non-perishable(不易腐的) foods are greatly needed.”
Within a few days I had to locate empty office space to 13 the massive number of contributions we had 14 . One of my coworkers, Maggie, made the rounds with me every day from one department to another to pick up the canned goods and other 15 . Maggie was over sixty but pushed our food trolley around with the 16 of a woman half her age.
As we were making our rounds one day,I asked her where she got all the energy and enthusiasm. “Annie,” she said, “with the unemployment rate touching 10 percent, I can’t think of a better way to be 17 for keeping our jobs when so many have 18 theirs. Sure money is 19 . But when isn’t it? People need food.”
As I listened to Maggie, the milkman’s words 20 in my ears, “Kids need milk.”
1. A. advice B. help C. pity D. medicine
2. A. response B. comment C. explanation D. complaint
3. A. sit B. stay C. begin D. work
4. A. growing B. fading C. recovering D. booming
5. A. drive B. attempt C. refuse D. struggle
6. A. spare B. drink C. deliver D. sell
7. A. keys B. kids C. cents D. empties
8. A. returned B. continued C. stopped D. delayed
9. A. for B. to C. with D. from
10. A. kindness B. happiness C. patience D. politeness
11. A. designed B. noticed C. marked D. posted
12. A. Bargains B. Demands C. Donations D. Purchases
13. A. check B. store C. separate D. clear
14. A. collected B. bought C. found D. selected
15. A. clothes B. books C. foods D. gifts
16. A. satisfaction B. quality C. energy D. motivation
17. A. lucky B. proud C. delighted D. grateful
18. A. lost B. deserved C. abandoned D. wanted
19. A. available B. tight C. enough D. powerful
20. A. rang B. disappeared C. hid D. fell
五、阅读理解
A
I was desperately nervous about becoming car-free. But eight months ago our car was hit by a passing vehicle and it was destroyed. No problem, I thought: we’ll buy another. But the insurance payout didn’t even begin to cover the costs of buying a new car—I worked out that, with the loan (贷款) we’d need plus petrol, insurance, parking permits and tax, we would make a payment as much as £600 a month.
And that’s when I had my fancy idea. Why not just give up having a car at all? I live in London. We have a railway station behind our house, a tube station 10 minutes’ walk away, and a bus stop at the end of the street. A new car club had just opened in our area, and one of its shiny little red Peugeots was parked nearby. If any family in Britain could live without a car, I reasoned, then surely we were that family.
But my new car-free idea, sadly, wasn’t shared by my family. My teenage daughters were horrified. What would their friends think about our family being “too poor to afford a car”? (I wasn’t that bothered what they thought, and I suggested the girls should take the same approach.)
My friends, too, were astonished at our plan. What would happen if someone got seriously ill overnight and needed to go to hospital? (an ambulance) How would the children get to and from their many events? (buses and trains) People smiled as though this was another of my mad ideas, before saying they were sure I’d soon realize that a car was a necessity.
Eight months on, I wonder whether we’ll ever own a car again. The idea that you “have to” own a car, especially if you live in a city, is all in the mind. I live—and many other citizens do too—in a place that has never been better served by public transport, and yet car ownership has never been higher. We worry about rising car costs, but we’d be better off asking something much more basic: do I really need a car? Certainly the answer is no, and I’m a lot richer because I dared to ask the question.
1. The author decided to live a car-free life partly because ______.
A. most families chose to go car-free B. he was hurt in a terrible car accident
C. the cost of a new car was too much D. the traffic jam was unbearable for him
2. What is the attitude of the author’s family toward his plan?
A. Supportive. B. Disapproving.
C.Optimistic. D. Unconcerned.
3. What did the author suggest his daughters do about their friends’ opinion?
A.Argue against it. B. Take their advice.
C. Think it over. D. Leave it alone.
4. What conclusion did the author draw after the eight-month car-free life?
A. Life cannot go without a car. B. Life without a car is a little bit hard.
C. His life gets improved without a car. D. A car-free life does not suit everyone.
B
Despite the anxiety that Jones’ Host—said by some to be the first digital novel—caused in 1993, publishers weren’t too concerned that e-books would one day replace printed books. However, that attitude was changed suddenly in 2007 when Amazon’s Kindle came onto the market, which led to e-book sales jumping up to 1,260%. Since then, e-books’ popularity has continued to steadily rise. The publishing industry seemed to have lost all possible ability to regain its position. Will printed books eventually become a thing of the past?
According to Mike Shatzkin, founder and CEO of the Idea Logical Company, printed books just for plain old reading will, in 10 years from now, be unusual. “Not so unusual that a kid will say, ‘Mommy, what’s that?’ but unusual enough that on the train you’ll see one or two people reading something printed, while everyone else is reading off of a tablet.” And Shatzkin believes that the demise of print is sure to happen, though such a day won’t arrive for perhaps 50 to 100 or more years.
Robert Stein, founder of the Institute for the Future of the Book, however, believes that books won’t disappear entirely, at least not anytime soon. “Print will exist, but it will be in a different field and will appeal to a very limited audience, as poetry does today. Like woodblock printing, hand-processed film and folk weaving (编织), printed pages may assume an artistic value,” he says. He imagines that future forms of books might be developed not by conventional publishers but by the gaming industry. He also predicts that the distinction between writer and reader will be made less obvious by a social reading experience in which authors and consumers can digitally interact with each other to discuss any passage, sentence or line.
Is there anything we risk sacrificing, should print really disappear entirely? According to Maryanne Wolf, director of the Center for Reading and Language Research at Tufts University, electronic reading can negatively affect the way the brain responds to text, including reading comprehension, focus and the ability to maintain attention to details like plot and order of events. “My worry is that we’ll have a short-circuited reading brain, excellent for gathering information but not necessarily for forming critical, analytical deep reading skills,” Wolf says.
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