资源描述
演练方阵
第4讲 Cloning (B)
基础巩固
一、单词拼写
1. He couldn’t ___________ (抵抗) laughing at the sight of the funny comic.
2. The great ___________ (缺点；不利条件) to living on a main road is the constant noise.
3. When asked, she confirmed that she was going to ___________ (退休).
4. Lots of people don’t ___________ (麻烦) to go through a marriage ceremony these days.
5. Economists are working on the ___________ (假设) of an interest rate cut.
6. Many workers went on a ___________ (罢工) for better living conditions.
7. I think our offer is ___________ (合情理的) and realistic.
8. They have just finished the ___________ (装饰) of their bathroom.
9. It’s not necessarily a bad thing to ___________ (崇拜) film stars.
10. The ___________ (最初的) response has been encouraging.
11. One can’t learn a language well ___________ (仅仅) by learning rules of its grammar.
12. Our ___________ (设想) that we would win was wrong at last.
13. Most schools ___________ (从事) programs of group or individual educational support.
14. Sports account for a growing amount of income made on the sales of ___________ (商业的) time by television.
15. When they leave school, they will be equipped for ___________ (获得) office jobs.
16. She ___________ (承担) full responsibility for the failure of the project.
17. My expectation is that we’ll have a ___________ (突破) in medical treatment.
18. He has a strong ___________ (反对) to getting up so early.
19. Parents are responsible for giving their children ___________ (道德上) guidance.
20. Muslim women are ___________ (禁止) to go out without a veil (面纱).
二、完成句子
1. What the teachers have done _____________ their students in the future.
老师的所为对学生的未来有重大影响。
2. In the front of the classroom _____________ .
教室的前面坐着一位教授。
3. ____________ he wanted to buy the expensive clothes; ____________ he didn’t have much money.
一方面他想买这件贵衣服，另一方面他又没有很多钱。
4. It was _____________ which road to take.
对我们来说，很难决定走哪条路。
5. Some people waste food _____________ .
一些人浪费食物，另一些人吃不饱。
6. I _____________ my parents and teachers.
我把它归功于我的父母和老师。
7. _____________ is that he takes no interest in his work.
最使我烦恼的是他对工作没兴趣。
8. It’s hard _____________ . (resist)
难以拒绝那样的邀请。
9. She sat still in the chair, _____________ . (close)
她一动不动地坐在椅子上，双眼紧闭。
10. She didn’t hear the phone. She ___________ . (asleep)
她没有听到电话响。她一定是睡着了。
三、单项选择
1. it easier to get in touch with us, you’d better keep this card at hand.
A. Made
B. Make
C. Making
D. To make
2. The only way to succeed at the highest level is to have total belief ______ you are better than anyone else on the sports field.
A. how
B. that
C. which
D. whether
3. To return to the problem of water pollution, I’d like you to look at a study _______ in Australia in 2012.
A. having conducted
B. to be conducted
C. conducting
D. conducted
4. In art criticism, you must assume the artist has a secret message ______ within the work.
A. to hide
B. hidden
C. hiding
D. being hidden
5. It’s said that the power plant is now ______ large as what it was.
A. twice as
B. as twice
C. twice much
D. much twice
6. —Is it true that Mike refused an offer from Yale University yesterday?
—Yeah, but I have no idea ______ he did it; that’s one of his favorite universities.
A. when
B. why
C. that
D. how
7. This restaurant wasn’t ______ that restaurant we went to.
A. half as good as
B. as half good as
C. as good as half
D. good as half as
8. ______ the students came from different countries, they got along quite well in the summer camp.
A. While
B. Unless
C. Since
D. Until
9. It’s reported that people eat ______ vegetables per person today as they did ten years ago.
A. as twice many
B. as twice as many
C. twice as many as
D. twice as many
10. The manager put forward a suggestion ______ we should have an assistant. There is too much work to do.
A. whether
B. that
C. which
D. what
能力提升
一、完形填空
With his leg lame and his teeth uneven, the boy thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world. He 1 played with his classmates, and when asked to answer questions, he always 2 his head without a word.
One spring, his father brought home some saplings (树苗). 3 of his children would plant a sapling and he promised, “Whoever 4 his sapling best shall get a gift.” The boy certainly wanted to get the gift. 5 seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, he 6 an idea: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So watering it once or twice, he never 7 it.
Several days later, he was 8 to find it not only didn't die, but also grew so many fresh 9 . Compared with those of his brothers and sisters, his appeared greener. His father kept his 10 , bought the boy a gift and said he would become an outstanding 11 after growing up.
From then on, the boy slowly became 12 and confident. One evening, he suddenly 13 his biology teacher once said that plants 14 grow at night. Why not go to see the tree?
When he came to the courtyard, he found his father working near the tree! Instantly he 15 : Father had been secretly 16 his tree! He returned to his room, tears 17 in his eyes.
Decades passed. The boy didn't become a botanist. 18 , he became the U.S. President. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.
19 is the best nourishment (滋养品) of life. 20 it is just a bucket of water, it can make the tree of life grow well!
1.
A. ever
B. seldom
C. still
D. often
2.
A. held
B. raised
C. lowered
D. covered
3.
A. Both
B. None
C. One
D. Each
4.
A. likes
B. protects
C. grows
D. watches
5.
A. And
B. So
C. Before
D. But
6.
A. cared for
B. got rid of
C. hit upon
D. put forward
7.
A. appealed to
B. attended to
C. adapted to
D. turned to
8.
A. surprised
B. frightened
C. disappointed
D. amused
9.
A. roots
B. leaves
C. branches
D. seeds
10.
A. word
B. balance
C. agreement
D. opinion
11.
A. teacher
B. gardener
C. president
D. botanist
12.
A. satisfied
B. certain
C. optimistic
D. independent
13.
A. believed
B. recalled
C. repeated
D. knew
14.
A. generally
B. hardly
C. recently
D. probably
15.
A. remembered
B. understood
C. wondered
D. admitted
16.
A. cutting
B. decorating
C. watering
D. fertilizing
17.
A. welling
B. falling
C. dropping
D. crying
18.
A. Therefore
B. Besides
C. Moreover
D. Instead
19.
A. Love
B. Water
C. Disability
D. Father
20.
A. So long as
B. If only
C. Now that
D. Even though
二、阅读理解
A
In between juggling (努力对付) twelve NFL fantasy teams and spending time with my family in Michigan, I’ve been working hard to get into really good shape. I played soccer and I was always competitive. But when I started playing poker (扑克) fulltime, I got lazy and became much less active. Now I’m getting older and realize that I should be taking my health more seriously.
I’m running again. I usually start my workouts with a really fast mile, and then jog another two or three miles at a slower pace. After the run, I do some body weight exercises like pushups and crunches.
While I really enjoy my workouts, eating healthy food has been a real challenge. I cannot cook at all and, to be honest, my diet is pretty bad. I eat too much takeout food and dine out almost every day. In order to counteract all that junk food, I decided to try a juice cleanse (果汁排毒法). I picked up a special blender called the Nutribullet and about$200 worth of organic produce. The goal was to eat nothing but fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds for four to five days.
The juices themselves were not that bad, especially because I started throwing things into the blender and hoped it turned edible. I was skeptical about how green juice would taste, but discovered that if you combine your greens with fruit, the vegetable taste isn’t strong. If you mix spinach with some strawberries and a banana, the juice may look green but it has a strawberrybanana taste.
It’s important for me to have a balanced life. I’m a person who likes making changes. I’ll go on a poker binge (狂欢), then a travel binge, then I’ll take a break when I don’t do much of either. Not only will it keep me from getting burned out, it will help me appreciate my work even more. Living a healthier lifestyle can bring more balance to my life and hopefully it will start to benefit me at the table as well.
1. The author decided to take up running again because he .
A. fell into love with jogging
B. was terribly tired of playing poker
C. thought he had a serious weight problem
D. realized he should attach importance to his health
2. The underlined words “counteract all that junk food” in Para. 3 mean “ ”.
A. store junk food
B. live on junk food
C. reduce the bad effect of junk food
D. examine the bad effect of junk food
3. What does the author do?
A. He is a professional poker player.
B. He is a fitness instructor.
C. He is a magazine writer.
D. He is a soccer player.
4. What would be the best title of the text?
A. Enjoying a juice cleanse
B. Living a healthier lifestyle
C. Slowing down the pace of life
D. Taking healthy exercise every day
B
If you’re the kind of person who loves travel but finds it difficult to break down language barriers, you may want to check out Iconspeak, a Tshirt covered in basic pictographs (象形图画) ranging from clocks to bathrooms. Simply point to the symbol associated with your need, and hopefully, the person you’re talking to will understand you soon. I can tell you that it’s better than having to make gestures with strangers.
Iconspeak is the brainchild of George Horn and Florian Nast. They were traveling through Asia in 2013 and found themselves in a remote village with no vehicle, no tourism, but just some locals. The problems they had while trying to express their needs to the locals inspired them to start working on a simple but effective solution to the language barrier. Two years later, they came up with the Iconspeak Tshirt.
The Iconspeak collection is made up of three types of Tshirts — long, short, sleeveless — as well as bags and hats that feature fewer icons (符号). The products are available internationally through the Iconspeak website, with the founders proving that they work anywhere in the world.
“I have used it in Norway,” said George Horn. “It works beautifully — the people you ask are surprisingly quick in getting what you want or mean since they are thinking in a certain context (背景). If you point to the bus and the clock on the shirt and you do this at a bus stop — anybody will know that you want to know when the next bus leaves. With ICONs, you can SPEAK, you can SPEAK to the world.”
Iconspeak is a clear example that the answer to complex problems can be very simple. I have yet to try the shirt, but somehow I have no doubt that it actually works. It might not always help, but for common problems, like finding a telephone, the nearest hotel or an ATM, Iconspeak seems like a good solution.
5. What should people do when they turn to Iconspeak for help?
A. Draw icons on the Tshirt.
B. Point to the icons on the Tshirt.
C. Express the needs to the Tshirt.
D. Create contexts with the aid of the Tshirt.
6. George Horn’s words in Para. 4 suggest that Iconspeak .
A. plays a key role in people’s daily life
B. can be translated into various languages
C. is effective in helping people communicate
D. becomes popular with foreigners in Norway
7. The author thinks Iconspeak is .
A. practical B. useless
C. beautiful D. troublesome
8. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Iconspeak is in great demand right now
B. The biggest problem in traveling the world
C. The best way to overcome language barriers
D. Iconspeak helps break down language barriers
C
A warm drink of milk before bed has long been the best choice for those wanting a good night’s sleep. But now a study has found it really does help people nod off — if it is milked from a cow at night.
Researchers have discovered that “night milk” contains more melatonin (褪黑激素), which has been proven to help people feel sleepy and reduce anxiety.
The study, by researchers from Seoul, South Korea, involved mice being fed with dried milk powder made from cows milked both during the day and at night.
Those given night milk, which contained 10 times the amount of melatonin, were less active and less anxious than those fed with the milk collected during daytime, according to the study published in The Journal of Medicinal Food.
Night milk quickened the start of sleep and caused the mice to sleep longer.
While the effect of cows milk harvested at different time has not been tested on humans up to now, taking melatonin drugs has been suggested to those who are struggling to fall asleep at night.
Previous studies have also indicated that milk can be excellent for helping sleep because of the calcium content, which helps people to relax.
Milk is also sugarfree and additivefree with nutritionists recommending skimmed milk as the best choice before bed as it is the least fattening. The more fat you take in before bedtime, the greater burden you will put on your body at night.
9. According to the text, the mice fed with daytime milk .
A. started sleep more easily
B. were more anxious
C. were less active
D. woke up later
10. Which of the following is true of melatonin according to the text?
A. It’s been tested on mice for ten times.
B. It can make people more energetic.
C. It exists in milk in great amount.
D. It’s used in sleeping drugs.
11. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Night Milk and Sleep
B. Fat, Sugar and Health
C. An Experiment on Mice
D. Milk Drinking and Health
12. How does the author support the theme of the text?
A. By giving examples.
B. By stating arguments.
C. By explaining statistical data.
D. By providing research results.
D
Our brains work in complex and strange ways. There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two. Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write.
Dr. J. Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887. He called these people idiot savants. An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental injury, such as in autism (自闭症) or retardation. At the same time, the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills, which are unusual for most people. The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics, or having a photographic memory.
One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr. Benjamin Rush, an American doctor. His patient, Thomas Fuller, was
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