1、Module 6The Internet and Telecommunications.语法填空，单句训练1(2014届甘肃嘉峪关一中高三第三次模拟改编)I cant find my favourite magazine.I saw Jack going away with _， but I am not sure whether it is yours.答案：it考查代词的用法。句意：我找不到我喜爱的杂志了。我看到杰克拿着它走了，但是我不敢确定是否是你的。杰克拿的杂志就是指上文的magazine，故选填it。2Last year the number of students who grad
2、uated with a driving licence reached 200, 000, a(n) _ of 40,000 per year.答案：average考查名词词义。句意：去年考过驾照的考生人数达到了20万，平均每年过4万。an average of“平均”。3(2014届临沂一中高三月考改编)Id like a cup of tea and a glass of fruit juice _.OK, just a moment, please.答案：as well句意：我想要一杯茶，还要一杯果汁。as well表示“也，还”，通常放在句末。4(2014届冠县武训高中高三月考改编)
3、Children above 12 are able to take part in skiing or other activities _(design) for children.答案：designed考查非谓语动词。句意：12岁以上的孩子可以参加为孩子开设的滑雪或其他的活动。根据句意以及句子结构可知，designed for children相当于定语从句which/that are designed for children，作定语修饰skiing or other activities。be designed for“为设计或计划”。5(2014届威海高三质检改编)Without
4、_ electricity, how can we search for information on _ Internet?答案：/; the考查冠词。electricity为物质名词，其前不加冠词；Internet为专有名词，其前加定冠词。6(2014届吉林普通中学高三模拟改编)With his attention _(concentrate) on his homework, John didnt notice me come in.答案：concentrated考查with复合结构。句意：约翰在聚精会神地做作业，他没有注意到我进来。因为concentrate与his attention
5、之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，且动作已发生，故用动词ed形式作宾补。7(2014届山西忻州实验中学高三模拟改编)He picked up an envelope _(contain) 50 dollars in it.答案：containing句意：他捡到一个信封，里面装有50美元。此处现在分词containing作定语，相当于定语从句which contained。8(2014届西安高三模拟改编)Charles Dickens _(creat) many wonderful characters in his novels.答案：created考查动词词义辨析。句意：查尔斯狄更斯在他的小说中塑造了
6、许多精彩的人物形象。create“创造”，符合句意。9(2014届四川绵阳高三模拟改编)A medical team, _(consist) five experienced doctors and ten skilful nurses, was sent to the earthquake stricken area in Turkey.答案：consisting of句意：一个由五位经验丰富的医生和十位技术精湛的护士组成的医疗队被派往土耳其地震灾区。此处consisting of相当于定语从句which consisted of，还可用made up of或composed of作定语。1
7、0(2014届辽宁省东北育才双语学校高三第三次模拟改编)I will move out next week. Im not going to put up_ my roommate smoking any longer.答案：with考查动词短语。句意： 我下周就会搬出去。我再也受不了我室友吸烟了。put up with “忍受”，符合句意。.语法填空，篇章训练阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Mary: What have you been doing recently, Cathy?Cathy: Ive been_1_(chat)online w
8、ith friends. What about you?Mary: Ive never chatted online before.Cathy: Why not?Mary: Well, my computer is really old, so_2_software doesnt work well with my computer.Cathy: Come over to mine and I can show you_3_to use it.Mary: How long does it_4_to download mp3 files?Cathy: Not very long_5_.Mary:
9、 Do you ever download any TV programs or movies?Cathy: Sure, I download at least one program a day.Mary: Do you think you could download some for me?Cathy: Sure, just tell me what you want.Mary: Let me see. Oh, a show_6_(call)Friends.Cathy: No problem. Did you know that there are many Friends forums
10、 online?Mary: Whats a_7_？Cathy: Its a place_8_you can chat to other people who have_9_interests as you.Mary: Do the Friends stars ever show up there?Cathy: Sometimes, people say they are the Friends stars，_10_you never know who youre talking to. For all I know, Jennifer Aniston is really an old fat
11、man.1_2._3._4._5._6_7._8._9._10._答案：1chattinghave been doing是现在完形进行时，表示一直在聊天。2most指代考词。most大多数。3how由下文知是表示怎样使用，故填how。4takeIt takes sb. some time to do sth？花费某人多长时间做某事。5at allnotat all.一点也不。6called过去分词作宾语，表被动关系。7forum由下文回答知，此处表示论坛(forum)。8where考查定语从句。where作状语，表示地点。9similar能够交谈的朋友自然有相似的兴趣。10but上下文是转折关
12、系，故用But。.阅读理解AChinese people are now spending more time surfing the net than watching TV, according to results of a survey by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) published Thursday.The survey, of citizens of five Chinese cities, found that 79 percent of interviewees use the internet for in
13、formation, and 55. 1 percent to read news on the internet. About 63 percent of the interviewees use email. The average times spent surfing the net and watching TV were 2. 73 hours and 1.29 hours, respectively.Only 10. 4 percent reported use the internet primarily to send and receive email; 65.9 perc
14、ent read online news; 62. 2 quite often play games online. More and more people have taken an interest in the entertainment opportunities online. Up to 56. 5 percent of interviewees quite often download music, and 53.5 percent get entertainment messages from the internet.Yet the survey found that te
15、levision is still the dominant mass medium. Seventynine percent of interviewees choose to watch TV to get information, and another 75 percent take newspapers as important as TV.Five major web sites in the Chinese language, namely Sina, Sohu, Netease, Baidu and Yahoo are still ranked top ones by web
16、users, and those that voted for Sina as the best among them were 30. 9 percent.Authorized statistics showed that web users in China have already exceeded 100 million, second to that of the United States.1Which of the following is NOT true?A. Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the net
17、than watching TV.B. There are more Chinese people using the internet for information compared with those reading news on the internet.C. There are more people using email compared with those searching information on the internet.D. There are more people using email compared with those reading news o
18、n the internet.答案：C细节题。由第三段中的“The survey, of citizens of five Chinese cities, found that 79 percent of interviewees use the internet for information.About 63 percent of the interviewees use email”可知选C项。2The survey shows that_.A. Only 10. 4% reported use the internet to send and receive email.B. Less
19、 than half of the people use the internet for entertainment.C. All of the people reported like to play games online.D. Most of the people reported read online news.答案：D细节题。由第二段中的“Only 10.4 percent reported use the internet primarily to send and receive email; 65.9 percent read online news; 62.2 quit
20、e often play games online”可知选D项。3The underlined word “exceeded” means “_”A. increased to B. increased byC. risen D. decreased答案：A词义推测题。这句话要表述的意思是“中国的网民已经上升到了1亿，仅次于美国，在全世界排名第二”，故答案为A项。BThe rate at which the United States is becoming more energy efficient has risen since 1995, when the computer based
21、Internet and communications revolution began soaking into (渗入) US society. That conclusion from a creative study by the American Council for an EnergyEfficient Economy (ACEEE) last week stands in sharp contrast to recent concerns that the computer based Internet was gobbling up (吞噬) huge amounts of
22、energy.Indeed, all Americas serversthe computers that direct traffic on the Internet and the systems that cool them use about 1.2 percent of the nations electricity, according to a study last year. Thats still a lot of power, comparable to the energy used by color TVs in the US. But it turns out tha
23、t for every kilowatthour of electricity used by information and communications technologies, the US saves at least 10 times that amount, the new ACEEE report found.After the oil embargoes (禁运) from the 1970s, America quickly became more efficient and its “energy intensity” fell sharply. Energy inten
24、sity is the amount of energy required to produce a dollar of economic output. Since 2001, the pace of US energy efficiency gains has remained remarkably high, at 2. 4 percent annually, at least half due to technology gains, researchers say. Not long ago, delivery giant UPS introduced new software to
25、 develop more efficient routes and help drivers avoid lefthand turns. Result: 28. 5 million fewer miles driven and 3 million gallons of gas saved each year. Efficiency gains for individuals have saved a lot of energy, too, Dr Laitner says. Email, instant messaging, and Internet news can help organiz
26、e and streamline (使高效化) individual schedules. Ordering books or groceries online avoids extra trips to the shop. Transferring (转移) funds to a college student electronically avoids having them mailed. Telecommuting once or twice a week to work avoids gas burned and lessens traffic jams on the roads.
27、“Not long ago we had all these people running around saying that the Internet was going to gobble up all this power very quickly，” says researcher Jonathan Koomey at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. “But their claims were greatly overestimated.” 4ACEEE proves the viewpoint that “the Internet w
28、as gobbling up huge amounts of energy” is _.A. untrue B. acceptableC. valuable D. objective答案：A推断题。根据第一段最后一句中的“. stands in sharp contrast to recent concerns that the computer based Internet was gobbling up huge amounts of energy”可知正确答案为A项。5We can conclude from the passage that in the US _.A. it has
29、been proved that the higher the “energy intensity”， the more energy can be savedB. statistics show that energy efficiency gains increased at the rate of 2. 4% in 2003C. few families use color TVs due to the communications technology developmentD. the electricity used by information and communication
30、s technologies has decreased答案：B细节题。根据第三段最后一句可知，自2001年以来，美国的能源效益每年以2.4%的速度增长。故B项正确。6The new software introduced by UPS is used to _. A. help speed up B. deliver the packages C. assist drivers who get lost D. find the best route for drivers答案：D细节题。根据第四段第一句“Not long ago, delivery giant UPS introduced
31、new software to develop more efficient routes and help drivers avoid lefthand turns”可知正确答案为D项。7The title of the passage would be“_” A. Thanks to the Internet, Americans Save More Energy B. Communications Technology Develops Rapidly C. Internet Gobbles up the Power D. The Social Impact of Internet答案：
32、A主旨题。文章讲的是以互联网为基础的信息通讯技术的进步为美国节省了能源，促进了其经济的发展，故A项正确。.短文填空根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。It is said that there are about 40,000 different kinds of jobs in the world._1_“Finding a job”is not the same as“choosing a job”Many young people end up in a job which they are not suitable for._2_.Here
33、 are a few steps to help you think about jobs which you might enjoy doing after school or university.First，it is important to realize what kind of person you are，which special qualities make you different from everyone else and what you are interested in. _3_.If you like art and enjoy looking at pic
34、tures，that is an interest.But if you can draw a horse that looks like a horse instead of a big dog，that is a skill.Then ask yourself this question：in the following three areasskills with people，skills with information and skills with thingswhich are your best skills?After examining your skills，the n
35、ext step is research.To find out as many different kinds of jobs as possible，go to the library and read books，magazines and newspapers._4_.Finally，trust your own ideas and your own thinking！_5_AIt is your own life，so find something that you enjoy doing.BChoosing the right one itself is a difficult job.CWe must know what our ideal jobs are.DThere is a difference between an interest and a skill.EAsk your friends about the work they do.F“Chance”may play a more important part than“decision”GYour parents may also give you a job offer.答案：15BFDEA