1、单元检测（十八） Old and New.语法填空What might the future be like? Here are some interesting _1_ (prediction)More than 2 billion Chinese travel during the Spring Festival every year, _2_ (make) getting travel tickets and the journey difficult. China plans _3_ (build) a fast transportation network that will ser
2、ve 90% of the population. _4_ (probable) in 20 years time, the Spring Festival travel will no longer be a problem at all.Newspapers will come to _5_ end in the future. Instead, digital newspapers _6_ (send) to personal web tools through the Internet and information will spread faster.Oil is running
3、out faster than _7_ (expect). Scientists across the world are researching alternative energy resources. In the future, coal, natural gas, solar power, nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil _8_ sources of energy.Schools will be fitted with electronic devices. Students will not need t
4、o bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students library, schoolbag as well as connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers who will check homework on computers _9_ communicate with the students parents by email. And school buses w
5、ill be like spaceships, _10_ (comfort) and safe.语篇解读：未来的世界会是什么样的？本文做了几个有趣的预测。1predictions空格中所填单词前面有some修饰且系动词为复数，需用prediction的复数形式。2making“making getting travel tickets and the journey difficult”是现在分词短语作状语，表示结果，分词动作make与逻辑主语之间是主动关系。3to build表示“计划做某事”时，plan后接不定式作宾语。4Probably空格中所填单词在句中修饰整个句子，需用probabl
6、e的副词形式。5ancome to an end为习惯搭配，意为“结束”。6will be sent主语“digital newspapers”是谓语动词send的承受者，用被动语态；这里是对将来的预言，用一般将来时。7expected“than expected”是“than it is expected”的省略结构，意为“比预期”，其中过去分词expected表示被动。8as介词as此处表示“作为”。9and“check homework”与“communicate with the students parents”在意义上是并列关系，用and连接。10comfortable空格中所填单
7、词在句中修饰名词“school buses”，故用comfort的形容词形式。.短文改错Life is full of different experiences, some of that are unforgettable. I still remembered the hiking experience with my classmates a year ago. That summer day, we set out earlier in the morning. We thought it would be a great fun to walk for such long a di
8、stance. However, with the weather get hotter and hotter, I found my legs heavier and heavier. In one point, I even wanted to give up. But I managed to arrive at the destination. Though it was not pleased, this journey was rewarding. I learnt that life is a long journey like this. Whatever happens, w
9、e should never give up, but well finally achieve we want.答案：第一句：thatwhich第二句：rememberedremember第三句：earlierearly第四句：去掉a; suchso第五句：getgetting第六句：InAt第八句：pleasedpleasant第十句：butand; achieve后加what/whatever.书面表达假定你是李华。你的美国朋友Tom受邀去他的一个中国朋友家做客，发来邮件向你询问中国的餐桌礼仪。请你给他回一封邮件，要点包括：1就餐前：客人、长者先就坐并先动筷；2就餐中：共享食物，主人给客
10、人夹菜；3就餐后：客人应表达谢意。注意：1.词数100左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。Dear Tom，Im very glad to hear from you. I hope you will find my information useful.Yours，Li Hua参考范文：Dear Tom，Im very glad to hear from you. You said you wanted to learn some Chinese table manners. Now let me tell you something.Before a
11、meal, guests and seniors are seated first. Other people should not begin eating until the guests and the seniors start. Unlike Westerners, the Chinese usually put many dishes on the table and everybody shares them together. While eating Chinese hosts usually take good care of their guests and often use serving chopsticks or spoons to add food to guests plates. After the meal, guests should express their thanks to hosts and their satisfaction with the delicious meal. In short, when in China do as the Chinese do.I hope you will find my information useful.Yours，Li Hua
