1、 课时作业(二十二)必修4Module 4 Great Scientists(限时：35分钟).阅读理解AJeffrey Bezos, founder, president and chairman of the board of A, was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His mothers ancestors were early settlers in Texas, and over the generations had acquired a 25，000acre farm at Cotulla. Jeffrey spent most summe
2、rs of his youth working with his grandfather on their farm. Jeffrey showed intense and varied scientific interests at an early age. He set up an electric alarm to keep his younger sisters and brothers out of his room and changed his parents garage into a laboratory for his science projects. After he
3、 graduated from Princeton University with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering, Jeffrey Bezos found employment on Wall Street, where computer science was increasingly in demand to study market trends. He rose quickly, becoming a senior vicepresident, and looked forward to a bright
4、 career in finance, when he made a discovery that changed his life, and the course of business history. In 1994, there was still no Internet commerce to speak of. One day that spring, Jeffrey Bezos observed that Internet usage was increasing by 2，300 per cent a year. He saw an opportunity for a new
5、circle of commerce, and immediately began considering the possibilities. Bezos founded A in 1994, setting up the original company in his garage. The company was called Amazon for the seemingly endless South American river with its numberless branches. It started as an online bookstore but soon diver
6、sified to all kinds of products. His work with Amazon eventually led him to become one of the most excellent dotcom entrepreneurs. He was named Time magazines Person of the Year in 1999. In 2008, he was selected by the US News & World Report as one of Americas Best Leaders. Bezos Amazon has become “
7、the earths biggest anything store”. A is now called “one of the smartest strategies in business history”Today, Jeffrey Bezos lives in the north of Seattle and is increasingly concerned with charity activities. “Giving away money takes as much attention as building a successful company，” he said.1In
8、his childhood, Bezos _.Ahad to work with his grandfather on their farm all day longBshowed great interest in scienceCdidnt get along well with his brothers and sistersDwanted to become a businessman2Jeffrey changed the course of business history because he _.Alooked forward to a bright career in fin
9、ance on Wall StreetBconsidered the possibility of setting up an original companyCfounded a new form of commerce that developed fast laterDwas the first to speak of Internet commerce3Which of the following isnt mentioned in the passage?AHow hard Bezos studied in Princeton University.BA only sold book
10、s in the beginning.CBezos not only devoted his life to Internet commerce but also to charity.DThe reason why Jeffrey Bezos decided to found A.4It can be inferred from the passage that _.Ait was Bezos grandfather on the farm who helped him a lotBBezos invented ecommerce to win the world fame overnigh
11、tCBezos has a sharp business mind and a kind heartDBezos aimed at setting up “the earths biggest bookstore”BWhen you get in your car, you reach for it. When youre at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it. When you get into a lift, you play with it.Cigarette? Cup of coffee? No, its th
12、e third most addictive thing in modern life, the cellphone. And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people to curb their longing to hug it more tightly than most of their personal relationships.The costs are becoming more and more evident, and I dont mean just the monthly bill. Dr Chr
13、is Knippers, a counsellor at the Betty Ford Centre in southern California, reports that the overuse of cellphones has become a social problem not much different from other harmful addictions: a barrier to onetoone personal contact, and an escape from reality. Sounds extreme, but weve all witnessed t
14、he evidence: the person at a restaurant who talks on the phone through an entire meal, ignoring his kids around the table; the woman who talks on the phone in the car, ignoring her husband; the teenager who texts messages all the way home from school, avoiding contact with kids all around him. Jim W
15、illiams, an industrial sociologist based in Massachusetts, notes that cellphone addiction is part of a set of symptoms in a widening gulf of personal separation. He points to a study by Duke University researchers that found one quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most importa
16、nt personal business with. Despite the growing use of phones, email and instant messaging, in other words, Williams says studies show that we dont have as many friends as our parents. “Just as more information has led to less wisdom, more acquaintances via the Internet and cellphones have produced f
17、ewer friends，” he says.If the cellphone has truly had these effects, its because it has become very widespread. Consider that in 1987, there were only 1 million cellphones in use. Today, something like 300 million Americans carry them. They far outnumber wired phones in the United States.5From the f
18、irst two paragraphs, we can know_.Acellphones have become as addictive as cigarettesBcellphone addiction is good for building personal relationshipsCpeople are longing to have their own cellphonesDcellphones are the same as cigarettes 6Cellphone addiction has caused the following effects EXCEPT _.Aa
19、 barrier to personal contact Bfewer friendsCan escape from reality Da serious illness 7The underlined word “curb” in Paragraph 2 means “_”Aignore BcontrolCdevelop Drescue 8The example of a woman talking on the phone in the car supports the idea that _.Awomen use cellphones more often than menBtalkin
20、g on the phone while driving is dangerousCcellphones do not necessarily bring people togetherDcellphones make onetoone personal contact easy 9Which of the following is the best title for the passage?ACellphones are the new cigarettesBCellphones are harmful to the societyCThe new report about the cel
21、lphoneDThe disadvantages of the cellphone .语法填空M: Hello, it is Carol, _10_ it? W: Oh, Mike? Oh, my goodness! I havent seen you _11_ages.M: Nice to see you again after all these years. What have you _12_(do)? W: Well, I tried many things after we left school. Im now working for a large oil company, u
22、h, in charge of sales, _13_(main). So, I travel a lot.M: Oh, thats great! You must really enjoy that. W: Oh, I do. Yeah, its exciting. It is quite _14_(tire), though. But, um, what about you, Mike? What do you do? M: I work in a law firm. I _15_(practise) business law, you know.W: Oh! Thats interest
23、ing.M: Yeah. Im happy doing _16_ I do.W: Good. M: Anyway, its great to see you. We must get _17_ sometime.W: Yes, we should. Look, give me your address _18_ phone number. Um, Ive got my book here OK. And _19_ Ill give you a ring and we can fix something up.M: Right! Well, its my address and phone number.10_11._12._13._14._15_16._17._18._19._课时作业(二十二).A1B2.C3.A4.CB5A6.D7.B8.C9.A.10.isnt11.for12.been doing13.mainly14.tiring15am practising/practise16.what17.together18and19.then