1、Unit 2 Robots.完形填空I log onto a computer at the doctors office to say I have arrived and then wait until a voice calls me into the examination room.There, a robotic nurse _1_ me onto the scales and then takes my blood pressure.Some time later, in steps the _2_， who is also a robot.He notes down my _3
2、_ and gives me a prescription (处方)I pay for my _4_ using a credit card and return home without having met another human being.This is my nightmarish(噩梦般的) vision of the_5_， which hasnt happened _6_ yet.I should say I really do like many aspects of _7_.I am a big fan of air conditioning in summer and
3、 heaters in _8_.But I am writing this because I dont want machines to _9_.When I call my dentists office and actually get a human being on the line, I am _10_.And when I see the introduction of yet more selfservice checkout stations at the grocery store, I feel like _11_， “When it comes to cashiers,
4、 make mine a(n) _12_，please！”After all, human cashiers sometimes _13_ you a store coupon(优惠券) for items you are _14_.Even more than that，they often take an interest in particularly cute children, which can _15_ young mothers day.They may also show compassion for an elderly person _16_ to get that la
5、st penny out of his purse.Machines can be _17_ and costeffective and they often get the job done just fine._18_ they lack an element which is so important to everyday life.Call it the spirit, the soul or the heart.It is _19_ no machine will ever have.It is the human being that _20_ us to smile at ot
6、hers, which may be what they need at that moment.本文是议论文。随着科技的发展，机器越来越多地被应用于人类的日常生活中。作者认为机器虽然能给人类的生活带来便利，但机器缺少人性，缺少人与人之间的温情。1A.tears Bdirects Cfollows Dseparates答案：B解析：根据上文中的“I have arrived and then wait until a voice calls me into the examination room”可知，作者进入了检查室。因此，此处表示机器人护士领着(directs)作者到秤上测体重，然后去量
7、血压。tear“撕碎”；follow“跟着，跟随”；separate“(使)分开”。2A.teacher Blawyer Cdoctor Dengineer答案：C解析：根据下文中的“He notes down my _3_ and gives me a prescription(处方)”和常识可知，开处方的是医生(doctor)。3A.signals Bsymbols Csculptures Dsymptoms答案：D解析：根据常识可知，医生的处方是根据病人的症状(symptoms)开的。signal“信号”；symbol“象征”；sculpture“雕塑品”。4A.illness Bvis
8、it Cmedicine Dexamination答案：B解析：作者使用信用卡支付看病的费用，这里用visit表示“就诊”，指找医生看病，费用包括检查费、医药费等，符合文意。illness“疾病”；medicine“药物”；examination“检查”。5A.past Bpresent Cfuture Dhistory答案：C解析：根据后面的“which hasnt happened”可知，此处表示未来(future)。6A.at most Bat last Cat least Dat intervals答案：C解析：根据语境可知，此处表示至少现在还没有发生，at least“至少”。at
9、most“至多”；at last“终于，最终”；at intervals“不时”。7A.commerce Bagriculture Cliterature Dtechnology答案：D解析：根据上下文可知，机器人的运用是技术(technology)方面的事情。commerce“商业”；agriculture“农业”；literature“文学”。8A.sleep Bautumn Cspring Dwinter答案：D解析：冬天冷，应用加热器，故应该选winter，与前面的summer对应。9A.take over Bpass by Ccut in Dgo away答案：A解析：根据下文可知，
10、作者不希望机器在未来取代(take over)人类。pass by“经过”；cut in“插嘴，打断”；go away“走开”。10A.annoyed Bthrilled Cdiscouraged Ddisappointed答案：B解析：结合“When I call my dentists office and actually get a human being on the line”和上文提到的作者不希望机器在未来取代人类可知，当作者给牙医办公室打电话，接电话的是人时，作者应是非常兴奋的(thrilled)。annoyed“生气的”；discouraged“泄气的”；disappoint
11、ed“失望的”。11A.reading Blaughing Cshouting Dwhispering答案：C解析：根据上文作者不希望机器在未来取代人类和该段中的“when I see the introduction of yet more selfservice checkout stations at the grocery store”可以推知，作者对这种情况是不满意的、不高兴的，并且和前一句中表达的心情形成鲜明的对比，故作者很想大叫(shouting)。12A.machine Bhuman Canimal Dplant答案：B解析：结合上下文可知，作者希望是人类(human)为自己服
12、务，并且下文中的human cashiers也是提示。13A.give Bremind Cbargain Dpurchase答案：A解析：句意：毕竟，人类收银员有时会给你你要购买的物品的商店优惠券。give表示“给”，后面常加双宾语，符合语境和语法。remind“提醒”；bargain“讨价还价”；purchase“购买”。14A.ruining BproducingCadvertising Dbuying答案：D解析：参见上题解析。ruin“毁坏”；produce“生产”；advertise“为做广告”；buy“买，购买”。15A.brighten Bdarken Cstrengthen D
13、widen答案：A解析：根据上文中的“they often take an interest in particularly cute children”可知，收银员往往对特别可爱的小孩感兴趣，这也许能让小孩的母亲开心一天。brighten表示“使更开心”，符合语境。darken“使变暗”；strengthen“加强”；widen“(使)变宽”。16A.turning Bhappening Cdescribing Dstruggling答案：D解析：根据本句中的“show compassion for”可知，收银员可能会同情老年人，因为老年人在把钱包里最后一个一分钱硬币掏出来时很费力，说明老年
14、人的生活不容易，struggle“挣扎”符合语境。turn“转向”；happen“发生”；describe“描述”。17A.urgent Befficient Cfrequent Dconsistent答案：B解析：根据下文中的“they often get the job done just fine”可知，这里讲的是机器的好处，它们有效率(efficient)并且划算。urgent“紧急的”；frequent“频繁的”；consistent“一贯的”。18A.But BBecause COtherwise DTherefore答案：A解析：空后表示它们缺少一种对于日常生活而言很重要的元素，
15、与空前提到的机器的好处是转折关系，故用连词But，表示转折。19A.everything BsomethingCanything Dnothing答案：B解析：前一句提到的“the spirit，the soul or the heart”不是机器所拥有的东西(something)。20A.encourages BpersuadesCpunishes Dforces答案：A解析：句意：正是人鼓励(encourages)我们对别人微笑。persuade“说服”；punish“惩罚”；force“强迫”。.概要写作In places like California, the Rocky Mount
16、ains, and the Southern United States, wildfires are an unavoidable reality.Wildfires can cause damage to property and human life, but they have many beneficial effects on native vegetation (植被), animals, and ecosystems that have evolved with fires.The forests, including pine barrens, lodgepole pine
17、forests and many more, require fires to reproduce because the trees in the forest are adapted to only produce seeds following a major fire event.Therefore, without them many of these forest types would decline.A fire renews the watershed (集水区) in ways including, but not limited to, recycling of nutr
18、ients, increasing food sources for fish in streams，supplement to streamside vegetation，spread of fireadapted plants，etc.not to mention renewal of the soil chemistry which is vital to the forest and the watershed.The basis is that of someone who has studied wildfires and streams since the 1988 Yellow
19、stone wildfires.The science backs up how natural wildfires can be favorable through research publication after publication.Its like“resetting the clock”on the ecosystem，allowing the forest to function smoothly all over again for another 200 years.By the way, a stand burning fire such as the Yellowst
20、one fires of 1988 also results in the landscape of younger forest mends which act to reduce the spread of future wildfires and can stop a major wildfire in its tracks.The bottom line is that we may need todays natural wildfires to prevent more serious catastrophic fire events in the future.That less
21、on was learned in Yellowstone in 1988 which was a year of disastrous largescale fires after more than 50 years of fire suppression (压制)Despite_the_damage_to_human_property_and_life,_unavoidable_wildfires_bring_various_benefits.(要点1)Firstly,_they_contribute_to_the_diversity_of_forest_types.(要点2)Secon
22、dly,_the_watershed_gets_refreshed_after_a_fire_in_many_aspects.(要点3)_Meanwhile,_smooth_function_of_the_ecosystem_benefits_from_wildfires_by_means_of_decreasing_and_stopping_future_wildfires.(要点4_)To_avoid_catastrophic_fires,_natural_wildfires_are_necessary_because_strict_control_over_wildfires_may_work_destructively.(要点5)
