1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家Unit 3Times change!Section AStarting out & Understanding ideas课后篇巩固提升必备知识基础练.单句填空1.Women are not only allowed but play very important role in the games.答案a2.It took a long time for the (connect) between body temperature and illness to be made.答案connection3.It is likely that gates ope
2、n at 10:30 a.m.and (admit) is free.答案admission4.They use computers to keep the traffic (run) smoothly.答案running5.As a mother,she was really happy that her child learned to be (sympathy) to others.答案sympathetic6.It is still under discussion whether the old bus station should (replace) by a modern hot
3、el or not.答案be replaced7.The waiter (hurry) to clean up the pieces of the broken plates.答案hurried8.The little girl picked a branch flowers and ran to her grandmother happily.答案of.短语填空turn into;for good;grow up;come back to;pop up;take over;comment on;in recent decades;drop in;look up at1.My daughter
4、 wants to be a teacher when she .答案grows up2.After the retirement of his father,Tom the company and became CEO.答案took over3.Scientists in China led a hard life ,but they have made great contributions to the development of China.答案in recent decades4.The consequence of people cutting down lots of tree
5、s is that soil is easy to be washed away when it rains and more land will desert.答案turn into5.But if you lose strength,your life will be gone .答案for good6.I dont feel I can their decision.答案comment on7.She to see a great friend of hers.答案dropped in8.I love to the stars in the sky at night.答案look up
6、at9.I was anxious for the children when they didnt their home from school on time.答案come back to10.Characters and disappear again,often before we have grasped their purpose.答案pop up.完成句子1.他惊讶地看见家乡已经发生了巨大的变化。 He the great changes have taken place in his hometown.答案was surprised to see2.由于他没有得到良好的治疗,医
7、生很难救他。Because of the bad treatment he had received,it was difficult for the doctor to him .答案bring;back to life3.这是个非正式的聚会,我们不必为此盛装打扮。其实我们就聚在一起吃吃喝喝,开心地玩乐。 Its quite an informal party so we neednt dress up for it.In fact,we can to eat,drink and have fun with each other.答案get together4.他英语讲得非常好,好像在英国居
8、住了很多年似的。He speaks English perfectly he had lived in England for many years.答案as if/though关键能力提升练.阅读理解AIn many aspects,nowadays business environment has changed greatly since the late 1980s.The end of the Cold War completely altered the very nature of the worlds politics and economics.In just a few s
9、hort years,globalization has started a variety of trends with profound consequences:the opening of markets,true global competition,widespread deregulation (解除政府对的控制) of industry,and an abundance of accessible capital.We have experienced both the benefits and risks of a truly global economy,with both
10、 Wall street and Main street (平民百姓) feeling the pains of economic disorder half a world away.At the same time,we have fully entered the information age,starting breakthroughs in information technology,which have irreversibly altered the ability to conduct business unconstrained by the traditional li
11、mitations of time or space.Today,its almost impossible to imagine a world without intranets(内联网),e-mail,and portable computers.With amazing speed,the Internet is profoundly changing the way we work,shop,do business,and communicate.As a consequence,we have truly entered the post-industrial economy.We
12、 are rapidly shifting from an economy based on manufacturing and commodities to one that places the greatest value on information,services,support,and distribution.That shift,in turn,attaches great importance to “knowledge workers”,a new class of wealthy,educated,and mobile people who view themselve
13、s as free agents in a sellers market.Beyond the field of information technology,the increasing pace of technological change in virtually every industry has created entirely new business,wiped out others,and produced a great demand for continuous innovation (创新).New product,process,and distribution t
14、echnologies provide powerful levers for creating competitive value.More companies are learning the importance of destructive technologiesinnovations that hold the potential to make a product line,or even an entire business segment,virtually outdated.Another major trend has been the consumer and busi
15、ness markets.Theres a growing appreciation that superficially similar groups of customers may have very different preferences in terms of what they want to buy and how they want to buy it.Now,new technology makes it easier,faster,and cheaper to identify and serve targeted micro-markets in ways that
16、were physically impossible or prohibitively expensive in the past.Moreover,the trend feeds on itselfa businesss ability to serve sub-markets fuels customers appetites for more and more specialized offerings.【语篇解读】这是一篇说明文。主要说明了如今商业环境发生了很大的变化,我们已经完全进入了信息时代。同时我们正在经历迅速地经济转变,除了信息技术领域外,几乎每个行业的技术变革步伐都在不断加快
17、,这创造了全新的业务,消灭了其他行业,并产生了对持续创新的巨大需求。1.According to the first paragraph,the changes in the business environment in the past decades can be due to .A.technological advancesB.worldwide economic disorderC.the fierce competition in industryD.the globalization of economy答案D解析细节理解题。根据第一段中的“In just a few shor
18、t years,globalization has started a variety of trends with profound consequences:the opening of markets,true global competition,widespread deregulation of industry,and an abundance of accessible capital.(在短短的几年时间里,全球化引发了各种各样的趋势,并产生了深远的影响:市场的开放、真正的全球竞争、对工业的普遍放松管制,以及大量可获得的资本)”可知,在过去几十年的商业环境中的变化可能是由于经济
19、全球化。故选D项。2.What idea does the author want to convey in the second paragraph?A.The rapid development of information technology has taken businessmen by surprise.B.The internet,intranets,e-mail,and portable computers have entered every corner of the world.C.Information technology has removed the restr
20、ictions of time and space in business transactions.D.The way we do business today has brought about startling breakthroughs in information technology.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“At the same time,we have fully entered the information age,starting breakthroughs in information technology,which have irreversibl
21、y altered the ability to conduct business unconstrained by the traditional limitations of time or space.(与此同时,我们已经完全进入了信息时代,开始了信息技术的突破,这些技术已经不可逆转地改变了人们不受时间和空间的传统限制进行商业活动的能力)”可知,作者在第二段想要表达的是信息技术已经消除了商业交易中时间和空间的限制。故选C项。3.If a business wants to boom in the post-industrial economy,.A.it has to invest mo
22、re capital in the training of free agents to operate in a sellers marketB.it should try its best to satisfy the increasing demands of mobile knowledgeable peopleC.it should not overlook the importance of information,services,support,and distributionD.it has to provide each of its employees with the
23、latest information about the changing market答案C解析推理判断题。根据第三段中的“We are rapidly shifting from an economy based on manufacturing and commodities to one that places the greatest value on information,services,support,and distribution.(我们正在迅速地从以制造业和商品为基础的经济向以信息、服务、支持和分销为最大价值的经济转变)”可推知,如果一个企业想在后工业经济中蓬勃发展,它
24、不应该忽视信息、服务、支持和分销的重要性。故选C项。4.In the authors view,destructive technologies are innovations which .A.demand a radical change in providing servicesB.can eliminate an entire businessC.may destroy the potential of a company to make any profitD.call for continuous improvement in ways of doing business答案B解析
25、细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“More companies are learning the importance of destructive technologiesinnovations that hold the potential to make a product line,or even an entire business segment,virtually outdated.(越来越多的公司开始认识到破坏性技术的重要性这些创新有可能使一条产品线、甚至整个业务部门无形中过时)”可知,在作者看来,破坏性技术是可以消灭整个企业的创新的。故选B项。BTourism is often
26、 about seeking deeper emotional and personal connections with the world around us.Not all travel experiences,however,need to take place in the real world.With the evolution of virtual reality (VR) technology,tourism will increasingly become a combination of physical and virtual worlds.VR may even re
27、move the need to travel entirely.But can a VR experience really equal a real world one?Many experts believe it can.Studies have shown that our brains have an inbuilt VR-like mechanism that enables us to live imagined experiences.Much of our waking life is spent thinking about either the past or the
28、future.This is known as “mind wandering”.During these events were not paying attention to the current world around us.Instead,were recalling memories,or creating and processing imagined futures.When engaged in mind wandering,our brains process these mental images using the same pathways used to rece
29、ive inputs from the real world.So,the imagined past or future can create emotions and feelings similar to how we react to everyday life.VR can create these same feelings.While critics might argue that a virtual experience will never match reality,there are several ways VR tourism could make a positi
30、ve contribution.Firstly it could help protect sensitive locations from overtourism.In recent years famous sites such as Maya Bay in Thailand,have had to limit the number of visitors because of their negative impact.These places are now producing their own VR experiences that will allow tourists to p
31、ass through virtual models of the sites.Virtual reality may also allow people back in time,to experience historical events,visit ancient cities,and even to walk among dinosaurs.Finally,in a world where many people suffer from stress and depression due to overwork,virtual tourism may provide a cheap
32、and convenient way for people to take brief holidays to otherwise unreachable destinations and recharge their batteries,without ever leaving their homes.It sounds like science fiction but its already happening(流行的).As virtual technology improves and as people continue to demand new and interesting e
33、xperiences,more virtual tourism will be expected,both in combination with the real world and instead of it.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。随着虚拟现实技术的发展,旅游业将日益成为客观世界和虚拟世界的结合体。5.What is driving the development of virtual tourism?A.Companies seeking to make more money.B.Improvements in virtual reality technology.C.Peopl
34、es demand for more shared experiences.D.Peoples deeper understanding of the physical world.答案B解析细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“With the evolution of virtual reality (VR) technology,tourism will. and virtual worlds.”可知,虚拟现实技术的进步促进了虚拟旅游业的发展。故选B项。6.Which of the following best describes “mind wandering”?A.The brain pro
35、cesses which help people think VR is real.B.The way the brain processes inputs from the real world.C.Brain activities focusing on past or future events.D.Experiences coming from a persons imagination.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Much of our waking life is spent thinking about either the past or the future.Thi
36、s is known as mind wandering.”可知,大脑漫游是指我们的大脑关注过去或未来的活动。故选C项。7.What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?A.Science fiction.B.Virtual technology.C.Virtual tourism.D.The real world.答案D解析代词指代题。根据最后一段最后一句中的“both in combination with the real world and instead of it”并结合语境可推知,代词it在这里
37、指代上文中出现的“the real world”。故选D项。8.What is the purpose of the passage?A.To describe the advantages of VR tourism.B.To give suggestions for reducing overtourism.C.To encourage people to develop VR technology.D.To argue that VR tourism will replace the real world travel.答案A解析写作意图题。本文前三段主要介绍了虚拟旅游业兴起的原因以及虚拟现实的运行原理,后四段主要介绍了虚拟旅游业的好处。由此可知,本文是为了介绍虚拟旅游业的优势。故选A项。- 5 - 版权所有高考资源网