1、Section Warming Up,Pre-reading,Reading & Comprehending课时过关即时巩固一、根据句意和汉语或首字母提示写出单词1.This is a (普遍的) problem among the old people.答案:universal 2.Your explanation has s the question.答案:simplified 3.You should learn to think l.答案:logically4.He is (聪明的) enough to solve the problem.答案:intelligent5.She ref
2、used to face (现实).答案:reality6.Let us (探索) the possibilities for improvement.答案:explore7.It was clever of you to s the problem in this way.答案:solve8.As a (结果),a terrible accident happened to him that day.答案:result9.He didnt know much about English,but he helped the Englishman out (即使如此).答案:anyhow10.B
3、y working hard,he reached his (目标) at last.答案:goal二、用适当的介词或副词填空1.The computer began a calculating machine in France in 1642.答案:as2.In 1936 Alan Turing wrote a book about how the computer could be made to work a “universal machine”.答案:as3. the 1970s,the computer has been used in offices and homes.答案:
4、Since4.Do you want to share your knowledge your classmates?答案:with三、单句改错1.Mary is a intelligent girl and we like her very much.答案:aan2.Although it was young,but it could simplify difficult sums.答案:去掉but3.As a result for her carelessness,she failed to pass the exam.答案:forof4.He writes such beautifull
5、y that every teacher likes reading his composition.答案:suchso5.It is so a small room that it cant hold five people.答案:sosuch四、根据课文内容填空1.I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage.答案:before2.As time went ,I was made smaller.答案:b
6、y3.But I was always so lonely (stand)there by myself, in the early 1960s they gave me a family (connect)by a network.答案:standing;until;connected4.Anyhow,my goal is (provide)humans with a life high quality.答案:to provide;of5.I am a (devote)friend and (help)of the human race!答案:devoted;helper五、阅读理解AEve
7、ry year when the Italian artist Michelangelos (14751564) birthday comes around,computer users all over the world are filled with fear and use their computers with care.Some may even choose not to turn on their computers on March 6th.All this fear and care are just because a deadly computer virus (病毒
8、) is ready to cause damage on that day.Whats a computer virus then?Why do people get so afraid of it?A computer virus is,in fact,a little program that is put into other programs and that does something bad.It is called a virus because,like any real-life viruses such as AIDS virus (艾滋病病毒),it reproduc
9、es (繁殖) itself.And when these programs are run,the virus is brought to life.It hides itself in your computer system waiting for the right moment to make damage.And at the same time it keeps producing itself by copying itself onto other programs.The Michelangelo virus waits until the artists birthday
10、 comes around,and then it will wake up to do very bad things like destroying your files.So next time when you turn on your computer,look out for computer viruses!1.The Italian artist Michelangelo.A.was born six centuries agoB.was born on March 6th,1475C.died six centuries agoD.died on March 6th,1564
11、答案:B解析:由第一段第一句中括号内米开朗基罗的出生年代及下面的March 6th可以得出答案。2.Why are computer users full of fear on March 6th?Because.A.it is the birthday of a famous Italian artistB.a kind of AIDS virus will come on that dayC.a deadly computer virus will wake up and then cause damage to computers on that dayD.something will
12、easily go wrong with computers答案:C解析:由第一段最后一句和最后一段第一句可推出三月六日那天,一种致命的病毒将对电脑造成损伤。3.In fact,a computer virus is .A.a program which can be put into computers with lots of damage to themB.a kind of real-life virusC.a kind of virus like AIDS virusD.also a kind of program which is placed into other program
13、s and which makes damage答案:D解析:由第三段第一句可以得出答案。4.In fact,a computer virus is ready to cause damage .A.any dayB.only on March 6thC.on FridaysD.only on some famous artists birthdays答案:A解析:因为电脑病毒和现实生活中的病毒一样,所以在任何一天都有可能对电脑系统及文件造成损伤。BA class with hundreds of thousands of students might sound like a teacher
14、s bad dream.But a big idea in higher education these days is the massive open online course,or MOOC.Some universities offer free MOOCs available to anyone in the world.Others charge for courses.The idea is still developing.So far,most MOOCs are in computer science,technology,mechanics and engineerin
15、g.For example,students around the world are taking a free course called “Building a Computer Search Engine”.Two computer scientists,Sebastian Thrun and David Evans,are offering this course through the Internet.Mr Evans is an associate professor from Virginia University and Mr Thrun is a Stanford res
16、earch professor.There are no education requirements for the course.The students watch short videos.And then they take informal tests after the videos each week for six weeks.“Tests are part of the lecture to keep students busy and thinking,for students to be able to check that they understood what w
17、e covered.Those arent graded and students try those as often as they want,”David Evans said.They can repeatedly watch the videos and take the tests whenever they want.Students receive homework.They join online groups to exchange questions and answers about the course.The teachers hold virtual(虚拟的) o
18、ffice hours to answer questions that the students have sent to them.They also present their own questions and observations.The students take a final examination to show their positions in the class.Everyone who finishes the course receives a grade and proof(证明) of completion.Mr Thrun started Udacity
19、,which supports free MOOCs.Udacity hopes to earn some money in the future by connecting possible employers with interested students.On his Stanford homepage he says he wants to help education to prevail.Education,he says,should be free,easy to get for all,everywhere and anytime.5.What can we learn a
20、bout MOOCs?A.Not all of them are free.B.They are a bad dream for teachers.C.They are popular among high school students.D.They are given by professors from famous universities.答案:A解析:根据第二段前两句可知,有一些大型网上课程是免费的,但也有一些是收费的,即并不是所有的该类课程都是免费的。6.We can learn from the passage that “Building a Computer Search
21、Engine” .A.is offered by two scientists from the same universityB.is mainly for students from American universitiesC.can be taken only by excellent college studentsD.is a free course that is provided on the Internet答案:D解析:根据第二段第五句可知,该课程是一门免费的网上课程。7.The students who attend the course “Building a Comp
22、uter Search Engine” .A.will have to take an informal test every dayB.learn mainly by watching short videos on the InternetC.can ask the teachers questions about the course face to faceD.will get a proof of completion if they do well in the final examination答案:B解析:第二段第五句提到该课程是一门免费的网上课程。结合第三段第二句可知,学生主
23、要通过观看网上短视频来进行学习。8.The underlined word “prevail” in the last paragraph probably means “”.A.be free of chargeB.differC.become popularD.change答案:C解析:根据全文最后一句中的“easy to get for all,everywhere and anytime”可推知,画线词意为“普及,使大众化”。六、七选五阅读理解There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love.One day while s
24、he was walking in the woods she found two starving birds.1. She cared them with love and the birds grew strong.Every morning they greeted her with a wonderful song.The girl felt the great love from the birds.2. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage.The girl was so frightened th
25、at he would fly away.As he flew close,she grasped him wildly.Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing him.3. She opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird.Her desperate love had killed him.She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage.She could feel his
26、great need for freedom.He needed to fly into the clear,blue sky.4. The bird circled(盘旋) once,twice,three times.The girl watched delightedly at the birds enjoyment.5._ She wanted the bird to be happy.Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder.It sang the sweetest songs that she h
27、ad ever heard.The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight,while the best way to keep love is to give it wings!A.Suddenly she felt the bird go softly.B.She gave them some delicious food and left.C.One day the girl left the door of the cage open.D.Her heart was no longer concerned with her
28、 loss.E.One day she left with the two birds at home alone.F.She took them home and put them in a small cage.G.She lifted him from the cage and threw him softly into the air.答案:15 FCAGD七、语篇填空How do you usually buy what you need,shopping online or going out to shop in person?With the help of the Inter
29、net,shopping is 1(easy) than before.We can just click our mouse to choose the items(物品) we like,pay for them online,and the shopping 2(finish).It is easy and quick.It helps save money,too.We can save much a year if we compare the prices of similar items before 3(decide) which to buy.However,there ar
30、e always traps(陷阱) in shopping online.If we are 4(care),we may get into trouble.For example,we may find the colour of the item different 5 that in the picture online.Sometimes,the size of the item we receive can be too big 6 too small.7(avoid) such troubles,we should compare similar items on differe
31、nt online stores and pay more attention to what other 8(customer) say.From their comments,we can know better about an items colour,size as well as 9(it) shortcomings.In this way we increase our chance of buying 10 more satisfactory item.答案:1.easier2.is finished3.deciding4.careless5.from6.or7.To avoid8.customers9.its10.a
