1、SectionDUsingLanguage()&AssessingYourProgress课后篇巩固提升基础夯实.单词拼写1.They waved hats and (手帕) to welcome the returning hero.答案handkerchiefs2.A bomb (爆炸) at one of Londons busiest railway stations this morning.答案exploded3.The wind was so strong that it pushed me a few steps (向后).答案backwards4.The little boy
2、 reached for the (灯),which stood in the middle of the table.答案lamp5.I had a dream that I was in an old study,surrounded by (皮革) books.答案leather6.Could you (去拿来) me my glasses from the other room,please?答案fetch.短语填空feel like,have an urge to,turn out,draw a breath,push through,due to,again and again1.
3、The chances are that this book may to be the bestseller of our time.答案turn out2.Would you coming along with us to the concert this Sunday?答案feel like3.My brother ,determined that he would go on climbing.答案drew a breath4.The crowd in Quancheng Square was so thick that he had to .答案push through5.The t
4、own was cut off from the rest of the world the heavy snow.答案due to6.The vacation is coming and I travel around the world.答案have an urge to7.Mr Brown was careful and would go over his work until he felt he had it right.答案again and again.完成句子1.只要你能直接掌控自己的目标,你成功的机会就会更大。you have direct control over your
5、 goal,you will have a much higher chance of success.答案As/So long as2.看上去好像除了我之外每个人都知道此事。It seemseverybody else knew about it except me.答案as if/though3.我原以为我们最远能到达橡树谷,结果只走完了半程。Iwe might travel to as far as Oak Valley,but we only managed half of the trip.答案had thought4.正是上述优势能让我胜任这份工作。those advantages
6、 above make me qualified for the position.答案It is;that5.我很高兴听到铃声响起,我们的老师宣布:“下课了。”I wasthe bell ring and our teacher announce,“Class is over.”答案so pleased to hear素养提升.阅读理解主题语境:人与社会语篇类型:说明文词数:294难度:When people see machines that respond like humans,or computers that perform amazing functions,they somet
7、imes joke about a future in which humanity will need to accept robot overlords(霸主).But buried in the joke is a seed of unease.Science-fiction writing and popular movies have shown us about artificial intelligence (AI) that escapes its creators control.Even in the real world,not everyone is ready to
8、welcome AI with open arms.In recent years,as computer scientists have pushed the boundaries(界限) of what AI can accomplish,leading figures in technology and science have warned people about the frightening dangers that artificial intelligence may pose to human beings,even suggesting that AI could des
9、troy the human race.But why are people so frightened about the idea of AI?Elon Musk is one of the voices that have raised redflags about AI.In July 2017,Musk told people at a meeting of the National Governors Association,“I have exposure to the very cutting-edge AI,and I think people should be reall
10、y concerned about it.I keep sounding the alarm bell.But until people see robots going down the street killing people,they dont know how to react,because it seems so impossible.”Earlier,in 2014,Musk had labeled AI “our biggest existential threat”,and in August 2017,he declared that humanity faced a g
11、reater risk from AI than the terrorists.Physicist Stephen Hawking,who died on March 14,2018 also expressed concerns about AI,telling the BBC in 2014 that “the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race”.Its also less than reassuring that some programmers partic
12、ularly those with MIT Media Lab in Cambridge,Massachusetts seem determined to prove that AI can be terrifying.【语篇解读】本文是说明文。文章谈到了人类对人工智能的态度。1.WhataretopscientistsinAIworriedabout?A.Ithaswonderfulfunctions.B.Itcontributestoomuchtomovies.C.Itmayendthehumanracesomeday.D.Ithasanabilitytounderstandourjoke
13、s.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第二段倒数第二句可知,科学技术方面的领军人物对人工智能的危险性提出警告,甚至表明人工智能可能会毁灭人类。2.WhatisElonMusksattitudetowardAI?A.Disapproving.B.Ambiguous.C.Understanding.D.Supportive.答案A解析推理判断题。根据第四段可知,2014年早些时候,马斯克曾将人工智能称为“我们最大的生存威胁”,2017年8月,他宣称人类面临着人工智能带来的更大风险。由此推测,他对人工智能持反对的态度。3.What does the underlined part “red flags” i
14、n Paragraph 3 mean?A.Questions.B.Warnings.C.Complaints.D.Wonders.答案B解析词义猜测题。根据本段,及下一段的第一句可知,ElonMusk认为人工智能是我们现存的最大威胁,可见画线部分是“警告”的意义。4.What could AI do in Stephen Hawkings opinion?A.Be a great threat to human beings.B.Learn the human emotions like fear.C.Predict the future of the human race.D.Turn ho
15、rrible tales into scary stories.答案A解析细节理解题。根据第五段可知:霍金也同样表达了对人工智能的担心,在2014年告诉BBC说,人工智能的发展可能会导致人类的灭亡。.书面表达假设你是李华,你打算向你的外国朋友Eric推荐一部最近刚刚看过的中文电影流浪地球,要点如下:1.观影时间和地点;2.电影亮点(科幻电影、保护地球);3.推荐观影。注意:1.词数80词左右;2.可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。参考词汇:流浪地球TheWanderingEarth参考范文Dear Eric,Hows everything going?Im writing to recommend
16、a film TheWanderingEarth to you.I watched the film at the local theatre last weekend,which is regarded as the best science fiction film in Chinese film history.And I was deeply impressed with the film theme which is about protecting the earth.The earth is our common home and we should spare no effor
17、t to protect it.I strongly hope you can have a try and the film will never disappoint you!Yours,Li Hua.读后续写阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。DreamforFuturePeople were busy in their own laboratories in the Mars.Turtex told me,“Let us go to the Earth to have a cup of coffee.”I laughed for such a ch
18、ildish joke and I also jokingly asked him,“Is there no coffee shop in the Mars?”He replied,“It has but they cant prepare coffee as tasty as that on the Earth.”However,for a while I thought it would be better to take a cup of tasty coffee from Ramus Coffee Shop located at our village,Kushmandi.Turtex
19、 told me to enter a room near his laboratory.We entered there and found that the room was internally coated with some materials like sponge.Turtex closed the door of the room with a clap.I saw some colourful buttons inside the room.After a few seconds I heard another clap and noticed that the door o
20、pened.Turtex said,“Come with me.”I asked,“Where?”He replied,“Now we are at Kushmandi.”I shouted,“What?”We came out of the room and I astonishingly viewed the sky-scrapers around me.Turtex said loudly,“Whats wrong with you?Come with me.”Eventually we entered a coffee club designed like a Five Star Re
21、staurant.Suddenly I noticed a display board with an electronic text on,“Welcome to Kushmandi.Now you are in famous Ramus Coffee Shop.Enjoy the taste of the best coffee on the Earth.”Suddenly many hazy and crazy questions came to my mind.“What was the nearby room of the lab?How was it possible to tra
22、vel an enormous distance from the Mars to the Earth?Is it like opening my favourite TV channel with a remote?How the poor coffee stall of our village turned into a Five Star Coffee Club?In which century were we?”注意:续写词数应为150左右。Thinkingsuchhazythings,IfollowedTurtexintothecoffeeclub.Thewaiterbroughtu
23、stwocupsofcoffeeandleft.参考范文Thinkingsuchhazythings,IfollowedTurtexintothecoffeeclub.The delicious smell of coffee rushed into my nose.Oh,my loveable tasty coffee.How eager I was to have a cup of it at once!“Come here.” Turtex said.Still absorbed in those hazy questions,I followed Turtex and sat besi
24、de a table,which was coated with strange materials,waiting to enjoy the best coffee on the Earth.Thewaiterbroughtustwocupsofcoffeeandleft. Impatiently I took it and took a sip.“Oh.My gosh.” It was so hot that it seemed that my mouth got burnt.But then I heard a hair-cutting sound.I slowly opened my
25、eyes and found that a nurse was cutting my hair and putting them into a tray beside my bed and telling me,“Nothing serious.It needs just two stitches on your forehead and you will be OK within a week.” I finally realised that it was our village hospital at Kushmandi that I was in,not at the coffee club.
