1、Unit 3Inventors and inventions一、完形填空Recently, one of my best friends, whom Ive shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, _1_ the weekend with me.Since I moved to a new town several years ago, weve both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each ot
2、her.Over the _2_， we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was _3_ around with.She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was into other _4_ behavior.I was blown away! She told me how she had been lyi
3、ng to her parents about where she was going and even sneaking out to see this guy because they didnt want her to keep in _5_ with him.No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didnt believe me.Her selfrespect seemed to have disappeared.I tried to _6_ her that she was ruini
4、ng her future and heading for big trouble.I felt like I was getting _7_.I just couldnt believe that she really thought it was _8_ to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.By the time she left, I was really worried about her and _9_ by the experience.It had been so frustrating, I had
5、come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown_10_ far apart to continue our friendshipbut I didnt.I put the power of friendship to the ultimate test.Wed been friends for far too long.The chance was that she _11_ me enough to know that I was trying to save he
6、r from hurting herself.I wanted to believe that our friendship could _12_ anything.A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our _13_， and then she told me that she had _14_ with her boyfriend.I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of _15_ running
7、 down my face.It was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life.Never had I been so proud of a friend.1A.took BspentCpaid Dcost2A.weekend BmonthsCyears Ddays3A.working BturningChanging Dkeeping4A.selfdestructive Bselfrespecting Cselfconfident Dselfdefensive5A.line BmindCtouch Deye 6A.told Bconvin
8、ceCforce Dwarn7A.somewhere BeverywhereCnowhere Danywhere8A.acceptable BbelievableCreliable Dadmirable9A.exhausted BsurprisedCsatisfied Dterrified10A.very Btoo Cso Dquite 11A.thought BrememberedCvalued Dhated12A.mean BconquerCtell Dprove13A.friendship BrelationshipCquarrel Dconversation14A.put BsetCb
9、roke Dcaught15A.fright BsadnessCpeace Djoy 二、语法填空 For many times in the past years I went to the hospital for some minor (1)_ (treat) during my travel in other cities.It was the (2)_ (sad) moment of my life, I think, because nobody would come to the hospital to visit me.(3)_ patients had family or f
10、riends to visit them during the visiting hours.I felt really alone.(4)_ is it possible that out of a whole world full of people, (5)_ would come to visit me for just an hour? The answer in my case was simple.With a bit of medication (药物治疗), I was back in the stream of life again.But I (6)_ (leave) w
11、ith a deep thought for all the people and the elderly.(7)_ knows how many others that lie in the hospital with nobody (8)_ (visit) them or give a kind word of comfort? I had this wonderful idea of forming (9)_ organization in cities around the world, getting to hospitals to visit the patients who ne
12、ver get a visit and someone local could drop (10)_ with a smile and a kind word.Wouldnt it be nice and relatively easy to do?三、阅读理解(2014年广州一模)A British doglover has invented a hightech way of feeding his pet by Twitter (推特，流行社交网络)Computer expert Nat Morris, 30, has designed a system to give his pet
13、a “tweet treat” by sending him a Twitter message.His dog Toby gets some delicious dog biscuits from a computercontrolled food machine whenever Nat sends a message to “feedtoby”Nat often works away from home and isnt always able to feed Toby by hand.But his new invention allows Nat to feed his dog fr
14、om anywhere in the world.Nat said, “Toby absolutely loves it.At first he didnt know what was going on.Now he sits underneath the machine, wagging his tail and waiting for the food to drop.”Nat fills the food machine with small pieces of dog biscuits, but not too many in case fouryearold Toby gets to
15、o many messages.And Nat has even equipped his house with an online camera so he can see Toby enjoying the food at his home.But one problem is that friends and family have been so amazed with the “tweet treat” machine that they have started sending tweets to Toby too.So Nat has had to restrict feedin
16、g time to make sure Toby doesnt turn into Tubby.“People have been sending him tweets at all hours of the day, so I had to limit it to between 9 am. and 9 pm.Im thinking of doing an updated one which can measure his weight before he is fed, just to make sure hes not putting on too much puppy fat，” ex
17、plained Nat.How Nats Twitter Feeder works：When a message is sent to feedtoby, it is received by a minicomputer that is linked to the feed machine.When the minicomputer receives the message, a bell rings and Toby comes running over and sits in front of the feeding machine.Next, the machines motor pul
18、ls open a trap door which releases a serving of food.The doggy biscuits then drop into Tobys food bowl.Finally a digital camera takes a photo of him and sends it back to Nat on Twitterso he knows Toby has been fed.1Nat has invented a hightech way to feed his dog because he _.Awants his friends to fe
19、ed TobyBhas very strong computing skillsCis often too busy to feed his dogDdoesnt like to feed Toby by hand.2Why has Nat decided to limit the feeding machines operating time?AHe doesnt want Toby to get too fat.BHe fears the machine will run out of food.CHe wants his friends to stop feeding Toby.DHe
20、doesnt want Toby to be woken up at night.3It can be learned from the passage that Toby _.Asits beneath his feeder all day longBis now used to being fed by machineCdoesnt know what happens to the feederDno longer receives tweets from Nats friends4Which of the following shows the correct order of how
21、the Twitter Feeder works?aThe bell goes off.bA message is sent to feedtoby.cThe minicomputer gets the message.dThe digital camera takes a photo of Toby and sends it to Nat.eThe motor starts to work and opens the door to release dog food.Aa, b, c, e, d. Bb, c, e, a, d. Cb, c, a, e, d. Dc, b, a, d, e.
22、5In which section of the newspaper would you most probably find this passage? ATechnology. BHealth. CEnvironment. DStyle.Unit 3Inventors and inventions能力检测一、文章中作者通过讲述自己帮助一个非常亲密的朋友摆脱困境，从这件事中作者感受到了朋友的力量是巨大的。1B联系上下文，表示一起“度过”周末应用spend。2A由上文中的weekend可知选A。 3Chang around with sb.同某人长时间呆在一起。4A吸毒的结果只能是自我毁灭。d
23、estructive破坏性的；defensive自卫的；confident自信的。5C男友行为不良，父母不希望朋友与她男友联系。keep in touch with与保持联系。6Bconvince sb.使某人相信，使其信服。句意为“我努力地想使她相信这样他她会毁掉自己的将来”。7Cget nowhere没有取得任何成就；毫无进展。8A作者的朋友认为同她的男朋友在一起是可以接受的，所以才同他呆在一起。9A根据后文可知作者曾一度想同好朋友分手，所以对此事感到精疲力竭，不想再去管她的事情了。10B考查固定搭配。too.to表示一个否定的意思， 意为“太而不能”，是固定搭配。11Cvalue重视，珍
24、惜。很可能她非常珍惜我们之间的友谊，知道我是在救她。12B我相信友谊能战胜、征服一切。conquer意为“征服”，符合题意。13D回去之后，她对我们之间的谈话想了好久。14Cbreak up with sb.同某人断绝关系。文中指朋友与自己的男友分手。15D好友听从了自己的劝告，自然会觉得“喜悦”。二、本文作者通过生病住院无人探望这件事受到启示，建立了一个组织专门看望那些无人探视的病人和老人。1.treatments本空前面的minor是一个形容词，它暗示了本空应填入一个名词。treat (治疗)的名词形式是treatment。此外，本空前面的形容词some暗示了所填的名词应用复数形式。2sa
25、ddest本空考查形容词的最高级形式的用法。而且前面有定冠词the，根据句子语境应填saddest。3Otherother意为“其他的，另外的”。4How表示“怎样，如此”。5nobody根据上下文可知没有任何人来探望作者本人。6was leftbe left with a thought是一个固定的搭配，意为“产生的一个想法”。7Who分析句子结构可知这句话是个特殊疑问句，且缺少主语，故填who。8to visit动词不定式作后置定语。9an本空填入一个不定冠词表示泛指。10in/by/round本空考查短语drop in/by/round的用法，其意思为：顺便访问，顺便进入。三、本文讲述的是一个英国狗狗爱好者发明了一种通过推特网给自己的宠物狗喂食的方法。1C细节理解题。由文章第三段第一句可知选C。2A细节理解题。由文章第六、七段的内容可知选A。3B细节理解题。由文章第四段Nat的描述可知B项正确。4C细节理解题。阅读文章中“How Nats Twitter Feeder works”之后的内容可知C项是正确的the Twitter Feeder工作的顺序。5A推理判断题。由文章首句“A British doglover has invented a hightech way of feeding his pet by Twitter.”中的“hightech”可知选A。
