1、Communication Workshop课时过关即时巩固一、单词拼写1.A stone wall marked the b between the two farms.答案:boundary2.Last week,the doctor (允许) him to have only two meals a day.答案:permitted3.The accident has not done any (长久的) damage.答案:permanent4.He (宣布) that the meeting had been postponed.答案:declared5.The guide cons
2、tantly led us into (纪念品) shops,which made us annoyed.答案:souvenir二、用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式完成句子pressinitialin caseend withdrop offin order tosend out1. follow the teacher,he listened carefully.答案:In order to2.Be quiet you wake your father up.答案:in case3.The festival fireworks.答案:ended with4.He a handkerchief
3、 to his nose.答案:pressed5.We 300 invitations to our gallery opening.答案:sent out6.At the stage of the project not everyone had access to a computer.答案:initial7.His interest in the game has recently.答案:dropped off三、阅读理解Anyone who has ever lost keys or money will have wished for a simple but effective w
4、ay to make sure it never happens again.A US company is trying to help.Using a tiny microchip which is implanted into the arm,they have come up with a replacement for cash or credit cards that cannot be left at home or dropped on the bus.The Verichip is about the size of a grain of rice and works usi
5、ng radio frequency identification technology.At a shop,a radio frequency “reader” would send a signal and the chip in your arm would respond with your unique identity number.That would give the “reader” your financial information,and money could be taken directly from your accounts and you wouldnt e
6、ven have to reach for your wallet.The company also hopes to include other information on the chip,such as medical records,building security codes(密码) and passwords,making life even easier.But not everyone is happy with the development.Critics say that a lot can go wrong with the chip.A clever thief
7、could build a fake(假的) reader that would steal your information without you knowing.So your money could still be stolen.Privacy is a big issue too.Stores,or even the government,only need to track the chip to find out what you buy,how much you spend and where you go.And if you wanted to get rid of yo
8、ur chip,you would need an operation to remove it.1.The Verichip is .A.the identity numberB.the security codeC.a tiny microchipD.a radio reader解析:根据前文“Usingatinymicrochipwhichisimplantedintothearm”及下文“thechipinyourarm”可知选C项。答案:C2.Paragraph 3 is mainly about .A.how the Verichip worksB.the importance o
9、f the VerichipC.the development of the VerichipD.how money is taken from your accounts解析:第三段主要介绍了该芯片的工作原理。答案:A3.Which of the following is TRUE of the Verichip?A.Your information on it will always be safe.B.Medical records have already been included.C.You can easily reach for your wallet using it.D.A
10、n operation has to be performed to remove it.解析:根据第三段的“Acleverthiefcouldbuildafakereaderthatwouldstealyourinformationwithoutyouknowing.Soyourmoneycouldstillbestolen.”可知A项错误;根据第四段的“Thecompanyalsohopestoincludeotherinformationonthechip,suchasmedicalrecords.”可知B项错误;根据第三段的最后一句可知C项错误;根据文章的最后一段可知D项正确。答案:D
11、4.What can be inferred from the passage?A.All people are satisfied with the chip.B.The Verichip company has financial problems.C.The chip needs improving to be widely accepted.D.Everyone has the experience of losing keys or money.解析:根据第五段的“Butnoteveryoneishappywiththedevelopment.Criticssaythatalotca
12、ngowrongwiththechip.”可知这项技术还不是十分成熟,故选C项。答案:C四、完形填空Do you get to play with any neat toys at school?As more and more schools take advantage of new 1 to make learning easier,you may get the chance to 2 personal computers,laptops or maybe even smartphones in the classroom.3 were not always as well-equip
13、ped as they can be today,though.Before students had pencils and paper,they often used slates(石板),which were 4,handheld blackboards that they could write on with chalk.In fact,the classroom chalkboard didnt 5 until the late 1800s.It must have been 6 for teachers to be able to write on a large surface
14、 that the entire class could see at the same time.While chalkboards 7 seem like a thing of the past today,they were cutting-edge(最尖端的) technology at one time!Over the years as new technologies 8,new items were slowly added to classrooms as 9 figured out how they could be used to 10 the learning expe
15、rience.Copying machines revolutionized classrooms 11 they came along in the mid-1900s.Being able to 12 students copies of lessons for homework and studying expanded the classroom 13 its walls and the usual school day.The use of audio tapes and headphones in the classroom made learning foreign langua
16、ges 14.They also helped students with vision or reading 15,since they could now listen to lessons rather than 16 them.There are hundreds of other 17 of educational technology over the years.In the past couple of decades,though,schools have 18 a great increase in the use of cutting-edge,modern techno
17、logy in the classroom.With the invention of the personal computer,education got a great 19.When you factor in(把考虑在内) the Internet,modern education looks more 20 than it did when your parents were in school.1.A.technologyB.discoveryC.thoughtD.design解析:下文提到计算机、笔记本以及智能手机等,这些东西表明了新科学技术(technology)的发展。答案
18、:A2.A.buyB.borrowC.repairD.use解析:根据第三段中的“newitemswereslowlyaddedtoclassrooms”可知,学生在教室里可以使用(use)计算机等科技设备。答案:D3.A.CinemasB.ClubsC.ClassroomsD.Theatres解析:联系上文中的intheclassroom可推知,此处指过去教室(classroom)的配套设施不像现在这样好。答案:C4.A.heavyB.smallC.valuableD.cheap解析:结合第6空后介绍的教室用大黑板的好处可以推知,过去学生用来写字的石板很小(small)。答案:B5.A.gi
19、ve upB.work onC.turn backD.come out解析:本段叙述教室设备的变化。由此可以推知,教室用大黑板直到19世纪晚期才出现(comeout)。答案:D6.A.difficultB.interestingC.niceD.lucky解析:在大一些的黑板上写字当然是不错的(nice)。答案:C7.A.certainlyB.hardlyC.finallyD.suddenly解析:由上文从手持黑板到大黑板的变化可推知,黑板在今天当然(certainly)看起来已经是过去的事物了,但它们曾经是最尖端的科技产物。答案:A8.A.stoppedB.arrivedC.appearedD
20、.developed解析:根据句中的“newitemswereslowlyaddedtoclassrooms”可推知,此处指新科技的发展(develop)。答案:D9.A.workersB.educatorsC.visitorsD.doctors解析:文章叙述教室设备的发展变化,故此处指教育者(educator)。答案:B10.A.improveB.enjoyC.acceptD.suffer解析:联系教室增加新设备的目的可知,此处指教育者弄清楚了怎么样能够使用这些设备改善(improve)学习体验。答案:A11.A.beforeB.untilC.whenD.so解析:本题考查逻辑关系。20世纪
21、中期复印机一出现就使得教室发生了革命性的变化,故此处用when。答案:C12.A.passB.giveC.lendD.introduce解析:有了复印机以后,教师就可以给(give)学生布置书面的家庭作业了。答案:B13.A.betweenB.alongC.throughD.beyond解析:根据空前的homework和expanded等信息可知,这么做超越了(beyond)教室的墙壁和学校的学习时间。答案:D14.A.easierB.furtherC.slowerD.longer解析:本文讲述科技给教育和学习带来的好处,故录音磁带和耳机使语言学习更容易(easier)。答案:A15.A.qu
22、estionsB.experiencesC.problemsD.contests解析:结合下文中的“theycouldnowlistentolessons”可知,此处指视力或阅读问题(problem)。question常用来指需要回答或解释的问题,故A项不符合语境。答案:C16.A.writeB.speakC.readD.tell解析:上文提到有阅读障碍的学生,所以此处指他们可以听,而不是阅读(read)。答案:C17.A.experimentsB.examplesC.resultsD.inventions解析:作者在上文中列举了黑板、复印机和耳机等应用于教育上的设备,此处指还有其他例子(ex
23、ample)。作者的目的是说明科技的变化对教育的影响。答案:B18.A.seenB.lostC.avoidedD.kept解析:在过去的几十年里,学校见证了教室里越来越多地使用尖端的现代化技术,故此处应用see。答案:A19.A.increaseB.measureC.movementD.improvement解析:个人电脑的发明使教育有了很大的发展和改善。improvement“改善”。答案:D20.A.similarB.differentC.backwardD.important解析:联系互联网以及科学技术的发展可知,现代教育看起来与过去父辈在校那个年代更不同(different)了。答案:
24、B五、语篇填空阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。How would you use a radio or a telephone 1. you had no electricity or batteries?These problems bothered British inventor Trevor Baylis.So in 1996 he 2.(invent) a wind-up(装有发条的) radio which doesnt need electricity or 3.(battery).You wind it up by hand.It plays f
25、or about an hour.Then you wind it up again.After three years,Baylis invented a mobile phone 4. is powered by shoes.The shoes contain a small battery that 5.(power) when you walk.This battery is connected to a mobile phone.These two simple inventions can bring modern 6.(communicate) to all parts of t
26、he world.Baylis doesnt have 7. university degree in engineering.In fact,he left high school before 8.(graduate).He just loves making things 9.(help) people.He never knows when ideas will come to him.The idea for the mobile phone 10.(sudden) came to him in a dream.答案:1.if2.invented3.batteries4.that/w
27、hich5.is poweredmunications7.a8.graduating/graduation9.to help10.suddenly六、短文改错The person who has taught me most about the life is my grandmother.She was more than just a grandmother to me.When she died a few years before,I felt I lost a really good friend.She always looked very nice on her age.She
28、did everything she could make me feel at home.She was imaginative and would spend hours telling me stories she has made up.I am sure it was because of her which I became a story writer.Apart from kept a young boy entertained,she taught me a large number of important thing on how to behave.I was rath
29、er impatient when I was a child and she taught me that good things happened if I could wait for it.She was a positive person but she also taught me how to look for the good in everything.答案:第一句:去掉第二个the第三句:beforeago第四句:onfor/at第五句:make前加to第六句:去掉has或hashad第七句:whichthat第八句:keptkeeping;thingthings第九句:itthem第十句:butand