1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家Unit 2课时跟踪检测（三） Learning about Language & Using Language.单词拼写或用所给单词的正确形式填空1As students, we are supposed to obey (遵守) the school rules.2His father has a small factory with a staff (员工) of just over one hundred. 3The couple quarreled a lot and eventually ended in divorce (离婚)4She has a
2、 great affection (感情) for her hometown.5She is proud that her child has a talent (天赋) for music.6He made a careful assessment (assess) of the present situation in this area.7It is said these books are designed to develop the imagination (imagine) of the children.8For those who design things, these a
3、re not just theoretical (theory) questions.9Everybody said Jane was a talented (talent) girl because she did well in all her subjects.10Molly is more of a giver than a receiver (receive).选词填空as a result of， in all， at one time， set aside， take . seriously， be bound to， after all 1.She liked the nove
4、l so much that she set aside her homework and began to read it. 2He visited, in all, ten hospitals in China.3Jenny nearly missed the flight as a result of doing too much shopping.4There was a temple on the hill at one time.5If you dont take your study seriously, you will fail in the coming exam.6We
5、know that we Chinese people are bound to win the battle against the present severe smog with the help of our government.7Dont be too hard on him. After all, he is only 6 years old.完成句子1This hospital is attached to the medical college nearby.这家医院附属于附近的那所医学院。2My sister showed a talent/gift for literat
6、ure when she was very young.我妹妹很小的时候就表现出文学方面的才能。3My elder sister had her wallet stolen on a bus last month.上个月，我姐姐的钱包在公共汽车上被偷了。4Having worked for just two weeks, he is junior to those who have been in the company for a long time.由于刚刚工作了两周，对于那些在公司工作了很长时间的人来说他资历尚浅。5We live in an age when more informat
7、ion is available with greater ease than ever before.在我们生活的这个时代，有更多的信息可以比以往任何时候都更加容易获得。.完形填空Iyehezkiel Parudani lost his eyesight at age six from chicken pox (水痘). He now teaches English to blind and visually impaired students at the Pajajaran Special School in the city of Bandung. Iyehezkiel Parudan
8、i says 1 English can help 2 people feel better about themselves and find jobs.“ 3 learning English, they can be an English teacher. They can be an interpreter. They can be a translator, and also they can be a tourist 4 .”Students read using Braille (布拉耶盲文), a writing system in which letters are 5 by
9、 a series of raised dots. To 6 ， students use special tools: a slate (写字板) and stylus (触针)He says blind people should not let their 7 limitations affect their dreams. In 2008, the Ford Foundation gave him a twoyear scholarship to study at the University of Texas. There, he 8 a Masters degree in curr
10、iculum development. He wants his students to learn English so they also can 9 overseas.“In the US everything is 10 . If I go to the university to study, everything is available like Ebook, Braille book. Here in Indonesia, you know, its 11 to find a reference book in Ebook or in Braille. We have to m
11、ake it 12 . But when I was in the US, all books, references I 13 are available in the library . I can easily move wherever I want because everything designed really accessible for people 14 blindness.”Eha Lestari was one of Iyehezkiel Parudanis star students. She is almost completely blind from an e
12、ye cataract (白内障) she suffered 15 she was four years old. She says learning English has 16 her life.“I study English 17 I love English very much. I want to be an interpreter. Its one of my 18 ， so thats why I want to learn English. If I am a(n) 19 ， I can go to the other countries and then I can 20
13、many people from all over the world.”语篇解读：本文是记叙文。6岁失明的Iyehezkiel Parudani现在是一名英语教师，他通过自己的经历让学生们知道盲人能够通过学英语而找到合适的工作，本文还谈到了他对未来美好的憧憬。1A.translatingBlearningCspeaking Dhearing解析：选B根据第二段中的“learning English”可以得出答案是learning。2A.dumb BdeafCstupid Dblind解析：选D根据第一段中“blind and visually impaired students”可以推断应该
14、是blind people“盲人”。3A.In BWithCBy DAt解析：选Cby doing sth.“通过做某事”，by表示方式、手段。4A.teacher BbossCguide Dreporter解析：选Ctourist guide意为“导游”。5A.represented BwrittenCprinted Dpublished解析：选A根据常识，布拉耶盲文中没有字母，而是用突起的点来代表字母。represent“代表”，符合语境。6A.listen BspeakCread Dwrite解析：选D根据后面的“a slate (写字板) and stylus (触针)”可以得知是wr
15、ite“写”。7A.mental BpsychologicalCphysical Dchemical解析：选C盲人看不见东西应该是身体方面的限制，physical“身体的”。mental“精神的”；psychological“心理的”；chemical“化学的”，不符合语境。8A.refused BearnedCaccepted Dattempted解析：选Bearn a Masters degree“获得硕士学位”。9A.live BstudyCtravel Ddevelop解析：选B根据上文“In 2008, the Ford Foundation gave him a twoyear s
16、cholarship to study at the University of Texas”可知，Iyehezkiel Parudani获得了福特基金会两年的奖学金到美国的得克萨斯大学去学习。所以可推断出他希望自己的学生也能到国外去学习。10A.accessible BallergicCinconvenient Dexpensive解析：选A根据下文中available的提示，可知accessible“可接近的，可进入的”符合文章语境。11A.difficult BeasyCdifferent Dsafe解析：选A这句话与上一句形成了对比。在美国一切都是很容易得到的，而在印度尼西亚，找到一本
17、参考书是很难的。所以选择difficult“困难的”。12A.yourself BthemselvesCourselves Dhimself解析：选C句意：我们必须自己制作参考资料。13A.may BcanCneed Dmust解析：选C句意：但是当我在美国的时候，所有的书，包括我需要的参考书都是可以在图书馆找到的。need在这里是实义动词“需要”而不是情态动词。14A.on BinCwith Dfor解析：选Cwith表示伴随，意为“带有”。15A.when BifCuntil Donce解析：选A句意：当她4岁的时候，她因为患了白内障而几乎完全失明。when引导时间状语从句。16A.mad
18、e BchangedCconquered Dled解析：选B根据上下文的语境，应该是学习英语改变了她的生活。17A.so BwhileCwhen Dbecause解析：选D学习英语和后面的喜欢英语是因果关系，所以选择because。18A.dreams BcompetitionsCdiscussions Dcontests解析：选A根据句子“I want to be an interpreter”和“so thats why I want to learn English”可知，当一个口译者是她的梦想。19A.interpreter BtranslatorCmanager Dofficial解
19、析：选A根据前面句子“I want to be an interpreter”可知选择interpreter“口译者”。20A.see BmeetCfind Dlearn解析：选B句意：如果我成为口译者，我就能去别的国家，见到很多世界各地的人。meet“遇见”符合语境。.阅读理解ARobots performing tasks according to a predetermined set of instructions are nothing new. But robots able to learn how to cook by watching videos are a complet
20、ely different approach, which is conducted by a group of researchers at the University of Maryland.If you have posted a video of your favorite recipe on the popular website YouTube, chances are that it will be used by a robot. University of Marylands professor Yiannis Aloimonos, leader of the group,
21、 said “There exists a large amount of video information on the Internet that our robots can capitalize on.”“At present, the videos are fed electronically，” said research scientist Cornelia Fermuller.“Originally, we took our own videos, our cameras looking at us doing the cooking，” she explained.“And
22、, as the robot advances, it reacts to good quality videos. And it will react to even lower quality homemade videos.”So far, the robot named Julia can make a simple salad by breaking each task into basic parts, such as grasping a spoon, bringing it to the bowl, stirring the salad and observing the re
23、sults.But why teach a robot how to understand a video when it can easily follow a fixed program? Aloimonos believes predetermined instructions lack flexibility. He thinks one of the problems is how to make the robot understand and use what it learns during a certain task, the socalled feedback (反馈意见
24、); another is the introduction of language.“I believe it will take quite some time before the robots are able to understand metaphorical (比喻性的) language，” he added.“But，” he said, we dont need that to create a new world where the robots will be working for us.”语篇解读：机器人按既定指令完成任务并不让人觉得新鲜，但能看着视频学做饭的机器人
25、，你可能前所未闻。1The underlined phrase “capitalize on” probably can be replaced by “ ”Atake hold of Bmake use ofCkeep track of Dcatch sight of解析：选B词义猜测题。由第二段的第一句“If you have posted a video of your favorite recipe on the popular website YouTube, chances are that it will be used by a robot”可知，机器人能利用网上大量的视频信息
26、。结合第二段的最后一句可知，capitalize on应与“use”意思相近，因此选择B项。take hold of“握住”；make use of“利用”；keep track of“与保持联系”；catch sight of“看到”。2Aloimonos probably agrees that at present the robot .Acan not fully digest what it learnsBcan not make a simple saladCcan follow homemade videosDcan understand metaphorical languag
27、e解析：选A推理判断题。根据最后一段Aloimonos的话可知，该机器人目前还不能理解比喻性的语言。根据倒数第二段的最后一句可推知，Aloimonos可能认为目前该机器人还不能完全消化它学的东西，应选择A项。3Robots are taught to understand a video mainly because .Athey can easily follow fixed programsBthey are smart enough to learn cookingCcooking videos are more interesting to watchDpredetermined in
28、structions are not flexible解析：选D细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的前两句“But why teach a robot . a fixed program? Aloimonos believes predetermined instructions lack flexibility”可知，教机器人理解视频是因为预定指令不够灵活，应选择D项。4Which of the following might best serve as the title of the passage?ARobots Creating a New WorldBRobots Making Cooki
29、ng VideosCRobots Learning to Cook by Watching VideosDRobots Performing Tasks by Following Instructions解析：选C标题归纳题。文章主要介绍了通过观看视频学做饭的机器人，因此C项是最佳标题。BRay Tomlinson, the programmer known for sending the worlds first modern email who is responsible for the use of the symbol in electronic communications, ha
30、s died at the age of 74.Tomlinson wrote a program in 1971 that allowed messages to be exchanged between different computers on the ArpaNet, the precursor (前身) to the Internet. Electronic messages had previously only been exchanged between people using the same mainframe (主机) machine.The programmer s
31、aid the first email sent was an unimportant test message, probably containing something along the lines of “QWERTYUIOP”At the time of his invention, Tomlinson was researching possible uses for the ArpaNet, the US military network that formed the basis of the Internet, and was particularly interested
32、 in improving ArpaNets “mailbox” function, which allowed users to send messages to numbered mailboxes.To solve this problem Tomlinson wrote a file transfer (传输) program that allowed a message to be delivered electronically to a separate computer through ArpaNet.Tomlinson also came up with the idea o
33、f using the “” symbol to separate the name of the receiver from the name of the host, creating the standard still used today. In spite of a history of more than four decades, Tomlinson said email had not changed much since its invention.Born in New York State, Tomlinson studied electrical engineerin
34、g at Rensselaer Polytechnic and then earned his masters at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined Bolt, Beranek, and Newman in 1967 in Massachusetts, and stayed there the rest of his life. BBN was later acquired by Raytheon and known as Raytheon BBN.“It is with great sadness we acknowledge
35、 the passing of our colleague and friend，” Ratheon said in a statement. “A true technology pioneer . his work changed the way the world communicates.”语篇解读：本文主要介绍了电子邮件之父Ray Tomlinson的生平事迹。5What did Tomlinson use the “” symbol for?ATo make the email obvious.BTo separate the name of the receiver from t
36、he name of the host.CTo show the email important.DTo print out the message.解析：选B细节理解题。根据文章第六段中“using the symbol to separate the name of the receiver from the name of the host”可知B项正确。6Which of the following shows the right order of Tomlinsons life experience?aHe joined Bolt, Beranek, and Newman.bHe e
37、arned his masters at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.cHe studied electrical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic.dHe wrote an important program.Acbad BbcadCacbd Dabcd解析：选A细节排序题。根据文章第二段可知他在1971年写的程序，第七段中讲他先攻读电子工程，后来获得硕士学位，然后加入BBN，由此可知A项正确。7What can be learned from the passage?AThe first email
38、sent was an important test message.BBefore 1971, electronic messages could be exchanged between different computers.CRay Tomlinsons colleagues sang highly of his contribution to communication.DEmail has changed much since its invention.解析：选C推理判断题。文章最后一段中讲到他的同事认为Tomlinson是一名真正的技术先驱，改变了世界的沟通方式，由此可推断他的同事们对他有着很高的评价。8Whats the best title of the passage?AEmail Is ImportantBThe Development of EmailCThe Function of EmailDThe Father of Email Died解析：选D标题归纳题。通读文章可知，第一段为主题段。本文的主旨是“发出世界上第一封现代电子邮件的程序员Ray Tomlinson去世了”，故D项符合本文主题。- 8 - 版权所有高考资源网
