1、选修8 Unit 3 课下作业（一三）课下作业（一） 考点过关针对练.单词拼写1Nowadays many old people have to bear (忍受) miserable loneliness after their sons or daughters leave home for work.2The suspect tapped (轻敲) the table nervously with fingers to hide his fear inside.3This year, the price of farm products (产品) is likely to go up a
2、s a result of drought.4You need special software to view the information in the file(s) (文件)5We believe that only a stable (稳定的) and fully confident middle class will guarantee the stability and prosperity of Hong Kong.6The news on smartphones saves people much time reading through newspapers for cu
3、rrent (当前的) affairs.7The abrupt (突然的) change of the climate has drawn worldwide attention to the benefit of green energy.8Water is a liquid at room temperature and has a relatively high freezing (结冰的) point.9A book had been stolen, but the teacher said he was sure that Tom was innocent (清白的)10We sho
4、uld try our best to put the enemy in a passive (被动的) position.语境语法填空1One day, a student called me up abruptly, saying that she graduated and set out to_find (find) a job. She couldnt bear the freezing (freeze) weather in the North. So she expected to_hunt (hunt) for a job in a city in the South wher
5、e weather is pleasant and transport is convenient (convenience)2Wang Yong is_distinguished (distinguish) as the 2018 Annual Top Ten Policemen. Not bearing (bear) any criminal escaping punishment, he has devoted himself to his work. So far he has_seized (seize) more than 2,000 robbers and thieves in
6、his 20year police career. Mr. Wang is also a thoughtful man and he has filed all the information associated (associate) with the criminals he has caught. He tries to help them within his power.He regularlydials (dial) the former prisoners asking about their performances. He has gained recognition (r
7、ecognize) and respect in his career and he promises he will continue to dive into his work.根据提示补全句子1色盲的人通常很难区分红色和绿色。(distinguish)Colorblind people often find it difficult to_distinguish_between_red_and_green.2妈妈经常提醒我要记住“失败乃成功之母”。(bear)My mother often reminds me to bear_in_mind_that failure is the mo
8、ther of success.3当我们听到你通过考试时，我们都很高兴。(get through)We were very glad when we heard that_you_had_got_through_your_exam.4白求恩大夫挽救了那么多中国士兵的生命，以至于他被中国人永远地记住了。(so .that .)Doctor Bethune saved_so_many_Chinese_soldiers_that_he_was_remembered by Chinese forever.5经常找一些方法表扬你的孩子，你会发现他们将会向你敞开心扉。(祈使句and陈述句)Find_way
9、s_to_praise_your_children_often,_and_youll_find they will open their hearts to you.语境辨义根据语境选出动词seize的词义(A)抓住(B)夺取；攻占(C)收缴 (D)把握(机会)1If he hadnt seized the chance of escaping from the burning building, he might have lost his life._D_2He was seizing her by the arm when I saw him._A_3The troops seized
10、the city in a surprising attack._B_4A large quantity of drugs was seized last weekend._C_课下作业（二） 话题阅读培优练.根据提示填空Nowadays more and more students can have_access_to (使用) the Internet. Surfing online has both advantages (advantage) and disadvantages.The Internet is a good information source. Students ca
11、n get to know the world outside and read essays on it as_well (也). They can even do their homework via the Internet.However, it also has disadvantages. There are too many games designed (design) for students. Some students play games so frequently (frequent) that they cant concentrate_on (集中精力于) the
12、ir studies. Some even log on some websites containing (contain) unhealthy news and pictures.Every coin has two sides. What matters much is how you make_use_of (利用) it.片段选词填空chat online， convenience， send text messages， add to， perform an important function， disadvantage， take advantage of， scientifi
13、c achievements The constant development of science and technology has brought us a lot of convenience. Take the latest smartphones for example. Not only can we make phone calls and send_text_messages with it, but we can also surf the Internet, chat_online and receive or send emails, which is of grea
14、t importance to us.Every coin has two sides. Though these inventions have added_to our happiness and are performing_an_important_function in our life, we shouldnt ignore their disadvantages. Last but not least, while we are enjoying what scientific_achievements have brought us, we have to learn to t
15、ake_advantage_of science and technology to protect our home the earth.课下作业（三） 高考语篇提能练.阅读理解(2019昆明质检)Medha Gupta sometimes felt worried about making the 20minute walk from the corner where the school bus dropped her off to her home in Herndon, Va. especially during the colder months in winter.Her mot
16、her, Divya Gupta had a suggestion: Write an app. She was halfkidding, but Medha took the challenge seriously. So she went to work.The result was Safe Travel, an app designed by Medha to help walkers feel more secure when they are traveling alone. Using the iPhone, a person can program it to send a w
17、arning to someone he or she trusts if he or she fails to arrive at a destination within a certain time.It was the first iOS app that Medha had created. While she didnt think much would come from the project, her effort caught the eye of judges for the annual Congressional App Challenge, who selected
18、 her as the winner for Virginias 10th District.The App Challenge is designed to encourage students to consider careers in science, technology, engineering, and math by experimenting with coding and computer science. Winning students are invited to attend a reception on Capitol Hill in April and also
19、 received $250 in Amazon Web Services credits.Medha said it took her about 40 hours to design, program and test the app. As for her next app? Medhas not certain. She temporarily has her appdevelopment ambitions on_hold because shes busy teaching herself artificial intelligence to help deal with impr
20、oper words on Facebook. Yes, she knows that there are teams of engineers probably doing the same thing. But she figures it cant hurt her own part, too.“If we see something wrong with the world, we should do something about it，” she said. “After all, the only one stopping us from doing something is o
21、urselves.”1Why did Medha Gupta feel worried?AIt took a long time to walk home.BIt was colder than ever in winter.CIt was unsafe to walk home alone.DIt was difficult to write an app.解析：选C推理判断题。根据首段的描述，以及第三段首句可知，Medha有时担心自己放学回家时的安全，由此她设计了应用程序Safe Travel，它可以使出行者独自出行时感觉更安全，所以选项C正确。2What does the underli
22、ned phrase “on hold” in Paragraph 6 mean?ADelayed. BDeveloped.CSuspected. DSatisfied.解析：选A词义猜测题。根据画线词后的“because shes busy teaching herself artificial intelligence to help deal with improper words on Facebook”(因为她正在忙着自学人工智能技术，以帮助处理Facebook上的不当言论)，同时结合画线词前一句“Medhas not certain.”可推断出她暂时把应用程序开发的目标推迟了。所以
23、选项A正确。3What is Medhas attitude to the challenge?ACurious. BSensitive.CUncertain. DOptimistic.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第二段中的“She was halfkidding, but Medha took the challenge seriously. So she went to work.”可知，Medha认真地对待这个挑战，并开始设计。这表明了她面对挑战的乐观态度。4Whats the main idea of the text?AMedha registered for the App Chal
24、lenge.BMedha designed Safe Travel successfully.CThe App Challenge directs students how to choose careers.DAn app guides walkers home.解析：选B主旨大意题。文章是围绕Medha设计手机应用程序Safe Travel展开的，讲述了她设计这一应用程序的起因、过程和由此获得的成就，最后一段引用Medha自己的话强调她面对研究的态度，所以选项B是最佳选项。.阅读七选五(2019武汉调研)These days when someone says a computer has
25、 a bug (小虫子) in it, usually they mean that theres a problem with one of its programs. Maybe your computer crashed when you were in the middle of a game. _1_But back in the early days of computers, a woman named Grace Hopper was part of the team that discovered the very first computer bug._2_ She had
26、 been invited to help program a new computer, the job of which was to quickly deal with the math problems ships used to find their way. _3_ Then it translated the patterns of holes into the math problems it was supposed to solve.One afternoon in 1947 Hopper and her team were running a program. But t
27、he computer wasnt giving them the right results. _4_ They finally ended up taking the computer apart, looking for problems. What did they find? It was a dead moth (飞蛾)! The moth was blocking some of the holes in the paper no wonder the computer didnt know what to do.Hopper knew that the term “bug” h
28、ad been used before when there were problems with machines. But this was the first time a computer had ever had a bug. _5_ Some people think Hopper was the first person to use the word “debug” to mean “get rid of the problems in a computer”AWhat could be wrong?BHopper was a mathematician.CWho had op
29、erated the computer?DHopper was a hardworking scientist.EShe thought it was funny that it was a real one.FOr you got an error message when you tried to go to a website.GThe computer worked by reading instructions from a long piece of paper with holes in it.1选F空前一句表示“当你在玩游戏的时候，或许你的电脑崩溃了”，根据语境可知，空处应表示
30、电脑出问题的时候。故F项“或者当你努力进入一个网站时，你收到了一个错误信息”符合语境。2选B根据下一句可知，Hopper的工作是处理数学问题，由此可以推测，她是数学家。故答案选B。3选G根据空后一句可知，G项中的“with holes in it”与此相照应，且G项与空后一句逻辑严密，故答案选G。4选A空前一句讲述了电脑不能给出正确的结果，也就是电脑出现了问题，结合语境可知，空处应在发问“可能是什么出现了问题呢？”，所以答案选A。5选E上文讲到，在他们使用的电脑里发现了一只飞蛾，这是在电脑里发现的第一只“bug”，且是一只真正的小虫子，故选E。.语法填空(2019石家庄模拟)Mike Tayl
31、or, a university student in the study of prehistoric life forms for his Ph.D., discovered a brandnew species of dinosaur, while _1_ (conduct) research at the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom. This new species _2_ (identify) as part of the sauropod family of dinosaurs. The sauropods were
32、fourlegged, vegetarian dinosaurs, _3_ very long necks and tails, and relatively small skulls and brains. One of their most unusual _4_ (characteristic) was their nostrils, which were higher up in their head, almost near the eyes. So far, the sauropod bones _5_ (find) in every continent except Antarc
33、tica, and they are one of the longest living group of dinosaurs, spanning over 100 million years. This new species, _6_ (name) Xenoposeidon proneneukos, which means forward sloping, lived about 140 million years ago.Mike Taylor, _7_ has spent five years studying sauropod vertebrae, _8_ (immediate) k
34、new that this was the backbone of a sauropod. However, he had never seen one like this before. _9_ (far) research proved this was indeed a new kind of sauropod. The bone, which had been discovered in _10_ 1890s, had never been examined.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。迈克泰勒偶然发现了一种新的恐龙物种；经研究证明，这是一种新的蜥脚类动物。1conducting考查非
35、谓语动词。该句主语“Mike Taylor”和动词“conduct”之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，且根据空前的“while”可知，该处表示动作正在发生，故用conducting。该句也可以看成状语从句的省略，省略了主语“Mike Taylor”和be动词“was”。2was identified考查动词时态和语态。该句主语“This new species”和动词“identify”之间是被动关系，故用被动语态；此处陈述的是过去发生的事情，故用一般过去时。3with考查介词。该蜥脚类动物为四肢食草恐龙，它有着长长的脖子和尾巴，还有相对小的头骨和大脑。with表示“具有，带有”，符合语境。4chara
36、cteristics考查名词复数。characteristic为可数名词，根据该句中的“One of”可知，该处用名词的复数形式。5have been found考查动词时态、语态和主谓一致。根据该句中的“So far”可知，该句用现在完成时，表示过去发生的事情对现在的影响；该句的主语“the sauropod bones”为复数形式，且和动词“find”之间是被动关系，故用被动语态，谓语动词用复数形式。6named考查非谓语动词。分析该句结构可知，空处作“This new species”的后置定语；主语“This new species”和动词“name”之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，故用nam
37、ed。7who考查定语从句。分析该句结构可知，空处引导非限制性定语从句，先行词为“Mike Taylor”，为人，关系词在从句中作主语，故用who引导该定语从句。8immediately考查副词。根据空后的动词“knew”可知，空处修饰该动词，表示“立即，立刻”，故用immediate的副词形式。9Further考查形容词比较级。进一步的研究证明，这的确是一种新的蜥脚类动物。根据句意可知，空处用比较级，表示“更进一步的”。10the考查定冠词。in the 1890s表示“在19世纪90年代”，故用定冠词the。.读后续写阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。It was
38、 one of the hottest days in the dry season. We had not seen rain for almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The streams were long gone back into the earth. If we didnt see some rain soon, we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned the true lesson of shar
39、ing and witnessed the only miracle I have ever seen in my life.I was making lunch for the family in the kitchen when I saw my sixyearold son, Billy,_walking toward the woods. He was obviously walking with a great effort, trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he disappeared into the woods,
40、 he came running out again, toward the house. I went back to making sandwiches thinking that whatever task he had been doing was completed.Moments later, however, he was once again walking in that unusual way toward the woods. This activity went on for an hour. Finally, my curiosity got the best of
41、me. I crept out of the house and followed him on his journey.He was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked, being very careful not to spill the water he carried. I followed him secretly as he went into the woods. Branches slapped (拍打) his little face but he did not try to avoid them. He mig
42、ht have a much higher purpose,_I thought. As I came closer, I saw the most amazing sight. Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them, at the sight of which I almost screamed at him to get away. A huge buck (雄鹿) was dangerously close. But the buck didnt threaten him nor e
43、ven move as Billy knelt_down. And then I saw a tiny baby_deer,_lying on the ground, obviously suffering from thirst and heat，lift its head with great effort to drink the water in my boys hands.注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；3续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；4续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。Paragraph 1：When th
44、e water was gone, Billy jumped up to run back to the house.Paragraph 2：Instead of lecturing him like his father, I decided to help him.参考范文：Paragraph 1：When the water was gone, Billy jumped up to run back to the house. Hiding behind a tree, I followed him back to the house. Billy carefully opened th
45、e water tap and a small trickle began to creep out. He knelt_down,_letting the drops drip slowly onto his hands. He was so attentive and patient that he almost ignored the sun beating down on his back.Paragraph 2：Instead of lecturing him like his father, I decided to help him. It took almost twenty
46、minutes for the drops to fill his hands. When he stood up and went back to the woods,_I was there in front of him. I didnt say anything but hugged him tightly. As he began his walk, I joined him, with a small pot of water from the kitchen. Tears rolled down my face as I stood on the edge of the woods watching a beautiful heart working so hard to save the baby_deer.