1、Unit 3 课时跟踪检测(一)Warming Up & Reading Pre-reading阅读理解AThe most frightening words in the English language are “Our computer is down”. You hear it more and more when you are on business.The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “Im sor
2、ry, I cant sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”“I cant write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black
3、 screen. Then I asked her, “What do all your people do？”“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”“So when it goes down, you go down with it.”“Thats right, sir.”“How long will the computer be down？” I wanted to know.“I have no ide
4、a. Sometimes its down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. Theres no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since its down it wont answer us.”After the girl told me they had no backup (备用) computer, I said, “Lets forget the computer. What about your planes? Theyre still flying, are
5、nt they？”“I couldnt tell without asking the computer.”“Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if hes flying to Washington，” I suggested.“I wouldnt know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldnt take you if you didnt have a ticket.”“Is there any othe
6、r airline flying to Washington within the next few hours？”“I wouldnt know，” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only IT knows. IT cant tell me.”By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white
7、; some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.语篇解读：文章主要讲的是当电脑死机，不能启动给人们带来了困扰和麻烦。1What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?AShe could sell a ticket.BShe could write out a ticket.CShe could answer the passengers questions.DShe coul
8、d do nothing.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第四段“I cant write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”可知，当电脑死机时，售票员无任何办法，只能等电脑恢复过后，才能售票，故选D。2The last paragraph suggests that _.Aa modern computer wont be downBcomputers can take the place of humansCsometimes a computer may bring trouble to peopl
9、eDthere will be great changes in computers解析：选C推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知当电脑死机时，人们无可奈何，只能等待，即电脑死机给人们带来了烦恼和麻烦，故选C。3The best title for the article is _.AWhen the Computer Is DownBThe Most Frightening WordsCThe Computer of the AirportDA Different Travel解析：选A标题归纳题。文章主要讲的是当电脑死机，不能启动时给人们带来的一系列困扰和麻烦，故选A。BLaptop comp
10、uters are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that
11、 allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1,500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110yearold college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addi
12、tion, they will be able to use email to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fastfood restaurant or
13、under the trees anywhere at all!Because of the many changes in computer technology, laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students
14、 to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources. State highereducation officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials are also testing laptop programs at other universities, too.At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops
15、 will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said，“Here we are in the middle of Virginia and were giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”语篇解读：本文主要介绍了电脑在教学中的作用。4The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each stu
16、dent a laptop to _.Ause for their schoolworkBaccess the InternetCwork at homeDconnect them to libraries解析：选A细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知这一电脑工程的目的是为了让学生更方便地做他们的作业。5A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can _.Aattend lectures on information technologyBtravel around the worldCget informat
17、ion from around the worldDhave free laptops解析：选C推理判断题。根据最后两段的描述可知在西湖中学，60%的老师在教学中都使用电脑，他们可以用电脑上网查找他们需要的信息和资料以及教学。他们可以看很多东西，做很多事情。所以说电脑为他们打开了通向世界的窗口。6What can we infer from the passage?AThe program is successful.BThe program is not workable.CThe program is too expensive.DWe dont know the result yet.解
18、析：选D推理判断题。文章最后一段只说明了老师使用电脑教学给他们带来了便利，但并没有说其不利影响，故其结果是未知的。CHave you listened to music on an iPod? Used a computer at home? Those are just two of the ways your life was touched by the work of Steve Jobs.Jobs, one founder of Apple Computers, died on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at the age of 56. He had b
19、een fighting with cancer since 2004.Steve Jobs was born in Los Altos, California. He and his childhood friend, Steve Wozniak, designed and built the first Apple computer in his parents garage in the 1970s. The Apple ， built when Jobs was just 21 years old, was the first personal computer to be widel
20、y sold to the public.Steve Jobs didnt stop there. He went on to invent more devices (设备) that allowed people to bring their own creativity to computing: the Macintosh, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad. People found his products beautiful and easy to use.Jobs also changed the music and film industries.
21、 He started Pixar, a film production company in 1986. Toy Story was the worlds first computeranimated feature film (电脑动画电影)“Steve was among the greatest of American innovators brave enough to think differently, confident enough to believe he could change the world, and clever enough to do it，” said
22、President Barack Obama. “By making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only easy to reach, but fun .And there may be no greater praise to Steves success than the fact that much of the world learned of his death on a device he invented.”A
23、ll around the world, people are talking about the effects that Jobs creations have had. By creating products that surprised people, he changed the way people worked and lived their everyday lives.语篇解读：苹果公司的创始人之一史蒂夫乔布斯的伟大之处在于他用自己的智慧改变了世界。7The underlined word “innovators” in Paragraph 6 could best be
24、replaced by “_”AinventorsBbusinessmenCproducers Dfounders解析：选A词义猜测题。倒数第二段主要讲述了乔布斯用自己的发明改变了世界，因此他是一个发明家。故选A项。8According to Barack Obama, the highest praise for Steve Jobs is that _.Ahis products are widely used all over the worldBhis products are thought to be beautiful and easy to useCpeople all ove
25、r the world are sad at his deathDpeople learned about his death from his products解析：选D细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的“And there may be no greater praise to Steves success than the fact that much of the world learned of his death on a device he invented.”可知，奥巴马认为对乔布斯最大的赞扬是人们通过他的产品知道了他的过世。9Jobs changed the way we work
26、 and live by _.Abuilding the first personal computerBmaking computeranimated feature filmsCdeveloping the music industryDcreating surprising products解析：选D细节理解题。根据最后一段的“By creating products that surprised people, he changed the way people worked and lived their everyday lives.”可知D项正确。10Whats the best title for the passage?AA man who changed the worldBA music and film industry leaderCHow to make full use of iPodDSteves surprising products解析：选A标题归纳题。全文主要讲述了史蒂夫乔布斯之所以伟大，是因为他用自己的聪明才智改变了世界，故A项作为标题最合适。
