1、UNIT 2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURESection Assessing Your Progress & Video Time基础测评. 根据句意及汉语提示写出正确单词1. Its very important to keep in mind as many English words and(短语) as possible.2. After his death, his children will certainly carry on his(事业).3. The theme park is not (可用的) now because the roller coaste
2、r is being repaired.4. Having smoked too much, he has suffered from lung (癌症).5. Further measures will be taken to rid our streets of (犯罪).6. As we all know, satellites have been used for communication as well as the weather (预报).7. As for the work, it is vital to keep (准确的) records.8. No matter how
3、 many people (反对) it, time will prove that your ideas are right.9. The (遥远的) desert area is accessible only by helicopter.10. Everyone (遵守) the rules; anybody who breaks the rules is punished.答案:1. phrases2. career3. available4. cancer5. crime6. forecast7. accurate8. oppose9. remote10. obeys. 单句语法填空
4、1. We should persuade the kids (keep) away from violent computer games.2. When the lost boy saw the smoke rising in the (distant), he became excited immediately.3. Learn to combine your knowledge experience, and you are sure to succeed.4. He gave me a variety of examples to confirm that his (predict
5、) was correct.5. She turned her back to him when he explained the reason for his (absent) from the party.6. What you said has no (relevant) to the subject.7. One reason for her (prefer) for city life is that she can have easy access to places like shops and restaurants.8. His being fired gave a big
6、(warn) to anyone who is lazy and dishonest in the company.9. After he witnessed his house broken into, he began to pay more attention to (secure).10. I have such good command of English that I am elected as an assistant of my English teacher.答案:1. to keep2. distance3. with4. prediction5. absence6. r
7、elevance7. preference8. warning9. security10. a. 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空daily routine, as to, switch off, lead to, catch fire, in this sense, keep in touch with, early on, along with, on the other hand1. When you come back you feel energetic and you are happy to be back to your .2. I all the lights before I
8、 went out.3. The Internet makes it convenient for us to each other.4. We encountered problems in the project.5. Two farm workers died when a barn .6. , children should enjoy the same rights as adults.7. our future plans, I think I only need to say that the company intends to expand at a steady rate.
9、8. There is no doubt that the increase in demand the rise in prices.9. Mr. Green, his friends, is going to play golf tomorrow.10. On the one hand, hospitals lose money. However, if people are healthy, dont think of it as losing money; think of it as saving lives. 答案: 1. daily routine2. switched off
10、3. keep in touch with4. early on5. caught fire 6. In this sense7. As to8. leads to5. 9. along with 10. on the other hand. 语法专练1. When he comes to my house tomorrow, I (write) the report.2. I (work) in Geneva during May next year. 3. I think that she (work) on this experiment until tomorrow morning.
11、4. Premier Li (make) a speech on TV at 8 p.m. next Friday evening. 5. Mary will not be able to come for dinner tonight because she (have) a lecture then.6. When he comes, I (give) him some advice.7. Tom will not be in London next Tuesday. He (go) on a trip by camel in Africa.8. As you go through thi
12、s book, you (find) that each of the millions of people who lived through World War had a different experience.9. From 13 to 20 next month, my family and I (travel) abroad.10. This time tomorrow Bill (work) in the garden.答案:1. will be writing2. will be working3. will be working4. will be making5. wil
13、l be having6. will give7. will be going8. will find9. will be travelling10. will be working提升测评. 阅读理解AWhat will people die of 100 years from now?If you think that is a simple question, you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in biotechnology(生物技术). With the help of
14、new medicine, the human body will last a very long time. Death will come mainly from accidents, murder and war. Todays leading killers,such as heart disease, cancer, and aging itself, will become distant memories.In discussion of technological changes,the Internet gets most of attention these days.
15、But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times.How long can humans live?Human brains were known to decide the final death. Cells are the basic units of all living things, and until recently, scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years b
16、ecause the basic materials of cells, such as those of brain cells,would not last forever. But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine. Sometime between 2050 and 2100, medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so, people will be able to take medicine to repair their
17、organs. The medicine,made up of the basic building materials of life, will build new brain cells, heart cells and so on, and in the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.It is exciting to imagine that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic conditions
18、 of human existence,but many technical problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future.1. According to the passage,what is human death now mainly caused by?A. Diseases and aging.B. Accidents and war.C. Accidents and aging.D. Heart disease and war.解析:细节理解题。由文章第一段的最后一句可知,当今生命的主要杀
19、手有心脏病、癌症和衰老。答案:A2. In the authors opinion,todays most important advance in technology lies in .A. medicineB. the InternetC. brain cells D. human organs解析:细节理解题。第二段前两句的意思是“在讨论技术变化时,现在人们主要注意到的是网络。然而,药学方面的变化可能是当今技术方面的真正的大事件”,故选A。答案:A3. Why may humans live longer in the future?A. Heart disease will be f
20、ar away from us.B. Human brains can decide the final death.C. The basic materials of cells will last forever.D. Human organs can be repaired by new medicine.解析:推理判断题。由第二段的后半部分可知,在2050至2100年间,每隔10年左右,人们可以通过服药来修复生病或衰老的器官,这是未来生命延长的原因。答案:D4. What can we learn from the passage?A. Human life will not last
21、 more than 120 years in the future.B. Humans have to take medicine to build new skin cells now.C. Much needs to be done before humans can have a longer life.D. We have already solved the technical problems in building new cells.解析:推理判断题。由最后一段可知,将来技术的发展可能改变人类最基本的生存条件,但想达到美好的将来还有很多技术问题要解决。答案:CBSome pe
22、ople are so rude. Who sends an email or a text message that just says “Thank you”? Who leaves a voice mail message rather than texts you? Who asks for a fact easily found on the Internet? 5Maybe Im the rude one for not appreciating lifes little politeness. But many social norms(规范) just dont make se
23、nse to people drowning in digital communication.Take the thank-you note. Daniel Post Senning, a coauthor of Emily Posts Etiquette, asked, “At what point does showing appreciation outweigh the cost?”6 Think of how long it takes to listen to one of those messages. In texts, you dont have to declare wh
24、o you are or even say hello. Email, too, is slower than a text. The worst are those who leave a voice mail message and then send an email message to tell you they left a voice mail message.This isnt the first time technology has changed our manners.7Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, suggested tha
25、t people say,“Ahoy!” Finally, hello won out, and the victory sped up the greetings use in face-to-face communication.In the age of the smartphone, there is no reason to ask once-acceptable questions about: the weather forecast, a businesss phone number, or directions to a house, a restaurant, or an
26、office, which can be easily found on a digital map. 8 And when you answer, they respond with a thank-you email.How to handle these differing standards? Easy: Consider your audience. Some people, especially older ones, appreciate a thank-you message. 9 In traditional societies, the young learn from t
27、he old. But in modern societies, the old can also learn from the young. Heres hoping that politeness never goes out of fashion but that time-wasting forms of communication do.A. Then there is voice mail.B. Others, like me, want no reply.C. But people still ask these things.D. Dont these pe
28、ople realise that theyre wasting your time?E. Wont new technology bring about changes in our daily life?F. Face-to-face communication makes comprehension much easier.G. When the telephone was invented, people didnt know how to greet a caller.5. 解析:空格处所在段第一句直接提出了本段的主旨,即有些人很没有礼貌,然后列举了三种情况,因此,尾句应是对前面三种
29、情况进行总结,即表明有以上行为的人给你带来的影响。故选D。答案:D6. 解析:根据空格后的“Think of how long it takes to listen to one of those messages.”可以推测出,前一句提到的应该是与声音有关的信息,这与A项中的“voice mail”相对应。故选A。答案:A7. 解析:空格后一句中的“Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, suggested that people say .”与G项中的“invented” “greet”相呼应,故选G。答案:G8. 解析:根据空格后的“And when you answer .”可知,空格处应该会涉及“提问”,这与C项中的“ask these things”相呼应。故选C。答案:C9. 解析:根据空格前一句中的“Some people, especially older ones .”可推知,空格处与上文应是对比关系,B项中的“Others, like me .”与其相对应。故选B。答案:B