1、UNIT 4Period One题组A基础练(建议用时：5分钟).单词拼写1This is a new subject and needs to be _ (探究) in depth.2The children all have very different _ (性格)3He _ (承认) all his mistakes.4I felt a growing sense of _ (恐慌) when he did not return that night.5How can we be released from such _ (关注自我的) attention?6It was the st
2、rength of character that _ (使能够) him to persevere.7We have provided seats for the _ (方便) of our customers.8Hes _ (上瘾的) to computer games.【答案】1.explored2.personalities3.admitted4alarm5.self-focused6.enabled7convenience8.addicted.单句语法填空1Nowadays，the Internet has become an essential means of _(communic
3、ate) to modern people.2To be a good reporter, one needs to _(able) others to answer many different questions.3Many stores have a delivery service for the _ (convenient) of customers.4If you are alone at the Spring Festival, you may feel very _ (lone)5They sat in the yard _ (chat) with the elderly pe
4、ople.6The weight-loss pill has a strong side effect _ peoples hearts.【答案】munication2.enable3.convenience4lonely5.chatting6.on题组B提升练(建议用时：20分钟).阅读理解Alexa is a form of artificial intelligence, or AI for short.Many people start their mornings by asking Alexa for the weather forecast or the latest news.
5、A device(设备) that houses Alexa can also play music from your favorite playlists, keep a shopping list, order takeout food, answer questions, send messages and even run “smart” home controls.Training AI systems to respond to problems with human-like intelligence and learn from their mistakes can take
6、 months, or even years.Consider Alexa and similar software, such as Apples Siri.To do the tasks its human owners ask, these systems must make sense of and then respond to sentences such as, “Alexa, play my Ed Sheeran playlist” or “Siri, what is the capital of India？”Computers cant understand languag
7、e as it is spoken by people.So AI researchers must find a way to help humans communicate with computers.The technology used to get computers to “understand” human speech or text is known as natural language processing.By natural language, computer scientists refer to the way people naturally talk or
8、 write.To teach an AI system a task like comprehending(理解) a sentence or responding to a persons last move in a board game, scientists need to feed it lots of examples.AlphaGo is an AI system designed by Google that has beaten a human champion, Lee Sedol, at the strategy board game Go.To train Alpha
9、Go, Google had to show it 30 million Go moves that people had made while playing the game.Then AlphaGo used what it learned to analyze those plays as it played against different versions of itself.During this practice, the program came up with new movesones never seen in games between people.()1.Wha
10、t does the example of Alexa show?AAI may replace humans one day.BAI is playing a role in our modern life.CAI has been widely used around the world.DAI has totally changed peoples bad habits.()2.How do scientists train AI systems?ABy testing them thousands of times.BBy teaching them almost everything
11、.CBy giving them quite a lot of tasks to do.DBy providing them with large amounts of data.()3.What can we learn about AlphaGo?AIt has become very skillful and intelligent.BIt is the most convenient AI system.CIt avoids making any mistakes.DIt just follows human orders.【语篇解读】本文是一篇科普说明文，文章介绍了AI可以在我们的生
12、活中起着很重要的作用，同时还介绍了科学家对AI技术的研究和探索。1B推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句“A device(设备)that houses Alexa can also play music from your favorite playlists, keep a shopping list，order takeout food，answer questions，send messages and even run smart home controls.”可知这些运用Alexa的例子主要是为了告诉我们AI在我们的生活中起着很重要的作用。故B项正确。2D推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句“
13、To teach an AI system a task like comprehending(理解)a sentence or responding to a persons last move in a board game，scientists need to feed it lots of examples.”可知研究人员给AI很多例子，让它们理解相关的含义。也就是说科学家给AI提供了很多的数据。故D项正确。3A推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句“AlphaGo is an AI system designed by Google that has beaten a human champ
14、ion，Lee Sedol，at the strategy(策略)board game Go.”可知AlphaGo在围棋棋艺上很出色，甚至击败了世界冠军李世石。说明它棋艺纯熟，特别聪明。故A项正确。阅读加油站artificial intelligence 人工智能 weather forecast 天气预报respond to 回应Training AI systems to respond to problems with human-like intelligence and learn from their mistakes can take months, or even years.
15、训练人工智能系统以类人工智能应对问题并从错误中吸取教训可能需要数月甚至数年的时间。.完形填空Have you ever seen a movie in which a building was burned down or a bridge was destroyed? Have you seen films in which two trains crashed or a ship _1_into the ocean? The man who knows the _2_is the “special-effects” man.He may be ordered to_3_a flood or
16、 to make a battlefield explode.But he may also be told to create a_4_effect which is much less exciting，_5_just as important to the success of the film.In a scene for one movie there was a big glass bowl filled with water in which small fish were swimming.The director of the movie_6_the fish to stop
17、 swimming suddenly_7_they seemed to stare at an actor.Then the director wanted the fish to_8_staring and swimming.But fish cant be ordered to do anything.It was quite a_9_.The special-effects man thought about the problem for a long time.The result was an idea of_10_the fish with a harmless use of e
18、lectricity._11_he applied electricity to the fish bowl causing the fish to be absolutely_12_.Then he rapidly reduced the amount of electricity, allowing the fish to be free.Thus he got the humourous effect the_13_wanted.In other parts of movie making there are also special-effects men who have devel
19、oped_14_skills in creating certain kinds of effects.Jim White, who has been a special-effects man for thirty-two years, is best known for his_15_with ships and airplanes.()1.A.buriedBsankCfell Ddropped()2.A.news BquestionCmessage Dsecret()3.A.prevent BfightCpour Dcreate()4.A.terrible BpeacefulCfunny
20、 Dspecial()5.A.or BasCthough Dso()6.A.warned BwantedCdecided Ddoubted()7.A.while BsinceCso that Deven if()8.A.return BcontinueCstop Dstart()9.A.success BfailureCproblem Ddisappointment()10.A.controlling BoperatingCdriving Dlighting()11.A.As a result BAbove allCFirst DImmediately()12.A.pure Binterest
21、ingCstill Dquiet()13.A.actor BactressCdirector Dspecial-effects man()14.A.fast BparticularChumorous Dcareful()15.A.imagination BworkCrepair Ddesign【语篇解读】本文是说明文，讲述的是电影特效是如何做出来的以达到导演的要求。1B考查动词辨析。句意：你是否看过电影中两列火车相撞或船沉没。 buried埋葬；sank下沉；fell摔倒；dropped落下；根据常识得知，火车相撞，船下沉。故选B项。2D考查名词辨析。句意：了解这个秘密的人就是特效人员。new
22、s新闻；question问题；message信息；secret秘密；根据了解特效奥秘的人。故选D项。3D考查动词辨析。句意：他可能被命令创造一次洪灾或爆炸。prevent 阻止；fight打仗；pour倾倒；create创造；根据make可知是创造一个场景。故选D项。4D考查形容词辨析。句意：但他也可能被告知来创造一次不是那么令人兴奋的、特别的效果。terrible可怕的； peaceful 和平的；funny有趣的；special特别的。短语much less exciting意为 “不那么令人兴奋的”。故选D项。5C考查连词辨析。不令人兴奋但是对电影成功同等重要，前后表示转折。故选C项。6
23、B考查动词辨析。句意：电影的导演想让鱼突然停止游动，为的是让他们看着演员。ordered命令；wanted想；decided 决定；doubted怀疑。根据下一句“wanted the fish to _8_”可知，此处应填wanted。7C考查连词辨析。句意：电影的导演命令鱼突然停止游动，为的是让他们看着演员。while 虽然；since自从；so that因此；even if即使。两个句子是因果关系。故选C项。8C考查动词辨析。句意：然后导演想让鱼停止盯着。 return 返回；continue继续；stop停止；start开始。根据 “they seemed to stare at (盯
24、着看)an actor”可知，电影场景一个是鱼盯着演员。一个是鱼停止盯着演员。故选C项。9C考查名词辨析。句意：这确实是一个难题。success成功； failure失败；problem问题；disappointment失望。根据“But fish cant be ordered to do anything.”可知，让鱼儿听命令是一个难题。以及下文 “the problem”是原词复现。故选C项。10A考查动词辨析。句意：结果是一个用电来控制鱼的想法。controlling 控制；operating操作；driving 开车；lighting点燃。根据“with a harmless use
25、 of electricity”可知，用无害的电控制鱼儿。故选A项。11C考查短语辨析。句意：开始他将电应用于鱼缸，导致鱼是静止的。As a result结果；Above all毕竟 ; First开始； Immediately 立刻。根据 “Then he rapidly reduced”得知前面是第一步。故选C项。12C考查形容词辨析。句意：同上题。pure 纯的；interesting有趣的；still静止的；quiet安静的。根据 “allowing the fish to be free”得知一开始让鱼儿静止。故选C项。13C考查名词辨析。句意：因此，他达到导演想要的幽默效果。act
26、or演员；actress 女演员；director导演。special-effects man特技制作人。根据语境可知是导演的要求。故选C项。14B考查形容词辨析。句意：在电影的其他部分中，也有特效人员运用特殊的技巧来创造各种效果。fast 快的；particular特殊的；humorous幽默的； careful小心的。根据 “creating certain kinds of effects”得知创造各种特效是需要特殊技巧的。故选B项。15B考查名词辨析。imagination想象；work工作；repair 修理；design设计。根据语境可知是因为特效这份工作。故选B项。.语法填空Jo
27、 is a young Australian woman 1._ worked as a volunteer teacher in Papua New Guinea for two years. The high school where she worked was a bush school whose classrooms were made 2._ bamboo and grass. The other day Jo was showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment 3._ the mixture was bubbling ove
28、r everywhere before she knew it. The boys who had never come across anything like this before were so 4._ (frighten) that they started jumping out of the windows 5._ (swift). Although Jo wondered if chemistry was relevant to the kids, she tried to make 6._ difference to the boys lives.Last weekend J
29、o and Jenny 7._ (go) to visit a villageTombes home. When they arrived, Tombes father led them into his house, a low bamboo hut with grass 8._ (stick) out of the roof. Later, Jo noticed a tin can was heated on the grill over the fire and then thrown away 9._ (avoid) evil spirits. They left the next m
30、orning after many goodbyes and firm 10._ (handshake). It was such a privilege to have spent a day there.【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文。本文讲述了澳大利亚女教师在巴布亚新几内亚做了两年的志愿者教师的日常生活。1who/that考查定语从句。句意：乔是一名年轻的澳大利亚女性，她在巴布亚新几内亚做了两年的志愿者教师。 该空应填一个关系词引导定语从句，修饰先行词woman，指人，代替先行词在从句中作主语，关系代词who/that符合题意。故填who/that。2of考查介词。句意：她工作的高中是一所丛
31、林学校，教室是用竹子和草做成的。固定短语be made of表示“由制作而成的(看得出原材料)”，该句表示教室是用竹子和草做成的。故填of。3when考查连词。句意：有一天，乔正在给男孩子们看每周的化学实验，在她还没反应过来的时候，混合物已经到处冒泡了。be doing when表示“正在做这时突然”，此处应填连词when。故填when。4frightened考查形容词。句意：这些男孩以前从来没有遇到过这样的事情，他们非常害怕，开始迅速地从窗户跳出去。该小题需要一个形容词作表语，v.ed形式的形容词修饰人，所给动词frighten的形容词frightened符合题意，修饰主语boys。故填fr
32、ightened。5swiftly考查副词。句意：同上题。该空需要一个副词修饰动词短语jumping out，所给词swift(迅速的)为形容词，应变为其副词形式。故填swiftly。6a考查冠词。句意： 尽管乔不知道化学对孩子们是否有意义，但她还是试图改变男孩们的生活。固定短语make a difference to表示“对产生影响”。故填a。7went考查时态。句意：上周末，乔和珍妮去参观了一个村庄汤贝的家。该空所给动词go在句中作谓语，根据时间状语“Last weekend”可知，应使用一般过去时态。故填went。8sticking考查非谓语动词。句意：当她们到达时，汤贝的父亲把他们带进了他的房子，一个低矮的竹屋，屋顶上长着草。该空所给动词stick在句中作with复合结构中的宾语补足语，与前面宾语grass是主动关系，应使用现在分词。故填sticking。9to avoid考查非谓语动词。句意：后来，乔注意到一个铁罐在火上的烤架上加热，然后扔掉了，以避开恶灵。该空所给动词avoid在句中作目的状语，应使用动词不定式形式。故填to avoid。10handshakes考查名词复数。句意：在多次道别和坚定的握手之后，她们第二天早上离开了。该空所给名词handshake是可数名词，根据空前many可知应使用复数形式。故填 handshakes。
