1、课后限时作业(三)(见课时作业P5)语言知识练.单句语法填空1Either you or he is(be) going to Beijing this weekend.2With the development of society, we are optimistic about our future life.3They have no intention of getting married(marry) at present.4He said that his computer was on the way out and wanted to buy a new one.5You m
2、ay look through the notes and other study materials.6He seems too tired to finish(finish) the task.7He made a prediction(predict) that Class Two would win the game.8What surprised me most was that the thin girl should have won three gold medals.9Im looking forward to working(work) with you.10Max kne
3、w that he had definitely(definite) been wrong about Diana.句型训练1这篇文章对我来说太难理解了。This passage is too difficult for me to understand.2不是每一个喜欢体育赛事的人都喜欢参加这个活动。Not everyone who enjoys sporting events likes to take part in the activity.3门开了,一群孩子冲了出来。The door was opened and out rushed a group of children.4你决不
4、能把这个秘密泄露出去。In no way can you give away the secret.5看!这里就是你需要的所有书籍。Look! Here are all the books you need.高考题型练.阅读理解AAmanda Clement was sixteen years old. She sat quietly in the grandstand(正面看台) with her mother, but she imagined, herself right out there on the baseball diamond with the players. Back h
5、ome in Hudson, South Dakota, her brother Hank and his friends often asked her to umpire(为当裁判) games.Mandy, as she was called, could only sit and watch Hank play. The year was 1904, and girls were not supposed to take part in sports. But when the umpire for the preliminary game (预赛) between two local
6、 teams didnt arrive, Hank asked Mandy to make the calls.Mrs Clement didnt want her daughter to umpire a public event, but at last Hank and Mandy persuaded her to agree. Mandy eagerly took her position.She did so well that the players for the big game asked her to umpire for themwith pay! Mrs Clement
7、 was shocked at that idea. But Mandy finally persuaded her mother to allow her to do it. Amanda Clement became the first paid woman baseball umpire on record.Mandys fame spread quickly. Before long, she was umpiring games in other states. Flyers(宣传单), sent out to announce upcoming games, called Mand
8、y the “World Champion Woman Umpire”. Her uniform was a long blue skirt, a black necktie, and a white blouse with UMPS marked across the front. Mandy kept her long dark hair tucked inside a peaked cap.Mandys earnings for her work as an umpire came in especially handy. She put herself through college
9、and became a teacher and coach. Mandy died in 1971. People who knew her remember her for her work as an umpire, teacher and coach, and because she loved helping people as much as she loved sports.本文为记叙文,主要介绍了Amanda Clement是如何成为美国第一位棒球女裁判的。1What was her mothers attitude towards Mandys umpiring at fir
10、st?AUninterested.BConfident.CSupportive.DDisapproving.解析 D细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知, Mandy的母亲一开始反对女儿当棒球裁判,故选D项。2What does the underlined word “tucked” in Paragraph 5 mean?ASpread.BTied.CHidden.DHung.解析 C词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句中的kept her long dark hair以及其后的inside a peaked cap可推知, Mandy应是将长发藏进帽子里,此处tucked与hidden意思相近,故选
11、C项。3Which of the following words can best describe Amanda Clement?ABeautiful and generous. BBrave and brilliant.CProud and patient. DStrict and careful.解析 B推理判断题。通读全文可知,在Mandy那个年代,女性是不被允许参加体育运动的,而Mandy敢于挑战这一观念,成为美国第一位棒球女裁判,之后还成为棒球老师与教练,由此可推知,她很勇敢且很出色,故选B项。BYoull probably never go to Mars or sing on
12、the stage with the Rolling Stones. But if virtual reality(VR) ever lives up to its promise, you might be able to do all these thingsand many morewithout even leaving your home. Unlike real reality, virtual reality means simulating(模仿) bits of our world. Apart from games and entertainment, its long b
13、een used for training airline pilots and surgeons and for helping scientists to figure out complex problems such as the structure of protein molecules(分子). Then how does it work?Close your eyes and think of virtual reality and you probably picture something like this: a man wearing a wraparound head
14、set(耳机) and data gloves, wired into a powerful workstation or supercomputer. What distinguishes VR from an ordinary computer experience is the nature of the input and output. Where an ordinary computer uses things like a keyboard, mouse, or speech recognition for input, VR uses sensors that detect h
15、ow your body is moving. And where a PC displays output on a screen, VR uses two screens (one for each eye), surroundsound speakers, and maybe some forms of touch and body feedback as well.VR has been routinely used by scientists, doctors, dentists, engineers, architects, archaeologists, and the mili
16、tary for about the last 30 years. Difficult and dangerous jobs are hard to train for. How can you safely practice taking a trip to space, making a parachute jump, or carrying out brain surgery? All these things are obvious candidates for virtual reality applications.Like any technology, virtual real
17、ity has both good and bad points. Critics always raise the risk that people may be addicted to alternative realities to the point of ignoring their realworld livesbut that criticism has been leveled at everything from radio and TV to computer games and the Internet. Like many technologies, VR takes
18、little or nothing away from the real world: you dont have to use it if you dont want to.本文主要介绍了虚拟现实技术(VR)的相关信息以及人们对这一技术的看法。4.What equipment do we probably need for virtual reality?AA keyboard, a headset and a supercomputer.BA headset, data gloves and a supercomputer.CA headset, data gloves and a spe
19、ech recognition.DA keyboard, a mouse and a speech recognition.解析 B细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知,虚拟现实需要耳机、数据手套,以及强大的工作站或超级计算机,故选B项。5What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?AThe advantages of virtual reality.BThe influences of virtual reality.CThe importance of virtual reality.DThe applications of virtual reality.解析 D主旨大
20、意题。第三段第一句讲到当前应用VR的领域,后面讲到VR在将来可能应用的领域,由此可知,第三段主要讲VR的应用,故选D项。6What is the writers attitude towards VR?ACautious.BAppreciative. CDoubtful.DUninterested.解析 B观点态度题。根据文章最后一句可知,作者对于批评者的观点进行了反击,由此推断出,作者对虚拟现实技术的态度倾向于认同,故选B项。7According to the passage, virtual reality means .Aexperiencing things that dont rea
21、lly existBcreating something that doesnt existCimagining beautiful things in our mindDcloning something that has died out解析 A推理判断题。根据第一段可知,我们不需要离开家就可以去火星,因为虚拟现实技术可以模仿现实世界让你去体验,故选A项。.语法填空Today, my friend and I went to the post office to mail a package to an old friend. She 1._(teach) religion, and we
22、 make red, white and blue rosaries(念珠) 2._ honour of our men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our friend 3._(express) interest in our handmade rosaries, and asked 4._ we could send her some of these specific ones. While we were in line at 5._ post office, I heard a woman begin to choke. 6._(alarm)
23、, I asked her if she needed water or anything 7._. She explained that she had asthma(哮喘), and 8._(be) alright. Even though nothing is needed to be done, 9._ made me feel good to show concern for a neighbour to the same degree and quality that I would hope someone would show for me, if I ever needed
24、it. The more I offer these small gestures of support, the 10._(friendly) the world seems to be. 本文为夹叙夹议文。作者通过亲身经历告诉我们:有时候向陌生人提供力所能及的帮助会让人觉得世界更美好。1teaches解析 考查时态、语态和主谓一致。根据and we make red可知,此处应该与make时态一致;主语she与teach为主谓关系,故此处用主动语态;根据主语为She可知,此处应用第三人称单数形式,故填teaches。2in解析 考查介词。in honour of为了纪念,为固定搭配。3ha
25、d expressed解析 考查时态和语态。根据语境可知,这位朋友在作者给她邮寄之前就表示过对手工念珠的兴趣,因此用过去完成时;主语Our friend与express为主谓关系,应用主动语态,故填had expressed。4if/whether解析 考查语义及引导词。分析句子结构可知,所填词引导宾语从句;根据上下文语境可知,空处表示“是否”,故填if或whether。5the解析 考查冠词。此处特指上文提过的post office,故用定冠词the。6Alarmed解析 考查词性转换。分析句子结构可知,空处作状语,修饰主语I;根据句意可知,此处表示“感到震惊的”,故填Alarmed。7else解析 考查副词。根据语境可推断,此处表示“别的东西”;anything else其他东西,为固定搭配,故填else。8would be解析 考查时态。根据句意可知,此处表示的是从过去看将来要发生的事情,故填过去将来时would be。9it解析 考查代词。分析句子结构可知,此处应用it作形式主语,代替真正的主语to show concern for a neighbour。10friendlier解析 考查比较等级。分析句子结构可知,本句采用了“the比较级,the比较级”结构,表示“越,越”,故填friendlier。