1、课时跟踪检测(四) Warming Up & Reading Language Points.单词拼写1Taking care of a family is a big responsibility.2A troop of students are planting trees in the field.3The weather forecast on the radio said there would be heavy rain.4Jay Chou is one of the pop singers that youngsters adore.5The river forms the bo
2、undary of the two countries.6The skirt is too long; please have it shortened (使变短)7They have failed to modernize (使现代化) this factory.8Many people are opposed (反对) to the plan of building a chemical plant nearby.9The judge is greedy (贪婪的) for money.10The businessman was sent to prison for corrupting
3、(行贿) a tax official with money.选词填空1I would like to thank you all on_behalf_of the crew.2He is_fond_of cooking and wants to be a cook when he grows up.3No one is_opposed_to building a park in the city.4Mike is_responsible_for designing the whole project.5We were brought up to be_respectful_to our el
4、ders.完成句子1It is said that she is_fond_of (喜爱) music.2Happily, all those days are_gone (一去不复返了)3This part is_equal_to (与相等) what I give to Goneril in value.4In_return (作为回报) for all your hospitality (好客), Id like to buy you a meal.5I will give you $1,500, neither_less_nor_more (一分不多，一分不少).句型转换1She is
5、 no longer a little girl.She is not a little girl any_longer.2His duty is to love and care for his family.It_is_his_duty to love and care for his family.3This is the book with the date marked with.This is the book which is marked with the date.4Try harder or you will fail in the exam.If_you_dont_try
6、_harder,_you will fail in the exam.5If they love you that much, why have they left you?If they love you so much, why have they left you?.阅读理解AIf you talk about a dogs life, go to Beijing to see the pampered (过分娇惯的) dogs. Dogs clipped, dressed up, washed and dried. Here, its the owners who go to the
7、obedience (服从) school, and these people pay almost a thousand US dollars a month to learn how to properly care for their pets. Dogs are hot in Beijing, a symbol of a new middleclass family.Dogs or pets can take the place of children, even husbands. Qin Lu, 23yearold dog owner, certainly thinks her d
8、og makes some more loyal partner. Shes spending 1,300 yuan, thats almost 200 US dollars a month, sending her dog to the training school. Think about it, almost half her monthly salary as a secretary.Personally, if I have a dog, I want to give it the very best of everything. Otherwise, I wouldnt have
9、 a dog.Before we get too sentimental, though, other dogs in China have a far more grisly (可怕的) fate, many still destined for the dinner table, dog meat, a popular delicacy. But appetites are changing. What was once for the eating is now for the treating. Beijing alone is home to more than a million
10、dogs. Owners spend an average 25 dollars a month on pets. Do the math. Dogs are big business. Ning Wei who runs this obedience school on the outskirts of Beijing said, “It has been open for almost three years. There are many dogs. And now we are opening another branch.”As their owners embrace everyt
11、hing western, so too are the dogs. Ning Weis specializing in producing a new breed of bilingual puppies. Yes, dogs understand Chinese and now English. “Im going to do a test now to see if they understand both English and Chinese effectively, if their Chinese is better than my English, and if their E
12、nglish is better than my Chinese.”1From the first paragraph we can know _ in Beijing.Adogs are tired of the hot daysBwhy people spend so much buying a dogCdogs are very expensiveDmany new middleclass families raise dogs解析：选D细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的“Dogs are hot in Beijing, a symbol of a new middleclass famil
13、y.”可知，许多新的中产阶级家庭养狗，即D项正确。2It can be inferred from the third paragraph that _.Athe author also loves dogsBdogs can take the place of children, even husbands or wivesCno dogs, no lifeDpeople will live a happy life with a dog解析：选A细节推断题。根据第三段中的“if I have a dog, I want to give it the very best of everyth
14、ing”可推知，作者也喜欢狗，即A项正确。3What can we know about Ning Wei from the passage?AHe is an English teacher in an obedience school.BHe is a businessman who runs an obedience school.CHe is a dogkeeper who is learning how to properly care for his dog.DHe is a researcher who is crazy for the bilingual puppies.解析：
15、选B细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Dogs are big business. Ning Wei who runs this obedience school on the outskirts of Beijing”可知，他是一位商人并经营一所宠物服从训练学校，即B项正确。4From the passage we can conclude that _.Athere are many different kinds of dogs from all over the world in BeijingBmany Beijingers love dogs better than their own
16、sons or daughters, even their husbands or wivesCteaching people how to treat dogs is hot business in Beijing nowDso much money has been spent on treating dogs解析：选C细节推断题。根据第四段的“Dogs are big business”“It has been .opening another branch.”可推知，教人们如何善待狗在北京是很热门的生意，即C项正确。BThere have always been laws agains
17、t copying other peoples ideas. However, when copying was only limited to copying something by hand, problems were solved easily. The solution was always the destruction or removal of the copy. Nowadays, the rise of the Internet has made the issue of intellectual property (知识产权) more complicated.Almo
18、st every bit of information can be cut and pasted (粘贴) with a few clicks of a mouse. Many art forms such as writings, films, and music need new protection to ensure that people do not simply transfer them for free. Online illegal copying has been blamed for a huge reduction in the sales of many reco
19、rds because it is hard to convince people to buy something that they can get for free. Even the ideas behind traditional games, such as Scrabble, have been used without the owners permission.Old laws have been struggling to keep up. While music companies have been successful in persuading courts tha
20、t action should be taken against people who illegally download music, the law is difficult to carry out. Furthermore, intellectual property rights vary widely from country to country, so its up for debate which laws apply. Finally, there is the fact that many people simply do not see the act as thef
21、t, since once the work has been digitized there is no clear physical object to steal in the first place.All of these issues mean that companies involved with intellectual property ideas or easily digitized information are fighting desperately to get people to pay for the information they use, rather
22、 than paying for an object like a CD that they use. While the companies have sometimes been successful, the practical barriers to full protection seem insurmountable.Finally, all that concerned parties can do is hope that their few successes scare off others and try to find new ways of making money.
23、语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。随着互联网的发展和普及，侵犯知识产权的现象越来越严重。创作人想要通过法律来维护自己的合法权益，但是现实中的障碍使得他们的维权之路充满坎坷。5Why do writings, films, and music need protection?AThey are very expensive.BThey are impossible to copy.CIt is easy to make CDs, books, and movies.DThey are easily able to be transferred when in digital form.解析：选D细节理
24、解题。根据第二段前三句“Almost every bit of information . something that they can get for free.”可知，随着网络的发展，著作、电影和音乐等很容易通过网络以数字形式供人们免费下载，这极大地损害了创作人的合法权益，所以它们需要被保护。故答案选D。6Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a problem of carrying out intellectual property rights?ALaws are not the same in all countries.BPeop
25、le do not see copying information as theft.CIt is very hard to catch people who are breaking the law.DInternet service providers do not want to cooperate with the police.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第三段中的“the law is difficult to carry out”“intellectual property rights vary widely from country to country”“there is t
26、he fact that many people simply do not see the act as theft”和“once the work has been digitized there is no clear physical object to steal in the first place”可知，A、B、C三项都是在保护知识产权时所面临的问题。D项在文中没有提到。故答案选D。7The underlined word “insurmountable” in Paragraph 4 means “_”Aextremely expensiveBimpossible to ove
27、rcomeCagainst the lawDhard to prove解析：选B词义猜测题。根据第三段和第四段内容可知，保护知识产权面临很多障碍，尽管有成功案例，但是要克服这些全面保护知识产权的实际障碍几乎是不可能的。由此可推断出，insurmountable意为“难以克服的，不能超越的”。B项意为“不可能克服的”，故答案选B。8What can be inferred from this passage?AMusic and films will be unnecessary in the future.BNew laws are necessary but difficult to put into practice.CThe Internet is likely to become more important in the future.DLaws are just a way for greedy companies to control their products.解析：选B推理判断题。根据全文可知，由于网络的发展，知识产权的保护受到严重挑战，原有法律已解决不了日益复杂的问题；人们在用法律来维护创作人的权益时，遇到了很多障碍，使得维权难以真正贯彻下去。由此可推断出，制定新的知识产权保护法很有必要，但是这项法律实施起来仍会很困难。故答案选B。