1、单元素养提升(四) Unit 4 . 单词拼写1. The theatre has a seating capacity(容量) of 2, 000. 2. We havent had time to analyse(分析) those samples yet. 3. Finance(资金) for education comes from taxpayers. 4. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous(自治的) Region is boasted for its picturesque scenery. 5. Schools are the latest victims(牺牲
2、品) of cuts in public spending. 6. You can be paid in cash weekly or by cheque monthly; those are the two alternatives(可选项). 7. Some of the victims are complaining loudly about the uneven distribution(分配) of emergency aid. 8. The data is limited in terms of both quality and quantity(数量). 9. Like most
3、 of my contemporaries(同代人), I grew up in a vastly different world. 10. The winner would be able to claim technological superiority(优势) over the other. . 单句语法填空1. The news apparently(apparent) came as a complete surprise. 2. He glanced briefly towards her but there was no sign of recognition(recogniz
4、e). 3. There is no denying(deny) that coffee is not for everyone. 4. She was sitting with her head buried (bury)in a newspaper. 5. It took the judge some time to reach the conclusion(conclude) that she was guilty. 6. There are some obvious practical(practice) applications of the research. 7. He has
5、a number of social engagements(engage) next week. 8. There were several expensive(昂贵的) suits hanging in the wardrobe. 9. He always gets annoyed (annoy) when I beat him at basketball. 10. He tried to return to work, but found he could no longer cope with his demanding (demand)job. . 完成句子1. She tells
6、me shes planned out her whole career, but as far as I can see its all just castles in the air(空中楼阁). 2. London joins dozens of other cities with bike rental programs, including Milan, Boston, Barcelona, Minneapolis, Paris and Zurich, to name but a few(略举数例). 3. We make mistakes, and fall victim to(成
7、为的牺牲品)the temptations of pride, and power, and sometimes evil. 4. Armed robbers broke into(闯入) a jewellers through a hole in the wall. 5. Alcohol can also damage the liver and do great harm if consumed in large quantities(大量地). 6. Social media allows government agencies to spy on(监视)their own citize
8、ns. 7. The young are quick to respond to changes and are at the forefront of(前沿)new trends in society. 8. Most important accomplishments boil down to(归结为) this single, often overlooked ability. 9. One countrys success need not come at the expense of(以为代价)another. 10. Startup biofuels companies were
9、getting funded at a rapid pace, new solar companies were growing like weeds(大量地) and the economy was humming. . 阅读理解A(2021广州高二检测)Educational APP StoreBusuu Busuu helps you learn English language on the go and the lessons quality is guaranteed as it is based on CEFR language framework. Lessons range
10、from beginners to advanced learners. Busuu is actually a great English app if you want to improve your spoken English by talking with native speakers. Duolingo Duolingo is one of the best English language apps today and highly recommended for English beginners. The system of the app helps you learn
11、English quickly by spending twenty minutes a day. Duolingo structures your lessons that teach you about seven new words based on a topic and skill points being awarded for completing the lesson. Memrise Memrise uses some creative and easy ways to remember English words. The focus of this app is to h
12、elp the users expand their vocabulary by learning English words in an effective way. Memrise also offers an offline mode to continue learning without Internet connection. Rosetta Stone Rosetta Stone is designed differently from average language apps on the marketplace today. Its trying to teach us E
13、nglish the way wed learn it if we were children starting to learn the language. It has exercises designed to help you learn basic words. A variety of lessons are offered that Rosetta Stone has been using for years. 【文章大意】本文为说明文。介绍了四款教育软件, 包括Busuu, Duolingo, Memrise, Rosetta Stone以及这些软件各自的独特之处。1. Whi
14、ch is most helpful for speaking? A. Busuu. B. Duolingo. C. Memrise. D. Rosetta Stone. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据Busuu部分内容可知, 如果你想通过与母语者交谈提高你的英语口语, Busuu实际上是一个极好的英语应用程序, 故选A。2. What is unique about Memrise? A. It works online or offline. B. It serves English beginners. C. It promises quick progress. D. It helps
15、 develop vocabulary. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据Memrise部分 Memrise also offers an offline mode to continue learning without Internet connection. 可知, Memrise提供了离线模式, 可以在没有网络连接的情况下继续学习, 这是它作为学习软件的独特之处。故选A。3. What does the Educational APP Store intend to do here? A. Inspire language learners. B. Show its high techn
16、ology. C. Compare ways of learning. D. Promote its latest products. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。本文讲述了Educational APP Store推出的四款教育软件, 以及这些软件各自的独特之处。由此判断出Educational APP Store的目的是推广其最新产品。故选D。B(2021洛阳高二检测)A company testing driverless cars has received permission from the state of California to operate the vehicles wi
17、thout human drivers. The tests will be carried out by Cruise, the self-driving car company owned by General Motors. Cruise reported last week that it got a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to let the self-driving cars travel on their own. The company plans to have them operati
18、ng in San Francisco by the end of this year. Cruise is still just testing its self-driving vehicles. But it plans to offer ride-sharing services in major cities across the United States in the future. Until now, testing has only been carved out with human backup drivers in all Cruise vehicles. Rules
19、 required the backup drivers to be inside the cars and ready to take control of the vehicles if necessary. Cruise has completed enough testing to feel that it is now ready to safely operate the cars without humans, said company spokesman Ray Wert. Wert said that Cruise would go neighborhood-by-neigh
20、borhood in San Francisco before spreading the driverless car to the whole city. The permission in California followed a similar decision in Arizona. Arizona state officials approved a request by Waymo, a company owned by Googles parent company Alphabet Inc. , to open its ride-sharing service to the
21、public in vehicles without human drivers. The service was launched last week in the city of Phoenix. Progress toward driverless vehicles slowed after one such vehicle hit a passer-by during a test in Tempe, Arizona, in 2018. That vehicle was operated by Uber Technologies. Steven Shladover is a resea
22、rch engineer at the University of California, Berkeley. He has studied self-driving for 40 years. Shladover said that although Cruise and Waymo program their vehicles to drive more conservatively than humans, both still need to progress safely. He noted that Cruise will first use its vehicles in eas
23、ier areas in San Francisco before sending them into complex traffic situations. 【文章大意】本文是一篇新闻报道。主要报道了Cruise公司收到加利福尼亚州允许其进行无人类备用司机在车内的自动驾驶实验的消息。文章附带介绍了无人驾驶方面的进度、相关公司和相关研究者们的观点。4. What has Cruise done until now? A. It has done driverless car testing in other states. B. It has helped other companies te
24、st their self-driving cars. C. It has completed some testing with human drivers. D. It has offered ride-sharing services using self-driving cars. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第三段内容可知, 到目前为止, Cruise已经在有人类司机的情况下完成了一些测试。故选C。5. What caused the testing of self-driving cars to slow down? A. Taxi drivers fear of losing
25、their jobs. B. The high cost of doing it in big cities. C. An accident caused by a self-driving vehicle. D. The small number of companies taking part in it. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“Progress toward driverless vehicles slowed after one such vehicle hit a passer-by during a test in Tempe, Arizona, in 201
26、8. ”可知, 自动驾驶汽车引起的事故导致自动驾驶汽车的测试减速。故选C。6. Which of the following does Steven Shladover agree with? A. Self-driving vehicles shouldnt go without safety. B. Self-driving vehicles drive less carefully than humans. C. Self-driving vehicles cant get into complex traffic situations. D. Companies should prog
27、ram their vehicles to drive faster. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据最后一段中“Shladover said that although Cruise and Waymo program their vehicles to drive more conservatively than humans, both still need to progress safely. ”可知, Steven Shladover认为自动驾驶汽车不应该没有安全保障。故选A。7. What can be the best title for the text? A. Califo
28、rnia Allows Company to Test Cars with No DriversB. Two Companies Self-Driving Tests Get ApprovedC. Self-Driving or Human-Driving, Which Should We Depend on? D. Cruise or Waymo, Which Is Leading the Self-Driving Technology? 【解析】选A。标题归纳题。文章主要报道了Cruise公司收到加利福尼亚州允许其进行无人类备用司机在车内的自动驾驶实验的消息。并附带介绍了无人驾驶方面的进度
29、、相关公司和相关研究者们的观点。故A选项适合作文章标题。故选A。. 完形填空(2021丹东高二检测)Older citizens join Chinas digital ageDigital technology has made life easier for most people. With a smartphone in hand, people can shop online, watch TV shows and 1 a taxi. Zhu Yiwei, 17, from Anhui Province, wanted his grandfather to have access t
30、o this 2, so he bought him a new phone as a gift. But his grandfather still uses the phone just for calling and 3. “He said other functions make him confused. ” said Zhu. This is a 4 problem faced by the elderly in the digital age. Although China already has more than 900 million Internet users, amo
31、ng them, those aged 60 and above 5 just 6. 7 percent, according to the Statistical Report on Internet Development. Even though the elderly have access to the Internet, they 6 do it for communication and information acquisition(获取), according to a survey by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Oth
32、er services are still 7 to them. Thats why elderly people are sometimes called “digital refugees(难民)”. “We have made a lifelong 8 to society, but now we feel 9 by it, ” a 75-year-old Beijing resident surnamed Bai told the Global Times. For the elderly, one way of 10 digital technology is to learn fr
33、om younger family members. However, not all of these younger people have the 11 or time to teach the elderly. In addition, aging 12 many physical problems, such as 13 eyesight and bad memory. This makes it 14 to use smart phones. The government and other organizations in China are trying to help. Se
34、e Young, a Beijing based NGO, 15 to help Chinas elderly use mobile services. Student volunteers have been providing free computer and smartphone training for elderly people in over 200 communities across the country. 【文章大意】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了老年人在数字时代所面临的普遍问题及对此所做出的一些努力。1. A. prepareB. strikeC. hireD. main
35、tain【解析】选C。hire a taxi表示“租一辆出租车”, 故选C。2. A. qualityB. convenienceC. solutionD. effect【解析】选B。根据前文“Digital technology has made life easier for most people. ”可知, 手机作为礼物, 是能让他的爷爷享受到便利, 故选B。3. A. messagingB. applyingC. selectingD. referring【解析】选A。根据后文“He said other functions make him confused. ”可知, 他的爷爷只
36、会使用手机的基础功能: 打电话和发短信。故选A。4. A. usualB. variousC. seriousD. common【解析】选D。根据“He said other functions make him confused. ”提到朱一伟爷爷在使用手机时遇到的一些困惑, 从而引出这是老年人在数字时代所面临的普遍问题, 故选D。5. A. make upB. take upC. pick upD. burn up【解析】选A。 根据“among them, those aged 60 and above”可知, 这里指的是60岁及以上的网民占所有网民的比例, 故选A。6. A. hard
37、lyB. graduallyC. mainlyD. currently【解析】选C。根据“He said other functions make him confused. ”提到老年人对于手机其他功能感到困惑可知, 老年人上网主要是为了交流和获取信息, 故选C。7. A. familiarB. strangeC. positiveD. negative【解析】选B。根据前文“do it for communication and information acquisition”老年人上网主要为了交流和获取信息可知, 其他服务对他们来说仍然是陌生的。故选B。8. A. creativityB
38、. resourceC. impressionD. contribution【解析】选D。make a contribution to表示“对作出贡献”, 为固定搭配, 故选D。9. A. frightenedB. limitedC. excitedD. deserted【解析】选D。根据前文“Thats why elderly people are sometimes called digital refugees”可知, 因为老年人对手机很多功能不熟悉, 他们感觉就像被社会抛弃了一样, 故选D。10. A. organizingB. observingC. masteringD. igno
39、ring【解析】选C。根据“learn from younger family members”可知, 老年人向家里其他年轻人学习是为了掌握数字技术。故选C。11. A. curiosityB. patienceC. benefitD. passion【解析】选B。根据年轻人的特点, 一般他们都是比较没有耐心和时间的, 故选B。12. A. results inB. takes inC. joins inD. calls in【解析】选A。根据后面的physical problems可知, 这里是由于衰老, 导致了身体出现问题。故选A。13. A. narrowB. plainC. weakD
40、. entire【解析】选C。根据前文提到身体出现问题, 可知此处用weak eyesight表示“视力差”, 故选C。14. A. deeperB. harderC. simplerD. faster【解析】选B。根据前文提到老年人会出现视力差、记忆力差, 也就会让他们使用手机变得更艰难。故选B。15. A. refusesB. strugglesC. aimsD. adapts【解析】选C。根据前文“The government and other organizations in China are trying to help. ”可知, 这个非政府组织的目的在于帮助中国的老年人使用移
41、动服务。故选C。. 读后续写阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。(2021保定高二检测)Suzy sat on her bed and gave a deep sigh. It was time to pack for Grandmas house. But what should she bring? “I cant go without Teddy, ”Suzy said. She put her little bear into the suitcase. Then she added her other animals. She might n
42、eed them to play with, she thought. Her cousins would be visiting Grandmas house. But what if they didnt remember her? Suzy was afraid she might get bored. “Ill need my books, ”she said, “and my beach ball, my baseball mitt(棒球手套), my building blocks. ”Mama came in to help. Suzy brought over her cray
43、ons and paints and colored paper. “What if theres nothing to do? ” Suzy asked her. Mama smiled. She told Suzy about the fun things she did growing up on Grandmas farm. “Teddy and the other toys will be fun to play with, ”Mama said. “But lets pack your swimsuitjust in case you want to try something n
44、ew. ”“I dont think Ill like swimming in a pond, ” Suzy said. Honk(汽车喇叭声)! Honk! “Lets go! Lets go! ”Papa called from the driveway. “Last one in is a hairy bear! ”Mama helped Suzy close her suitcase and carry it to the car. “Youre going to have fun! ”Mama said. Suzy felt very nervous. She had never s
45、pent the night away from home. She hugged her Teddy bear tight as they drove to Grandmas farm. As their car pulled up the driveway, Suzy heard the sound of water and the laughter of some kids. She looked out of the window and saw her cousins swimming in the lake. “Suzys here! ” called her aunts and
46、uncles from the door. They were smiling and waving as they ran down the path. A colorful sign read “Welcome. ”注意: 续写词数应为150左右。When Suzy climbed out of the car, Grandma gave her a big warm hug. At the end of the day, Suzy could hardly wait to call her parents to tell them what happened during the day
47、. 【参考范文】When Suzy climbed out of the car, Grandma gave her a big warm hug. Seeing her uncles and aunts, Suzy greeted them happily. Her uncles and aunts took Suzy and her cousins to play with water. Suzy put on her swimsuit in suitcase and swam happily in the lake with everyone. After playing, Suzy w
48、ent back to her room and hugged her Teddy bear to think about this wonderful day. At the end of the day, Suzy could hardly wait to call her parents to tell them what happened during the day. She told Mama that she was nervous about riding alone, and told her how happy she was to play with everyone t
49、oday, too. Suzy also told Mama that the delicious food cooked by her Grandma was all her favorite food. Mama told Suzy that there are many interesting things on Grandmas farm, which can be tried together with friends. It can not only enhance friendship, but also provide different pleasures. Suzy readily agreed to Mama, and told her about plans for tomorrows play, then fell asleep with her Teddy bear.