1、Module 1课下能力提升(一)阅读理解AThese are some ideas that some people came up with about what the life will be like in the year 2500.We will have established a base on the moon. School kids can take field trips to the moon weekly. We will have found cures (疗法) for AIDS and cancer. The war will have ended and
2、peace flows freely through the land. Kids will learn more and be smarter than ever before！History will be the main subject at school. Cafeteria (自助餐厅) food will be delicious！You just walk up to a machine, stick out your tongue, and it will scan your taste buds (味蕾) to see what you want to eat.Kriste
3、nHere I am in the wonderful year of 2500 and life is so easy. I work in a pet store and it is so hard！I have to wake up at midnight every day and fly my car to the store. It takes so long to get there. It takes me 20 seconds to get to the store in Mississippi from my home in Florida！At work, I have
4、to push 5 buttons and then I go home. It takes 2 seconds and that is like forever.MorganIn the year 2500, I think we will have invented cars that run on things we dont need like garbage. Tail gas will smell like whatever you like such as chocolate. I also predict that buildings will be able to go in
5、to a different dimension (维) so your car wont hit them. The cars in 2500 dont fly, for we havent got that technology yet, but they can hover (盘旋) up to seven feet. These cars are made for speed!CarlyInstead of cars, we may have hovering devices that float around. We could also have electric cars ins
6、tead of gaspowered cars. Food might be more healthy. What I believe is that the environment will change the most. The environmental changes will also determine many other changes. If more people try to help the environment, then perhaps in 2500 we will have more forests and wildlife. If people wont
7、help the environment, then we will have no forests and little wildlife left.Roberta1According to Kristen, what will happen in 2500?AEnglish will be the main subject at school.BStudents can go to the moon every week.CCafeteria will replace other restaurants.DAIDS and cancer will disappear.2The underl
8、ined word “scan” in the text could be replaced by “_”AchangeBtreatCexamine Dimprove3Morgan thinks his work in the pet store is _.Adifficult BmeaninglessCimportant Deasy4Roberta thinks that in 2500 _.Athe environment will have changed a lotBthere will be more wildlife and forestsCthe environment will
9、 be seriously damagedDcars will run on solar power and electricityBMy legs dont do much because I have a serious disease. They just sit there and look pretty. When people look at me, they only see the chair my wheelchair. Ive been in one since I was 3 years old. And it doesnt matter if I graduate at
10、 the top of my class and go to law school. To some, Ill always be the girl in the chair.But I dont think of myself as the kid who cant walk. Most of my friends dont even notice the chair anymore. Im just the girl theyve been friends with. My friends are good at lifting me in and out of my small car
11、when we go to the movies. We even took the car to the dance. One of the boys helped me out of the car and all the girls helped me to fix my dress. Even in the crowded school elevator, theres always someone around to carry me.There are a lot of things I cant do for myself, such as lifting my arms, dr
12、essing myself, and feeding myself. Even so, I do very well at school and I always tell myself that Im just like any other kid in my school.The truth is that my parents raised me to be proud of my disability (残疾). There are plenty of things I wish I could do differently. I wanted to be a doctor. But
13、thats not going to work out. So Ill be a lawyer (律师) instead. I also wanted to dance and play soccer. My parents taught me that Im like this for a reason to educate people and show them that this disease affects (侵袭) my bones not my brain. My friends Erica once said to me，“Kennedy, youre not disable
14、d. You just cant walk.”5What does the underlined word“They”in the first paragraph refer to?AThe authors legs.BThe authors chairs.CThe authors friends.DThe authors diseases.6We can learn from the second paragraph that the author _.Ais the dancing queen of her schoolBis afraid of taking the school ele
15、vatorCoften gets lots of help from her friendsDcant be understood by her schoolmates7Kennedys story mainly tells us that we should _.Awork hard Bsmile at lifeChave dreams Dthank our parentsCWhat will man be like in the future in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now？We can only make guesses, of course
16、, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is relatively a short p
17、eriod of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brains capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need
18、 larger ones！This is likely to bring about a physical change to the head, in particular, the forehead will grow larger.Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely
19、that mans eyes will grow stronger.On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.But what about hair？This will probably
20、disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then，both sexes are likely to be bald.Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at！This may well be true. All the same
21、, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.8The passage mainly tells us that _.Amans life will be different in the futureBfuture man will look quite different from usCman is growin
22、g taller and uglier as time passesDmans organs functions will be on the wane9What serves as the evidence that man is changing?AMan has got stronger eyes now than he ever had.BMans hair is getting thinner and thinner.CMans arms and legs have become lighter and weaker.DMan has been growing taller over
23、 the past 500 years.10Which of the following is TRUE about a human being in the future?AHe is hairless because hair is no longer useful.BHe has smaller eyes and wears better glasses.CHis fingers grow weaker because he doesnt have to make use of them.DHe thinks and feels in different ways.11It is imp
24、lied that _.Ahuman beings will become less attractive in the futureBless use of a bodily organ may lead to its degenerationChuman beings hope for a change in the future lifeDfuture life is always predictable课下能力提升(一)1解析：选B细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二句Kristen所说的话“School kids can take field trips to the moon weekl
25、y.”可知B项为正确答案。2解析：选C词义猜测题。根据画线单词所在的句子的意思“你只需要走到一台机器跟前，伸出你的舌头，然后机器就会判断出你想吃什么”可以推断出，机器通过仔细查看(examine)你的味蕾就能判断出你想吃什么。3解析：选D推理判断题。文章中Morgan对他工作的具体描述使用的是反语，他真实的意思是“这份工作太轻松了”。他的第一句话也是对该意思的提示，故选D项。4解析：选A细节理解题。根据文章最后Roberta所说的那段话可知，她所坚信的是环境一定会变化很大，或往好的方面变化，或往坏的方面变化。5解析：选A推理判断题。根据第一段提到“My legs dont do much be
26、cause I have a serious disease. They just sit there and look pretty”因为我有严重的疾病所以我的腿不好，只能坐着，故选A项。6解析：选C细节理解题。根据第二段提到“Even in the crowded school elevator, theres always someone around to carry me”甚至在学校拥挤的电梯里，也有人帮我，故可知作者从周围朋友中得到许多帮助，因此选C项。7解析：选B推理判断题。根据最后一段倒数第二句可知我的父母教会我疾病侵袭的是我的身体，不是我的大脑，再根据第二段提到“But I
27、dont think of myself as the kid who cant walk”我不认为自己是个不会走的孩子，可知作者身体虽然残疾但微笑着面对生活，故选B项。8解析：选B主旨大意题。从文章第一段可知本文主要介绍未来人类的外貌可能会出现的变化。C项只是其中一个方面。9解析：选D细节理解题。从第二段第二句可知人类身高已经改变。A、B、C三项均为人类未来的变化趋势而不是人类变化的证据。10解析：选A正误判断题。第五段指出人类的头发可能会消失，因为“it does not serve a useful purpose any longer”故A项正确。11解析：选B推理判断题。从人类身体变化可以看出，经常使用的器官部位，如大脑、手指将变得发达，而不常用的器官如头发、四肢会退化。
