1、Unit 3 Discovering Useful Structures & Listening and Talking1、You have to take the top off to change these _(电池).2、The fact that the policeman was prejudiced against foreigners could not be recorded in the official _(档案).3、I paid the cheque into my savings _(账户).4、He pressed a _(按钮) and the door clo
2、sed.5、Therefore, we cannot _(确定) that food from cloned animals is really safe for humans to eat.6、Modern methods of tracking polar bear populations _(employ) only since the mid-1980s.7、A 90-year-old _(award) Woman Of The Year for being Britains oldest full-time employee still working 40 hours a week
3、.8、Its the first time that the old computer _(check) since I bought it.9、The problems of climate change and population growth _(describe) in a book by the American writer Thomas.10、He _(inform) that he doesnt qualify for the scholarship because of his academic background.11、请在下列方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空,完成下列短
4、文。because, while, rather than, firstly, secondly, last but not leastMore and more people rely on e-mails and mobile phones for communication letters and public phones the new tools seem faster and make work more efficient. However, this change has bad as well as good effects, especially dependence o
5、n the Internet. ,as we lack enough practice, we are losing the beauty of hand-written Chinese words which express the writer better machine words all have the same looks. ,our spelling becomes worse if we rely on the machine too much. ,the PC screen does harm to our eyes. I prefer the old way of com
6、munication even though it is much too slow in the eyes of many.12、Each of Apples products such as the iPhone and the iPad sounds cool and has become a fashion. Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter “i”, and many other brands are following suit. The BBC iPlayer, which allows W
7、eb users to watch Tr programs on the Internet, used the title in 2008. A lovely bearpopular in the US and the UK一that plays music and video is called iTeddy. A simplified version of The Independent was launched in 2010 under the name i. In general, single-letter prefixes (前缀)have been popular since
8、the 1990s, when terms such as e-mail and e-commerce first came into use. Most “ i ” products are targeted at young people and considering the major readers of The Independents sister paper i, So its no surprise that theyve selected this fashionable name. But its hard to see whats so special about th
9、e letter “i”. Why not use “a”,“b”,or “c” instead? According to Tony Thorne,former Director of the Language Centre at Kings College London, “i” works because its meaning has become unclear. “When Apple uses “i” , no one knows whether it means the Internet, information, individual or interactive,” Tho
10、me told BBC Magazines. “Even when Apple created the iPod,it seems it didnt have one dear definition,”he said. “ However,thanks to Apple,the term is now associated with portability(轻便),”added Thorne. Clearly the letter “i” also agrees with the idea that the Western world is centered on the individual
11、. Each person believes they have their own needs, and they love personalized products for this reason. Along with “Google ” and “ blog ”,readers of BBC Magazines voted “ i ” as one of the top 20 words that have come to define the last decade. But as history shows, people grow tired of fashion. From
12、the 1900s to the 1990s,products with “2000” in their names became fashionable as the year was associated with all things advanced and modem. However, as we entered the new century, the trend inevitably disappeared.1. Why people use iPlayer?A. To listen to music.B. To make a call.C. To watch TV progr
13、ams online.D. To read newspapers.2. What is The Independent sister paper i aimed at?A. Engineers.B. Young readers.C. Fashionable women.D. Old readers.3. Nowadays,the term “ i ” often makes people think of the products which are .A. easy to carryB. environmentally friendlyC. advancedD. personalized4.
14、 What is implied in the last paragraph?A. “i” products are often of high quality.B. Actually nobody likes products with “2000”.C. Fashion is closely connected with time.D. The popularity of “i” products may not last long.13、 In the near future, daily newspapers and monthly magazines will probably di
15、sappear. Electronic media(媒体) can provide the same information faster and cheaper. The Internet, together with laptops and mobile phones, makes it possible that almost everyone can at any time and in almost any place get some news for free or for few fees. Youll browse the computer newspapers or mag
16、azines just like turning on TV. An electronic voice will tell you stories about the latest events. Youll even get to choose the kind of voice you want to hear. Want more information on the brief story? A simple touch makes the whole text appear. There are the predictions from the experts working on
17、the newspapers of the future. Imagined as part of home media and entertainment systems, computer newspapers and magazines would unite printed and broadcast news, offering information and analyzing video images of news events. The continuing loss of readers will lead to a small number of advertisemen
18、ts in newspapers. It makes no sense to spend millions of dollars to print ads. With the development of technology, more and more electronic media have been created until now, but replacing the traditional newspapers and magazines has a long way to go, because the resistance to computer newspapers an
19、d magazines from journalism(新闻业) may be much stronger. Since it is such a cultural change, it may be not until the present journalists(新闻工作者), who arent used to it, die off that the newspaper industry is not considered as an industry any longer. Anyway, technology is making the traditional newspaper
20、s and magazines disappear gradually.1.Computer newspapers and magazines have all the advantages EXCEPT that _.A.you can choose the kind of voice you like to hearB.they are more expensive than traditional newspapersC.you can get more information from them easilyD.you can easily store information for
21、the future use2.The underlined word resistance in the fifth paragraph probably means _.A.a thought which directs your actionB.an idea which is different from othersC.a force that helps you do somethingD.a force that acts to stop something happening3.We can infer from the passage that _.A.new things
22、will replace the old ones in the futureB.traditional newspapers and magazines will disappear soonC.all technological developments are very importantD.traditional newspapers and magazines will be more popular4.The author writes the article to _.A.tell readers what newspapers and magazines are like in
23、 the futureB.let people know the great development of the journalismC.prove newspapers and magazines are not welcomed any moreD.say traditional newspapers and magazines are better than before14、阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或使用括号中单词的正确形式填空。A woman suddenly _1_ (go) blind in one eye
24、after playing a mobile phone game for a whole week in Guangdong province last month. The unnamed woman admitted to 2 (regular) playing the game for seven or eight hours without moving and finally lost 3 (she) right eyesight.The game, Arena of Valor, _ 4 _ (know) as Honor of Kings, has become hugely
25、popular in China and is due to be released across the US and Europe. Being 5 worlds most popular online battle game, it already has over 200 million players in China.The battle game 6 (put)together a team of five players who have to fight others in a fantasy land filled 7 characters , and players ca
26、n buy extra features while playing. The eye injury follows a series of_ 8 _ (incident). In June, a child in Shenzhen stole 30,000 yuan from his parents to buy equipment, and a 13-year-old in Hangzhou, severely injured his legs after jumping from a five-storey building to escape from his father 9 _ w
27、as trying to stop him from playing. In a country in which 60 percent of the population have a smart-phone, the game has been highly 10 (success), partly because it is free to play. 答案以及解析1答案及解析:答案:batteries解析: 2答案及解析:答案:files解析: 3答案及解析:答案:account解析: 4答案及解析:答案:button解析: 5答案及解析:答案:confirm解析: 6答案及解析:答案
28、:have been employed解析: 7答案及解析:答案:has been awarded解析: 8答案及解析:答案:has been checked解析: 9答案及解析:答案:have been described解析: 10答案及解析:答案:has been informed解析: 11答案及解析:答案:1. rather than2. because 3. Firstly4. while5. Secondly 6 . Last but not least解析: 12答案及解析:答案:1.C 2.B 3.A 4.D解析:1.C 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The BBC iPlay
29、er, which allows Web users to watch TV programs on the Internet,” 可知,人们使用iPlayer在网上看电视节目,故C项正确。2. B细节理解题。根据第三段内容可知,大多数“i” 产品都是针对年轻人的。故B项正确。3. A 细节理解题。根据第五段中的“thanks to Apple, the term is now associated with portability” 可知,这些产品 都是可移动的产品,方便携带。故选A项。4. D 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中作者用名字 中带有“2 000”的产品为例子来说明这样的时尚经常很
30、快就 过时了。由此可推知“i”产品也会过时的。故选D项。 13答案及解析:答案:1-4 BDAB解析:1.细节理解题。根据第一段中The Internet, together with laptops and mobile phones, makes it possible that almost everyone can at any time and in almost any place get some news for free or for few fees.可知they are more expensive than traditional newspapers是错误的,故选B项
31、。2.同义猜测题。根据最后一段中With the development of technology, more and more electronic media have been created until now, but replacing the traditional newspapers and magazines has a long way to go, because the resistance to computer newspapers and magazines from journalism(新闻业) may be much stronger.可知,resist
32、ance 意为抵制,故选D项。3.推理判断题。根据最后一段中Anyway, technology is making the traditional newspapers and magazines disappear gradually.可知新的事物将会取代旧的,故选A项。4.主旨大意题。本文阐述了随着科技的发展,传统的报刊和杂志在逐渐地退出历史舞台,电子报刊媒体正在迅速发展,但是要取代传统报刊杂志还有很长的路要走,B项let people know the great development of the journalism(让人们知道新闻业的巨大发展)符合题意,故选B项。 14答案及解
33、析:答案:1. went 2. regularly 3. her 4. known 5. the 6. puts 7. with 8. incidents 9. who/that 10. successful解析:1.考查时态。该句中的时间状语为last month,所以此处用一般过去时。2.考查副词。此处表示 “这位不知姓名的女士承认经常一动不动地玩七八个小时的游戏”。此处应用副词修饰动词playing,故填regularly。3.考查人称代词。根据空后的right eyesight可知,此处应用形容词性物主代词修饰名词,故填her。4.考查非谓语动词。此处表示“这款名为Arena of V
34、alor的游戏,通称为王者荣耀,在中国很受欢迎”。be known as通称为,此处known为过去分词作定语。5.考查冠词。此处表示“它成为世界上最受欢迎的网络对战游戏,在中国已经拥有超过两亿的玩家”。形容词最高级前应用定冠词the。6.考查时态。因为此处描述的是客观存在的情况,所以用一般现在时,又因主语为第三人称单数,故填puts。7.考查介词。此处表示“这款对战游戏由五名玩家组建一个队,他们不得不在一片充满很多人物的虚构土地上与其他人战斗”。be filled with意为“充满, 装满”,此处filled为过去分词作定语。8.考查名词复数。根据固定结构a series of+可数名词复数可知, 此处用名词的复数。9.考查定语从句,分析句子结构可知,此处是定语从句,先行词为father,又因关系代词在从句中作主语,所以此处用关系代词who引导定语从句。10.考查形容词。此处表示“这款游戏已经非常成功,在一定程度上 是由于它是免费的”,此处用形容词 successful 作表语。