1、Unit 2 RobotsSectionLearningaboutLanguage,UsingLanguage,SummingUp&LearningTip课后篇巩固提升一、单句改错1.When hearing what happened to him,we set out to raising money for him.答案raisingraise2.Though he is two years junior than me,he is more mature.答案thanto3.It was with his help I made progress in my spoken Englis
2、h.答案I前加that4.Could you accompany me to go the supermarket?答案去掉go5.Since he was young,he has shown a talent on physics.答案onfor二、翻译句子1.大多数人遵守法律。(obey)答案Most people obey the law.2.他们认为艺术应该与政治分开。(divorce)答案They believed that art should be divorced from politics.3.下个月这种新药要在100位病人身上做试验。(test out)答案The new
3、 drug is to be tested out on 100 patients next month.4.你最好留出些钱来以备将来使用。(set aside)答案Youd better set aside some money in case of future use.5.我们教室前有一棵老松树。(there stands)答案There stands an old pine tree in front of our classroom.6.到你履行职责的时候了。(its time for sb.to do sth.)答案Its time for you to carry out you
4、r duty.三、阅读理解Whether in the home or the workplace,social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years.Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way,said Cynthia Breazeal,chief scientist at the robot company Jibo.While household robots
5、 today do the normal housework,social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools.For example,these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad.This allows them to respond more appropriately to the user.The Jibo robot,arranged to ship later this year,is designed to b
6、e a personalized assistant.You can talk to the robot,ask it questions and make requests for it to perform different tasks.The robot doesnt just deliver general answers to questions;it responds based on what it learns about each individual in the household.It can do things such as reminding an elderl
7、y family member to take medicine or taking family photos.Social robots are not just finding their way into the home.They have potential applications in everything from education to health care and are already finding their way into some of these spaces.Fellow Robots is one company bringing social ro
8、bots to the market.The companys “Oshbot” robot is built to assist customers in a store,which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the products location in the store.It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is sh
9、opping for.The more interaction(互动) the robot has with humans,the more it learns.But Oshbot,like other social robots,is not intended to replace workers,but to work alongside other employees.“We have technologies to train social robots to do things not for us,but with us,”said Breazeal.1.How are soci
10、al robots different from household robots?A.They can control their emotions.B.They are more like humans.C.They do the normal housework.D.They respond to users more slowly.答案B解析推理判断题。根据第二段内容可知,社交机器人和家用机器人的不同之处在于它们更加像人类,能够判断人的情感,并做出更恰当的反应。2.What can Oshbot work as?A.A language teacher.B.A tour guide.C
11、.A shop assistant.D.A private nurse.答案C解析细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第二句内容可知,这款机器人能够担当超市店员的角色。3.We can learn from the last paragraph that social robots will .A.train employeesB.be our workmatesC.improve technologiesD.take the place of workers答案B解析推理判断题。根据最后一段中Breazeal所说的话可推断,社交机器人将和我们一起工作,成为我们的同事。4.What does the p
12、assage mainly present?A.A new design idea of household robots.B.Marketing strategies for social robots.C.Information on household robots.D.An introduction to social robots.答案D解析主旨大意题。通读全文内容可知,文章主要向我们介绍了社交机器人的一些情况,所以D项概括了文章主旨。四、语篇填空Dr.Barone has helped many kids smile who were born with defects(缺陷),i
13、ncluding me.She did my first operations when I was a baby,which were the most important and 1.(effect).I dont remember the first two operations very well,but I do recall 2. third.Dr.Barone was kind and eased me into the process.She let me choose my sleep medicine,3.(make) sure that I was okay.I rece
14、ntly saw a picture of me before my operation,and I know 4. a big job she did.Dr.Barone 5.(operate) on people with all types of birth defects.She also goes to other countries where people cannot afford this treatment and helps them 6. free.Many people benefit from her new ways 7.(invent) to fix birth
15、 defects of the head and face.She has won many awards.A few of the most recent 8.(be) Best Doctors in America 2013-2014,Americas Top Plastic Surgery,and many others.Dr.Barone was my doctor when I was a kid,and even though I was 9.(probable) just another patient to her,to me she was 10.(much) than ju
16、st my doctor.She was and is my hero,and she gave me back my smile.答案1.effective2.the3.making4.what5.operates6.for7.invented8.are9.probably10.more五、短文改错People used to communicate with each other through letters and public phones.So nowadays they use mobile phones and the Internet instead of.This chan
17、ge in communication have good effects on our works and life.Comparing with letters and public phones,mobile phones and the Internet are fast and much more convenient.If you missed your grandmother,you just take out your phone and say “hello” to him.And she will be happy to hear your voice.If you want to place order with a foreign company,you can e-mail the message.Itll be minutes after you get their reply.答案第二句:SoBut;去掉of第三句:havehas;workswork第四句:ComparingCompared;fastfaster第五句:missedmiss;himher第七句:order前加an第八句:afterbefore