Module 2 Traffic Jam
Section Ⅰ Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary
一、单句语法填空
1.He said it was quite impossible to buy the novel which was well worth ________(read).
2.______ (stick) in the traffic jam for two hours,they were late for the wedding party.
3.Have you ever had any skin problems _______(connect) with exposure to the sun
4.Our new house is very _______(convenience) for me as I can get to the office in five minutes.
5.Nowadays people get _______ much more easily than they used to.
6.It's a waste of time _______(talk) about such useless things.
7.The book signing provided him ______ an opportunity to meet one of his heroes.
8.The speech made by the president was ______(impress).
二、句型转换
1.The party will be held in the garden if weather permits.
→The party will be held in the garden,_________.
2.The road is being constructed.
→The road is _______.
3.Please send me an answer at your convenience.
→Please send me an answer ______________.
4.If you stand there, you'll have a good view of the city.
→_______,and you'll have a good view of the city.
三、阅读理解
Terrafugia Inc.said on Monday that its new flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year.The vehicle—named the Transition—has two seats,four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car.The Transition, which flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes last month, can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air.It flies using a 23 gallon tank of gas and burns 5 gallons per hour in the air.On the ground, it gets 35 miles per gallon.
Around 100 people have already put down a $10,000 deposit to get a Transition when they go on sale, and those numbers will likely rise after Terrafugia introduces the Transition to the public later this week at the New York Auto Show.But don't expect it to show up in too many driveways.It's expected to cost $279,000.And it won't help if you're stuck in traffic.The car needs a runway.
Inventors have been trying to make flying cars since the 1930s,according to Robert Mann,an airline industry expert.But Mann thinks Terrafugia has come closer than anyone to making the flying car a reality.The government has already permitted the company to use special materials to make it easier for the vehicle to fly.The Transition is now going through crash tests to make sure it meets federal safety standards.
Mann said Terrafugia was helped by the Federal Aviation Administration's decision five years ago to create a separate set of standards for light sport aircraft,which are lower than those for pilots of larger planes.Terrafugia says an owner would need to pass a test and complete 20 hours of flying time to be able to fly the Transition, a requirement pilots would find relatively easy to meet.
1.What is the first paragraph mainly about
A.The basic data of the Transition.
B.The advantages of flying cars.
C.The potential market for flying cars.
D.The designers of the Transition.
2.Why is the Transition unlikely to show up in too many driveways
A.It causes traffic jams. B.It is difficult to operate.
C.It is very expensive. D.It burns too much fuel.
3.What is the government's attitude to the development of the flying car
A.Cautious. B.Favorable.
C.Ambiguous. D.Disapproving.
4.What is the best title for the text
A.Flying Car at Auto Show
B.The Transition's First Flight
C.Pilots' Dream Coming True
D.Flying Car Closer to Reality
四、阅读七选五
Have you ever cleaned and organized your increasingly high tech household devices like your hard drive, phone or tablet It's not just stuff. Your privacy needs a cleanup too. __1__
·Clean up your browsers (浏览器).
Cookies are blocking everything up and keeping your computer from running fluently. A free program called CCleaner helps you sort out the cookies and archives (将……存档) you don't really need. __2__. CCleaner analyses its backlog of information and lists the data that seems unnecessary.
·Speed up your smartphone.
Most of us already know about the desktops, but what about smartphones Our phones are essentially handheld computers, and when they overflow with useless information, their operations can also slow down. These aren't necessary apps, but overburdened call logs, search history, and saved texts.
For Android users, there's an app that earns its name. __3__ Most of us are surprised by how many updated messages and URLs get archived, a data stream that we will probably never refer to again. Then again, you do want to make sure irreplaceable bits (landmark texts, unsaved photos) survive the deep clean.
·__4__
Digital photos are easy to shoot, upload and copy, which are handy in almost every respect, especially if you grew up lugging rolls of film to the one hour photo lab. The downside (缺点) is that you may end up with multiple copies of the same picture. If you're shooting with a decent camera, each shot could take 10MB or more of space. This volume adds up.
__5__ This is the premise (前提) behind Duplicate Photo Fixer, which is designed to filter through your photo collection in search of double takes.
A.Make your photos shine.
B.The app gathers that data in one place, letting you decide what to keep.
C.This aim of this app is to clean your smartphones.
D.Remove unnecessary images.
E.When you download the app, you can focus on a specific browser that you would like to clean up.
F.Here are three tools that can help you organize your virtual (and real) environments.
G.The trick is to safely delete unnecessary photos without losing the original images.
一、单句语法填空
1.reading
2.Stuck
3.connected
4.convenient
5.around
6.talking
7.with
8.impressive
二、句型转换
1.weather permitting
2.under construction
3.when it is convenient for you
4.Stand there
三、阅读理解
1.A 段落大意题。第一段主要介绍了飞行汽车Transition的座位、轮子、可折叠的机翼、飞行的速度、燃油状况等基本的数据,因此A项正确。
2.C 推理判断题。根据第二段的“But don't expect it to show up in too many driveways.It's expected to cost $279,000.”可知,飞行汽车Transition价格昂贵,买家不多,路上少见。因此C项正确。
3.B 推理判断题。根据第三段的“The government has already permitted the company to use special materials to make it easier for the vehicle to fly.”可知,政府对此项目给予支持,持赞同的态度,故B项正确。cautious“谨慎的”;favorable“赞同的”;ambiguous“模棱两可的”;disapproving“不赞同的”。
4.D 标题判断题。第一段介绍了这种飞行汽车完成了第一次试飞;第二段介绍已经有大约100人交了购买定金;第三段提到了政府对此的支持;第四段介绍了让飞机投入使用的改良办法以及对飞行员的要求等。纵观全文,这种飞行汽车投入使用的可能性越来越大,因此D项正确。
四、阅读七选五
1.F 根据前面的“Have you ever cleaned and organized your increasingly high tech household devices like your hard drive, phone or tablet It's not just stuff. Your privacy needs a cleanup too”及下文的内容可知,此句为过渡句,既衔接前面的内容,又引出后文的一些方法,故选F。
2.E 根据前一句“A free program called CCleaner helps you sort out the cookies and archives(将……存档)you don't really need”和后一句“CCleaner analyses its backlog of information and lists the data that seems unnecessary”可知,当你下载这个应用程序的时候,你可以把重点放在你想清理的某个特定的浏览器上。E项中的“a specific browser”与后一句“analyses its backlog of information”中的its呼应,故选E。
3.B 根据后一句“Most of us are surprised by how many updated messages and URLs get archived, a data stream that we will probably never refer to again”可知,这个应用程序将数据存档在一个地方,让你决定要保留的内容。B项与这一句构成逻辑上的衔接,故选B。
4.D 分析文章结构可知,此处应为一个小标题。再根据前面的两个小标题可知,此处小标题中第一个单词应用动词原形,接着根据下段内容可知,此处主要讲怎么删除多余的照片,故选D。
5.G 此处还是在讲删除多余照片的问题。只有G项符合这个主题,且G项表达的内容与下一句中的“This is the premise(前提)behind Duplicate Photo Fixer”相呼应,故选G。
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