Unit 4 A glimpse of the future-Section Ⅲ课时同步练习
【选用合适短语并用其恰当形式填空】
be adjusted to;go through;change one’s mind;base on;make an effort
1.LEDs can any level of lighting intensity.
2.Each of us expresses goals our centre.
3.At any time,don’t hope things simple;let’s to do better.
4.Once my sister is determined to do something,no one can .
5.If I all this,then would my application at least be granted
【单句语法填空】
1. is shown above,there are two cartoons presenting two quite different situations.
2.The old couple dragged on an unhappy (exist) for many years.
3.He was so desperate a job that he would have done anything.
4.What he did (scare) me and I have never been back to the house.
5.The sun began to rise in the sky, (bath) the mountain in golden light.
【完成句子】
1直到我读了《海国图志》,我才意识到改革开放的重要性。(It was not until...)
2.诚然,每个人都会有这样一个时期,事情似乎出了差错。(go wrong)
3.快点儿,我们要迟到了!(come on)
【阅读理解】
Researchers from the Water,Peace and Security Partnership (WPS) have announced the creation of a global forecasting tool that can predict where conflicts arising from water insecurity are most likely to break out.The system uses artificial intelligence to create patterns from a wide range of geographical and socio-economic data and can identify potential conflict hotspots up to a year in advance.
Susan Schme,a senior lecturer at Delft Institute for Water Education,which leads the WPS,explains predicting these types of conflicts isn’t as simple as it might first appear.It isn’t simply a case of conflicts increasing every time a water security incident occurs.Several regional and cultural factors also play a part,making prediction difficult.
The researchers tested the AI tool in Mali.They found that it predicted more than three-quarters of the water-related conflicts there.To achieve this,the system is fed with a variety of data.“First there’s the natural side of things—so rainfall data,soil moisture and many other natural factors,” explains Schme.This enables it to identify areas where availability of water is likely to become a concern.
“Then we also look at vulnerability in terms of socio-economic and political developments — anything from a regime type to the state of development in a region,” she adds.This additional information is weighed up to determine whether it increases or decreases the chance of conflict.Other factors might include whether the water insecurity is likely to affect crops.
The tool is just one part of a wider WPS project that aims to increase the availability of information which could help avoid water-related conflicts.Once artificial intelligence has made its predictions the WPS researchers use other analytical tools to zoom-in on a certain region and find out exactly what’s driving water insecurity.This might be decreased rainfall,increased population,or water might be being diverted away from a community.
The designers are now undergoing final tests of the new AI tool to make sure it’s ready for a November launch date.Once widely available,Schme hopes that it will be used by local governments and also by international organisations with an interest in maintaining global stability.
1.What is the function of the tool
A.Collecting all kinds of data.
B.Predicting conflict hotspots.
C.Ensuring security of water.
D.Stopping fractures of water pipes.
2.How did the AI tool work in Mali
A.The government discourages it.
B.More improvement is needed.
C.It works quite effectively.
D.It attracts public attention.
3.What is the last paragraph mainly about
A.People’s attitude to the AI tool.
B.The study process of the AI tool.
C.Designers of the AI tool.
D.The future of the AI tool.
【应用文写作】
假设你是某高中的学生会主席李华,一批来自英国的高中生与你校学生开展了为期两周的交流活动。现在,他们即将回国,你将在欢送会上致辞。请根据以下提示写一篇发言稿。
1.回顾双方的交流活动(如学习、生活、体育、文艺等方面);
2.谈谈收获或感想;
3.表达祝愿与期望。
注意:1.词数不少于100;
2.可适当加入细节,使内容充实、行文连贯。
Dear friends,
Thank you.
【读后续写】
When she was 22 years old,Pat Jones decided to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could while she was young.She finished college at home in Britain,Pat chose to visit Latin America first,so she managed to get a job as an English teacher in a secondary school in Bolivia.Pat spoke a little Spanish,so she was able to communicate with her students even though they did not know much English.
A sentence she had once read somewhere stuck in her mind:if you dream in a foreign language,it means that you have really mastered it.Pat repeated this sentence to her students and she hoped that someday she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in English.
One day,Tim,one of the worst students in her class,came up to her and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework.He said that he had gone to bed early and had slept badly.Pat was quite angry with him,for she did not think that his explanation had anything to do with his homework.But Tim told her that he dreamed all night and his dream was in English.
“In English!” Pat thought.She was greatly surprised,since Tim was such a bad student.She was also secretly jealous.Her dreams were still not in Spanish,but she decided to encourage her student and asked him to tell her about his dream.
“All the people in my dream spoke English,” Tim said.“And all the signs were in English.All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English.”
“But that’s wonderful,” said Pat.“What did all the people say to you ” she asked.
“I’m sorry,Miss Jones.That’s why I slept so badly all through the night.I didn’t understand a word they said.It was a nightmare!” Tim answered.
Paragraph 1:
After hearing the boy’s words,Pat,
Paragraph 2:
In order to inspire her students to speak English,Pat
参考答案：
【选用合适短语并用其恰当形式填空】
be adjusted to
based on
make an effort
change her mind
went through
【单句语法填空】
As
existence
for
scared
bathing
【完成句子】
It was not until I read the book Haiguo Tuzhi that I realised the importance of reform and opening up.
It is true that everyone will have one of those periods when things seem to be going wrong.
Come on,we’ll be late!
【阅读理解】
BCD
【应用文写作】
Dear friends,
How time flies!Two weeks went by,and our exchange activities ended.On behalf of my school,I would like to express my feelings.
As scheduled,we participated in several instructive activities.We learnt many Chinese characters and took plenty of exercise together.We went to the restaurant to taste the traditional Chinese food.The food was very delicious.While visiting the art exhibition,we discussed the great artists’ works.
In my opinion,everyone here is a member of our big family and we learn a lot from each other.And at last I sincerely wish you a pleasant trip back to your country.I hope we’ll get together again next year.
Thank you.
【读后续写】
Paragraph 1:
After hearing the boy’s words,Pat, the English teacher,began to shake her belief in the sentence stuck in her mind.Her jealousy had all gone.Staring into the boy’s eyes,Pat sensed something wrong hidden there.Obviously,the boy was telling a lie.Seeing the negative effect his behaviour would have on her students,Pat decided to teach the boy a lesson.Though she knew only a little Spanish,she decided to scold him using the language.
Paragraph 2:
In order to inspire her students to speak English,Pat arranged for several people in the secondary school to have weekly talks,their topics ranging from travelling around the world to language learning methods.After several weeks,many of her students came running to her,telling her that they finally dreamed in English.This time,instead of being jealous,Pat felt proud of them,saying she would also try her best to learn Spanish so that one day she would also dream in Spanish.Unit 4 A glimpse of the future-Section Ⅰ课时同步练习
【选用合适短语并用其恰当形式填空】
so far;susceptible to;in the long run;hang out;
have no choice but to;come true;wipe out
1.He wants the chance the memory of his poor performance last season.
2.We only have one physical life to live—we make the most of it.
3. we have done a lot to build a low-carbon economy,but it is far from ideal.We have to work still harder.
4.The parents wondered where their guys because they had no news of them.
5.His wish to visit China has at last .
6. ,the economic crisis of the US appears unavoidable.
7.All these nearly-identical birds could be a common threat.
【单句语法填空】
1.The first robotic vacuum cleaner (design) for home use in the past years.
2. (judge)from his appearance he seems to be rich.
3.Enough materials should be collected previous to (write).
4.If I’m not (concern) about one thing or another,that means I have no choice but (relax).
5.So far,you (learn) about two thousand new words.
6.In future articles we will come back and provide solutions some of the questions we have posed.
7.Everyone agrees that we all need a (good) understanding of culture than the past.
【完成句子】
1.我刚在那里度完假,想向大家推荐那儿。
I have just spent a holiday there and would .
2.多亏你的帮助,我们提前完成了任务。
,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.
3.我们生活在同一个地球村,但这并不意味着我们的行为都是一样的。
We live in the same global village,but this doesn’t mean that we all behave .
4.总的来说,这是一个相当不错的会议。
It was a pretty good conference .
【阅读理解】
A
Google Street View is certainly a handy feature.You can get a look at a hotel you’re planning to book to see what kind of area it’s in.You can also tell if it looks like it’s worth the money by the clear pictures.You can scan around a place you’ve never been to before to see where to park and plan accordingly.So how does Google Street View have pictures,for that matter
The primary way they get their photos is with their Google Street View cars,which have special cameras that take photographs as they drive down public streets.Once the photographs have been taken,they immediately use computer processing to make them ready for use on Google Maps.The image-processing technology sticks the photos to create the seamless (无缝的)360-degree images that you’ll see on Street View.
Contributions from people can help keep Street View images updated.If there’s a tiny county that doesn’t have Google Street View cars,or a very geographically remote location where cars wouldn’t be available,Google can use images from its volunteers.Volunteers like Herve Andrieu,an enthusiastic Google local guide and editor of googlemaps.guru have 67,000 photos on Google Maps.
In addition,Google also has a couple of other types of vehicles better equipped to handle rough land than cars.There are trolleys,snowmobiles,and three-wheelers,as well as a Street View Trekker.This portable equipment allows people to bring the camera with them to get images that cars never could.
1.What is the text mainly about
A.The advantages of Google Street View.
B.The ways for Google Street View to get pictures.
C.The portable equipment for Google Street View.
D.The technology of making 360-degree Google images.
2.What contributes most photos to Google Street View
A.Volunteers.
B.Map editors.
C.Portable equipment.
D.Google Street View cars.
3.Where is the text probably taken from
A.A tech website.
B.A travel guide.
C.A fashion magazine.
D.An app advertisement.
B
In the past decade,the use of social media has grown in a way that no one could have guessed.It has turned some teenagers into celebrities(名人) and turned the famous into the infamous,overnight.
A key feature of social media,however,is its volatility.Trends come and go,disappearing almost as quickly as they appeared.So,what were the key social media trends of 2018
Short video apps such as TikTok and its Chinese equivalent Douyin,took the world by storm.The Telegraph reported that TikTok was ranked 8th on Apple’s App Store in April.And Douyin had more than 300 million domestic monthly active users in June,CNBC said.
Why are these short videos—which are rarely longer than a few minutes—so popular Jiang Yige,Singapore-based analyst at FengHe Fund Management,has a theory.Short videos are “just right to fill in the little gaps in our busy schedules,” he told CNBC.
These videos—apart from being very convenient—are important to teenagers because they allow them to express themselves,according to Teen Vogue.
The sense of community that users of short video apps get is another appealing feature.Liza Koshy,a user of the US app Musically who has over 2 million followers,said that she was thrilled when anyone said that her video had “inspired” them.“It’s really cool ... because I think as social creators that’s what we all are,” she added.
Live streaming is another feature of our social media life that now seems as natural as sunrise.It’s a pretty neat idea:You can watch anyone,anywhere,live.
However,China has taken live streaming to a whole new level.In China,more than 100 million viewers monthly watch a live streaming video.Forbes thought that a number of factors had led to the popularity of live streams.Among them is viewers’ ability to interact while remaining anonymous.
However,the boom in social media may be having side effects too.Fake news is one serious problem it arguably causes.Material shared on these platforms is often not checked for accuracy.The most basic content can be false and can sway users one way or another.We use social media all the time;that doesn’t mean that we understand the influence it is having on us.We should be mindful of both the time we spend on it and its impact on our minds.
4.The underlined word “volatility” in paragraph 2 possibly means “being ”.
A.changeable B.steady
C.promising D.violent
5.According to Liza Koshy,short videos are very popular because .
A.they are very convenient
B.they help people kill time
C.they provide a sense of community
D.they allow people to express themselves
6.What can we learn about social media from the text
A.The information from social media is highly reliable.
B.When it comes to social media,people know short videos best.
C.People can’t communicate with each other without social media.
D.There is still much room for social media to make improvement.
参考答案：
【选用合适短语并用其恰当形式填空】
to wipe out
have no choice but to
So far
had hanged out
come true
In the long run
susceptible to
【单句语法填空】
has been designed
Judging
writing
concerned;to relax
have learned
to
better
【完成句子】
recommend it to everyone
Thanks to your help
in the same way
on the whole
【阅读理解】
A
1-3BDA
B
4-6ACDUnit 4 A glimpse of the future-Section Ⅱ课时同步练习
【选择合适短语并用其恰当形式填空】
have a talent for;on the horizon;feel confident about;
couldn’t wait to;result in;be bound to;take turns to
1.The nurses look after the patients last month.
2.This section of the road is so narrow that there be traffic jams now and then.
3.After graduation,she return to her hometown.
4.He music and was appointed conductor of Shanghai Symphony Orchestra at the age of 30.
5.The commander’s mind was at ease and he the future.
6.There is some excitement ,but I can’t tell you about it.
7.Look for a review partner because studying by yourself might eventually
laziness.
【单句语法填空】
1.I,who (be) your best friend,will surely stand on your side.
2.Not only I but also Jane and Mary (be) tired of having one examination after another.
3.More than one picture (show) that over 70% of the island
(be) covered by water.
4.Barbara is easy to recognise as she’s the only one of the women who
(wear) evening dress.
5.Large amounts of money (be) spent on the magnificent building,but the poor (be) not allowed to have a single room.
6.Cathy,as well as her cousins, (study) Chinese in China now.
【完成句子】
1.昨天我们以每小时八十英里的速度顺风而下。
Yesterday we were running down the wind an hour.
2.她是唯一一位迟到的女生。
She was the only one of the girls .
3.医疗队由十二名医生组成。
The medical team .
4.我们所需要的是更多的时间。
What we need .
【语篇语法填空】
A computer program has beaten a human champion at the ancient Chinese board game Go.It marked an important advance for the 1. (develop) of artificial intelligence.The program,2. (call) AlphaGo,had taught itself how to win.It beat the European champion in all five games of a match in October.The developers say 3. (it) learning ability may someday let computers help solve real-world problems.Those could include making medical diagnoses and 4. (conduct) scientific research.
Previously computers have beaten humans in other 5. (game).But among classic games,Go has long been viewed as the most challenging for artificial intelligence to master.Go originated in China more than 2,500 years ago.6. game involves two players who take turns putting markers on a checkerboard-like grid.The object is to surround more area on the board with the markers than one’s opponent(对手).Players obtain the opponent’s pieces 7. surrounding them.The rules are simple,8. playing it is not.It’s probably the most complex game ever created by humans.
Martin Mueller,a computing science professor,9. (work) on Go programs for 30 years.He said the new program “is really a big step up from everything else 10. we’ve seen.It’s a very impressive piece of work.”
【完形填空】
One day,Taylor received a random Facebook message,“I’m Willie from Liberia.I need some 1 assistance.” Taylor didn’t 2 it and thought it was some Internet scam(诈骗).But he wanted to see what the 3 were.So he replied,saying that he owned a photography business and could use some pictures.Soon came Willie’s shots of people in shabby neighbourhoods.For Taylor,the images were 4 .He’d never seen such poverty.He thought,“I have to find a 5 to reward him for his work. 6 ,I would be the scammer.”
Taylor 7 a crowd-funding site,where he tried selling copies of Willie’s photos.In no time he raised $1,000.He sent Willie the money but asked him to 8 half of it.It was a test.But pictures arrived showing joyful 9 with new book bags and notebooks—Willie had bought out a market and blessed five schools with 10 .“He came through.” Taylor eventually set aside his 11 and travelled 6,500 miles to meet Willie.“I set out to 12 a man,but ended up helping him.Sometimes people 13 you when you give them a chance.”
Willie has changed,too.“I used to 14 .Now I’m the one who’s giving.When you 15 that,you come from nobody to somebody.I’ve come from zero to hero.”
1.A.technical B.financial
C.medical D.legal
2.A.buy B.grasp
C.resist D.read
3.A.rules B.comments
C.messages D.tricks
4.A.heartbreaking B.painstaking
C.well-developed D.old-fashioned
5.A.person B.reason
C.school D.way
6.A.However B.Therefore
C.Otherwise D.Instead
7.A.broke into B.turned to
C.put down D.longed for
8.A.raise B.return
C.donate D.earn
9.A.beggars B.photographers
C.students D.neighbours
10.A.abundance B.intelligence
C.experience D.patience
11.A.faith B.doubt
C.wisdom D.loss
12.A.confuse B.entertain
C.assist D.embarrass
13.A.disappoint B.respect
C.surprise D.bother
14.A.receive B.save
C.cheat D.suspect
15.A.say B.do
C.imagine D.consider
【七选五】
We are not born with courage,but neither are we born with fear.Maybe some fears are brought on by your own experiences,by what someone has told you,by what you’ve read in the papers.Some fears are valid,like walking alone in a bad part of a town at two o’clock in the morning. 1
Fears,even the most basic ones,can totally destroy our ambitions.Fear can destroy fortunes.Fear can destroy relationships. 2 It is one of the many enemies hidden inside us.
Let me tell you about four of the other enemies we face from within.The first enemy that you’ve got to destroy before it destroys you is indifference.Another enemy we face is indecision.Indecision is the thief of opportunity and enterprise. 3 Take a sword to this enemy.
The third enemy inside is doubt.Sure,there’s room for healthy skepticism.You can’t believe everything.But you also can’t let doubt take over.Many people doubt the past,doubt the future,doubt each other,and doubt almost everything. 4 It will destroy your life and your chances of success.
The final interior enemy is over caution.Timidity (怯懦) is not a virtue;it’s an illness.If you let it go,it’ll conquer you.Timid people don’t get promoted.They don’t advance and grow and become powerful in the marketplace.You’ve got to avoid over caution.
Do battle with the enemy.Do battle with your fears. 5 Be courageous in your life and in your pursuit of the things you want and the person you want to become.
A.Worse of all,they doubt themselves.
B.It will steal your chances for a better future.
C.Fear,if left unchecked,can destroy our lives.
D.Whatever is out to get you,you’ve got to get it.
E.It can be useful and drives you forward if you cope with it properly.
F.Build your courage to fight what’s keeping you from your goals and dreams.
G.But once you learn to avoid that situation,you won’t need to live in fear of it.
参考答案：
【选择合适短语并用其恰当形式填空】
took turns to
are bound to
couldn’t wait to
had a talent for
felt confident about
on the horizon
result in
【单句语法填空】
am
are
shows;is
wears
were;were
is studying
【完成句子】
at the speed of eighty miles
who was late
was made up of twelve doctors
is more time
【语篇语法填空】
1.development
2.called
3.its
4.conducting
5.games
6.The
7.by
8.but
9.has worked
10.that
【完形填空】
1-5BADAD 6-10CBCCA 11-15BDCAB
【七选五】
GCBAF
