2023届高三英语二轮复习：利用虚拟现实技术的新健身体验等2则外刊阅读训练-（含答案）
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外刊精读精练
利用虚拟现实技术的新健身体验
导读：
去健身房锻炼身体、做运动对一些人来说是生活中不可缺少的一部分，但也有人认为去健身房就是浪费时间，自我折磨。假设把做运动和虚拟现实游戏结合起来，那么也许一种更有趣的锻炼身体方式就产生了。本集《外刊精读》介绍未来健身房里可能会使用的虚拟健身方式和器材。
一、语篇泛读
Vocabulary: exercise 词汇: 运动
Going to the gym can be something that many people find a gruelling experience. It takes time and effort, it often hurts, and it can be extremely tedious. Most weight-related exercises are a combination of sets and reps. In order to see any significant change from any one exercise, it will probably need to be repeated six to eight times, for a minimum of three sets, for about three months. Then there's cardio. For some, there's nothing more boring than endless miles spent running on a treadmill.
But what if there were a way to alleviate the boredom of exercise while still getting a good work out Luckily for us, there’s virtual reality.
In the past, “playing video games was a sedentary experience,” says Jo Stauffer of the VR Health Institute, “but VR changes all of that". He says that the room-scale experience engages your body in full.
Many VR games are played while standing. In order to play properly, the player is forced to move around swinging their arms or using their legs. After an hour of this on a regular enough basis, it’s not surprising that many people unexpectedly find themselves a little fitter. There are already a number of virtual reality games which, deliberately or not, result in their player ‘getting a good sweat on’ if played for enough time. For example, there’s a first person shooter which forces the player to sidestep, duck and dodge incoming projectiles. That’s cardio. Or there’s a music game which forces players to shadowbox in order to hit the notes – that’s an upper-body workout.
The potential for VR to help people get fit has been noticed by one company. They want to take the whole experience into the gym. They are making a bespoke resistance machine, designed to be used in combination with a VR headset. Players challenge a virtual opponent in a series of games, which results in a 30-minute full-body work out. However, the cost of the equipment is expensive and there are safety concerns to be worked out, says J P Gownder from the consultancy Forrester. So don’t hang up your gym shorts just yet.
Although it’s early days, for those of us who struggle to overcome the tedium of exercise, a new solution could be coming. And a world where a person can exercise and have fun at the same time might be something that many people would want – virtual or not.
二、词汇表
a gruelling experience 一个使人精疲力尽的艰苦经历 tedious 单调乏味的 weight-related exercises 重量练习 set（一）组（练习） rep（一个）重复（动作） cardio 有氧运动 treadmill 跑步机 work out 锻炼身体 sedentary 久坐不动的 swing 挥动 fit 健康的 get a sweat on 做一段高强度的运动 sidestep 侧向跨步 duck 猛低头（躲避） dodge 闪躲 shadowbox 与假想敌人作拳击练习 upper-body 上半身 resistance machine 对抗器材 full-body 全身的 don’t hang up your gym shorts “挂起健身时穿的短裤”，放弃
三、测试与练习
阅读课文并回答问题。
1. According to the article, why do many people not want to go to the gym
2. According to Jo Stauffer, what is the problem with video games in the past
3. True or false Many VR games unintentionally cause their players to work out.
4. Which word used in the article means ‘size or level of something'
5. What two criticisms of the 30-minute VR full-body work out does J P Gownder have
请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。
1. Mum, please don’t make us go to grandma’s. It’s so ______! She has nothing to do!
a gruelling experience
tedious
sedentary
bespoke
2. I’m getting fat! I’ll have to diet a bit and do more ______.
set rep
cardio full-body
3. I can’t believe how close that ball came to my head. If I hadn’t ______, I’d be hurt!
ducked alleviated
shadowboxed alleviated
4. Why is applying for a visa always ______ There are so many forms to fill in!
a gruelling experience
weight-related exercises
get a sweat on
swing
5. I know the best tailor in town. All of my suits are made ______ to my size.
work out upper body
dodge bespoke
【参考答案】
阅读课文并回答问题。
1. According to the article, why do many people not want to go to the gym
It takes time and effort, it often hurts, and it can be extremely tedious.
2. According to Jo Stauffer, what is the problem with video games in the past
In the past, “playing video games was a sedentary experience.
3. True or false Many VR games cause their players to work out.
True. There are already a number of virtual reality games which, deliberately or not, result in their player ‘getting a good sweat on’ if played for enough time
4. Which word used in the article means ‘size or level of something'
Scale. (He says that the room-scale experience engages your body in full.)
5. What two criticisms of the 30-minute VR full-body work out does J P Gownder have
The cost of the equipment and safety concerns.
请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。
1. Mum, please don’t make us go to grandma’s. It’s so tedious! She has nothing to do!
2. I’m getting fat! I’ll have to diet a bit and do more cardio.
3. I can’t believe how close that ball came to my head. If I hadn’t ducked, I’d be hurt!
4. Why is applying for a visa always a gruelling experience. There are so many forms to fill in!
5. I know the best tailor in town. All of my suits are made bespoke to my size.
科学领域缺少女性工作者
导读：
在科学、工程、科技和数学领域中，男性工作者的数量远远超过女性。尽管如此，女性对科学的发展做出过很多巨大的贡献，在其发展过程中扮演了重要的角色。但为什么在这些领域工作的女性人数一直不高？女性为什么不选择这些职业？本集《外刊精读》讨论可能导致科学领域缺少女性工作者的原因。
一、语篇泛读
Vocabulary: woman and work 词汇: 女性和工作
There's an old riddle used by psychologists which shows the gender bias people have when it comes to the types of jobs men and women do. Let's see if you can do it: A father and son are in an accident. The father dies. The surgeon refuses to operate on the injured boy saying, "The boy is my son." Can you explain
According to research done in 2012 by Mikaela Wapman and Deborah Belle at the University of Boston, only 14% of those surveyed were able to imagine that a surgeon could be a woman.
Stereotypes about who should do what type of job are mirrored in the makeup of the workforce. For example, the BBC recently reported that only 10% of UK engineers are women. That's the lowest in Europe, where most other countries put the figure at around 20%. That’s still only a fifth. And it’s not just engineering either. In August 2017, Prof Polly Arnold of Edinburgh University found that only 10% of the top jobs in Scottish science, technology, engineering and mathematics are held by women.
So why is it that women don't go into scientific jobs Sophie, a girl from a school in Hertfordshire, England, who studied engineering at secondary school, says, "It starts at a young age… girls are put in a corner with a doll while boys play with trucks and cars."
There's also the lack of female role models. “I don’t think they get as much visibility as they deserve,” says Priyanka Dhopade, one of the Women’s Engineering Society top 50 under-35 women engineers. She says that it would make a huge difference for young girls to have someone to look up to and say ‘I want to be like her.’
Regardless of their lack of visibility, a number of pioneering women have paved the way to amazing discoveries. Let us not forget Marie Curie, whose groundbreaking work made her the first Nobel Prize winner in two different fields: physics and chemistry. There's Rajaa Cherkaoui El Moursli, who overcame any number of cultural prejudices to play a key role in the discovery of the Higgs-Boson particle. And Soyeon Yi, who became the first South Korean astronaut in 2008, and who hoped her success would inspire more women.
Quite clearly, women have made momentous contributions to science, technology and engineering. If these achievements were more celebrated, it may encourage girls and young women to consider science as their future career. And as more women start to do these jobs, more people might instantly recognise that the surgeon in the riddle is a woman.
二、词汇表
gender bias 性别歧视 surgeon 外科医生 stereotype 成见 makeup of the workforce 劳动力的组成 engineering 工程学 scientific job 与科学有关的工作 female role model 女性的榜样 visibility 可见性，暴光 look up to 敬重，仰慕 pioneering 先锋的，前卫的 pave the way 为…创造条件，为…铺平道路 groundbreaking 具有开创性的，创新的 physics 物理 chemistry 化学 prejudice 偏见，歧视 play a key role 扮演重要的角色，起关键的作用 astronaut 航天员
三、测试与练习
阅读课文并回答问题。
1. How many people were able to answer correctly the riddle about gender bias
2. What is the average percentage of women engineers in European countries, not including the UK
3. True or false Science owes nothing to women.
4. Which word used in the article means ‘an extremely small part of something’
5. What did South Korea’s first astronaut hope her success would do
请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。
1. My father has always been my ______. I’ve always wanted to be a chef like him.
stereotype role-model
look up to pioneering
2. Who says men can’t be nurses That’s the biggest ______ I’ve ever heard!
gender bias prestige
groundbreaking momentous
3. I’d like to thank my parents, who ______ in me getting this award. I couldn’t have done it without them.
play a key role
plays the key role
played a quay role
played a key role
4. If Emmeline Pankhurst hadn’t ______ for us, I never could have become a politician.
groundbreaking looked up to
paved the way inspired
5. I don’t act in a theatre for the money. I do it for the ______.
prestige pioneering
inspire groundbreaking
【参考答案】
阅读课文并回答问题。
1. How many people were able to correctly answer the riddle about gender bias
Only 15% of the participants were able to correctly guess the answer.
2. What is the average percentage of women engineers in European countries, not including the UK
The average percentage of women engineers in European countries other than the UK is 20%.
3. True or false Science owes nothing to women.
False. But visible or not, science and technology owe a huge amount of prestige to any number of pioneering women who have paved the way to amazing discoveries.
4. Which word used in the article means ‘an extremely small part of something’
Particle. (Rajaa Cherkaoui El Moursli, who overcame any number of cultural prejudices to play a key role in the discovery of the Higgs-Boson particle.)
5. What did South Korea’s first astronaut hope her success would do
She hoped her success would inspire women.
请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。
1. My father has always been my role-model. I’ve always wanted to be a chef like him.
2. Who says men can’t be nurses That’s the biggest gender bias I’ve ever heard!
3. I’d like to thank my parents, who played a key role in me getting this award. I couldn’t have done it without them.
4. If Emmeline Pankhurst hadn’t paved the way for us, I never could have become a politician.
5. I don’t act in a theatre for the money. I do it for the prestige.
利用虚拟现实技术的新健身体验
导读：
去健身房锻炼身体、做运动对一些人来说是生活中不可缺少的一部分，但也有人认为去健身房就是浪费时间，自我折磨。假设把做运动和虚拟现实游戏结合起来，那么也许一种更有趣的锻炼身体方式就产生了。本集《外刊精读》介绍未来健身房里可能会使用的虚拟健身方式和器材。
一、语篇泛读
Vocabulary: exercise 词汇: 运动
Going to the gym can be something that many people find a gruelling experience. It takes time and effort, it often hurts, and it can be extremely tedious. Most weight-related exercises are a combination of sets and reps. In order to see any significant change from any one exercise, it will probably need to be repeated six to eight times, for a minimum of three sets, for about three months. Then there's cardio. For some, there's nothing more boring than endless miles spent running on a treadmill.
But what if there were a way to alleviate the boredom of exercise while still getting a good work out Luckily for us, there’s virtual reality.
In the past, “playing video games was a sedentary experience,” says Jo Stauffer of the VR Health Institute, “but VR changes all of that". He says that the room-scale experience engages your body in full.
Many VR games are played while standing. In order to play properly, the player is forced to move around swinging their arms or using their legs. After an hour of this on a regular enough basis, it’s not surprising that many people unexpectedly find themselves a little fitter. There are already a number of virtual reality games which, deliberately or not, result in their player ‘getting a good sweat on’ if played for enough time. For example, there’s a first person shooter which forces the player to sidestep, duck and dodge incoming projectiles. That’s cardio. Or there’s a music game which forces players to shadowbox in order to hit the notes – that’s an upper-body workout.
The potential for VR to help people get fit has been noticed by one company. They want to take the whole experience into the gym. They are making a bespoke resistance machine, designed to be used in combination with a VR headset. Players challenge a virtual opponent in a series of games, which results in a 30-minute full-body work out. However, the cost of the equipment is expensive and there are safety concerns to be worked out, says J P Gownder from the consultancy Forrester. So don’t hang up your gym shorts just yet.
Although it’s early days, for those of us who struggle to overcome the tedium of exercise, a new solution could be coming. And a world where a person can exercise and have fun at the same time might be something that many people would want – virtual or not.
二、词汇表
a gruelling experience 一个使人精疲力尽的艰苦经历 tedious 单调乏味的 weight-related exercises 重量练习 set（一）组（练习） rep（一个）重复（动作） cardio 有氧运动 treadmill 跑步机 work out 锻炼身体 sedentary 久坐不动的 swing 挥动 fit 健康的 get a sweat on 做一段高强度的运动 sidestep 侧向跨步 duck 猛低头（躲避） dodge 闪躲 shadowbox 与假想敌人作拳击练习 upper-body 上半身 resistance machine 对抗器材 full-body 全身的 don’t hang up your gym shorts “挂起健身时穿的短裤”，放弃
三、测试与练习
阅读课文并回答问题。
1. According to the article, why do many people not want to go to the gym
2. According to Jo Stauffer, what is the problem with video games in the past
3. True or false Many VR games unintentionally cause their players to work out.
4. Which word used in the article means ‘size or level of something'
5. What two criticisms of the 30-minute VR full-body work out does J P Gownder have
请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。
1. Mum, please don’t make us go to grandma’s. It’s so ______! She has nothing to do!
a gruelling experience
tedious
sedentary
bespoke
2. I’m getting fat! I’ll have to diet a bit and do more ______.
set rep
cardio full-body
3. I can’t believe how close that ball came to my head. If I hadn’t ______, I’d be hurt!
ducked alleviated
shadowboxed alleviated
4. Why is applying for a visa always ______ There are so many forms to fill in!
a gruelling experience
weight-related exercises
get a sweat on
swing
5. I know the best tailor in town. All of my suits are made ______ to my size.
work out upper body
dodge bespoke
【参考答案】
阅读课文并回答问题。
1. According to the article, why do many people not want to go to the gym
It takes time and effort, it often hurts, and it can be extremely tedious.
2. According to Jo Stauffer, what is the problem with video games in the past
In the past, “playing video games was a sedentary experience.
3. True or false Many VR games cause their players to work out.
True. There are already a number of virtual reality games which, deliberately or not, result in their player ‘getting a good sweat on’ if played for enough time
4. Which word used in the article means ‘size or level of something'
Scale. (He says that the room-scale experience engages your body in full.)
5. What two criticisms of the 30-minute VR full-body work out does J P Gownder have
The cost of the equipment and safety concerns.
请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。
1. Mum, please don’t make us go to grandma’s. It’s so tedious! She has nothing to do!
2. I’m getting fat! I’ll have to diet a bit and do more cardio.
3. I can’t believe how close that ball came to my head. If I hadn’t ducked, I’d be hurt!
4. Why is applying for a visa always a gruelling experience. There are so many forms to fill in!
5. I know the best tailor in town. All of my suits are made bespoke to my size.
科学领域缺少女性工作者
导读：
在科学、工程、科技和数学领域中，男性工作者的数量远远超过女性。尽管如此，女性对科学的发展做出过很多巨大的贡献，在其发展过程中扮演了重要的角色。但为什么在这些领域工作的女性人数一直不高？女性为什么不选择这些职业？本集《外刊精读》讨论可能导致科学领域缺少女性工作者的原因。
一、语篇泛读
Vocabulary: woman and work 词汇: 女性和工作
There's an old riddle used by psychologists which shows the gender bias people have when it comes to the types of jobs men and women do. Let's see if you can do it: A father and son are in an accident. The father dies. The surgeon refuses to operate on the injured boy saying, "The boy is my son." Can you explain
According to research done in 2012 by Mikaela Wapman and Deborah Belle at the University of Boston, only 14% of those surveyed were able to imagine that a surgeon could be a woman.
Stereotypes about who should do what type of job are mirrored in the makeup of the workforce. For example, the BBC recently reported that only 10% of UK engineers are women. That's the lowest in Europe, where most other countries put the figure at around 20%. That’s still only a fifth. And it’s not just engineering either. In August 2017, Prof Polly Arnold of Edinburgh University found that only 10% of the top jobs in Scottish science, technology, engineering and mathematics are held by women.
So why is it that women don't go into scientific jobs Sophie, a girl from a school in Hertfordshire, England, who studied engineering at secondary school, says, "It starts at a young age… girls are put in a corner with a doll while boys play with trucks and cars."
There's also the lack of female role models. “I don’t think they get as much visibility as they deserve,” says Priyanka Dhopade, one of the Women’s Engineering Society top 50 under-35 women engineers. She says that it would make a huge difference for young girls to have someone to look up to and say ‘I want to be like her.’
Regardless of their lack of visibility, a number of pioneering women have paved the way to amazing discoveries. Let us not forget Marie Curie, whose groundbreaking work made her the first Nobel Prize winner in two different fields: physics and chemistry. There's Rajaa Cherkaoui El Moursli, who overcame any number of cultural prejudices to play a key role in the discovery of the Higgs-Boson particle. And Soyeon Yi, who became the first South Korean astronaut in 2008, and who hoped her success would inspire more women.
Quite clearly, women have made momentous contributions to science, technology and engineering. If these achievements were more celebrated, it may encourage girls and young women to consider science as their future career. And as more women start to do these jobs, more people might instantly recognise that the surgeon in the riddle is a woman.
二、词汇表
gender bias 性别歧视 surgeon 外科医生 stereotype 成见 makeup of the workforce 劳动力的组成 engineering 工程学 scientific job 与科学有关的工作 female role model 女性的榜样 visibility 可见性，暴光 look up to 敬重，仰慕 pioneering 先锋的，前卫的 pave the way 为…创造条件，为…铺平道路 groundbreaking 具有开创性的，创新的 physics 物理 chemistry 化学 prejudice 偏见，歧视 play a key role 扮演重要的角色，起关键的作用 astronaut 航天员
三、测试与练习
阅读课文并回答问题。
1. How many people were able to answer correctly the riddle about gender bias
2. What is the average percentage of women engineers in European countries, not including the UK
3. True or false Science owes nothing to women.
4. Which word used in the article means ‘an extremely small part of something’
5. What did South Korea’s first astronaut hope her success would do
请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。
1. My father has always been my ______. I’ve always wanted to be a chef like him.
stereotype role-model
look up to pioneering
2. Who says men can’t be nurses That’s the biggest ______ I’ve ever heard!
gender bias prestige
groundbreaking momentous
3. I’d like to thank my parents, who ______ in me getting this award. I couldn’t have done it without them.
play a key role
plays the key role
played a quay role
played a key role
4. If Emmeline Pankhurst hadn’t ______ for us, I never could have become a politician.
groundbreaking looked up to
paved the way inspired
5. I don’t act in a theatre for the money. I do it for the ______.
prestige pioneering
inspire groundbreaking
【参考答案】
阅读课文并回答问题。
1. How many people were able to correctly answer the riddle about gender bias
Only 15% of the participants were able to correctly guess the answer.
2. What is the average percentage of women engineers in European countries, not including the UK
The average percentage of women engineers in European countries other than the UK is 20%.
3. True or false Science owes nothing to women.
False. But visible or not, science and technology owe a huge amount of prestige to any number of pioneering women who have paved the way to amazing discoveries.
4. Which word used in the article means ‘an extremely small part of something’
Particle. (Rajaa Cherkaoui El Moursli, who overcame any number of cultural prejudices to play a key role in the discovery of the Higgs-Boson particle.)
5. What did South Korea’s first astronaut hope her success would do
She hoped her success would inspire women.
请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。
1. My father has always been my role-model. I’ve always wanted to be a chef like him.
2. Who says men can’t be nurses That’s the biggest gender bias I’ve ever heard!
3. I’d like to thank my parents, who played a key role in me getting this award. I couldn’t have done it without them.
4. If Emmeline Pankhurst hadn’t paved the way for us, I never could have become a politician.
5. I don’t act in a theatre for the money. I do it for the prestige.