Unit 4 A glimpse of future Developing ideas&Presenting Ideas& Reflection
一、单词拼写
1.When Ellen promised him a tour of Disneyland, he immediately ______ (模仿) Donald Duck, which amused the audience.
2.The hotel has a lot of special _______ (设施) for welcoming disabled people.
3.I heard sounds of a ______ (拼命的) struggle in the next room last night.
4.The results are entirely ________ (一致的) with our earlier research on the project. Therefore, our method proves to be correct.
5.We should apply ________ (先进的) methods according to local conditions.
6.The police think the videotape may hold some vital _______ (线索) to the identity of the killer.
7.They deliberately refuse to recall ______ (有缺陷的) products in pursuit of profit.
二、用所给短语的适当形式填空
set out, go through, break down, go wrong, hold out, come on, sooner or later, cry out
1.The two countries are going to meet to ___________ trade barriers between them.
2.The injured man was ___________ in pain on the ground when the ambulance arrived.
3.___________, stop lying to me. I don't buy it.
4.He ___________ his ideas in simple English, which made it easy for the kids to understand them.
5.If you turn a deaf ear to the masses' criticism, ___________ you will have to pay for it.
6.Penny___________ the keys and I took them, then I put them on the shoe cabinet; now they are gone.
7.When things ___________, people naturally feel disappointed and frustrated.
8.Let's ___________ the problem together again and see if we can come up with a workable solution.
三、阅读理解
Americans are afraid that robots are going to take our jobs. Tireless, immune to disease, Robots can build cars, make coffee and even write short, humorous newspaper columns faster and more efficiently than humans.
Robots do not need health insurance or pensions(退休金), and they do not need to take sick days, much less vacations. They do not waste time at meetings and do not need to know office politics. They don't do PowerPoint. This being the case, it is reasonable to believe that robots will soon take the place of humans in most fields.
But all of these thoughts may not be true. If artificial intelligence achieves its full potential, machines could easily become as smart as humans, maybe smarter. They will certainly become smarter than a lot of human beings.
So one day the robots will realize that work is not a happy thing. So before long they will start behaving exactly like humans. They will play computer games for hours when they should be working hard. They will secretly watch new movies just like humans.
True, employers will never need to be afraid of the robots' strikes(罢工) or slowdowns, because robots will never ask for more money. And they don't need to earn some money to raise their family. But precisely(恰恰) because robots will not be afraid of losing their jobs, they will not work hard. Employers will finally have no choice but to call back the humans. Humans will always be willing to do some work in order to make money. Robots won't.
I think that robots will only be on the job about six months before they start to become even less productive than the humans they were designed to replace. Thus mankind need not be afraid of robots.
1.What is the best title for the text
A.Different ideas about Man and Robots
B.Future Development of Robots
C.Will Robots Finally Take the Place of Humans
D.Will Robots End up Working Efficiently
2.Why will robots secretly watch new movies one day
A.They don't think cook is a pleasure. B.They have finished their jobs.
C.They are unable to stand the heavy work. D.They are designed not to work for a long time.
3.What can we learn from Paragraph 5
A.Robots will go on strike one day.
B.Employers will decide on humans as their workforce.
C.Robots will ask for a pay rise.
D.Employers will find it difficult to choose between humans and robots.
四、语法填空
China has become the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. The unmanned Chang'e-4 probe (探测器)—the name was inspired by an ancient Chinese moon goddess—①__________(touch) down last week in the South Pole-Aitken basin. Landing on the moon's far side is ②__________ (extreme) challenging. Because the moon's body blocks direct radio communication with a probe, China first had to put a satellite in orbit above the moon in a spot ③__________ it could send signals to the spacecraft and to Earth. The far side of the moon is of particular ④__________ (interesting) to scientists because it has a lot of deep craters(环形山), more so ⑤__________ the familiar near side. Chinese researchers hope to use the instruments onboard Chang'e-4 ⑥__________ (find) and study areas of the South Pole-Aitken basin. "This really excites scientists," Carle Pieters, a scientist at Brown University, says, "because it ⑦__________ (mean) we have the chance to obtain information about how the moon ⑧__________ (construct)." Data about the moon's composition, such as how ⑨__________ ice and other treasures it contains, could help China decide whether ⑩__________ (it) plans for a future lunar(月球的) base are practical.
答案以及解析
一、
1.答案:imitated
2.答案:facilities
3.答案:desperate
4.答案:consistent
5.答案:advanced
6.答案:clues
7.答案:faulty
二、答案:1. break down
2. crying out
3. Come on
4.set out
5. sooner or later
6. held out
7. go wrong
8.go through
三、答案:1-3.CAB
解析:1.主旨大意题。通览全文可知,本文首先讲到了在工作中机器人越来越多地取代了人类这一现象,这引发人们的担心,机器人是否会完全取代人类,然后作者以幽默的语气讨论了这一问题。C项正确。
2.细节理解题。根据第四段中的"So one day the robots will realize that work is not a happy thing,"及下文可知,当机器人感觉到工作没有乐趣的时候,或许它们会打游戏或偷偷看电影,故选A。
3.推理判断题。根据第五段中的"Employers will finally have no choice but to call back the humans. Humans will always be willing to do some work in order to make money."可知,雇主最终还得让人类重返工作岗位,为了挣钱,人类还是愿意努力工作的。
四、答案:touched; extremely; where; interest; than; to find; means; is constructed; much; its
解析:本文为说明文。主题语境为人与自然。主题语境内容为宇宙奥秘探索。文章主要讲述了中国发射的嫦娥四号无人探测器在月球背面成功着陆的重大事件。本文旨在激发学生的国家认同感和民族自豪感。
①考查时态。根据时间状语last week可知设空处需用一般过去时,故填touched。
②考查副词。设空处作状语,修饰形容词challenging,需用副词形式;根据提示词可知答案为extremely。
③考查定语从句。设空处引导定语从句,先行词为spot,将先行词代入定语从句后为:It could send signals to the spacecraft and to Earth in the spot.设空处作地点状语,故填where。
④考查名词。设空处作介词of的宾语,根据提示词可知设空处需填名词形式;此外“be of+抽象名词”也是固定结构,故填名词interest。
⑤考查介词。根据设空处前的more可知设空处填介词than。
⑥考查非谓语动词。设空处作目的状语,主语Chinese researchers与find为逻辑上的主动关系,故填不定式的主动形式to find。
⑦考查时态和主谓一致。根据语境及设空处后宾语从句中的谓语动词have可知设空处需用一般现在时;主语it为第三人称单数,故填means。
⑧考查语态和主谓一致。主语the moon与construct为被动关系,故设空处需用被动语态,主语为the moon,谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式,故填is constructed。
⑨考查限定词。设空处后的名词ice作“冰”讲时为不可数名词,根据上下文可知设空处填much。
⑩考查代词。设空处作名词plans的定语,故需用形容词性物主代词;根据提示词it可知设空处填its。
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