【新课标】Unit 8 Life in the future 第4课时Speaking & writing分层作业（含答案解析）

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Unit 8 Life in the future
第 4课时Speaking & writing分层作业
A层作业：夯实基础
一、补全对话
1．
A. I'm terribly sorry.B. You'd better do something about that.C. That's all right.D. Sorry, I hand in my project late.E. Oh, what's wrong with you F. I stayed up late yesterday.G. Good to hear that.
Mary: 　 　 My computer broke down last night and I had to do all the work again.
Tony: 　 　 Let's have a look at it now.
Mary: And I've forgotten to complete the last part of it. 　 　
Tony: 　 　
Mary: I have a poor memory.
Tony: 　 　
二、选词填空
2．选择方框内的短语并用其恰当的形式填空
tidy up, a type of, be connected to, in this way, communicate with, break down, in a short time
（1）I am good at　 　 people. Maybe I can be a seller in the future.
（2）An ostrich(鸵鸟) is 　 　 large bird that can run very fast.
（3）It's impossible to finish this task 　 　. It is really difficult.
（4）The keyboard　 　 the computer properly. You can type with it.
（5）Mr Green's car　 　 on his way home, so he got home very late.
（6）You are not allowed to go out until you 　 　 your room.
（7）Try to talk with a foreigner often. 　 　, your English will become better.
三、语法填空
3．Did you take　 　 (photo) at the Zhongshan Park
4．Don't forget　 　 (bring) your homework to school tomorrow.
5．It took me a long time　 　 (finish) my homework.
6．A rope is　 　 (connect) to the bird's leg to make it not fly away.
7．I like playing the piano and never feel　 　 (bore).
B层作业：能力提升
四、单词拼写
8．The cake is very beautiful. It is in the s　 　 of a heart.
9．Computers need to be connected to the I　 　.
10．Mary is my best friend. I hope our friendship can last f　 　.
11．The boys are playing football on the playground at p　 　.
12．If you want to r　 　, you can listen to soft music.
13．If you m　 　 blue with yellow, then you'll get green.
14．He was s　 　 with his students, because they all did a good job in the exam.
15．If you don't p　 　 for your final exam, you will fail at last.
16．He always finds e　 　 for his mistakes.
17．I want to send you a letter by p　 　. Can you give me your address
五、完形填空
Most people know Bill Gates(比尔`盖茨). He is 18． in the world. He was born on October 28th, 1955. He 19． in Seattle, Washington. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When he was 13 years old, Bill started to play with 20． Computers at that time was very 21． , but he was 22． in it. He 23． lots of time doing unusual things with computers. In the end, he and some of his friends worked out(解决)a software program(软件程序) with an old computer. He 24． it for $4, 200 dollars. In 1973, Bill 25． Harvard University(哈佛大学), He left there in the third year to work for a company(公司)called Microsoft. In 1975 Bill began 26． company with his friend Paul Allen. They developed software for personal computers. They improved the software to make it 27． for people to use computers.
18．A．outgoing B．famous C．shy D．cute
19．A．grow B．grew C．grew up D．has grew up
20．A．phones B．machines C．computers D．radios
21．A．smaller B．small C．larger D．large
22．A．interesting B．interested C．Inheres D．to interest
23．A．took B．put C．paid D．spent
24．A．paid B．gave C．sold D．bought
25．A．went B．went to C．want D．wanted
26．A．her B．his C．its D．him
27．A．easier B．easy C．hard D．harder
六、阅读理解
根据短文内容判断正误。
Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will happen. But what will the changes be
The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
28．In the future there will be fewer people.
29．Every family will have at least a computer in the future.
30．In the future people will have to work for more hours than now.
31．People may not eat meat as much as they do today.
32．This passage is about the imagination (想象) of people's future lives.
C层作业：拓展训练
Suppose you were a group of astronauts on the moon/other planets.
What would happen when you were there
What trouble would you meet/make
How would you solve it
Create a short play and share.
参考答案
1．【答案】D；C；A；E；B
【解析】A. I'm terribly sorry.我真的很抱歉。
B. You'd better do something about that.你最好做点什么。
C. That's all right.没关系，不客气。
D. Sorry, I hand in my project late.对不起，我的计划提交的晚了
E. Oh, what's wrong with you 噢，你怎么了？
F. I stayed up late yesterday.我昨天熬夜了。
G. Good to hear that.听到这件事很好。
（1）根据 My computer broke down last night and I had to do all the work again. 可知对方电脑坏了，所有的工作都重新做了一遍，可推测计划交的晚了。故答案是D。
（2）根据Sorry，可知接下来应该说没关系，故答案是C。
（3） 根据And I've forgotten to complete the last part of it. 可知计划的最后一部分没做完，因此是再次道歉。故答案是A。
（4）根据 I have a poor memory. 可知对方记性不好。上一句应该问“你怎么了”。故答案是E。
（5）根据 I have a poor memory. 可知，接下来对方要给他点建议。故答案是B。
【点评】考查补全对话，要根据前后句的联系，确定空缺处的意思，从而做出选择。
2．【答案】（1）communicating with
（2）a type of
（3）in a short time
（4）is connected to
（5）broke down
（6）tidy up
（7）In this way
【解析】tidy up 打扫；a type of 一种......；be connected to 被连接；in this way 用这种方式；communicate with 和......交流；break down 出故障；in a short time 短时间内
（1）句意：我擅长和人们交流，或许在将来我可以成为一名销售员。根据句意可知销售员擅长交流，即communicate with，be good at doing，擅长做某事，所以communicate用ing形式communicating，故填communicating with。
（2）句意：鸵鸟是一种可以跑得非常快的大鸟。a type of一种......，故填a type of。
（3）句意：短时间内完成这个任务是不可能的，它是非常困难的。根据句意可知因为时间短，所以完成是困难的，in a short time短时间内，故填in a short time。
（4）句意：键盘被和电脑合适地连在一起，你可以用它打印。be connected with被连接到，时态是一般现在时，主语是单数keyboard，所以be用is，故填is connected to。
（5）句意：格林先生的车在他回家的路上出故障了，所以他到家非常晚。根据句意可知到家晚的原因是车出故障了，即break down，got表明时态是一般过去时，所以break用过去式broke，故填broke down。
（6）句意：直到你打扫干净你的房间你才被允许出去。tidy up your room打扫干净你的房间，时态是一般现在时，主语是you，所以tidy用原形，故填tidy up。
（7）句意：经常和外国人交谈，用这种方式你的英语将变得更好。in this way用这种方式，故填In this way。
【点评】考查选词填空，考查词汇在句中的运用能力，首先理解句意，然后注意考虑句型、搭配、语境等，最后通读一遍检查验证。
3．【答案】photos
【解析】句意：你在中山公园拍照了吗？photo，照片，名词。take photos拍照，固定短语。故填photos。
【点评】考查固定搭配，注意固定搭配take photos的用法。
4．【答案】to bring
【解析】句意：别忘了明天把作业带到学校。forget to do sth忘记去做某事，固定搭配；bring带来，动词。故填to bring。
【点评】考查动词不定式，注意识记forget to do sth的用法。
5．【答案】to finish
【解析】句意：完成家庭作业花了我很长时间。finish完成，动词；此处是固定句型it took sb. some time to do sth.做某事花费某人多少时间，此处it是形式主语，后面的动词不定式是真正主语，所以此处需要动词不定式，故填to finish。
【点评】考查固定句型和动词不定式。注意固定句型it took sb. some time to do sth.。
6．【答案】connected
【解析】句意：一根绳子被连在鸟的腿上，使它不飞走。connect连接，动词，根据句意和空前系动词is可知，此处rope是connect的动作承受者，此处是一般现在时的被动语态，用is done形式，connect的过去分词是connected，故填connected。
【点评】考查一般现在时的被动语态，注意根据语境选择正确的语态。
7．【答案】bored
【解析】句意： 我喜欢弹钢琴，从来不感到厌烦。bore使厌烦，动词，根据空前feel可知，此处需要形容词作表语，bored感到厌烦的，形容词，修饰人；boring令人厌烦的，形容词，修饰事或物；此处主语是人，所以需要ed形容词，故填bored。
【点评】考查词性转化和形容词辨析，注意ed形容词和ing形容词的区别。
8．【答案】shape
【解析】句意：蛋糕很漂亮。它是心形的。根据the和of可知这里是名词，结合句意可知是蛋糕的形状，the shape of……的形状，故答案为shape。
【点评】考查名词拼写。注意识记the shape of的词义和用法。
9．【答案】Internet
【解析】句意：电脑需要联网。根据句意和首字母提示，结合常识可知电脑要连接互联网，Internet，互联网，符合题意，故答案为Internet。
【点评】考查专有名词。注意识记名词Internet的用法。
10．【答案】forever
【解析】句意：玛丽是我最好的朋友。我希望我们的友谊能够天长地久。修饰动词用副词，根据 Mary is my best friend 和首字母提示，可知forever，永远，符合题意，希望友谊永存，故答案为forever。
【点评】考查副词。注意识记forever的用法。
11．【答案】present
【解析】句意：目前男孩子们正在操场上踢足球。由The boys are playing football on the playground at present可知这里说的是“目前，现在”，at present，固定搭配，故填present。
【点评】考查固定搭配，注意识记at present的用法。
12．【答案】relax
【解析】句意：如果你想放松，你可以听轻音乐。want to do sth.想要做某事，固定短语，所以此处需要动词原形，根据 you can listen to soft music. 和所给单词首字母可知，此处指的是想放松，放松relax，动词，故填relax。
【点评】考查动词的拼写。注意识记固定短语want to do sth.。
13．【答案】mix
【解析】句意：如果你把蓝色和黄色混在一起，那么你会得到绿色。结合语境可确定单词的意思是“混合”，混合的英文是mix，本句为条件句，主语为第二人称，动词用原形。故答案是mix，
【点评】考查mix的mixture名词形式。
14．【答案】satisfied
【解析】句意：他对他的学生感到满意，因为在这次考试中他们都做得好。根据they all did a good job in the exam在这次考试中他们都做得好，所以老师感到满意。be satisfied with...对......感到满意，故填satisfied。
【点评】考查形容词拼写，注意识记单词拼写及固定搭配，理解句意。
15．【答案】prepare
【解析】句意：如果你不准备你的期末考试，你最后将失败。根据句意可知只有准备考试才不会考试失败。prepare for sth.准备......，don't后面用动词原形，所以用prepare，故填prepare。
【点评】考查动词拼写，注意识记固定搭配，理解句意。
16．【答案】excuses
【解析】句意：他总是为他的错误找借口。excuse借口，可数名词，根据for his mistakes，可知他应该是为自己犯得的错误找借口，且不止一次，因此用excuse的复数形式excuses，故填excuses。
【点评】考查名词excuse的拼写，注意名词的单复数形式。
17．【答案】post
【解析】句意：我想通过邮寄的方式给你寄信。你能把你的地址告诉我吗？根据 Can you give me your address 可知他应该是想寄信，by通过，后接方式，根据首字母提示，因此用post，邮寄，故填post。
【点评】考查post的拼写。
【答案】18．B；19．C；20．C；21．D；22．B；23．D；24．C；25．B；26．B；27．A
【解析】本文主要介绍比尔盖茨从小就对电脑感兴趣，长大后开了电脑软件公司。
【点评】考查完形填空，首先通读一遍文章，跳过缺失的单词，再根据上下文来判断所缺单词的含义，最后对选项进行区别，选出正确的那一项。
18．句意：他闻名世界。A、外向的，B、有名的，C、害羞的，D、可爱的。根据前一句Most people know Bill Gates.可知大多数人都知道比尔盖茨，说明他很知名，故答案为B。
19．句意：他在华盛顿州西雅图长大。固定搭配grow up长大，文章时态为一般过去时，所以用grow过去式，故答案为C。
20．句意：当他13岁的时候，比尔开始玩电脑。A、电话，B、机器，C、电脑，D、收音机。根据下一句中的Computers at that time可知空格中应为电脑，故答案为C。
21．句意：那时候的电脑很大，但他却很感兴趣。A、更小，B、小，C、更大，D、大。根据常识可知过去电脑的体积是很大的，句中不存在比较关系，故答案为D。
22．句意：那时候的电脑很大，但他却很感兴趣。固定搭配be interested in ...，对……感兴趣。根据上下文可知比尔盖茨对电脑很感兴趣，故答案为B。
23．句意：他花很多时间用电脑做一些不寻常的事情。A、拿，B、放，C、支付（钱），D、花费（时间/钱）。根据空格后lots of time可知这里是花费了时间，故答案为D。
24．句意：他以4200美元的价格卖掉了它。A、支付（钱），B、给，C、卖，D、买。根据上下文可知比尔盖茨和他的朋友们开发出一个软件程序，作为程序的所有者，应该是卖掉它，故答案为C。
25．句意：1973年，Bill去了哈佛大学。固定搭配go to ...，去……；want想，动词。根据下文可知比尔考入了哈佛大学，故答案为B。
26．句意：1975年，比尔和他的朋友保罗·艾伦合作开了公司。A、 她（的），B、他的，C、它的，D、他。根据句意可知这个公司是比尔盖茨的，空格中应用表示男他的形容词性物主代词，故答案为B。
27．句意：他们改进了软件，使人们更容易使用计算机。A、更容易，B、容易，C、难，D、更难。根据上下文可知比尔盖茨他们提升了电脑软件，使个人电脑更好用，人们用起来更容易，故答案为A。
【答案】28．错误
29．正确
30．错误
31．正确
32．正确
【解析】主要讲了未来的生活将不同于今天的生活。那时和现在之间会发生很多变化。
【点评】考查阅读理解，首先读懂题目，然后带着问题从文中抓住关键词句，最终确定答案。
28．细节题。根据There will be many people in the world可知世界上会有很多人，而不是有更少的人，故选错误。
29．细节题。根据Computers will be much smaller and more useful and there will be at least one in every home.可知计算机将变得更小、更有用，而且每个家庭都至少有一台，故选正确。
30．细节题。根据People will work fewer hours than they do now可知人们的工作时间将比现在少，而不是比现在工作时间更多，故选错误。
31．细节题。根据Maybe no one will eat it every day.可知也许没有人会每天吃它，即人们可能吃肉不如今天吃得多，故选正确。
32．细节题。根据Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will happen. But what will the changes be 未来的生活将不同于今天的生活。从那时到现在，将会发生许多变化。但会有什么变化，可知主要讲了未来生活的想象，故选正确。
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