北师大版（2019）选择性必修 第四册Unit 12 Innovation Writing Workshop—Reading Club同步课时训练（含答案 ）

Unit 12 Innovation Writing Workshop—Reading Club—2022-2023学年高二英语北师大版（2019）选择性必修第四册同步课时训练
一、填空
1.The oil truck caught fire and set off a lot of _____ (explode).
2.I need some _____ (boil) water to wash down medicine after breakfast.
3.He was once thought to be a boy who was not worth _____ (educate).
4.Probably I cannot be an Edison _____ (me), but I can be a hard-working learner.
5.Built in 1873, the cable car system _____ (invent) by Andrew Hallidie.
6.Robots can't think _____ (dependent) and they can only do what they are instructed to.
7.Genius is one percent _____ (inspire) and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
8.I admire Edison a lot because of his great _____ (contribute) to the world.
9.When you visit a Chinese friend, your friend will _____ (constant) add hot water to your empty cup of tea.
10.According to the World Bank, China accounts for about 30 percent of total _____ (globe) fertilizer (化肥) consumption.
二、七选五
Kitchen robot is a robotic device designed to provide assistance with common kitchen tasks. These robots can handle work ranging from food preparation to dishwashing and general cleanup. ①_____They are also meant to serve as assistants to people who are unable by reason of age or illness to manage daily kitchen tasks without assistance.
Ordinary kitchen robots are usually designed to wash dirty dishes. Working as a dishwasher in a kitchen environment requires a set of skills. A successful robot must be able to grasp and clean dishes, and store them appropriately. ②_____
More advanced kitchen robot designs focus on the preparation and serving of food. ③_____ Robots designed to serve as mechanical chefs need to be able to evaluate different food products to ensure freshness and quality. They also need to make appropriate selections from various ingredients, and perform a large number of different physical tasks as part of the cooking process.
④_____ Such devices are perfect for people who get a high salary but have very little free time. A kitchen robot could potentially take over many common kitchen tasks, allowing its owner to focus on other matters or to cook only on those occasions when they have the time to enjoy cooking.
Kitchen robots have more practical applications as well. The population of many Western nations is aging, often quite rapidly. ⑤_____ A robot could potentially provide that assistance for them without causing any discomfort.
A. This requires an entirely different set of skills.
B. Convenience is one selling point of kitchen robots.
C. Some kitchen robots are designed for other special usages.
D. Older people may require some assistance with daily tasks.
E. They are intended to reduce the heavy housework of daily living.
F. Nowadays more and more robots walk into people’s work and daily life.
G. It also has to avoid breaking them while making sure of a thorough clean.
三、阅读理解
Love the way you walk
If listening to the footsteps in your home, you are likely to figure out who is walking around. The features which are most commonly used to identify people are faces, voices and fingerprints. But the way they walk is also a giveaway(使真相泄露的事物).
Researchers have used video cameras and computers to analyze people's gaits(步态), and are now quite good at it. But translating such knowledge into a practical identification system can be tricky. Cameras are often visible, are difficult to set up, require good lighting and may have their view blocked(选档) by other people. A team led by Dr. Ozanyan and Dr. Scully have been looking for a better way to recognize gaits. Their answer: pressure-sensitive mats(垫子).
Such mats are nothing new. They have been part of security systems. But Ozanyan and Scully use a complex version of mats that can record the amount of pressure applied in different places as someone walks across it. These measurements form a pattern unique to the walker. The researchers turned to an artificial-intelligence system to recognize such patterns, and it seemed to work. One application of the mat-based gait-recognition system might be in health care, particularly for the elderly. A mat placed in a nursing home or an old person's own residence could monitor changes in an individual's gait that indicates certain illnesses. That would provide early waring of someone being at greater risk of falling over.
Perhaps the most interesting use of the mats, though, would be in public places, such as airports. For that to work, the footsteps of those to be recognized would need to have been stored in a database, which would be harder to arrange than the collection of photographs and fingerprints that existing airport security systems rely on. Many aircrew or preregistered frequent flyers would welcome anything that speeded up one of the most tiresome parts of modern travel.
1.What is the writer's purpose of writing Paragraph 2
A. To explain how to use the mats.
B. To show researchers' hard work.
C. To show how the mats work.
D. To introduce a better method to recognize gaits.
2.According to Paragraph 3, what is the mat used for
A. Collecting data. B. Ensuring safety.
C. Determining age. D. Analyzing pressure.
3.Which of the following might be one of the applications of the gait-recognition system
A. Monitoring security work progress.
B. Detecting potential health problems.
C. Keeping track of travelling routes.
D. Warning passengers of possible dangers.
4.What is the passage mainly about
A. The hard work to invent the mats.
B. The mats for the security check.
C. A team inventing the mats.
D. The fantastic mats for recognition.
答案以及解析
一、填空
1.答案：explosions
2.答案：boiled
3.答案：educating
4.答案：myself
5.答案：was invented
6.答案：independently
7.答案：inspiration
8.答案：contribution
9.答案：constantly
10.答案：global
二、七选五
答案：EGABD
解析：①根据上文“Kitchen robot is a robotic device designed to provide assistance with common kitchen tasks. These robots can handle work ranging from food preparation to dishwashing and general cleanup. （厨房机器人是一种机器人设备，旨在协助完成常见的厨房任务。这些机器人可以处理从食物准备到洗碗和一般清洁的工作）”可知，厨房机器人可以协助人们完成常见的厨房任务，那么这就减轻了人们日常生活繁重的家务劳动，比如洗碗和清洁。E项“它们旨在减轻日常生活中繁重的家务劳动”符合题意。故选E。
②空处位于段末应承接上文。根据上文“A successful robot must be able to grasp and clean dishes, and store them appropriately. （一个成功的机器人必须能够抓取和清洁盘子，并妥善存放）”可知，空处应继续陈述厨房机器人在清洗盘子方面需要具备的基本能力。G项“它还必须避免打破它们，同时确保彻底清洁”符合题意，选项中的them指代上文的dishes。故选G。
③根据上文“More advanced kitchen robot designs focus on the preparation and serving of food. （更先进的厨房机器人设计专注于食物的准备和供应）”和下文“Robots designed to serve as mechanical chefs need to be able to evaluate different food products to ensure freshness and quality. （设计用作机械厨师的机器人需要能够评估不同的食品，以确保新鲜度和质量）”可知，被设计用来作为厨师的机器人和上段提到的洗碗机器人所需要的技能完全不一样。A项“这需要一套完全不同的技能”符合题意，下文是对选项内容的具体说明。故选A。
④根据下文“Such devices are perfect for people who get a high salary but have very little free time. A kitchen robot could potentially take over many common kitchen tasks, allowing its owner to focus on other matters or to cook only on those occasions when they have the time to enjoy cooking.（这种设备非常适合那些薪水高但空闲时间很少的人。厨房机器人可能会接管许多常见的厨房任务，让主人专注于其他事情，或者只在有时间享受烹饪的时候做饭）”可知，厨房机器人让高薪且时间少的人可以专注于其他事情，给人们带来了便利。B项“便利性是厨房机器人的卖点之一”符合题意。故选B。
⑤根据上文“Kitchen robots have more practical applications as well. The population of many Western nations is aging, often quite rapidly.（厨房机器人也有更多的实际应用。许多西方国家的人口正在老龄化，而且往往相当迅速）”可知，此处提到了老龄化。由此推知，老年人可能需要厨房机器人来协助完成日常家务。D项“老年人在日常家务中可能需要一些帮助”符合题意，选项中的older people呼应上文的aging。故选D。
三、阅读理解
1.答案：D
解析：推理判断题。第二段中"Researchers have used video cameras and computers to analyze people's gaits(步态), and are now quite good at it. But translating such knowledge into a practical identification system can be tricky.(研究人员使用摄像机和电脑来分析人们的步态，现在他们在这方面做得相当好。但将这些知识转化为实用的识别系统可能是棘手的)"提出问题，紧接着"A team led by Dr. Ozanyan and Dr. Scully have been looking for a better way to recognize gaits. Their answer: pressure-sensitive mats(垫子).(奥赞扬博士和斯库利博士领导的团队一直在寻找一种更好的识别步态的方法。他们的答案是：压敏垫)"给出解决方法。由此可知，本段主要目的是介绍一种更好的步态识别方法。故选D。
2.答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中"But Ozanyan and Scully use a complex version of mats that can record the amount of pressure applied in different places as someone walks across it. These measurements form a pattern unique to the walker. (但是Ozanyan和Scully使用了一种复杂的垫子，当人们走过垫子时，它可以记录在不同地方施加的压力。这些测量结果形成了步行者特有的模式)"可知，这个垫子是用来收集数据的。故选A。
3.答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中"A mat placed in a nursing home or an old person's own residence could monitor changes in an individual's gait that indicates certain illnesses. That would provide early warning of someone being at greater risk of falling over. (放置在养老院或老人自己住所的垫子可以监测个人步态的变化，这表明某些疾病。这将为人们提供摔倒风险更大的早期预警)"可知，步态识别系统可用于检测潜在的健康问题。故选B。
4.答案：D
解析：主旨大意题。通读全文并结合第二段中"A team led by Dr. Ozanyan and Dr. Scully have been looking for a better way to recognize gait. Their answer: pressure-sensitive mats.( 由 Ozanyan 博士和 Scully 博士 领导的研究小组一直在寻找识别步态的更好方法。他们的答案是：压敏垫)"可知， 本文主要向我们介绍了研究人员用压敏垫来进行步态识别，所以"The fantastic mats for recognition.(可识别的神奇垫子)"是文章主要内容。故选D。
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