Unit 3 Times change Developing ideas—2023-2024学年高二英语外研版(2019)选择性必修第二册课时分层练
【夯实基础】
知识点1形容词的用法
1. His _____(convince) words finally convinced me, and I was _____ that he was innocent.
2. Scientists studied pictures of people's _____(face) expressions.
知识点2非限制性定语从句
3. Recently, a number of provinces proposed to "stop parents from correcting homework", ________ has received a lot of support from netizens.
知识点3派生法
4. Recognition of other people's ________(face) expressions is an important social skill.
5. With the speedy development of e-commerce techniques, people ________(urgent) require the e-commerce to become more convenient and intelligent.
【提升能力】
6.There is a growing _____(趋势) for people to work at home instead of in offices.
7.Mothers are often the ones who provide ______(情感上的) support for the family.
8.These questions you referred to just now may be included in the same c______ (类别).
9.People give away much more by their g_____ (姿势) than by their words.
10. With funny faces and silly c______, he made the audience laugh.
【核心素养】
A
Whether in the home or the workplace, social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years. Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way, said Cynthia Breazeal, chief scientist at the robot company Jibo.
While household robots today do the normal housework, social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools. For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad. This allows them to respond more appropriately to the user.
The Jibo robot, arranged to ship later this year, is designed to be a personalized assistant. You can talk to the robot, ask it questions, and make requests for it to perform different tasks. The robot doesn’t just deliver general answers to questions; it responds based on what it learns about each individual in the household. It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicine or taking family photos.
Social robots are not just finding their way into the home. They have potential applications in everything from education to health care and are already finding their way into some of these spaces.
Fellow Robots is one company bringing social robots to the market. The company’s "Oshbot" robot is built to assist customers in a store, which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product’s location in the store. It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is shopping for.
The more interaction the robot has with humans, the more it learns. But Oshbot, like other social robots, is not intended to replace workers, but to work alongside other employees. "We have technologies to train social robots to do things not for us, but with us," said Breazeal.
1. How are social robots different from household robots
A. They can control their emotions. B. They are more like humans.
C. They do the normal housework. D. They respond to users more slowly.
2. What can a Jibo robot do according to Paragraph 3
A. Communicate with you and perform operations.
B. Answer your questions and make requests.
C. Take your family pictures and deliver milk.
D. Obey your orders and remind you to take pills.
3. What can Oshbot work as
A. A language teacher. B. A tour guide.
C. A shop assistant. D. A private nurse.
4. We can learn from the last paragraph that social robots will ______.
A. train employees B. be our workmates
C. improve technologies D. take the place of workers
5. What does the passage mainly present
A. A new design idea of household robots. B. Marketing strategies for social robots.
C. Information on household robots. D. An introduction to social robots.
B
Two little girls who are lovely in Britain are bringing thousands of people together to sign a petition (请愿书) demanding that Burger King and McDonald's stop giving away free plastic toys.
With the help of their mother, nine-year-old Ella and seven-year-old Caitlin started an online petition in order to persuade the fast food giants (巨头) to do away with the wasteful toys that come with Happy Meals and Junior Meals.
Since starting the petition, the youngsters have got over 350,000 signatures of their 500,000 goals, and the call to action has already received further support from adults and children.
"We've been learning all about the environment at school and the problem of plastic. It made us very sad to see how plastic harms wildlife and pollutes the ocean, and we want to change this," reads the petition. "That's why we want Burger King and McDonald's to think of the environment and stop giving away plastic toys with their kids meals."
"We like to go to eat at Burger King and McDonald's, but children only play with the plastic toys for a few minutes before they get thrown away and harm animals and pollute the sea. We want anything they give us to be environmentally friendly so we can protect the planet for ourselves and for future generations," they continued.
In addition to the girls making a convincing argument, the amount of signatures on the petition almost doubled after reporters with the BBC's War on Plastic followed the young activists to the McDonald's headquarters in order to present the petition.
Since the little girls' story started being picked up by international news outlets, Burger King and McDonald's have emailed statements to CNBC detailing their plans for making their free toys more environmentally friendly.
1. How did the two girls begin their petition
A. By the BBC. B. By CNBC. C. By the Internet. D. By newspapers.
2. Why are the two little girls gathering many people together
A. To gain people's attention.
B. To get over 350,000 signatures.
C. To eat at Burger King and McDonald's.
D. To stop two giants giving free plastic toys.
3. What do Burger King and McDonald's plan to do after the petition
A. To email statements to the BBC.
B. To make a convincing argument.
C. To sell more environmentally friendly toys.
D. To give away more environmentally friendly toys.
4. Which of the following best describes the two little girls' story
A. It's about product promotion.
B. It's about company introduction.
C. It's about commercial advertising.
D. It's about environmental protection.
答案以及解析
【夯实基础】
1.答案:convincing; convinced
解析:句意:他那令人信服的话终于说服了我,我相信他是无辜的。convincing adj.有说服力的,令人信服的;be convinced of/that...确信……
2.答案:facial
解析:句意:科学家研究了人们面部表情的图片。修饰后面的名词expressions,用形容词作定语。
3.答案:which
解析:考查定语从句。句意:近日,一些省份计划“叫停家长批改作业”,这得到了网民的大力支持。此处为非限制性定语从句,设空处指代前面整个主句的内容,故填关系代词which。
4.答案:facial
解析: 考查词性转换。句意:对他人面部表情的识别是一种重要的社交技巧。此处应用形容词作定语修饰名词expressions。
5.答案:urgently
解析: 考查词性转换。句意:随着电子商务技术的迅猛发展,人们迫切要求电子商务变得更加方便和智能化。此处应用副词修饰动词require。
【提升能力】
6.答案:tendency
解析: 考查单词填空。根据句意及句子结构,要填入名词,不定冠词a后接单数可数名词。故填:tendency。
7.答案:emotional
解析:考查形容词。句意:母亲通常是为家庭提供情感支持的人。“情感上的”为emotional,作定语修饰support。故填emotional。
8.答案:category
解析:句意:你刚才提到的那些问题可以被归为同一类。category n.类别。
9.答案:gestures
解析:句意:人们通过姿势传达的信息要比通过话语传达的多得多。gesture n.手势,姿势,为可数名词,根据句中的words可知此处应填gestures。
10.答案:costume
解析:句意:拥有滑稽的面孔,穿着愚蠢的服装,他使得观众开怀大笑。costume n.服装。
【核心素养】
A
答案:1-5 BDCBD
解析:1.细节理解题。根据第一段第二句和第二段第一句可知社交机器人与家用机器人的区别。故选B项。
2.细节理解题。根据第三段后三句可知, Jibo机器人会听从你的指令,也会提醒你吃药。故选D项。
3.细节理解题。根据第五段第二句可知, Oshbot机器人主要作为购物助手出现。故选C项。
4.推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句可知,社交机器人将会是我们的同事。故选B项。
5.主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了社交机器人能做的事情,主要是对社交机器人的介绍。故选D项。
B
答案:1-4 CDDD
解析:1.细节理解题。根据文章第二段内容可知,在妈妈的帮助下,9岁的Ella和7岁的Caitlin在网上发起了一项请愿活动,以说服快餐巨头们取消随套餐赠送的塑料玩具。她们是通过网络开始这项请愿活动的。故选C项。
2. 细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的demanding that Burger King and McDonald's stop giving away free plastic toys(要求汉堡王和麦当劳停止发放免费塑料玩具)可知,这两个女孩聚集如此多人是为了阻止汉堡王和麦当劳发放免费的塑料玩具给孩子。故选D项。
3.细节理解题。根据文章最后一段中的Burger King and McDonald's have emailed statements to CNBC detailing their plans for making their free toys more environmentally friendly.(汉堡王和麦当劳已经通过电子邮件向美国消费者新闻与商业频道(CNBC)发送了声明,详细说明了他们让免费玩具更环保的计划。)可知,请愿书事件使这两家公司决定发放更环保的玩具给孩子。故选D项。
4.主旨大意题。文章主要讲述了英国两个可爱的小女孩将成千上万的人聚集在一起,签署请愿书,其目的是希望汉堡王和麦当劳考虑环境问题,停止给孩子们分发塑料玩具,由此可知她们的故事是关于环保的。故选D项。
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