高一英语必修二Unit 3同步测试（Reading and thinking）解析版
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________
基础知识练
一、词块梳理与背诵（英汉互译）
1. start an online community
2. catch the attention of the readers
3. feel positive 对……感到积极
4. make our lives more 使我们的生活变得更加方便
is convenient(for sb.) sth.(对某人而言)做某事方便。
carry around 随身携带现金
get the most information from large databases 从大型数据库中获得最新的信息
a serious illness 身患重病
one's job 辞去工作 失业
(be) at home 被困在家里
陪伴某人
11. the Internet 网上冲浪
12. get support and advice others 从别人那里得到支持和建议
13. one of the greatest of the Internet互联网的最大好处之一
( = be beneficial to )对……有益
benefit … 从……中受益/获益
bring great benefits 给……带来巨大的好处
remove the 消除距离 在远处
be by 受到……的启发;受到……的鼓舞
鼓励某人做某事
apply work online 在网上申请工作
既然;由于
take online classes
It is highly important sth. 做某事是非常重要的。
the digital divide 消除数字鸿沟
有权使用……;可以接近……
start a website 创建慈善网站
为……筹集资金
经历;度过;通读 度过艰难的时光
25. face similar 面临相似的挑战
【答案】
创建网上社区 2.吸引读者的注意力3.about 4.convenient; It, to do 5.cash 6.updated 7.develop 8.quit; out of work 9.stuck 10.keep pany 11.surf 12.from 13.benefits; be of benefit to : from/by ; to
distance; in the distance 15.inspired; inspire sb. to do sth. 16. for 17.now that 18.参加网络课程 19.to do 20.bridge 21.have access to 22.charity 23.raise/collect money for 24. go through; go through tough times 25. challenges
二、构词法梳理与背诵
1. 派生法构词
① adj. 方便的;近便的→ n.方便;适宜;便利;便利的事物(或设施)
② vt.&vi.浏览;冲浪→ n. 冲浪运动
③ n.益处vt. 使受益vi. 得益于→ adj.有利的;有帮助的;有用的
④ adj. 遥远的;远处的;久远的→ n.距离
⑤ vt.鼓舞; 激励;启发思考→ adj.鼓舞人心的;激励的;启发灵感的
⑥ n.通道;(使用、查阅、接近或面见的)机会vt.进入;使用;获取→ adj.可到达的;可接近的;容易理解的
2. 转化法构词
① n.现金;金钱→vt.兑现支票
② vt.更新;向……提供最新信息→n.更新;最新消息
③ n. 居民;(美国的)住院医生→adj(在某地)居住的
3. 合成法构词
①data(数据)+base(基地)→ n.数据库;资料库
②net(网)+work(工作,产品)→ n. (互联)网络;网状系统;人际网
【答案】
①convenient; convenience ②surf; surfing ③benefit; beneficial ④distant; distance ⑤inspire; inspiring
⑥access; accessible
①cash ②update ③resident
①database ②network
三、词汇运用
1．My job is collecting information for a ____________(资料库).
2．The ________________(软件) can be downloaded for free from the Internet.
3．________ (距离，远程) learning is very popular among busy business managers.
4．I ’m writing to tell you that my uncle Li Ming is going to your city for a ____________(会议).
5．I took a selective course at university to ________________(更新) my skills.
6．We no longer have to wait in line or carry ________ (现金) around when we go shopping.
7．The ________________(慈善机构) is calling for volunteers to help those poor children.
8．When she arrived at the small village, she got to know the ________________(居民)．
9．Smartphones make it easier and more ____________(方便的) to check reality, watch video clips, read weibo and so on.
10．With the development of the ________________(网络), people all over the world can share their knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.
【答案】
1．database 2.software 3．Distance 4．conference 5.update
6．cash 7.charity 8.residents 9．convenient work
四、单句语法填空
1．As you know, in the US, __________ (distant) is measured in miles.
2．We must arrange a ________________(convenience) time and place for the discussion.
3．If it is ________ (convenience), may I pay you a visit at your office next Tuesday to give you more details
4．The first homework ________________(hand) in would be from Group 4.
5．Glowing plants could reduce this _______ (distant) and therefore help save energy.
6．At midnight I found myself ________________(carry) out to sea by a strong wind.
7．My most ________ (embarrass)moment was trying to introduce a woman whose name I couldn’t remember.
8．He considered that the change would be ________________(benefit) to her health.
9．He thought that the change would be________(benefit)to the poor.
10．We remembered the ________________(inspire) speech he gave us last time.
【答案】
1.distance 2.convenient 3. convenient 4. to hand 5. distance
6.carried 7．embarrassing 8.beneficial 9．beneficial 10.inspiring
五、课文缩写填空
Jan Tchamani, an English teacher in Birmingham, UK, suddenly developed a serious illness. She found herself out of work and 1. ________________(stick) at home. After a while, she discovered that 2. ________________(surf) the Internet could help her feel less lonely and bored. She could do everything online. She also joined 3.________________ online group where she could talk about her problems and get support and advice 4.________________ others. She realized that one of the greatest 5.________________ ________________(benefit) of the Internet was its ability to remove the distance 6.________________ usually exists between people. 7. ________________(inspire) by the people online, she started an IT club and taught some older people how to use Internet.She and her friends organise events and collect money 8. ________________(pay) for private teachers. Jan has started taking online classes to learn more about how to use the Internet to make society 9. ________________(good). Jan's life has been 10. ________________(great) improved by the Internet!
【答案】
1.stuck 2.surfing 3.an 4.from 5.benefits
6.that 7.Inspired 8.To pay 9.better 10.greatly
能力提升练
一、完形填空
Last year I ruined my summer vacation by bringing along a modern convenience: the iPad.
Instead of looking at nature, I 1 my e-mail. Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading 2 newspapers each morning. And that was the problem: I was acting as if I were still in the office. My body was on vacation but my 3 wasn’t.
So this year I made up my mind to try something 4 : getting away from the Internet. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, 5 I’m not good at self-control. But I was 6 . I started by handing the iPad to my wife. Then, a stroke of luck: The mobile phone 7 at our cabin was worse than in the past. I was trapped, forced to carry out my plan. Largely 8 from e-mail and my favourite newspaper websites, I had little way to 9 the world. I had no 10 but to do what I had planned to do all along: read books.
With determination and the strong support of my wife, I succeeded in my vacation struggle against the Internet. I finally 11 that it was me, of course, not the iPad, that was the 12 .
I knew I had 13 when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi. “Don’t need it,” I said. 14 , as we return to work, a test begins: Can I survive when I’m back at work I don’t plan to 15 my iPad completely. But I hope to resist the temptation (抵抗诱惑) to use it every five minutes.
1．A．received B．selected C．checked D．removed
2．A．online B．informal C．local D．traditional
3．A．opinion B．mind C．identity D．curiosity
4．A．attractive B．logical C．magical D．different
5．A．since B．unless C．though D．so
6．A．excited B．shocked C．frightened D．determined
7．A．quality B．design C．signal D．technology
8．A．taken out B．pulled down C．cut off D．carried away
9．A．rely on B．connect to C．help with D．look at
10．A．method B．goal C．trick D．choice
11．A．expected B．realised C．permitted D．suggested
12．A．puzzle B．sign C．evidence D．problem
13．A．won B．forgotten C．suffered D．recovered
14．A．Somehow B．Anyway C．However D．Therefore
15．A．take apart B．give up C．turn to D．care about
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者为了抵制网络诱惑，在度假时尝试彻底远离网络的经历。
1.【答案】C
【解析】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我没有去欣赏大自然，而是查看我的电子邮件。A. received收到；B. selected挑选；C. checked查看；D. removed移走。根据前文“I ruined my summer vacation by bringing along a modern convenience: the iPad.”及后文“my e-mail”可知，作者在平板上查看邮件。故选C项。
2.【答案】A
【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我每天早上都坚持看网络报纸，而不是读好看的小说。A. online在线上；B. informal非正式的；C. local当地的；D. traditional传统的。根据前文“bringing along a modern convenience: the iPad”可知，作者在iPad上看网上在线报纸。故选A项。
3．【答案】B
【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意：我的身体在度假，但我的思想却没有。A. opinion观点；B. mind思维；C. identity身份；D. curiosity好奇心。根据前文“I were still in the office”和“My body was on vacation”以及“but”的转折可知，作者的思维仍处于工作状态。故选B项。
4．【答案】D
【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：所以今年我决定尝试一些不同的东西：远离互联网。A. attractive有吸引力的；B. logical合乎逻辑的；C. magical有魔力的；D. different不同的。根据前文“Last year I ruined my summer vacation by bringing along a modern convenience: the iPad.”可知，作者决定尝试不同的度假方式。故选D项。
5．【答案】A
【解析】考查连词词义辨析。句意：我知道这并不容易，因为我不善于自我控制。A. since因为；B. unless除非；C. though尽管；D. so所以。根据前文“it wouldn’t be easy”和后文“I’m not good at self-control”可知，前后是因果关系。故选A项。
6．【答案】D
【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但我下定了决心。A. excited兴奋的；B. shocked震惊的；C. frightened害怕的；D. determined下定决心的。根据后文“I started by handing the iPad to my wife.”可知，作者下定了决心不看平板。故选D项。
7．【答案】C
【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意：然后，幸运的是：我们小屋的手机信号比过去更差。A. quality质量；B. design设计；C. signal信号；D. technology技术。根据语境和后文“Largely 8 from e-mail and my favourite newspaper websites”可知，手机信号很差。故选C项。
8．【答案】C
【解析】考查动词短语辨析。句意：在很大程度上与电子邮件和我最喜欢的报纸网站隔绝，我几乎没有办法与世界联系。A. taken out拿出；B. pulled down拆毁；C. cut off切断；D. carried away搬走。根据前文“I started by handing the iPad to my wife. Then, a stroke of luck: The mobile phone 7 at our cabin was worse than in the past.”可知，作者与网络隔绝（切断）。故选C项。
9．【答案】B
【解析】考查动词短语辨析。句意：同上。A. rely on依赖；B. connect to联系；C. help with帮助；D. look at看。根据前文“Largely 8 from e-mail and my favourite newspaper websites”可知，作者无法与外界联系。故选B项。
10．【答案】D
【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意：我别无选择，只能做我一直计划做的事：读书。A. method方法；B. goal目标；C. trick技巧；D. choice选择。根据前文“Largely 8 from e-mail and my favourite newspaper websites, I had little way to 9 the world.”可知，作者别无选择。故选D项。
11．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我终于意识到问题出在我自己，而不是iPad。A. expected期望；B. realised意识到；C. permitted批准；D. suggested建议。根据语境和后文“it was me, of course, not the iPad, that was the 12 ”可知，作者意识到问题所在。故选B项。
12．【答案】D
【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. puzzle谜；B. sign记号；C. evidence证据；D. problem问题。根据前文“it was me, of course, not the iPad”可知，作者意识到自身才是问题所在。故选D项。
13．【答案】A
【解析】考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我们经过一家星巴克时，我知道我赢了，我妻子问我是否想停下来使用Wi-Fi。A. won赢；B. forgotten忘记；C. suffered遭受；D. recovered恢复。根据前文“I succeeded in my vacation struggle against the Internet”和后文“when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi. ‘Don’t need it,’ I said.”“”可知，作者赢了这场战斗。故选A项。
14．【答案】C
【解析】考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，当我们回到工作岗位时，一个考验开始了：当我回到工作岗位时，我能活下来吗？A. Somehow不知怎地；B. Anyway不管怎样；C. However然而；D. Therefore因此。后文“Can I survive when I’m back at work ”和前文之间是转折关系。故选C项。
15．【答案】B
【解析】考查动词短语辨析。句意：我不打算完全放弃我的iPad。A. take apart拆开；B. give up放弃；C. turn to转向；D. care about关心。根据后文“I hope to resist the temptation (抵抗诱惑) to use it every five minutes.”可知，作者不是完全放弃使用电脑，而是有所控制的使用。故选B项。
阅读理解
A
As for old people, some of the applications are hard to use because they didn’t grow up with them. They don’t have simple models of how they should work, what to do when something doesn’t work or where to go for help. We make it as easy as possible to be used for people who are not familiar with the technology.
I think there is huge potential and we are designing it. The ability to connect to friends, who remember the same movies and news and music, is really important, especially as people get old. They end up in retirement homes and they aren’t always close to their friends. Allowing the network to help them connect with friends and family is a really powerful thing.
My mother is an enthusiastic user of the Internet, although it took me years to get her to use e-mail. She was born with normal hearing, but lost it when she was 3. She was totally deaf for many years, until age 53, when she got ear aids. They work really well. That is a big change for her. But before then, her friends couldn’t call her on the phone, so they insisted she use e-mail to communicate with them.
Young people don’t even think of the Internet as technology. It’s just there, and they use it. There’s been a very interesting change in communication styles between old people and young people. There are some kids who are now in their teens and aren’t willing to make phone calls. And they think of e-mail as old-fashioned and slow.
The reason why teens don’t make phone calls seems to be that they don’t know what to say. When they call they often stop for a while. They don’t know what to say, and there’s this silence. On the other hand, texting is considered proper, and it’s okay if you don’t answer. You might have been distracted(分心的). It’s not considered rude. But it is considered strange if you’re in this kind of voice conversation and simply stop talking.
16．We can infer from the passage that the author is a ________.
A．company manager
B．program designer
C．college professor
D．mobile phone designer
17．What do the young people think of the Internet according to the passage
A．Interesting. B．Amazing.
C．Boring. D．Common.
18．Why do teens like to send texts to communicate with others
A．To save money.
B．To maintain friendship.
C．To avoid embarrassment.
D．To make communication much easier.
19．What is the trouble that old people meet when surfing the Internet
A．They don’t know how to use some applications.
B．They have to buy electronic productions at a high price.
C．There is no professional teacher to teach them how to use the Internet.
D．They have no friends to communicate with online.
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。对于年长的人来说，一些新的科技对他们来说太复杂了而不能得到充分利用。但是与朋友进行联系是很必要的，于是作者为老年人专门涉及了一些应用程序。在本文中作者也对老年人和青少年对电话网络等的使用进行了比较。
16．【答案】B
【解析】推理判断题。文章首段提到电脑的一些应用程序对老年人来说很复杂，第二段提出“I think there is huge potential and we are designing it.(我认为有巨大的潜能，我们正在设计它)”可推断，作者是一名程序设计师，故选B项。
17．【答案】D
【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“Young people don’t even think of the Internet as technology. It’s just there, and they use it. (年轻人甚至不觉得网络是技术，它存在，他们使用)”可知，年轻人认为网络是很平常的东西，认为是理所当然的事，故选D项。
18．【答案】C
【解析】细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“On the other hand, texting is considered proper, and it’s okay if you don’t answer. You might have been distracted(分心的). It’s not considered rude. But it is considered strange if you’re in this kind of voice conversation and simply stop talking. (另一方面，发短信会更合适，且如果你不回答也是没关系的。你可以会分心，但不会认为是不礼貌的。但是如果你在对话中突然不说话了，就会被理解为奇怪了)”可知，青少年喜欢发短信的原因是为了避免突然不知道说什么而引起的尴尬，故选C项。
19．【答案】A
【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段中的“As for old people, some of the applications are hard to use because they didn’t grow up with them. (对于老年人来说，一些应用软件很难使用，是因为他们成长过程中没有这些东西。)”可知，老年人上网遇到的麻烦是他们不知道如何使用一些应用程序，故选A项。
B
Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term to describe the way many North Americans interact these days. The term is “networked individualism”. This concept is not easy to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings. How can we be individuals (个人) and be networked at the same time You need other people for networks.
Here is what Professor Wellman means. Before the invention of the Internet and e-mail, our social networks included live interactions (互动) with relatives, neighbors, and friends. Some of the interaction was by phone, but it was still voice, person to person, in real time.
A recent research study by the Pew Internet and American Life project showed that for a lot of people, electronic interaction through the computer has replaced this person-to-person interaction. However, a lot of people interviewed for the Pew study say that’s a good thing. Why
In the past, many people were worried that the Internet isolated us and caused us to spend too much time in the imaginary world of the computer. But the Pew study discovered that the opposite is true. The Internet connects us with more real people than expected-helpful people who can give advice on careers, medical problems, raising children, and choosing a school or college. About 60 million Americans told Pew that the Internet plays an important role in helping them make major life decisions.
Thanks to the computer, we are able to be alone and together with other people-at the same time!
20．The underlined phrase “networked individualism” probably means that by using computers people ________.
A．stick to their own ways no matter what other people say
B．have the rights and freedom to do things of their own interest
C．do things in their own ways and express opinions different from other people
D．are able to keep to themselves but at the same time reach out to other people
21．It can be inferred from the Pew study that________.
A．people have been separated from each other by using computers
B．the Internet makes people waste a lot of time and feel very lonely
C．the Internet has become a tool for a new kind of social communication
D．a lot of people regard the person-to-person communication as a good thing
22．Which would be the best title for this passage
A．We’re Alone on the Internet. B．We’re Communicating on the Internet.
C．We’re Alone Together on the Internet. D．We’re in the Imaginary World of the Internet.
【导语】本文是说明文。文章主要讲述在网络时代，我们可以独自一人，也可以和其他人在一起。
20．【答案】D
【解析】推理判断题。根据第一段“Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term to describe the way many North Americans interact these days. The term is “networked individualism”. This concept is not easy to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings. How can we be individuals (个人) and be networked at the same time You need other people for networks. (加拿大多伦多大学的Barry Wellman教授发明了一个术语来描述当今许多北美人的互动方式。这个术语是“网络个人主义”。这个概念不容易理解，因为这些词似乎有相反的含义。我们怎样才能成为个体，同时又成为网络？网络需要其他人。)”可知，“网络个人主义”是指，人们在网络时代能够独处，但同时也能接触到其他人。故选D。
21．【答案】C
【解析】推理判断题。根据第三段“A recent research study by the Pew Internet and American Life project showed that for a lot of people, electronic interaction through the computer has replaced this person-to-person interaction. (皮尤互联网与美国生活项目最近的一项研究表明，对很多人来说，通过电脑进行的电子互动已经取代了这种人与人之间的互动。)”可知，皮尤的研究表明，互联网已经成为一种新型社会交流的工具。故选C。
22．【答案】C
【解析】主旨大意题。根据第一段“Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term to describe the way many North Americans interact these days. The term is “networked individualism”. This concept is not easy to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings. How can we be individuals (个人) and be networked at the same time You need other people for networks. (加拿大多伦多大学的Barry Wellman教授发明了一个术语来描述当今许多北美人的互动方式。这个术语是“网络个人主义”。这个概念不容易理解，因为这些词似乎有相反的含义。我们怎样才能成为个体，同时又成为网络？网络需要其他人。)”和最后一段“Thanks to the computer, we are able to be alone and together with other people-at the same time! (多亏了电脑，我们可以独自一人，也可以和其他人在一起！)”可知，这篇文章主要讲述在网络时代，我们可以独自一人，也可以和其他人在一起。故选C。
三、写作训练
某英文报要举办以“The Internet Has Changed Our Lives”为题目的征文比赛，请你写一篇短文参赛。内容包括：
(1)网络给学习带来的变化；
(2)网络给生活带来的变化。
注意：
(1)词数100左右；
(2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
(3)开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
The Internet Has Changed Our Lives
It seems that the Internet has completely changed our lives.
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【答案】One possible version:
The Internet Has Changed Our Lives
It seems that the Internet has completely changed our lives. Various information is available on the Internet. It is just a click away and we can get all we need.
First of all, the Internet is of great help to our study. We can look up information, download useful materials and read various e-books on it. We can take online lessons as well. Secondly, the Internet makes our lives more convenient. It has changed the way we contact people. With QQ, Microblog and WeChat, we can keep in touch with our family and friends wherever we are. Besides, it enables us to do shopping at home. Additionally, we can listen to music, watch movies and play games online, which makes our lives more colorful.
In a word, the Internet has made a great difference to our lives and I can hardly imagine what our life will be like without the Internet.
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生写一篇以“The Internet Has Changed Our Lives”为题目的英语短文参加某英文报的征文比赛。
【详解】1.词汇积累
各种各样的：various→ a variety of
可获得的：available→ achievable
有用的：useful→helpful
课程：lesson→ course
2.句式拓展
合并简单句
原句：First of all, the Internet is of great help to our study. We can look up information, download useful materials and read various e-books on it.
拓展句：First of all, the Internet is of great help to our study, on which we can look up information, download useful materials and read various e-books.
【点睛】【高分句型1】 Additionally, we can listen to music, watch movies and play games online, which makes our lives more colorful.（运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句）
【高分句型2】In a word, the Internet has made a great difference to our lives and I can hardly imagine what our life will be like without the Internet.（运用了what引导的宾语从句）高一英语必修二Unit 3同步测试（Reading and thinking）原卷版
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________
基础知识练
一、词块梳理与背诵（英汉互译）
1. start an online community
2. catch the attention of the readers
3. feel positive 对……感到积极
4. make our lives more 使我们的生活变得更加方便
is convenient(for sb.) sth.(对某人而言)做某事方便。
carry around 随身携带现金
get the most information from large databases 从大型数据库中获得最新的信息
a serious illness 身患重病
one's job 辞去工作 失业
(be) at home 被困在家里
陪伴某人
11. the Internet 网上冲浪
12. get support and advice others 从别人那里得到支持和建议
13. one of the greatest of the Internet互联网的最大好处之一
( = be beneficial to )对……有益
benefit … 从……中受益/获益
bring great benefits 给……带来巨大的好处
remove the 消除距离 在远处
be by 受到……的启发;受到……的鼓舞
鼓励某人做某事
apply work online 在网上申请工作
既然;由于
take online classes
It is highly important sth. 做某事是非常重要的。
the digital divide 消除数字鸿沟
有权使用……;可以接近……
start a website 创建慈善网站
为……筹集资金
经历;度过;通读 度过艰难的时光
25. face similar 面临相似的挑战
二、构词法梳理与背诵
1. 派生法构词
① adj. 方便的;近便的→ n.方便;适宜;便利;便利的事物(或设施)
② vt.&vi.浏览;冲浪→ n. 冲浪运动
③ n.益处vt. 使受益vi. 得益于→ adj.有利的;有帮助的;有用的
④ adj. 遥远的;远处的;久远的→ n.距离
⑤ vt.鼓舞; 激励;启发思考→ adj.鼓舞人心的;激励的;启发灵感的
⑥ n.通道;(使用、查阅、接近或面见的)机会vt.进入;使用;获取→ adj.可到达的;可接近的;容易理解的
2. 转化法构词
① n.现金;金钱→vt.兑现支票
② vt.更新;向……提供最新信息→n.更新;最新消息
③ n. 居民;(美国的)住院医生→adj(在某地)居住的
3. 合成法构词
①data(数据)+base(基地)→ n.数据库;资料库
②net(网)+work(工作,产品)→ n. (互联)网络;网状系统;人际网
三、词汇运用
1．My job is collecting information for a ____________(资料库).
2．The ________________(软件) can be downloaded for free from the Internet.
3．________ (距离，远程) learning is very popular among busy business managers.
4．I ’m writing to tell you that my uncle Li Ming is going to your city for a ____________(会议).
5．I took a selective course at university to ________________(更新) my skills.
6．We no longer have to wait in line or carry ________ (现金) around when we go shopping.
7．The ________________(慈善机构) is calling for volunteers to help those poor children.
8．When she arrived at the small village, she got to know the ________________(居民)．
9．Smartphones make it easier and more ____________(方便的) to check reality, watch video clips, read weibo and so on.
10．With the development of the ________________(网络), people all over the world can share their knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.
四、单句语法填空
1．As you know, in the US, __________ (distant) is measured in miles.
2．We must arrange a ________________(convenience) time and place for the discussion.
3．If it is ________ (convenience), may I pay you a visit at your office next Tuesday to give you more details
4．The first homework ________________(hand) in would be from Group 4.
5．Glowing plants could reduce this _______ (distant) and therefore help save energy.
6．At midnight I found myself ________________(carry) out to sea by a strong wind.
7．My most ________ (embarrass)moment was trying to introduce a woman whose name I couldn’t remember.
8．He considered that the change would be ________________(benefit) to her health.
9．He thought that the change would be________(benefit)to the poor.
10．We remembered the ________________(inspire) speech he gave us last time.
五、课文缩写填空
Jan Tchamani, an English teacher in Birmingham, UK, suddenly developed a serious illness. She found herself out of work and 1. ________________(stick) at home. After a while, she discovered that 2. ________________(surf) the Internet could help her feel less lonely and bored. She could do everything online. She also joined 3.________________ online group where she could talk about her problems and get support and advice 4.________________ others. She realized that one of the greatest 5.________________ ________________(benefit) of the Internet was its ability to remove the distance 6.________________ usually exists between people. 7. ________________(inspire) by the people online, she started an IT club and taught some older people how to use Internet.She and her friends organise events and collect money 8. ________________(pay) for private teachers. Jan has started taking online classes to learn more about how to use the Internet to make society 9. ________________(good). Jan's life has been 10. ________________(great) improved by the Internet!
能力提升练
一、完形填空
Last year I ruined my summer vacation by bringing along a modern convenience: the iPad.
Instead of looking at nature, I 1 my e-mail. Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading 2 newspapers each morning. And that was the problem: I was acting as if I were still in the office. My body was on vacation but my 3 wasn’t.
So this year I made up my mind to try something 4 : getting away from the Internet. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, 5 I’m not good at self-control. But I was 6 . I started by handing the iPad to my wife. Then, a stroke of luck: The mobile phone 7 at our cabin was worse than in the past. I was trapped, forced to carry out my plan. Largely 8 from e-mail and my favourite newspaper websites, I had little way to 9 the world. I had no 10 but to do what I had planned to do all along: read books.
With determination and the strong support of my wife, I succeeded in my vacation struggle against the Internet. I finally 11 that it was me, of course, not the iPad, that was the 12 .
I knew I had 13 when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi. “Don’t need it,” I said. 14 , as we return to work, a test begins: Can I survive when I’m back at work I don’t plan to 15 my iPad completely. But I hope to resist the temptation (抵抗诱惑) to use it every five minutes.
1．A．received B．selected C．checked D．removed
2．A．online B．informal C．local D．traditional
3．A．opinion B．mind C．identity D．curiosity
4．A．attractive B．logical C．magical D．different
5．A．since B．unless C．though D．so
6．A．excited B．shocked C．frightened D．determined
7．A．quality B．design C．signal D．technology
8．A．taken out B．pulled down C．cut off D．carried away
9．A．rely on B．connect to C．help with D．look at
10．A．method B．goal C．trick D．choice
11．A．expected B．realised C．permitted D．suggested
12．A．puzzle B．sign C．evidence D．problem
13．A．won B．forgotten C．suffered D．recovered
14．A．Somehow B．Anyway C．However D．Therefore
15．A．take apart B．give up C．turn to D．care about
阅读理解
A
As for old people, some of the applications are hard to use because they didn’t grow up with them. They don’t have simple models of how they should work, what to do when something doesn’t work or where to go for help. We make it as easy as possible to be used for people who are not familiar with the technology.
I think there is huge potential and we are designing it. The ability to connect to friends, who remember the same movies and news and music, is really important, especially as people get old. They end up in retirement homes and they aren’t always close to their friends. Allowing the network to help them connect with friends and family is a really powerful thing.
My mother is an enthusiastic user of the Internet, although it took me years to get her to use e-mail. She was born with normal hearing, but lost it when she was 3. She was totally deaf for many years, until age 53, when she got ear aids. They work really well. That is a big change for her. But before then, her friends couldn’t call her on the phone, so they insisted she use e-mail to communicate with them.
Young people don’t even think of the Internet as technology. It’s just there, and they use it. There’s been a very interesting change in communication styles between old people and young people. There are some kids who are now in their teens and aren’t willing to make phone calls. And they think of e-mail as old-fashioned and slow.
The reason why teens don’t make phone calls seems to be that they don’t know what to say. When they call they often stop for a while. They don’t know what to say, and there’s this silence. On the other hand, texting is considered proper, and it’s okay if you don’t answer. You might have been distracted(分心的). It’s not considered rude. But it is considered strange if you’re in this kind of voice conversation and simply stop talking.
16．We can infer from the passage that the author is a ________.
A．company manager
B．program designer
C．college professor
D．mobile phone designer
17．What do the young people think of the Internet according to the passage
A．Interesting. B．Amazing.
C．Boring. D．Common.
18．Why do teens like to send texts to communicate with others
A．To save money.
B．To maintain friendship.
C．To avoid embarrassment.
D．To make communication much easier.
19．What is the trouble that old people meet when surfing the Internet
A．They don’t know how to use some applications.
B．They have to buy electronic productions at a high price.
C．There is no professional teacher to teach them how to use the Internet.
D．They have no friends to communicate with online.
B
Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term to describe the way many North Americans interact these days. The term is “networked individualism”. This concept is not easy to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings. How can we be individuals (个人) and be networked at the same time You need other people for networks.
Here is what Professor Wellman means. Before the invention of the Internet and e-mail, our social networks included live interactions (互动) with relatives, neighbors, and friends. Some of the interaction was by phone, but it was still voice, person to person, in real time.
A recent research study by the Pew Internet and American Life project showed that for a lot of people, electronic interaction through the computer has replaced this person-to-person interaction. However, a lot of people interviewed for the Pew study say that’s a good thing. Why
In the past, many people were worried that the Internet isolated us and caused us to spend too much time in the imaginary world of the computer. But the Pew study discovered that the opposite is true. The Internet connects us with more real people than expected-helpful people who can give advice on careers, medical problems, raising children, and choosing a school or college. About 60 million Americans told Pew that the Internet plays an important role in helping them make major life decisions.
Thanks to the computer, we are able to be alone and together with other people-at the same time!
20．The underlined phrase “networked individualism” probably means that by using computers people ________.
A．stick to their own ways no matter what other people say
B．have the rights and freedom to do things of their own interest
C．do things in their own ways and express opinions different from other people
D．are able to keep to themselves but at the same time reach out to other people
21．It can be inferred from the Pew study that________.
A．people have been separated from each other by using computers
B．the Internet makes people waste a lot of time and feel very lonely
C．the Internet has become a tool for a new kind of social communication
D．a lot of people regard the person-to-person communication as a good thing
22．Which would be the best title for this passage
A．We’re Alone on the Internet. B．We’re Communicating on the Internet.
C．We’re Alone Together on the Internet. D．We’re in the Imaginary World of the Internet.
三、写作训练
某英文报要举办以“The Internet Has Changed Our Lives”为题目的征文比赛，请你写一篇短文参赛。内容包括：
(1)网络给学习带来的变化；
(2)网络给生活带来的变化。
注意：
(1)词数100左右；
(2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
(3)开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
The Internet Has Changed Our Lives
It seems that the Internet has completely changed our lives.
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