外研版初中英语七年级下册Module 4 任务型阅读练习
一
1. Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now, many changes will take place. But what will the changes be The population (人口) is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them live longer (活得更长) than people do now.
Computers will be much smaller (更小) and more useful (更有用), and there will be over one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the most important subjects (科目) in schools then. People will work fewer (更少的) hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper (更便宜的) and easier. And 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 (更少的空间) for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat 2.it every day. Instead, they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.
3. 未来的工作也将是不同的。Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. As a result (因此), many people will not have enough (足够的) work to do. That will be a problem.
1.Who will do dangerous and hard work in the future
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2.将文中划线1译成汉语。
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3.文中划线2处”it”指代的什么?
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4.将文中划线3译成英语。
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5.从文中找出与下面句子意思相同的句子。
Many people will live in the world.
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二
A trip to space
by Jerry
10 October 2053
I’m so happy! Tomorrow I’ll be one of the first students to travel into space. The spaceship will leave the Earth at 9 a. m. (A)它将带我们去月球. I can’t wait!
The Moon is (B) around 380,000 kilometres from the Earth, so it’ll take us about four days to get there. There’s no gravity in space, (C) ________we’ll all be able to float around in the spaceship. We’ll have to tie ourselves to our beds so that we won’t float away in our sleep! (D) Without gravity, our bodies may get weak, so we’ll have to do exercises every day.
When we arrive, I’m going to walk on the Moon. I’ll have to wear a spacesuit to help me (E) ________ because there’s no air on the Moon. I’m going to take as many(F) photos as I can, that is, if my camera still works up there …
6.将文中画线部分(A)译成英语:
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7.写出文中画线部分(B)和(F)的同义词:
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8.在文中(C)和(E)的空白处填入适当的单词:
________; ________
9.将文中画线部分(D)改写为:
________ ________ no gravity, our bodies may get weak, …
10.从文中找出两个天体名称:
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三
What will life be like in the future I think it will be more convenient(方便的).
(A)________ will be very popular. Every family will have a robot. They will help us do what we can’t do or don’t want to do, such as looking after children and the old people, clean the house and washing the clothes.
People will be able to build new homes on other planets(星球). At that time, we can get to the Moon by spaceship(宇宙飞船)for holiday.(B)It won’t take us a long time to get to the Moon. And it will be interesting to talk with the spacemen(宇航员). There will be lots of hotels, shops and parks in the Moon.
We won’t have real money at all. Everyone will have a kind of watch. The watch is like a little bank. It has all our money. We can use the watch to buy everything we want. And(C)it is also a telephone. We can talk to our friends all over the world. And we can see(D)them on the watch at the same time.
根据短文内容完成下列各题。
11.将(A)处填入一个或两个合适的单词。
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12.将(B)句翻译成汉语。
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13.文中(C)(D)分别指代: it ________, them ________
14.列举出文中watch 能干的两件事情。
①___________ ②___________
15.请给短文拟一个恰当的英文标题: ______________
四
Life is full of changes. ①What will life be like in the future The population (人口) is growing A . There will be more and more people in the puters will be very small and useful, and there will be computers at every home. Travelling will be very cheap and B . And almost every family can go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food too. There will not be ________ (many) room for cows and sheep, so meat will be very expensive. ②也许没有人会每天都吃它。People will eat many fruits and vegetables. Maybe people will be quite healthy. Work in the future will be different too. Robots will do hard work. So many people will not have enough work to do.
将①处的句子译成汉语。
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17.根据句意将easy, fast恰当地填入到A、B处。
A.________ B.________
18.用many的适当形式填空。
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19.将②处的句子译成英语。
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20.Will all the people have no work to do
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五
We have some robots today, but people are still very busy. So I hope there will be more advanced (先进的) robots ①in the future. They will be in different shapes ②Some will come into everyone’s home. They can sweep the floor, clean the table, wash clothes and do other housework for us. They will also help care for babies or old people. They will be our best friends. If we have a robot, we will have more free time, so we can go sightseeing in many other places at that time.
Robots in the future can help people a lot. They can work on a computer today — help us study English, send and receive emails and do homework.
③Some years later robots can walk with two legs. So they can go cycling or have a walk with us. ④Do you want ________ (have) a robot in the future
任务一:从文中找出与下句意思相近的句子。
21.Robots will do a lot of things for people.
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任务二:将①处进行词组翻译
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任务三:②处的Some指的是什么?(用英文回答)
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任务三:将③处变为否定句
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任务四:在文中的第④处用所给词的正确形式填空。
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六
Robots are ①________. They have been into space, into oceans(海洋), and even into volcanoes(火山)! ②It’s not hard to think of the future where robots will do everything humans do.
In the future, robots might see, talk and walk like humans. Some scientists say you will even have robotic(机器人的) friends③几年以后. But if that happens, robots must be able to think and have emotions(感情). Scientists are making robots that can act like animals.
“Today, robots are like actors — they may show emotions, but they don’t feel them,” Professor Steels says, “I want to change ④that.”
“Robots will be more like humans in the future,” Professor Steels says. But most of them will still only do jobs humans can’t do, or don’t want to do. Robots never get bored, tired or scared. So they are ⑤perfect for working in factories and dangerous places.
26.任务一:在①的空自处填入一个适当的词。
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27.任务二:改写②处划线的句子。
________ of the future where robots will do everything people do ________ hard.
28.任务三:将画线部分③译成英语。
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29.任务四:画线④处的that指的是什么(不超过4个词)。
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30.任务五:将画线部分⑤译成汉语。
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七
① Life in the future will be different from life today. But what will life be like in the future The population (人口) is growing A . There will be many people in the world and most of them will live to over 100 years puters will be very B and useful, and there will be computers in every home. Travelling will be very cheap and C .
And many people will go to other countries for holidays. There will be changes in our food, too. There will not be (many) room for cows and sheep, so meat will be very expensive. ②也许没有人会每天都吃它。They will eat many fruits and vegetables. Maybe people will be quite healthy. Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do hard work. So many people will not have enough work to do.
31.将①处的句子译成汉语。
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32.根据句意将easy、small、fast恰当地填入到A、B、C处。
A. ______ B. ______ C. ______
33.用many的适当形式填空。
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34.将②处的句子译成英语。
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35.Will all the people have no work to do
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