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选择性必修第四册
UNIT 1 SCIENCE FICTION
目 录
Contents
01
基础帮 默写自测
02
教材帮 核心突破
03
高考帮 题型对接
04
练习帮 课时提能
基础默写
Ⅰ.核心单词——写其形
1. n.小说;虚构的事
2. n.诚实正直;完整;完好
3. n.庄重;庄严;尊严
4. n.薪水;薪金
fiction
integrity
dignity
salary
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5. adj.每周的n.周刊
6. n.劳动(者) vi.奋斗;努力工作
7. adv.向后;倒着;往回
8. n.灯;台灯
9. n.速度;步伐;节奏 vt.& vi. 调整节奏
10. adj.随机的;不可思议的
weekly
labour
backwards
lamp
pace
random
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Ⅱ.拓展单词——通其变
1. vt.任命;委任;安排→ n.预约;约会;委任→
adj.指定的
2. n.内疚;悔恨;犯罪→ adj.内疚的;有罪的;有过失的
3. vt.悬;挂;暂停;暂缓→ n.悬浮;暂缓;暂令停职
appoint
appointment
appointed
guilt
guilty
suspend
suspension
4. vt.让(某人)离开;解散; 解雇→ n.解雇;免职
5. vt.表明;宣称;公布→ n.(纳税品等的)申报(单);宣布;公告;声明(书)
dismiss
dismissal
declare
declaration
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6. vt.计算;核算;预测→ n.计算→
n.计算器
7. vt.(使)分开;使意见不一→ n.分开;分隔;除(法)
calculate
calculation
calculator
divide
division
8. n.强烈的欲望;冲动vt.催促;力劝;大力推荐→ n.紧急;紧
急的事→ adj.紧急的;迫切的→ adv.迫切地;紧急地
9. vi.& vt.爆炸;爆破→ n.爆炸;突然爆发;激增
urge
urgency
urgent
urgently
explode
explosion
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Ⅲ.阅读单词——晓其意
1. bonus n.
2. ridiculous adj.
3. absurd adj.
4. nail n. vt.
5. saleswoman n.
意外收获;奖金;红利
愚蠢的;荒谬的; 荒唐的
荒谬的;荒唐的
指甲;趾甲;钉子
(用钉子)钉牢;固定
女售货员;女推销员
6. ladder n.
7. rumour n.
8. fare n.
梯子;阶梯
谣言;传闻
车费;船费;飞机票价
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9. flour n.
10. venue n.
11. superior adj.
面粉;(谷物磨成的)粉
活动场地(如音乐厅、会场等)
更好的;占优势的;(在级别或重要性上)更高的
12. leather n.
13. panel n.
14. inch n.
15. niece n.
皮革;[pl.]皮衣;皮外套
控制板; 仪表盘;专家咨询组
英寸
侄女;外甥女
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16. fetch vt.
17. handkerchief n.
(去)拿来;(去)取来
手帕;纸巾
18. maximum adj. n.
19. stun vt.
20. mud n.
最大极限的
最大量;最大限度
使震惊;使昏迷
泥; 泥浆
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Ⅳ.核心短语——明搭配
1. 检验;测试
2. 更像是;更接近
3. 根据;以……的方式(基准)
4. 事物的利与弊;支持与反对
5. 比……更好;更胜一筹
test out
more like
on a...basis
pros and cons
superior to
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6. 占上风;取而代之;接管
7. 与……冲突或抵触
8. 关掉;熄灭;在场;结果是
9. (逐渐)减少;消失
10. 有强烈的欲望做某事
take over
conflict with
turn out
fall away
have an urge to do sth.
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Ⅴ.经典句式——会运用
1. He suggested that the night before he
was to leave and Larry was to return.[suggest that ...(should+)do sth.]
他建议在他要离开,也就是拉里要回来的前一天晚上,她邀请格拉迪丝(Gladys)和
她的朋友们到家里来。
2. She heard him declare that he did not want to leave her the next day,and that he felt
.(more than...)
她听到他说,第二天他不想离开她,他感觉他不仅仅是想取悦她。
she invite Gladys and her friends to the house
more than just the desire to please her
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3. It would not be surprising if we between reality
and science fiction in the future.(find+it+宾补+不定式)
如果我们发现将来很难区分现实和科幻小说,那也不足为奇。
4. He seemed .(more...than...)
他看起来更像一个人,而不是一台机器。
found it difficult to distinguish
more like a human than a machine
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语境自测
Ⅰ.单词拼写(用本单元词汇)
1. Honesty and (正直)are the qualities that a leader should be made of.
2. In the practice, we can experience the value of (劳动) and expose ourselves to a wide range of practical skills.
3. If you were wrong, admit it. You won’t lose (尊严), but will gain respect.
integrity
labour
dignity
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4. Everyone can play a part in reducing waste, for instance, not purchasing more food
than necessary in your (每周的) shopping.
weekly
5. We’d better live our life at our own instead of comparing ourselves with others.
6. With the development of technology, things which only exist in science have been brought into our daily lives.
pace
fiction
7. He would not accept this job for such a small since he has a large family to
support.
8. I sat down on the floor, pulled a few books off the shelf at and began to read.
salary
random
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Ⅱ.用所给单词的适当形式填空
1. The work was so that our boss us to finish it at all costs. And we
soon realized the of the matter.(urge)
2. I feel about the silly mistake I made yesterday and no words can express
my .(guilt)
3. My friend Jenny was as the chairwoman of the committee. We made an
to celebrate at the restaurant, but I couldn’t arrive at the time because of something unexpected.(appoint)
urgent
urged
urgency
guilty
guilt
appointed
appointment
appointed
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4. She that she would go to work abroad on her own but many of her friends
were very worried about her on hearing her .(declare)
5. He was without any reason last week and he wanted to find the truth
behind his .(dismiss)
declared
declaration
dismissed
dismissal
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Ⅲ.用方框内短语的适当形式完成句子
test out turn out superior to conflict with
take over have an urge to fall away
1. The young man looks sad and we give advice immediately to make
him feel better.
2. After he lost all his wealth, many of his old friends from him.
3. Their opinion on the accident ours,so more evidence is needed.
have an urge to
fell away
conflicts with
4. Never worry and keep calm — everything will all right in the end.
5. His work is to new designs of cars before they are put on the market.
6. I’ve personally never subscribed to the view that either sex is the other.
7. She decided that I was the ideal person to the job.
turn out
test out
superior to
take over
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Ⅳ.句式仿写
1. 我建议你应该去办公室向你的老师请教学习英语的方法。[suggest that ...(should+)
do sth.]
I to consult your teacher about the methods
of learning English.
2. 她不仅是我们的老师,也是我们的朋友。(more than...)
; she is also our friend.
suggest that you (should) go to the office
She is more than our teacher
3. 她没有来,他发现很难掩饰自己的沮丧。(find+it+宾补+不定式)
He when she didn’t come.
4. 我天性谨慎,所以我倾向于做一个追随者而不是一个领导者。(more...than...)
I’m cautious by nature, so I tend to be .
found it difficult to hide his disappointment
more a follower than a leader
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1. More and more people like science fiction. Satisfaction Guaranteed is a short sci-fi novel about a robot called Tony,which was going to be tested out by Claire. Claire thought Tony looked more like a human than a machine,and Tony treated Claire with dignity and integrity. He helped Claire with her appointment and the preparation for a party. When everything got ready, Claire dismissed Tony. However, he declared that he had fallen in love with her and then disappeared from sight. Claire felt more than guilty. However, everything was over.
2. Presuming that you have a chance to get a time machine, you may have an urge to take over the world. But have you ever taken all the pros and cons into consideration? You can travel to a special period at maximum speed to enjoy stunning experiences.However, it turns out that there is a division between the past and the present. You can’t calculate what will happen next and decide whether a dream is superior to reality. But as long as the time machine doesn’t explode, you will have random potential.
1 guilty adj.内疚的;有罪的;有过失的
1. [北师选必①-2]So many people could never go to school. They didn’t have the chance
to learn and get on in life. This worried me a lot and I felt very guilty (be) a rich
man without doing anything.
2. 向父母说谎之后,我有一种强烈的负罪感。
After lying to my parents, I .
being
had a strong sense of guilt
3. 不小心让别人知晓了你的秘密,我感到很内疚。
I felt guilty about letting other people know your secret by accident.
★feel guilty (about) doing sth.因做某事而感到内疚
be guilty of有罪责的;有过失的
★guilt n.内疚;悔恨;有罪
a sense of guilt罪恶感
2 dismiss vt.让(某人)离开;解散;解雇;消除;不予考虑
1. 结合语境写出下列句子中画线部分的含义
①[外研选必④-5]Although his theory has been dismissed by scholars, it shows how powerful the secrets of Ancient Maya civilisation are among people.
②[人教选必④-1]The night of the party arrived. The clock struck eight. The guests would be arriving soon, so Claire dismissed Tony for the rest of the night.
不予考虑
让(某人)离开
教师尊享 点拨
句中的strike是高考常考词汇,特别注意一词多义。strike v. (struck;struck)打;
撞击;罢工;袭击;报时;划(火柴);使忽然想起 n.罢工。
③Mary was at the risk of being dismissed since she always chatted with others during the
working time.
④Dismissing her fears, she climbed higher.
解雇
消除
2. He failed to pass the drug test, and the boss had to dismiss him his job.
3. 逃跑的念头在心头一闪,但我立刻打消了,认为这样做不现实。 (读后续写之心
理描写)
The thought of escape crossed my mind, but immediately .
★dismiss...from...去除,消除;把……免职
dismiss...as...对……不予考虑
★dismissal n.免职,解雇;不予考虑
from
I dismissed it as unrealistic
3 declare vt.表明;宣称;公布
1. When they asked him about his opinion, he declared strongly the policy
because it offended his interest.
2. [译林选必③-3]Japan had hatched a plot to launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor,
so the attack began without warning and without declaring war the United States.
against
on
3. 当老师宣布我是这次英语演讲比赛的获胜者时,我又惊又喜。(读后续写之心理描写)
When the teacher declared me to be the winner of the English Speech Contest, I was
surprised and pleased.
★declare for/against声明支持/反对……
declare war on...向……宣战
declare...to be/as...宣布……为……
★declaration n.断言,宣称;宣告,声明
4 urge n.强烈的欲望;冲动 vt.催促;力劝;大力推荐
1. [译林选必②-4]As we become more and more dependent on computers, some scientists are urging us (think) about the dangers posed by the advances in AI.
2. [人教选必④-1]I had a strong urge (look)at the random things that were being flashed before my eyes!
to think
to look
3. Scientists and politicians have deeply recognized the (urge) need to address
climate change and take effective action to protect the planet for generations to come.
urgent
教师尊享 点拨
urge后跟从句时,从句谓语常用虚拟语气,即"(should+)do"形式。类似用法的动词还有:insist(坚决要求),order,command,advise,suggest(建议),recommend,request,require,demand等。
4. 父母应该敦促孩子们积极锻炼。
→①Parents are supposed to .(宾语从句)
→②Parents are supposed to .(不定式)
urge that their children (should) work out actively
urge their children to take exercise actively
★urge sb. to do sth.=urge that sb. (should) do sth.敦促某人做某事
have/feel an urge to do sth.渴望做某事
★urgent adj.紧急的,迫切的
urgency n.紧急,迫切
5 take over占上风;取而代之;接管;接手
1. 结合语境写出下列句子中画线部分的含义
①[人教选必④-1]In sci-fi stories, robots often become superior and take over.
②[人教必修②-4]Almost everywhere you go in the UK, you will be surrounded by evidence of four different groups of people who took over at different times throughout history.
占上
风,取而代之
接管,接手
2. 科技是用来帮助我们的,因此我们不应该让它控制我们的生活。(发言稿)
Technology is there to help us, so we shouldn’t allow it .
to take over our life
6 turn out关掉;熄灭;在场;使朝外;结果是
1. 结合语境写出下列句子中画线部分的含义
①[人教必修②-5]As it turned out, there was no need to be nervous because all my hard
work paid off and I played perfectly.
②[外研必修③-2]In Uganda, Ryan at last saw the finished well with his own eyes.But that was not all.He also saw hundreds of delighted students who had turned out to welcome him.
③Remember to turn out the lights when you go to bed.
证明是,结果是
在场
关掉,熄灭
教师尊享 点拨
①as it/things turned out是固定表达,意为"正如后来表明的;果然如此;果不
其然"。②well n.水井③remember to do sth.记得做某事;remember doing sth.记得做
过某事
2. 我们学校的足球比赛结果比我想象的更精彩。(活动介绍)
→① (不
定式)
→② (it作形式主语)
Our school’s football match turned out to be more exciting than I imagined.
It turned out that our school’s football match was more exciting than I imagined.
7 more than 非常;不只是;超过
1. 结合语境写出下列句子中画线部分的含义
①[人教必修②-4]And if you introduce yourself to a friendly face, you are more than likely to experience local culture and customs first-hand.
②Each year, more than 1,000 additions are made to English dictionaries.Recent additions include "selfie" and "netizen".
③[外研选必③-2]His hard work made him more than a fashion photographer — he was
a "cultural anthropologist", who we can thank for recording the life of a whole city and its people over half a century.
非常
超过
不只是
2. Without advertising, it will be very difficult for customers to judge the worth of a
product.
→Without advertising, it will be difficult for customers to judge the
worth of a product.(词汇升级)
教师尊享 点拨
除more than外,表示"非常"的词语还有:highly,extremely,awfully,quite等。
more than
3. 男孩听到爆炸声后,非常害怕,迅速跑开了。
Hearing the explosion, the boy .
was more than frightened and ran away quickly
★more than+形容词 非常……
more than+数词/从句 超过……
more than+名词 不只是,不仅是
★no more than 只不过,仅仅
not more than 不超过,至多
★more...than...与其说……不如说……
形容词后缀-y
-y"充满……的,有……特性的"
本单元 guilt 内疚,有罪→guilty 内疚的,有罪的
haze 雾霭→hazy 朦胧的,模糊的
拓展 dust 灰尘→dusty布满灰尘的
mud 泥→muddy 泥泞的
rain 雨→rainy 多雨的
smoke 烟→smoky 烟雾弥漫的
-y"充满……的,有……特性的"
拓展 juice 汁→juicy 多汁的
anger愤怒→angry愤怒的,生气的
spice 香料→spicy(食物)加有香料的
cream 奶油→creamy似奶油的
salt 盐→salty 含盐的,咸的
1. As we all know, an astronaut needs to be (health) and calm in order to work in space.
2. The weather was surprisingly warm and (sun).
3. I am used to dozing for a while after lunch, otherwise I often feel (sleep) and lack passion all the afternoon.
4. I was so (hunger) that I couldn’t help taking a bit of the bread Dad had prepared for me.
5. Two cars skidded on the (ice) pavement and crashed onto the trees along the side.
healthy
sunny
sleepy
hungry
icy
Ⅰ.语法填空——词形转换、固定搭配
1. [2023全国乙]As it turned , Douglas did exactly what she needed to do to become Olympic champion when she defeated two Russians.
out
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2. [2022新高考Ⅰ]Everyone can play a part in reducing waste, whether by not purchasing more food than necessary in your (week) shopping or by asking restaurants to not include the side dish you won’t eat.
教师尊享 点拨
此处用形容词weekly表示"每周的"。此外,由"名词+-ly"构成的表示
"每……的"的形容词还有:hourly每小时(一次)的,daily每日的,monthly每月(一次)的,yearly每年(一次)的。
weekly
3. [2022新高考Ⅱ]Participants were (random) divided into two groups.
4. [2021新高考Ⅱ]A new exhibition in Halifax uses everyday activities to explain the hidden math principles we all use on a regular (base).
教师尊享 点拨
on a regular basis表示"定期地",其中regular还可以换成permanent,temporary,daily等形容词,分别表示"永久地,临时性地,每天地"。
randomly
basis
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5. [2020新高考Ⅱ]To remember all the questions you have when you are not in the doctor’s
office, write them down and bring the list with you to your (appoint).
6. [全国Ⅱ]Dismissing small talk unimportant is easy, but we can’t forget that
deep relationships wouldn’t even exist if it weren’t for casual conversation.
教师尊享 点拨
句意:把闲聊当作一件不重要的事是很容易的,但我们不能忘记,如果没有闲
聊,(人与人之间的)密切关系甚至不会存在。
appointment
as
7. [全国Ⅰ]I never felt an urge (learn) any sign language before.
8. [安徽高考]In colonies(群体) that range in size from a few hundred to tens of millions,
they organize their lives with a clear (divide) of labor.
to learn
division
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Ⅱ.阅读理解—— 一词多义、熟词生义
1. [2022浙江1月]The benefits of regular exercise are well documented but there’s a new
bonus to add to the ever-growing list.
教师尊享 点拨
2021新高考Ⅰ阅读理解A篇中,bonus也表示"意外收获":It’s affordable, and
it’s got a fun atmosphere without being too noisy. As an added bonus, it’s close to the
main train station.(added bonus表示"额外的好处")
n.意外收获
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2. [北京高考]There are probably decades in which to plan for the arrival of super intelligent machines. But the problem should not be dismissed out of hand, as it has been by some AI researchers.
教师尊享 点拨
be dismissed out of hand可用作固定表达,意为"直接被摒弃",如:The suggestion shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand (=without thinking about it). 这个建议不应当直接被摒弃。
v.不予考虑;摒弃
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Ⅲ.写作——基础写作、读后续写
写作一 基础写作——新型城市
你校英语俱乐部将举办主题为"未来的新型城市"的英语讨论活动。请根据下
列要点, 发挥你的想象力,用英语写一篇发言稿。内容包括:
1. 新型城市产生的原因;
2. 新型城市的运作模式。
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◎写作要点
1. 由于温室效应导致海平面上升以及人口爆炸性增长,我们的城市迫切需要做出改变。(explode,urge)
2. 在海上建设漂浮城市的想法在我心里占据了上风。(take over)
As a result of the rising sea level caused by global warming and exploding population, our cities are urged to make some changes.
The idea of constructing floating cities on the sea takes over in my mind.
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3. 漂浮城市看上去就像悬在人造岛上一样,该岛几乎被植物完全覆盖。(suspend)
4. 由于有太阳能、风能和波浪能,漂浮城市可能会比我们现在住的地方还要好。
(superior)
The floating city seems to suspend on a man-made island, which is almost entirely
covered by plants.
With solar, wind and wave power, the floating city may be superior to where we
live now.
5. 我相信,随着科技的发展,这种城市将会是最适合我们的。(turn out)
I believe this kind of city will turn out to be the most suitable for us with the development of science and technology.
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◎连句成篇
请运用恰当的连接词将以上写作要点串联成一篇语意连贯的短文。
Good morning, everyone. I’m glad to share my view on "the new city in the future".
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As a result of the rising sea level caused by global warming and exploding
population, our cities are urged to make some changes. In the circumstances, the idea
of constructing floating cities on the sea takes over in my mind. The floating city seems to
suspend on a man-made island, which is almost entirely covered by plants. Besides,
with solar, wind and wave power, the city may be superior to where we live now. I
believe this kind of city will turn out to be the most suitable for us with the development of
science and technology.
Thank you!
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写作二 读后续写——动作描写之各种"想"
积累背诵 单词 think, consider, wander 走神, flash 突然想到; considering考虑到
词组 1.be deep/lost in thought陷入沉思
2.come up with想出
3.think of/about想起;考虑到
4.think over仔细考虑
5.think twice三思
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积累背诵 词组 6.think back 回想,追忆
7.on second thought(s) 又一想,转念一想
8.at the thought of 一想到……
9.reflect on仔细思考;反思
10.take...into account/consideration把……考虑在内
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积累背诵 佳句 1.An idea flashed through his mind. 他脑子里闪过一个念头。
2.It occurred to/hit/struck Jane that she had overlooked an important detail in her presentation while she was standing before the audience.
当简站在听众面前时,她突然想到自己忽略了演讲中的一个重要细节。
3.Rick was lost in thought. It slowly dawned on him that Luke had done
nothing wrong.
里克陷入沉思。他慢慢明白了卢克并没有做错什么。
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积累背诵 佳句 4.Then, my thoughts wandered to the lady who was enjoying a delicious dish
with her little girl. 然后,我的思绪转到了那位女士身上,她和她的小女儿正
在享用一道美味的菜肴。
5.Thinking hard, she tried to figure out a solution to the complex math problem. 她冥思苦想,试图找出解决这个复杂数学问题的方案。
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仿写运用
根据左栏素材完成下列各句
1.艾薇盯着衣服,陷入了沉思。这时,一个念头闪过她的脑海:"为什么不送给那
些需要的人呢?"
Ivy stared at the clothes, . Then
, "Why not give them to those in need?"(第一空形容词作状语)
deep/lost in thought
an idea flashed through her
mind
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仿写运用
2.那天晚上,她独自回家,想着是否能永远避开海蒂。然后她想到了她们从三岁起
是如何一起玩耍的。
That evening, she went back home alone, Heidi
forever. And then she how they had played together since they
were just three years old.(第一空现在分词作状语)
thinking if she would avoid
thought about/of
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仿写运用
3.自从那次事件之后,我一直在反省自己,觉得自己做错了什么,但我没有足够的
勇气向他道歉。
Since that incident I , feeling that I had done
something wrong, but I didn’t have enough courage to apologize to him.
4.转念一想,我决定试一试。就在那时,我突然想到,前几天布莱恩提到他喜欢我
做的炒饭。
, I decided to try. Just then
that several days before Brian ever mentioned that he loved the fried rice I cooked.
had been reflecting on myself
On second thought(s)
it occurred to/hit/struck me
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仿写运用
5.他回想起第一次见到索菲的那一天。
He he’d first met Sophie.
6.在收集了所有的请求后,巴特利特夫人告诉我们,她会考虑我们选择的游戏,并
在第二天告诉我们结果。
After collecting all the requests, Mrs Bartlett informed us that she would
and let us know the result the next day.
thought back to the day
take into
account/consideration the games we chose
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一、阅读理解
A
[2023山西运城二模]On February 20, the science fiction magazine Clarkesworld
was forced to stop accepting any new articles from writers after it was flooded with AI-
written stories.
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"By the time we closed on the 20th, we had received 500 human-written stories
and 700 AI-written ones," said editor-in-chief Neil Clarke. "It was increasing at such
a speed that we figured that by the end of the month, we would have doubled the number
of articles we normally have. The rate had been growing from previous months, and we
were concerned that we had to do something to stop it."
Worries about AI misuse have frequently appeared in headlines recently,
particularly since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, which can not only answer
a broad range of questions, but also create original poems and stories.
Clarke said magazines like his, which pay contributors for their work, were being
targeted by people trying to make quick money. He said he had already spoken to editors
of other magazines and that all of them had agreed to stop accepting AI-written articles. He
also admitted that the humor of his sci-fi magazine being targeted by AI robots is not lost
on him.
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"You know, our mascot(吉祥物) is a robot. So we see the irony," he said.
"But the thing is that science fiction is often intended to give a warning to people. We don’t celebrate technology just because it exists. We want to make sure that we’re using it right. And there are some significant legal and moral issues around this technology that we’re not ready to accept."
Clarke said the magazine didn’t know how to deal with the issue, and part of the
motivation to speak out was in the hope of finding some solutions. He also said the quality
of the AI-written stories was very poor.
本文是一篇新闻报道。享誉全球的科幻杂志Clarkesworld最近受AI作品的影响,不得不暂停接受新稿件。
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( B )1. What’s the matter with the magazine Clarkesworld?
A. It will close down forever.
B. It was targeted by AI writers.
C. It stopped paying contributors.
D. It has lost many good authors.
[解析] 细节理解题。由"On February 20, the science fiction magazine Clarkesworld was forced to stop accepting any new articles from writers after it was flooded with AI-written stories"可知,Clarkesworld是被AI写手逼得不得不暂停接受新稿件,故选B。
B
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( A )2. What can we infer about other magazines’ attitude to the AI-written stories?
A. Disapproving. B. Favorable.
C. Unknown. D. Tolerant.
[解析] 推理判断题。由第四段中的"He said he had already spoken to editors of other
magazines and that all of them had agreed to stop accepting AI-written articles"可推知,
其他杂志对AI生成的作品持否定态度,故选A。
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( D )3. What does Neil Clarke say about science fiction?
A. It often intends to find some solutions.
B. It welcomes the existing new technologies.
C. It will accept AI-written stories in the near future.
D. It often tries to warn of the dark side of technologies.
[解析] 细节理解题。由第五段中的"But the thing is that science fiction is often
intended to give a warning to people. We don’t celebrate technology just because it exists.
We want to make sure that we’re using it right. And there are some significant legal and
moral issues around this technology that we’re not ready to accept"可知,Neil Clarke认
为科幻作品经常试图提醒人们技术的黑暗面,故选D。
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( C )4. Where is this text most likely from?
A. A notice. B. A science fiction work.
C. A news report. D. A book review.
[解析] 推理判断题。文章第一段清楚地交代了时间、事件等信息,下文对事件进
行了展开。再结合文章的写作风格和明显的时效性不难得知,本文应该是一篇新闻
报道,故选C。
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B
[2023广西柳州开学考] It’s the year 2140 and two kids ride their surfboards in the
heart of Manhattan, near the point where Sixth Avenue meets Broadway. If you are
familiar with this junction you will know it is far from the US’s current coastline. But in
Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel New York2140, Manhattan is flooded after continuous
climate change causes the sea level to rise by 15.25m.
Robinson’s 2017 climate fiction novel belongs to a new kind of novel, which tells
"the story of the next century". It might be helping readers across the world comprehend the situation in which we currently find ourselves.
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"This is where fiction comes in: It brings the abstract data closer to home by focusing on the faces and stories in these futures. Show readers a detailed account of a
climate-changed future," says Robinson, and they have an easier time imagining
it. "Science fiction gets people thinking in a way that another report on climate change
doesn’t," says Shelley Streeby, a professor of Literature and Ethnic Studies at UC
San Diego. "It helps people feel not only about what might be coming, but also about
the present. It is about taking certain conditions that exist nowadays, extending them into
the future and throwing a bunch of characters into their midst."
Climate change is an indescribable crisis to make sense of. Drop some poisonous
chemicals in a river now and you will see dead fish within days, but what do you witness
when you release carbon dioxide (CO2)?
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In the search to adopt climate change as a topic, writers are doing what they do
best: trying to tell a good story. Sometimes they write with a touch of optimism as they
negotiate the current crisis. But even with this optimism, these writers want to make sure
the world knows they, at least, are paying attention.
本文是一篇说明文。文章通过Robinson的小说《纽约2140》中的故事情节,介
绍了气候小说这一新的小说类型,这一类小说从更加生动的角度向人们展示未来气
候变化带来的问题,帮助人们理解气候变化。
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( C )1.What is the function of the first paragraph?
A. To give background on a story.
B. To promote the novel New York2140.
C. To lead to the topic of climate fiction.
D. To show the influence of climate change.
[解析] 推理判断题。通读第一段内容可知,本段主要描绘了Robinson的小说《纽
约2140》中的故事情节,再结合第二段首句"Robinson’s 2017 climate fiction novel
belongs to a new kind of novel, which tells ‘the story of the next century’"及下文对气
候小说的描述可推知,作者主要借助《纽约2140》的故事情节引出气候小说这一话
题,故选C项。
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( B )2.How does the author show the climate change crisis is "indescribable"?
A. By inferring. B. By comparing.
C. By analyzing. D. By imagining.
[解析] 推理判断题。由第三段"Climate change is an indescribable crisis to make
sense of. Drop some poisonous chemicals in a river now and you will see dead fish within
days, but what do you witness when you release carbon dioxide (CO2)?"可知,为了
说明气候变化带来的危机是难以描述的,作者对比了释放有毒化学物质和释放二氧
化碳的情况,前者的后果可见,而后者的后果不可见,故选B项。
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( A )3.What’s Streeby’s attitude toward science fiction?
A. Approving. B. Cautious.
C. Negative. D. Doubtful.
[解析] 推理判断题。由第四段中Shelley Streeby的话"Science fiction gets people
thinking in a way that another report on climate change doesn’t"和"It helps people feel
not only about what might be coming, but also about the present"可知,Streeby认为
科幻小说让人们以另一种方式思考气候变化,让人们感知未来和当下。由此推知,
Streeby对科幻小说是持赞成(approving)态度的,故选A项。
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( D )4.Which is the best title for the text?
A. Climate Crisis: No Longer a Forecast
B. The Future World: More Promising
C. New York 2140: a New Type of Novel
D. Climate Fiction: a Reminder of Climate Change
[解析] 标题归纳题。通读全文可知,气候小说从更加生动的角度向人们展示未来
气候变化带来的问题,从而帮助人们更好地理解气候变化的后果,引导人们更加关
注当前的环境。因此,D项最适合做本文的标题。
D
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C
This month, science fiction magazine Lightspeed changed its normal publishing
schedule to bring readers a special issue: "Women Destroy Science Fiction! "
It’s more than just a collection of stories entirely edited and written by women. It’s an
exhibition of all the ways in which women are writing — and have written.
Many of the stories will be considered the best hard science fiction even by the
pickiest critics(评论家). For example, Tananarive Due’s Like Daughter deals with what
happens when humans have easy access to cloning. The Unfathomable Sisterhood of Ick
by Charlie Jane Anders takes place in a future where changing brain chemistry is as
common as taking vitamins now.
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However, it is also true that the authors are more focused on the relations between
people, or between people and society, or changing cultural and gender roles. There are
stories that refuse to stay firmly within science fiction borders. For example, James
Tiptree Jr.’s Love Is the Plan and the Plan Is Death is a mixture of horror, mystery and
even love, something not commonly seen in science fiction.
So are women destroying science fiction?
If your idea of science fiction is limited to the concept formed by works like Isaac
Asimov’s Night Fall and Arthur Charles Clarke’s Childhood’s End, then many of the
stories within these pages may well seem like devastation.
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"But the stories we read and the stories we tell shape who we are," Pat Murphy
once said in a famous speech back in 1991. "They also shape the culture they’re born
into. Thus, if women keep writing such kind of science fiction, and keep calling it
science fiction, the room for science fiction will expand. They will exist nicely beside
other kinds of science fiction."
I cannot agree more. Women have the right to create a space for themselves within
science fiction, one filled with their dreams, experiences and realities.
文章主要探讨了女性写的感性十足的科幻小说能否被称为科幻小说。
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( A )1.What is special about the latest edition of Lightspeed?
A. All the stories are written by female novelists.
B. It is a collection of the published love stories.
C. It has been well received by most of the critics.
D. Every story in it belongs to hard science fiction.
[解析] 细节理解题。由第二段中的"It’s more than just a collection of stories entirely
edited and written by women"可知,本题选A项。
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( D )2.Which of the following can be considered non-science-fiction in a strict sense?
A. Like Daughter.
B. The Unfathomable Sisterhood of Ick.
C. Childhood’s End.
D. Love Is the Plan and the Plan Is Death.
[解析] 细节理解题。由第四段中的"There are stories that refuse to stay firmly within
science fiction borders. For example, James Tiptree Jr.’s Love Is the Plan and the Plan Is
Death is a mixture of horror, mystery and even love, something not commonly seen in
science fiction"可知,从严格意义上讲,Love Is the Plan and the Plan Is Death 不能
算科幻小说,故选D项。
D
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( A )3.What does the underlined word "devastation" in paragraph 6 mean?
A. Destruction. B. Progress.
C. Contribution. D. Reward.
A
[解析] 词义猜测题。由第五段"So are women destroying science fiction? "和第
六段"If your idea of science fiction is limited to the concept formed by works like Isaac
Asimov’s Night Fall and Arthur Charles Clarke’s Childhood’s End, then many of the
stories within these pages may well seem like devastation"可推知,画线词在意义上与
destroying对应,故选A项。
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( C )4.What did Pat Murphy mean in his speech?
A. Science fiction is an important part of our life.
B. Women are unsuitable to write science fiction.
C. The definition of science fiction should be expanded.
D. Science fiction should focus mainly on future technologies.
[解析] 推理判断题。由第七段中的"Thus, if women keep writing such kind of
science fiction, and keep calling it science fiction, the room for science fiction will
expand. They will exist nicely beside other kinds of science fiction"可推断,Pat Murphy
认为存在的就是合理的。我们应该拓展科幻小说的定义,接纳感性味较重的作品,
故选C项。
C
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二、语法填空
[2023四川广安一诊]The Japanese branch of the Chinese Literature Readers’ Club
was established at the China Cultural Center in Tokyo 1 September 2022.
The event had Chinese sci-fi writers Wang Jinkang, Bao Shu, and Qi Yue, alongside Japanese sci-fi writer Taiyo Fujii and Nozomi Oomori, the Japanese
2 (translate) of Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem, as guest speakers to talk about their sci-fi creations 3 the development trend of sci-fi.
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Shi Yongjing, cultural counselor(参赞) at the Chinese embassy in Japan, said
that "both China and Japan have a long history of translating each 4 (other) cultural
works". The club will provide a new platform for Japanese readers 5 (learn) about
contemporary China, she said.
During the event, 6 ran for more than two hours, three Chinese writers shared
stories about how they became sci-fi writers. 7 (start) from Chinese writer Lao She’s
Cat Country, Japanese guest speakers talked about their 8 (joy) experiences of
reading Chinese science fiction. For them, Chinese sci-fi literature 9 (develop)
quickly in the last 10 years, and works like The Three-Body Problem have attracted
many Japanese readers.
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In recent years, on average, China has 10 (annual) published more than 500
sci-fi novels. In 2023, Chengdu in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province hosted the 81st
World Science Fiction Convention.
本文介绍的是中国文学读者俱乐部日本分会在东京中国文化中心成立的情况,
在会上三位受邀的中国作家分享了中国科幻小说的发展情况。
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[解析] 考查介词。表示具体的月份的时候,通常用介词in。
in
2.
[解析] 考查名词。所填词作Nozomi Oomori的同位语,意为"翻译家,译员",故
用单数名词translator。
translator
3.
[解析] 考查连词。分析句子结构可知,所填词连接两个并列的名词性短语,表示
"和",故填并列连词and。
and
4.
[解析] 考查代词的格。each other’s意为"彼此的"。
other’s
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5.
[解析] 考查非谓语动词。此处应用不定式的一般主动式表示目的和主动关系,故填to learn。
to learn
6.
[解析] 考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知,所填词引导非限制性定语从句,从句中缺少主语,先行词为the event,故填which。
which
7.
[解析] 考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知,此处应用非谓语动词。start与Japanese guest speakers为主谓关系,且此处表示伴随状况,故用现在分词Starting。
Starting
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8.
[解析] 考查形容词。分析句子结构可知,所填词作定语,意为"快乐的",故填
joyful。
joyful
9.
[解析] 考查时态、语态和主谓一致。分析句子结构可知,所填词充当谓语。由时间状语 in the last 10 years可知,此处用现在完成时,且Chinese sci-fi literature与develop之间为主谓关系,故填has developed。
has developed
10.
[解析] 考查副词。分析句子结构可知,所填词作状语,修饰谓语动词has published,故用副词annually。
annually
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