Unit 7 Will people have robots?语篇提升练习---科技发展与未来生活（含答案）人教版八年级上册

Unit 7 Will people have robots
语篇主题：科技发展与未来生活（满分：50分）
姓名：_________
完型填空（10分）
Imagine this: You are standing in front of a huge building. When you get into the building, you find there are many gardens and open areas ___1___. Most surprisingly, its roof (屋顶) has a farm that is full of all kinds of ___2___. This isn’t an art museum or a scene from a sci-fi movie. This is the Fangshan campus of Beijing No. 4 High School.
Usually, schools mean square buildings, ___3___ classrooms, rows of desks and a teacher standing at the front of the classroom. Most campuses have looked this way for many years. ___4___, as time goes by, traditional campuses may no longer meet students’ needs. There are now new schools that look quite different.
Take the Beijing No 4 High School Fangshan campus for example. The school believes that learning doesn’t just ___5___ in the classroom, but all over the campus. The design (设计) of its campus encourages ___6___ to go outside, play and communicate with each other.
Future campuses will also create more chances for teachers and students to interact (互动). “In the information age, the most important commodity (有价值之物) on a campus is social space to meet and ___7___ from each other,” said Thomas, an architect (建筑师) from the United Kingdom.
Thomas designed a teaching building ___8___ Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Students can enter the building from ___9___ directions. All of its rooms are round and link to each other without long corridors (走廊) separating them.
There are many possibilities for future schools. But no matter ___10___ they look like, they should encourage students to be active and creative.
A. outside B. above C. inside D. below
A. books B. plants C. rivers D. desks
A. big B. open C. small D. closed
A. Luckily B. Besides C. However D. Though
A. happen B. educate C. discuss D. pollute
A. teachers B. students C. doctors D. pianists
A. agree B. learn C. talk D. build
A. with B. for C. between D. along
A. the same B. different C. similar D. the other
10. A. what B. how C. when D. where
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
阅读理解（10分）
①With the development of technology, education is changing. The classroom of the future will surely not be the same as the classroom of today. So what will the future classroom be like Let's try to find it out.
②To start with, facing the blackboard will be a thing of the past. Students will take classes by looking at their touch-screen (触摸屏的) desks. And doing homework, taking down notes, and taking tests will be just a click away (点击鼠标即可). The walls of the classroom will also be filled with real-time screens for students and teachers to show any information they want.
③In the coming years, another technology called metaverse (元宇宙) will make learning more exciting. Metaverse is a 3D virtual (虚拟的) world where people can meet, play, and work with others through digital avatars (数字化身). In the metaverse, people can do things like going to the mall, attending a concert or buying clothing. The only difference is that they’ll be doing all these in a virtual environment. Teachers and students can get into a virtual classroom, while in real life, they may be sitting on the sofa at home. The experience will be like being in an actual classroom. Students can also visit historical sites, see the real geography of the planet, take tours through international universities or research labs, and much more.
④Besides, the classroom of the future holds several learning styles for students. They will be given the freedom to learn things in the way they want. This includes learning through video lectures. Everyone moves at their own pace (节奏), with teachers guiding them along the way. This practice will help students learn faster and have better results.
1. What might happen in the future according to the second paragraph
A. Students won’t need to take down notes. B. There will be no desks in the classroom.
C. Students won’t need to do their homework. D. There will be no blackboard in the classroom.
2. According to the passage, what can people do in the metaverse
① meet with others through digital avatars
② attend a famous singer’s concert
③ enjoy the smell of beautiful flowers
④ visit historical sites on their sofa
⑤ take classes in world-famous universities
A. ①②③④ B. ①②④⑤ C. ①②③⑤ D. ①③④⑤
3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE
A. The classroom in the future will not be the same as the classroom of today.
B. In the future, the walls of the classroom will be filled with real-time screens.
C. People can go to the mall or buy clothing in a virtual environment in the future.
D. Students in the future will study at their own pace without teachers guiding them.
4. The passage mainly tells us _______.
A. how the metaverse will change our life
B. what students will learn in the future
C. why virtual classrooms will become popular
D. how the classroom will change in the future
5. The best structure of this passage may be _______.
A. B. C. D.
1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________
读写融合（第1-8题，每题1分，第9题2分，共10分）
Now around half of the world’s population (人口) live in cities, but in 2050, cities will probably become even more crowded, with about 2.5 billion more! All these people will need places to live, transport to get around, and energy (能源) to power their homes. This will put more pressure on the Earth’s resources (资源). So we need to find out environmentally friendly ways to build houses, travel and make energy.
Covestro, a company in Germany, is working hard to make the future cities better. The following is what its manager Rebecca Heil tells us about some of the exciting new ideas.
“As we all know, climate change and pollution are the two biggest challenges in the future. Right now, the world still depends on fossil fuel (化石燃料) too much for energy. That is not good for the environment. At Covestro, we build Covestro’s Idea Lab. In the lab, scientists solve problems together.”
“We’ve developed some new materials (材料). Because of that, we are able to change wind turbines (风力发电机) and make them much bigger. Larger wind turbines mean more energy. We’re also working on lighter solar panels (太阳能电池板) so that one day we could power our planes and cars with sunlight!”
“Besides, we are also recycling carbon dioxide (CO2 二氧化碳), the main cause of climate warming. By using CO2 as a material, we’ve already successfully made sports floors, car parts and even clothing. This technology could help make cities of the future more sustainable (可持续的).”
“In the future, materials will become lighter and more natural looking, with rounded shapes. They’ll also become ‘smarter’. To do this, they’ll need to be able to share information using special tiny transmitters (信号传送器). That’s what Covestro is creating at the moment!”
What cities in 2025 will be like:
·They will be more 1. _________ because of the growing population.
·They will have more needs for places, transport and 2. _________.
Why we need to find out environmentally friendly ways to make energy:
·Because more needs for energy will put more 3. _________ on the Earth’s resources.
Covestro
& What Covestro (a 4. _________ company) has done:
Future cities ·It built an idea lab for 5. _________ to solve problems like climate change and
6. _________ together.
·It developed new materials to make 7. _________ wind turbines.
·It developed new technology to recycle carbon dioxide.
What Covestro’s future plan is:
·The materials will become lighter, more natural looking and 8. _________.
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________
5. ____________ 6. ____________ 7. ____________ 8. ____________
9. Do you think the future cities will be better or be worse Why
____________________________________________________________________________________
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从方框中选出合适的词或短语，并用其正确形式填入文中（每词限填一次）（10分）
use; they; lucky; worry; famous; discussion; however; information; impossible; so that
Humans have greatly benefited from artificial intelligence (人工智能 AI). AI can do many things. This can help us save time ____1____ we can have more time to do important things.
____2____, like any other technology, AI also brings risks. In February 2018, a group of AI experts got together and discussed the ____3____ misuse of AI technology. ____4____ biggest worry is that bad guys could use AI for evil (邪恶的) purposes. For example, they could use AI to create websites that steal people’s personal ____5____. Or they could use AI programs to hack (侵入) software and break into computer systems. There are some other ____6____, too. It is possible that AI could be used to make fake images and videos. Chinese technology company Baidu, in fact, has developed a program called Deep Voice. It can “clone (克隆)” anyone’s voice by studying a 3.7-second audio sample (样本).
Many ____7____ people in the technology world have expressed their worries about AI. Right now, there are few laws (法律) on the ____8____ of AI. People like Bill Gates and Elon Musk have called for the industry (行业) to be more regulated (规范的).
____9____, this is going to be changed. The European Union plans to set up a group that will ____10____ the dangers of advanced AI. Hopefully, they will create some regulations that will help us stay safe.
Notes: benefit from 从……中受益 technology 科技 risk 风险 misuse 滥用
fake 虚假的 regulations 规范
Bill Gates 比尔·盖茨 Elon Musk 埃隆·马斯克
1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________
6. _________ 7. _________ 8. _________ 9. _________ 10. _________
从方框中选出合适的句子，补全对话（10分）
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A.
Students will take all of
their classes online.
B.
In the future, people may actually be able to feel with these parts.
C.
Cars in the future will probably be better for the environment.
D.
Many people have predictions about future technology.
E.
They think phones will let people know who they want to talk to.
)
Fifty years ago, people didn’t imagine a computer in most homes or a telephone smaller than a hand. What new technology (科技) will be here in the next 50 years _____1_____ Here are some of the predictions (预测).
Communication (通讯)
Imagine a phone that can read your mind. Some scientists predict mobile phones will become our “virtual assistant (虚拟助手)” in the future. _____2_____ They’ll control the temperature in homes and they’ll automatically (自动) download music people like.
Today, people can have conversations on the Internet using video. In the future, scientist predict we’ll have 3D conversations. You’ll be able to stay in your home and talk to a virtual image of your friend.
Some scientist think we’ll have Internet implants (植入) or computer chips in our bodies so that we can use the Internet without traditional computers.
Health
Scientists are sure there will be ways to cure (治愈) more diseases in the future. Some scientists hope to predict what diseases people might get, and cure those diseases before people get them.
Today, some people have plastic (塑料的) body parts such as arms and legs. _____3_____ Some doctors predict that there will also be more artificial (人工的) parts inside the body, like plastic muscles.
Education
Imagine not going to school! Some people think that in the future everyone will learn from home. _____4_____ Others thinks students will be able to download information for school on their Internet implants.
Transportation
Computers in the future might tell people which roads to take to get somewhere. They will do this before traffic gets bad on certain roads. Imagine a world with no traffic jams!
_____5_____ Scientists doubt cars will use air for fuel (燃料), but they think there will be many electric cars in the future.
1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________
参考答案：
Ⅰ. 完型填空
1-5 CBDCA 6-10 BBBBA
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
1-5 DBDDC
Ⅲ. 读写融合
1. crowded 2. energy 3. pressure 4. Germany
5. scientists 6. pollution 7. bigger 8. smarter
9. 略
Ⅳ. 从方框中选出合适的词，并用其正确形式填入文中
1. so that 2. However 3. possible 4. Their 5. information
6. worries 7. famous 8. use 9. Luckily 10. discuss
Ⅴ. 从方框中选出合适的句子，补全对话
1-5 DEBAC