3.3 Inventors and inventions Section 3 Grammar&Writing
Ⅰ.用所给动词的适当形式填空
1.They tried to silence the ________ (excite) audience but failed.
2.What's the language ________ (speak) in Germany
3.Don't get ________ (catch) in the rain.
4.Mrs. White showed her students some old maps ________ (borrow) from the library.
5.Lucy has a great sense of humor and always keeps her colleagues ________ (amuse) with her stories.
6.A great number of students ________ (question) said they were forced to practise the piano.
7.For breakfast he only drinks juice from fresh fruit ________ (grow) on his own farm.
8.With the government's aid, those ________ (affect) by the earthquake have moved to the new settlements.
9.With the timely help, those ________ (trap) in the subway have successfully escaped from the underground.
10.These seats are ________ (reserve) for you.
11.The library is ________ (close) on weekends.
12.The ________ (worry) mother looked at her ______(worry) son, looking ________ (worry).
13.Greatly ________ (touch) by his words, the boy went up to his teacher, and said “sorry”.
14.I am not ________ (satisfy) with either of the two pictures.
15.My family heard my article ________ (broadcast) by the BBC.
答案:
1.excited 2.spoken 3.caught 4.borrowed 5.amused 6.questioned 7.grown 8.affected 9.trapped 10.reserved 11.closed 12.worried; worrying; worried 13.touched 14.satisfied 15.broadcast
Ⅱ.单句改错
1.You should improve your speak English.
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2.Most of the artists being invited to the party were from South Africa.
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3.I was annoying at his rude words.
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4.The workers worked in the factory are well-paid.
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5.Tom had his leg breaking when he was playing football.
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答案:
1.speak→spoken 2.去掉being 3.annoying→annoyed 4.worked→working 5.breaking→broken
Ⅲ.根据提示,用非谓语动词形式翻译下列句子
1.你注意到了那里正在修的那座桥吗?(notice)
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2.听到这个想法他似乎很高兴。(delight)
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3.我不记得有人告诉我这个消息。(remember)
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4.有那么多工作要做,我根本没有时间休息。(with)
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5.说实话,我对他的演讲感到厌倦。(tire)
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答案:
1.Have you noticed the bridge (which is) being built there
2.He seemed quite delighted at the idea.
3.I don't remember being told about the news.
4.With so much work to do, I have no time to rest at all.
5.To be honest, I am tired of his speech.
Ⅳ.阅读理解
A
Electric cars are dirty. In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be dirtier than their gasoline-powered cousins.
People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions (排放) vehicles”, but people in California seem to be_clueless_about where electricity comes from. Power plants most all use fire to make it. Apart from the few people who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators (发电机). Generators are fueled by something—usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants. There are a few wind farms and geothermal (地热) plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something.
In other words, those “zero-emissions” cars are likely coalburning cars. Because the coal is burned somewhere else, it looks clean. It is not true. It's as if the California Greens are covering their eyes—“If I can't see it,it's not happening.” Gasoline is an incredibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it. But when you take that gas (or another fuel) and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat—at the generator, through the transmission lines, etc..
A gallon of gas may drive your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won't get you nearly as far, so electric cars burn more fuel than gasoline-powered ones. If our electricity came mostly from wind or geothermal ,or solar, then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don't use much of those energy sources.
In addition,electric cars' batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill. And finally, when cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When it's a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot.
1.What's the main idea of the passage
A.Electric cars aren't actually clean.
B.Electric cars are zero-emissions vehicles.
C.Zero-emissions vehicles are popular.
D.Gasoline-powered cars are more efficient.
2.Which of the following words can replace “be clueless about” in Paragraph 2
A.be familiar with B.be curious about
C.fail to understand D.show their interest in
3.In the author's opinion, compared with cars using gas,electric cars are more ________.
A.environmentally friendly
B.expensive
C.efficient
D.harmful
4.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A.electric cars' batteries are poisonous for a long time
B.now electric cars are used more than their gasoline-powered cousins
C.zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environment
D.electric cars are not clean in that we get electricity mainly by burning something
答案与解析:
很多人都认为电动汽车是非常环保的,加州人甚至普遍认为电动汽车是“零排放汽车”。事实确实如此吗?让我们读一读文章,从中寻找答案吧。
1.解析:主旨大意题。文章的首段就点明了主题,即电动汽车并非清洁、无污染,因为电能的产生很多时候也要消耗大量的能源,造成十分严重的污染,故答案为A项。
答案:A
2.解析:词义猜测题。联系第二段内容可知,加州人之所以认为电动汽车是零排放的环保车,主要是因为他们没有理解或者忽视了电是从哪儿来的这个事实。故选“fail to understand”,表示“没有理解”。
答案:C
3.解析:推理判断题。综合全文尤其是第三段第五句和最后一段前两句可知,作者认为电动汽车比普通汽车造成的污染更为严重,对环境的破坏也更大。所以选择harmful“有害的”。
答案:D
4.解析:推理判断题。根据第二段的最后一句和第四段的第三句可知,获取电能如果是靠太阳能、地热或者风力等方式发电的话,电动汽车算是环保的,但是它们实际上现在主要还是靠烧煤、油等来发电,所以靠烧煤、油等发电的电动汽车并非真正意义上的环保车。
答案:D
B
As we know,it's the beginning of the end for TV. Apple has released Apple TV, a tiny white box that connects the shows and movies you've downloaded from the computer, and wirelessly (无线的) sends them to your TV screen.
No longer will you have to pay a monthly fee to your cable (有线的) company to watch your favourite show. Apple's iTunes has made it possible to download a TV show for about $2,keep it stored on your computer and watch it whenever you want. It's a blow to the cable networks,which offer services that are often expensive and make hundreds of channels and thousands of shows nothing to watch.
American networks have gone one step further, allowing audiences to watch their shows for free online. If the cable companies don't keep up with technology, we'll soon be giving them up.
“This is the biggest kind of entertainment in history,” says Colin Dixon, “I don't think that traditional broadcasts—cable and satellite—are going away tomorrow, but they must change to keep market share.”
The Internet changes businesses at an unbelievable speed. Now it's happening with video. Canadians are being kept behind the times. Some Canadian channels are starting to follow American companies. Global offered Survivor: Cook Islands online, and CTV is doing the same for Degrassi: The Next Generation. And cable companies say that video on demand and personal video recording technology can compete with the Net.
“You watch when you want it,” says Michael Lee, adding that the Net doesn't give viewers the opportunity to just sit on the couch and flip (翻阅) through channels.
However, it takes time.
“Up until this year even the US sites didn't offer a lot of online content. We've seen an explosion of it this fall,” she says.
5.According to the text,Apple TV ________.
A.marks the end of TV
B.makes it more convenient for its users to watch TV
C.makes it possible to download movies from computers
D.makes it possible to send movies to TV by wire
6.The appearance of Apple's iTunes means ________.
A.good news for the cable companies
B.the cable companies can earn a lot more
C.the serious situation for cable companies
D.the rapid development of technology
7.According to Colin Dixon's words, which of the following agrees with his idea
A.Cable companies need to turn to technology for help.
B.Cable and satellite will disappear at last.
C.There's no need for cable companies to change.
D.Traditional broadcasts are the only entertainment now.
8.According to the text, what does the underlined word “it” refer to
A.The cable company.
B.The online content.
C.Viewers' opportunity.
D.The change of cable networks.
答案与解析:
5.解析:推理判断题。由文章第一段可知,苹果电视能够将从电脑上下载的电影无线发到电视屏幕上,这大大方便了其用户。
答案:B
6.解析:推理判断题。由第二段最后一句可知,苹果公司iTunes的出现对于有线电视等是一个巨大的冲击,说明有线(电视)公司面临着严峻的形势。
答案:C
7.解析:推理判断题。由第四段内容可知,科林·狄克逊认为传统的娱乐方式在历史上非常重要,不会消失,但需要改变,才能跟上科技发展的脚步。
答案:A
8.解析:词义理解题。it通常指上文提到的事或物,由上一段的内容可知,it在此指有线网络为了适应新的环境而进行的改变。
答案:D
Ⅴ.短文改错
Last week, I took a my foreign teacher, Mr Green, to the Great Wall. After he has been told some of the history of the world-famous wonder, his face showed an astonishing expression. Mr Green was too greatly struck by the beauty of the Great Wall that I take photos of him,which would be a good memory for him. At the top, Mr Green was extreme interested in the activity of protecting the environment. He joined it and signed his name. Only when a Chinese girl brought back her bag did Mr Green realized that he had forgotten it. He told some of his friend that he was deeply impressed by the Chinese people.
答案:
Last week, I took my foreign teacher, Mr Green, to the Great Wall. After he been told some of the history of the world-famous wonder, his face showed an expression. Mr Green was greatly struck by the beauty of the Great Wall that I photos of him,which would be a good memory for him. At the top, Mr Green was interested in the activity of protecting the environment. He joined it and signed his name. Only when a Chinese girl brought back bag did Mr Green that he had forgotten it. He told some of his that he was deeply impressed by the Chinese people.