2021学年高中英语Unit3LifeinthefutureSectionⅠWarming_upPre_readingReading

Section Ⅰ Warming­up Pre­reading Reading & Comprehending
[练案7]
Ⅰ．单词拼写
1．Talking too loudly in public gives the __impression__ (印象) of being careless at best, and rude at worst.
2．Have you experienced times when you feel like you’re under too much __pressure__ (压力)?
3．These pieces can be folded into a neat little pack and __fastened__ (系牢)on your belt.
4．She added that as a reporter she needed many different skills and was __constantly__ (不断地)challenged to learn new things.
5．Lighthearted and __optimistic__ (乐观的)，she is the sort of woman to spread sunshine to people through her smile.
6．Have you had __previous__ (先前的)job experience?
7．How can we trust you any more? We won’t __tolerate__ (容忍)such behavior in our house!
8．—Jack still can’t help being anxious about his job interview.
— __Lack__ (缺乏)of self­confidence is his Achilles’ heel, I am afraid.
9．Obviously, students are terrible at __adjusting__ (调整) their sleep cycles to their daily schedule.
10．All cars will be powered by electricity, solar energy or wind, and it will be possible to change the colour of cars at the flick of a __switch__ (开关)．Ⅱ．选词填空
catch sight of，for lack of，take up，lose sight of，make a great impression on，sweep up，because of，switch on，make adjustments to，be tolerant of 1．__For lack of__ self­confidence，many of the students have lost interest in English.
2．My friend went into the crowd，and then I __lost sight of__ her.
3．As soon as they reached the cinema，they __caught sight of__ their friends who were waiting for them there.
4．She __took up__ dancing when she was six years old.
5．Henry’s excellent performance has __made a great impression on__ us.
6．He had to __make adjustments to__ life plan，or he had to give up.
7．After __sweeping__ his new apartment __up__ thoroughly，he moved into it.
8．He __switched on__ the TV and then sat down to have a good time.
9．He is such a man that he can __be tolerant of__ some unhappy things.
10．__Because of__ the bad weather，they had to give up the chance of going out for a picnic.
Ⅲ．完成句子
1．得知所发生的一切后，他茫然地凝视着天空，陷入了沉思中。

__Informed of/about what happened__，the man fell in deep thought，staring vacantly into space。

2．我记得我们离开房间之前把灯关掉了。

I remember __switching off the lights__ before we left the room.
3．居住在沙漠里牵涉很多问题，其中缺水是最严重的问题。

Living in the desert involves a lot of problems，of __which the lack of water__ is the worst.
4．他那样看着我，好像我是个疯子。

He looked at me in the way __as though/if I were mad__.
5．他安然无恙地从战争中归来。

He returned from war， __safe and sound__.
Ⅳ．阅读理解
A
It’s 8 a．m., Tuesday，Nov.18, 2028, and you are heading for a business appointment 300 miles away. You step into your circle, a two­passenger air­cushion car, press a series of buttons and the national traffic computer notes your destination, figures out the current traffic situation and signals your car to slide out of the garage.Hands free, you sit back and begin to read the morning paper—which is flashed on a flat TV screen over the car’s dashboard.Tapping a button changes the page.
The car speeds up to 150 mph in the city’s countryside, and then hits 250 mph in less built­up areas, driving over the smooth plastic road. You fly past a string of cities, many of them covered by the new domes(圆屋顶)that keep them evenly climatized all year round.Traffic is heavy, typically, but there’s no need to worry.The traffic computer, which sends and receives signals to and from all cars on the road between cities, keeps vehicles at least 50 yds apart.There hasn’t been an accident since the system began.
Suddenly your TV phone buzzes. A business partner wants a sketch of a new kind of impeller your firm is producing for sports boats.You reach for your case and draw the diagram with a pencil­thin infrared flashlight(红外线手电筒)on what looks like a TV screen lining the back of the case.The diagram is sent to a similar screen in your partner’s office, 200 miles away.He presses a button and a fixed copy of the sketch rolls out of the machine.He wishes you good luck at the coming meeting and signs off.
Ninety minutes after leaving your home, you slide beneath the dome of your destination city. Your car slows down and heads for an outer­core office building where you’ll meet your colleagues.After you get out，the vehicle parks itself in a garage to await your return.Private cars aren’t allowed inside most city cores.Moving sidewalks and trams(有轨电车)carry the public from one location to another.
文章大意：本文主要通过描述一个人开车上班，以及途中各种先进技术的使用等介绍了在2028年生活的情况。

1．The traffic computer in your car can __A__.
A．keep your car at a safe distance from other cars
B．keep your car at the same speed in different situations
C．keep your car receiving signals of TV programs
D．keep your car driving while avoiding heavy traffic
解析：细节理解题。

从第二段中的“The traffic computer，which sends and receives signals to and from all cars on the road between cities, keeps vehicles at least 50 yds apart.”可知，交通电脑可以使汽车之间的距离相隔至少50码(约46米)，使汽车保持安全的距离。

2．Why are the cities covered by the new domes？ __B__
A．To prevent people from being wet in the rain.
B．To stop the climate of the cities changing violently all year.
C．To protect the travelers against the strong sunshine.
D．To make the city have the same weather all year.
解析：细节理解题。

根据第二段中的“many of them covered by the new domes(圆屋顶)that keep them evenly climatized all year round”可知，城市上空的圆屋顶能够保持城市的气候变化不剧烈，比较均匀，所以选B。

3．What will the city be like in the future？ __C__
A．No accidents will happen because of heavy traffic.
B．The sidewalk can move itself up and down.
C．The road will be built with the plastic material.
D．The car can park itself on a dome to wait for your return.
解析：细节理解题。

从第二段中的“driving over the smooth plastic road”可知道路是塑料建造的，故选C项。

由第二段的最后一句“There hasn’t been an accident since the system began.”可知A项错误；由最后一段最后一句“Moving sidewalks and trams(有轨电车)carry the public from one location to another.”可知B项错误；由最后一段中的“the vehicle parks itself in a garage to await your return”可知D项错误。

4．The passage is most probably taken from __A__.
A．a popular science magazine B．a short story collection
C．a research paper D．a personal diary
解析：文章出处题。

本文主要介绍了未来在2028年，人们在日常生活中使用各种先进技术的一些情况，属于科技方面的内容，因此本文最有可能选自科普杂志。

B
Life in the future will be different from the life today.Between then and now many changes will happen.But what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast.And most of them will live longer than people now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful，and there will be at least one in every room.And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports，watching TV and travel.Travelling will be much cheaper and easier.And many 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 for cows and sheep，so meat will be more expensive.Maybe no one will eat it every day.Instead they will eat more fruits and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.Work in the future will be different，too.Robots will do dangerous and hard work.Because of this，many people will not have enough work to do.This will be a big problem.
文章大意：本文介绍了未来的生活情况。

5．In the future there will be __B__.
A．much more fruits B．more people
C．fewer vegetables D．less people
解析：推理判断题。

由第二段第一句“The population is growing fast.”可以推出，将来人口会更多。

6．In the future people don’t have to __A__.
A．work long hours B．work fast
C．walk on foot D．eat meat
解析：细节理解题。

由第三段第三句可以得知，将来人们不必工作太长时间。

7．People may not eat __C__ as much as they do today.
A．fruit B．fish
C．meat D．rice
解析：推理判断题。

由第四段第三、四句可知，将来由于没有太多的地方饲养动物，肉的价格会上涨，人们可能不会每天吃肉了。

8．One big problem in the future is that __B__.
A．many people don’t have to work
B．many people will not be able to find work
C．people have to work fast
D．all the work will be done by robots
解析：细节理解题。

由短文最后一段最后两句可以得出答案。

Ⅴ．七选五
Most people learn over time, but often learning comes too late to be fully useful.There are certainly many things that could have saved me from many of the mistakes and hurts I suffered over the years.1. __D__ I hope they may help a few of you avoid the mistakes that I made back then.
1．Caring too much just puts yourself in trouble. 2. __A__ There are only a few things that truly count for a happy life.I wish I had known to concentrate on those and ignore the rest.
2．Following the latest fashion blindly in work or in life is spiritual and intellectual suicide. 3. __E__ ;or you can be a unique individual.The choice is yours.
3．4. __F__ The worst way to spend your time is even spreading more.People who spread unreal news are the virus­carriers of our day.Cockroaches (蟑螂) are cleaner, kinder creatures in comparison.
4．Hoping for the best is not always the right attitude.Maybe something will take twice as long as you plan for and produce results about half as good as you hope.5. __C__ Just allow for it and move on.
The most efficient way of learning is to bear the above in your mind and take action now.Waiting until you can be sure of doing something exactly right means waiting forever.
A．Much of what you get excited about, or anxious about, turns out not to matter.
B．Killing time is bound to ruin your career and future.
C．There’s no reason to be downhearted about this.
D．So here are some of the things I wish I had learned long ago.
E．You can be a cheap imitation of the ideal of the moment
F．Listening to gossip is the quickest way to damage your relationship with others.
G．There is no better way for you to learn and develop.
文章大意：本文主要讲了随着时间的流逝我们一直在获得新的知识，但是这些学问却往往在我们需要它的时候姗姗来迟。

下面有几点是我很久以前就希望自己能够了解的。

期待它们能帮助大家，即使是小部分人，能够避免重蹈我的覆辙。

1．解析：语义理解题。

由“There are certainly many things that could have saved me from many of the mistakes and hurts I suffered over the years.”可知，这里意思是所以这里是一些我希望我很久以前就学会的东西。

故选D。

2．解析：语义理解题。

由“Caring too much just puts yourself in trouble.”和“There are only a few things that truly count for a happy life.I wish I had known to concentrate on those and ignore the rest.”可知，这里意思是大多数你为之而激动的事情或者为之而烦恼的事情，被证明都是不重要的。

故选A。

3．解析：语义理解题。

由“Following t he latest fashion blindly in work or in life is spiritual and intellectual suicide”和“or you can be a unique individual.The choice is yours.”可知，这里意思是此刻，你可以成为一个廉价的偶像模仿品。

故选E。

4．解析：语义理解题。

由“The worst way to spend your time is even spreading more.People who spre ad unreal news are the virus­carriers of our day.”可知，这里意思是破坏关系的最快最简单的方法就是听信谣言。

故选F。

5．解析：语义理解题。

由“Hoping for the best is not always the right attitude.Maybe something will take twice as long as you plan for and produce results about half as good as you hope.”和“Just allow for it and move on.”可知，这里意思是没什么好为此沮丧的，让它去吧，你要继续前行。

故选C。