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Unit 4 Making the news李仕才一、阅读理解。
（2018·四川成都高中毕业班检测）Fans of the movie Finding Nemo may remember the terrifying fish that scares Dory and Marlin at the bottom of a trench.But in reality this “monster”， a black seadevil， is only about 9 cm long，which would make it about a third of the size of Dory and potentially smaller than Marlin or Nemo.While this inaccuracy may seem harmless， it could cause problems for future conservation efforts， as people are more likely to support conservation of adorable rather than scarylooking animals.The black seadevil is just one of the mysterious “monsters”. From 2000 to 2010，scientists described about 1，200 new species in the Census of Marine Life. While this figure may seem astonishing， a further 5，000 individual dead creatures are in specimen（标本） jars， waiting to be described.Specimens must be methodically collected， identified， and then the identity of new deepwater species must be confirmed.If we call unusual deepsea animals monsters， then we may harm their conservation as people are unlikely to be connected with them or care about saving them.On the other hand， their rarity clearly makes them popular on social media sites. For other species， this has already resulted in increases in illegal trading for unusual p ets. Deepsea species may potentially become illegally obtained specimens or food. Humans may end up eating these animals of the deep sea to extinction before their species are even known to science.Every habitat on earth is interconnected， and whatever we as humans do has an influence on marine ecosystems. In reality， about 80% of our oxygen is produced by microorganisms（微生物） in the oceans. This makes our oceans both the lungs and lifeblood of our planet and we must all try harder to save them.【解题导语】本文主要从电影里对深海物种的不准确认识，谈到了保护深海物种的重要性。
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Unit 4 Making the newsⅠ.单句语法填空1．We must concentrate our effort on ________ (find) ways to reduce costs.答案:finding concentrate one’s effort on .。
. “集中精力……”，on为介词，故填动名词finding。
2．They study hard ________ （acquire） a good knowledge of English。
答案:to acquire 此处不定式在句中作目的状语。
3．I'll keep you ________ (inform) of the progress made at any time.答案：informed keep sb. infor med of sth. “通知某人某事/使某人了解某事”.4．It is difficult ________ （assess） the effects of these changes.答案：to assess It is＋adj.＋to do sth。
(全国卷)2019届高考英语一轮复习 Unit 4 Making the news课时作业 新人教版必修5
Unit 4 Making the newsⅠ.阅读理解ANowadays there are many new cars on the road.Some new models are flashy and others are fuel efficient，and embedded technology(嵌入式系统技术) is at the heart of all of them.The new Ford Escape has a radar enabled adaptive cruise control(巡航车速控制装置) to avoid collisions，with sensors on the front and side of the car.Ford's Mark Schirmer says the electronic system can be accessed through the dashboard or a smartphone.“I am from Michigan.If it is a cold morning，I can have it start up right before I am scheduled to leave to go to the airport or go to work.You can find your car or if one of your family members borrows the car，it will show you exactly where it is，”said Schirmer.Third party products now in development，like this emergency warning system，help drivers who fail to hear an approaching siren.A near miss with an ambulance inspired the product from the Chicago start up HAAS，co founded by Cory Hohs.“It scared me enough that I started looking for a product that would alert me when they are coming，”said Hohs.A sobriety detector(清醒度检测器) from a Canadian company called Sober Steering is sold to companies with fleets of vehicles，such as buses.Chief Operating Officer Catherine Carroll says a sensor on the steering wheel can detect alcohol vapors emitted from the skin.“If I am drinking and I have levels above a preset limit，it immobilizes the vehicle，so you cannot move the vehicle that you are driving，”said Carroll.One company founder says the connected technology is playing an important role in people's daily life.He says，“You can buy a washing machine，you can buy a microwave that has Wi Fi and connects to a router.Also the connected technology of the cars has become as important as performance and styling.”[语篇解读] 本文为一篇说明文。
2019高考英语一轮优编选题Unit4Makingthenews(含解析)新人教版必修5
Making the news李仕才一、阅读理解。
It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, such moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech —＂I Have a Dream＂, you may notice that he stumbles (结巴)over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance. They are looking for awell-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.1.The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will .A.be smarter than youB. know what you are talking aboutC.do better than youD. notice your mistakes2.You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because .A. you find the way of speech-making more importantB. you don’t fully understand the speechC. you don’t know what the speaker plans to sayD. your attention is on the content3.From the last two paragraphs, the author means that .A. giving a speech is like giving a performanceB. the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is madeC.one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad。
2019高考英语一轮选训习题Unit4Makingthenews(含解析)新人教版
必修5 Unit 4 Making the news李仕才Ⅰ.阅读理解AAt 23, my career got going. I was midway through a master's degree at the London School of Economics and Political Science and had been hired as a parttime reporter for a finance website. I got a great onemonth review and my boss asked if I was interested in staying at the company after graduation.However, balancing graduate studies with work was challenging. To deal with it, I checked my real self at my office door. I came in to work, greeted my colleagues and listened more than I contributed in each morning meeting. The small team I worked with often seemed busy, so rather than giving ideas that might get turned down, I stayed back.After four months, my boss called me into his office. The meeting was going well until he told me that despite the great work I had produced, the team had held a meeting and decided, “We don't think it's the right fit.”I must have looked confused.“You're ambitious, intelligent and will be very successful，” my boss said. “But you haven't made enough effort to join the team. You lost the enthusiasm you showed in your interview. That won't work long term, and if I could give you one piece of advice, it would be to get your guard down.”I couldn't believe that performing well at my job wasn't enough to keep it. But I knew my boss was right. They knew that when they hired me, I had no experience in finance reporting, yet they took a chance on me. In meetings I usually contributed last, after I had heard everyone else's suggestions.I did it to show that I was a listener, but also to hide my fears. They liked the person who walked into the interview, and they didn't respect me when I hid that person from them.“Don't leave before you leave.” That advice is essential for women at all stages of our careers. Because we work so hard for success, we don't like to think that we hurt ourselves sometimes. But each of us must change when necessary. In trying to earn a fulltime job, I “leaned back” in order not to show too much of myself or my lack of expertise(专门知识). I learned that the hard way wasn't the way to achieve our goals.【文章大意】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。
2019高考英语一轮基础自练题 Unit 4 Making the news(含解析)新人教版必修5
Making the news李仕才一、阅读理解。
At the end of every year, Time picks the best 25 inventions t hat are “making the world better and smarter”. Here we have picked three of this year’s inventions that could be a part of your life in the near future.The levitating(悬浮的) light bulbThis special light bulb was invented by U．S. artist and scientist Simon Morris. He got the idea of making a light bulb float from hoverboards(悬浮滑板), which he used to dream of having as a kid.But the floating is not the most amazing part. The rejection force between the opposite ends of the magnets(磁铁), which were put in the bottom of the bulb and in the wooden base, does the job. What’s new here is a technology called induction(电磁感应). It allows the light bulb to get power from the base even they are not in contact.Shoes that tie themselvesThey’re not what you think—shoelaces that tie themselves in the way we tie them. Instead, the new shoes have small motors that control their laces. When you step into them, your feet will hit a sensor(传感器) in the shoes and the motor will automatically tighten the laces.But the shoes weren’t just designed for lazy people’s needs. They could actually give athletes an advantage during competition. They are also useful for people who cannot move their arms or fingers easily.The no touch thermometer(体温计)Taking your body temperature usually means putting a thermometer in your armpits(腋窝) and staying still for minutes. It may be easy for you, but it’s an impossible task for little kids.Now, with the new thermometer, users can simply put it 2.5 centimeters from a patient’s forehead and press the button, and it can get reading in two seconds.【解题导语】每到年终岁尾，《时代周刊》都会评选出25项“让世界变得更加美好和智能”的最佳发明。
2019版高考英语一轮基础达标选题 Unit 4 Making the news(含解析)新人教版必修5
Unit 4 Making the news李仕才一、阅读理解。
Recently I and other Red Cross volunteers met a group of victims from Hurricane Katrina. We were there, as mental health professionals, to offer “psychological first aid” and I was struck by the simple healing power of presence. As we walked in the gate to the shelter, we were greeted with a burst of gratitude (感激)from the first person we met. I felt appreciated, but also guilty, because I hadn’t really done anything yet.I first realized the power of presence many years ago when a friend’s mother passed away unexpectedly. I received a call saying she had just passed away. I wanted to rush down there immediately, but didn’t want to intrude (打扰)on this very personal period of sadness. I was torn about what to do. Another friend with me then said, “Just go. Just be there.” I did, and I will never regret it.Since then, I have not hesitated to be in the presence of others. Once I sat at the bedside of a young man suffering from the pain of his AIDSrelated dying. He was not awake, and obviously unaware of others’ presence. However, the atmosphere was by no means solemn. His family, playing guitars and singing, allowed him to be present with them as though he were still fully alive.In my life, I am repeatedly struck by the healing power of presence. In it, none of us are truly alone. It not only is something we give to others but also changes me for the better.【解题导语】本文主要讲述了“我”通过一些活动意识到“到场”的意义的故事。
【教育文档】2019版高考英语一轮复习 Unit 4 Making the news达标巩固练及解析答案新人教版必修5.doc
Unit 4 Making the news一、阅读理解。
Ivanka Trump，daughter of US President Donald Trump，has been given her own West Wing office，confirming her position as a key member of her father's White House team.When she moved to Washington earlier this year，Ivanka said she would not be playing a formal role in the administration.However，it was confirmed that the first daughter now has a West Wing office next to senior adviser Dina Powell，who serves on the National Security Council.Ivanka will get access to classified information and be given security clearance.Ivanka has been a very visible presence during Trump's first two months in the White House，participating in meetings with Shinzo Abe，the Japanese prime minister，Justin Trudeau，the Canadian prime minister，and Angela Merkel，the German chancellor.Her regular presence has raised_eyebrows because she has no official position.Jamie Gorelick，a lawyer and ethics adviser for Ivanka，detailed her new privileges and said she would follow the ethics rules that apply to government employees.1．Where is this passage likely to be read?A．Magazine. B．Journal.C．Newspaper. D．Document.2．How long has Ivanka been working in the White House?A．Since the beginning of this year.B．Since two months ago.C．Since Trump came to power.D．Since she was appointed.3．Who works together with Ivanka in the White House?A．Dina Powell. B．Shinzo Abe.C．Justin Trudeau. D．Angela Merkel.4．Which of the following can replace the underlined words “raised eyebrows”？A．Drawn attention. B．Caused surprise.C．Brought anger. D．Made argument.【解题导语】本文是一篇新闻报道，美国第一千金Ivanka Trump在白宫设立办公室，这确定了她在特朗普白宫团队中的关键地位。
2019版高考英语一轮基础习选题Unit4Makingthenews(含解析)新人教版必修5
Making the news李仕才一、阅读理解。
During the last decade the number of people living past 100 has increased by 71 percent. While one expert believed this figure will continue to rise, he stated that anyone hoping to live for double or triple(三倍) this time will be disappointed. Speaking at a conference, Colin Blakemore, 70, a British scientist, claimed there is a ceiling on how long humans can live, and six score years “might be a real absolute limit to human lifespan. ”A group of scientists discussed the future of medicine, global health concerns and life expectancy. It agreed that medicines will have a limited impact on extending human life, and it was more important to improve the health and quality of life for older people, rather than prolonging it. The group also stated it was important to improve the life expectancy in poorer areas where people typically die much younger than other areas.The 2014 Global Age Watch Index(全球年龄指数), which ranks 96 nations on the quality of life for the elderly, recently stated that by 2050, the number of over 60s will be 21 percent of the global population. This is almost double the current figure of 12 percent. The percentage of over 80s is growing fastest, too—expected to rise from 2 percent now to 4 percent of the global population by 2050.While it could take years of research to extend humans’ lives, the study raises the possibility of anti-ageing treatments in a new way, according to Dr Kapahi.The research, reported in the journal Cell Reports, may explain why it has proved so difficult to identify single genes(基因) responsible for the long lives enjoyed by humans. “It’s quite probable that interactions between genes are critical in those fortunate enough to live very long, healthy lives, ” said Dr Kapahi. Future research is expected to use mice to see if the same effects occur in mammals. 【文章大意】在过去十年里, 寿命达到100岁以上的老人的数量激增了71%。
2019高考英语一轮选练习题Unit4Makingthenews(含解析)新人教版
必修5 Unit 4 Making the news李仕才Ⅰ.阅读理解AGolden Gate BridgeLocated in San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge started in the year 1933 to connect the San Francisco Peninsula with Marin County. It was finally thrown open to public in 1937. It cost more than $35 million in the construction. Till the year 1957, the Golden Gate Bridge, at a length of 2,737 meters, was the longest suspension bridge in the world.Brooklyn BridgeThe Brooklyn Bridge is located in Brooklyn. It is one of the oldest bridges in the United States, opened in the year 1883. The length of the bridge is 1,825 meters. The bridge has been featured in several Hollywood movies.George Washington BridgeAlso known as the Hudson River Bridge, the George Washington Bridge which connects Fort Lee to Manhattan came into use in 1931 after a construction period of almost 4 years. It is a twolevel suspension bridge.Mackinac BridgeThis is the third biggest suspension bridge in the world at a length of 8,038 meters. The architect of this bridge was Dr. David B．Steinman who directed the construction of the bridge which started in the year 1954 and opened to the public in 1957. People using this bridge are charged a certain amount of money.Navajo BridgeLocated in Arizona, this bridge crosses the Colorado River and is almost 250 meters long. The construction of this bridge started in the year 1927, ending two years later, costing $390,000. In the 1990s a second bridge was built which was opened to the public in 1995. The first bridge is still used by pedestrians now.【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了美国五座著名的大桥。
2019高考英语一轮复习Unit4Makingthenews精练新人教版必修5
Unit 4李仕才[基础回顾]Ⅰ.单句语法填空1．It is necessary that we keep the young generation informed (inform) of the current affairs.2．It is demanded that the books (should) be returned (return) to the school library within two weeks.3．My parents didn't approve of my leaving school this year and I had to accept it.4．I was employed to assist the manager with his duties.5．I have an appointment (appoint) with the manager of that company in the evening.6．For example，I can just concentrate on reading (read) for a short time.7．To acquire(acquire) a good knowledge of English, he gave up his job and went to study in an English school.8．Betty is a promising young poet. So far over ten of her poems have been published (publish) in magazines.9．My husband who is three years senior to me，is very considerate and always places me in the first place.10．A man helping an old lady who fell on the floor to get up on a bus ended up being accused of causing her injury.Ⅱ.单句改错(每句一错)1．You'd better put on a thick sweater in case of it snows. 去掉of2．My parents don't approve me making friends with him. approve后加of3．It is demanded that a doctor must be sent for. must→should或去掉must4．It was considerate of Michael to inform us his delay in case we got worried. his前加of5．It is often the case，solving one problem can cause or uncover another. It→As Ⅲ.佳句写作1．我一到家妈妈就让我做作业。
2019高考英语一轮核心考点探究与练习 教材复习篇 Unit 4 Making the news(含解析)新人教版必修5
Unit 4 Making the news李仕才【短文语法填空】Helping a person forget something is rarely easy, especially if the “something”is hurtful or negative. Use some simple techniques to distract from the issue and1. (hope) with time going by, the person won’t be able to remember2. heis supposed to forget.Remove all the items that may bring back the memory. Any small objects can joghis memory, so carefully replace any photos, diaries or any other 3. (person) objects or presents with new items.Change the subject whenever your friend brings it up. Don’t do this in 4. obvious way because this is annoying, but do it without his awareness of your 5. (intend). Tell some 6. (amuse) stories or talk about important and happy eventsin your frien d’s life such as a new nephew or a work promotion.Occupy him with 7. (activity) and appointments. Keeping him too busy 8. (think) about the past helps him see a positive light. Create a full schedule and introduce new things and experiences, such as a cooking class, which require concentration.Be patient and allow time to get over things. It will be often a long time 9. your friend fully removes that memory, so don’t be 10. (disappoint) if it doesn’t happen immediately.【解题导语】本文主要讲述了帮助他人忘掉不快乐的记忆的四条建议。
2019年高考英语一轮优练题Unit4Makingthenews(含解析)新人教版必修5
Making the news李仕才一、阅读理解。
Nowadays more and more people are talking about genetically modified foods ( GM foods). GM foods develop from genetically modified organisms (有机体), which have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques. These techniques are much more precise where an organism is exposed to chemicals to create a nonspecific but stable change. For many people, the hightech production raises all kinds of environmental, ethical, health and safety problems. Particularly in countries with long farming traditions, the idea seems against nature.In fact, GM foods are already very much a part of our lives. They were first put on the market in 1996. A third of the corn and more than half the cotton grown in the U. S. last year was the product of biotechnology, according to the Department of Agriculture. More than 65 million acres of genetically modified crops will be planted in the US this year. The genetic genie is out of the bottle.However, like any new product entering the food chain, GM foods must be subjected to careful testing. In wealthy countries, the debate about biotech is not so fierce by the fact that they have a large number of foods to choose from, and a supply that goes beyond the needs. In developing countries desperate to feed fastgrowing and underfed populations, the matter is simpler and much more urgent: do the benefits of biotech outweigh the risks?The statistics on population growth and hunger are disturbing. Last year the world's population reached 6 billion. The UN states that nearly 800 million people around the world are unhealthy. About 400 million women of childbearing age don' t have enough iron, which means their babies are exposed to various birth defeats.As many as 100 million children suffer from vitamin A deficiency, a leading cause of blindness.How can biotech help? Genetic engineering is widely used to produce plants and animals with better nutritional values. Biotechnologists have developed genetically modified rice and they are working on other kinds of nutritionally improved crops.Biotech can also improve farming productivity in places where food shortages are caused by crop damage attributable to drought, poor soil and crop viruses.1.The passage mainly talks about________.A. the world's food problemB. the development in biotechC. the genetically modified foodsD. the way to solve food shortages2.According to the passage, GM foods________.A. will replace naturally grown foodsB. are far better than naturally grown foodsC. may help to solve the problem of poor nutritionD. can cause serious trouble in developing countries3.The underlined sentence “The genetic genie is out of the bottle.” in Paragraph 2 probablymeans that________.A.GM foods are available everywhereB. the technology in producing GM foods is advancedC. genetic technology may have uncontrollable powersD. genetic technology has come out of laboratories into markets4.What's the writer's attitude towards GM foods?A. Enthusiastic.B. Cautious.C. Disapproving.D. Unbelievable.【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了转基因食品及其对人类生活的影响。
【教育资料精选】2019高考英语一轮选练编题Unit4Makingthenews(含解析)新人教版必修5(1)
Unit 4考点规范练（必修5Unit 4)【短文语法填空】根据短文内容，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
A Roman writer called Pliny wrote about a volcanic eruption 1.happening(happen) on August 24th，79 AD.A volcano named Vesuvius，2.which was near Pompeii，erupted and a cloud came down the mountain，3.burying(bury) everything in its path，including the whole city.Pliny was 4.deeply(deep) impressed by the sad event.What’s worse，the whole city which 5.was__buried(bury)under the ashes had been forgotten entirely by the world.6.However，more than 1，600 years later，some scientists started to dig out the ancient city of Pompeii and 7.found(find) out the whole truth.Before the eruption occurred，it had been a booming city.It is the forms of the people who were caught 8.in the disaster 9.that have made the city a monument to human history.Today many people visit Pompeii every year 10.to__learn(learn) more about the ancient world.Ⅰ.阅读理解ARobert Michael Lipsyte is an American sports journalist and author.He was born on January 16,1938 in New York.Lipsyte’s father was a school head teacher,his mother a teacher.Instead of sharing a game of catch with his father,the two often visited the library and read books.One of Lipsyte’s children,Sam Lipsyte,is also an author and teacher at Columbia University in New York.In the first chapter of his book SportsWorld,Lipsyte points out that he did not even attend his first Major League Baseball game until he was thirteen years old.Lipsyte says he was very disappointed with his experience at the game and went to only one more game“as a paying customer”.His third Major League Baseball game was as a sports reporter for TheNewYorkTimes.As a boy,Lipsyte did play sports,but he felt acute pressure to do better than others at sports which discouraged his interest.This experience later developed intoa major theme in some of Lipsyte’s non-fiction works such as SportsWorld and novels like JockandJill and OneFatSummer.The main character of OneFatSummer,Bobby Marks,is an adolescent in the 1950s.He is overweight and does something about it.In 1952,Lipsyte took a summer job as a lawn(草坪) boy and lost forty pounds,ridding himself of the youthful reputation for being fat.In 1978,Robert Lipsyte was diagnosed(诊断) with cancer.His experience with the illness led to another novel for young adults,TheChemoKid.Fred Bauer,the main character,is an ordinary high school junior and discovers he has cancer.Amazingly,Fred acquires superpowers,apparently due to the treatments,and becomes “The Chemo Kid”,fighting for the environment and against drug dea lers.Lipsyte was given a position in the New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame (名人堂) in 1993.The Margaret A.Edwards Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes an author and a specific body of his or her work for “significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature”.Lipsyte won the award in 2001,citing(表彰) four books published from 1967 to 1993.According to the citation,“Lipsyte’s books focus on the search for self-definition by young adults.”1.What can we learn about Lipsyte?A.He devoted his childhood to sports.B.He taught at ColumbiaUniversity.C.He came from an educated family.D.He has only one child in his life.2.What did Lipsyte do the second time he went to a Major League Baseball game?A.He watched the game.B.He reported the game.C.He played the game and lost it.D.He collected material for his book.3.What do Bobby Marks and young Lipsyte have in common?A.They didn’t play sports.B.They didn’t like summer.。
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Unit 4 Making the newsⅠ.阅读理解ANowadays there are many new cars on the road.Some new models are flashy and others are fuel efficient，and embedded technology(嵌入式系统技术) is at the heart of all of them.The new Ford Escape has a radar enabled adaptive cruise control(巡航车速控制装置) to avoid collisions，with sensors on the front and side of the car.Ford's Mark Schirmer says the electronic system can be accessed through the dashboard or a smartphone.“I am from Michigan.If it is a cold morning，I can have it start up right before I am scheduled to leave to go to the airport or go to work.You can find your car or if one of your family members borrows the car，it will show you exactly where it is，”said Schirmer.Third party products now in development，like this emergency warning system，help drivers who fail to hear an approaching siren.A near miss with an ambulance inspired the product from the Chicago start up HAAS，co founded by Cory Hohs.“It scared me enough that I started looking for a product that would alert me when they are coming，”said Hohs.A sobriety detector(清醒度检测器) from a Canadian company called Sober Steering is sold to companies with fleets of vehicles，such as buses.Chief Operating Officer Catherine Carroll says a sensor on the steering wheel can detect alcohol vapors emitted from the skin.“If I am drinking and I have levels above a preset limit，it immobilizes the vehicle，so you cannot move the vehicle that you are driving，”said Carroll.One company founder says the connected technology is playing an important rolein people's daily life.He says，“You can buy a washing machine，you can buy a microwave that has Wi Fi and connects to a router.Also the connected technology of the cars has become as important as performance and styling.”[语篇解读] 本文为一篇说明文。
主要介绍了一系列最新电子产品，它们能使驾车变得更安全、更便利。
1．What caused the invention of the emergency warning system?A．The call of a skilled driver.B．An accident nearly caused by an ambulance.C．Bad hearing of some drivers.D．The increasing number of ambulances on the road.解析：细节理解题。
根据文章第四段“A near miss with an am bulance inspired the product from the Chicago startup HAAS，cofounded by Cory Hohs.”可知，紧急报警系统的设计是源于一起救护车险些撞车事故。
答案：B2．According to the text，a sobriety detector aims to .A．reduce tiredness related accidentsB．make the drivers awake all the timeC．avoid drunken drivingD．stop the drivers falling asleep解析：细节理解题。
根据文章第五段可知，清醒度检测器能够检测到皮肤上的酒精，如果司机饮酒或是超过限定量，汽车将自动熄火，这样就会避免酒驾。
答案：C3．According to the last paragraph，the connected technology is .A．changing our lives at home and on the roadB．making the cars on the road much more attractiveC．letting people's daily life much more colorfulD．getting the cars welcomed by more people解析：推理判断题。
根据最后一段“One company founder says the connected technology is playing an important role in people's daily life.”及他所说的话“买一个能够与路由器相连接的洗衣机或是微波炉。
汽车的连接技术和性能、款式同等重要。
”可知，连接技术改变了我们的日常生活和道路状况。
答案：A4．What does the author mainly want to tell us?A．People like the cars that are fuel efficient most.B．Embedded technology is the most advanced to cars.C．The technology can't keep up with the development of society.D．Electronic products make driving much easier and safer.解析：主旨大意题。
本文主要列举了一系列电子产品，这些最新电子产品使驾车变得更容易、更安全。
答案：DBResearchers say current exercise guidelines are unrealistic and argue that doctors should sometimes advise small increases in activity instead.They warn the 150minute weekly ta rget is beyond the reach of some people—particularly older individuals.And trying to reach these goals could mean the benefits of lighter exercise are overlooked.But public health officials say current recommendations have proven benefits in lowering the risk of heart disease.There is increasing evidence that inactivity is linked to heart disease，type 2 diabetes (糖尿病) and some types of guidelines for adults recommend at least two and a half hours of moderate activity a week，in short periods of 10 minutes or more.But in two separate articles in The BMJ，experts argue the message needs to change，with greater emphasis on making inactive people move more.Prof.Philipe de Souto Barreto at the University Hospital of Toulouse，advises people who aresedentary (久坐不动的) to make small increases in their activity levels —rather than pushing to achieve current goals.He points to previous studies which show even short periods of walking or just 20 minutes of energetic activity a few times a month can reduce the risk of death，compared to people who do no exercise.In the second article，Prof.Philipe Sparkling of the Georgia Institute of Technology，says doctors should tailor their advice—particularly for older p atients.He suggests using GP visits for people over 60 to discuss “realistic options”to increase activity—such as getting people to stand up and move during TV commercial breaks.Prof.Kevin Fenton at Public Health England says，“Everyone needs to be active every day—short periods of 10 or more minutes of physical activity have proven health benefits，but getting 150 minutes or more of moderate activity every week is the amount we need to positively impact on a wide range of health conditions.”This includes reducing the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.[语篇解读] 本文主要讨论了人们对现行锻炼指导原则的不同看法。