Looking+into+the+Future+练习题- 高中英语人教版(2019)选择性必修第一册

选择性必修一 Unit 2
Part 1 Reading and Thinking
I. 选用方框内合适的内容完成下列句子（每项限用一次）。

automatic, available, critical, remote
1. You can send a text message to your __________ control system at home while you are still in your office.
2. Humanoid robots that can jump and run like us may be commercially __________ in the near future.
3. It is believed that this __________ illness will be cured in the future with the development of technology.
4. With the growth of the market, fully __________ packaging machines can save people a lot of time and labour.
II. 用括号内单词的正确形式完成下列句子。

1. Many people still think of climate change as a phenomenon that we will only face in the __________ (distance) future.
2. Some of the projects include developing a system for drought and flood __________ (warn) based on the current smart system.
3. The online classroom is a(n) __________ (potential) powerful teaching and learning place where new practices can make significant contributions to learning.
4. Researchers also explored a situation where two humans with different __________ (prefer) were in the smart home environment at the same time.
III. 根据括号内的提示将下列句子翻译成英语。

1. 你需要时不时地关掉它，因为如果它太热了，就会着火。

(switch off, catch fire)
2. 在夏天，空调和其它电器的使用频率很高。

(air conditioner, electrical, appliance, constant)
3. 它可以在早期发现患者的异常行走情况，从而诊断出脑部疾病。

(detect, abnormal, early on)
4. 从这个意义上说，创新在发展中国家和在发达国家一样有意义。

(in this sense, innovation, relevant)
Part 2 Learning About Language
1.选用括号内合适的内容完成下面改编自马丁·路德·金演讲稿的短文。

I have a dream that one day this nation 1. ____________________ (announces, will be announcing) its faith: “All men are created equal.”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves (奴隶) and the sons of former slave owners 2. ____________________ (will be sitting, are sitting) together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state with the heat of injustice (不公平), will be a place of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that one day my four little children 3. ____________________ (will be living, live) in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!
This is our hope, and this is the faith.
With this faith, one day, we will create a stone of hope from the mountain of despair. With this faith, we will change the noisy discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony (交响曲) of brotherhood. With this faith, we 4. ____________________ (are working, will be working) together, struggling together, standing up for freedom together.
We know that we will be free one day.
Part 3 Using Language, Assessing Your Progress & Video Time
I. 根据提示写出所缺单词的正确形式。

1. Nowadays, they __________ the use of a new kind of AI to protect our privacy against smart devices. (v. to support something publicly)
2. These disorders often remain throughout life due to ignorance or __________ of specific kind of treatment. (n. a lack of something)
3. Scientists work towards their goal of finding treatments for this disease by using patients’ own __________ cells. (v. to make a copy of )
4. Indeed, __________ to medical AI is stronger among people who prefer a more human approach. (n. dislike of or opposition to a plan, an idea, etc.)
II. 每空填一词，使每组句子的意思相同或相近。

1. Technology is changing the way we work and affecting our future career choices. Technology is changing the way we work and affecting our future __________ choices.
2. It will be many years before anyone can forecast a hurricane’s behaviour with much accuracy. It will be many years before anyone can __________ a hurricane’s behaviour with much accuracy.
3. A lot of greenhouse gases gather in the atmosphere, and therefore cause global warming.
A lot of greenhouse gases gather in the atmosphere, and __________ cause global warming.
4. Car lovers would mostly be against the idea of giving up driving their vehicle to have a driverless car.
Car lovers would mostly __________ the idea of giving up driving their vehicle to have a driverless car.
III. 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The AirCar, a flying car built for over two years at a cost of about £1.7 million, has 1. __________ (successful) completed its flight test between two airports in Slovakia at 2. __________ speed of around 120 miles per hour.
3. __________ (power) by an engine from carmaker BMW, the vehicle can change from a car into a plane in just two minutes and 15 seconds. With room for two people inside, the flying car has a range of 600 miles and can reach a(n)
4. __________ (high) of 2,500 metres. Upon landing, the wings fold up into the car, making it short and narrow enough
5. __________ (drive) on ordinary roads.
Some people believe that flying cars 6. __________ (become) part of everyday life one day. Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer ( 制造商 ) XPeng has announced plans to have its own design — 7. __________ (feature) two folding helicopter-like rotors (旋翼) — on sale by 2024.
Back on the ground, there are big developments in driverless vehicles, which experts say could reduce the risks of accidents caused 8. __________ human mistakes. The UK Government has begun to make changes to laws that should allow vehicles with the right equipment to drive 9. __________ (them) in slow-moving traffic on motorways. On the water, the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands has begun testing a self-piloting, all-electric taxi boat called Roboat III, 10. __________ can carry up to five passengers.
答案
Part 1
I.
1. remote
2. available
3. critical
4. automatic
II.
1. distant
2. warnings
3. potentially
4. preferences
III.
1. You need to switch it off every now and then, because if it gets too hot, it will catch fire.
2. During summers, air conditioners and other electrical appliances are in constant use.
3. It can figure out brain diseases by detecting abnormal walking of patients early on.
4. In this sense, innovation is as relevant in developing countries as it is in developed countries. Part 2
1. will be announcing
2. will be sitting
3. will be living
4. will be working
Part 3
I.
1. advocate
2. absence
3. cloned
4. resistance
II.
1. occupation
2. predict
3. hence
4. oppose
III.
1. successfully
2. a
3. Powered
4. height
5. to be driven / to drive
6. will become
7. featuring
8. by
9. themselves
10. which。