高考英语一轮复习 阅读理解解题技法示范(十)科技发明类课件

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高考英语一轮复习 话题语篇专攻练 科发明(二)高三全册英语试题

高考英语一轮复习 话题语篇专攻练 科发明(二)高三全册英语试题

入舵市安恙阳光实验学校话题语篇专攻练17科普发明(二)(建议用时35分钟)Ⅰ. 阅读理解AWhether in the home or the workplace, social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years. Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way, said Cynthia Breazeal, chief scientist at the robot company Jibo.While household robots today do the normal housework, social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools. For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad. This allows them to respond more appropriately to the user.The Jibo robot, arranged to ship later this year, is designed to be a personalized assistant. You can talk to the robot, ask it questions, and make requests for it to perform different tasks. The robot doesn’t just deliver general answers to questions; it responds based on what it learns about each individual in the household. It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicine or taking family photos.Social robots are not just finding their way into the home. They have potential applications in everything from education to health care and are already finding their way into some of these spaces.Fellow Robots is one company bringing social robots to the market. The company’s“Oshbot”robot is built to assist customers in a store, which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product’s location in the store. It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is shopping for.The more interaction the robot has with humans, the more it learns. But Oshbot, like other social robots, is not intended to replace workers, but to work alongside other employees. “We have technologies to train social robots to do things not for us, b ut with us, ”said Breazeal. 【文章大意】社交机器人在未来的几年里会变得越来越普遍, 给人们生活带来很大变化。

一轮复习 英语阅读理解微技能指导(共29张PPT)

一轮复习 英语阅读理解微技能指导(共29张PPT)
IPSUM DOLOR LOR ⑦ Parents are urged toLOREM supervise their kids' TV watching time since too much exposure to screens does harm to health.
⑧ I am Peter Hodes, a volunteer stem cell courier. Since March 2012, I've done 89 trips. I have 42 hours to carry stem cells in my little box.
LOREM IPSUM DOLOR LOR 29. What does the underlined word “ that” refer to? A. Jazz becoming more accessible. B. The production of jazz growing faster. C. Jazz being less popular with the yoecoming larger.
阅读理解微技能指导
NO.1 猜测词义
① He had been getting better, but during the night, his condition deteriorated. ② There are times when one wants to be surrounded by people, and there are times when one needs solitude. ③ Unlike her gregarious sister, Jane is a shy, unsociable person who LOREM IPSUM DOLOR LOR does not like to go to parties. ④ Jason loves to talk, and his younger brothers are similarly loquacious.

2025届人教版(2019)高中英语一轮话题复习高考题型通关练课件:话题27 科技发展与信息技术创新

2025届人教版(2019)高中英语一轮话题复习高考题型通关练课件:话题27 科技发展与信息技术创新
However,once we start to join endless video calls for a few hours each day, we become very tired.This term is called “zoom fatigue”,and it’s related to overusing virtual communication platforms.
D.Changes in people’s way of communication. 解析 文章大意题。根据第三段最后一句并结合后文内容可知,本文主要讲述 视频通话技术在给人们带来便捷的同时,也带来了一些始料不及的负面影响。
高考题型通关
You improve your robot’s software by improving its software.Agrim Gupta of Stanford University,however,begs to differ.He thinks you can also improve a robot’s software by improving its hardware.He and his colleagues have invented a way of testing this idea.
They brought to their robots,unimals,the principles of evolution (进化) by natural selection.Unimals,with globes for heads and sticks for arms and legs, are software beings interacting with a virtual environment.The environments where they wandered were in three varieties:flat grounds,grounds with hills and steps,and ones that had the complexities of the second sort,but with added objects.

2024年新课标1卷D篇科技类 阅读讲解+课件——高三英语上学期一轮复习专项

2024年新课标1卷D篇科技类 阅读讲解+课件——高三英语上学期一轮复习专项

are useful for detecting shifts in the number and variety of
with the rise of 随着...兴起 species in an area, a new Stanford study has found that this
with the aid of 借助于
detect v. 发现
of records. Today, most records of biodiversity are often in the
shift v. 改变
form of photos, videos, and other digital records. Though they
variety n. 多样性
新课标高考真题分析 ———科技类
2024年新课标1卷阅读D篇
https:///stories/2023/05/study-examines-biases-coverage-gaps-biodiversity-data
• 语篇丨说明文类型 • 主题丨人与社会 • 语篇│专家发现上传生物样本数据的
“We were particularly interested in exploring the aspects of sampling that tend to bias (使有偏差) data, like the greater likelihood of a citizen scientist to take a picture of a flowering plant instead of the grass right next to it,” said Daru.
重点单词:
dataset n. 数据集 represent v. 代表 sampling n. 样本,采样 bias n.偏见 v.使有偏见 likelihood n. 可能性 citizen scientist 民间科学 家

高考英语阅读理解复习-科技类20篇(含解析)

高考英语阅读理解复习-科技类20篇(含解析)

科技类词汇对应阅读passage1A snake﹣robot designer,a technologist,an extradimensional physicist and a journalist walk into a room.The journalist turns to the crowd and asks:Should we build houses on the ocean?Like a think﹣tank panel,members of the team dream up far﹣out answers to the crucial problem,such as self﹣driving housing units that could park on top of one another in the coastal city center.The setting is X,the enterprise which considers more than100ideas each year,in areas ranging from clean energy to artificial intelligence.Although only a tiny percentage become"projects"with far﹣reaching creativity,these projects exist,ultimately,to change the world,like Waymo,the biggest self﹣driving﹣car company.In the past60years,something strange has happened.As the academic study of creativity has thrived (蓬勃发展),the label innovation may have covered every tiny change of a soda can or a toothpaste flavor,but the rate of productivity growth has been mostly declining since the1970s.John Fernald,an economist,points out that the notable exception to the post﹣1970decline in productivity occurred when businesses throughout the economy finally figured out the breakthrough technology﹣information technology.John Fernald says,"It's possible that productivity took off,because we picked all the low﹣hanging fruit from the IT wave."Actually,the world economy continues to harvest the benefits of IT.But where will the next technology shock come from?Breakthrough technology results from two distinct activities﹣invention and innovation.Invention is typically the work of scientists and researchers in labs,while innovation is an invention put to commercial use.Seldom do the two activities occur successfully under the same roof.They tend to thrive in opposite conditions;while competition and consumer choice encourage innovation,invention has historically progressed in labs that are protected from the pressure to generate profit.Allowing well﹣funded and diverse teams to try to solve big problems is what gave us the computer and the Internet.Today,we fail to give attention to planting the seeds of this kind of ambitious research,while complaining about the harvest."Companies are really good at combining existing breakthroughs in ways that consumers like.But the breakthroughs come from patient and curious scientists,not the rush to market,"says Jon Gertner,the author of The Idea Factory."Technology is a tall tree,"John Fernald said."But planting the seeds of invention and harvesting the fruit of innovation are entirely distinct skills,often mastered by different organizations and separated by manyyears."As for me,both of them are essential for technology,although they are relatively independent.I don't think X is a planter or a harvester,actually.It is like building taller ladders.Nobody knows for sure what,if anything,the employees at such enterprises are going to find up on those ladders.But they're reaching.At least someone is.(1)What is the main purpose of the first two paragraphs?A.To present the process of group discussion.B.To illustrate X's worry about big problems.C.To reveal the importance of the crazy ideas.D.To stress the varied backgrounds of the team.(2)What can we learn from the passage?A.Breakthroughs must stand the test of the market.B.Innovation on necessities can promote productivity.C.Invention develops slowly under the pressure of profit.D.The harvest of innovation lies in some ambitious research.(3)Regarding John Fernald's view on technology,the author is.A.supportiveB.cautiousC.uncertainD.critical(4)What can be inferred about X from the passage?A.It will focus on innovation.B.It will have its outcome soon.C.It may give in to its fruitless reality.D.It may bring an encouraging outlook.【分析】这是一篇说明文。

高三英语一轮复习阅读理解科普说明文技巧

高三英语一轮复习阅读理解科普说明文技巧

科普说明文是高考英语阅读理解的一种常见体裁,着重考查考生对于语篇的理解能力以及信息处理能力,近几年全国卷和各地自主命题卷均涉及到这类文章。

因此,准确把握此类文章的选材、命题特点、掌握相应的阅读策略与解题技巧对于考生备战高考非常重要。

一、选材特点、文体特征和命题特点高考英语阅读理解科普类文章思想性和时代感强,题材涉及发明创造、科技创新、科技与生活、科学研究等。

文章体裁一般为说明文,语篇主要来源于英美主流报刊、杂志和网站,文章的遣词造句地道,思维逻辑独具英语语言的特点。

如北京卷阅读理解C篇介绍了一种能降解塑料的虫子,探索解决塑料污染新途径,天津卷C篇介绍3D打印技术在食品生产上的运用等。

这些文章和题目不仅能让考生体会到科学的无限趣味和实际功用,而且促使考生深入思考科技创新在人类生活和发展过程中起到的重要作用。

科普类文章的理论性和逻辑性强、篇幅长、生词多、句式结构复杂。

文本结构一般包括五个部分:标题(headline)、导语(introduction)、背景(background)、主干(main body)和结尾(ending)。

标题高度精辟地概括文章中心思想。

高考中科普类阅读理解一般不给标题,反而经常要求考生选择最佳标题。

导语一般位于整篇文章的首段。

背景则交代研究的起因或者问题现状。

主干部分介绍研究所取得的突破,作者往往会详细介绍研究的理论构架、研究对象、研究方法、具体的实验、统计等过程。

结尾通常会再次对中心进行概括、重述研究成果、后续研究的方向等,与导语相呼应。

从近年全国卷和各地高考试卷中科普类阅读命题的统计来看,高考阅读理解六种命题类型都有所体现。

命题尊重语篇的文体特征和行文特点,考查了考生理解说明文语篇的能力,以及灵活运用各种阅读策略提取、归纳所读信息的能力,尤其加大了对概括能力和推断能力等高阶思维能力的考查。

二、阅读策略和解题技巧任何一种阅读方法或技巧的使用,都是由语篇特点和试题本身的要求决定的,考生应根据不同的体裁和试题要求采取不同的策略。

超实用高考英语复习之阅读选7选5-- 科技与创新(教师版)

超实用高考英语复习之阅读选7选5-- 科技与创新(教师版)

阅读7选5--科技与创新距离高考还距离高考还有一段时间,不少有经验的老师都会提醒考生,愈是临近高考,能否咬紧牙关、学会自我调节,态度是否主动积极,安排是否科学合理,能不能保持良好的心态、以饱满的情绪迎接挑战,其效果往往大不一样。

以下是本人从事10多年教学经验总结出的以下学习资料,希望可以帮助大家提高答题的正确率,希望对你有所帮助,有志者事竟成!养成良好的答题习惯,是决定高考英语成败的决定性因素之一。

做题前,要认真阅读题目要求、题干和选项,并对答案内容作出合理预测;答题时,切忌跟着感觉走,最好按照题目序号来做,不会的或存在疑问的,要做好标记,要善于发现,找到题目的题眼所在,规范答题,书写工整;答题完毕时,要认真检查,查漏补缺,纠正错误。

总之,在最后的复习阶段,学生们不要加大练习量。

在这个时候,学生要尽快找到适合自己的答题方式,最重要的是以平常心去面对考试。

英语最后的复习要树立信心,考试的时候遇到难题要想“别人也难”,遇到容易的则要想“细心审题”。

越到最后,考生越要回归基础,单词最好再梳理一遍,这样有利于提高阅读理解的效率。

另附高考复习方法和考前30天冲刺复习方法。

七选五【2023届山西省高三1月适应性调研考试(一模)】You’ve probably heard of a hybrid(杂交物种)in films or books. The centaurs in the Harry Potter films are hybrids of human and horse. ____16____Hybridization occurs in both plants and animals. ____17____ What’s more, many plants that people eat, from strawberries to carrots, corn and potatoes, have been created by hybridization.Cross-breeding(杂交)sometimes occurs when animals’ normal territory ov erlaps(部分重叠). ____18____ The grolar bear is a hybrid that happens when grizzly and polar bears mate. As the environment warms, grizzlies in Alaska and Canada wander further north, bringing them into contact with polar bears.Artificial mixing often happen s in zoos, where different species that don’t normally meet in the wild can be introduced to each other. Ligers(lion and tiger hybrids)are unlikely to occur in nature, because the only place that their habitats overlap is the Gir Forest in India. ____19____ Mixed species are more likely to be born with health issues than other animals. Most hybrids born in zoos are infertile, which means they are unable to have babies. However, many cross-breeds born in the wild, like the grolar bear, can have their own babies.____20____ “It’s part of the evolutionary process,” he says. Fertile hybrids can lead to the creation of a new species and increase the variety of living things.A.Wildlife conservation is of significance.B.Did you know hybridization is a biological process?C.That’s due to habitat destruction or changing climate.D.Did you know that hybrids appear in the natural world, too?E.Jimmy believes species hybridization in nature is a good thing.F.Many conservationists think that creating hybrids is a bad thing.G.Living things, especially plants, will naturally hybridize in the wild.【答案】16.D 17.G 18.C 19.F 20.E【文章大意】本文为说明文,主题语境为人与自然。

高考英语 阅读微技能训练 科普类阅读跟踪课件

高考英语 阅读微技能训练 科普类阅读跟踪课件
The virus behind the disease is thought to have jumped to humans from animals.
=__I_t_ _i_s_ _th_o_u__g_h_t _t_h_a_t___ the virus behind the disease ____j_u_m_p_e_d____ to humans from animals.
技巧回顾:找准承上启下的关键句
Practice B 观点意图题
5. By mentioning Katrina and Sandy in the first paragraph, the author intends to ______. A. show the destructive effects of storms B. compare the consequences of the two disasters C. draw readers’ attention to the frequent storms around the world D. get readers to think about the reasons for the two disasters
For coastal cities, hurricanes are frequent visitors during summer time.
技巧回顾:说明文开头例子的作用
(吸引读者\导入话题)
•11、凡为教者必期于达到不须教。对人以诚信,人不欺我;对事以诚信,事无不成。 •12、首先是教师品格的陶冶,行为的教育,然后才是专门知识和技能的训练。 •13、在教师手里操着幼年人的命运,便操着民族和人类的命运。2022/1/192022/1/19January 19, 2022 •14、孩子在快乐的时候,他学习任何东西都比较容易。 •15、纪律是集体的面貌,集体的声音,集体的动作,集体的表情,集体的信念。 •16、一个人所受的教育超过了自己的智力,这样的人才有学问。 •17、好奇是儿童的原始本性,感知会使儿童心灵升华,为其为了探究事物藏下本源。2022年1月2022/1/192022/1/192022/1/191/19/2022 •18、人自身有一种力量,用许多方式按照本人意愿控制和影响这种力量,一旦他这样做,就会影响到对他的教育和对他发生作用的环境。 2022/1/192022/1/19

高考英语一轮复习UNIT1SCIENCEANDSCIENTISTS课件新人教版选择性必修第二册

高考英语一轮复习UNIT1SCIENCEANDSCIENTISTS课件新人教版选择性必修第二册

6.He read many professional books, which laid a _s_o_li_d_ (坚实的) foundation for his career.
7.My main reason for _s_u_b_s_c_ri_b_i_n_g_ (订阅) to New Scientist is to keep abreast of advances in science.
8.Taking adventures to admire nature's r_a_w_ (未经处理的) beauty has always been part of human desire.
9.Children have so far been largely spared from the most _s_e_v_er_e_ (十分严重的) symptoms of the disease.
10.Such a development represents a gradual _s_h_i_ft_ (转换) from the old view of many that face masks were only needed by medical staff and the sick.
Ⅱ.词汇派生 1.The baby had an ear __in_f_e_c_ti_o_n_ (infect). 2.I have times when I feel _f_r_u_s_tr_a_te_d__ (frustrate) and wish I could get away. 3.Fedora, leader of the study, is also excited about these new _f_in_d_i_n_g_s_ (find). 4.I have to say in her __d_e_fe_n_s_e_/d_e_f_e_n_c_e_ (defend) that she knew nothing about it beforehand. 5.The __th_i_n_k_e_r,__who developed stronger critical _t_h_in_k_i_n_g_ skills, refused to accept the idea without a second _t_h_o_u_g_h_t .(think)

《英语科技文阅读》课件

《英语科技文阅读》课件

Analyze sentence structure
Breaking down complex sentences into smaller parts can make them easier to understand.
Practice reading
Regular practice of reading different types of texts can improve reading speed and comprehension.
Scientific and technological articles
This course selects high-quality English-language scientific and technological articles, including articles from well-known journals, newspapers, and magazines.
被动语态
为了简化句子结构,科学和技术文献中经常使用名词化结构,如"the use of AI in healthcare"。
名词化结构
引言
介绍研究背景、目的和意义。
方法
描述研究方法、实验设计和技术手段。
结果
呈现实验结果和数据分析。
结论
总结研究结果和意义,提出建议和展望。
Examples of reading scientific and technological articles
Reading Q&A
CATALOGUE
05
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B
C
D
Improve vocabulary
Learning new words and their meanings can help reduce language barriers.

2025届高考英语专题复习-阅读理解解题技巧指导课件

2025届高考英语专题复习-阅读理解解题技巧指导课件
推理判断题和深度细节理解题,应采用段落阅读法。这种阅读方法不是一句一 句地翻译句子中的单词,而是理解整句或几句的连贯意思,从而抓住段落的核心。
2.加强快速训练,培养“时间感”。
阅读理解总容量较大,共近1500字。要想在一定时间内完成四篇文章,必须要 有速度作为保证。对于四篇阅读理解文章的阅读量加上一篇七到五的阅读量,考 试说明建议所用时间为35分钟,所以这五篇文章的题目要在日常训练中的规定时 间内完成。
cook in the kitchen. Students must clean up after cooking. This is
not the responsibility of housekeeping staff. Kitchens that are not
kept clean may be closed for use. With the exception of using a
A. very clean B. just cleaned by the landlord C. tidy and comfortable D. dirty and full of insects
分析问题
① This article is particularly written for ___. ② When the writer says … he really means ___. ③ The author’s attitude to… is that ___. ④ What kind of atmosphere does the writer want to create in this passage? ⑤ What is the tone of the writer / passage ? ⑥ The writer’s purpose in writing this story is ___.

高考英语第一轮总复习课件:选修八Unit3 Inventors and inventions——发明家及其发明

高考英语第一轮总复习课件:选修八Unit3 Inventors and inventions——发明家及其发明

只要你方便,随时过来看我。
④(朗文P441)Being able to pay bills
over the Internet is a real
convenience.能通过因特网支付账单确
实非常方便。
⑤(朗文P441)I’ll call in two weeks to arrange a meeting at_your convenience. 我会在两周后打电话来把会议安排在 您方便的时候。
2distinguish
vi.& vt. 辨 别 ; 显
示„„的差别;使„„有所不同 (教材P20)Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something merciful that would catch snakes but not harm them.
4.On referring to the Great Wall, foreigners always associate ____________(使发生联系)it with China. 5.In my opinion,only by facing seizing difficulties bravely and ____________(抓住)opportunities can one succeed.
迅速把手伸入;
5.________________ 开始(做)
hang on 6.________________ 不挂断;稍等;
紧紧握住 out of order 7.________________ 次序颠倒;发 生故障
8.________________ 设法联系上(尤 get through

2024届高考英语一轮复习说明文阅读理解讲解课件

2024届高考英语一轮复习说明文阅读理解讲解课件

结此论处:添加标题文本
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②A bat scientist, Eklof works in the night shadows in western Sweden. His work requires an absolute kind of darkness unpolluted by light. But this category of darkness is threatened. In the 1980s, Eklof tells readers, two-thirds of the churches in Sweden housed bat caves. Not any longer. “Today, this number has been reduced by a third due to light pollution, because the churches all glow brightly in the night.” he writes. ③We have all noticed it when driving through any city at night. Empty places are floodlit. The night sky in Hong Kong is 1200 times brighter than an unlit one. Citizens of some large cities, writes Eklof, have never allowed their eyes to adapt to true night vision. But we are only now beginning to understand the effects. ④Too much light is incredibly destructive to the complex eco-systems many animals inhabit. It scares away the bats that Eklof studies; reef fish eggs go unhatched; birds forget to even sing. ⑤So how can we deal with the too much light? In 2019, France passed laws limiting how much light can be sent into the sky. In Vienna, Austria, the city’s lights are turned off at 11 p.m. Some measures, like artificial lights that do not reflect light upward, are already within our grasp. “We could just turn it all off, but I guess we don’t want to, because darkness is not safe for everyone.” said Eklof in a recent interview. “So it’s vital we find a middle way.” ⑤Right now, it’s hard to know what that middle way might look like. In 50 years, every city could be lit by

2024届高考英语一轮总复习选择性必修第二册Unit1ScienceandScientists课件

2024届高考英语一轮总复习选择性必修第二册Unit1ScienceandScientists课件

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2021届高考英语课件 考前13天科技创新话题词汇与练习 课件

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(建议用时:d decide to invent the LongPen? A.To set up her own company. B.To win herself greater popularity. C.To write her books in a new way. D.To make book signings less tiring. 42.How does the LongPen work? A.It copies the author's signature and prints it on a book. B.It signs a book while receiving the author's signature. C.The webcam sends the author's signature to another
[5] “It's really fun,” said the owner of a bookstore, who was present for one of the test runs. “Obviously you can't shake hands with the author, but there are chances for a connection that you don't get from a regular book signing.” [6] The response to the invention hasn't been all favorable. Atwood has received criticism from authors who think she is trying to end book tours. But she said, “It will be possible to go to places that you never got sent to before because the publishers couldn't afford it.”
[3] Work on the LongPen began in Atwood's basement (地 下室). At first, they had no idea it would be as hard as it turned out to be. The device went through several versions, including one that actually had smoke coming out of it. The inventing finally completed, test runs were made in Ottawa, and the LongPen was officially launched at the 2006 London Book Fair. From here, Atwood conducted two transatlantic book signings of her latest book for fans in Toronto and New York City.
[4] The LongPen produces a unique signature each time because it copies the movement of the author in real time. It has several other potential applications. It could increase credit card security and allow people to sign contracts from another province. The video exchange between signer and receiver can be recorded on DVD for proof when legal documents are used.
city. D.The fan uses it to copy the author's signature himself.
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[1] A world--famous Canadian author, Margaret Atwood, has created the world's first long--distance signing device (装置), the LongPen. [2] After many tiring book--signing tours from city to city, Atwood thought there must be a better way to do them. She hired some technical experts and started her own company in 2004. Together they designed the LongPen. Here's how it works: The author writes a personal message and signature on a computer tablet (手写板) using a special pen. On the receiving end, in another city, a robotic arm fitted with a regular pen signs the book. The author and fan can talk with each other via webcams (网络摄像机) and computer screens.
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