高一周末作业练习

高一英语周末作业（五）
I Reading Comprehensio n读理解
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We are already familiar with computers—computers work for us at home, in offices and in factories. But it is also true that many children today are using computers at schools before they can write. What does this mean for the future? Are these children lucky or not?
Many people who do not know about computers think of them as machines that children play with. They worry that children do not learn from experie nce but just from press ing a butt on and that this is not good for them. They think that children are growing not knowing about the real world.
But people who understand more about computers say that computers can be very good for childre n. A computer can help them to learn about the real world more quickly, to learn what they want to learn and think for themselves. And for the future, don 'we need people who can think clearly, who know how to get information quickly and use it well? What do you thi nk?
1. “ To be familiar with ” means to __ .
A. know nothing
B. know about
C. dislike
D. like
2. Does every one thi nk computers are good for childre n?
A. Yes, they do.
B. No, not every one thi nks so.
3. What can computers help childre n to do?
A. To think clearly, to do homework and to write.
B. To play games, to do math and to copy.
C. To think clearly, to get information and to use it well.
D. To count, to clea n the house and to get in formati on.
4. Accord ing to the text, we can guess the write'attitude towards computer is _____ .
A. n egative
B. i ndiffere nt
C. positive
D. doubtful
B
Robots are coming into people's lives these daysRobots help people a lot. Japanese housekeeping robots can move chajrssweep the floor, take away dirty dishes and put dirty clothes in washi ng machi ne s In tel, the famous computer make, has developed a self-c on trolled robot called Herb. Herb can do simple things that people tell it to do such as cleaning up waste.
Rece ntly a large robot n amed "Probo" has bee n help ing childre n to feel less worried in hospital. Probo has a touch screen on its stomacIThe screen teacheschildren how to use Probo. The green robot's face can make expressionsto show how medical operations will make the child feel. "The main aim of this project is to make emotional communication（情感交流）with children ," said Jelle Saldier, one of the researchers
Probo was inven ted by Iva n Herma ns, preside nt of the Anty Foundation. He had the idea after seeing the film J Robot. Probo's green head and short nose are fully automate（使自动化）.Its touch screen can
show different emotions, such as pleasure and sadnesand can also "see" the expressi ons on huma n faces and make eye con tact
5. _______________________________________________ Herb that the famous computer maker developed is _______________________ ^_
A. a man-con trolled robot
B. a self-c on trolled robot
C. a Japanese baby
D. a very large robot
6. Probe was inven ted in order to __ .
A. look after childre n in hospital B . teach childre n how to use it
C . show expressi ons to childre n
D . make emoti onal com muni cati on with childre n
7 . ______ made Ivan Hermans have the idea about inventing "Probo"
A . Herb
B . Childre n in hospital
C . Film I , Robot
D . I don't know
8 . The author implies(暗示)that ____ .
A . the Japa nese robot can help childre n to do their homework
B . Herb can help people to do housework
C . robots will take the place of people in the future
D . Iva n is an inven tor and the preside nt of his country
9 . It can be lear ned from the passage that
A . people are not allowed to touch Probe's stomach
B . Probe has two kinds of feeli ng happ in ess and sad ness
C . when a boy is happy Probe can know how he feels
D . Probo is one of the robots in the film I, Robot
n Grammatical-cloze 语法填空
Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix? In 1969, the pollution is terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It (1) _______ (be) uni magi nable that it could be ever be clea ned up. The river was so polluted that it (2) __ (actual) caught fire and burned. Now
years later, this river is one of (3) most outsta nding examples of
en vir onmen tal clea n-up.
But the river wasn'c hanged in a few days (4) ___ even a few
mon ths. It took years of work (5) ___ (reduce) in dustrial pollutio n
and clea n the water. Fin ally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is (6) _____ (clean) than ever.
Maybe you are facing an impossible situati on. Maybe you have a
habit (7) ____ is dri ving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don ' t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don ' t you want a quick fix and something to
change immediately? While there are (8) ______ (amaze) stories of
instant transformation, for most of us the (9) _____ (change) are
gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like clea ning up a polluted river. Just be (10) _____ (patienee).
M Correction短文改错
Nearly five years before, with the help by our father, my sister and I pla nted some cherry tomatoes 圣女果)in our back garde n. Since
then—for all these yea—we had bee n allow ing tomatoes to self-seed where they
please. As result, the pla nts are grow ing somewhere. The fruits are small in size, but juicy and taste. There are so much that we often share them with our neighbors. Although we allow tomato plants to grow in the same place year after year, but we have never had any disease or in sect attack problems. We are grow ing won derfully tomatoes at no cost!
答案:
1-4 BBCC 5-9 BDCBC
1. was
2. actually
3. the
4. or
5. to reduce
6. clea ner
7. which / that
8. amaz ing
9. cha nges 10. Patie nt
before — ago by — of year — years had — have as a result
somewhere —everywhere taste —tasty much—many 删掉but/ but —yet wonderfully —wonderful。