1、Unit 3 ComputersSection Pre reading ( Warming Up & Reading)对应学生用书 P25基础题 单词拼写1The English in this story has been _ (简化) to make it easier to understand答案:simplified2Science and _ (技术) sometimes will do harm to human beings答案:technology3Two female tourists were robbed of their money and _ (可移动的) phon
2、es while walking in the street答案:mobile4To be good at the game, you need a reasonable level of _ (智力)答案:intelligence5First of all we should make primary education _ (普遍的)答案:universal6PDA stands for p_ digital assistant答案:personal7The program helps you to c_ how much tax you should pay答案:calculate8He
3、 headed the ball into an open g_答案:goal9His success in the college entrance examination brought h_ to his parents答案:happiness10Barbara made an a _ to the hospital for a job as a nurse答案:application 单句语法填空1Did I make any errors in my _ (calculate)?答案:calculation 2Those who are not familiar with him m
4、ay consider him slow, but _ reality he is very intelligent答案:in 3From now _, I will only be working in the mornings答案:on4Many students can apply _ loans to support their college education each year答案:for 5_ do you think is the richest man in this city?答案:Who 6The two brothers have nothing _ common答案
5、:in7Paul doesnt have to be made _ (learn) He always works hard答案:to learn 8Tom was _ stupid a boy that he couldnt understand _ an easy sentence答案:so; such 9The application forms have now been _ (simply)答案:simplified10Ken thinks it wont be long _ he is ready for his new job答案:before 能力题 阅读理解A few mon
6、ths ago, Jason asked his parents to buy him a computer All his friends already had one, so his mom and dad agreed During the first few weeks, Jason spent a lot of time in front of his computer because he had to learn how it worked He was really interested in learning all about it and he even started
7、 writing computer programs himself One day Jason found a website where he could play chess either against the computer or against other people from all over the world From then on, Jason seemed to have just one interest in life, his computer Whenever his parents told him that he was spending too muc
8、h time with his computer, Jason_went_into_denial He did not think that he had a problem at allThen the unthinkable happened: Jasons computer broke down But his W1 P1parents decided not to buy him a new one Jason said that he needed a computer for school, and he promised that hed spend less time with
9、 it But his parents refused to give in Finally, Jason felt so hopeless that he took the only way out and killed himselfRobert Johnson, a psychologist (心理学家) on the subject, says, “Computer addiction is an illness that can influence anyone of us W2Nowadays, increasing numbers of people are spending m
10、ore and more time working with computers While this isnt a problem for most users, some people, especially teenagers, often use the computer to get away from the real P2world This is especially true of shy people For them, meeting people online is a way of hiding their true selves In cyberspace, the
11、y can be whoever they want to be and create their own virtual world But what happens when they can W3no longer enter their virtual world?”1Why did Jason want to buy a computer according to Paragraph 1?ATo play chessBTo make friendsCTo avoid being an outsiderDTo write computer programs答案:C 细节理解题。由第一段
12、中的“All his friends already had one, so his mom and dad agreed ”可知,Jason 的朋友们都有电脑,而他却没有,为了避免成为局外人,所以想让父母给自己也买一台,故选 C 项。2By saying “Jason went into denial”, the author means_AJason would not listenBJason enjoyed himselfCJason would turn it offDJason changed his mind答案:A 句意理解题。由该句后面的“He did not think t
13、hat he had a problem at all ”可知, 每次父母提醒他玩电脑时间太长了 , 他都不听,故选 A 项。3What was Jasons relationship with his parents like when his computer broke down?AFine BSo soCTerrible DUnknown答案:C 推理判断题。由第三段中的“his parents refused to give in”和“Jason killed himself”可知,当时他们的关系很糟糕,故选 C 项。4In Robert Johnsons opinion, _Ait
14、 is impossible to beat computer addictionBshy people get addicted to computers easilyCteenagers should stay away from computersDcomputers are getting us into serious trouble答案:B 细节理解题。由最后一段中的“some people, especially teenagers shy people”可知,那些腼腆的人更容易沉迷于电脑所营造的虚拟世界中,故选 B 项。W重 点 单 词1unthinkable adj 无法想象
15、的2addiction n 沉溺 3virtual adj 虚拟的P重 点 短 语1break down 出故障 2get away from 逃离 完形填空My mother was a responsible teacher and she retired So I decided to give her one of my old computers to help her pass the time She had a little bit of computer _1_, so I just set it up for her and let her _2_ with it on h
16、er ownAs time went on, I _3_ the computer was hardly touched She said she didnt know _4_ to use it I decided to teach her I sat and _5_ everything and she seemed OK with what I said Unfortunately, my sister called me at that moment _6_ we talked on the phone for an hour Then when I saw her again, sh
17、e was sitting in front of the computer, looking quite _7_ The screen saver (屏幕保护程序) had appeared and she didnt know how to _8_ it off She had tried _9_ every key and it didnt work I told her, “Just _10_ the mouse a little ” What I meant was that she just needed to move the mouse around to _11_ the c
18、omputer up What she did was to _12_ the mouse and start shaking it around in midair until the _13_ went completely black I couldnt help laughing because of her funny _14_ The more I laughed the _15_ she gotShe thought that I was a(n) _16_ teacher and she decided to figure the thing out herself Well,
19、 at least I helped her overcome her _17_ of breaking something and encouraged her to _18_ a littleAbout a week later, I found a homemade _19_ card with a mouse on the front making a funny face _20_ to my door It said, “Thanks for the computer lessons Love, Mom ”1Atheory BknowledgeCtechnology Dhistor
20、y答案:B 根据下文中的“She said she didnt know _4_ to use it I decided to teach her ”可推知,作者的母亲对电脑所知甚少,此处指电脑知识(knowledge)。2Awatch BtrainCplay Dsee答案:C 根据上文中的“So I decided to give her one of my old computers to help her pass the time ”可知 ,作者给母亲一台自己的旧电脑是让退休的母亲自己玩。play with “玩” 。3Afound BheardCthought Dignored答案:
21、A 随着时间的推移,作者发现(found) 电脑几乎没被碰过。4Awhy BwhenChow Dwhere答案:C 根据下文中的“I decided to teach her ”可推知,母亲并不知道怎么(how)使用电脑 ,于是作者决定教她 。5Alearned BdescribedCexplained Ddiscussed答案:C 根据空处前一句“I decided to teach her ”和空格后的“and she seemed OK with what I said”可推知,作者给母亲讲解 (explained)了相关的电脑知识。6Aand BbutCbecause Dsince答案
22、:A 根据语境可知,空处应填连词 and,表示“然后,接着” 。7Aamusing BrelaxedCinteresting Ddiscouraged答案:D 结合语境可推知,母亲不会玩电脑,感到很泄气 (discouraged)。8Aget BbreakCcut Dturn答案:D 根据空格前的“The screen saver (屏幕保护程序) had appeared”及常识可推知,电脑出现屏幕保护程序,母亲不知道怎么把它关掉。turn off “关掉” 。9Ahitting BfeelingCchanging Dremoving答案:A 根据空格后的“and it didnt work
23、”可推知,母亲因为不懂得怎么关掉屏幕保护程序,于是就按(hitting)了每一个键。10Ahang BshakeCrub Dpush答案:B 根据语境可推知,作者教母亲稍微晃动(shake)鼠标即可。下文中的“start shaking it” 也是提示。11Aclean BwakeCbring Dtake答案:B 根据语境可推知,作者是让母亲移动鼠标,唤醒电脑。wake up “唤醒” ,符合语境。12Aput up Bcut offCpick up Dput away答案:C 根据空格后的“start shaking it around in midair”可推知,母亲听了作者的话就把鼠标
24、拿起来(pick up) ,在空中摇晃 。13Ascreen BcurtainCcover Dwindow答案:A 根据语境可推知,母亲不会玩电脑,拿着鼠标乱晃 ,结果电脑屏幕(screen)全黑了。14Aadjustment BimitationCexpression Daction答案:D 根据语境可知,作者被母亲搞笑的行为 (action)给逗乐了。15Aruder BhappierCangrier Dbetter答案:C 根据语境可知,作者越笑,母亲越生气(angrier)。16Aimpatient BhumorousCcareful Dhelpful答案:A 根据空格后的“she d
25、ecided to figure the thing out herself”可推知,身为老师的母亲对作者教自己玩电脑这件事很有看法,认为作者是没有耐心的(impatient)。17Asadness BpressureCfear Ddepression答案:C 根据语境可推知,作者帮助母亲走出了害怕(fear)损坏东西的阴影,鼓励母亲再尝试一下。18Areply BobserveCanswer Dexperiment答案:D experiment “尝试” ,符合语境。19Ainviting BgreetingCshopping Dbirthday答案:B 根据语境可知,母亲自己制作了一张贺卡
26、(greeting card),对作者表示感谢。20Aappeared BstuckCcombined Dprinted答案:B 根据语境可知,此处指卡片贴在了作者的门上。stick to 意为“粘/贴在” 。 短文改错When surf the Internet yesterday, I saw a blog posted by a mother She was not sure about whether she could afford the cost of supplying school books to both of her kid this year One of her b
27、oys is one year low than me in the school, so I write to ask for the book list of his school Two books of mine matched the list, because I was able to give them away, what I used last school year After the two books mailed to her son according to the given address, she wrote to say how deep she appr
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30、 gift Its deep deeplyalways nice to do I can to make a difference! what/whatever/all难项分析:第一处:surfsurfing 考查状语从句的省略。在含有状语从句的复合句中,如果状语从句的主语与主句主语一致,且状语从句谓语中有 be 动词,可以将状语从句的主语连同 be 动词一起省略。此处的完整形式为:When I was surfing the Internet yesterday, I saw a blog posted by a mother第七处:what which 考查定语从句的引导词。逗号之后是一个非限制性定语从句,修饰先行词 two books,所以要用关系代词 which。第八处:mailed 前加 had been 考查动词的时态及语态。主语和谓语动词为动宾关系,应用被动语态,且 mail 这动作发生在主句谓语动作 wrote 之前,应用过去完成时。