1、Unit 9 WheelsWarm-up&Lesson1 OnYourBike一、根据句意及首字母提示补全句子,使句子完整正确1The new credit cards will be of great b to our customers. 答案 benefit2Will it be c for you to start work tomorrow? 答案 convenient3Progress so far has been very good.We are,t ,confident that the work will be completed on time. 答案 therefore
2、4Things might get better,but it doesnt look very h right now. 答案 hopeful5W she goes,there are crowds of people waiting to see her. 答案 Wherever6It is now a lot harder for these companiesi ,impossible for someto raise money than it was a year ago. 答案 indeed7There will be serious c if the cost of life
3、continues to rise. 答案 consequences8The countryside near there is f like a pancake. 答案 flat9Dont a with me,John.Just do what I tell you. 答案 argue10Mr.Smith asked his secretary to i a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing. 答案 insert二、用所给单词的适当形式填空1 (actual),on second thoughts,I dont think I
4、 want to go out tonight. 答案 Actually2The Internet was designed for (convenient)and reliability,not security. 答案 convenience3Do you agree with the (argue)that violence on TV makes people behave violently? 答案 argument4I couldnt find a (park)space near the shops. 答案 parking5 (cycle)are demanding more a
5、nd safer cycle paths in the city. 答案 Cyclists6The environmental (pollute)is one of the most serious problems that mankind faces today. 答案 pollution7Practise (speak)slowly and clearly at the beginning. 答案 speaking8My brother smiled (hopeful),leaning on the door. 答案 hopefully三、用所给动词的正确时态完成下列句子1You sho
6、uld go to bed.You (watch)TV for 5 hours. 答案 have been watching2I (write)letters since 6 oclock. 答案 have been writing3I (look)for him everywhere.Where can he be? 答案 have been looking4They (help)us since five oclock this morning. 答案 have been helping5I (read)the book the whole day,yet I havent finishe
7、d it. 答案 have been reading6I (work)in this school since I graduated from college.Now I am still working here. 答案 have been working四、用括号中所给单词或短语翻译下列句子1 我相信你会从这次活动中受益匪浅。(benefit from)答案 I believe youll benefit greatly from the activity.2 你方便四点钟来接我吗?(convenient)答案 Would it be convenient for you to pick
8、 me up at 4?3 无论到哪里,都要记住你是个中国人。(wherever)答案 Remember you are a Chinese wherever you go.4 彼得对自己的工作厌烦了,决定辞职。(fed up)答案 Peter was fed up with his job and decided to quit.5 他们在争论怎么花那笔钱。(argue)答案 They were/are arguing about how to spend the money.五、阅读理解(导学号 58030021)Andrew Ritchie,inventor of the Brompto
9、n folding bicycle,once said that the perfect portable bike would be “like a magic carpet.You could fold it up and put it into your pocket or handbag”.Then he paused:“But youll always be limited by the size of the wheels.And so far no one has invented a folding wheel.”It was a rareindeed uniqueoccasi
10、on when I was able to put Ritchie right.A 19th-century inventor,William Henry James Grout,did in fact design a folding wheel.His bike,predictably named the Grout Portable,had a frame that split into two and a larger wheel that could be separated into four pieces.All the bits fitted into Grouts Wonde
11、rful Bag,a leather case.Grouts aim:to solve the problems of carrying a bike on a train.Now doesnt that sound familiar?Grout intended to find a way of making a bike small enough for train travel:his bike was a huge beast.And importantly,the design of early bicycles gave him an advantage:in Grouts day
12、,tyres were solid,which made the business of splitting a wheel into four separate parts relatively simple.You couldnt do the same with a wheel fitted with a one-piece inflated(充气的) tyre.So,in a 21st-century context,is the idea of the folding wheel dead?It is not.A British design engineer,Duncan Fitz
13、simons,has developed a wheel that can be squashed into something like a slender ellipse(椭圆).Throughout,the tyre remains inflated.Will the young Fitzsimonss folding wheel make it into production?I havent the foggiest idea.But his inventiveness shows two things.First,people have been saying for more t
14、han a century that bike design has reached its limit,except for gradual advances.Its as silly a concept now as it was 100 years ago:theres plenty still to go for.Second,it is in the field of folding bikes that we are seeing the most interesting inventions.You can buy a folding bike for less than 1,0
15、00 that can be knocked down so small that it can be carried on a planeminus wheels,of courseas hand baggage.Folding wheels would make all manner of things possible.Have we yet got the magic carpet of Andrew Ritchies imagination?No.But its progress.1We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the Brompton fol
16、ding bike . A.was portableB.had a folding wheelC.could be put in a pocketD.looked like a magic carpet答案 A解析 推理判断题。由第一段可知安德鲁里奇是 Bromptonfoldingbike 的发明者,而从他之后说的话“like.afoldingwheel”可推知 B、C、D 三项都是那时未能实现的,故排除这三项,A 项正确。2We can learn from the passage that the wheels of the Grout Portable . A.were difficu
17、lt to separateB.could be split into 6 piecesC.were fitted with solid tyresD.were hard to carry on a train答案 C解析 推理判断题。由文章的第三段中“inGroutsday,tyresweresolid,.”和最后一句可知 C 项正确。3We can learn from the passage that Fitzsimonss invention . A.kept the tyre as a whole pieceB.was made into production soonC.left
18、little room for improvementD.changed our views on bag design答案 A解析 推理判断题。文章倒数第三段最后一句提到“Throughout,thetyreremainsinflated”,结合其前一段的最后一句,可知这个时期菲茨西蒙斯发明的便携自行车的轮胎是“一条完整的充气轮胎” 。4Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A.Three Folding Bike InventorsB.The Making of a Folding BikeC.Prog
19、ress in Folding Bike DesignD.Ways of Separating a Bike Wheel答案 C解析 主旨大意题。从 19 世纪格鲁特发明的便携自行车,21 世纪菲茨西蒙斯发明的便携自行车,到布罗普顿发明的便携自行车,每个时期便携自行车都较前有很大提高,这表明本篇文章一直在讲述便携自行车的发展历程。六、七选五阅读理解根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。(导学号 58030022)Americans use the term “college students”to mean students either at co
20、llege or in the university.Americans almost never say“going to university”or “when I was at university”.That sounds British.1.College,universitywhats the difference?2. Both offer undergraduate degrees in the arts and science,for example.And both can help prepare young people to earn a living.However
21、,many colleges dont offer graduate studies.Another difference is that universities are generally bigger.3. Another place of higher education,especially in technical areas,is an institute,like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.However,even an institute of technology can offer a wide choice of
22、 programs and activities.4. The word“university”came from the Latin word“universities”,describing a group of people organized for a common purpose.The word“college”came from “collegium”,a Latin word with a similar meaning.In England,colleges provided students with places to live.Usually,each group w
23、as studying the same thing,so a college came to mean an area of study.The first American universities divided their studies into a number of areas and called each one a college.This is still true.5. For example,Harvard College is the undergraduate part of Harvard University.Programs in higher learni
24、ng can also be called schools,like a school of engineering or a medical school within a college or a university.A.There are many universities in America.B.A college can also be part of a university.C.They offer more programs and do more research.D.Universities and colleges give students different chances.E.At first,colleges and universities have many things in common.F.Instead,they say“going to college”and “when I was at college”.G.Modern universities developed from those of Europe in the Middle Ages.答案 15 FECGB