1、Warm-up & Lesson 1 FuturologyPre-reading .阅读理解 A Joy Mangano was 33 and divorced.She had three kids under age 7，and was barely keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra hours as a waitress.“There were times when I would lie in bed and think，I dont know how Im going to pay th
2、at bill，” Mangano says. But she had a special ability for seeing the obvious thing.She knew how hard it was to mop the floor.“I was tired of bending down，putting my hands in dirty water，wringing(拧) out a mop，” Mangano says.“So，there s gotta be a better way.” How about a “self-wringing” mop? She desi
3、gned a special tool you could twist in two directions at once，and still keep your hands clean and dry.She set out to sell it，first a few at flea markets. Then Mangano met with the media.But would couch potatoes buy a mop? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain.They gave it a try，and it fa
4、iled.Mangano was sure it would sell if theyd let her do the on-camera display.She said，“Get me on that stage，and I will sell this mop because its a great item.” So QVC，a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping，took a chance on her.“I got on stage and the phones went crazy.W
5、e sold every mop in minutes.” Today shes president of Ingenious Designs，a multimillion-dollar company，and one of the stars of HSN， the Home Shopping Network.Talking about the household invention， Mangano says， “It is as natural for me as it is for a parent to talk about their child.” 语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文。J
6、oy Mangano 这位单亲妈妈虽然生活很艰辛，但她凭借着自 己的聪明和努力，发明了备受欢迎的自拧水拖把。如今她已是一家拥有数百万美元资产公司 的总裁。 1What is the first paragraph mainly about? AManganos small home. BManganos work experience. CManganos unhappy marriage. DManganos hard living conditions. 答案 D 解析 段落大意题。通读第一段可知，本段讲述的是 Mangano 艰苦的生活状况。故选 D。 2The mop can be s
7、old successfully with the help of . AHSN BQVC Ccouch potatoes Dexperts on shopping TV 答案 B 解析 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“So QVC，a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping，took a chance on her.I got on stage and the phones went crazy.We sold every mop in minutes.”可知，在 QVC 的帮助下，拖把被成功地卖出。故选
8、 B。 3What does Mangano think of her invention? ASpecial. BNormal. CDissatisfied. DUnbelievable. 答案 B 解析 细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句“Talking about the household invention，Mangano says，It is as natural for me as it is for a parent to talk about their child.”可知，她认为她的 发明很平常。故选 B。 4What can we learn from the text?
9、AHSN is an Internet organization that helps such women in trouble as Mangano. BThe experts on shopping TV were confident about Manganos mop. CMangano got the idea of self-wringing mop from her own experience. DMangano once had to work seven days a week to support her family. 答案 C 解析 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“I
10、was tired of bending down，putting my hands in dirty water， wringing (拧) out a mop， Mangano says.So， theres gotta be a better way.”可知， Mangano 从自己的经验中得到了发明自拧水拖把的想法。故选 C。 B Most airlines go all out to ensure their passengers have the best possible flight experience.Now，Europes low-budget airline，easyJ
11、et，wants to extend the positive experience beyond the plane ride with “Sneakairs”smart shoes that allow visitors to explore new cities and towns without ever looking at a map. To transform Sneakairs from an ordinary shoe to a tour guide，all the wearer has to do is enter his or her desired destinatio
12、n into the easyJet smartphone app.A built-in GPS will determine the wearers starting location while the Google Maps navigation(导航) tool will help chart the best route.Whenever a change of direction is necessary，the app will communicate with the appropriate shoe via the Bluetooth and cause it to vibr
13、ate(振动) For example， if the wearer needs to turn right， he or she will feel the sensation in the right shoe.Should the user miss the turn，the smart shoes will both vibrate at the same time，reminding him or her to change course. Visitors that wander off the suggested path or decide to take a break fo
14、r a cup of coffee or a meal have nothing to worry about.The smart app will automatically determine the new location and chart out a new route. Once the desired destination is reached，Sneakairs will vibrate three times to inform the user of the arrival and then go back to being ordinary shoesuntil th
15、eir navigation services are needed again! Sneakairs is certainly not the first navigation shoe in the market.However，easyJet is the first airline to offer them to passengers just as they are about to land in an unknown city.However， before Sneakairs can go mainstream， the easyJet team still needs to
16、 make some adjustments.Among the challenges that need to be addressed is the smart shoes three-hour battery life，which is hardly enough for a tourist to catch all the delights a new city or town has to offer! 语篇解读 本文介绍了 easyJet 航空公司发布的一款名为 Sneakairs 的智能运动鞋，它能够为 用户选择、规划路线，以帮助用户在陌生的城市尽情游玩。 5The airlin
17、e easyJet designed Sneakairs in order to . Ahelp people exercise with better shoes Battract more people to choose easyJet Cmake sure their passengers have the best possible flight experience Dprovide passengers with further pleasant experience besides their flight 答案 D 解析 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知，easyJet 航空
18、公司设计 Sneakairs 是为了在飞行 之外进一步为乘客提供愉快的体验。故选 D。 6What does the author mainly talk about in Paragraph 2? AHow Sneakairs works. BHow visitors choose routes. CHow users avoid getting lost. DWhat users should pay attention to. 答案 A 解析 段落大意题。通读第二段可知，本段讲述了 Sneakairs 是怎样通过内置 GPS 及手机蓝 牙实现导航的， 以及怎样通过震动提醒用户的，由此可知
19、第二段是介绍 Sneakairs 是怎样运作 的。故选 A。 7What might easyJet do to improve its smart shoes? ABring down their cost. BAdd more functions. CDevelop more types. DMake the battery last longer. 答案 D 解析 推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句可知，这款智能运动鞋的一个缺点就是电池使用 时间短，所以 easyJet 为了改善它的智能鞋要确保电池能持续更长的时间。故选 D。 8Where does this text probably
20、come from? AA commercial ad. BA science report. CA tourist map. DAn airline guide. 答案 A 解析 文章出处题。 全文都在介绍一款名为 Sneakairs 的智能鞋， 所以可推断这篇文章最有可 能来自一则商业广告。故选 A。 C Look and listen，and that concert poster just might be singing.Engineers have designed antennas(天线)that can turn everyday objects，from posters to
21、 clothing，into radio stations.Anyone walking or driving by can tune in and hear whats on.The devices use radio waves，but they dont generate their own.They hijack(劫持)the same waves that carry music and news to your smartphone. Vikram Iyer co-led the project with Anran Wang，a graduate student in Compu
22、ter Science and Engineering.The two got the idea for their invention by paying attention to what was already around them.“Its the ideal way to minimize the power consumption for any kind of communication， ” notes Iyer.Their research had focused on new types of wireless communications that wont requi
23、re much energy.They wanted something that would work outdoors in a city.Then they realized the air is already filled with wireless communications in the form of radio stations. Radio waves carry energy at the speed of light from tall transmission towers to radios in cars， phones and homes.These wave
24、s of the antennas take in existing radio waves and change them slightly.Those changes add new sound information.The changed waves are then sent back out into the world where people can listen in.So the device only needs enough power to change the waves， not to generate them. The scientists tested th
25、eir device with a poster.It advertised a Seattle concert by Simply Three.People standing almost 4 meters away from the poster could use FM receivers on smartphones to listen to all songs of the bands music.Those in cars as far as 18 meters away could use car radios to pick up some parts of the songs
26、. The technology could even extend to clothes.Iyer， Wang and their team turned the shirt into an antenna.It let the shirt talk to the wearers smartphone.If a sensor in the shirt tracked a persons heart rate during exercise，for instance，the antenna could transmit those data to the wearers phone. 语篇解读
27、 本文为说明文。主要介绍了一种新的天线装置，它可把包括从海报到衣服在内的 日常物品，变成广播电台，任何步行或开车的人都能收听。 9The underlined word “generate” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to “ ” Apromote Brepair Cproduce Drecycle 答案 C 解析 词义猜测题。 根据第一段的最后一句“They hijack(劫持)the same waves that carry music and news to your smartphone.(他们劫持相同的波， 这种波能把
28、音乐和新闻送到你的智能手机。 )” 可知，画线句子意为：它们不能产生自己的电波。故选 C 项。 10Which of the following is one advantage of the new antennas? AThey save energy. BThey are small-sized. CThey can be used in villages. DThey can improve radio signals. 答案 A 解析 推理判断题。根据第三段的内容：这些天线的波吸收现有的无线电波并稍稍改变它 们，因此，该装置只需要足够的能量来改变波，而不需要产生新的波。产生新的波需要
29、 能源，而这种装置只是改变波而不需要产生新的波，所以就节约了能源。故选 A 项。 11What can be inferred from the text? AThe antennas can be available at present. BVikram Iyer created the antennas with much money. CThe antennas cannot be used in the students dormitory and classroom. DThe closer people stay to the antennas，the stronger sign
30、als they pick up. 答案 D 解析 推理判断题。根据第四段最后两句“People standing almost 4 meters away from the poster could use FM receivers on smartphones to listen to all songs of the bands music.Those in cars as far as 18 meters away could use car radios to pick up some parts of the songs.”可知，离海 报 4 米可收听乐队所有歌曲， 在离海报 18
31、 米远的车里只能听取部分歌曲。 由此可推断出离天 线越近，信号越好。分析选项可知 D 项正确。 .七选五 (2018 东北三省三校二模) Most people have practiced some form of hobby at a point in their lives，whether it is some form of sports，playing a musical instrument，creating art，cooking or something else.There are many different reasons and skills for taking up
32、 a hobby. Realize you have more time than you think. This is probably the one thing that keeps most people back from practicing a hobby. 12 But we waste so much time on social media，television commercials and worrying about life which we could have used to practice a hobby.Schedule some time for a h
33、obby into your day.Plan ahead and just do it. Involve other people. Why？Well，have you ever noticed that you stick to something longer when you feel that you cannot let another person down？So，get someone to jog with you，or make music with you，or share recipes with you.Plus，you will inspire them to ke
34、ep on practicing their hobby. 13 Put your money where your mouth is. 14 So give out a bit of your budget to your hobby of choice so that you cannot blame a lack of “materials” for not doing anything. 15 For me，this has been the most important step in going out and doing a hobby.If you jog， decide wh
35、ich races you want to do this year.If you practice music，organize a concert. Find the pleasure in what you do. As with most things，starting of getting something ready to start can be difficult.But don t give up. 16 AIt is a total win-win. BWork towards something. CThink of a hobby that might interes
36、t you. DOthers help will definitely do you good. EYou think that you don t have enough time to even start. FThe fact is that people spend money where their heart is. GOnce you have started youll find the beauty and relaxation in it. 语篇解读 大多数人在他们的生活中培养过某种形式的爱好。本文阐述了培养爱好的原因和 技巧。 12答案 E 解析 根据本段小标题“Real
37、ize you have more time than you think.”和空格后内容可知， 本段 与时间有关，故选 E。 13答案 A 解析 根据空格前“So，get someone to jog with you，or make music with you，or share recipes with you.Plus，you will inspire them to keep on practicing their hobby.”可知，你在邀请别人和 你一起做一些事情时，你也在激励他们练习他们的爱好，这是一个双赢的事情。故选 A。 14答案 F 解析 根据空格后“So give ou
38、t a bit of your budget to your hobby of choice so that you cannot blame a lack of materials for not doing anything.”可知， 你要拿出一部分预算花费到你的 爱好上，由此推测前面说：事实上，人们把钱花在他们心仪的事情上。故选 F。 15答案 B 解析 根据空格后“If you jog，decide which races you want to do this year.If you practice music， organize a concert.(如果你慢跑，就决定今年参加哪些比赛。如果你练习音乐，就组织一场音 乐会)”可知，段落小标题是要有努力的目标。故选 B。 16答案 G 解析 根据空格前“As with most things，starting of getting something ready to start can be difficult.But don t give up.”可知，从事爱好的初期是很困难的。接下来建议不要放弃，因 为你一旦开始就会发现它的美和放松。故选 G。
