Lifeinthefuture（Period7　Assessment）

详细内容

pany has__________ all over the world.?
12.The entrance is in__________ use; do not block it.?
13.Her talents are quite__________.
14.His first speech as president made a strong__________ on his audience.?
15.What he said__________ me of my childhood.?
16.I am not __________ about the result of this examination.?
17.A cloud hid the sun from__________.?
18.Try not to do anything that is against her minds, for she is __________ to anger.?
答案：11.agencies　12.constant　13.extraordinary　14.impression　15.reminded　16.optimistic　17.view　18.switch
三、完形填空
A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply―all these were important　19　 in helping England to bee the center for the Industrial Revolution.　20　 they were not enough.Something 　21　 was needed to start the industrial process.That“something special”was men―　 22　 individuals who could invent machines, find new 　23　 of power, and establish business anizations to reshape society.?
The men who 　24　the machines of the Industrial Revolution 　25　from many backgrounds and many oupations.Many of them were 　26　inventors than scientists.A man who is a 　27　 scientist is primarily interested in doing his research 　28　 .He is not necessarily working 　29　 that his findings can be used.?
An inventor or one interested in applied science is 　30　trying to make something that has a concrete use.He may try to solve a problem by　31　 the theories 　32　 science or by experimenting through trial and error.Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a 　33　 result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of 　34　other objectives.?
Most of the people who 　35　 the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists.A few were both scientists and inventors.Even those who had 　36　 or no training in science might not have made their inventions 　37　a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years 　38　 .?
19.A.cases B.reasons　　C.factors 　　 D.situations?
20.A.But B.And C.Besides D.Even?
21.A.else B.near C.extra D.similar?
22.A.generating B.effective C.motivating D.creative?
23.A.origins B.sources C.bases D.discoveries?
24.A.employed B.created C.operated D.controlled?
25.A.came B.arrived C.stemmed D.appeared?
26.A.less B.better C.more D.worse?
27.A.genuine B.practical C.pure D.clever?
28.A.happily B.oasionally C.reluctantly D.aurately?
29.A.now B.and C.all D.so?
30.A.seldom B.sometimes C.all D.never?
31.A.planning B.using C.idea D.means?
32.A.of B.with C.to D.as?
33.A.single B.sole C.specialized D.specific?
34.A.few B.those C.many D.all?
35.A.proposed B.developedC.supplied D.offered?
36.A.little B.much C.some D.any?
37.A.as B.if C.because D.while?
38.A.ago B.past C.ahead D.before?
答案：19～23 CAADB　24～28 BAD　29～33 DCBAD　34～38 CBABD
四、阅读理解
A
As a teenager in 1972, Bill Gates boasted that he would be a millionaire by the time he was 20.While he did not quite achieve that goal, only 15 years later he was a billionaire.And by 1992, as head of the Microsoft Corporation, he became the richest man in America with US$6.3 billion.
Born in Seattle, Washington on 28 October 1956, Gates was named William Henry after his father and grandfather.From the beginning, he was an extremely intelligent child.He had read the whole World Book Encyclopedia by the age of nine.His favorite subjects at school were science and maths and his favorite pastime was“thinking”.He was a year younger than most of his classmates and small for his age.The skinny, left-handed boy was often the object of jokes and found himself treated as an outsider by his peers.
If being teased (戏弄) bothered young Bill, however, he didn’t show it.While other children were outside playing games and enjoying sports, Bill spent all of his spare time reading his books and doing his papers.When asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, 11-year-old Bill said, “A scientist.”
Gates first started to play with puters at the age of 13.At that time, puters were large.Operators were required to learn plex puter languages before the machines could be used.Before long, Gates was an expert at working the school’s puter.Along with a group of older students, he set about learning every puter language and function there was.
After his graduation from secondary school, Gates was aepted by the three top universities in the USA.He chose Harvard and began classes there the next autumn, majoring in moths.But he was still interested in puters and spent as much time in the puter labs as he did in the lecture halls.
By 1975, Gates and a partner, Paul had developed a software program called BASIC.This was not the first program created, but its inventors were the first to decide that people who wanted to use it should pay for it.Until then, the puter hardware―the machines themselves―had been the expensive part of puting.
BASIC was a suess because until it came along there had been no efficient way of getting puters to carry out instructions.Although he had not yet pleted his degree, Gates left university and went to work full time for the new pany he had formed called “Microsoft.”
His next project was the software program that made him famous and very rich.It was called DOS, and IBM purchased it in 1980.It was the operating system used in more than 14 million personal puters around the world before WINDOWS came into being.
39.In Paragraph 3, it is implied (暗示) that Gates __________.?
A.was in poor health
B.was not interested in sports?
C.was a very neat and tidy person?
D.did not mind being teased
40.When Gates went to Harvard he __________.?
A.spend most of his time in puter labs?
B.developed the first puter software program?
C.divided his time between his maths studies and the puter labs?
D.was not doing well in maths?
41.Before the development of BASIC, __________.?
A.software programs were not considered mercial(商业) projects?
B.software programs were very expensive?
C.no one wanted to pay for puter software?
D.software was more expensive than hardware??
42.Gates formed the new pany Microsoft __________.?
A.and began to develop WINDOWS?
B.because he was already working on DOS?
C.because he could not work on DOS while he was at university?
D.and left university to work there full time?
答案：39～42 BCAD??
B
Michael, an American, stays home on workdays.He plug into his personal puter terminal in order to connect with the office.After work, he puts on his headphones, watches a movie on his home video recorder, or plays baseball on the puter.On many days, Michael doesn’t talk to any other human beings, and he doesn’t see any people expect the ones on television.Michael is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible.The inventions of modern technology seem to be cutting us off from contact with our fellow human beings.
The world of business is one area in which technology is isolating us.Experts say, for example, that many people will soon be able to work at home.With aess to a large central puter, employees such as office clerks, insurance agents, and aountants could do their jobs at display terminals in their own homes.They would never have to actually see the people they’re dealing with.In addition, the way employees are paid will change. Workers’salaries will be automatically paid into their bank aounts（账户）, making paper checks（支票） unnecessary.No workers will stand in line to receive their pay or cash their checks.Personal banking will change, too.Customers will deal with machines to put in or take out money from their aounts.?
Another area technology is changing is entertainment.Music, for instance, was once a group experience.People listened to music at concert halls or in small social gatherings.For many people now, however, music is an individual experience.Walking along the street or sitting in their living rooms, they wear headphones to build a wall of music around them.Movie entertainment is changing, too.Movies used to be social events.Now, fewer people are going out to see a movie.Many more are choosing to wait for a film to appear on television or are borrowing videotapes to watch at home.Instead of laughing with others, viewers watch movies in their own living rooms.
43.After work, Michael likes to __________.?
A.listen to music at the concert hall?
B.watch a movie in his living room?
C.run a program on his puter in his office?
D.play baseball with his workmates?
44.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage??
A.Clerks will be able to work at home.?
B.One can play baseball on the puter.?
C.One can listen to music without disturbing others.?
D.One can borrow books from libraries at home.?
45.The sentence“Michael is imaginary, but...”means __________.?
A.he is a person full of imagination and he can make his dreams e true?
B.he is not a real person but the lifestyle does exist?
C.he has ambitions but he can’t make his dreams e true?
D.he is a person full of imagination and his lifestyle is mon nowadays?
46.What will the author most probably discuss after the last paragraph??
A.Games and sports.?
B.Personal banking.?
C.Music and films.?
D.International business.?
47.What is the main idea of the passage??
A.We may no longer need to municate with other human beings.?
B.Modern technology seems to be separating human beings.?
C.We may no longer need to work in the office.?
D.Modern technology makes it possible for us to work and entertain ourselves at home.?
答案：43～47 BDBAB?
C
Scientists made a great breakthrough this year in England when the first“test-tube” baby was born.The birth was the result of many years of research by doctors.The doctors did the research in groups to help the women who cannot conceive a baby in the normal way.?
What happened when the baby was born “from a test tube”?Well, the baby did not literally grow in a test tube.The first stage of the process was that the egg from the woman and the sperm from the man were put together in the test tube.After all, the embryo was put into the womb of a woman.This process was difficult.But it was suessful, so the baby was eventually born, like any other, from a woman, only the woman wasn’t the baby’s real mother, but a sort of“carrier”of a baby produced by another couple.
Obviously, this method is help to couples who can’t have children because of physical problems in the woman.But very difficult moral problems arise in the kind of situation.Take, for instance, a case that happened this year.A couple who wanted a baby advertised for a woman to have a child by the father of the couple.They offered the woman a lot of money.The woman was made pregnant by artificial insemination; in this case, the woman“employed”to bear the child was its real mother.When the baby was born, the woman refused? to give it back to the couple.But, in the eyes of the law, the woman had a right to keep the children because she was its biological mother.?
You could argue that we should change the law to deal with this kind of situation.In earlier times, there were always healthy babies needing adoption, because family planning methods were not so effective as they are now.These days, however, most of the children who can be adopted are over six years old, often handicapped in some way.So a couple who want a young healthy baby cannot always adopt one, this is why the“test-tube”baby is in demand.But is it normally right to use this method?Should we temper with nature in this way?Even if we change the law, would this be the right step to take??
48.The birth of the first“test-tube”baby is a great advance __________.?
A.in birth control?
B.on medical science?
C.on the research for babies?
D.in the lives of married women?
49.When we say a baby was born“from a test-tube”, we mean__________.?
A.the embryo was formed in the test tube?
B.the baby grew in the test-tube before it was born?
C.the baby didn’t develop in the womb of a woman?
D.the baby has no biological parents?
50.Aording to the law, who has right to keep the baby produced by the artificial method??
A.The couple who want a baby.?
B.The person who pays the money to the real mother.?
C.The biological mother of the child.?
D.The father who advertises for a biological mother.?
51.Aording to the passage, people need“test-tube baby”because__________.?
A.family planning methods are not effective?
B.there are so many babies needing adoption?
C.they are unwilling to adopt a child?
D.they can’t always adopt a young healthy baby?
52.What is the author’s attitude towards the artificial method of shavings babies??
A.Positive(肯定的).
B.Enthusiastic(热心的).?
C.Doubtful.
D.Natural.
答案：48～52 BACDC
D
Can you imagine travelling to work in a one man submarine?Some scientists believe that some day one man submarines will be as many as automobiles are today.A famous French driver says, “One day soon, men will walk on the ocean floor as they do on the street!”Perhaps during your lifetime people will travel, work, and live in the sea.
If human beings want to live in the ocean, many human problems will need to be studied first.
Some of these problems, similar to those of living in outer space, are pressure, lack of oxygen and weightlessness.Many questions are still unanswered.For example, can our blood make itself fit for underwater surroundings?What will happen to our muscle if we live in the water very long?Scientists are looking for answers.?
Perhaps in the future man will live in the sea, away from the crowded and noisy cities? on land.Then sea has plenty of space, not only for floating living buildings and parks, but also for storing supplies and for underwater travel.?
Some scientists believe that ocean living will benefit man in more than physical ways.In the freedom and beauty of the deep sea, man may find new sources of joy.?
53.What can we do if we live in the ocean??
A.We can have plenty of oxygen.?
B.We can be fit to live in the water very well.?
C.We needn’t worry about things like weightlessness.?
D.We can travel and work in the sea.?
54.Why do some people hope to leave cities to live in the sea?Because__________.?
A.people think they can live crowdedly in the sea?
B.people wish to go the quiet seafloor to travel for several days?
C.people want to break away from the crowded and noisy cities where’s they live now?
D.only in this way can people get rid of noise pollution?
55.In what ways could ocean living be helpful for man??
A.People can swim freely as much as possible.?
B.People can be interested in the new pleasure there isn’t anywhere else.?
C.The sea can supply people with enough foods and other things, so people needn’t work.?
D.People can go boating and go to the park as often as possible.?
56.Which of the following is the similar problem as that of living in outer space??
A.We are short of oxygen.?
B.We are not familiar with the underwater surrounding.?
C.We may die of weightlessness.?
D.We can finds new joys.?
57.Which of the following statements is true aording to the passage??
A.The scientists have not solved the problem of weightlessness underwater.?
B.The scientists have solved the problem of weightlessness when man live in space.?
C.Some scientists believe that ocean living will benefit man in no more than physical ways.
D.Sea has plenty of space only for floating living buildings and parks.?
答案：53～57 DCBAA?
五、写作
下面是你与旅馆接待员(receptionist)的对话, 以第一人称写出一篇根据对话内容改编的短文。
A: Can I have a single room for tonight, please??
B: Sorry, madam.All our rooms are fully taken up.?
A: Is there another hotel around here??
B: Yes, just a few blocks away.?
A: Could you find out for me whether it has any vacant (空的) room??
B: Yes, I’ll call them....Well, you are lucky.I’ve got a room for you.?
A: Could you tell me where the hotel is??
B: You turn left and walk four blocks down the street to the first traffic light.You’ll see the sign, Smith Hotel.?
A: Thanks a lot.?
提示: ?
文章开头应注意不要突然, 可以以“有一天我因公出差到了某地, 天黑了想找一处旅馆……?”来引出后面的故事, 这样显得自然, 符合逻辑。
参考答案：
Last week I went on business in a city.I went into a hotel and asked the receptionist whether I could have a single room for one night.Unfortunately all the rooms in the hotel were taken up.Then I asked the receptionist if there was another hotel nearby.She was very helpful.She called another hotel and found a room there.Then she told me to turn left and walk 4 blocks down the street and the hotel was right at the corner.The name of the hotel was Smith Hotel.I thanked her for her help.With her help, I found the hotel easily.?
说明:
改编对话为叙述文体时, 尽量不要出现直接引语。并注意开头要有时间、人物、地点、事情起因等要素的交代, 文尾要有结局。
Answers to the Workbook Exercises
Using words and expressions (Page 56-57)?
1.Join the two halves of the sentences together using a line.You use these clauses when you want to describe how a person feels or does something.?

2.If you see someone in a crowd or lose someone in a crowd, you can use the phrase catch sight of, or lose sight of, now use them correctly in the following sentences.?
1.She lost sight of the path as the trees around her became thicker.?
2.To catch sight of the Queen the child had to sit on his father’s shoulders.?
3.She caught sight of the milkman and rushed to pay him.?
4.Pat was so disappointed as she lost sight of James―he went round the corner and got caught up in the crowd.
3.Many phrasal verbs are formed by a verb and an adverb.Here are some verbs followed? by up.?
Do you know their meanings?Use these phrasal verbs correctly in the following sentences.?
use up　speed up　sweep up　e up　eat up　sit up　turn up　take up?
1.When I was young, the teacher always required us to sit up straight.?
2.In Britain you show your good manners at a meal if you eat up all the food.?
3.We’ll make our bathroom more fortable if we sweep up the mess every day.?
4.Charles’ bicycle started to speed up as it went down the hill.?
5.Don’t fet that you must turn up for the examination.?
6.All the paper was used up before the work was finished.?
7.The director showed his interest in your work when he came up to see it.?
8.I hope you will take up the new job you have been offered.?
解析：1.e up上来; 向(中心地); 上升; (地位)提升; (话题)被提出讨论; 发生等。?
例如:
The sun has e up.?
He came up to Beijing.?
The seeds haven’t e up yet.?
The question has not e up yet.?
2.turn up (1)(某人) 出现, 到, 露面; (2)把……开大, 拧大……?
He turned up late for everything.?
The key you lost has turned up.?
3.use up (1)用完; 耗尽; (2)筋疲力尽?
He has used up all his money.?
The soldiers were used up after the long battle.?
4.take up(1)拿去; (2)占(时间、地方), 消耗; (3)开始(工作); (4)接受?
She took up her Boston bag and left.?
It took up a whole week to make the dress.?
She took up Spanish at the age eight.?
5.Read the following passage and choose the words below to fill in the blanks.?
My aunt was very happy with her time travel holiday.She found the personal capsule very easy to use.She just put on the helmet and the mask and switched on the power.All she got on her journey was an impression of speed as the view on her puter screen changed constantly.When she arrived, she was reminded of her holiday in the Pleiades galaxy.The agency tried to help her in every way.She said she could not have been more relaxed and happy.?
6.Translate these sentences into English, using the words and phrases in brackets.?
1.As Bob has been well prepared for the examination, he is very optimistic about the result? of it.?
2.Sara reminded me of the great lack of water in Africa, as a result, we must switch bathing in a tub into a shower.?
3.Li Zhong required that children should do morning exercises before breakfast.?
4.Someone asked me whether he worked hard.The impression he left on me is that he behaved well.?
5.He pressed a mask to his face swiftly in order to prevent him from taking in poisonous gas.
6.The travel agency instructed that he should speed up working procedure.?
Using structures (Page 57-58)?
1.Join these sentences using the past participle as the attribute or adverbial.Make any other necessary changes.?
1.JMCoetzee well known for his books about South Africa won the Booker Prize.?
2.A princess once owned a magical chair made of gold and silver.?
3.On his birthday he received a mysterious present wrapped in gold paper.?
4.Interrupted by the bell, he was unable to finish his speech.?
5.Awakened by a noise at midnight, she saw a thief in her room.?
6.The door supposed to be locked is now wide open and the room is empty.?
2.Choose the verbs below and use them correctly to fill in the blanks.?
The alien logums e from a pla called Dentol.Endangered by their disappearing habitat, there are only a few hundred logums left.Each logum is very intelligent with a big head pointed at the top.They can talk in a“click”language known only to themselves.With a kind heart, they wander around their pla in a happy dream.Having once fallen in love, a logum will stay with his/her partner for life.When a logum’s partner dies, the other will be left supported only by his/her sweet memories.Terrified of living alone, the survivor often dies soon after.