課時作業(三十八)　[選修8　Unit 3 Inventors and inventions]

　　[限時：30分鐘]

　　Ⅰ.單項填空

　　1．When I turned to the person ________ next to me, I recognized that he was my schoolmate.

　　A．seating

　　B．being sat

　　C．sit

　　D．seated

　　2．________ in gardening and volunteering work, Mrs Black leads a busy and rich life at her old age.

　　A．Employing

　　B．Employed

　　C．To employ

　　D．Being employed

　　3．________， I can see that those terrible events shaped me into the person I am today.

　　A．Having looked back

　　B．Looking back

　　C．Being looking back

　　D．To be looking back

　　4．________ the youth to the rising sun at 8 or 9 a. m. Mao Zedong expressed his great hope for the young men.

　　A．Compared

　　B．To compare

　　C．Comparing

　　D．Compare

　　5．The garden, ________ with a high wall and thick trees, is much bigger than what it used to be.

　　A．having surrounded

　　B．surrounded

　　C．surrounding

　　D．which surrounds

　　6．—Listen, there is some strange noise. This machine must be________.

　　—I think so. You must have it checked.

　　A．out of order

　　B．out of date

　　C．out of sight

　　D．out of control

　　7．I haven't seen Anna since she left our hometown two years ago, but we do keep in touch with each other by sending e-mails ________.

　　A．here and there

　　B．sooner or later

　　C．at one time

　　D．now and then

　　8．—When would it be ________ for you to go to the science museum with me?

　　—I am free this Friday afternoon. Let's meet at 2 p．m. at the school gate.

　　A．familiar

　　B．pleasant

　　C．necessary

　　D．convenient

　　9．The performance of the host, ________ to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with a cold silence, however.

　　A．had intended

　　B．intended

　　C．intending

　　D．to intend

　　10．Jess was sad and her friends helped her ________ the first awful weeks after her husband Bill died.

　　A．break through

　　B．break down

　　C．get through

　　D．get rid of

　　11．Some parents don't allow their children to go online ________they are affected by something unhealthy.

　　A．for fear that

　　B．unless

　　C．in only

　　D．in case

　　12．—Why did Bob cry?

　　—He couldn't bear ________ like that before the whole class.

　　A．making fun of

　　B．being made fun of

　　C．to be laughed at

　　D．being made fun

　　13．When I talked with my grandma on the phone, she sounded weak, but by the time we ________ up, her voice had been full of life.

　　A．were hanging

　　B．had hung

　　C．hung

　　D．would hang

　　14．Maybe you have been to many countries, but nowhere________ such a beautiful palace.

　　A．can you find

　　B．you could find

　　C．you can find

　　D．could you find

　　15．[2011·山東卷]

　　They are broadening the bridge to ________ the flow of traffic.

　　A．put off

　　B．speed up

　　C．turn on

　　D．work out

　　Ⅱ.閱讀理解

　　A

　　Quickly, the picture comes alive with hyperlinks (超鏈接), offering the names of the buildings, towers and street features that appear in the photo.The hyperlinks lead to information about the history, services and context of all the features in the photo.You have just hyperlinked your reality.

　　That might be a little unbelievable, but the technology exists and is no fevered imagination.This is not a cool small machine invented for the next James Bond movie; this is a working technology just developed by European researchers.It could be coming to a phone near you, and soon.

　　This, as the marketing types say, is a game changer.It develops a completely new interface (界面) that combines web-technology with the real world.It is big and fresh, but it goes much further and has much greater influence.

　　The development of the system is most outstanding because image recognition technology has long been pregnant with promise, but seemed to suffer from an unending labour.

　　Now MOBVIS has not only developed image recognition; it has also developed more applications for the technology; and it has adapted it to the world's most popular technology: the mobile phone.

　　The MOBVIS system completely rewrites the rules for exploration and interaction with your physical environment.The system begins with panoramas (一連串景象)．These panoramas form the basis of a city database.It can match buildings, towers, banners and even logos that appear in the panoramas. A user simply takes a picture of the street feature, MOBVIS compares the user's photograph to the panoramas and then identifies the buildings from the picture you take and the relevant links are returned.

　　Then you simply click on the links, using a touch-screen phone, and the MOBVIS system will provide information on the history, art, architecture or even the menu, if it is a restaurant, of the building in question.

　　16．Which is introduced in the passage?

　　A．A new game software.

　　B．A popular mobile phone.

　　C．A cool small machine.

　　D．An image recognition system.

　　17．What can we learn about the new technology?

　　A．It can only be put into use on mobile phones.

　　B．It is a little unbelievable and just a fevered imagination.

　　C．It has taken an unending labour to bring the technology into our lives.

　　D．It will encourage the users to take more pictures of the street features.

　　18．What is the right order of the operation of MOBVIS?

　　a．A city database forms in the system.

　　b．MOBVIS recognizes the picture and links are returned.

　　c．A user touches the links on the phone screen.

　　d．A user takes a picture of the street feature.

　　e．MOBVIS provides information in question.

　　A．a; e; c; d; b

　　B．a; d; b; c; e

　　C．d; c; e; a; b

　　D．c; a; e; b; d

　　19．From the passage, we can infer that________.

　　A．MOBVIS has already been widely used all over the world

　　B．the writer is trying to promote the sales of the MOBVIS system

　　C．this new technology will soon be very popular in our lives

　　D．the sales of mobile phones will decrease as MOBVIS comes on market

　　B

　　John Thornton had been ill in December，and his two friends had had to leave him at White River and go on to Dawson.They left him in the camp with plenty of food，and with his two dogs，Skeet and Blackie.Now the spring had come，and he was almost well.He lay in the sun by the river with Buck，watching the water and listening to the birds，slowly getting stronger and stronger.

　　A rest is very welcome after running five thousand kilometres，and Buck slowly got fatter and stronger.It was a peaceful，lazy time for both man and dogs while they waited for Thornton's friends to return from Dawson.

　　Skeet made friends with Buck immediately，and while Buck was still very ill, every morning she washed his cuts carefully with her tongue.Blackie，too，was friendly，and as Buck grew stronger，the three dogs often played games together.Sometimes Thornton joined the games too.

　　The days passed very happily，and for the first time，Buck learned to love.He had never loved a man before.He and Mr Miller in the Santa Clara valley had been very good friends，but Buck had not loved him.John Thornton had saved his life，but he was also a man who was naturally kind to animals.He took very good care of his dogs，not because it was sensible to do that, but because he felt they were his children. He was always talking to Buck，holding his head and shaking it lovingly.In answer，Buck liked to take Thornton's hand gently in his mouth.

　　Buck was happy to lie on the ground all day and watch Thornton and when Thornton spoke to him or touched him，Buck went wild with happiness. At first, he was afraid that Thornton was going to disappear，like Perrault and Francois，and at night he sometimes woke up and went to the tent to make sure that he was still there.

　　But something was changing in Buck.He had lived in the north a long time now，and he was almost a wild dog.He was happy to sit by Thornton's fire，but he sat as a wild animal，and his dreams were filled with other animals—dogs, half wolves，and wild wolves.They seemed to call him into the forest，and sometimes Buck wanted to leave the fire and answer the call.But every time he went into the trees，his love for Thornton brought him back.

　　It was only Thornton who stopped him going into the forest.Other men did not interest him.Visitors to the camp tried to make friends with him，but Buck stayed cold.When Thornton's two friends，Hans and Pete，arrived from Dawson，Buck refused to notice them at first.Then he saw that they were friends of Thornton's and after that he accepted them；but they were not his friends.They were，like Thornton，kind men，and they understood that Buck loved Thornton，and him alone.

　　It happened in the autumn in Circle City.A man called Burton was starting a fight with another man in a bar.Thornton stepped between them to try to stop them.Buck was，as usual，lying in the corner watching.Burton hit Thornton and he nearly fell，just catching a table.Buck flew through the air at Burton's throat.Burton saved his life by putting up his arm，and was thrown on to the ground，with Buck on top of him.Buck took his teeth out of the man's arm and this time bit into his throat.Then a crowd of people pulled Buck off，and a doctor was called.Everyone agreed that Buck had only attacked because he saw Thornton in danger，and from that day Buck's name became famous all over the north.

　　Later that year，Buck saved Thornton in a different way.

　　20．From the passage, we can know Buck is one of John Thornton's ________.

　　A．servants　B．dogs

　　C．friends

　　D．relatives

　　21．The first paragraph mainly tells us ________.

　　A．Thornton was deserted by his two friends due to his selfishness

　　B．the basic information of the story

　　C．the natural world was so nice that Thornton liked it very much

　　D．the detailed reasons why Thornton was left behind

　　22．The following statements express Buck's love to Thornton EXCEPT ________.

　　A．Buck often took Thornton's hand gently in his mouth

　　B．sometimes at night Buck woke up and went to ensure whether Thornton was in the tent

　　C．Buck flew to bite Burton's throat when he hit Thornton in a fight

　　D．Buck refused to make friends with visitors to the camp

　　23．According to the passage, we can know that ________.

　　A．there was something changeable within Buck's heart

　　B．Buck was not friendly to everyone around him

　　C．Buck fell in love with Thornton the moment he saw him

　　D．Thornton's not taking care of Buck made him angry

　　24．The author's attitude towards Buck could best be described as ________.

　　A．sympathetic

　　B．negative

　　C．angry

　　D．objective

　　25．What will the following paragraph next to the last probably talk about?

　　A．Why Buck was well-known all over the north.

　　B．What Buck would do after he was famous.

　　C．How Buck saved Thornton in trouble.

　　D．Where Buck, Thornton and his friends traveled.

　　課時作業(三十八)

　　Ⅰ.1.D　考查非謂語動詞。非謂語動詞作定語時，其中心詞是被修飾的詞。該題中seat是一個及物動詞，且和person之間是被動關系，故用過去分詞作定語。

　　2．B　考查非謂語動詞。be employed in doing sth.忙著做某事，固定短語。

　　3．B　考查非謂語動詞。這里表示(我)回首過去，用現在分詞。句意：回首過去，我可以看到過去那些可怕的事情把我塑造成了今天的我。

　　4．C　考查非謂語動詞。原句補充完整為：Mao Zedong compare the youth to the rising sun at 8 or 9 a. m．，he…；主謂之間是主動關系，故用現在分詞。

　　5．B　考查非謂語動詞。be surrounded with由……環繞。surrounded with a high wall and thick trees＝which is surrounded with a high wall and thick trees，這里是過去分詞短語作后置定語。

　　6．A　考查介詞短語辨析。out of order出故障了，可根據“你必須讓人檢查一下”判斷。out of control失去控制，不符合句意。

　　7．D　考查短語辨析。now and then意為“有時，偶爾”。句意：兩年前安娜離開家鄉以來我就沒見過她，但我們的確有時發電子郵件保持聯系。here and there到處；sooner or later遲早；at one time一度，曾經。

　　8．D　考查形容詞辨析。be convenient for是一個固定短語，意為“對……來說做某事是方便的”。

　　9．B　考查非謂語動詞。分詞短語作非限制性定語，排除A；邏輯主語the performance與intend是被動關系，故用過去分詞。

　　10．C　考查動詞短語辨析。句意：Jess的丈夫Bill死后，她很難過，她的朋友幫她度過了那糟糕的前幾周。break through打破……的僵局；break down分解；身體垮掉；get through完成；度過；get rid of擺脫。

　　11．D　考查狀語從句。in case，for fear that引導目的狀語從句詞義為“以防……，以免……”。須指出的是in case引導的從句，謂語動詞用一般現在時表示將來時。for fear that其從句謂語動詞前需有may，might，will或would等情態動詞。

　　12．B　考查非謂語動詞。動詞bear后跟動名詞形式作賓語；且此處哭的原因是無法忍受“被取笑”，he和make fun of之間為被動關系，故應該用過去分詞形式。

　　13．C　考查動詞的時態。by the time 后的從句多用一般現在時和一般過去時。根據該題的語境可以斷定答案為C。

　　14．A　考查倒裝。nowhere置于句首時，要用部分倒裝結構。根據句意應是“到現在你也不能在什么地方看到這樣美麗的宮殿，”所以用一般現在時，故選A。

　　15．B　考查動詞短語辨析。句意：他們正在加寬這座大橋以加快交通流量。speed up 加速，加快；put off 延期，推遲；turn on 打開；work out 解決，計算出，制定出，鍛煉，結果是。

　　Ⅱ.A

　　本文是一篇說明文，其大意是說歐洲的研究者們研發了一種新型的MOBVIS圖片識別系統，其主要功能是在輸入一張圖片后，它會給你找出此圖片的拍攝地及其歷史、藝術風格和個性特點。

　　16．D　細節理解題。根據第一段大意和第五段的首句可知文章介紹的是圖片識別系統，故本題選D。

　　17．C　推理判斷題。由第四段大意，尤其是“seemed to suffer from an unending labour.”可知本題選C。

　　18．B　細節理解題。根據文章最后兩段的意思可知本題選B。

　　19．B　推理判斷題。由第二段的最后一句“It could be coming to a phone near you, and soon.”可以推出作者在促銷這一系統，故選B。