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Unit 2 Looking into the future
Part 2 Learning about Language
话题作文赏析
What Will Life Be like in the Future?
As may be imagined, there will be an android in every family. Of course, such an android should have
artificial intelligence and it can deal with all housework. As for the means of transportation, we will see a kind of
environmentally friendly car running everywhere. This kind of car will be powered by solar energy and it can run
on its own without any driver. What’s more, in the future, the moon will become one of our best destinations.
The future life that I describe will come true sooner or later.
培优第一阶——基础过关练
I. 单词拼写
1．Many of these new innovations are already a and being used in some homes.
2．The players had to change their daily r________ and lifestyle for the coming match.
3．Do you have any r_________ experience in advertising?
4．The smart watch can monitor your health condition and warn you early on if there is something________ (不正
常的) of your body.
5．To solve these problems, it’s essential to call on countries to take ________(有效的)measures and cooperate
with each other.
6．Almost all companies recognize the importance of innovation today, but not many are able to ________(融合)
innovation into their business.
7．We are trying to make politics more ___________(相关的) to younger people.
8．It’s impossible to ________ (说服) him to change his mind.
9．__________ (自动的) Teller Machine (ATM) is a machine connected to the bank’s computer system allowing
customers to access their accounts.
10．Tom devotes most of their time to studying rather than playing computer games, so he has a ________(喜爱)
for study.
11．Let me give you a word of _____________(警告).
12．I am not quite sure about the use of some English ________ ( 短语 ).
13．I persuaded my parents to allow me to work in ________(偏远的) areas.
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂14．Sometimes I wonder how________ (有关的) chemistry is to these students, most of whom will be going back
to their villages after Year 8 anyway.
15．We’re faced with a__________(严重的)situation where we have to give up what we’re eager for most.
16．He worked in a hospital for ten years nursing ________(癌症) patients.
17．It is estimated that 170,000 gallons of oil l______(漏) from a wrecked barge in the accident.
18．Jim’s c______ (不断的) complaint was really beginning to try her patience.
II. 短语填空
switch off; in the distance; have a preference for; the instant; early on; have a good
command of; be relevant to; catch fire; in this sense
1. Please the lights when you leave the office.
2. I can see the mountains .
3. I don’t think your essay the topic.
4. One building of the community last night.
5. Among all the subjects, I math.
6. I recognized her I saw Mary.
7. Applicants will be expected to English.
8. I knew that he told a lie.
9. , the manager is to blame for the accident.
III. 单句语法填空
1．We must encourage originality and________ (innovate).
2．In an era of information explosion, people can easily be confused by ______ (relevant) information.
3．Astronomers have discovered a _________ (distance) galaxy.
4．Answers to these questions and others like them could ________ (potential) help us avert catastrophe.
5．He has demonstrated a strong ________(prefer) for being shod in running shoes.
6．His house stands on a hill and can be seen from a ________of two miles while my house is ten miles________
from his, and our two families are ________ related.(distant)
7．In the era of information technology, workers no longer feel ________ about the future. (security)
8．________ (detect) by the device, the man was diagnosed with heart attack.
9．________ (persuade) by his adviser, he entered the competition.
10．________ (criticize) thinking is the most important thinking skill you need for your life.
IV. 翻译句子
1.最近一个月来，时令蔬菜大量上市，因其品种丰富，价格亲民，百姓的选择越来越多。（available）
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂2.正是民间艺术家们的大胆尝试、不断创新，才使传统技艺得到了保护和发展。（It）
3.专家们无法就他的计划达成一致，因为他没有考虑到各种潜在威胁。
4.他们正在考虑在产品和技术上进行创新。(innovation)
5.在场所有人刚准备就绪，这位历史学家就走了进来。(In…)
V. 课文语法填空
Have you ever forgotten to lock the door of your house or switch off the TV? These kinds of things often
happen to us, 1 can lead to problems. However, in the near future, we 2 (live) in smart
homes that will lock the door and switch off the TV 3 (automatic). These smart homes will provide
us with a 4 (comfortable) environment.
Your home will learn your daily routine and 5 (preference), so everything will be ready for you
when you get home each evening. For example, lights will come on 6 (instant) you enter the door
along with your favourite music. All controls will respond to voice commands, so you just say 7 you
want and the home system will obey. Besides, it will give you suggestions on a healthier diet and how 8
(sleep) better.
This smart technology is not a fantasy. 9 , it will take some years 10 most new
homes begin to use it.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
培优第二阶——拓展培优练
阅读理解A
Having a microchip implanted in a man’s brain may be common in sci-fi movie plots, but it may soon become
an actual possibility.
Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and co-founder of electric car maker Tesla — has been working on this
technology. On Aug 28, Musk gave a livestream demonstration of the chip, which was implanted into the head of a
pig named Gertrude.
The chip, developed by Musk’s company, is the size of a coin. But don’t let its size fool you. The tiny chip has
over 3,000 electrodes (电极) attached to flexible threads, which can monitor about 1,000 neurons (神经元). It
collects neural signals from an area of the brain, and then transmits those signals wirelessly to nearby computers. In
the livestream, Gertrude could be seen walking around her pen sniffing the ground while a monitor showed her
brain activity.
Though the technology is still in its early stage, it is encouraging for humans. This technology “would solve a
lot of brain injuries”, which allows the human brain to combine with an artificial intelligence, Musk said.
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂When the device can be applied to humans, its main goal will be to help those who have mobility(移动的)
issues, such as those suffering from paralysis. Musk hopes this technology could also be used to help those with
hearing and eyesight issues and one day lead to a cure for epilepsy (癫痫).
Although such a device could, in principle, repair those problems, putting it into practice is by no means a
piece of cake. Currently, the device can transmit signals from about 500 neurons in the pig’s brain. Compared to 80
billion neurons in a human brain, this number is tiny. And to cover the whole human brain also means the
electrodes have to be much smaller.
Also, implanting the chip into the brain poses a potential danger. There is a risk of the immune system
attacking this foreign body.
Right now, the hope of controlling the brain via controlling a few neurons seems overly optimistic. “There are
many technological challenges … to overcome before Neuralink can put its devices to the purposes,” Yuan
Lanfeng, an associate professor at the University of Science and Technology of China, told China Daily.
1．What do we know about Elon Musk’s microchip according to the first three paragraphs?
A．It is able to collect wireless signals.
B．It was inspired by sci-fi movie plots.
C．It has no more than 1,000 electrodes.
D．It is tiny in size but powerful in function.
2．What is the major goal of the microchip in human applications?
A．To develop a cure for epilepsy.
B．To monitor animals’ brain activity.
C．To help people with difficulty in moving freely.
D．To contribute to the research in AI technologies.
3．What do paragraphs 6-7 mainly talk about?
A．Potential problems in applying the chip to humans.
B．Key differences between pigs’ and humans’ brains.
C．The amount of time and money implanting the chip could cost.
D．How the immune system is the major obstacle to the implant.
4．How does Yuan Lanfeng feel about implanting the chip into the human brain?
A．Excited. B．Optimistic. C．Cautious. D．Worried.
阅读理解B
A new device works like a solar panel, except it doesn't harvest energy from the sun. It captures energy from
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂the cold night sky.
A prototype （雏形）of the device produced enough electricity at night to power a small light bulb. A bigger
version might one day light rooms or charge phones. It could also power electronics in remote or low-resource
areas that lack electricity.
The device makes use of the temperature difference between the earth and outer space to create electricity. As
long as one side of it is cooler than the other, the generator can produce electricity. The cooler side faces the sky
and is attached to an aluminum plate. That plate is sealed beneath a transparent cover and surrounded with
insulation （隔热材料）to keep out heat. The bottom of the generator is attached to an exposed aluminum
（铝）plate. That plate is warmed by the local air. At night, the top plate can get a couple of degrees Celsius cooler
than the bottom of the generator.
Researchers tested a 20-centimeter prototype one clear December night in Stanford University, California. The
generator produced up to 25 milliwatts of power per square meter of the device. That was enough power to light a
small light emitting diode （发光二极管），or a LED bulb. Further improvements might increase its production
to at least 500 milliwatts per square meter. The system might need more insulation around the cool, top plate to do
that.
“The device could also help power remote weather stations or other environmental devices,” says Aaswath
Raman. He is a material scientist who works on the device at the University of California, Los Angeles. “This may
be useful in polar regions where people can't see sunlight for months,” Raman says. "If you have some low-power
devices and you need to power them through three months of darkness, this might be a way.”
5．What does the author mainly talk about in Paragraph 3?
A．Application fields of the device.
B．The developing process of the device.
C．The working principle of the device.
D．Significant effects of the device.
6．How can researchers make the device produce more electricity?
A．By putting more insulation around the top plate.
B．By using it in extremely cold and clear nights.
C．By attaching the bottom plate to a warm plate.
D．By covering the top plate with a transparent lid.
7．What’s Raman’s attitude to the new device?
A．Doubtful. B．Hopeful. C．Negative. D．Ambiguous.
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂8．What could be a suitable title for the text?
A．A Device Using the Cold Night Sky to Produce Electricity
B．A Device Bringing New Hope for Those in the Cold Night
C．The Differences Between a Solar Panel and a New Device
D．The Temperature Difference between the Earth and Outer Space
阅读理解C
What will the future school look like is difficult to make clear, but most experts agree that the school will be
electronic in the future.
“Present-day schools will no longer exist in the next century," says a report in The Age. "At that time, future
schools will become community-style centers, which run seven days a week, 24 hours a day.” At the same time,
computers will surely become a central part of the school in the future.
According to The Age, the distant learning will be popular and students will listen to teachers on computers.
Going into classrooms on their computers, students will study at any time, which is very easy for them. However, it
is necessary for students to go to the actual school in order to develop some social skills.
The Seashore Primary School is an imaginary school in the future created by the Education Department of
Australia. At this school, all the teachers and students have laptop computers. Teachers check messages and call
students back on a special telephone system and students use telephones to search for information or speak to their
experts who teach their lessons. Besides, all the lessons are related to all sorts of subjects and all the students have
their own learning plans created by teachers.
As one headmaster says, a laptop computer is students5 library, data storage （数据存储）as well as the
bridge to a wider world. Technology has changed the emphasis of future learning. Thus, well pay more attention to
the learning of kids rather than the teaching.
9．According to the report in The Age, students in future schools will _______.
A．have no teachers B．study at a set time
C．mainly study online D．never go to actual school
10．The example of the Seashore Primary School is given to show _______.
A．telephones are important in Australia
B．how future schools will work
C．every student needs a learning plan
D．students enjoy getting in touch with teachers
11．Which of the following is the best title of the text?
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂A．The Schools in the Future
B．Great Changes in Technology
C．The Seashore Primary School
D．Actual Schools to Be Replaced
语法填空A
阅读下面材料，在空白处填上适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
A Chinese university has built the world’s longest 3D-printed bridge. The creation has a ____12____ (long) of
26.3 meters and a width of 2.6 meters. Its design came from the historical Zhaozhou Bridge ____13____ (build) in
AD 605.
____14____ the ancient Zhaozhou Bridge required a decade to build, the team spent only 450 hours
____15____ (complete) all of their new bridges concrete parts. Besides, the bridge’s cost came in at just two thirds
of that of ____16____ ordinary bridge.
The bridge consisted ____17____ 44 individual 3D-printed concrete units, each of them approximately 3 by 3
by 5 feet. The sides, influenced by the Zhaozhou Bridge, ____18____ (make) with 68 single concrete plates moved
into place by robot arms.
The leader of the team noted that “the demand for labor in construction projects will be in short supply
____19____ (increasing) ” in the future. If China cannot find people to build bridges, “intelligent construction
____20____ (become) on important channel to solve this problem”.
There have been other 3D-printed architectural projects over the last few years, as the technology has become
____21____ (popular) than before. A team at MIT built a sample house in 14 hours. If there are ever houses on
Mars NASA suspects the houses also will be built by robots using 3D printing.
语法填空B
阅读下面材料，在空白处填上适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
In the remote far north of Sweden in Sarek National Park, I wake up to the sound of the wind ___22___
(buffet) the cloth of my tent. At 7：30 am, I leave my tent. Standing at ____23____edge of the mountain, I see the
Rapa River flow through the valley below.
Once ___24___ (cover) by vast sheets of ice, Sarek’s mountains are home to the Sami, ___25___ are the
native residents of the park. The Sami lived on reindeer, moved with them, and____26____ (accompany) them for
hundreds of years. Today, most Sami have left their ancient ___27___ (cottage) in the mountain valleys and live a
modern life in villages near Sarek instead.
To keep its natural state, apart ___28___ the Sami, no one is allowed to live in Sarek, and all new ___29___
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____31____ (nature) and beautiful.
培优第三阶——高考沙场点兵
阅读理解A
主题语境：人与社会 难易度：☆☆☆ 语篇类型：说明文 建议用时：8 min
（2022·全国·高考真题）Over the last seven years, most states have banned texting by drivers, and public
service campaigns have tried a wide range of methods to persuade people to put down their phones when they are
behind the wheel.
Yet the problem, by just about any measure, appears to be getting worse. Americans are still texting while
driving, as well as using social networks and taking photos. Road accidents, which had fallen for years, are now
rising sharply.
That is partly because people are driving more, but Mark Rosekind, the chief of the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, said distracted（分心）driving was "only increasing, unfortunately."
"Big change requires big ideas." he said in a speech last month, referring broadly to the need to improve road
safety. So to try to change a distinctly modern behavior, lawmakers and public health experts are reaching back to
an old approach: They want to treat distracted driving like drunk driving.
An idea from lawmakers in New York is to give police officers a new device called the Textalyzer. It would
work like this: An officer arriving at the scene of a crash could ask for the phones of the drivers and use the
Textalyzer to check in the operating system for recent activity. The technology could determine whether a driver
had just texted, emailed or done anything else that is not allowed under New York's hands-free driving laws.
"We need something on the books that can change people's behavior,” said Félix W. Ortiz, who pushed for the
state's 2001 ban on hand-held devices by drivers. If the Textalyzer bill becomes law, he said, “People are going to
be more afraid to put their hands on the cell phone.”
1．Which of the following best describes the ban on drivers' texting in the US?
A．Ineffective. B．Unnecessary.
C．Inconsistent. D．Unfair.
2．What can the Textalyzer help a police officer find out?
A．Where a driver came from. B．Whether a driver used their phone.
C．How fast a driver was going. D．When a driver arrived at the scene.
3．What does the underlined word "something" in the last paragraph refer to?
A．Advice. B．Data. C．Tests. D．Laws.
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂4．What is a suitable title for the text?
A．To Drive or Not to Drive? Think Before You Start
B．Texting and Driving? Watch Out for the Textalyzer.
C．New York Banning Hand-Held Devices by Drivers.
D．The Next Generation Cell Phone: The Textalyzer.
阅读理解B
主题语境：人与社会 难易度：☆☆☆ 语篇类型：说明文 建议用时：8 min
（2022·全国·高考真题）Can a small group of drones (无人机) guarantee the safety and reliability of
railways and, at the same time, help railway operators save billions of euros each year? That is the very likely
future of applying today’s “eyes in the sky” technology to making sure that the millions of kilometres of rail tracks
and infrastructure (基础设施) worldwide are safe for trains on a 24/7 basis.
Drones are already being used to examine high-tension electrical lines. They could do precisely the same thing
to inspect railway lines and other vital aspects of rail infrastructure such as the correct position of railway tracks
and switching points. The more regularly they can be inspected, the more railway safety, reliability and on-time
performance will be improved. Costs would be cut and operations would be more efficient (高效) across the board.
That includes huge savings in maintenance costs and better protection of railway personnel safety. It is
calculated that European railways alone spend approximately 20 billion euros a year on maintenance, including
sending maintenance staff, often at night, to inspect and repair the rail infrastructure. That can be dangerous work
that could be avoided with drones assisting the crews’ efforts.
By using the latest technologies, drones could also start providing higher-value services for railways, detecting
faults in the rail or switches, before they can cause any safety problems. To perform these tasks, drones for rail
don’t need to be flying overhead. Engineers are now working on a new concept: the rail drones of the future. They
will be moving on the track ahead of the train, and programmed to run autonomously. Very small drones with
advanced sensors and AI and travelling ahead of the train could guide it like a co-pilot. With their ability to see
ahead, they could signal any problem, so that fast-moving trains would be able to react in time.
5．What makes the application of drones to rail lines possible?
A．The use of drones in checking on power lines. B．Drones’ ability to work at high altitudes.
C．The reduction of cost in designing drones. D．Drones’ reliable performance in remote areas.
6．What does “maintenance” underlined in paragraph 3 refer to?
A．Personnel safety. B．Assistance from drones.
C．Inspection and repair. D．Construction of infrastructure.
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A．To provide early warning. B．To make trains run automatically.
C．To earn profits for the crews. D．To accelerate transportation.
8．Which is the most suitable title for the text?
A．What Faults Can Be Detected with Drones
B．How Production of Drones Can Be Expanded
C．What Difficulty Drone Development Will Face
D．How Drones Will Change the Future of Railways
七选五
（2019·浙江·高考真题）Some people are so rude. Who sends an e-mail or a text message that just says
“Thank you?” Who leaves a voice mail message rather than texts you? Who asks for a fact easily found on the
Internet? ______27______
Maybe I’m the rude one for not appreciating life’s little courtesies(礼节). But many social norms(规范) just
don’t make sense to people drowning in digital communication.
Take the thank-you note. Daniel Post Senning, a coauthor of Emily Post’s Etiquette，asked, “At what point
does showing appreciation outweigh the cost?”
_____28_____ Think of how long it takes to listen to one of those messages. In texts, you don’t have to
declare who you are or even say hello. E-mail, too, is slower than a text. The worst are those who leave a voice mail
and then send an e-mail message to tell you they left a voice mail.
This isn’t the first time technology has changed our manners, ____29____ Alexander Graham Bell, the
inventor, suggested that people say, “ Ahoy!” . Finally, hello won out, and the victory sped up the greeting's use in
face-to-face communications.
In the age of the smart phone, there is no reason to ask once-acceptable questions about: the weather forecast,
a business’s phone number, or directions to a house, a restaurant, or an office, which can be easily found on a
digital map. _____30_____ And when you answer, they respond with a thank-you e-mail.
How to handle these differing standards? Easy: Consider your audience. Some people, especially older ones,
appreciate a thank-you message. ____31____ In traditional societies, the young learn from the old. But in modern
societies, the old can also learn from the young. Here's hoping that politeness never goes out of fashion but that
time-wasting forms of communication do.
A. Then there is voice mail.
B. Others, like me, want no reply.
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂C. But people still ask these things.
D. Don’t these people realize that they’re wasting your time?
E. Won't new technology bring about changes in our daily life?
F. Face-to-face communication makes comprehension much easier.
G. When the telephone was invented, people didn't know how to greet a caller.
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