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话题三十 自然科学研究成果
第一部分 话题词汇积累
单词&短语
1.acid n.______________________
2.atom n.______________________
3.botany n.______________________
4.cell n.______________________
5.charge n.______________________
6.chemical n.______________________
7.chemist n.______________________
8.chemistry n.______________________
9.circuit n.______________________
10.compound n.______________________
11.current n.______________________
12.electricity n.______________________
13.element n.______________________
14.energy n.______________________
15.evolution n.______________________
16.experiment n.______________________
17.force n.______________________
18.formula n.______________________
19.gene n.______________________
20.genetics n.______________________
21.organism n.______________________
22.microscope n.______________________
23.modern technology____________________________________________
24.new frontier____________________________________________
25.have an effect on/upon____________________________________________
26.high tech products____________________________________________
27.household robot____________________________________________
28.industrial robot____________________________________________
29.digital technology____________________________________________
30.make full use of____________________________________________
词汇拓展
资料收集整理【淘宝店铺：向阳百分百】1.strike v.撞；碰；撞击；碰撞；打；击；击打，踢(球等)n.罢工；罢课；罢市；军事进攻；袭击；(尤指)空袭
【搭配】 strike at朝……打击
strike against撞……
strike sb.on the head打某人的头
go on strike举行罢工
be on strike在罢工
The teacher___________the table whenever he was angry.
教师一生气就敲桌子。
___________while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。
The clock has just___________twelve.十二点的钟声刚刚响过。
Visitors to Hangzhou are usually___________by the beautiful scenery.
到杭州的游客常被那里的美景迷住。
His cousin was said to be____________by a snake.据说他的表姐被蛇咬伤了。
Workers often___________in that country.那个国家的工人经常罢工。
2.hang v,悬挂；吊；垂下；垂落；(使)低垂，下垂，n.(衣服、织物等的)悬挂方式，下垂
【搭配】 hang on等一下
hang about闲逛；徘徊
hang out出外玩儿；晾衣服
hang off拉开；踌躇不前
hang up把……挂起来；挂断
hang over暂时搁置；挂在……上
let it all hang out宜泄感情
hang(on)in there坚持，不气馁
I___________my coat on a hook.我把大衣挂在钩子上。
The king___________himself from the tree.国王就是在这棵树上吊死的。
She____________her head in shame.她含羞低下了头。
The decision is still___________尚未做出决定。
On National Day red flags are___________out of every window.
国庆节那天，每个窗口都挂出红旗。
I___________when our talk was through.我们谈完后，我就把电话挂断了。
活学活用
一、阅读下列句子，在空白处填入1个单词或用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，
1.I will give you a phone call the moment I____________(arrive)in Beijing.
2.Unless extra money___________(find),the theatre will close.
资料收集整理【淘宝店铺：向阳百分百】3.If he___________(accept) the job, he___________(get)more money soon.
4. Tai Chi___________(call)"shadow boxing"in English.
5.I was reading when the telephone____________(ring).
6.Mr White, as well as his two sons___________(drive)on the road when they saw a strange animal in front of him.
7.If the new students___________(accept),many universities will offer them an instruction.
8.We____________(watch)TV when suddenly a fire___________(break)out in the kitchen.
9.I____________(eat)with my wife when we heard aloud noise.
10.On 22th December,2020,a growing up ceremony_____________(hold)in each classroom of grade 3students.
11.Look! Some students___________(run)on the playground,
12.Then I___________(begin)to feel out of patience.
13.This book___________(write)by a middle school student in 2000.
14.The room was so hot that she____________(feel)dizzy.
15.In his twenties,every day he____________(ride)his old bicycle to his office.
二、翻译句子
1.如果能得到这份工作，我将竭尽全力做好它。
______________________________________________________
2.我写信是想为未能参加你的生日聚会道款。
______________________________________________________
3.自从我来到中国已经有半年了。
______________________________________________________
4.这几天我一直在忙着准备英语演讲比赛。
______________________________________________________
第二部分 话题阅读训练
（A）阅读理解
This year, in March, I jumped into a heated pool in Califomia to meet a dolphin named Delle. As I approached her,
Delle turned towards me and became playful, greeting me by splashing me with her beak. Delighted, I reached out to pat her
shiny skin. It felt rubbery, which was the main giveaway that Delle the dolphin was a robot.
Just as fake(假的)animals are becoming very realistic,it's becoming increasingly less acccptable to use live animals for
资料收集整理【淘宝店铺：向阳百分百】entertainment purposes. Documentaries like Blackfish (2013)and The Cove (2009) have exposed some of the horrific
treatment and suffering of occan mammals. The resulting public protest has made aquariums(水族馆)controversial,
attracting less visitors.
Arguably，entertaining people with captive( 圈养的)animals is vital for animalconservation. Many zoos and
aquariums actively try to promote conservation efforts byproviding educational experiences and encouraging interest in the
natural world. This type of entertainment is useful, because it inspires people to care.
At first, this seems like a reason to avoid replacing the animals with technology. However, research in the rapid-
developed field of human-robot interaction is showing astonishing resultson engagement with robots that can imitate lifelike
behaviour. When physically interactive,robots attract a lot of attention. People tend to treat them like they’re alive,even
though theyknow perfectly well they’re just machines.
If we start to replace the animals in our theme parks with machines, will this trend decreaseour wonder for the natural
world? A bunch of people expressed negative gut reactions(本能反应)after I posted video of the robot dolphin on Twitter.
And yet, I don’t believe that using this robotanimals will cause us to forget the worth of living creatures.
8．Why does the author mention Delle in paragraph 1?
A．To share a special experience.
B．To promote rubbery dolphins.
C．To draw attention to robot animals.
D．To describe a dolphin preformance.
9．What can we learn about live animals in zoos?
A．They are cruelly treated.
B．They make zoos popular.
C．They are well entertained.
D．They deserve conservation.
10．What is paragraph 4 mainly about?
A．Reasons for replacing animals with robots.
B．Benefits of entertaining people with robots.
C．Research results on interaction with robots.
D．Public concerns over engagement with robots.
11．What’s the author’s attitude to replacing animals with machines?
A．Favorable. B．Intolerant.
C．Doubtful. D．Unclear.
（B）七选五
资料收集整理【淘宝店铺：向阳百分百】A Nervous Journey
Let’s take a journey. It is going to be a fast one, so be prepared. Where are we going? We are going to start at your head
and end up at your toes. ___16___ It may be the shortest and fastest trip of your life. Are you ready? Let’s begin. Wiggle
your big toe. Okay, we’re done. You might be saying, “That’s it?” We said it was going to be a fast ride!
You just sent a message with an electrical signal from your brain to the muscles in your toe. Bingo! It moves.
___17___ The electrical signals in your body can move as fast as 150 meters per second. In the amount of time it takes you
to say “Mississippi” three times, a nerve could send an electrical signal the length of a football field and back. Now that you
know how fast a nerve impulse (神经冲动) can travel, let’s take a look at the system that is the highway for these electrical
signals.
The human body is made of trillions of tiny cells. Each cell is so small that you need a microscope to see them. Your
skin, your hair, your eye — all are made up of cells. ___18___ Muscle cells move your body. Skin cells protect your body.
One special type of cell, neurons (神经元), allow your brain to send messages to every part of your body.
The center of the nervous system is the brain. The brain takes in what your eyes see and what your ears hear. ___19___
You can think of your nervous system as a relay team passing a baton from one runner to the next. But instead of runners,
you have cells, and instead of a baton, you have information. ___20___ It hands its information to the next cell, which
passes the information to another cell. In the end, the information reaches its destination and causes a change — maybe a
muscle contracts. The “information” baton passed from neuron to neuron is usually a small electrical event called an action
potential.
A．Just how fast was the signal moving?
B．A neuron in your brain starts the relay.
C．Different types of cells do different jobs.
D．You might have heard them called brain cells.
E．Did you ever wish you could go inside someone’s brain?
F．It may not seem like a long trip, but it is going to be fast.
G．If you decide that you want to move around, your brain tells your muscles to do it.
（C）语法填空
Star Eating Purple for Your Health
Eat a rainbow of colours often, as dietitians are fond of saying — and with good reason. Eating a variety of colourful
food provides vitamins and minerals that can’t ____36____ (replace) with supplement to nourish your body.
According to experts from Whole Foods, a food company in the United States, who examined consumer behaviour
globally across 465 stores, our plates look very colourful this year, ____37____ purple foods particularly popular. This is
indeed the case. ____38____ (walk) through any supermarket and you will find richly-coloured purple foods are popping on
资料收集整理【淘宝店铺：向阳百分百】the shelves.
The purple food trend in the market is unsurprising, ____39____ (give) how health-conscious people are becoming in
recent years. People have long known ____40____ the darker the colour of food, the higher the contents of antioxidants (抗
氧化剂) and nutrients will be and the ____41____ (healthy) the food. In fact, they are inspired to eat more purple foods
because a study found that those who ate purple fruits and vegetables regularly often have low cholesterol (胆固醇) and a
reduced risk of getting blood pressure.
Research shows that these foods get their purple colour from anthocyanins (花青素), ____42____ have been linked
with antioxidants and anti-aging properties in the body. Purple foods help promote bone health, and have also been shown
____43____ (lower) the risk of some cancers and improve memory. Take purple sweet potatoes for example. ____44____
the standard sweet potato is packed with health benefits of its own, the purple sweet potato is even better for us. Of course,
you _____45_____ not switch to only eating purple foods. Eating a variety of colourful foods every day is the best. But do
include purple ones!
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