Earthquakes李仕才【閱讀理解】At present we spend a lot of time on our mobile devices these days and automakers have taken notes, rolling out connected cars that make it easy to do nearly everything from your phone. “We all enjoy those kinds of experiences where you want something and by the push of a button everything gets taken care of for you. You dont have to go here and there and piece a bunch of things together by yourself. ”Ford recently introduced FordPass, a mobile platform that lets car owners access services like finding and paying for a parking spot. “Heres the details of what charges will be in sign, and then I submit (點擊接受), and then I receive a QRphoto allowing me entry access to that parking location. ”O(jiān)ver at Buick, the OnStar RemoteLink app connects owners to their cars no matter how faraway they are. “This car in Detroit, I could start from here in New York. Or let us say I have the only key to it and my wife in Detroit needs to get in the car, I can unlock it for her from here. ”The feature harnesses the cars 4G LTE connectivity (連接性). Up to seven mobile devices can connect to it at any given time. “We want people to feel as if they are at home within the car, which a lot of people want to be in just for the driving experience, now they can be in there as well, the passengers can be in there as well for the connectivity experience. ”But what does that connectivity mean for your privacy? “It is important to have personal information to create that individualized, personalized experience, but certainly it will be a customers option. ”For certain consumers, it may not even be an issue. “There certainly is a factor where a younger consumer is much more comfortable giving up a lot more privacy and data than an older consumer is, and more likely than not, you are going to see a similar behavior to how they handle their personal privacy within the vehicle. ”Considering how capable our mobile devices have become, perhaps the only question left to answer is: “Whos driving? ”【文章大意】由于移動設備的廣泛應用, 制造商推出了裝配有車載移動設備的轎車, 進而可從事由智能手機發(fā)出指令的動作。1. Which of the following helps the owner to unlock his car faraway? A. QRphoto. B. FordPass, a mobile platform. C. The Internet. D. OnStar RemoteLink app. 【解析】選D。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段最后一句可知A項是指允許車主進入停車位置、短文沒提到C項, 因此A、C兩項都不正確。根據(jù)第四段可知B項是尋找停車場和支付停車費用的移動平臺, 也不正確。根據(jù)第六、七段可知D項是遠程控制車輛的軟件, 因此D項正確。2. What does the underlined phrase “rolling out” mean? A. Moving by rolling. B. Leaving. C. Bringing out. D. Running. 【解析】選C。詞義猜測題。四個選項的語義分別是: A. 滾動; B. 離開; C. 推出, 生產(chǎn)出; D. 奔跑。根據(jù)劃線詞組前后句意可知, 只有C項“推出, 生產(chǎn)出”, 符合題意。3. Connected cars in the passage refer to those _. A. where the drivers and passengers can do everything through their phonesB. equipped with mobile devices through which to keep you connectedC. equipped with FordPass connecting connects owners to their carsD. equipped with OnStar RemoteLink app helping their owners to find and pay a parking spot【解析】選B。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文可知connected cars指的是裝配有移動設備的轎車, 這樣的轎車不僅使你在車內(nèi)與外界保持聯(lián)系, 也可使車主遠程與轎車保持聯(lián)系。因此B項正確。4. Judging from the last paragraph, we can conclude that mobile devices installed in cars _. A. are quite capable to do everything except drivingB. can do almost everything, let alone driveC. are so capable that they are able to driveD. are so capable that they might drive soon【解析】選D。推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文最后一句可知: 鑒于車載移動設備功能如此強大, 唯一待回答的問題是誰在駕駛轎車(是人還是移動設備)? 故D正確。 教材與語法填空根據(jù)教材課文內(nèi)容，在空白處填入1個適當?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。Strange things happened in Tangshan. For a few days, water in the wells 1. (rise) and fell. The well walls had cracks and a 2. (smell) gas came out of the cracks. Mice, chickens, pigs and even fish became too nervous to live 3. usual. At 3: 42 am, everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at 4. end. One­third of the nation felt it. A huge crack cut across the city. The city lay in 5. (ruin). Two­thirds of the people died or 6. (injury). Then, later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tangshan, 7. trapped many rescue workers and doctors. People began 8. (wonder) how long the disaster would last. But all hope was not lost. Soldiers came to help those 9. (survive). 10. (slow), the city began to breathe again.答案：1.rose2.smelly3.as4.an5.ruins6.were injured7.which8.to wonder9.survivors10.Slowly 教材與話題寫作()用本單元所學知識完成下列句子。1一天夜里一切都開始搖晃起來。水管爆裂， 電力中斷。(shake; burst; cut off) 答案：One night, everything began to shake, the pipes bursting and the electricity cut off.2世界似乎到了末日。(it seemed as if; at an end) 答案：It seemed as if the world was at an end.3有些人受傷， 有些人被埋在廢墟下。(injure; bury; ruins) 答案：Some people were injured; some were buried in the ruins.4大量的被困群眾等待著救援。(trap; rescue) 答案：A number of trapped people waited for the rescue.5不是所有的希望都破滅了。成千上萬的人被救了出來。(all.not; help out) 答案：All hope was not lost.Hundreds of thousands of people were helped out.6在全國人民的幫助下，很快全城又恢復了正常。(with the help of; return to normal) 答案：With the help of all the national people, soon the city returned to normal again.()將以上句子連成短文，要求銜接連貫、過渡自然。 【夾敘夾議文】 When I was just out of college，I managed to get my dream job as a trader in New York City on the floor of the American Stock(證券)Exchange.Though it was a proud _1_，the job was simply too physically _2_I must stand in a crowd every day，which often _3_ me in a mindset(思維模式)that held me back.Manhattan is a walking town and it's difficult to _4_ when you have a disability.Taxies are expensive and riding the subway _5_ dozens of steep steps to get below the _6_.This left me only one _7_the bus.One night，after the _8_ for my job，I was aching with self­pity _9_ it started to rain on my walk to the bus stop.I became more and more _10_ without an umbrella，thinking I'd never _11_ it in this city and telling myself，“this city is just too hard” and “maybe it is just not possible for a guy like me”And then，I _12_ the most beautiful，short moment.A couple came rolling by on roller skates，hand _13_ hand as they skated what seemed like the tango.They were all wet but they saw the _14_ as an opportunity and romance.I suddenly became grateful for waiting in the rain because I _15_ have missed this beauty _16_ if I had been in a taxi or on the subway.This，although _17_，was an important moment on my journey to discover the _18_ of achieving health and happiness.When I change my mindset，_19_ for a moment，to what is possible and work to get rid of the self­limiting beliefs that _20_ my daily actions，I will be on the road to a healthier，happier life.1A.adjustment BachievementCagreement Dtreatment2A.tiring BboringCrelaxing Ddisappointing3A.reminded BexpectedCtook Dleft4A.go up Bget aroundCset off Dshow up5A.requests BsupportsCrequires Dsurrounds6A.ground BstreetCtown Dcity7A.change BchanceCidea Dchoice8A.struggle BworkCexperience Dinfluence9A.before BwhileCwhen Dafter10A.nervous BcuriousCscared Dupset11A.get BmakeCput Dwatch12A.recalled BobservedCwitnessed Drealized13A.on BbyCto Din14A.rain BtreeCwind Dcloud15A.shall BwouldCneed Dmust16A.exactly BinstantlyCentirely Dsuddenly17A.strange BsmallCnormal Ddifferent18A.humor BhonestyCpower Dprinciple19A.still ByetCalso Deven20A.affect BfollowCforbid Dharm【解題導語】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。作者工作很累，回家路上遇到下雨，心情沮喪。當看到一對夫婦在雨中溜冰的畫面，作者感覺到改變自己的思維模式會使自己走上一條更健康、更快樂的生活之路。文章告訴我們改變思維模式的重要性?！竞诵脑~匯】go up上升get around四處走動set off出發(fā)show up出現(xiàn)，到場1B根據(jù)第一段中的“I managed to get my dream job”可知，作者畢業(yè)后找到了自己理想的工作，這份工作應是作者引以為傲的成就，故選B項，achievement意為“成就”。adjustment“調節(jié)”；agreement“同意，一致”；treatment“治療，對待”。2A根據(jù)本句中的“I must stand in a crowd every day”可推知，這份工作是勞累的，故選A項，tiring意為“累人的，令人疲倦的”。relaxing“令人放松的”；disappointing“令人失望的”。3D根據(jù)語境可知“我每天都必須站在人群中，這常常讓我有想退縮的思維模式”?！發(fā)eavesh.賓補”表示“讓某人”，故選D項。remind“提醒”；expect“預期”。4B根據(jù)上文的“Manhattan is a walking town”可知，曼哈頓是一個步行商業(yè)區(qū)，所以你有殘疾的話是很難四處走動(get around)的。go up“上升”；set off“出發(fā)”；show up“出現(xiàn)，到場”。5C根據(jù)語境可知，出租車很貴，乘坐地鐵需要(requires)走下幾十個陡峭的臺階才能到達地下。request“請求”；support“支持”；surround“圍繞”。6A根據(jù)本句中的“the subway”以及常識可知，人們在地面(ground)下乘坐地鐵，故選A項。7D句意：這讓我只有一種選擇公共汽車。根據(jù)上文提到的交通方式都不適合作者可知，此處表示作者唯一的選擇(choice)。8A句意：一天晚上，在為我的工作苦苦奮斗后，我一直自怨自艾，當我走向公共汽車站的時候又下起了雨。根據(jù)語境可推知，此處是指在為工作奮斗(struggle)了一天之后。experience“經(jīng)歷”；influence“影響”。9C參見上題解析。when在此處表示“當?shù)臅r候”，符合語境。10D根據(jù)上文的“it started to rain”和空后的“without an umbrella”可知，下雨了，但是作者沒有帶傘，所以作者心情越來越沮喪(upset)。11B根據(jù)上文可知，沒有雨傘，作者變得越來越沮喪，心想自己在這個城市里不會取得成功了。make it是固定短語，表示“達成目標，獲得成功，做成某事”。12C句意：然后，我目睹了最美麗、最短暫的時刻。根據(jù)下文介紹的一對夫婦在雨中溜冰的畫面可知，這是作者看到的。recall“召回，回想起”；observe“觀察”；witness“目睹”；realize“認識到”。13D句意：一對夫婦穿著溜冰鞋，手拉著手，他們溜冰的時候像是在跳探戈舞。hand in hand“手拉手地”，是固定搭配，故選D項。14A根據(jù)上文的“it started to rain”和“They were all wet”可知，雖然他們身上都被淋濕了，但他們把雨(rain)當成是一個機會和一種浪漫。15B句意：我突然對在雨中等待感到感激，因為如果我在出租車或地鐵上，我會完全錯過這美景。根據(jù)句子結構可知，此處是由if引導的對過去的虛擬句，結構為“if主語had過去分詞，主語should/would /couldhave過去分詞”，所以選B項。16C根據(jù)語境可知，作者覺得如果乘坐其他交通工具就會完全錯過這一幕，故選C項。exactly“正是，恰好”；instantly“立即，馬上”；entirely“完全地”；suddenly“突然”。17B雖然這是生活中的一件小事，但卻是作者在探索健康和幸福的旅途中的一個重要時刻。strange“奇怪的，陌生的”；small“小的”；normal“正常的”；different“不同的”，故選B項。18C根據(jù)語境可知，作者看到的這一幕給了作者力量。humor“幽默”；honesty“誠實，正直”；power“力量”；principle“原則”。19D句意：當我改變我的思維模式去做可能的事情，并努力擺脫那些影響我日常行為的自我限制的信念時，即使是片刻，我都將會走上一條更健康、更快樂的生活之路。根據(jù)句意可知，此處表示“即使”。still“仍然”；yet“還，然而”；also“也，而且”；even“即使”。20A根據(jù)語境可知，此處表示“影響(affect)我日常行為的自我限制的信念”。 下面是李華的一篇作文，文中有五處錯誤，改正錯誤并背誦該文。One night, everything began to shake, with the pipes bursting and the electricity cutting off.It seemed as if the world was at end.Some people were injured; some were buried in the ruin.A number of trapped people waited for the rescue. But all hope was not lost, because the soldiers were soon sent there, hundreds of thousands of people was helped out. Under the help of all the national people, soon the city returned to normal again.答案：One night, everything began to shake, with the pipes bursting and the electricity off.It seemed as if the world was at end.Some people were injured; some were buried in the .A number of trapped people waited for the rescue. But all hope was not lost, because the soldiers were soon sent there, hundreds of thousands of people helped out. the help of all the national people, soon the city returned to normal again. 8