Unit 5 The power of nature一、閱讀理解。 Imagine getting a soft drink from a robot machine using only your smart phone. Or scanning a QR code (二維碼) to buy goods from a newspaper ad. By making use of these new technologies, China mobile shopping is a bit ahead of the United States. China is still the worlds largest smart phone market, even though growth is slow. It accounts for about 30 percent of the global smart phone market, and Chinese smart phone users are expected to jump from 526.8 million to 640 million in 2018, according to eMarketer. And its shoppers are using their instruments to rush to purchase a wide range of goods and services.Nearly half of all Chinas e-merce sales, totaling $505.7 billion, are made with mobile devices, versus roughly one-quarter in the US, according to eMarketer. By 2019, Chinas mobile sales will account for 71 percent of those sales. “We dont see mobile buying staying unchangeable for the next five years,” said Monica Pearl, eMarketers director of forecasting. “Itll increase because consumer behavior has changed.” Feature­rich(功能多樣的), cheap smart phones are also helping fuel the boom, she added. “China is, after all, a mobile first market,” explains Brian Buchwald, CEO of consumer intelligence firm Bomoda. So it has been able to go beyond other markets, which mainly used PCs for purchases. Meanwhile, the Chinese government has allowed a free-flowing retail and payments marketplace. “There are no restraints(約束),” said Michael Zakkour, vice president of China / Asia Pacific practice at Tompkins International. And thats good news for WeChat, a messaging app thats only five years old and is offered by the Internet giant Tencent. The app now has 650 million users. And a good mass of them are using the app for mobile shopping. The result is thatWeChat payments, along with Alibabas Alipay, lead the market. Because retailers can easily set up shops inside WeChat, users can plan family vacations, order a taxi or even buy clothes without going anywhere else. China is up to three years ahead of the US in mobile shopping, said Buchwald. “And its moving faster than any other area of the economy. Its the future.”1.What can we learn from Paragraph 2?A.China has more goods than the United States.B.Americas new technologies are as good as China.C.Chinas smart phone market is larger than that of the United States.D.American smart phone users will be ahead of Chinese in 2018.2.According to Monica Pearl, why is mobile shopping increasing in China?A.Chinese are fond of using these new technologies.B.Nearly half of all Chinas emerce sales are made with mobile devices.C.Smart phones are cheaper than any other country in the world.D.The behavior of customers has changed.3.Which best describes the Buchwalds attitude toward Chinese mobile shopping?A.Doubtful.B.Optimistic.C.Cautious.D.Worried.參考答案： 1.C; 2.D; 3.B解析： 1.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)“China is still the worlds largest smart phone market, even though growth is slow”可知,哪怕增速有所減緩,中國(guó)仍然是世界上最大的智能手機(jī)市場(chǎng),自然也大于美國(guó)的智能手機(jī)市場(chǎng)。2.推斷題。根據(jù)第4段“Itll increase because consumer behavior has changed”可知,它只會(huì)不斷增長(zhǎng),因?yàn)橄M(fèi)者的行為已經(jīng)發(fā)生了變化。3.推斷題。根據(jù)最后一句可知,其發(fā)展速度也快于其他任何一個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)領(lǐng)域。未來(lái)前景無(wú)限,可知Buchwald對(duì)移動(dòng)購(gòu)物的態(tài)度是樂(lè)觀的。二、單句語(yǔ)法填空1I think that the house will be _ (suit) for the needs of your family.答案：suitablebe suitable for . “適合”。2Its impossible _ (evaluate) these results without knowing more about the research method.答案：to evaluate慣用句型Itsadj.to do。該句中it為形式主語(yǔ)，真正的主語(yǔ)為動(dòng)詞不定式，故填to evaluate。3He is unfortunate to have his house _ (burn) to the ground.答案：burnt/burnedburn to the ground “全部焚毀”，burn和his house存在邏輯上的動(dòng)賓關(guān)系，故應(yīng)用過(guò)去分詞作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。4You must be _ (absolute) silent or the birds wont appear.答案：absolutely此處應(yīng)用副詞修飾形容詞silent，故填absolutely。5Yesterday I went to see him, only _ (learn) that he had gone abroad two days before.答案：to learnonly to do “結(jié)果卻”，在句中作結(jié)果狀語(yǔ)，表示出乎意料的結(jié)果。6Watching through their windows, the flood victims were anxious _ (wait) for rescuers to e.答案：to waitbe anxious to do . “焦慮地做/急于做”。7My watch is still _ guarantee, so theyll repair it for free.答案：underunder guarantee “在保修期內(nèi)”。8She works in a theatre, _ (follow) in her fathers footsteps.答案：following主語(yǔ)she與follow之間為主動(dòng)關(guān)系，故用現(xiàn)在分詞following作狀語(yǔ)。9I would like to express my _ (appreciate) and thanks to you all.答案：appreciation由空格前的my一詞可知，應(yīng)填名詞。10I need to make an _ (appoint) with Mike to discuss the matter.答案：appointmentmake an appointment with sb. “和某人預(yù)約”。三、完形填空。After living near Madrid for a year as an au pair (以幫做家務(wù)事等換取食宿的人) three years ago, it was nice to _1_ this weekend. I felt like I was at home and thought how _2_ one can be to feel like this in a place that isnt _3_ your home. I now refer to this town as one of my homes from home and have learnt how home is where your _4_ is.A lot of people get homesick and it is a very _5_ feeling when away from _6_ ones and home forts. _7_， I have learnt that you can feel at home when you are _8_ in that place with people who _9_ you.Through simply embracing every moment, _10_ friends and enjoying a new _11_， you can feel settled in a short amount of time. I did exactly this when moving to Spain for the first time, as positive thoughts tend to bring positive experiences. Luckily enough, I was _12_ with a host family that were very _13_， which helped to ease the process of feeling happy and settled. I now love visiting when I can to see how the children grow up and feel very blessed by being able to _14_ this.Yet again, I am living in Spain on my year abroad, but this time with students and not a(n) _15_， in a different region. Nonetheless, the process of _16_ had been easier, as I feel _17_ the Spanish culture already. Of course when moving away from home you have to _18_ many things that are different in parison to what you call home. However, this is the _19_ of travelling, exploring and _20_ yourself and a new place. A new place that one day you might be able to call your home too.1A.leave BplanCmove Dvisit2A.proud BluckyCpopular Dreal3A.finally BpossiblyCpletely Dnecessarily4A.belief BdreamCheart Djob5A.normal BuniqueCstrong Duneasy6A.similar BunusualCloved Drespected7A.However BThereforeCInstead DOtherwise8A.free BpowerfulCavailable Dfortable9A.care for Blook forCask for Dwait for10A.missing BmakingCchoosing Daiding11A.idea BcultureChome Dchance12A.chatting BplayingCliving Ddealing13A.wise BhonestCsuccessful Dfriendly14A.change BexperienceCsupport Dimprove15A.teacher BroommateCfamily Dorganization16A.going on Bturning aroundCstepping forward Dsettling in17A.accustomed to Bexcited atCsatisfied with Dinterested in18A.give up Bstart withCadapt to Dcarry out19A.role BsecretCdelight Dsymbol20A.helping BdiscoveringCenjoying Dcontrolling【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】本文是夾敘夾議文。作者在異國(guó)他鄉(xiāng)找到了自己的“家”。1D根據(jù)最后一段開(kāi)頭的Yet again, I am living in Spain on my year abroad, but this time with students可知，作者重“訪(visit)”西班牙。2B根據(jù)上文的I felt like I was at home和下文的feel like this可知，在異國(guó)他鄉(xiāng)能找到家的感覺(jué)確實(shí)“幸運(yùn)(lucky)”。3D如果在某個(gè)地方“不一定(not necessarily)”就是家能找到家的感覺(jué)，那真是幸運(yùn)。4C根據(jù)上文的nice，felt like，feel like可知，作者認(rèn)識(shí)到家就是“心靈(heart)”的歸屬地。5A根據(jù)上文的A lot of people get homesick及常識(shí)可知，思鄉(xiāng)是一種“正常的(normal)”情感。6C根據(jù)上文的homesick可知，一個(gè)人遠(yuǎn)離自己“所愛(ài)的(loved)”人和家中的舒適，當(dāng)然會(huì)泛起鄉(xiāng)愁。7A下文提到的在異鄉(xiāng)也能找到家的感覺(jué)與上文意義上發(fā)生了轉(zhuǎn)折，故選However。8D9A根據(jù)上文的you can feel at home可知，此處意思是，如果在一個(gè)地方能與“關(guān)愛(ài)(care for)”自己的人在一起、覺(jué)得比較“舒服(fortable)”，那自然能找到家的感覺(jué)。10B11B根據(jù)這兩個(gè)空所在句中的embracing every moment, enjoying和you can feel settled in a short amount of time可知，如果能珍惜每個(gè)瞬間、“交(making)”些朋友、享受新的“文化(culture)”，那很快就能融入當(dāng)?shù)氐纳睢?2C根據(jù)下文的host family可知，“我”與寄宿家庭“生活(living)”在一起。13D根據(jù)下文的helped to ease the process of feeling happy and settled可知，寄宿家庭的成員都很“友好(friendly)”。14B根據(jù)上文的see how the children grow up可知，能“親歷(experience)”這一過(guò)程，作者感到很幸福。15C上文的host family是提示。16D17A因?yàn)槭堑诙蝸?lái)西班牙，所以作者這次“安定(settling in)”下來(lái)要比上次更容易些，因?yàn)樗呀?jīng)“熟悉(accustomed to)”了當(dāng)?shù)氐奈幕?8C根據(jù)本空所在句中的moving away from home和different in parison to what you call home可知，背井離鄉(xiāng)自然需要“適應(yīng)(adapt to)”異地不同于家鄉(xiāng)的很多方面。19C20B根據(jù)However可知，前后表示轉(zhuǎn)折。作者認(rèn)為雖然需要適應(yīng)很多新事物，但是這恰巧就是旅游、探索、“發(fā)現(xiàn)(discovering)”自我的“樂(lè)趣(delight)”所在。四、單句改錯(cuò)1Not pleted the project, they have to stay there for another two weeks._答案：pletedhaving pleted句子主語(yǔ)they與plete之間為主動(dòng)關(guān)系，且plete表示的動(dòng)作先于句子謂語(yǔ)stay發(fā)生，故應(yīng)用現(xiàn)在分詞的完成式作狀語(yǔ)。2The mother was standing at the gate, anxiously to see her son._答案：anxiouslyanxious形容詞在句中作狀語(yǔ)，描述主語(yǔ)The mother的狀態(tài)。3I kept silent in the back seat of the car as we made our way the grandmas._答案：way后加tomake ones way to . “朝走去”。4Hearing the news that he had appointed as general manager of the big pany, he was filled with excitement and joy._答案：had后加beenbe appointed as . “被任命為/委派為”。5They gave the manager a guarantee which they would finish the task within three days._答案：whichthatgive sb. a guarantee that . “向某人保證”，that引導(dǎo)同位語(yǔ)從句。五、短文改錯(cuò)I enjoyed many performances in Argentina.But what impressed me more was the dance performance.I used to dance a lot when I am young，although I never was a good dancer.But Argentinian dancers who made dancing so easily that everyone felt like dancing with them.Visit some distant villages also gave me deeper taste of the original Argentinian culture.Among all those place of interest，my favorite one was a mountain.Fortunately，when I arrived there in a cold winter morning，I couldnt see much.However，the unusual peace and snowblanketed winter views still impressed you a lot.答案：I enjoyed many performances in Argentina.But what impressed me was the dance performance.I used to dance a lot when I young，although I never was a good dancer.But Argentinian dancers made dancing so that everyone felt like dancing with them. some distant villages also gave me deeper taste of the original Argentinian culture.Among all those of interest，my favorite one was a mountain.，when I arrived there a cold winter morning，I couldnt see much.However，the unusual peace and snowblanketed winter views still impressed a lot.