1、Unit 3 Times change!Understanding ideas一、选词填空take over, drop in, compete with, a bunch of, come back, wave goodbye to, turn into, in good hands, for good, pop up1. After that, feeling the need to explore further, I decided to _ on one of ASL Clubs meetings. 2. Much later that night, the question of
2、why Id stopped for that light _ to me. 3. The idea that the government would _ driverless cars and treat them as a public good would get absolutely nowhere here. 4. If you were walking down a street, indicators would _ showing you the nearest coffee shop or directions could be plotted out and come i
3、nto view right on the sidewalk in front of you. 5. They had to _ English and continental authors whose quality was as high as their reputation. 6. I received _ red roses on my birthday. 二、阅读理解I have a special place in my heart for libraries.I have for as long as I can remember.I was always an enthus
4、iastic reader, sometimes reading up to three books a day as a child.Stories were like air to me and while other kids played ball or went to parties, I lived out adventures through the books I checked out from the library.My first job was working at the Ukiah Library when I was 16 years old.It was a
5、dream job and I did everything from shelving books to reading to the children for story time.As I grew older and became a mother, the library took on a new place and an added meaning in my life.I had several children and books were our main source (来源) of entertainment.It was a big deal for us to lo
6、ad up and go to the local library, where my kids could pick out books to read or books they wanted me to read to them.I always read, using different voices, as though I were acting out the stories with my voice and they loved it! It was a special time to bond with my children and it filled them with
7、 the wonderment of books.Now, I see my children taking their children to the library and I love it that the excitement of going to the library lives on from generation to generation.As a novelist, Ive found a new relationship with libraries.I encourage readers to go to their local library when they
8、cant afford to purchase a book.I see libraries as a safe haven (避风港) for readers and writers, a bridge that helps put together a reader with a book.Libraries, in their own way, help fight book piracy (盗版行为) and I think all writers should support libraries in a significant way when they can.Encourage
9、 readers to use the library.Share library announcements on your social media.Frequent them and talk about them when you can.1Which word best describes the authors relationship with books as a child?ACooperative.BUneasy.CInseparable.DCasual.2What does the underlined phrase “an added meaning” in Parag
10、raph 3 refer to?APleasure from working in the library.BJoy of reading passed on in the family.CWonderment from acting out the stories.DA closer bond developed with the readers.3What does the author call on other writers to do?ASponsor book fairs.BWrite for social media.CSupport libraries.DPurchase h
11、er novels.4Which can be a suitable title for the text?AReading:A Source of KnowledgeBMy Idea about WritingCLibrary:A Haven for the YoungDMy Love of the Library三、语法填空Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a 1. _ (calculate) machine in France in 1642. When I was young I could 2. _ (simp
12、le) difficult sums. I developed very slowly and 3. _ took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an operator 4. _ used cards with holes, I could“think”5. _ (logic) and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time
13、it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, 6. (write) a book about whether I could be made 7. _ (work) as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problem. From then 8. _, I grew rapidly both in si
14、ze and in brainpower. By the 1940s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by, I was made 9. _ (small). First as a PC, and then as a laptop, I 10. (use) in offices and homes since the 1970s. 四、书面表达结合课文主题
15、, 使用本单元词汇与句型, 根据提示写一篇80词左右的短文1. 几十年前, 在一个寒冷、多雾的(misty)早晨, 书店的生意很冷清, 女销售员(saleswoman)无聊地坐在店里等顾客。2. 而现在, 来书店看书的人非常多。3. 一群(a bunch of)孩子坐在地上看着平板电脑(tablets), 没有人作声。4. 在另一个房间, 有一个朗诵会(recital)正在进行着。5. 时代变了, 人们读书的方式也发生了很大的变化。_一、选词填空1.drop in2.came back3.take over4.pop uppete with6.a bunch of二、阅读理解1.C推理判断题。
16、根据第一段中的I was always an enthusiastic reader, sometimes reading up to three books a day as a child . stories were like air to me .可推知,小时候,作者与书形影不离。故选C。2.B词义猜测题。根据画线词组前的As I grew older . the library took on a new place .及下文的I had several children . to read to them.可知,随着年龄的增长,作者成为母亲,图书馆在她心里有了新的“地位”,书成了她
17、和孩子们娱乐的主要来源。由此可推测,原本作者自己从读书中获得的乐趣传递到了她的家庭中。故“an added meaning”应是指“在作者家中传递的读书的乐趣”。故选B。3.C细节理解题。根据最后一段中的I think all writers should support libraries in a significant way when they can.可知,作者呼吁其他作者支持图书馆。故选C。4.D标题归纳题。阅读全文可知,library是本文的线索,作者描述了她从孩童到为人母,以及作为小说家对图书馆的热爱。故D项符合题意。三、语法填空1. calculating。考查非谓语动词。修
18、饰名词machine用非谓语动词, 此处用动词-ing形式表示被修饰语的用途, 故填calculating。2.simplify。考查动词。could后接动词原形, 故填 simplify。3. it。考查固定句型。“it takes/took+一段时间+before+其他成分”是固定句型, 表示“花费了多长时间以后才”, it作形式主语。4. who/that。考查定语从句引导词。这里是一个限制性定语从句, 先行词是an operator, 且从句缺少主语, 因此要用who或者that来引导, 故填who/that。5.logically。考查副词。此处用副词修饰动词think, 故填log
19、ically。6. wrote。考查动词时态。根据时间状语In 1936可知, 描述过去发生的事情, 应使用一般过去时, 故填wrote。7. to work。考查非谓语动词。分析句子可知, work作make的宾语补足语, make的被动语态中的宾语补足语用带to的不定式, 故填to work。8. on。考查介词。from then on“从那时起”, 是固定短语, 故填on。9. smaller。考查形容词比较级。根据下文“First as a PC, and then as a laptop”可知, 随着时间的推移, 我被制作得更小。small作宾语补足语用形容词比较级。故填small
20、er。10. have been used。考查动词时态及语态。根据时间状语since the 1970s可知, 表示过去发生, 一直持续到现在的动作用现在完成时, 且主语I与use是被动关系, 故填have been used。四、书面表达A few decades ago, on a cold, misty morning, the saleswoman sat idly in the bookstore, waiting for customers. Now, the bookstore is crowded with people reading books. A bunch of kids sit on the floor looking at tablets, and nobody says anything. In another room, a recital is going on. Times have changed, and the way people read books has changed a lot as well. 第11页(共11页)
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