1、人教版（人教版（2019）选修一）选修一 unit 2 Learning about language 学校：_姓名：_班级：_考号： _ 一、填空题一、填空题 1.The watch is so beautiful and it happens to be 50 percent off, so I cant resist _ (buy) it. 2.Some people always take seriously the _(predict) of the end of the world in the near future. 3.In the _(absent) of clear go
2、als, we are stuck in daily routine until we become slaves of it. 4.In recent years, an English word infosphere has appeared, _(combine) the sense of information and atmosphere. 5.Please state your name, age and _(occupy) below. 6.Dont call on me at 2 tomorrow afternoon because I _ _ _ (将会在做) a chemi
3、cal experiment then. 7.Mr Smith will not be able to attend the meeting tonight because he _ _ _ (将要有)an appointment then. 8.What will you do tomorrow evening? I _ _ _ (将要观看）my favorite program at eight oclock tomorrow evening. 9.Next Sunday, I will go to another concert where they _ _ _ (将会演奏) somet
4、hing by Mozart at that time. 10.I _ _ _ (将会见)Mr Smith and his students at 10 oclock this morning. 二、阅读理解二、阅读理解 Imagine a future where all farming is done by machine, and humans never set foot in the fields. In Shropshire in the UK, engineers in the Hands Free Hectare project are developing automated
5、 tractors and drones to grow and harvest crops. One reason why the sector is on the up is that global demand for food is rapidly increasing. The World Bank estimates we will need to produce 50% more food by 2050 if the planets population continues to grow at its current speed. Add to this, yields wi
6、ll decrease by over a quarter due to climate change, and the situation looks serious. Could futuristic farming provide the answer? One company in Japan believes so. The firm Spread has dispensed with farming on land altogether, and instead grows vegetables on stacks of trays indoors in an automated
7、factory. In countries like Japan, where land is actually a very scarce resource, it makes more sense to stack your production, just like a skyscraper, says JJ Price, Spreads global marketing manager. Mr Price told the BBC that this method of vertical farming not only reduces costs by 50%, but it is
8、also greener. LED lights cut energy bills by a third, and 98% of water can be recycled. By growing crops close to where people consume them, transport costs and emissions are also minimised, he says. And where will we buy this futuristic food? Perhaps in shops with no staff? Amazon has recently laun
9、ched its first Amazon Go store in the US, which has no checkouts. Customers simply pick their items from the shelves, and technology does the rest. All this begs the question: if everything is automated, what jobs will people do? The mechanisation of farming means fewer and fewer people work the lan
10、d. From 1950 to 2010, agricultural labourers have decreased from 81% to 48.2% of the workforce in developing countries, and from 35% to 4.2% in developed countries, according to the International Labour Organization. Its a trend that looks set to continue. (1).Why do people develop agricultural robo
11、tics? A. To change the climate.B. To liberate the workforce. C. To control the population growth.D. To meet the increasing demand for food. (2).Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined phrase in Paragraph 3? A. changedB. developedC. done away withD .taken up (3).Why does Mr Pri
12、ce think vertical farming makes particular sense in Japan? A. Workforce is too limited.B. Transport costs may decrease. C. There is so little land available for farming.D. The technology has reached a high level. (4).What can be the best title for the text? A. Farming TechnologyB. The Future of Food
13、 Production C. Employment TrendD. Future Shops with No Staff 三、语法填空三、语法填空 The Big Bang theory is sciences best explanation of how the universe began. The theory insists that our universe _ (create) when a tiny and super-hot mass exploded and began expanding very rapidly. It _ (final) cooled and form
14、ed into the stars and galaxies (银河系) with _we are familiar. It is said _ the event happened approximately 15 billion years ago. The event of the Big Bang was space itself expandingperhaps at speeds _ (great) than light. Since the late 1960s, the Big Bang theory _ (be) the main explanation for the bi
15、rth of our universe. Because _ (physics) have not yet found a convincing theory that explains how gravity operates, they are unable _ (find) theories as to what happened after the Big Bang. At the very beginning, our universe may have been an object with nearly-infinite density, _ perhaps something
16、else. Our instruments and _ (science) methods may need to be fully improved before any further progress is made. 参考答案参考答案 一一 填空题填空题 1.答案：buying 解析： cant resist doing sth意为“忍不住做某事”,为固定搭配。故填 buying。 2.答案：prediction 解析：句意为:一些人总是把不久后是世界末日的预言当回事。设空处作 take的宾语,其前有定冠词 the限定,应用名词。故填 prediction。 3.答案：absence
17、解析：句意为:由于缺乏明确的目标,我们被困在日常生活中,直到成为生活的奴隶。设空处作介词 in 的宾语且前有定冠词 the限定,应用名词。故填 absence。 4.答案：combining 解析：考查非谓语动词。句意:在最近几年, 一个英语单词“infosphere”出现了,它结合了“information”和 “atmosphere”的意义。分析句子结构可知, combine与其逻辑主语 an English word 之间是主动关系, 此 处应用现在分词作状语, 故填 combining。 5.答案：occupation 解析：考查词性转换。句意:请在下方写明你的姓名、年龄和职业。and
18、 为并列连词, 设空处应与 name、 age 并列, 故填名词 occupation。 6.答案：will be doing 7.答案：will be having 8.答案：will be watching 9.答案：will be playing 10.答案：will be meeting 二二 阅读理解阅读理解答案：答案：(1)-(4)DCCB 解析：(1).细节理解题。根据第二段第一、二句One reason why the sector is on the up is that global demand for food is rapidly increasing.和.need
19、to produce 50% more food by 2050.可知,我们对粮食的 需求在快速增长,为了满足这一需求,人们开始研发农业机器人。 (2).词义猜测题。根据画线词所在的后半句话 instead grows vegetables on stacks of trays indoors in an automated factory 可知,这家公司不再在土地上耕种,而是采用了一种全新的种植方式。 (3).推理判断题。根据第三段的第三句.Japan, where land is actually a very scarce resource, it makes more sense to
20、 stack your production.可知, 日本土地稀少,故 vertical farming 在日本有特殊意义。 (4).主旨大意题。文章第一段介绍农业机器人;第二段介绍人类面临的问题使农业自动化意义重大;最 后提出 vertical farming 这种种植方式。全文围绕提高未来粮食产量展开,所以选 B项。 三三 语法填空语法填空答案答案：-was created; finally; which; that ; greater -has been; physicists; to find ; or; scientific 解析：考查语态。our universe 与 create
21、 之间是被动关系,且 create所表示的动作发生在过去,故填 was created。 考查副词。设空处作状语修饰 cooled 和 formed,故填 finally。 考查定语从句。此处为由“介词+关系代词”引导的限制性定语从句,修饰先行词 stars and galaxies,因 该关系代词在从句中作介词 with 的宾语,故填 which. 考查连接词。It is said that.意为“据说”,其中 It 是形式主语,真正的主语是 that 引导的从句。 考查比较级。由 than 可知,此处应用比较级形式,故填 greater 考查时态。由 since the late 1960s 可知,此处应用现在完成时,故填 has been。 考查名词复数。设空处作主语,表示“物理学家”,又因谓语动词为复数形式,故填 physicists。 考查非谓语动词。be unable to do sth.意为“不能做某事。 考查连词。由句意可知,an object with nearly-infinite density与 something else之间是选择关系,故填 or。 考查形容词。设空处作定语修饰 methods,表示“科学的”,故填 scientific。
