1、- 1 - Unit3 The internet Section Listening and Speaking 基础巩固 单句语法填空 1A software _ (工程师) by profession, Steve was a keen lover of the piano, and the only musician in his family. 2Never forget to keep your private information _ (secret) at any chat room. 3What roles would you like to play in online _
2、(game)? 4Now that we are all part of the _ (globe) village, everyone becomes a neighbour. 5Scientists have i_ a link between diet and cancer. 6There are certain _ (activity) that may be more dangerous than taking on a cell phone. 7I wish I will have a nice future, and make my _ (博客) colorful! 8Withi
3、n minutes of being introduced they were _ (聊天) away like old friends. 9Cars filed past in an endless s_. 10I had to catch his _ (stress) words about the topic. 单句写作 1你期望谁来读你的文章或你的博客? Who do you expect to read your article, _? 2欲知详情,请访问我们的网站 www.cobuild.collins.co.uk。 For details _ at www.cobuild.col
4、lins.co.uk. 3有时候她们花好几个小时网购。 Sometimes they spent several hours _. 4这样,您就能够在自己的机器上真正地运行此应用程序了。 That way, you can really _ on your own machine. 5百度是一个本土的搜索引擎。 Baidu is a _. 提升训练 - 2 - 阅读理解 With the ever increasing popularity of online shopping, users reviews are becoming more and more important. Given
5、 that you cant actually touch, see, smell or hear the product youre buying online, these reviews will provide you with valuable information on the product itself. But how far can you trust them? Barnaby Bicken had an unpleasant experience. “I took some friends to a restaurant in Manchester that had
6、excellent reviewsP1on a food website. However, the service was awful and we were ignoredW1most of the time. Later, I wrote a review on the same site only to be told that the review site owner would not accept any bad reviewsonly the good ones.” So, how can you get a useful review? Web expert Hilary
7、Saunders has a few top tips. “If there are only a few reviews of a place, there is a good chance they have been planted by friends or enemies. If there are many reviews, start by dropping the most extreme comments. Also, watch out for similarities in style between reviews from people with different
8、user names, particularly if those reviews were placed about the same time. The best thing is to look for reviewers who show some relevant W2 knowledge of the product they are reviewing.” Some companies seem to be contributing to the problem. A publishing house offered gift vouchers (购物礼券) to anyone
9、who would give their textbook a fivestar review. But not all online companies operate like this. “Amazon works hard to keep the completeness ofP2its customer reviews,” said a spokesperson for the company. “We have very clear guidelines, and when a customer reports a review that he/she feels is inapp
10、ropriateW3, we check, and may take it down.” So, next time you see that fivestar review for something you want to buy, be awareit could be the work of a false reviewer! 1What does “them” in Para. 1 refer to? AProducts.BUsers. CReviews.DBuyers. 2What does Barnaby Bickens story imply? AThe food served
11、 was awful. BNot all reviews are believable. CMany people are easily cheated. - 3 - DHe likes to write bad reviews. 3What reviews of products are useful? AThose by competitors. BThose by different users. CThose with good comments. DThose with related information. 4How does Amazon deal with the custo
12、mer reviews? AIt helps to finish the reviews. BIt pays attention to the bad reviews. CIt offers gifts for the good reviews. DIt tries to make the reviews objective. 完形填空 When most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown person, we usually say “sorry, _1_ number! ” and move on. But
13、 when Dennis Williams _2_ a text that clearly wasnt intended for him, he did something _3_. On March 19, Dennis got a group text _4_ him that a couple he didnt know were at the hospital, waiting for the _5_ of a baby. “Congratulations! But I think someone was mistaken,” Dennis _6_. The baby was born
14、 and update texts were _7_ quickly from the overjoyed grandmother, Teresa. In her _8_, she didnt seem to realize that she was _9_ the babys photos with a complete stranger. “Well, I dont _10_ you all but I will get there to take pictures with the baby,” replied Dennis before asking which room the ne
15、w _11_ were in. Much to the familys surprise, Dennis stuck to his _12_! He turned up at the hospital _13_ gifts for the new mother Lindsey and her baby boy. Lindseys husband was totally _14_ by the unexpected visit. “I dont think we would have randomly invited him over but we _15_ it and the gifts.”
16、 Teresa _16_ a photo of the chance meeting on a social networking website _17_ by the touching words:“What a _18_ this young man was to our family! He was so _19_ and kind to do this.” The post has since gained the _20_ of social media users all over the world, receiving more than 184,000 shares and
17、 61,500 likes in just three days. - 4 - 1A.unluckyBsecret CnewDwrong 2A.receivedBtranslated CcopiedDprinted 3A.reasonableBspecial CnecessaryDpractical 4A.convincingBreminding CinformingDwarning 5A.wakeupBrecovery CgrowthDarrival 6A.respondedBinterrupted CpredictedDrepeated 7A.coming inBsetting out C
18、passing downDmoving around 8A.opinionBanxiety CexcitementDeffort 9A.comparingBexchanging CdiscussingDsharing 10A.acceptBknow CbelieveDbother 11A.parentsBdoctors CpatientsDvisitors 12A.dreamBpromise CagendaDprinciple 13A.bearingBcollecting CopeningDmaking 14A.discouragedBrelaxed CastonishedDdefeated
19、15A.admitBneed - 5 - CappreciateDexpect 16A.foundBselected CdevelopedDposted 17A.confirmedBsimplified CclarifiedDaccompanied 18A.pityBblessing CreliefDproblem 19A.smartBcalm CsweetDfair 20A.sympathyBattention CcontrolDtrust 应用文写作 随着网络的发展,很多人给亲朋好友发电子贺卡表示问候和祝福。请根据以 下提示,写一篇 100 词左右的短文,阐述电子贺卡的优越性。 1传递速度
20、快; 2形式多种多样; 3有利于保护环境; 4可以播放动画和声音。 注意:文章必须包括以上要点,可以适当发挥,但不要逐条翻译。 参考词汇:电子贺卡 ecard;动画 animation - 6 - 参考答案: 【单句语法填空】 1.答案:engineer 2.答案:secret 3.答案:games 4.答案:global 5.答案:identified 6.答案:activities 7.答案:blog 8.答案:chatting 9.答案:stream 10.答案:stressed 【单句写作】 (1)答案:or your blog post (2)答案:visit our website
21、 (3)答案:shopping online (4)答案:run this app (5)答案:local search engine 【阅读理解】 篇章导读:本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了随着网上购物越来越受欢迎,使 用者的评价变得越来越重要。但是,这些评价的可信度到底有多高呢? 1.答案:C指代判断题。上句讲到“鉴 于你在网上购物时不能真正地触摸、看见、闻到或听到产品,所以这些评论能 给到你关于产品自身的有价值的信息”, 本句说的是“但是你能在多大程度上信 任它们呢?”,很明显,它们是指网上的评价,故选 C。 2.答案: B推理判断题。 Barnaby Bicken 选择了一家网评很好的饭店
22、吃饭,结果发现饭店的服务质量非常糟糕,自己想 如实写一个评论发表,但又不被接受。该例子是对第一段最后一句“这些评论 可信度有多高?”的回应,故该例子是说明网上评价未必都和事实相符,因此 选 B 项。 - 7 - 3.答案:D细节理解题。根据文章第 三段最后一句可知,最好是寻找那些对评论的产品有相关知识的网评者,故有 相关信息的那些评论是有用的,因此 D 选项符合题意。 4.答案:D推理判断题。根据文章第 四段中的“Amazon works hard to keep the completeness of its customer reviews” 和 “We have very clear g
23、uidelines, and when a customer reports a review that he/she feels is inappropriate, we check, and may take it down.”可知,亚马逊公司 努力保持顾客评论的完整性,处理顾客所反映的不恰当的评论,因此可以说该 公司尽量保持评论的客观性,因此答案为 D 选项。 【完形填空】 篇章导读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一条错发的手机短信引发了一个 善与美的故事。大多数人收到陌生人发来的信息时,往往只是提醒对方弄错了号 码。而本文的主人公丹尼斯在收到一条陌生人发来的信息后却做了不同寻常的事。 (
24、1)答案:D根据上文“When most of us get a text message on our cell phone .”“sorry”可知,此处表示“错误的(wrong)电 话号码”。故选 D。 (2)答 案 : A联 系 上 文 的 “get a text message (收到一条信息)”可知, 此处表示丹尼斯威廉姆斯收到(received)了一条 很明显本不是发给他的信息。故选 A。 (3)答案: B由下文可知, 丹尼斯做了特 别的(special)事情。故选 B。 (4)答案: C由语境可知, 此处表示丹尼 斯收到一条群发信息,告知(informing)他一对他不认识的夫妇
25、在医院里等待一 个婴儿的到来。故选 C。 (5)答案:D根据下文可知,此时新生 儿尚未出生,故新生儿父母“在等待婴儿的到来(arrival)”。故选 D。 (6)答 案 : A“Congratulations! I think someone was mistaken”是丹尼斯回复(responded)的信息。故选 A。 (7)答案:A由上下文可知,丹尼斯很 快又收到了更新的短信新生儿的祖母特蕾莎因为孩子的出生非常高兴而 - 8 - 发的信息,也就是新的短信又进来了,故选 A。 (8)答案:C由上文的“overjoyed”可知, 新生儿的祖母因为兴奋(excitement)所以把信息发错了对象
26、。故选 C。 (9)答案:D由上文内容可知,新生儿 的祖母似乎没意识到她正和一个陌生人分享(sharing)婴儿的照片。故选 D。 (10)答案:B由上句中的“a complete stranger”可知,丹尼斯不认识(know)新生儿一家人。故选 B。 (11)答案:A由第二段中的“a couple he didnt know were at the hospital, waiting for the _5_ of a baby”可知,此处是指 那对初为父母(parents)的夫妇。故选 A。 (12)答案: B上文提到丹尼斯回复说, 他 尽管不认识新生儿一家人,还是要到医院跟新生儿合影。此
27、处表示令新生儿一 家人想不到的是, 丹尼斯履行了他的承诺(promise), 出现在了医院里。 故选 B。 (13)答案:A由语境可知,丹尼斯出现 在医院里, 并且给那位妈妈和刚出生的男婴带(bearing)了礼物。 bear 在此作“携 带(尤指重要的东西)”讲,故选 A。 (14)答 案 : C由 上 文 的 “Much to the familys surprise”可知,Lindsey 的丈夫根本没有想到丹尼斯会来医院,因此意 外的来访令 Lindsey 的丈夫很吃惊(astonished)。故选 C。 (15)答案: C由语境可知, 虽然新生儿一 家人没想到偶然邀请了一个陌生人,但是
28、还是感激(appreciate)他和他的礼物。 故选 C。 (16)答 案 : D由 空 后 的 “on a social networking website”可知,新生儿的祖母特蕾莎把这次偶然见面的照片发布 (posted)到网上。故选 D。 (17)答案:D特蕾莎把照片发到了网上, 并且配上(accompanied)了感人的话语。故选 D。 (18)答案: B由上文内容可知, 丹尼斯的 来访令新生儿一家人很吃惊,他们很感激他,他们认为他的来访对新生儿一家 人来说是一件幸事(blessing)。故选 B。 - 9 - (19)答案: C新生儿一家认为他做这件事 真是太友好和善良了。smar
29、t “聪明的,精明的”;calm “冷静的”;sweet “甜的, 友好的”; fair “公平的”。 根据语境可知, 四个选项中与 kind 并列的应是 sweet。 故选 C。 (20)答案:B由空后的“receiving more than 184,000 shares and 61,500 likes in just three days”可知,这个帖子引起了全 世界社交媒体用户的关注(attention)。故选 B。 【应用文】 With the development of the Internet, more and more people tend to send ecards
30、 instead of paper ones to offer their greetings and wishes to their relatives and friends. Compared with traditional cards, ecards are more interesting and lively, for you can get not only pictures but also sound and animation. Besides, it is faster to send an e card. There are many websites online
31、where varieties of cards are available. If none of these cards are of any interest to you, you can design cards with unique style using FLASH or other software. More importantly, with the popularity of ecards, less paper is used for making traditional cards, which contributes to the environmental protection.