1、Unit 3 Section Warming Up & Reading Language Points课时跟踪检测.选词填空products， file， passive， distinguish， convenient， merciful， expectation，abrupt， merrily， seize 1It is hard to _ him from his twin brother.2The deserted girl was adopted by a _ old couple.3They came here in search of new markets for their
2、_.4The _ change of schedule gave me lots of trouble.5Mike, Id like to talk to you. What time is _ for you?Sometime next week.6They sang and danced _ and had a happy Christmas.7He _ her hand and shook it heartily.8Quitting smoking and avoiding _ smoking are good for our health.9To their disappointmen
3、t, the result was contrary to their _.10We will _ our claim with the insurance company.答案：1.distinguish2.merciful3.products4.abrupt5.convenient6.merrily7.seized8.passive9expectation10.file.单项填空1What _ do you use when judging the quality of a students work?AmeansBfileClevel Dcriteria解析：选D。句意：你用什么标准来衡
4、量学生的作业？means“方法；手段”；file“文件”；level“水平”；criteria“标准；尺度”。2The film Wu Xia _ a great success and brought in a large profit to the cinema.Aseized BenjoyedCwon Dappreciated解析：选B。句意：电影武侠获得了巨大的成功，而且给影院带来了丰厚的利润。seize“抓住”；enjoy“喜欢；享有”；win“赢得(奖项等)”；appreciate“欣赏；感谢”。根据句意选B。3His stepmother drove him out _.Amer
5、cifully Bwithout mercyCmerrily Dsadly解析：选B。句意：他的继母无情地把他驱赶出去。mercifully“怜悯地”；without mercy“无情地”；merrily“欢快地；愉快地”；sadly“伤心地”。只有B项符合句意。4When I ordered him to go, he left the room _.Apassive BactiveCpassively Dpassiveness解析：选C。passively adv. “被动地；顺从地”，修饰动词leave，其他选项不能修饰动词。5She went upstairs to see if he
6、 was still asleep _.Aat one time Bnow and thenCin the same time Dbehind the time解析：选B。句意：她不时地到楼上去看看他是否仍在睡觉。at one time“过去曾经”；now and then“时常地”；in the same time“在同一时间”；behind the time“不合时宜”。故选B。6Would it be _ for you to pick me up at four oclock and take me to the airport?Afree BvacantChandy Dconveni
7、ent解析：选D。convenient意为“方便的；便利的”，常用于“It is convenient for sb. to do sth.”结构中。free“空闲的”；vacant“地方空着的；职位空缺的”；handy“手边的；附近的”。7So sudden_that the enemy had no time to escape.Adid the attack Bthe attack didCwas the attack Dthe attack was解析：选C。在so . that结构中，so加形容词/副词部分位于句首时，主句的主谓一般采用部分倒装形式，如果谓语动词为be的一般现在时或一
8、般过去时，则使用完全倒装形式。故选C项。8When they _ to choose a new manager, Jack, the most talented in our company, was obviously ignored for some reasons.Aset about Bset outCset up Dset off解析：选B。set about doing sth. “着手；开始(做)”；set out to do sth. “开始(做)”；set up“建立；创立”；set off“出发；动身”。根据语境和搭配选B。9According to our plan,
9、_ seems to be no time for play now.Ait BthereCthat Dthis解析：选B。句意：根据我们的计划，现在似乎没有时间玩了。there seems to be .是there be句型的特殊形式，表示“似乎有”，因此选B项。10The pilot told us that everything was OK. Only then _ how dangerous the situation had been.AI realized BI had realizedCdid I realize Dhave I realized解析：选C。only修饰状语置
10、于句首，句子要倒装，故排除A、B项。又根据句子时态可知C项正确。.阅读理解山东、江西、浙江专用ASteven Spielbergs 2002 sciencefiction thriller Minority Report produced a world where computers could read minds and predict the future. It seemed fanciful at the time, but fantasy is edging closer to fact.On Jan. 31, a team of scientists at UC Berkele
11、y, led by Robert Knight programmed computers to decode (破译) brain waves and replay them as words. Five months earlier, another group of Berkeley scientists showed their colleagues short movies and used computers to play back in color what people saw.These experiments are a big advance from 2006, whe
12、n a French scientist first replayed images from a human mind, a blackandwhite checkerboard pattern. The possibilities are great: a disabled person could “speak”； doctors could access the mind of a patient who fainted; you could rewatch your dreams on an iPad. There are, of course, equally dark side,
13、 such as the involuntary take out of information from the brain.In spite of these breakthroughs, Jack Gallant, the neuroscientist who led the first Berkeley team, says current technology for decoding brain activity is still “relatively primitive”. The field is held back by its poor machinery, in par
14、ticular the fMRI.“Eventually，” says Gallant, “someone will invent a decoding machine you can wear as a hat.” Such an advance into the human mind, he says might take 30 years.Still, the recent advances at Berkeley offer small answers, which scientists can use to begin unlocking the secrets of memory
15、and consciousness.语篇解读：通过科学家们的努力，惊悚科幻电影中提到的电脑能读懂人的大脑并预测未来的幻想快要成为现实了。1What is the best title for the passage?ANew technology can read your mindBFantasy is edging closer to factCA new discovery in human brainDThe intelligent computers in the future解析：选A。标题判断题。根据第一段并综合全文可知，该文主要介绍了科学家利用新技术可能会读懂人的大脑，故A项最
16、适合作为本文的标题。2What did scientists at UC Berkeley do?AThey produced a fanciful world.BThey made computers jump forward like a human.CThey managed to translate brain waves into language.DThey used computers to make short movies.解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句中的“programmed computers to decode (破译) brain waves and re
17、play them as words”可知，应选C。3Which of the following is impossible for the research?AIt can help a disabled man recover his ability of speech.BDoctors can read a patients mind even if he is unconscious.CPeople will know what happens in their dreams.DPeoples thoughts may be given away.解析：选A。推理判断题。根据第三段的
18、第二句“The possibilities are great: a disabled person could speak . on an iPad.”及上下文内容可推知，该研究并不能使残疾人恢复说话的能力，而是通过电脑读懂残疾人的大脑，从而使其“说话”，因此选A。4What plays a most important role in the development of the technology?AA computer. BAn iPad.CA decoding machine. DA hat.解析：选C。细节理解题。根据倒数第三段的最后一句“The field is held ba
19、ck by its poor machinery, in particular the fMRI.”并结合倒数第二段的内容可知，在该项技术的发展过程中，译码机起着非常重要的作用。5It can be inferred from the passage that _.Ascientists got the inspiration from a movieBthe technology still has a long way to goCthe technology has been put into practiceDscientists have unlocked the secrets o
20、f memory解析：选B。推理判断题。根据文章最后三段的内容可知，现在的技术水平还处于相对原始的阶段，要真正读懂人的大脑还有很长的路要走。B(2012山东高考)Arthur Miller (19152005)is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Millers father had moved to the USA from AustriaHungary, drawn like so many others by the“Great American Dream”. H
21、owever, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.Millers most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social
22、 status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with this system. Willy is “burnt out”and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he cant do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company，and he m
23、ust go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.When it was first staged in 1949 ，the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, th
24、e New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February 10,2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Sale
25、sman on Broadway.语篇解读：本文向我们介绍了20世纪伟大的剧作家Arthur Miller 以及他的代表作Death of a Salesman。6Why did Arthur Millers father move to the USA?AHe suffered from severe hunger in his home country. BHe was attracted by the “Great American Dream”CHe hoped to make his son a dramatist. DHis family business failed.解析：选B
26、。细节理解题。由第一段的第二句可知，Miller的父亲受“美国梦”的吸引而来到美国，由此可知应选B。7The play Death of a Salesman_.Aexposes the cruelty of the American business worldBdiscusses the ways to get promoted in a companyCtalks about the business career of Arthur MillerDfocuses on the skills in doing business解析：选A。细节理解题。第二段第一句话告诉我们，推销员之死有力
27、地抨击了美国制度，且后面对本书主人公的介绍也揭示了美国商业世界的残酷，故A项正确。8What can we learn about Willy Loman?AHe treats his employer badly.BHe runs the Wagner Company.CHe is a victim of the American system.DHe is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第二段可知戏剧中的主人公Willy Loman最终因迷茫、失败而自杀，成为了残酷的美国商业制度的牺牲品，故选C。9After it w
28、as first staged ，Death of a Salesman_.Aachieved huge successBwon the first Tony AwardCwas warmly welcomed by salesmenDwas severely attacked by dramatists解析：选A。推理判断题。由第三段可知，该剧自上演以来备受好评，获得了三项大奖，成为第一个获得这三项大奖的戏剧，由此可以看出，该剧取得了巨大的成功。10What is the text mainly about?AArthur Miller and his family.BThe awards
29、Arthur Miller won.CThe hardship Arthur Miller experienced.DArthur Miller and his bestknown play.解析：选D。主旨大意题。通读全文可以看出，本文主要介绍了20世纪伟大的剧作家Arthur Miller 以及他最著名的剧本Death of a Salesman，由此可知D项最能概括全文。通用版、安徽、福建、陕西专用ASteven Spielbergs 2002 sciencefiction thriller Minority Report produced a world where computers
30、 could read minds and predict the future. It seemed fanciful at the time, but fantasy is edging closer to fact.On Jan. 31, a team of scientists at UC Berkeley, led by Robert Knight programmed computers to decode (破译) brain waves and replay them as words. Five months earlier, another group of Berkele
31、y scientists showed their colleagues short movies and used computers to play back in color what people saw.These experiments are a big advance from 2006, when a French scientist first replayed images from a human mind, a blackandwhite checkerboard pattern. The possibilities are great: a disabled per
32、son could “speak”； doctors could access the mind of a patient who fainted; you could rewatch your dreams on an iPad. There are, of course, equally dark side, such as the involuntary take out of information from the brain.In spite of these breakthroughs, Jack Gallant, the neuroscientist who led the f
33、irst Berkeley team, says current technology for decoding brain activity is still “relatively primitive”. The field is held back by its poor machinery, in particular the fMRI.“Eventually，” says Gallant, “someone will invent a decoding machine you can wear as a hat.” Such an advance into the human min
34、d, he says might take 30 years.Still, the recent advances at Berkeley offer small answers, which scientists can use to begin unlocking the secrets of memory and consciousness.语篇解读：通过科学家们的努力，惊悚科幻电影中提到的电脑能读懂人的大脑并预测未来的幻想快要成为现实了。1What is the best title for the passage?ANew technology can read your mindB
35、Fantasy is edging closer to factCA new discovery in human brainDThe intelligent computers in the future解析：选A。标题判断题。根据第一段并综合全文可知，该文主要介绍了科学家利用新技术可能会读懂人的大脑，故A项最适合作为本文的标题。2What did scientists at UC Berkeley do?AThey produced a fanciful world.BThey made computers jump forward like a human.CThey managed t
36、o translate brain waves into language.DThey used computers to make short movies.解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句中的“programmed computers to decode (破译) brain waves and replay them as words”可知，应选C。3What plays a most important role in the development of the technology?AA computer. BAn iPad.CA decoding machine. DA
37、hat.解析：选C。细节理解题。根据倒数第三段的最后一句“The field is held back by its poor machinery, in particular the fMRI.”并结合倒数第二段的内容可知，在该项技术的发展过程中，译码机起着非常重要的作用。4It can be inferred from the passage that _.Ascientists got the inspiration from a movieBthe technology still has a long way to goCthe technology has been put int
38、o practiceDscientists have unlocked the secrets of memory解析：选B。推理判断题。根据文章最后三段的内容可知，现在的技术水平还处于相对原始的阶段，要真正读懂人的大脑还有很长的路要走。B(2012山东高考)Arthur Miller (19152005)is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Millers father had moved to the USA from AustriaHungary, drawn li
39、ke so many others by the“Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.Millers most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of doin
40、g business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with this system. Willy is “burnt out”and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he cant do the work, then he is no
41、good to his employer, the Wagner Company，and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.When it was first staged in 1949 ，the play was greeted with enthusiastic rev
42、iews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awardsMiller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February 10,2005, the 56th anniver
43、sary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.语篇解读：本文向我们介绍了20世纪伟大的剧作家Arthur Miller 以及他的代表作Death of a Salesman。5Why did Arthur Millers father move to the USA?AHe suffered from severe hunger in his home country.BHe was attracted by the “Great American Dream”CHe hoped to make his son
44、 a dramatist.DHis family business failed.解析：选B。细节理解题。由第一段的第二句可知，Miller的父亲受“美国梦”的吸引而来到美国，由此可知应选B。6What can we learn about Willy Loman?AHe treats his employer badly.BHe runs the Wagner Company.CHe is a victim of the American system.DHe is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第二段可知戏剧中的主人公
45、Willy Loman最终因迷茫、失败而自杀，成为了残酷的美国商业制度的牺牲品，故选C。7After it was first staged ，Death of a Salesman_.Aachieved huge successBwon the first Tony AwardCwas warmly welcomed by salesmenDwas severely attacked by dramatists解析：选A。推理判断题。由第三段可知，该剧自上演以来备受好评，获得了三项大奖，成为第一个获得这三项大奖的戏剧，由此可以看出，该剧取得了巨大的成功。8What is the text m
46、ainly about?AArthur Miller and his family.BThe awards Arthur Miller won.CThe hardship Arthur Miller experienced.DArthur Miller and his bestknown play.解析：选D。主旨大意题。通读全文可以看出，本文主要介绍了20世纪伟大的剧作家Arthur Miller 以及他最著名的剧本Death of a Salesman，由此可知D项最能概括全文。.选做题短文改错(通用版、浙江专用)Last Sunday my father and I went fishi
47、ng along a river. We found the water very dirty that we could hardly catch any fish in it. A lot of factories along the river always poured their waste water and rubbish straightly into the river, which made the river polluting. In this way most of the fish in the river was killed. Unless the rivers all over the country are pol
