1、Unit 10ConnectionsTopic Talk【基础知识过关】.单词拼写1He is being treated at the _ (诊所)2The _ (美术馆) possesses a number of the artists early works.3The city is providing free transportation to the _ (体育场) from downtown.4Hot and cold food is available in the _ (自助餐厅)5The smell is very familiar to everyone who liv
2、es near the _ (面包烘房)6I have been working in a _ (食品杂货) store for two years.7They decided to move to a wealthy _ (郊区) of London.8Its more convenient to eat in the _ (食堂)9Oil is put in machinery to reduce the _ (摩擦)10The governments _ (干预) will not help.单句语法填空1It is a statement in conflict _ other evi
3、dence.2She is still angry and refuses to accept my _ (apologise)3He often _ (envy) me having such a close family.4We were greatly _ (disturb) by global warming.5_ (disagree) arose about exactly how to plan the show.6He needs all the support and _ (encourage) he can get.7We can just hang _ and have a
4、 good time.8There are some excellent _ (gallery) in this city.短语填空come into conflict， apologise to sb. for， call on， hang out， out of envy1She often _ with her mother.2His attitude towards me is _.3The government _ us to donate money to the poor children.4Tom _ with his friends in the street last ni
5、ght.5I should _ you _ my mistake.完成句子1农民们听到这一坏消息感到不安。Farmers _ the bad news.2我的父母总是支持我所做的一切。My parents _ everything I do all the time.3他最不想参观的地方是这个市中心的博物馆。_ was the museum in the centre of the city.4最重要的事是我们先在这个村庄安顿下来。_ we should settle down in the village first.5她完全不同意并且立刻离开了会议室。She _ and immediate
6、ly left the meeting room.【能力提升训练】.阅读AJK. Rowling frequently shows there is magic every day. Her Harry Potter series has helped people through times of stress and depression and she is always there to deliver wise words of encouragement.She is one celebrity who is very active on Twitter. So when a si
7、ngle dad named Matt Burke sent her a message thanking her for the series, she noticed. Her series had helped strengthen his relationship with his 9yearold daughter Bailey.He included a link to his article titled Being a Broke Parent. He explained how he hadnt found a level of financial stability tha
8、t allowed him to pay bills on time and take his daughter on more activities and events. The family also doesnt have the Internet or TV, which means theres no “digital babysitter”， and he has to rely on his own creative ways to bond with his daughter. Since he received the series, the main thing that
9、 has occupied them these days is reading books together.Burke admits that he thought he was “too cool” for the books when they first came out and he was in his twenties, but hes loving reading them now. “We switch off chapter by chapter reading them out loud，” Burke explains.“This not only allows he
10、r to get more used to reading aloud in front of someone, but it gets me directly involved in something she loves, and it gives me the chance to be very dramatic when I read my chapters and bring myself into the characters in the book, which has proven to be a ton of fun.”After hearing Burkes story,
11、Rowling said how honored she was when Harry Potter was a part of his familys life and offered Burke more signed books. Besides, people are also offering to send Burke more books as gifts. For Burke, this experience, far more than gifts, will be what he treasures.1Why did Burke thank JK. Rowling acco
12、rding to the text?AShe guided him how to write a good story.BShe encouraged him when he was in trouble.CHer books helped him through times of confusion.DHer books helped him improve his bond with his daughter.2What is implied in Burkes words in Paragraph 4?AHe has found it interesting to read the se
13、ries.BHe was too old to understand the series better.CHe has chosen a better way of reading the series.DHe hopes to play a role in the drama in the future.3Which word can best describe Burkes experience according to the text?AUnique. BNormal.CPrecious. DFunny.4What is the main idea of this text?AJ.K
14、. Rowling chooses to help improve kids health.BJ.K. Rowling gives a magical gift to a single father.CJ.K. Rowling has a deep influence on others growth.DBurke comes to know JK. Rowling through her series.B Find Your Adventure at the Space and Aviation (航空) Center If youre looking for a unique advent
15、ure, the Space and Aviation Center (SAC) is the place to be. The Center offers programs designed to challenge and inspire with handson tasks and lots of fun.More than 750,000 have graduated from SAC, with many seeking employment in engineering, aviation, education, medicine and a wide variety of oth
16、er professions. They come to camp, wanting to know what it is like to be an astronaut or a pilot, and they leave with realworld applications for what theyre studying in the classroom.For the trainees, the programs also offer a great way to earn merit badges (荣誉徽章). At Space Camp, trainees can earn t
17、heir Space Exploration badge as they build and fire model rockets, learn about space tasks and try simulated (模拟) flying to space with the crew from all over the world. The Aviation Challenge program gives trainees the chance to earn their Aviation badge. They learn the principles of flight and test
18、 their operating skills in the cockpit (驾驶舱) of a variety of flight simulators. Trainees also get a good start on their Wilderness Survival badge as they learn about waterand landsurvival through designed tasks and their search and rescue of a “downed” pilot.With all the programs, teamwork is key as
19、 trainees learn the importance of leadership and being part of a bigger task.All this fun is available for ages 9 to 18. Families can enjoy the experience together, too, with Family Camp programs for families with children as young as 7.Stay an hour or stay a weekthere is something here for everyone
20、!For more details, please visit us online at .5Why do people come to SAC?ATo experience adventures.BTo look for jobs in aviation.CTo get a degree in engineering.DTo learn more about medicine.6To earn a Space Exploration badge, a trainee needs to _.Afly to spaceBget an Aviation badge firstCstudy the
21、principles of flightDbuild and fire model rockets7What is the most important for trainees?ALeadership. BTeam spirit.CTask planning. DSurvival skills.CThe ruins of a Maya city have been discovered in Guatemala with the help of the remote sensing technique LiDAR. This lost city envelops sites like Tik
22、al, Holmul, and Witzna, but shows that these famous areas are a small part of this lost urban network.Hidden under the jungles of the Maya Biosphere Reserve site, more than 60,000 humanmade featureshomes, canals, highways, and morehave been identified in aerial (从飞机上的) images collected by some inter
23、national researchers headed by the PAGUNAM Foundation, a Maya cultural and natural heritage organization. Those have experts rethink the outlines and complexity of the Maya Empire.These ancient peoples obviously created these imaginative cultures based on their known relics (遗迹), but the new researc
24、h has suggested that the size of this lost society is far beyond what experts imagined. The findings will be explored in a onehour documentary called “Lost Treasures of the Maya Snake Kings”， to be broadcast on the National Geographic Channel.This breakthrough was possible thanks to LiDAR sensors, w
25、hich can survey lands in 3D by bouncing pulses off the ground from unmanned air vehicles and others. LiDAR is exceptionally useful for detecting archeological (考古的) sites, as it gets through jungles and other features that hold up exploration on the ground. The technique has made many discoveries be
26、come a reality in recent years. For instance, major finds at Angkor, Cambodia and Caracol, Belize can explain what it did.The final goal is to survey Guatemalas lowlands with it. “There are entire cities we didnt know about now showing up in the survey data，” Francisco EstradaBelli, one of the lead
27、archeologists on the project, said in Nat Geos coming documentary. “There are 20,000 square kilometres more to be explored and there are going to be hundreds of cities about the mysterious people who built this urban network there that we dont know about, and we will push back the frontiers with the
28、 technology，” he added.8What does the underlined word “Those” in Paragraph 2 refer to?AJungles. BHumanmade features.CResearchers. DAerial images.9What does the author want to convey in Paragraph 4?AThe working principle of LiDAR sensors.BThe process of researching Maya civilization.CGreat importance
29、 of Guatemalas lowlands.DLiDARs contribution to discovering the relics.10Which words can best describe the lost Maya city?ASmall and hidden.BFamous and hightech.CVast and complex.DFullyexplored and imaginative.11What will the archeologists do next?AContinue to explore the unknown.BUpgrade the LiDAR
30、technology.CStudy the documentary carefully.DBuild a massive urban network.七选五Lets take a minute to think about the water we use. The human body is 60% water and we need to drink lots of water to be healthy. When we are thirsty we just go to the kitchen and fill a glass with clean water._1_ For exam
31、ple, farmers, who produce the food we eat, use water to make the plants grow. When we turn on a light or switch on a TV or a computer we use energy and we need water to produce this energy.The truth is that we are lucky enough to have clean water whenever we want, but this is not the case for many p
32、eople around the world. _2_ Thats around one in 10 people in the world. If we drink dirty water, we can catch diseases from the bacteria and become ill. Every year over 500,000 children die from diarrhoea (腹泻) from dirty water. Thats around 1,400 children every day! Also, in some countries children
33、walk many kilometres every day to get water. _3_ Therefore, they dont have time to learn how to read or write and dont get an education._4_ On this day every year, countries around the world hold events to educate people about the problems of dirty water and that clean water is something that everyo
34、ne should have around the world. At one school in the UK, children between the ages of 10 and 15 walk 6km with six litres of water. _5_ People give them money to do this and all the money helps get clean water to as many people as possible around the world.AWe use water indirectly too.BEvery system
35、in our body depends on water to function.CIt is to inspire people to learn more about waterrelated problems.DIf children walk many hours a day to get water, they cant go to school.EDid you know that around 750 million people do not have clean water to drink?FIn 1993 the United Nations decided that M
36、arch 22nd is the World Day for Water.GIn this way, they know how it feels to walk a long distance carrying heavy bottles.完形填空During the National Day holiday, I went to Xian, Shaanxi, to visit the worldfamous Terracotta Warriors (兵马俑). I was _1_ to see so many pottery (陶) figures in _2_ poses (姿势), i
37、ncluding standing, sitting and lying.They are truetolife, as tall as humans. The most _3_ part of them is that each one has a unique face, which interested me a lot. Depending on their clothes, hat and hair, they have different jobs in the _4_. Some hold weapons (武器) while others lead the horses.The
38、se soldiers were built for the _5_ of Qin Shihuang. He believed that after his _6_， he would go to another world. So he asked _7_ to build an army of warriors to protect him in the afterlife. It is believed that over 700,000 workers _8_ the tomb for 39 years._9_ I visited the Terracotta Warriors and
39、 knew the history behind them, I_10_ to make my own little warrior when I got back home. First with gypsum (石膏) powder, I _11_ a stone model warrior, and then with a little stick, drew an expression on his face. When the _12_was dry, my work was done.The process sounds easy, but it proved to be _13_
40、. The powder went everywhere, sometimes making my eyes fail to see _14_. So I watered it, which helped. It took me more than three hours to _15_ the figure. Its so nice to hold this soldier that I made myself.,1A.ashamed Bamazed Cannoyed Ddisappointed2A.different Bsimilar Ccurious Ddisabled3A.confus
41、ing Btiring Cfrightening Dappealing4A.army Bschool Cmuseum Dstadium5A.palace Btomb Chometown Dtemple6A.speech Bpower Cdeath Dtravel7A.farmers Bofficials Csoldiers Dworkers8A.built Bdesigned Crecovered Dremoved9A.After BBefore CThough DIf10A.arranged Bdecided Cforgot Dremembered11A.damaged Banalyzed
42、Ccovered Dbought12A.ink Bleather Cmud Dpowder13A.unfair Bpowerful Cpractical Dchallenging14A.socially Bsecretly Cclearly Dskillfully15A.distinguish Badvertise Cfinish Drecognize.语法填空When you think of robots, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Do you think of science fiction movies like Star
43、 Wars, 1._ robots of all shapes and sizes are part of daily life? Robots were once just the product of fiction. The word itself came from the play Rossums Universal Robots, 2._ (write) in 1920 by Karel Capek.Today most robots dont look like humans. They appear in many forms and 3._ (programme) to pe
44、rform a wide variety of things, from working in factories 4._ exploring the surface of Mars. But there is a surprising problem in the world of robots: What humans find easy is 5._ (extreme) complicated for a robot. For example, picking up clothes in a messy room 6._ (be) simple for humans, but it is
45、 difficult for robots to do that. 7._ problem is to programme a robot to pick up some objects of different shapes and sizes without damaging them.It shows that one of the most difficult things 8._ (improve) in robots is their flexibility. Exciting 9._ (develop) in making humanlike hands and legs are under way. But the biggest advancements are to
