1、Units 4-6I. 选用括号内合适的内容完成下列短文。AIt was announced that the company 1. _ (will build, was going to build) a huge newshopping centre near the countryside. There 2. _ (were, would be) at least three hundredshops, including some big department stores. When the project 3. _ (was, would be)completed, there w
2、ould be hundreds of new jobs for local people. But not everyone was happy.“Were going to fight against this plan,” 4. _ (says, said) a spokesperson for the localEnvironment Group. He added that they thought something bad 5. _ (would happen, willhappen) to the countryside. When the shopping malls wer
3、e finished, the whole countryside6. _ (were covered, would be covered) and there would be no green fields left.Owners of shops in the town centre were also unhappy. One of them said the new centre7. _ (will take, would take) their customers away. They were to hold a protest (抗议)meeting at the town h
4、all. It 8. _ (will start, would start) at half past seven.BSome of the quotes in IT history have turned out to be ironic (讽刺的).1899“Everything that can be invented has already been invented.” Charles H. Duell,Commissioner of the U. S. Patent Office believed it 1. _ (would be, will be) a future withn
5、o more inventions. Centuries later, the world is telling us that there 2. _ (are, were) stillmany things to be invented, and many things that were once thought impossible are becomingtrue.1943“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers,” said Thomas J. Watson, chairmanof IBM. Thomas J.
6、 Watson 3. _ (had, would have) no idea that the demand for dataprocessing 4. _ (became, would become) so great. Time has changed, and now is the ageof the PC. For the world market capacity (容量) for PCs, we now have to use “billion” afternumbers.1949“Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5
7、 tons.” This was from PopularMechanics, talking about the future of science.The technology has completely moved beyond peoples previous imagination, and thecomputer 5. _ (had long said, has long said) goodbye to its huge weight. Today,microprocessor chips (微处理器芯片) are being used in mobile phones, di
8、gital cameras and otherhand-held electronic devices. Some experts predicted that one day nanotechnology (纳米技术)6. _ (would make, will make) chips as thin as a hair.The surprising history of computing over the past years has taught us not to take expertscomments too seriously. Anyone can make mistakes
9、, and our lives will eventually become ahistory of limitations.II. 根据汉语意思补全下列对话（每空一词）。ATim: Did you have a good journey?Jack: 1. _ _ (不全然). The plane was filled with people.Tim: Im not surprised. 2. _ _ _ (总是这样) around holiday time.Jack: I was stuck right in the middle row. I couldnt stretch my legs
10、 and get to sleep.Tim: Oh dear. I know what its like.Jack: I could have done with a few hours sleep while 3. _ (旅行) on the plane.Tim: I bet 4. _ _ (你原 本可 以 ). Well, will you plan to visit the exhibitiontomorrow?Jack: Yes, I think 5. _ _ (我会的).BPaul: Why do you look so upset, Lee?Lee: I watched a doc
11、umentary last night which 1. _ _ (被播放) on TV.Paul: What was it about?Lee: Water pollution. It is very alarming that water 2. _ _ _ (正被污染)day by day.Paul: Exactly! Polluted water causes much harm to us.Lee: Human activities are mainly responsible for water pollution. Waste 3. _ _ _ (正被扔进) rivers. Bes
12、ides, chemical fertilizers (肥料) and insecticides (杀虫剂) 4. _ _ _ (正在被使用) by farmers in their fields. Some of thechemicals 5. _ _ _ (被冲走) by rain and floods.Paul: Right you are. And these chemical fertilizers and insecticides get mixed with the water ofseas, ponds, and rivers, and thus pollute water.L
13、ee: Harmful materials produced by factories 6. _ _ _ (也被排放) intorivers and seas.Paul: So, it is high time we stopped polluting water. But how can we prevent water from beingpolluted?Lee: Water pollution 7. _ _ _ (能被阻止) in many ways. But the mainway is to make people aware of the importance of pure w
14、ater.Paul: I couldnt agree with you more.Lee: By the way, a lecture about protecting water resources 8. _ _ _ (将被举办) this afternoon. Would you like to go with me?Paul: Of course.III. 阅读下列短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。AAnimals have good senses that help them avoid dangers or locate food. 1. _ isthoug
15、ht that these senses might also help them detect (察觉) many coming 2. _ (disaster).Some researchers believe the animals at Yala National Park were able to detect the earthquake andmove to higher ground before the tsunami 3. _ (hit) in 2004.Other researchers are doubtful about using animals as earthqu
16、ake detectors. They mention the4. _ (difficult) of developing a controlled study that can connect an animals particularbehaviour with an earthquake occurrence. The United States Geological Survey (USGS)5. _ (public) states, “It is unreasonable to predict earthquakes according 6. _changes in animals
17、behaviour. Even though there are cases in 7. _ animals unusualbehaviour before earthquakes has been recorded, a reproducible (可复制的) connection betweenparticular behaviour and the occurrence of an earthquake has not been made. Because of theirgood senses, animals can often feel an earthquake 8. _ (ea
18、rly) than humans. This mayexplain why animals may seem to know an earthquake is coming.”Although there is no agreement as to whether animals behaviour can 9. _ (employ)to foresee earthquakes and natural disasters, scientists all agree that it is possible for animals10. _ (sense) changes in the envir
19、onment before humans.BMany people call photo manipulation (处理) “fake” because its not photography. Indeed, itsmore of digital art, but it still relies 1. _ photography and turns it into somethingcompletely new. But artist Monica Carvalho is here 2. _ (make) peace between these twoart types. She take
20、s photos of regular things in daily life, and then turns them into odd andamazing composites (合成物), 3. _ make you admire her imagination and 4. _(creative).Monica is a Swiss-born photographer currently 5. _ (live) in Berlin, Germany. She ispassionate about finding new insights into familiar things,
21、and she does it quite well. Her photomanipulations usually combine two photos to create 6. _ (object) that are not justinteresting but also very satisfying and pleasing to the eye.Monicas fascination with arts 7. _ (begin) at a very young age and her interestseventually sent her to study the history
22、 of art in college. She is 8. _ (particular) interestedin surrealist artists and their works, and she has taken 9. _ same route in most of herphotography.The goal of Monicas work and her motto is “to make the ordinary extraordinary”. She saysits a challenge to make her artistic adventures not only v
23、ery exciting but also incredibly10. _ (person).答案I.A1. was going to build 2. would be3. was 4. said5. would happen 6. would be covered7. would take 8. would startB1. would be 2. are3. had 4. would become5. has long said 6. would makeII.A1. Not really 2. It is always3. travelling 4. you could5. I wil
24、lB1. was shown 2. is being polluted3. is being thrown into 4. are being used5. are washed away 6. are also released7. can be prevented 8. will be heldIII.A1. It 2. disasters3. hit 4. difficulty / difficulties5. publicly 6. to7. which 8. earlier9. be employed 10. to senseB1. on / upon 2. to make3. which 4. creativity5. living 6. objects7. began 8. particularly9. the 10. personal学科网（北京）股份有限公司
