1、Unit 3 Times change!Grammar一、单词拼写1. Our foreign trade is continuously _(扩展). 2. As we all know, culture is the _ (精神, 灵魂)of a city. 3. Friendly contacts between different peoples _(促进) cultural interchange. 4. The child likes the _(连环漫画)so much that he stays up late every night. 5. He put on the sam
2、e _(服装) that he had worn in Ottawa. 6. Systematic training should be _(不可缺少的)to library management. 二、阅读理解MySpace, the social networking website, is different from other websites which only provide stories about other people. MySpace is a place that allows you to broadcast your own stories and perso
3、nal information to as many people as you like. Started eighteen years ago, it is a big source of information for and about American kids. Teenagers and their parents feel very different about it. Teens are rushing to join the site, not sharing their parents worries. It signals yet another generation
4、 gap in the digital era. For teenagers, it is reliable network to keep in touch with their friends. They will often list their surnames, birthdays, after-school jobs, school clubs, hobbies and other personal information. “MySpace is an easy way to reach just about everyone. I dont have all the phone
5、 numbers of all my acquaintances. But if I want to get in touch with one of them, I could just leave them a message on MySpace, ” said Abby Van Wassen. She is a 16-year-old student at Woodland Hills High of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Parents on the other hand are seriously concerned about the securit
6、y problems of MySpace. “Every time we hold a parents meeting, the first question is always about MySpace, ” said Kent Gates, who travels the country doing Internet safety seminars(研讨会). The National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children has received at least 288 MySpace-related complaints, accor
7、ding to Mary Beth Buchanan, a lawyer in Pittsburgh. “Your profile on MySpace shows all your personal information to anyone on the Web. And MySpace even lists this information by birthplace and age. Its like a free checklist for troublemakers and it endangers children, ” Buchanan said. 1. From the pa
8、ssage, we can learn that MySpace _. A. brings about the generation gapB. is very careful about peoples privacyC. encourages you to list your personal informationD. lists the telephone numbers of your friends2. Why are some parents against MySpace? A. Because they think MySpace has a bad influence on
9、 their children. B. Because they dont want to pay so much money for MySpace. C. Because it takes up too much of their childrens spare time. D. Because troublemakers can easily reach their children through the site. 3. What can we infer from “Every time we hold a parents meeting, the first question i
10、s always about MySpace”? A. MySpace has become a top problem troubling parents. B. MySpace often holds parents meetings. C. MySpace is quite popular with parents. D. Parents have lots of questions about the website. 4. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? A. Internet Safety B
11、. MySpaceC. Generation GapD. The Digital Era三、语法填空阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Over time I have been changed quite a lot.I began as a 1. (calculate) machine in France in 1642.When I was young I could 2. (simple) difficult sums.I developed very slowly and 3. took nearly two hundred years before I
12、was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage.After I was programmed by an operator 4. used cards with holes,I could“think”5. (logic) and produce an answer quicker than any person.At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”.In 1936
13、my real father,Alan Turing,6. (write) a book about whether I could be made 7. (work) as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problem.From then 8.,I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower.By the 1940s I had grown as large as a room,and I wondered if I would grow any larger.H
14、owever,this reality also worried my designers.As time went by,I was made 9.(small).First as a PC,and then as a laptop,I 10. (use) in offices and homes since the 1970s.四、应用文写作假定你是李华，你的新西兰朋友Noah在给你的邮件中说他对中国古代建筑很感兴趣，并打算利用暑假参观一下。 请你给他回封邮件，内容包括：1推荐要参观的建筑；2约定参观的时间；3提出其他建议。注意：1.词数80左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 一、单
15、词拼写1.expanding2.soul3.facilitateic5.costume6.integral二、阅读理解1.C。细节理解题。根据第三段一整段的内容可知, MySpace 可以允许你把很多的信息放进去, 包括朋友的名字、生日、学校生活等等, 可以推断出它是鼓励你把更多的个人信息放进去, 故选C。 2.D。细节理解题。根据第五段的内容可知, 父母们抱怨孩子把个人信息发布到网上存在安全隐患; 再根据最后一段的“. . . MySpace even lists this information by birthplace and age. Its like a free checklis
16、t for troublemakers and it endangers children”可知, 父母反对孩子用MySpace是因为坏人通过这个网站很容易就能找到他们, 故选D。 3.A。推理判断题。结合上下文和父母们说的这句话, 可推断出父母最担心的问题是孩子总是把个人信息发布到网上, 造成安全隐患, 故选A。 4.B。标题归纳题。本文主要讲述了MySpace深受孩子们的喜爱, 父母们对此非常担心, 故选B。 三、语法填空1.calculating考查非谓语动词。修饰名词machine用非谓语动词,此处用动词-ing形式表示被修饰语的用途,故填calculating。2.simplify考
17、查动词。could后接动词原形,故填 simplify。3.it考查固定句型。“it takes+时间段+before+其他成分”是固定句型,表示“花费了多长时间以后才”,it作主语。4.who/that考查定语从句引导词。这里是一个限制性定语从句,先行词是an operator,且从句缺少主语,因此要用who或者that来引导,故填who/that。5.logically考查副词。此处用副词修饰动词could think,故填logically。6.wrote考查动词时态。根据时间状语In 1936可知,描述过去发生的事情,应使用一般过去时,故填wrote。7.to work考查非谓语动词。
18、分析句子可知,work作make的宾语补足语,被动语态中的宾语补足语用带to的不定式,故填to work。8.on考查介词。from then on“从那时起”是固定短语,故填on。9.smaller考查形容词比较级。根据下文“First as a PC,and then as a laptop”可知,随着时间的推移,我被制作得更小。small作宾语补足语用形容词比较级。故填smaller。10.have been used考查动词时态及语态。根据时间状语since the 1970s可知,表示过去发生,一直持续到现在的动作用现在完成时,且主语I与use是被动关系,故填have been us
19、ed。四、应用文写作Dear Noah，Im really glad that you take great interest in ancient Chinese architecture.Millions of ancient architectures have survived in Chinas history.However, there is no better place to visit than the Forbidden City in Beijing.It served as a royal palace for centuries.Summer is a good time for traveling, so shall we go there on 1 August? I believe youll have a better experience if you know its history.Youd better do some research online.Please let me know if you need further information.Yours，Li Hua第11页（共11页）
