1、Units 1-2I. 用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。1. Choosing furniture is largely a matter of personal _ (prefer).2. We will have to adopt a more _ (science) approach in the future.3. The ship was blown off course by _ (normal) weather conditions.4. Electricity lines to 30,000 homes were _ (gradual) being restored yeste
2、rday.5. Completely without _ (warn) he turned up on my doorstep with all four children!6. Charles Dickens is considered the greatest English _ (novel) of the Victorian era.7. The US wants big cuts in European agricultural exports, but this is meeting _ (resist).II. 选用方框内合适的短语并用其正确形式填空（每项限用一次）。take u
3、p a position, wear and tear, sum up, keep in touch with,commit oneself to, insist on, come to power1. Borrowers should think carefully before _ taking out a loan.2. I try to _ current events by surfing the Internet.3. Some companies _ staff undergoing regular medical checks.4. He left a career in te
4、aching to _ with the Arts Council.5. To _, for the reasons I have just given, I think my plan is better.6. The insurance policy does not cover damage caused by normal _.7. When Mrs Thatcher _ in 1979, nobody expected her to stay there for morethan ten years.III. 选用括号内合适的内容完成下列短文。ARuth Bader Ginsburg
5、 was born Joan Ruth Bader on March 15, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York.Ruths mother, 1. _ (who, whom) was a major influence in her life, taught her the value ofindependence and good education.Like many women lawyers of her day, Ruth faced sexism when she sought to begin hercareer, 2. _ (which, that) had
6、 stung (刺痛) such a highly accomplished law student. Thenshe set up her mind to devote to the career of arguing for gender equality.In 1970, Ruth became professionally involved in the issue of gender equality. On August 3,1993, Ruth was confirmed by the full Senate (参议院), 3. _ (which, that) marked ho
7、w farshe and society had come during the course of her lifetime, in large part because of her own work.The contributions she made opened doors for other women 4. _ (whom, who) camelater.Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not the first woman in justice, but she was the first voice forwomens justice. It was Ruth
8、 who brought to the court the perspective of womens rights.BProfessor: So, imagine the headline 20 years from now: Only one day left to turn in your oldcoins and bills. Is this really going to happen? And if it does, what 1. _ (will it be, is it)like, do you think, to have a cashless society?Amanda:
9、 Well, I mean, most people dont carry Sam: I agree that everyone 4.much cash now I mostly use my debit card _ (is using, is going to use)(借记卡), and for bigger things, I use a credit credit cards more in the future. Ifcard. So I think people 2. _ (use, are paper money becomes obsolete (过时going to be
10、using) a lot less cash in the future. 的), then our grandchildren might beAnd in 20 years, we 3. _ (have probably looking at it in museums!done, will probably be doing) our shoppingonline, so there may not be a need for cash then.Judith: I think in the future, everyOliver: But if we only use credit c
11、ards, thenwhat are kids going to do? Will they have tocarry prepaid debit cards? It just seems unlikelyto me. I mean, we might see less cash in thefuture, but it 5. _ (doesnt disappear,wont be disappearing) anytime soon, though Ihave to say, it will be good to get rid of thosesmall coins.phone 6. _
12、(will have, ishaving) a chip that carries all ourpersonal information you know,our bank details and everything. Wemay not even need credit or debitcards. So you 7. _ ( just use,will just use) your cell phone whenyou buy things. Its alreadyhappening in some parts of theworld, which is interesting.IV.
13、 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。AFay is a biologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). He 1. _ (live) incentral Africa for six years.Fay has worked on several major conservation projects in Africa and America. Hes countedall the elephants in the central African country of Chad 2. _ (tw
14、o)! Hes walked over1,800 miles across North America.A few years ago, he 3. _ (survive) a plane crash! And on one trip, he came face toface with a very angry elephant 4. _ attacked him. Amazingly, his injuries werentlife-threatening. Less dramatically, but just as 5. _ (serious), hes had malaria in A
15、fricamany times and once he almost died.Fay travels light he usually just takes a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, and his favorite footwear,sandals (凉鞋). His most recent pair of sandals lasted 1,200 miles before they fell apart! The few 6._ (item) he never travels without include his penknife, a lighter,
16、 and a sleeping mat (垫子).Fay wants to show people how 7. _ (beauty) and precious the planet is so they willtake care of it. And he succeeds. His work has drawn attention 8. _ conservation issuesand made people act. After he started work on the elephant project in Chad, 9. _ numberof elephant deaths
17、fell significantly. And in Gabon, the government has created thirteen newnational parks 10. _ (cover) 10,000 square miles of forest.BGiant SoftBank Corp. has partnered with California drone maker AeroVironment Inc. tobuild a drone capable of 1. _ (fly) to the stratosphere (平流层), hovering around an a
18、reafor months and serving 2. _ a floating cell tower to beam (发出) Internet signals to userson Earth.Reaching remote locationsDriving these and other projects 3. _ (be) the promise of 5G connectivity. Supporterssay its reliability should enable services such as self-driving cars and remote medicine.C
19、onnecting remote users would improve the market potential even more. The 4. _(attract) of drones and balloons is that they could cost much less than building cell towers inremote areas. And their location, 5. _ (close) to Earth than satellites, could offer fasterresponse times, said Tim Farrar, pres
20、ident of TMF Associates, 6. _ is a telecommunicationsconsulting and research firm.What about balloons?Alphabets Loon uses massive balloons floating 65,000 7. _ (foot) up to beamInternet signals. Alphabet, Googles parent company, told Bloomberg that the “economics andtechnical feasibility (可行性)” of L
21、oon was, 8. _ (compare) to drones, a “much morepromising way to connect rural and remote parts of 9. _ world.” The typical balloon staysup for about 150 days, though the goal is 10. _ (reach) an average lifespan of 300 days, aLoon official said.答案I.1. preference 2. scientific3. abnormal 4. gradually
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