贵州省贵阳市高考英语一轮 课时作业(三十九) Unit 4 Pygmalion 新人教版选修8.doc

贵阳市2014高考英语（新人教版）一轮阅读训练（39）附答案课时作业(三十九)选修8unit 4 pygmalion(限时：35分钟)阅读理解-ahave you dreamed of building your own machine? do you wish you could invent something new? here we look at a few british inventions of recent times.adaptive glassesdo you wear glasses? if so，can you imagine life without them? in 1985，joshua silver，a professor at oxford university，asked himself，“can i invent a pair of glasses that could be changed by the wearer？”he designed two plastic lenses(透镜) that are filled with a special liquid.using syringes(注射器) you change the liquid between the lenses until you can see clearly.the glasses are not beautiful but they are easy to use and cheap to make.the windup radiowhen you switch your tv on tonight，think about all those people without electricity.thinking about this，trevor baylis came up with the idea of designing a radio that could be powered by hand.in common with joshua silver he wanted his invention to be cheap and easy to use.he wanted even the poorest people in developing countries，who dont have electricity and cannot afford batteries，to use it.the radio has a generator(发电机) which is powered by turning a handle.in 1996 it won the bbc design award for best product and best design.the dyson vacuum(真空) cleanerin many homes around the world you can see a cleaner that looks like a spaceship.this is the dyson vacuum cleaner which uses something called “cyclonic，separation” to separate the dirt.you do not need a bag for your cleaner and it does not get blocked so it is very practical.the idea came to sir james dyson after he kept having problems with his vacuum cleaner.he decided he could design a better one and in 1993 he opened his own factory.the dyson is now one of the bestselling cleaners in the uk and dyson is believed to have earned over a billion pounds.the zapata flyboardhave you ever dreamed of zooming through the water and leaping in the air like a dolphin? now you can thanks to a flyboard，built by water sports enthusiast frank zapata.with it you can dive back in the water and out again.its possible to jump to incredible heights out of the waterover 30 feet.the basic flyboard model comes in at 4，200.so keep dreaming and inventing.one day you might get it right.16which might be the best title for the passage?agreatest inventions bscientists storiescmagic glasses dbeautiful minds17what can we learn about adaptive glasses?athey are very expensive.bthe inventor is a student.cthe glasses are fragile.dthey dont look very nice.18which invention won an award?aadaptive glasses.bthe windup radio.cthe dyson vacuum cleaner.dthe zapata flyboard.19the dyson vacuum cleaner was invented with the purpose of _ahelping people use cleaners more easilybmaking dyson a rich businessmanckeeping the house cleaner than beforedtaking the place of human cleanersbcommuters(上下班往返的人) who drive to work will face a parking charge of up to350 a year.ministers are backing a workplace parking charge which will come into force in nottingham in 2013 and is likely to be adopted across the country.the scheme will see firms with more than ten parking places for staff charged 350 a year for each space in two years.employers would be free to pass on the charge to their staffmeaning it would effectively be a tax on driving to work.the scheme aims to reduce traffic by preventing unnecessary car journeys and raise funds to improve public transport，but critics say it is just an excuse for councils to fill their coffers(金库)some ten million britons drive to work each day，and the british chambers of commerce says the new charge could total 3.4 billion a year if rolled out nationwide.already some firms in nottingham have threatened to leave the city，where 40，000 commuters use their cars to get to work.a spokesman said the scheme was nothing more than a tax on jobs.“it is very unfair to discriminate against those employers who have parking spaces，which get vehicles off the streets，” he said.“and these charges apply around the clock，which is especially unfair on shift workers who rely on their cars because public transport is not available.this is more about increasing the governments income than reducing traffic.”however，transport minister sadiq khan gave the plan an official approval during a visit to nottingham.the council says the tax will raise as much as 100 million over ten yearsone fifth of the cost of a new transport system for the city.another transport spokesman theresa villiers said the tax would have a devastating impact on businesses struggling to cope with the economic decline.but richard hebditch of the campaign for better transport said the tax would raise money to invest in better transport.“we put forward the idea of workplace parking taxes as a fairer way to raise money to invest in the future local transport services.we are pleased that the people of nottingham will be the first to benefit.”20supporters argue that the scheme _acan help improve the parking conditions for the staffbshould be applied to all commuters driving to workcis certain to be carried out despite the objectionsdwill relieve traffic pressure and improve public transport21according to the objectors，the scheme is unfair for _athe firms with parking lotsbthe workforce without carscthe employees parking their cars on the streetsdthe staff driving to work in the daytime22which word can best describe theresa villierss attitude towards the scheme?aneutral. bnegative.cunderstanding. dpositive.23it can he inferred from the passage that _amany firms are willing to pay the charges for their staffbthe public transport in nottingham is in great need of improvementcthe author believes britons will benefit from the schemedthose firms with more commuters will leave nottingham.短文填词as we all know, nowadays its rough for college graduates to find a satisfactory job because 24._ the global crisis and severe competition. 25._， you cant wait until the chance falls on you. so some graduates are 26.w_ to do a certain job without 27._ paid to gain working experience, while some companies think that it 28.g_ against the labor law.i think “working without pay” is an 29._ (积极) way to develop ones ability. though in this way one cant 30.e_ money, he can get much experience, which can enrich 31._ mind and help develop skills that will bring him much 32._ (财富) in the future. meanwhile, i think the government should take effective 33.m_ to promote the employment of graduates.参考答案课时作业(三十九).a本文通过向大家介绍近期英国的几项发明来鼓励大家积极思考，发明新事物。16d主旨大意题。根据文章内容可知，作者意在通过介绍英国最近的几项发明来鼓励人们创新思维并进行发明创造，故d项作为本文的标题最合适。17d细节理解题。根据“adaptive glasses”介绍中的最后一句“the glasses are not beautiful”可知，这种眼镜并不美观。18b细节理解题。根据“the windup radio”介绍中的最后一句“in 1996 it won the bbc design award for best product and best design.”可知答案为b项。19a推理判断题。根据“the dyson vacuum (真空) cleaner”介绍中的“the idea came to sir james dyson after he kept having problems with his vacuum cleaner.”可推知，发明者dyson之所以有这样的创意是由于以前他自己在使用真空吸尘器时感到很不方便，故答案为a项。b本文主要讲述了nottingham将出台政策对在工作场所停车收费及由此引发的激烈讨论。20d细节理解题。根据第二段中的“the scheme aims to reduce traffic by preventing unnecessary car journeys and raise funds to improve public transport”可知，支持者认为这个方案能够缓解交通压力，改善公共交通。21a细节理解题。根据第四段的第三句可知a项正确。22b态度推断题。根据第六段内容可知，theresa villiers对这个方案持否定态度。23b推理判断题。根据倒数第三段中的“the council says the tax will raise as much as 100 million over ten yearsone fifth of the cost of a new transport system for the city.”以及最后一段内容可推知，nottingham的公共交通急需改善。.24.of25.however26.willing27.being28.goes29active30.earn31.his32.wealth33.measures 课后阅读a day to remember 难忘的一天we have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. a day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. what invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at precisely the same moment. it is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. the telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes. while you are on the phone, the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table, smashing half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process. you hang up hurriedly and attend to baby, crockery, etc. meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. as if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner. things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered in parramatta, a suburb of sydney. during the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue. the woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner. she suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. this made the driver following her brake hard. his wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. as she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road. seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorrydriver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden. the lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. this led to yet another angry argument. meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. it took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. in the meantime, the lorry driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake. it was just one of those days!我们大家都有过事事不顺心的日子。一天开始时，可能还不错，但突然间似乎一切都失去了控制。情况经常是这样的，许许多多的事情都偏偏赶在同一时刻出问题，好像是一件无关紧要的小事引起了一连串的连锁反应。假设你在做饭，同时又在照看孩子。这时电话铃响了，它预示着一连串意想不到的灾难的来临。就在你接电话时，孩子把桌布从桌子上扯了下来，将家中最好的陶瓷餐具半数摔碎，同时也弄伤了他自己。你急急忙忙挂上电话，赶去照看孩子和餐具。这时，饭又烧糊了。好像这一切还不足以使你急得掉泪，你的丈夫接着回来了，事先没打招呼就带来3个客人吃饭。就像许多人最近在悉尼郊区帕拉马塔所发现的那样，有时乱子会闹得很大。一天傍晚交通最拥挤时，一辆汽车撞上前面一辆汽车，两个司机争吵起来。紧跟其后的一辆车上的司机碰巧是个初学者，她一惊之下突然把车停了下来。她这一停使得跟在后头的司机也来了个急刹车。司机的妻子正坐在他身边，手里托着块大蛋糕。她往前一冲，蛋糕从挡风玻璃飞了出去掉在马路上。此时，一辆卡车正好从后边开到那辆汽车边上，司机看见一块蛋糕从天而降，紧急刹车。卡车上装着空啤酒瓶，成百只瓶子顺势从卡车后面滑出车外落在马路上。这又引起了一场唇枪舌剑的争吵。与此同时，后面的车辆排成了长龙，警察花了将近一个小时才使车辆又开起来。在这段时间里，卡车司机不得不清扫那几百只破瓶子。只有两只野狗从这一片混乱中得到了好处，它们贪婪地吃掉了剩下的蛋糕。这就是事事不顺心的那么一天！阅读理解a few days ago，i went to school with lots of books，hoping to get a locker (锁柜)suddenly，it started raining heavily.i hurried to pay for my locker，but i was disappointed when they informed me they only accepted cash.i was $7.00 short，which meant i had to carry the books back home.it would be an exhausting (令人筋疲力尽的) twohour journey back home with all those books.an elderly gentleman nearby noticed my problem.he asked how much cash i needed.when i told him i was $7 short，he quickly took out the money from his wallet.“you dont have to pay me back，”he said.i was speechless；i didnt know whether to take the money or come back with the books the next day.a young student who was working there noticed my hesitation.“hes really nice，”said the student.“i was starving this morning and he bought breakfast for me.he always helps people in different ways.”the next day，i went to him and thanked him for trusting me and lending me the money.he said he forgot about it and didnt expect i would give it back.“im very happy，”he said，“not because im getting my money back，but because this is the right way to gowhatever you get from this world，give it back as much as you possibly can.spread kindness around the world with the smallest things you can do.”later，i found out he wasnt involved with any charity organizations.he has been performing these types of acts for years.earlier，someone had d