U2robot 阅读理解.doc

Unit2 Robots reading一Read the text and choose the best answer 1. Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony? A. Because he was a robot. B. Because she didnt like him. C. Because he was more like a human being than a machine. D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.2. Which of the following is NOT Tonys characteristic? A. clumsy. B. handsome. C. helpful. D. smart.3. Why did Claire feel embarrassed one day? A. Because Tony asked her whether she needed help dressing. B. Because Tony offered sympathy for her. C. Because Tony helped her a lot. D. Because Tony bent his face too close to hers.4. _amazed Claire very much. A. That Tony gave her a new haircut B. That Tony changed the makeup she wore C. Tonys fingernails and the softness and warmth of his skin D. That Tony wrote a shopping list for her5. The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dreams by_. A. making her home elegant B. giving her a new haircut and changing the make-up she wore C. giving her advice on her dresses D. all the above6. We can infer from the passage that_. A. Claire liked Tony but feared him B. Claire cried because Tony made her angry C.Claire forgot Tony as soon as Tony left her D.Tony had no feelings as human being.7. Which of the following is the right description about Gladys?A. She was a rich and powerful fat woman.B. She had everything that Claire wanted and envied.C. She was the one whom Claire turned to for help when she was annoyed.D. She had a bad relationship with Claire.8. Tony did the following things to help Claire EXCEPT _.A. giving her a new haircut B. changing her makeup C. having the house completely transformed and improvedD. going into a jewellery shop to buy her a necklace9. Which of the following is NOT the reason why Tony opened the curtains? A. To let other women see everything. B. To show the risk of Claires marriage. C. To let other women envy Claire. D. To make Claire elegant just like her neighbor.10. As a result, the experiment shows _. A. Claire and Tony fell in love with each otherB. Tony had to be rebuiltC. Tony was angry with his designerD. Both A and B 二Claires feelings towards Tony changedOccasionClairedislike himwas alarmedfelt embarrassedadmired himcalled him a dearfelt his warmthfelt being enviedcried all night 知识点解析1. _ n.渴望 vt.想要desire sth.渴望得到某物desire to do sth.希望/渴望做某事desire that sb.(should) do要求have a desire for sth./to do sth.渴望得到某物/希望做某事1) _我们都希望幸福健康。2) _每个人都渴望成功，但并非人人都渴望金钱。3) _他要求你马上去见他。=_2. _ n.满意 _v. 满足, 使满意,to sb.s satisfaction达到使某人满意的程度with satisfaction满意地What he promised could not satisfy his family.他的许诺并未能使他的家人满意。练习 汉译英1)_她满意地离开了超市。2) 这些条件中你至少要符合一项，否则就不能成为本俱乐部的会员。_3. _ n.警报 vt.使惊恐sound the alarm发警报; 吹警报号be alarmed at . 被.吓一跳典例1) We were much alarmed by the fire in the forest. 森林失火使我们大为惊慌。2) As soon as he saw the smoke, he sounded the alarm. 看见火灾爆发，他鸣响了警报。练习 汉译英看到孩子们在返校时遭遇车祸的消息， 家长们感到很害怕。_4. _ n.同情have sympathy for 同情某人in sympathy with同情; 赞成; 和.一致out of sympathy 出于同情win sympathy of博得.的同情1) _.出于同情，他给了这个穷孩子一点钱。2) _. 他与他们的信仰一致.练习 汉译英1) 听完这个故事，他对她目前的情况深感同情。_2) 通过描述他悲惨的童年，他赢得路人的同情。_Keys: 1)After hearing the story, he felt sympathy for her present situation. 2) He won the sympathy of passers-by by describing his miserable childhood.5. _ vt.陪伴accompany sb. to a place陪伴某人去某地1) He accompanied his old father to the hospital to see whats wrong with his stomach.他陪他的老父亲去医院查看胃部出了什么问题。 练习 汉译英1) 总统出现了被六个健壮的保镖护随着。_6. _ vt.宣布重点用法declare sth.宣布declare thatdeclare war on/upon对宣战declare against/for声明反对/赞成1) _. 她宣称她再也不愿见到他。2) _.很快他们就会宣布他为房子的主人。7. _ vt.嫉妒重点用法envy sb. sth.妒忌/羡慕某人某物become the envy of sb.成为令人嫉妒/羡慕的事物out of envy出于嫉妒/羡慕1) All her workmates envied her (for) her promotion.所有的同事都羡慕她的晋升。2) His talent for music becomes the envy of the other competitors.他在音乐方面的天分让其他人对手感到羡慕。练习 汉译英1) 他们的新房子受到邻居的羡慕。_重点词组1._ 考验；试验典例1) This model had been tested out before it was put into production.这个型号经过试验后才进行大批量生产。2) Before the lecture, the professor is used to testing out the whole experiment.上课前，这个教授习惯先将整个实验试验一番。have/take a test in 参加考试练习 汉译英1) 成千上万的人们将参加这周日的公务员考试。_2. _ 打电话给ring back回电话ring off 挂断电话;停止讲话1) _.我朋友在等我，我得挂电话了。2) On arriving at the airport, he rang up his mother to say everything was ok.一到达机场，他就打电话给他母亲报平安。练习 汉译英1) 今早他刚起床就有人给他打电话了。_3. _ 转向 1) He heard a voice but when he turned around, he saw nobody.他听到声音，但转身却没发现有人。2) As he walked towards the hotel, he suddenly turned around and found an old lady following him.当他朝旅馆走去时，突然转身发现一个老妇人跟着他。短语归纳turn away把(脸)转过去turn against背叛,反抗turn on/off打开/关掉turn up出现/调大(音量)turn down拒绝,调小(音量)turn out结果是;证明是;练习 汉译英虽然贫穷，但是女孩毅然地拒绝了别人的帮助。_4. _不打扰短语归纳leave behind留下,遗留leave aside(把某事)搁置一边leave for出发前往leave out省去,遗漏,不考虑典例1) Leave him alone and he will produce. 别打扰他，他会写出来的。2) _.他被要求24小时内离开到另一个城市去。3) _.老师让我们将论文中不必要的词语省去。4) _留在山上，因为那非常危险。5. _ 将放在一边;节省或保留(时间,金钱)短语归纳set down写下,记下set off开始动身(for a place)set up创立，建立，搭起set out出发，着手做某事（to do sth.）set about doing 着手做，开始做 典例1) _?你可以腾出点时间听听我的想法吗?2) The department set aside the things they were doing and concentrated on a more urgent task.这个部门的成员放下手头的事情,全力以赴一项更紧急的任务.练习 汉译英1) 父亲放下报纸点了一支烟。 _2) 他努力工作省下钱给他儿子上大学。_6. _ 一定做 典例1) _.我们错过了那趟车，我们肯定要迟到了。2) _.她注定会成为市长。练习 汉译英1）他那么用功，一定会成功的。_三语法填空根据课文内容完成下面语法填空，注意单词拼写和词语用法：A robot used for housework was tested 1 in a family. He looked like a tall and handsome man with smooth black hair, 2 (speak) in a deep voice. Larry was going to be away from home so he hired such a robot to 3 （陪伴）his wife Claire. Claire didnt like the idea at the beginning, but she 4 to it at last. At the first sight of Tony, Claire felt embarrassed. 5 （渐渐地） , Tony began to win Claires trust. He helped Claire realize her dreams 6 making her home elegant, giving her a new haircut, changing the makeup she wore and giving her advice on her dresses. Therefore at the party all she guests 7 were invited were filled with admiration 8 they saw her house was completely changed. 9 the test, the company was satisfied with Tonys report because he had successfully made a woman regain her confidence 10 fall in love with him.U2 单元自测 1完形填空 I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has provided me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earliest 21 , my mother is telling me, Dont watch the 22 when you say, Im sorry. Hold your head up and look the person in the 23 , so hell know you mean it. My mother thus made the key point of a successful apology: it must be direct. You must never 24 to be doing something else. You do not look through a pile of letters while apologizing to a person 25 in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your fault. You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guest of honor you treat 26 , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad manners. One of the important things you should do for an effective apology is readiness to 27 the responsibility for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no 28 for the other person to forgive us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling 29 about themselves. That, after all, is the purpose of every apology. It 30 little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault: answering for ones actions encourages others to take their share of the blame.21. A. dreams B. courses C. memories D. ideas22. A. side B. ground C. wall D. bottom23. A. mind B. soul C. face D. eye24. A. pretend B. forget C. refuse D. expect25. A. poorer B. weaker C. worse D. lower26. A. cruelly B. freely C. roughly D. foolishly27. A. raise B. perform C. admit D. bear28. A. situation B. need C. sign D. room29. A. wiser B. warmer C. better D. cleverer30. A. cares B. matters C. depends D. remains2语法填空 The origins of the music are as 31 (interest) as the music itself. Jazz 32 (invent) by American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, 33 were brought to the Southern states as slaves. They were sold to farm owners and 34 (force) to work long hours in the cotton and tobacco fields. 35 a Negro died, 36 friends and relatives would gather and carry the body to have a ceremony 37 they buried him. There was always a band with them. On the way to the ceremony the band played slow, solemn music 38 （suit) for the situation. But on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Everyone was happy. Death 39 (remove) one of their members, but 40 living were glad to be alive. The band played happy music. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of Jazz.3阅读理解 A bad Working Memory ( 大脑的工作记忆) the brains temporary storage box - may explain, new research suggests, why one child cannot read his or her history book and another gets lost in math. As many as 10 percent of school-age children may suffer from poor working memory. British researchers said in a report last week, yet the problem is rarely identified. You can think of working memory as a pure measure of your childs potential. Many psychologists consider working memory to be the new IQ (智商), because we find that working memory is one of the most important predictors (预示物) of learning ability, said Dr. Tracey Alloway of Britains Durham University. Many children with poor working memory are considered lazy or dull. Working memory allows people to hold in their minds and deal with a few items, such as telephone numbers, over a short period of time. Alloway compares working memory to a box. For adults, the basic box size is thought to be three to five items. Its important, therefore, to put in the right things. Irrelevant (不相关的) information will clutter working memory. The question many researchers are struggling with is how to help children with this problem, which appears to be closely, related to a lack of attention. In children with learning difficulties, it becomes a huge issue, especially around middle school, when the demands on working memory really grow, said Dr. Mel Levine, co-founder of All Kinds of Minds, a nonprofit organization in North Carolina that studies learning difficulties. Memory training may help improve working memory. Alloway has a tool that allows teachers to assess (评定)the working-memory capacity of children as young as 4; it has been used in 35 schools across Britain. Levines organization trains teachers through a program called Schools Attuned, which is working with several thousand schools across the United States, Canada and Europe.