人教版选修七Unit 2 robots reading课时作业 (1).docx

unit 2 robots reading课时作业一、阅读理解ahave you ever heard of blogs (博客)? if you havent, you should have. its here, its growing and its having an influence on our life. surf the internet and youll find blogs everywhere. a blog, shortened from “weblog”, is a public internet journal written by one person or a group of people. it is a website in which a person or a group can place news, personal thoughts, text, photos, video or audio files, or links upon which visitors can comment. a blog lets you post on the internet without having to know web design or be technical. you are given an environment to make dated entries on the topic of your choice which are “published”, so other people can read them. authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. blogging has revolutionized internet publishing in the last several years because it gives everyone with internet access the opportunity to become an online writer. objects, such as “text and photos” in a blog can be called “blog posts”, “posts”, or “entries”. the person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”.now, somewhere around the world, a blog is created almost every 6 seconds. because its great potential, bill gates views it as important as e-mail, bbs, and msn. hes trying to make blogs the important tools for future business communications.1. a blog is .a. a commentb. an internet journal c. a design d. a link2. a person can do the following things in a blog except _.a. talk to othersb. give comments c. read articlesd. enjoy photos3. who is a blogger?a. a person who posts letters.b. a person who writes articles.c. a person who posts text or photos in a blog.d. a person who is an online publisher.4. from the passage we know that .a. bill gates will invent some tools for blogsb. blogs will be an important business communication tool in the futurec. so far, only a few persons have created blogsd. blogs will replace e-mail, bbs and msn in the future5. according to the passage, the reason why blogs are so popular is that they _.a. give everyone the chance to be an online writerb. can be created by people without much knowledge of computer technologyc. enable a blogger to place news, personal thoughts, text and photos and give commentsd. all of the aboveball eskimos live most of their lives close to sea or fresh water. they may follow game inland for several hundred miles, but they always return to the shores of rivers, lakes, or seas. eskimo land has a bare look. large rocks, pebbles, and sand cover much of the surface. plants called lichen (地衣) grow on the rocks, and where there is enough soil, grass, flowers, and even small bushes manage to live. no trees can grow on eskimo land, so geographers sometimes call it the arctic plains. there are some animals in eskimo land, such as rabbits, which eat the plants. other animals, like the white fox and the gray wolf, eat the rabbits. the eskimo is a meat-eater, too, and may even eat a wolf when food is scarce.the eskimo year has two main parts: a long, cold winter and a short, cool summer. spring and fall are almost too short to be noticed. summer is the best time, as food is usually plentiful. but it is also the time when eskimos are very busy. winter is never far away, and the men must bring home extra meat for the women to prepare and store, for seldom can enough animals be killed in winter to feed a family.the far north is sometimes called the land of the midnight sun. this is true in the middle of summer, for between april 21st and august 21st the sun never sets in northern greenland. but in midwinter the far north is a land with no sunshine at all. around oct. 21st the eskimos of northern greenland see the sun set directly south of them, and they dont see it again until february 22nd. all places on earth get about the same amount of daylight during a year. as a result, if summer is lighter, winter has to be darker. winter nights in the far north are seldom pitch-black. as in the rest of the world, the stars and moon provide a little light. the northern lights also help the eskimo to see. and with the ground covered with snow, even a little light is reflected back to the eskimos eyes. 6. which of the following statements is not true? a. eskimos do not usually eat wolves. b. eskimos like to chase one another. c. eskimos depend heavily on water. d. eskimos are meat-eaters.7. in the eskimo year, _. a. there is no spring and fall b. winter is cold and summer is hot c. summer is a time for growing food d. winter comes early and goes late8. whats the meaning of the underlined words “pitch-black” in paragraph 4? a. dark with a little light. b. a little dark. c. not dark at all. d. extremely dark.9. from the passage, we can infer all of the following except that_. a. eskimos are more likely to eat wolves in summer b. eskimo women are responsible for housework c. meat is the main source of food for the eskimo d. hunting is an important part of eskimo life10. why is summer lighter in the far north? a. because the far north is far away from the sun. b. because the sun is not seen for five months of the year. c. because the sun never sets in midsummer. d. because people see the sun set directly south of them.二、阅读表达 阅读下面的短文，并根据文章后的题目要求回答76-80小题。if youre a person who wants to be fit, here are some suggestions for you.1. get to know yourself well.you should know what the right weight is for your age, height, and body type. you can check with your parents or with a doctor. only by knowing enough about yourself can you make a suitable fitness plan for yourself.2. eat a variety of foods, especially fruits and vegetables.you may have a favorite food, but it is best to eat a variety of foods. if you eat different kinds of foods, youre more likely to _ your body needs. 3. drink water and milk more often.when youre really thirsty, water is the no.1 thirst quencher. try to limit the intake of sugary soft drinks, like sodas and juice cocktails. they contain a lot of added sugar. also you need calcium to grow strong bones, and milk is a great source of this mineral. two cups of milk (about half a liter) will work for you each day.4. limit screen time.whats screen time? its the amount of time you spend watching tv, dvds and videos, playing hand-held computer games and using the computer. the more time you spend on these sitting-down activities, the less time is available for active stuff, like basketball, bike riding and swimming. try to spend no more than 2 hours a day on screen time. dont be a couch potato.5. be active.you should figure out which activities you like best. boys may be more interested in ball games, or maybe have a passion for karate and things like that. girls may like dancing; nowadays yoga has become more and more popular among females of all ages. 11. what is the best title of the passage? (please answer within 5 words.)_12. which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?it is better to eat different kinds of foods so you shouldnt just eat the kind you like best._13. please fill in the blank in part 2 with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (please answer within 10 words.)_ 14. which of the suggestions do you think is the best for you? why? (please answer within 30 words.)_15. translate the underlined sentence in part 4 into chinese._三、 书面表达 以“are pets good for people”为题，写一篇150词左右的文章。短文至少包含以下内容要点：1) 宠物对人类有益；2) 饲养宠物的弊端；3) 我的看法。参考词汇：同伴 companion；卫生hygiene参考答案阅读理解bacbd bddac阅读表达 (one possible version)11. how to be fit.12. you may have a favorite food, but it is best to eat a variety of foods.13. get the nutrients14.（略）15. 你花越多的时间在这些坐下来的运动上，你积极运动的时间就越少，比如打篮球、骑车和游泳。书面表达 (one possible version)are pets good for peoplesome people say the great advantage of keeping pets is that pets can keep us company, and we all need companions to keep us feeling happy. often a cat or a dog can comfort us at times when human words dont help. a pet in a family can help to keep people in touch with the more natural animal world. others think that keeping pets is just a waste of time and resources. and some pets can cause serious illness. besides, some people nowadays are so crazy about pets that they even neglect caring for others health and the hygiene of the public place