【提高练习】Unit 3（英语必修二）.doc

Unit3 Computers 提高练习本课时编写：西合营中学 王学玲一、阅读理解AWhat is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods, including cars, movies and DVDs. sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instrument clothes and shoes- the list goes on and on.The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and move to Washington when he was still a child. At high school, he became very interested in computer monogramming and after gradating from Tuft University in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started eBay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth.By1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade(升级)and he began charging a fee to members Joined by a friend, Peter Skoll, and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman,he has never looked back. Even in the crashes of the late 1990s, eBay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the internet.eBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have to do is take an e-photo,write a description fill out a sales form and you are in business; the world is your market place. Of course for each item(商品) sold eBay gets a percentageand that is a great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold.1. We learn from the test that eBay provides people with_.A. a way of buying and selling goodsB. a website for them to upgradeC. a place to exhibit their own photosD. a chance to buy things at low prices2. Why did Peter create eBay after graduating from university?A. For fun.B. To make money.C. For gathering the engineers.D. To fulfill a task of his company.3. From he has never looked back in Paragraph2,we learn that Peter_.A. did not feel lonely B. was always hopefulC. did not think about the pastD. became more and more successful4. How does eBay make money from its website?A.By bringing sellers together. B. By charging for each saleC. By listing items online.D. By making e-photosBElectronic book publishing has many of the same risks and opportunities as electronic music publishing. By delivering text direct to the readers computer screen, the e-book could cut down costs, and allow creators to deal directly with their audience, by passing（绕开）traditional publishers and traders. But it also raises the possibility of mass piracy（盗版）. Phil Rance, founder and managing director of Online Originals, a London-based e-book publisher, sums it up, No one wants Napster（在线音乐服务）to happen to books. Indeed, the most popular MP3may have put the frighteners on an industry that generally operates some way behind thebleeding edge. The Meta Group, a leading US-based market researcher, says publishers are far too concerned about protecting their rights, We believe all the recent legal control over Napster is like putting a finger in a river that is already overflowing. Publishers need to deal with reality and come up with new ways to develop wide electronic distribution, asking the question：How can we use the certainty of wide distribution to our advantage.At the moment, most publishers would like to limit the use of e-books to the person who bought them, or to the computer used to download them. If that can be done, e-books become just an extra income stream in a publishing industry that would continue to operate the way it does today, according to Terry Robinson, business manager for Adobes e-paper group. If youve cracked the digital rights aspect, youve cracked the market. He says. Robert Nichols, Books Director at BOL agrees, Rights management is absolutely important. Publishers just say thatuntil copyright is secure, we are not going to talk. 5. According to the text, what is the similarity of e-books to electronic musicA. They both avoid industry management. B. They both result in piracy. C. They both bring in much money to creators. D. They both lead to price reduction. 6. From the text, we can infer that? A. wide use of e-books may increase the incomeB. the publishing markets should be brought back to normalC. publishers havent agreed on rights management up to nowD. most publishers prefer e-books for the extra income7. What do publishers care most about e-books? A. Price. B. Copyright. C. Quality. D. Design. 8. Which of the following can be the best title for this text? A. The E-book-a New and Big ChallengeB. The E-book-an Extra Income StreamC. An Economic Rise from E-booksD. Changes Brought by E-books二、根据所给汉语及提示, 完成下列句子。1. Im trying to_(解决问题), but I cant find the right solution2. Alice overslept this morning._(结果)she was late for work.3. _(在某种程度上). Im glad you made that mistake, for itll serve as a warning to you. (way)4. I cant control what happens to me, but I can choose how I_(处理)it.5. Could you,_(照看) my clothes while I have a swim? (watch)三 根据所给提示, 将下列句子译成英语。1. 为实现门标, 我必须努力通过高考, 进入一所好大学, (goal) _ I must try my best to pass the college entrance examination and enter a good university.2. 在高科技的帮助下, 在过上这些年中, 越来越多的新物质已被发现。(help)_, more and more new substances have been discovered in the pastyears.3. 从那时起, 我为进人大学努力学习。_I worked hard to go into university.4. 她病得很严重, 不得不停止工作。(so . that)She_ she had to stop work.5. 不要以貌取人一一外貌也许靠不住。_appearance can be misleading.答案和解析一、阅读理解1. A【解析】第一段第二行People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods,可以得出。2. A【解析】第二段第四行he started eBay as a kind of hobby,可知, 起初他是作为爱好做这件事的.3. D【解析】通过后面说即使是90年代危机他也安然度过, 说明非常成功。4. B 【解析】通过 最后一段Of course for each item(商品) sold eBay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money., 可知网站获利的方法就是对在网站上卖出的商品抽取一定比例的利润。5. D 【解析】 细节理解题. 根据第一段By delivering text direct to the readers computer screen the e-book could cut down costs, and allow creators to deal directly with their audience, by passing（绕开）traditional publishers and traders可知, 直接向使用者的电脑发送文本, 电子书能够大量缩减费用并允许与创作者直接与观众见面, 绕过了传统的出版商和读者. 再根据Electronic book publishing has many of the same risks and opportunities as electronic music publishing but it also raises the possibility of mass piracy（盗版）可知, 现在的电子书和电子音乐一样价格会大幅度降低, 故选D.6. C 【解析】推理判断题. 根据最后两段中的阐述Publishers need to deal with reality and come up with new ways to develop 及most publishers would like to limit the use of e-books to the person