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Unit 20 New Frontiers Section Warmup & Lesson 1 03课后演练提能夯实基础知识. 单词拼写1. Millions will face s_ next year as a result of the drought.答案：starvation2. The story tells of a classic c_ between love and hate.答案：conflict3. A good toolbox is a h_ thing to have in any house.答案：handy4. Anyone who is willing to _(帮助) can contact this number.答案：assist5. Those tires are too _(磨损的) to be safe, therefore, I advise you to have them changed at once.答案：worn6. They sent someone to _(估价) the value of the house.答案：assess7. Of the two the _(后者) is far better than the former.答案：latter8. petition is believed to strengthen the idea of _ (平等) of opportunity.答案：equality9. A new type of _ (电子的) human might have developed.答案：electronic10. Many people will attend the seminar with dreams of starting new _ (企业)答案：enterprises. 选词填空1. The boy _ for a week after the heart transplant.答案：lived on2. The old man _ hunger at last.答案：died of3. It wont be an easy plan to _.答案：carry out4. He bought everything that pleased him，_ the cost.答案：no matter what5. You can _ your TV _ your stereo for better sound.答案：link; to. 翻译句子1. 你认为明天的天气会怎样？_答案：What do you think the weather will be like tomorrow?2. 无论发生什么事，都不要气馁。_答案：No matter what happens, dont discourage.3. 李华学习很努力，这使她很有可能考上大学。_答案：Li Hua worked very hard, which made it possible for her to go to college.4. 带上我的大衣，它会使你暖和的。_答案：Take my overcoat, which will keep you warm.5. 你们学校比我们学校大三倍。_答案：Your school is three times bigger than ours.单句语法填空(不多于3个单词)1. I found the lecture hard to follow because it _ (start) when I arrived.答案：had started句意：我发现我很难明白讲座的内容，因为当我到的时候它已经开始了。题干中的语境为过去时，根据句意可知空格处发生的动作先于arrived，故使用过去完成时。2. They use puters to keep the traffic _ (run) smoothly.答案：running句意：他们使用电脑来维持交通顺畅。考查“keep宾语宾补”结构，该结构中宾补可由形容词、副词、名词、分词等充当。在本题中，traffic与run之间是主动关系，故用现在分词形式。3. Our English teacher found it very hard _ (make) students read English aloud for an hour every day.答案：to makeit用作形式宾语，故空格处用不定式作真正的宾语。4. What a pity！Considering his ability and experience, he might _ (do) better.答案：have done句意：真遗憾！考虑到他的能力和经验，他本可能做得更好。might have done表示过去的可能性，此处表示“本来可能做得更好”。5. These clothes are _ (suit) for a weekend in the country.答案：suitable“suitable”adj.合适的，空处用形容词形式作表语。6. She doubted whether he would be equal _ the job, so he was not admitted.答案：to“be equal to”能胜任，固定搭配。7. The manager was satisfied to see many new products _ (develop) after great effort.答案：developed句意：经理看到经过巨大努力许多新产品被研发出来非常满意。本题考查非谓语动词作宾补。many new products与develop之间是被动关系，所以要用过去分词。8. This is not a match.Were playing chess just _ fun.答案：for“for fun”为了玩乐，固定搭配。9. We have made _ clear that we are strongly against smoking in the office.答案：itit用作形式宾语。10. At a rough estimate, Nigeria is three times the size _ Great Britain.答案：of“倍数the名词of”是倍数的表达法之一。提升实战能力. 完形填空Pressure means that people are expecting a lot from you. It also means that you sometimes have to do a lot of things in a _1_ period of time. Pressure seems to be a _2_ of modern life. Everyone feels it.People feel pressure at work. Students feel pressure at school and everyone sometimes feels the pressure of trying to _3_ their friends and family.Surprising as it may sound, pressure can be a(n) _4_ thing. When you are _5_ pressure, it helps you to concentrate and think hard about the problems that have to be _6_. It forces you to _7_ your time, to decide which problems are more important and which are less important. And _8_， when you have faced these problems, you _9_ a better, stronger person.Of course, pressure isnt always _10_. Too much pressure causes stress and it can _11_ your health. It affects your heart, your blood circulation (循环) and your nervous system. People who _12_ too much pressure or stress have _13_ sleeping and eating. When this _14_， its time to get help from a doctor. If you are feeling this way, make sure you tell someone. The worst way to handle “negative”pressure is to keep _15_； it will only make things _16_.Your attitude has a lot to do with how you _17_ pressure. When faced with a problem, try to look at it as a challenge _18_ an annoyance(烦恼)Life is _19_ with problems and pressurethey are never going away， so we have to face them and _20_ them. In the end, it makes us better people and we can shine like diamonds.语篇导读： 压力是我们生活中不可避免的一部分。应该如何对待压力呢？我们应该把压力看作帮助我们成长的挑战而非烦恼。1. A. long B. shortC. happy D. sad答案：B压力也可能意味着你短时间内有大量的事情要做，故此处用short。2. A. part B. titleC. sight D. role答案：A根据第一段第四句“每个人都会感受到压力。”可知，压力看起来是现代生活的一部分(part)。3. A. affect B. pleaseC. improve D. join答案：B有时在试着去讨好(please)朋友和家人时，人们会感觉到压力。4. A. ordinary B. rareC. good D. serious答案：C虽然听起来很令人吃惊，但压力也可能是一件好事。5. A. in B. atC. across D. under答案：D当你处于压力之下时，压力会帮助你集中精力和努力思考问题。6. A. realized B. adoptedC. solved D. considered答案：C压力会促使你仔细思考有待解决(solve)的问题。7. A. limit B. recordC. organize D. separate答案：C压力还会迫使你去安排你的时间。organize在此处意为“安排”。 8. A. in the end B. in a wayC. in turn D. in order答案：A根据上下文逻辑上的先后顺序关系和该空后的“当你面对完这些问题”可推知，此处应用in the end(最终)。9. A. make B. beeC. expect D. develop答案：B你会成为(bee)一个更优秀和更坚强的人。10. A. interesting B. importantC. necessary D. worthwhile答案：D上段讲了压力的好处，这一段讲述压力的弊端。此句承上启下，指压力并不总是“有益的”。11. A. harm B. controlC. reduce D. lose答案：A联系下一句的具体说明可知，太多的压力会危害(harm)你的健康。12. A. suffer from B. take overC. turn down D. put out答案：A此处指那些遭受太多压力的人。“suffer from”遭受。13. A. effect B. favourC. trouble D. danger答案：C那些压力太大的人会遇到睡眠和饮食问题。“have trouble doing sth.”表示做某事有困难。14. A. arrives B. happensC. works D. calls答案：B当上文讲述的这种情况发生(happen)时，你应该向医生寻求帮助。15. A. curious B. carefulC. awake D. silent答案：D该空前面一句说有压力时要学会倾诉。由此可以推知，对待“负面的”压力最糟糕的解决办法就是保持沉默，故选silent。16. A. less B. worseC. easier D. harder答案：B面对压力时保持沉默只能使得事情更糟(worse)。17. A. list B. handleC. avoid D. arrange答案：B你的态度跟你如何“处理”压力有很大关系。18. Arather than B. next toC. thanks to D. less than答案：A面对问题时，你应该将它看作是挑战而不是(rather than)烦恼。19. A. equipped B. offeredC. filled D. supplied答案：C生活中充满了问题和压力。“be filled with”是固定短语，意为“充满”。20. A. check B. chargeC. fort D. overe答案：D对于生活中的问题和压力，我们必须去面对和克服(overe)它们。. 阅读理解Robots have been an important part of science fictions since the beginning of cinema itself.The following films are the best in terms of their description of robots：The Terminator (produced by MGM)The granddaddy of evil robots, The Terminator is a vicious killing machine that will do whatever it takes to kill his target, Sarah Connor, including murdering other folks that just happen to share her name. And although the sequels (续集) have featured some pretty impressive robotsespecially T1000 in Terminator 2：Judgment Dayits the director James Camerons original creation that remains a real classic.Star Wars：A New Hope (produced by Lucasfilm)The entire Star Wars series is full of robots and cyborgs (半机械人) and various other artificial life forms，but its 1977s Star Wars：A New Hope that first introduced the world to a pair of loveable robots named C3PO and R2D2.The pairs unusual friendship plays an important role in the movie series, which confirms their place as perhaps the most famous nonliving characters in cinematic history.WALLE (produced by Pixar)Its hard to believe that WALLE doesnt speak a word of dialogue throughout the movie, as the character eventually bees a caring and emotional figure.WALLEs pursuit of a fellow robot named EVE is romantic and thoroughly interesting, and its impossible not to feel a burst of emotion when the pair finally do get together at the end of the movie.I，Robot (produced by 20th Century Fox)Based on the famous short story collection by Isaac Asimov, I, Robot happens in a world thats overrun by robotsas the artificial life forms perform a variety of daily life tasks and jobs.At the center of the storyline is Sonny, a robot who possesses a desire to overe his rigid (死板的) programming and bee more than just a machine.语篇导读：本文是篇应用文。文章介绍了四部著名的机器人电影。许多读者应该曾看过像施瓦辛格演的终结者等之类的电影吧。1Which of the following movies can be classified as a romantic film?AThe Terminator. BStar Wars：A New Hope.CWALLE. DI，Robot.答案：C推理判断题。根据对电影WALLE介绍中的“WALLEs pursuit of a fellow robot named EVE is romantic”及“the pair finally do get together at the end of the movie”可推测，这部电影可以被归为“爱情电影”。2Who may be the most famous robot in cinematic history according to the text?AT1000. BC3PO.CEVE. DSonny.答案：B细节理解题。根据对“Star Wars：A New Hope”介绍中的“.C3PO and R2D2.The pairs unusual friendship plays an important role in the movie series, which confirms their place as perhaps the most famous nonliving characters in cinematic history.”可知，这对机器人的非凡友谊在电影系列中扮演着重要的作用，这进一步证实了他们在电影史上是最著名的非人类电影角色。3Isaac Asimovs story collection was firmed by _.AMGM BLucasfilmCPixar D20th Century Fox答案：D细节理解题。根据最后一部分中的“I，Robot(produced by 20th Century Fox)”及“Based on the famous short story collection by Isaac Asimov.”可知，该故事集是由二十世纪福克斯公司拍摄成电影的。4What do the four movies have in mon?AThe robots in them have emotions.BThey are all adapted from novels.CThe robots in them dont talk.DThey all have sequels.答案：A推理判断题。根据对四部影片的介绍不难得知，影片中的机器人都被赋予了与人一样的情感，他们中间有杀人如麻的坏蛋，他们之间有友谊，他们追求爱情，也有想摆脱控制的异类。
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