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Unit 3 puters Period 3 Learning about Language课后阅读训练. 阅读理解AYasuda is 95 years old. Looking for easier ways to search the Web and send emails, he bought an Apples iPad. The pany has sold 3. 27 million iPads since they entered the market in April. Although its impossible to know with certainty how many seniors(老年人)are buying them, evidence suggests that its a hit with seniors. “The iPads intuitive interface(直观界面)makes it attractive to seniors around the world, ”says Takahiro Miura, a researcher at the University of Tokyo. “The iPad is a good tool for seniors because its very easy to use, ”he says. “Unlike the PC, it doesnt require former knowledge. ”James Cordwell, a researcher in London, says the iPads popularity with seniors is helping Apple reach beyond its traditional base of young customers. “The worlds population, especially in developed markets, is getting older. Its probably a market where Apple has least entered, ”Cordwell says. Senior users are“a key source of growth for them in the future”. Seniors make up about 22 percent of the population in Japan. They may prove that seniors are willing to accept the iPad. Besides the customer group under 30, they spend more than any other group in the country, according to a report. Motoo Kitamura, 78, a former gas salesman, bought an iPad to help him municate with his 2-year-old grandson and prevent him from experiencing some of the mental problems that sometimes e with getting older. “Trying new things like that is a good mental exercise, ”he says. 【语篇概述】文章主要讲述了“苹果”传统的顾客是年轻人, 但是越来越多的老年人也开始喜欢用“苹果”。1. The underlined part“a hit”in Paragraph 1 probably means“_”. A. a sudden attackB. a heavy burdenC. quite popularD. very familiar【解析】选C。词义猜测题。从文章第二段中makes it attractive to seniors around the world及The iPad is a good tool for seniors because its very easy to use可知, a hit意为“相当受欢迎”。2. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the iPad?A. It has intuitive interface. B. It is easy to operate. C. Beginners can use it without similar experiences. D. People can use it as a way to do mental exercise. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。从文章的第二段中可知A、B、C三项皆是iPad的优点; 从文章最后一句可知, D项并非iPad的优点。3. What can we learn from the text?A. People above thirty are Apples largest customer group in Japan. B. The traditional customers of Apples products are usually the young. C. Seniors will soon grow into Apples largest customer group. D. Seniors in Japan are fond of buying latest hi-tech products. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。从文章最后一段第三句Besides the customer group under 30, they spend more than any other group in the country, according to a report. 可知, “苹果”的传统顾客是年轻人。4. What is the text mainly about?A. iPad leading Apple to seniors. B. iPad influencing the customer group. C. iPads arrival causing Japanese to think. D. iPad beating the traditional PC. 【解析】选A。主旨大意题。整篇文章都在讲“苹果”在老年人中逐渐受到欢迎。故A项正确。BSusan Williams went to a boarding school. Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school. Dear Mom and Dad, Im afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school principal(校长)is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must e and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer. The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed. This is against the rules, of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all. As I was smoking, I heard footsteps ing towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket, which caught fire. There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was burning. The principal phoned for the fire department. The school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire department arrived, the whole school was in flames. Many of the girls are in the hospital. The principal says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars. I am very sorry about this. Much love, Susan. P. S. None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams. I just want you to know how bad things could have been!【语篇概述】本文是Susan写给父母的一封信, 虚拟了学校失火这件大事, 从而使考试不及格变成了一件小事。5. Susan wrote home_. A. to tell her parents about the fireB. to ask for a million dollarsC. to tell her parents she had failed her examsD. to tell her parents she had to leave school【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据信后的附言:None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams可知她写信的目的是要告诉父母考试没及格。6. In the letter, Susan told her parents that the principal was angry with her for the reason that_. A. she had failed her examsB. she had been caught smoking in bedC. it was her fault that the school had caught fireD. she had not phoned for the fire department in time【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据信中内容可知因她引起火灾, 校长很生气。7. Susan told her parents about the fire_. A. to warn them about what the principal would doB. to make them feel worriedC. to make them less angry at her real newsD. to make them laugh【解析】选C。推理判断题。通读全文可知, Susan告诉父母火灾的故事是想让他们对真的消息少生气。8. How true was the letter before the P. S. ?A. Partly true. B. All true. C. pletely untrue. D. The story doesnt really tell us. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据最后一段中可知信中附言前面的部分完全是捏造的。COne day a farmer came to a wise man. He sat in front of the wise man, who gave him a warm smile. The farmer breathed out heavily and sighed sadly. He began plaining about his life. He said he didnt see bright daylight at all. He told the wise man that one problem fell on his head right after another and that he couldnt even breathe in some fresh air. Later, he began blaming all of his relatives, who, in his opinion, caused his problems. The wise man listened to him in silence. And when the farmer once again asked the wise man why it was so unfair, what he should do and how to find peace, the wise man got up from his seat and asked the farmer to follow him. They came out and went to the lakeside, which was not far away. From time to time, flying fishes were jumping out of the water, moving fast above the surface, and catching food. The wise man said to the farmer, “Do you see the smoothness of the lake?In fact, the lake is full of life. There are fishes that always stay in water, and if suddenly the lake got polluted, they couldnt see further than their own nose, and they would hardly recognize where the source(根源)of the pollution was, and they would keep swimming in circles. But there are also fishes that can rise above the water of the lake, looking at it from the height of their flight. So this is my advice: instead of plaining about your life, e to this lakeside from time to time, watch the flying fishes and try to understand what I want to say to you. ”【语篇概述】一位农夫向一位智者抱怨他的艰辛, 并且将他的问题都归结于他的亲戚。智者将他带到一个湖前, 让他观察湖里的鱼, 目的是要让他明白一个道理:要想解决问题, 首先要知道问题出在哪里。9. What can we know according to Para. 1?A. The farmers relatives were unkind to him. B. The farmer suffered a lot from his problems. C. The farmer tried to solve his problems but failed. D. The farmer couldnt breathe because of his poor health. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据文章第一段中农夫所讲的他的状态可知, 他的生活中存在很多问题, 这让他筋疲力尽。10. Why did the wise man take the farmer to the lakeside?A. To tell him how to accept reality. B. To help him relax a lot. C. To teach him a lesson. D. To show him fishes. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据文章内容可知, 智者把农夫带到湖边给他讲两种鱼的故事是要借此让农夫明白一个道理。11. The farmer was like_. A. the polluted lakeB. the source of the pollution in the lakeC. the fish flying above the water of the lakeD. the fish swimming in circles in polluted water【解析】选D。推理判断题。农夫就像是在被污染的水里盲目转圈圈的鱼, 看不清自己的问题出在哪里。12. What did the wise man want to tell the farmer?A. The farmer didnt have any problems. B. The farmer should first find out what his problems were. C. The farmer could only solve his problems by himself. D. The farmer must learn to fly to solve his problems. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。智者让农夫反复观察那些飞鱼, 目的是让农夫明白要想解决问题, 首先要弄清楚自己的问题是什么。. 语法填空阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign 1. _(say)“I am blind, please help. ”There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking 2. _. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned 3. _around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back in order that everyone who passed by would see the new words 4. _(clear). Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who 5. _(change)the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”The man said, “I only wrote the 6. _(true). I said what you said but in a 7. _(differ)way. ”What he had written was: “Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it. ”Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. 8. _the first sign simply told people to help by 9. _(put)some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more 10. _(effect)?【语篇概述】一个人帮一个小乞丐更改了乞讨标牌上的文字, 给小乞丐的乞讨带来了意想不到的影响和收获, 你想知道原因吗?1. 【解析】saying。考查非谓语动词。sign与say之间是主动关系, 故用现在分词作伴随状语。2. 【解析】by。考查介词。walk by, 表示“经过; 路过”。3. 【解析】it。考查代词。指示代词作宾语, 在这里指代前面的sign。4. 【解析】clearly。考查副词。修饰动词用副词clearly, 表示“清楚地”。5. 【解析】had changed。考查时态。此处用过去完成时表示该动作在came to see how things were之前就已经发生了。6. 【解析】truth。考查名词。作wrote的宾语, 故用名词形式truth。7. 【解析】different。考查形容词。此处作定语, 修饰名词way, 故用形容词different。8. 【解析】But。考查逻辑关系。根据上下文可知, 这里表示转折关系, 该用but。9. 【解析】putting。考查非谓语动词。介词by后接动名词形式, putting作宾语。10. 【解析】effective。考查形容词。作表语, 表示主语的特征。
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