人教版 (2019)选择性必修 第一册Unit 2 Looking into the Future课时练习

UNIT 2　Period 3（同步训练）

一、单词拼写

1．Their ________(缺席) means the Russians will have a clear run at the title.

2．As suddenly as it began, the rain ________(停止) .

3．As they are short of money, a week by the sea is a ________(奢华) they can no longer afford.

4．It’s the season when pundits traditionally make ________(预测) about the year ahead.

5．In recent years, the ________(重点) has moved away from punishing drug addicts towards helping them.

6．He was an untiring ________(提倡者) of economic reform.

7．I wish you a bright ________(前景) in the future.

8．I found the temptation to miss the class too hard to ________(抵抗) .

9．Now we wait for them to turn in their ________(文章) .

10．He copied two ________(段落) from the book into his notebook.

二、单句语法填空

1．He turned to a ________(crime) when he dropped out of school.

2．They probably ________(watch) TV when we get there.

3．We provide all types of information, with an emphasis ________ legal advice.

4．He speaks Korean and has published ________ essay about his beliefs called “Why I Believe”.

5．There has been a lot of ________(resist) to this new law.

6．I want to make ________ clear that I have no prejudice against you.

7．They ________(meet) us at the station this time tomorrow.

8．At 25, he was an unemployed musician with no ________(prospect) .

9．They have to have a basic understanding of computers in order to use the ________ (advance) technology.

10．Mr Taylor was not bitter towards those who had ________(oppose) him.

三、完成句子

1．In March and April, ____________________________．

三、四月份的天气非常不好预测。

2．They ____________  that they are doing an important job.

他们明确表明他们正在做一项重要的工作。

3．She is a career woman ________________ ．

她是一名职业女性而不是家庭主妇。

4．We would like to ________  the late running of this service.

我们要为没有及早开办这项服务表示歉意。

5．If you can remember it, ________________．

如果你能记住它， 对你是很有好处的。

四、选择题：七选五

The Man Who Could See the Future

The ability to predict the future is a rare talent. American author Isaac Asimov (1920—1992), one of the great science fiction writers of his age, had such a talent. 1  Now that we’re here, let’s see what he got right.

__2__ Asimov thought computers would cause a revolution comparable to the industrial revolution of the 19th century. Specifically, he said that “mobile computerized objects” would be an important part of everyday life. Here, he clearly predicted our world of smartphones, tablets and other devices. He also had a great deal to say about space exploration. 3

How did Asimov develop his special sense of future developments？__4__ He read the newspapers and magazines sold in his parents’ candy store. His scientific interest gained sharper focus at Columbia University in New York. Asimov went to study chemistry, but became bored with pure laboratory science. Instead, he thought hard about the social implications(影响) of science. He wanted to communicate his ideas to the public.

__5__ Asimov had his finger on the pulse(脉搏) of both scientific and social change. He had a clear vision of what was coming around the corner for humanity in his works like Galactic Empire series(《银河帝国系列》). “His predictions are absolutely fascinating，” Calum Chase, an English writer, told BBC News. “He was a genius. ”

A．As a smart boy, Asimov taught himself to read at the age of five.

B．Space exploration really can make our life more convenient and comfortable.

C．Back in 1983, he was asked to predict what the world would look like in 2019．

D．On the role that computing would play in the future, he was amazingly accurate.

E．Asimov has developed a great interest in computer programming since childhood.

F．As an author, his books would feature the theme of social change caused by technology.

G．The International Space Station proves his prediction that we would not simply visit space but seek to stay there.

五、应用文写作

你们班将举办以“未来的生活”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请根据下列要点和你的想象写一篇演讲稿。内容包括：

1．工作；　2．出行；　3．环境。

注意：1．词数80左右；2．可以适当增加细节， 以使行文连贯；3．开头和结尾已为你写好， 不计入总词数。

Good afternoon, boys and girls!

I’d like to share with you my opinion about future life. _______________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

That’s all. Thank you for your listening.

参考答案：

一、单词拼写

答案：1.absence　   2.ceased　   3.luxury　  4.predictions　   5.emphasis　

6.advocate　  7.prospect  　8.resist　   9.essays　       10.paragraphs

二、单句语法填空

答案：1.criminal　 2.will be watching　  3.on　       4.an　        5.resistance　

6.it　       7.will be meeting　   8.prospects　 9.advanced　  10.opposed

三、完成句子

答案：1．the weather is not so predictable/it’s hard to predict the weather

2．make it clear

3．rather than a housewife

4．apologise for

5．it will be of great benefit to you

四、选择题：七选五

1．C　上文提到“美国作家艾萨克·阿西莫夫是他那个时代最伟大的科幻作家之一， 他有这样一种天赋”；下文提到“让我们看看他预测对了什么”。由此可知， 空格处在本段中起承上启下的作用。故C项“早在1983年， 他就被要求预测2019年的世界会是什么样子”承上启下。

2．D　根据“Asimov thought computers would cause a revolution comparable to the industrial revolution of the 19th century”可知， 阿西莫夫认为计算机将引发一场与19世纪工业革命相当的革命。D项“关于计算机在未来将所扮演的角色， 他惊人准确地预测到了”是说明他预测的计算机的结果， 与本段内容符合。

3．G　根据“He also had a great deal to say about space exploration”可知， 关于太空探索， 他也预测了。所以空格处要接着说他预言的结果。故G项“国际空间站证明了他的预言， 我们不仅要拜访太空， 还要设法留在那里”与太空探索相关， 且是预测结果。

4．A　根据“He read the newspapers and magazines sold in his parents’ candy store”可知， 他读了父母糖果店出售的报纸和杂志。所以空格处要与下一句一起来说明阿西莫夫是如何培养他对未来发展的特殊意识的。故A项“作为一个聪明的男孩， 阿西莫夫在五岁时就开始自学”承上启下。

5．F　阅读本段可知， 本段主要在说作为一名作家， 他的书以科技引起的社会变革为主题。

五、应用文写作

One possible version：

Good afternoon, boys and girls!

I’d like to share with you my opinion about future life. With the development of science and technology, life will be greatly different in the future.

First, people will be able to do almost everything at home. They’ll just need to give some simple instructions and robots will complete the tasks. Second, each family will have a flying machine. They’ll be able to travel everywhere. Third, our environment will be much better than now, because some effective measures will be taken to protect it. The earth will become a big beautiful garden.

I believe people’s lives will be much easier in the future.

That’s all. Thank you for your listening.