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Unit 3 language in use
基础篇
1.形容词比较级和最高级的构成
1.tall 2.strong 3.rich
4.nice 5.fine 6.happy
7.heavy 8.red 9.wet
10.dry 11.interesting 12.slow
13.useful 14.beautiful 15.careful
【答案】
1.taller tallest 2.stronger strongest 3.richer richest
4.nicer nicest 5.finer finest 6.happier happiest
7.heavier heaviest 8.redder reddest 9.wetter wettest
10.drier driest 11.more interesting most interesting 12.slower slowest
13.more useful most useful 14.more beautiful most beautiful 15.more careful most careful

2、形容词常用结构
1，A>B 比较级+than
2，A=B as…as
3, A 4, 比较级的修饰语有 than:
much, even, a little, a lot, + 比较级
5,比较级+and+比较级, 表示“越来越”
warmer and warmer, nicer and nicer, more and more beautiful,
The +比较级， the +比较级 表示“越来越” the more， the better.
6, 表示“最……之一”，用one of +最高级+复数名词；
基本句型训练：
1.他多么的开心啊！
__________ ____________ he is!
【答案】How happy
2.我觉得英语和语文一样重要。
In my point of view, English is ________ _________ _________ Chinese.
【答案】as important as (A=B as…as句式)
3. 我姐姐我细心得多。
My sister is __________ _________ __________ than me.
【答案】much more careful （A>B 比较级+than ，much修饰比较级）
4. 他妈妈很高兴。看！她正开心地在房间唱歌。
His mother is very __________. Look! She __________ _________ __________ in the room.
【答案】happy is singing happily
5.这本书不及那本书有趣。
This book _________ ___________ ___________ __________ that one
【答案】isn’t as/so interesting as (A 6. 老师告诉我们一些有趣的事情
The teacher told us __________ ___________.
【答案】something interesting。（形容词修饰不定代词后置）
7. 这石头太重 我帮不动
The stone is _________ ________ _________ ________ ________ carry.
【答案】too heavy for me to (too…to句式)
8.这音乐听起来很美妙
The music _________ _____________.
【答案】sounds beautiful。（感官动词sound look feel taste smell用系表结构）
9. 那个公园变得越来越美丽。
The park is getting ______ _____ ______ ___________.
【答案】more and more beautiful(比较级+and+比较级, 表示“越来越”)
10. 雨正变得越来越大。
The rain is becoming _______ _______ _______ .
【答案】heavier and heavier (比较级+and+比较级, 表示“越来越”)
11. 你吃的越多就越胖。
_____ _____ you eat, ____ _______you will be.
【答案】The more the fatter.( The +比较级， the +比较级 表示“越来越”)
12.这本书比那本书难
The book is _______ _________ _________ that one
【答案】more difficult than （A>B 比较级+than ，much修饰比较级）
13.中山是中国最美丽的城市之一。
Zhongshan is one of ________ __________ __________ cities in China.
【答案】the most beautiful (表示“最……之一”，用one of +最高级+复数名词)
14 这本书比那本书更有得多趣。
This book is___________ ___________ ___________ _____________that one.
【答案】a lot more interesting than (a lot 修饰比较级)
15 今天比昨天冷。
It is today it was yesterday
【答案】colder than


二、单项选择。
1.—I don’t really like big cities.（2020年苏州）
—Neither do I. I feel much ________ in the countryside.
A. free B. freer C. freest D. the freest
【答案】B
【解析】句意：——我不太喜欢大城市。——我也不喜欢。我在乡下感到更自由。
考查形容词比较级。free自由的，形容词原级；freer更自由的，形容词比较级；freest最自由的，形容词最高级；the freest最自由的，the+形容词最高级。much是程度副词，修饰形容词比较级。故选B。
2.To make rivers than before, everybody is supposed to protect them. （2020，山东青岛卷）
A. dirty B. dirtier C. clean D. cleaner
【答案】D
【解析】句意：为了使河流比以前更清洁，每个人都应该保护它们。A. dirty脏的；B. dirtier更脏的；C. clean干净的；D. cleaner更干净的。根据than判断，这是一个比较级的句子，排除A,C；根据“everybody is supposed to protect them.”可知，保护河流的目的是让它们更清洁干净，故答案为D。
3.LeBron James is one of ___________ players in the NBA. He is my hero. （2019，江苏宿迁卷）
A. better B. the best C. worse D. the worst
【答案】B
【解析】句意：勒布朗·詹姆斯是NBA最好的球员之一。他是我的英雄。考查最高级辨析。one of其中之一，用于最高级，可排除AC两项。B. 最好的；D. 最差的。根据He is my hero.可知选B。
4.---What do you think of the band’s performance? （2019，江西卷）
---It could be ______. I think they’re feeling very nervous.
A. good B. better C. bad D. worse
【答案】B
【解析】句意：——你认为这个乐队的演出怎么样？——它能更好，我认为他们有点紧张。根据good好的，better更好，bad坏的，worse更糟糕；根据It could be和I think they’re feeling very nervous.可知是如果不紧张会更好；故选B。
5.The artist is so ________ that he can make different changing pictures with sand. （2019，山东滨州卷）
A. common B. careless C. creative D. helpful
【答案】C
【解析】句意：这位艺术家是如此有创造力，他可以用沙子创作出不同的变化画面。考查形容词辨析。A. 普通的；B. 粗心的；C. 有创造性的；D. 有用的。“so +形容词/副词+ that”引导结果状语从句，can表示“能”，根据he can make different changing pictures with sand可知so creative符合句意，故选C。
6.The living room becomes ____________as the sunlight comes in through the windows. （2019，浙江温州卷）
A. bigger B. cleaner C. quieter D. brighter
【答案】D
【解析】句意：当阳光透过窗户照进来时，客厅变得更加明亮。考查形容词的比较级。A. bigger更大的；B. cleaner更干净的；C. quieter更安静的；D. brighter更明亮的。根据as the sunlight comes in through the windows.可知，当阳光透过窗户照进来的时候，客厅会变得更加明亮，故答案选D。
7. The yellow shoes are than the blue ones.
A. expensive B. expensiver C. more expensive D. most expensive
【答案】C
【解析】句意：这些黄色的鞋子比那些蓝色的鞋子更贵一些。expensive是多音节词，比较级是由more+多音节词构成。
8. He feels today than yesterday.
A. tired B. more tired C. more tireder D. much tired
【答案】B
【解析】句意：他感到比昨天更累。Tired 比较级是由more+ tired构成。
9.I’m taller than others in my class. I’m in my class.
A. tall B. taller C . the taller D. the tallest
【答案】D
【解析】句意：在班上我比其它人都高，我是班上最高个。最高级。
10.My brother has a healthy living habit. He stays up late, and he is an early bird. （2019，山东青岛卷）
A. usually B. hardly C. often D. always
【答案】B
【解析】句意：我哥哥有一个健康的生活习惯。他几乎不熬夜，而且是早起的人。A. usually通常；B. hardly几乎不；C. often经常；D. always总是。健康的生活习惯应该是不熬夜，故答案为B。
11.Could you speak in a loud voice so that I can hear you _______________?（2019，江苏苏州卷）
A. quickly B. happily C. slowly D. clearly
【答案】D
【解析】句意：你能大声点说话吗，这样我就能听清楚了?考查副词辨析。A. quickly迅速地；B. happily高兴地；C. slowly 缓慢地；D. clearly清晰地。so that以至于，表目的；根据Could you speak in a loud voice可知clearly符合句意，故选D。
12.Peter spoke so ______ that I could hardly hear him. （2019，江西卷）
A. loudly B. quietly C. clearly D. patiently
【答案】B
【解析】句意：彼得说话如此的小，以至于我几乎不能听到他。根据loudly大声地； quietly悄悄地； clearly清楚地，patiently有耐心地；根据I could hardly hear him.可知是悄悄地；故选B。
13.—Confucius Institute (孔子学院) has been set up in many other countries. （2019，山东滨州卷）
—Yes, Chinese is _______ spoken in those countries. I am proud of that as a Chinese.
A. hardly B. widely C. never D. seldom
【答案】B
【解析】句意：——孔子学院已经在许多国家建立起来了。——是的, 中文在这些国家被广泛地使用。作为一个中国人，我为此感到自豪。考查副词辨析。A. 几乎不，表否定；B. 广泛地；C. 从不，表否定；D. 很少地，表否定。根据上文Confucius Institute (孔子学院) has been set up in many other countries.和下文I am proud of that as a Chinese.可知ACD三项意思都不合句意，故选B。
14.Betty felt so tired last night that she ____________ fell asleep in bed after lying down. （2019，浙江温州卷）
A. recently B. suddenly C. frequently D. immediately
【答案】D
【解析】句意：Betty昨晚感觉太累了，以至于她躺在床上后很快就睡着了。考查副词辨析。A. recently最近；B. suddenly突然地；C. frequently频繁地；D. immediately很快、立刻。根据Betty felt so tired last night，Betty昨晚感觉太累了，可知她应该是躺在床上后很快就睡着了，所以immediately符合语境，故答案选D。
15.Lisa made so many mistakes in her homework because she didn’t do it ______enough. （2019，重庆卷）
A. carefully B. busily C. quickly D. warmly
【答案】A
【解析】句意：丽莎在作业中犯了很多错误，因为她做得不够仔细。A. carefully认真地，仔细地；B. busily容易地；C. quickly快速地；D. warmly热情地。结合语境可知，因丽莎做题不够认真而导致出现了大量的错误，故答案为A。
16. Li Hua told me that Xiao Fang was _____ ill.
A. terrible B. very terrible C. terribly D. too terrible
【答案】C
【解析】ill是形容词。用副词. terribly 修饰。
17.It's quite noisy. Please ________， or I can't hear you clearly.
A．stand up B．speak up C．look up D．put up
【答案】B
【解析】前文的“嘈杂的”和下文的“听不清楚”提示用动词短语speak up，表示“大点声说”。
18. Who studies ______, Jack or Mike?
A. hard B. hardly C. harder D. hardest
【答案】C
【解析】hard 副词。激烈地，努力地。 B. hardly 副词。这里是两者比较故用比较级。答案选C。
19.Some pet animals play an important ________ in some Western families.
A．role B．dream C．way D．idea
【答案】
【解析】A　动词play和role连用，表示“扮演角色”，符合句意“在一些西方家庭里，一些宠物扮演着很重要的角色”。
20.Nowadays, people regard drinking tea as a culture ________ a habit.
A．less than B．more than C．at least D．because of
【答案】
【解析】B　more than 表示“比……更；不仅仅是”，符合句意“现在人们把喝茶当作了一种文化而不仅仅是一个习惯”。
三、形容词或副词的适当形式填空
1. The weather in the North is usually_________ (cool) than that in the South.
2. Of the students in his class, he is _________ (young) student.
3. She looked _______ when she heard the news and looked ________ at the picture of her lost son. (sad)
4. The story is so _______ that the high school students can read it _______. (easy)
5. These apples taste ________ and sell _______. (good)
6. He eats too much, so he gets ________ (fat).
7. Beijing is one of _________ (big) cities in the world.
8. Who is_________ (tall), Tom, Jack or Jason?
9. It is _________ (funny) book I have ever read.
10. The _________ (careful) you are, the_________ (few) mistakes you will make.
11. We’d better walk a little _________. It’s getting dark. (fast)
12. Mary writes ____________________ in her class. (beautifully)
13. I can do it _________ than you. (well)
14. Ken often works ______ into the night but he is never _____ for work. (late)
15. I would like to get there five minutes ________ today. (early)
16. Would you please speak _____________ (slow)? I still can’t follow you.
17. She listened to the teacher ____________________ (careful) of all the students.
18. Helen works ___________ (hard). And her brother works even __________ (hard).
19. Your handwriting is _______ good. (real)
20. She did the experiment even _____________ (bad) today.
【答案】1.cooler 2.the youngest 3.sad sadly 4.easy easily 5.good well 6.fatter 7.the biggest 8.the tallest 9. Funniest 10.more careful fewer 11.faster 12. (the) most beautifully 13.better 14.late late 15.earlier 16. slowly 17.(the) most carefully 18.hard harder 19.really 20.worse
四、改错，将正确的句子写在横线上
1. The Changjiang River is the larger one in China.
【答案】将larger改成largest
2. She looked more nervous than any players in the game.
【答案】将any players改成any other player. 注意player 是单数。
3. My little brother is happiest of the three children.
【答案】将happiest改成the happiest
4. Judy is two years old than me.
【答案】将old改成older
5. The more you read the book, the most useful you'll find it is.
【答案】将the most useful改成the more useful
五、用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空
speak up, the number of, deal with, take exercise, feel lonely, find out, thousands of, as a result
1.The old man 　　　　　　　 every day in order to keep fit. 
2.Read the passage to 　　　　　　　　the answer to the question. 
3.I 　　　　　　　　because she can't come to see me often. 
4.It's too noisy here. Can you 　　　　　　　　? 
5.　　　　　　　　 people come to Suzhou for a visit every year. 
6.It was late and there was no bus. 　　　　　　　　　　, we had to walk there. 
7.Oh, what a terrible mess! Could you please 　　　　　　　　your toys? 
8.With the improvement of our environment, 　　　　　　　　birds is growing now. 
【答案】1.takes exercise　2.find out 3.feel lonely　4.speak up 5.Thousands of　6.As a result
7.deal with　8.the number of
六、用括号中单词的适当形式填空。（主要练习形容词，副词构成）
1. This plant needs a warm and ___________(sun) place.
2. It is a __________ (snow) winter this year.
3. Jimmy told us about his ______________ (amaze) trip to Hong Kong.
4. The Greens spent a ______________ (love) day by the sea.
5. Jenny often wears a _____________ (fun) hat.
6. Our classmates are all very _____________ (friend).
7. The water is very ______________ (dirt), please don’t drink it..
8. During the Spring Festival, I usually get some _____________ (luck) money
9.Please be 　　　　(care) when you cross the street. 
10.It rained so 　　　　(heavy) last night that the lake is full of water now. 
11.Lily walks as 　　　　(slow) as Nancy does. 
12.The weather report says it will be 　　　　(rain). Please take an umbrella with you. 
【答案】：1,sunny 2, snowy 3,amazing 4 lovely 5, funny 6, friendly 7, dirty 8, lucky 9.careful 10.heavily 11.slowly 12.rainy
提高篇
七、词汇运用
根据短文内容和括号内所给汉语意思，写出空白处各单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
I feel lucky that I live in the modern age. People are __1__(更富有的)and live longer than they did in the past. We know how to deal with the __2__(普通的)diseases，so we have less __3__(担心)of getting ill. And we have more __4__(空余的)time to enjoy ourselves. The __5__(角色)of women has also changed. They can get a good education just like men.
But more __6__(财富)sometimes means less health. Because __7__(交通)and travel are easier，people __8__(很少)walk and they don't exercise as much as they __9__ to(过去常常)．As the number of cars is doubled，the pollution is also __10__(使加倍)，or even worse. Luckily，more and more people begin to realise it and it is believed that as long as we try our best to change，our world and our life will be better and better.
【答案】1．wealthier 2.common 3.fear 4．spare 5.role 6.wealth 7．transport 8.seldom 9.used 10．doubled

八、短文填空
A
In the 1.p________， life was not easy. Most girls never went to school. They helped on the farm or cooked at home for their families. People didn't have a 2.h________ diet. They knew less about 3.m________， and that made life less healthy. They didn't live as long 4.a________ we do today.
There were no buses or cars. People went to work 5.o________ foot or by bike. So they took more 6.e________. Today more and more people use their own cars. They walk 7.l________ and become lazier. And faster transport makes more 8.p________．
In the past, the families were very big. People lived in a small house. They cooked on the fire. Now there are many tall buildings to 9.l________ in. Life is better than it was in the past, 10.i________ it?
【答案】1.past　2.healthy　3.medicine 4．as　5.on　6.exercise　7.less 8．pollution　9.live　10.isn't
B
根据句子意思，用所给单词的适当形式填空。未提供单词的根据上下文填入适当的词。
How much do you know about a guide dog? How does 1. _________ guide dog help blind people? Since 1May, 2015, Beijing has started to allow blind people 2. _________ (take) guide dogs onto the subway. Sometimes, they play with you like common pet dogs. 3. ________ as soon as they wear their special coat, it’s time to start the work. They are guide dogs and they help blind people 4. ___________ a lot of things. Those dogs are smart and have a good temper. To help blind people, dogs need to learn many 5. ___________ (skill) and pass tests. At the age of one year old, dogs 6. ___________ (train) at schools. There, they learn skills such as finding and following a clear road quickly, moving around obstacles (障碍物) 7. _________ (easy). They also need to learn an important lesson known as “intelligent disobedience (智能抗命)”. For example, blind people ask the dog to go forward when 8. ___________ (cross) a road. But 9. ______the dog knows that a car is coming, it will not move until it is safe.
Guide dogs retire at about ten years old. Some of them stay at their 10. ___________ (owner) homes and become their pets, others may go back to training schools and live there.
【答案】1.a 2.to take 3.but 4.with/do 5.skills 6.are trained 7.easily 8.ceossing 9.if 10 owners’

九、语法选择：
Collecting coins in my hobby, and it has brought me a lot of fun. Now I share the hobby ____1____ my children. Getting children interested in coin collecting ____2____ easy. Here are four ways I have used to get my kids ____3____.
Start small
Many coin collectors buy coins of great value（价值）. But children needn’t consider the value. Let your children start with a set ____4____ Jefferson Nikcels（5分镍币）. This set is the ____5____ to collect and almost all of them can be ____6____ in coin shops.
Bring home surprise
OK, you know the coin they are looking at is ____7____ and common. But you should be excited at ____8____ they are looking at.
Buy them a nice box
Go shopping and choose ____9____ nice box for your children ____10____ their coins in. ____11____ will help them to keep their collection organized. ___12___, having a nice box will keep their excitement high. Every time they show their collection to their friends, they will feel good.
Give them one of ____13____
Find a great coin in your collection and hand it down to your children. This coin needs to be a bit common, so ____14____ something happens to it, the world doesn’t end. But it also ____15____ to be special, or your children may have no interest in it.
1. A. by B. in C. on D. with
2. A. is B. isn’t C. are D. aren’t
3. A. started B. start C. starts D. starting
4. A. so that B. so far C. such as D. such that
5. A. easy B. easier C. easyer D. easiest
6. A. find B. found C. finding D. finds
7. A. use B. useful C. useless D. uselessly
8. A. what B. when C. who D. where
9. A. a B. an C. the D. /
10. A. keeping B. kept C. to keep D. keeps
11. A. It B. What C. These D. Those
12. A. Also B. Too C. Although D. Because
13. A. you B. your C. yours D. themselves
14. A. if B. that C. what D. which
15. A. needed B. needs C. is needing D. need
【答案】1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. A 10. C 11. A
12. A 13. C 14. A 15. B
【解析】
本文介绍了作者的爱好是收集硬币。想把这种爱好分享给孩子们，作者知道让孩子们收集硬币是不容易的，本文介绍了作者是如何让孩子们爱上收集硬币的。文中提出了四条建议。一是从小币着手；二是把惊喜带回家；三是给孩子们买装硬币的盒子；四是把自己有特殊意义的硬币赠送给孩子们。
1.句意：现在我与我的孩子们分享我的爱好。A. by 由于; 经过：B. in采用（某种方式）; 穿着，带着; （表示位置）在…里面，（表示领域，范围）在…以内；C. on（表示方向） 向; （表示对象）对; （表示位置） 在…上；D. with和，跟；share用作及物动词，其常用的句型有share sth. with sb. 把某物与某人分享。故选D。
2.句意：让孩子们对硬币收集感兴趣是不容易的。根据Here are four ways I have used to get my kids ____3____.说明：让孩子们对硬币收集感兴趣是不容易的。因此本句话是否定句。排除A/C。动名词短语做主语，谓语用单数。故选B。
3.句意：为了让孩子们开始，我用了以下四种方法。get后跟现在分词；意为“使……（开始）起来”或处于某种状态；跟过去分词，表示“使某物或某人变得怎么样”，其中的过去分词表示被动关系。结合句意可知孩子们不想干而被动去做的，因此本题用过去分词。故选A。
4.句意：让你的孩子从收集一种硬币开始，比如收集5分镍币。A. so that以至于；B. so far到目前为止；C. such as比如；D. such that到这样的程度。根据上文的句子But children needn’t consider the value.孩子们不必考虑价值。因此孩子们可以从收集5分镍币开始。故选C。
5.句意：这种镍币是最容易收集的。我们知道the后面跟形容词的最高级。故选D。
6.句意：几乎所有的硬币都可以在投币商店看到。can be+动词的过去分词，是情态动词的被动句。can be found被发现，被找到。故选B。
7.句意：你也知道他们正在收集的硬币是无用的，也是常见的。A. use使用；B. useful有用的；C. useless无用的。D. uselessly无用地，副词。由句子But you should be excited at ____8____ they are looking at. 中的But可知，这里是表示转折。说明上文孩子们收集的硬币是无用的。故选C。
8.句意：但是你应该对他们所看到的感到兴奋。A. what什么，指事物；B. when什么时间； C. who谁，指人；D. where哪里，指地点。结合句意可知，这里用what指代孩子们看到的硬币。也就是收集到的硬币。故选A。
9.句意：去商店，给你的孩子们选择一个漂亮的盒子。一个漂亮的盒子，表示泛指，nice是以辅音音素开头前面用不定冠词a。故选A。
10.句意：去商店，给你的孩子们选择一个漂亮的盒子来装他们所收集到的硬币。本题用动词不定式做买盒子的目的。故选C。
11.句意：这将有助于他们把收集到的硬币放好。A. It 它；B. What 什么；C. These这些；D. Those那些。我们用It来指代“去商店，给你的孩子们选择一个漂亮的盒子来装他们所收集到的硬币。”这一件事。因此用It。故选A。
12.句意：此外，有一个漂亮的盒子会让他们兴奋不已。A. Also也；B. Too也；C. Although尽管；D. Because因为。Too应该放在句末，结合句子结构可知，用Too不对；由Although和Because引导的句子，都不用逗号。排除C/D。故选A。
13.句意：给他们一个你的。A. you你，主格代词；B. your你的，形容词新的物主代词； C. yours你的，名词新的物主代词；D. themselves他们自己，反身代词。根据句子Find a great coin in your collection and hand it down to your children. 在你的收藏中找到一个好的硬币并给你的孩子们。可知，本段介绍了把自己收集的有意义的硬币给孩子们。故选C。
14.句意：这个硬币需要有点普通，所以如果发生了什么事，世界就不会结束。A. if 如果； B. that多么；C. what什么；D. which哪一个。结合句意可知用if来引导条件句。故选A。
15.句意：但它也需要特别，否则你的孩子可能对此不感兴趣。But it also ____15____ to be special, or your children may have no interest in it. 是由but引导的句子，和句子This coin needs to be a bit common, so ____14____ something happens to it, the world doesn’t end. 在时态上应保持一致。因此本题也用一般现在时。故选B。
十、阅读完成任务
Last month, heads of state from 29 foreign countries came to Beijing to attend the Belt and Road Forum(论坛) for International Cooperation(合作). The main goal of it is to make the countries work together in more areas. It has won the support of more than 130 countries and international groups.
As a Chinese student, you must know something about the Silk Road.
Long ago, traders brought treasures from the East to the West. Trips to the East became more favourable when traders found silks and spices(香料). These treasures were not ordinary goods that were easy to get. Many people wanted them and it was a good way to become wealthy.
The Silk Road was not a real road. It was a route(路线) between the East and the West. It went through China, Turkey, and Greece. Some traders travelled over land and others sailed across the sea. There was danger along both routes.
Traders who went over the land used camels and horses. First, the traders crossed the desert. Then, they climbed over mountains. After that, the traders still had hundreds of miles to go. Bad weather was often a problem. Robbers who stole the silks and spices also caused trouble.
Traders who crossed the sea faced some of the same problems. There were storms on the sea. Water and winds could push the boats in the wrong direction. Pirates(海盗) also chased the ships and they stole the goods and took control of the ships.
Over time, the Silk Road changed people in both the East and the West. Traders shared stories about faraway lands. They brought back drawings of the places and things they had seen, which helped people learn about new cultures. As a result of the Silk Road, the world seemed much smaller.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1.What's the main goal of the Belt and Road Forum for the countries?

2.Why did the traders travel a long way to the East?

3.How many routes were there in the Silk Road?

4.What was one of the same problems traders over land and across the sea faced?

5.Write a title for the passage.

【答案】1.To make them work together in more areas.
2．For silks and spices./Because they wanted more treasures.
3．Two.
4．Bad weather.
5．The Silk Road.

十一、阅读填空
Have you noticed your life becoming a little easier? Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free WiFi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city.
The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our life convenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from.
In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water meters. They can detect(探测) water waste and leakage(泄漏)and send data to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas. This way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.
Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times. The government organized a research team and provided an App(应用程序) that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special offers.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?
A. Digital technologies are used in smart cities.
B. An English company first raised the idea of a smart city.
C. A smart city is mainly made up of free WiFi and phones.
D. A smart city is still an idea and hasn't come into being.
2.The underlined word “convenient” is the closest in meaning to ________．
A. useful B. normal C. suitable D. easy
3. Compared to traditional water meters, smart water meters do better in________．
A. cleaning water B. supplying water C. saving water D. producing water
4. The example of Santander shows the use of smart systems in aspects(方面) EXCEPT ________．
A. business B. health care C. traffic controlling D. public transportation
5.What's the main idea of the passage?
A. Digital technologies help improve city planning.
B. Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter.
C. Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander.
D. Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities.
【答案】ADCBB
【解析】本文介绍了智能城市给人们带来的便捷。随着科技的发展，人们利用先进的信息技术，实现城市智能式管理和运行。
1.A　推理判断题。由第二段“…a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet…”可知A项正确；由第二段首句“The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010.”可知B项错误；通读全文可知智能城市并不只是由免费WiFi和电话构成，故C项错误；结合全文可知，智能城市已经在美国和西班牙出现，故D项错误。
2.D　词义猜测题。useful意为“有用的”；normal意为“正常的”；suitable意为“适合的”；easy意为“容易的”。句意：……并使我们的生活更方便。故选D。
3.C　细节理解题。根据第三段可知智能水表能够探测水的浪费与泄露，故可以节约水。应选C。
4.B
5.B　主旨大意题。通读全文可知，智能城市可使我们的生活更好。故选B。