2019-2020学年高中英语 Unit 2 Robots 课时跟踪检测(二)新人教版选修7

课时跟踪检测（二）

Warming Up & Reading — Language Points

Ⅰ.单词拼写或用所给单词的正确形式填空

1．For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs (事情)． 2．It is required that children under 14 should be accompanied (陪伴) by an adult. 3．All the audience felt sympathy_(同情) for the disabled girl who lost her parents in an accident.

4．The weather last summer was awful (糟透的)．

5．There is no need for you to envy (羡慕) your friend's wealth, because wealth doesn't mean happiness.

6．To our satisfaction (satisfy), the disabled have easy access to any parts of the new theatre.

7．Alarmed (alarm) by the noise, the birds flew away in all directions. 8．The young lady dressed elegantly (elegant) when she went to work. 9．It's not one of my favourite (favour) forms of music.

10．We read the declaration (declare) posted on the bulletin board. Ⅱ.选词填空

ring up， reach for， test out， leave sb. alone， or rather， turn around， in favour of 1．I reached_for the salt, but knocked over a bottle of wine. 2．He went home very late last night, or_rather,_in the early hours this morning. 3．Some women especially enjoy passers-by turning_around to see them. 4．My classmate rang me up saying that the school football team had had three victories this month against other schools.

5．This model had been tested_out before it was put into production.

6．Her only fear was that her little son would be left_alone in the world in case something happened to her.

7．In our city, almost everyone is in_favour_of bringing down the housing price because it is too high for them to buy one.

Ⅲ.完成句子

1．He had_his_right_foot_injured while playing football. 踢足球时，他的右脚受伤了。

2．There_stands_an_old_pine_tree_in front of our classroom.

我们教室前有一棵老松树。

3．To_our_satisfaction,_most of us have realized the importance of living in harmony with nature.

让我们满意的是，我们中的大部分人已经意识到了同大自然和谐相处的重要性。 4．I have/feel_no_sympathy_for Jane; it's all her own fault. 我不同情简，那都是她自己的错。

5．Could you do_me_a_favour and keep an eye on my luggage? 你能帮我照看一下我的行李吗？ Ⅳ.阅读理解

A

Joseph Frederick Engelberger, the father of robotics, was born on July 26, 1925, in Brooklyn. He received his

BS. in physics in 1946, and M．S. in Electric

Engineering in 1949 from Columbia University. He worked as an engineer with Manning, Maxwell and Moore, and then he met George Devol at a party in 1956, two years after Devol had designed and patented an industrial robotic arm. However, Manning, Maxwell and Moore was sold and Engelberger's division was closed that year.

Finding himself jobless but with a business partner and an idea, Engelberger co-founded Unimation with Devol, creating the world's first robotics company. And the introduction of robotics to the manufacturing process effectively transformed the automotive industry. Over the next two decades, the Japanese took the lead by investing heavily in robots to replace people performing certain tasks. In Japan, Engelberger was widely described as a key player in the postwar ascendancy (支配地位) of Japanese manufacturing quality and efficiency.

After observing the help his aging parents needed, Engelberger saw the robotics automation could be used in the medical field. In 1984, Engelberger founded Transitions Research Corporation (TRC). He introduced the HelpMate and hoped to kick-start a new industry for in-home robots, but he started in 1988 by selling his first HelpMate to Danbury Hospital.The medical robot was successful enough that the hospital ended up purchasing another, and within a decade, well over 100 hospitals worldwide operated HelpMates.

After Engelberger was awarded the Japan Prize in 1997, Senator Joseph Lieberman delivered a speech in the U．S. senate in praise and recognition of the inventor, calling the HelpMate “an example of the way that the federal investment in science and technology for patients can lead to new products that employ Americans and make

for a better quality of life”．

Engelberger liked working. So even after he got into his 80s, he remained active in the promotion and development of robots for use in elderly care. He died on December 1, 2015, in Newtown, a little more than four months after celebrating his 90th birthday.

语篇解读：本文是一篇人物传记，主要介绍了机器人之父Joseph Frederick Engelberger的生平。

1．Which statement about Engelberger may the author agree with? A．He was most popular among the Japanese.

B．He finished his higher education in his twenties. C．He had great admiration for Devol as an inventor. D．He and Devol invented the first robotic arm together.

解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Joseph Frederick Engelberger, the father of robotics, was born on July 26, 1925”和“He received hisBS. in physics in 1946, and M．S. in Electric Engineering in 1949 from Columbia University”可知，Engelberger 21岁时获得物理学学士学位，24岁时获得电气工程硕士学位，即他在二十多岁时完成了他的高等教育。故选B。

2．What motivated Engelberger to set up TRC? A．His desire to gain wide acceptance. B．The success of founding Unimation. C．The challenge from other companies. D．His parents' demanding aid from others.

解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“After observing the help his aging parents needed ... Engelberger founded Transitions Research Corporation (TRC)”可知，Engelberger年迈的父母需要别人帮助的事实激发了他建立TRC。故选D。

3．What's Lieberman's attitude toward HelpMate? A．Concerned. C．Positive.

B．Doubtful. D．Opposed.

解析：选C 观点态度题。根据第四段中的“an example of the way that the federal investment in science and technology for patients can lead to new products that employ Americans and make for a better quality of life”可知，Lieberman认为HelpMate有助于开发新产品，提高人们的生活质量，也就是说他对HelpMate持支持的态度。故选C。

4．Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A．The home of robots — Unimation

B．The father of robotics — Engelberger C．The strong personality Engelberger had

D．The great contribution Engelberger made to medicine

解析：选B 标题归纳题。纵观全文可知，本文主要介绍了机器人之父Joseph Frederick Engelberger的生平，故选B。

B

WATERLOO, Iowa — A 99yearold Iowa woman who dropped out of a high school more than 80 years ago despite needing only one credit to graduate has finally received her diploma.

Audrey Crabtree, of Cedar Falls, smiled Monday as she received an honorary diploma for her time at Waterloo East High School.

“And I feel so much smarter，” Crabtree said humorously.

Crabtree, who began her education at a oneroom school house in northeast Iowa, left high school in 1932 due to a swimming and diving accident that forced her to miss several school days. She also had to care for her sick grandmother.

“I was a senior, but I was short of a credit, so I would have had to go back the next fall，” she told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.

That would have interfered (冲突) with her plans to marry her first husband. In 1957, the couple bought the flower shop where Crabtree had worked after their two children started school. But her husband died of a heart attack several years later.

Crabtree operated Flowers by Audrey for 28 years. She married two more times and outlived both husbands. Her family today includes five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Despite Crabtree's professional and family success, those around her had noted her dissatisfaction with not finishing school.

“She had voiced quite a while back the one regret she had in life was that she never had gotten her diploma，” said Shelley Hoffman, Crabtree's granddaughter.

Hoffman contacted Waterloo Community Schools and helped arrange the diploma ceremony.

Family and friends surrounded Crabtree as the current principal of East High handed her a diploma during an education board meeting.

“I wouldn't advise anyone to drop out，” she said.

Crabtree was given a copy of her last report card and memorabilia from her time at the high school, including a jacket and homecoming pins. She also received more