人教版高中英语选修8课时作业13：Learning about Language and Using Language

人教版高中英语选修8

Unit 3 Inventors and inventions

Learning about Language and Using Language

【语言点温故练习】

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．Hurry up, __ you'll be late for the train.

2．These events provided the ___________ (inspire) for her first book. 3．It is so cold and ________ (freeze) that we have to stay at home. 4．___ first time I flew in a plane I was really nervous. 5．This will be the best novel of its kind ever _______ (write)．

6．The guests left most of the dishes _________ (untouch), because they did not taste delicious.

7．When would it be convenient for you _____ (go) to the supermarket with me?

8．The new government must set about _______ (find) solutions to the country's economic problems.

Ⅱ.补全句子

1．This old photo often _________________________________. 这张老照片经常唤起我对童年时代的回忆。

2．He got up very early ________________________________. 他起得很早以便能赶上火车。

3．___________________________ by credit card now. 现在用信用卡付款很方便。

4．This young man ___________________________________. 这个年轻人因自己的发明而出名。

5．The pilot reassured the passengers.Only then _____________ how dangerous the situation had been.

飞机驾驶员要乘客们放心。直到那时我才明白刚才的情况有多危险。

6．__________________________ five years ago, where three buildings have been set up. 五年前这儿好像有条河，现在已建成了三座建筑物。

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7．Someone ____________________ when I was walking in the street. 当我在街上走时有人抓住了我的胳膊。

8．_________________________________________ did the workers decide to go on strike. 直到所有的要求遭到拒绝之后，工人们才决定罢工。

【勤练高考题型】

Ⅰ.阅读理解

The latest technology inventions in 3D printing are rapidly changing how things are being made.

At the International Manufacturing (制造业) Technology Show in Chicago, a little-known car maker became popular by manufacturing a car at the show.

It was a fully functional car that was 3D printed in 44 hours and assembled (装配) in two days.The car is called a “Strati”， Italian for layers, so named by its designer Michele Anoè because the entire structure of the car is made from different layers of materials.

The average car has more than 20,000 parts but this latest technology reduces the number of parts to 40.“The goal here is to get the number of parts down and to drop the tooling costs to almost zero，” said John B．Rogers Jr., chief manager of Local Motors.“Cars are ridiculously complex，” he added, referring to the thousands of bits and pieces that are sourced, assembled and connected to make a vehicle.

This technology can use a variety of materials to manufacture anything in complicated detail.Imagine if you could order a new car online according to your needs and pick it up or have it delivered to you the next day at a small part of the cost of buying one from a shop? What if you could make small parts at a lower cost rather than buying them from a parts supplier? What a great change would that be for the industry? It's already happening.

One of the challenges with collecting antique cars is replacing parts.You can't buy them because they're not in use and it's difficult to find the parts that fit.But now people can use 3D printing technology to make parts for their cars.

John B．Rogers Jr.believes that in the near future a car will be made in just 60 minutes.The company is already organizing a worldwide network of “Microfactories” where you can order and pick up your personalized car.

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1．What impressed people deeply at the show? A．A car maker. B．A 3D-printed car. C．The variety of cars.

D．Technology inventions.

2．What do we know about the “Strati” car? A．It's a model car. B．It was made in Italy. C．It has over 2,000 parts. D．It was made within four days.

3．The questions in Paragraph 5 are raised to ________. A．analyse the latest technology B．challenge traditional car makers C．explain how the change happened D．show the advantage of the technology

4．What is John B．Rogers Jr.'s attitude towards the technology? A．Positive. C．Surprised. Ⅱ.语法填空

Sammy Armstrong was driving to his office when he __1__ (notice) a car was stuck on railroad tracks.Then he heard a train whistle.Sammy threw down his sunglasses and keys and ran toward the car.__2__ elderly man, Jean Papich, eighty-four, sat in the driver's seat, __3__ (turn) the key and hitting the gas.His wife, Marion, seventy-eight, was looking __4__ (nervous) at him.Then Sammy walked __5__ the car and pushed it forward, but his boots slipped on the warm asphalt (沥青)．He could see the train approaching fast.

It might be __6__ (easy) to push the car backward, Sammy thought.He ran around to the front of the vehicle and shouted at Jean __7__ (put) the car in neutral (空挡)．Sammy could feel the ground trembling under his feet.He put his boots against the track and pushed forcefully.Finally, the car rolled off the tracks.When Sammy looked up, the train was just a couple of __8__ (foot) away.Sammy, shocked and __9__ (speech), went back to work as crowd gathered at the scene.

Weeks later, Marion called to thank Sammy.He responded, “I just did __10__ I had to do.”

B．Doubtful. D．Disappointed.

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--☆ 答 案 解 析 ☆--

【语言点温故练习】

Ⅰ. 1．or 2．inspiration 3．freezing 4．The 5．written 6．untouched 7．to go 8．finding Ⅱ. 1．calls up memories of my childhood 2．so that he could catch the train 3．It's very convenient to pay 4．is distinguished for his inventions 5．did I realize 6．There seemed to be a river 7．seized me by the arm 8．Not until all the demands had been turned down

【勤练高考题型】

Ⅰ.语篇解读：本文是说明文。3D打印汽车的亮相改变了人们对传统汽车制造业的认识，将来人们能直接从网上订购满足个性化需求的汽车。

1. [答案]选B

[解析]细节理解题。由第一段中的“3D printing are rapidly changing how things are being made”和第二段中的“a little-known car maker became popular by manufacturing a car at the show”可知，在本次展览会上最使人印象深刻的是一辆3D打印汽车。

2. [答案]选D

[解析]细节理解题。由第三段中的“It was a fully functional car that was 3D printed in 44 hours and assembled (装配) in two days.The car is called a ‘Strati’”可知，这辆被称作Strati的汽车是一台真正的运转正常的汽车，在四天之内就完成了打印和装配。

3. [答案]选D

[解析]推理判断题。由第五段中的第一句可知，本段提出的这几个问题都是为了说明用3D技术打印汽车的优势。

4. [答案]选A

[解析]推理判断题。由最后一段中的“John B．Rogers Jr.believes that in the near future a car will be made in just 60 minutes.”及“organizing a worldwide network of ‘Microfactories’”可知，John B．Rogers Jr.对于这一技术的前景很有信心，故选A项。

Ⅱ.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。Sammy Armstrong在开车上班的路上解救了一辆卡在铁轨上的汽车。

1．[答案]noticed

[解析]文章的整体时态为过去时，且主句中用的是过去进行时，故填noticed。 2．[答案]An

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