新教材高中外研版英語選擇性必修4課時作業(yè)Unit5SectionⅠStartingoutUnderstandingideas

課時作業(yè)(十三)Unit5SectionⅠStartingout&UnderstandingideasⅠ.閱讀理解AIt'salwaysnicetohavealittlehelparoundthehouse.Butwhatifyoucouldemploytheassistanceofoneofthegreatestmindsofthe20thcentury?That'stheideabehindanewrobotmodeledafterAlbertEinstein.CalledProfessorEinsteinandstandingatjustoverafoottall,thispersonalassistantcantellyoutheweatherandkeeptrackofyourschedulelikeanyotherrobots.Withbuilt-inWi-Fi,theEinsteinrobothasaccesstobraingames,andcananswermathproblemsandsciencequestions.Withnaturallanguageandspeechprocessing,youcanactuallyinteractwithProfessorEinstein.AndbecausetherobotisconnectedtotheInternet,itisconstantlyupdatedwithnewinformation.Tohelpgettheperfectreplica(復制品)ofEinstein,theHongKong-basedtechpanyHansonRoboticsturnedtotheHebrewUniversityofJerusalem,thehomeoftheAlbertEinsteinarchives(檔案).“Weworkedverycloselywiththemtobringtheproductco-marker，”saidthepany'sDr.JeanneLim.TheEinsteinrobotwasintroducedtothepublicattheConsumerElectronicsShowinLasVegasandwasquicklyhailedbythosewhosawit.“Hebecameoneofthebreakoutstarsoftheconvention，”wroteMeliaRobinsononBusinessInsider.“Crowdsfloodedintothepanytohavealookatthelittleguy.”“Technologyisoftennowverycoldandsociallyisolating(孤立的)，”explainedDavidHanson,theco-founderofthepanybehindthenewrobot,“Bybringinganlivelycharacterintoourphysicalworld,we'rehumanizing(使人性化)thetechnologyinsteadofdehumanizingthehumans.”AsforHansonRobotics,thepanyhasbeenbuildinghuman-sizerobotsforoveradecade.Butthismarksthepany'sfirstmerciallyavailableproduct.“ProfessorEinsteinisjustthestart，”saidHanson.“We'rewitnessingthearrivalofconversationalrobotsthatcanwalkinourworld.It'sagoldenageofinvention.”1．WhatcantheEinsteinrobotdo?A．Teachyoutolearnanynewlanguage.B．Havearegularconversationwithyou.C．Designanumberofsciencequestions.D．Keeptrackofotherrobotsconstantly.2．Whichofthefollowingbestexplains“hailed”underlinedinParagraph4?A．Broken.B．Improved.C．Ignored.D．Praised.3．WhatcanbeinferredfromDavidHanson'swords?A．Heexpectshumanstobelessisolatedfromrobots.B．Hedreamsofhumanizinghumansthroughinvention.C．Heworriesaboutagoldenageforconversationalrobots.D．Hestayshopefulaboutthefutureofrobotinvention.4．Whatcanbeasuitabletitleforthetext?A．ANewRobotMakesHumansMuchHappierB．TheGoldenAgeofInventionIsApproachingC．AlbertEinsteinChangesintoanAssistantD．AlbertEinsteinHelpstoHumanizeRobotsBTheoceanisoneofthemostinterestingandbreathtakingplacesontheentireplanet.Theoceanhaswitnessedavarietyofdisappearancesandothermysteries,mostofwhichcannotandhavenotbeenexplainedbymodernscience.Herearesomeinterestingunsolvedseamysteriesoftheworld.USSScorpionInMay1968,USSScorpion,anAmericansubmarine,departedfromNorfolk,Virginia,onitswaytowardstheMediterranean.Thecrewhadalmostadecadeofexperience,andyetthesubdisappearedandbrokeintopiecesontheseafloor.Therewere99menaboardthesub,allofwhomlosttheirlives.BalticSeaSubInthelaterhalfof2014,amysteriousvesselwasspottedbySwedishcitizens,manyofwhomdescribeditasaRussiansubmarine,intheBalticSea.Themilitaryspentmuchtimeininvestigating,butfoundnosignofthemysterioussub.BermejaIslandDuringthe1970s,theBermejaIslandservedasabitofamarkerforMexicoanditseconomiczone.Around20yearslater,theislanddisappearedwithoutanysign.Alongwiththeisland,numerousimportantdocumentsaboutmajoroilreservesalsowentmissing.GulfofMexicoShipwreckIn2001,ExxonMobilwaslayingthepipelineintheGulfofMexicowhenpeopleranintoashipwreckaround2,600feetunderthesurface.Uponexploringtheshipwreck,archaeologistsbelievedittobeaterriblespell(咒語),assomethingwouldconstantlygowrongwhentheywentdowntoexplore.SSEdmundFitzgeraldLakeSuperiorissolargethatitbehaveslikeaninlandocean,includingterrificstorms.InNovember1975,onesuchstormstruckthevesselSSEdmundFitzgerald,whichwasheadedtoDetroit.TheFitzgeralddisappearedaftermunicationswerelost.Aweeklater,asonarshipfoundthevessel500feetunderthewater.Nobodywasfound,though.5．WhydoestheauthorthinkofUSSScorpionasamystery?A．Because99mendiedaboardthesub.B．BecauseitlostitswaytowardstheMediterranean.C．Becausethesubstillsankevenwithexperiencedcrew.D．Becausethereisnoinformationontheunknownsub.6．WhatdoBalticSeaSubandGulfofMexicoShipwreckhaveinmon?A．Botharehighlyputonabadspell.B．Boththenamesofthevesselsareunknown.C．Botharefoundonthebeach.D．BotharesaidtobeRussianvessels.7．Whichmysteryisdifferentfromtheothers?A．SSEdmundFitzgerald.B．BermejaIsland.C．GulfofMexicoShipwreck.D．USSScorpion.Ⅱ.完形填空Sendinganurgentmessageinabottlewouldnottypicallybeconsideredasensiblestrategy.However,itmagically__1__forthreehikersfromCalifornia.InJune2019,forFather'sDayweekend,theWhitsonsdecidedtogobackpackingalongthecentralCalifornia'sArroyoSecoRiver.Thingswent__2__forthefirsttwodays.OnJune16,Whitson,whowas__3__withthearea,ledthetriptotheArroyoSeconarrows(峽谷)．However,whenthehikersreachedthewaterfallinthenarrows,Whitsonrealisedthat__4__hisprevioustripthroughthearea,thewatercurrentsweretoostrongtopass.“Myheart__5__whenIrealisedthat，”WhitsontoldCNN(CableNewsNetwork).Whitsonandhissontriedto__6__otherroutestogetaroundit,buttheireffortsproved__7__.Withfoodrunningoutandnocellphonereceptiontocallforhelp,hedecidedtocarvea“GETHELP”messageonthesideofhiswaterbottleandthrewitdownstreaminthe__8__thatsomeonewouldfindit.Thentheywentbackuptherivertoasmallbeachtocampoutforthenight.Sometimeaftermidnight,thethreeadventurerswere__9__byawelesound—aCaliforniaHighwayPatrolhelicopterflyingoverhead.Sinceitwastoodarktoconducta(n)__10__，theofficialspromisedtosendateamthefollowingday.Shortlyafterbeing__11__onthemorningofJune17,2019,Whitson__12__thattwohikershadtrippedontheirwaterbottleanduponseeingtheurgent__13__reportedtheissuetotheofficials.Whitsonsays,“Theydidn'tleavetheirnamesorphonenumbers.Theyjustdidwhatwasrightintheirhearts,andmostimportantlytheytookit__14__.”Whitsonandhisfamilyhopethetwogoodhikerswillrevealtheir__15__sothattheycanexpresstheirgratitudeinperson.1．A.failedB．workedC．connectedD．remended2．．unexpectedlyC．smoothlyD．surprisingly3．A.familiarB．popularC．contentD．busy4．A.unlikeB．likeC．a(chǎn)sD．opposite5．A.beatB．sankC．a(chǎn)chedD．broke6．A.attachB．a(chǎn)voidC．expandD．seek7．A.pricelessB．hopelessC．fruitlessD．endless8．A.challengeB．a(chǎn)rrangementC．hopeD．satisfaction9．A.awakenedB．disturbedC．a(chǎn)nnoyedD．greeted10．A.experimentB．escapeC．explorationD．rescue11．A.pickedupB．triedoutC．putforwardD．passeddown12．．a(chǎn)cceptedC．predictedD．discovered13．．messageC．coincidenceD．ment14．A.directlyB．normallyC．seriouslyD．frequently15．．motivationC．characterD．identity課時作業(yè)(十三)Ⅰ.閱讀理解A【語篇解讀】本文是一篇說明文。文章講述了科學家以愛因斯坦為原型設(shè)計了一款名為“Einsteinrobot”的機器人，并且得到了公眾的青睞。最后兩段講述了設(shè)計該機器人的公司的創(chuàng)始人對機器人的前途充滿了希望。1．答案與解析：B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中Withnaturallanguageandspeechprocessing,youcanactuallyinteractwithProfessorEinstein.可知，因為有了自然語言和語音處理技術(shù)，你可以和愛因斯坦機器人互動聊天。2．答案與解析：D詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章第四段可知，在這款機器人出現(xiàn)在展覽會上并被介紹給公眾后，MeliaRobinson認為它成了大會上嶄露頭角的明星之一。同時在最后一句還提到成群的人涌進公司來看這個小家伙。由此可知，大家對這個機器人的認可度很高，它受到了公眾的歡迎。故D項“贊揚”符合語境。3．答案與解析：D推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中“‘ProfessorEinsteinisjustthestart，’saidHanson.‘We'rewitnessingthearrivalofconversationalrobotsthatcanwalkinourworld.It'sagoldenageofinvention.’”可知，我們處于發(fā)明的黃金時代，見證了可對話機器人的到來。由此可見他對未來機器人的發(fā)明充滿了希望。4．答案與解析：C主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段可知，第一段中的oneofthegreatestminds指的就是下文中提及的仿照愛因斯坦制造的新型機器人(ProfessorEinstein)。文章第二段提到ProfessorEinstein這個私人助理可以幫忙做很多事情，如：tellyoutheweather,keeptrackofyourschedule以及youcanactuallyinteractwithProfessorEinstein。因此根據(jù)上下文，本篇文章主要講述的是將“愛因斯坦”(機器人)變成一個助手。B【語篇解讀】本文是一篇說明文。海洋是整個地球上最有趣和最令人驚嘆的地方之一。海洋已經(jīng)見證了各種各樣的神秘事件，其中大多數(shù)沒有得到現(xiàn)代科學的解釋。文章主要介紹了世界上一些有趣的未解之謎。5．答案與解析：C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中Thecrewhadalmostadecadeofexperience,andyetthesubdisappearedandbrokeintopiecesontheseafloor.可知船員們有將近10年的經(jīng)驗，但這艘潛艇還是消失了，在海底摔成了碎片。由此可知，作者認為“天蝎號”是一個謎是因為即使有經(jīng)驗豐富的船員，潛艇還是沉沒了。6．答案與解析：B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句可知2014年下半年，一艘神秘的船只在波羅的海被瑞典公民發(fā)現(xiàn)，其中許多人將其描述為一艘俄羅斯?jié)撏?。根?jù)第五段可知2001年，?？松梨诠驹谀鞲鐬充佋O(shè)輸油管道時，在海底2,600英尺處遇上了一艘沉船?？脊艑W家認為這是一個可怕的咒語，因為當他們下去探索時，總會有東西出錯。由此可知，波羅的海潛艇和墨西哥灣沉船的共同之處是人們都不知道兩艘船的名字。7．答案與解析：B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段可知大約20年后，Bermeja島消失得無影無蹤。除了這座島嶼，大量關(guān)于主要石油儲備的重要文件也消失了。結(jié)合其他的謎團都是關(guān)于船只的可知，Bermeja島的謎團與其他的不同。Ⅱ.完形填空【語篇解讀】本文是一篇記敘文。文章講述了惠特森一家去峽谷遠足，結(jié)果被困在峽谷，在食物不足、也接收不到信號的情況下，惠特森決定在水瓶上刻上求救信息。后來這一信息被兩位徒步旅行者發(fā)現(xiàn)，報告給了官員，救出了他們。1．答案與解析：B根據(jù)上文的Sendinganurgentmessageinabottlewouldnottypicallybeconsideredasensiblestrategy.(通過瓶子發(fā)送緊急信息通常不被認為是一種明智的策略)并結(jié)合However可知，上下文是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，此處表示這一方法卻對三個徒步旅行者神奇地起作用了。故選B項。2．答案與解析：C根據(jù)第三段開頭處的However和下文的Whitsonrealisedthat__4__hisprevioustripthroughthearea以及下文他們出了意外可知上下文是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，他們前兩天應(yīng)是一切順利。故選C項。3．答案與解析：A根據(jù)下文的ledthetr