全国通用版高考英语三轮冲刺提分练话题练第17练科普知识与现代技术.docx

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全国通用版高考英语三轮冲刺提分练话题练第17练科普知识与现代技术

科普知识与现代技术

基础巩固

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．TheInternethasenabledus（know）andunderstandthewholeworldmuchbetter.

2．However，someofscientificinventionshaveevencausedgreatharmmankind.

3．Therapiddevelopmentofscienceandtechnology（bring）aboutgreatchangestohumanlifesofar.

4．Iwilltellyou（direct）thatscientistsarethosewhopromotethesocialprogress.

5．In18thcentury，the（invent）ofthesteamengineledtothefirstIndustrialRevolution.

6．Weneedtoacceptthefactthatthesemoderninventionshavebroughtmuch（convenient）tous.

7．Incontrast，thisconditionjustindicatesthatourlifeisconnectedmoderninventionsclosely.

8．WhyIsayitnormalisbecauseIbelievethatnothingis（absolute）goodandrightforus.

9．Exceptforthemoderninventionsoftransport，thereareplentyofotherthings，（include）robots.

10．Wecandomanythingsthatwedidn’thavetheabilitytodointhepastby（use）robots.

Ⅱ.单句改错（每小题仅有1处错误）

11．Therobotswillbedesignedtolooklikepeopletomakethemattractiveandeasiertoselltothepublic.

12．Acomputernetworkallowsuserstoshareresourcesincludingequipmentsandinformation.

13．Butsomeonepointsoutitsdisadvantages，forexamples，ithassomuchjunkinformationthatbotherusalot.

14．Ifourgovernmentdoitwell，IfullbelievethattheInternetwillprovidemoreconvenienceforus.

15．Themoderntransportbenefitsourlife，thoughsomepeoplealsocriticizeitsothere’remanyaccidents.

16．Actually，robotsofreallifealsohavedifferentkindsoffunctionsandtheygivetousmuchhelp.

17．Weliveinanagewhichmoreinformationisavailablewithgreatereasethaneverbefore.

18．Thenewtechnology，ifapplyingtoricegrowing，willhelpincreasethegrainoutput.

19．Hethoughtthatthekeytofeedpeoplewastohavemorericeandtoproduceitmorequickly.

20．Iwanttointroduceoneofthemostinfluentialmoderninventioninourlife—thecomputernetwork.

话题词汇

1．advantagen．优势

2．artificialadj.人造的，人工的

3．negativeeffect负面影响

4．breakthroughn．突破

5．surftheInternet上网

6．explorev．探索

7．conveniencen．方便

8．withthedevelopmentof...随着……的发展

9．changeone’slife改变某人的生活

10．drawbackn．缺点，不利条件

能力提升

Ⅲ.阅读理解

A

（2018·辽宁葫芦岛一模）

AccordingtoanewresearchfromtheUniversityofCambridgeinEngland，sheepareabletorecognizehumanfacesfromphotographs.

Thefarmanimals，whoaresocialandhavelargebrains，werepreviouslyknowntobeabletorecognizeoneanother，aswellasfamiliarhumans.However，theirabilitytorecognizehumanfacesfromphotosaloneisnovel.

Therecentstudy，theresultsofwhichwerepublishedinthejournalRoyalSocietyshowedthatthewoollycreaturescouldbetrainedtorecognizestillimagesofhumanfaces，includingthoseofformerPresidentBarackObamaandactressEmmaWatson.

Initially，thesheepweretrainedtoapproachcertainimagesbybeinggivenfoodrewards.Later，theywereabletorecognizetheimagesforwhichtheyhadbeenrewarded.Thesheepcouldevenrecognizeimagesoffacesshownatanangle，thoughtheirabilitytodosodeclinedbyabout15percent—thesamerateatwhichahuman’sabilitytoperformthesametaskdeclines.“Anyonewhohasspenttimeworkingwithsheepwillknowthattheyareintelligentandindividualanimalswhoareabletorecognizetheirhandlers.”saidProfessorJennyMorton，wholedtheCambridgestudy.“We’veshownwithourstudythatsheephaveadvancedfacerecognitionabilities，closetothoseofhumansandmonkeys.”

Recognizingfacesisoneofthemostimportantsocialskillsforhumanbeings，andsomedisordersofthebrain，includingHuntington’sdisease，affectthisability.

“Sheeparelonglivedandhavebrainsthataresimilarinsizeandcomplexitytothoseofsomemonkeys.Thatmeanstheycanbeusefulmodelstohelpusunderstanddisordersofthebrain，suchasHuntington’sdiseasethatdevelopoveralongtimeandaffectcognitive（认知的）abilities.Ourstudygivesusanotherwaytomonitorhowtheseabilitieschange.”Mortonsaid.

21．Accordingtothenewresearch，what’sunusualaboutsheep?

A．Theyhavelargebrains.

B．Theycanrecognizetheirowners.

C．Theycantellanimalsfromhumans.

D．Theycanrecognizehumanfacesfromphotographs.

22．Howdidtheresearcherstrainthesheep?

A．Bygivingfoodrewards.

B．Byshowingphotosoffamouspeople.

C．Byguidingthemtofollowtheirhandlers.

D．Byshowingphotosofhumansandmonkeysbyturns.

23．Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?

A．Sheephaveahigherfacerecognitionabilitythanmonkeys.

B．Thenewdiscoveryisofgreatbenefittothestudyofcognitiveabilitychanges.

C．Thesheep’sfacerecognitionabilitymaypreventsomedisordersofthebrain.

D．Thesheep’sfacerecognitionabilitystaysthesamewhenshownphotosatanyangle.

24．What’sthebesttitleofthepassage?

A．AWonderfulScientist

B．TheLifeofSheep

C．ANewDiscoveryAboutSheep

D．HowSheepRecognizeEachOther

B

（2018·四川内江一模）

Inrecentyears，carmanufacturers（制造商）havebeenputunderpressuretoinventavehiclethatisbothcheapertorunandbetterfortheenvironment.

Oneofthefirstideasthatcarmanufacturerstriedwastoreplaceengineswhichrunonfossil（化石）fuelswithelectricmotors.Unfortunately，thesevehicleshadseveraldisadvantagesandtheydidn’tsellverywell.Theproblemswerethatthebatteriesoftheseelectriccarsranoutveryquicklyandtookalongtimetorecharge.

However，carmanufacturershaveimprovedtheconcept.Thisiswherethehybridcar，whichhasbothanelectricmotorandatraditionalpetrolengine，comesin.Theelectricmotorneverneedstoberechargedanditismuchbetterfortheplanetthanatraditionalcar.

Inahybridcar，theengineiscontrolledbyacomputerwhichdetermineswhetherthecarrunsonpetrol，electricity，orboth.Whenthecarneedsmaximumpower，forexample，ifitisacceleratingorclimbingasteephill，itusesallofitsresources（资源），butatsteadyspeedsitrunsonlyonpetrol.Whenslowingdownorbreaking，theelectricmotorrechargesitsbatteries.

Hybridcarsarebetterfortheenvironmentbecausetheyhaveamuchsmallerenginethanatraditionalcar.Also，hybridcarsonthemarketaremadeusingmaterialssuchasaluminumandcarbonfiber，whichmakesthemextremelylight.Bothofthemmeanthattheyuselesspetrolthannormalcars，sotheyproducelesspollution.

Ofcourse，hybridcarsaren’tperfect;theystillrunonfossilfuelsandsopollutetheenvironmenttoacertaindegree.However，theymaybethefirststepalongtheroadtocleaner，“greener”cars.Carmanufacturersarealreadyworkingonvehicleswhichrunonhydrogengivingoffharmlesswatervapor.Itlookslikewemightbeheadingintherightdirection.

25．Whatcanweknowaboutthevehicleswhichranonelectricmotors?

A．Theymovedveryfast.

B．Theywereunpopular.

C．Theirengineswereoftenreplaced.

D．Theirengineswereexpensive.

26．Howdoesthecomputerinahybridcarfunction?

A．Itkeepsthecarrunningsteadily.

B．Itdirectsthecartoclimbhills.

C．Itdecideswheretopowerthecar.

D．Itcontrolshowthecarusespower.

27．WhatdoestheunderlinedpartrefertoinParagraph5?

A．Car’ssmallerengineandspecialmaterials.

B．Electricmotorandpetrolengine.

C．Hybridcarandhydrogencar.

D．Aluminumandcarbonfiber.

28．What’sthebesttitleforthetext?

A．Cars’EnginesB．CarPollution

C．GreenCarsD．Cars’Advantages

Ⅳ.完形填空

IwasconfusedwhileIwaseatinglunchinarestauranttheotherday.IwassittingtherelookingatwhatI’d29andwonderedifanyoneelsecouldseethe30inmymind.I’maboutto31alotoffatandwashitdownwithadietsoda.

WhatcanIsay？

I’mtryingtolosesomeweight.32，Idothingslikethatallthetime，whichisprobablywhythepoundsare33soslowly.Ispendhalfanhouronthetreadmill（跑步机）andI34myselfwithpotatochips.I35thatIwillnolongereatthemagain，soIjusteatalotatthistime.Imakeitallthewaythroughtheentiredaydoingeverythingabsolutelyright，andthenatbedtime“justonechipwon’t36it”turnsinto“wheredidthatentirebagofpotatochipsgo？

”

Ofcourse，I37dowellwithmyweightlossprogram.OnceIputtogethertwofullweeksofeatingproperlyandexercising38.Iwasstartingtofeela（n）39.Icouldbendovertotiemyshoesmoreeasily.Butjustasitwasabouttobecomea40，Ienteredaperiodoflong，latenightsfilledwith41deadlines.Isatinfrontofmycomputer，eatingsnacksanddrinkingsodastohelpmestay42.Withinafewdays，thehabitofasensibleeatingandexercisingwasa43.

Unfortunatebut44，Iwastootiredtogetonthetreadmill.45，Ihadworktodo，forwhichIneededalltheenergyIcould46.SoIstartedskippingexercisesessions.And47Istarteddoingso，itbecameeasiertoskipthem.

Therearealwaysreasonsnottodothethingsthatwereallyshoulddo.Everyreasonisjustanother48.

29．A.cookedB．ordered

C．designedD．introduced

30．A.battleB．competition

C．performanceD．practice

31．A.burnB．contain

C．loseD．consume

32．A.SurprisinglyB．Happily

C．UnfortunatelyD．Hopefully

33．A.comingoffB．passingaway

C．takingoffD．turningaway

34．A.equipB．connect

C．presentD．reward

35．A.agreeB．pretend

C．imagineD．decide

36．A.hurtB．count

C．changeD．solve

37．A.alwaysB．sometimes

C．seldomD．never

38．A.hardlyB．instantly

C．regularlyD．slightly

39．A.urgeB．attraction

C．differenceD．pain

40．A.planB．habit

C．gameD．hobby

41．A.originalB．common

C．inspiringD．tight

42．A.awakeB．calm

C．healthyD．strong

43．A.goalB．memory

C．realityD．trend

44．A.unbelievableB．changeable

C．understandableD．enjoyable

45．A.ThereforeB．However

C．BesidesD．Otherwise

46．A.lackB．save

C．showD．throw

47．A.onceB．before

C．unlessD．though

48．A.choiceB．fault

C．causeD．excuse

答案解析

Ⅰ.1.toknow　2.to　3.hasbrought　4.directly　5.invention6．convenience　7.with　8.absolutely　9.including　10.using

Ⅱ.11.Therobotswillbedesignedtolooklikepeopletomakethem

attractiveandeasiertoselltothepublic.

12．Acomputernetworkallowsuserstoshareresourcesincluding

andinformation.

13．Butsomeonepointsoutitsdisadvantages，forexamples，ithassomuchjunkinformationthat

usalot.

14．Ifourgovernmentdoitwell，I

believethattheInternetwillprovidemoreconvenienceforus.

15．Themoderntransportbenefitsourlife，thoughsomepeoplealsocriticizeit

there’remanyaccidents.

16．Actually，robotsofreallifealsohavedifferentkindsoffunctionsandtheygiveto\usmuchhelp.

17．Weliveinanage

moreinformationisavailablewithgreatereasethaneverbefore.

18．Thenewtechnology，if

toricegrowing，willhelpincreasethegrainoutput.

19．Hethoughtthatthekeyto

peoplewastohavemorericeandtoproduceitmorequickly.

20．Iwanttointroduceoneofthemostinfluentialmodern

inourlife—thecomputernetwork.

Ⅲ.

21．D　[细节理解题。

由第一段中的“sheepareabletorecognizehumanfacesfromphotographs”可知，绵羊的不寻常之处在于它们能够从照片中识别人脸，故选D。

]

22．A　[细节理解题。

由第四段首句“Initially，thesheepweretrainedtoapproachcertainimagesbybeinggivenfoodrewards.”可知，研究人员通过给绵羊食物奖励来训练绵羊，故选A。

]

23．B　[推理判断题。

由最后一段中的“Thatmeanstheycanbeusefulmodelstohelp...Ourstudygivesusanotherwaytomonitorhowtheseabilitieschange.”可以推断出，该项新发现