Unit 2 Section Ⅳ Using language & Assessing your progress-【金版新学案】2023-2024学年新教材高二英语选择性必修第一册同步课堂高效讲义教师用书（人教版）

Section Ⅳ　Using language & Assessing your progress Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers 1．What's the main idea of the text? A．Driverless cars are popular in the world. B．Most people admire the Amish's happy life with natural environment. C．New technology has provided people with great benefits everywhere over the years. D．The argument about whether advanced technology is beneficial to people and accepted. 2．Why did the public oppose the idea of developing driverless cars? A．Because they saw “Passenger Dies When Car Crashes in Driverless Mode”．　 B．Because the driverless cars couldn't be controlled when meeting emergency. C．Because they thought some advances in technology were unnecessary and could even be dangerous.　 D．Because the company were not responsible for the accident. 学生用书↓第43页 3.What can we know about the Amish from the text? A．They like living in large and polluted cities. B．They advocate living a simple life. C．They live happily in the presence of new technology. D．They appreciate the lives of the rich and famous. 4．What's the attitude of the author about new technology? A．Positive.　　　　 B．Negative.　　 C．Critical. D．Unconcerned. 答案：1－4：DCBA [核心单词] 1．clone technology　　　　　 克隆技术 2．artificial intelligence 人工智能 3．weather forecast 天气预报 4．a rural way of life 乡村的生活方式 5．advocate recycling paper 提倡循环利用纸张 6．a teaching career 教学生涯 7．an opening paragraph 开头的一段 8．a school librarian 学校图书管理员 [拓展单词] 1．predict vt.预测；预言；预料 →prediction n．预测；预言 2．occupation n．职业；占领 →occupy vt.占用；占领；占据 3．oppose vt.反对；抵制；阻挠 →opposed adj.相反的；对立的 →opposition n．反对；反对派；在野党 4．absence n．不存在；缺乏；缺席 →absent adj.缺席的，缺乏的 5．emphasis n．强调；重视；重要性(emphases 复数) →emphasize vt.强调 6．resist vi.& vt.抵制；反抗；抵挡 →resistance n．抵制；反对；抗拒 7．accurate adj.精确的；准确的→accurately adv.精确地；准确地 →accuracy n．精确；准确 掌握规律　巧记单词 1.联想记单词 以-sist结尾的动词集锦 ①resist vi.&vt.抵制；反抗；抵挡　②insist v．坚持 ③assist v．协助　④consist vi.由……组成 2．以-sis结尾的名词的复数形式 emphasis→emphases；basis→bases；crisis→crises　　 [阅读单词] 1．hence adv.