Unit1 SectionⅠ Reading and Thinking-【精讲精练】2023-2024学年高中英语选择性必修第四册人教版（教师用书）

Section Ⅰ　Reading and Thinking

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Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots.Recently it had begun experimenting with① a household② robot. It was going to be tested out③ by Larry's wife, Claire.

❶Claire didn't want the robot in her house, especially④ as her  husband would be away on a business trip⑤ for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn't harm her or allow her to be harmed. It would be a bonus⑥. However, when she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed⑦.  His name was Tony.  He seemed more like⑧ a human than a machine. He was tall and handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice, although his facial expression never changed.

❶是but连接的两个并列句。第一个并列分句中as引导原因状语从句；第二个并列分句中的that引导宾语从句。

On the second morning，Tony brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing. She felt embarrassed⑨ and quickly told him to go. Now she was being looked after⑩ by a robot that looked so human, and it was disturbing⑪.

One day, Claire mentioned⑫ that she didn't think she was clever. Tony said that she must feel very unhappy to say that. Claire thought it was ridiculous⑬ that she was being offered sympathy⑭ by a robot, but she gradually admired his wisdom and integrity⑮ and began to trust him. He

always treated her with dignity⑯.❷She told him how she was unhappy that her home wasn't elegant⑰ enough for Larry, who wanted to improve his social position with a bigger salary⑱. She wasn't like Gladys Claffern, one of the richest and most powerful women around.

❷为复合句。句中how引导宾语从句，that引导同位语从句；句中who引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词Larry。

As a favour⑲， Tony promised to help Claire make herself more beautiful and her home more elegant. So Claire borrowed some library books for him to read, or rather⑳， scan.  She looked at his fingers with wonder as they turned each page.  How absurd， she thought. He was just a machine.

Tony gave Claire a new hairstyle and improved her makeup.❸As he was not allowed to accompany her to the shops， he wrote out a list of things that he would need for his work on the house. Claire went downtown and bought these things. She had an appointment to paint her nails， then she went into an expensive clothes shop. The saleswoman there was rude to her, so she rang Tony and told him she was being treated badly. He spoke to the woman, who immediately changed her attitude.  Claire thanked Tony, telling him that he was a “dear”. As she turned around， there stood Gladys Claffern. How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought. ❹By the look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought they were in a relationship. After all， she knew Claire's husband's name was Larry, not Tony. Although it was completely innocent， Claire felt guilty.

❸为复合句。句中as引导原因状语从句；that引导定语从句。

❹为复合句。句中that引导宾语从句；thought后跟省略that的宾语从句。

When Claire got home, she wept. Gladys was everything Claire wished to be. Tony told her she was being sensitive and was just as good as Gladys.  He suggested that she invite Gladys and her friends to the house the night before he was to leave and Larry was to return.  ❺By that time, Tony expected that the house, which was being completely transformed, would be ready.

❺为复合句。句中第二个that引导宾语从句；which引导非限制性定语从句。

Tony worked steadily on the improvements. Claire tried to help by working on a light suspended from the ceiling, but she fell off the ladder. Even though Tony had been in the next room, he managed to catch her in time.  As he held her, she felt the warmth of his body. She screamed, pushed him away, and ran to her room.

The night of the party arrived. The clock struck eight. The guests would be arriving soon, so Claire dismissed Tony for the rest of the night. At that moment, Tony took her in his arms, bringing his face close to hers. ❻She heard him declare that he did not want to leave her the next day, and that he felt more than just the desire to please her. Then the front door bell rang.

❻为复合句。句中两个that均引导由并列连词and连接的两个宾语从句，其中第一个that可以省略。

语料积累

①experiment with进行实验；试用

②household n．家庭，一家人adj.家用的，家务的

③test out  检验；测试

④especially(＝particularly) adv.尤其；特别

⑤on a business trip出差

⑥bonus n．意外收获；奖金；红利

⑦alarmed adj.担忧的，惊恐的

⑧more like更像是；更接近

⑨embarrassed adj.尴尬的；难看的

⑩look after照看；照料

⑪disturbing adj.令人不安的，引起恐慌的⑫mention  vt.提及；说起

⑬ridiculous adj.愚蠢的；荒谬的；荒唐的

⑭sympathy n．同情(心)，理解

⑮integrity  n．诚实正直；完整；完好

⑯dignity  n．庄重；庄严；尊严

⑰elegant adj.高雅的；精美的

⑱salary n．薪水；薪金

⑲favour n．支持，喜爱；帮忙

⑳or rather更确切地说

scan vt.细看；浏览

with wonder惊奇地

absurd adj.荒谬的；荒唐的

makeup  n．组成，构造；化妆品