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课时分层作业(十)
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.The newlycompleted stadium in Wuhan has a seating (容量)of 80,000.
2.It's neither aliens nor a rare disease that will (威胁)the human race in the future, but climate change.
3.It was (贪婪的)of her to take possession of all the money that belonged to her sister.
4.It is predicted that he will be sentenced to 18 months in prison because of the (盗窃).
5.Taking drugs is more dangerous than smoking cigarettes,because it is regarded as a (罪行).
6.We need to get down to (分析) why the castle is in such a bad state.
7.The man was found guilty of (谋杀) his roommates,and was sentenced to death.
8.If the (受害者) are badly injured,it is vital to send them to the hospital at once.
9.Scientists have made a great (突破) in protecting personal information in the database.
10.Shortly after suffering from a (巨大的) earthquake and being reduced to ruins, the city took on a new look.
[答案] 1.capacity 2.threaten 3.greedy 4.theft 5.crime 6.analysing 7.murdering 8.victims 9.breakthrough 10.massive
Ⅱ.阅读理解
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An American company has built a new drone(无人机)that could improve the speed of deliveries(递送).
The drone is very different from other unmanned aircraft. It is made almost completely out of cardboard and has no motor. It can be packed with materials and sealed up with tape.
Because the drones do not have a motor, they are designed to be dropped from airplanes. Hundreds of drones could be sent out at once. Then they could be automatically guided to where they are supposed to go. The company says these drones could then complete deliveries to different places over an area covering hundreds of kilometres. The drones look bigger than the paper airplanes we used to make as kids. But this light flyer is not a toy. It is aerodynamically(空气动力学地)designed and equipped with a small computer, a battery and sensors(传感器) to guide it to the ground.
The drones are being developed by Otherlab—a technology research compa