(练习)课时分层作业12 Unit 4 Living with Technology-【提分教练】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第二册(译林版2020)

课时分层作业(十二)　 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A When Lily Born was just 7，she noticed her grandfather, who has Parkinson's disease, was knocking over his cup a lot. Lily felt bad her grandmother had to clean up spills (洒出物) so often. Lily thought his cup would be less prone to spill if it had “legs”， so she drew a picture of such a cup for her dad, Joe Born. “He took it seriously and told me，‘That's your invention. Sign and date it’，which I did，” she said. “We went to Grandma and Grandpa's house and made a prototype. This was just a plastic one, but it worked！” Later, Lily noticed her dad was always spilling coffee on his computer's keyboard, so she made him a ceramic cup with legs. He loved it, too. Though her family enjoyed using the cups, Lily didn't see them as more than gifts and didn't place much value on them. She was also struggling in school. “I was afraid of failing fourth grade. It had kind of destroyed my confidence, to be honest，” Lily said. “One day I asked my dad, ‘What am I good at？’ He asked me if I wanted to put the cups into production. It would make me see being an inventor was a real thing and something to be proud of.” The Borns flew to Jingdezhen, China to find a factory that would produce the cups and make more prototypes. “We've sold something like 1，000 cups，” Lily said. “People are buying them for elderly relatives and people with mobility issues.” As for Lily, doing business at such a young age helped her overcome her shyness. “Watching Lily blossom over this whole adventure has been an excitement for me as a dad，” Joe said. “I just can't put into words how good it feels to see her have confidence.” 【语篇解读】　本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了七岁的Lily Born发明了带腿的杯子并找工厂生产了这些杯子。如今这种杯子已经卖出了一千多个。 1．What does the underlined word “prone” in paragraph 2 mean? A．Unlike.　　　　 B．Eager. C．Difficult. D．Likely. D　[词义猜测题。根据后文中“Later，Lily noticed her dad was...”可知，Lily觉得祖父的杯子如果有“腿”就不太可能让杯子里的东西洒出来了，即画线词意思为“可能的”。故选D项。] 2．Why did Lily ask her dad the question in paragraph 3? A．She wasn't sure about her