(练习)课时分层作业2 UNIT 1 Section Ⅲ Using Language-【提分教练】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第四册(人教版2019)

课时分层作业(二) Ⅰ．单句语法填空 1．They sat for hours debating the pros ________ cons of setting up their own firm． 2．At the meeting，experts stated this method was superior ________ others． 3．She decided that I was the ideal person to take ________ the job． 4．Manette stood aside with the lamp in his hand as if he ________(be) a statue． 5．Many of these ideas appear to be in conflict ________ each other． 6．The rain had made the football pitch extremely ________(mud)． 7．There was a terrible ________(explode) at the chemical plant． 8．They compete in the senior ________(divide) of the chess league． 9．While I have the iron on, I'll just finish those ________(handkerchief)． 10．He turned on the light and began ________(pace) backwards and forwards． Ⅱ．阅读理解 There are loads of research showing that spending time in nature is good for your health and well-being．But not everyone lives near a park or can easily get outdoors．So, what happens when you bring nature into your home via TV? A new study finds that a virtual nature experience can have some of the same effects． The researchers wanted to see if the same positive impacts of being out in nature would translate to experiencing nature virtually, study co-author Alex Smalley, PhD student and researcher on the Virtual Nature project in the UK, tells Treehugger．“We were particularly interested in relieving boredom because it's a negative state commonly experienced by older people in care homes，” he says． For the study, researchers brought 96 adults into a lab and caused boredom by having them watch a four-minute video of a man discussing his work at an office supply company．Then, the study participants experienced scenes of an underwater coral reef scene from the BBC's “Blue Planet 11” series．They either watched it on TV, watched with a virtual reality headset using 360-degree video, or watched with a virtual reality headset using computer-generated interactive pictures． Researchers found that all three methods minimized negative feelings l