Unit7 阅读写作周周练2024-2025学年人教版八年级英语上册

八年级上 阅读写作周周练 Unit 7 (B) Many great inventions(发明) make our everyday life easier and better. Adaptive glasses Do you have the experience that you still can't see clearly although you wear glasses and you have to change another pair? In 1985, Joshua Silver, a teacher at Oxford University invented a pair of glasses that could be changed by the wearer? He used two plastic lenses(透镜) and put a kind of special water in it. People can use syringes(注射器) to change the water between the two lenses in order to see clearly. The glasses are not beautiful but easy to use and cheap to make. The wind-up radio(发条收音机) Trevor Baylis wanted to make a cheap radio so that even poor people could use it. Then he invented one. The radio has a generator(发电机) that is powered by turning a handle. It won the BBC Design Award for Best Product and Best Design in 1996. The Dyson vacuum cleaner(真空吸尘器) In many homes you can see a vacuum cleaner that looks like a spaceship. This is Dyson vacuum cleaner. You do not need a bag for the cleaner and it doesn't get blocked(被阻塞) so it is very practical. The idea came to Sir James Dyson after he kept having problems with his vacuum cleaner. He decided to invent a better one. The Dyson cleaner is now one of the best-selling vacuums around the world. ( )1. What can we learn about adaptive glasses? A.They are very expensive. B.The inventor is a student. C. They don't look very nice. ( )2.Who invented the wind-up radio? A. Joshua Silver. B.Trevor Baylis. C. Sir James Dyson. ( )3. Which invention won an award? A.Adaptive glasses. B. The wind-up radio. C.The Dyson vacuum cleaner. ( )4.The underlined word “practical" means in Chinese. A.实用的 B.结实的 C.干净的 ( )5. Sir James Dyson invented the new kind of vacuum cleaners in order to A.help people use cleaners easily B. make a lot of money C. keep the house cleaner than before (C) Most of us probably dreamed of becoming an astronaut when we were young. 1. Or how many of us are at least working hard for it? "Always follow your dream and work hard for it"is something that is easier said than done. But still, Alyssa Carson wants to share it with us. This 17-year-old girl from the US is going to join NASA's 2033 project to go to Mars(火星).2. At the age of 3, Carson heard from her father that humans once landed on the moon but not Mars.3. After that, Carson decided that she would be the first astronaut to go to Mars. In the following years, she studied hard about Mars and trained(训练) for flying there. She took part in all three NASA space camps. 4. At the age of 12, she could talk about the future plans of going to Mars with real astronauts. Now 17, Carson is still getting space training. 5. She studies all her subjects in four languages at school—English, French, Spanish and Chinese. When she was asked why she worked so hard,she said, "There is nothing that can make it easier for me. I have no other choice but to work hard.” Will Alyssa Carson be able to reach the red planet by 2033? A. She also visited all 14 NASA visitor centers. B. Later, she watched a cartoon about astronauts. C. Now her dream of space travel can come true soon! D. But how many of us really became one in the end? E. At the same time, she goes on with her high school work. F. She will be one of the first human beings to ever set foot on Mars. (D) With the development of science and technology(科技), robots have already worked like and for humans. In one of Japan's banks, there is a special worker, Nao, a robot. It is 0.58 m tall and it started to work in the bank four years ago. It has done a good job in the past four years, so more robots will appear in other banks in the coming months. The 5.4-kg robot was "born” in Paris in 2006. It is able to speak 19 languages. He can talk with people and ask them what service they need. "Hello and welcome,”Nao said."I can tell you about money exchange(兑换),ATMs, opening a bank account(账户).Which one would you like?" In fact, robots are not only used in banks. In Henn-na Hotel in Nagasaki, the workers are almost all robots. At the front desk, there are two robots. One looks like a human in shape. It speaks Japanese. The other one looks like a dinosaur, which speaks English. They help people check in(登记入住). In each room you can also see a small robot that can answer some simple questions and do some easy jobs for people, such as turning the lights on or off. In the future, more and more robots will work for us. The manager(经理) of the bank said they planned to use Nao to welcome foreign visitors during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He said,"Nao is lovely and friendly, and I believe foreigners will like it. Robots are working for us Robots What they look like What they can do Nao Age: 1. years old Height:58 cm Weight:5.4 kg It can speak 19 languages. It helps people to choose 2. in a bank in Japan. It will probably 3. in the Tokyo Olympics to welcome foreigners. Robots in Henn-na Hotel The two at the front desk: one in the 4. of a human;the other a dinosaur The ones in each room:small They take the 5. of most workers there. Robots at the front desk help people check in. Robots in rooms give people simple service. 1. 2 3. 4. 5. (E) You are standing in the kitchen and a voice says,"Add a little more salt to that soup." Yes, it's always nice to have someone to help you when you're cooking. But this voice is not from a person. You are alone! Then where does it come from? Is it from a ghost? No, this isn't a ghost in the kitchen— it's the kitchen of the future. Scientists are working to improve everything in the kitchen, from fridges (冰箱) to tables and even the way we cook. They are making a system(系统).It will help a person cook a meal. You don't need cookbooks. You can hear how to cook food. The fridge of the smart kitchen has a scanner(扫描设备).It looks at the foods in the fridge. It will order more milk from the store when your milk has gone bad or there is no more in the fridge. The gloves(手套)will test the temperature of everything they touch and say, “Need to cook longer” or “Hot and ready to eat”. If you leave them on the stove by mistake, you will hear them say,"Fire!"Even knives and spoons will speak. For example, if your food is bad, the knives and spoons will tell you not to eat it. The future kitchen may look wonderful,but it has a shortcoming. It's not cheap.The multimedia(多媒体的) fridge costs about 8,000 dollars. So not everybody can afford it 1.Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese. 2.What does the underlined word “it" refer to(指代)? 3.What will help a person cook a meal in the kitchen of the future? 4.What can the scanner of the fridge do for us? 5.What's the shortcoming of the future kitchen? 6.How do you like the kitchen of the future? Why? 书面表达 假如你们班下周将召开一次班会，主题为“22世纪的生活”。你们英语老师要求你们每人提前准备一篇英文发言稿，届时班会上发言，畅想未来。请你根据以下提示内容，写一篇70词左右的英文发言稿。 提示：1.人口迅速增长； 2.工作时间缩短，娱乐和旅游时间将更充裕； 3.机器人做危险的、困难的工作，很多人面临失业…… Life in the 22nd Century 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$