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Period 4
Unit 2
Thinking out of the box
Extended reading & Other parts
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1.According to the first paragraph,the fifth greatest breakthrough since the invention of the wheel is .
A.modern electronics
B.electricity
C.eyeglasses
D.the printing press
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2.What’s the meaning of the word “tackle” in the third paragraph?
A.Get rid of.
B.Deal with.
C.Meet with.
D.Catch up with.
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3.From the passage we can see that .
A.to tackle the vision problem is a piece of cake
B.magnifying glasses were made about three thousand years ago
C.the inventor of mounting lenses in frames is still a mystery
D.corrective lenses first came into being in 1280
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4.What drove the demand for reading glasses in the 15th century?
A.The invention of printing press.
B.The popularity of spectacles.
C.The eagerness to become fashionable.
D.The relatively cheap glasses.
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5.What’s the writer’s attitude to smart glasses?
A.Fearful. B.Disapproving.
C.Subjective. D.Objective.
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Following modern electronics,penicillin,electricity and the printing press,eyeglasses have become the 1. (great) breakthrough since the 2. (invent) of the wheel.About 2,000 years ago,people began making magnifying glasses,3. were probably the first simple corrective lenses.Due to 4. (vary) reasons,spectacles soon became fashionable.Specially in the 15th century,the printing press 5.________ (drive) the demand for reading glasses.To get the lenses to stay comfortably on the face,people made many attempts by trial 6._______ error.
greatest
invention
which
various
drove
and
These days,technology has made spectacles 7.____________(comfort). 8.______(face) with the ethical dilemma 9. (pose) by the development of smart glasses,we’ll have to wait and see if smart glasses would follow the same path 10. regular glasses.
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comfortable
Faced
posed
as
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受欢迎,流行起来,变得时髦
catch on
be/get caught in遇上;被困在
catch sb doing sth撞见某人正在做某事
catch sb+adv./prep.发现某人……
catch up (with)赶上,追上
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(1)There are also concerns about whether __________________________
_________.
也有人担心这种交换站能否流行开来。
the switching stations will
catch on
(2) on the way to the rehearsal and my suit was ruined.
在去排练的路上,我遇上大雨,整套衣服都被淋得不成样子了。
(3)Having traced the man for three days,the police __________________
______.
在跟踪了那个人三天后,警察撞见他正在偷汽车。
(4)We knew he had been cheating,but we had never _________________
________.
我们知道他一直在做手脚,但以前从未当场发现过。
I got caught in the heavy rain
caught him stealing
a car
caught him at it
before
(5)I worked hard day and night till I _______________________________
________.
我日日夜夜地勤奋工作,直到追上其他所有干活特别卖力的人。
caught up with all the other eager
beavers
considering that...“考虑到,就……而言,鉴于”
[教材原句] Considering that many people in the world suffer from poor vision,you may think that the great minds of history would have quickly come together to tackle the problem.
考虑到世界上许多人都受到视力不佳的困扰,你可能觉得历史上的智者们会迅速联手解决这个问题。(P25)
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句中considering that...为独立成分作状语,没有逻辑主语。常见的独立成分作状语的还有:
given that考虑到,鉴于
supposing (that)假设;如果
assuming (that)假使
judging by/from...从……来看;依据……来判断
(1)(读后续写之动作描写) (give) that there was nobody to help him fight against the fierce wolf,he instantly got off the bike,seized the bike tightly and threw it towards the wolf with all his strength,trying to frighten it away.
(2)如果他没有准时到场,你将怎样应对这个局面?
on time,how will you deal with the situation?
Given
Assuming (that)/Supposing (that) he doesn’t turn up
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Ⅰ.一词多义
remove
A.v.删除 B.v.搬家 C.v.开除 D.v.摘掉; 脱掉
1.Because of the serious air pollution,he decided to remove from the city to the countryside.
2.Realizing her spouse must be very tired after a day’s work,the young wife helped to remove the bag from her husband’s shoulder.
3.Of the three columns concerning health,entertainment and culture,my suggestion is that the column of entertainment should be removed.
B
D
A
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remove
A.v.删除 B.v.搬家 C.v.开除 D.v.摘掉; 脱掉
4.It’s said that three children were removed from school for persistent bad behavior.
C
Ⅱ.熟词生义
1.Compared to the entrepreneur,he is clever but he won’t succeed because he lacks drive.
2.To our surprise,the road was blocked by a huge rock.
___________
___________
干劲,动力
阻塞,阻挡
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