Unit 3 Make it happen! 发明创新（话题阅读精练）英语外研版2024八年级上册

Unit 3 Make it happen! 发明创新 话题阅读精练 模块 语篇 题型 体裁 词数 内容简介 时文阅读 Passage 1 阅读理解 说明文 243 介绍了2025年央视春晚上一场名为“YangBOT”的特殊表演 实战演练 阅读理解 A 说明文 276 介绍了中国科技公司DeepSeek研发的一款新的人工智能模型DeepSeek-R1 B 记叙文 219 讲述了著名发明家本杰明·富兰克林 完形填空 记叙文 263 讲述了威廉在非洲一个贫穷村庄的成长经历，以及他通过自制风车为村庄带来电力的故事。 选词填空 说明文 201 讲述了二维码的发明以及在中国的使用。 Passage 1时文阅读 On 28 January, 2025, there was a very special show at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. It was called YangBOT. This show was watched by lots of people in China. A famous Chinese director made this show. It combined the traditional Chinese Yangko dance with modern robot technology. These robots were made by a Chinese company called Unitree. In the show, robots that looked like humans wore colourful clothes and danced Yangko. Yangko is a happy folk dance from northern China. It is often seen during festivals. The robots spun handkerchiefs (手帕) and made cool group shapes. Unitree had done something similar before. In 2021, their robot cows danced with the singer Andy Lau. The robots learnt how to dance using AI. They used laser navigation (激光导航) to move safely on the stage, even though it was not flat. Their strong joints (关节), like knees with a lot of power, helped them stay balanced when they danced quickly. The director said, “This dance is not just for fun. It shows how technology can ______.” The robots became very popular. Many people talked about them on social media. Young people thought the robots were “cool”, and older people liked the fun and festive feeling. The YangBOT show is a great example of how China’s technology and culture can work together. One fan said, “It’s like the future and the past are dancing together!” 1．Which company made the robots for the YangBOT show? A．CCTV. B．Unitree. C．Andy Lau’s team. D．The director’s team. 2．What does the underlined word “spun” in Paragraph 2 mean? A．Passed. B．Turned. C．Stopped. D．Dropped. 3．How did the robots learn to dance in the YangBOT show? A．By using AI. B．By watching other dancers. C．By practising with the robot cows. D．By following the director’s instructions. 4．Which of the following can be put in “________” in Paragraph 3? A．find new hobbies B．teach modern skills C．connect different cultures D．make tradition more exciting 5．What is the best title for the passage? A．Traditional Chinese Yangko Dance B．How Robots Learnt to Dance C．Dancing Robots at the Spring Festival Gala D．The History of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala 一、阅读理解实战演练 A On 20th January, 2025, a Chinese tech company named DeepSeek made a new AI called DeepSeek-R1. This smart programme can solve maths problems, write code (代码), and answer questions like top models such as OpenAI’s GPT-4o, but it costs much less to build. The team spent only about $6 million and used more than 2,000 computer chips (芯片) for two months to make it. This shows that good ideas can beat big money. DeepSeek-R1 learns by trying many times and getting better, like how students practise maths. Other AI needs lots of prepared examples, but R1 improves by itself. In a global maths test, it got 79.8% right, a little higher than OpenAI’s model. A simple version (版本) of R1 can even run on low-cost computers, helping schools and small companies. DeepSeek-R1 is free to use and change. On its first day online, a large number of programmers worldwide started projects to study it. A German scientist said experiments with R1 cost nothing instead of $300 with other AI. Even a top scientist from Meta (a famous US tech company) said, “This kind of free AI could change the world.” US tech companies are worried. Meta planned to spend $65 billion more on AI research. Experts said China was catching up fast. A report in Nature magazine called R1 a “big step forward” confirming that smart ideas beat expensive tools. A DeepSeek engineer said, “We want AI to be a friend, not something only rich people can use.” With R1, China shows the world that great things come from new ideas and hard work, not just money. 1．How much did it cost to build DeepSeek-R1? A．About $6 million. B．About $65 billion. C．About $10. D．About $300. 2．What can we learn about DeepSeek-R1 from Paragraph 2? A．It needs programmers to fix mistakes. B．It becomes better through practice. C．It copies answers from other AI. D．It only works with expensive tools. 3．Why did Meta plan to spend more money on AI research? A．To help Chinese companies. B．To build more computer chips. C．To compete with DeepSeek-R1. D．To hire German scientists. 4．What does the underlined word “confirming” mean in Paragraph 4? A．证明 B．探索 C．拒绝 D．连接 5．Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A．Competition Between GPT-4o and DeepSeek-R1 B．Comparison of Chinese and American AI Models C．The Appearance of Chinese AI Model DeepSeek-R1 D．Disadvantages of Chinese AI Model DeepSeek-R1 B Benjamin Franklin came into the world on January 17, 1706. The family was a big one with several children. Ben went to school when he was 8. Although he did well in his study, there was not enough money for his education. So he left school after two years. But he never stopped learning. In 1742, he invented the famous Franklin stove. Before Ben invented the Franklin stove, people heated their homes with fire in the traditional fireplace (壁炉). Using such kind of fireplace was not good because most of the heat went into the chimney (烟囱). And it was also dangerous because the fire in the fireplace could set the house on fire. Ben came up with the idea of using the baffle (折流板) system to make the heat travel throughout the stove. The Franklin stove used less wood and was safer to heat the room. What’s more, Ben was interested in electricity. After many years of hard work, he finally had a plan to prove (证明) that lightning was electricity and he was successful at last in the kite experiment. Although he had many inventions in life, he never kept them to himself. He wanted to share them with people all over the world. 1．What can we know from the first paragraph? A．Ben went to school in 1716. B．Ben was born in a poor family. C．Ben was the only child of the family. D．Ben was not interested in inventing. 2．How did the invention of the Franklin stove help us? A．It helped us buy more warm houses. B．It helped us read more books. C．It helped us save wood and keep safer. D．It helped us save some time to heat. 3．What does the third paragraph tell us? A．Ben and his stove. B．Ben and his family. C．Ben’s hard life. D．Ben and electricity. 4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A．Ben kept his inventions to himself. B．Ben went to school for only a year. C．Ben did badly in his study. D．Ben did the kite experiment. 5．Why did the writer write the passage? A．To encourage us to write. B．To tell us to learn more at school. C．To tell us a famous inventor. D．To encourage us to invent something. 二、完形填空 William grew up in a poor family in Africa. His family lived in a village with no 1 . At night, they used oil lamps for light. However, oil was too expensive for his parents to afford (购买). William wanted to 2 life there but he had no idea how to realize it. One day, he read a book on how to turn wind into electricity with a windmill (风车). “That is 3 !” Although he didn’t know what a windmill was, he decided to give it a try. First he had to 4 all the materials (材料). He dug through the rubbish with his cousin in the villages nearby and kept doing this 5 he got what he wanted. Then he started to make the windmill. After his farm work finished in the fields, he studied the materials hard, staying late till midnight. Finally, he realized his goal after many 6 . He fixed the windmill on the top of a wood tower to catch wind. The villagers came to look. He used a long wire (金属丝) to 7 a bulb to the windmill. The wind blew and the windmill 8 . To their surprise, the bulb lit up. The villagers cheered. William threw his hands in the air and jumped 9 . To produce more energy, he built another windmill for his village. Living in a poor environment, William didn’t give up when he faced difficulties. He kept reading, taught himself and lit up the whole 10 . 1．A．gas B．water C．internet D．electricity 2．A．protect B．improve C．create D．understand 3．A．amazing B．surprised C．worried D．important 4．A．buy B．invent C．collect D．borrow 5．A．until B．if C．because D．but 6．A．speeches B．excuses C．failures D．meetings 7．A．show B．attach C．pass D．send 8．A．fell B．flew C．opened D．turned 9．A．excitedly B．hurriedly C．carefully D．worriedly 10．A．team B．club C．school D．village 三、选词填空 从方框中选择合适的单词并用其适当形式填空 information  an  and  be  wide  easy  card  second  get  to  invent  year With the development of Internet technology, the two-dimensional code (二维码) is very popular among us. It’s also called the quick response code (QR code). This special code was 1 by a Japanese company in 1994. It’s 2 used in China now. QR codes are used for keeping 3 . They are also used for storing pictures. It is 4 to use a QR code. If you want to get the information in it, just take out your phone and scan (扫描) the code with 5 app, and then you can get it easily. Today, QR codes are popular in China. There 6 QR codes everywhere. They are on TV 7 the Internet. People have printed QR codes on Chinese train tickets since 2010. When a machine scans the code on the ticket, information of the ticket owner and the train will appear on the screen in a few 8 . Recently, special cards with QR codes are introduced 9 old people in some cities. If they 10 lost, people can know their names, addresses and telephone numbers of their family members by scanning the codes on the cards. How convenient the QR code is! 2 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 7 / 9 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ Unit 3 Make it happen! 发明创新 话题阅读精练 模块 语篇 题型 体裁 词数 内容简介 时文阅读 Passage 1 阅读理解 说明文 243 介绍了2025年央视春晚上一场名为“YangBOT”的特殊表演 实战演练 阅读理解 A 说明文 276 介绍了中国科技公司DeepSeek研发的一款新的人工智能模型DeepSeek-R1 B 记叙文 219 讲述了著名发明家本杰明·富兰克林 完形填空 记叙文 263 讲述了威廉在非洲一个贫穷村庄的成长经历，以及他通过自制风车为村庄带来电力的故事。 选词填空 说明文 201 讲述了二维码的发明以及在中国的使用。 Passage 1时文阅读 On 28 January, 2025, there was a very special show at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. It was called YangBOT. This show was watched by lots of people in China. A famous Chinese director made this show. It combined the traditional Chinese Yangko dance with modern robot technology. These robots were made by a Chinese company called Unitree. In the show, robots that looked like humans wore colourful clothes and danced Yangko. Yangko is a happy folk dance from northern China. It is often seen during festivals. The robots spun handkerchiefs (手帕) and made cool group shapes. Unitree had done something similar before. In 2021, their robot cows danced with the singer Andy Lau. The robots learnt how to dance using AI. They used laser navigation (激光导航) to move safely on the stage, even though it was not flat. Their strong joints (关节), like knees with a lot of power, helped them stay balanced when they danced quickly. The director said, “This dance is not just for fun. It shows how technology can ______.” The robots became very popular. Many people talked about them on social media. Young people thought the robots were “cool”, and older people liked the fun and festive feeling. The YangBOT show is a great example of how China’s technology and culture can work together. One fan said, “It’s like the future and the past are dancing together!” 1．Which company made the robots for the YangBOT show? A．CCTV. B．Unitree. C．Andy Lau’s team. D．The director’s team. 2．What does the underlined word “spun” in Paragraph 2 mean? A．Passed. B．Turned. C．Stopped. D．Dropped. 3．How did the robots learn to dance in the YangBOT show? A．By using AI. B．By watching other dancers. C．By practising with the robot cows. D．By following the director’s instructions. 4．Which of the following can be put in “________” in Paragraph 3? A．find new hobbies B．teach modern skills C．connect different cultures D．make tradition more exciting 5．What is the best title for the passage? A．Traditional Chinese Yangko Dance B．How Robots Learnt to Dance C．Dancing Robots at the Spring Festival Gala D．The History of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala 【答案】1．B 2．B 3．A 4．D 5．C 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了2025年央视春晚上一场名为“YangBOT”的特殊表演，该表演将中国传统秧歌舞与现代机器人技术相结合，展示了科技与文化的完美融合。 1．细节理解题。根据文章第2段“These robots were made by a Chinese company called Unitree.”可推知，机器人由Unitree公司制造。故选B。 2．词句猜测题。根据文章第2段“The robots…spun handkerchiefs and made cool group shapes.”并结合秧歌舞的表演特点（转动手帕是常见动作），可推测“spun”意为“旋转”。故选B。 3．细节理解题。根据文章第3段“The robots learnt how to dance using AI.”（机器人通过AI学习跳舞）可推知，其学习方式为AI技术。故选A。 4．推理判断题。根据文章第3段导演的陈述“This dance is not just for fun. It shows how technology can.”（舞蹈不仅有趣，更展示了科技如何）及全文主旨（科技让传统舞蹈更生动），最符合的选项是“使传统更精彩”。故选D。 5．最佳标题题。全文围绕春晚中机器人表演秧歌舞展开，重点突出“科技+文化”的创新（如第4段“future and past dancing together”）。C选项“春晚中的舞蹈机器人”最全面概括主题。故选C。 【全文翻译】 2025 年 1 月 28 日，一场名为《秧 BOT》的特别表演惊艳了央视春晚的观众，央视春晚是中国收视率最高的电视节目。这场表演由著名电影导演执导，将中国传统的秧歌舞与现代机器人技术巧妙融合。 这些机器人由中国机器人公司宇树科技研发。表演中，外形酷似人类的人形机器人身着色彩斑斓的服饰，跳起了秧歌，秧歌是一种欢快的中国北方民间舞蹈，每逢节日常常能看到。它们快速旋转着手绢，还摆出别出心裁的团体造型。这并非宇树科技的首次成功 —2021 年，他们研发的机器牛 “犇犇” 就曾为歌手刘德华伴舞。 这些机器人通过人工智能学习舞蹈动作，并利用激光导航技术，在不平整的舞台上安全移动。它们强大的关节，比如充满力量的膝盖，助力其在快速舞步中保持完美平衡。张艺谋解释说：“这段舞蹈不仅有趣，还展示了科技如何为传统注入新的活力。” 机器人赢得了无数观众的喜爱。在社交媒体上，“机器人扭秧歌” 等话题迅速登上热搜。年轻观众直呼 “太酷了”，而年长一些的观众则喜爱其幽默和喜庆的氛围。《秧 BOT》这一节目完美融合了中国的科技进步与文化自信。正如一位粉丝所说：“这就像是未来与过去在共舞！” 【长难句分析】 1. 原句：It combined the traditional Chinese Yangko dance with modern robot technology. 翻译：它将中国传统秧歌舞蹈与现代机器人技术相结合。 分析：本句为简单句，核心结构是 “combine A with B”（把 A 和 B 结合），是八年级需掌握的重点固定搭配。“traditional Chinese Yangko dance”（中国传统秧歌舞蹈）和 “modern robot technology”（现代机器人技术）均为名词短语，作 “combine” 的宾语，清晰点明 “结合” 的两个对象，主要考查对固定搭配及文化类名词的理解。 2. 原句：In the show, robots that looked like humans wore colourful clothes and danced Yangko. 翻译：在节目里，外观像人类的机器人穿着色彩鲜艳的衣服跳秧歌。 分析：本句是复合句，主句为 “robots wore colourful clothes and danced Yangko”（机器人穿着色彩鲜艳的衣服跳秧歌），“that looked like humans”（看起来像人类的）是定语从句，修饰先行词 “robots”。句中包含 “look like”（看起来像）和 “dance + 舞蹈名称”（跳某种舞蹈）两个常用表达，定语从句让 “robots” 的特征更具体，需注意区分主句和从句的成分，避免理解混乱。 3. 原句：They used laser navigation to move safely on the stage, even though it was not flat. 翻译：它们借助激光导航在舞台上安全移动，即便舞台并不平坦。 分析：本句为复合句，主句是 “They used laser navigation to move safely on the stage”（它们用激光导航在舞台上安全移动），“even though it was not flat”（即使舞台不平坦）是让步状语从句，表转折关系。核心语法 “use sth. to do sth.”（用某物做某事）是八年级重点；从句中 “it” 指代前文的 “stage”（舞台），理解代词指代对象是读懂句子的关键。 4. 原句：The YangBOT show is a great example of how China’s technology and culture can work together. 翻译：“阳 Bot” 节目是中国科技与文化如何融合共生的绝佳范例。 分析：本句是复合句，主句为 “The YangBOT show is a great example”（“秧 Bot” 节目是绝佳范例），“of how China’s technology and culture can work together”（中国科技与文化如何融合共生的）是介词短语作定语，其中 “how...” 引导的宾语从句作介词 “of” 的宾语。需掌握 “example of...”（…… 的范例）结构，以及 “work together”（合作、融合）的引申义，理解宾语从句对 “范例” 的具体说明。 【重难词汇梳理】 special /ˈspeʃl/ adj. 特别的；特殊的 director /dəˈrektə(r)/ n. 导演；负责人 combine /kəmˈbaɪn/ v. 结合；联合 traditional /trəˈdɪʃənl/ adj. 传统的 technology /tekˈnɒlədʒi/（英）；/tekˈnɑːlədʒi/（美） n. 技术；科技 folk /fəʊk/（英）；/foʊk/（美） adj. 民间的；民俗的 spin /spɪn/ v. 旋转；转动 similar /ˈsɪmələ(r)/ adj. 相似的；类似的 AI (Artificial Intelligence) /ˌɑːtɪˈfɪʃl ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns/ n. 人工智能 laser /ˈleɪzə(r)/ n. 激光 navigation /ˌnævɪˈɡeɪʃn/ n. 导航；航行 joint /dʒɔɪnt/ n. 关节 balanced /ˈbælənst/ adj. 平衡的；稳定的 social media /ˈsəʊʃl ˈmiːdiə/（英）；/ˈsoʊʃl ˈmiːdiə/（美） n.（短语） 社交媒体 ‌ 一、阅读理解实战演练 A On 20th January, 2025, a Chinese tech company named DeepSeek made a new AI called DeepSeek-R1. This smart programme can solve maths problems, write code (代码), and answer questions like top models such as OpenAI’s GPT-4o, but it costs much less to build. The team spent only about $6 million and used more than 2,000 computer chips (芯片) for two months to make it. This shows that good ideas can beat big money. DeepSeek-R1 learns by trying many times and getting better, like how students practise maths. Other AI needs lots of prepared examples, but R1 improves by itself. In a global maths test, it got 79.8% right, a little higher than OpenAI’s model. A simple version (版本) of R1 can even run on low-cost computers, helping schools and small companies. DeepSeek-R1 is free to use and change. On its first day online, a large number of programmers worldwide started projects to study it. A German scientist said experiments with R1 cost nothing instead of $300 with other AI. Even a top scientist from Meta (a famous US tech company) said, “This kind of free AI could change the world.” US tech companies are worried. Meta planned to spend $65 billion more on AI research. Experts said China was catching up fast. A report in Nature magazine called R1 a “big step forward” confirming that smart ideas beat expensive tools. A DeepSeek engineer said, “We want AI to be a friend, not something only rich people can use.” With R1, China shows the world that great things come from new ideas and hard work, not just money. 1．How much did it cost to build DeepSeek-R1? A．About $6 million. B．About $65 billion. C．About $10. D．About $300. 2．What can we learn about DeepSeek-R1 from Paragraph 2? A．It needs programmers to fix mistakes. B．It becomes better through practice. C．It copies answers from other AI. D．It only works with expensive tools. 3．Why did Meta plan to spend more money on AI research? A．To help Chinese companies. B．To build more computer chips. C．To compete with DeepSeek-R1. D．To hire German scientists. 4．What does the underlined word “confirming” mean in Paragraph 4? A．证明 B．探索 C．拒绝 D．连接 5．Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A．Competition Between GPT-4o and DeepSeek-R1 B．Comparison of Chinese and American AI Models C．The Appearance of Chinese AI Model DeepSeek-R1 D．Disadvantages of Chinese AI Model DeepSeek-R1 【答案】1．A 2．B 3．C 4．A 5．C 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了中国科技公司DeepSeek研发的一款新的人工智能模型DeepSeek-R1，该模型能以较低的成本完成与顶级模型相似的任务，并受到了广泛关注和好评。 1．细节理解题。根据“The team spent only about $6 million and used more than 2,000 computer chips (芯片) for two months to make it.”可知，研发DeepSeek-R1花费约600万美元，故选A。 2．细节理解题。根据“DeepSeek-R1 learns by trying many times and getting better, like how students practise maths.”可知，它通过不断尝试（练习）来变得更好，故选B。 3．细节理解题。根据“US tech companies are worried. Meta planned to spend $65 billion more on AI research.”可知，因为DeepSeek-R1表现出色，美国科技公司担忧，所以Meta计划增加AI研究投入来与之竞争，故选C。 4．词句猜测题。根据“A report in Nature magazine called R1 a ‘big step forward’ confirming that smart ideas beat expensive tools.”可知，《自然》杂志的报告称R1是“一大进步”，是为了证明好的创意胜过昂贵的工具，“confirming”在此处意为“证明”，故选A。 5．最佳标题题。文章主要围绕中国人工智能模型DeepSeek-R1的出现展开，介绍其各方面情况，该模型能以较低的成本完成与顶级模型相似的任务，并受到了广泛关注和好评。所以C选项“中国人工智能模型DeepSeek-R1的出现”最适合作为文章标题。故选C。 B Benjamin Franklin came into the world on January 17, 1706. The family was a big one with several children. Ben went to school when he was 8. Although he did well in his study, there was not enough money for his education. So he left school after two years. But he never stopped learning. In 1742, he invented the famous Franklin stove. Before Ben invented the Franklin stove, people heated their homes with fire in the traditional fireplace (壁炉). Using such kind of fireplace was not good because most of the heat went into the chimney (烟囱). And it was also dangerous because the fire in the fireplace could set the house on fire. Ben came up with the idea of using the baffle (折流板) system to make the heat travel throughout the stove. The Franklin stove used less wood and was safer to heat the room. What’s more, Ben was interested in electricity. After many years of hard work, he finally had a plan to prove (证明) that lightning was electricity and he was successful at last in the kite experiment. Although he had many inventions in life, he never kept them to himself. He wanted to share them with people all over the world. 1．What can we know from the first paragraph? A．Ben went to school in 1716. B．Ben was born in a poor family. C．Ben was the only child of the family. D．Ben was not interested in inventing. 2．How did the invention of the Franklin stove help us? A．It helped us buy more warm houses. B．It helped us read more books. C．It helped us save wood and keep safer. D．It helped us save some time to heat. 3．What does the third paragraph tell us? A．Ben and his stove. B．Ben and his family. C．Ben’s hard life. D．Ben and electricity. 4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A．Ben kept his inventions to himself. B．Ben went to school for only a year. C．Ben did badly in his study. D．Ben did the kite experiment. 5．Why did the writer write the passage? A．To encourage us to write. B．To tell us to learn more at school. C．To tell us a famous inventor. D．To encourage us to invent something. 【答案】1．B 2．C 3．D 4．D 5．C 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了著名发明家本杰明·富兰克林的生平经历、重要发明及其分享发明的理念，展现了他在科学和发明领域的成就与精神。 1．细节理解题。根据第一段“there was not enough money for his education”可知，家里没有足够的钱供他上学，说明他家境贫困。故选B。 2．细节理解题。根据第二段“The Franklin stove used less wood and was safer to heat the room.”可知，富兰克林炉用更少的木材，且取暖更安全。故选C。 3．主旨大意题。根据第三段“What’s more, Ben was interested in electricity.”可知，富兰克林对电感兴趣，随后描述他通过风筝实验证明闪电是电的过程；因此，本段讲述了富兰克林与电的相关事情。故选D。 4．推理判断题。根据第三段“he finally had a plan to prove that lightning was electricity and he was successful at last in the kite experiment”可知，他终于想出了一个方案来证明闪电就是电。最终，他在风筝实验中取得了成功；据此可以推断，富兰克林做了风筝实验。故选D。 5．主旨大意题。综合全文可知，本文通篇围绕本杰明・富兰克林的生平、发明展开，核心是“介绍这位著名的发明家”。故选C。 二、完形填空 William grew up in a poor family in Africa. His family lived in a village with no 1 . At night, they used oil lamps for light. However, oil was too expensive for his parents to afford (购买). William wanted to 2 life there but he had no idea how to realize it. One day, he read a book on how to turn wind into electricity with a windmill (风车). “That is 3 !” Although he didn’t know what a windmill was, he decided to give it a try. First he had to 4 all the materials (材料). He dug through the rubbish with his cousin in the villages nearby and kept doing this 5 he got what he wanted. Then he started to make the windmill. After his farm work finished in the fields, he studied the materials hard, staying late till midnight. Finally, he realized his goal after many 6 . He fixed the windmill on the top of a wood tower to catch wind. The villagers came to look. He used a long wire (金属丝) to 7 a bulb to the windmill. The wind blew and the windmill 8 . To their surprise, the bulb lit up. The villagers cheered. William threw his hands in the air and jumped 9 . To produce more energy, he built another windmill for his village. Living in a poor environment, William didn’t give up when he faced difficulties. He kept reading, taught himself and lit up the whole 10 . 1．A．gas B．water C．internet D．electricity 2．A．protect B．improve C．create D．understand 3．A．amazing B．surprised C．worried D．important 4．A．buy B．invent C．collect D．borrow 5．A．until B．if C．because D．but 6．A．speeches B．excuses C．failures D．meetings 7．A．show B．attach C．pass D．send 8．A．fell B．flew C．opened D．turned 9．A．excitedly B．hurriedly C．carefully D．worriedly 10．A．team B．club C．school D．village 【答案】 1．D 2．B 3．A 4．C 5．A 6．C 7．B 8．D 9．A 10．D 【导语】本文讲述了威廉在非洲一个贫穷村庄的成长经历，以及他通过自制风车为村庄带来电力的励志故事。 1．句意：威廉在非洲一个贫穷的家庭长大，他家住的村子没有电。 gas煤气；water水；internet互联网；electricity电。根据后文“At night, they used oil lamps for light. However, oil was too expensive for his parents to afford.”可知，晚上他们用油灯照明，说明村子里没有电。故选D。 2．句意：威廉想改善那里的生活，但他不知道如何实现。 protect保护；improve改善；create创造；understand理解。根据“One day, he read a book on how to turn wind into electricity with a windmill (风车)…Although he didn’t know what a windmill was, he decided to give it a try.”可知，他制作风车想改善那里的生活。improve“改善”符合语境。故选B。 3．句意：“那太神奇了！”尽管他不知道风车是什么，但他决定试一试。 amazing令人惊奇的，神奇的；surprised感到惊讶的；worried担心的；important重要的。根据后文“Although he didn’t know what a windmill was, he decided to give it a try.”可知，尽管不知道风车是什么，但他决定尝试，说明他认为这个想法很神奇。amazing“神奇的”符合语境。故选A。 4．句意：首先他必须收集所有的材料。 buy买；invent发明；collect收集；borrow借。根据“He dug through the rubbish with his cousin in the villages nearby”可知，他和表弟在附近的村庄翻垃圾，这是在收集材料。collect“收集”符合语境。故选C。 5．句意：他和表弟在附近的村庄翻垃圾，一直这样做，直到得到他想要的东西。 until直到；if如果；because因为；but但是。根据“He dug through the rubbish with his cousin in the villages nearby and kept doing this…he got what he wanted.”可知，他一直翻垃圾直到得到想要的东西，until“直到”符合语境。故选A。 6．句意：最终，在经历了许多次失败后，他实现了自己的目标。 speeches演讲；excuses借口；failures失败；meetings会议。根据“Finally, he realized his goal”可知，在实现目标之前，他经历了许多次失败。failures“失败”符合语境。故选C。 7．句意：他用一根长金属丝把灯泡连接到风车上。 show展示；attach连接；pass传递；send发送。根据“He used a long wire (金属丝) to…a bulb to the windmill.”可知，他用金属丝把灯泡和风车连接起来，attach...to...“把……连接到……上”符合语境。故选B。 8．句意：风吹了，风车转动了。 fell落下；flew飞；opened打开；turned转动。根据“He fixed the windmill on the top of a wood tower to catch wind.”以及常识可知，风吹时，风车会转动。turned“转动”符合语境。故选D。 9．句意：威廉兴奋地举起双手，跳了起来。 excitedly兴奋地；hurriedly匆忙地；carefully仔细地；worriedly担心地。根据前文“To their surprise, the bulb lit up. The villagers cheered.”可知，灯泡亮了，村民们欢呼，威廉应该很兴奋。excitedly“兴奋地”符合语境。故选A。 10．句意：他坚持阅读，自学，照亮了整个村庄。 team团队；club俱乐部；school学校；village村庄。根据“To produce more energy, he built another windmill for his village.”可知，他为村庄做了很多，照亮了整个村庄。village“村庄”符合语境。故选D。 三、选词填空 从方框中选择合适的单词并用其适当形式填空 information  an  and  be  wide  easy  card  second  get  to  invent  year With the development of Internet technology, the two-dimensional code (二维码) is very popular among us. It’s also called the quick response code (QR code). This special code was 1 by a Japanese company in 1994. It’s 2 used in China now. QR codes are used for keeping 3 . They are also used for storing pictures. It is 4 to use a QR code. If you want to get the information in it, just take out your phone and scan (扫描) the code with 5 app, and then you can get it easily. Today, QR codes are popular in China. There 6 QR codes everywhere. They are on TV 7 the Internet. People have printed QR codes on Chinese train tickets since 2010. When a machine scans the code on the ticket, information of the ticket owner and the train will appear on the screen in a few 8 . Recently, special cards with QR codes are introduced 9 old people in some cities. If they 10 lost, people can know their names, addresses and telephone numbers of their family members by scanning the codes on the cards. How convenient the QR code is! 【答案】 1．invented 2．widely 3．information 4．easy 5．an 6．are 7．and 8．seconds 9．to 10．get 【导语】本文主要讲述了二维码的发明以及在中国的使用。 1．句意：这个特殊的代码是1994年由一家日本公司发明的。此处指二维码的来源，invent“发明，创造”符合语境，主语This special code和动词invent之间是被动关系，结合was，使用一般过去时的被动语态“was+过去分词”，故填invented。 2．句意：它现在在中国被广泛使用。根据“It’s...used in China now.”可知，空处应使用副词修饰动词，wide的副词形式widely“广泛地”符合语境，描述二维码在中国被广泛使用。故填widely。 3．句意：二维码被用于保存信息。此处描述二维码的作用，根据“They are also used for storing pictures.”和“If you want to get the information in it”可知，二维码是用来保存信息和图片的，不可数名词information“信息”符合语境，故填information。 4．句意：使用二维码很简单。根据“…and then you can get it easily”可知，二维码很容易使用，is之后跟形容词作表语。形容词easy“容易的”符合语境。故填easy。 5．句意：如果你想获得它里面的信息，只要拿出你的手机，用一个应用程序扫码，然后你就可以很容易地得到它。根据“…and scan the code with...app”可知，此处泛指一个应用程序，且app的发音以元音音素开头，故填an。 6．句意：到处都有二维码。根据“There...QR codes everywhere.”可知，此处为there be句型，be动词的选择遵循“就近原则”，主语codes是复数，时态是一般现在时。故填are。 7．句意：它们在电视和因特网上。根据“They are on TV...the Internet.”可知，此处介绍二维码出现的地方，横线处表并列，应用连词 and连接。故填and。 8．句意：当机器扫描车票上的码时，车票主人和火车的信息将在几秒钟内出现在屏幕上。结合备选词汇，此处表示在几秒之内二维码的信息就会显现，可数名词second“秒”符合语境。a few修饰可数名词复数，故填seconds。 9．句意：最近，在一些城市中，带有二维码的特殊卡片被介绍给老年人。be introduced to sb意为“被介绍给某人”，为固定短语。故填to。 10．句意：如果他们迷路了，人们可以通过扫描卡片上的码知道他们的名字、地址和他们家庭成员的电话号码。固定词组get lost意为“迷路”，且文章的时态是一般现在时，主语为they，谓语动词用原形。故填get。 2 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 7 / 9 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$