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训练(9) UNIT 3 THE INTERNET
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Ⅰ.阅读理解(每小题2.5分)
A [难度:☆☆]
My son just turned 14 and does not have a smartphone.When he graduated from Grade 8,he was the only kid in his class without one.He asks for a phone now that he's going to high school.I say no,he asks why,I explain,and he pushes back.
“You can choose to do things differently when you're a parent,” I told him.But sometimes,I wonder if I'm being too stubborn or unfair.
The more I research,the more confident I feel in my decision.Many studies link the current mental health crisis among adolescents to fundamental changes in how they socialize,namely,the shift from inperson to online interaction.
But other mothers challenge my view.“He must feel so left out!” Then there are the parents who tell me sadly that they wish they had delayed their teenager's phone ownership longer than they did.They urge me to hold out.
If teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 are truly spending an average of 8 hours 39 minutes per day on their devices,as stated in a survey conducted by Common Sense Media,then what are they not doing? Kids absorbed in their devices are missing out on real life,and that strikes me as really sad.
I want my son to have a childhood he feels satisfied with and proud of.I want it to be full of adventures,imaginative play and physical challenges which he must sort out himself without asking me for help.The easiest and simplest way to achieve these goals is to delay giving him a smartphone.
Some think my son is missing out or falling behind,but he is not.He does well in school and extracurricular activities,hangs out with his friends in person,and moves independently around our small town.He promises he'll give his own 14yearold a phone someday,and I tell him that's fine.But recently,he admitted that he missed the beautiful scenery on a drive to a nearby mountain because he had been so absorbed in his friend's iPad.If that is his version of admitting I'm right,I'll take it.
1.What does the underlined phrase “pushes back” in paragraph 1 probably mean?( )
A.Agrees. B.Delays.
C.Opposes. D.Persuades.
2.What is the author primarily concerned about regarding giving her son a phone?( )
A.Her son's online safety.
B.Her son's mental growth.
C.Her son's reduced physical activities.
D.Her son's poor academic performance.
3.What quality does the author want her son to develop in his childhood?( )
A.Team spirit. B.Leadership.
C.Independence. D.Critical thinking.
4.What can be learned about the author's son?( )
A.He is falling behind academically.
B.He is easily influenced by his friends.
C.He has given up his desire for a smartphone.
D.He has realized the problem of much screen time.
B [难度:☆☆☆☆]
Influenced by factors like school funding,sports facilities,teacher resources and safety concerns,traditional physical education was limited to static (静态的) scenes and closed gyms and playgrounds,which lacked interaction and feedback functions.PE curriculum was also restricted to basic sports like ball games,track and field and gymnastics.However,the emergence and application of new technologies like virtual reality (VR),3D technology,greatly expand and innovate sports scenes,providing possibilities for the construction of a flexible “onsite,oncampus,online” integrated new sports world.
IT can build online virtual learning environments for students,creating teaching scenes hard to achieve in physical world.Many schools have already partnered with technology companies to create different teaching scenes using digital sports products.The University of South Florida has cooperated with the VR sports training company Sense Arena,allowing students to practice tennis on its globally pioneering VR tennis training platform.Students use the Meta Quest 2 headset and the VR touching racket (球拍) which imitates the weight and feel of a real tennis racket.The platform features 35 training modes imitating various scenes in reallife tennis matches,including crowd noise,dazzling sunlight,shadows and wind.Athletes can engage in various forms of training,such as skill practice,technical analysis and match imitation.Such virtual sports teaching space further enhances the experience of PE learning.
Technologybased physical education not only serves ordinary students' physical health but also addresses the needs of special groups in sports,especially students who cannot participate in regular PE classes due to physical,psychological or social adaptation issues.Many schools offer specialized sports programs to disabled students,like the “Pathways to Inclusion” program launched by the University of Queensland,which tailors various sports activities to different disabilities,such as blind football and wheelchair hockey.This is made possible with the support of sports technology,as different symptoms require the use of different sports equipment.
Through scientific,healthy and joyful educational concepts,technologyempowered PE classes convey the values of creating and enjoying a personalized experience,developing a sports education where everyone participates and benefits.
5.How do new technologies change traditional PE classes according to paragraph 1?( )
A.By investing more in basic sports.
B.By combining it with academic study.
C.By making dynamic PE classes possible.
D.By replacing PE teachers with AI teachers.
6.Which of the following services can Sense Arena provide?( )
A.Reallife tennis matches.
B.Virtual headsets and rackets.
C.Imitative distracting conditions.
D.Sufficient sports space on campus.
7.What does “Pathways to Inclusion” program feature?( )
A.Professional knowledge about psychology.
B.Technologyassisted sports for the disabled.
C.Interactive activities with ordinary students.
D.Personalized medical treatment for disabilities.
8.What is the author's writing purpose of the text? ( )
A.To advertise a new VR product.
B.To raise public awareness of physical education.
C.To stress the importance of equality among students.
D.To introduce a new application of technology in PE classes.
C [难度:☆☆☆]
Sammie Vance is an extraordinary kid.She was just named one of People's Girls Changing the World, and she is only 12 years old.
The seventh grader from Indiana is collecting bottle caps to upcycle them into benches for her school and neighborhood parks.But these benches are more than just for sitting.There are many kids in her school who have trouble in making friends.So the benches are to help kids be friends with others.
Sammie learned about buddy benches at a camp she attended one summer.At the camp, there were benches set up when children felt lonely.They would sit down signaling to other kids that they were in need of a friend.
She loved the idea and told others, “This would be really cool to have them at my school.” Then she sprang into action by initiating a meeting with her headmaster and the ParentTeacher Association to present her idea.
Sammie used a comic strip she created to show how a simple bench could help classmates understand when one of their own needed a friend.The adults were surely impressed by her initiative but were more impressed with how she planned to make the benches.
Sammie continued her efforts and expanded her project to provide more benches for other schools.She made an online page where she calls for others to follow her journey and make bottle cap donations.
Today, Sammie has helped create 100 buddy benches in schools and neighborhoods and she has no plans of stopping.She knows that a young age has no limitations to impacting the world.“I just look forward to making a difference,” she said, “and inspiring other people to make a difference as well.”
9.Why did Sammie want to set up buddy benches?( )
A.She was in need of friends.
B.She wanted to win recognition.
C.She had to finish an assigned project.
D.She intended to help kids make friends.
10.What made a deeper impression on adults?( )
A.Sammie's comic strip.
B.Sammie's strong determination.
C.Sammie's plan of making benches.
D.Sammie's meeting with the headmaster.
11.Which of the following best describes Sammie?( )
A.Demanding. B.Honest.
C.Caring. D.Humorous.
12.What is the best title for the text?( )
A.More Donations Have Come as a Help
B.A Kindhearted Girl Inspires Friendship
C.A Young Girl Is Named People's Girl
D.100 Buddy Benches Are Equipped in Schools
Ⅱ.阅读七选五(每小题2.5分) [难度:☆☆☆☆]
Although it's an age of typing,handwriting still matters.Today the danger of the technology which computers and the typing people are using on writing is becoming extremely enormous.__1(____)__.
As primary school pupils and college students return for a new school year in the North America,many will place a greaterthanever reliance on computers to take notes and write papers.Children are not just encouraged but required to bring laptops to class,with which some parents are disappointed.__2(____)__,and their professors complain of this serious distraction (分心的事物) in classrooms.
__3(____)__,from recalling a random series of words to better grasping the concept of complicated ideas.In a study from 2014,students typing wrote down almost twice as many words and more passages verbatim (一字不差地) from lectures,suggesting they were not understanding so much as rapidly copying the material.Handwriting,which takes longer for nearly all universitylevel students,forces notetakers to integrate ideas into their own words.__4(____)__.Those taking notes by hand also perform better on tests when they are later able to study from their notes.
Many studies have confirmed handwriting's benefits,and many countries have taken action.About half American states have mandated (强制执行) more teaching of handwriting since 2010.In Sweden there is a similar campaign.__5(____)__.England's national subjects already include teaching basic knowledge of handwriting by age seven.However,several school systems in America have gone so far as to ban most laptops.This is too extreme.
A.And a heated debate is going about it
B.They would no longer need to complain
C.Writing on paper can improve everything
D.But so many are fond of typing in their jobs
E.College students message instead of listening to lectures
F.This aids conceptual understanding at the moment of writing
G.The government pushes for more handwriting and fewer devices
答案与精析
训练(9) UNIT 3 THE
INTERNET
Ⅰ.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了作者拒绝了14岁的儿子要手机的要求,给了儿子一个没有手机的青春。
1.C 词义猜测题。画线短语前面提到了作者的儿子想要一部手机,但作者拒绝了,作者的儿子问为什么不可以有一部手机。再结合下文中的“You can choose to do things differently when you're a parent”可知,作者的拒绝引起了儿子的不满和反对,画线短语的意义与C项最为接近,故C项正确。
2.B 推理判断题。根据第三段内容,尤其是“Many studies link the current mental health crisis among adolescents to fundamental changes in how they socialize”可知,作者主要担心给儿子手机会影响他的心理成长,故B项正确。
3.C 细节理解题。根据第六段中的“I want it to be full of adventures,imaginative play and physical challenges which he must sort out himself without asking me for help.”可知,作者想要自己的儿子能够不求助作者自己解决问题。由此可见,作者想要儿子培养独立精神,故C项正确。
4.D 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“he admitted that he missed the beautiful scenery ...he had been so absorbed in his friend's iPad”可以看出,作者的儿子承认他因为过于专注于朋友的iPad而错过了沿途美丽的风景。由此可见,他意识到了屏幕时间过长的问题,故D项正确。
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍一种新科技(VR)的应用解决了传统的体育课存在的问题,改变了学校体育课的上课模式,而且残疾学生也能从中获益。
5.C 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“the emergence and application of new technologies ...providing possibilities for the construction of a flexible ...new sports world”可知,VR的出现拓展和创新了体育场景,提供了一种动态体育课模式。C项中的“making dynamic PE classes possible”和原文中的“providing possibilities for the construction of a flexible ...new sports world”是同义转换。故选C。
6.C 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“The platform features 35 training modes ...shadows and wind.”可知,这个平台提供了35种训练模式,模拟了现实网球比赛中各种各样的场景,包括人群中的噪声、刺眼的太阳光、树荫和风等。故选C。
7.B 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“which tailors various sports activities to different ...as different symptoms require the use of different sports equipment”可知,这个项目为不同的残疾人定制了不同的运动项目。残疾人需要的运动设备是不一样的,而这个新科技解决了这个问题。故选B。
8.D 写作意图题。通读全文可知,文章首先提出新科技的出现和应用,为体育教育带来了新局面;然后举例介绍了这些技术在不同方面的应用;最后说明科技体育课传递了科学、健康和快乐的教育理念。由此可推知,本文旨在介绍科技在体育课上的新应用。故选D。
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了12岁的小女孩Sammie参加夏令营时受到启发,通过把瓶盖升级改造成交友椅来帮助那些需要交朋友的人。
9.D 推理判断题。根据第二段“There are many kids in her school who have trouble in making friends.”可知,Sammie设置交友椅的目的是帮助交友有困难的孩子们结交朋友。
10.C 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“The adults were surely impressed by her initiative but were more impressed with how she planned to make the benches.”可知,大人们对她如何计划制作交友椅印象更加深刻。
11.C 推理判断题。根据第五段的内容再综合全文内容可知,Sammie通过把瓶盖升级改造成交友椅来帮助那些需要交朋友的人。由此可推断,她是一个关心他人的人。
12.B 标题归纳题。通读全文可知,本文主要讲述了12岁的小女孩Sammie参加夏令营时受到启发,通过把瓶盖升级改造成交友椅来帮助那些需要交朋友的人。B选项“一个善良的女孩激发了友谊”最适合作为文章标题。
Ⅱ.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。文章就用计算机打字的危害及许多国家的政府为应对这一情况所采取的措施进行了说明。
1.A 空前讲电脑打字的危害巨大,再结合后文论述了一系列关于此现象的讨论。故A项符合语境。
2.E 空后讲教授对课堂上学生分心的抱怨,此空应讲其原因。故E项符合语境。
3.C 空后提到“从回忆一组随机的单词到更好地理解掌握复杂概念”,再根据下文中对打字和手写的对比描述可知,本段介绍的是手写的好处。故C项符合语境。
4.F 空前讲手写记笔记虽耗时,但能迫使做笔记的人融入自己的话,此空应讲“融入自己的话”带来的帮助。故F项符合逻辑。
5.G 空前讲美国一半的州强制要求手写,瑞典政府也发起了类似的运动;空后讲英国政府也开启了手写项目。故此空仍应涉及政府层面对手写的要求。G项中的“The government”就是指空前句子中的Sweden。故G项符合语境。
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