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Part 3 Using Language, Assessing Your Progress & Video Time
基础过关练
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.In Newton's e , we imagined the universe as a clock.
2.The shop assistant wrapped the package and tied it with a (细绳).
3.Whether we should abandon the plan was the (核心) of the argument.
4.Unfortunately, the (业余的) football player was turned down by the coach.
5.As adults we face a (版本) of the marshmallow test every day.
6.The (截止日期) for scholarship applications is this Friday, so your time is tight.
7.Mandela made great contributions to the fight against (种族的) p in South Africa.
8.In the bright sunlight the surface of the lake looks as if it were dotted with shining (钻石).
Ⅱ.一词多义
A.adj.空的;空白的 B.n.空白;空格 C.adj.没表情的 D.v.毫不理睬
1.Please fill in the blanks with proper words.
2.We could put up some pictures on that blank wall over there.
3.I saw her on the bus this morning, but she totally blanked me.
4.Mary said nothing and stared at me with a blank expression on her face.
Ⅲ.单句语法填空
1.It was several years before he was found innocent robbery.
2.With the story unfolded, the heroine's inner feelings were (complicate), which makes us fail to catch her emotions well.
3.Judging from her eyes, her life was full of .(sorrow)
4.Psychologists have defined nostalgia(怀旧) as a self-conscious, social emotion, bittersweet but (dominant) positive.
5.Living in Iowa and trying to become a photographer specializing in landscape can be quite a challenge, mainly because the corn state lacks geographical (vary).
6.According to former experience, these seeds should (sow) in March.
Ⅳ.完成句子
1.只有言行一致,我们才能赢得他人的信任。(correspond)
Only when our actions can we win the trust of others.
2.随着科技的进步,人工智能使我们的生活变得更方便。(make+宾语+宾补)
With the advancement of technology, artificial intelligence has .
3.在贫困地区,无论你去哪里,你都会看到政府为帮助穷人脱贫所做出的努力。(wherever)
In the poor areas, , you can see the efforts made by the government to help the poor get rid of poverty.
4.这支由22名球员和3名教练组成的足球队大约在三年前成立。(一句多译)
①The football team, 22 players and 3 coaches, was set up about three years ago.(consist)
②The football team, 22 players and 3 coaches, was set up about three years ago.(compose)
③The football team, 22 players and 3 coaches, was set up about three years ago.(make up)
能力提升练
Ⅰ.阅读理解
There's been an enormous amount of progress in language-generating AI over the past couple of years. OpenAI's GPT-3, for example, is a language generator that's been trained on 570 GB of text, and is able to write convincing essays. Google, of course, is working on language generators too, and its latest one helps you write like a legendary poet.
Google's new AI tool, Verse by Verse, allows users to compose a poem using “suggestions” from classic American poets. The AI tool generates these suggestions based on what is collected from reading the poets' oeuvre. That is, the program uses machine-learning algorithms(算法) to identify the language patterns of a particular poet's work, and then applies those to text it generates as the suggestions.
The tool works by allowing users to select from 22 American poets for the suggestions, including legends like Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Edgar Allan Poe. After a user has selected up to three poets, they then pick the type of poem they'd like to write. The program offers various poetic forms, and even allows users to select the number of syllables per line.
Users then give the program a first line, and the AI tool generates the rest of the poem. The AI tool makes suggestions line by line, however, making it more interactive than other top language generators out there. As far as results, they're interesting, but not nearly as impressive as GPT-3's writings.
According to Google engineer David Uthus, “The system was trained to have a general understanding of what lines of verse would best follow a previous line of verse. So even if you write on topics not commonly seen in classic poetry, the system will try its best to make lines that are relevant. The widely varying degrees of Verse by Verse output quality show that while good lyrical gems(宝石) may occasionally emerge, further work by the AI team remains to be done.”
1.What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A.To introduce a new AI tool for writing poetry.
B.To compare different language-generating tools.
C.To discuss the progress of language generators.
D.To analyze the latest essays of OpenAI's GPT-3.
2.What does the underlined word “oeuvre” mean in paragraph 2?
A.Suggestions. B.Works. C.Messages. D.Patterns.
3.What can the Verse by Verse tool do?
A.Collect poems for inspiration.
B.Give the program an opening line.
C.Generate different poetic forms.
D.Compose poems as good as GPT-3's writings.
4.What is David Uthus's attitude to the capability of the Verse by Verse tool?
A.Puzzled. B.Doubtful. C.Confident. D.Objective.
Ⅱ.七选五
Poetry has healing power. To get more joy and peace, we don't have to be a professional poet but we can develop a poetic mindset(心态). 1
Be in awe of everything.
The poetic mindset starts with the idea that nothing is an accident. Everything is interrelated and plays a part in a greater whole. 2 Close your eyes. Now open them. What is the first thing you see? Look closer. Ask yourself: What does it look like? What does it remind you of? Does it bring happy thoughts or sorrow? Why? I bet your randomly selected object is full of meaning.
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A poem is a place where you can pour out your hard feelings. Don't be afraid. You can always throw the page into the fireplace once you've filled it. 4 Poetry can be a storeroom for everything difficult in your life. And what's more, I find that when I write about something I'm struggling with, my negative mood begins to become weaker.
Seek what inspires you.
Life isn't perfect, but you can live with love and trust anyway. 5 There is always goodness to be found once you train yourself to look for it. Poetry to me is a form of praise. I build poems from things I see, people I meet and thoughts and feelings found deep inside. As I present those treasures in poetic language, I am appreciating what is good in them.
A.Let pain be your teacher.
B.How can we manage it in an easy way?
C.What are the steps of writing a good poem?
D.Poetry helps us remember this dominant wisdom.
E.Or seal it in an envelope and come back to it later.
F.Writing a poem is about describing your inner world vividly.
G.Therefore, everything deserves notice and even appreciation.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Ⅲ.语法填空
The very ancient poetry that 1 (write) a thousand or more years ago was simpler and about common things like love, romance and nature that people appreciate. Though much poetry was created in the eras following the Song dynasty, it is thought that the poets became increasingly 2 (academy) and hard to understand so that modern Chinese can't appreciate the style and meaning.
For foreigners, ancient Chinese poetry 3 (be) more difficult 4 (comprehend). One of the reasons is the nature of Chinese characters 5 (they). Often one character has many meanings, 6 makes the translation of Chinese into English a key part of reading and understanding Chinese poetry. Put simply, good translation is essential to 7 (full) understand Chinese poems.
Another point worth 8 (notice) about ancient Chinese poetry is that it is influenced by Confucian and Taoist thinking. Ancient Chinese poetry has a focus on friendship besides love or being 9 lover. Friendships, with the village, the community, the country or your drinking friends are dominant themes. The poets' main task seems to be just writing poetry, because a life as a poet is an important thing. In this respect, Chinese poetry is all 10 the poet, the “meaning” for the poet and not what is happening around the poet.
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6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Ⅳ.书面表达
假定你是李华,准备参加学校组织的英文诗朗诵比赛。请你给外教George写封邮件求助,内容包括:
1.说明比赛要求;
2.请他推荐英文诗;
3.请教朗诵技巧。
注意:写作词数应为80个左右。
Dear George,
Yours,
Li Hua
答案
基础过关练
Ⅰ.1.era 2.string 3.core 4.amateur 5.version
6.deadline 7.racial;prejudice 8.diamonds
Ⅱ.1.B 句意:请在空白处填写正确的词。
2.A 句意:我们可以在那边空白的墙上张贴一些画。
3.D 句意:我今天早晨在公共汽车上见到她,但她连一眼都没瞧我。
4.C 句意:玛丽什么也没说,一脸茫然地盯着我。
Ⅲ.1.of 考查介词。句意:过了几年他才被判没犯抢劫罪。(be) innocent of...表示“没犯……罪”。故填of。
2.complicated 考查形容词。句意:随着故事的展开,女主角的内心感受很复杂,这使我们无法很好地捕捉到她的情感。根据空前的the heroine's inner feelings(主语)和were(系动词)可知,设空处在句中作表语,应用形容词。故填complicated。
3.sorrowful;sorrows 考查形容词和名词复数。句意:从她悲伤的眼神判断,她的生活充满了伤心事。第一空修饰名词eyes,应用形容词,故填sorrowful;第二空作宾语,表示“伤心事”,此时sorrow是可数名词,根据空前的was full of可知应用其复数,故填sorrows。
4.dominantly 考查副词。句意:心理学家将怀旧定义为一种带有自我意识、具有社会属性的情绪,这种情绪既苦涩又甜蜜,但主要是积极的。设空处修饰形容词positive,应用副词。故填dominantly。
5.variation 考查名词。句意:生活在艾奥瓦州并试图成为一个专业的风景摄影师是一个相当大的挑战,主要是因为这个玉米州缺乏地理变化。设空处作动词lacks的宾语,应用名词。故填variation。
6.be sown/be sowed 考查动词的语态。句意:根据以前的经验,这些种子应该在三月种上。分析句子可知,“should ”作谓语;主语seeds和提示词sow之间为被动关系,应用被动语态;由设空处前面的情态动词should可知填 be sown或be sowed。
Ⅳ.1.correspond with/to our words 2.made our lives more convenient 3.wherever you go 4.①consisting of
②composed of ③made up of
能力提升练
Ⅰ.语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了谷歌正在研发的一种人工智能语言生成器,它可以帮助人们写诗。
1.A 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Google, of course, is working on language generators too, and its latest one helps you write like a legendary poet.”可推测,第一段的目的是引出文章话题——帮助写诗的人工智能工具。故选A。
2.B 词义猜测题。根据画线词下文“That is, the program uses machine-learning algorithms to identify the language patterns of a particular poet's work...”中的“That is”可知,下文是对画线词所在句的解释说明。由此可推测,“poets' oeuvre”应该与“poet's work”表达的意思一致,所以画线词的意思应该是“作品”。故选B。
3.C 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“The program offers various poetic forms, and even allows users to select the number of syllables per line.”可知,该程序提供多种诗歌形式,甚至允许用户选择每行的音节数。故选C。
4.D 推理判断题。根据最后一段中David Uthus说的话中的“while good lyrical gems may occasionally emerge, further work by the AI team remains to be done”可知,David Uthus既谈到了该工具的可取之处,又表明其仍有待完善,所以他对该工具的能力持客观态度。故选D。
Ⅱ.语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了几种培养诗人心态的方法。
1.B 过渡句。设空处与前后文构成的语境结构为:想要获得更多的乐趣和宁静,我们不必成为一个专业的诗人,但是我们可以培养诗人的心态。→ 1 →后文介绍了三种培养诗人心态的方法。B项“我们怎样用简单的方式做到这一点呢?”承上启下,符合语境。故选B。
2.G 细节句。根据前文“Everything is interrelated and plays a part in a greater whole.”可知,所有事情都是相互联系的,因此这些事都值得关注。G项“因此,每件事都值得注意,甚至值得欣赏”与上文构成因果关系,符合语境。故选G。
3.A 主旨句。根据文章结构可知,设空处为段落小标题。根据其他段落小标题可推测设空处要填的应该是一个祈使句。根据段落中的“A poem is a place where you can pour out your hard feelings.”和“I find that when I write about something I'm struggling with, my negative mood begins to become weaker”并结合选项可知,A项“让痛苦成为你的老师”符合语境。故选A。
4.E 细节句。根据前文“Don't be afraid. You can always throw the page into the fireplace once you've filled it.”可知,你可以把你心里的怨气写在纸上,然后把写满的纸扔进壁炉里烧掉。E项“或者把它封在信封里,之后再来看”提出了另一种处理怨气的方法,符合语境。故选E。
5.D 过渡句。设空处与前后文构成的语境结构为:生活并不完美,不过你还是可以生活在爱和信任中。→ 5 →一旦你去寻找,就可以发现生活的美好。D项“诗歌帮助我们记住这一最重要的智慧”承上启下,符合语境。故选D。
Ⅲ.语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了中国古代诗歌的特点和外国人解读诗歌的难度。
1.was written 考查动词的时态、语态和主谓一致。句意:那些一千多年前创作的非常古老的诗歌更为简单,内容围绕爱情、浪漫和自然等人们所欣赏的常见主题。分析句子可知,设空处在定语从句中作谓语,根据从句中的时间状语a thousand or more years ago可知此处描述过去的事情,应用一般过去时;从句主语that指代先行词poetry(不可数),与提示词write之间为被动关系,所以应用被动语态。故填was written。
2.academic 考查形容词。句意见“长难句”。分析句子可知,设空处与空后的hard是由and连接的并列表语,所以设空处也应用形容词。故填academic。
3.is 考查动词的时态和主谓一致。句意:对于外国人来说,中国古代诗歌更难理解。分析句子可知,设空处作谓语,此处陈述一般事实,应用一般现在时;主语为ancient Chinese poetry(不可数),谓语应用单数。故填is。
4.to comprehend 考查动词不定式。句意同上题。分析句子可知,此处为“主语+be+adj.+to do sth.”句型,所以设空处应用动词不定式的主动形式表被动意义。故填to comprehend。
5.themselves 考查代词。句意:其中一个原因在于汉字本身的性质。分析句子可知,设空处作“Chinese characters”的同位语,应用反身代词。故填themselves。
6.which 考查定语从句。句意:一个汉字往往有多种含义,这使得汉译英成为阅读和理解中国诗歌的关键部分。分析句子可知,设空处引导非限制性定语从句,关系代词指代整个主句的内容,所以应用which引导。
7.fully 考查副词。句意:简而言之,优质的翻译对充分理解中国诗歌至关重要。设空处修饰动词understand,应用副词。故填fully。
8.noticing 考查动词-ing形式。句意:关于中国古代诗歌的另一个值得注意的特点是,它受到了儒家思想和道家思想的影响。“sth. be worth doing”意为“某事值得做”。故填noticing。
9.a 考查冠词。句意:除了爱情或成为恋人,中国古代诗歌还聚焦于友情。设空处修饰名词单数lover,表示泛指,应用不定冠词。lover的发音以辅音音素开头。故填a。
10.about 考查介词。句意:在这方面,中国诗歌全关乎诗人本身、对诗人而言的“意义”,而非诗人周遭所发生的事。根据语境可知,设空处表示“关于”,应用介词about。
Ⅳ.One possible version:
Dear George,
Informed of the upcoming English Poetry Recitation Contest, I'm writing to convey my earnest longing for your help.
The competition, featuring its wide topics ranging from nature to life, provides a platform for us to finish a five-minute-long recitation. However, I have encountered a tricky problem in selecting an English poem, for which I sincerely hope that you could recommend one to me. Additionally, I find it challenging to recite poems, so I am wondering if you can share with me some practical tips on how to read English poetry.
Your gracious assistance will be appreciated. Keenly anticipating your prompt reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
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