同步课堂专练
Unit 4 A glimpse of the future
Section C Developing ideas & Presenting ideas & Reflection (重点练）
一、阅读理解
Life satisfaction is the way persons evaluate their lives and how they feel about their directions and options for the future. It's a measure of well-being and may be evaluated in terms of mood, satisfaction with relations with others and with achieved goals and self-concepts to cope with daily life. It's having a favorable attitude towards one's life as a whole rather than just an evaluation of current feelings. Life satisfaction has been measured in relation to economy, education, experiences, and residence, as well as many other topics.
Life satisfaction can reflect experiences that have influenced a person in, a positive way. These experiences have the ability to motivate people to pursue and reach their goals. As a matter of fact, in these experiences there are two kinds of emotions that may positively influence how people understand their life. Hope and optimism both consist of emotional processes that are usually directed towards the reaching of goals. People who have higher life satisfaction are always full of hope for a better future; additionally, optimism is linked to higher life satisfaction, while pessimism is related to symptoms in depression.
The psychologist, Yuval Palgi, studied the old-old-people who were primarily in their nineties. This subject group was found to have thought highly of their past and present, but they thought lower of their future. A large factor that was talked about in life satisfaction was intelligence. The experiments talk of how life satisfaction grows as people become older because they become wiser and more knowledgeable, so they begin to see that life will be better as they grow older and understand the important things in life more. But when they step into their nineties, future becomes a luxury to them.
According to Seligman, the happier people are, the less they are focused on the negative. Happier people also have a greater tendency to like other people, which promotes a happier environment, which then correlates to a higher level of the persons' satisfaction with their life.
（1）What can we learn about life satisfaction from Paragraph 1
A.It can be easily measured through income and education.
B.It includes a positive attitude towards people's entire life.
C.It merely determines people's attitude towards the future.
D.It has nothing to do with the evaluation of current feelings.
（2）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage
A.The wealthier a person is, the happier he will feel.
B.Happy people are more likely to get along well with others.
C.Happy people won't be influenced by the negative items in life.
D.Intelligence plays a leading role in determining people's happiness.
（3）What was the attitude of most old-old towards their future
A.They were less hopeful about it.
B.They thought highly of it.
C.They felt satisfied with it.
D.They were scared of it.
（4）What may be the best title for the text
A.Old People Have Much More Life Satisfaction
B.Life Satisfaction—the Key to a Happier Life
C.Optimism Ensures Life Satisfaction
D.Emotions Affect Life Satisfaction
二、语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
No one knows what would happen in the future for sure. ________ we often think of the future and wonder what the world would be like ________ a hundred years' time.
Think of space. By that time perhaps ________ permanent station on the moon will have been set up. Perhaps people ________(be) able to visit the moon as tourists. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, ________(permit) long journeys throughout the solar system. When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting other planets, such ________ the Mars Colony and the Venus Exploration outpost.
Scientists of the future will almost certainly find other ways to make life last________(long). They will ________(probable) find cures for most diseases. Hospitals will may have “body banks” ________ can give you almost any new part you need to keep on ________ (live). People in the future may live to be a lot older than 100 years.
三、任务型阅读
阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Yellow Robot deliver snacks to your home
A robot makes its way back to a supermarket after making a delivery during a demonstration in Beijing.
Along a street on the outer edges of Beijing, a yellow and black cube about the size of a small washing machine moves leisurely to its destination. This “little yellow horse” is a delivery robot, transporting daily essentials like drinks, fruit and snacks from the local store to the residents. Equipped with GPS system, cameras and radar, the robot is seen by its creator as the future of logistics(物流) in China.
“The weak point is that it can't deliver directly to the door like a human.” said one customer, who does not live on the ground floor. “But it is still quite practical. The robot delivers relatively quickly.”
The robot takes off for Chinese customers' love of cashless payments and smartphone shopping. China is the world's biggest online shopping market with more than half of its population making at least one smartphone purchase per month, according to professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. Whether buying electronics, toilet paper or clothes, Chinese customers are used to simply tapping a button on their smartphone and getting a home delivery.
To get a delivery via the “little yellow horse”, customers select the desired products, tap in the address and pay via their phone. Then, the supermarket staff place the items in the robot.
Liu Zhiyong, founder and CEO of Zhen Robotics, which manufactures the robot, sees a bright future for his creation. “At the moment, there are 100 million packages delivered every day in China. It will be one billion in the future,” Liu said. “ There will not be enough humans to make the deliveries. We need more and more robots to fill this gap and reduce costs.” These costs are especially high in the last kilometer of a delivery.
（1）What is the yellow robot equipped with (no more than 8 words)
________________________________________________________
（2）What is the weak point of the yellow robot (no more than 12 words)
________________________________________________________
（3）Why is the robot popular with Chinese people (no more than 12 words)
________________________________________________________
（4）What does the underlined word “manufactures” mean in the passage (no more than 1 words)
________________________________________________________
（5）What do you think of the invention of the yellow robot Why (no more than 20words)
________________________________________________________
参考答案
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【答案】 （1）B
（2）B
（3）A
（4）B
【解析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了生活满意度是对幸福生活的一个影响，人们应该时刻抱有希望和乐观的态度对待生活。
（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“Life satisfaction is the way persons evaluate their lives and how they feel about their directions and options for the future. It's having a favorable attitude towards one's life as a whole rather than just an evaluation of current feelings.”生活满意度就是人们评估自己生活，以及他们对自己未来 的 生活工作方向和选择的一种方式，它是对一个人的整个生活有一个积极的态度，而不仅仅是对当前的感觉的评价。即对自己的人生持一种积极乐观的态度。故选B。
（2）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“Happier people also have a greater tendency to like other people,”可知，快乐的人更倾向于喜欢别人，推出快乐的人能与其他人友好相处。故选B。
（3）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“The psychologist, Yuval Palgi, studied the old-old-people who were primarily in their nineties. This subject group was found to have thought highly of their past and present, but they thought lower of their future.”可知，经过对90多岁老人研究发现，他们对过去和现在很满意，但是对未来没有期盼。也就意味着他们对未来不抱有太大希望。故选A。
（4）考查主旨大意。根据第一段中的“Life satisfaction is the way persons evaluate their lives and how they feel about their directions and options for the future. It's a measure of well-being and may be evaluated in terms of mood, satisfaction with relations with others and with achieved goals and self-concepts to cope with daily life. ”生活满意度是人们评价自己生活的方式，以及他们对未来的方向和选择的感觉。它是一种衡量幸福的方法，可以通过情绪、与他人关系的满意度、实现的目标和应对日常生活的自我概念来进行评估。所以短文的最佳标题为“生活满意度——幸福生活的关键”。故选B。
【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和主旨大意两个题型的考查，是一篇教育类阅读，考生需要准确捕捉细节信息，并根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。
二【答案】But；in；a；will be/will have been；permitting；as；longer；probably；that/which；living
【解析】本文讲述未来的生活是什么样子的。
（1）But 考查连词。本句与上一句是转折关系，故用转折连词But，放句首，因此大写。
（2）in 考查介词。表示将来多长时间之后时用“介词in+一段时间名词”结构。故填in。
（3）a 考查冠词。因station是可数名词，且表示泛指，前面应有不定冠词a。
（4）will be/will have been 考查时态。此文是指将来，故用将来时，will be或者到将来动作已经完成，故用将来完成时也行，will have been。
（5）permitting 考查非谓语动词。cheap rockets与permit之间是主动关系，应用现在分词短语作状语表示伴随情况，故用permitting。
（6）as 考查固定搭配。such as“比如”，是固定词组，故用as。
（7）longer 考查比较级。此处表示找到延长人类寿命的方式，寿命更长，故long应用比较级形式longer。
（8）probably 考查词性转换。副词修饰动词，“可能会找到”，因此将probable变成probably。
（9）that/which 考查定语从句。先行词body banks为物，且从句缺少主语，故用that/which。
（10）living 考查固定用法。keep on doing“持续做某事”，因此将live写成living。
【点评】限制性定语从句与非限制性定语从句的区别：一、在书写形式上,限制性定语从句紧接着主句写,非限制性定语从句和主句隔开.He is a man who has won six medals. He is a man, who has won six medals.二、限制性定语从句对先行词有限制修饰的作用,使得先行词具有区分于其它同类事物的特点.It is the tree I planted three years ago. 这是我三年前栽种的那颗树（不是其它的树）.而非限制性定语从句并没有上述作用,相反,它是对先行词起补充说明的作用.It is a tree, which I planted three years ago. 这是一颗树,我三年前栽种的（补充说明树栽种的时间）.三,限制性定语从句对先行词具有限定性,非限制性定语从句体现先行词的唯一性.John likes his father who has studied abroad.约翰喜欢他出国学习过的那个父亲（给人感觉他另外还有其它没出国过的父亲）John likes his father, who has studied abroad.约翰喜欢他的父亲,他父亲出国学习过.（约翰的父亲是唯一的） 四,语法区别.常考的一点是：非限制性定语从句修饰物,关系代词只能使用which,不能用that. It is a tree, which I planted three years ago. It is a tree, that I planted three years ago.(错)
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【答案】
（1）GPS system, cameras and radar.
（2）It can't deliver directly to the door like a human.
（3）Because of Chinese customers' love of cashless payments and smartphone shopping./Because Chinese customers love cashless payments and smartphone shopping.
（4）Invents; Creates; Produces;（形式不对减一分）
（5）It is very helpful. Because the robot can replace humans to make the delivers and the robot can reduce costs.
【解析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了黄色的快递机器人以及它的市场前景。
（1）考查信息提升能力。根据第二段中的“Equipped with GPS system, cameras and radar, the robot is seen by its creator as the future of logistics(物流) in China.”可知黄色的机器人装备有GPS系统，摄像头和雷达，所以填GPS system, cameras and radar。
（2）考查信息提升能力。根据第三段中的“‘The weak point is that it can't deliver directly to the door like a human.’said one customer, who does not live on the ground floor.”可知黄色机器人的缺点是它不能像人一样直接送货上门，所以填It can't deliver directly to the door like a human。
（3）考查信息提升能力。根据第四段中的“The robot takes off for Chinese customers' love of cashless payments and smartphone shopping.”可知机器人在中国很受欢迎是因为中国消费者喜欢无现金支付和智能手机购物，所以填Because of Chinese customers' love of cashless payments and smartphone shopping./Because Chinese customers love cashless payments and smartphone shopping。
（4）考查信息提升能力。上文“Liu Zhiyong, founder and CEO of Zhen Robotics”甄机器人创始人兼CEO刘志勇，由此推断出下文which manufactures the robot, sees a bright future for his creation.的意思是他制造了这款机器人，看到了他的创造的光明前景。manufacture意思是发明创造，这里含有一个定语从句，Liu Zhiyong是先行词，关系词替代先行词，定语从句中，主语是第三人称单数，谓语动词需要用单数，所以填Invents; Creates; Produces。
（5）考查信息提升能力。题干询问你觉得黄色机器人的发明怎么样 为什么 同学们根据自己的想法，自由作答。
【点评】本题涉及考查信息提升能力，要求考生准确掌握所给材料，根据上下文的逻辑关系，结合相关的语法知识和词汇知识，做出正确答案。
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