Module 2　The Renaissance

　　Ⅰ.單詞拼寫

　　1．Don't ________(弄亂)the paper on my desk.

　　2．How many ________(科目)are you studying this semester?

　　3．The ________(新領域)of medical knowledge are being pushed forward as time goes on.

　　4．He was so absorbed in thought that he ran against two ________(路人)．

　　5．He killed his enemy and ________(逃離)the country.

　　6．We ________(尋求)an answer to the question，but couldn't find one.

　　7．On ________(代表)of my colleagues and myself I thank you.

　　8．Man is the only creature that is ________(賦有)with speech.

　　9．The policemen are ________(求助于)to anyone who saw the suspect to contact them.

　　10．In ________(對照)to the city life，time seemed to pass slowly in the country.

　　答案：1.disturb　2.subjects　3.frontiers　4.passers-by　5.fled　6.sought　7.behalf　8.gifted　9.appealing　10.contrast

　　Ⅱ.選詞填空

　　1．After graduation ，he ________ writing as his career.

　　2．In China，people enjoy freedom of speech.So you're ________ to say what you like.

　　3．He likes to have control over everyone，that is，he ________ power.

　　4．The police have ________ the crowd not to panic.

　　5．Many people were really ________ in the 1980s because of the crisis.

　　6．His behaviour is ________ a matter of impoliteness.In fact，it is a form of crime.

　　7．Many Senior Three students ________ piles and piles of exercises.

　　8．She knew that she had ________ childhood ________.

　　9．She is going to speak ________ the manager，for he is abroad.

　　10．________ he's been all around the world.

　　答案：1.took up　2.at liberty　3.is thirsty for　4.appealed to

　　5．at a loss　6.more than　7.get tired of　8.left；behind　9.on behalf of　10.It is said that

　　Ⅲ.單項填空

　　1．—Will $1,000 ________ the cost of the trip?

　　—I'm afraid not. Perhaps I need ________ $400.

　　A．pay; anotherB．charge; more

　　C．cover; another

　　D．afford; more

　　答案：C　cover可表示“夠支付……的費用”；“another＋數詞＋名詞”或“數詞＋more＋名詞”都表示“另外的……”。

　　2．The girl's songs make her ________ from so many new students in the class.

　　A．stand up

　　B．stand out

　　C．stand for

　　D．stand by

　　答案：B　stand out意為“顯眼；杰出”。該題應選B項，表示“這位姑娘的歌使她引人注目”。

　　3．(2011·上海春季招生)Soon after dinner, Wayne drove off ________ the direction of Paris.

　　A．to

　　B．at

　　C．for

　　D．in

　　答案：D　direction應與介詞in搭配，in the direction of表示“朝著……方向”。

　　4．—I'm surprised to hear that Sue and Paul have ________.

　　—So am I. They seemed very happy together when I last saw them.

　　A．broken up

　　A．finished up

　　C．divided up

　　D．closed up

　　答案：A　break up“拆散；分開；(關系)破裂”；finish up“完成；吃光；殺死；毀掉”；divide up“分割；分配”；close up“靠近；愈合；關閉”。第一句句意：聽說蘇和保羅分手了，我很驚訝。

　　5．I'm planning to hold a party in the open air, but I can make no guarantees because it ________ the weather.

　　A．links with

　　B．depends on

　　C．connects to

　　D．decides on

　　答案：B　link with“與……有聯系”；depend on“以……而定”；connect to“和……相接”；decide on“選定；決定”。

　　6．We need people with practical ________ like carpentry.

　　A．skilled

　　B．skill

　　C．skillful

　　D．skills

　　答案：D　with為介詞，后需接名詞，排除均為形容詞的A、C兩項。skill表示技巧為不可數名詞，但表示“技術”時為可數名詞，句意：我們需要有木工等實用技術的人。故答案為D。

　　7．I want to report the ________ of a package.

　　A．loss

　　B．lost

　　C．loser

　　D．losing

　　答案：A　根據“the”冠詞可知其后需接名詞，句意：我想報告包裹丟失一事。loss“丟失”；loser“失敗者”；B、D均不是名詞，故答案為A。

　　8．He ________ you ________ the neglect of duty.

　　A．was to blame; on

　　B．blamed; on

　　C．was to blame; for

　　D．blamed; for

　　答案：D　blame sb. for sth.表示“因某事而責備某人”。若題干中的you被去掉，C項也是正確的。

　　9．The drug did not ________ his health. In fact, it seemed to have no ________ at all.

　　A．effect; effect

　　B．affect; effect

　　C．effect; affect

　　D．affect; affect

　　答案：B　affect為動詞，表示“影響”，effect為名詞表示“效果”。did not后應接動詞；have (no)后缺少賓語，應用名詞，故答案為B。

　　10．We wanted a quiet holiday, but we had ________ without the children.

　　A．reckoned

　　B．supposed

　　C．thought

　　D．guessed

　　答案：A　句意：我們原想安安靜靜地度假，卻沒有把孩子考慮在內。reckon without表示“沒有考慮到”。

　　11．I think what ________ to me about his painting is the colours he uses.

　　A．attracts

　　B．appeals

　　C．interests

　　D．helps

　　答案：B　appeal to sb.意為“對某人有吸引力”。題干中的“to”被刪掉時，A、C兩項也可。

　　12．Many young graduates devoted dozens of years to ________ success in life.

　　A．seeking

　　B．searching

　　C．suggesting

　　D．wondering

　　答案：A　動詞辨析題。seek“探索，追求”；search“搜索”；suggest“建議”；wonder“想知道”，據句意答案為A，seek success表示“追求成功”。

　　13．Don't you think we should ________ the concert now?

　　A．leave behind

　　B．leave in

　　C．leave with

　　D．leave for

　　答案：D　leave behind “把……落在后面”；leave in搭配錯誤；leave with“把……交給某人”；leave for“出發去……”，句意：你不認為我們現在該出發去參加音樂會嗎？

　　14．Zhang Ziyi is not present, so the director will accept the prize ________.

　　A．on behalf

　　B．in behalf

　　C．on behalf of her D．in the behalf

　　答案：C　on behalf of sb.為固定短語，意為“代表某人”。

　　15．It was ________ that we leave the dangerous place at once.

　　A．asked

　　B．thought

　　C．suggested

　　D．supposed

　　答案：C　考查虛擬語氣。四個選項中，只有suggest可構成虛擬語氣結構，leave前省略了should。

　　Ⅳ.閱讀理解

　　A

　　Becoming more popular in North America is Iceberg Water, which is harvested from icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland，Canada.

　　Arthur von Wiesenberger is one of the few water critics in North America. As a boy, he spent time in the larger cities of Italy, France and Switzerland, where bottled water is consumed daily.Even then, he kept a record of the brands he liked best. “My dog could tell the difference between bottled and tap water，” He says.

　　But is plain tap water all that bad? Not at all. In fact. New York's drinking water for more than a century was called the champagne of tap water and until recently considered among the best in the world in terms of both taste and purity. Similarly, a magazine in England found that tap water from the Thames River tasted better than several leading brands of bottled water that were 400 times more expensive.

　　However, soft-drink companies view bottled water as the next battle-ground for market share, as bottlers and restaurateurs are longing for the profits from it. A restaurant's typical mark-up (加價) on wine is 100 to 150 percent, while on bottled water it's often 300 to 500 percent. As a result, some restaurants are trying to sell more bottled water. Some of the more shameless tactics (手段) include putting attractive bottles on the table for a visual sell, listing brands on the menu without prices, and pouring bottled water without even asking the diners whether they want it.

　　Regardless of how it's sold, the popularity of bottled water taps into our desire for better health, our wish to appear educated, and even a longing for lost purity.

　　1．By saying “My dog could tell the difference between bottled and tap water”， Arthur von Wiesenberger suggests that ________.

　　A．bottled water is superior to tap water

　　B．plain tap water is certainly unfit for drinking

　　C．bottled water often appeals more to dogs' taste

　　D．dogs can usually distinguish a fine difference in taste

　　答案：A　推理判斷題。聯系這句話前面的As a boy，he spent time in the larger cities of Italy，France and Switzerland，where bottled water is consumed daily.Even then，he kept a record of the brands he liked best.可以看出他非常認可瓶裝礦泉水，故選A項。

　　2．According to the passage, why is bottled water so popular?

　　A．It is much cheaper than wine.

　　B．It is more widely promoted in the market.

　　C．It appeals to well educated people.

　　D．It is considered healthier.

　　答案：D　推理判斷題。根據最后一段中的Regardless of how it's sold，the popularity of bottled water taps into our desire for better health，...可以看出瓶裝礦泉水大受歡迎是因為人們普遍認為其更衛生健康。

　　3．Why are some restaurants willing to sell bottled water?

　　A．Bottled water brings in huge profits.

　　B．Competition from the wine industry is fierce.

　　C．Most diners find bottled water affordable.

　　D．Bottled water satisfied diners' desire to be fashionable.

　　答案：A　細節理解題。由第4段開頭的．..，as bottlers and restaurateurs are longing for the profits from it.可知餐飲之所以大力推銷瓶裝礦泉水是受利益驅使。

　　B

　　Robots have proved to be valuable tools for soldiers, surgeons and homeowners hoping to keep the carpet clean. But in each case, they are designed and built specifically for the job. Now there is a movement under way to build multipurpose machines—robots that can move about in changing environments such as offices or living rooms and work with their hands.

　　All-purpose robots are not, of course, a new idea. “It's been 5 or 10 years from happening for about 50 years，” says Eric Berger, co-director of the Personal Robotics Program at Willow Garage, a Silicon Valley organization. The delay is in part because even simple tasks require a huge set of capabilities. For a robot to fetch a mug, for example, it needs to make sense of data gathered by a variety of sensors—laser scanners identifying potential blocking objects, cameras searching for the target, force feedback in the fingers that grasp the mug, and more. Yet Berger and other experts are confident that real progress could be made in the next decade.

　　The problem, according to Willow Garage, is the lack of a common platform for all that computational effort. Instead of enlarging the capabilities of a single machine, everyone is designing robots and the software to control them, from the ground up. To help change this, Willow Garage is currently producing 25 copies of its model PR2 ( Personal Robot 2), a two-armed, wheeled machine that can switch off the electricity, open doors and move through a room. Ten of the robots will stay in-house, but 10 more will go to outside research groups, and everyone will share their advances.

　　This way,

　　Berger says, if you want to build the robotic equivalent (等同物) of a Twitter, you won't start by constructing a computer. “You build the thing that's new.”

　　本文是一篇科普說明文，簡要介紹了全能機器人的發展狀況、研發困境和解決方案。

　　4．The robots are mentioned to do some specific jobs EXCEPT in ________.

　　A. battle fields

　　B. operation room

　　C. people's houses

　　D. wild fields

　　答案：D　細節理解題。根據文章第一段第一句中的“soldiers，surgeons and homeowners”可知機器人已應用于戰場、手術室和家庭，并沒有提到D項，故答案為D。

　　5．The multipurpose robot may be identified as a machine that ________.

　　A．can move about in changing environments and work with their hands

　　B. can make sense of data gathered by a variety of sensors

　　C. has a huge set of abilities to finish all the simple tasks

　　D. has identifying laser scanners, searching cameras and force feedback

　　答案：A　細節理解題。由文章首段第三句內容可知A項正確。

　　6．According to Willow Garage, we will make real progress in building all-purpose robots if ________.

　　A．everyone designs robots and the software to control them

　　B．they can produce 25 copies of its model PR2

　　C．people can enlarge the capabilities of a single machine

　　D．people can start by constructing a computer

　　答案：C　推理判斷題。根據文章第三段前兩句內容可知全能機器人的研發困境是缺少計算機操作平臺，而讓單個機器人擁有更多的功能是讓全能機器人的研發得到實質性的進展的方法，C項正確。

　　7．Willow Garage is currently producing 25 copies of its model PR2 so as to ________.

　　A．design robots and the software to control them

　　B．change the way of new robot construction research

　　C．open doors and go to outside research groups

　　D．go through the room and stay in house

　　答案：B　細節理解題。根據文章第三段可知，Willow Garage的做法是為了改變目前的研究方法。

　　8．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A. To build all-purpose robots is an absolutely new movement under way.

　　B. Building all-purpose robots was delayed because of its complexity.

　　C. The idea to build all-purpose robots appeared about 50 years ago.

　　D. Everyone will share their advances for they are all-pur-pose robots.

　　答案：C　細節理解題。根據第二段第一、二句的內容可知制造全能機器人的想法五十年前就有了，故選C。