Unit 4 Amazing science综合能力演练【巩固练习】I. 单项选择。1. _____ the morning of March 31, she made an important decision in her life.A. Since B. InC. From D. On 2. — You’ve saved a lot of money. How do you plan to _____ it?—You know, it will _____much to buy a house.A. pay; spend B. spend; takeC. cost; payD. take; cost3. He can’t help _____the answers when she can’t work out the problems.A. turn to B. to turnC. turning to D. turned to4. We all _____ Mrs. Wang _____ her help. _____ her help, we have made great success.A. thank … for; Thanks to B. thank … to; Thanks forC. thank … for; Thanks for D. thank…to; Thanks to5. It _____ that there are many treasures in the pyramids.A. says B. said C. is said D. is saying6. _____ a new library _____ in our school last year?A.Is; built B. Was; built C. Does; build D. Did; build7. I you to come yesterday, but you didn’t.A. hope B. wishC. hoped D. wished8. This room a reading room in our school.A. is used as B. is used forC. is used byD. used for【真题链接】1. — Would you like to visit the zoo with me now? — Sorry. It’s _________ the visiting hours. Let's go there tomorrow.A. on B. over C. during D. beyond2．— What is _______ brother? — He is a policeman．A. Jim’s and Paul’s B. Jim and Paul C. Jim and Paul’s3. — Whose home is ______ from school, Alice’s or Daisy’s? — Alice’s, I think. A. farB. fartherC. farthestD. the farthestII. 阅读理解。A My mom isn’t fancy like other moms．They wear fancy clothes and drive fancy cars．Mymom wears her gardening clothes when she walks me to school．When fancy moms laugh，their laughs sound soft and whispery．You can hear my mom’slaugh from down the hall．I show her how to laugh quietly and she practices．But before longshe starts laughing even harder than before．At the talent show，my mom cheers loudly，“Bravo，everyone！Bravo！”instead ofclapping politely the way fancy moms do．For our class hike(徒步旅行)，parents are invited．At breakfast I go over my rules for第 1 页


．I shake my head at her．She stops andwhispers，“Oops．Sorry，Jane．”We keep hiking．Everything is perfect until…Our teacher，Ms．Steele，stops and points，“A snake！”All the moms hold their kidshands and back up，except my mom．“Watch out！It might be poisonous(有毒的)！”Ms．Steele says．The other moms shuttle back some more．However，my mom steps forward andsays，“Hmm．Let’s see what kind it is．Nope，it’s not poisonous．”I shut my eyes．I know what’s coming next．Mom makes a sudden attack．“Got it！”shesays．The other moms scream，not sounding fancy at all．Kids gather around as Mom examines the snake．“It’s OK to touch，”she says．Everyone’s too scared，but I go first．“Snakes aren’t slimy，”I tell them．Rightaway，others line up．A couple of the fancy moms come up to touch the snake’s tail．Later，Ms．Steele tells us to draw our favorite part of the hike．After a while，I lookaround quickly．Everyone’s picture is of Mom and me with the snake．As we hike back to the bus，I squeeze Mom’s hand．“I’m glad I didn’t tell you my don’t-catch-snakes rule．”She smiles．But soon，she’s whistling her hiking songs again！I start to make her silent，then stop．Instead，I take a deep breath and sing outtoo．Everyone joins in，even the fancy moms．1．The word“fancy”in this passage is close to“________”．A．fashionable or expensive B．energetic or valuableC．modern or comfortable D．common or popular2．Jane tries to make some rules for her mom because ________．A．she expects her mom not to catch snakesB．she is afraid her mom will make her lose faceC．she wants her mom to be different from othersD．she wishes her mom to act more politely than the other moms3．Jane begins to feel proud of her mom when ________．A．she goes first to touch the snake and other kids follow herB．she joins her mom in singing together with the other momsC．she tries to stop her mom whistling but later she give upD．she finds everyone drawing about her mom and her with the snake4．Which can be the best title for the passage？A．My Mom Isn’t Fancy B．Our Hike Isn’t PerfectC．An Unpleasant Talent Show D．An Unforgettable ExperienceBHow soon will robots become so clever that they will be able to do jobs which human can do,such as teaching language or looking after patients in hospital? Some experts believe this willhappen in twenty years.UAS, one London company, has already developed a kind of machine.
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Mom，“Please don’t whistle．Don’t laugh loudly．No clapping．And stay in line．”The other moms show up wearing fancy jackets and sneakers．My mom wears cutoffs，afloppy straw hat，and her old hiking boots．We hike along，all in a line．Soon Mom starts to whistle her hiking songs，She’ll BeComing Round the Mountain


②By the way, the price of them may be as little as ＄ 1,000.But Dr. Sandra believes we have a long way to develop truly intelligent (真正智能化的)machines. She says, it can cook an egg. But if one of eggs is bad, it will still cook. If you ask arobot to do something unusual that needs a man to think, a robot is useless.根据短文内容，回答下列问题。5. How soon do some experts believe robots will be able to do jobs? ___________________________________________________________________6. 把文中画线的①句改为同义句。___________________________________________________________________7. 第①句中 “home-helps” 的意思是( )。A. 看家的 B. 帮家人的C. 帮助照看老人的佣人 D. 家政服务8. 把文中画线的②句译为汉语。___________________________________________________________________9. Do we have truly intelligent (真正智能化的) machines?___________________________________________________________________III. 书面表达。现在上网成了许多学生的主要娱乐方式之一。假如你叫陈真，你最近对所在学校的60名同学(30名男生，30名女生)进行了上网目的调查。请根据调查结果，写一篇80词左右的短文。答案与解析：Ⅰ. 单项选择。1. D。时间指具体某一天或某一天的早晨、下午、晚上时，用on。2. B。sb.+spend/pay … 意为“某人花/支付……”; sth.+cost+some money意为“某物花多少钱”; ittakes sb. some time to do sth. 意为“做某事花费某人多长时间”。根据以上动词所需的主语不同，所以选B。3. C。本题考查can’t help doing sth.“禁不住做某事。”4. A。thank … for … “因……而感谢……”；thanks to “由于，多亏了”。5. C。考查It is said that + 从句，表达“据说……”。6. B。考查一般过去时的被动语态。7. D。wish后可以跟复合宾语，即wish sb. to do sth.，而hope不能。根据yesterday可判断用过去时。故选D。8. A。be used as意为“被当作……用”。【真题链接】1. D。句意：— 现在要和我去参观动物园吗？―对不起，过了参观时间了。我们明天去吧。根据语境，sorry表示不能去动物园，因为不在拜访时间内。A、C两项均不符合句意；over和beyond都可以表示超过，但over是指空间上的超过，beyond可以指时间上的超过，本题指超过了参观时间，所以选D。2. C。由答语“He is a policeman.”可知，问句询问的应是“Jim和Paul的哥哥是干什么的”。第 3 页
“home-helps” for old people. It can also do such things as cooking eggs and cleaning the floor.The company says that the machine will accept simple voice instructions and that the machine willbe controlled by a latest IBM microcomputer (微机). Mr. Henry, the director of UAS, believes thathis company will develop the clever robots for using in industry. By this time they will begin tosell the machines into ordinary homes.Robots can do much housework, such as washing dishes, cleaning the house and cookingmeals.


全文可知，“我”试图给妈妈制定一些规则“，是因为我”害怕妈妈让“我”在同学们面
前丢脸3B。。故选. D。通读
倒数第二、三段可知，当“我”发现每和“个人都画了我”妈妈拿着蛇的画后，“我”开始
为妈妈感到自豪D。。故选4. A。通读
全文可知，文章主要讲述 “了我”的不时尚的妈妈的故事。因此，最佳标M“题为y Mom Isn’t Fancy”。故选A。B5. In twenty years.6. People can use it as “home-helps” for old people.7. C。根据文中第二段“It can be used as “home-helps” for old people.”可知为老人
专门设计。根据的“It can also do such things as cooking eggs and cleaning the floor.”可知
这种机器人会做很多事
情。故选C。8. 顺便
说一下，它的价格可能不到1000美元.9。 No. 由最后一段“But Dr. Sandra believes we have a long way to develop truly intelligent (真正智能化的) machines.”可知。IV. 书面表达。参考
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此处表示Jim和Paul共同的哥哥，因此只在后一个名词后加’s，表示两人共同拥有。故选C。3. B。句意：“—谁的家离学校更远些，爱丽丝的家还是黛西的家?”“ —我觉得是爱丽丝的家。”因为只是两者之间的比较，所以用比较级，而最高级是三者或者三者以上的比较，故选B。II. 阅读�