课时作业8:Reading and Thinking—Comprehending

UNIT 2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE

Reading and Thinking—Comprehending

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

It’s have a job，a family and you’re about 40 years old！Welcome to your future

life.

Getting ready for work，you pause in front of the mirror.

“Turn red，” you shirt changes from sky blue to deep preprogrammed

electronics are rearranged in your shirt to change its g into the mirror you find it hard

to believe you’re look much younger.

With amazing advances in medicine，people in your generation may live to be 150 years

’re not even middle-aged！As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast

cereal into a bowl，you hear，“To lose weight，you shouldn’t eat that.” from your

read the tiny electronic code(电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition

decide to listen to your shoes.“Kitchen，what can I have for breakfast？” A list of possible foods

appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.

“Ready for your trip to space？” you ask your son and 2005 only specially

trained astronauts went into space and very few of anyone can go to space for day trips

or longer best friend even works in g your children three strawberries

each，you add，“The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical advances，vaccination shots(防疫针) are a thing of the ry foods contain specific the

berries in their mouths，the kids head for the front door.

It’s time for you to go to car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the

doors.“My lot！” you car drives itself down the road and moves

smoothly into traffic on the sit back and unroll your latest news

downloads and fills the g through the pages，you watch the news as video films

rather than read it.

语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文。文章设想了2035年时，你的生活会是什么样的。

1．What changes the color of your shirt?

A．The mirror.

C．The counter.

答案 D

B．The medicine.

D．The shirt itself.

解析 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Tiny preprogrammed electronics are rearranged in your

shirt to change its color.(微小的预先编程的电子设备在你的衬衫里重新排列以改变它的颜色)”可知，衣服自己会改变它的颜色。故选D。

2．How do the shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal?

A．By pouring the breakfast into a bowl.

B．By checking the nutrition details of the food.

C．By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.

D．By listening to the doctor’s advice.

答案 B

解析 细节理解题。根据第四段第三、四句可知，鞋子通过读取麦片盒子上的电子源码，根据它的营养成分，来确定你不能吃那个早餐麦片。故选B。

3．The strawberries the children eat serve as .

A．vaccines

C．breakfast

答案 A

解析 细节理解题。根据第五段中的“Thanks to medical advances，vaccination shots(防疫针)

are a thing of the ry foods contain specific vaccines.(多亏了医学的进步，防疫针已经是过去的事情了。普通食物中含有特定的疫苗)”可知，孩子们吃的草莓可以当作疫苗。故选A。

4．How is the text organized?

A．In order of preference.

B．In order of appearance.

C．In order of time.

D．In order of importance.

答案 C

解析 推理判断题。根据文中的“Getting ready ；As you go into the kitchen and

prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into ；‘Ready for your trip to space？’ you ask

your son and daughter；It’s time for you to go to work.”可知，本文是按照时间顺序(起床穿衣、准备早餐、餐桌上的对话、出门上班)排列的。故选C。

B

Other people may have their own ideas about our can value their advice，but we

don’t have to take it to heart.

Our parents have dreams for want us to do well in school and to do whatever is

necessary to reach our highest in life，friends may try to set us up with their ideas of

B．lunch

D．nutrition

the perfect partner or the perfect close to us may have ideas about how we should live

our lives，ideas that usually come from love and the desire for us to be times，they

come from a place of need within them whether it is a parent who wants us to live out his or her

dreams or a friend who wants us to play a good er the case，we can appreciate and

consider those people’s advice，but ultimately we must follow our own guidance.

There may come a time when all the suggestions can become overbearing(专横的)．We may

feel that the people we love don’t agree on our judgment，which can hurt our can affect

the choices we make for our lives by making us doubt ourselves before we’ve had a chance to

decide what we can tell our loved ones how much we appreciate their thoughts and ideas，but that we need to live our own lives and make our own can explain that they need to

let us learn from our own they see that we are happy with our lives and the path

we are taking to reach our goals，they can make sure that all we need them to do is to share in our

joy.

语篇解读 本文是一篇议论文。文章主要讲了其他人可能对我们的人生规划有帮助，我们可以考虑他们的建议，但是我们没必要全部放在心上。

5．People close to us often tell us ideas to show their .

A．power

C．potential

答案 B

解析 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“People close to us may have ideas about how we should

live our lives，ideas that usually come from love and the desire for us to be happy.”可知，我们身边的人经常告诉我们一些想法，来表达他们的关心，故选B。

6．When a friend’s advice is overbearing，we may feel .

A．determined

C．doubtful

答案 C

解析 推理判断题。根据最后一段前三句可知，当朋友的建议过于专横时，我们可能会怀疑自己。故选C。

7．What should we do if we don’t accept our friends’ advice?

A．Tell them our choices directly.

B．Let them experience our ways of life.

C．Share our own experiences with them.

D．Let them know we should make our own decisions.

答案 D

B．frightened

D．grateful

B．concern

D．happiness

解析 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“We can tell our loved ones how much we appreciate

their thoughts and ideas，but that we need to live our own lives and make our own decisions.”可知，如果我们不接受朋友的建议，我们应该让他们知道我们要自己做决定，故选D。

8．What is the best title for the text?

A．Appreciating Suggestions

B．Avoiding Making Suggestions

C．Accepting Suggestions

D．Offering Suggestions

答案 A

解析 标题归纳题。第一段中的“We can value their advice，but we don’t have to take it to

heart.”是全文的主题句，结合全文内容可知，这篇文章主要讲了其他人可能对我们的人生规划有帮助，我们可以考虑他们的建议，但是我们没必要全部放在心上。所以这篇文章最好的题目是“欣赏建议”，故选A。

C

A recent study confirms that several turtle species have either greatly dropped or disappeared

from various sections of the Australian Murray River.“The problem is that the long life of turtles

makes people unable to sense the seriousness of the situation，” says Ricky Spencer，a co-author

of the study，which was published in February in Scientific Reports.“It’s human nature that only

when something is gone do we start missing it.”

Spencer and his workmates recorded the population of three once common turtle species at 52

sites along the southern areas of the researchers inferred the species’ population sizes

from the number of individuals they caught in a given amount of found the turtles have

disappeared in places where they were previously rich，and most of the individuals they managed to

catch elsewhere were large—and likely old—r and his workmates blame the losses on

continuing nest predation(捕食) by foxes，accompanied by other problems，including a worse and

worse environment and serious drought in the 2000s.

“We have known about the sudden sharp drop of the population of the turtles for tens of

years，and although media have covered a lot about the ‘trouble of our rivers’，nothing has been

done，” says Rick Shine from Macquarie University in Sydney.“This paper is a wake-up call that

unless we begin to do something about turtle protection，we may lose an attractive part of our

native creatures.”

“The turtles could recover quickly if action is taken to protect nests from foxes and bring

back living areas，”Spencer notes.“But governments tend to respond only when losses reach

crisis levels，and the Murray River species currently lack the government’s protection，”he

and his workmates have a solution，however.“Our next step is to start designing

community protection efforts for common turtle species，” he explains，“so people can actually

do things without having to wait for the government’s support.”

语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了人们以为海龟寿命很长，对于海龟面临灭绝没有给予重视，以斯宾塞为首的科研团队正在努力保护它们：发表论文以作为警告。此外，保护海龟还需要政府和社区的努力。

9．Why are people unaware that turtles are in a very serious situation?

A．The government hasn’t taken action.

B．They know turtles have a long life.

C．Old turtles still have a large population.

D．Media haven’t done any report about it.

答案 B

解析 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The problem is that the long life of turtles makes people

unable to sense the seriousness of the situation”可知，对于海龟寿命长的认知使人类没有意识到海龟正处于危险状况中。故选B项。

10．What is the greatest challenge for turtles according to Spencer’s team?

A．Foxes catch and feed on them.

B．The environment is getting worse.

C．The climate is extremely dry.

D．Human beings kill them in quantity.

答案 A

解析 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Spencer and his workmates blame the losses on

continuing nest predation(捕食) by foxes，accompanied by other problems，including a worse and

worse environment and serious drought in the 2000s.”可知，海龟面临的最大危机是狐狸的捕食。故选A项。

11．Which of the following does Rick Shine agree with?

A．Media have already done their best.

B．The study gives people a warning.

C．Turtles are sure to disappear soon.

D．Turtle protection is a long process.

答案 B

解析 推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句Rick Shine说的话“这篇论文给我们敲响了警钟，除非我们开始采取措施保护海龟，否则我们可能会失去本土生物中一个有吸引力的部分”可知，Rick Shine认为这是一种警示。故选B项。

12．What do we know from the last paragraph?

A．It’s not possible that turtles can avoid disappearing.

B．The government is taking action against the crisis.

C．Community efforts to protect turtles will start soon.

D．People have to wait for the government’s support.

答案 C

解析 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“‘Our next step is to start designing community

protection efforts for common turtle species，’he explains，‘so people can actually do things

without having to wait for the government’s support.’”可知，社区有可能开始采取措施保护海龟。故选C项。

Ⅱ.七选五

The jobs of the future have not yet been invented. 1 By helping them develop classic

skills that will serve them well no matter what the future holds.

•Curiosity

Your children need to be deeply curious. 2 Ask kids，“What ingredients(配料) can we

add to make these pancakes even better next time？” and then try them those ingredients

make the pancakes better？What could we try next time?

•Creativity

True creativity is the ability to take something existing and create something new from it.

3 There are a dozen different things you can do with menting with materials to

create something new can go a long way in helping them develop their creativity.

•Interpersonal Skills

Understanding how others feel can be a challenge for know what’s going on inside

our own head，but what about others？Being able to read people prevents kids from misreading a

situation and jumping to false conclusions. 4 “Why do you think she’s crying？” “Can

you tell how that man is feeling by looking at his face？” “If someone were to do that to you，how would you feel？”

•Self-expression

5 There are many ways to express thoughts and ideas—music，acting，drawing，building， may find that your child is attracted by one more than another.

A．Encourage kids to cook with you.

B．And we can’t forget science education.

C．We can give kids chances to think about materials in new ways.

D．So how can we help our kids prepare for jobs that don’t yet exist?

E．Gardening is another great activity for helping kids develop this skill.

F．We can do this in real life or ask questions about characters in stories.

G．Being able to communicate ideas in a meaningful way is a valuable skill.

语篇解读 本文针对如何让孩子适应未来的工作提出四点建议：好奇心、创造性、人际交往技巧和自我表达能力。

1．答案 D

解析 空前的“The jobs of the future have not yet been invented.”对应D项中的“prepare for

jobs that don’t yet exist”。因此选D。

2．答案 A

解析 根据该空后面提供的语境“What ingredients(配料) can we add to make these pancakes

even better next time？(下次我们可以添加什么配料来让这些薄煎饼更好吃呢？)”可知，与cook有关，故选A项“鼓励孩子跟你一起烹饪”。

3．答案 C

解析 本段标题是“Creativity”。第一句说，真正的创造性就是用现存的材料创造出新东西的能力。所以下文应该是给孩子提供机会让他们用新的方法思考材料。故选C。

4．答案 F

解析 由空后的几个问题可以判断出本空与F项中的“ask questions”关系密切，且F项与上下文衔接自然，故选F。

5．答案 G

解析 本段标题是“Self-expression”。根据下句“有很多表达想法的方式”可知，本空选G项，意为“能够用有意义的方式交流想法是一种宝贵的技巧”。