Unit4AglimpseofthefutureSectionAStartingout&Understandingideas課后篇鞏固提升基礎(chǔ)夯實(shí)Ⅰ.單句語法填空1.Thefirstroboticvacuumcleaner(design)forhomeuseinthepastyears.

答案hasbeendesigned2.Enoughmaterialsshouldbecollectedpreviousto(write).

答案writing3.Sofar,you(learn)abouttwothousandnewwords.

答案havelearned4.(judge)fromhisappearanceheseemstoberich.

答案Judging5.Infuturearticleswewillcomebackandprovidesolutionssomeofthequestionswehaveposed.

答案to6.IfI’mnot(concern)aboutonethingoranother,thatmeansIhavenochoicebut(relax).

答案concerned;torelax7.Everyoneagreesthatweallneeda(good)understandingofculturethanthepast.

答案betterⅡ.短語填空inthelongrun;hangout;havenochoicebutto;cometrue;sofar;susceptibleto;wipeout1.wehavedonealottobuildalow-carboneconomy,butitisfarfromideal.Wehavetoworkstillharder.

答案Sofar2.HiswishtovisitChinahasatlast.

答案cometrue3.Allthesenearly-identicalbirdscouldbeacommonthreat.

答案susceptibleto4.Theparentswonderedwheretheirguysbecausetheyhadnonewsofthem.

答案hadhangedout5.Hewantsthechancethememoryofhispoorperformancelastseason.

答案towipeout6.,theeconomiccrisisoftheUSappearsunavoidable.

答案Inthelongrun7.Weonlyhaveonephysicallifetolive—wemakethemostofit.

答案havenochoicebuttoⅢ.完成句子1.我剛在那里度完假,想向大家舉薦那兒。Ihavejustspentaholidaythereandwould.

答案recommendittoeveryone2.多虧你的幫助,我們提前完成了任務(wù)。,weaccomplishedthetaskaheadofschedule.

答案Thankstoyourhelp3.我們生活在同一個(gè)地球村,但這并不意味著我們的行為都是一樣的。Weliveinthesameglobalvillage,butthisdoesn’tmeanthatweallbehave.

答案inthesameway4.總的來說,這是一個(gè)相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)的會(huì)議。Itwasaprettygoodconference.

答案onthewhole素養(yǎng)提升Ⅳ.閱讀理解AInthepastdecade,theuseofsocialmediahasgrowninawaythatnoonecouldhaveguessed.Ithasturnedsometeenagersintocelebrities(名人)andturnedthefamousintotheinfamous,overnight.Akeyfeatureofsocialmedia,however,isitsvolatility.Trendscomeandgo,disappearingalmostasquicklyastheyappeared.So,whatwerethekeysocialmediatrendsof2024?ShortvideoappssuchasTikTokanditsChineseequivalentDouyin,tooktheworldbystorm.TheTelegraphreportedthatTikTokwasranked8thonApple’sAppStoreinApril.AndDouyinhadmorethan300milliondomesticmonthlyactiveusersinJune,CNBCsaid.Whyaretheseshortvideos—whicharerarelylongerthanafewminutes—sopopular?JiangYige,Singapore-basedanalystatFengHeFundManagement,hasatheory.Shortvideosare“justrighttofillinthelittlegapsinourbusyschedules,”hetoldCNBC.Thesevideos—apartfrombeingveryconvenient—areimportanttoteenagersbecausetheyallowthemtoexpressthemselves,accordingtoTeenVogue.Thesenseofcommunitythatusersofshortvideoappsgetisanotherappealingfeature.LizaKoshy,auseroftheUSappMusicallywhohasover2millionfollowers,saidthatshewasthrilledwhenanyonesaidthathervideohad“inspired”them.“It’sreallycool...becauseIthinkassocialcreatorsthat’swhatweallare,”sheadded.Livestreamingisanotherfeatureofoursocialmedialifethatnowseemsasnaturalassunrise.It’saprettyneatidea:Youcanwatchanyone,anywhere,live.However,Chinahastakenlivestreamingtoawholenewlevel.InChina,morethan100millionviewersmonthlywatchalivestreamingvideo.Forbesthoughtthatanumberoffactorshadledtothepopularityoflivestreams.Amongthemisviewers’abilitytointeractwhileremaininganonymous.However,theboominsocialmediamaybehavingsideeffectstoo.Fakenewsisoneseriousproblemitarguablycauses.Materialsharedontheseplatformsisoftennotcheckedforaccuracy.Themostbasiccontentcanbefalseandcanswayusersonewayoranother.Weusesocialmediaallthetime;thatdoesn’tmeanthatweunderstandtheinfluenceitishavingonus.Weshouldbemindfulofboththetimewespendonitanditsimpactonourminds.【語篇解讀】這是一篇爭論文。文章主要講解并描述了社交媒體特殊是短視頻和直播的快速流行是因?yàn)槎桃曨l可以填補(bǔ)我們繁忙日程中的一些空白,而直播是我們社交媒體生活的另一個(gè)特點(diǎn),在直播過程中,觀眾可以擁有在保持匿名的同時(shí)進(jìn)行互動(dòng)的實(shí)力。然而,社交媒體的旺盛也可能產(chǎn)生像虛假新聞這樣的負(fù)面影響。1.Theunderlinedword“volatility”inparagraph2possiblymeans“being”.

A.changeable B.steadyC.promising D.violent答案A解析詞義揣測題。依據(jù)文章其次段中“Trendscomeandgo,disappearingalmostasquicklyastheyappeared.”可知,其次段畫線單詞volatility的意思和beingchangeable相近。故選A項(xiàng)。2.AccordingtoLizaKoshy,shortvideosareverypopularbecause.

A.theyareveryconvenientB.theyhelppeoplekilltimeC.theyprovideasenseofcommunityD.theyallowpeopletoexpressthemselves答案C解析細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)文章第六段中的“Thesenseofcommunity...feature”及“It’sreallycool...becauseIthinkassocialcreatorsthat’swhatweallare”可知,莉莎認(rèn)為短視頻很流行是因?yàn)樗軌蚪o人們供應(yīng)一種集體感。故選C項(xiàng)。3.Whatcanwelearnaboutsocialmediafromthetext?A.Theinformationfromsocialmediaishighlyreliable.B.Whenitcomestosocialmedia,peopleknowshortvideosbest.C.Peoplecan’tcommunicatewitheachotherwithoutsocialmedia.D.Thereisstillmuchroomforsocialmediatomakeimprovement.答案D解析推理推斷題。依據(jù)文章第九段中“However,theboominsocialmediamaybehavingsideeffectstoo.”可知,社交媒體的發(fā)展仍舊有上升的空間。故選D項(xiàng)。BGoogleStreetViewiscertainlyahandyfeature.Youcangetalookatahotelyou’replanningtobooktoseewhatkindofareait’sin.Youcanalsotellifitlookslikeit’sworththemoneybytheclearpictures.Youcanscanaroundaplaceyou’veneverbeentobeforetoseewheretoparkandplanaccordingly.SohowdoesGoogleStreetViewhavepictures,forthatmatter?TheprimarywaytheygettheirphotosiswiththeirGoogleStreetViewcars,whichhavespecialcamerasthattakephotographsastheydrivedownpublicstreets.Oncethephotographshavebeentaken,theyimmediatelyusecomputerprocessingtomakethemreadyforuseonGoogleMaps.Theimage-processingtechnologysticksthephotostocreatetheseamless(無縫的)360-degreeimagesthatyou’llseeonStreetView.ContributionsfrompeoplecanhelpkeepStreetViewimagesupdated.Ifthere’satinycountythatdoesn’thaveGoogleStreetViewcars,oraverygeographicallyremotelocationwherecarswouldn’tbeavailable,Googlecanuseimagesfromitsvolunteers.VolunteerslikeHerveAndrieu,anenthusiasticGooglelocalguideandeditorofgooglemaps.guruhave67,000photosonGoogleMaps.Inaddition,Googlealsohasacoupleofothertypesofvehiclesbetterequippedtohandleroughlandthancars.Therearetrolleys,snowmobiles,andthree-wheelers,aswellasaStreetViewTrekker.Thisportableequipmentallowspeopletobringthecamerawiththemtogetimagesthatcarsnevercould.【語篇解讀】這是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹了GoogleStreetView中圖片的獲得方法。一是利用谷歌街景車,二是用志愿者供應(yīng)的照片以及其他一些方法。4.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A.TheadvantagesofGoogleStreetView.B.ThewaysforGoogleStreetViewtogetpictures.C.TheportableequipmentforGoogleStreetView.D.Thetechnologyofmaking360-degreeGoogleimages.答案B解析主旨大意題。依據(jù)文章第一段“SohowdoesGoogleStreetViewhavepictures,forthatmatter?”可知提出了谷歌街景為什么會(huì)有照片的問題。依據(jù)下文“Theprimarywaytheygettheirphotosis