Unit 2 Will books be replaced by the Internet?
测试时间:15分钟
Ⅰ.根据句意及首字母或汉语提示写出单词
1. I’d like to have a s room, preferably, facing south.
2. He has a large a of mail to answer every day.
3. The radio s the news as soon as the accident happened.
4. The rabbit is a recent i in Australia.
5. In a little while we lost our sense of d .
6. With the _____(发展) of China, Chinese is spoken by a large number of people in the world.
7. I don’t care about the _____(结果) of the speech contest.
8. Our foreign ______ (贸易) has expanded during recent years.
9. Tom bought a new sweater to ______ (替换) the one he lost.
10. The ______ (连接) of our telephone took several hours.
答案 1. single 2. amount 3. spread 4. introduction 5. direction 6. development
7. result 8. trade 9. replace 10. connection
Ⅱ.根据所给汉语完成下列句子，每空一词
1.这本书比那本贵得多。
This book is ____ ____ ____ than that one.
2.在某种程度上，我喜欢玛丽，可是她很骄傲。
I like Mary _____ _____ _____, but she is very proud.
3.由于下暴雨，他迟到了。
He was late _____ _____ _____ _____ the heavy rain.
4.学生们把老师比作蜡烛。?
The students_____ _____ _____ _____candles.
5.你若不信，请等着瞧。
If you do not believe it, please_____ _____ _____.
答案 1. much more expensive 2. in a way 3. as a result of 4. compare their teachers to 5. wait and see
Ⅲ.短文填空
阅读短文，根据首字母填空。
Have you ever tried the “Magic Cube (魔方) ”? Pick up one of these cubes and you probably won’t be able to p 1 it down. How hard can it be to rearrange the nine little squares on each s 2 of the cube? In fact, there are millions of possibilities! It has been over 30 years s 3
the cube first hit the market. However, not many people know that it was used just a 4 a simple classroom model at the beginning.
In 1974, Mr. Erno Rubik i 5 the “Magic Cube” as he called it. He did this to help his students u 6 difficult 3D concepts (概念). This classroom example was quickly t 7 into a popular toy. In 1979, Ideal Toystarted to sell it as “Rubik’s Cube”. The invention quickly became a 1980s cultural icon.
As time went by, the cube once lost i 8 attractive qualities. However, it made a comeback with the Internet. Now anyone can go online and find many videos that show w 9
to solve the cube. Erik Akkersdijk of the Netherlands holds the world r 10 now. He finished in just 7. 08 seconds!
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______
6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______ 10. ______
答案
[语篇解读] 本文介绍了魔方的起源与发展情况。
1. put 句意:拿起其中一个魔方，你可能无法放下它。put down“放下”，故填put。
2.side 句意:重新排列魔方每一边的九个小方块有多难？结合所给首字母提示，应填side。
3. since 句意:魔方自首次上市以来已经30多年了。主句用的是“现在完成时”，并结合首字母提示，应填since。
4. as 句意:然而，没有多少人知道它刚开始仅仅被用作一个简单的课堂模型。结合首字母提示，应填as。
5. invented 句意:1974年，Erno Rubik先生发明了它，并把它称为“魔方”。结合所给首字母提示，应填invented。
6. understand 句意:他发明这个是为了帮助他的学生理解难解的3D概念。结合所给首字母提示，应填understand。
