1、1Unit 11 The Media课时练(一) 阅读理解组块专练练速度(限时：35 分钟).阅读理解A(2019武汉市武昌区调研)Summer Flicks：6 9 pm., NRG Plaza, Patriot Place, Foxborough. Take a lawn chair and see a free outdoor movie. Preshow entertainment on the plaza. Movies begin at dusk. Today：“The Angry Birds Movie.”For information: 618374583Original Ea
2、ston Farmers Market：10 am. to 2 pm.，Scurve on Depot Street near Shaws, Easton. Saturdays through Oct. 28. Lots of summer vegetables and berries, bread and other baked goods. For a full list of sellers and items for sale, check out the Original Easton Farmers Market on the towns website.For informati
3、on: 6176985757Making sterling silver jewelry：10 am. to 4 pm., Queset House, 51 Main St., North Easton. While there is no training, Easton resident and longtime silver jewelry maker Burt Lewis will help you get started with information on tools and equipment needed and more. No appointment needed.For
4、 information: 5082382000King Richards Faire: Weekends, Sept. 2Oct.22, at 235 Main St., Carver. Open on Saturdays and Sundays as well as two holiday Mondays: Sept. 4 and Oct. 9. The New England Renaissance Festival offers performers and artisans, games and rides, food and drink and more. Gates open f
5、rom 10：30 am.to 6 pm. Admission：16 for children ages 411; 32 each adult (age 12 and up)For information：5088665391语篇解读：本文是一篇活动类广告，介绍了四个活动的内容、时间、费用等相关情况。1Where can you find some entertainment free of charge?AIn Summer Flicks.BIn King Richards Faire.CIn Making sterling silver jewelry.DIn Original Easto
6、n Farmers Market.2解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据 Summer Flicks 中的“Take a lawn chair and see a free outdoor movie”可知选 A 项。2Which number should you call if you are interested in handwork?A618374583. B6176985757.C5082382000. D5088665391.解析：选 C 细节理解题。四项活动中只有一项属于手工制作，就是第三个活动Making sterling silver jewelry，根据这一部分最后的“For
7、information：5082382000”可知，C 项正确。3How much should he pay if a teacher with two students aged 10 attends the King Richards Faire?A48. B64.C80. D96.解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据 King Richards Faire 部分中的“Admission: 16 for children ages 411; 32 each adult (age 12 and up)”可知，两个 10 岁的学生的票价是 16232(美元)，老师的票价是 32 美元，共 64 美
8、元，所以选 B 项。B(2019福州质检)On a college camping trip, curiosity about waves and sand caused Rob Thieler to study shorelines around the world. Thirty years later and now a U. S. Geological Survey research geologist, Thieler, is combining science and smartphone technology to help study an endangered bird, t
9、he Atlantic coast piping plover.The piping plover is a shorebird that breeds (繁殖) along the Atlantic coast, the Great Lakes and the Great Plains. Rising sea level associated with climate change, as well as increased development in their beach habitats (栖息地), threatens the species. To help track chan
10、ges in piping plover habitats, Thieler developed a free app called iPlover in 2012. This is a marked change from the typical way scientists collect data, which involves gathering information by using specialized equipment or writing in notebooks and then putting it into spreadsheets.Since releasing
11、iPlover, scientists have gathered data across 1,500 km of breeding range. That equals about a third of the distance across the U. S ， which is a large area to cover for only two thousand breeding pairs of piping plovers on the east coast. Instead of having to travel and spend days at each site, a nu
12、mber of cooperators in the field use the app to collect and send data, 3allowing scientists to gather data more efficiently. It also allows them to collect data at the same time during each breeding season, providing a better picture of changes that happen over longer periods of time. And fast, cent
13、ralized access means scientists can look at data quickly to get a realtime idea of where and how piping plovers are using their habitats.While iPlover is used by trained field staff, other apps like the U. S. Geological Surveys webbased “iCoast Did the Coast Change？” invite citizen scientists to ide
14、ntify coastal changes by comparing birdseyeview photographs taken before and after storms. All the information scientists and citizen scientists alike collect helps federal and state agencies create policy plans for addressing climate change impacts worldwide.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了美国的地质学家将科学和智能手机技术结合起来
15、，研制出一款 app 监测笛鸻栖息地的变化，从而帮助保护这种濒危动物。4What can we know about the piping plover?AIts behaviour is changing.BIts habitat is growing bigger.CIts living environment is becoming worse.DIts breeding is limited to the Atlantic coast.解析：选 C 推理判断题。根据第二段第二句可知，与气候变化有关的海平面的上升和对它们的海滩栖息地越来越多地开发威胁到了这种物种，故推断出笛鸻的生存环境日
16、益糟糕，本题答案为 C。5Why did Thieler develop iPlover?ATo study shorelines across America.BTo advance information technology.CTo find out global climate change.DTo monitor changes of piping plover habitats.解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第二段第三句可知，Thieler 研制 iPlover 的目的是监测笛鸻栖息地的变化，故本题选 D。6Which of the following benefits the p
17、iping plover?AThe camping equipment.BResearch on smartphones.CThe changeable coast.DProgress in technology.解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据文章第三段内容可知，免费的应用程序发行之后，科4学家们的监测范围更广，并能更有效地收集数据，这些对于采取措施保护笛鸻很有好处，故技术的进步给笛鸻带来很多好处，所以本题选 D。7What would be the best title of the text?AProtecting Endangered ShorebirdsBRob Thieler, a
18、Creative ScientistCiPlover, a Tool for Training Field StaffDDifferences Between iPlover and iCoast解析：选 A 标题归纳题。根据文章大意可知，美国的地质学家将科学和智能手机技术结合起来，研制出一款 app 来监测笛鸻栖息地的变化，从而帮助保护这种濒危动物；再根据文章第二段第一句“The piping plover is a shorebird”可知，本题选 A。C(2019陕西质检一)Its easy to keep your aging brain as quick as it was in c
19、ollege. Use a website full of brain games or download the right apps, and within 20 minutes youll be doing your part to sharpen your memory and slow the decline of your mental functions. At least thats what the companies behind this booming industry would have you believe. But is it true?Concrete pr
20、oof about the benefits of brain games is hard to come by, experts say, when it comes to measurably improving aspects of mental fitness, like having a good memory. “People would really love to believe they could do something like this and make their brain better, but theres just no solid evidence， ”
21、says Randall W. Engle, a primary investigator at the Attention beforeafter第四句：badbadly第六句：去掉第二个 of; aslike第七句：otheranother; parentparents第九句：waiting 后加 for.书面表达(2019福州质检)假定你是李华，获悉你的英国朋友 Henry 想参加为外国人举办的汉语演讲比赛。请给他写封邮件，告知参赛信息。内容包括：1演讲时间、地点；2演讲主题：最美家庭；3演讲注意事项。注意：1.词数 100 左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。参考词汇：演讲比赛 s
22、peech contest15参考范文：Dear Henry，I am glad to hear that you have great interest in the Chinese speech contest intended for foreigners. Im writing to tell you some details.The contest, due to start at 9 am on March 16, will be held at the hall of Dalian University. The topic is the Most Beautiful Famil
23、y. I believe you have a lot to share because family matters much wherever we are from.When delivering the speech, please speak loudly and clearly without referring to your notes, but with a smile on your face! Keep in mind that you have only five minutes for it.Hope everything goes smoothly. Looking
24、 forward to your good news.Yours，Li Hua二、单元基础回扣练勤温故.单句语法填空1My demand is that the information referred to my report (should)_be_emailed (email) to Mr. Brown without delay.2Jeremy rather than his friends is to_blame (blame) for the accident.Absolutely. He shouldnt have driven after being drunk.3After
25、the rain stopped, the men went ahead with their work of digging up the street.4I concluded from his letter that he was suffering from a bad cold.5You should show greater respect_for_your elders and betters.单句改错1The medical team consisted of five experienced doctors and ten skilled nurses will be sen
26、t to the earthquakehit areas. consistedconsisting2He didnt want to go to school, pretended to be ill.pretendedpretending3His grandparents has been used to live in the countryside. liveliving4All the approaches for the palace were guarded by troops.forto165Red plums stand up against the white snow.up
27、out.完成句子1As is reported in the newspaper, doing morning exercises is of_great_benefit to people.正如报纸上所报道的，早上运动对人们有很大的好处。2All_of_you_havent completed the task.并非你们所有的人都完成了这项任务。3Tom made_an_attempt/attempted_to rescue Mary, but the water was too deep for him.汤姆试图救玛丽，但水对他来说太深了。4Many scientists are_employed_in_studies to develop new medicines.许多科学家从事于新药品的研究。5Will you do_me_a_favour to translate these sentences into English?你愿意帮我把这些句子翻译成英语吗？
