八年级英语上册Unit7Willpeopleh新版人教新目标版 21页

Unit 7　Will people have robots? 单元同步阅读能力提升 一、完形填空。 People are interested in building machines ( 机器 ) to do work for us.Now some robots have come into our life.They play a part __ 1 __ factories and homes.They can do lots of things.As time goes by ， it will be __ 2 __ for everyone to have a robot.Today let's learn about a new kind of robot. The robot is about 90 cm tall.It is in use in a car __ 3 __ in Germany ( 德国 ).It helps to make cars and can work as __ 4 __ as workers.Most of the time ， you can see __ 5 __ and robots working side by side ( 并肩 ) there. The robot can also do __ 6 __ work and stop something bad from happening to workers.Engineers __ 7 __ that with the help of the robot ， workers will make cars faster and more safely ( 安全地 ). The robot can also be programmed to do more delicate ( 精细的 ) things.It can even make __ 8 __ for the workers.When they are thirsty and __ 9 __ something to drink ， the robot can help them ， too.__ 10 __ good helper! ( )1.A.of B ． at C ． in D ． on ( )2.A.educational B ． Different C ． difficult D ． possible ( )3.A.museum B ． Factory C ． shop D ． film ( )4.A.badly B ． well C ． worse D ． better ( )5.A.humans B ． Plants C ． animals D ． rockets ( )6.A.creative B ． Boring C ． dangerous D ． interesting ( )7.A.wonder B ． Discuss C ． question D ． believe ( )8.A.coffee B ． Bread C ． movies D ． songs ( )9.A.look at B ． look after C ． look for D ． look up ( )10.A.What B ． What a C ． How D ． How a C D B B A C D A C B 二、阅读理解。 Our future home will be smarter ( 更智能的 ).Your kitchen may tell you when your vegetables are going bad.Your TV may tell you when you need to take your medicine.And your kids may play with a robot.Those are what you might have in your home one day. ( )11.In the future ， TV can tell you ________. A ． when your vegetables are bad B ． when your favorite program starts C ． when you need to take your medicine D ． where your kids and robot are ( )12.If you don't want to fold your clothes ， you can ________. A ． buy a robot pet to do it B ． put them together by yourself C ． tell the smart walls to fold them D ． buy a laundroid laundry folding robot C D ( )13.How can the smart walls fit your mood? A ． By playing different songs. B ． By making the colors different. C ． By moving the walls. D ． By making the shape different. ( )14.According to the material ， if Lucy wants to have a robot pet ， the reason may be that ________. A ． she is too lazy to clean the pet B ． her pet was lost some days ago C ． she needs a robot to clean her house D ． she needs a robot to play with her kid B A ( )15.What is the material mainly about? A ． The best part in our future life. B ． What we should have in our home. C ． Why we should have a smart TV. D ． Some smart things in our future home. D 三、任务型阅读。 ( 原创题 ) The world keeps changing.16.____ What kind of life will people have 50 years from now? Computers will be much more useful.17.____ The kitchen computer will help moms with cooking ， while the bathroom computer will get hot water ready for kids. 18 ． ____ Maybe people will fly up into space in the future.They may travel around the earth or spend a few days on other planets for their holidays. B E D As for food ， there will probably be changes ， too.More land ( 陆地 ) will be used for building new towns and houses.Then there will be less space for cows and sheep ， so beef and mutton will be more expensive.19.____ Work in the future will also be different.Robots will do boring and dangerous work.Every day people will work for fewer hours than they do now.20.____ But at the same time ， there won't be enough work for people to do.This will be a problem. A C 根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。 A ． Maybe people w ill be healthier w ithout eating much meat . B ． Life in the future w ill be different from life today . C . They w ill ha v e more free time to enjoy themsel v es . D ． Tra v eling around the w orld w ill be much cheaper and easier . E . In e v ery home ， there w ill be more than one computer w ith different functions ( 功能 ) ． 四、短文填空：从方框中选择合适的单词并用其正确形式填空 ， 使短文完整、通顺。 why ， prediction ， from ， because ， white ， clear ， speak ， worry ， planet ， large What will people look like in the future ？ Someone made a 21. ． In the future ， people will have 22.________ heads and bigger eyes.The larger heads will make people more active.People will become smarter.23.______ will people have bigger eyes ？ That's because people may go and live on other 24.______.They may be farther 25._____ the sun than the earth is.Then people will need bigger eyes to see 26._______ in the darker environment.27._________ UV radiations ( 紫外线 ) are stronger on other planets than those on the earth ， people's skin ( 皮肤 ) won't be so 28._______ as before. prediction larger Why planets from clearly Because white What's more ， people will not need to open their mouths to 29. ． They will communicate by chips ( 芯片 ) in their heads. What ？ You don't want these changes ？ Don't 30.________.People will look like this in at least 20 ， 000 years. speak worry 单元常见错误诊断 病号 1 ： What will the world be like after 100 years? 【 处方 】 句意 “ 一百年之后 ， 世界将会是什么样子？ ” after ＋一段时间 ， 表示过去一段时间之后 ， 常与一般过去时连用； in ＋一段时间 ， 表示从现在算起的一段时间之后 ， 常与一般将来时连用。根据句意 ， 应将原句中的 after 改为 in 。 病号 2 ： There will be less people. 【 处方 】less 意为 “ 更少的；较少的 ” ， 是 little 的比较级 ， 修饰不可数名词； few 也意为 “ 更少的；较少的 ” ， 是 few 的比较级 ， 只能修饰可数名词复数。 people 是集体名词 ， 常用来表示复数概念。故应将原句中的 less 改为 fewer 。 病号 3 ： There are several children swim in the river. 【 处方 】There be sb./sth. doing sth. 表示 “ 有某人 / 物正在做某事 ” 。结合句意应将原句中的 swim 改为 swimming 。 病号 4 ： We planted hundred _ of trees last year. 【 处方 】 表示不确切的数目时 ， 在 hundred 后面加 s ， 并和 of 连用 ， 即 hundreds of ， 后面接可数名词的复数形式； hundred 前面有具体数词时 ， hundred 用单数形式 ， 即 “ 数词＋ hundred ” 后面接可数名词的复数形式。故应将原句中的 hundred 改为 hundreds 。 病号 5 ： My parents didn't agree on me. 【 处方 】agree on sth. 表示 “ 就某事取得一致意见或达成协议 ” ； agree with sb. 表示 “ 同意某人的看法；与某人看法一致 ” ；另外 ， agree to do sth. 表示 “ 同意 / 赞同做某事 ” 。故应将原句中 on 改为 with 。 病号 6 ： I'm finding my keys here and there. 【 处方 】find 意为 “ 找到；找回 ” ， 强调寻找的结果； look for 意为 “ 寻找 ” ， 强调寻找的动作或过程。故应将原句中的 finding 改为 looking for 。