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Module 5 A Lesson in a Lab
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
[2020·广州综合检测一]
Adult Education Courses
Computer Studies
Technology is advancing at a rapid pace, and we rely more and more on computers for everything from cooking to organising our taxes. This sixweek course will give you an understanding of computer fundamentals, including the use of software packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and how to use the Internet.
Start: May 2, 2019
Time: Wed. 7 pm-9 pm
Cost: $ 300
Length: 6 weeks
Place: Sydney College
Woodwork
Learn the basics of woodworking with simple handson projects to build your confidence and skills. Each lesson explores a different area of woodworking that will provide you with the skills needed for any woodworking project. Flexible learning allows you to choose only the lessons that interest you.
Start: April 15, 2019
Time: Mon. 5 pm-7 pm
Cost: $ 30 per lesson
Length: 12 weeks
Place: Adult Learning Centre
Web Design
This course provides advanced training in software, design, and coding for the Web. Students must have already completed a recognised basic Web design course or have at least 2 years' relevant work
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experience. Students completing the course will receive the Diploma in Advanced Web Design.
Start: June 1, 2019
Time: Weekdays 9 am-4 pm
Cost: $ 4,990
Length: 40 weeks
Place: University of Technology
Art
This practical course is intended to help established(著名的) artists take their creativity further. From sketching and colour, to composition(构图), painting and experimenting with style, you will study and explore an engaging variety of creative media and subject matter.
Start: April 21, 2019
Time: Thur. 3 pm-6 pm
Cost: $ 750
Length: 15 weeks
Place: City Art
1.Which courses are suitable for beginners?
A.Web Design and Art.
B.Computer Studies and Art.
C.Woodwork and Web Design.
D.Computer Studies and Woodwork.
2.Which course awards students an official certificate?
A.Art. B.Woodwork.
C.Web Design. D.Computer Studies.
3.How much will a student who attends only half of all the Woodwork lessons pay in total?
A.$ 30. B.$ 180.
C.$ 250. D.$ 360.
B
[2018·全国卷Ⅱ]We've all been there:in a lift, in line at the bank or on an airplane, surrounded by people who are, like us, deeply focused on their smartphones or, worse, struggling with the uncomfortable silence.
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What's the problem?It's possible that we all have compromised conversational intelligence. It's more likely that none of us start a conversation because it's awkward and challenging, or we think it's annoying and unnecessary. But the next time you find yourself among strangers, consider that small talk is worth the trouble. Experts say it's an invaluable social practice that results in big benefits.
Dismissing small talk as unimportant is easy, but we can't forget that deep relationships wouldn't even exist if it weren't for casual conversation. Small talk is the grease(润滑剂) for social communication, says Bernardo Carducci, director of the Shyness Research Institute at Indiana University Southeast. “Almost every great love story and each big business deal begins with small talk,” he explains. “The key to successful small talk is learning how to connect with others, not just communicate with them.”
In a 2014 study, Elizabeth Dunn, associate professor of psychology at UBC, invited people on their way into a coffee shop. One group was asked to seek out an interaction(互动) with its waiter;the other, to speak only when necessary. The results showed that those who chatted with their server reported significantly higher positive feelings and a better coffee shop experience. “It's not that talking to the waiter is better than talking to your husband, ”says Dunn. “But interactions with peripheral(边缘的) members of our social network matter for our wellbeing also.”
Dunn believes that people who reach out to strangers feel a significantly greater sense of belonging, a bond with others. Carducci believes developing such a sense of belonging starts with small talk. “Small talk is the basis of good manners, ”he says.
【语篇解读】 本文是议论文。研究表明,闲聊在人际交往中起着重要作用。
4.What phenomenon is described in the first paragraph?
A.Addiction to smartphones.
B.Inappropriate behaviours in public places.
C.Absence of communication between strangers.
D.Impatience with slow service.
5.What is important for successful small talk according to Carducci?
A.Showing good manners.
B.Relating to other people.
C.Focusing on a topic.
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D.Making business deals.
6.What does the coffeeshop study suggest about small talk?
A.It improves family relationships.
B.It raises people's confidence.
C.It matters as much as a formal talk.
D.It makes people feel good.
7.What is the best title for the text?
A.Conversation Counts
B.Ways of Making Small Talk
C.Benefits of Small Talk
D.Uncomfortable Silence
C
[2020·湖北省高考模拟]Mosquitoes are the world's deadliest animals, transmitting diseases that kill hundreds of thousands of people annually. Only the females bite, to acquire protein to make their eggs. But blood can also serve as a refreshing drink on a hot, dry day.
A new study finds that dehydrated(脱水的) mosquitoes are more aggressive, land more often on hosts and feed more frequently than those with ready access to water. “This may also increase the spread of disease,” says Joshua Benoit, a biologist at the University of Cincinnati and senior author of the study, published in May in Scientific Reports.
Because some mosquitoes lay their eggs on water, researchers have long thought that wetter conditions lead to more mosquitoborne illnesses. Yet recent studies have suggested at the opposite, linking increased transmission of diseases to droughts. Benoit and his colleagues' discovery helps to resolve these contrary into common sense.
“It's not just as simple as saying. If it's wet, there will be more mosquitoes and more disease transmission,” Benoit says.
His laboratory became interested in the effect of dehydration on mosquitoes' feeding behavior by accident: a worker dropped a container of thirsty mosquitoes and noticed that they divebombed him with much greater energy than usual.
The researchers studied three mosquito species that transmit yellow fever. They exposed these mosquitoes to different temperatures and humidity(温度) levels in cages with or without access to water and nectar(mosquitoes' preferred sugar
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source). They then tested how often the pests chose to bite a “host”: a warm, soft plastic membrane(塑料薄膜) filled with chicken blood.
Within a few hours up to 30 percent of mosquitoes without water fed on their host's blood — compared with 5 to 10 percent of those that had water. “Even short periods of dehydration can have lasting effects,” Benoit says.
“These ‘very interesting’ findings have realworld applications for predicting rates of disease transmission,” says Chloe Lahondere, an entomologist at Virginia Tech, who was not involved in the study. “To develop new tools to efficiently fight these insects, it is essential to have a better understanding of their biology.”
8.What did researchers use to believe about mosquitoes?
A.They are always aggressive.
B.They bite more in wetter conditions.
C.They bite to acquire protein.
D.They lay their eggs in people's blood.
9.What drove Benoit's team to conduct the research?
A.The wish to prevent diseases from transmitting.
B.The new understanding of mosquitoes' biology.
C.The desire to eliminate the world's deadliest animals.
D.The interesting findings accidentally made previously.
10.How did researchers draw their final conclusion?
A.By observing the thirsty mosquitoes' feeding behaviors to a worker.
B.By comparing the numbers of mosquitoes that bite in different groups.
C.By exposing mosquitoes to different temperatures and humidity levels.
D.By creating an artificial “host” that is just like a part of a human body.
11.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Thirsty Mosquitoes Challenge Common Sense
B.New Tools Needed to Understand Biology
C.Wet or Dry — Does It Really Matter?
D.Interesting Findings — Essential or Not?
Ⅱ.阅读七选五
[2020·合肥市高三调研性检测]An acquaintance has something in common with you and merely enjoys your company for a short time. A fairweather friend
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flatters(讨好) you when the sun is shining and the birds are singing. __1__ They would never do the following things.
Walk away when times get tough. True friendship is all about how a person helps another person when they are down and can give very little in return. Thus, take note of who remains in your life when times get tough. Seriously, when you get into a difficult period in your life, look around you. __2__
Hold hatred(憎恨) over your head. Some people will refuse to accept that you are no longer who you used to be—that you made mistakes in the past, learned from them, and moved beyond them. __3__ Instead, they help you repair your present and future.
Pretend like they have all the answers. You may think about the people who have had the greatest positive effect on your life—the ones who truly made a difference. __4__ True friends are the ones who sit silently with you when you need a moment to think. They'd always lend you a shoulder when you need to cry.
__5__ You deserve to be with friends who make you smile—friends who don't take you for granted. When you notice that a friend is always taking advantage of you instead of offering help when you need, you might need to distance yourself from them for a while. A true friend should want to give, but they shouldn't be forced to always give more than they get.
A.Let you down.
B.Take from you without giving back.
C.The people still standing beside you are your true friends.
D.True friends never hold the unchangeable past against you.
E.True friends love and appreciate each other just the way they are.
F.A true friend, on the other hand, has your very best interests at heart.
G.However, you'll soon realize that they aren't the ones that tried to solve all your problems.
课后提能练(五)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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【语篇解读】 本文是应用文,介绍了四门针对成年人教育的课程,即计算机课程、木工手艺、网页设计和艺术。
【难句分析】 Each lesson explores a different area of woodworking that will provide you with the skills needed for any woodworking project.
分析:本句是一个主从复合句。“that will provide you... woodworking project”为that引导的定语从句,修饰先行词“a different area of woodworking”,that在从句中作主语,“needed for any woodworking project”作skills的后置定语。
译文:每节课都会探讨木工手艺的一个不同的领域,它将会给你提供任何木工手艺项目所需要的技巧。
1.D 考查细节理解。根据Computer Studies部分中的“an understanding of computer fundamentals”可知,该课程提供计算机的基础内容;从Woodwork部分中的“the basics of woodworking”可知,该课程提供木工手艺的基础内容,故选D。
2.C 考查细节理解。根据Web Design部分中的“Students completing the course will receive the Diploma in Advanced Web Design”可知,该课程会给完成课程的学生颁发结业证书,另外三门课程均未提到颁发证书,故C项符合题意。
3.B 考查细节理解。根据Woodwork部分中的“Time: Mon. 5pm-7pm”可知,该课程每周一开一次课;根据该部分中的“$ 30 per lesson”可知,每次课程要花费30美元;根据该部分中的“Length: 12 weeks”可知,该课程持续12周,即12次课。由此可知,上全部课程需要$ 30×12=$ 360,上一半的课程需要180美元。
4.C 考查细节理解。文章第一段描述了人们在公共场所不交流的现象,本段中的“uncomfortable silence”与选项C中的“Absence of communication”相呼应。
5.B 考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“The key to successful small talk is learning how to connect with others, not just communicate with them”可知,Carducci认为成功闲聊的关键在于学会如何与他人沟通。
6.D 考查推理判断。根据倒数第二段第三句“The results showed that those who chatted with their server reported significantly higher positive feelings and a better coffee shop experience”可推知,闲聊使得人们感觉很好,故选D项。
7.C 考查主旨大意。通读全文可知,文章主要讨论了闲聊在人际交往中的重要作用,故C项作本文标题最佳。
【语篇解读】 本文是说明文。人们普遍认为在潮湿的环境下蚊子更易叮人和传播疾病,但是一项新的研究发现干旱环境下蚊子更易叮人。
【长难句分析】 A new study finds that dehydrated mosquitoes are more aggressive, land more often on hosts and feed more frequently than those with ready access to water.
句式分析:that... access to
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water是that引导的宾语从句,作谓语finds的宾语;宾语从句中的are more aggressive, land more often on hosts和feed more frequently是三个并列的谓语成分,用来补充说明脱水的蚊子的行为;than后跟的是宾语从句中的主语dehydrated mosquitoes的比较对象。
句意:一项新的研究发现,脱水的蚊子比那些随时可以获得水的蚊子更有攻击性,更经常地降落在人身上,叮人的频率也更高。
8.B 考查细节理解。根据第三段第一句中的“researchers have long thought that wetter conditions lead to more mosquitoborne illnesses”可知,过去研究人员认为蚊子在潮湿的环境下更易叮人,故选B项。
9.D 考查细节理解。根据第五段第一句中的“His laboratory became interested in the effect of dehydration on mosquitoes' feeding behavior by accident”可知,以前的研究巧合地让他们对这个项目产生了兴趣,故选D项。
10.B 考查推理判断。根据第七段内容可以看出,研究人员对有水环境下的蚊子和无水环境下的蚊子的叮人频率进行了比较,故可推断出,他们是通过比较数据才得出最后结论的,故选B项。
11.A 考查主旨大意。根据第二段第一句可知,新研究发现脱水的蚊子更易叮人;根据第三段最后一句(贝努瓦和他的同事的发现有助于解决这些与常识相悖的问题。)可知,新的发现挑战了传统认识,故选A项。
Ⅱ.阅读七选五
【语篇解读】 泛泛之交仅会陪伴你简短的时间,不能共患难的朋友仅在形势好的时候讨好你,只有真正的朋友会与你同甘共苦。他们在你经历困难时总是站在你身旁,绝不抓住你的过去不放,愿意为你付出。
1.F 根据上文可知,泛泛之交与你有共同点,仅会短时间陪伴你;同甘不共苦的朋友会在情况良好时讨好你;根据空后一句可知,他们绝不会做如下的事情(即下文中的不与你同患难等)。据此可推知,空处表述的内容与上文陈述的泛泛之交和同甘不共苦的朋友的行为作对比,陈述真正的朋友的行为,故F项正确。
2.C 通读该段可知,真正的朋友不会在你困难时离开;由空前一句可知,当你处于困难时期时,要看看周围的人;据此可推知,在困难时期仍然站在你身边的人才是你真正的朋友,C项与此处匹配。
3.D 根据空后一句可知,相反,他们帮助你补救当前和未来;据此可知,空处应是陈述真正的朋友的行为,即真正的朋友从来不会抓住你不可改变的过去不放,故D项正确。
4.G 根据该段前两句可知,真正的朋友绝不装作什么都知道;根据空后一句可知,真正的朋友是当你需要片刻时间思考时默默地坐在你身边的人。据此可推知,G项“然而,你将很快意识到他们不是试图解决你所有问题的人”符合语境,衔接上下文。
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5.B 根据文章结构和空处所在位置可知,空处为该段的主题句;根据上文每段第一句可知,该处应为祈使句;根据该段尾句可知,真正的朋友会想去付出。据此可知,该段主要陈述真正的朋友不是从你那里一味地索取,故B项正确。
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