广东卷学年高中英语 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions综合检测 新人教版选修8.docx

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广东卷学年高中英语Unit3Inventorsandinventions综合检测新人教版选修8

　Inventorsandinventions

（时间：

100分钟；满分：

120分）Ⅰ.完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

（2013·佛山高二检测）Iwasonly19whenIlearnedthatmyfatherwasdyingofararedisease.Thedoctorsdidn'tknowwhathadcausedhisdisease，nordidtheyknowhowto__1__it.

Ididmuchthinkinginthoselastfewmonthsbeforemyfatherdied.Dadmeantmoretomethananyoneelseintheworld.Iremembersittinginthehospital'swaitingroominthelastdays－athousand__2__comingintomymind：

Whyishedying?

Whyhaven'tIbeenclosertohim?

Whyhaven'tI__3__moretimewithhim？

Why?

Ihadnotimetoreallygettoknowmydad.Ilovedhimsomuch，butIhadn'ttoldhimthatinyearsbecauseIwastoo__4__withmywork.Now，morethananything，IwantedtotellDadhowIwasfeeling，andIwasn'tevensurewhetherhewould__5__Iwasthere.

Iwalkedintotheroom.Dadwasvery__6__.Hewasbreathinghard，butverylittleoxygenwasgettingintohisbloodstream.Hehadn't__7__tousindays.Tomy__8__，whenIcamein，helookedupand__9__me.“Hello，Son，”hesaidgently.

“Hi，Dad”，Irepliedinjoy.Nowwasmy__10__，butIcouldn'tgetthewords“ILOVEYOU”outofmy__11__.TheystayedlockedinsideuntilIwasabouttoexplode.Whycouldn'tIgetthemout？

But__12__，Isaid，“Iloveyou，Dad.”Afterallthat，thewordsseemedso__13__tosayastheysoftlyleftmylips.Thoselittlewordsmeantsomuch.He__14__themandunderstood.

“Iloveyoutoo，Son，”hewhisperedashetouchedmyhand.That__15__feltsogood.Hediedjustafewhourslater.TherewereamillionthingsIwishedIhadsaidtohimanddonewithhim.Atleast，IhadtoldhimthatIlovedhim.

1．A.judge　　　　　　B．survive

C．treatD．describe

2．A.feelingsB．thoughts

C．decisionsD．impressions

3．A.savedB．expected

C．lostD．spent

4.A．busyB．excited

C．happyD．young

5．A.admitB．know

C．thinkD．hope

6．A.independentB．strict

C．weakD．serious

7．A.respondedB．come

C．writtenD．shouted

8．A.regretB．sorrow

C．surpriseD．disappointment

9．A.invitedB．recognized

C．guidedD．introduced

10．A.turnB．duty

C．attitudeD．chance

11．A.controlB．mind

C．sightD．mouth

12．A.finallyB．shortly

C．luckilyD．gradually

13．A.funnyB．easy

C．proudD．strange

14．A.touchedB．guessed

C．heardD．missed

15．A.beliefB．moment

C．choiceD．event

Ⅱ.语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

Today，I'mgoingtoshareastorywithyou.Akinghadawiseadvisor16.________bestadviceforthekingwas，“Everythinghappensforthegood”．OnedaytheKingwenthuntingandinjured17.________byshootinganarrowathisownfoot.Heaskedtheadvisorwhathethoughtabouttheaccident.Theadvisorreplied，“Everythinghappensforthegood”．ThistimetheKingwasreallyangryandordered18.________（put）hisadvisorintoprison.

TheKinglaterwentonahuntingtrip19.________theadvisorthistime.TheKingwasthencapturedbysomecannibals（食人者）．Hewastakentothecannibals'camp20.________hewastobetheeveningmealforthecannibals.Beforeputtinghimintothecookingpothe21.________（inspect）thoroughly.Thecannibalssaw22.________woundontheKing'sfootanddecidedtothrowhimbackintothejungle.Accordingtothecannibals'tradition，theywouldnoteatanythingthatwas23.________（perfect）．TheKingsuddenlyrealized24.________hisadvisorsaidwastrue.Theadvisoralsoescapeddeathbecauseifhe25.________（notbe）inprison，hewouldhavefollowedtheKingonthehuntingtrip，andwouldhaveendedupinthecookingpot.

Ⅲ.阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

A

StevenSpielberg's2002sciencefictionthrillerMinorityReportproducedaworldwherecomputerscouldreadmindsandpredictthefuture.Itseemedfancifulatthetime，butfantasyisedgingclosertofact.

OnJan.31，ateamofscientistsattheUCBerkeley，ledbyRobertKnightprogrammedcomputerstodecode（解码）brainwavesandreplaythemaswords.Fivemonthsearlier，anothergroupofBerkeleyscientistsshowedtheircolleaguesshortmoviesandusedcomputerstoplaybackincolorwhatpeoplesaw.

Theseexperimentsareabigadvancefrom2006，whenaFrenchscientistfirstreplayedimagesfromahumanmind，ablackandwhitecheckerboardpattern.Thepossibilitiesaregreat：

adisabledpersoncould“speak”；doctorscouldaccessthemindofapatientwhofainted；youcouldrewatchyourdreamsonaniPad.Thereare，ofcourse，equallydarkside，suchastheinvoluntarytakeoutofinformationfromthebrain.

Inspiteofthesebreakthroughs，JackGallant，theneuroscientistwholedthefirstBerkeleyteam，sayscurrenttechnologyfordecodingbrainactivityisstill“relativelyprimitive”．Thefieldisheldbackbyitspoormachinery，inparticularthefMRI.

“Eventually，saysGallant，someonewillinventadecodingmachineyoucanwearasahat.”Suchanadvanceintothehumanmind,hesays，mighttake30years.

Still，therecentadvancesatBerkeleyoffersmallanswers，whichscientistscanusetobegin