同步北师大英语选修七新突破模块整合训练.docx

1、同步北师大英语选修七新突破模块整合训练模块整合训练.阅读理解AAre you interested in hitech products？Here are some that you might find at the market pretty soon.CX1Tired of dragging your bag through busy airports？Then you might want to consider CX1.The smart suitcase uses facial recognition software to follow its owner as he or sh

2、e is checking in or heading to the gate.Though CX1 can only move at a speed of up to seven miles per hour，a tiny tool enables owners to keep track of the suitcases location.It is expected to be sold on the market soon.AiboSonys latest version of the Aibo robotic dog is almost as fun as the real thin

3、gbut with much less work.The pet dog can recognize its owner，obey several commands，and even recall the behavior that pleases its master the most.Aibo can also learn new tricks，take photographs，and over time，develop its own unique personality.ForpheusForpheus，an“athletic”robot developed by Japanese t

4、echnology company Omron.It teaches users how to play pingpong.The 10feettall machine uses a camera and artificial intelligence to track the balls speed and can predict the balls direction correctly. The smart Forpheus can also quickly test its players abilities and adjust the playing level，making th

5、e game fun.Black Box VRThough many people determine to go to the gym once a week，few reach their goal.Black Box VR wants to change that by turning hard exercise into fun video games.Using it，gym users will find themselves fighting enemies，including big creaturesall while getting exercise.【语篇解读】本文是一篇

6、应用文，主要介绍了几款高科技产品。1What is the feature of CX1 ?AIt can be opened by facial expressions.BIt can recognize and follow its owner.CIt can move very fast in busy places.DIt can sense the suitcases location.B细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“The smart suitcase uses facial recognition software to follow its owner as he or she

7、 is checking in or heading to the gate”可知，CX1的特点是它可以识别和跟随它的主人。2Who would most probably want an Aibo?APeople who want a dog but cant look after a real one.BPeople who often play tricks on others.CPeople who want to take highquality photographs.DPeople who want to walk a dog.A推理判断题。根据第三段第一句“Sonys late

8、st version of the Aibo robotic dog is almost as fun as the real thingbut with much less work”的描述可推知，想要Aibo的是那些想要一只狗但不能照顾一只真正的狗的人。3Which product can help people work out regularly in a gym?ACX1. BAibo.CForpheus. DBlack Box VR.D推理判断题。根据最后一段的内容尤其是“Using it，gym users will find themselves fighting enemie

9、s，including big creaturesall while getting exercise”的描述可推知，Black Box VR这种产品可以帮助人们经常在健身房锻炼。BBritish scientists have done something that many people thought was impossible：they created the first clone of an adult mammal(哺乳动物)The clone，named Dolly，is a sevenmonthold sheep，grown from a cell of an adult

10、female sheep.What is a clone？A clone is a copya genetic copy.Genes are the instructions for life.They tell a cell what to do and how to do it.Genes make each individual plant or animal different and unique.But a clone has the same genes as the original organism(生物体)Cloning is not new.Plants have bee

11、n cloned for centuries.New plants are often grown from cutting from another plant.Also，plants like pineapples，strawberries and carnations(康乃馨)are sometimes cloned. One benefit of cloning is that we can make many copies of the best and healthiest plants.It has been much more difficult to clone animal

12、s.Frogs have been cloned，but they died as tadpoles，never living long enough to become adult frogs.Mice，sheep and cattle have been cloned from embryos(胚胎)But Dolly is the first healthy clone of an adult mammal.How did they do it?(1)An unfertilized egg was taken from a sheep.(2)The egg nucleus(细胞核)was

13、 removed.(3)A cell was taken from the udder(乳房)of a pregnant(怀孕的)sheep.It was“starved”，so that it stopped growing.(4)The two cells were combined into one and then implanted in a third sheep，where it grew normally.(5)The clone was born.It was genetically identical to the pregnant sheep in Step (3)Thi

14、s sounds much easier than it actually was.To end up with one clone，the scientists started with 277 udder cells.And they needed in a way to make the egg cell accept a new nucleus.They did that by starving the cell in Step (3)It may soon be possible to clone many types of animals.Will we also be able

15、to clone human organs，or even whole human beings? We have only begun to think about the morality of cloning technology.Maybe the question to ask is not whether we can clone humans，but instead，should we clone humans?【语篇解读】本文介绍了克隆技术及多莉羊的克隆过程。4Dolly is a sheep because she is grown from a cell of an adu

16、lt female sheep.Athat has no fatherBthat has no motherCthat has no parentsDthat has no tailC推理判断题。从文中可以看出，多莉是从一只成年羊的细胞中克隆出来的，所以它没有父母，而是那只羊的一个翻版。5Tell which of the following statements is TRUE?AOnly plants can be cloned.BOnly strawberries and carnations can sometimes be cloned.CAnimals and plants hav

17、e quite a long history of cloning.DGenes can tell a cell what to do and how to do it during cloning.D细节理解题。由第二段中的“Genes are the instructions for life.They tell a cell what to do and how to do it.”可知D项正确。6From the fourth paragraph we can know that Aa tadpole is the early stage of a grownup frogBa tad

18、pole is a frog without a tailCa tadpole is a kind of animalDa tadpole is a clone of an adult mammalA推理判断题。由文章第四段第二句可知，人们曾经克隆过青蛙，但在蝌蚪阶段就死了，并没有进入成年青蛙阶段。因此我们可以判断，蝌蚪是青蛙的早期形态，故A项“蝌蚪是青蛙的早期形态”正确。7Which of the following statements about Dolly is TRUE according to the passage?ADolly is the first clone of an

19、animal.BDolly is the first clone of an adult animal.CDolly is the first clone of a mammal.DDolly is the first clone of an adult mammal.D细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句话“.they created the first clone of an adult mammal(哺乳动物)”可知答案应为D项。CWhat happens inside the skull of a soccer player who repeatedly heads a soccer ba

20、ll? This question motivated a challenging new study of the brains of experienced players that has caused discussion and debate among soccer players, and some anxiety among those of us with soccerplaying children. For the study, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York selec

21、ted 34 adultsmen and women. All of the volunteers had played soccer since childhood and now competed yearround in adult soccer leagues. Each filled out a detailed questionnaire developed especially for this study to determine how many times they had headed a soccer ball in the previous year, as well

22、 as whether they had experienced any known concussions (脑震荡) in the past.Then the players completed computerized tests of their memory and other learning skills and had their brains scanned, using a complicated new MR.I.technique which can find structural changes in the brain that cant be seen durin

23、g most scans.According to the data they presented at a Radiological Society of North America meeting last month, the researchers found that the players who had headed the ball more than about 1，100 times in the previous 12 months showed significant loss of white matter in parts of their brains invol

24、ved with memory, attention and the processing of visual information, compared with players who had headed the ball fewer times. This pattern of white matter loss is “similar to those seen in traumatic (外伤的) brain injury”， like that after a serious concussion, the researchers reported，even though onl

25、y one of these players was reported to have ever experienced a concussion.The players who had headed the ball about 1，100 times or more in the past year were also generally worse at recalling lists of words read to them, forgetting or fumbling the words far more often than players who had headed the

26、 ball less.【语篇解读】本文是一篇关于足球中的头球对大脑影响的科普文章，作者简要描述了一些研究数据分析结果，得出结论，一年顶球超过大约1 100次会对大脑结构有影响。8The passage is most probably a Anews reportBresearch reportCstory for soccer players Dtext for doctorsB细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句和第二段可知这是份调研报告。9In which way can we find the structural changes in the brain?AComputerized t

27、ests.BQuestionnaires.CScanning. DM.R.I. technique.D细节理解题。根据文章第三段内容“.using a complicated new MR.I. technique which can find structural changes in the brain that cant be seen during most scans.”可知D正确。10From the passage we can conclude that frequent heading may have Aa significant effect on ones brainB

28、little effect on ones brainCnothing to do with the brain injuryDones memory improvedA细节理解题。根据第四段的“研究者发现先前12个月顶球超过大约1 100次的球员脑内许多部分包括与记忆、注意力和视觉信息处理有关的白质大量丧失。”可知A正确。11What is likely to be the cause of memory loss?APlaying soccer frequently.BTests of their memory.CWhite matter loss.DInformation process

29、ing.C细节理解题。根据第四段可知C正确。DThere is a popular saying in the English language：“Sticks and stones may break my bones，but words will never hurt me.”Well，that is not true.Unkind words，namecalling or even the socalled“the silent treatment”can hurt children as much as being physically hit，sometimes even more

30、so.A recent study of middle school children showed that verbal(言语的)abuse by other children can harm development in the brain.The study was a project of researchers at Harvard Medical school in Massachusetts.Researcher Martin Teicher and his team studied young adults，aged 18 to 25.These young men and

31、 women had not ever been treated in a cruel or violent way by their parents.The researchers asked the young people to rate their childhood exposure to verbal abuse from both parents and other children.Then the researchers performed imaging tests on the brains of the subjects.The images showed that t

32、he people who reported suffering verbal abuse from peers in middle school had underdeveloped connections between the left and right side of the brain.The two sides of the brain are connected by a large bundle of connecting fibers called the corpus callosum.This was the area that was underdeveloped.The middle school years are a time when these brain conn