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Unit 12 Mainly revision
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  Passage 1

  阅读理解…………………………………………………………………

  A kind of Special Car — The Bug

  The old Volkswagen (VW) Beetle — “The Bug” — is making a comeback (回潮). People who own them are planning to keep them forever. People who don't own them are paying high prices when they can find one for sale. It's more remarkable when you realize that VW Company has already stopped producing them.

  A spokesman for Volkswagen of America says there were about five million “Bugs” on American roads in 1977. That was the last year they were shipped to America. VW calculates (估算) that about four million of them are still running, and running, and running.

  Used car businessmen say they can't keep “Bugs” on their lots these days.①They feel it's because these cars have a history of reliable (牢靠的), inexpensive transportation. The cars average about 30 miles per gallon of gas.②

  But all hasn't been smoothly going for the “Bugs”. The heating system is poor.

  And since it travels very close to the ground, large cars tend to splash(溅) it with winter's snow and mud. Some in the safety field consider the Beetle as defenseless against heavier cars. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(管理部门)has nothing that shows any problem with them at all.

  注释

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  ①Used car businessmen say they cant keep “Bugs” on their lots these days. 二手车老板们说,如今他们不可能大量拥有“甲壳虫”汽车(因为车的性能好,市场需求量大)。

  ②The cars average about 30 miles per gallon of gas. 这种车平均每加仑汽油能行30英里。

  根据文章内容,选择正确答案:

  1. The reason why people like to have a “Bug” is that ____ .

  A. they can hardly find it at the used car markets

  B. it travels smoothly and safely

  C. it is cheap and saves a lot of gas

  D. it is reliable and burns less fuel

  2.According to the passage which of the following statements is NOT true?

  A. “Bugs” are no longer produced.

  B. “Bugs” are now produced in a small quantity.

  C. About five million “Bugs” have been shipped to America.

  D. No “Bugs” have been shipped to America since 1977.

  3. What can we know after reading this passage?

  A. The Americans used to have interest in “Bugs”.

  B. The Americans start to feel interested in “Bugs”.

  C. The Americans have never lost interest in “Bugs”.

  D. The Americans have become interested in “Bugs” again.

  Passage 2

  阅读理解…………………………………………………………………

  Going to sleep may seem pretty boring compared with all the fun you have while youre awake. But there's a lot going on in your mind and body while youre sleeping.

  Sleep, in fact, is as important to your survival as eating and drinking. Sleep improves your mood (心情), makes you a better athlete, and helps you remember and understand what you learned during the day. During sleep your temperature drops.

  Your heart beats slowly. Down goes the pressure of the blood moving through your body. A chemical that controls growth (called a hormone) moves into your bloodstream. Scientists think sleep brings back energy and improves your health. We know what happens while we're asleep because scientists study people who sleep in laboratories. The sleepers are connected to machines that measure brain waves, eye movements and muscle activities.

  Sleep is like a school day: it's divided into different periods or stages. When you're awake, your brain waves move rapidly. As you begin to relax and get into the first stage of sleep, your brain produces slowermoving waves and you lose awareness of your surroundings. As you slide to deeper sleep, your body repairs itself from the normal wear and tear of daily life.① Then, as you begin to drift back up to a lighter sleep, your mind becomes more alert(机警), and your dreams begin. You're in REM sleep.

  REM is the name for the rapid eye movement that happens while youre dreaming. During REM sleep, your eyes move back and forth behind your lids(眼皮), as though you were watching a movie. During other stages, you might move in bed, but during REM sleep youre still. That's probably because if you could move, your body would act out your dreams. As you get closer to morning, you spend more time in REM than in deep sleep, so you dream more. Researchers know that during REM sleep the part of the brain that deals with learning and thinking is very active.

  Getting too little sleep can affect your personality.② Experts suggest that children get at least nine hours sleep a night.

  注释

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  ① As you slide to deeper sleep, your body repairs itself from the normal wear and tear of daily life. 随着你进入更深层的睡眠,你的身体摆脱日常生活的折磨,自行复原起来。

  ②Getting too little sleep can affect your personality. 睡眠不足会影响你的性格。

  根据文章内容,选择正确答案:

  1.During your sleep, ____ .

  a. your body repairs itself from the normal wear and tear of daily life

  b. your brain produces slowermoving waves

  c. your dream begins

  d. you lose awareness of surroundings

  Choose the right order:

  A. acbdB. bdac

  C. dacbD. dcab

  2. Suppose this is the course of your sleep, in which part of the course do you have more dreams?

  A. The first stage of sleep.B. Deep sleep.

  C. Light sleep.D. The first two stages of sleep.

  3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

  A. Hormone has something to do with your growth.

  B. You dont move while you are in REM sleep, dreaming.

  C. The closer to morning, the more dreams you have.

  D. The whole brain is very active during the course of your sleep.

  Passage 3

  阅读理解…………………………………………………………………

  Excused from recycling because you live in a high rise with a rubbish chute(垃圾道)?① You won't be for long. Miamis Mark Shantzis has made it simple for those living in tall buildings to use the chute and recycle too.

  In Shantzis HiRise Recycling System, a chute leads to a pieshaped container with six boxes that can turn around when operated. The system, which fits in the same space as the chute and container now in use, enables glass, plastic, paper, metal, and other rubbish to go into separate boxes.

  The system is controlled from a board fixed next to the chute door. The board has a button for each class of recycling materials (as well as for unrecyclables). At the press of a button, a microcomputer locks all other floors chute doors and sets the recycling container turning until the right box comes under chute.② The computer also counts the loads and gives a signal by phone when the box is full. And a particular piece of equipment breaks up the nonrecyclables.

  Sorting(分类)recyclables before they are collected saves the use of expensive materials recovery equipment which otherwise has to do the sorting. Such equipment often makes recycled materials very expensive, so expensive that tons of recyclables remain wasted. Shantzis believes his system could help recycled materials become more costeffective(降低费用;降低成本).

  注释

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  ① Excused from recycling because you live in a high rise with a rubbish chute? 因为住在有垃圾道的高层建筑里就有理由不回收利用垃圾了吗? 

  ② At the press of a button, a microcomputer locks all other floors chute doors and sets the recycling container turning until the right box comes under chute. 一按按钮,微型电脑就立刻锁上其它垃圾通道,使回收桶置于相应的通道下。

  根据文章内容,选择正确答案:

  1. The purpose in writing this text is ____ .

  A. to encourage people to recycle their rubbish

  B. to introduce a recycling system for high rises

  C. to describe the use of computer technology in recycling

  D. to explain the need for rubbish collection in high rises

  2. When he says “You won't be for long.” the writer means that ____ .

  A. you'll soon be living in a cleaner building

  B. rubbish chutes will become out of date before long

  C. you won't wait long for your turn to recycle rubbish

  D. it won't be long before you'll have to recycle your rubbish

  3. Before dropping rubbish into the chute you have to ____ .

  A. lock the other floors chute doors

  B. check if the container is full

  C. press the correct button

  D. break up the rubbish

  4. The biggest advantage of this new system is that ____ .

  A. it reduces the cost of recycling

  B. it saves time and space

  C. it saves money for people living in high rises

  D. it makes better use of the existing recovery equipment

  Passage 4

  完形填空…………………………………………………………………

  As soon as I got on the train, I was taken along and introduced to the rest of the party. They were three Irish girls, a Scottish girl and Tony, our tour leader.

  After the bustle (忙乱) of getting 1 the train, I went along to the 2. There were three or four people 3 about the door, and a girl told me to 4 my compartment (车厢) and said she would let me know when it was my 5.

  When I got into the washroom, goodness — how 6 it was! It had a tiny sink (水槽), and the 7 was cold. When I wanted to wash my 8, it was almost impossible to keep my 9 on one foot while I lifted the other into the water. It was quite a 10 , because the floor was very wet, and the soap and all my bits and 11 kept falling off the sink because the train was 12 so much.①

  My first night on the train was 13, as I could not sleep, and when we arrived at Munich the next morning, I felt rather 14.

  I decided I could not spend another 15 night on the train. I asked an attendant (服务员) if I could 16 to a compartment with a couchette (卧铺). He took me along to a 17 Austrian guard who put two other girls and me together in the same compartment. The 18 cost of the couchette all the way to Istanbul was only £2.50.② The rest of that days 19 was very pleasant, and our compartment soon became a little home! And that night I had a 20 sleep.

  注释

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  ①...the soap and all my bits and pieces kept falling off the sink because the train was rocking so much. 由于火车晃动得如此厉害,以致于我的肥皂等零碎东西不断从水池上掉下来。bits and pieces 零碎东西。

  ②The extra cost of the couchette all the way to Istanbul was only £2.50. 至伊斯坦布尔的卧铺附加费用只有2.5英镑。

  根据文章内容,选择正确答案:

  1. A. offB. onC. downD. up

  2. A. washroomB. waiting roomC. dining roomD. sleeping car

  3. A. hangingB. searchingC. hurryingD. wondering

  4. A. wait onB. look forC. go further toD. go back to

  5. A. timeB. orderC. turnD. chance

  6. A. niceB. smallC. largeD. smart

  7. A. weatherB. roomC. waterD. sink

  8. A. faceB. handsC. feetD. clothes

  9. A. bodyB. balanceC. attentionD. eyes

  10. A. troubleB. dangerC. struggleD. pain

  11. A. partsB. sheetsC. cutsD. pieces

  12. A. rockingB. wavingC. runningD. dragging

  13. A. terribleB. peacefulC. quietD. comfortable

  14. A. relaxedB. satisfiedC. tiredD. disappointed

  15. A. silentB. lonelyC. dreamlessD. sleepless

  16. A. belongB. moveC. returnD. turn

  17. A. helpfulB. gratefulC. carefulD. useful

  18. A. totalB. spareC. extraD. actual

  19. A. journeyB. tripC. travelD. drive

  20. A. goodB. badC. shortD. long

  Passage 1

  德国大众“甲壳虫”汽车曾经风靡全世界,经历了68年的辉煌。虽然这种型号的汽车已停止生产,但人们还是认为它是一种安全、耗油低的汽车。

  1. D细节题。人们喜欢拥有“大众甲壳虫”型号汽车的原因是其可靠、节油。

  2. B第一段最后有“VW Company has already stopped producing them.”。

  3. D文章开始时交待, “大众甲壳虫”又复兴了,即“人们又开始喜欢它了”。

  Passage 2

  睡眠对人类的生存至关重要。科学家通过研究发现睡眠由几个阶段组成:① 放松阶段;② 深层睡眠阶段;③ 思维警觉阶段。

  1. B从文章第四段介绍的“different periods or stages”可知答案。

  2. C文章第四段提及接近清晨时,人做梦较多。

  3. D由文章第五段最后一句可判断D选项错误。

  Passage 3

  本文介绍了一套用于高层建筑回收废弃物的经济实惠的回收系统。

  1. B文章首段阐明了作者的写作意图。

  2. D第一段的最后一句说明很快你也必须进行废物回收利用了。

  3. C从第三段 “At the press of a button, ...until the right box comes under chute.”判断答案。

  4. A文章的最后一句话即为该题的答案。

  Passage 4

  本文讲述了“我”在火车上一段长途旅行的经历。

  1. B上车一阵忙乱之后。get on the train “上车”。

  2. A根据下文来看,“我”想去盥洗室洗一洗。

  3. A短语动词hang about意思是“徘徊;聚集在……附近”。

  4. D先回车厢去。

  5. C等轮到“我”了,再通知“我”。

  6. B根据上文goodness“吃惊”及下文的描述来看,盥洗室应该是很小的。

  7. C根据上下文,这里指的是water。

  8. C应该是洗脚,下文有提示。

  9. Bkeep one's balance 意为“保持平衡”。

  10.C这里用struggle来表示很费劲,这个单词的使用有点幽默感。

  11.D这里是固定搭配。bits and pieces 意为“零碎东西”。

  12.A动词rock有“摇摆”的意思。

  13.A下文有提示。在这中情况下,睡眠质量可想而知。

  14.C一夜没睡好,当然很疲惫。

  15.D不能再这样下去了。

  16.B用动词move来表示搬迁。

  17.A根据下文来看,问题得到了很好的解决,可见这个奥地利人是很helpful的。

  18.C由普通车厢转到卧铺车厢,需要加价,这是常识。

  19.A只有journey一个选项有“旅程;旅途”的意思。

  20.A上句说到这个车厢已经成为一个小家了,晚上肯定是睡了一个好觉。

  1. Going to sleep may seem pretty boring compared with all the fun you have while you're awake. 和你醒着时所干的有趣事情相比,睡觉也许看起来要无聊得多。(Paragraph 1,

  Passage 2)

  连词while 可引导多种从句或分句:

  (1)当……时候:He took a bath while I was preparing dinner.(时间状语从句)

  (2)虽然……:While I understand your opinion, I dont agree with you.(让步状语从句)

  (3)只要:While there is life, there is hope. 有生命就有希望。(条件状语从句)

  (4)但,然而:I earn only 50 dollars a week, while she earns 80 dollars.(并列句,表示对比)

  2. In Shantzis HiRise Recycling System, a chute leads to a pieshaped container with six boxes that can turn around when operated. 在Shantzis的高楼垃圾回收系统中,垃圾道通向一个管状的容器,这个容器带有6个运行时能旋转的箱子。(Paragraph 2, Passage 3)

  when operated = when they are operated。当when, while, if, unless, before, as if 等引导的状语从句谓语是由be +动词的ing形式或-ed形式构成,并且从句的主语和主句的主语一致时,从句中的主语及be动词可省略。

  While living in France, he learned some French. 当他生活在法国时,他学了一些法语。

  When asked why he did it, he said nothing.当问到他为什么做这件事时,他什么也没说。

  If allowed, he would eat all the food in the house. 如果被允许,他会把家里的食物全吃了。

  He won't go to the party unless invited. 除非受到邀请,否则他不会去参加那个晚会的。


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