人教版必修三Unit 4 Astronomy the science of the stars reading课时作业1 (1).docx

unit 4 astronomy- the science of the stars reading课时作业阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中（a、b、c和d），选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。a how old are the apps on your smartphone? is it time for an update? here are three apps for you. try them out and have fun.duolingolearning a foreign language doesnt always mean you have to sit in a class and take endless exams. an app called duolingo has been designed to help you memorize(记住) new words and grammar in creative ways, such as online lessons, games and interesting exercises. for example, one exercise asks you to put words in the right order to make the correct sentence. you can also try translation practice.douban fma music app is necessity for almost every smartphone now. douban fm might be the right thing for you.there is no playlist on douban fmsongs just keep streaming(播放) one by me, you can use the “heart”, “trash” and “skip” buttons (按钮) to mark the songs you like, dont like and want to cut short, respectively(分別地). those marked with a heart will be stored in another list as your favorites for you to listen to anytime you want. douban fm also has different channels(道频). there are many types of music, such as blues, jazz, and pop. you can choose the music for outdoor activities work or studying depending on your mood (心情).flipboardit is one of the hottest news apps right now. with flipboard, you can make everything personal to you. all you have to do is open up the app, “flip through” to select whatever interests you, and click the button. at the end youll have your own magazine, complete with a front page, new articles, and information.1whats the purpose of the passage?a. to show a new way to learn english. b. to offer a hottest news website.c. to introduce three apps. d. to give advice to music lovers.2what does duolingo help you do?a. get away from endless exams. b. keep words and grammar in mind.c. have easy access to online lessons. d. practice speaking english correctly.3which statement is true about douban fm？a. there is no playlist on it, making a smartphone easier to operate.b. it has special channels where concerts are regularly broadcast live.c. it knows about your mood based on what you are doing.d. you can choose with it your favorite songs and music as you like.4according to the text, what can you do with flipboard?a. make a personalized news magazine. b. go through everything that interests you.c. safely store some personal information. d. contribute your articles to popular magazines. btoday, we are told, children dont spend enough time in the fresh air. many of them are addicted to screen on a computer or a tv-they seem to be living in a virtual world. they have lost touch with nature.but now 400 organizations in the uk, from playgroups to the national health service, are encouraging children to have some “wild time”. they want kids to swap at least 30 minutes of watching tv or playing computer games for time playing outside. activities such as building dens, climbing trees, rummaging for conkers and playing hide and seek are just some of the things kids can do. even if they live in a city, they can go on adventures in the garden or the park.children often need a helping hand from mom and dad. they need to be shown what to do and where to go. andy simpson from national health service says, “we want parents to see what this magical wonder product does for their kids development, independence and creativity, by giving wild time a go”.so despite the complicated world that young people grow up in now, it seems that going back to basics and experiencing “natures playground” is what modern children need. david bond from project wild thing says, “we need to make more space for wild time in childrens daily routine, freeing this generation of kids to have the sort of experiences that many of us took for granted”.this might sound a bit ol d fashioned to you or maybe, like me, its made you think about sticking on your boots, getting outdoors and reliving your childhood. there is no age limit on enjoying yourself!5what is the best title of the text?a. wild time for children b. benefits of wild timec. more space for children d. adventures of children6children are encouraged to do the following activities except_.a. building dens b. climbing treesc. playing hide and seek d. watching tv7according to andy simpson, we know that_.a. wild time is hard to designb. wild time is beneficial to childrenc. parents know the importance of wild timed. parents like keeping their children indoors. c what is it that makes people laugh? more than two thousand years ago the ancient greek philosopher aristotle defined (定义) jokes as the pleasure that results from a feeling of triumph(胜利) by showing were better than someone else in a certain way. according to aristotle and many other philosophers，all jokes depend mainly on showing inferiority in another person or group of personsthat is，putting it clearly，on showing that they are worse off than ourselves. jokes raise our good opinion of ourselves at someone elses expense.showing how much better than other people we are is only one reason we like jokes. someone may also use a joke to express their anger or their cruelty or any other kind of action that is not acceptable to us. we feel free to laugh when we hear about someone sliding on a banana skin. the joke lets us express those attitudes which are usually unacceptable to society. this is probably the reason why some of the jokes，especially those involving cruelty，are so popu lar with certain people.besides，all jokes depend on our enjoyment of laughing at something that is strange and out of place because its different from things which are happening around it. the same situation can be either sad or pleasant，depending entirely on how strange and out of place it is. if a girl in a bathing suit falls into a swimming pool，we dont laugh because nothing unusual has happened. but if a man in a smart suit falls in，the situation is at once unusual in a pleasant way and we laugh. a good joke-teller will always try to build up a situation in which one thing is expected until something unexpected suddenly happens，and so we laugh.8according to aristotle，all jokes depend mainly on _.a. showing inferiority in another person or groupb. resulting in a sense of successc. having a good opinion of other peopled. making people laugh unexpectedly9the underlined word “inferiority”(in paragraph 1) means _.a. something that is not as good as something elseb. something that is better than something elsec. someone that is not as good as someone elsed. someone that is better than someone else10whats the main idea of paragraph 2?a. showing we are better than other people is the only one reason we like jokes.b. when people are angry，they would like to hear jokes.c. people who like jokes are usually cruel.d. to express those attitudes usually unacceptable to society is one of the reasons we like jokes.11what will a good joke teller always try to do?a. make a sad situation into a pleasant one.b. make different things happen at the same time.c. make an unexpected thing happen in an expected situation.d. make people laugh at something unusual and out of place. d a university in southwest chinas chongqing city set up a reading room as part of a campaign（活动）that stops students from taking their mobile phones with them in case the device distracts（使分心）them from concentrating on their studies. reportedly， a student named hu xiaopeng participating in the campaign studied 530 minutes without using his mobile phone. unlike hu, another one picked up his mobile phone in less than 20 minutes. “having seen many students use their mobile phones in the library, a habit that shortens their study time and negatively impacts their learning, we decided to open this reading room,” said zhang shuran, the person responsible for the project at the university. zhang added that students can keep their phones in appointed bags with numbers on them. the bags are placed on a desk near the door of the reading room.staff members at the reading room will check the phones when theres a call, said zhang, adding that they will inform students when their parents or teachers call them, but will not tell students if an unknown person is calling or when there is a text message. based on the time students hand in their phones when they come to the reading room and the time they get them back when they leave the room, hu xiaope ng from college of animal science and technology of the university set a record of the longest time.hu spent 530 minutes studying without using his phone. though feeling somewhat surprised, hu said, its bad to keep mobile phone with you when you are reading or studying. the campaign has attracted nearly 200 students since it was launched a week ago. some internet users praised the campaign. one user named liu jingchang said, its good. i do nt bring my phone when going to the library in case i get distracted.12why is the reading room opened in chongqing city?a. to prevent students using mobile phones in the library.b. to help students focus on their studies.c. to prevent the mobile phones from being stolen.d. to encourage students to read more books.11what can we infer from paragraph 1?a. the bags are on the desk near the students.b. the time when the mobile phones are put in the bags is recorded.c. the student will be informed if a stranger calls him.d. hu xiaopeng thinks the campaign is a bad idea.14what is the attitude of the students toward the reading room?a. cautious. b. supportive. c. doubtful. d. anxious.15what is the best title for the passage?a. new methods to attract students to read.b. the harm of mobile phones.c. a student studying nearly nine hours without using the mobile phone.d. students are encouraged to study with their mobile phones.参考答案a【解析】本文主要介绍了手机上可安装的三种受欢迎的软件，第一种是可以学习外语，第二种是可以听音乐，第三种可以制作私人的东西。1c 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍三种apps。故选c。2b 细节理解题。根据文中第二段的an app called duolingo has been designed to help you memorize (记住) new words and grammar in creative ways可知，doulingo可以帮助你记住新的单词和语法。故选b。3d 推理判断题。根据文中those marked with a heart will be stored in another list as your favorites for you to listen to anytime you want.可知，你可以选择你喜欢的音乐。故选d。4a 推理判断题。根据文中最后一段的youll have your own magazine, complete with a front page, new articles, and information.可知，在这个app上，你可以制作私人的新闻杂志。故选a。【名师点睛】主旨大意主要的解题策略有：（1）标题类。文章标题可以是单词，短语，也可以是句子，它的特点是：短小精悍，多为一短语；涵盖性强，一般要求能覆盖全文，其确定的范围要恰当，既不能太大，也不能太小；精确性强，不能随意改变语言表意的程度及色彩。（2）主旨类。概括主旨的方法是：先看首尾或各段开头再看全文找主题句，若无明显主题句，就通过关键词句来概括(如议论文中寻找表达作者观点态度的词句，记叙文寻找概括情节和中心的动词或反映人物特点的形容词)。文中出现两种或两种以上的不同观点时，务必牢记作者的观点才是体现全文中心的。此时，要注意一些转折词，如but, yet, however, although, in spite of, by contrast, on the contrary等。当文章中表示相反的观点时，往往用到这些词。答题时要弄清哪个是作者的观点，排除迷惑性信息，准确归纳主旨大意。例如文章的第1小题：【解题剖析】此题属于主旨大意中的（2）一一主旨类。答案需要理解文章后归纳文章中心。【答案定位】根据第一段中的how old are the apps on your smartphone? is it time for an update? here are three apps for you.可知，这是文章的主题句。讲述了三种apps。 【推理关系】题干whats the purpose of the passage?文章内容how old are the apps on your smartphone? is it time for an update? here are three apps for you.概括总结三种智能手机apps 主旨b【解析】试题分析： 如今孩子们大都迷恋于电视或者电脑，而在户外的时间越来越少，他们失去了与大自然亲密接触的机会。在本文中作者提出鼓励孩子有“wild time ”，去进行一些户外活动，比如捉迷藏、爬树等等。而且提出这些改变都需要父母的帮助。5a主旨大意题。文章开头提出现在的儿童迷恋于电脑、电视而缺少足够的户外时间，然后在第二段提出“wild time”这一概念，由此展开行文，所以文章中心内容是关于wild time，故a选项内容更能体现文章中心，答案选a。6d细节理解题。根据文章第二段作者提出的一些活动theywant kids to swap at least 30 minut