Unit3 Starting out and Understanding ideas
能力提升练
I.阅读理解
A
（2020山东济宁高二期末）
I realized I would not see a real person named Sophie at Sophie’s Eatery，because like most new restaurants these days. Sophie’s Eatery is a robot-restaurant.
When I walked in，a cute little manager robot appeared，looking rather like a toaster with blinking blue eyes. It escorted me to a nice table in the back. The menu monitor popped out of my table and showed me pictures of my dining choices. I tapped my choices and clicked OK, and the screen slid back down.
I watched as full plates rode the conveyor belts that moved along each aisle(过道) of tables. In just a few minutes, my dish stopped at my table, and I took it from the belt. Later, I placed my empty plate back on the conveyor belt, and it was taken away into the kitchen to be cleaned.
I watched the little toaster showing customers to tables while I ate my main dish. The food was delicious, but I was starting to feel extremely angry because dealing with robots always makes me feel inhuman. Pretty soon. I wanted to talk to someone real, even if it was just a few sentences.
So when my dessert arrived, I took action. I dropped my plate on the floor with a satisfying crash. I was so happy when I saw the manager toaster’s blinking red eyes-at last, a real live person would arrive!
But instead, a crew of two robots quickly appeared. A robot broom rushed over and started to sweep the pieces of the broken plate into a robot garbage can. They finished and moved back into the kitchen.
My plan to get a little reality into Sophie’s Eatery failed. I hope the robot-restaurant trend ends soon. I want to deal with people again!
1. What does the underlined word “escorted” in Paragraph 2 mean
A. Registered B. Guided C. Conducted D. Rushed
2. What is the purpose of the author crashing his plate
A. To deal with a real human.
B. To catch attention from the robots.
C To play jokes on the robots.
D. To complain about the bad service.
3. Which of the following best describes the author’s feeling at Sophies Eatery
A Satisfied B. Shocked C. Annoyed D. Curious
4. What is the text mainly about
A. The trend of dining with robots.
B. The advantage of robot-restaurants.
C. The food variety of a robot-restaurant.
D. The dining experience at a robot-restaurant.
B
（2020北京师范大学附中高二期末）
Ownership used to be about as straightforward as writing a cheque. If you bought something，you owned it. If it broke，you fixed it. If you no longer wanted it，you sold it or threw it away. In the digital age，however，ownership has become more slippery. Since the coming of smartphones，consumers have been forced to accept that they do not control the software in their devices ; they are only licensed to use it. As a digital chain is wrapped ever more tightly around more devices such as cars and thermostats, who owns and who controls these objects is becoming a problem. Buyers should be aware that some of their most basic property rights are under threat.
The trend is not always harmful. Manufacturers seeking to restrict what owners do with increasingly complex technology have good reasons to protect their copyright, and ensure that their machines do not break down, support environmental standards and prevent hacking. Sometimes companies use their control over a product’s software for the owners’ benefit. When Hurricane Irma hit Florida this month, Tesla remotely updated the software controlling the batteries of some models to give owners more range to escape the storm.
But the more digital strings are attached goods, the more the balance of control leans towards producers and away from owners. That can be inconvenient. Picking a car is hard enough, but harder still if you have to dig up the instructions that tell you how use is limited and what data you must give. If the products are intentionally designed not to last long, it can also be expensive. Already, items from smartphones to washing machines have become extremely hard to fix, meaning that they are thrown away instead of being repaired.
Privacy is also at risk. Users become terrified when iRobot, a robotic vacuum cleaner, not only leans the floor but also creates a digital map of the inside of a home that can then be sold to advertisers though the manufacturer says it has no intention of doing so). Cases like this should remind people how jealously they ought to protect their property rights and control who uses the data that is collected.
Ownership is not about to go away, but its meaning is changing. This requires careful inspection. Devices, by and large, are sold on the basis that they enable people to do what they want. To the extent they are controlled by somebody else, that freedom is compromised.
5. what benefit does it bring to customers if companies control the ownership of products
A. It provides them with knowledge to prevent hacking.
B. It gives them the chance to be protected from danger.
C. It enables them to own the copyright of the products.
D. It helps them know more about complex technology.
6. The underlined words “that freedom” in the last paragraph refer to the freedom to _____.
A. control other people
B. share the ownership
C. inspect devices at any time
D. use devices as one’s wishes
7. The author may agree _____.
A. customers should buy fewer digital devices.
B. producers should control property rights.
C. property rights need to be protected.
D. better after-sales service is required.
Ⅱ.七选五
(2020北京东城区高二期末）
I work at a community library. Many people are under the assumption that public libraries are no longer needed because of the Internet，but nothing could be further from the truth.(1) _
A Simple Internet search for “cats” produces approximately 2.98 billion results in less than one second. It is a huge number! How do you even begin to sort through all of those results we hear so much about “false news”. (2) _ Librarians are there to help. They have been trained, through special classes and workshops, to sort through all of the results and find credible sources. Author Neil Gaiman said, “Google can bring you back 100, 000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one”.
(3) _ It helps connect people with the resources they need to find a job, continue their education, and learn new skills. It helps seniors find the resources they need to keep up with the “modern” world. It helps new parents develop a love of literacy in their children and bond with them. It helps local artists and craftsmen display their work. It helps students find the answers to those seemingly impossible homework questions. It allows people to meet and exchange ideas.
Libraries are so much more than books and information. Yes, there are public computers, Internet access, movies, music, programs and a thousand other things. (4) _ They are places where people feel safe and welcomed. They are places where someone who has limited resources can freely access materials and equipment, they wouldn’t otherwise be able to They can, at times, be a harbor for someone who needs a quiet place to work or study.
Some of the best memories of my childhood involve going to the local library and speaking with many others in the neighborhood and they have those same memories too. They are presently making those same memories with their children and their grandchildren. (5) _ I don’t see the Internet doing that.
A. We don t know what sources to trust.
B. The public library helps people improve their lives.
C. The importance of library staff comes to the surface.
D. However, libraries’ meaning and relevance go even beyond that.
E. The public library brings people together to build a strong community.
F. In fact, it is because of the Internet that public libraries are needed now more than ever.
G. Every day children, students and adults use libraries to learn, grow and achieve their dreams.
1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____
参考答案：
I.
A
语篇解读：本文讲述了作者在机器人餐厅的用餐体验，作者对这种改变并不满意，而是渴望有真人服务的餐馆。由此可见，改变有时也是有利有弊的
1. B 词义猜测题。根据第四段中的 I watched the little toaster showing customers to tables while I ate my main dish. 可知，机器人把顾客带到餐桌前。It escorted me to a nice table in the back.中的 escort应与show意义相近，即 escort意为“引导”。
2. A 推理判断题。根据第四段中 Pretty soon，I wanted to talk to someone real，even if it was just a few sentences.可知作者想和一个真人说说话。第五段中作者采取行动，即把盘子掉在地板上，结合 at last，a real live person would arrive以及下一段的转折可知，作者摔盘子的目的是想和一个真正的人打交道。
3. C 推理判断题。根据第四段中I was starting to feel extremely angry可知，作者对在这家餐厅吃饭感到非常生气。因此annoyed最能描述作者在机器人餐馆的就餐心情。
4. D 主旨大意题。通读文章可知，本文主要讲述了作者在一家机器人餐厅就餐的经历，故选D项。
B
语篇解读：随着数字时代的到来，“所有权”的意义正在改变，但它不会消失。
5. B 细节理解题。根据第二段中 Sometimes companies use their control over a product’s software for the owners’ benefit... to give owners more range to escape the storm.可知，特斯拉的例子指出如果产品公司控制产品的所有权，该公司可以采取措施避免他们的顾客遭受危险。
6. D 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的 Devices，by and large，are sold on the basis that they enable people to do what they want. To the extent they are controlled by somebody else, that freedom is compromised.可推知，画线词组的意思是“按个人的希望使用设备的自由”。
7. C 推理判断题。根据第四段中 Cases like this should remind people how jealously they ought to protect their property rights and control who uses the data that is collected.可知，作者可能同意保护产权。
Ⅱ.
语篇解读：作者通过自己的经历来说明公共图书馆不可取代。
1. F 根据上文 but nothing could be further from the truth可知作者不同意上面的观点，继而表明自己的观点，故选F项。
2. A 根据上文 We hear so much about “false news”.和下文Librarians are there to help.可知，我们在网络上会获得很多信息，但是我们不知道什么样的信息是准确的，这时我们可以到公共图书馆去，那里的信息很可信。
3. B 根据下文 It helps connect people with the resources they need to find a job，continue their education，and learn new skills.可知，这一段是表明公共图书馆对人们生活的积极影响，即帮助改善人们的生活，而且设空处放在段首，起中心句的作用。故选B。
4.D 根据本段第一句话（中心句）可知，本段的大意是公共图书馆不仅仅有书本和信息。结合上文Yes，there are public computers，Internet access，movies，music，programs and a thousand other things.和下文 They are places where people feel safe and welcomed.可知上文讲的是有形的方面，下文讲无形的方面，中间缺少一个过渡，表明公共图书馆不仅仅是有形的，所以D项符合语境。
5. E 根据上文可知，公共图书馆连接了人与人之间的关系，所以E项符合语境。

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