StarterUnit3Welcome!閱讀拔尖練外刊閱讀——學(xué)會地道英語

墨西哥裔女孩圓夢太空Manykidsdreamofflyingintospaceoneday,andKatyaEchazarretawasnoexception.Whenshewasachild,shepromisedherselfshewouldgotospace.At26,shebecamethefirstMexican-bornwomantotraveltospaceafterlandingherdreamjobatNASAasatestengineer.Now,Echazarretawantstoshowotherwomenthattheycanreachtheirdreamstoo.“Youneverknowwhatkindofdoorsyoucanopenfromchancesthatmaynotseemrightforyouatthemoment,”Echazarretasaid.That’showshegottoNASA.Whenshewasinterviewedforajobthatwasn’treallywhatshewasgoodat,herenthusiasmandlovefortheworkmadeNASAcreateajobthatfitherskills.Herpassiondidn’tstopthere.EchazarretawaschosentojointhecrewofBlueOrigin’sNS-21flightthroughSpaceforHumanity.Shesaiditwasanexperienceshewouldn’tforget.“IrealizedthatthepersonIwasfromzeroto26,Ileftherinspace,”Echazarretasaid.“I’mnotthatpersonanymore.I’mmuchmore‘human’now,andIcaredeeplyabouteverythingandeveryone.”EchazarretagoesonwithhermissiontodaybyencouraginggirlstofollowtheirinterestinSTEM(science,technology,engineering,andmath)careers.“Iworkhardeverydaytohelpothershavethesamechances,”Echazarretasaid.WordBank1.exception/?k?sep?(?)n/n.例外

2.interview/??nt?vju?/v.面試;采訪3.enthusiasm/?n?θju?zi?z?m/n.熱情

4.crew/kru?/n.全體工作人員5.human/?hju?m?n/adj.有人情味的;通人情的

6.mission/?m??(?)n/n.使命;職責(zé)返回一、好詞句深練(一)根據(jù)語境用所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空1.Mybrotherwouldliketobean_______(engine)inthefuture.2.Some_______(woman)liketobuyvegetableswithabasket.3.Doyourparentsshowany_______(interested)inyourfriends?engineerwomeninterest返回(二)用方框中詞的正確形式替換下列句子中的黑體部分(有一個詞多余)hearreachseem1.Wehavenochoicebuttoworkhardtorealizeourdreams._______2.Everyoneappearshappyduringthe“FestivalWeek”atschool._______reachseems返回(三)根據(jù)所給漢語,完成下列句子1.She_________(擅長)writingstories.Shewantstobeawriter.2.Ifyoulietoyourfriends,theymay_______believeyou_______(不再).isgoodatnotanymore返回(四)仿寫句子That’showshegottoNASA.(疑問詞引導(dǎo)表語從句)仿寫:家是心之所在。________________________________________________Homeiswheretheheartis.返回二、閱讀短文，選擇正確答案()1.WhatwasKatyaEchazarreta’sdreamasachild?A.Tobecomeatestengineer.B.Totraveltospace.C.ToworkforBlueOrigin.D.Tohelpotherwomen.【點撥】推理判斷題。由第二段第一句可知,當(dāng)她還是個孩子時,她向自己許諾她要去太空。由此可推知,她兒時的夢想是去太空。故選B。B()2.KatyaEchazarretagotherjobatNASAbecauseofher_______.A.workexperience B.excellentskillsC.interestinthework D.excellentmaths【點撥】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第四段中“herenthusiasmandlovefortheworkmadeNASAcreateajobthatfitherskills”可知，她對工作的熱情和熱愛使美國國家航空航天局為她創(chuàng)造了一個適合她技能的職位。故選C。返回C()3.Theunderlinedword“it”inthefifthparagraphrefersto_______.A.herjobatNASAB.theNS-21flightexperienceC.herpromiseD.SpaceforHumanity【點撥】代詞指代題。由第五段可知，Echazarreta被選中加入了藍色起源公司的NS-21飛行任務(wù)，再由畫線詞后面的anexperience可推知，it指代的是NS-21飛行任務(wù)的經(jīng)歷。故選B。返回B()4.WhatdoesEchazarretawanttoexpressinthesixthparagraph?A.Shechangedalotafterherspacetrip.B.Shedoesn’tcareaboutothers.C.Sheprefersstayingthesame.D.Sheisnolongerhuman.【點撥】推理判斷題。由第六段可知,Echazarreta表示，以前的自己已經(jīng)留在了太空里,她不再是那個自己,她現(xiàn)在變得更加“人性化”,關(guān)心每件事和每個人。由此可推知,她在進入太空后有很大的變化。故選A。返回A時文閱讀——講好中國故事

上海研發(fā)導(dǎo)盲機器人AresearchteaminShanghaihasmadeaguiderobotforblindpeople.Thesepeoplecan’tseethings.“Webelievethisrobotwillworkas‘a(chǎn)pairofeyes’fortheblind,”saidGaoFeng,afamousscientist.Thereareabout17.3millionblindpeopleinChina.However,thereareonlyabout400guidedogsinservicefortheblind.Itmeansthereisonlyoneguidedogforevery40,000blindpeopleinChina.Theguiderobotcancorrectlyknowwhattheblindpeoplesayandrespondinlessthanonesecond.Itcanwalkataspeedofthreemetersasecondandkeepwalkingwithlittlenoise.Therobotcanfindthewaybyitself,andknowtrafficlights.“Theimportantworkoftherobotistomakehelpfulcommunicationwithblindpeople.Weshouldmaketherobotunderstandtheuser’spurposesandtakehimorhertowalksafely,”saidGao.Weconnectnaturallanguageunderstandingandforce-feedbackcanes(力反饋手杖)tohelpusersusetherobot.”“Wehavealreadygotordersfor20robotsandbelievethattheywillsoonbereadyforthemarket,”saidGao.

WordBank1.research/r??s??t?/n.&v.研究

2.respond/r??sp?nd/v.回應(yīng)

3.communication/k??mju?n??ke??(?)n/n.交流4.purpose/?p??p?s/n.目的

5.order/???d?(r)/v.命令;訂購

n.命令;訂單返回一、好詞句深練(一)根據(jù)語境用所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空1.Youshouldpayattentiontospellingwords_________(correct)whenwriting.2.Moreandmore_______(use)aretryingoutDeepSeekandtheyspeakhighlyofit.3.Thelittlemonkeyislookingat_______(it)inthemirror.correctlyusersitself(二)用方框中詞的正確形式替換下列句子中的黑體部分(有一個詞多余)knowworkfamous1.IactedasatourguideintheNaturalHistoryMuseum._______2.TheMonkeyKingisawell-knownandlovelyroleinJourneytotheWest._______返回workedfamous(三)根據(jù)所給漢語，完成下列句子1.Thetotalnumberofthestudentsinourschoolis_______(不到;不足)1,000.2.Everything__________(準(zhǔn)備好)yourbirthdaypartythisevening.返回lessthanisreadyfor(四)仿寫句子Theimportantworkoftherobotistomakehelpfulcommunicationwithblindpeople.(動詞不定式短語作表語)仿寫:解決你的問題的一個方法是和你的朋友們分享你的擔(dān)憂。____________________________________________________________________________________________________Onewaytosolveyourproblemistoshareworrieswithyourfriends.返回返回二、閱讀短文，選擇正確答案()1.Whatisthepurposeofthesecondparagraph?A.Totelltheimportanceofguidedogs.B.Tointroducethepriceofguidedogs.C.Toshowthegreatneedofguidedogs.D.Totalkaboutthenumberofguidedogs.【點撥】寫作意圖題。通讀第二段，尤其第一、二句可知，中國約有1730萬盲人。然而，為盲人服務(wù)的導(dǎo)盲犬只有大約400只。由此可推知，第二段主要說明社會對導(dǎo)盲犬的極大需求。故選C。C()2.Whatcantheguiderobotdoaccordingtothethirdparagraph?①Itcanknowaboutsometrafficrules.②Itcanwalk180metersinoneminute.③Itcanunderstandthewordsofblindpeople.④Itcanfindthewaywiththehelpoftheblind.A.①②③

B.①②④

C.①③④

D.②③④【點撥】信息摘選題。由第三段中“knowwhattheblindpeoplesay...canwalkataspeedofthreemetersasecond”以及“knowtrafficlights”可知,這款導(dǎo)盲機器人能聽懂盲人說的話；它一分鐘能走180米；它能了解一些交通規(guī)則。故選A。返回A()3.Howdotheblindusetherobotbesides(除了)givingorders?A.Byholdingitshand.B.Bystayingnexttoit.C.Byusingaforce-feedbackcane.D.Bylisteningtoitswords.【點撥】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第四段最后一句可知，除了發(fā)出指令，盲人還可以通過力反饋手杖來使用這款導(dǎo)盲機器人。故選C。返回C()4.Whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph?A.Guiderobotswillsoonbecomecheaper.B.Usingguiderobotsisn’tsafeenough.C.Blindpeoplecan’tuseguiderobotseasily.D.Someblindpeoplewillsoonuseguiderobots.【點撥】推理判斷題。由最后一段可知,該研究小組已經(jīng)接到了20個導(dǎo)盲機器人的訂單，導(dǎo)盲機器人很快就會被投入市場。由此可推知,一些盲人將很快用上導(dǎo)盲機器人。故選D。返回D三、根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，結(jié)合自己的理解，回答下面問題Accordingtothearticle,theguiderobotcanhelpblindpe