人教新课标英语选修7 Unit2同步精选及答案Unit Two RobotsI．语法填空Larry Belmont worked____1_____ a company that made robots. Recently it hadbegun________2______ (experiment) with a household robot. It was going to be _____3_______ (test) out by Larry’s wife, Claire.Claire didn’t want the robot in_____4_____ house, especially as her husband would be ____5____ (absence) for three weeks, _____6_____ Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her to be harmed. It would be a bonus. _____7______, when she first saw the robot, she felt_____8_____(alarm). His name was Tony and he seemed____9_____ (much) like a human than a machine. He was tall and handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice although his______10_______(face) expression never changed.1.____________2.____________3.___________4.___________5.___________6.____________7.____________8.___________9.___________ 10___________II. 用所给词的词组适当形式填空1. The moment he got up this morning, someone_________（ring).2.Tony would have to be rebuilt because you cannot have women _________________(fall) machines.3. I suggested to him that the new machines ______________(test) before going into production.4. You shouldn’t have __________(leave)in the mountains, it w as very dangerous for her.5. He heard a voice but when he_____________(turn), he saw nobody.6. But for much of his working life, he has ___ （set)his enthusiasm for physics to devote himself toa career in administration.7. Some members of the House complain that their vote ____(favour) the system could cost them their jobs in November.8. You _________(bound) be disappointed if you hope to go to college without hard work.9. My thought on improving the financial condition of the company ________ (similar)the boss’s.10. As with anything, the more you practise, _______(good) you become.III、完形填空Some years ago when I was in my second year in university，I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time.The moment was exciting.Salome’s __1__filled the room and brought the theater to life.I was so__2__that I decided to write an article about her.I__3__Salome Bey，telling her I was from Essence magazine，and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career.She__4__and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday.When I hung up，I wasscared out of my mind.I__5__I was lying.I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday.I sat there__6__，taking notes and asking questions that all began with，“Can you tell me...” I soon realized that__7__Salome Bey was one thing，but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible.The__8__was almost unbearable (不可容忍的)．I struggled for days __9__draft after draft.Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.It didn’t take long.My manuscript__10__.How stupid of me！I thought.How could I__11__in a world of professional writers？Knowing I couldn’t __12__the rejection letter，I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.Five years later，I was moving to California.While__13__my apartment，I came across the unopened envelope.This time I opened it and __14__the editor’s letter in disbelief：Dear Ms Profit，Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic.Yet we need some __15__ materials.Please add those and return the article immediately.We would like to__16__your story soon.Shocked，it took me a long time to__17__.Fear of rejection cost me dearly.I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine.More importantly，I lost yearsof__18__writing.Today，I have become a full-time writer.Looking back on this__19__，I learned a very important lesson：You can’t__20__to doubt yourself.1.A．joy B．voiceC．speech D．smile 2．A.moved B．active C．satisfied D．proud 3．A.visited B．emailed C．interviewed D．phoned 4．A.agreed B．refused C．hesitated D．paused 5．A.replied B．discovered C．explained D．knew 6．A.seriously B．nervously C．patiently D．quietly 7．A.blaming B．fooling C．inviting D．urging8. A．hardship B．failure C．comment D．pressure 9．A.on B．by C．with D．in 10．A.returned B．disappeared C．spread D．improved 11．pare B．compete C．survive D．struggle 12．A.ignore B．deliver C．face D．receive 13．A.cleaning B．repairing C．decorating D．leaving14．A.saw B．readC．found D．noticed15．A.memorial B．relevantC．private D．reliable16．A.broadcast B．createC．publish D．assess17．A.prepare B．recoverC．escape D．concentrate18．A.energetic B．enjoyableC．typical D．endless19．A.experience B．successC．benefit D．accident20．A.attempt B．pretendC．expect D．affordIV、阅读理解APeter Byford was born in a stone house in Honley，and when he was tiny his dad，a former miner，got a job in the textile trade and the Byford's moved to Skelmanthorpe.Life was tough but fun，and young Peter spent his days in the rolling countryside，rafting on the river，making tree camps orplaying on his own with his model railway and soldiers.His world was rocked by tragedy when his mother died，which destroyed young Peter，a shy child who suddenly had to grow up fast.Though grieving，he went up the road to live with his aunt and uncle，and returned home much too young to face the next challenge，that of looking after his dad，who had lost an arm in an accident in a factory.By then he had taken the nickname as Biff.The younger Biff struggled at school because of hisshyness，but loved the music lessons and became friends with a classmate whose brother had a guitar.At the same time a young man who had a banjo(班卓琴)moved into the house opposite wherehe lived and he taught young Biff how to play it.The seeds had been sown and music began to influence his life.But even so，his working career began，in typical fashion for 1960s West Yorkshire.After a short time as an apprentice(学徒)carpenter，he went to work in the local weaving factory.And this was where Biff Byford，soon to become a legend in the world of rock，first learned to sing.The machines would run all day，clickety-clack，clickety-clack.The noise was incredible，and the workers would spendtheir time trying to lip read each other.It was just so noisy in there.It was really heavy metal.The only thing to do was sing to yourself.Sosing to himself he did，the melodies(旋律)locking in place in his head，not to be forgotten.His dream first exploded into a rocking reality.1．When Peter Byford was born ______.A．his family moved to SkelmanthorpeB．his father worked in the textile tradeC．his father probably took a job in HonleyD．his family lived a very poor life2．Peter Byford had to leave his aunt and uncle ______.A．because his mother passed awayB．because of his father's poor healthC．because he wanted not to stay with his fatherD．because of his fully being grown-up3．What does the third paragraph imply?A．Peter got influenced a lot by his classmate and the young man.B．the classmate taught Peter how to play the guitar.C．Peter shared a house with the young man.D．The young Biff had an eye for good friends.4．While working in the local weaving factory ______.A．Peter started as an apprentice carpenterB．Peter treated his life in a positive wayC．Peter was very tired of the noisy workplaceD．Peter learned how to lip read by himself5．What would happen to Peter later?A．He would remain working in the factory forever.B．He would put forward suggestions to the boss.C．He would tell the workers to keep silent.D．He would find ways to realize his dream.BMark Twain has been called the inventor of the American novel.And he surely deserves additional praise：the man who popularized the clever literary attack on racism.I say clever because anti-slavery fiction had been the important part of the literature in the years before the Civil War.H.B.Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is only the most famous example.These early stories dealt directly with slavery.With minor exceptions，Twain planted his attacks on slavery and prejudice into tales that were on the surface about something else entirely.He drew his readers into the argument by drawing them into the story.Again and again，in the postwar years，Twain seemed forced to deal with the challenge ofrace.Consider the most controversial，at least today，of Twain's novels，Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Only a few books have been kicked off the shelves as often as Huckleberry Finn，Twain's most widely read tale.Once upon a time，people hated the book because it struck them as rude.Twain himself wrote that those who banned the book considered the novel “trash and suitable only for the slums(贫民窟)．”More recently the book has been attacked because of the character Jim，the escaped slave，and many occurences of the word nigger.(The term Nigger Jim，for which the novel is often severely criticized，never appears in it.)But the attacks were and are silly—and miss the point.The novel is strongly anti-slavery.Jim's searchthrough the slave states for the family from whom he has been forcibly parted is heroic.As J．Chadwick has pointed out，the character of Jim was a first in American fiction—a recognition that the slave had two personalities，“the voice of survival within a white slave culture and the voice of the individual：Jim，the father and the man.”There is much more.Twain's mystery novel Pudd'nhead Wilson stood as a challenge to the racial beliefs of even many of the liberals of his day.Written at a time when the accepted wisdom held Negroes to be inferior(低等的)to whites，especially in intelligence，Twain's tale centered in part around two babies switched at birth.A slave gave birth to her master's baby and，for fear that the child should be sold South，switched him for the master's baby by his wife.The slave's lightskinned child was taken to be white and grew up with both the attitudes and the education of theslave-holding class.The master's wife's baby was taken for black and grew up with the attitudes and intonations of the slave.The point was difficult to miss：nurture(养育)，not nature，was the key to social status.The features of the black man that provided the stuff of prejudice—manner of speech，for example—were，to Twain，indicative of nothing other than the conditioning that slavery forced on its victims.Twain's racial tone was not perfect.One is left uneasy，for example，by the lengthy passage in his autobiography(自传)about how much he loved what were ca lled“nigger shows”in his youth—mostlywith white men performing in black-face—and his delight in getting his mother to laugh at them.Yet there is no reason to think Twain saw the shows as representing reality.His frequent attacks on slavery and prejudice suggest his keen awareness that they did not.Was Twain a racist？Asking the question in the 21st century is as wise as asking the same of Lincoln.If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the“wisdom”of the considered moral judgments of the present，we will find nothing but error.Lincoln，who believed the black man the inferior of the white，fought and won a war to free him.And Twain，raised in a slave state，briefly a soldier，and inventor of Jim，may have done more to anger the nation over racial injustice and awaken its collective conscience than any other novelist in the past century.1．How do Twain's novels on slavery differ from Stowe's?A．Twain was more willng to deal with racism.B．Twain's attack on racism was much less open.C．Twain's themes seemed to agree with plots.D．Twain was openly concerned with racism.2．Recent criticism of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn arose partly from its________. A．target readers at the bottomB．anti-slavery attitudeC．rather impolite languageD．frequent use of “nigger”3．What best proves Twain's anti-slavery stand according to the author?A．Jim's search for his family was described in detail.B．The slave's voice was first heard in American novels.C．Jim grew up into a man and a father in the white culture.D．Twain suspected that the slaves were less intelligent.4．The story of two babies switched mainly indicates that________.A．slaves were forced to give up their babies to their mastersB．slaves' babies could pick up slave-holders' way of speakingC．blacks' social position was shaped by how they were brought upD．blacks were born with certain features of prejudice5．What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 7 refer to?A．The attacks. B．Slavery and prejudice.C．White men. D．The shows.6．What does the author mainly argue for?A．Twain had done more than his contemporary writers to attack racism.B．Twain was an admirable figure comparable to Abraham Lincoln.C．Twain's works had been banned on unreasonable grounds.D．Twain's works should be read from a historical point of view.C阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。