2017版高考英语大一轮复习 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions复习练案 新人教版选修8.doc

Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Ⅰ.完形填空 (2016·全国卷Ⅱ) Hundreds of people have formed impressions of you through that little device(装置) on your desk.And theyve never actually__1.D__you.Everything they know about you__2.A__through this device, sometimes from hundreds of miles away.__3.B__they feel they can know you__4.C__from the sound of your voice.Thats how powerful the__5.A__is. Powerful, yes, but not always__6.D__.For years I dealt with my travel agent only by phone.Rani, my faceless agent whom Id never met__7.A__，got me rock－bottom prices on airfares, cars, and hotels.But her cold voice really__8.A__me.I sometimes wished to__9.C__another agent. One morning, I had to__10.D__an immediate flight home for a family emergency.I ran into Ranis office__11.A__.The woman sitting at the desk，__12.B__my madness, sympathetically jumped up.She gave me a__13.B__smile, nodded while listening patiently, and then printed out the__14.C__immediately.“What a wonderful lady！” I thought. Rushing out__15.C__I called out over my shoulder，“By the way, whats your name？” “Im Rani，” she said.I turned around and saw a__16.D__woman with a big smile on her face waving to wish me a safe trip.I was__17.D__！ Why had I thought she was cold? Rani was, well, so__18.B__. Sitting back in the car on the way to the airport, I figured it all out.Ranis__19.C__—her warm smile, her nods, her ‘Im here for you’__20.B__—were all silent signals that didnt travel through wires. 文章大意：本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。电话的确很强大，但传达的信息却不总是准确的。作者通过自身的经历总结出，电话中感受到的有时与现实生活中感受到的并不一致，因为像微笑这样无声的信号无法通过电话线传播。 1．A.accepted B．noticed C．heard D．met 解析：根据第一段中的“Hundreds of people have formed impressions of you through that little device(装置)on your desk”以及第二段中的“Rani，my faceless agent whom Id never met”可知，此处表示“事实上他们从来没有见过你”。故选D项。accept“接受”；notice“注意”；hear“听到”；meet“遇见”。 2．A.came B．moved C．ran D．developed 解析：此处表示“他们对你的一切了解都是通过这个装置(传达的)”，故选A项。come“来，发生”；move“移动”；run“跑”；develop“发展”。 3．A.Thus B．Yet C．Then D．Indeed 解析：根据上文的“...sometimes from hundreds of miles a