2015-2016学年高中英语 Module 1 British and American English Section 1 Introduction Reading课时作业 外研版必修5.docVIP

Module 1 British and American English Section 1 Introduction Reading Ⅰ.单词拼写 1．Its known to all that she is a famous________(语言学家)． 2．Its go dark. We regret not taking a________(电筒)along. 3．People receive television pictures by________(卫星)． 4．He was sleeping late yesterday. It________to(导致)his being late for school. 5．My teacher________(影响)my decision. 6．We want to listen to your________(评论) on the first article. 7．According to the________(声明)the two countries will reach an agreement. 8．This has made it possible for industry to______(发展)． 9．The islands were gradually populated by______(移民)． 10．If the key word is________(省略)，the sentence will make no sense. 答案：1.linguist　2.flashlight　3.satellite　4.led 5．influenced　6.remarks　7.announcement　8.develop 9．settlers　10.omitted Ⅱ.阅读理解 A An app that does nothing but send a simple notification(通知)of“Yo”to recipients(接收者)is the most popular app right now in the US. The app，named Yo，reached No.1 in the Apple App Store in the US last week，after The Financial Times broke the story on June 18 that the app has received $1 million(6.23 million yuan)in investment funding. Created in just eight hours by Or Arbel，a 32yearold app developer from Tel Aviv，Israel，Yo claims to be the“simplest and most efficient communication tool in the world”．With a single tap，users can send the word“Yo”to one another in a voice notification—and nothing else. Yo was launched on April Fools Day this year but many people still see the app as a joke now，including some technology experts，like Polly Mosendz from The Wire and Judd Legum from Think Progress. David Shapiro，from The New Yorker，says now when he thinks about someone，he just“Yos”them instead of spending time starting and carrying on a conversation.He says its a great way of saying：“Im thinking about you but I dont have anything in particular to say.”Social media constantly demands our time and attention.Not replying to text messages and emails can hurt relationships.But，Shapiro says，a “Yo” doesnt s