2016-2017高中英语 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Section Ⅳ Grammar Writing学业分层测评 新8.docVIP

Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Section Ⅳ Grammar Writing Ⅰ.完成句子 1．记者不断地告知我们比赛结果。 The reporters ________________ of the games. 2．他们对眼前悲惨的景象感到很害怕。 They ________________the sad sight. 3．上周一我们班开展了一次有组织的旅行。 Our class went on ________________last Monday. 4．他举着手站了一会儿。 He stood for an instant ________________. 5．我非常喜欢从网上买的那本书。 I like the book ________________ very much. 【答案】　1.keep us informed of the results　2.were frightened at　3.an organized trip　4.with his hand raised　5.bought on the Internet .阅读理解 A “Get your hands off me, I have been stolen，” the laptop, a portable computer, shouted.That is a new solution to laptop computer theft: a program that lets owners give their property a voice when it has been taken. The program allows users to display alerts on the missing computers screen and even to set a spoken message.Tracking software for stolen laptops has been on the market for some time, but this is thought to be the first that allows owners to_give_the_thief_a_piece_of_their_mind. Owners must report their laptop missing by logging on to a website, which sends a message to the model: a red and yellow “lost or stolen” banner pops up on its screen when it is started.Under the latest version of the software, users can also send a spoken message. The message can be set to reappear every 30 seconds, no matter how many times the thief closes it.“One customer sent a message saying, ‘You are being tracked.I am right at your door’，” said Carrie Hafeman, chief executive of the company which produces the program, Retriever. In the latest version, people can add a spoken message.The default (系统设定)through the computers speakers is：“Help, this laptop is reported lost or stolen.If you are not my owner, please report me now.” The Retriever software package, which costs $29.95 (￡21) but has a free trial period, has the functions of many security software programs.Owners can remotely switch to an alternative password immediately if they fear that the thief has also got hold of the acc