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1、 Unit 3 Computers Period 4 Using Language课后阅读训练. 阅读理解AKids are going all over the world without ever leaving their school. They are using their computers. A school in California could be the most wired school in America. They are hooked up to the Internet through their computers. Thirty students are
2、 able to use the Internet every day. The kids are between the grades of kindergarten and fifth grade. The teacher says that it is hard to get them away from the computers. They do not even want to go to recess(暂停). Internet has opened the world to many people. Now students can go to any library on e
3、arth. They can get information. They can visit a child in another country. Laura Bacon likes to visit other students. Shes going to Peggys page. Peggy is a school student in London, England. She puts her own home page on the Internet. It includes pictures of Peggy, her school, her mom, dad and frien
4、ds. You can send her mails, too. A scientist helped to wire the school. He says, “There is a plan to connect 12 thousand California schools to the Internet. ”Wiring schools in California can cost a lot of money. It needs to be done on volunteer effort or schools will not be able to afford it. They t
5、hink that it will cost as much as fifty billion dollars. Some people say that the money should be spent on teachers instead of computers. Some people say that it would be worth it to wire all of the classrooms. 【语篇概述】使用网络可以跟上时代, 如果你还没有上网, 也许你就落伍了。1. On the Internet anyone can put their own informati
6、on_. A. in the mindsB. in their houseC. on the top of the computerD. on a home page【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第四段第四句话She puts her own home page on the Internet. 可知本题答案为D。2. Which of the following is TRUE?A. It will cost California fifty million dollars to wire all of the schools to the Internet. B. The kids are
7、 so interested in the computers that they dont even want to go to school. C. The California schools are wired to the Internet through their microwaves. D. The underlined word “hooked” in the first paragraph means“connected to the Internet”. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句话的意思:他们通过电脑被连接到互联网上, 故D项表述是正确的。3. Int
8、ernet has opened the world to many people and students can go to any_. A. hotelB. libraryC. supermarketD. school【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第三段第二句话Now students can go to any library on earth. 可知本题答案为B。4. What should the money be spent on, according to some people?A. More teachers. B. More computers. C. More libr
9、aries. D. More kids. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句话Some people say that the money should be spent on teachers instead of computers. 可知A项符合句意。BWho really knows how old saying got started?As I was researching my latest book set in the 1500s in Scotland. I found some interesting information. In the 1500s most
10、 people in Scotland got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled clean for a month. However, in case the“freshness” had disappeared brides(新娘)would carry bouquets of flowers to hide their body odour(体臭). The yearly bath was taken in a big tub filled with hot water
11、 and the first bath was taken by the man of the house. Other men in the house then took their baths in the same water, followed by the women. Babies were the last to be washed and then the water was so dirty that you couldnt see the bottom of the tub, hence the saying“dont throw the baby out with th
12、e bath water”. Wouldnt it have made more sense to wash babies first, followed by women and then men who were dirty after working in the fields?Most people lived in a little cottage with a dirt floor while more wealthy people had slate(石板)floors, hence the saying“dirt poor”. The slate floors would ge
13、t slippery in the winter or wet so they were spread with thresh(麦秆). When the door was opened the thresh would start slipping outside. So a piece of wood was placed in the entrance way and that is why we call the step into a house the threshold. In the 1500s in Scotland poor people lived on vegetabl
14、es. Pork was hard to get, so if guests arrived and saw a slice of bacon(腊肉)hanging up, they would think the host could“bring home the bacon”. The host would cut off some to share with guests and all sat around“chewing the fat”. 【语篇概述】在英语的学习中, 谚语是我们经常遇到的, 本文就介绍了一些谚语的由来, 阅读本文了解一下吧。5. Why did most peop
15、le get married in June in the 1500s in Scotland?A. Because they still smelled clean by then. B. Because June was the best time of the year. C. Because brides could get fresh flowers in June. D. Because they had to take a bath before marriage. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据文章第二段的内容可知, 在16世纪, 苏格兰人一般在五月份洗澡, 在之后的一个月内仍
16、能保持清新的体香, 所以人们大都选择在六月份结婚。6. Which of the following was a sign of wealth in the 1500s in Scotland?A. Slates. B. Thresh. C. Vegetables. D. Bacon. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文章最后一段的内容可知, 在16世纪的苏格兰, 普通人吃不起肉, 而有一片腊肉就是财富的象征了。7. What can be used to describe a man who can support his family?A. He is dirt poor. B. He is chewing the fat.
