1、 Unit 4 Films and film events 文娱与体育之(二)电影一积词汇见多识广 课内单词回扣(一)阅读词汇写其义1deliberately adv.故意地 2.boycott vt .拒绝购买，抵制3sponsor n赞助商 vt.赞助；主办4shoot vt. in other words, 3D helps children process aspects of their environment more quickly. This is likely to be because 3D is a mentally stimulating experience whic
2、h gets the brains juices flowing ”The experiment saw children given a range of cognitive tests before watching 20 minutes of a movie in either 2D or 3D and being tested again. The results showed those who saw the 3D content reacted faster and performed better in the second round of testing. Mental e
3、ngagement also rose by 13% among 3D watchers. Child psychologist Dr.Woolfson added that “supportive parenting” and regularly listening to classical music can also aid a childs memory.语篇解读：本文介绍了一项新的研究，研究表明 观看 3D 电影可以提升儿童的注意力和认知力。1The reason why children perform better after watching a 3D movie is tha
4、t _.Aa 3D movie makes their brain activeBa 3D movie is more exciting than a 2D movieCchildren enjoy watching a 3D movieDchildren like the experience which “gets the brains juices flowing”解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句可知，3D 电影能够让大脑更活跃，所以孩子在观看 3D 电影后会表现 得更好。故选 A 项。2Which of the following is TRUE according to
5、the passage?AOnly “supportive parenting” and listening to music can help a childs memory.BThe children in the experiment are tested only once.CAll the children doubled the cognitive processing speed in testing.DChildrens attention spans have shortened in the past 10 years because of access to entert
6、ainment unlimitedly.解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知，过去 10 年由于无限制的娱乐活动，儿童注意力的持续时间有所缩短。故 选 D 项。3Where does this passage probably come form?AAn exhibition guide. BA science textbook.CA science report. DAn advertisement.解析：选 C 文章出处题。本文介绍了一项新的研究，研究表明儿童在观看 3D 影片后，注意力和认知力会提升，并分析了 导致这一现象的原因，属科普知识类，应该选自科学报道。故选 C 项。B
7、(2018银川二中高考模拟)Alibaba started taking the lead in China by connecting big Chinese manufacturers (制造商) with big buyers across the world.Its businesstobusiness site, A allowed businesses to buy almost everything.Alibabas advantage wasnt hard to judge: size.Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards
8、.Its market attracts about 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion orders a year and Alibaba is just the middleman.It encourages people to use its markets not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on Chinese daily li
9、fe, take my experience.I moved to Beijing a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics, bathroom furnishings, and anything else my wife wanted.“Youre looking for what exactly？Why not try it？” my Chinese
10、teacher asked me one day.With that, my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.Alibabas original businesstobusiness model now is second to consumer buying.Chinese retail (零售) buying makes up 80% of Alibabas profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million items for sale and the most
11、unbelievable selection of things youll never find. T is Alibabas another big site, where you can find brandname goods from Nike to Unilever almost at the lowest prices.What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the US. is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping bigbox re
12、tailers especially in favor of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites.In smaller towns than Beijing, Taobao will be the first choice when shopping online.I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how wide the marketplace is.Almost everything arrived a day or two
13、 after ordering with free shipping.Im not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chineselanguage site.When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teachers iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one
14、 of mine.语篇解读：本文主要介绍了阿里巴巴对人们的购物产生的巨大影响，它已经深入到人们日常生活的方方面面。4Alibabas advantage mainly lies in _.Aits low priceBits not charging small sellersCits big sizeDits businesstobusiness service解析：选 C 细节理解题。由第一段第三、四句 “Alibabas advantage wasnt hard to judge: size.Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards.”
15、可知，阿里巴巴的优势就在于规模大。故选C 项。5We know from the passage that Alibaba _.Aacts as a bridge between the buyers and sellersBcharges small sellers on its site a percentage of the saleCsells everything you want onlineDhas taken the place of traditional stores解析：选 A 推理判断题。由第一段第一句 “. by connecting big Chinese manu
16、facturers (制造商 ) with big buyers across the world.”可知，阿里巴巴的运营模式是将制造商与买家联系起来，由此推断出阿里巴巴起到了桥梁的作用，故 选 A 项。由第一段最后一句 “. not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.”可排除 B 项；由第一段第二句中的“almost everything”可排除 C 项；D 项 在文中未提及。6What can be inferred from the last 3 paragraphs?ATaobao sells millions of ite
17、ms with the lowest price.BAlibaba s profit mainly consists of Chinese retail buying.CTmall .com is more popular than Taobao.DThe author can purchase items on Taobao without any difficulty now.解析：选 B 推理判断题。由第三段第二句“Chinese retail (零售) buying makes up 80% of Alibabas profit .”可知，中国人的零售 购买占了阿里巴巴利润的 80%，
18、故 选 B 项。7What is the passage mainly about?ATaobao, the best choice for shopping online in China.BAlibaba influences peoples daily purchase in China.CShopping online goes beyond traditional shopping in China.DHow the author learns to purchase online in China.解析：选 B 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要论述了阿里巴巴对人们日常购物产生的巨
19、大影响，故选 B 项。.完形填空The other day I was offered two tickets to a special preview of the latest movie for free. I wasnt interested, _1_ I knew my two boys would be.That evening, we were a bit _2_ for time. So instead of having dinner at home, we had fast food near the movie theater Oscar. There went the
20、_3_ of eight movie tickets.Then I met up with a friend and we sat around _4_ for a while, and another movie ticket went into a cup of coffee. After that, we figured we might as well _5_ around until the movie ended to pick up the boys. To help _6_ time, I bought snacks. However, the _7_ went for an
21、hour longer than expected. To watch the free movie, we always have to _8_ an hour of ads.Oh, did I _9_ parking and fighting my way through the _10_ to get to the right theater? I could have sent the _11_ to a movie theater in walking distance and had enough _12_ left over to watch ten more movies!Ne
22、xt time Im offered something free, Ill _13_ refuse it.I should have known better. _14_ in 2004, I built my own business. One of my marketing strategies is that I often offer free gifts. I said “probably” because “free” is just the most irresistible _15_ in your marketing language. And it always _16_
23、.If you dont believe me, next time when you do a promotion, _17_ this test: one with and one without the free _18_. You will be amazed by how many people will _19_ hundreds of dollars to get something for _20_！语篇解读：作者回忆了自己看免费电影的经历，告 诉我们 “免费礼品”往往会让我们付出更多。1A.for BorCso Dbut解析：选 D 本句 would be 后补充完整为“wo
24、uld be interested in a special preview of the latest movie”，再 联系前文可知作者不感兴趣，但她知道两个儿子会感兴趣。设空前后存在转折关系，故选 D 项。2A.respectful BpreparedCrushed Dthankful解析：选 C 根据下文“So instead of having dinner at home, we had fast food near the movie theater Oscar.”可知，作者和孩子们在剧院外吃了快餐，并没在家吃晚 饭，推断出他们有点赶时间，故 C 项符合语境。3A.time Bp
25、riceCchance Dlength解析：选 B 根据第四段可知，作者为了免费电影，花了可以看十多部电影的钱，故此处表示吃快餐花的钱相当于八张电影票的价格。故 选 B 项 。4A.singing BjudgingCbargaining Dchatting解析：选 D 句意：然后我遇到了一位朋友，我们坐下来聊了一会儿，这样一杯咖啡又花了一张电影票的钱。sing 意为“唱歌” ；judge 意为“判断 ”；bargain 意为“讨价还价” 。故选 D 项。5A.wander BturnClook Dgather解析：选 A 根据后文可知，作者打算等 电影结束再接孩子 们，所以作者和朋友 觉得不妨
26、再逛会儿(wander around)，等到电影结束。故选 A 项。turn around 意为“使转身；使好转” ；look around 意为 “四下观望； 进行调查” ；gather around 意为“围拢；支持” 。6A.save BwasteCrecord Dkill解析：选 D 作者是在等电影结束，然后接孩子 们，所以 买 了小吃，是为了消磨(kill)时间。根据语境可知选 D 项。7A.meeting BmovieCwalk Dcoffee解析：选 B 根据上文可知，作者的儿子们去看电影，而作者此时正在等电影结束，所以此处指电影(movie)播放的时间 比“我们”预期的多了一小
27、时。故选 B 项。8A.break down Bsit throughCcut down Dlook through解析：选 B 为了看免费电影，我们常常要耐着性子看完(sit through)一个小时的广告。故选 B 项。 break down 意为“ 崩溃；出故障” ；cut down 意 为“缩减” ；look through 意为“看穿；仔细检查” 。9A.forget BcontinueCmention Dstop解析：选 C 上文作者描述了为使用两张免费电影票所付出的 “代价” ，所以此处指作者刚刚还没有提到(mention)停车以及怎样奋力通过车流(traffic)到达影院的事。
28、故选 C 项。10A.race BparkCgate Dtraffic解析：选 D 根据设空前的“parking”以及下文的“in walking distance”可推断出，此 处作者在抱怨去影院路上的交通状况。故选 D 项。11A.employees BcustomersCboys Dfriends解析：选 C 本空是第一段第二句中“my two boys”的复现，指作者本可以把孩子 们(boys)送到一个步行就能到达的影院。12A.food BpatienceCroom Dmoney解析：选 D 根据第二、三段可知，电影票之外的消费比较高，超过了电影票本身的价格。因此，此处指如果不接受
29、这两张免费的电影票，而在就近的影院看电影的话，还可以省下足够看十多部电影的钱(money)。故选 D 项。13A.probably BangrilyCdefinitely Drepeatedly解析：选 A 本空是下文“I said probably .”中 probably 的复现词，如果下次再有人给她免费的东西，她可能(probably) 会拒绝。故选 A 项。14A.Ending BWritingCReporting DStarting解析：选 D 根据设空后的时间状语 in 2004 可知，此 处指作者从 2004 年开始(Starting)创业。故选 D 项。15A.word Bre
30、asonCletter Ddesire解析：选 A 句意：我说“可能” ，因 为“免费”是市场语 言中最不可抗拒的一个词(word)。free 在 marketing language 中是一个词，故 选 A 项。16A.fails BcheatsCworks Dloses解析：选 C 根据前文作者对自己经历的回忆，且“免费”是市场语言中最不可抗拒的一个词可知，免费的礼物在销 售中总是会起作用(works)。故选 C 项。fail 意为“失败” ；cheat意为“欺骗” ；lose 意为“遗失” 。17A.try BstudyCface Dattend解析：选 A 根据设空后的 test 可知
31、，此 处指如果你不信“ 我”说的话，下次你做促 销的时候，尝试(try)一下这样的 测试。故选 A 项。18A.help BgiftCadvice Dmarket解析：选 B 本空是上一段第三句“One of my marketing strategies is that I often offer free gifts.”中 gifts 的复 现词，指其中一个没有免费的礼物。故 选 B 项。19A.gain BbankCreceive Dpay解析：选 D 你会惊讶于有很多人竟然会为免费(for nothing)获得某些东西愿意付出(pay)几百美元。根据语境可知选 D 项。20A.some
32、thing BeverythingCnothing Danything解析：选 C for nothing 意为 “免费地” ，对应上文中多次出现的 free，故选 C 项。.短文改错Dear Mike，What is it going? I will fly to your country to attend the Culture Trip to America in next week. I feel exciting because my dream of visiting America will come true. Through the trip, I hope to open
33、 my eyes and learning more about the customs and history of your country. Besides, it is the good chance to practise my English.Therefore, one thing Im concerned about is because I may have difficulty communicating with local people. After all, there have many cultural differences between China and America. Id appreciate if you could give me some proper advices.Im looking forward to your early reply.Yours，Li Hua答案：第一句：WhatHow第二句：去掉 in第三句：excitingexcited第四句：learninglearn第五句：thea第六句：Therefore However; becausethat第七句：haveare第八句：if 前加 it; advicesadvice
