第10课时 八年级上册 Units 7～8
一、阅读理解
A
(2018·陕西中考)Now, it seems that artificial intelligence(人工智能) is becoming more and more popular in our life, and it has greatly influenced the ways we live, work and play. Can you imagine that you can play table tennis with a robot one day?
Recently, a scientist has invented a special robot that can be a table tennis coach. That means people can practice table tennis not only with humans but also with a robot.
Named Forpheus, the smart table tennis robot is quite special. It can study the movements of human players and the speeds of the ball. In this way, it can exactly judge(判断) the players' skill levels(水平). Then it uses the information to change the ways to play. If the players are just beginners, Forpheus will play in a slow and easy way, but if the players are better ones, the robot will play in a faster and more difficult way. What's more, while playing, it encourages players to try their best with words like “Good job！”， “Come on！” and so on. At the same time, it gives some good advice to improve their skills. So it is both a good partner and a clever coach.
Science and technology is developing quickly these days and it's hard to imagine what will happen in the future. “In the next 20 years, it will be possible that one robot teaches another to play table tennis or even invents another one！” Takuoya, the inventor of the robot, said. 根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。 1．Artificial intelligence has influenced people's life in many ways. 2．Forpheus is the name of the inventor of the robot.
3．The robot can judge the skill levels of human players exactly.
4．One robot will probably teach another to play table tennis in the future. 5．The robot can encourage the human players, but it can't give advice.
B
(2018·广西桂林中考)Today is December 15, 2030.Influenced by the launch of the first manned mission to Mars next month, you will most likely get a gift card for a space trip.
The interest in trips, 100km above the surface of the Earth, has grown steadily since such a trip began. However, the market has grown much larger this year since the official announcement of the Mars mission. More lowcost spacelines have entered the market and you can now find flights
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for such a trip for as low as $ 3，495. It's very reasonable.
Space tourism(旅游业；观光业) is one of the markets that have developed fast during the last decade, with the opening of the Starbright Hotel on the moon as well as the low orbital hotels that started accepting guests. However, accommodation in space is still expensive for the average household, so the suborbital(亚轨道的)flights with thirtyminute weightlessness during the threehour flight will for some time be the most popular trip.
However, the spacelines might in the future face fierce competition between space elevators(太空升降舱), like the one that is projected to start construction within two years. Once it is fully functional, it will start to ship cargo to space. But it will accept passengers as soon as possible to get back the large investment. Even if the elevator becomes successful, it will take several years before there are more elevators in the world to get in the competition for space traffic with the spacelines.
Those who are looking for a little bit of adventure and have extra money to spend may want to consider a suborbital flight in space. While a suborbital flight may not be the space mission that you have always dreamed of, it will give you the rare opportunity to see what our planet looks like in a highaltitude flight outside our atmosphere. So before you enjoy a trip by elevator to space, enjoy a suborbital flight first. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
6．From Paragraph 1, what will happen in January, 2031? A．A gift card will be taken to Mars. B．Mars will be explored for the first time. C．Man will go to Mars for the first time. D．An affordable space trip will come true.
7．The underlined “average” can most probably be replaced by ________ in this passage. A．common
B．highincome
D．lowincome
C．lowcost
8．What is the space elevator's purpose in accepting passengers as soon as possible? A．To ship cargo to space.
B．To get in the competition between spacelines. C．To start the construction of more space elevators. D．To get back the large investment.
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9．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A．Space tourism has developed fast during the last ten years.
B．A suborbital fight may be the space mission that you have dreamed of. C．The suborbital flights will be the most popular trip for some time.
D．Even though the elevator becomes successful, we still wait for a few years to see more elevators come out.
10．We can know from the passage that________.
A．the low orbital hotels have opened since a space trip began
B．within two years, space elevators will begin to ship cargo and people to space. C．during the suborbital fights, you will experience 30 minutes weightlessness D．if you want to meet your curiosity, you may try a suborbital fight
C
根据短文内容，从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空，使语意通顺完整。第一个方框供11～15小题用，第二个方框供16～20小题选用。每个选项只能选用一次，每框有项剩余。
A．because B．run C．cars D．group E．dangerous F．safe What will our world be like in 2050? We asked a 11.________ of experts to make their predictions about our future.
By 2050 we will have “clever” 12.________. We won't have so many accidents, 13.________ they will be able to communicate with each other. Cars will slow down by themselves or stop in 14.________situations. Also, our cars will 15.________ on electricity water.
A．and B．recycle C．over D．robots E．or F．forever By 2050 our homes will be more ecofriendly(环保). We will use solar(太阳的) energy, and we will clean and 16.________ our water. There will be many more people in the world 17.________ our houses will be smaller. Many houses will be underground and we will have 18.________ to help clean, cook and do our home shopping.
We won't die! We will put our brains onto computers and live 19.________. The computers of the
future won't look like machines. They'll look like humans.
By 2050 there will be too many people on the earth and 20.________ 100 million people will
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be living on the moon and other planets. We will be able to travel to Mars and back in just three days. 二、阅读表达
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
(2017·贵州六盘水中考)Tanghulu, is fruit covered with sugar on a stick, a traditional snack from northern China. It's also a necessary snack during the Chinese New Year season. Recently, in northern China, people welcome the return of spring by holding the Tanghulu Fair(庙会)．
Many Chinese still remember eating Tanghulu when they were young. It is said that the fair has a 500yearold history. Nowadays, Tanghulu is not only a kind of snack, it is also a sweet memory of our childhood. Every year, a large number of Tanghulu sellers get together to start delicious Tanghulu Competition during the Spring Festival holidays. In the past, this traditional snack only used haws(山楂), but now it also uses grapes, oranges, strawberries and so on. But people like Haw Tanghulu best. They are rich in Vitamin(维生素) C and E. Do you know how to make Haw Tanghulu? First, wash the large haws clean, dig the seeds(籽) out, and pierce(串) ten haws on a stick. Then they heat the sugar, put the sticks of haws into heated and quickly pull them out. When the sugar on the haws cools down and becomes a candy coat, the Tanghulu is done. Tanghulu is very popular in China, especially in Beijing. It also makes many foreigners want to taste it.
We hope Tanghulu will become one of the most popular snacks in the world. 21．Where is Tanghulu from?
___________________________________________________________________ 22．How do people welcome the return of spring in northern China? ___________________________________________________________________
23．What do the Tanghulu sellers get together to do during the Spring Festival holidays every year?
___________________________________________________________________ 24．What kind of Vitamin is the Haw Tanghulu rich in?
___________________________________________________________________ 25．What is the passage mainly about?
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参考答案
一、1～5 ABAAB 6～10 DADDC 11～15 DCAEB 16～20 BADFC
二、21.It is from northern China. 22．By holding the Tanghulu Fair.
23．They get together to start Tanghulu Competition. 24．Vitamin C and E.
25．It mainly tells about the knowledge of Tanghulu.
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