必修5Unit 3
李仕才
考点规范练(必修5 Unit 3) 【短文语法填空】
I am going to tell you an unbelievable thing __1__ happened in my restaurant today.
This afternoon a poorly-dressed gentleman came into my restaurant.Nobody knew __2__ he was.We wondered __3__ he was so hungry.We were surprised that he finished two orders of food in a very limited time.We doubted __4__ the man was able to pay the bill.The gentleman asked __5__ we would mind waiting for just a few minutes.Then we were shocked to see __6__ he took out of an envelope—a million pound banknote.
I asked Mr Clements __7__ it was genuine.Mr Clements said it was true because two of this amount had been issued by the Bank of England this year.He thought __8__ the gentleman showed us couldn't be a fake.
__9__ a gentleman with a million pound note was in rags and ate in our small restaurant was a big puzzle to all the people there.I really couldn't describe __10__ excited I was.
1．________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5．________ 6.________ 7.________ 8.________ 9．________ 10.________
Ⅰ.阅读理解
Schools should put a greater emphasis on teaching digital technology—as millions of jobs could be swept away by automation,says former education secretary Lord Kenneth Baker.
Now chair of the Edge Foundation,Mr Baker says young people must be taught the skills for jobs of the future.He warns that many white collar and professional jobs will be under threat from artificial intelligence.“Jobs are being lost in professions we used to regard as careers for life,”he said.
Lord Baker has produced a report,The Digital Revolution,calling for the education system to respond to the way in which technological change will affect
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the future job market.
“The economy is changing at a very rapid pace,”he said.“Artificial intelligence,robots,3D printing and driverless vehicles will influence different fields like the legal profession,transport and construction.”
Lord Baker,who heads the Edge charity,which encourages education that prepares people for a job,says figures from the Bank of England show that automation could put 15 million jobs at risk.But he warns that the supply of the necessary digital skills is “almost entirely absent from the core curriculum(核心课程) in mainstream schools”.
The report calls for a stronger emphasis on work-related technical skills,linked to the influence of digital technology.
Lord Baker says that schools should be able to teach computer science rather than modern languages.He says that apprenticeships(实习) should be available from the age of 14,combining a “core academic curriculum with hands-on learning”.
All primary schools should have 3D printers and design software,he says,and they should bring in outside experts to teach coding.“We should not go back to a 19th century diet of academic subjects for all.We need 21st century education for a 21st century economy,”said Lord Baker.
1.To the education system,Lord Baker’s report The Digital Revolution served as .
A.an appeal B.a question C.a solution
D.an introduction
2.How does Lord Baker feel about the current supply of the necessary digital skills in school? A.Satisfied. C.Confident.
B.Doubtful. D.Disappointed.
3.Lord Baker advises schools to . a.obtain design software b.invite outside experts c.teach computer science
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d.teach modern languages A.a,b,c C.a,c,d
B.b,c,d D.a,b,d
4.Which of the following can best express Lord Baker’s idea in the last paragraph? A.Prepare for a rainy day. B.Keep pace with the times. C.Time and tide wait for no man.
D.All things are difficult before they are easy. B
In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child’s acquisition of each new skill-the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child: This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.
Patents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters. Others are severe over times of coming home at night or punctuality for meals. In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child’s own happiness.
As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that “example is better than precept”. If they are not sincere and do not practice what they teach, their children may grow confused, and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled.
A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents’ principles and
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