時　八年級上冊　Units 78

1、第10課時八年級上冊 Units 78一、閱讀理解A(2019·陜西中考)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 inven

2、ted 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 exac

3、tly judge(判斷) 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 p

4、laying, 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

5、 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.根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷下列句子正誤。正確的用“A”表示，不正確的用“B”表示。1Artificial intelligence has influenced people's life in man

6、y ways.2Forpheus is the name of the inventor of the robot.3The robot can judge the skill levels of human players exactly.4One robot will probably teach another to play table tennis in the future.5The robot can encourage the human players, but it can't give advice.B(2019·廣西桂林中考)Today is Dece

7、mber 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 si

8、nce the official announcement of the Mars mission. More low­cost spacelines have entered the market and you can now find flights for such a trip for as low as $ 3，495. It's very reasonable.Space tourism(旅游業(yè)；觀光業(yè)) is one of the markets that have developed fast during the last decade, with the

9、 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(亞軌道的)flights with thirty­minute weightlessness during the three­hour flight will for

10、 some time be the most popular trip.However, the spacelines might in the future face fierce competition between space elevators(太空升降艙), 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 passeng

11、ers 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 extr

12、a 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 enj

13、oy a trip by elevator to space, enjoy a suborbital flight first.根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。6From Paragraph 1, what will happen in January, 2031?AA gift card will be taken to Mars.BMars will be explored for the first time.CMan will go to Mars for the first time.DAn affordable space trip will come true.7The underl

14、ined “average” can most probably be replaced by _ in this passage.Acommon Bhigh­incomeClow­cost Dlow­income8What is the space elevator's purpose in accepting passengers as soon as possible?ATo ship cargo to space.BTo get in the competition between spacelines.CTo start the construc

15、tion of more space elevators.DTo get back the large investment.9Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?ASpace tourism has developed fast during the last ten years.BA suborbital fight may be the space mission that you have dreamed of.CThe suborbital flights will be the most popul

16、ar trip for some time.DEven though the elevator becomes successful, we still wait for a few years to see more elevators come out.10We can know from the passage that_.Athe low orbital hotels have opened since a space trip beganBwithin two years, space elevators will begin to ship cargo and people to

17、space.Cduring the suborbital fights, you will experience 30 minutes weightlessnessDif you want to meet your curiosity, you may try a suborbital fightC根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從方框中選出恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或短語填空，使語意通順完整。第一個方框供1115小題用，第二個方框供1620小題選用。每個選項只能選用一次，每框有項剩余。AbecauseBrunCcarsDgroupEdangerousFsafeWhat will our world be like in 20

18、50? 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 electrici

19、ty water.AandBrecycleCoverDrobotsEorFforeverBy 2050 our homes will be more eco­friendly(環(huán)保). We will use solar(太陽的) 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

20、 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 thefuture 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 be living on the

21、 moon and other planets. We will be able to travel to Mars and back in just three days.二、閱讀表達(dá)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問題。(2019·貴州六盤水中考)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 no

22、rthern China, people welcome the return of spring by holding the Tanghulu Fair(廟會)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 childhoo

23、d. 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(維生素) 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