1、I.ClozeFill in the blanks with the words given in the box.Change the word form wherenecessary.Window into the Possibilities It is all around.Start with shops,many of which display signs showing theirwebsite address.Then watch the shoppers,especially the younger ones.They have1_ new skills:walking th
2、rough a 2_ while studying the screen ontheir mobile phone,or examining a rail of clothes while using their thumb to text afriend.Some will also be 3_their bank accounts,getting sports news,4_ an online computer game,or downloading a new ring tone or avatar a cartoon-like character that will appear a
3、s their digital representative on mobile-phone screens and in online games.Plenty will also be listening to music5_ from the Internet.Korea is one of the most 6_ countries in theworld.That is why Meg Whitman,the chief 7_ of eBay,the biggest onlineauctioneer,sees the country as a“window into the poss
4、ibilities”of what might happenwhen 8_ broadband services are widely adopted in other places too.Key:1.acquired2.crowd 3.checking 4.keeping track of5.downloaded 6.wired 7.executive 8.high-speedII.Sequencing SentencesRearrange the following sentences to make a story.1.They went shopping.2.Natasha stop
5、ped and asked her grandmother“grandma,do you know which bus isthe best?”3.Natasha is a little Russian girl.One day her grandmother took her to town.4.“No.5 is the best one.”5.“I dont know.”Her grandmother could not understand why she had asked such aquestion and,in turn,she asked her granddaughter,“
6、Can you tell me which ofthem is best?”6.“Because it has got full marks 5.”7.“Why?”8.In the street,they saw many buses and cars.Key:(3)(1)(8)(2)(5)(4)(7)(6)crowd download wired high-speedcheck executive acquire keep track ofIII.Translation Translate the following sentences into Chinese with the strat
7、egy introduced.Underline the suggested strategy in both the original and your translatedversion.1.If you should happen to get an old-fashioned phone call,you may well be informedof that fact by email,even if the person who took the message is within eye-contactrange.2.Refusing to use a keyboard will
8、 soon be as anachronistic as,say,refusing to speak on the telephone.3.Historians looking back on our time,I suspect,will have no doubt that the arrival ofemail was a good thing.4.Email,however,has reversed that development.Historians of the 21st century will be able to mine rich veins of written-and
9、 stored-material.5.Microsoft may still be a bit ahead of most of the rest of the country in developing an email culture,but I suspect it is only a tiny bit.Key:1.如果你碰巧接到一个稍显过时的电话，你也会通过电子邮件被告知，即使给你发邮件的人离你只有咫尺之遥。2.拒绝使用键盘的想法是极端错误的，就像拒绝使用电话一样。3.我承认当史学家们将来回顾我们这个时代的时候，一定会对电子邮件的出现给予肯定。4.21 世纪的史学家们将发掘出存储丰富的
10、书面材料。5.微软在电子邮件文化的发展方面仍然领先于美国的其他地区，但我认为只是稍微领先了一点。IV.Idioms and proverbsMatch the idioms and proverbs with their meanings,and then complete thefollowing sentences with the idiomatic expressions.Change the word form wherenecessary.1.lead somebody by thenose2.under ones noseA.influence someone so much t
11、hat you can completely control everything that they doB.pay a great deal too much money for something3.put somebodys noseout of joint4.pay through the nose5.stick/poke ones noseinto sth.C.even though something is in a way or place that is very closeand might be easily found,someone cannot see it.D.o
12、ffend and hurt someones feelings by taking his place in thelove or admiration of othersE.become involved in something that does not concern you,in a way that annoys people.Key:1.A 2.C 3.D 4.B 5.E1.put her nose out of joint2.stick her nose into3.be led by the nose4.under the nose of5.pay through the
13、nose33Text BWarm-upTextComprehension CheckCritical ThinkingWarm-up1.Do you often go on a trip during holidays?2.Do your trips always go well?State your problems with your partner if you have any.Text BTransportation ProblemsRunaway Train Travels 70 MilesA train from the CSX company left Stanley Yard
14、 today when the engineer accidentally hit the power lever instead of the brake.The train was caught 70 miles later,near Toledo,Ohio.There were no injuries.MYSTERY CRUISE SHIP ILLNESSES ENDIncidents of sickness are now over,according to a cruise industry spokesperson.He was referring to numerous outb
15、reaks of illness on cruise in recent weeks.Text BDave Forney of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agrees.Poor sanitation in handling food was probably responsible for the recent outbreaks.“Its always important to wash hands and prepare food safely,”adds Forney.TURKEYS ENTER COCKPITOn Ma
16、rch 9,a small plane operated by Atlantic Coast Airlines was en route from Dulles International Airport near Washington to LaGuardia Airport in New York,when the aircraft was struck by two wild turkeys.There were four crew members and fifty passengers on board.The pilot reported that the turkeys entered the cockpit through the pilots window.No one was injured.transportationn.taking sb./sth.from one place to another in a vehicle 运输；交通 Compared with other means,transportation by air is very costly.
