第29练 科技类（三）
高考高频单词与短语识记排查
单词识记： simplify software convenience criterion suppose system technical universal virus technology advance telescope document planet screen solar gravity print digital download 短语扫描： information products信息产品 in the field of science 在科学领域 in storage储存 living standard生活水平 negative effect负面影响 shop on the Internet网购 stand out杰出 side effects 副作用 watch over看守；监视 contribute (sth.) to sth.向……贡献…… [跟踪训练] Ⅰ.语境填词
1．She ________(simplify) the instructions so that the children could understand them. 2．The insurance industry has produced its own proposals for ________(universe) health care.
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3．The foreign ministers of the two countries signed a lot of ________(文件) today. 4．There is no doubt that spending too much time surfing the Internet or watching TV ________(导致) to nearsightedness, a serious problem of young people in many countries.
5．The ________(criterion) for entry are that applicants must design and make their own work. Ⅱ.单项填空
6．“________！ There’s a car coming，” the mother shouted to the playing children. A．Watch over C．On the watch
B．Watch for D．Watch out
7．He is supposed to make his visit to the club soon，but I’ m not sure whether he________or not. A．does C．had
B．is D．will
8．Judging the voice not by appearance but by the voice itself makes the TV show ________ from numerous amusement programs. A．hold out C．stretch out
B．stand out D．turn out
9．________ is known to all，China will be an________ and powerful country in 20 or 30 years or so. A．That；advancing C．As；advanced
B．This；advanced D．It；advancing
10．We bought the house for its ________.It is very near the shop where I work. A．character C．convenience
B．value D．construction 阅读能力专练
阅读理解
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(2016·天津市红桥区二模)
Washington teacher Tammie Schrader is very enthusiastic about computer games in education.She thinks they can be used to teach programming skills which will help students to learn in middle school.Canadian teacher Justin Holladay wrote a few simple games to help his students practice math skills.When the games became popular，he started his own company to create more of them.And the University of Washington’s Zoran Popovic got more than 4,000 Washington students to master linear equations(线性方程) this spring by playing a computer game for just a few hours.
The growing availability of inexpensive computers and a new generation of young teachers who grew up playing on computers have inspired interests in games for serious purposes.
“Six or seven years ago，selling games to schools was brutal(唐突的)，”said David Martz of Muzzy Lane Software，a Boston，US company that produces games for publishers such as McGraw-Hill.“Now，”he said，“schools are interested in the promise of games.” Software and education companies have tried for many years to combine youngsters’passion for computer games with educational progress，without much success.Zoran Popovic thinks the first efforts to combine games with education fell_flat because they were created by commercial companies.These companies were more interested in selling products than seeing students master a skill.
Teachers say there are some pretty good games in the marketplace now.Holladay，a math teacher from Alberta，Canada，began moving paper-based math games to the ipad，building games that allowed students to compete with each other and give him instant feedback on their progress.The games reinforced(加强) the lessons he was teaching，and his students had fun playing.He said，“They were a lot more engaged.” 1．From Paragraph 1，we know that ________. A．teachers were devoted to creating computer games B．teachers think computer games can help in learning C．teachers encourage students to play games to relax D．teachers hold different views on computer games
2．Who gave comments on “combination between games and education”？
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A．David Martz. C．Justin Holladay.
B．Tammie Schrader. D．Zoran Popovic.
3．What helped promote computer games in schools according to the text? a．The affordability of computers. b．The preferences of young teachers.
c．The advertisements of commercial companies. d．Parents’ support. e．Better games. A．a，b，e C．a，c，d
B．a，b，c D．b，d，e
4．The underlined phrase “fell flat” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”． A．made no profit B．deserved attention C．turned out successful D．failed to get ideal effect
5．What does Holladay think of using computer games in class? A．It is not as helpful as people thought it would be. B．It allows students to learn in a fun and helpful way. C．It sounds good but it was inconvenient to get feedback. D．It reduces the interaction between teachers and students.
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(2016·浙江)
A scientist working at her lab bench and a six-month-old baby playing with his food might seem to have little in common.After all，the scientist is engaged in serious research to uncover the very nature of the physical world，and the baby is，well，just playing...right？Perhaps，but some developmental psychologists(心理学家) have argued that this “play” is more like a scientific investigation than one might think.
Take a closer look at the baby playing at the table.Each time the bowl of rice is pushed over the table edge，it falls to the ground—and，in the process，it brings
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out important evidence about how physical objects interact(相互作用)：bowls of rice do not float in mid-air，but require support to remain stable.It is likely that babies are not born knowing the basic fact of the universe；nor are they ever clearly taught it.Instead，babies may form an understanding of object support through repeated experiments and then build on this knowledge to learn even more about how objects interact.Though their ranges and tools differ，the baby’s investigation and the scientist’s experiment appear to share the same aim(to learn about the natural world)，overall approach (gathering direct evidence from the world)，and logic (are my observations what I expected？)．
Some psychologists suggest that young children learn about more than just the physical world in this way—that they investigate human psychology and the rules of language using similar means.For example，it may only be through repeated experiments，evidence gathering，and finally overturning a theory，that a baby will come to accept the idea that other people can have different views and desires from what he or she has，for example，unlike the child，Mommy actually doesn’t like Dove chocolate.
Viewing childhood development as a scientific investigation throws light on how children learn，but it also offers an inspiring look at science and scientists.Why do young children and scientists seem to be so much alike? Psychologists have suggested that science as an effort—the desire to explore，explain，and understand our world—is simply something that comes from our babyhood.Perhaps evolution(进化) provided human babies with curiosity and a natural drive to explain their worlds，and adult scientists simply make use of the same drive that served them as children.The same cognitive(认知的) systems that make young children feel good about figuring something out may have been adopted by adult scientists.As some psychologists put it，“It is not that children are little scientists but that scientists are big children.”
6．According to some developmental psychologists，________. A．a baby’s play is nothing more than a game
B．scientific research into babies’ games is possible
C．the nature of babies’ play has been thoroughly investigated
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