Unit 3 Times change!

Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas

基础训练

单词拼写 根据首字母或汉语提示，用本部分所学单词的正确形式填空。

1. Strong l ， which is considered as an important quality， is needed to guide the team.

2. In o farming， pesticides mustn’t be used.

3. Some people live with their e parents; many more adult children are returning tothe family home， if they ever left.

4. I was very d and went up to my room to wash.

5. College stations play all kinds of music， from j to hard rock.

6. The expression on his face changed from （同情） to surprise.

7. You’d better have the old （家具） removed out of the room.

8. The Great Wall is a series of walls made of stones， （砖）， and other materials.

9. The animal faces the danger of extinction in about several （十年）， with thenumber dropping to about 50.

10. Several advertising companies are （竞争） to get the big order.

选择填空 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。

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1. They went through two rice-growing provinces， where they saw farms thatcovered a very large area.

2. Whenever I on him， he was always at the desk working.

3. After the retirement of his father， Tom the company and became the CEO.

4. When John graduated from school， he decided that he was done with study .

5. She was shocked when Lisa at the door.

课文语法填空

The day I heard that the Rainbow Bookstore was closing after 50 years of business， I washeartbroken. The bookstore was a place 1 anyone could drop in and connect through their loveof books.

When I hurried to the store， I had a long chat 2 Casey， the store’s elderly owner. 3 （sigh） deeply， he told me how it was becoming difficult 4 （run） an independent bookstore.Most young people 5 （prefer） reading e-books on tablets.

Childhood memories came back to me as if the events had happened only yesterday. I turned towave goodbye to Casey， with he and his bookstore 6 （hide） in a thick mist.

A few months later， I was 7 （surprise） to see that the Rainbow Bookstore was still thereand open for business. 8 （clear）， the Rainbow Bookstore was in good， creative hands.Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas

I joined Casey， who was looking up at the screen on which readers’ comments kept poppingup. “Well， as you can see， corporate knowledge combined with 9 （creative） has brought myhumble bookstore into 10 21st century！ ”

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能力提升

阅读理解

When almost everyone has a mobile phone， why 6bjN0FGBNDFS3VkBGaEAOQ==are more than half of Australian homes stillpaying for a landline （座机）？

These days you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’town a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyonecan make and receive calls anywhere， anytime.

Still， 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter（29%） rely only on their smartphones according to a survey. Of those Australians who still have alandline， a third concede that it’s not really necessary and they’re keeping it as a securityblanket—19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies.I think my home falls into that category.

More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age isnaturally a factor—only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then， compared to84 percent of Baby Boomers who’ve perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isn’t theonly factor; I’d say it’s also to do with the make-up of your household.

Generation Xers with young families， like my wife and I， can still find it convenient to have ahome phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said， to be honest，the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents， to the point wherewe play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone （using Caller ID would takethe fun out of it）.

How attached are you to your landline？ How long until they go the way of gas street lamps andmorning milk deliveries？

1. What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobile phones？

A. Their target users. B. Their wide popularity.

C. Their major functions. D. Their complex design.

2. What does the underlined word “concede” in Paragraph 3 mean？

A. Admit. B. Notice. C. Remember. D. Hope.

3. What can we learn about Baby Boomers？

A. They like smartphone games. B. They are attached to their family.

C. They keep using landline phones. D. They enjoy guessing callers’ identity.

4. What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph？

A. It remains a family necessity. B. It will fall out of use some day.

C. It may increase daily costs. D. It is as important as the gas light.

阅读七选五

Thousands of us have been rediscovering the joys of putting pen to paper to send messages oflove and encouragement to family and friends recently. Writing is having a comeback， which isgreat news for all of us. 1 Power off the laptop and phone and pick up a pen and paper.

It helps you learn more readily.

Using a laptop during lectures may be the modern way， but taking notes by hand appears to bemore helpful to learning. 2 This， in turn， means you understand it better and commit it tomemory.

It enables you to remember well.

3 Researchers from Chicago found that people who continued reading and writingfrequently slowed their memory decline by 32 percent compared with those who didn’t. The rate ofmemory decline in people who wrote or read only infrequently was 48 percent faster.

It allows you to sleep well.

If you’ve ever woken up in the midnight and suddenly remembered certain things you haven’tdone， it’ll be difficult for you to get back to sleep. They’ll probably keep you awake because yourbrain is concerned you might have forgotten them again by morning. 4 That way you’regiving your brain permission to forget about them for the night and you can nod off.

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If you’re interested in taking your writing to another level， then add modern calligraphy toyour hobby list. Calligraphy forces you to slow down and achieve what psychologists call flow，which is a positive emotional state and enjoyment with no stress attached.

A. It ensures you to focus more.

B. It helps you stay mentally healthy.

C. Not sleeping well is harmful to you.

D. Write down these reminders on paper.

E. The pen is more powerful than the keyboard.

F. Sharpen your pencil to improve your memory.

G. It forces you to process information and reorganize it.

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