Unit 15 LearningSectionLesson2DifferentSchools课后篇巩固提升一、单词拼写1.What is your (座右铭)?No pains,no gains.答案motto2.What do you think of your grandfather?In a way,he is very (保守的).答案conservative3.What is your girlfriend doing now?She is (选择)a watch for me.答案selecting4.Why is this girl feeling so sad?Her good friend didnt escape (惩罚).答案punishment5.The old couple had an (另类的)lifestyle,but they had a good (名声).They were always so (温和的)that they talked in a low voice.The husband used to be very (杰出的)and his (格言)was “Better later than never.”They often (挑选)some gifts for the poor children on Christmas.答案alternative;reputation;mild;outstanding;motto;selected二、写出画线部分的汉语意思The young man received little education and he was very loose 1.He had a bad reputation 2.,but he never reflected 3. on his behavior.His neighbors disliked him,for in their opinion,he was too alternative 4.He refused to make a slight 5.change.Five years later,he ended up with punishment 6.答案1.言行不严谨的2.名声3.反省4.另类的5.微小的6.惩罚三、用所给词的适当形式填空1.Would you mind if I open the window?No.Not in the (slight).答案slightest2.Dad picked up the (receive)and dialed the number.答案receiver3.The coach made her (select)for the team.答案selection4.It seemed that (punish)had very little effect on him.答案punishment5.Sandy,you must have (understand)him.I think,you should believe him.答案misunderstood四、用方框内所给短语的适当形式填空(每个限用一次)take up,fall behind,get together,go over,look up,put on,put off,get on with1.Because of the heavy rain,our sports meet was .答案put off2.Its usually useful to your notes before exams.答案go over3.How is your sister her new classmates in the new school?答案getting on with4.David always studies hard in case he might others.答案fall behind5.On such a special occasion,families in the village would and have a big dinner.答案get together6.Playing computer games always most of his spare time.答案takes up7.On weekends I like information through the Internet.答案looking up8.I dont think he is feeling sad.He is just it .答案putting;on五、阅读理解(2019全国)Monkeys seem to have a way with numbers.A team of researchers trained three Rhesus monkeys to associate 26 clearly different symbols consisting of numbers and selective letters with 0-25 drops of water or juice as a reward.The researchers then tested how the monkeys combinedor addedthe symbols to get the reward.Heres how Harvard Medical School scientist Margaret Livingstone,who led the team,described the experiment:In their cages the monkeys were provided with touch screens.On one part of the screen,a symbol would appear,and on the other side two symbols inside a circle were shown.For example,the number 7 would flash on one side of the screen and the other end would have 9 and 8.If the monkeys touched the left side of the screen they would be rewarded with seven drops of water or juice;if they went for the circle,they would be rewarded with the sum of the numbers17 in this example.After running hundreds of tests,the researchers noted that the monkeys would go for the higher values more than half the time,indicating that they were performing a calculation,not just memorizing the value of each combination.When the team examined the results of the experiment more closely,they noticed that the monkeys tended to underestimate(低估)a sum compared with a single symbol when the two were close in valuesometimes choosing,for example,a 13 over the sum of 8 and 6.The underestimation was systematic:When adding two numbers,the monkeys always paid attention to the larger of the two,and then added only a fraction(小部分)of the smaller number to it.“This indicates that there is a certain way quantity is represented in their brains,”Dr.Livingstone says.“But in this experiment what theyre doing is paying more attention to the big number than the little one.”1.What did the researchers do to the monkeys before testing them?A.They fed them.B.They named them.C.They trained them.D.They measured them.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第二段的“AteamofresearcherstrainedthreeRhesusmonkeysto.”和“Theresearchersthentestedhowthemonkeyscombined.”可知,研究者在测试前对猴子进行了训练。2.How did the monkeys get their reward in the experiment?A.By drawing a circle.B.By touching a screen.C.By watching videos.D.By mixing two drinks.答案B解析细节理解题。根据第三段的最后两句“Ifthemonkeystouchedtheleftsideofthescreentheywouldberewardedwithsevendropsofwaterorjuice;iftheywentforthecircle,theywouldberewardedwiththesumofthenumbers17inthisexample.”可知,想得到奖励,猴子需要触摸屏幕。3.What did Livingstones team find about the monkeys?A.They could perform basic addition.B.They could understand simple words.C.They could memorize numbers easily.D.They