阅读强化训练(十五)[学生用书P171(单独成册)]
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Ⅰ 阅读理解
In a small home garden, about 1.5 meters wide and 3 meters long, a robotic device called the Farm Robot is busy planting vegetable seeds. The Farm Robot will control the soil’s moisture(水分), water the seeds and plants，and take out any wild plants or weeds.
Rory Aronson is the inventor of the Farm Robot and CEO of the company that produces it. But who would find the device helpful?
“Our target customer is somebody who would like to grow his own food but doesn’t have time.” Aronson says he has been testing the Farm Robot in his garden. “We had peppers, spinach and tomatoes. We also had broccoli and cucumber. We had 65 plants in total and this was a big number.”
To survive in extreme weather, the Farm Robot is made of stainless steel(不锈钢) and 3D printed plastic.The tools are designed to plant, water and care for each vegetable. They are attached to a long, thin stick that moves up and down the garden. Aronson says putting the Farm Robot together takes about a few hours. “If you can use a screwdriver(螺丝刀) and follow instructions, you should be able to put the Farm Robot together by yourself.” The Farm Robot works with Internet programs and can design a garden based on each person’s needs. Its software is open source. That means the computer program that makes it work can be freely used, changed and shared by anyone.
Hundreds of people have already ordered the Farm Robot online. They can expect to receive their devices soon. The cost of the Farm Robot is $3，100. For now, it is only one size. But the company is planning to make bigger Farm Robots for commercial gardening.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文。Rory Aronson发明的机器人Farm Robot可帮助那些喜欢自己种植农产品却没有时间的人达成心愿。
1．What is the main function of the Farm Robot? A．Making your home garden beautiful. B．Adjusting the temperature of the soil. C．Taking care of the wild plants and weeds. D．Helping people to grow food in the yard.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一段可知，Farm Robot的主要功能是帮助人们种植蔬菜。
2．For whom is the Farm Robot designed?
A．Those who hate doing farm work but have to do it. B．Those who enjoy planting but have no time for it. C．The makers who are good at building machines. D．The farmers who want to eat their own food.
B 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知，Farm Robot的目标顾客是那些喜欢种植却没有时间的人。
3．What can we infer from the fourth paragraph? A．Each Farm Robot is matched with one vegetable. B．Anyone can use the Farm Robot free of charge. C．Farm Robot can’t work in cold conditions.
D．Using a screwdriver, you can set up the Farm Robot easily.
D 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段的...putting the Farm Robot together takes about a few hours...you should be able to put the Farm Robot together by yourself可知，只要你有一把螺丝刀，你就可以自己组装。
4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A．The company wants to design more Farm Robots. B．Nobody is interested in the Farm Robot. C．There are many sizes of Farm Robots now. D．People can only buy Farm Robots online.
A 解析：细节理解题。根据文章最后一段的最后两句可知，目前只有一种尺寸的Farm Robot，Rory Aronson的公司正计划研发更大的Farm Robot。
Ⅱ 语法填空
Pets Corner is a company with dozens of pet stores and more than 600 employees around the UK.It is planning 1.____________(provide) the first-ever pet and human first aid training course for its staff.
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Lucy Ross, Head of Training at Pets Corner，said, “At Pets Corner, we have always tried to apply 6.____________honest and moral(道德的) approach to everything that we do. This
includes having the best trained staff in the industry. Every human customer as well as their pet animals 7.____________(be) welcome in our stores. It’s our duty to provide all of our staff 8.____________ the tools and knowledge they need to feel 9.____________(confidence) in helping both pets and customers. Therefore, 10.____________ makes sense that our staff’s first aid knowledge is beyond all your expectations.”
【解题导语】 一家宠物公司将对其所有员工进行人类和动物的急救课程培训以更好地为客户服务。
1．to provide 解析：考查非谓语动词。plan to do sth.“计划做某事”。Pets Corner将首次向在全国的门店员工团队提供宠物和人类的急救培训课程。
2．specially 解析：考查副词。此处应用副词修饰designed，the specially designed course表示“特别设计的课程”。
3．have been organized 解析：考查动词的时态和语态。根据时间状语by now可知此处应该用现在完成时，training teams与organize之间为被动关系，故要用现在完成时的被动语态。该句表示“到目前为止，培训团队已被组织好”。
4．dealing 解析：考查非谓语动词。在with复合结构中，deal with与逻辑主语the first part为主动关系，故用dealing。句意为“课程将包括两个部分，第一部分是关于人类的急救，第二部分是狗和猫的急救”。
5．situations 解析：考查名词。该句句意为“涵盖的主题将包括不同的情境下，日常需要的急救技能，如处理轻伤、休克和昏迷”。
6．an 解析：考查冠词。形容词honest和moral修饰可数名词approach，在honest之前应使用冠词an。
7．is 解析：考查主谓一致。as well as引导的短语在句中作状语而非并列的主语，句子的主语只是every human customer，所以谓语动词用单数。
8．with 解析：考查介词。provide sb. with sth.为固定短语，意为“为某人提供某物”。 9．confident 解析：考查形容词。feel为系动词，后面需接形容词作表语，表示“感到……”，故填confident。
10．it 解析：考查代词。it作形式主语代替后面作真正主语的that引导的主语从句。
该句句意为“因此，我们工作人员的急救知识高于您的期望是合情合理的”。
Ⅲ 短文改错
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