Module 6
The Internet and Telecommunications
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．The war has ended but government spending on ________ (防卫) is still increasing.
2．The main ________ (通路)to the building is closed.
3．This account provides you with a ready ________ (来源) of income.
4．The experiment is ________ (设计) to test the new drug. 5．The ____________(发明) of the computer marked the beginning of a new era.
6．You were wrong to take the car without ________(允许)． 7．You should learn to be ________ (独立的)to live in this competitive society.
8．One of the ________ (缺点) of the job is the long hours I work. 9．Smoking can ________ (缩短) your life so give it up.
10．This sheet ________ (包括) a list of problems a patient would like to raise with the doctor.
答案：1.defence 2.access 3.source 4.designed 5.invention 6.permission 10.contained
Ⅱ.完成句子
1．对人来讲，空气是必不可少的，对植物来说也一样。 Air is necessary for people; it is necessary for plants ________________.
2．我希望你能提出比这个更好的计划。
7.independent
8.disadvantages
9.shorten
I hope you can __________________ a better plan than this. 3．生活主要是由快乐和悲伤组成的，而快乐和悲伤存在于拼搏之中。
Life mainly ______________ happiness and sorrow while happiness and sorrow ________ struggle.
4．我们要集中精力找出降低成本的办法。
We must ________________ finding ways to reduce cost. 5．我们学校的学生可以自由地使用图书馆。
Students in our school __________________________ the library.
答案：1.as well 2.come up with 3.consists of; consist in 4.concentrate on 5.can have free access to
Ⅲ.单项填空
1．—You must get a high income by doing that kind of job. —Oh, my income's rather variable, but I earn 100 yuan a day ________.
A．on average B．in general C．in total
D．on the whole
答案：A 根据句意可知，“我”平均每天挣100元。on average“平均”符合题意。in general和on the whole都意为“总体来讲”；in total“总计”。
2．________， we'll go camping this weekend. A．Weather permitting C．Weather permits
B．If weather is permitted D．Weather permitted
答案：A 句意：如果天气允许的话，我们本周末将去野营。此处考查独立主格结构weather permitting作状语，相当于状语从句if
weather permits。
3．—I'm going to the post office.
—________ you're there, can you get me some stamps? A．As C．Because
B．While D．If
答案：B while作为从属连词，作“当??时候；在??期间”用时，从句中须用延续性动词。
4．The bottle ________ a lot of water fell on the ground and broke.
A．containing C．contained
B．to contain D．being contained
答案：A 考查非谓语动词。句意：装很多水的那个瓶子掉在地上摔碎了。根据句意以及句子结构可知，containing a lot of water相当于定语从句which/that contained a lot of water修饰the bottle。contain与被修饰词the bottle之间是主动关系，所以用v.-ing形式。
5．(2013·河南周口市高三第四次月考) Film has a much shorter history, especially when ________ such art forms as music and painting.
A．having compared to C．compare to
B．comparing to D．compared to
答案：D compared to意为“和??相比”。句意为：“电影历史比较短，特别是和音乐与绘画等艺术形式相比较。”
6．Anyone not familiar with the Internet is at a serious ________ when applying for a job in such an age of information.
A．disadvantage C．disagreement
B．advantage D．agreement
答案：A 考查名词辨析。句意：在这个信息时代，不熟悉因特网的人在申请工作时很不占优势。disadvantage弊端，缺点；advantage优势，优点；disagreement 不和，争论；agreement一致，协议。at a disadvantage处于不利位置。
7．________ average, people who don't smoke are healthier than people who do.
A．Above C．On
B．Below D．With
答案：C 考查固定搭配。句意：平均而言，不吸烟的人比吸烟的人更健康。above average在平均以上；below average在平均以下；on average平均而言。
8．(2012·济宁模拟)House prices show no signs of going ________， which makes many who want to buy houses worried.
A．up C．out
B．down D．off
答案：B 考查go动词短语。句意：房价没有下降的迹象，这使很多想买房子的人担心。go up上升；go down下降；go out 出去，(灯)熄灭；go off离开，爆炸。
9．Our car had a ________ on the way to the airport last week. A．breakout C．break-in
B．breakdown D．break-up
答案：B 句意：上周我们的车在去机场的路上出了故障。breakout逃脱，越狱；breakdown损坏，故障；break-in闯入；break-up破裂，解散。依题意应选B项。
10．Some advertisements ________ pictures or words of experts to show people how good the products are.
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