Unit 3 Life in the future grammar课时作业

Ⅰ. 单句填空

1. Teachers are expected to　　　(arrangement)more activities to promote science that caters to young people􀆳s tastes.

2. Standing on the top of the Oriental Pearl Tower, you will get a wonderful　　　(view)of Shanghai city.

3. No one can possibly know　　　 advance when an earthquake will strike.

4. 　　　(bury)in reading his newspaper, he didn􀆳t take notice of his dad.

5. It is hoped that an end can be put to pollution of any kind and we humans can live 　　　 harmony with nature.

6. At first, John was　　　(scare)of planes, but two years later, 　　　(fly)to other countries on business is his main business.

7. I􀆳d love to join your visit to a local museum today, but I􀆳m　　　a very tight schedule-I􀆳ve got a lot of work to do today.

8. He had his camera ready, just　　　case he saw something that would make a good picture.

9. The people in the disaster areas are ready to accept　　　 help they can get.

10. Not having promoted the new digital camera successfully, the company should reflect　　　its original marketing methods.

11. He found reading increasingly difficult for him, 　　　his eyesight was beginning to fail.

12. It was said that the machine was　　　(repair)sometime the next week.

13. -Do you have anything more 　　　(type), sir?

-No. You can have a rest or do something else.

14. 　　　(strange)enough, some famous scientists have the qualities of being　　　 careful and careless.

15. Dr. Smith began to work　　　moment he arrived at the front.

Ⅱ. 阅读理解

　　A

　　As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information, are people remembering less?If you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain?Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.

In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know how the Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment,