必修第二册 Unit 3　The Internet

必修第二册Unit3TheInternetⅠ.阅读理解AForrecreationleagueathletes，there’snothingworsethanwhenoneofyourteammatesdropsoutatthelastminute.Whenarecreationleagueicehockey(冰上曲棍球)teaminEdmontonneededagoalie(守门员)，theygotasavefromanunlikelyhero.NelsonRego，whois100%blind，playsblindicehockeyfortheEdmonton“SeeHawks”andaccidentallymetanothergoalie，JohnHunter，whowasinquiringonlineaboutachestprotector.LaterHuntergotinjured，andtryingtohelphisteamfindagoalieforaleaguegame，hereachedoutontheEdmontonGoaliesFacebookpage.“Nelsoncallsme，andhestartsoutwith，‘Hey，how’sthechestprotectorgoing？’”Hunterlatersharedabouttheremarkablestory.“ThenNelsoncontinues，‘Bytheway，I’mnotsureifthisisagoodideabutI’velearnedthatyou’relookingforagoaliesubstituteforyourleaguegametonight.Whatdoyouthinkaboutmeplaying？’”Theteamwas“allin”，soRegogotreadyforhisfirst-eversightedleaguematch.Accordingtotheplayers，theydidn’ttelltherefereeuntilthepuck(冰球)dropthattheirgoaliewasblind—informationwithwhichhedidn’treallyknowwhattodo.InaninterviewwithCTVEdmonton，Regoexplainshekeepshimselfcenteredinthegoalbymeasuringthedistancebetweenthepostswithhisstickandhisglove.Afterheusessoundtokeyintowherethepuckisandifit’sbeingchallenged，allthewhilehefollowsverbalinstructionsfromhislovingwifeEmelinda，inthestandstellingtheaction.ThegamewasbynomeansawashoutforRego，becauseeventhoughRego’steamlost，hehunginthereandearnedtherespectandadmirationoftheteam.ThisremarkablenightisjustonestepinRego’shockeycareerandhewantstogofurther.Regosays，“Ifit’ssomethingyouwanttodo，justdoit.It’samazingtowatchhockey，butit’sevenbettertoplayit.”1．WhydidNelsonRegomakeacalltoJohnHunter?A．Toapplytobeagoaliesubstitute.B．Tosendhimanicechestprotector.C．Toinvitehimtoanicehockeygame.D．Toaskhimtolookforasightedgoalie.2．WhatdoesNelsonRegomainlyexplaininparagraph6?A．Hiswife’sdevotiontohisjob.B．Howheplaysasablindgoalie.C．Hisdeeploveforicehockey.D．Whyhedroppedapuckinagame.3．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“washout”inparagraph7probablymean?A．Gift.B．Fight.C．Change.D．Failure.4．WhichofthefollowingcanbestdescribeNelsonRego?A．Helpfulandmodest.B．Politeandgenerous.C．Ambitiousandactive.D．Talentedandhardworking.BStudyingtheDNAof300micehasflaggedup(引起对……的关注)geneswhichhavebeenlinkedtohereditary(遗传的)sightlossforthefirsttime.Researcherssaybecausemice’sgenesaresosimilartohumans’，theirfindingscouldleadtothetreatmentofmoregeneticdiseases.ScientistsattheUniversityofCalifornia，Davisstudiedinformationfromadatabankofmice’sgeneticmaterial.Theyfound347geneslinkedtoeyeproblems，withjust86ofthemhavingbeenstudiedinthepast.Onlyaround50to75percentofhereditaryeyediseasesinhumancanbeexplainedwithpresentscience.Theresearchersbelievethesehundredsofnewgenesfoundinmicecouldbeakeytoexplaining—andthereforebeingabletotreattheother25－50percent.“Thisisextremelyvaluableforpeoplewithhereditaryeyedisease，”saidresearcherProfessorAlaMoshiri.“Allresearchersaregoingtostartusingthesedata.Inthepast，weknewtheproblemwastherebutwedidn’tknowwheretolook.Noweyecenterscancallbackpatientsandscreenthemforthesenewgenes.Weexpectedthatmoreandmoreofthesegeneticdiseaseswillbetreatable.”Also，thefactisthatmorethan60percentofeyeproblemsatbirthareonesresultingfromthebaby’sparents!ThankstodatafromtheInternationalMousePhenotypingConsortium(IMPC)，whichistryingtoworkoutwhateverysinglegeneinamouseisresponsiblefor，withtheaimoftranslatingittohumans，scientistsaremovingclosertofiguringoutallgeneticcausesofblindness.Todothis，scientistsseparateasinglegenefromotheronesatatimeandthenobservewhateffectithasonthemouseforalongtime.Thishassofarbeendonemorethan7,000timesandhasachievedgreatsuccess.ResearchersarenowworkingalongsideeyecarecentersinTexasandIowainordertocomparethemice’sgenestothoseofpatients.5．Howmanyhereditary-sight-loss-relatedgeneswerenewlyfound?A．86.B．261.C．300.D．347.6．Whyisthepercentageofgeneticeyeproblemsmentionedinparagraph3?A．Toshowthesignificanceofstudyingmice’sgenes.B．Toprovemice’sgenesaresimilartohumans’．C．Towarnthehighrisklevelofsufferingthem.D．Toexplainhowcommontheyareamongpeople.7．Whatshouldscientistsdofirsttounlocksecretsofgeneticblindness?A．Comparehumans’geneswithmice’s.B．Recognizeeachgene’sroleofhumans.C．Setapartageneofamouseeachtime.D．Figureouteachgene’sfunctionofamouse.8．Whatcanbeasuitabletitleforthetext?A．NewWaystoCureSightLossB．GeneticDiseasesDiscoveredinMiceC．GenesFoundBehindEyeProblemsD．Humans’GenesCausingEyeDiseasesC(2023·山西长治联考)Humansareemotionalbeings，showingfeelingsinourbehaviorandfacialexpressions.Butwhetherthesemeanthesamethingindifferentcultureshasbeenhotlydebated.Nowanewstudyhasfoundthatindifferentsocialcontexts，suchasweddings，funeralsandsports，peopleindeedshowuniversalfacialexpressions.Forthenewstudy，AlanCowen’steamusedamachinelearningmodel，DeepNeuralNetwork(DNN)，tosystematicallyanalyzefacialexpressionsinthousandsofdifferentcontexts.ThesecontextscomefrommorethansixmillionvideosuploadedtoYouTubebypeoplein144countries.FacialexpressionswereratedbyEnglishspeakersinIndiabyselectingapplicableemotionsfromalistof31labels，resultinginatotalof16distinctfacialexpressions.Meanwhile，contextswere