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Unit12 Innovation语篇素养提升
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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Before the end of the year, employees at Ubiquitous Energy, a company in Redwood City, Calif, will gather in a window-lined conference room to stare toward the future. That's because their new glass windows will offer more than an amazing view of the North California landscape. They will also be able to power the company's lights, computers and air conditioners.
Several years in the making, Ubiquitous' energy-producing glass is a remarkable technological achievement. Its power lies in the layers of organic polymers (聚合物) between sheets of glass. As light enters the window, the flow of electrons between the polymer layers creates an electric current, which is then collected by tiny wires in the glass.
“It's sort of like a transparent computer display run in reverse (反过来)，” says Veeral Hardev, director of business development at Ubiquitous Energy. “Instead of electricity being shuttled to different points in a display to light them up, light is producing electricity to be shuttled out of different points in the window.”
Right now the windows produce about a third as much electricity from a given amount of sunlight as the typical solar cells used in roof panels (板).These windows, about half as transparent as ordinary glass, don't work as well as transparent ones. Hardev says the company is likely to improve the transparency significantly. As for the lower output of electricity, he notes that windows can cover a much greater surface area than a roof, so numerous windows will produce a surprisingly larger amount of electricity than the production from a rooftop full of higher-efficiency solar panels. “You could do both.” says Hardev. “But you'll get more from the windows. The biggest challenge, he adds, is increasing the windows from less than two square feet currently to about 50 square feet.”
1．What makes the new glass windows special?
A．They can offer an amazing view.
B．They are controlled by computers.
C．They can power the conference room.
D．They can help stare toward the future.
2．What can affect power production according to the passage?
A．The transparency of the glass.
B．The quality of the rooftop.
C．The height of the solar panels.
D．The thickness of the glass.
3．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A．Windows: A New Challenge of Technology
B．Windows: No Longer Just for Letting in the Light
C．Power: A Pressing Problem in the Near Future
D．Power: Not Enough from Rooftop Solar Panels
B
British shoppers buy 2.15 million tonnes of clothing and shoes annually, yet UK citizens have an estimated ￡30 billion worth of unused clothing gathering dust at the back of the wardrobe (衣柜).But new technology could see the end of that, with the garments themselves giving owners a gentle reminder of their existence.
“Smart clothes” could help us clear out our drawers by sending messages or tweeting us if they haven't been worn for a good while. If these alerts are ignored，the garments will get in touch with a clothing charity and ask to be reused，with an organization automatically sending out donation information. They could also be programmed to put themselves up for auction (拍卖) on eBay.
Academics at Birmingham City University are developing the “connected wardrobe” to encourage more suitable clothes consumption. The concept sees garments tagged (给……加标签) using washable contactless technology，known as radio-frequency identification.
Mark Brill，senior lecturer at Birmingham City，said：“Think of the surprise when an owner suddenly receives bids for items they didn't know were in their wardrobe”．
“The connected wardrobe is a practical, pleasant concept to encourage people to think about their clothing consumption. Finally，I hope it will encourage more appropriate fashion consumption.” He added, “Perhaps we can even move away from the idea of ‘ownership’ of clothing. When we've worn them enough, the items will pass themselves on to their next keeper to wear.”
It follows in the footsteps of the “Internet of Things”—a concept that sees ordinary household items connecting to the Internet in order to share information. From adjusting your alarm clock to monitoring the temperature of your home，the Internet is changing the way we live.
Now，the “Internet of Clothes” will see that neglected garments will tweet and text the owners “asking” to be worn depending on the weather and frequency of wear. Clothes will keep track of other information such as who owned it previously, as well as how much it originally cost, who made it and how much the worker was paid for it.
4．What does the author say about “smart clothes”？
A．They have gained in popularity.
B．They may be donated on eBay.
C．They may be recycled if long forgotten.
D．They give warnings if worn out.
5．How does Mark Brill find the “connected wardrobe”？
A. It changes people's shopping habits.
B．It helps people buy cheaper clothes.
C．It improves consumers' confidence.
D．It contributes to right consumption attitudes.
6．What is indicated in the last two paragraphs?
A．Clothes are sold online at a low price.
B．Internet is a platform to share items.
C．Clothes can be a source of information.
D．Weather affects the connected wardrobe.
7．What's the author's attitude to the new technology?
A．Approving. B．Skeptical.
C．Critical. D．Uninterested.
Ⅱ.七选五
Wakeful Rest
When many students finish studying, they often go straight to another activity. 1.________ Some might even play a video game or watch television. But research suggests that resting after your study may be a both no-cost and effective way to help you remember what you have studied and improve your learning.
2．________ Resting is difficult when you have too much stimulation (刺激) from electronic devices, lights and so on. While this might sound unusual to you, many studies have explored benefits of resting after learning—what is called “wakeful rest”. A study examined how well old people in good health could remember certain words, from which researchers found old adults who rested for 10 minutes after learning had better memory. “A period of wakeful rest immediately after new learning improves free recall，” the researchers wrote. 3.________
Another study found that both young and old adults were able to better remember, or recollect, information from given passages after doing wakeful rest. The findings appeared in Neuroscience Letters.4.________ “Wakeful rest led to higher overall recollection in both age groups，” the researchers noted. They thought wakeful rest allows for superior memory consolidation(巩固), resulting in stronger representations of experienced events which can be discovered by tests of free recall and recognition.
5．________ Rest quietly for five to ten minutes. Do not look at your phone, read stories or play games. Just limit the amount of stimulation you get. It is really that easy!
A．Such an activity promotes good health.
B．Perhaps they look at their phone or go online.
C．The results were strong even after seven days, they added.
D. This study involved 45 young people and 40 elderly adults.
E．If you want to give “wakeful rest” a try, here are a few simple things to do.
F．Working long hours can greatly increase the risk of suffering injury or illness, a study says.
G．The basic idea is that your brain gets a chance to rest by reducing your activity after the study.
Ⅲ.语法填空
Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian decided 1.____________(fly) to Vancouver and then take the train. Before starting out, they spent 2.____________ couple of days in Vancouver, seeing the sights. During the first day, 3.__________ is typical of Vancouver, it rained. The next morning, the two girls 4.____________ (arise) early to take the train to Lake Louise, passing through the Canadian Rockies. In addition 5.____________ seeing spectacular mountain peaks and forests, one highlight of their trip was being able to see many different creatures. The next stop is Edmonton, which is 6.____________ (freeze) cold in winter. Heading southeast, they went through two wheat-growing provinces, where they saw 7.____________ (bunch) of farms that covered a very large area. It was not until 9：30 a．m. 8.____________ they finally reached the capital of Ontario, Toronto. Standing in the distance, they were 9.____________ (astonish) to see misty clouds rising from the great Niagara Falls. That night they proceeded to the next leg of 10.____________ (them) trip to Montreal.
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