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2023年中考英语复习24个话题之科普知识与现代技术话题：New technologies and inventions.I.Phrases and sentences for this topic and for writing.Activity 1.Question: what’s the most moving moment for you in the Beijing Winter Olympics?Conclusion: New technologies play an important part in the Beijing Winter Olympics, with the introduction of the new technologies, audience could get the best possible experience of watching games. people of all ages felt the touch of something warm and bright. Besides, everything was in control and in order. What’s more, Chinasucceeded in spreading our culture to the whole world. So it is lucky of us to live ina powerful country, isn’t it?Activity2. Brain storming and learn to use and grasp the key words..Ask students: Can you give us some examples to show how our country is powerful?Conclusion: Let’s take journey to space as an example. In 2021,journey to spacemade great achievements .spaceship with people entered our own spacestation ,Tianwen No.1 landed on the Mars successfully. Fast discovered more stars for further study. Chang’e 5 carried samples on the moon back to the earth.Activity3. Free talk about new inventions that have changed our life.There are many new inventions that have changed our life.for example, the internet makes a lot of sense to everyone,it makes it possible to do many things without going out.so it’d hard to imagine life without it, because it has become a part of our life.Conclusion: All in all, new technologies and inventions make a difference to our life and our country and it makes our country become a much more powerful thanbefore.II.Exercises.一.完形填空.You might have noticed that sometimes, when you're playing mobile games or taking a video call, the picture suddenly freezes because the network speed is too 1 . When you try to download a movie on your phone, it seems to take forever.These annoying things will soon become a thing of the 2 , because China just issued (发放)licenses for 5G networks in June, 2019. This means that China's telecommunications(电信)companies will be able 3 5G networks speeds to mobile phone users.The “G” in “5G” 4 generation (of mobile network technology). 1G let us talk to each other. 2G let us send messages. 3G gave us mobile data and internet, and 4G made all these things much 5 . So 6 will 5G bring?First of all, 5G is so fast that it will allow you to download an entire HD movie in seconds.The delay(延迟) between sending 7 receiving data will be shortened. Because of this8 in speed, it will be possible to create and use new kinds of technology. Robots will be used to do operations(手术) because 9 will be able to control them from somewhere else without any delay. Self-driving cars will be able to run more 10 because they can smoothly communicate with each other, traffic lights and road sensors(传感器).All in all, 5G will shape every type of technology that it touches. And you won't have to wait too long for that to happen.1.A．small B．Slow C．fast D. high2．A．future B．past C．old D. present3．A．offer B．provide C．to offer D.to provide4．A．goes to B．looks like C．relies on D．stands for5．A．fast B．faster C．fastest D.the fastest6．A．how B．why C．what D.when7．A．or B.from C．to D．and8．A．increase B．competition C．delay D．practice9．A．singers B．doctors C．engineers D. scientists10．A．safely B．carefully C．quickly D.widely二.阅读理解.You don’t need to get in a time-travelling machine to see how technology will change our lives, such as the way we shop. Several new technologies that are to change your buying habits already appea r. Let’s see what’s in store for your future shopping.Try it on, virtually(虚拟地). Want to shop online for a new pair of glasses? You don’t need to guess which pair looks best on you—use the eBay Fashion iPhone app to try a pair of glasses you’re check ing out on a picture of your face. But what about buying something bigger? Thanks to Microsoft Kinect’s action tracking(跟踪) camera, you can cover clothes on your screen body. You can even choose the background of your virtual fitting room to improve your shopping experience.Get a perfect, custom fit. Everyone’s body is shaped differently. To get a perfect fit, you sometimes have to get your clothes changed. But by using 3-D scanning technology, all the clothes you buy will fit your body perfectly. Some companies scan(扫描) your body using High-tech to get the real sizes, so they can make special clothes just for you.High-tech shopping carts(推车) and checkout counters(收银台). High-tech shopping carts could be common in malls and supermarkets in the future. Microsoft Kinect-enabled carts are under test. The cart can follow you along the aisles(通道), controlled only by your movement and your voice.In the United States, several supermarkets use a certain set called “Scan It” that gives buyers the freedom to scan pro ducts on their own while they shop. If we don’t want to wait in line before the checkout counters, we can use Toshiba’s new object Recognition Scanner. The machineidentifies(辨认) a product as soon as it’s placed in front of a camera just by its shape and c olor, even if it has no bar code.1.Which of the following has the same meaning as the underlined word “appear “A turn outB turn down C. turn up D. turn on2.According to Paragraph 2, the eBay Fashion iPhone app can .A. only make pictures of our facesB. help us sell more clothes onlineC. create us a virtual dressing roomD. choose suitable glasses for us3.Which of the following can help get the correct shape of our body?A. Object Recognition Scanner.B. The eBay Fashion iPhone app.C.3-D scanning technology.D.Microsoft Kinect-enabled carts.4.What can we infer from this passage?A. Checkout counters will disappear from supermarkets in future.B .High-tech shopping carts will be widely used in malls and supermarkets.C.“Scan It” cannot be used by buyers themselves.D. The new technologies are only dreams that are impossible to come true.5.This passage mainly talks about .A. a new time-travelling machineB. the influence of new technologyC. some inventions to change habitsD. the ways for future shopping三.补全对话.A.Excuse me, do you know where the Ordos Museum is?B.Sure . 1 .A.Could you tell me how to go there?B.Certainly. Go along this street and turn right at the third turning . Then walk until you see the building of Ordos Theater.2. _______.A.Oh, you mean it’s across from the building of Ordos Theater?B.Exactly.A.3. _______.B. Two kilometers.A.4. _______.B. No. You’d better take a taxi. It’s fast and convenient.A. Great! Oh ,and one more thing ,What time does the museum close?B.5. You’d better ask for the detailed information in the museum.A.Thank you very much.B.You are welcome.own.It is helping with social distancing 1 fighting the spread of the coronavirus. It also helps older passengers and those 2 otherwise need assistance walking the last few steps to the boarding gate.The mobility system seats one person and runs on its own 3 hitting anything. It has a pre-programmed path of about 600 meters at Tokyo's Haneda International Airport. It was shown Monday by WHILL, the company behind the technology.WHILL Chief Executive Satoshi Sugie said robotics and self-driving technology reduce the need for a human at the wheel. They are good for these times of "4 with" coronavirus."We are...developing our business in order 5 restore a world where people can enjoy moving around with peace of mind," he told The Associated Press.The ride lasts several minutes. It travels from the security area to the boarding gate at a speed of 3.5 kilometers per hour. But many people hope the technology can help in other places, such as hospitals or parks. The technology uses sensors and cameras to see a clear path and 6 hitting those walking toward it.It could also help Japan free up laborers. Japan, like many other nations, suffers from a labor shortage. The technology could free a worker to do 7 job.Tests have been carried out at several airports8 last year, including John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The company hopes to put it in airports around the world.The person on the machine can start or stop it through a simple controller. It runs on batteries and is programmed to return to 9 it started when its passenger gets off.Anyone needing help walking long distances can use it at Terminal One at Haneda airport. It is 10 the "last-mile mobility," says WHILL.五．.任务型阅读。
科普知识与现代技术基础巩固Ⅰ.单句语法填空1．TheInternethasenabledus(know) andunderstandthewhole worldmuchbetter.2．However，someofscientificinventionshaveevencausedgreatharmmankin d.3．Therapiddevelopmentofscienceandtechnology(bring) abou tgreatchangestohumanlifesofar.4．Iwilltellyou(direct) thatscientistsarethosewhopromotetheso cialprogress.5．In18thcentury，the(invent) ofthesteamengineledtothefirstIndustrialRevolution. 6．Weneedtoacceptthefactthatthesemoderninventionshavebr oughtmuch(convenient) tous.7．Incontrast，thisconditionjustindicatesthatourlifeisconnectedmoderninventi onsclosely.8．WhyIsayitnormalisbecauseIbelievethatnothingis(absolute) goodandrightforus. 9．Exceptforthemoderninventionsoftransport，thereareplentyofotherthings，(include) robots. 10．Wecandomanythingsthatwe didn’thavetheabilitytodointhe pastby(use) robots.Ⅱ.单句改错(每小题仅有1处错误) 11．Therobotswillbedesignedtolooklikepeopletomakethemattr activeandeasiertoselltothepublic. 12．Acomputernetworkallowsuserstoshareresourcesincluding equipmentsandinformation. 13．Butsomeonepointsoutitsdisadvantages，forexamples，ithassomuchjunkinformationthatbotherusalot. 14．Ifourgovernmentdoitwell，IfullbelievethattheInternetwillprovidemoreconvenienceforus. 15．Themoderntransportbenefitsourlife，thoughsomepeoplealsocriticizeitsothere’remanyaccidents. 16．Actually，robotsofreallifealsohavedifferentkindsoffunctionsandtheygivet ousmuchhelp. 17．Weliveinanagewhichmoreinformationisavailablewithgreat ereasethaneverbefore.18．Thenewtechnology，ifapplyingtoricegrowing，willhelpincreasethegrainoutput. 19．Hethoughtthatthekeytofeedpeoplewastohavemorericeand toproduceitmorequickly. 20．Iwanttointroduceoneofthemostinfluentialmoderninventioni nourlife—thecomputernetwork.能力提升Ⅲ.阅读理解A(2018·辽宁葫芦岛一模) AccordingtoanewresearchfromtheUniversityofCambridgeinEn gland，sheepareabletorecognizehumanfacesfromphotographs. Thefarmanimals，whoaresocialandhavelargebrains，werepreviouslyknowntobeabletorecognizeoneanother，aswellasfamiliarhumans.However，theirabilitytorecognizehumanfacesfromphotosaloneisnovel. Therecentstudy，theresultsofwhichwerepublishedinthejournalRoyalSocietysho wedthatthewoollycreaturescouldbetrainedtorecognizestillimag esofhumanfaces，includingthoseofformerPresidentBarackObamaandactressEm maWatson.Initially，thesheepweretrainedtoapproachcertainimagesbybeinggivenfo ter，theywereabletorecognizetheimagesforwhichtheyhadbeenrewa rded.Thesheepcouldevenrecognizeimagesoffacesshownatana ngle，thoughtheirabilitytodosodeclinedbyabout15percent—thesamerateatwhicha human’sabilitytoperformthesametaskdec lines.“Anyonewhohasspenttimeworkingwithsheepwillknowthattheyareintelligentandindividualanimalswhoareabletorecognizet heirhandlers.”saidProfessorJennyMorton，wholedtheCambridgestudy.“We’veshownwithourstudythatshe ephaveadvancedfacerecog科普知识与现代技术基础巩固Ⅰ.单句语法填空1．TheInternethasenabledus(know) andunderstandthewholeworldmuchbetter. 2．However，someofscientificinventionshaveevencausedgreatharmmankind. 3．Therapiddevelopmentofscienceandtechnology(bring) aboutgreatchangestohumanlifesofar .4．Iwilltellyou(direct) thatscientistsarethosewhopromotethesocialprogress.5．In18thcentury，the(invent) ofthesteamengineledtothefirstIndustrialRevolution. 6．Weneedtoacceptthefactthatthesemoderninventionshavebroughtmuch(convenient) tous. 7．Incontrast，thisconditionjustindicatesthatourlifeisconnectedmoderninventionsclosely. 8．WhyIsayitnormalisbecauseIbelievethatnothingis(absolute) goodandrightforus. 9．Exceptforthemoderninventionsoftransport，thereareplentyofotherthings，(include) robots. 10．Wecandomanythingsthatwedidn’thavetheabilitytodointhepastby(use) robots.Ⅱ.单句改错(每小题仅有1处错误) 11．Therobotswillbedesignedtolooklikepeopletomakethemattractiveandeasiertoselltothepubli c. 12．Acomputernetworkallowsuserstoshareresourcesincludingequipmentsandinformation. 13．Butsomeonepointsoutitsdisadvantages，forexamples，ithassomuchjunkinformationthatbotherusalot.14．Ifourgovernmentdoitwell，IfullbelievethattheInternetwillprovidemoreconvenienceforus. 15．Themoderntransportbenefitsourlife，thoughsomepeoplealsocriticizeitsothere’remanyaccidents.16．Actually，robotsofreallifealsohavedifferentkindsoffunctionsandtheygivetousmuchhelp. 17．Weliveinanagewhichmoreinformationisavailablewithgreatereasethaneverbefore. 18．Thenewtechnology，ifapplyingtoricegrowing，willhelpincreasethegrainoutput. 19．Hethoughtthatthekeytofeedpeoplewastohavemorericeandtoproduceitmorequickly. 20．Iwanttointroduceoneofthemostinfluentialmoderninventioninourlife—thecomputernetwork.能力提升Ⅲ.阅读理解A(2018·辽宁葫芦岛一模) AccordingtoanewresearchfromtheUniversityofCambridgeinEngland，sheepareabletorecognizehumanfacesfromphotographs.Thefarmanimals，whoaresocialandhavelargebrains，werepreviouslyknowntobeabletorecognizeoneanother，aswellasfamiliarhumans.However，theirabilitytorecognizehumanfacesfromphotosaloneisnovel.Therecentstudy，theresultsofwhichwerepublishedinthejournalRoyalSocietyshowedthatthewoollycreaturescould betrainedtorecognizestillimagesofhumanfaces，includingthoseofformerPresidentBarackObamaandactressEmmaWatson.Initially，ter，theywereabletorecognizetheimagesforwhichtheyhadbeenrewarded.Thesheepcouldevenrecog nizeimagesoffacesshownatanangle，thoughtheirabilitytodosodeclinedbyabout15percent—thesamerateatwhicha human’sabilitytoperformthesametaskdeclines.“Anyonewhohasspenttim eworkingwithsheepwillknowthattheyareintelligentandindividualanimalswhoareabletorecognize theirhandlers.”saidProfessorJennyMorton，wholedtheCambridgestudy.“We’veshownwithourstudythatsheephaveadva ncedfacerecog。
Topic Twelve Popular Science and Modern Technology 科普知识与现代技术话说中考此类话题涉及科普知识和最尖端的现代化技术，是中考中难度最大的一部分，专业术语较多，词汇量大，多以说明文呈现在试卷中。
这就要求学生在平时多了解科普知识，关注尖端技术，热爱现代化，培养爱国主义精神。
解题思路：整体把握文章大意，关注出题趋势，熟悉解题方法。
走进中考(兰州·2010)There have been many great inventions or things that changed the way we live．The first great invention was the one that is still very important today — the wheel．This made it easier to carry heavy things and to travel long distance．For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that as much effect as the wheel．Then in the early 1800s the world started to change．There was little unknown land left in the world．People didn't have to explore much any more．They began to work instead to make life better．In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made．Among them were the camera，the light and the radio．These all play a big part in our daily life today．The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions．The helicopter in 1909，movies with sound in 1926，the computer in 1928，jet planes in 1930．This was also a time when a new material was first made．Nylon came out in 1935．It changed the kind of clothes people wore．The middle part of the 20th century brought new ways to help people get over diseases．They worked very well．They made people healthier and allowed them to live longer．By the 1960s most people could expect to live to be at least 60．By this time most people in developed countries had a very good life．Of course new inventions continued to be made．But man now had a desire(渴望) to explore again．The earth was known to man but the stars were not．Man began looking for ways to go into space．Russia made the first step．Then United States took a step．Since then other countries，including China and Japan，have made their own steps into space． In 1969 man took his biggest step away from the earth．Americans first walked on the moon．This is certainly just a beginning，though．New inventions will some day allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of．阅读短文，根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
