课时跟踪检测（一） Introduction & Reading — Pre-reading
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A school where 60% of pupils speak English as a second language has equipped electronic translators for every child so they can communicate with teachers. Manor Park Primary in Birmingham, which has 384 pupils, is the first school in Britain to provide translators for all of its children and to make the tools a part of every lesson.
The technology can allow teachers to type messages to pupils which are then translated into the 19 native tongues
of children, with no English. Another 11 languages are spoken by pupils who have some English. In Britain, with figures showing that one in six primary pupils speaks a different language at home — double the number ten years ago — the technology could soon become popular in many more schools.
Talking Tutor can translate English into many languages including Polish, Urdu and Chinese. The teacher types a message into a computer and it then reads the message out to the pupils in their native tongues. The pupils type the answer which is read to the teacher by Talking Tutor. Headmaster Jason Smith said the software had transformed his school and given staff the opportunity to communicate with children. The school pays ￡700 a year for the software. The software, developed by EMAS UK, cost more than ￡2.5 million to produce.
Dawn Holt, a teacher at the school, admitted she had struggled in the past to communicate with pupils who had recently arrived in Britain. But some say giving pupils the translators could be “damaging and dangerous”．“Surely it would be better to give all these teenagers an intensive course in English，” said Nick Seaton, a father.“My boy says teachers are spending more time using the computer than teaching. He came home last week and said he felt pushed aside.”
语篇解读：学校里60%的学生的母语不是英语，教师怎么上课、怎么和学生交流呢？一种新发明的电脑软件能帮助解决这个问题。
1．What is the name of the electronic translator? A．Talking Tutor. C．Nick Seaton.
B．EMAS UK. D．Dawn Holt.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一句可知，该软件的名称为Talking Tutor。
2．From the text we can infer that ________.
A．EMAS UK can't make a lot of money from the software B．more and more pupils begin to choose to study in Britain C．there are many schools which have already used the software D．the teachers had no difficulty talking with the students before
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据第二段第三句可知，在英国，有六分之一的小学生的母语不是英语，这一比例是十年前的两倍。由此可以推知，越来越多的国外的小学生选择到英国去上学。
3．Why do some people say giving pupils the translators could be “damaging and dangerous”？
A．Because the students will pay more money to the school. B．Because the students won't get enough care from the teachers. C．Because the students can't use the translators properly. D．Because the students won't speak to the teachers any more.
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段最后两句可知，其原因在于这会导致老师把过多的时间用在电脑操作上，学生感觉老师不够关心自己。
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Plants are living things.So can they feel pain？Plants don't feel pain the same way animals and people do, says Anke Steppuhn.She is a scientist at the Free University of Berlin in Germany.“What we define as pain usually has to do with a nervous system，” Steppuhn explains.When you put your hand too close to a hot stove, nerve cells send a signal to your brain.Your brain decodes (解码) that signal as pain.This causes you to pull your hand away before any serious damage is done.
Plants don't have nerves or brains, so they can't feel pain like we do.“But plants do recognize when something is hurting them，” Steppuhn says.Because they are rooted to the ground, they can't escape a dangerous situation.So they need other ways of fighting back.
The biggest threat to a plant's life is getting eaten.Some plants grow sharp little hairs.Other plants produce bad-tasting or even harmful chemicals.These force an attacker to abandon its meal.A plant called bittersweet nightshade does something even smarter, Steppuhn found.When a slug (蛞蝓) chews holes in a nightshade's leaf, liquid begins dripping (滴下) around the wound. It is almost as if the plant were bleeding.The liquid is sugary nectar, and it happens to be a favorite food of ants.In their effort to collect the nectar, the ants swarm (蜂拥而至) all over the injured
plant.They will attack anything that stands in their way.That includes the slug that damaged the plant in the first place.It's a very clever trick.Whenever a slug attacks a plant, the plant calls an army of ants to kill the slug.
Nectar isn't the only way plants attract bodyguards.They also release certain chemicals into the air when they are being eaten.People usually can't detect these smells.But wasps (黄蜂) can.When a wasp detects this cry for help, it races to the scene of the crime.If it finds the right kind of insect chewing down on the plant, the wasp will interrupt the attacker's meal.It will do this by laying eggs inside the insect's body!
语篇解读：本文是说明文。植物也是生物，它们能感受到疼痛吗？植物面临的最大威胁是被吃掉，它们有什么自保妙招吗？文章为你一一解答。
4．Why do plants feel pain differently from us? A．They don't know whether they're hurt. B．They face different kinds of danger. C．They don't have nervous systems. D．They have slow response to pain.
解析：选C 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“What we define as pain usually has to do with a nervous system”及第二段中的“Plants don't have nerves or brains, so they can't feel pain like we do”可知，植物没有神经系统，因此植物感受疼痛的方式与人类不同。
5．What does the underlined part “They” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A．Ants. C．Plants.
B．Slugs. D．Wasps.
解析：选A 代词指代题。根据画线词前一句“In their effort to collect the nectar, the ants swarm (蜂拥而至) all over the injured plant”及所在句中的“attack anything that stands in their way”可知，蚂蚁为了收集花蜜，会蜂拥至受伤的植物身上，然后攻击沿途任何对它们形成阻碍的事物。They此处指代“蚂蚁”。
6．Why do some plants need wasps? A．To help them call bodyguards. B．To keep them safe from attackers. C．To let wasps lay eggs on their leaves. D．To let their smells spread into the air.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据最后一段的内容可知，为了免于被昆虫吃掉，有些植物会向空气中释放一种化学物质，这种化学物质能吸引黄蜂，黄蜂会通过在昆虫身上产卵的方式保护这些植物。
高中英语Module1BritishandAmericanEnglish课时跟踪检测一含解析外研版必修
