雅思冠词练习2016.1.3

冠词练习

一、用所给的名词填空，并在所需的空格处填上冠词。

1. School:

1) Every term parents are invited to______to meet the teachers.

2) Why aren't your children at_____today? Are they ill?

3) When he was younger, Ted hated______.

4) What time does_______start in the mornings in your country?

5) A: How do your children get home from______?By bus?

B: No, they walk._______isn't very far.

6) What sort of job does 3enny want to do when she leaves______?

7) There were some people waiting outside______to meet their children.

2. Hospital:

1) She works as a cleaner at________.

2) When Ann was ill, we all went to________to visit her.

3) My brother has always been very healthy. He's never been in_____.

4) Peter was injured in an accident and was kept in_______for a few days.

5) Jack had an accident last week. He was taken to________. He's still in_____now.

3. Church:

1) John's mother is a regular churchgoer. She goes to_____ every Sunday.

2) John himself doesn't go to_______.

3) John went to _______ to take some photographs of the buildings.

4) The workmen went to________ to repair the roof.

4. Prison:

1) In many places people are in _______ because of their political opinions.

2) The other day the fire brigade were called to _______ to put out a fire.

3) The judge decided to fine the man ＄500 instead of sending him to ______.

4) Ken went to _______ to visit his brother because he was in ______ for bribery.

5. Sea:

1) There’s a nice view from the window. You can see _______.

2) It was a long voyage. We were at _______ for four weeks.

3) I love swimming in _______.

4) Jack is a seaman. He spends most of his life at ______.

5) A: It is a nice day, isn’t it?

B: Yes, let’s go for a walk by _______.

二、段落翻译。

1. 目前，各种机器人产品已广泛应用于生产生活，装配机器人、搬运机器人、家政机器人、收割机器人等，给人们提供了便捷高效的服务。可以预见，机器人将会像手机、电脑一样，成为我们离不开的帮手。现在机器人的普及应用还面临成本较高、功能单一、智能化水平不高等障碍。希望大家秉持共享普惠的理念，携手推动机器人的研发生产，降低应用成本，让更经济、更智能、更人性化的机器人产品进入千家万户，让各国人民共享科技进步成果。

2. On World Radio Day, we celebrate a medium that captures the imagination

and brings people together. This year United Nations Radio, along with the United Nations, celebrates its 70th anniversary. Every year, United Nations Radio

broadcasts over 1,200 documentaries, news items and editorials over the airwaves. This year’s observance of World Radio Day highlights the importance of radio to the world’s 1.8 billion young women and men. Radio matters for youth across the world. As the international community shapes new sustainable development goals and a new global agreement on climate change, we need to hear the voices of young women and men, loudly, strongly and urgently.

三、阅读理解。

Driver-less cars

In the self-driving seat, Google is miles ahead of its rivals in the race for autonomous motoring.

Not quite as glamorous as “Knight Rider”.

TO GOOGLE is now in broad usage as a verb for retrieving information from the internet. If the tech giant has its way, “I Googled” will become a standard reply to the question, “How did you get here?” On May 28th Google said it would build 100 prototype driver-less cars devoid of pedals, steering wheel or controls save an on/off switch. It is the next stage in its apparent quest to be as ubiquitous on the road as on computer screens.

People have dreamed about driver-less motoring since at least the 1930s, but only in recent years have car-makers such as Mercedes-Benz and Volvo given the matter more thought, kitting out test cars with the sensors and sophisticated software required to negotiate busy roads. Google has roared ahead by designing a driver-less car from the ground up.

But bringing autonomous motoring to the world is proving harder than Google had envisaged. It once promised it by 2017. Now it does not see production models coming out before 2020. The technology is far advanced, but needs shrinking in size and cost—Google's current test cars, retrofitted Toyota and Lexus models, are said to be packed with $80,000-worth of equipment.

Google's latest efforts may have as much to do with convincing the public and lawmakers as refining the technology. The firm stresses the safety advantages of computers being more likely than humans to avoid accidents. The cars will have a top speed of just 25mph and a front end made of soft foam to cushion unwary pedestrians. The benefits could indeed be huge. Driving time could be given over to working, snoozing or browsing the web. Rather than suffer all the costs of owning a car, some people may prefer to summon a rented one on their smart phones whenever they need it. However, the issue of liability in the event of a driver less car crashing has yet to be resolved.

Turning cars into commodities may not be good news for traditional car makers. But reinventing motoring as a service fits neatly with Google's plans to become as big in hardware as in software. And unlike car firms, which talk vaguely

of becoming “mobility providers”, Google has pots of cash to make that a reality and no worries about disrupting its current business. Google admits it still has “lots of work to do”. But one day Googling to the shops may be a common activity.

1）找出文章里的名词以及冠词，并分析其中的规律。

2）概括文章的中心意思。