Trends for the 21 st Century

New Horizon College English Section B Unit 9 Trends for the 21st Century 空军工程大学

Reading Skills Test Yourself Predicting from Subtitles Dictation Multiple Choice Text B Comprehension Guide Language Points Exercises Blank-filling with New Words Replace the Underlined Parts with New Words Unit 9: Section B

Reading Skills: Predicting from Subtitles Predicting from Subtitles: In Unit 8, we introduced “Scanning and Predicting”. In this unit, we will have more practice of this kind. Please remember: if you find when you continue reading that your prediction is not correct, don’t worry! You can adjust your understanding of the paragraph with the information you acquire during your reading. This is the reading process after all. 下一页

Reading Practice: Predicting from Subtitles Listen to only the first two paragraphs and then have a quick look at just the subtitles of the reading passage. 上一页下一页

Reading Practice: Predicting from Subtitles Subtitles Title Population Food Production Energy Economics Health Nature Conclusion Back They are printed here for you. This is to help you have a general idea of the content of the passage. A Trends for the 21st Century 上一页下一页

Reading Practice: Predicting from Subtitles Back Judging from the subtitles what kind of content do you expect to find under the headings? B • Population • A. The population is increasing. • B. The population is decreasing. • C. The population will remain stable for • quite a long period of time. • Population • A. The population is increasing. • B. The population is decreasing. • C. The population will remain stable for • quite a long period of time. 上一页下一页

Reading Practice: Predicting from Subtitles Back 2. Food Production A. Food production is increasing. B. The production of some food is increasing while some is decreasing. C. Higher quality food has been produced. 2. Food Production A. Food production is increasing. B. The production of some food is increasing while some is decreasing. C. Higher quality food has been produced. 3. Energy A. Use more natural gas. B. Stop using nuclear energy. C. Stop using coal as one of the energy resources. 3. Energy A. Use more natural gas. B. Stop using nuclear energy. C. Stop using coal as one of the energy resources. 上一页下一页

Reading Practice: Predicting from Subtitles Back 4. Economics A. The world economy will be developing as a whole. B. World trade will be developing quickly. C. The development of the world economy brings benefit to the people. 4. Economics A. The world economy will be developing as a whole. B. World trade will be developing quickly. C. The development of the world economy brings benefit to the people. 上一页下一页

Reading Practice: Predicting from Subtitles Back 5. Health A. People are able to cure cancer. B. People are able to cure cancer. C. Health care is better than ever. 5. Health A. People are able to cure cancer. B. People are able to cure cancer. C. Health care is better than ever. 6. Nature A. More serious environmental problems occurs. B. People will be living in a better environment. C. Pollution is not a word for the new century. 6. Nature A. More serious environmental problems occurs. B. People will be living in a better environment. C. Pollution is not a word for the new century. 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Text B New Words QuestionPreviewing PassageReading Choice Making

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points steadily region outstanding product available ▲recycle chemical highway ease breakthrough ◆tumor surgery decline grain climate disaster lamb ▲turkey amount efficient utilize utilise ▲fossil alter nuclear steady trend expert pose data survey growth decrease tend factor excessive alcohol pollute planet >>>more Back

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points cancer indifferent indifference instance ■tuberculosis (TB) conclusion numerous inhabitant involve accomplish at an alarming rate wash away May… involve in Back 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Q: 1. From the last sentence of Paragraph 2 – “Important trends emerge in each field.” – we know that the author is likely to talk about ____ in the rest part of the article. Q: 2. From the second section (“Population”) of the article we know_________________________. Q: 3. Production of fish has increased because of __________________________________________. Q: 4. The trend in the field of energy is that __________________________________________. Back 下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Q: 5. The last two words “this change” in the “Economics” section refers to ________. Q: 6. The major trends in the field of health include the following except __________. Q: 7. One cost of people developing cities is that_______________________________. Q: 8. From this article we can see that the author is looking forward to the new century with________________________. Back 上一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Back Trends for the 21st Century 1 What problems will our world encounter in the next 1,000 years? Social scientists and economists, farming experts and environmentalists pose this question and examine data, information from surveys. 下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回 21世纪的趋势在今后的1000年里，我们的世界会面临哪些问题呢? 社会科学家和经济学家、农业专家和环境保护主义者提出了这个问题，并对调查所得的数据和信息进行了研究。

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Back Question 1 请选择 2In every field, experts examine changes to understand the state of the field. To understand a country's economy, economists check growth in an industry such as steel. To understand the state of business, they may look at the number of building permits for new houses. The information learned shows increases or decreases. Important trends emerge in each field. 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回各个领域的专家都通过对变化的研究来了解该领域的状况。为了了解一个国家的经济状况，经济学家对某个行业—如钢铁企业—的增长情况进行调查。为了了解该行业的状况，他们可能会调查新房建造许可证的发放数量。所得资料显示出了增长的情况或是减少的情况。结果发现，每个领域都出现了重要的趋势。

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Back 3 Population 4 Population is important to every person on Earth. Peopletend to live longer in most places. In Central Europe, however, life span is dropping because health care is not what it was a few years ago. Factors affecting general health include excessive smoking and drinking of alcohol and polluted water supplies. 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回人口人口情况对地球上的每个人来说都很重要。在大多数地区人们的寿命越来越长。但是在中欧，由于卫生保健不如前几年，因此寿命正在缩短。影响大众健康的因素包括吸烟过度、酗酒以及饮水污染。

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Back Question 2 请选择 5 The population explosion on our planet has been increasing at an alarming rate but the percentage of increase is decreasing. One out of every five people on Earth is Chinese, yet China's growth rate has slowed. As the number of women going to school increases, the growth rate declines. 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回我们星球上的人口爆炸状况正在以惊人的速度加剧着，不过增长的百分比在减小。地球上每五个人中就有一个是中国人，不过中国的人口增长已经减慢了。随着受教育的妇女数量的增多，人口增长率正在下降。

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Back 6 Food Production 7 The production of grain seems to be decreasing mainly because of climate changes. Natural disasters like storms and floods have washed away many crops. 8 With less land for cattle and sheep, less meat like beef and lamb is being produced. Production of chicken, turkey and fish has increased, however. The amount of ocean fish has not increased, but fish farm production has. 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回粮食生产粮食产量似乎正在减少，这主要是由于气候的变化。暴风雨和洪水这类自然灾害毁掉了许多庄稼。由于可供饲养牛羊的土地减少，牛羊肉越来越少。不过鸡肉、火鸡肉和鱼的产量提高了。可海鱼的产量没有得到提高，只是人工养殖场的产量提高了。

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Back Question 3 请选择 9 Fish farming is very efficient: producing a kilogram of fish utilizes less than 2 kilograms of feed, but it takes 2.2 kilograms of feed to produce 1 kilogram of chicken. One kilogram of beef requires 7 kilograms of grain. People, therefore, may eat less red meat in the future and more fish. 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回养鱼场的生产效率相当高：生产1公斤鱼类只需要不到2公斤的饲料，而生产1公斤鸡肉需要2.2公斤的饲料。生产1公斤牛肉需要7公斤谷物。因此，人们在将来可能会少吃牛羊肉，多吃鱼类。

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Back 10 Energy 11 Using fossil fuels for energy has not altered very much but wind energy use is increasing significantly. Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Britain, and America have large wind power projects. China, India, Mexico, New Zealand, and the Ukraine are also developing wind power. 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回能源以矿物燃料为能源的情况没有发生多大的变化，但是对风力的利用正越来越受到重视。丹麦、德国、荷兰、英国和美国已开发了大型风力发电项目。中国、印度、墨西哥、新西兰和乌克兰也正在开发风力发电。

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Back 12 Energy from nuclear power plants is steadily increasing but the problem of dangerous waste limits growth in many regions. Because many electrical companies consider nuclear energy too expensive, the trend is toward less dangerous sources of energy. 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回核电厂提供的能源在稳步上升，但是在许多地区都因核电厂的有害废料问题而使发展受到限制。由于许多电气公司都认为核能代价太大，因此总体趋势是朝着危害较小的能源发展。

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Back Question 4 请选择 13 While natural gas use increases, use of coal as fuel is decreasing. Natural gas, an outstanding energy fuel, can be used to heat homes, make electricity, and power cars. 随着天然气利用量的增长，煤炭作为燃料的使用量正在减少。天然气这种优良的能量燃料可以用于家庭取暖、发电和驱动汽车。上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Back 14 Economics 15 As countries around the world trade more with one another, more products are available. But the fast development of world economy will bring about many new problems. With fewer trees, the paper industry is producing more paper fromrecycledmaterials but, unfortunately, damages the planet. The paper-making process uses large amounts of water, burns fossil fuels and produces much chemical waste. 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回经济随着世界各国相互之间的贸易量的增加，可买到的产品也越来越多。由于树木减少，造纸厂更多地依靠再生材料造纸，但不幸的是，这同时也对我们这个星球造成了损害，因为造纸工艺要用去大量的水，燃烧大量的矿物燃料，而且还会产生大量的化学废料。

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Back Question 5 请选择 16 Automobile production is down; bicycle production is up. Crowded highways, high gasoline costs, and ease of bicycling are three reasons for this change. 汽车产量在下降，自行车产量在上升。导致这一变化的三个原因是：拥挤不堪的高速公路、价格昂贵的汽油以及方便自如的自行车出行。上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Back 17 Health 18 Three major health trends exist as we begin the new century. Health care is better than ever. Medical research breakthroughs include finding tumors early, and saving lives through CAT scans and surgery. Surviving cancer is a new trend. HIV/AIDS, however, is spreading quickly all over the world. 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回健康在我们迈入新世纪之际，健康方面呈现出了三大趋势。卫生保健工作不断改善。医学研究领域产生突破，包括利用CAT扫描（即计算机化X射线轴向分层造影扫描）和外科手术来及早发现肿瘤并挽救生命。癌症病人的生存率得到提高也是一个新趋势。然而，艾滋病却正在全世界迅速蔓延。

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Back Question 6 请选择 19 The third major trend is toward an attitude of indifference. People seem to have forgotten ways to keep diseases under control. Although medical science had achieved control over several dangerous diseases, some are returning. For instance, tuberculosis, once a dangerous killer, was cured. Now the disease is appearing again. 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回第三个势头是人们的态度变得越来越无动于衷。人们似乎已经忘记了如何控制疾病。虽然医学早已能够控制若干危险的疾病，有些病却正在卷土重来。例如，曾经是危险杀手的肺结核原本已被消灭，但是现在这种疾病又死灰复燃了。

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Back Question 7 请选择 20 Nature 21 Pollution continues to affect our forests and water. The bird population is decreasing because of oil spills and spreading cities. Seas and oceans are changing. Trees are cut down, more soil washes away, and water quality is affected. Many of these trees are in our rain forests where thick areas of plants and trees, home for many birds and animals, are disappearing. 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回自然污染不停地破坏着我们的森林和水源。由于海上石油泄漏和城市的不断扩大，鸟类的数量正在减少。海洋在改变。树木遭砍伐，越来越多的泥土被冲走，水质受到了影响。遭受砍伐的这些树木许多是热带雨林中的树木，那里茂密的植物和树木原本是许多鸟类和动物的家园，现在却正在消失。

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Back Question 8 请选择 22 Conclusion 23 Our challenges for this new century are clear: The problems of numerousinhabitants on this small planet will continue to be important to each of us. These challenges show that all of us need to be involved in solving the problems. May we find new ways to accomplish the task. 上一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回结论在新世纪中，我们所面临的挑战是显而易见的。在这个小小的星球上的芸芸众生所曾经遇到过的各种问题仍然是关系到我们每个人的重大问题。这些挑战表明，我们每一个人都必须参与解决这些问题。但愿我们能找到新的途径去完成这一使命。

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回 Refer to Para. 2 Q: 1. From the last sentence of Paragraph 2 – “Important trends emerge in each field.” – we know that the author is likely to talk about ________ in the rest part of the article. A. the trends in each field B. questions about each field C. data and information about each field D. surveys of each field A. the trends in each field 下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回 Refer to Para. 5 Q: 2. From the second section (“Population”) of the article we know ________. A. population grows as fast as it did before B. population does not grow as fast as it did before C. population explosion is less serious in China than in Central Europe D. population explosion is more serious in China than in Central Europe B. population does not grow as fast as it did before 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回 Refer to Para. 9 Q: 3. Production of fish has increased because of ________. A. the increase in ocean fish B. the decrease in ocean fish C. less meat production such as beef and lamb D. efficient fish farming D. efficient fish farming 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回 Refer to Para. 11 - 13 Q: 4. The trend in the field of energy is that ________. A. the use of fossil fuels will be less and less while wind energy use will be more and more B. the use of fossil fuels will be almost the same while wind energy use will be more and more C. more and more electrical companies will consider setting up nuclear power plants D. the use of coal will be taken over by the use of natural gas A. the use of fossil fuels will be less and less while wind energy use will be more and more B. the use of fossil fuels will be almost the same while wind energy use will be more and more C. more and more electrical companies will consider setting up nuclear power plants D. the use of coal will be taken over by the use of natural gas 下一页上一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回 Refer to Para. 16 Q: 5. The last two words “this change” in the “Economics” section refers to _______. A. crowded high ways B. the high cost of gasoline C. ease of bicycling D. the decrease of automobile production and increase of bicycle production Q: 5. The last two words “this change” in the “Economics” section refers to _______. A. crowded high ways B. the high cost of gasoline C. ease of bicycling D. the decrease of automobile production and increase of bicycle production 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回 Refer to Para. 18 -19 Q: 6. The major trends in the field of health include the following except ________. A. Health care has never been as good in the worldwide picture B. It's easier for people to survive cancer while there will be more people suffering from HIV/AIDS C. Some of the diseases that once had been under control will be coming back D. More people are dying in automobile accidents as highways are crowded Q: 6. The major trends in the field of health include the following except ________. A. Health care has never been as good in the worldwide picture B. It's easier for people to survive cancer while there will be more people suffering from HIV/AIDS C. Some of the diseases that once had been under control will be coming back D. More people are dying in automobile accidents as highways are crowded 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回 Refer to Para. 21 Q: 7. One cost of people developing cities is that ________. A. pollution will continue B. seas and oceans will change C. the population of birds will decrease D. water will be polluted C. the population of birds will decrease 上一页下一页

Text B: Comprehension Guide & Language Points 返回 Refer to Para. 23 Q: 8. From this article we can see that the author is looking forward to the new century with ________. A. hope A. hope B. regret C. disappointment D. blind joy 上一页

Trends for the 21 st Century

Trends for the 21 st Century

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