Section Ⅳ Learning about Language & Using Language课前预习检测单词识记1.settle (v.) 定居;解决→settlement_ (n.) 定居;解决2.instant (adj.) 立即的;立刻的→instantly (adv.) 立刻,马上3.desert (n.) 沙漠;荒原→deserted (adj.) 被遗弃的;荒芜的4.goods (n.) 货物 5.city (n.) 城市→citizen (n.) 公民;居民;市民6.type (v.) 打字→ typist (n.) 打字员→typewriter (n.) 打字机7.receive (v.) 收到→receiver (n.) 接受者;接收器;电话筒8.greed (n.) 贪婪,贪心→greedy (adj.) 贪吃的;贪婪的→greedily (adv.) 贪婪地;贪食地9.swallow (vt.) 吞下;咽下10.recycle (vt.) 回收利用;再利用→recyclable (adj.) 可循环的11.motivation (n.) 动机→motivate (vt.) 成为……的动机;激发;激励12.ecology (n.) 生态;生态学→ecological (adj.) 生态的;生态学的13.post (vt.) 邮递;邮寄→postage (n.) 邮资→postcode (n.) 邮政编码14.representative (n.) 代表;典型人物 (adj.)典型的;有代表性的→represent (vt.) 代表;象征短语完形1.speed_up 加速2.describe ... as ... 把……描述为……3.be_greedy_for 贪图4.blame_sb._for 因……而责怪某人5.on_earth 究竟6.show_sb._around 带领某人参观7.stare_at 盯着;凝视8.move_on 向前移动语篇理解根据课文内容填空Can you imagine one of the __1__ (late) forms of communication among the space citizens in the future? It is just like this. No more __2__ (type) working on a typewriter or computer. No more postage or postcodes. When you want to send __3__ message you can place the metal band over your head, clear your mind and press the __4__ (send) button, think your message and the next instant it is sent. When it comes __5__ the “environment area” , a giant machine, always __6__ (greed) for more, swallows all the waste __7__ (avail). In such a way, the rubbish is turned into several grades of useful material and everything __8__ (recycle). Manufacturing no longer takes place o...