1、Unit 3Computers.单项填空1(2013青岛模拟)The speech from the new government is a(n) _ that major changes are on the way.Awarning BgoalCsignal Dadvice答案：C此处使用signal，表示“暗示；预示”。warning警告；告诫；goal目标；advice建议。2(2013宁波模拟)We should always keep in mind that accidents _ from carelessness while driving.Aarise BarouseCbe
2、gin Dcause答案：A考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们应该永远记心中，开车时出事故是由粗心引起的。arise from由引起；由产生，符合句意。3(2013山师大附中高三质检)Ill never forget Mr. White, and _ we had made great progress.Awith his help Bwith whose helpCin return for him Dcome to his help答案：A考查短语意义及正确表达。with ones help“在某人的帮助下”；in return for“作为对的回报”；come to ones help“帮助某
3、人”。4(2013山东省实验中学诊断)The river water _ by the waste recently.Ahad polluted Bhas been pollutedChas polluted Dhad been polluted答案：B句意：近来这条河的水被废物污染了。主语与谓语动词之间是被动关系，用被动语态。由副词recently可知，应用现在完成时。5(2013衡水高三质检)With so many things _， I have to work late into the night.Ato deal with Bdealt withCdealing with Dbe
4、ing dealt with答案：A考查非谓语动词的用法。句意：有很多事情有待于处理，我得工作到深夜。由空格后的部分可以看出，很多事情还没有处理，所以用不定式表示将来。6(2013哈尔滨高三质检)I think he is taking an active part in social work.I agree with you _.Ain the way Bon the wayCby the way Din a way答案：D考查介词短语意义。句意：我认为他正在积极参加社会服务。在某种程度上我同意你说的。in the way“妨碍；挡道”；on the way“在途中”；by the way
5、“顺便提一下”；in a way“在某种程度上”。7(2013杭州模拟)His plan was such a good one _ we all agreed to accept it.Aso BandCthat Das答案：C考查such.that.引导的结果状语从句。句意：他的计划非常好，我们都同意接受。本题很容易误选D，错看成是as引导的定语从句，而关键是accept后已经有宾语it，所以不可能是定语从句。8(2013南京模拟)My friend Martin was very sick with a high fever; _， he could neither eat nor sl
6、eep.Aas a result Bafter allCanyway Dotherwise答案：A句意：我的朋友马丁发了高烧；结果他既吃不下也睡不着。as a result“结果”，符合句意。9(2013衡阳模拟)_ that even the people in the next room could hear him.ASo he spoke loudly BSo he did speak loudlyCSo loudly did he speak DSo did he speak loudly答案：C考查倒装。句意：他的声音那么大，连隔壁的人都听得见。把so放在句首加强语气时，主句要用倒
7、装语序。10(2013东北育才中学高三质检)If you want to _ the narrow alleys (胡同) of old Beijing, youd better use the pedicab (三轮车)Aexplore BexpressCexchange Dexplode答案：A考查动词词义。句意：如果你想探索老北京胡同，最好是坐三轮车。explore“探索”，符合题意。express“表达”；exchange“交换”；explode“爆炸”。11(2013山东四市联考)_ Christmas Day draws near, people are busy preparin
8、g for it.AAs BSinceCWith DWhile答案：A句意：圣诞节一天天临近，人们为迎接它正做准备。as在此引导时间状语从句，意为“随着”。12(2013江西上高二中月考)How many times _ not to drive so fast on such a road?Im sorry. Ill never do that again.Ado you tell Bhad you toldCare you told Dhave you been told答案：D根据“how many times”可知动作发生在一段时间内，故应用完成时态。tell与you之间为被动关系，故
9、D项正确。13(2013青岛高三质检)To my surprise, I was told my suitcases had _ ended up in Texas Airport instead of Washington Airport.Asomehow BhoweverCsomewhat Danyhow答案：A考查副词词义。句意：让我惊奇的是，我被告知我的行李箱不知怎么最终到了德克萨斯机场而不是华盛顿机场。somehow“不知怎么地；用某种方法”，符合句意。however“然而”；somewhat“有点；有几分”；anyhow“无论如何；即使如此”。14(2013潍坊高三质检)There
10、 have been so many school bus accidents recently. _， people are concerned about the shcool bus safety much.AAs a result BAfter allCIn spite of DInstead of答案：A考查短语意义。句意：近来出现了太多的校车事故，因此人们非常关心校车的安全。as a result“因此；结果是”，符合题意。after all“毕竟”；in spite of“尽管”；instead of“代替；而不是”。15(2013江西八校联考)Many people thoug
11、ht highly of what he said, but _， I thought he just showed himself off.Apersonally BgenerallyCespecially Dspeically答案：A考查副词词义。句意：许多人对他的话评价很高，但就个人而言，我认为他只在炫耀自己而已。personally意为“就个人而言；亲自地”，在句中作状语，修饰整个句子。generally“一般地”；especially“特别地”；specially“特别地；专门地”。.阅读理解A(2012南昌模拟)A 17yearold boy, caught sending tex
12、t messages in class, was recently sent to the vice principals office. The vice principal, Steve Gallagher, told the boy he needed to focus on the teacher, not his cellphone. The boy listened politely and nodded, and thats when Mr. Gallagher noticed the students fingers moving on his lap. He was text
13、ing while being scolded for texting.“It was a_subconscious_act，” says Mr. Gallagher, who took the phone away. “Young people today are connected socially from the moment they open their eyes in the morning until they close their eyes at night. Its compulsive.”A study this year by psychology students
14、at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Ga. , found that the more time young people spend on Facebook, the more likely they are to have lower grades and weaker study habits. Heavy Facebook users show signs of being more sociable, but they are also more likely to be anxious, hostile or depressed. (D
15、octors, meanwhile, are now laming addictions to night texting for disturbing the sleep patterns of teens.)Almost a quarter of todays teens check Facebook more than 10 times a day, according to a 2009 survey by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group that monitors medias impact on families. Will these
16、young people get rid of this habit once they enter the workforce, or will employers come to see texting and socialnetwork checking as accepted parts of the workday?Think back. When todays older workers were in their 20s, they might have taken a break on the job to call friends and make afterwork pla
17、ns. In those earlier eras, companies discouraged nonbusinessrelated calls, and someone who made personal calls all day risked being fired. It was impossible to imagine the constant backandforth texting that defines interactions among young people today.Educators are also being asked by parents, stud
18、ents and educational strategists to reconsider their rules. “In past generations, students got in trouble for passing notes in class. Now students are good at texting with their phones still in their pockets，” says 40yearold Mr. Gallagher, the vice principal，“and theyre able to communicate with some
19、one one floor down and three rows over. Students are just fundamentally different today. They will take suspensions rather than give up their phones.”文章大意：现在的孩子发短信成瘾。1The underlined words “a subconscious act” in the first Paragraph refer to an act _.Aon purpose Bwithout realizationCin secret Dwith c
20、are答案：B猜测词义题。由上下文可知，这个孩子在挨训时，手指的抖动是下意识的动作，所以选B。2Young people addicted to the use of Facebook _.Aare good at dealing with the social relationships and concentrate on their studyBhave high spirits and positive attitudes towards their life and workChave been influenced mentally in the aspects of behavi
21、ors and habitsDare always in a bad mood and have poor performance in every respect答案：C细节理解题。由第二段可知，使用Facebook上瘾会给人的各个方面造成影响。3Through the situation of todays older workers in their 20s, it can be inferred that _.Athe employers will not accept young peoples sending text messagesBa cellphone is a must
22、for todays older workers instead of young peopleCthe employers prefer older workers to young peopleDthe employers will find it hard to control the interaction among young people today答案：D推理判断题。由倒数第二段可知。4Mr. Gallagher reminds us that the students in the past and those today _.Alike to break rules and
23、 have the same means of sending messagesBare always the big problem for the education and their parentsClike sending text messages but those today do it in a more secret and skillful wayDcannot live without a cellphone答案：C细节理解题。由最后一段Mr. Gallagher的话可推出。5Whats the best title of the passage?ATeenagers
24、and CellphonesBTeenagers Texting AddicationCEmployers and TeenagersDTeenagers Education答案：B主旨大意题。由文章大意可知。B(2013潍坊期末)Im not so sure I like my friends any more. I used to like themto be honest. Wed have lunch, talk on the phone or exchange emails, and they all seemed normal enough. But then came Faceb
25、ook and I was introduced to a sad fact: many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me.Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook. No longer hidden, theyre thrown in my face like TV commercialsunavoidable and endless advertisements for th
26、e worst of their personalities.Take Fred. If you were to have lunch with him, youd find him warm, and downtoearth. Read his Facebook and you realize hes an unbearable, foodobsessed bore. Hed pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning manand then write about it.Take Andy. You wont fi
27、nd a smarter CEO anywhere, but now hes a CEO without a company to lull. So he plays Mafia Wars on Facebook. Hes doing welllevel 731. Thanks to Facebook, I know hes playing about 18 hours a day. Andy, youve run four companiesand this is how you spend your downtime? What happened to golf? What happene
28、d to getting another job?Take Liz. She is positive that the H1N1 vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it. And then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find, so I get to read his thoughts twice, once on Facebook and once on Twitter.In real life,
29、I dont see these sides of people. Face to face, my friends show me their best. Theyre nice, smart people. But face to Facebook, my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrong.Im left with a dilemma. Who is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the antivaccine lunatic(狂人)on F
30、acebook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if hes at a party and the wine isnt up to his standards?文章大意：在Facebook上，我们的朋友把自己的另一面呈现出来，让我们看到一个和我们面对面时不一样的人。哪一个才是我们真正的朋友？6Who is opposed to the H1N1 vaccine in the text?AFred. BAndy. CLiz. DChris.答案：C细节理解题。由第五段“She is positive
31、 that the H1N1 vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it.”可知，Liz反对H1N1疫苗。7Whats Andy probably busy in doing now?AHes running his company. BHes playing golf all day.CHes looking for another job. DHes playing computer games.答案：D细节理解题。由第四段“So he plays Mafia Wars on Facebook. Hes doing wellle
32、vel 731. Thanks to Facebook, I know hes playing about 18 hours a day.”可知，Andy现在沉迷于电脑游戏。 8.According to the text, Facebook tends to _.Apresent another side of people Boffer some food for freeCshow endless advertisements Dget you to more parties答案：A推理判断题。由第一段最后一句话“.I was introduced to a sad fact: many
33、 of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me.”可知，Facebook可以把人们的另一面呈现出来，让我们看到一个和我们面对面时不一样的人。9The text is developed mainly by _.Agiving examples Bfollowing the time order Clisting figures Draising questions答案：A推理判断题。由全文，特别是第三、四、五段或者是最后一段可知，全文通过举例来说明问题。10The author focuses on the question of _.Awhat is Facebook Bwhat happened to golf Cwho is my real friend Dwho can help me答案：C推理判断题。由文章大意可知。
