1、Unit 3Period 3. 阅读理解AFacebook was running my life. But what killed Facebook for me was when I posted a photo, and five minutes later my son asked me how many “likes” it had got. His question was a wake-up call. “Likes” are signs of acceptance and approval(赞同). I had forgotten that acceptance and app
2、roval need to come from within and had unknowingly set him a bad example. Before absorbed in Facebook, I spent a lot more time reading books and magazines. I checked in with friends through texts, emails and phone calls. To set a healthier example to my son, I deactivated my Facebook account. Id bee
3、n in the habit of checking Facebook many times a day, so I had to come up with some new habits. I carried a novel and a crossword puzzle book around with me. I rediscovered knitting. I started taking yoga classes. I started to remember a few things. My body is fine just the way it is. I have friends
4、 who will help me out when Im in trouble, and I will help them out. I do my best to be a good mother, and our son is happy and healthy. We are very lucky to be able to afford two vacations a year. I stopped looking at the world through my cellphone. I felt completely present in the moment. The break
5、 left me feeling better about myself, my family, my home and my life. After a few weeks, I returned to Facebook. Now I look at the photos of my friends kids growing up and treasure how social media allow me to keep in touch with family. I no longer have the desire to post updates often. It is not an
6、 addiction(上瘾) any more. 【语篇概述】本文为记叙文, 讲述作者沉迷于Facebook, 儿子突然提出的问题使她意识到自己的行为为儿子树立了一个坏的榜样, 她下决心不再使用Facebook。经过数周之后, 她意识到社交媒体是与家人联系的一种重要方式, 但是要合理使用。1. What made the author begin to realize she should do something to control her time on Facebook?A. Her poor health. B. Her sons question. C. Her not recei
7、ving “likes”. D. Her mothers phone call. 【解析】选B。 细节理解题。由第一段中的“. . . and five minutes later my son asked me how many “likes” it had got. His question was a wake-up call. ”可知, 儿子的问题给作者敲响了警钟, 她应该控制使用Facebook的时间了。2. The underlined word “deactivated” in Paragraph 4 probably means _. A. to closeB. to upda
8、teC. to keepD. to check【解析】选A。 词义猜测题。根据第四段中“To set a healthier example to my son, I deactivated my Facebook account. ”及第五段可知, 为了给儿子树立更健康的榜样, 作者下定决心关闭Facebook账户。3. What did the author do to change her life?A. She traveled around a lot for a year. B. She developed some healthy habits. C. She tried to
9、make money for her holidays. D. She went to the gym as often as she could. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第五段中“I had to come up with some new habits. I carried a novel and a crossword puzzle book around with me. I rediscovered knitting. I started taking yoga classes”可知, 作者养成了一些好的习惯来改变她的生活, 包括看小说和做填字游戏, 编织和上瑜伽课等。4.
10、What did the author think of her break from Facebook?A. It was good for her eyes. B. It stopped her getting news. C. It distanced her from her friends. D. It gave her time to find beauty in life. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。由文章倒数第三段中的“I stopped looking at the world through my cellphone. I felt completely present i
11、n the moment. The break left me feeling better about myself, my family, my home and my life. ”可知, 作者不再使用手机上的社交媒体之后, 她对自己、家庭和生活有了新的认识, 发现了生活的美。5. What is the authors attitude toward social media?A. She supports them completely. B. She is strongly against them. C. She thinks they are useful but should
12、nt be overused. D. She thinks they are not harmful at all. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“After a few weeks, I returned to Facebook. Now I look at the photos of my friends kids growing up and treasure how social media allow me to keep in touch with family. I no longer have the desire to post updates often.
13、”可知, 作者养成一些健康习惯后, 重新再去看Facebook, 她又有了新的认识, 社交媒体使自己与家人保持联系, 但合理使用为宜。BThe sun is going to expand into the orbit of Mercury according to scientific calculations, which will result in the entire Earth catching on fire. Who will save the world?This imaginative tale is at the heart of the latest Chinese s
14、ci-fi movie The Wandering Earth. Unlike many American space-themed films where the solution to a disaster Earth faces is always fleeing (逃离) the planet in spaceships, this time were taking the Earth with us. The film, which has made it the countrys most successful film of all time, has offered a dif
15、ferent and more ambitious idea. The “ambition” didnt come from nowhere. For thousands of years, “homeland” has had a soft spot in the hearts and minds of Chinese people. One old idiom that shows a strong feeling that Chinese people have had for their homeland is “luo ye gui gen”, which means returni
16、ng to ones homeland in old age, like fallen leaves returning to the roots of their tree. “What is Chinese sci-fi?” Guo Fan, the films director, said in an interview. “A vehicle that really expresses our cultural and spiritual core (核 心 ) can be called Chinese sci-fi. Otherwise, were just following o
17、thers and telling the same Hollywood stories. ”And the makers of The Wandering Earth may have chosen the best time to tell its Chinese sci-fi story. The film was released on Feb 5, the first day of Chinese New Year. It was a time when many people had just made the hard journey back to their hometown
18、s. So to them, there is only one possible way to tell the story: Earth goes wherever humans go, because its our home. 【语篇概述】本文是介绍科幻类电影, 中国最新科幻电影流浪地球的核心。与许多美国太空主题电影不同, 在这些电影中, 地球面临灾难时的解决方案总是乘坐宇宙飞船逃离地球, 而流浪地球中的解决方法是和地球一起逃离, 这和以前的观点是不同的。6. The main purpose of the opening paragraph is to_. A. give a bri
19、ef account of the filmB. warn people of the coming threatC. explore ways to avoid the disasterD. introduce the topic of the passage【解析】选D。推理判断题。引入第一段的目的是导入话题“which will result in the entire Earth catching on fire. Who will save the world?” 故选D。7. The underlined phrase “a different and more ambitious
20、 idea” refers to_. A. fleeing the Earth in spaceshipsB. bringing in huge successC. filling the gap in Chinese sci-fi moviesD. helping Earth make its escape【解析】选D。句意猜测题。根据“This imaginative tale is at the heart of the latest Chinese sci-fi movie The Wandering Earth. Unlike many American space-themed f
21、ilms where the solution to a disaster Earth faces is always fleeing the planet in spaceships, this time were taking the Earth with us. ”这个充满想象力的故事是中国最新科幻电影流浪地球的核心。与许多美国太空主题电影不同, 在这些电影中, 地球面临灾难时的解决方案总是乘坐宇宙飞船逃离地球, 而这次我们要把地球带上。不同的观点就是helping Earth make its escape帮着地球一起逃离。故选D。8. Which of the following i
22、s unlikely to account for the success of the film?A. The rich imagination of the story. B. Hollywood-style space stories. C. The special cultural background. D. The time chosen to release the film. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据“Otherwise, were just following others and telling the same Hollywood stories. ”可知, 我们没
23、有跟随其他的(电影)来讲述好莱坞式的故事。所以好莱坞式的故事不是这部电影成功的原因, 故选B。9. What is likely to be title for the passage?A. Chinese Sci-fi Catches UpB. The Most Successful Chinese Sci-fiC. Chinese Sci-fi Sets a New PathD. Chinese Sci-fi Challenges Hollywood【解析】选C。主旨大意题。根据“The film, which has made it the countrys most successfu
24、l film of all time, has offered a different and more ambitious idea. ”可知, 中国科幻电影开辟了新的途径。故选C。. 完形填空I was driving in my car the other day. The sun was out, the radio was playing, and I was singing along. The song was a 1 one and even my weak voice sounded good singing it. Then it 2, however. The sweet
25、 sound of the music 3 and there came the unpleasant news. Gas prices 4 again. Fans of two sports teams got into fight. I sighed and wondered about this 5 world we live in. 6, I could take no more and turned off the radio. Silence seemed preferable to listening to 7 else about the crazy, competitive
26、society we live in. I slowed down as I entered a town and 8 the people as I drove by. A tall man was 9 an elderly lady out of a car and helping her place her walker so she could go into store in her wheelchair. A smiling woman was 10 food onto the square while a dozen birds flew down to enjoy the fo
27、od being laid out before them. A young man was walking along, carrying his 11 safely in his arms. When the daughter pulled the hat off his head, they both 12. I laughed too as I looked at all of his 13. The radio may have been off in my car, 14 in my heart I was still singing. In truth, this world c
28、ould have more kindness and less 15. Kindness makes us all winners in this life and our life will be full of love and joy. 【语篇概述】本文为夹叙夹议文, 讲述了几天前发生在作者身上的一段故事。天气晴好, 汽车收音机里播放着动听的歌曲, 这一切似乎都非常美好。然而随后的新闻却让作者感叹他生活在这样一个疯狂竞争的社会。当汽车缓慢驶入一个小镇, 作者目睹了小镇上人们的友善, 深深地感受到这个世界本可以有更多的友善更少的竞争;友善会让我们成为这辈子的赢家;生活应该充满友善, 爱和
29、愉快。1. A. long B. boring C. joyful D. sad【解析】选C。long 长的; boring 令人生厌的; joyful 令人愉快的; sad 悲伤的。根据下文的even my weak voice sounded good singing it及The sweet sound of the music可知, 收音机上所播放的音乐非常动听, 与后面的unpleasant news形成对比, 故选C。2. A. appearedB. remainedC. happenedD. stayed【解析】选C。appeared 出现; remained 仍然, 依然; h
30、appened 发生; stayed 停留。从后面的收机上播放的新闻可知, 此处意为:接下来, 就发生了下面的事情。3. A. ended B. continuedC. jumpedD. fell【解析】选A。ended 结束; continued继续; jumped 跳; fell 掉落;落下。从there came the unpleasant news. 可知, 此处句意为:动听的音乐结束了, 接下来传来的是令人不愉快的消息。故选A。4. A. cut down B. made upC. went downD. went up【解析】选D。cut down 砍倒, 减少; made up
31、 组成;化妆; went down 下降; went up上升, 上涨。 从前面的unpleasant news及后面的Fans of two sports teams got into fight可知, 这些消息都是负面的, 故这里指的是汽油价格上涨的消息。故选D。5. A. excitingB. interestingC. unusualD. crazy【解析】选D。exciting 令人兴奋的; interesting 有趣的; unusual 不同寻常的;crazy 疯狂的。作者在广播中听到的都是那些令人不愉快的消息, 因此他叹了一口气, 搞不懂所生活的世界为何如此疯狂。6. A. F
32、inallyB. GenerallyC. SecretlyD. Calmly【解析】选A。finally 最后; generally 通常, 一般说来; secretly 秘密地; calmly 平静地。句意:最后我再也不能忍受了, 关掉了收音机。故选A。7. A. anythingB. everythingC. somethingD. nothing【解析】选A。句意:沉静似乎比听有关我们所生活的疯狂竞争的世界的任何东西都更好。故选A。8. A. touchedB. watchedC. avoidedD. recognized【解析】选B。touched 触摸; watched 观察; av
33、oided 避免; recognized 辨认, 识别。从下文可知, 作者在穿过小镇时看到人们那种友善相处的生活场景, 故这里填watched符合语境, 故选B。9. A. freeingB. protectingC. helpingD. keeping【解析】选C。freeing 释放, 使获得自由; protecting 保护; helping 帮助; keeping 保持。从后文的“and helping her place her walker so she could go into store in her wheelchair. ”可知上文为一个高个子的男子正在帮助一位老妇人下车
34、。故选C。10. A. collectingB. movingC. coveringD. throwing【解析】选D。collecting 收集, 采集; moving 移动; covering 覆盖; throwing 投, 抛。一位笑脸盈盈的女士正把食物投到广场上给鸟儿喂食。故选D。11. A. daughterB. sonC. dogD. cat【解析】选A。由空后的When the daughter pulled the hat off his head可知, 此空意为:一个年轻人把自己的女儿安全地抱在怀里。故选A。12. A. stoppedB. stoodC. laughedD.
35、 shouted【解析】选C。stopped 停止; stood 站立; laughed 笑; shouted 喊。从空后的I laughed too可知, 他们都笑了。故选C。13. A. weaknessB. kindnessC. lonelinessD. safeness【解析】选B。weakness 弱点, 劣势; kindness 仁慈, 友善的行为; loneliness 孤独; safeness 安全。从文章最后一段中In truth, this world could have more kindness所描述的都是人们非常友善的行为, 与疯狂的竞争形成了对比。故选B。14.
36、A. ForB. OrC. AndD. But【解析】选D。句意:车上的收音机可能已经关闭了, 但在我的心里还在唱歌。故选D。15. A. silenceB. developmentC. competitionD. sickness【解析】选C。silence 沉默;寂静;缄默; development 发展; competition 竞争; sickness生病。与上文中提到的“. . . about the crazy, competitive society we live in. ”相照应, 作者希望这个社会能多一些友善, 少一些竞争。 友善使我们在这一生中都成为赢家, 我们的生活也将
37、充满爱和欢乐。. 语法填空Visiting Xian was once my dream. It became a reality when I was admitted to a training course in China along with two other1. _(lady). Finally, the day arrived 2. _ I landed at Xianyang International Airport in early August. As soon as I landed, I 3. _ (feel) a change in the atmosphere.
38、 I saw people standing in queues 4. _ (wait) for their turn at the immigration desk. Afterwards, we were transported to the office in the International Exhibition Center. China had invited participants 5. _ twenty-three developing countries to share digital television broadcasting techniques with th
39、em. In my 20 days in Xian, I got the opportunity to observe Chinese culture closely, and thus it left an 6. _(forgettable) mark on me. Now, Xian is like my second home. Since I came back to Pakistan, I have been missing Xian 7. _ (bad). My 20-day stay in Xian was 8. _ great experience. It was a lear
40、ning opportunity, and also a chance to 9. _ (broad) my understanding of diversity. I learned that despite differences of colors, heights, races and religions, all human beings 10. _ (tie) by the bond of humanity, and that the future of nations is global with development and peace. 【语篇概述】本文为记叙文。作者叙述了
41、自己在西安旅行的一段经历。作者通过去西安参加一个培训课程的经历, 增加了对中国文化的了解, 感叹文化是不分国界和种族的。1. 【解析】 ladies。考查名词复数。由ladies前的数词two, 可知, 此处应填可数名词的复数形式。故填ladies。2. 【解析】 when。考查定语从句。句意:终于八月初我抵达咸阳国际机场的那一天到了。分析句子可知, 本句是定语从句。其中的the day是先行词, 即在那天我抵达了机场。在后面的定语从句中作时间状语, 可知要填关系词when。3. 【解析】 felt。考查时态。句意:我一下了飞机, 就感觉到气氛发生了变化。根据从句时态提示词landed, 可知
42、主句也应用一般过去时, 故填felt。4. 【解析】 waiting。考查固定搭配。句意:我看见人们在入境服务台排队等候。此处为“see+宾语+宾语补足语”复合结构, see sb. doing sth. 为固定搭配, 意为“看见某人在做某事”, 故填waiting。5. 【解析】 from。考查介词。句意:中国邀请了来自23个发展中国家的代表与他们分享数字电视广播技术。根据语境可知, 此处是指 “来自”, from意为“来自”, 故填介词from。6. 【解析】 unforgettable。考查形容词。句意:在西安的20天里, 我有机会仔细观察中国文化, 而且这还给我留下了难忘的印象。故填u
43、nforgettable。7. 【解析】 badly。考查副词。句意:我一直非常想念西安。分析句子可知, 本空格在句中修饰动词miss。修饰动词要用副词, bad为形容词, 故填badly。8. 【解析】 a。考查冠词。句意:我在西安的20天是一次很棒的经历。experience作“经历”讲时, 是可数名词, 此处是指一次经历, 要用不定冠词a表示数量“一”, 也是泛指。故填a。9. 【解析】 broaden。考查动词不定式。句意:这是一个学习的机会, 也是一个拓宽我对多元化理解的机会。a chance to do. . . 意为“的机会”, 因此用不定式to后接动词原形。因为broad为形容词, 因此要用其动词broaden, 意为“增长;扩大”, 故填broaden。10. 【解析】 are tied。考查语态。句意:尽管肤色、身高、种族和宗教不同, 所有人都被博爱的纽带紧紧连在一起。主语human beings与谓语动词tie之间为被动关系, 要用被动。根据后一句的时态可知要用一般现在时, 且主语是复数, 故填are tied。