1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note 课时作业(八)I完形填空(40分)Have you ever wondered why we buy more things than we need when we go shopping? Even if were not in the mood for shopping it 1 that many of us waste money on unwanted purchase (所购物). However, consumers 2 to admit this and in general
2、 see themselves as being 3 enough not to be influenced by advertising, retailers(零售商) 4 or even their own mood when shopping. 5 surveys (调查) which have been carried out, theres a strong 6 between peoples psychology (心理) and their purchases. In other words, if consumers feel 7 , they buy more. It see
3、ms retailers have realized this, so they play 8 to create a more pleasant atmosphere. Apart from 9 , visual (视觉的) tricks are used as well. 10 goods are placed on shelves where they can easily be 11 by adults, while childrens goods are displayed on 12 shelves. Other ways of making people buy without
4、13 that they are being influenced is the use of vivid 14 to make products stand out or the smell of baking bread or fresh coffee flowing 15 the store, which may attract the shoppersappetite (食欲).Therefore, it isnt 16 to go shopping when you are hungry since you are more likely to 17 products you don
5、t really need in addition, dont carry 18 money when out shopping because the more you have the more you 19 .So are you a smart shopper or one that gets tricked into buying without realizing it? 20 next time you go shopping!1. A. appears B. shows C. proves D. suggests2. A. have B. try C. pretend D. f
6、ail3. A. active B. smart C. experienced D. free4. A. words B. tricks C. information D. service5. A. Except for B. Instead of C. According to D. Rather than6. A. connection B. request C. explanation D. pleasure7. A. excited B. comfortable C. relaxed D. delighted8. A. pop songs B. CD films C. exciting
7、 games D. soft music9. A. choice B. price C. condition D. sound10. A. Valuable B. Necessary C. Expensive D. Familiar11. A. seen B. reached C. admitted D. shared12. A. other B. lower C. neat D. brighter13. A. realizing B. telling C. mentioning D. noticing14. A. languages B. colors C. instructions D.
8、covers15. A. in B. outside C. through D. into16. A. easy B. pleasant C. reasonable D. wise17. A. accept B. recognize C. buy D. enjoy18. A. much enough B. any C. too much D. extra19. A. use B. spend C. cost D. pay20. A. Watch out B. Keep away C. Look around D. Make sure 阅读理解(60分)AEngineering students
9、 are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality (理性), but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of course, any reasonable student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering depa
10、rtment, many famous professors and lots of good labs and research equipment. But thats not what I did.I chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts (文科) university that doesnt even offer a major in electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for more noble
11、reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility (灵活) and a value system to guide me in my job. I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision (眼界) by communicating with people who werent studying science or engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for s
12、uch a wise choice. They told me I was wise and grown-up beyond my 18 years, and I believed them.I headed off to the college and sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering factories where they didnt care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be
13、a complete engineer: technical expert and excellent humanist all in one.Now Im not so sure. Somewhere along the way my noble ideas crashed into reality, as all noble ideas finally do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal-arts courses, I have l
14、earned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile (协调) engineering with liberal-arts courses in college.The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply dont mix as easily as I supposed in high school.
15、Individually they shape a person in very different ways. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.21. Why did the author choose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts university?_A. He intended to become an engineer and humanist.B. He intended to be a reasonable student w
16、ith noble ideals.C. He wanted to be an example of practicality and rationality.D. He wanted to communicate with liberal-arts students22. According to the author, by communicating with people who study liberal arts, engineering students can_A. become noble idealistsB. broaden their knowledgeC. find a
17、 better job in the futureD. balance engineering and liberal arts23. When the author says Engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality, but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool at the beginning of the passage, he actually means_.A. he h
18、as failed to achieve his ideal aimsB. he is not a practical and rational studentC. his choice of attending to a small liberal-arts university is reasonableD. his idea of combining engineering with liberal-arts is noble and wise24. The author suggests in this passage that_.A. liberal-arts students ar
19、e supposed to take engineering coursesB. technical experts with a wide vision are expected in the societyC. successful engineering students, are more welcomed in the societyD. engineering universities with liberal-arts courses are neededBEvery year more people recognize that it is wrong to kill wild
20、life for sport Progress in this direction is slow because shooting is not a sport for watching, and only those few who take part realize the cruelty and destruction.The number of gunners, however, grows rapidly. Children too young to develop proper judgments through independent thought are led a lon
21、g way away by their gunning parents. They are subjected to advertisements of gun producers who describe shooting as good for their health and gun-carrying as a way of putting redder blood in the veins (血管). They are persuaded by gunner magazines with stories honoring the chase and the kill. In schoo
22、l they view motion pictures which are supposedly meant to teach them how to deal with arms safely but which are actually designed to stimulate (刺激) a desire to own a gun.Wildlife is disappearing because of shooting and because of the loss of wildland habitat (栖息地). Habitat loss will continue with ou
23、r increasing population, but can we slow the loss of wildlife caused by shooting? There doesnt seem to be any chance if the serious condition of our birds is not improved.Wildlife belongs to everyone and not to the gunners alone. Although most people do not shoot, they seem to forgive shooting for s
24、port because they know little or nothing about it. The only answer, then, is to bring the truth about sport shooting to the great majority of people.Now, it is time to realize that animals have the same right to life as we do and that there is nothing fair or right about a person with a gun shooting
25、 the harmless and beautiful creatures. The gunners like to describe what they do as character-building, but we know that to wound an animal and watch it go through the agony of dying can make nobody happy. If, as they would have you believe, gun-carrying and killing improve human character, then per
26、haps we should encourage war.25. According to the text, most people do not seem to be against hunting because_.A. they have little knowledge of itB. it helps to build human characterC. it is too costly to stop killing wildlifeD. they want to keep wildlife under control26. The underlined word agony i
27、n the last paragraph probably means_.A. form B. condition C. pain D. sadness27. According to the text, the films children watch at school actually_.A. teach them how to deal with guns safelyB. praise hunting as character-buildingC. describe hunting as an exerciseD. encourage them to have guns of the
28、ir own28. It can be inferred from the text that the author seems to_.A. blame the majority of peopleB. worry about the existence of wildlifeC. be in favour of warD. be in support of character-building CSeveral years ago, my parents, my wife, my son and I ate at one of those restaurants where the men
29、u is written on a blackboard. After a wonderful dinner, the waiter set the check in the middle of the table. Thats when it happened: my father did not reach for the check.Conversation continued. Finally I realized that I should pick up the check! After hundreds of restaurant meals with my parents, a
30、fter a lifetime of thinking of my father as the one with dollars, it all had changed. I reached for the check, and my view of myself suddenly changed. I was an adult. I was no longer a kid(child).Some people mark off (区分) their lives in years, I measure mine in small events. I didnt become a young m
31、an at a particular age, like 16, but rather when a kid who wandered in the streets called me mister. These events in my life are called milestones( 里程碑).There have been other milestones. The cops (policemen) of my youth always seemed big, even huge, and of course they were older than I was. Then one
32、 day they were suddenly neither. The day came when I suddenly realized that all the football players in the game I was watching were younger than I was. They were just big kids. With that milestone gone, I dreamt that someday, maybe I, too, could be a football player. Without ever having reached the
33、 hill, I was over it.I never thought that I would fall asleep in front of the TV set as my father did. Now its what I do best. I never thought that I would go to the beach and not swim, yet I spent all of August at the shore and never once went into the ocean. I never thought that I would appreciate
34、 opera, but now the combination of voice and orchestral (乐队) attract me. I never thought that I would prefer to stay home in the evenings, but now I find myself passing up parties. 1 used to think that people who watched birds were strange, but this summer I found myself watching them. and maybe Ill
35、 get a book on the subject. I feel a strong desire for religious belief that I never thought Id want, feel close to my ancestors (祖先) long gone, and echo my father in arguments with my son. I still lose. . .One day I bought a house. One daywhat a day! I became a father, and not too long after that I
36、 picked up the check for my own father. I thought then it was a milestone for me. One day, when I was a little older. I realized it was one for him too, another milestone.29. The tone established in the passage is one of_A. sad regret B. amusementC. happiness D. deep feeling30. The author mentions t
37、he event in the restaurant because_A. that was one of his milestonesB. he paid the bill but he didnt want toC. he became a father with dollarsD. that was the last restaurant meal with his parents31. Then they were suddenly neither, suggests that suddenly_A. they became older than I wasB. I knew that
38、 they were neither bigger nor older than I wasC. I realized that I made a mistakeD. I found myself no longer a kid32. Which of the following best expresses the authors thinking? _A. One day is worth two tomorrows.B. To save time is to lengthen life.C. When an opportunity is lost, it never comes back
39、 to you.D. Time and tide wait for no man.延伸探究题I完形填空(20分)How often one hears children wishing they were grownups. And old people wishing they were 1 again. Each age has its pleasure and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age 2 him without wasting his time in useless 3C
40、hildhood is a time then there are few responsibilities (责任) to make life 4 If a child has good parents, he is 5 , looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is 6 that he will ever again in his life be 7 so much without having to do anything in return._8 , life is always giving new things to the
41、child-things that have lost their 9 for older people be-cause they are too 10 .But a child has his 11 ,he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is 12 being told not to do something, or being 13 for what he has wrongly done.When a young man 14 to earn his own living, he can no longer expect o
42、thers to 15 his food, his clothes, and his room, but has work if he wants to live 16 If he spends most of his time playing about in the ways that he used to as a child, he will 17 hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society 18 he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison.If, 19 ,he
43、 works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of 20 for himself his position in society.1. A. children B. young C. active D. strong2. A. leaves B. hopes C. judges D. gives3. A. regrets B. means C. ways D. forms4. A. better B. easy C. difficult D. perfect5. A.
44、 raised B. supported C. served D. dressed6. A. impossible B. natural C. common D. harmful7. A. taught B. asked for C. paid D. given8. A. As a result B. In other words C. From time to time D. Whats more9. A. power B. sense C. value D. interest10. A. popular B. modern C. familiar D. advanced11. A. pai
45、ns B. weakness C. requests D. rights12. A. year by year B. again and again C. once in a while D. for ever13. A. warned B. talked C. punished D. destroyed14. A. plans B. starts C. continues D. manages15. A. take the place of B. pay for C. pay off D. think of16. A. comfortably B. freely C. peacefully
46、D. separately17. A. feel B. face C. go D. meet18. A. since B. when C. while D. as19. A. by the way B. possibly C. sooner or later D. however20. A. keeping up B. building up C. taking up D. making up阅读理解(30分)ASitting is an art that isnt getting passed along. People these days feel as though they have
47、 to be doing something. If they are not working, they are jogging, or playing tennis or golf, or taking courses to improve their minds or bodiesor they are parked in front of the TV. Sitting in front of the TV isnt sittingits watching.People used to sit a whole lot. You would walk down the street or
48、 drive down the road, and there they would be, out on the doorsteps, sitting. You could go down to the store and sit on the bench out front in the summer or around the fire in the winter. There were sitting benches out in the town square. At the garage, there were straight-backed chairs. There among
49、 the oilcans and tires and spare parts, you could kick back and sit.Houses used to have sitting rooms, where the grown-ups would go after Sunday dinner. Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Aunt Ruby would sit and digest (消化) the fried chicken and talk about Aunt Ethels illness, and how well the minister did to
50、day. Outside, the children would play, and the afternoon would pass by in a comfortable haze (悠闲的氛围).That sort of thing looks like doing nothing. A recharging battery (正充电的电池) doesnt look as if its doing anything either. Sitting restores your soul. If you want to enjoy a truly full life, dont just d
51、o somethingsit there.21. What message does the author try to get through to us?A. People should make better use of their sitting room.B. People should spend less time watching TV.C. People should pass down their good habits.D. People should take things easy for their own good.22. We can learn from t
52、he second paragraph that_.A. people lived a more restful life in the pastB. towns were built to make living convenientC. small town garages had a lot to offerD. people enjoyed going out for a drive23. The sitting room mentioned in the text used to be a place for_.A. eating food B. watching TVC. gath
53、ering together D. playing with children24. From the text we know the writer believesA. sitting has a good spiritual effectB. sitting helps people remember the pastC. a sitting room may have different purposesD. a sitting room is important for the oldBHouston, Texas (June 8,2002) In 2004, the Nationa
54、l Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will send two robots (机器人) to separate places of Mars to seek out past or present signs of water. It is an exciting idea to send two robots driving over very different places of Mars at the same time, to be able to see what is on the other side of the hi
55、ll.Last month, NASA announced it was sending one robot to Mars, but after two weeks, it decided there was enough money for two. The robots will be sent up within two weeks of each other in May and June of 2003 from Kennedy Space Center. If all goes well, the two spacecraft ( 宇宙飞船 ) will touch down o
56、n Mars, after a seven-and-a-half-month space flight, on January 2 and 20,2004.The robots, each weighing 150 kilograms, can cover 100 meters per day. They are designed to be able to examine the mineral content of the soil, and their special camera will take pictures of the lands and hills. Although t
57、hey will be under control from Earth, the robots are able to move more freely compared to those sent up before them.The actual landing points have not been determined yet, but the scientists say it will be in areas where they hope to find water.25. According to the news report, scientists plan to se
58、nd robots up to Mars to_A. find out whether there is water on MarsB. see if robots can find minerals thereC. test how fast robots can drive thereD. prove that robots can work on Mars26. How long in between will the two robots be sent to Mars?A. 1 year B. 7. 5 months C. 2 months D. 2 weeks27. One of
59、the important jobs for the robots on Mars is to_.A. study the soilB. walk everywhereC. test the new cameraD. find a suitable landing point28. We can infer from the last sentence that scientists_.A. have changed the landing points many timesB. hope to land the robots on the surface of waterC. are still working on the planD. know where they can find water高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！