1、社会热点问题课时练(一)一、主题语基拓展练 (一)主题词汇盘查 (已会词汇，在内打“”；欠熟练词汇，多翻阅识记)counterpurchasecustomer expense fee receipt afford currency deal business trade profit account cheque consume discount crazy deliver sale anxious (二)主题词汇训练.选词填空(有两词多余)purchase， expense， afford， deal， profit， account， consume， fee， sale， discoun
2、t 1In fact, it is actually a very big deal!2G&G will spend half of its profits training employees.3Lighting accounts for about 7% of the total electricity consumed in the US.4You are required to pay accommodation fees for the full period of the residency contract.5It was also much more than we could
3、 afford,_but far less than the original asking price.6Then, the listener can make multiple playlists without creating an account with the site.7When you stand up to give a speech, you focus on the “public” at the expense of the “speaking”8If they run out of certain daily necessities, Wilson will dri
4、ve to the nearest store and purchase whats needed.单句语法填空1She purchased (purchase) a small piece of land with her husband and began growing their own foods.2Wine is so expensive (expense) in this country.3Only very rich people can afford to_buy (buy) the expensive private apartments.4Youll need some
5、cash in local currency (current) but you can also use your credit card.5Healthconscious consumers (consume) want more information about the food they buy.用本单元词汇替换/升级加蓝词汇1Everybody loves an advantageous purchase especially at this time of year. bargain2The young designer is always anxious for somethi
6、ng new. greedy3The winners were given a crazy welcome when they arrived home. enthusiastic二、主题语篇押题练.阅读理解(2021重庆模拟)For the past 3,000 years, when people thought of money, they thought of cash.From buying food to paying bills, daytoday dealings involved paper or metal money.Over the past decade, howev
7、er, digital payments have taken off tapping your credit card on a machine or having the QR Code (二维码) on your smart phone scanned has become normal.Now this revolution is about to turn cash into an endangered species in some rich countries.That will make the economy more efficient, but it also bring
8、s new problems.Countries are getting rid of cash at different speeds.In Sweden the number of retail cash transactions (交易) per person has fallen by 80% in the past ten years.Cash accounts for just 6% of purchases by value in Norway.Britain is probably four or six years behind it.America is perhaps a
9、 decade behind.Outside the rich world, cash is still king.However, in China, digital payments rose from 4% of all payments in 2012 to 56% in 2019.Cash is dying out because of two forces.One is demand younger consumers want to enjoy their digital lives with payment systems.But equally important, supp
10、liers such as banks and tech firms are developing fast, easytouse payment technologies from which they can pull data and pocket fees.In general, the future of a cashless economy is excellent news.When cash payments disappear, people and shops are less likely to be stolen.Besides, digitalisation grea
11、tly expands the playground of small businesses by enabling them to sell beyond their borders.It also creates a credit history, helping consumers borrow.Yet it is not without problems.Electronic payment systems may suffer technical failures, power blackouts and cyberattacks.Whats more, in a cashless
12、economy the poor, the elderly and country folk may be left behind.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了过去十年，电子支付形式的兴起，并分析了其原因和利弊。1What do we know about digital payments in Paragraph 1?ATheyve been used in daily dealings for 3,000 years.BThey have become popular in the past ten years.CThey can only be made on the sm
13、art phones.DThey are leading to cashs dying out worldwide.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Over the past decade, however, digital payments have taken off”及全段内容可知，过去十年，数字支付开始流行。故选B。2Which country is the slowest in getting rid of cash?AAmerica.BBritain.CSweden. DNorway.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第二段第三至五句可知，几个国家中目前美国在电子支付取代现金方面速度
14、最慢，故选A。3Which of the following would the author most probably agree with?ACash payments are less likely to disappear.BDigitalisation enables small businesses to sell nationally.CCustomers can have their credit history built through digital payments.DDigital payments may benefit the poor, the elderly
15、 and country folks.解析：选C推理判断题。根据最后一段“It also creates a credit history, helping consumers borrow.”可知，电子支付也能让消费者建立自己的信用历史，从而有助于借贷。故选C。4What is the text mainly about?AThe future of a cashless society.BThe rising of digital payments.CThe reasons for cash being endangered.DThe development of payment tech
16、nologies.解析：选B主旨大意题。纵观全文，作者第一段介绍电子支付兴起的现状，接下来三段分别介绍电子支付的发展速度、兴起原因及其利弊，同时结合位于首段的主题句“digital payments have taken off”可知，本文主要讲的是“电子支付的兴起”，故选B。.完形填空(2021运城模拟)Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman.A man goes shopping because he needs something.His purpose is _1_ a
17、nd decided in advance.He knows what he wants, and his _2_ is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration.All men _3_ walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want.If the shop has it _4_， the deal can be done and _5_ is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly an
18、y chat and to everyones _6_.For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop doesnt have what he wants. _7_， the salesman tries to sell the customer something else he _8_ the nearest he can to the article required.A good salesman brings out such a substitute (替代品) _9_； he may say, “I know this jac
19、ket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size？It _10_ to be the color you mentioned.” Few men have _11_ with this treatment, and the usual response is: “This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be _12_ my time and yours by trying it on.”For a woman,
20、 buying clothes is always done in the _13_ way.Her shopping is not often _14_ on need.She has never fully decided what she wants, and she is only “having a look round”She is always_15_ to persuasion, willing to try on any number of things.Deep in her mind is the thought of finding something that _16
21、_ thinks suits her.Most women have an excellent sense of value and are always on the lookout for the unexpected _17_.Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another _18_ selecting the dresses she wants to try on.It is a tiresome process, but apparentl
22、y a(n) _19_ one.Most dress shops provide chains for the waiting _20_.1A.shownBsettledCserved Dachieved解析：选B根据“and decided in advance”可知，男人购物之前目的已经确定好(settled)。故选B。2A.advice BattemptCobjective Dquestion解析：选C根据前句“He knows what he wants”可知，他的目标(objective)就是找到并购买它。故选C。3A.quickly BimmediatelyChurriedly D
23、simply解析：选D男人购物只是(simply)进店直接问售货员他们所需要的商品。故选D。4A.on exhibition Bin stockCon demand Dunder control解析：选B男人购物，如果商店有货(in stock)，交易可以完成。故选B。5A.often BconstantlyCseldom Dyet解析：选A这里指男人经常(often)五分钟不到就能完成购物。故选A。6A.advantage BembarrassmentCsatisfaction Dsurprise解析：选C购物通常不到五分钟就能完成，几乎不需要聊天，而且大家都很满意(satisfaction
24、)。故选C。7A.In return BIn realityCIn that way DIn that case解析：选D假使那样的话(In that case)，销售人员会试着向顾客推销别的东西。故选D。8A.gives BoffersCshares Ddelivers解析：选B根据后句“A good salesman brings out such a substitute (替代品)_”可知，售货员会提供(offers)最接近顾客要求的物品。故选B。9A.attentively BskillfullyChesitantly Dhopefully解析：选B根据后句售货员所说的话可知，售货员
25、会巧妙地(skillfully)推销替代品。故选B。10A.happens BoccursCcomes Dtakes解析：选A售货员会巧妙地对顾客说：“这碰巧正好是你提到的颜色”。happen to be“碰巧是”。故选A。11A.patience BluckCexpectation Dexperience解析：选A很少男人对这种处理方式有耐心(patience)。故选A。12A.losing BspendingCgiving Dwasting解析：选D男人认为试穿不合心意的衣服是浪费(wasting)彼此的时间。故选D。13A.same BcleverCopposite Dsimilar解析
26、：选C由下文的描述可知，与男人的购物方式相比较，女人购物的方式是相反的(opposite)。故选C。14A.keen BbasedCindependent Dimpressed解析：选B根据后句“She has never fully decided what she wants”可知，女人买东西不是根据需要。be based on“以为基础”。故选B。15A.open BaddictedCclose Ddevoted解析：选A根据“willing to try on any number of things”可知，女人购物容易接受别人的劝说。短语be open to“易受的”。故选A。16A
27、.nobody BsomebodyCeverybody Danybody解析：选C女人希望买到的东西是每个人(everybody)都说这是非常适合她的东西。故选C。17A.deal BmatchCprofit Dbargain解析：选D根据“Most women have an excellent sense of value”可知，大多数女人都有很强的价值感，所以她们总是想找意想不到的便宜货(bargain)。故选D。18A.after BasCbefore Dby解析：选C面对满屋子的衣服，在挑选她想试穿的衣服之前(before)，女人很容易就会花上一个小时从一栏杆(衣服)选到另一栏杆(衣
28、服)。故选C。19A.graceful BtiringCboring Denjoyable解析：选D根据“but”表示转折可知，对女人来说，这也是一个令人愉快的(enjoyable)过程。故选D。20A.husbands BassistantsCwives Dstaff解析：选A男人不愿意购物，所以服装店提供椅子肯定是为了那些等待妻子的丈夫(husbands)而准备的。故选A。课时练(二)一、主题语基拓展练 (一)主题词汇盘查 (已会词汇，在内打“”；欠熟练词汇，多翻阅识记)supermarketdebtgoods change refund luxury brand spend style
29、fashion financial credit economic quality secondhand wealthy selection order value convenient (二)主题词汇训练.单句语法填空1She always celebrates her birthday in style.2The company was deeply in debt and some employees were laid off.3Short hair and short skirts came into fashion at about the same time.4They want
30、 to get good grades without spending the time studying (study)5It was a difficult time.Apart from everything else, we had financial (finance) problems.6Our future prosperity depends on economic (economy) growth.7It offers the widest selection (select) of antiques of every description in a oneday mar
31、ket.8I live just by the market, and its very convenient (convenience) to go shopping.写出下列句中加蓝词的汉语意思1You can give your unwanted goods to charity. 私人财产2Could you give me change for a ten pound note？ 零钱3It was a luxury if you had a washing machine in those days. 奢侈品 4We will refund you your money in fu
32、ll. 退(款)5My math class is worth three credits. 学分6Sometimes you wonder where your kids get their good qualities. 优良品质7Do you know anywhere I can buy a secondhand computer？ 二手的8These boots can be ordered direct from the manufacturer. 订购二、主题语篇押题练.阅读理解(2021山东师范大学附中模拟)Recent years have witnessed the gro
33、wth of luxury (奢侈品) brands.Its clear that a new generation of young, materialistic people is increasingly relying on luxury brands to improve its selfimage.I am a fashionista too, at least in spirit I love to look at clothes and shoes.But I dont understand why people spend lots of money on designer
34、labels.When a young woman buys a handbag that costs two months of her salary, thats a scary thing.Whats interesting is that scientists have found that having luxury things doesnt lead to happiness.Study after study has shown that although we want material things, when we get them we dont suddenly be
35、come “happy” people.In fact, a series of studies have shown that individuals who spend money on travel and similar experiences get more pleasure than those on material things.Thats because experiences are more easily integrated into a persons identity.If I travel to Yunnan, that adventure affects ho
36、w I think in the future.My memories become a part of me.Moreover, as Van Boven has observed, young people who pursue happiness through“things” are liked less by their peers.People prefer those who pursue happiness through experiences.Its natural to want to express yourself through your appearance.So
37、 my advice is: create a look that isnt tied to a designer label.Convey your own message.Take some lessons from the late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.He was always in Levis jeans and a black turtleneck.Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, routinely appears in hoodies and sneakers.These people, success
38、ful people, have style.You_dont_have_to_break_the_bank_to_send_a_message_about_who_you_are.Take a trip.Go out into the world.Then come back and confidently create your own signature look.语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。研究表明，那些把钱花在旅行和类似经历上的人比那些花在物质上的人获得的快乐更多。1Whats the authors attitude towards luxury consumption?AFavo
39、rable.BNegative.CPositive. DUnconcerned.解析：选B观点态度题。根据第二段第二、三句可知，作者不支持奢侈品消费。故选B。2Whats the main idea of the fourth paragraph?AMaterial things cant bring about joy.BExperiences sink into personality.CIts better to invest in experiences.DOthers preference is of importance.解析：选C段落大意题。根据第四段尤其是最后两句可知，追求物质
40、的东西的人不太受同龄人的喜欢，人们更喜欢那些通过经历追求幸福的人。所以本段主要劝人们最好通过旅行等经历丰富自己。故选C。3Why are Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg mentioned in the text?ATo honour the two successes.BTo advocate their experience.CTo support the authors argument.DTo inspire young peoples ambition.解析：选C推理判断题。根据第五段的内容可推知，文章中提到Steve Jobs和Mark Zuckerb
41、erg是为了支持作者的论点。故选C。4What is the underlined sentence intended to express?ADo mind your financial security.BDo try to make more money.CDont rob a bank for luxuries.DDont spend much on your image.解析：选D句意理解题。根据第四段的内容尤其是提到两位成功人士的例子以及最后一段最后三句可推知，画线句子的意思是“不要在你的形象上花费太多”。故选D。.阅读七选五The Buy Nothing Movement(202
42、1北京朝阳区模拟)Social media, magazines and shop windows bombard (猛轰) people daily with things to buy, and British consumers are buying more clothes than ever before.The average person spends more than 1,000 on new clothes a year, which might not sound like much._1_ A lot of consumer spending is by means o
43、f credit cards.British people currently owe about 670 per adult to credit card companies.Also, people are spending money they havent earned to buy things they dont need.Britain throws away 300,000 tons of clothing a year, most of which goes into landfill (垃圾填埋地) sites._2_ But charity shops cant sell
44、 all those unwanted clothes.A lot of clothes that charities cant sell are sent abroad, causing even more economic and environmental problems._3_ The idea originated in Canada in the early 1990s and then moved to the US.On Buy Nothing Day people organise various types of protests and cut up their cre
45、dit cards.Throughout the year, Buy Nothing groups organise the exchange and repair of items they already own.The trend has now reached influencers on social media who now encourage their viewers not to buy anything at all for periods as long as a year.Two friends in Canada spent a year working towar
46、ds buying only food.For the first three months they learned how to live without buying electrical goods, clothes or things for the house.For the next stage, they gave up services, for example, haircuts, eating out or buying petrol for their cars._4_The changes they made meant two fewer cars on the r
47、oads, a reduction in plastic and paper packaging and a positive impact on the environment from all the energy saved._5_ But even if you cant manage a full year without going shopping, you can participate in the anticonsumerist movement by refusing to buy things you dont need.AIn one year, theyd save
48、d $55,000.BIf everyone followed a similar plan, the results would be impressive.COnline shopping means it is easy for customers to buy without thinking.DSecondhand clothes are often of too poor quality to recycle in charity shops.EHowever, a different trend arises in opposition to consumerism the “b
49、uy nothing” trend.FBut that figure hides two far more worrying trends for society and for the environment.GPeople might not realise the problems because they donate their unwanted clothes to charities.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章通过讲述在英国，如今消费者购买了比以往更多的衣服，但是自己并不需要这些衣服的社会现象，介绍了“零购买”活动及其益处。1选F根据下文可知，人们买衣服时使用信用卡超前消费
50、，同时每年也会有30万吨的衣服进入垃圾站，是对F项(但是这个数字背后隐藏了令社会和环境担忧的问题)提出问题的具体解释说明。且该项中的“that figure”指代上文的“1,000”。故选F。2选G根据下文可知，慈善商店把那些不能售卖的服装运到国外，这会引起更多的经济和环境问题。G项(因为人们把不需要的衣服都捐给慈善团体，并没有意识到那些问题)承上启下。故选G。3选E根据下文可知，整个段落谈论的是关于“Buy Nothing Day”观念的起源和发展，而E项(然而与消费主义相反的另一种趋势“零购买”正在凸显)提出“Buy Nothing Day”的观念。故选E。4选A根据上文可知，这两个朋友用
51、一年的时间分两个阶段不购买除食物之外的其他商品，而A项(一年时间，他们节省了$55 000)是这两个朋友节约行为产生的结果。故选A。5选B根据上文及下文“But”表示转折可知，B项(如果每个人都执行这种方法，那结局会让人印象深刻)承上启下，符合语境。故选B。.书面表达(2021长沙模拟)假定你是李华，你在网上购买的商品到货了，但拆封之后发现质量并没有想象的那么好。请你给商家写封电子邮件，表达自己的合理诉求。内容包括：1写电子邮件的目的；2产品问题描述；3你期待商家如何解决问题。注意：1.词数100左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Sir or Madam， Yours，Li H
52、ua参考范文：Dear Sir or Madam，I received the Tshirt which I purchased from your online store the other day.However, there is something wrong about it that I think its necessary to write to you about what happened.After I unpacked the express parcel and put on the Tshirt, I found that its quality is not a
53、s good as what you showed in the store advertisement, let alone what the customer service staff promised to me.The cloth is not washable and the color is different from that shown in the picture.Feeling a little disappointed, I really want to get your explanation and solution to it.If your explanation fails to meet my requirements, I intend to apply for return.Look forward to your reply as soon as possible.Yours，Li Hua
