1、Unit 4 Making the news Learning about language第一节 阅读 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。A On your journey, there are some healthy active transport options, for example cycling.Active transport benefits* Its a convenient and practical way to incorporate (并入) regular exercise into your day.* Cycling to
2、your stop or station helps to reduce your carbon footprint.* The cost of buying and maintaining a bicycle is around 1% of the cost of buying and maintaining a car.* It provides an opportunity to socialize with people in your local community.* Cycling provides commuters (通勤者) with economical and effi
3、cient access to public transport services. On average, 10 times more households are within cycling distance of public transport than they are within walking distance.Taking your bike on the trainYou can take your bike on the train on weekdays, except during the following peak times:* 7 a.m.-9:30 a.m
4、. towards the CBD (Central Business District);* 3 p.m.-6:30 p. m. outwards from the CBD;* at any time during weekends and public holidays.Note: You can travel in the opposite direction during the specified peak times above.To avoid travelling during peak times, you must complete your morning journey
5、 by 7 a.m. towards the CBD and afternoon journey by 3 p.m. outwards from the CBDDuring peak hours, bikes cannot be brought through Fortitude Valley, Central or Roma Street stations. If you travel with a bike during peak times, you may be asked to leave the train until peak time ends.Bike storage fac
6、ilitiesBike facilities offer greater flexibility as you can cycle to a station and securely park your bike before continuing your journey on public transport. Queensland Rail and the City of Gold Coast also offer a number of bicycle storage facilities across our network. You can book a bike locker b
7、y emailing us at bikelockerqueries.au.1What is mentioned about cycling in the text?AIt is environmentally-friendly.BIt is convenient to get around.CIt is helpful to reduce your weight.DIt is much faster than walking.2When can you take your bike on the train through Roma Street station?A7 a.m. on Chr
8、istmas.B3 p.m. towards CBDC6 p.m. during weekends.D4 p.m. outwards from CBD3Where can we probably find the text?AA guide book.BA health journal.CA sports magazine.DA Travel website.BAs an adult, I realized that I had no skills, so I went to trade school. I entered a cabinetmaking (家具制造) program. I d
9、idnt think I would be good at building furniture. Im not handy. Nobody in my family is.I had great teachers, but making furniture is hard. There are so many steps and something can go wrong at each one. I couldnt even get organized. My toolbox always looked like a hurricane had gone through it. I di
10、dnt fully know what I was devoting myself to at the beginning, but I kept going to class. I tried to wrap my brain around the math. The projects forced me to solve new kinds of problems. My brain started to build new connections. Working in this new physical manner and giving it 100 percent of my ef
11、fort had huge benefits for my mental health. I got over fear of embarrassment and asked for help at every opportunity.I spent that year truly learning. True learning is a humbling (令人谦卑的) experience, especially for those of us who are learning a new set of skills. I could understand exactly what was
12、 wrong with the furniture I made, but I couldnt fix my mistakes. And yet, I kept trying. And failing. And failing again. Until I learned to fail better.Youre going to be bad at anything when you start out, but I was pretty bad right to the end. Even so, I finished the program with honors, no less! M
13、y grades were helped by my good written work. Having to constantly push beyond my comfort zone has made me a more well-rounded person. Maybe most importantly, trade school gave me a more realistic idea of my strengths and limitations. Im stronger than I thought!4. Why did the author sign up for the
14、cabinetmaking program?A. To make more friends.B. To develop new skills.C. To get more organized.D. To become a handy designer.5. Which words can best describe the author during the one-year learning?A. Hard-working and confident.B. Intelligent and creative.C. Single-minded and determined.D. Modest a
15、nd flexible.6. What can we know about the author?A. He got a poor grade on hand work.B. He feared to socialize with strangers. C. He was skilled in solving math problems.D. He once got tired of the difficult lessons.7. What does the authors experience show?A. Practice makes perfect.B. Learning is mo
16、re than a skill.C. Failure teaches success.D. Skills will never be a burden.CThe first “mobile phone sidewalk in China” has appeared at a scenic spot in Chongqing. The sidewalk3 meters wide and 50 meters longwas built in the Yangrenjie Scenic Spot. It separates pedestrians along two pathways. One is
17、 for cell phone users to walk on; the other is for those without cell phones.A warning sign shows: Cell phones walk in this lane at your own risk. “In my mind, these sidewalks help a lot in minimizing security risks for mobile phone addicts,” said Wang Li, a local resident who doesnt use a mobile ph
18、one often. Cases of mobile phone users being injured while using their phones and ignoring their surroundings have been reported by the media. Tourists who were attracted to the sidewalk took photos of it. But many did not comply with the regulation, and someone even parked a car on the sidewalk.Li
19、Zhijiang, a 20-year-old college student from Guizhou, regarded the sidewalk as great progress. “I knew there were such sidewalks in Washingtons central business district, which are very necessary for the addicts, especially in the busy streets,” Li said. Anthony Edwards, a 28-year-old actor from Eng
20、land, was enthusiastic, saying it was an improvement over his home country. However, his Chinese colleague, Xing Xing, thought the sidewalk was “pointless”, but added a grudging (勉强的) acknowledgement: “Setting up special sidewalks could be a solution to reducing security problems in particular situa
21、tions. But this kind of sidewalk is not a fundamental solution and could be an indulgence (嗜好) for mobile phone addicts in the long run in my mind and this could even lead to more problems in the future.”With the increasing popularity of smartphones, more young people in China are glued to them, a p
22、henomenon that worries many experts. It is estimated that the number of smartphone users in China will be more than 500 million this year.8What is the initial purpose of the mobile phone sidewalk?ATo avoid being crowded.BTo reduce the security risks.CTo regulate the peoples behavior.DTo make it conv
23、enient to walk in the street.9What can be used to replace the underlined phrase “comply with” in paragraph ?AIgnore.BConsider.CExplain.DObserve.10What is the third paragraph mainly talking about?AThe mixed reactions to the mobile phone sidewalk.BThe necessity of building the mobile phone sidewalk.CT
24、he problems of the mobile phone sidewalk in the future.DThe safety measures to protect the mobile phone sidewalk.11What do many experts worry about?AThe increasing popularity of smartphones.BCars being parked on the mobile phone sidewalk.CMore young people being addicted to cell phones.DThe mobile p
25、hone sidewalk being ruined in the future.DHardware in general, and smartphones in particular, have become a huge environmental and health problem in the Global Souths landfill sites（垃圾填埋场）.Electronic waste（e-waste）currently takes up 5 percent of all global waste, and it is set to increase rapidly as
26、 more of us own more than one smartphone, laptop and power bank. They end up in places like Agbogbloshie on the outskirts of Ghanas capital, Accra. It is the biggest e-waste dump in the world, where 10, 000 informal workers walk through tons of abandoned goods as part of an informal recycling proces
27、s. They risk their health searching for the precious metals that are found in abandoned smartphones. But Agbogbloshie should not exist. The Basel Convention, a 1989 treaty, aims to prevent developed nations from unauthorized dumping of e-waste in less developed countries. The e-waste industry, howev
28、er, circumvents the regulations by exporting e-waste labelled assecondhand goodsto poor countries like Ghana, knowing full well that it is heading for a landfill site. A recent report found Agbogbloshie contained some of the most dangerous chemicals. This is not surprising: smartphones contain chemi
29、cals like mercury (水银), lead and even arsenic(砷). Reportedly, one egg from a free-range chicken in Agbogbloshie contained a certain chemical which can cause cancer and damage the immune system at a level thats about 220 times greater than a limit set by the European Food Safety Authority（EFSA）. Most
30、 worryingly, these poisonous chemicals are free to pollute the broader soil and water system. This should concern us all, since some of Ghanas top exports are cocoa and nuts. Some governments have started to take responsibility for their consumers waste. For example, Germany has started a project th
31、at includes a sustainable（可持续的）recycling system at Agbogbloshie, along with a health clinic for workers. However, governments cannot solve the problem alone, as there is an almost limitless consumer demand for hardware, especially when governments green policies are focused on issues like climate ch
32、ange. Only the manufacturers can fix this. A more economically sustainable and politically possible solution is through encouraging hardware manufacturers to make the repair, reuse and recycling of hardware profitable, or at least cost-neutral. 12.What can we infer from Paragraph 2？A. Electronic pro
33、ducts need improving urgently.B. Electronic waste is too complex to get fully recycled.C. Electronic waste requires more landfill sites across Ghana.D. Electronic pollution is a burning question in Agbogbloshie.13.What does the underlined word circumvents in Paragraph 1 mean？A. Tightens.B. Abolishes
34、.C. Gets around.D. Brings in.14.What should be the biggest concern according to the text？A. The violation of EFSAs standards.B. The lack of diversity in Ghanas exports.C. The damage to chickens immune system.D. The threat of polluted food around the world.15.What does the author think is the best so
35、lution to the e-waste problem？A. Manufacturers developing a sustainable hardware economy. B. Governments adjusting their green policies about e-waste.C. Reducing customers demands for electronic products.D. Letting governments take on the main responsibility.第二节 七选五阅读下面短文, 从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中
36、有两项为多余选项。Success is so much more than just money or fame. 16 This allows you to be true to who you really are. If you want to create a life that makes you feel passionate to be alive, what do you need to focus on?17 If you dont believe in yourself, how do you expect other people to? If you dont beli
37、eve that you can have the life you desire, it is going to be very difficult to create a successful life. When you believe in yourself, it fuels your creativity, your ambitions and your motivation to do things.Another way is to know your intention. If your intention is simply rooted in money and fame
38、, chances are that you are never going to truly feel successful. 18 And it is not enough to maintain a long-term feeling of fulfillment and happiness. For a truly successful life, your intention has to be rooted in your purpose, in your passions and in what feels good to you. When your intention is
39、to serve your purpose and express your talents, you will feel true success and satisfaction.Realize you are already successful. 19 The more you can welcome that into your life, the more you will start to feel it. Being grateful for the tiniest successes in life will also help you to create more and
40、more success. This is a powerful mindset shift. It will help you to be with your ambitions and dreams. 20AHave faith in yourself.BSuccess is always after the rain and wind.CSuccess is all around you and flows through you.DOnce you realize this, there is no stopping what you can do.E. Success is about being able to live a happy and satisfactory life.F. Thanking for the biggest failure will help you achieve greater success.G. The feeling of success that is given through money and fame is only temporary.参考答案阅读1-5 ABDBC6-10 ABBDA11-15 CDCDA 1620 EAGCD
