2018_2019学年高中英语Unit24Society单元质量检测（三）（含解析）北师大版.docx

单元质量检测（三） (时间：100分钟满分：120分).阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ASouth KoreaWhile many South Koreans prefer Westernstyle weddings in which the bride wears a white wedding dress, some couples are still carrying out the “Pyebaek” a South Korean wedding custom.The Pyebaek is held after the official ceremony, and is when the bride pays respects to her parentsinlaw for the first time. The new couple bow deeply before the parents, and they exchange jujube (枣) and chestnuts (栗子) symbols for children and good fortune. Sujean Park, HuffPost South KoreaJapanFor Japanese weddings, its customary for guests to bring cash as a gift for the new couples. The amount depends on the guests relationship to the couple on average, friends would give 300, and family members may give up to 1,000.The bills should be unfolded, freshly printed. Theyre typically put in a special envelope signed by the guest. Guests leave the envelopes at a reception desk at the ceremony and receive wedding favors in return. Ryan Takeshita, HuffPost JapanBrazilIn Brazilian weddings, the best man cuts the grooms tie into several pieces and sells them to the wedding guests at whatever price they choose to pay for it. The money thats collected usually goes toward the couples honeymoon.Brazilian weddings wouldnt be complete without pastries called “bemcasados”， or “happily married”. These are tiny sweet cakes with a condensed milk (炼乳) filling that are meant to bring good luck to the new couple. Andrea Martinelli, HuffPost Brazil语篇解读：本文主要介绍了韩国、日本、巴西三个国家的婚礼习俗，其中包括新娘的穿着、礼金的数额以及婚礼的必备食品等。1In South Korean weddings, .Aonly Westernstyle weddings are favoredBthe couple must both wear a white dressCthe bride shows respects to her parentsDsome couples still observe their traditions解析：选D细节理解题。根据South Korea的内容第一段中的“. some couples are still carrying out the Pyebaek a South Korean wedding custom.”可知，尽管西式婚礼受到推崇，但是一些人仍然遵循韩国的婚礼习俗，故选D项。2Why do people make pastries in Brazilian weddings?ATo share the new couples stories.BTo raise money for the new couple.CTo show their excellent cooking skills.DTo express good wishes to the new couple.解析：选D细节理解题。根据Brazil的内容第二段“. wouldnt be complete without pastries . are meant to bring good luck to the new couple.”可知，在巴西人们制作这些糕点是为了向新人表示祝福。3Whats the purpose of writing this text?ATo share some wedding customs around the world.BTo tell people how to make preparations for weddings.CTo show the different customs between different countries.DTo check how much you know about wedding customs.解析：选A写作意图题。本文主要介绍的是世界上三个国家不同婚礼上的不同习俗，是为了传播知识，故A项正确。BBars are very important in providing a place where people can meet and make friends. People who enjoy a drink in a local bar are happier and have more friends. They are more likely to be engaged in conversations in small community pubs, and social skills are improved after a drink.Professor Robin Dunbar of Oxford University said, “Friendship and communities are probably the two most important factors influencing our health and wellbeing. Making and maintaining friendships is something that has to be done in the real world. The digital world is simply no substitute. Given the increasing tendency for our social life to be on the Internet rather than in real life, having relaxed, accessible places where people can meet old friends and make new ones becomes even more necessary.” Tim Page, chief executive of CAMRA, said, “Bars offer a social environment to enjoy a drink with friends in a responsible community setting. The role of community bars in ensuring wellbeing cannot be overstated. For that reason, we all need to do what we can to ensure that everyone has a local near to where they live or work.” Bars have long been part of British society and have played a key role in British social life since the 16th century. Bars came to represent the heart and soul of a community, providing both a place of entertainment and an engine for community bonding. In a world before the arrival of the motor car, the bar provided a venue in which people could get friendships and a sense of community.But the closing decades of the 20th century witnessed major changes in both the style of bars (for example, themed bars) and their numbers. As of 2015, the number of bars declines sharply, with bars continuing to close at an average rate of 29 a week.语篇解读：本文是说明文。酒吧是人们生活中一个重要的社交场合，经常光顾酒吧的人比其他人更快乐，拥有更多的朋友。4What does a regular at a local bar having more friends prove?AThe benefits brought by pub cultures.BThe popularity of local bars in Britain.CThe relation between friendships and bars.DThe importance of facetoface communication.解析：选D推理判断题。第一段提到(经常)光顾当地酒吧的人会比其他人更快乐，能结交更多的朋友，第二段提到“Making and maintaining friendships is something that has to be done in the real world. The digital world is simply no substitute”，由此推知，这证明了面对面交流的重要性。5What does Robin think is the tendency for social life?AMore people will go to bars.BPeople will maintain friendships.CPeople will trust the digital world.DPeople will communicate more online.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第二段中Robin教授所说的“the increasing tendency for our social life to be on the Internet rather than in real life”可知，他认为我们的社交生活的趋势是有更多的网络社交而不是现实生活中的社交，故选D。6Why does Tim Page value the role of local bars?AThey contribute to peoples social happiness.BThey are a place common people can afford.CThey are a good place to spread cultural values.DThey are accessible to people in the community.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第三段Tim Page所说的“The role of community bars in ensuring wellbeing cannot be overstated”可知，他认为社区酒吧在确保人们的幸福方面是有一定作用的，故选A。7What can we infer about bars nowadays?AThemed bars have held the market.BSome bars have a hard time surviving.CThey become the heart of a community.DMeasures should be taken to save them.解析：选B推理判断题。根据最后一段的“As of 2015, the number of bars declines sharply, with bars continuing to close at an average rate of 29 a week”可知，从2015年开始酒吧的数量锐减，并且平均每周有29家酒吧停业，由此可知，一些酒吧处境艰难，甚至生存下去都是问题，因此选B。CSunitha Suresh was a college student when her grandmother had a major operation and was put in intensive care (特别护理) with three other patients. This meant her family couldnt always be with her. They decided to put her favorite Indian music on an iPod, so she could listen around the clock.Sunitha could see the music relaxed her grandmother and made her feel less anxious, but she wondered if she also felt less pain. That would make sense because anxiety can make people more sensitive to pain. At the time Sunitha was majoring in biomedical engineering at Northwestern University where her father, Santhanam Suresh, is a professor. So father and daughter decided to work together on a study.It was a small study, with 60 patients between 9 and 14 years old taking part in it. All the patients, who were children, had big operations that required them to stay in hospital for at least a couple of days. Right after their operations, the patients took medicine to control pain. The next day they were divided into three groups. One group listened to 30 minutes of music of their choice, one listened to 30 minutes of stories of their choice and one listened to 30 minutes of silence via noise canceling headphones.To measure pain, the researchers presented a smiling, frowning (皱眉) and crying face. The children pointed to which picture best showed their level of pain before and after they listened to music, stories and silence. After a 30minute session, the children who listened to music or stories reduced their pain burden by 1 point on a 10point scale (级别) compared to the children who listened to silence. That might not sound like much, but Sunitha says it equals to pain medication like Advil or Tylenol.Children dont tolerate such medication as well as adults. They are smaller and are more likely to suffer side effects from pain medication such as trouble breathing and feeling of disgust. So the less pain medication, the better.语篇解读：本文是说明文。听音乐可以让人们减轻焦虑，从而减轻手术后的痛苦。8What made Sunitha start the study?AHer grandmothers desire for music.BHer majoring in biomedical engineering.CHer grandmothers listening to music after the operation.DHer sympathy for patients who suffered from illnesses.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Sunitha could see the music relaxed her grandmother and made her feel less anxious, but she wondered if she also felt less pain”可知，她祖母在手术后听音乐的经历使她开始做这项研究。9How did Sunitha and her father draw the conclusion?ABy observing.BBy making comparison.CBy asking questions. DBy analyzing causes.解析：选B推理判断题。根据倒数第二段可知，研究者主要是通过对比三组实验对象在听了音乐、故事或静音后对疼痛的感知程度来判断他们所采取的方式是否有助于减轻痛苦来得出结论的。10What do we know about the research?AIt is of greater benefit to children.BIt should also be conducted on adults.CIt shows children suffer more from pain medication.DIt finds more and more children are on pain medication.解析：选A推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，孩子们从该研究中受益更多。11What may be the best title for the text?AReaching for your playlist to ease painBSunitha does an experiment with her fatherCSunithas grandmother likes to listen to musicDStopping using pain medication on children解析：选A标题归纳题。本文主要介绍了Sunitha和她父亲的一项研究表明，听音乐可以帮助减轻痛苦。DA school where 60% of pupils speak English as a second language has equipped electronic translators for every child so they can communicate with teachers. Manor Park Primary in Birmingham, which has 384 pupils, is the first school in Britain to provide translators for all of its children and to make the tools a part of every lesson.The technology can allow teachers to type messages to pupils which are then translated into the 19 native tongues of children, with no English. Another 11 languages are spoken by pupils who have some English. In Britain, with figures showing that one in six primary pupils speaks a different language at home double the number ten years ago the technology could soon become popular in many more schools.Talking Tutor can translate English into many languages including Polish, Urdu and Chinese. The teacher types a message into a computer and it then reads the message out to the pupils in their native tongues. The pupils type the answer which is read to the teacher by Talking Tutor. Headmaster Jason Smith said the software had transformed his school and given staff the opportunity to communicate with children. The school pays 700 a year for the software. The software, developed by EMAS UK, cost more than 2.5 million to produce.Dawn Holt, a teacher at the school, admitted she had struggled in the past to communicate with pupils who had recently arrived in Britain. But some say giving pupils the translators could be “damaging and dangerous”“Surely it would be better to give all these teenagers an intensive course in English，” said Nick Seaton, a father.“My boy says teachers are spending more time using the computer than teaching. He came home last week and said he felt pushed aside.”语篇解读：学校里60%的学生的母语不是英语，教师怎么上课、怎么和学生交流呢？一种新发明的电脑软件能帮助解决这个问题。12What is the name of the electronic translator?ATalking Tutor. BEMAS UK.CNick Seaton. DDawn Holt.解析：选A细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一句可知，该软件的名称为Talking Tutor。13Manor Park Primary decided to use electronic translators in order to .Ahelp the pupils to learn English well in a short timeBmake the teachers and the students understand each otherClet the students master foreign languages quicklyDattract more and more pupils to the school解析：选B细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句可知，该校配备这个软件的目的是帮助师生更好地交流。14From the text we can infer that .AEMAS UK cant make a lot of money from the softwareBmore and more pupils begin to choose to study in BritainCthere are many schools which have already used the softwareDthe teachers had no difficulty talking with the students before解析：选B推理判断题。根据第二段第三句可知，在英国，有六分之一的小学生的母语不是英语，这一比例是十年前的两倍。由此可以推知，越来越多的国外的小学生选择到英国去上学。15Why do some people say giving pupils the translators could be “damaging and dangerous”？ABecause the students will pay more money to the school.BBecause the students wont get enough care from the teachers.CBecause the students cant use the translators properly.DBecause the students wont speak to the teachers any more.解析：选B细节理解题。根据文章最后一段最后两句可知，其原因在于这会导致老师把过多的时间用在电脑操作上，学生感觉老师不够关心自己。.阅读七选五(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。In our fast world of phones, fax machines and computers, the oldfashioned art of letter writing is at risk of disappearing altogether. 16 There is the excitement of its arrival, the pleasure of seeing who it is from and, finally, the enjoyment of the contents.Letter writing has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. It probably began with the little notes I would write to my mother. My mother, also, always insisted I write my own thankyou letters for Christmas and birthday presents. 17 When I left home at 18 to train as a doctor in London, I would write once a week, and so would my mother. Occasionally my father would write and it was always a joy to receive his long, amusing letters. 18 Of course, we also made phone calls but it is the letters I remember most.There were also letters from my boyfriends. In my youth I seemed to attract people who had to work or study away at some time and I was only able to stay in touch with them by letter. 19 I found that I could often express myself more easily in writing than by talking.I love the letters that come with birthday or Christmas cards. Notes are appreciated, but how much better to have a years supply of news! And its better still when its an airmail envelope with beautiful stamps. 20 Like my mother before me, I insist they write their own thankyou letters. My daughter writes to me little letters, just as I did to my mother. I strongly urge readers not to allow letter writing to become another “lost art”APoor handwriting can spoil (破坏) your enjoyment of a letter.BWe had been corresponding (通信) for 29 years but had never met.CI am pleased that my children are carrying on the tradition.DIt didnt matter how short or untidy they were as long as they were letters.EBut instead of harming the relationships, letter writing seemed to improve them.FYet, to me, receiving a letter cannot be matched by any other form of communication.GThe letters from home contained just everyday events concerning my parents and their friends.语篇解读：本文主要阐述了在数码时代的背景下，作者对书信的怀念，并庆幸写书信成为家庭传统。16解析：选F上一句提到现代数码通信使书信到了要完全消失的危险境地，下一句又说收到书信的美妙感受，所以此处过渡要有转折含义且体现出书信对作者的吸引力，故选F项(但是，对我来说，收到一封信是其他任何通信方式都比不了的)。17解析：选D上文提到母亲坚持让作者在圣诞节和生日写感谢信，D项(无论长短，无论工整与否，只要写信就可以)符合语境。18解析：选G本段提到作者18岁时离家和父母书信联系，此处应该侧重家书的意义。G项(家书里面包含关于我的父母和他们的朋友日常的事情)符合语境，故选G项。19解析：选E空格前一句提到我只能用书信和他们保持联系，空格后一句意思是“我发现比起谈话，书信经常能让我更轻松地表达自己的观点”，所以空格处应侧重体现这种书信联系对维系友谊的作用及意义，故选E项(但写信不仅没有毁掉我们的关系，反而似乎促进了我们的友谊)。20解析：选C根据最后一段中的“Like .I insist they write their own thankyou letters. My daughter writes to me little letters, just as I did to my mother.”可知，作者成为母亲后坚持让儿女自己写感谢信，这一传统被沿用，故C项(我很高兴我的孩子正在沿用这个传统)符合语境。.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Some friends and I ran a glass studio together. A couple of years ago we experienced a 21 winter we had a lot of snow and ice. To make a long story 22 the weight of the ice and snow destroyed the roof of our studio, taking with it one of our sources of 23 .Before it did happen, we got on the roof and tried to 24 the snow and ice. But when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of 20， it was pretty 25 to do.We had a contractor (承包商) come in to help us try and 26 the roof by bracing (用支架支住). In the end, there was 27 that could be done. The roof came down. 28 we had moved a lot of our goods and tools from the studio, we lost a lot.Here we were in the middle of winter with our studio fallen down. We couldnt 29 . We could have done one of two things: we could simply say that we could 30 carry on our glass business let me tell you that this was certainly a thought that 31 our minds. Or we could find a way to get our studio back up and 32 .We 33 the second choice. We had a large barn that we were not using. So we repaired the barn, 34 our working area and today we have a nicer studio than we 35 had.Who hasnt 36 difficulty in their lives? We all have 37 about facing difficulty in our lives. The 38 is what we did to overcome it. We all have two choices: to do nothing, and just 39 or to look at the difficulty as a(n) 40 .语篇解读：本文是夹叙夹议文。我们面对困难时该怎么做？放弃还是坚持？选择权在我们自己手里。21A.meaningfulBcoldCspecial Dtough解析：选D由“we had a lot of snow and ice”及“the weight of the ice and snow destroyed the roof of our studio”可知，那个冬天非常艰难。22A.short BtrueCinteresting Dtypical解析：选A作者用一句话解释了那个冬天的情况，故选A，意为“长话短说”。23A.love BconcernCincome Dexperience解析：选C他们的工作室被毁坏了，所以少了一个收入来源。24A.look down upon Bget rid ofCmake use of Dlook forward to解析：选B由“Before it did happen”可知，在房顶被大雪压坏之前，他们曾试图清除压在房顶的积雪。25A.challenging BboringCappropriate Dpossible解析：选A由“when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of 20”可知，这项工作很有挑战。26A.examine BrebuildCsecure Dbreak解析：选C由“a contractor”以及“by bracing”可知，这里是指在想办法让房顶安全。27A.everything BanythingCsomething Dnothing解析：选D由“The roof came down”可知，最后实在无能为力了。28A.If BThoughCUnless DSince解析：选B由“we lost a lot”可知，尽管已经搬离了许多物品和工具，但是作者和朋友依然损失惨重。29A.understand BescapeCwork Dthink解析：选C由“in the middle of winter with our studio fallen down”可知，在这种情况下他们无法工作。30A.no longer Bonce againCat first Dat last解析：选A他们面临两种选择，一种是不能再进行这方面的工作了。31A.expressed Bcr