（广东专用）高中英语 Unit3 Life in the future测试题(1).doc

（广东专用）2014-2015学年高中英语 unit3 life in the future测试题class: name: marks: 满分（135）第卷 (共95分). 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项。mahesh was a citizen in akbars kingdom. he was a(n) 1 man. once when akbar went hunting in the forest, he lost his 2. mahesh helped him reach the palace. the emperor rewarded him with his 3. the emperor also promised to give him a 4. after some days mahesh went to visit the emperor at the court. the guard didnt allow him to 5. mahesh showed him the ring the king had given him. now the guard thought mahesh was sure to get more rewards. the greedy guard 6 to let him in, but he asked mahesh to pay him half the reward he would get from the emperor. mahesh accepted it.the emperor who 7 mahesh asked him, “oh, young man! what do you expect as a reward?” “i expect 50 lashes (鞭打) from you,” replied mahesh. the courtiers (朝臣) were 8. they thought he was 9. akbar thought over his request and asked him the 10. mahesh said he would tell him after receiving his reward.after the 25th lash mahesh requested the emperor to 11 the guard who was at the gate. the guard appeared before the emperor. he was 12 at the thought that he was called to be rewarded. but to his surprise, mahesh told the emperor, “this greedy guard let me inside on condition that i pay him half the reward. i wanted to teach him a 13. please give the remaining 25 lashes to him so that i can keep my 14 to him.” the emperor then 15 that the guard should be given 25 lashes along with 5 months of imprisonment (监禁). the emperor also fulfilled his promise and made mahesh his chief minister. 1. a. friendlyb. peacefulc. intelligentd. healthy 2. a. keyb. sightc. balanced. way 3. a. ringb. horsec. kingdomd. diamond 4. a. medalb. postc. presentd. chance 5. a. driveb. enterc. walkd. rest 6. a. agreedb. managedc. affordedd. prepared 7. a. savedb. respectedc. recognizedd. trusted 8. a. worriedb. frightenedc. disappointedd. shocked 9. a. cruelb. nervousc. madd. proud10. a. truthb. reasonc. demandd. idea11. a. praiseb. payc. helpd. call12. a. happyb. slowc. curiousd. crazy13. a. subjectb. lessonc. languaged. skill14. a. promiseb. mindc. secretd. rule15. a. understoodb. hopedc. suggestedd. ordered第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在标有16 25的空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。i lie awake in bed. im warm and safe, like every morning. outside it is twenty below zero, 16 from inside my home winter seems far away.as i rise and stretch, i notice im sore. my soreness is actually from my leisure time, not work. i 17 (spend) yesterday sliding down a snow-covered slope with a board. after that i was worn out, so i went to a friends house, drank beer from mexico, and watched 18 sporting event in philadelphia. i dont live in philadelphia, but my friend has a machine that lets us see 19 is happening there. the sun wont rise for another hour, but i dont need to light a fire 20 candles. i have artificial suns, mounted on the ceiling. hit a tiny switch and i can see everything, any time of day. i use a few machines in my kitchen to get my breakfast 21 (prepare). it takes about five minutes. as i eat, 22 occurs to me that my co-worker has a machine i might need to use at work today, so i want to make sure if he brings it with him. he lives about ten miles 23 me, but thats no problem. ive got a device 24 lets him hear my voice from the 25 (distant). wherever he is, i can talk to him.16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. . 阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项。aanchorage, alaska a giant snowman named snowzilla has mysteriously appeared again this year despite the citys ban.someone again built the giant snowman in billy powers front yard in anchorage. snowzilla reappeared before dawn tuesday, two days before 2011 christmas.for the last three years, snowzilla to the delight of some and the disagreement of others has been a very popular attraction in powers yard. in 2008, snowzilla rose 16 feet. he had a corncob pipe (玉米穗轴烟斗) and a carrot nose and two eyes made out of beer bottles. this year, snowzilla is about 25 feet tall. hes wearing a black stovepipe hat (礼帽) and a scarf.snowzilla has been rising outside powers home. his children he is the father of seven collected snow from neighbors yards to make the snowman big enough. each year, snowzilla got a bit bigger.not everybody in the neighborhood liked all the cars and visitors who came to see him. city officials thought snowzilla to be a public nuisance (滋扰行为) and potential danger. the city put up a public notice on powers door. city officials said snowzilla increased traffic to the point of endangerment and that the snowman itself was unsafe.the mayors office on tuesday issued a statement defending its move against snowzilla.“he has repeatedly ignored city efforts to find ways to cater for his desire to build a giant snowman without taking the quiet life quality of the neighborhood into consideration,” said an official from mayor mark begichs office. “this is a neighborhood of small homes on small streets. it cant support so heavy traffic and visitors that are interested in snowzilla.”the city said it did not expect to take any further action until after christmas.26. who most probably built the giant snowman in billy powers front yard this year?a. powers friends.b. some officials.c. powers neighbors.d. powers and his children.27. when did snowzilla begin to attract tourists?a. in 2008.b. in 2009.c. in 2010.d. in 2011.28. whats the purpose of the citys ban?a. to prevent cars entering the city. b. to prevent road accidents happening. c. to ensure the ease of local peoples life.d. to ensure the safety of powers children.29. which of the following is not caused by snowzilla? a. the heavy traffic.b. powers desire for giant snowmen.c. the neighbors complaining. d. the public notice on powers door.30. what can be expected to happen?a. snowzilla will disappear after christmas.b. powers will move away from his neighborhood.c. powers will be sent to prison after christmas.d. tourists will be charged higher after christmas.bthe necklace is a short story by guy de maupassant. it tells the story of madame mathilde loisel and her husband charles. mathilde always imagines herself in a high social position with wonderful jewels. however, she has nothing and marries a low-paid clerk who tries his best to make her happy.through lots of begging at work, charles is able to get two invitations to the ministry of public instruction party. mathilde refuses to go, for she has nothing to wear. her husband is upset to see her sadness. using money that he saved to buy a rifle, he gives mathilde 400 francs and asks his wife to buy a dress that suits her. mathilde goes out and buys a dress. however, even with the clothes, mathilde is still not happy as she has no jewels to wear with it. the couple does not have much money left, so her husband suggests mathilde borrow something from her friend, madame jeanne forestier. mathilde picks out the fanciest diamond necklace that she can find. after attending the ministry of public instruction party, mathilde discovers that she has lost the necklace.mathilde and her husband forage everywhere, but the necklace is not to be found. so they have to take out loans from generous friends to buy a diamond necklace that looks just like the one that was lost. it takes them ten years of hard labor to pay the loans back. towards the end, mathilde takes a walk, recalling her past and the night when the necklace was lost. suddenly, she comes across madame jeanne forestier. mathilde confesses (坦白) about that night and how she worked so hard to return her necklace. madame jeanne forestier, deeply moved, tells mathilde that the one she borrowed was not made of real diamonds, and that it was worth at most 500 francs.31. what can we learn about madame mathilde loisel from the passage? a. she has no job and lives a poor life.b. she used to be in a high social position. c. she used to have a lot of wonderful jewels. d. she marries a man who doesnt have much money.32. why doesnt madame mathilde loisel want to go to the party at first? a. because she doesnt have anything nice to wear. b. because she doesnt want to use up her husbands money. c. because she doesnt want to borrow jewels from her friend. d. because she doesnt want to embarrass her husband in public.33. what does the underlined word “forage” in paragraph 3 mean? a. worry. b. decorate.c. search.d. appear.34. what does the couple decide to do after failing to find the necklace? a. pay its owner a big sum of money. b. have it replaced without telling its owner. c. borrow another necklace from a rich friend. d. tell its owner the truth and ask for a solution.35. we can infer from the passage that . a. mathilde is very proud of her hard labor b. the couple regrets returning the necklace c. mathilde buys a fake necklace for her friend d. the couple didnt know they lost a fake necklacecthe skiers part of this story is set on an autumn morning in 1989, when she was in kindergarten. julia mancuso would someday be on two olympic teams or probably more. on wednesday she will race in the olympic downhill in the mountain village of san sicario outside turin. she is fit and tough and she has a very real chance to win a medal. but on that day, 17 years ago, she was just a little girl in bed when her mom, andrea, woke her up and said, “you dont have to go to school today. were going to go out to breakfast and then come back later, ok?”julia saw her beautiful house surrounded by police cars. “i didnt know then what was going on,” julia recalls. “i just said, ok, mom.” that was the day the police took her father away and put him in jail for smuggling (走私). the fathers part of this story is set in the village square of the alpine resort of sestriere, italy. ciro mancuso, 57, with a full head of gray hair, has come to italy to watch his daughter ski in the olympic games. “this is about julia, right?” he asks. yes, it is about julia. she has seen her father go to jail twice, one for 17 months when she was a child and the other for four years while she was a teenager. julia has lived with her mother whom she lovingly calls “a great mom who did a great job with us”. (ciro and andrea mancuso had three daughters julia is in the middle between april, 25, and sarah,16 and divorced in 1992; andrea will also be in italy to watch her daughter ski.) as a young adult, julia has welcomed her father back. ciro mancuso says, “everything that happened to julia made her tougher; you see it in the way she competes.”36. the underlined phrase “in jail” in the third paragraph probably means .a. on business b. on holidayc. in person d. in prison37. what can we learn about julias mother according to the passage? a. she once was a teacher in a kindergarten. b. she strongly disagreed with julias skiing at first. c. she took great care of her children when her husband was in jail. d. she asked for a divorce immediately after her husband was put in jail. 38. ciro mancuso came to italy because he wanted to .a. win a medal in the olympicsb. travel for pleasurec. watch his daughter skid. look for a good job39. according to the passage, which of the following statements is true?a. julia is older than sarah.b. julia is seventeen years old now.c. julia hates her father very much. d. julia won a medal at the last olympics.40. from julias success we can infer that .a. every successful person has a strong-minded momb. the divorce of her parents is acceptablec. a difficult childhood helped julia make herself tougherd. the crime of her father resulted in julias successdwill there be a time in our lives when cars dont crash? when we can just sit back and relax and our cars will drive themselves. auto technology experts say “yes”. and they say that some of those advances may happen quicker than you might think.they will require the users to input the name of the destination or the complete address of the location that they want to go and the cars artificial intelligence takes them there automatically without a driver. they will run on solar power in the daytime and ethanol fuel (乙醇燃料) at night. toyota, bmw and honda will completely control the trade of driverless car business together and will have the cheapest driverless cars. fossil fuels (矿物燃料) will be completely incompatible (不相配的) with these cars. driverless cars will not require a drivers license of any grade to operate. anyone with basic literacy and computer skills who are at least 16 years of age will be legally allowed to operate the vehicle with absolutely no restrictions. this would give the young users permission to operate the driverless cars on major highways as well as secondary roads without needing a separate classification. in addition to all this, drunken people will be able to use their own automobiles to return home because they are not “driving” the vehicle. whats more, car insurance will become obsolete because there will be no more automobile accidents after the year 2025. this is because the driverless car will have all safety methods in place by the cars artificial intelligence to prevent automobile accidents. global positioning systems will become mandatory (强制的) in all newly-manufactured cars after 2010, and will be the most important part in the driverless car. 41. we can infer from the second paragraph that driverless cars .a. will need fewer fossil fuels b. will be environmentally friendly c. will run on solar power onlyd. will not need a humans instructions 42. who will not be able to use driverless cars? a. people with basic literacy and computer skills. b. people who are drunk. c. people without computer skills.d. people without a drivers license. 43. what will prevent the driverless car from crashing? a. artificial intelligence. b. global positioning systems.c. the people inside. d. car insurance.44. what is the text mainly about? a. car safety. b. driverless cars. c. the future cars. d. new technology in cars.45. the underlined word “obsolete” in the last paragraph probably means “”. a. difficult to getb. quite important c. dangerous d. out of business 第二节 信息匹配 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。首先请浏览下面这些水上公园的简介：a.raging waters san dimas, californiait is the west coasts largest water park with a large number of wave pools, water slides, and water attractions for family fun. there you can float down the amazon river or ride dropout which is a seven-storey water slide, one of the tallest slides in the country.b.wetn wild, orlando, floridathe park was founded in 1977 by seaworld creator george millay and is considered americas first water park. c.kalahari resort and convention centre, wiscon-sin dellsit is a water park resort chain with locations in wisconsin dells, wisconsin and sandusky, ohio. there are a number of water transports in the park. people are getting full entertainment from the water transports.d.noahs ark, wisconsin dellsit is the largest water park in the united states. it features 51 water slides, and dozens of various attractions. the park is located in the city of wisconsin dells, wisconsin.e.world waterpark, edmontonit is the worlds largest indoor water park and opened to the public in 1986. it is in the west edmonton mall in canada. the highest slides in the park are twister and cyclone, which are both 25 meters high.f.tropical islands resort, brandenburg, germanyit is a tropical theme park located in appro-ximately 60 kilometers south of the centre of berlin. it is open around the clock, every day of the year. guests who book a tent can take a tropical sauna (桑拿浴), and use the african jungle lift and the waterslides throughout their stay at no extra charge.下面是游客对这些水上公园的评论。请把评论与对应的公园匹配起来。46. we arrived at the water park at 9:30 am only to find many people queuing there. we didnt get in until 10:30 am. my kids enjoyed the variety of rides. we had much fun in the park. although it is the oldest water park in the usa, it has many new facilities. it is one of our favorite theme parks of all our two-week stay in orlando.47. we live in edmonton so we often go to the water park. the water park is a great place for a family to spend the weekend. it offers lots of activities for kids of all ages. yesterday we swam in the large indoor swimming pool and rode the 25-meter-high twister. it was a total relaxation for my whole family.48. we stayed overnight in a tent at the theme park. it was an absolutely amazing experience. we stayed there for two whole days. we played the volleyball at the beautiful beach, appreciated many kinds of tropical plants, watched an interesting show and took a free tropical sauna. i think it is worth the money for us to enter and stay in the park.49. there were so many water slides in this park that we had no way to get to all of them in a day. it was the best day for me to go there with my kids