人教版必修三Unit 1 Festivals around the world Using language课时作业(5).docx

unit 1 festivals around the world using language课时作业第一节 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。a“soon，youre going to have to move out！”cried my neighbor on seeing the largest tomato plant known to mankind，or at least known in my neighborhood. one tiny 9inch plant，bought for $1. 25 in the spring，has already taken over much of my rose bed，covering much of other plants，and is well on its way to the front door. roses require a good deal of care，and if it werent for the pleasure they give，it wouldnt be worth the work. as it is，i have a garden full of sweetsmelling roses for most of the year. bushes must be pruned(剪枝)in early spring，leaving ugly woody branches until the new growth appears a few weeks later. it was the space available in the garden that led me into planting just one little tomato plant. a big mistake. soil conditions made just perfect for roses turn out to be even more perfect for tomatoes. the daily watering coupled with full sun and regular fertilizing have turned the little plant into a tall bush. the cage i placed around it as the plant grew has long since disappeared under the thick leaves. now the task i face in harvesting the fruit is twofold：first，i have to find the red ones among the leaves，which means i almost have to stand on my head，and once found，i have to reach down and under，pick the tomatoes and withdraw my full fist without dropping the_prize_so_dearly_won. i found two fullblown white roses completely hidden as i picked tomatoes in june，but they were weak and the leaves already yellow for lack of light. here i am faced with a painful small decision：to tear up a wonderful and productive tomato plant that offers up between ten and twenty ripe sweet tomatoes each day or say goodbye to several expensive and treasured roses. like scarlett in gone with the wind，ill think about that tomorrow. 1. what are the requirements for the healthy growth of roses?a. a lot of care and the right soil. b. frequent pruning and fertilizing. c. tomato plants grown alongside. d. cages placed around the roots. 答案a由第三自然段首句和第四段首句可知。 2. this year the writers roses were _. a. removed from the rose bedb. picked along with the tomatoesc. mostly damaged by too much sunlightd. largely hidden under the tomato plant答案d由第二段可知。3. by saying “the_prize_so_dearly_won” in paragraph 5，the writer wants to _. a. show the difficulty in picking the tomatoesb. express her liking for the rosesc. show the hardship of growing the rosesd. express her care for the tomatoes答案a由本句意思可知。4. in the situation described in the text，one good thing is that _. a. the roses cost the writer little moneyb. the writer has a daily harvest of tomatoesc. someone will help the writer make the decisiond. the writer can not now enjoy both the roses and tomatoes答案b由最后一段第二句可知。bdo you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness，happiness，goodness，and selfrespect？the collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings. heres an example to show how honorable actions create happiness. say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. if we keep silent and profit from the clerks mistake，we would drive home with a sense of sneaky excitement. later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. on the other hand，if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item，the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. we would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul. then，what is it to do with our sense of happiness？in the first case，where we dont tell the clerk，a couple of things would happen. deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. in the process，we would lose some peace of mind and selfrespect. we would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted，since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. we damage our own reputations by telling others. in contrast，bringing_the_error_to_the_clerks_attention causes different things to happen. immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. upon leaving the store，we feel honorable and our selfrespect is increased. whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility. there is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. and its easy to think and act honorably again when were happy. while the positive cycle can be difficult to start，once its started，its easy to continue. keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind，which is important for our happiness. 5. according to the passage，the positive action in the example contributes to our _. a. selfrespect b. financial rewardsc. advertising ability d. friendly relationship答案a由第二段可知。6. the phrase “bringing the error to the clerks attention”(in para. 5)means _. a. telling the truth to the clerkb. offering advice to the clerkc. asking the clerk to be more attentived. reminding the clerk of the charged item答案a由本句可推知。7. how will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake?a. well be very excited. b. well feel unfortunate. c. well have a sense of honor. d. well feel sorry for the clerk. 答案c由第三段中upon leaving the store，we feel honorable and our selfrespect is increased. 可知。8. which of the following can be the best title of this passage?a. how to live truthfullyb. importance of peacefulnessc. ways of gaining selfrespectd. happiness through honorable actions答案d由全文总结可知。c“you press the button, we do the rest. ” that was george eastmans message to amateur photographers in 1889. his many contributions to the field of photography helped to popularize the hobby by making it both inexpensive and easy. photography was invented in france in the late 1830s. when eastman was a boy，it was still a difficult art. photographers needed great skill, much technical knowledge，expensive equipment，and strong backs. cameras were big and heavy. also，the photographer had to carry around chemicals and equipment to prepare wet photographic plates and develop pictures. at the age of 24 in 1878, eastman began searching for ways to simplify the photographic process. he worked at the daytime and experimented at home in the evening. eventually his efforts were rewarded. in 1879，he invented and patented(获得专利)a machine for coating the glass plate used in cameras. the following year he leased the third floor of a building in rochester, new york and began commercial production and sales of these plates. from this simple beginning came the present day eastman kodak company, which does a billion dollars worth of business every year and has branches throughout the world. eastman went from one success to another. in 1884，he perfected flexible roll film and designed the roll holder for winding it. in 1888，he produced a lightweight camera, the kodak, priced at $25. his company had a onedollar camera on the market by 1990. his factory and laboratory kept growing. they became vast enterprises producing many different models of cameras, color film, film for motion pictures, and a variety of photographic supplies. thanks to george eastman, photography has become not only a popular hobby, but an important medium for teaching and spreading knowledge. its contributions to medicine, science, industry, education, art and entertainment have significantly affected the 20th century. 9. according to the passage，photography_. a. was invented by george eastman in franceb. was for professional photographers only in 1889c. is the only medium for teaching and spreading knowledge d. became popular due to what george eastman did答案d细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句可知，乔治伊士曼在摄影领域中的贡献使得摄影得以普及。10. the word “leased” in paragraph four is the closest in meaning to_. a. rented b. lent c. built d. found答案a词义猜测题。从句中的“the third floor of a building”不难看出此处leased的意思为“租用”，与rented意思相近。11. it can be inferred from the passage that_. a. eastmans factory produced cameras onlyb. eastman is considered a great photographerc. eastman kodak company also makes movies d. eastman has also been successful in business答案d推理判断题。从文章的第四、五两段内容可以看出他的柯达公司分公司遍布全球，盈利颇丰，故他在商业上也是很成功的。dfew laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect. but in the nine days since the federal cigarette tax more than doubledto $1. 01 per packsmokers have jammed telephone “quit lines” across the country seeking to kick the habit. this is not a surprise to public health advocates. theyve studied the effect of state tax increases for years，finding that smokers，especially teens，are price sensitive. nor is it a shock to the industry，which fiercely fights every tax increase. the only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message. tobacco taxes improve public health，they raise money and most particularly，they deter people from taking up the habit as teens，which is when nearly all smokers are addicted. yet the rate of taxation varies widely. in manhattan，for instance，which has the highest tax in the nation，a pack of marlboro light kings cost $10. 06 at one drugstore wednesday. in charleston，s. c. ，where the 7centapack tax is the lowest in the nation，the price was $4. 78. the influence is obvious. in new york，high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys13. 8%，far below the national average. by comparison，26% of high school students smoke in kentucky. other lowtax states have similarly depressing teensmoking records. hal rogers，representative from kentucky，like those who are against high tobacco taxes，argues that the burden of the tax falls on lowincome americans “who choose to smoke”. thats true. but there is more reason in keeping future generations of lowincome workers from getting hooked in the first place. as for todays adults，if the new tax drives them to quit，they will have more to spend on their families，cut their risk of cancer and heart disease and feel better. 12. the text is mainly about _. a. the price of cigarettesb. the rate of