1、高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网 版权所有，侵权必究！ Unit 1 单元测试题 第 二部 分： 阅读理 解 （ 共两 节，满 分 40 分） 第 一节 （共 15 小题 ；每 小题 2 分 ，满 分 30 分） 阅读下列短文， 从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C 和 D ） 中， 选出最佳选项。 A Not many women have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Until 2004, no African woman ever had. That was when Dr. Wangari Maathai won it for planti
2、ng trees. You might ask, what do trees have to do with peace? ( 资源 we conserve Dr. Maathai was born in Kenya in 1940. Unlike most African women, she went to school. High school woke up a hunger in her for more knowledge. She went to in science from the University of Pittsburgh. She became the first
3、Kenyan woman ever to earn a Ph.D. Later, Dr. As an educated woman, Dr. Maathai feels responsible for leading others. Dr. Maathai started her work in 1977 by planting nine trees in her backyard in Kenya. Trees are important in Africa for several reasons. First, they keep soil from eroding ( 流失) into
4、streams, thus cutting down on pollution and improving the soil. Second, 高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网 版权所有，侵权必究！ trees provide firewood. So many trees have been cut down in Africa that women must walk far from home to find wood for cooking. New trees can also keep deserts from spreading. that is still a
5、live three months later. In its first 15 years, the Green Belt Movement employed at least 50,000 women and planted more than 10 million trees. Following -planting efforts. The movement has spread to 30 countries in Africa. follow. A. use B. protect C. find D. provide 22. Dr. Wangari Maathai is the f
6、irst African woman to _. A. win the Nobel Peace Prize B. encourage people to plant trees D. realize the power of knowledge ly about? A. The importance of trees. B. How trees prevent pollution. C. How planting trees works in Africa. D. The history of tree-planting in Africa. 24. The Green Belt Moveme
7、nt _. A. aims to provide job opportunities for women B. attracted the world C. pays for every newly-planted tree D. covered a large area in Africa B Sam Martin, 24, from Belfast 高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网 版权所有，侵权必究！ I do all my shopping on Christmas Eve because I prefer to get it done quickly. I when
8、 I shop whatever is there. I am never disappointed because I never have any idea what to out getting it at the best price. Lucy Collins, 34, from Liverpool are cheap and when I can afford to. I also enjoy trying to buy as many gifts as possible at less than the fu prices. I think Christmas is a magi
9、cal time so I like looking for gifts throughout the picking through whatever is left in the shops on Christmas Eve. Frankie Bircham, 31, from Hertfordshire giving people presents they want like when it arrives. Andi Euridge, 40, from London I start my shopping in Jan like online shopping because the
10、n you have the craziness of parcels not arriving in time. I live on a tight budget ( 预算) and I cannot afford to buy all my gifts with one 25. We can learn from the text that Sam Martin _. A. is an organized shopper B. hates shopping in a hurry 高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网 版权所有，侵权必究！ C. always buys pres
11、ents at a discount D. enjoys doing some last-minute shopping 26. What do Lucy Collins and Frankie Bircham have in common? A. They do shopping when the shops are quiet. C. They choose presents everywhere. D. They like online shopping. 27. Why does Andi Euridge dislike online shopping? A. It makes him
12、 run over budget. C. Returning the goods troubles him. 28. Who gets Christmas presents prepared first? A. Lucy Collins. B. Sam Martin. C. Andi Euridge. D. Frankie Bircham. C Fashion has always been about change creating a reason for the customer to interests. And it will be up to traders to keep up
13、with their every desire ( 需求 new product. What that product is, how we satisfy the customer, . 高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网 版权所有，侵权必究！ existed in stores across the USA, with technology as the driving force. Think digital ( 数字的) fitting rooms, where technology simulates ( 模拟) body type and gives shopper
14、s a sense of how a coat might look or fit. Or 3-D printers that allow shoppers to make products in their own homes. Even smartphone technology is being and interests. Stores will still have a presence, but mainly just to let customers have a sensory experience touching and feeling items they can buy
15、 from far away and having shop from home, from a car or even on the subway. Intel has designed a mirror that shows shoppers how clothes look on them avoiding the inconvenience of a fitting room. When the shopper of the future is 收银机 exist 29. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean? B. It
16、is not so clear. C. W 30. The author explains the existence of the different world in Paragraph 2 by _. A. presenting research findings B. making comparisons C. giving instructions D. using examples 31. According to Nordstrom, what will probably disappear in the future? A. Salesmen. B. Stores. C. Ca
17、sh registers. D. Mirrors. 高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网 版权所有，侵权必究！ A. Future of shopping B. Fashion in the future C. Time to change your shopping habits D. Online shopping and shopping in stores D How Children Succeed, by Paul Tough Journalist Tough spent five years reporting his previous ( 先前的) book, W
18、hatever It Takes, a description of education activist Geoffrey Canada and the follow-up, Tough sets out to answer the difficult questions raised by Whatever It Takes: Why do some kids particularly poor ones succeed while others fail? And how can parents and educators help guide more children towards
19、 success? The Death and Life of the Great American School System, by Diane Ravitch 高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网 版权所有，侵权必究！ Ravitch, a professor in New York University, takes a hard look at how public education has changed over the past twenty years, offering a reasoned explanation of popular policies,
20、such as the emphasis ( 强调) on testing, and a solution to how to Saving the School, by Michael Brick When Anabel Garza became headteacher of Reagan High in Austin, Tex., she was faced with a large number of seemingly very difficult problems: A high dropout rate ( 辍学率) and low test scores. But as Bric
21、k writes Saving the School, a first-hand account of a year in the life of Reagan High, Garza, along with other teachers, was determined to turn things around for her school and her students. The Flat World and Education, by Linda Darling-Hammond 平稳 地高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网 版权所有，侵权必究！ measures. Why
22、? According to Stanford education professor Darling- complete change. In this book, she describes the latest education models used by schools all over the world, which she argues could offer a long-term road map to changing the American public school system. 33. Which book answers questions from ano
23、ther book? A. Saving the School. B. How Children Succeed. C. The Flat World and Education. D. The Death and Life of the Great American School System. 34. Who writes about a particular high school? A. Paul Tough. B. Diane Ravitch. C. Michael Brick. D. Linda Darling-Hammond. 35. Both Diane and Linda a
24、re offering measures to _. A. cut down the dropout rate B. improve schools in America C. help students get high scores D. guide more children to success 第 二节 （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。 If you hap - months, you may notice something unusual. Among the thou
25、sands of gray pigeons ( 鸽子) around the square, are about 35 brightly colored ones. These birds are attracting worldwide attention. However, they are not miracles ( 奇迹) of nature. 36 高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网 版权所有，侵权必究！ The colored pigeons are Swiss artist Julian Charriere and German photographer 37
26、In order to get the color onto these birds, the artists created special pigeon equipment. 38 The artists say that the birds are not harmed at all during the process ( 过程). They do believe, however, that making them look more attractive is beneficial to the birds since they are better respected by humans, who normally consider pigeons to be annoying. Judging from the positive reaction these colorful birds are getting, the artists seem to have a point. 39
