1、Unit 3 life in the future 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(2017湖北黄冈高二检测)Whats On?Electric Underground7：30 pm1：00 am Free at the Cyclops TheatreDo you know whos playing in your area? Were bringing you an exciting evening of live rock and pop
2、music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract(合同)? If so，come early to the talk at 7：30 pm by Jules Skye，a successful record producer. Hes going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your music.Gee Whizz8：30 pm10：30 p
3、m Comedy at KaleidoscopeCome and see Gee Whizz perform. Hes the funniest and-up comedian on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone，from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7：00 pm for drinks and snacks(快餐).Simons Workshop5：0
4、0 pm7：30 pm Wednesdays at Victoria StageThis is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy，and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years experience of teaching comedy. His worksho
5、ps are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.Charlotte Stone8：00 pm11：00 pm Pizza WorldFine food with beautiful jazz music；this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD，with James Pickering on the piano. The me
6、nu is Italian，with excellent meat and fresh fish，pizzas and pasta (面食). Book early to get at able. Our bar is open all day，and serves cocktails，coffee，beer，and white wine.语篇解读 这是一篇应用文。主要介 绍了四则广告，涉及四个娱乐节目的时间、地点和具体内容等。1.Who can help you if you want to have your music produced?A.Jules Skye. B.Gee Whizz
7、. C.Charlotte Stone. D.James Pickering.答案 A解析 细节理解题。根据第一 则广告中的最后一句话可知，Jules Skye 可以告诉你怎样找到合适的人。所以如果你想制作自己的音乐， 应该找 Jules Skye。2.At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh?A.The Cyclops Theatre. B.Kaleidoscope. C.Victoria Stage. D.Pizza World.答案 B解析 细节理解题。根据第二 则广告中的“ 8：30 pm10：30 p
8、m Comedy at Kaleidoscope”和“This joyful show will please everyone，from the youngest to the oldest.”可知，在 Kaleidoscope举办的这个演出能让所有的人感到开心快乐。3.What do we know about Simons Workshop?A.It requires membership status.B.It lasts three hours each time.C.It is run by a comedy club.D.It is held every Wednesday.答案
9、 D解析 细节理解题。根据第三 则广告中的“ Wednesdays at Victoria Stage”可知，Simons Workshop 的表演是在每周三进行。B 项与 5：00 pm7：30 pm 不相符；A、C 两项在文中未提及。BDo you play a musical instrument？Would you like to share a stage with world-class famous composers(作曲家)？Do you dream of becoming the next Lang Lang？Now is your chance to make it bi
10、g in the classical music world，thanks to a video-sharing website.In collaboration with(与合作) orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra，New York Philharmonic and several others， the video-sharing site has launched the“You Tube Symphony Orchestra Project”.Billed(宣传 ) as the worlds first collabor
11、ative online orchestra，the site wants users to submit videos showing their musical talent.Beijing Olympics theme music composer Tan Dun has written the audition(试听) piece. He told the BBC his latest composition was inspired by walking around the streets of New York and hearing the sounds of mechanic
12、s.The Internet is an invisible Silk Road，joining people across the world.“Anyone can download a score of my Internet Symphony No. 1Eroica，pick any part of it and play it with any instrument or object，in any style ， ”he said.In addition to Tan Dun spiece，users will also have to perform a famous class
13、ical piece of their choices showing their musical and technical abilities. A team of experts will then whittle(减少) the field down to a short list of semi-finalists who will then be voted on by YouTube viewers.The competition hopes to inspire musicians from all over the world. Music means so much to
14、different people，in different countries.“Its not just about the note of music，its about discovery， ”said the music director of the San Francisco Symphony，Michael Tilson Thomas.With just three months till the competition deadline in February next year，anyone hoping to perform on the world stage and b
15、e part of musical history must act quickly.As New York Carnegie Halls executive director Clive Gilinson puts it， “This will be a one-of-a-kind moment in classical music，bringing musicians together in a totally new，modern and unique way.”语篇解读 文章介绍了一个网站，任何喜 欢音乐的人都可以上 传自己的演奏视频到网站上，通过这个网站寻求和其他音乐家合作的机会。4
16、.What is the best title for this passage?A.Online OrchestraB.Collaboration with OrchestrasC.Video-sharingD.Talent Show答案 A解析 标题归纳题。文章介绍 了一个网站，任何喜 欢音乐的人都可以上 传自己的演奏视频到网站上，通过这个网站寻求和其他音 乐家合作的机会，故 选 A。5.What does the underlined phrase “to make it big”in Paragraph 1 mean?A.To become successful. B.To talk
17、big. C.To be positive. D.To show off.答案 A解析 词义猜测题。根据对语 境的理解， tomakeitbig 的意思应该是“变得成功” ，故 A 项最符合语境。6.We can know from the passage that the video-sharing site_.A.owns many famous orchestras working togetherB.is said to be the first collaborative online orchestraC.has sponsored many performances around
18、 the worldD.has discovered many talented persons in music答案 B解析 细节理解题。根据文章第三段可知 B 项正确。7.How did Tan Dun compose his latest music according to his own words?A.The invisible Silk Road affected him greatly.B.The Internet joins people across the world，which helped him a lot.C.The sounds of mechanics aro
19、und New York streets gave him an inspiration.D.The video-sharing website encouraged him.答案 C解析 细节理解题。根据第四段第二句 “He told the BBC his latest composition was inspired by walking around the streets of New York and hearing the sounds of mechanics.”可知 C 项正确。C(2017安徽六安第一中学高二检测)A new study shows students who
20、 write notes by hand during lectures perform better on exams than those who use laptops(笔记本电脑).Students are increasingly using laptops for note-taking because of speed and legibility(清晰度).But the research has found laptop users are less able to remember and apply the concepts they have been taught.R
21、esearchers performed experiments that aimed to find out whether using a laptop increased the tendency to make notes “mindlessly”by taking down word for word what the professors said.In the first experiment，students were given either a laptop or pen and paper. They listened to the same lectures and w
22、ere told to use their usual note-taking skills. Thirty minutes after the talk， they were examined on their ability to remember facts and on how well they understood concepts.The researchers found that laptop users took twice as many notes as those who wrote by hand. However，the typists performed wor
23、se at remembering and applying the concepts. Both groups scored similarly when it came to memorizing facts.The researchers report said， “While more notes are beneficial，if the notes are taken mindlessly，as is more likely the case on a laptop，the benefit disappears. ”In another experiment aimed at te
24、sting long-term memory，students took notes as before but were tested a week after the lecture. This time，the students who wrote notes by hand performed significantly better on the exam.These two experiments suggest that hand written notes are not only better for immediate learning and understanding，
25、but also lead to superior revision in the future.语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。文章揭示了 实验研究的结 果：用笔记本电脑记笔记的人记忆和应用概念的能力较差，而用手 记笔记的人在考试中的表 现更好。8.More and more students favor laptops for note-taking because they can_.A.write more notesB.digest concepts betterC.get higher scoresD.understand lectures better答案 A解析 细节理解题。根据文
26、章第二段第一句的内容可知，学生越来越喜欢用笔记本电脑来记笔记，这是因为速度快且清晰。该句中的 speed 与答案 A 中的 writemorenotes 表意一致， 这一点在第五段第一句也可以得到印证。9.While taking notes，laptop users tend to be.A.skillful B.mindless C.thoughtful D.tireless答案 B解析 细节理解题。根据第三段内容可知，研究人员做实验的目的是弄清楚用电脑记笔记是否更容易让学生不动脑思考。后文 说明这种假设已经被证实 了。由此可判断用 电脑记笔记的人在操作过程中往往会不动脑思考，故 选 mi
27、ndless。10.The author of the passage aims to_.A.examine the importance of long-term memoryB.stress the benefit of taking notes by handC.explain the process of taking notesD.promote the use of laptops答案 B解析 写作意图题。文章通过 两次实验尤其是第二次实验证 明了动手做笔记对长期记忆的益处，由此可知作者是提倡用手而不是用笔记本电脑来记 笔记。故作者写此文的目的是 强调用手做笔记的益处。11.The
28、 passage is likely to appear in_.A.a newspaper advertisementB.a computer textbookC.a science magazineD.a finance report答案 C解析 推理判断题。此题考查 学生对文章出处的判断。解决这类题离不开对文章主旨大意的概括。本文通过实验来证明动 手做笔记的益处， 这属于科普 类文章，故本文最有可能出现在科学类的杂志上。D(2017河北冀州中学高二检测)Almost every machine with moving parts has wheels，yet no one knows e
29、xactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for. We do know，however，that they existed over 5,500 years ago in ancient Asia.The oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2002 in Slovenia. It is over 5,100 years old. Evidence suggests that wheels for transport didnt become popula
30、r for a while，though. This could be because animals did a perfectly good job of carrying farming tools and humans around.But it could also be because of a difficult situation. While wheels need to roll on smooth surfaces，roads with smooth surfaces werent going to be constructed until there was plent
31、y of demand for them. Eventually，road surfaces did become smoother，but this difficult situation appeared again a few centuries later. There had been no important changes in wheel and vehicle design before the arrival of modern road design.In the mid-1700s，a Frenchman came up with a new design of roa
32、da base layer(层) of largest ones covered with a thin layer of smaller stones. A Scotsman improved on this design in the 1820s and a strong，lasting road surface became a reality. At around the same time，metal hubs (the central part of a wheel) came into being，followed by the pneumatic tyre (充气轮胎) in
33、1846. Alloy wheels were invented in 1967，sixty years after the appearance of tarmacked roads(柏油路 ).As wheel design took off，vehicles got faster and faster.语 篇 解 读 本 文 是 一 篇 说 明 文 。全 文 讲 述 了 车 轮 的 发 展 历 程 以 及 道 路 设 计 对 车 轮 发 展 的 影 响 。12.What might explain why transport wheels didnt become popular for
34、 some time?A.Few knew how to use transport wheels.B.Humans carried farming tools just as well.C.Animals were a good means of transport.D.The existence of transport wheels was not known.答案 C解析 细节理解题。第二段最后一句 说明 wheels 长期未能流行的缘由：动物长期以来充当着很好的交通工具。13.What do we know about road design from the passage?A.I
35、t was easier than wheel design.B.It improved after big changes in vehicle design.C.It was promoted by fast-moving vehicles.D.It provided conditions for wheel design to develop.答案 D解析 推理判断题。短文最后一段 说明路况的改良促进了 车轮业的巨大发展。14.How is the last paragraph mainly developed?A.By giving examples.B.By making compa
36、risons.C.By following time order.D.By making classifications.答案 C解析 篇章结构题。该段看似 举例，但 这些例子均是按时间 由远及近叙述的。15.What is the passage mainly about?A.The beginning of road design.B.The development of transport wheels.C.The history of public transport.D.The invention of fast-moving vehicles.答案 B解析 主旨大意题。本文主要介 绍了 wheels 由一般的发明物到广泛运用于交通的历史演进过程。
