人教版高中英语必修三：Unit3 The Million Pound Bank Note单元测试题（ 含解析）

Unit 3 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Lynda?La Plante?is the writer of?Prime Suspect?and the best-selling author of more than 40 books. Her new novel?Hidden Killers?is out now. She is talking about three books that deeply affected her.
Wuthering?Heights
By Emily Bronte
One night as a child, I walked quietly into the bathroom when I heard a voice calling, “Let me in; let me in!” along with a terrible knock on a window coming from my grandma’s room. Quite afraid, I cried, “Help me! Where’s the ghost?” Grandma looked up and said,?“Don’t be silly; I’m listening to a story on the radio called?Wuthering Heights.”?I joined my grandma and realized then how you could take a story from a book and change it to a different medium (媒介).
The Water-Babies
By Charles Kingsley
This classic Victorian story caught my imagination as a child. It made me consider the unfairness of life?—?why is one child sleeping in comfort and another forced to climb through a chimney (烟囱)? I especially loved all the questions Tom asks on his adventures, many of which are about social unfairness. All my life I’ve asked questions too.
The Faerie Queene
By Edmund Spenser
I used to have problems reading — I was told I had “word blindness”. My mother gave me a copy of Spenser’s poem and said, “If you can learn some of this then you’ll be able to read anything.” I rose to the challenge. I learned it off by heart and was so proud of myself for keeping something that difficult in mind. Then I learned that I could learn words just as well as anyone.
21. How did Lynda first know about the story of?Wuthering?Heights?
A. By reading a book borrowed from her grandma.
B. By listening to her grandma’s story.
C. By listening to it on the radio.
D. By reading a ghost story.
22. Which book made Lynda form the habit of asking questions?
A.?Hidden Killers.
B.?Wuthering?Heights.
C.?The Water-Babies.
D.?The Faerie Queene.
23. What change did Lynda show after reading?The Faerie Queene?
A. She found pleasure in writing poems.
B. She began to believe in herself.
C. She fell in love with poems.
D. She became word-smart.
B
My name is Deirdre Veneracion and I am a paraglider pilot. I’ve been paragliding since I was 11.
My dad and I arrive at our local fly site on a June morning. We meet our instructor and spend the first 20 minutes watching the wind cycles. I go through my pre-flight steps and turn on my radio. At last, I take a step and feel the ground under me fall away. I feel the pressure of my weight on the canopy (伞衣).
After 15 minutes of playing with the wind, my father radios me from the place where he is about to take off. “How is the wind?” “Perfect!” I say. Dad takes off behind me.
I have done almost 100 flights and yet every flight amazes me just as much or even more than my first. I love the unpredictability of each flight. Every flight is different. After 15 minutes, I decide to land.
Now, I’m over a rice field. It is a much smaller landing than most landing zones but it’s possible. Out of nowhere, I feel my canopy become unstable (不稳定的). It loses pressure and falls directly in front of me. I am falling.?I have butterflies in my stomach.?I pull my brake (制动器) line, in the hope that my wing will get pressure again but it doesn’t. I look towards my dad and see that he is also in trouble. It’s as if we were inside a washing machine being thrown up and down. I won’t make it to the landing zone in front of me. To my right is a narrow (狭窄的) stream with hardly any water in it. I make my decision: the narrow stream is my best chance of landing safely.
As I touch down, I check on my dad and am glad to hear that he is fine. Local villagers come to check on me but, surprisingly, I am uninjured.
This is one of those times when we are reminded that no preparation can prevent Mother Nature from surprising us.
24. What does the author do before taking off?
A. She has a talk with her father.
B. She watches the weather.
C. She turns off the radio.
D. She gives instructions.
25. What does the attraction of paragliding lie in the author’s eyes?
A. The pleasant wind.
B. The success of each flight.
C. The excitement of landing.
D. The uncertainty of each flight.
26. What kind of feeling does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 probably show?
A. Nervousness.
B. Happiness.
C. Anger.
D. Luck.
27. What happens in the process of the author’s landing?
A. She hurts herself.
B. She asks her dad for help.
C. She sees a washing machine below.
D. She changes her mind about the landing site.
C
Japan is starting to experiment with self-driving buses in rural (乡村的) communities, such as the town of Nishikata, where the elderly are living a hard life because of fewer bus and taxi services as the population ages and becomes smaller.
The advance of the self-driving technology is making cities such as?Paris?and?Singapore?experiment with such services, which could prove important in?Japan, where populations are not only graying, but becoming smaller, in rural areas.
Japan?could start the self-driving services for communities that are far from cities by 2020, if the experiments begun this month prove successful.
The government plans to turn highway rest stops into centers from which to drive the elderly to medical and banking services.
“Smaller towns in Japan are graying even faster than cities, and there are just not enough workers to drive buses and taxis,” said Hiroshi Nakajima of mobile gaming software maker DeNA Co.
In the initial (最初的) experiments, the elderly of Nishikata were sent from a service area to some organizations providing healthcare services.
“I worry about not being able to go out when I’m no longer able to drive,” said one test rider, Shizu Yuzawa, adding that she would be open to using such services.
The test also checked the vehicle’s safety in road conditions, and if those crossing its path would react to the warning it gives.
The ride, at a speed of about 10 kilometers per hour, felt comfortable and safe, said test taker Mieko Shimazaki, 71, but her 72-year-old husband, Susumu, said, “Self-driving cars could be useful in the future, but I’d like to see them go faster, at least at 40 kilometers per hour.”
28. Why are driverless buses appearing in Nishikata?
A. Nobody there can drive a bus.
B. Its population is aging and falling.
C. People there welcome new things.
D. People there can hardly afford cars.
29. What does the government plan to do?
A. Provide healthcare services.
B. Train more bus and taxi drivers.
C. Produce more and more driverless cars.
D. Set up centers for picking up passengers.
30. What was Shizu Yuzawa’s attitude toward the self-driving services?
A. She was in favor of them.
B. She was doubtful about them.
C. She was uncertain about them.
D. She was strongly against them.
31. Which of the following about self-driving buses did Susumu think could improve?
A. Their space.
B. Their safety.
C. Their speed.
D. Their price.
D
The skies are raining big blocks of ice, and experts are trying to learn what’s going on.
For the second time in six days,?California?was attacked by ice balls. The latest happened on early Thursday. A large block of ice dropped into?Loma Linda,?California. The ice crashed through the metal roof (房顶) of a fitness center, leaving a hole up to 2??feet wide. No one was hurt.????
Two tennis players were playing outside the?Drayson?Center?on Thursday morning. Suddenly they heard a strange sound, said Crawford, an official of the Loma Linda Fire Department.
A similar event happened last Saturday in?Oakland,?California. Early in the morning an ice ball dropped into a field at?Bushrod?Park?and made a hole up to 2 feet wide. Luckily, no one in the park was injured.
One theory (理论) is the ice was dropped from planes. But there’s little direct support for that. A few experts have suggested there may be other causes of similar ice falls, perhaps even global (全球的) warming.
Stories about dropping ice go back for centuries. They didn’t begin to receive serious scientific attention until a few years ago, however, when?Spain?was attacked by a dozen large ice balls in 2000.
Scientist Jesus Martinez-Frias in?Madrid?and his team have collected reports of forty cases around the world since 1999 of puzzling falling ice. He thinks the ice forms in the air by a process similar to the formation of hail (冰雹) inside storms but without a storm.
Martinez-Frias believes global warming is causing the troposphere (对流层) to rise. This means the roof of the troposphere is forced to a greater height, where it cools more than normal. Thus, the temperature difference between warm and cold air in the troposphere produces strong up-and-down winds that repeat the hail-formation process, without a storm.
32. What took place on Thursday morning?
A. A fitness center caught fire.
B. A big ice ball fell in Loma Linda.
C. There was heavy rain in Loma Linda.
D. Two tennis players were hit by an ice ball.
33. What is the similarity between the two events in?California?
A. No one was injured.
B. No building was destroyed.
C. Both were seen by Crawford.
D. Both caused a large number of holes.
34. What do we learn about dropping ice?
A. It is very common around the world.
B. It often happens in?Spain?in recent years.
C. It has been carefully studied since 2000.
D. It is most likely to be produced by planes.
35. What is the cause of ice falls according to Martinez-Frias?
A. Strong winds above the troposphere.
B. The formation of hail.
C. Global warming.
D. Big storms.
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。
Linda Spelman was a lawyer who found a new job in a circus (马戏团). She now works as a trapeze (高空秋千) artist, travelling with the circus around the world. Here is an interview with her.
How did you get the job??My father’s a lawyer, so I thought I’d become one, too. Studying law was really hard work.??36??When I finally passed my exams, I thought, “I need a break. I want to travel and learn a language.” So I joined a circus. I went to?Canada?and did a trapeze course and, amazingly, I was good at it.
?37??The excitement and the travel. I always wanted to travel and learn languages and I’ve done all of that. Also, I get on really well with circus people. I’ve learned so much about life from them.
Have you made any sacrifices?(牺牲)?to do this job??No, I haven’t, not really.??38??I do miss my family sometimes, but that’s all.
What would you like to do next??I’m 34 now.??39??There are Russian trapeze artists still going strong in their fifties.
What advice would you give to someone who wanted to do your job???40??But generally, I’d say to anyone with a dream, “Go for it! You only live once, so why stay in a boring job?”
A. What’s your daily life like?
B. What do you like most about it?
C. We often do the act in the evening.
D. I’d like to carry on doing this until I’m at least 50.
E. So I took up gymnastics in the evenings to help me relax.
F. You need to be fit and strong and have a good head for heights.
G. I gave up doing something that I hated and I’m doing something that I love.
第三部分：?语言知识运用?（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（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。
Brian sat outside his house. He really wanted a new??41?. Joe had just gotten one for his birthday, and?Tyler’s was??42??about a year old. Brian had had his for five years. The seat was up as high as it would go, yet his legs were still too??43??for his bike. Brian wanted a bike like Joe and Tyler had??44??their bikes were fast and strong. If only he had $110. But all he could come up with was $33.67. Where could he get the rest of the??45??he needed?
Brian did a lot of??46?. His birthday was??47??five months away. What could he do to get the money? Maybe his??48??would advance (预付) him some money for the next few months. He got three dollars every Friday if he did all his chores. His dad had??49??to do this once before, when Brian needed an extra six dollars. Maybe his sister would??50??him the money. She had a lot of money saved up from babysitting.
While he was thinking, the phone rang. Mrs. Timmons’??51??had gotten out again. She asked Brian if he could??52??Fifi for her. Brian said he would be??53??to help her. She was getting so old and couldn’t??54??Fifi anymore. Brian found Fifi behind a tree.
After catching the dog, he??55??her to Mrs. Timmons. She was so??56??that she handed Brian two dollars. Brian thanked Mrs. Timmons, but told her she didn’t have to??57??him. Then Brian had a(n)??58?. He would set up a pet service. He could??59??people’s pets when they were away. In his neighborhood there were at least 12 dogs he could take care of, a few cats, and even some fish. Brian would realize his??60??in?no time!
41. A. pet? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. job
C. bike???????????????????????? ?????? D. gift
42. A. even? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. almost
C. also???????????????????????? ?????? D. only
43. A. short???????????????????????? B. long
C. weak? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. strong
44. A. if? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??B. so
C. because? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. yet
45. A. care? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. trust
C. money? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. support
46. A. thinking? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. shopping
C. work??????????????????????? ?????? D. exercise
47. A. just?????????????????????????? B. still
C. ever? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. already
48. A. mom? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. dad
C. sister? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. neighbor
49. A. practiced? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. decided
C. forgotten? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. agreed
50. A. lend????????????????????????? B. save
C. show? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. send
51. A. cat? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. fish
C. dog????????????????????????? ?????? D. kid
52. A. carry???????????????????????? B. feed
C. raise??????????????????????? ?????? D. find
53. A. busy????????????????????????? B. lucky
C. satisfied????????????????????????? D. happy
54. A. cheer for? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. run after
C. depend on? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. work on
55. A. sold?????????????????????????? B. returned
C. introduced??????????????? ?????? D. advertised
56. A. surprised? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. sorry
C. hopeful?????????????????????????? D. thankful
57. A. pay?????????????????????????? B. call
C. choose? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. avoid
58. A. question? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. problem
C. idea???????????????????????? ?????? D. duty
59. A. look at? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. look for
C. look up?????????????????????????? D. look after
60. A. mistake? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. dream
C. situation? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. importance
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was a famous French author who wrote under the pen name Guy de Maupassant. He is known 61. ________ (be) one of the fathers of the modern short story. He was skilled at clever plotting (布局), and served as a model for 62. ________ great number of writers including William Somerset Maugham, O. Henry, Anton Chekhov, Kate Chopin 63. ________ Henry James.
He was a popular writer during his lifetime and was 64. ________ (luck) to see his stories widely read. As a young man he 65. ________ (fight) in the Franco-Prussian War. He drew heavily on that experience and that war provides the setting for many of his stories 66. ________ often describe the pain and suffering of poor people 67. ________ (catch) in war’s path.
His most famous work for English 68. ________ (reader) is probably?The Necklace. If you are unfamiliar with his works, also consider?A Piece of String,?Miss Harriet,?My Uncle Jules?and?Found on a Drowned Man?as 69. ________ (start) points. His first published story,?Boule de Suif, 70. ________ (consider) as a Guy de Maupassant’s masterpiece as well.?
Guy de Maupassant suffered from mental (精神的) illness in his later years and died in 1893.?
第四部分：?写作?（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.?每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.?只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
When I was young, my family moved around a lot, but I went to lots of different schools and meet people from different places and backgrounds. I think of that experience gave me a lot of people skills. I’m a good listener, and I’m good at help people get on with each other. It proves to being, of course, really usefully at work. For the last two years, I’ve been running a social club with some of my friend. It’s a club for elderly people, paying for by the government. Of course, I use my people skills there. I think being a good communicator is important part of management, maybe the more important of all.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是某中学学生会主席李华，你校将举办校园戏剧节，请你给外教Charles发一封电子邮件，邀请他前来观看戏剧，体验中国文化。内容主要包括：
1.?时间：1月20日上午8:00-12:00，下午2:00-5:00；2.?地点：学校礼堂；3.?剧目：《大闹天宫》《空城计》等8个剧目。
注意：1.?词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；2.?可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：校园戏剧节?Campus Drama Festival?《大闹天宫》?Havoc in Heaven?《空城计》?Empty City Strategy
Dear Charles,
I’m Li Hua, chairman of the Student Council of our school.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
选做题
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
Nearly 100 girls from 12 different countries went together to Mountain View, California, on August 10, 2017. They were finalists in Technovation, the world’s largest entrepreneurship (创业) competition for girls ages 10-18. Nearly 1,100 teams from more than 100 countries took part in it.
The teams built mobile apps (应用程序) to solve problems in their community. Over the course of five months, the girls went through 100 hours of training and created an app and a business plan with the help of a teacher.
Girls from across the?U.S.?and as far away as?Cambodia,?Kazakhstan,?India, and?Kenya?created apps to help change the lives in their community. Their apps help disadvantaged women and encourage people to reuse objects, to name a few examples.
At the awards ceremony, Google CEO Sundar Pichai welcomed “creators and future entrepreneurs”, telling the young finalists that there would be a place for them in the tech industry and that they would have a great future ahead of them.
After a family friend had the illness of dementia (痴呆), Katrina from Hong Kong, China, organized a team to build a Dementia Care Companion app.?“We realized that dementia is a serious problem worldwide,”?Katrina said. The team created a type of mahjong, a Chinese game, using photos and voices of loved ones to help patients remember their family. The girls won first prize in the Junior Division, which included $10,000 in?prize money.
QamCare, an app created by a team from?Kazakhstan, is a good helper when people are walking alone at night. One of the girls explained how she was followed while walking home. In?Kazakhstan, nine people, mostly young girls, go missing every day. QamCare won the first prize of $15,000 in?the Senior Division.
Technovation founder Tara Chklovski encouraged the finalists to help other girls develop their tech skills. “Technovation has given you wings,” Chklovski said. “Now it is your turn to give wings to others.”
1. What do we know about Technovation?
A. It is a mobile app.
B. It is open to girls.
C. It was started in 2017.
D. It is welcome in 12 countries.
2. How did Sundar Pichai feel seeing the finalists?
A. Lucky.
B. Shocked.
C. Hopeful.
D. Thankful.
3. Why did Katrina create a type of mahjong?
A. To make dementia patients live a colorful life.
B. To raise money for research on dementia.
C. To help dementia patients remember.
D. To learn more about dementia.
4. What makes QamCare important?
A. It helps people stay safe.
B. It helps find missing girls.
C. It offers people a tour guide at night.
D. It shows people the shortest way home.
B
Jackie Rodriguez put on a lot of weight after her first child was born. Then, when her daughter was two, she dropped all the weight with practically no effort. “I wasn’t using any fat burners or shakes ... nothing,” she says.
The change had nothing to do with what Rodriguez ate. Rather, it began when she started a new job that shook up her daily routine (常规). Working in the office of a DJ company near her apartment, she started her work at 5:30 p.m. Instead of sharing dinner with her husband at nine, she ate alone at five and went to work.
Night work often leads to weight gain, so Rodriguez’s story might seem to be a?quirk. But unlike many such workers Rodriguez clocked out by 11 p.m. and got a regular night’s sleep. Perhaps even more important, she didn’t eat at work or when she got home — just showered and went to bed.
Her main change was moving dinnertime almost four hours earlier. That single, simple change seems to have caused Rodriguez’s weight loss — and scientific research may explain why.
In labs around the world, researchers are developing a completely new understanding of how our bodies work. It seems that our bodies process food fastest when it’s eaten during daylight hours. “That late-night bowl of ice cream may all go toward your waist (腰),”?says UCLA neuroscientist Christopher Colwell.
Just look at Satchidananda Panda’s mice. Panda, a biologist, is a leading expert on how the timing of food eating affects health. His team has found that mice that eat only during their active hours are healthier and thinner than mice that eat the same food over 24 hours.
Encouragingly, when unhealthy mice are allowed to eat only during their daytime, the condition of those having some diseases such as diabetes improves. “It’s likely we can help treat some diseases just by changing when people eat,” Panda says.
5. How did Jackie Rodriguez lose her weight?
A. By working late daily.
B. By changing her dinnertime.
C. By eating a certain kind of food.
D. By having dinner with her family.
6. The underlined word “quirk” in Paragraph 3 means something _____.
A. strange
B. possible
C. interesting
D. necessary
7. What does Christopher Colwell think of a late-night bowl of ice cream?
A. It can hardly affect our health.
B. It will cause us to put on weight.
C. It will affect how our bodies work.
D. It can be processed fast by our bodies.
8. What happens when some mice’s daily routines are changed?
A. They eat less.
B. They get a disease.
C. They are more active.
D. They become healthier.
参考答案
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短文改错
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72. ... meet people ...? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?meet?→?met
73. I think of ...?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?去掉of
74. ... good at help ...? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? help?→?helping
75. ... proves to being ...? ? ? ? ? ? ? being?→?be
76. ... really usefully ...? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?usefully?→?useful
77. ... my friend.??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? friend?→?friends
78. ... paying for ...? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?paying?→?paid
79. ... is important part ...? ? ? ? ? ? important前加an
80. ... the more important ... ?????? more?→?most
书面表达
One possible version:
Dear Charles,
I’m Li Hua, chairman of the Student Council of our school.?I’m writing to invite you to attend our Campus Drama Festival.
It is scheduled to be held on January 20 at the school hall and lasts a whole day. Eight plays directed and performed by the students will be shown from 8 to 12 am and 2 to 5 pm. Some traditional Chinese plays, such as?Havoc in Heaven?and?Empty City Strategy?will be included in the program, and therefore not only will you be able to enjoy the talents of the students, but also have a taste of Chinese culture.
I sincerely hope that you will accept the invitation and I’m sure that you will have great fun.
I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
部分解析
阅读理解
第一节
A篇（文学）
本文是应用文。获奖作家Lynda?La Plante和大家分享了几本对她有深刻影响的书。
21. C。细节理解题。由Wuthering Heights部分中的I’m listening to a story on the radio called Wuthering Heights. ... a different medium可知，Lynda通过听广播第一次了解了《呼啸山庄》所讲述的故事。
22. C。细节理解题。由The Water-Babies部分中的All my life I’ve asked questions too可知答案。
23. B。细节理解题。由The Faerie Queene部分中的was so proud of myself for keeping something that difficult in mind. Then I learned that I could learn words just as well as anyone可知，作者开始变得自信。
B篇（体育）
本文是记叙文。作者介绍了自己一次有惊无险的滑翔伞经历。
24. B。细节理解题。由第二段中的watching the wind cycles可知，作者在起跳之前先观察天气。
25. D。细节理解题。由第四段中的I love the unpredictability of each flight. Every flight is different可知，因为每一跳都有其不可预测性和独特的一面，所以吸引作者不断归来。
26. A。推理判断题。由划线句之前提到的作者在坠落及划线句之后提到尝试使用制动器但不管用可推断，作者此时应该很紧张。
27. D。细节理解题。作者最初准备在稻田降落，最后改变了主意，选择在一条小溪上降落。
C篇（科普知识与现代技术）
本文是新闻报道。日本开始试推行无人驾驶公交车，以解决老年人出行不便的问题。
28. B。细节理解题。由第一段中的as the population ages and becomes smaller和第二段中的where populations are not only graying, but becoming smaller可知，该地方的人口老龄化现象严重，而且人口数量缩减。
29. D。细节理解题。由第四段内容The government plans to turn highway rest stops into centers from which to drive the elderly to medical and banking services可知，政府计划建立一些乘客接送点。
30. A。推理判断题。由倒数第三段中的she would be open to using such services可推断，Shizu Yuzawa支持无人驾驶服务。
31. C。细节理解题。由最后一段中的but I’d like to see them go faster, at least at 40 kilometers per hour可知，Susumu希望无人驾驶公交车可以提速。
D篇（自然）
本文是说明文。科学家正在努力破解天降冰球之谜。
32. B。细节理解题。由第二段中的A large block of ice dropped into Loma Linda可知答案。
33. A。细节理解题。由第二段中的No one was hurt和第四段中的no one in the park was injured可知，这两起事件都未造成人员受伤。
34. C。细节理解题。由第六段中的They didn’t begin to receive serious scientific attention until a few years ago ... in 2000可知，从2000年开始，科学家才开始认真研究天降冰球现象。
35. C。细节理解题。由最后一段中的Martinez-Frias believes global warming is causing the troposphere to rise可知答案。
第二节
话题：个人情况
本文是记叙文。作者讲述了自己放弃做律师，进入马戏团之后的生活。
36. E。E项和上一句构成因果关系。且E项中的I took up gymnastics和下文中的did a trapeze course相呼应。
37. B。本段介绍了马戏团生活给作者带来的满足，即她对于马戏团生活最喜欢的部分。B项作小标题能够概括本段的大意。
38. G。G项是对上一句的解释，即为什么Linda不认为自己做出了牺牲。
39. D。D项中的at least 50呼应下文中的in their fifties。
40. F。F项回答了本段小标题的问题，对于想从事这一行业的人给出了建议。
语言知识运用
第一节
话题：家庭、朋友与周围的人
本文是记叙文。为筹钱买自行车，Brian打算成立社区宠物中心，帮助邻居照料宠物。
41. C。由下文中的Brian wanted a bike like Joe and Tyler had可知，Brian很想有一辆“自行车（bike）”。
42. D。由下文中的a bike like Joe and Tyler had ... their bikes were fast and strong可知，Joe和Tyler的自行车状况好，由本句中的had just gotten one for his birthday ... about a year old和下一句中的five years的对比可知，Joe的自行车是过生日时刚买的，Tyler的也“只（only）”买了一年左右，而Brian的已经五年了。
43. B。虽然车座已经调到最高，但是对于自行车而言，Brian的腿还是太“长（long）”。
44. C。“他们的车又快又结实”是Brian?想要类似Joe和Tyler车的原因，故填because。
45. C。由上文中的$110和$33.67可知，此处指从哪里能获得他所需要的“钱（money）”。
46. A。下文是Brian对于如何获得所需钱的“思考（thinking）”。
47. B。由下文Brian考虑通过让爸爸预付零花钱和向姐姐借钱可知，他的生日“还（still）”有5个月，所以无法通过收取生日礼物获得自行车。
48. B。下文中His dad对本空有提示。
49. D。由上文Brian考虑通过让爸爸预付零花钱的办法可推断，爸爸以前“同意（agreed）”预付的办法。
50. A。由下文中的She had a lot of money saved up from babysitting可知，姐姐可以“借（lend）”给他一些钱。
51. C。下文中的After catching the dog对本空有提示。
52. D。由下文中的Brian found Fifi behind a tree可知，Timmons夫人让Brian帮忙“找（find）”狗。
53. D。由下文Brian帮忙找狗并打算成立宠物服务中心可推断，他很“高兴（happy）”能帮助Timmons夫人。
54. B。由上文中的gotten out和下文中的catching可知，Timmons夫人年龄大了，“追（run after）”不动她的狗了。
55. B。由下文Timmons夫人感谢Brian可知，Brian捉到狗之后，把它“还（returned）”给了Timmons夫人。
56. D。Timmons夫人给Brian两美元表示“感谢（thankful）”。
57. A。由上文中的two dollars可知，Timmons夫人“付（pay）”给Brian钱。
58. C。下文中的He would set up a pet service是Brian想到的“主意（idea）”。
59. D。由上文中的pet service和下文中的take care of可知，Brian打算成立宠物服务中心帮助邻居“照料（look after）”宠物。
60. B。通过成立宠物服务中心帮助邻居照料宠物赚钱的方法能够使Brian很快实现自己买自行车的“梦想（dream）”。
第二节
61. to be。考查不定式作宾语的用法。be known to be ...?意为“被认为是……”。
62. a。考查不定冠词。a great number of意为“许多”。
63. and。考查连词。设空处表示并列关系，故填and。
64. lucky。考查形容词作表语的用法。设空处作表语，表示“幸运的”，故填lucky。
65. fought。考查一般过去时。由As a young man和in the Franco-Prussian War可知，此处是对过去事实的描述，应用一般过去时，故填fought。
66. which / that。考查关系代词。设空处引导限制性定语从句，修饰先行词stories，且在从句中作主语，故填which / that。
67. caught。考查过去分词作定语的用法。设空处作后置定语修饰poor people，又因为catch与poor people之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，且catch所表示的动作已完成，故填caught。
68. readers。考查名词复数。reader在此表示泛指，应用名词复数，故填readers。
69. starting。考查动词-ing形式作定语的用法。starting point意为“起点”。
70. is considered。考查一般现在时的被动语态。设空处所在句是对一般情况的描述，应用一般现在时，又因为Boule de Suif与consider之间是被动关系，故填is considered。
选做题参考答案及解析
参考答案
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解析
A篇（人际关系）
本文是新闻报道。女孩们通过开发手机app帮助他人、造福社区、改变世界。
1. B。细节理解题。由第一段中的for girls ages 10-18可知答案。
2. C。推理判断题。由第四段中的there would be a place for them in the tech industry and that they would have a great future ahead of them可知，Sundar Pichai看到参加决赛的选手们时，内心充满希望。
3. C。细节理解题。由倒数第三段中的to help patients remember their family可知答案。
4. A。推理判断题。由倒数第二段中的is a good helper when people are walking alone at night和In Kazakhstan, nine people, mostly young girls, go missing every day可推断，这款app可以帮助人们解决夜晚独自行走时的安全问题。
B篇（健康）
本文是说明文。吃饭时间对健康和体重有很大影响。
5. B。细节理解题。由第二段对Jackie Rodriguez工作和吃饭状况的描述和第四段中的Her main change was moving dinnertime almost four hours earlier可知，她体重减轻是因为她改变了吃饭时间。
6. A。词义猜测题。夜班工作往往造成体重增加，但是Jackie Rodriguez的体重却减轻了，说明她的事例是“奇怪的”。
7. B。细节理解题。由倒数第三段中的It seems that our bodies process food fastest when it’s eaten during daylight hours和That late-night bowl of ice cream may all go toward your waist可知，Christopher Colwell认为半夜吃冰激凌会增加体重。
8. D。细节理解题。由最后一段中的the condition of those having some diseases such as diabetes improves可知答案。