高中英语 牛津译林版（2019）高中英语必修第三册Unit 4 Scientists who changed the world 单元测试卷A（含解析）

高一下必修三Unit4 Scientists who changed the world
单元测试卷A
第一部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Four apps to keep your life on track
From simple task scheduling to detailed task management, all these apps offer everything you need for efficient task recording.
Focuster
With Focuster, you just need to add all your tasks and the tool will arrange them immediately in order of importance. After adding all the tasks, just press the Now button and the tool will show the tasks you should be focusing on for the day.
TeuxDeux
This useful app lets you schedule and organize all your tasks for the whole week. Just add the tasks below the day column and you're done. Want to move a task from one column to another? No worries. Its drag?and?drop interface(界面) lets you rearrange the task and add it to a different day's column. Additionally, TeuxDeux lets you add repeating tasks for a day.
TickTick
TickTick allows you to add tasks, subtasks, custom reminders as well as deadlines for a day, a week, or a month. In order to provide you with more ease in task scheduling, TickTick offers a nice calendar view, where you can add or edit tasks on a weekly or daily basis. It also has experimental features, which you can turn on if you want to try out beta capabilities(测试功能)．
Wunderlist
The app lets you create tasks, subtasks and allows you to share with your family, friends and colleagues. The whole app is designed in the most user?friendly way and offers you the ability to add deadlines, additional information and reminders.
1. To share your tasks with others, you'd prefer to choose ________．
A. Focuster　　　　　　B. TeuxDeux C. TickTick D. Wunderlist
2. What's the similarity between TeuxDeux and TickTick?
A. They offer a beautiful calendar view.
B. They have great experimental features.
C. They can help organize tasks for a week.
D. They have a very user?friendly interface.
3. What benefit can you get from the four apps?
A. Completing your work more easily.
B. Obtaining everything you need faster.
C. Getting access to the Internet more quickly.
D. Organizing your activities more effectively.
B
Here is a record of the discussion about AI (artificial intelligence) conducted by several scientists：
Scientist A: I would say that we are quite a long way off developing the AI, though I do think it will happen within the next thirty or forty years. We will probably remain in control of technology and it will help us solve many of the world's problems. However, no one really knows what will happen if machines become more intelligent than humans. They may help us, ignore us or destroy us. I tend to believe AI will have a positive influence on our future lives, but whether that is true will be partly up to us.
Scientist B: I have to admit that the potential consequences of creating something that can match or go beyond human intelligence frighten me. Even now, scientists are teaching computers how to learn on their own. At some point in the near future, their intelligence may well take off and develop at an ever?increasing speed. Human beings evolve biologically very slowly and we would be quickly replaced. In the short term, there is the danger that robots will take over millions of human jobs, creating a large underclass of unemployed people. This could mean large?scale poverty and social unrest. In the long term, machines might decide the world would be better without humans.
Scientist C: I'm a member of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. Forget the movie image of a terrifying Terminator(终结者) stamping on human skulls and think of what's happening right now: military machines like drones, gun turrets and sentry robots are already being used to kill with very little human input. The next step will be autonomous “murderbots” following orders but finally deciding who to kill on their own. It seems clear to me that this would be extremely dangerous for humans. We need to be very cautious indeed about what we ask machines to do.
4. What is Scientist B worried about?
A. AI technology will destroy the earth.
B. Robots will take the place of humans.
C. Computers can't think by themselves.
D. Humans will be unhappy without machines.
5. What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. I launched the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots.
B. We forget the movie image of a terrifying Terminator.
C. “Murderbots” will be against humans' orders.
D. “Murderbots” can't decide by themselves.
6. Which statement is CORRECT according to the record?
A. The employment will be affected by AI technology in the future.
B. Scientist A thinks AI technology will never develop.
C. “Murderbots” will follow the orders of their manufacturers in the wars.
D. All the three scientists agree that AI technology will benefit human beings.
7. Who agree(s) AI has more negative aspects than positive aspects?
A. Scientist A. B. Scientists B & C. C. Scientist B. D. Scientists B & A.
C
In science, a theory is a reasonable explanation of observed events that are related. A theory often involves an imaginary model that helps scientists picture the way an observed event could be produced. A good example of this is found in the kinetic molecular(分子运动) theory, in which gases are pictured as being made up of many small particles(微粒) that are in constant motion.
A useful theory, in addition to explaining past observations, helps to predict events that have not as yet been observed. After a theory has been publicized, scientists design experiments to test the theory. If observations confirm the scientists' predictions, the theory is supported. If observations do not confirm the predictions, the scientists must search further. There the scientists must search further. There may be a fault in the experiment, or the theory may have to be revised or rejected.
Science involves imagination and creative thinking as well as collecting information and performing experiments. Facts by themselves are not science. As the mathematician Jules Henri Poincare said: “Science is built with facts just as a house is built with bricks, but a collection of facts cannot be called science any more than a pile of bricks can be called a house.”
Most scientists start an investigation by finding out what other scientists have learned about a particular problem. After known facts have been gathered, the scientist comes to the part of the investigation that requires considerable imagination. Possible solutions to the problem are formulated(制定). These possible solutions are called hypotheses(假设)．
In a way, any hypothesis is a leap into the unknown. It extends the scientist's thinking beyond the known facts. The scientist plans experiments, performs calculations, and makes observations to test hypotheses. For without hypotheses, further investigation lacks purpose and direction. When hypotheses are confirmed, they are incorporated(合并) into theories.
8. According to Paragraph 2, a useful theory is one that helps scientists to ________．
A. observe events　　　 B. make predictions
C. publicize new findings D. find errors in past experiments
9. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to Paragraphs 3 and 4?
A. Science is more than a collection of facts.
B. Hypotheses are made before an observed event.
C. Hypotheses are facts that are not proven to be true.
D. A scientist's most difficult task is collecting information.
10. According to the last paragraph, a major function of hypotheses is ________．
A. confirming known facts
B. linking together different theories
C. providing direction for scientific research
D. communicating a scientist's thoughts to others
11. What may be the best title of this passage?
A. Hypotheses B. Observations
C. Scientific Theories D. Creative Thinking
D
To advance wind turbine(涡轮机) technology to meet the requirements of extremely rough environments like that on Mars, Ames partnered with NSF (the National Science Foundation) and the Department of Energy. “It was clear that a lot of the same features were also found in the cold regions of the Earth，” says Bubenheim. “NASA took the leadership on the team because we had the longest?term technology—a Mars turbine.”
Years before, NSF had worked with a company called Northern Power Systems (NPS), based in Barre, Vermont, to build a 3?kilowatt wind turbine on Black Island off the coast of Antarctica. The main purpose of this turbine was to power communications to the NSF's South Pole station. In 1993, Ames awarded the same company a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract(合同) to construct a similar wind turbine at the South Pole.
Jonathan Lynch, the chief technology officer at NPS, says the South Pole has less wind than Black Island but is even colder. “It's hard to have steels that work in those temperatures，” he says. “The cold affects the parts and everything gets extremely fragile(脆弱). We looked at which materials were appropriate for flexible wires, irons, and steels, and what lubrication(润滑) systems were going to work and for what temperatures over a long period of time.”
In 1997, NPS made a 3?kilowatt turbine at the South Pole, and then began developing a 100?kilowatt turbine that could function in the same extreme conditions. The first types of the larger turbine were successfully deployed in Kotzebue, Alaska and Golden, Colorado. “They were fully tested in loads to make sure they worked, and we then built a lot of them，” says Lynch.
By 2000, the wind turbine technology had won an R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine, and since then, says Bubenheim, “It's been copied and put in a lot of places around the globe.”
12. From the first paragraph, we can infer that ________．
A. the team wanted to build a wind turbine used on Mars
B. Mars and the Earth have the same features
C. NASA played the most important part in the team
D. the team was made up of Ames, NSF, the Department of Energy and NASA
13. Which of the following is RIGHT according to the passage?
A. The wind turbine technology was invented by Ames.
B. NPS made wind turbines for NSF and Ames.
C. NSF and Ames both used the wind turbines at the same place.
D. The wind turbine technology was only used in America.
14. What's the main idea of the 3rd paragraph?
A. The South Pole has worse condition than the Black Island.
B. NPS had confidence to build a wind turbine for the South Pole.
C. The materials for the turbines have to stand the extreme cold.
D. NPS had more challenges in building a wind turbine for the South Pole.
15. The word “deployed” in the 4th paragraph can be replaced by “________”．
A. made B. invented C. used D. advanced
第二节(共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Light in a bottle
This is such a simple idea! It's a special lamp that needs and costs nothing to run. It wasn't invented by a famous scientist, but by a man called Alfredo Moser in Brazil sixteen years ago. In his hometown at the time, they had problems with electricity. __16__ One day, Moser and his friends were talking about how they could create a signal in an emergency. One of them suggested using a bottle to reflect the light from the sun. This made Moser think. __17__
All you need is a clean plastic bottle. Fill it with water and close it with a black top. The black top attracts the sun. A drop of bleach(漂白剂), the kind you use to clean the house, is added to the water to keep it clean. Then a small hole is cut in the roof of the room where you want the light, and the bottle is pushed through the hole. __18__ It's much stronger than the light from a candle!
Moser shared his idea with his neighbours and his light bottles were fixed in the local supermarket. Ten years later, the MyShelter Foundation in the Philippines heard about Moser's idea. __19__ Now there are Moser lamps in more than 140，000 homes throughout the Philippines and the idea has spread to a number of other countries, too. __20__ Moser lamps have surely made life easier for a lot of people!
A. Why not use water to make light?
B. In India, the bottles are used in countryside schools.
C. Moser was very good at making things around the home.
D. People's homes and small businesses were often left in the dark.
E. Following Moser's method, the organization started making lamps in 2011.
F. While there's sunlight outside, the light will be carried through the water into the room below.
G. MyShelter also offers training for people who want to earn money by fixing the lamps in their communities.
16. ________　17. ________　18. ________
19. ________　20. ________
第二部分　语言知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选择中，选出最佳选项。
Yesterday, a salesman called me to sell his phone plans. I was at work and while I usually don't like spending time on those things, I __21__ myself that I couldn't talk yet and __22__ that he call me back at 6 pm.
That's what he did. So we talked about 20 minutes. He __23__ to me his different phone plans. While listening to him, sometimes I was __24__ in my thoughts. I gave several “hmm hmm”， as a sign of agreement and to __25__ that I was still there. Sometimes, I felt a bit __26__. But I stayed calm and __27__ until the end of the discussion.
Finally, he said the following to me: “Thank you, Olivier. You are the first person in a long time with whom I had an enjoyable conversation. __28__， people shout at us and slam down the phone. Today, since 10 am, I hadn't had a phone __29__ without an offense. I know you had a long day at work and you could have __30__ in front of your TV. But you listened so carefully to me. I am __31__ and I sincerely thank you.”
It set me thinking. He had been the __32__ of verbal violence(语言暴力) all through his working day. Physical __33__ do not exist in this situation but dehumanization(非人性) seems to happen. __34__， he was only doing his job. I felt a sense of __35__ that I hadn't treated him so rudely.
21. A. found　　　　 B. excused
C. reminded D. forgave
22. A. replied B. agreed
C. suggested D. ordered
23. A. explained B. admitted
C. apologized D. reported
24. A. stuck B. involved
C. interested D. lost
25. A. announce B. ensure
C. confirm D. imagine
26. A. impatient B. discouraged
C. concerned D. nervous
27. A. generous B. reliable
C. cheerful D. polite
28. A. Unexpectedly B. Usually
C. Eventually D. Similarly
29. A. meeting B. interview
C. conversation D. appointment
30. A. relaxed B. slept
C. talked D. played
31. A. annoyed B. proud
C. touched D. curious
32. A. proof B. target
C. supporter D. result
33. A. activities B. exercises
C. disabilities D. conflicts
34. A. Yet B. Besides
C. Otherwise D. Instead
35. A. honor B. loss
C. relief D. trust
第二节(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。
The Mid?Autumn Day is a very important traditional festival in China. It takes its name from the fact that it (36)________ (celebrate) in the middle of the autumn season. The Mid?Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. The day is known as the Moon Festival, as at the time of the year, the moon is at its roundest and (37)________ (bright). It is an evening celebration in (38)________ families gather together and eat moon cakes. Besides, (39)________ (make) the house more beautiful, people will hang red lanterns in front of it. On that day, people look back on the past and look forward to the future together. Children will play with their own (40)________ (toy) and enjoy themselves.
The Mid?Autumn Festival celebrations date back (41)________ more than 2，000 years. The word “Mid?Autumn” first (42)________ (appear) in the famous ancient book Zhou Li. However, it was not (43)________ the early Tang Dynasty that people celebrated the day as a traditional festival. It became an (44)________ (official) established festival during the Song Dynasty, and has become as popular as the Spring Festival since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Celebrations have continued ever since and more customs for (45)________ (mark) this occasion have been formed.
第三部分　应用文写作(满分15分)
假设你是李华， 你校即将举办一场孔子思想讲座， 主题是 “见贤思齐焉， 见不贤而内自省也”。请写一封邮件邀请对中国传统文化感兴趣的交换生Jim听讲座， 内容包括：
1. 时间、地点；
2. 讲座主题；
3. 可能的收获。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节， 以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：《论语》The Analects of Confucius；儒家思想 Confucianism
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Unit 4 单元测试卷A
第一部分　阅读理解
第一节
A
【文章大意】　本文介绍了四个让你的生活保持正轨的应用程序。
1. D　细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“The app lets you create tasks, subtasks and allows you to share with your family, friends and colleagues.”(这款软件允许你创建任务、子任务，并允许你与家人、朋友和同事分享。)由此可知，要想与他人分享你的任务，你会选择Wunderlist，故D项正确。
2. C　细节理解题。根据第三段中的“This useful app lets you schedule and organize all your tasks for the whole week.”(这个有用的应用程序可以让你安排和组织整个星期的任务。)及第四段中的“TickTick allows you to add tasks, subtasks, custom reminders as well as deadlines for a day, a week, or a month.”(TickTick允许您添加任务、子任务、自定义提醒一天、一周或一个月的截止日期)可知，TeuxDeux 和TickTick的相似之处是这两个应用程序都可以帮助你组织一周的任务，故C项正确。
3. D　细节理解题。根据第一段内容(从简单的任务调度到详细的任务管理，这四个应用程序都提供了高效记录任务所需的一切。)由此可知，这四个应用程序都可以让你更有效地组织你的活动，故D项正确。
B
【文章大意】　本文是一篇议论文。人工智能对人类的生活产生了很大的影响，文章中介绍了三位科学家对人工智能的不同观点。
4. B　细节理解题。根据第三段的“In the short term, there is the danger that robots will take over millions of human jobs, creating a large underclass of unemployed people.”可知Scientist B很担心机器人会取代人的工作，引起很多人失业。故B项正确。
5. C　词义猜测题。根据划线句和前句The next step will be autonomous “murderbots” following orders but finally deciding who to kill on their own. It seems clear to me that this would be extremely dangerous for humans.可知有可能会出现自动杀人的机器人，这对人类来说是非常危险的。句中的it指代前句中“murderbots”不听从人类的命令而开始屠杀人类。故C项正确。
6. A　推理判断题。根据第三段的“In the short term, there is the danger that robots will take over millions of human jobs, creating a large underclass of unemployed people.”可知未来的机器人会取代人的工作，人类将会受到机器人的影响。这是无法逃避的事情，故A项正确。
7. B　细节理解题。根据第三、四段第一句“Scientist B: I have to admit that the potential consequences of creating something that can match or go beyond human intelligence frighten me.” “Scientist C: I'm a member of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots.”可知Scientist B & C都认为人工智能负面影响更大。故B项正确。
C
【文章大意】　这是一篇说明文。短文介绍了什么是科学理论以及如何获得科学理论。
8. B　细节理解题。根据第二段的“A useful theory...helps to predict events(有用的理论可以起到预测事件作用)”，可知有用的理论能够帮助科学家预测。故选B项。
9. A　细节理解题。根据第三段的“but a collection of facts cannot be called science(但一连串的事实并不能称之为科学)”，可知科学并不简单等同于事实。故选A项。
10. C　推理判断题。根据最后一段的“For without hypotheses, further investigation lacks purpose and direction.(要是没有假设的话，进一步的调查就会缺少目的和方向)”，由此判断出，假设的主要功能是为科学研究提供方向。故选C项。
11. C　主旨大意题。纵观全文结构，从首段的“In science, a theory is a reasonable explanation of observed events that are related.(在科学中，理论是对所观察到的相关事件的合理解释。)”这种下定义的写作手法来引出文章主题；到后几段作者论述“A useful theory, in addition to explaining past observations, helps to predict events that have not as yet been observed.” “Science involves imagination and creative thinking as well as collecting information and performing experiments.” “Most scientists start an investigation by finding out what other scientists have learned about a particular problem.” “In a way, any hypothesis is a leap into the unknown.” (一个有用的理论，除了解释过去的观察，还有助于预测尚未观察到的事件。科学包括想象力和创造性思维，以及收集信息和进行实验。大多数科学家通过找出其他科学家对某个特定问题的了解来开始研究。在某种程度上，任何假设都是对未知的一次飞跃。)所以全文都在围绕“科学理论”这个主题展开解释说明。所以短文的最佳标题为“科学理论”。故选C项。
D
【文章大意】　文章讲述了涡轮机技术在寒冷气候条件下的发展与应用。
12. C　推理判断题。根据第一段NASA took the leadership on the team because we had the longest?term technology—a Mars turbine.(NASA领导了这个团队，因为我们有最长期的技术——火星涡轮机。)可知，NASA在团队中扮演了最重要的角色。故选C。
13. B　细节理解题。根据第二段Years before, NSF had worked with a company called Northern Power Systems (NPS), based in Barre, Vermont, to build a 3?kilowatt wind turbine on Black Island off the coast of Antarctica.(几年前，NSF曾与一家名为北方电力系统(NPS)的公司合作，该公司总部设在佛蒙特州的巴雷，在南极洲海岸的黑岛上建造了一台3千瓦的风力涡轮机。)和In 1993, Ames awarded the same company a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract(合同) to construct a similar wind turbine at the South Pole.(1993年，Ames给了这家公司一份小企业创新研究(SBIR)合同，在南极建造一个类似的风力涡轮机。)可知，NPS为NSF和Ames公司制造风力涡轮机，所以选项B正确。
14. D　主旨大意题。阅读第三段内容，并根据It's hard to have steels that work in those temperatures(在这样的温度下很难让钢铁工作)和The cold affects the parts and everything gets extremely fragile(脆弱). We looked at which materials were appropriate for flexible wires, irons, and steels, and what lubrication(润滑) systems were going to work and for what temperatures over a long period of time.(寒冷会影响身体的各个部分，一切都变得极其脆弱。我们研究了哪些材料适合于柔性电线、熨铁和钢材，以及什么润滑系统可以工作，以及在很长一段时间内在什么温度下工作。)可知，第三段主要讲述NPS在为南极建造风力涡轮机方面面临着更多的挑战。故选D。
15. C　词义猜测题。根据划线单词后一句They were fully tested in loads to make sure they worked, and we then built a lot of them(我们对它们进行了全面的负载测试，以确保它们能够工作，然后我们建造了很多这样的涡轮机)可推知，划线单词“deployed”在前一句的意思是“使用”，这句话的意思是“第一种较大的涡轮机在阿拉斯加的科特泽布和科罗拉多州的戈尔登成功使用。”，故选C。
第二节
【文章大意】　文章介绍了莫泽发明莫泽灯和莫泽灯给人们带来的便利。
16. D　前文提到In his hometown at the time, they had problems with electricity.(当时在他的家乡，电力供应出现了问题。)D. People's homes and small businesses were often left in the dark. (人们的家和小企业经常处在黑暗中。)与上文相呼应，D项中的dark与上文中的problems相照应。故选D项。
17. A　前文提到This made Moser think.(这让莫泽思考。)A. Why not use water to make light? (为什么不用水来发光呢？)承接上文，且A选项的问句形式与上文中的think相照应。故选A项。
18. F　根据前文Then a small hole is cut in the roof of the room where you want the light, and the bottle is pushed through the hole.(然后在房间的屋顶上开一个小洞，把瓶子从洞里推出去。)F. While there's sunlight outside, the light will be carried through the water into the room below.(当外面有阳光的时候，光线会通过水进入下面的房间。)解释前文开小洞的原因。故选F项。
19. E　结合后文Now there are Moser lamps in more than 140，000 homes throughout the Philippines and the idea has spread to a number of other countries, too.(现在，在菲律宾超过140000个家庭安装了莫泽灯，这个想法也传播到了其他一些国家。)E. Following Moser's method, the organization started making lamps in 2011.(按照莫泽的方法，该组织于2011年开始生产灯具。)后文为E项的结果。故选E项。
20. B　前文提到Now there are Moser lamps in more than 140，000 homes throughout the Philippines and the idea has spread to a number of other countries, too.(现在，在菲律宾超过140000个家庭安装了莫泽灯，这个想法也传播到了其他一些国家。)B. In India, the bottles are used in countryside schools.(在印度，瓶子被用在乡下学校)中的In India与上文中的other countries相照应。故选B项。
第二部分　语言知识运用
第一节
【文章大意】　一个电信公司销售员给作者打电话推销电话套餐，作者借口自己无法说话，并建议他之后再打，晚上，作者接到了电话，销售员很感动并感谢作者的耐心，因为销售员经常在工作期间成为了语言暴力的对象。
21. B　考查动词。句意：但我借口自己还不能说话。由上文的I was at work and while I usually don't like spending time on those things可知，作者是借口不能说话。故选B项。
22. C　考查动词。句意：并建议他下午6点给我回电话。由上文语境可知，作者借口不能说话，所以建议销售员在下午6点给他回电话。故选C项。
23. A　考查动词。句意：他向我解释了他不同的电话套餐。explain解释；admit承认；apologize道歉；report报道。由上文的So we talked about 20 minutes可知，他们聊天了，所以销售员会对作者解释不同的电话套餐。故选A项。
24. D　考查形容词。句意：在听他的时候，有时我会陷入沉思。由下文的I gave several “hmm hmm”可知，作者并未认真听讲，而是陷入沉思，be lost in固定搭配，意为“陷入沉思”。故选D项。
25. C　考查动词。句意：我给了几个“嗯哼”，表示同意，并确认我还在那里。announce宣布；ensure确保；confirm确认；imagine想象。由上文的I gave several “hmm hmm”， as a sign of agreement和下文的I was still there可知，作者用hmm hmm确认自己还在听讲。故选C项。
26. A　考查形容词。句意：有时候，我觉得有点不耐烦。impatient不耐烦的；discouraged泄气的；concerned担心的；nervous紧张的。由下文的But I stayed calm可知，作者不耐烦但还是保持了冷静。故选A项。
27. D　考查形容词。句意：但在讨论结束前，我一直保持冷静和礼貌。由上文的I stayed calm可知，此处意为保持冷静与礼貌，才结束对话。故选D项。
28. B　考查副词。句意：通常，人们对我们大喊大叫，然后砰的一声挂掉电话。Unexpectedly意外地；Usually通常；Eventually最终；Similarly相似地。由上文语境可知，作者是第一个长时间听他讲话的人，可知，通常人们对销售员大喊大叫然后挂电话。故选B项。
29. C　考查名词。句意：今天上午10点起，我就没有一次毫无冒犯的电话交谈。销售员是电话销售员，由上文的You are the first person in a long time with whom I had an enjoyable conversation可知，此处意为“电话对话”。故选C项。
30. A　考查动词。句意：我知道你工作了一整天，你本可以在电视机前放松一下。由下文的in front of your TV可知，作者本可以在电视前放松的(但作者选择了听销售员推销电话套餐)。故选A项。
31. C　考查形容词。句意：我很感动，我真诚地感谢你。annoyed恼怒的；proud骄傲的；touched感动的；curious好奇的。由下文的I sincerely thank you可知，销售员很感动，所以感谢作者。故选C项。
32. B　考查名词。句意：他在整个工作日都是语言暴力的目标。proof证据；target目标；supporter支持者；result结果。由上文的people shout at us and slam down the phone可知，销售员成了语言暴力的目标。故选B项。
33. D　考查名词。句意：在这种情况下不存在身体冲突，但似乎发生了非人性的事情。activities活动；exercises练习；disabilities残疾；conflicts冲突。由上文的He had been the __32__ of verbal violence(语言暴力) all through his working day可知，不存在身体冲突。故选D项。
34. A　考查副词。句意：然而，他只是在做他的工作。由语境可知，前后两句表转折，应用Yet。故选A项。
35. C　考查名词。句意：我没有对他那么粗鲁，感到如释重负。honor荣耀；loss失落；relief放松；trust信任。由下文的I hadn't treated him so rudely可知，作者没有对销售员粗鲁，所以作者感觉如释重负。故选C项。
第二节
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40. toys　41. to　42. appeared　43. until　44. officially　45. marking
第三部分　应用文写作
Dear Jim，
Good news for you! There will be a lecture about Confucious next week in our school. Since you are very interested in Chinese culture, this is a good chance for you to get a glimpse of its origin—Confucianism.
The lecture is scheduled to be held at 6 pm next Friday, in Lecture Hall 1. You know we modern Chinese get to know the ideas of Confucious from the book The Analects of Confucius, which keeps a record of his ideas and thoughts about politics and life. The invited professor will focus on one of Confucious' sayings—When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
After the lecture, you will know what we Chinese follow in our private life and what shapes our personality. We are a people who are good at reflecting on our thoughts and behaviours.
If you are interested in the lecture, remember to be in Lecture Hall 1 at 6 pm next Friday.
Yours，
Li Hua