高中英语 Unit 3 Life in the future试题

感顿市安乐阳光实验学校草塔中学高中英语 Unit 3 Life in the future试题
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. —I suppose he’ll pass the exam, _____?
—Of course he will.
A. will he
B. won’t he
C. don’t I
D. do I
2. The _____ on her face suggested that she was greatly shocked at the news.
A. introduction
B. impression
C. description
D. expression
3. Since everything develops, we have to make adjustment _____ the changing situation.
A. in
B. on
C. to
D. through
4. They haven’t seen each other for ten years, but they still keep in _____ contact with each other.
A. constant
B. instant
C. content
D. consistent
5. To tell you the truth, every one, including me, won’t _____ your selfness and rudeness.A. fasten B. press C. suffer D. tolerate
6. _____ confidence resulted in his failure in the interview.
A. Lack of
B. Lack for
C. Lacking of
D. Being lacked
7. Considering that you have no _____ experience, it’s doubtful that you’ll get the job.
A. efficient
B. previous
C. original
D. unusual
8. She first _____ singing and dancing, but soon lost intere st and became
a businesswoman.
A. took up
B. took in
C. took over
D. took down
9. I watched the plane go higher and higher until I lost _____ of it.
A. view
B. scene
C. vision
D. sight
10. The match is going to start in a minute. Let’s _____.
A. hurry on
B. go on
C. speed up
D. sweep up
11. It seems to be rather hard for the old man to _____ from French to Japanese.
A. change
B. exchange
C. switch
D. transform
12. With the help of the Internet, we can get all kinds of information we need _____.
A. at times
B. in good time
C. at a time
D. in no time
13. The first textbook _____ for teaching English as a foreign language
came out in the 16th century.
A. had written
B. to be written
C. being written
D. written
14. _____ in thought, he didn’t notice his teacher coming into the classroom at all.
A. Losing
B. Having lost
C. Lost
D. To lose
15. Although they just met for the first time, they talked _____ they had been friends for many years.
A. as if
B. even if
C. such as
D. so long as
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Nine years ago around Christmas, I was on a Captiva Island beach at sunrise. I crouched (蹲) low there and immersed (沉浸于) myself in the false hope of finding a treasure (宝物) larger than the small 16 on the shore.
A man jogged along the waves 17 my direction. When he came near me, he slowed to a walk. I didn’t 18 him until he was almost standing over me. Too young to be 19 of strangers, I got on my feet and looked at him. It was then that I saw what was in his 20 , a beautiful bright cream-colored shell, the kind of thing that I was looking for. He smiled as I stared in 21 , and then, to my shock, he handed it to me. I held it 22 before me like a diamond, not 23 my eyes. “I think you will like it,” he said, and then continued his 24 down the beach.
I do not 25 his voice, his clothes or even his face, 26 I do still have the shell, and the greatest lesson I’ve ever 27 . Now the shell sits on my bedside table, not as 28 and big as it was, but it is still there, a 29 reminder that there is 30 in the world.
That man saved my belief in the kindness of people, and he saved my belief that one can find what means something in life. I see my shell every day, and I know that I can 31 bad days because there are good things in my life. In the end, all that we have is 32 we have done for others. The shell is 33 to me, as important as another man who returned to the plane to 34 me my lost jacket.
I know that 35 a difference in someone’s life, no matter how big or small, is what truly matters, and that it is worth all the treasure in the world.
16. A. fish B. frog C. shell D. diamond
17. A. to B. for C. through D. in
18. A. recognize B. know C. notice D. follow
19. A. tired B. shy C. fond D. proud
20. A. hand B. coat C. clothes D. bag
21. A. despair B. fear C. amazement D. disappointment
22. A. formally B. calmly C. carefully D. hopefully
23. A. imagining B. presenting C. thinking D. believing
24. A. walk B. run C. ride D. drive
25. A. remember B. realize C. respect D. remind
26. A. so B. or C. unless D. but
27. A. accepted B. learned C. taken D. received
28. A. dirty B. bright C. hard D. soft
29. A. noisy B. quiet C. wise D. stupid
30. A. equality B. honesty C. bravery D. kindness
31. A. get down B. get through C. turn down D. turn off
32. A. where B. how C. what D. why
33. A. necessary B. essential C. valuable D. important
34. A. sell B. buy C. remove D. give
35. A. telling B. making C. doing D. getting
第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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 ★
Every night Johnny entered “Thought for the Day” in the computer and then printed fifty pages. Johnny cut out each quote and signed his name on every one of them. Then he put them in a paper bag he kept beside him at work. When he finished bagging someone’s food, he put his “Thought for the Day” in the customer’s bag.
It touched me to think that this young man had made his job important by making good memories for all his customers.
A month later the store manager called me. He said, “Barbara, you won’t believe what happened today. When I was making my rounds, I found Johnny’s line was three times longer than anyone else’s! So I got more cashiers (收银员) out here and got more lanes (通道) open, trying to get people to change lanes. But no one would move. They want Johnny’s
‘Thought for the Day’.”
He continued, “I got a lump in the throat when one woman came up to me and said, ‘I used to shop at your store only once a week, but now I come in every time I go by for Johnny’s ‘Thought for the Day’.”
A few months later, the store manager called me again. “Barbara,” he said, “Johnny has changed our store. Now when there’s a broken flower, there’ll be an elderly woman or a little girl to repair it. All of our cashiers now have their own personal signature (签名). Our customers are talking about us ... in a good way, coming back, and bringing their friends.”
36. Johnny cut out those quotes to ______.
A. encourage himself to work hard
B. make good memories for his customers
C. get his manager’s praise
D. draw others’ attention
37. How did Johnny deal with those quotes?
A. He handed them to customers before they left.
B. He let others hand quotes to customers.
C. He put them in customers’ shopping-bags.
D. He put them in customers’ pockets.
38. What did the store manager see a month later?
A. Customers didn’t buy anything but asked for “Thought for the Day”.
B. Many customers chose Johnny’s line to pay for their food.
C. The store was once out of order because there were too many customers.
D. All of his cashiers had their own personal signature.
39. The underlined part “a lump in the throat” (in Paragraph 4) probably means “______”.
A. sorry
B. sad
C. worried
D. moved
B ★★
It was in 1865 that two Frenchmen were looking into the future. Edouard de Laboulaye, who studied history, admired the United States greatly. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was a famous artist. De Laboulaye was thinking about 1876, when the country he respected so much would celebrate its 100th birthday. What gift would be good enough for the people of France to give? Right away, Bartholdi thought of a giant statue.
Bartholdi kept thinking about a statue for several years. Then, in 1871, he visited the United States and saw the perfect place for a huge statue. It was Bedloe’s Island in New York.
The project — the Statue of Liberty — got started almost immediately, and Bartholdi went home to France to begin work. However, the statue was not finished in time for the 100th birthday. The United States Congress approved (批准) the use of Bedloe’s Island on February 22, 1877. During the 100th celebration in 1876, the arm of the statue that would hold the torch was shown in Philadelphia. In 1879 the huge head was put on display in France. For the face of the statue, Bartholdi used his mother as a model.
The statue was finally completed in 1884. The work had been difficult enough, but then some really hard work began. The statue had to be taken apart and packed into boxes. It was not until May 1885 that the statue — in pieces — left France for its new home.
The statue arrived in June. However, the Americans fell behind on their part of the project. They hadn’t raised enough money for building the base of the statue. People wondered if the country really needed or wanted such a gift. Finally, though, the money was raised and the base was completed. The last piece of the statue was put in place on October 28, 1886.
40. What’s the right order of the following events?
a. The arm of the statue that would hold the torch was shown in
Philadelphia.
b. The United States Congress approved the use of Bedloe’s Island.
c. The huge head of the statue was put on display in France.
d. Bartholdi visited the United States.
A. dabc
B. dbac
C. bacd
D. bdac
41. When did the work on the statue begin?
A. As soon as Bartholdi thought of it.
B. After the United States Congress agreed to it.
C. After Bartholdi saw Bedloe’s Island.
D. Not until the US had raised enough money.
42. What happened after the Statue of Liberty was completed?
A. It was put together for shipping.
B. It was taken apart and packed for shipping.
C. It was cleaned up for shipping.
D. It was put in place on its base in France.
43. How many years did it take for the Statue of Liberty to be put in place on its base after it was completed?
A. 19.
B. 15.
C. 1.
D. 2.
C ★
Last July, we asked what you dream of doing as an adult. Thanks for your great responses! We wish we had room to print them all. Here are just a few.
Work and Play
My dream job is being a construction worker, but only on an amusement park.
James Martian, Age 9
Alaska
Royal Fashion Designer
My dream job is to sew dresses for a queen. I could make whatever design I wanted. Her breakfast dress would be blue and long. Her lunch dress is purple and medium. Her dinner dress is red and short. They would all have sparkles (闪烁的光). I think they would be pretty. I like my dream job.
Jenna Suchyta, Age 6
Washington
A “PoliceLawFireman”
When I grow up, I want to be a policeman or a fireman or a lawyer because they help people. Maybe I will combine all three and become a “PoliceLawFireman”. I can work as a policeman in the morning. I can do law things in the afternoon. I can do fireman things in the evening. But for now, I want to be a boxer to build up my muscles. I will need my strength!
Avi Samuels, Age 7
Illinois
Playing in the Band
My dream job is to become a professional guitarist and vocalist (歌手) for my future five-member rock band. I practice the acoustic (原声的) guitar, and I have written hundreds of songs! The reason I want to be a guitarist and vocalist is that I am very interested in music itself, so I want to create some of my own.
Jake Francis, Age 12
Ohio
44. What do you think is the best title for the passage?
A. Your future!
B. Your dream job!
C. Your idea!
D. Your great chance!
45. Who has done something for his / her future?
A. James Martian.
B. Avi Samuels.
C. Jenna Suchyta.
D. Jake Francis.
46. Where can you find this passage?
A. In a children’s magazine.
B. In a fashion magazine.
C. In an entertainment newspaper.
D. On a website.
D ★★
In the far, far future, bicycles and perhaps skates may be run by jet power, and a new thing to ride may be a small flying saucer (飞碟). Imagine a race between them!
There may be telepathy helmets (心灵感应帽) that send thought waves from your brain to that of your friend miles away. You just think a thought and your friend knows it! You can have secrets with each other that nobody else can turn in on!
What about the food of the future? Scientists think that much of it will be artificial — made in factories from such surprising things as coal, limestone, air, and water. The artificial food will be healthful because all the things that you need to live a long and healthy life will be put into it.
The future hospitals will probably have “body banks” that can give you almost any new part you need to keep on living. People of the future may live to be a lot older than 100 years.
What about highways of the future? Well, a very small child probably will be able to drive a car. Nobody will need to steer (驾驶). Electric signals will hold each car on the right road to get wherever the “driver”wants to go. And it probably will be impossible for cars to smash together. Controls that won’t even have to be touched will make all speeding cars miss each other or will put on the brakes. Driving cars will be as safe as being at home.
But maybe the most wonderful surprise in the future will be weather control. Cities may have giant plastic domes (圆顶罩) over them to keep
out snow, rain, or storms. When you plan a picnic in a park, you won’t have to worry about rain. It will rain only whe n the “weatherman” thinks it is necessary to fresh the air inside the city. All other days will be fair and warm.
The future should be a wonderful time in which to live and the time we are living in now is also a wonderful future to the people who lived 100 years ago.
47. The underlined word “that” (in Paragraph 2) refers to ______.
A. telepathy helmet
B. the brain
C. thought wave
D. the secret
48. What can we learn from the passage?
A. With telepathy helmets, we can share our thoughts without any word.
B. The artificial food made from coal and limestone tastes the most delicious in the future.
C. There will be “body banks” instead of hospitals in the future.
D. Plastic domes themselves can automatically control the weather.
49. With the future highways, ______.
A. small children have to learn to drive
B. car accidents still couldn’t be avoided
C. we can be taken to the destination without steering
D. cars will be no longer equipped with brakes
50. The author’s attitude towards the future life is ______.A. optimistic B. pessimistic
C. satisfied
D. doubtful
E ★★★
Like cats, geckos (壁虎) always land on their feet. If they happen to fall from a wall or leaf they’ve been climbing, a quick move of the tail makes sure that they land feet first.
Geckos are truly built for climbing: their special feet have hairy toes fixed to a wall or other vertical (垂直的) surface in just a few thousandths of a second. This lets geckos run 15 body lengths up a vertical surface in just one second.
Researchers had thought this was all the equipment geckos needed to keep their feet firmly on the wall. But it turns out that’s not the case.
A gecko’s long tail becomes necessary to stay wall-bound when its feet move on a slippery surface, and also if its feet can’t keep hold.
The researchers noticed that when geckos fell or jumped off a wall, they always landed stomach-side down regardless of whether they began falling upside-down (颠倒地).
To find out how they righted themselves during their falling, the researchers conducted an experiment by placing the geckos upside-down on what looks like the underside of a leaf. When they lost their foothold and fell, the geckos moved their tails so that they were at a right angle with their bodies. They then rotated (使旋转) their tails to make their
bodies rotate. As soon as they were right-side up, they stopped rotating. On average, it only took the geckos about 100 milliseconds to right themselves so that they would land on their feet.
Cats use a different way to land on their feet after a fall. Because their tails don’t have the force as a gecko does, cats can’t use them to right themselves. Instead they twist (扭曲) their bodies in mid-air.
Some engineers are trying to build a robot that copies the geckos’climbing and have a tail fixed on the robot for balance.
51. The underlined word “this” (in Paragraph 3) refers to “______”.
A. gecko’s hair
B. gecko’s tail
C. gecko’s body
D. gecko’s toe
52. According to the experiment conducted by the researchers, what’s the real use of the geckos’ tails during their falling?
A. Making the geckos rotating.
B. Stopping the geckos falling.
C. Stopping their falling upside-down.
D. Keeping them falling slowly.
53. How do cats avoid their injury during a fall?
A. By keeping their balance.
B. By landing their bodies upside-down.
C. By using tails to right themselves.
D. By twisting their bodies.54. Geckos’ special skill gives engineers some new idea to ______.
A. produce more robots
B. invent robots twisted on the ground
C. invent robots that can keep balance with a tail
D. let robot climb walls
55. This passage is mainly written to tell us ______.
A. about the living habits of geckos
B. how geckos use their tails to land on their feet
C. why geckos drop from trees or walls
D. how geckos control their climbing on the wall
第三部分：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）
Dear Editor,
I’m writing to talk the construction project which is 56. ____________
gone on in our city. Some agree that we should carry out 57. _____________
this construction project because they can solve some 58. _____________
traffic problems and make our life convenience and comfortable. 59. _____________
And others are against it. They think the project may 60.
_____________
cause air pollution. They also believed the noise produced 61. _____________
by the project disturb people’s peaceful life. Personally, I think 62. ____________
the construction project will certainly do a lot of good for the
63. ____________
city and the people. If we focus our attentions on the 64. _____________
environment, all of us will live a better life in the future. 65. ____________
Yours truly,
Li Hua
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
未来的笔会是什么样的呢？请根据以下提示，以“Future pens”为题，写一篇110词左右的短文。

1. 笔杆里面装有一台微型电脑，笔杆上配备了一个屏幕。

2. 当你遇到不会写的字时，只要对着屏幕读一下这个字，屏幕上就会
显示出来；当你写错字时，它会发出警告，并在屏幕上显示出正确写法；当你坐姿不正确的时候，它会亮起红灯来提示你。

3. 有自动修复功能，经久耐用，非常环保。

参考词汇：笔杆penholder 坐姿sitting position 耐用的durable
【参考答案】
1-5 BDCAD 6-10 ABADC
11-15 CDDCA 16-20 CDCBA
21-25 CCDBA 26-30 DBBBD
31-35 BCDDB 36-40 BCBDA
41-45 CBDBD 46-50 ABACA
51-55 DADCB
56. talk后加about 57. gone → going
58. they → it 59. convenience → convenient
60. And → But 61. believed → believe
62. disturb前加will或disturb → disturbs
63. for → to 64. attentions → attention
65. √
One possible version:
Future pens
Future pens will be highly intelligent with a microcomputer in the penholder, on which stands a small screen.
When you come across an unfamiliar word, just read the word to the screen instead of referring to a dictionary, and the word will appear on the screen. On the other hand, they will sound the alarm when you make a spelling mistake, and correct the mistake by spelling the right word on the screen automatically.
Surprisingly, they are also your supervisors. When your sitting position is not correct, their red lights will be on. What’s more, they can repair themselves and they are durable, which is quite environmentally friendly.。