Unit 2 单元测试题

Unit 2 The Olympic Games 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

The idea behind Facebook is to make us feel connected all the time. But in my research, I’ve found that the truth is quite different.

Technology, it turns out, has made being alone seem like a problem that needs solving. When young people are alone, even for a minute or two, they feel the need to connect, to get on Facebook or some other social networks and chat. But in connecting, they often end up feeling more isolated. Why? Because by being in constant (不断的) connection, they lose the ability to feel satisfied with their own company (独处).

Facebook can help us keep in touch with our friends, but we too often use it instead of spending face-to-face time with them. And since we feel the need to keep up with them online, we don’t have moments of loneliness where we can collect our thoughts and learn how to be comfortable being alone.

— Sherry Turkle, Professor Facebook connects more of us to more of our friends and family in more places than we have ever been connected before. Yes, Facebook is a huge time sink —maybe the biggest ever. Many people post useless stuff. And seeing too much of your friends’ lives can make you jealous (嫉妒的), but it won’t make you lonely.

Jane, a former student of mine, who is back in New York after living abroad for ten years, told me that Facebook helps her a lot. The first time she moved back to New York from abroad, she felt disconnected from her family and friends. Now, because of lots of photos and information updates (更新), she knows what is happening with her friends all the time.

In fact, if you are lonely in real life, you will be lonely online as well.

— Sree Sreenivasan, Chief Digital Officer

21. The underlined word “isolated” in Paragraph 2 means _____.

A. free

B. selfish

C. careless

D. lonely

22. According to Sherry Turkle, we should _____.

A. feel satisfied with our life

B. avoid using social networks

C. keep in touch with our friends

D. enjoy moments of loneliness

23. What’s Jane’s attitude towards Facebook?

A. Hopeful.

B. Doubtful.

C. Thankful.

D. Regretful.

B

Dear friends,

How exci ting it is to host this year’s Ontario Special Olympics in York Region from July 11 to 14. With events taking place across York Region, including track and field events in the city of Markham, I encourage everyone in our city to come out to cheer on the athletes.

My special thanks go to the athletes, and their coaches and families, for all their hard work preparing for the Games. And they go to the many people who’ve organized and supported the Special Olympics. The warm-up events in support of the Games have been highly successful.