高中英语 素能提升演练(二十三) Unit3 新人教版必修5

素能提升演练（二十三）

必修5  Unit 3

Ⅰ. 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空

 take up; lose sight of; sweep up; slide into; speed up; be back on one’s feet; be               similar to;the instant

1. The man stood at the bank waving to his friends until he ___________ their boat.

2. The boy __________ his bedroom without being seen by his parents.

3. Bob’s wife insisted that he should buy her a bag which __________ her friend’s.

4. The thief __________ when he realized that he was being followed by a police car.

5. Before moving into his new apartment, Peter had it __________ .

6. Tom thought carefully for several days and decided to __________ the job.

7. After his operation, the old man _______________ again.

8. I recognized her __________ I saw her.

Ⅱ. 完成句子

1. His speech was very attractive, _______________________________________  the audience. (impression)

他的演讲非常吸引人，给听众留下了深刻的印象。

2.____________________ on the north and south and a blue sea on the east, this city enjoys really nice surroundings. (surround)

这个城市南北被绿树环绕，东朝大海，环境怡人。

3._________________________________ , Mark failed in the examination. (lack)

因为他缺少信心和勇气，马克这次考试失利了。

4. Not until ______________________________ did we come back. (sight)

直到看不见火车我们才返回。

5. Our national rescue team set out to offer rescue ____________________________ in Japan. (instant)

地震一发生，我国的救援队就立刻赶往日本提供救援。

6. After six weeks in hospital, he ___________________ and ready to start work. (foot)

在医院住了六周之后，他已完全康复并准备上班。

7. The couple has been quarreling these days. They have reached a point _____________________________________________________. (separate)

这段日子，小两口争吵不断，已经到了必须分手的地步。

8. Generally speaking, when _________________ according to the directions, the drug has no side effect. (take)

一般来说，按照说明服药，药物就不会有副作用。

9. We’ll be late ____________________ . （speed）

我们如果不加快速度的话，就会迟到了。

10. I believe in you so much. Therefore, I can’t ______________________________ by you. (tolerate)

我是这么相信你，因此，我决不忍受你的欺骗。

Ⅲ. 阅读理解

(A)

  As civilization proceeds in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic essentials of life—food, shelter, clothes and warmth. Then we are faced with a choice between using technology to provide and fulfill needs which have now been regarded as unnecessary or, on the other hand, using technology to reduce the number of hours of work which a man must do in order to earn a given standard of living. In other words, we either raise our standard of living above that necessary for comfort and happiness or we leave it at this level and work shorter hours.

  I shall take it for granted that mankind has, by that time, chosen the latter alternative. Men will be working shorter and shorter hours in their paid employment. It follows that the housewives will also expect to be able to have more leisure in their life without lowering their standard of living. It also follows that human domestic servants will have completely ceased to exist. Yet the great majority of the housewives will wish to be relieved completely from the routine operations of the home such as scrubbing the floors or the bath of the cooker, or washing the clothes or washing up, or dusting or sweeping, or making beds.

  By far the most logical step to relieve the housewives of routine is to provide a robot which can be trained to the requirements of a particular home and can be programmed to carry out half a dozen or more standard operation, when it is switched by the housewives.

1. As civilization develops in the direction of technology, _______ .

A. the basic essentials of life must be supplied

B. it is important to supply the basic essentials of life

C. it is no longer so important as it was in the past to supply all the basic essentials of life

D. it is not necessary to supply the basic essentials of life

2. According to the author, we are faced with _______ .

A. the choice of providing and fulfilling our needs

B. the choice of using technology

C. the choice of earning a standard of living

D. a choice between using technology to provide and fulfill needs and using technology to reduce the number of working hours

3. What alternative will mankind have chosen in future?

A. To leave our standard of living at this level and work shorter hours.

B. To raise our standard of living.

C. To fulfill needs which have been regarded as unnecessary.

D. To lower our standard of living and work shorter hours.

4. Now most housewives wish to _______ .

A. stop doing their housework

B. do more housework to improve their life

C. get rid of the heavy burden of their housework

D. do only simple and light housework

5. It can be inferred that robots will be invented to _______ .

A. take the place of housewives

B. help manage a family

C. do the routine of housework instead of human

D. provide the daily necessities for man

6. 用30个左右的词概括短文大意

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(B)

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  I can’t remember a winter being as cold as this in Pennsylvania, but I’m sure there were colder days．

  Even though the daylight hours are growing longer minute by minute, it’s easy to find an excuse not to go out unless you absolutely must, but then again I often have to push myself to accomplish things．

  People I speak to have been in all kinds of nasty moods. They say they’re “under the weather”, not feeling good about this time of year.

  As I stood outside with my two dogs yesterday, it was so cold that my nose and face felt frozen and my ears were sitting．Of course, that doesn’t matter to Ricky and Lucy．They have a routine they must go through to find just the fighting spot no matter how cold or hot it is. So I wait.

  But this time it was different．As cold as it was, I suddenly was excited thinking about how wonderful this extreme cold really was.

  Then the sun broke through the clouds and memories of summer’s extremely hot days flashed through my mind．I could remember standing in the heat of the afternoon, with sweat pouring down my brow and the hot, burning sun against my face．I reminded myself then and there that in the cold of the winter I would wish I had this heat.

  I was grateful for the extremes．Without the extremes in my life, I would never appreciate the days when things were just right．Without the extremes, life would be boring.

  It’s being pushed to one of the extremes that makes us appreciate the middle more．Health challenges remind us that we need to pay more attention to how we live．Financial extremes remind us that when things go smoothly it’s also time to save for raining days．

  I’ve come to the conclusion that all too often I find a reason not to be happy with where I am at that moment．Whether it’s hot or cold, good health or bad, in the money or out of it, I always want it to be different．

   I’m tired of being “Under the Weather!  ”

7. What is the author’s attitude towards the extremes in life?

A. Grateful.         B. Critical.

C. Sensitive.        D. Unconcerned.

8. That day the writer waited in the terrible cold because _______ .

A. his dogs wanted to hunt

B. his dogs had a routine

C. he wanted to be different

D. he wanted to face the cold bravely

9. The underlined word “nasty” in the third paragraph can be replaced by _______ .

A. unpleasant        B. violent

C. favorable        D. unusual

10. At last the author drew a conclusion that _______ .

A. happiness cannot be gained by complaints

B. his present situation really disappointed him

C. things will be different whatever the situation is

D. happiness will fail to come to you for various reasons

11. What is the best title for this passage?

A. Follow the Routine

B. Two Extremes in Life

C. Weather Information

D. Changes Should Be Expected

答案解析

Ⅰ. 1. lost sight of  2. slid into   3. was similar to    4. sped up

5. swept up.    6. take up    7. was back on his feet  8. the instant

Ⅱ. 1. making/which made a strong/deep impression on

2. Surrounded by/with green trees

3. Because he lacked/Lacking confidence and courage

4. we lost sight of the train

5. the instant the earthquake happened

6. was back on his feet

7. where they have to separate with each other

8. (the drug is) taken

9. unless we speed up

10. tolerate being cheated

Ⅲ. 1.【解析】选C。细节理解题。由第一段第一句“. . . it passes the point of supplying all the basic essentials. . . ”可知选C。

2. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。由文章第一段第二句可知，我们面临的选择是“或者用技术提供和满足需求，或者应用技术缩减工作时间”。

3.【解析】选A。推理判断题。从文章第一段最后一句和第二段第一句判断，人类所选择的是使我们的生活水准停留在这种水平并且使工时缩短。

4.【解析】选C。细节理解题。文章第二段第三句“这就意味着家庭主妇也将有望在生活中能有更多的闲暇，而又不至于降低她们的生活水准”。

5. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。通过最后一段及全文可推知，机器人将来会帮助人们做家务，但它们也不是万能的。

6. What lifestyle will mankind choose? Using technology to provide and fulfill needs or to reduce the work hours? The writer prefers the latter.

7.【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第七段“I was grateful for the extremes. ”可知答案为A。

8. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第四段“They have a routine they must go through to find just the fighting spot no matter how cold or hot it is. So I wait. ”可知，应该选B。

9.【解析】选A。词义猜测题。根据第三段“They say they’re “under the weather”, not feeling good about this time of year. ”可知，nasty的意思是“不愉快的”。

10.【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Whether it’s hot or cold, good health or bad, in the money or out of it, I always want it to be different. ”可知，答案为C。

11.【解析】选D。主旨大意题。根据文章大意可知，文章主要讲述了改变能够使生活更加多彩。