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Unit 2 Looking into the Future单元测试•提升卷(满分：150分　时间：120分钟)第一部分　听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分 7.5分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What are the speakers talking about?A. What to drink.B. Where to meet.C. When to leave.2. What season is it?A. It’s autumn.B. It’s winter.C. It’s spring.3. When does the woman like to go to the zoo?A. On Fridays.B. On Sundays.C. On Saturdays.4. Why is Emily mentioned in the conversation?A. She might want a ticket.B. She is looking for the man.C. She has an extra ticket.5. What does the woman mean?A. The man should do something meaningful.B. The man should serve others well.C. The man should go out with his friends.第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Where does the woman plan to go？A. Up north. B. Mary White's. C. Nowhere.7. How many people will go?A. 2. B. 3. C. 4.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why will the store be closed on Friday and Saturday?A. To offer its staff time off. B. To prepare for a big sale. C. To upgrade the decoration.9. How much can be saved on a piece of children’s clothing?A. $10. B. $15. C. $50.10. What does the speaker say about the sale?A. It ends today. B. It lasts one week. C. It will start next week.11. Who are the listeners?A. Employees. B. Customers. C. Suppliers.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。12. Where did the tomato sauce come from?A. A local farm. B. A store only five miles away. C. The man’s own tomatoes.13. What does the woman think of cooking?A. She enjoys it. B. It makes her feel creative. C. She doesn’t have the patience for it.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。14. Where is the last place that the man used his passport?A. In the hotel room. B. On the woman’s desk. C. In the department store.15. What did the man do yesterday?A. He went to the travel agency.B. He visited the city.C. He bought some dresses.16. What will the woman do next?A. Make a phone call. B. Ask the police for help. C. Post a Lost and Found. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Guide and tourists. B. Husband and wife. C. Attendant and customer.18. What does the man ask the woman to do at first?A. Change his seat. B. Bring him some food. C. Open his window shade.19. What do we know about the man?A. He has never flown before.B. He moved to Row 30, Seat A. C. His flight will last for 8 hours.20. What will the man have?A. Tea and pasta. B. Soda and chicken salad. C. Coffee and a turkey sandwich. 第二部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)第一节　(共15小题；每小题2.5分，共37.5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。AFour New Inventions We Should Be Proud ofRecent media reports have highlighted the “four new great inventions” of modern China-high-speed railway, Alipay, shared bicycles and online shopping. The four new inventions are technological breakthroughs that will help China move toward overall prosperity.High-speed railwayThis invention plays an important role in China’s modern development. Featuring high speed, huge passenger carrying capacity, low pollution and high safety, it consumes limited energy and resources and has greatly improved the transportation efficiency of the country. China is not only developing a high-speed railway network within the country; it is also building high-speed railways overseas to improve infrastructure (基础设施) in other countries and regions.AlipayAlipay, the other new invention, has to a large extent solved the trust problem of online trade with modern technologies, by introducing real-name registration, digital certificates and dynamic (动态的) password based on smartphones.Alipay is freeing people of the burden of carrying cash. All people need to have is a smartphone, which enables them to pay for almost everything. That saves business cost for the whole society and promotes sales. And Chinese consumers are proud of it.Shared bicyclesThe business of shared bicycles is also based on mobile network, third-party payment and big data technologies. Before shared bikes were introduced, urban residents had almost given up on bicycles. But shared bikes have made people realize the benefits of eco-friendly transportation.Bike sharing has also helped ease traffic jams in cities, by encouraging more people to use bicycles, instead of cars, for short-distance travel.Online shoppingThanks to online shopping, people can now buy anything from anywhere in the world. Moreover, it has helped develop logistical (物流) technology to meet the needs of transporting large quantities of goods across long distances in a short time.True, online shopping poses a challenge to physical stores, but it has also made them improve their services and cut their costs. And the result could be an overall improvement in business.21. How can Alipay benefit people?A. Its real name registration can make sales more convenient.B. People don’t need to carry a lot of cash with them.C. All things can be bought by using Alipay.D. It can increase business cost for the shops.22. Which is NOT an advantage of shared bicycles according to the passage?A. People can use shared bicycles without causing much pollution.B. It’s convenient to use shared bicycles for short-distance travel.C. Shared bicycles enable people to do much physical exercise.D. There will be fewer traffic jams in cities.23. What may happen if online shopping becomes popular?A. People can receive the goods they’ve bought in three days.B. Many physical shops will also improve their service quality.C. Most goods can be bought at very low prices.D. There will be more kinds of goods for people to choose from.BMore than a hundred years ago, two boys were fishing in a small river. They sat in a heavy-bottomed boat, each holding a long, bent pole in his hands and eagerly waiting for “a bite”. When they wanted to move the boat from one place to another, they had to push against a 1ong pole into the bottom of the stream. “This is slow work, Robert,” said the older of the boys. “Yes, Christopher, and it’s hard work, too,” answered Robert. “I think there’s some better way of moving a boat.”Christopher advised rowing it and Robert promised to make some paddles (桨). The next day Robert’s aunt heard a great noise in her house. The two boys were there, busily working. “What are you making, Robert?” she asked. He told his plan. His aunt laughed and said, “Well done! I hope you’ll succeed.”After much work, they succeeded in making two paddle wheels. They were very rough, but strong and usable. They fixed each of these wheels to the end of an iron rod (杆) which they passed through the boat from side to side. The rod was bent in the middle. When the work was finished, the old fishing boat looked rather strange, with a paddle wheel on each side. The boys lost no time in trying it. One of the boys could guide the boat while the other turned the paddle wheels.That night when Christopher went home, he told his father a wonderful story. “Robert Fulton planned the whole thing,” he said, “and I helped him make the paddles and put them on the boat.” When Robert Fulton became a man, he didn’t forget his experiment with the old fishing boat. He kept on thinking and working, until at last he succeeded in making a boat with paddle wheels that could be run by steam. He’s now honored as the inventor of the steamboat.24. How did the two boys move their heavy boat at first?A. By moving two paddle wheels.B. By pushing two paddles in the water.C. By using a long pole in the water.D. By moving their hands in the water.25. What did Robert’s aunt do when she knew about his plan?A. She helped Robert work on it.B. She didn’t care about Robert.C. She laughed at Robert much.D. She wished Robert success.26. What does the underlined words “a wonderful story” in the last paragraph may refer to?A. Christopher’s successful plan.B. The invention of paddle wheels.C. Christopher’s skill in guiding the boat.D. The old fishing boat.27. Which of the following can best describe Robert Fulton?A. Easy-going and careful.B. Determined and selfless.C. Creative and hardworking.D. Helpful and brave.CVery few people enjoy going to the dentist, especially for a filling. Often fillings need to be replaced during the patient’s lifetime. But is filling the cavity (蛀牙洞) with a foreign material really the best treatment? Is it possible that the tooth could repair itself with its own material — dentine (牙质)? Researchers at King’s College London have found a process that may replace the traditional method.Paul Sharpe of King’s College London says the new treatment for cavities is simpler. It uses a drug that causes the tooth to fill in the hole naturally with dentine. “It involves putting a drug in the hole. It excites a natural process, which starts to occur anyway following the damage, so you can actually get the big hole repaired and the repair is the production of the natural material, the dentine.”Usually a new drug requires repeated testing before it is approved for treatment. However, this drug that produces the regrowth material in teeth has already been approved. It is a drug used to treat Alzheimer’s disease and other disorders of the nervous system. Researchers explain that they use only a small amount and they use it locally. Usually that means the medicine is put directly on the affected area. It does not travel through the patient’s blood.Nigel Carter heads Britain’s Oral Health Foundation. He describes the new treatment as an exciting possibility for dental care. But Carter also has a warning, “Actually regrowing the tooth that has been lost with a cavity would be really a huge step forward. But it's also important that we remember that filling the cavity is not the first place. It’s a preventable disease.”28. When it comes to the dental treatment, researchers at King’s College London focus on .A. why the cavity must be filled B. what skills dentists should learnC. when people have to see a dentist D. how the tooth can repair itself29. The advantage of the new treatment for cavities mostly lies in .A. the full use of a new drug B. the natural process of tooth repairC. the good quality of filling materials D. the practical way of finding the damage early30. What do we know about the drug used for the new dental treatment?A. It has little effect on Alzheimer’s disease.B. It is being tested before it gets final approval.C. It has been put to use for treating other diseases.D. It travels through the patients' blood and has side effects.31. Which of the following would Nigel Carter most probably agree with?A. We should take good care of our teeth in daily life.B. When you find the cavity, it is unnecessary to get it filled.C. Taking exercise is the best way to prevent dental disease.D. When you find a damaged tooth, you'd better repair it.DIf you could travel in time, where would you go? Perhaps you would watch an original performance of a Shakespeare’s play in Elizabethan England? What about hanging out with Laozi in the Spring and Autumn Period? Or maybe you’d voyage far ahead of the present day to see what the future holds.The possibility of time travel is indeed appealing. Stories exploring the subject have been around for hundreds of years. Perhaps the best known example is the science fiction novel The Time Machine, which was written by H. G. Wells and published in 1895 for the first time. It was adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term “time machine”, coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to a vehicle transporting people into the far future.But could time travel actually be possible? Some scientists say yes, in theory. They propose using cracks in time and space called “wormholes”, which could be used as shortcuts to other periods. Einstein’s theory of relativity allows time travel in extreme circumstances. And British physicist Stephen Hawking said you could travel into the future with a really fast spaceship—going at nearly the speed of light. Though building such a spaceship would of course be no simple task.Even if you could travel into the past, there is something called the “grandfather paradox”. It asks what would happen if a time traveller were to go back in time and have his own grandfather killed for some reason, and therefore prevent himself from being born. If the time traveller wasn’t born, how would he travel back in time?And would you really like to visit the future? In H. G. Wells’ book, the main character travels into distant time where he arrives at a beach and is attacked by giant crabs. He then voyages 30 million years into the future where the only living thing is a black object with tentacles (触角). If that’s what’s in store, maybe we are better just living in the present day after all. 32. The novel The Time Machine mentioned in Paragraph 2 aims to show 　　　. A. people’s interest in time travelB. the special features of the bookC. the long history of time travelD. the contribution of H. G. Wells33. Einstein’s and Hawking’s theories 　　　. A. have similarities in many waysB. push the invention of the first spaceshipC. have proved wrong by some time travellersD. suggest the possibility to invent the time machine34. In Paragraph 4, “grandfather paradox” probably refers to the idea that 　　　. A. the traveller is prevented from meeting his grandfatherB. the traveller goes back in time to seek for his grandfatherC. the grandfather’s death makes the traveller’s birth impossibleD. The reunion of the traveller and his grandfather brings happiness35. What is probably the author’s attitude towards time travel?A. Unclear.  B. Skeptical. C. Supportive.  D. Unconcerned. 第二节　(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)根据短文内容，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。Chemists have spent the past century trying to make plastics break down in seawater. Most plastics take centuries to fully break down in the ocean.    36    However, this may change. Scientists have designed a new kind of plastic that can break down in seawater within weeks, not decades or more.     37    It is known as polylactide (聚乳酸) or PLA. It’s made by linking many building blocks into a long string. Scientists had hoped PLA would quickly break down in the environment. And in some places it does, but not in seawater. After three years in the ocean, LA remains largely unchanged. Timo Rhein Berger is a PhD student at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.    38     For part of that work, he became part of a team that just added some biology-inspired breaking points to PLA. They put those breaking points to places where monomers (单体) in the PLA molecules are linked. Then, they soaked (浸泡) their samples in artificial seawater. In this way, they measured how fast the PLA broke down. As the team had hoped, seawater attacked the weakened links between monomers. That could tear the PLA chain apart.    39    When the researchers weakened 15% of PLA’s monomer links, the PLA broke down entirely within just two weeks. When they weakened only 3% of the links, the breakdown took about two years.    40    This can be achieved by adjusting how many weakened links it has.A. Plastics are useful.B. Scientists created the now-popular plastic in the1930s.C. So researchers have much confidence in their efforts.D. That’s why plastics make up 80% of ocean trash.E. His work has focused on speeding PLA’s breakdown.F. This means the team can design how quickly PLA breaks down in seawater.G. The more breaking points researchers added, the faster the PLA broke down.第三部分　语言运用(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Three teens in Jordan heard sad stories about local kids who died after being left in a car that was out in the sun. Young kids can    41    deadly heatstroke (中暑) in a matter of minutes.Areen Alashmawy learned about one such local     42     from a teacher. Her teacher asked, “Why don’t we have a     43     to this problem?” “I just kept thinking about that,” said Areen, now 16. In Amman, Jordan, 17-year-old Ayah Alkatib was wondering the same thing. “It’s a     44     problem. It’s     45     everywhere in our daily life,” she said.She started      46     a heatstroke-warning system. Areen and her friend Sara Altarawenh, also 16, did too. Later, Areen and Sara worked with Ayah to create an     47     device (装置).Nicknamed “Safe in Vehicle”, this device measures     48     and levels of carbon dioxide in a car. Its      49     detectors can easily detect how many people are inside the vehicle. The device     50     caregivers of car conditions by      51     text messages to their cellphones. But the device also works as a(n)     52     . When linked to a mobile app, people can view a car’s indoor temperature and CO2 levels from a far. When the indoor temperature or CO2 hits a (n)     53     , the device activates the motors to     54     a car’s window by several centimeters and turn on a fan. That could provide life-saving relief until help arrives.They imagine a future version that could send an emergency warning to 911 and use GPS to identify the car’s     55    .41. A. cause B. develop C. cheat D. diagnose42. A. disaster B. program C. activity D. competition43. A. plan B. preparation C. condition D. solution44. A. beneficial B. strange C. real D. funny45. A. affecting B. changing C. spreading D. happening46. A. working on B. checking out C. showing off D. giving out47. A. evaluated B. assigned C. improved D. applied48. A. temperatures B. heights C. sizes D. points49. A. creative B. impressive C. sensitive D. attractive50. A. persuades B. reminds C. accuses D. rids51. A. storing B. recording C. collecting D. sending52. A. operator B. monitor C. screen D. receiver53. A. goal B. area C. level D. mark54. A. break B. lower C. cover D. clean55. A. safety B. value C. smell D. location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。Science fiction is regarded by many people as a mirror through which our future can be     56    (free) imagined and explored. The Three-Body Problem, written by Chinese writer Liu Cixin, is one of those     57    (astonish) predictions about the future. The work was first published in a Chinese sci-fi magazine in 2006. When the first volume     58    (translate) into English by Chinese-American author Ken Liu, it attracted attention around the world, becoming the first Asian winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel. The book represents many     59    (theme) such as space exploration, alien contact, AI, and the future of humans.The Three-Body Problem begins with the stories of two unrelated people, Ye Wenjie and Wang Miao. Ye is recruited(征募) to join     60     secret project in a remote area of China, which has been set up to contact alien life forms. In the other story,     61    (set) 20 years later, Wang Miao gets caught up in a popular online game called “Three Body”, in     62     people live on an unknown planet with three suns. But Wang discovers it is more than a game — it uncovers a great danger     63    (threaten) human existence. How are these two people’s stories connected? And how will their     64    (behave) change Earth’s future and the civilisations of other planets? Answers      65      all these questions are waiting to be discovered when you go on reading.第四部分　写作(共两节，满分40分)第一节(满分15分)阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。66. 你校英文报正在开展以“未来旅游”为主题的讨论。请你写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：1.介绍未来旅游(生态旅游、虚拟旅游、太空旅游等);2.你的看法。注意：1.写作词数应为80左右;2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Future Travel______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________第二节(满分25分)67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。“I feel so alone. And cold. And tired,” I announced to the empty train platform. I glanced at my watch. It was midnight. Why had I decided to travel from Prague to Interlaken without staying somewhere along the way for a day or two? The chill in my bones on that March morning in Switzerland made me question the wisdom of making the eighteen-hour trip via three separate trains.I was wrapping up a solo-backpacking trip across Europe during my three-week vacation. I wanted to get in as much sightseeing as possible since it was my first time in Europe. By the end of my journey, I was weary of hauling the souvenirs I had purchased and sleeping in large hostel dorm rooms.“What I wouldn’t give for a hot bath, clean clothes, and a soft bed right now. Or even just someone to talk to.” It felt a little weird speaking to the vacant station, but doing so was preventing me from falling asleep, which was important for safety reasons.Since I still had a couple of hours before my train arrived, I tried to think of something to fill the time. I was too exhausted to read or journal.Looking around on the hard wooden bench I saw only vacant tracks, dark rail cars, and electronic signs with no incoming trains to announce. Most of the train cars were modern, but one series of cars caught my eye. It was the legendary Orient Express.The dining car probably served phenomenal meals and had white tablecloths with cloth napkins. The sleepers were likely cozy and comfortable with private bathrooms that had lovely-scented soaps and shampoo.A sigh escaped my lips. I returned my gaze to the empty tracks in front of me, daydreams of the Orient Express streaming through my mind.One such dream was interrupted by a squeak and then a slam. I tensed and looked over my shoulder, wondering who else would be on the platform.There stepping down from the Orient Express was a man wearing a blue uniform walking toward me. He held a single, blood red rose. I puzzled as to what a train conductor would do with a flower at that time of night.注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Yet he came to a stop beside the bench and handed me the flower. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Words failed me when I reached out and accepted the flower. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________