英语必修 第三册Unit 5 The Value of Money一课一练

Unit 5 The Value of Money测试卷

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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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

    　　BEIJING (News Agency) — Children in China today spend five times more money than their parents did when they were young.

　　So what are all these children buying?  The list is long:  iPads,  cell phones and jeans are typical items that children “have to” buy.  And they will do anything to get them.  They ask their parents over and over until they buy them.

　　But parents also need to take the blame(责备) for spending so much money.  They want their children to have the best things.  They end up competing with other parents over whether their children have the latest products.

　　So it’s no wonder children find it hard to learn the importance of saving money rather than spending it all the time.

　　And it’s hard to save when companies use advertising (打广告)and clever slogans (口号) to encourage young people to buy their products.  They even encourage children to keep asking their parents for something until they get it.

　　Today,  you don’t even need to have money in order to buy something.  Banks give out credit cards and loans (贷款) all the time,  so people are saving less and less.  We are used to carrying lots of money around.  And if you don’t have much,  you can always borrow some.

　　But this hasn’t always been the case.  When our grandparents were young,  there was very little money and everyone had to save hard for things they bought.  They only bought things they needed,  not things they just wanted.

　　The older generation made the wise expression,  “Money doesn’t grow on trees. ” This is as true now as it was 50 years ago.  They give money a great deal of value.  And we all have a lot to learn from them.

1. The text mainly tells us ______.  

A. differences between teenagers and their parents

B. what is popular among children at the moment

C. how to spend money wisely

D. children’s high consumption(消费) of products

2. Parents are to blame for children’s spending a lot of money because ______.  

A. they don’t give children positive guidance in consumption

B. they offer to buy the latest fashions for their children

C. they always give children too much pocket money

D. their consumption habits set a bad example to children

3. The saying “Money doesn’t grow on trees. ” in the last paragraph seems to tell us that _____.  

A. the older generation understood how to teach children to save

B. in the past,  people attached more importance to saving money

C. money has a great deal of value both in the past and at present

D. money is not easily earned and we should be careful when we spend it

B

    When you set a foot outside of your door to drop litter, go to a social event or go for a walk, thoughts like "I hope I don't see anyone I know" or " please don't talk to me" may run through your mind. I've also said such things to myself. Sometimes the last thing you want to do is to talk with someone, especially someone new.

    Why do we go out of our ways to avoid people? Do we think meeting new people is a waste of time? Or are we just lazy, thinking that meeting someone new really is a trouble?

    Communication is the key to life. We have been told that many times. Take the past generations, like our parents, for example. They seem to take full advantage of that whole "communication" idea because they grew up talking face to face while Generation Y grew up staring at screens. We spend hours of our days sitting on Facebook. We send messages to our friends and think about all of the things we want to say to certain people.

    Nowadays, we are so caught up in our little circle of friends—our comfort zone. We love it that they laugh at our jokes, understand our feelings and can read our minds. Most importantly, they know when we want to be alone. They just get us.

    Holding a conversation with someone new means agreeing with things that you don't actually believe and being someone you think they want you to be—it is, as I said before, a trouble. It takes so much energy, and at some point, it is too tiring.

    But meeting new people is important. Life is too short, so meet all the people you can meet, and make every effort to go out and laugh. Remember, every "hello" leads to a smile—and a smile is worth a lot.

4.What do we learn about the author?

A. He likes to be alone.
B. He feels stressed out lately.
C. He's active in attending social events.
D. He's afraid of talking to others at times.

5.What's the problem of Generation Y in the author's eyes?

A. They rely on the Internet to socialize.
B. They are less confident about themselves.
C. They have difficulty in communicating.
D. They are unwilling to make new friends.

6.Why do many young people avoid meeting new people?

A. They think it is troublesome.
B. They are busy with their study.
C. They fear to disappoint their old friends.
D. They want to take time to do meaningful work.

7.Why does the author write the text?

A. To tell about the importance of friends.
B. To give tips on how to meet new people.
C. To encourage people to meet new people.
D. To introduce the disadvantages of Generation Y.

C

Around this time of year when the weather gets cooler in Arkansas, there are a lot of homeless people, as well as people with different situations who just need help.

Oftentimes Our family serves at a soup kitchen where they give out bags of food to needy families in our area. And we 1l help put those bags of food together and hand them out, among other things.

There are a lot of reasons why serving the community is important to me, but one of them has to do with my father. My grandfather died when my father was 4 years old and my grandmother  had four kids all under the age of 5. all born pretty close together. That was a time when things were so bad in the country. There wasnˈt work and often the family hardly made ends meet, so my grandmother put the kids in a childrenˈs home so that they could at least have food to survive.

My dad said he never forgot the local charity would bring the kids a gift for Christmas. The kids worked hard in the childrenˈs home and the only present they got was from the local charity. He never forgot this kindness and always appreciated the local charity for what it did when he Was a little boy.

My dad was such a hardworking worker- family meant the world to him. I was the seventh baby in my family and my mother had me just after she turned 40. She was one of those high-risk pregnancy moms, and Iˈm so grateful she had me. My mom and dad made a happy home for us, and Iˈm so grateful for that. I hope my children are catching those lessons, not just from Mom and Dad, but from grandparents and everyone else in their lives.

8.Why does the author consider serving the community important?

A. His father led a hard life in his childhood.
B. He was inspired by his fatherˈs life experiences.
C. He was grateful for what his father had done for him.
D. His father worked hard and took good care of the family.

9.Why did the authorˈs grandmother put the kids in a childrenˈs home?

A. The family had too many children.
B. The kids were born too close together.
C. It provided food for the kids to survive.
D. The kids could lead a very comfortable life there.

10.Which can best describe the author ˈs father?

A. Kind and creative. B. Strict and helpful.
C. Devoted and patient. D. Grateful and hardworking.

11.What can we learn from the passage ?

A. Father meant the world to the family.
B. The author hopes his kids learn to be grateful.
C. The kids received Christmas gifts from their parents.
D. The authorˈs family opens a soup kitchen to offer help.

D

     The year 2020 is stormy, but rainbows are everywhere. Across the COVID-19 stricken world, bright and happy rainbows have become window colors and choices on store shelves.

    The rainbows started appearing all over Italy within a few days of schools closing for the first lockdown, back in March. Crayon drawings were taped to the inside of windows; poster-painted banners hung from balconies.

    When the pandemic came to Britain, the rainbows came too, with the Italian message of positivity morphing into thanks to the NHS. Then, during the months of lockdown, the rainbows moved inside our homes, with a craze for arranging books by colour in pursuit of an aesthetically (审美地) pleasant Zoom background.

    In April this year, the largest cabin hospital in the Philippines was completed, divided into six wards of different colors. The colors of the rainbow were not only pleasing to the eye, but also conveying a positive and optimistic spirit to patients.

    The rainbow is to 2020 what "keep calm and carry on" was to 1939. And just as "keep calm and carry on" began as a public information campaign but became a tea towel industry, what began as a gesture of hope is now a big business. John Lewis reports that an ￡8 rainbow bauble is an early festive bestseller. Tracksuit enthusiasts are sitting out the second lockdown in Olivia Rubinˈs ￡150 rainbow stripe tracksuits.

    Optimism is the hottest commodity of 2020. But some people are irritated by the way consumer culture commodities the human experience, packaging our hopes and dreams as if they were just another product in the warehouse (仓库). But the fashion editor-turned-designer JJ Martin says, "Itˈs great to have the colourful dress, but the magic of a rainbow isnˈt really about the pot of gold. What actually counts is the flame you turn on inside yourself."

12. Where might people see the rainbow?

A. In the study with the books sorted by color.
B. In the Italian message of thanks to the NHS.
C. On the banners of the schools under lockdown.
D. On the outside of Britainˈs largest cabin hospital.

13. What does the underlined word "irritated" in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A. Embarrassed. B. Fascinated. C. Challenged. D. Angered.

14. What do the campaigns in 1939 and in 2020 have in common?

A. They came to the same end.
B. They helped people out of the lockdown.
C. They conveyed thanks to the medical staff.
D. They displayed a feature of the towel industry.

15. What can we infer from what JJ Martin said?

A. The relaxation of mind is equal to wealth.
B. The significance of the rainbow is to lift people up.
C. The tracksuits of Olivia Rubin are to be mass-produced.
D. The commercialization of feelings is somewhat reasonable.

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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Americans spend a lot of money in their daily lives.  Working people spend money on transportation to and from work and on various expenses throughout the day.  Americans enjoy shopping and buy many things that they need and want. 　16　 They buy sports equipment,  go to the movies and do many things that cost money.  

　　However,  many Americans don’t pay cash or write checks for these things. 　17　 Credit cards are small,  rectangular plastic cards.  It is very convenient to carry them about.  

　　　18　 When the customer buys something at a store,  he shows his card at the store.  This permits the store to charge the bank for the customer’s purchase.  The bank collects all the charges for each customer.  Then once a month the bank requires the customer to pay the charges for that month. 　19　 It allows the customer to pay for the charges in several payments over a period of time.  

　　However,  the bank requires the customer to pay interest(利息)on the unpaid part of the charges.  In this way the bank allows customers to buy things they cannot afford at one time.  People can use the card to buy what they want and pay for it over a period of time.  　20　 

A. It brings great benefits to the rich.

B. Banks give these cards to their customers.

C. They spend a lot of money on entertainment.

D. They also do not need to carry a lot of money.

E. People may spend less money in this way.

F. More and more Americans pay for things with credit cards.

G. The bank does not force the customer to pay the full amount.

第二部分  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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

My father often works very hard. And he      (21)     goes to the movies. Here I'll tell you a      (22)     story about him.

    One afternoon, when he finished his work and was about to go home, he found a film ticket under the      (23)     on his desk. He thought he happened to have not much work to do that day and that it was quite wonderful to pass the      (24)     at the cinema. So he came back home and      (25)     finished his supper. Then he said      (26)     to us and left.

    But to our      (27)     , he came back about half an hour later. I asked him what was the matter. He smiled and told us about the funny thing that had happened at the      (28)     .

    When my father was sitting in his seat, a      (29)     came to my father's seat and said that seat was hers. My father was      (30)     . He took out the ticket at once and looked at it carefully. It was Row 17, Seat 3. And then he looked at the seat. It was the same. So he asked her to show her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat      (31)     on it was Row 17, Seat 3.

    Why? What's the matter with all this? While they were      (32)     , suddenly the woman said," The      (33)     of the tickets are different." So they looked at the tickets more carefully. After a while my father said, "Oh, I'm      (34)     . I made a mistake. My ticket is for the      (35)     a month ago. Take this seat, please." With these words he left.

21. A. seldom B. often C. sometimes D. never
22. A. bad B. strange C. funny D. boring
23. A. glass B. glasses C. box D. shoes
24. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. day
25. A. carefully B. quickly C. quietly D. suddenly
26. A. sorry B. hello C. goodbye D. luck
27. A. joy B. surprise C. delight D. fun
28. A. cinema B. office C. room D. party
29. A. woman B. boy C. man D. doctor
30. A. interested B. disappointed C. frightened D. surprised
31. A. shown B. taken C. named D. told
32. A. wondering B. wanting C. looking D. making
33. A. designs B. prices C. shapes D. colors
34. A. sorry B. shy C. worried D. right

35.A. action B. speech C. film D. play

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。

One day, I was waiting for my train in the waiting room, in       (36)       I saw large crowds of people. Among the crowds was a little boy       (37)       (carry) some pairs of sunglasses in his hands.

    The boy was about 10 years old. He was selling sunglasses. He tried from one person to another, but       (38)       (sad), nobody seemed interested in his sunglasses. Judging from the       (39)       (express) on his face, the boy was very       (40)       (disappoint).

    Out of sympathy for the poor boy, I gave him 20 dollars,       (41)       (say) that I was not in need of the sunglasses.       (42)       my surprise, he became angry. I didn't know      (43)        to say next. Then the boy said to me, "Either you buy a pair of sunglasses or you take back your money. I don't need your pity. I want to earn money with my own hands." I apologized to the boy, and I told him that I would buy two pairs.

    The boy        (44)       (manage) to keep his self-respect and chose to make a living on his own. I couldn't help       (45)       (show) respect for the boy.

第三部分  写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 （满分15分）

试以“Can Money Buy Happiness?”（金钱能买来幸福吗？）为题写一篇议论文，必须

包括以下内容：

(1)有人认为金钱是幸福之本（source of happiness）；

(2)也有人认为金钱是万恶之源（root of all evil）；

(3)你的看法。

注意：(1) 词数80左右;(2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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第二节 （满分25分）

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要．

Cashless Society， Good or Evil？   

Can we do without cash？ Since 2015， digital payments in the UK have outnumbered those 

in cash， and we are invited by the great and the good to cheer this on． The fully cashless era will be magnificently convenient， they say， with goods delivered to the door； no fumbling for change

just tap and go． Some London branches of several chains don't accept cash any more． Businesses and banks want to abolish cash because they have fears of the black market and tax avoidance．Yet we should worry about the death of cash， because physical money possesses worth far above its 

face value．
       Actual physical money， in the hand， teaches us its true value． With cash， what you see is what you have．Exchanging it demands personal engagement and oils the wheels of a community． In a shop， the exchange of cash takes time： it involves eye meeting eye． By contrast， a cashless society is a joyless one． A digital touch payment is done in a flash： no human interaction 

necessary． Digital self-service is cold when you are staring silently at your electronic device． 

Besides， cash is a great leveler（使人人平等的事）． Every penny，pound and banknote sits

the same in every hand， identical in value and appearance． Moreover， a pocketful of change is 

like a gallery or a museum． The roses，ostrich feathers and lions on the coins reveal the history that shaped the United Kingdom． It is really crazy to give up on cash．
    We are told digital payment is a welcome liberation from the shackles（束缚）of cash， but digital payments actually restrict the reach of money． It requires a combination of factors like Wi-Fi，battery power and phones． Worse still，the lack of cash means even the most

fundamental aspects of etiquette（礼仪）are under pressure． Tipping in restaurants is changing

beyond recognition． In simpler times， any amount of cash，warmly generous or pointedly small

 could be left as a reward． In the digital age， any extra money transferred to the restaurant account may never reach the staff pocket．

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