高中英語 Unit 4 Making the news單元檢測試題（含解析）新人教版必修5

1、Unit 4 Making the news單 元 檢 測 .閱讀理解AHave you winterized your horse yet? Even though global warming may have made our climate more mild, many animals are still hibernating (冬眠). Its too bad that humans cant hibernate. In fact, as a species, we almost did.Apparently, at times in the past, peasants in

2、France liked a semi-state of human hibernation. So writes Graham Robb, a British scholar who has studied the sleeping habits of the French peasants. As soon as the weather turned cold, people all over France shut themselves away and practiced the forgotten art of doing nothing at all for months on e

3、nd.In line with this, Jeff Warren, a producer at CBC Radios The Current, tells us that the way we sleep has changed fundamentally since the invention of artificial (人造的) lighting and the electric bulb.When historians began studying texts of the Middle Ages, they noticed something referred to as firs

4、t sleep, which was not clarified, though. Now scientists are telling us our ancestors most likely slept in separate periods. The business of eight hours uninterrupted sleep is a modern invention.In the past, without the artificial light of the city to bathe in, humans went to sleep when it became da

5、rk and then woke themselves around midnight. The late night period was known as The Watch. It was when people actually kept watch against wild animals, although many of them simply moved around or visited family and neighbours.According to some sleep researchers, a short period of insomnia (失眠) at m

6、idnight is not a disorder. It is normal. Humans can experience another state of consciousness aroundtheir sleeping, which occurs in the brief period before we fall asleep or wake ourselves in the morning. This period can be an extraordinarily creative time for some people. The impressive inventor, T

7、homas Edison, used this state to hit upon many of his new ideas.Playing with your sleep rhythms can be adventurous, as anxiety may set in. Medical science doesnt help much in this case. It offers us medicines for a full nights continuous sleep, which sounds natural; however, according to Warrens the

8、ory, it is really the opposite of what we need.1. The example of the French peasants shows the fact that _. A. people might become lazy as a result of too much sleepB. there were signs of hibernation in human sleeping habitsC. people tended to sleep more peacefully in cold weatherD. winter was a sea

9、son for people to sleep for months on end2. The late night was called The Watch because it was a time for people _. A. to set traps to catch animalsB. to wake up their family and neighboursC. to remind others of the timeD. to guard against possible dangers3. What does the author advise people to do?

10、A. Sleep in the way animals do.B. Consult a doctor if they cant sleep.C. Follow their natural sleep rhythm.D. Keep to the eight-hour sleep pattern.4. What is the authors purpose in writing the passage?A. To give a prescription for insomnia.B. To urge people to sleep less.C. To analyze the sleep patt

11、ern of modern people.D. To throw new light on human sleep.BMike Miles hadnt had a stable job in years. He bounced around from one position to another, never sure when his last day would be. Sometimes, he lost a position with less than a days notice. This wasnt due to a poor work ethicfrom arriving e

12、arly to staying late, Miles says he did everything he could to build a good relationship with employers. But because Miles had a criminal record, he was always cut loose when it came time to let staff go.It wasnt until October 2015, nearly a decade after his release from prison, that a cousin told M

13、iles about Lancaster Food Company, a local business that focuses on hiring people released from prison. Hoping this would clear up what felt like a thick cloud of uncertainty over his future, Miles submitted an application. He got an interview, and he then began a new job.Miles scenario is rare in L

14、ancaster, where the poverty rate holds steady at 30%. This figure riled Charlie Crystle, Lancasters co-founder and CEO. Crystle was raised in Lancaster but left in 1986 to purse a college degree and later, a career in technology. He co-founded four tech companies, one of which sold for millions of d

15、ollars back in 2000.Crystle is skeptical that many of Lancasters low-income residents can get started the way he did. He believes food production is a key way to meet former offenders who may lack a college degree. Lancaster produces products like bread. Nowadays the company is rapidly expanding; ho

16、wever, at just 16 full-time employees, including administration and owners, it doesnt lower the citys poverty rate.Crystle says he wants to inspire other companies to rethink their current practices and start conversations around minimum wage and employment opportunities for everyone, including ex-o

17、ffenders. Dan Jurman, who chairs the citys Commission to Combat Poverty, believes that Crystles business is a great way to make this happen. None of us can handle these issues alone, he said.5. The purpose of the first paragraph is to show _ .A. a mans difficulty in living a stable lifeB. an increas

18、ingly competitive workplaceC. a decrease in employment opportunitiesD. the reason why Lancaster Food Company was founded6. What does the underlined word riled in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?A. Annoyed.B. Discouraged.C. Amused.D. Embarrassed.7. What words can best describe Charlie Crystle accordin

19、g to the text?A. Outgoing, kind and considerate.B. Wealthy but a little bit greedy.C. Humorous, diligent and ambitious.D. Successful and socially responsible.8. In Dan Jurmans opinion, what is the biggest achievement of Lancaster Food Company?A. It greatly increases employment opportunities.B. It su

20、ggests an idea for fighting poverty.C. It provides a way to handle ex-offenders.D. It creates a stable environment for people.完形填空閱讀下面的短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。The pickle jar (腌菜罐子) as far back as I can remember sat on the floor in my parents bedroom. 1 he got ready for be

21、d, Dad would empty his pockets and drop his 2 into the jar. When the jar was 3 , he would take the coins to the bank and say 4 to the cashier, These are for my sons college fund (資金). Hell 5 work at the mill (磨坊) all his life like me. The years passed, and I 6college and took a job in another town.

22、Once, while visiting my parents, I noticed that the pickle jar was gone. It had served its purpose and had been removed. My dad was a man of 7words, and never taught me the 8of determination, perseverance (毅力) and faith. The pickle jar had taught me more than 9could have done.When I married, I told

23、my wife Susan about the 10. In my mind, it showed how much my dad had 11me. Dad continued to drop his coins into the jar, no matter how 12things got at home.The first Christmas after our daughter Jessica was born, we spent the holiday with my parents. After dinner, Susan 13our baby into my parents b

24、edroom to feed her. When Susan came back into the living room, there was strange tears in her14. She handed Jessica to Dad before taking my hand and leading me into the room.Look, she said 15, her eyes directing me to a spot on the floor. To my16, there, as if it had never been 17, stood the old pic

25、kle jar, the bottom already 18 with coins. I walked over to the pickle jar, dug down into 19 and pulled out a handful of coins. With the strong emotions choking me, I dropped the coins into the jar. I looked up and saw that Dad, carrying Jessica, had slipped quietly into the room. Our eyes 20, and I

26、 knew he was feeling the same emotions I felt. Neither one of us could speak.1. A. WhileB. IfC. WhenD. Unless2. A. coinsB. walletC. moneyD. bill3. A. emptiedB. filledC. soldD. broken4. A. seriouslyB. strictlyC. proudlyD. anxious5. A. stillB. alsoC. alwaysD. never6. A. finishedB. startedC. enteredD.

27、dropped7. A. noB. manyC. fewD. big8. A. worthB. valuesC. useD. differences9. A. moneyB. wordsC. booksD. actions10. A. coinsB. jarC. determinationD. faith11. A. lovedB. treatedC. supportedD. encouraged12. A. hardB. easyC. smoothD. wrong13. A. ledB. carriedC. broughtD. took14. A. bodyB. headC. armsD.

28、eyes15. A. happilyB. angrilyC. loudlyD. softly16. A. surpriseB. delightC. comfortD. satisfaction17. A. usedB. lostC. removedD. forgotten18. A. coveredB. filledC. spreadD. supplied19. A. the pillowB. the jarC. my hand bagD. my pocket20. A. separatedB. leftC. lockedD. ran. 語法填空Long before Barack Obama

29、 became president of the United States, he wrote a book 1(call) Dream from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, which has since become 2bestseller. It is an 3(appeal) book that includes what he went through during 4(he) childhood. Obama has little contact with his father 5roots were in Kenya

30、because he left home when Obama was very young. His mother got married 6a student from Indonesia shortly after the family moved to Jakarta. A few years later, Obama came back with his grandparents to Hawaii, where he 7(attend) a private high school. 8(study) at Columbia in New York City, he then ent

31、ered Harvard Law School. This autobiography also touches 9(heavy) on Obamas exposure to racism. Readers will find his reflections of childhood 10(experience) which involved racial discrimination to be especially moving. 短文改錯Tourism is always close related to culture. Cultural tourism becomes new lan

32、dmark in the tourist enterprise. For a tourist guide, it is quite an easy job to introduce or described the natural scenery to the visitors, and it is not that easy for them to explain the culture. China is a large country for time-honored history. From the ancient time, the Chinese ancestors labour

33、ed, live, and multiplied on this vast land and have created splendid culture. As one of the four centers of the worlds earliest civilizations it has a recording history of nearly 4,000 years, Throughout the history of Chinese Civilization, its agriculture has been known for their high level. During

34、these 4,000 years, China has raised many of great thinkers, inventors, statesmen, writers and artists. 書面表達(dá)假定你是李華，你校外籍教師Miss Rose常常在課余時間輔導(dǎo)你英語口語，使你在上周學(xué)校舉行的英語演講比賽中榮獲第一名。為此，你決定寫一封感謝信，對Miss Rose的幫助表示真誠的感謝。注意：1.文章包括上述內(nèi)容，可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫； 2.詞數(shù)100左右； 3信的開頭和結(jié)尾已為你寫好，但不計入總詞數(shù)。Dear Miss Rose,I am writing to you _

35、Im looking forward to hearing from you.Yours sincerely,Li Hua.閱讀理解A【語篇解讀】學(xué)者對古代人睡眠習(xí)慣的研究表明,在可以人工照明尤其是發(fā)明電燈以后,人類的睡眠習(xí)慣發(fā)生了很大的變化。我們應(yīng)該遵循自己自然的睡眠規(guī)律。1. B【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第一段最后講到In fact, as a species, we almost did.說明人類幾乎也冬眠,第二段 列舉法國農(nóng)民的例子就是為了說明這一點(diǎn)。4. D【解析】推理判斷題。作者通過分析人們的睡眠習(xí)慣的變化,給人們提出了忠告,由此可見作者寫這篇文 章的意圖就是對人們的睡眠提出新的看法。B

36、【語篇解讀】本文通過講述一個刑滿釋放犯不能找到固定的工作的故事，介紹Charlie Crystle為解決城市貧困問題，創(chuàng)辦食品公司，破除慣例，雇傭刑滿釋放人員的善舉。Crystal希望其他公司也為解決貧困問題做些事情。5. D【解析】篇章結(jié)構(gòu)題。第一段講述了刑滿人員Mike Miles盡管非常努力，但是仍舊不能找到穩(wěn)定的工作，因為世俗他不斷的被裁掉，第二段講到直到他找到了Lancaster Food Company，這個公司的建立是為了降低城市貧困率，雇傭刑滿釋放人員。因此推斷第一段的作用是為了說明Lancaster Food Company建立的原因。故選D。6. A【解析】詞句推斷題。根據(jù)

37、下文Crystle is skeptical that many of Lancasters low-income residents can get started the way he did.可知，Crystle懷疑許多蘭開斯特的低收入居民能否像他那樣開始工作。因此推斷貧困率穩(wěn)定在30%這個數(shù)字讓Crystle感到煩惱。畫線詞riled與annoyed意義相近。故選A。8. B【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段最后兩句Dan Jurman, who chairs the citys Commission to Combat Poverty, believes that Crystles b

38、usiness is a great way to make this happen. None of us can handle these issues alone, he said.可知，Jurman認(rèn)為沒有人能夠單獨(dú)解決城市貧困問題，Crystle做的事情是解決貧困的好辦法。因此推斷他認(rèn)為Lancaster 食品公司的做法是戰(zhàn)勝貧困的好想法。故選B。.完形填空【語篇解讀】在我記憶的深處，那只咸菜壇子就放在父母臥室梳妝臺的旁邊。每當(dāng)爸爸準(zhǔn)備睡覺的時候，他總是把衣兜里面的硬幣都拿出來扔到壇子里面-為我攢錢上大學(xué)。父母的愛總是那么無私和偉大，無論生活多么艱難，他們都會用自己的全力為孩子創(chuàng)造一

39、個美好的未來。1C考查連詞。根據(jù)后面的“When the jar was., he would take the coins to the bank and say. to the cashier, These are for my sons college fund (資金). Hell. work at the mill (磨坊) all his life like me. ”可知，每當(dāng)爸爸準(zhǔn)備睡覺的時候，他總是把衣兜里面的硬幣都拿出來扔到壇子里面。A. While當(dāng).時候（強(qiáng)調(diào)兩個動作同時進(jìn)行）；盡管；B. If如果；C. When當(dāng).時候；D. Unless除非。故選C。2A考查名詞。

40、根據(jù)后面的“When the jar was., he would take the coins to the bank and say.”可知，爸爸把衣兜里面的硬幣都拿出來扔到壇子里面。A. coins硬幣；B. wallet錢包；C. money錢；D. bill法案；廣告；賬單。故選A。3B考查動詞。根據(jù)后面的“he would take the coins to the bank and say.”可知，應(yīng)該是當(dāng)壇子裝滿的時候，我們就會把硬幣存到銀行去。A. emptied倒空；B. filled充滿；填寫；C. sold賣；D. broken打破。故選B。4C考查副詞。根據(jù)后面的“T

41、hese are for my sons college fund (資金).”可知，爸爸對于給孩子攢錢上大學(xué)是感到很自豪的。A. seriously嚴(yán)重地，嚴(yán)肅地；B. strictly嚴(yán)格地；C. proudly自豪地；D. anxious焦慮地。故選C。5D考查副詞。句意：他永遠(yuǎn)都不用像我這樣一輩子在這個磨坊里工作。爸爸希望作者考上大學(xué)找到更好的工作。A. still仍然；B. also也；C. always總是；D. never從不。故選D。6A考查動詞。根據(jù)后面的“and took a job in another town.”可知，作者上完大學(xué)了。A. finished結(jié)束；B.

42、started開始，發(fā)動；C. entered進(jìn)入；D. dropped滑落，跌倒。故選A。7C考查形容詞。根據(jù)后面的“and never taught me the. of determination, perseverance (毅力) and faith.”可知，爸爸不善言語。故選C。8B考查名詞。句意：爸爸不善言語，從來不會給我講決心，毅力和信仰這些大道理。A. worth價值；財產(chǎn)；B. values益處；價值；C. use使用，用處；D. differences不同。故選B。10B考查名詞。根據(jù)下文可知，“我”把腌菜壇子的故事告知了妻子。A. coins硬幣；B. jar罐子；C.

43、 determination決心，意志；D. faith信念。故選B。11A考查動詞。在“我”心里，它比任何東西都更能表達(dá)父親對“我”的愛。A. loved愛；B. treated對待，治療；C. supported支持；養(yǎng)活；D. encouraged鼓勵。故選A。12A考查形容詞。句意：無論家里過的多么艱難，爸爸總是堅持把他的硬幣投進(jìn)壇子里。A. hard困難的；B. easy容易的；C. smooth平滑的；D. wrong錯誤的。故選A。13B考查動詞。此處指蘇珊把孩子抱進(jìn)父母的臥室。A. led領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，帶領(lǐng)；B. carried攜帶；C. brought帶來；D. took帶走。故選B

44、。14D考查名詞。根據(jù)前面的“there was strange tears”可知，她哭了，眼睛里面閃著奇怪的淚珠。A. body身體；B. head頭；C. arms胳膊；D. eyes眼睛。故選D。15D考查副詞。妻子抱著孩子，而且比較感動，所以她輕聲說。A. happily高興地；B. angrily生氣地；C. loudly大聲地；D. softly溫柔地。故選D。16A考查形容詞。文章第二段中說“Once, while visiting my parents, I noticed that the pickle jar was gone.”，而現(xiàn)在作者又看到那個罐子，所以感到驚訝。A

45、. surprise驚訝，吃驚的事；B. delight愉快，快樂；樂事；C. comfort安慰；D. satisfaction滿意。故選A。17C考查動詞。句意：讓我驚訝的是，就在那兒，放著那口舊咸菜壇子，就像從來沒被拿走一樣，A. used使用；B. lost失去；C. removed移除，搬走；D. forgotten忘記。故選C。18A考查動詞。此處指壇子底部已經(jīng)覆蓋著（放滿了）硬幣。A. covered覆蓋；采訪；B. filled填滿，充滿；C. spread傳播，散播；D. supplied提供。故選A。19D考查名詞。根據(jù)后面的“I dropped the coins int

46、o the jar.”可知，“我”走近壇子，從衣兜里掏出一大把硬幣來。A. the pillow枕頭；B. the jar罐子；C. my hand bag手包；D. my pocket口袋。故選D。20C考查動詞。句意：我們目光相對，我知道他此刻和我有著同樣的感受。A. separated分開，隔開；B. left離開，留下；C. locked鎖；鎖??；卡?。籇. ran跑，經(jīng)營。故選C。. 語法填空【語篇解讀】文章講述了奧巴馬在當(dāng)選為總統(tǒng)之前，特別是小時候和青少年時期的一些經(jīng)歷。1. called考查非謂語。此處運(yùn)用了過去分詞作定語，因為a book與call之間是被動關(guān)系。故填calle

47、d。2. a考查冠詞。句意：這本書從此成為暢銷書。此處泛指“一本暢銷書”。故填a。3. appealing考查非謂語。此處運(yùn)用了形容詞作定語來修飾名詞book，指“一本吸引人的書”。故填appealing。4. his考查代詞。修飾名詞需要形容詞性物主代詞，指“他的童年時期”。故填his。7. attended考查時態(tài)。文章講述的是奧巴馬小時候的故事，所以謂語動詞要用一般過去時態(tài)。故填attended。8. Having studied考查非謂語。句意：在紐約的哥倫比亞大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)之后，他進(jìn)入了哈佛法學(xué)院。句子的謂語是entered，主語he與study之間是主動關(guān)系，而且study的動作發(fā)生于entered動作之前，所以用現(xiàn)在分詞的完成時形式作時間狀語。故填Having