Unit12 Education 课时达标检测（必修3，含2016年模拟试题，含答案解析）
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．(2016·江苏苏锡常镇四市调研)—Students should try to do a little studying every evening throughout the term，rather than study all night during the week before the exam.
—Exactly.________.
A．Practice makes perfect
B．The early bird catches the worm
C．Slow but sure wins the race
D．Delays are dangerous
解析：选C。句意：——学生应该整个学期每天晚上都要努力学一点而不是在考试前一周彻夜学习。——正是如此。慢而稳者胜。A，熟能生巧；B，早起的鸟有食吃；D，坐失良机必有忧患。
2．________global temperatures rising，the UN Climate Change Conference was held in Cancun(坎昆)，Mexico last year.
A．Prevented
B．Preventing
C．Having prevented
D．To prevent
解析：选D。考查非谓语动词。句意：为了防止地球升温，去年在墨西哥的坎昆举行了联合国气候大会。空白处填To prevent表示目的。
3．(2012·高考安徽卷)When ________for his views about his teaching job, Philip said he found it very interesting and rewarding.
A．asking
B．asked
C．having asked
D．to be asked
解析：选B。考查非谓语动词。句意：当被问及他对教学工作的看法时，菲利浦说他觉得教学很有趣，并且非常值得。ask与主语Philip之间为动宾关系，A和C可排除。本题为“连词＋分词”结构，实际上为状语从句的简化。可通过补全来解题，to be asked为动词不定式的被动式，表示的是将来或尚未发生的动作，(be) asked应该与said同时或先于said而发生，故D不合适。to be asked与此处语意也不合。When asked＝When he was asked。故选B。
4．(2016·贵州遵义四校一联)He has got himself into a dangerous situation________he is likely to lose control over the plan.
A．where
B．which
C．that
D．why
解析：选A。句意：他已经使自己陷入一种有可能计划失控的危险境地。本题考查定语从句，高考试题对于关系副词where引导的定语从句的考查趋于复杂，从先行词为明显的地点转为地点的模糊化，当先行词表示某人或某物的situation，或某事所发展的stage，或者表达某事的某个方面时，定语从句要由where来引导。
5．“Well done，John！Not a single mistake________in your exam paper this time！” said the teacher.
A．you made
B．did you make
C．had you made
D．you have made
解析：选B。考查倒装句和时态。含有否定意义的副词放句首时，要采用部分倒装语序。说话时考试已经结束，因此应该用一般过去时，空白处应填did you make。
6．Mr.Black is very happy because the clothes made in his factory have never been________.
A．popular
B．more popular
C．most popular
D．the most popular
解析：选B。考查形容词比较级。句意：布莱克先生很高兴，因为他工厂生产的服装从没像现在这样受欢迎。根据题中have never(从来没有)得知在句中隐含着与过去比较，故答案选B项。
7．The kind old lady offered________the poor homeless stranger on such a cold night.
A．to take in
B．taking in
C．to result in
D．resulting in
解析：选A。offer在此表示“主动提出做某事”，后面要跟不定式。take in“收留”，符合句意。result in“导致，造成”。
8．No matter how hard he tried，he failed to master the new technology and________the desired results.
A．obtaining
B．obtains
C．obtained
D．obtain
解析：选D。此题中的obtain前省略了动词不定式符号to。to master与to obtain并列作failed的宾语。
9．We are fighting the disease by raising money for medical research，________free information，and offering support to sufferers.
A．distributing
B．to distribute
C．distribute
D．distributed
解析：选A。raising，distributing，offering并列作介词by的宾语。
10．The film directed by Frank is wonderful and it has certainly________my expectations.
A．led to
B．agreed to
C．lived up to
D．attended to
解析：选C。句意：这部由Frank执导的电影很好，的确达到了我的期望。live up to“达到标准、高度等”，符合句意。lead to“导致，通向”；agree to“同意”；attend to“处理，照顾，关照”。
11．We go camping and do some hiking on sunny days，________the fine weather.
A．made the most of
B．making the most of
C．be to make the most of
D．being made the most of
解析：选B。make the most of的逻辑主语与主句的主语一致，且表主动含义，所以要用动词-ing形式作状语。
12．I________Pilcher of giving away government secrets to the enemy.However，it turned out that I was wrong.
A．suspected
B．suspect
C．was suspected
D．am suspected
解析：选A。suspect sb.of sth.疑心某人干某事，再根据turned out可知应该用过去时。
13．(2012·高考山东卷)—I don’t know about you，but I’m sick and tired of this weather.
—________.I can’t stand all this rain.
A．I don’t care
B．It’s hard to say
C．So am I
D．I hope so
解析：选C。考查情景交际。句意：——我不知道你怎么样，不过我对这样的天气厌烦透了。——我也是。我受不了整天阴雨连绵。由题干中的关键信息I can’t stand all this rain.可知答话者对前一个人对天气的抱怨持相同的看法，故选C，相当于：I’m also sick and tired of this weather.A项表示“我不在乎”；B项表示“很难说”；D项表示“我希望如此”，均不符合语境。
14．I was surprised to see wild flowers in Alaska.Many people think there is nothing there________ice and snow.
A．rather than
B．less than
C．other than
D．more than
答案：C
15．(2012·高考陕西卷)He had to pause from time to time to wipe the sweat from his forehead, because the air-conditioning system ______________.
A．broke in
B．broke up
C．broke out
D．broke down
解析：选D。考查动词短语辨析。break in闯入；break up打破，打碎；解散；结束；break out(战争、火灾等)发生；break down(机器)发生故障；(计划、谈判等)失败。由主句中pause from time to time to wipe the sweat可知此处是指空调出故障，故选D项。句意：他不得不时而停下来擦擦额头上的汗，因为空调系统出故障了。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
A
(2016·福建四校六地联考)
What can help you make a fortune in the future？Graduating from a top university might not be enough.A new study from the University of Essex in Britain has shown that the more friends you have in school，the more money you’ll earn later.
The idea that popularity could have a serious influence on one’s earning potential shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise.The researchers noted that if you want to get ahead in life，social skills and networking are easily as powerful as talent and hard work.
“If a person has lots of friends，it means that he or she has the ability to get along with others in all kinds of different situations，” said Xu Yanchun,17，from Shantou High School in Shenzhen，who totally agreed with the recent finding.“Also，friends always help each other.They not only create wider social circles for you but lift your mood when you are occasionally in low spirits，”said Xu.She believed that all this helps you “earn a higher salary”．
Maybe that’s why some people think the younger generations are in the age of Friendaholism (交友狂症)．A woman even complained that the networking website Facebook’s 5,000-friend limit was too low for her large reserve of social contacts.
But what does a friend mean? Should friends be regarded as a form of currency?
“Call me uncool，but I think of a friend as an actual person with whom I have an actual history and whom I enjoy actually seeing.It seems，however，that this is no longer the definition of a friend，”said Meghan Daum，who works with the Los Angeles Times in the US.
Daum dislikes the idea that quantity trumps quality in the age of Friendaholism.She thought the idea of friendship，at least among the growing population of Internet social networkers，was to get as many of not-really-friends as possible.For example，a friend might be someone you might know personally but who could just as easily be the friend of a friend of some other Facebook friend you don’ t actually know.Although she agreed that social ties grease (润滑) the wheels of life，she also warned，“Too bad one thing money can’t buy is a real friend.”
1．What can friends do in the eyes of Xu Yanchun?
A．They can help you with your schoolwork.
B．They teach you how to make more money.
C．They help you to get rid of sadness and cheer up.
D．They introduce their friends to you.
解析：选C。细节理解题。从第三段中的“They not only create wider social circles for you but lift your mood when you are occasionally in low spirits”可知，当你情绪低落时，朋友会帮你振作，故答案选C项。
2．What will be needed if you are to achieve success according to the researchers?
A．Social skills，friends，good mood and fortune.
B．Social skills，networking，talent and hard work.
C．Social skills，networking，potential and fortune.
D．Social skills，talent，hard work and Facebook.
解析：选B。细节理解题。从第二段最后一句可知，答案选B项。
3．We learn that Meghan Daum’s attitude towards friends is somewhat________.
A．up-to-date
B．optimistic
C．confused
D．traditional
解析：选D。推理判断题。从最后两段Meghan Daum说的话以及对她的观点的陈述可推知Meghan Daum对“朋友”的看法是比较传统的，所以选D项。
4．What does the underlined word“trumps”in the last paragraph mean?
A．is better than
B．is equal to
C．is worse than
D．is similar to
解析：选A。词义猜测题。该段第一句话是本段的主旨句，由下文的论述和例证可知此处画线词是“胜过，超过”的含义，所以选A项。
B
(2016·广西高考命题研究专家原创卷六)August weather in California varies：the weather on the ocean is close to perfect and very dry，the desert is terribly hot，and the inland areas can be oppressively hot at times.Here are some examples of the normal and record high and low temperatures，typical for various California cities in August.
Santa Monica—normally the high is a very comfortable 74 degrees Fahrenheit and the low is 54.A very hot 103 degrees was once recorded in Santa Monica in August，while the record low was 43，well above freezing and not too bad for a record low.Rain is all but non-existent in Santa Monica in August.A light jacket and long pants would be a good idea if you are visiting Santa Monica in August.
San Francisco—the regular temperature averages was 72 for a high and 55 for a low.San Francisco once reached 100 degrees in August，while the low for the past 78 years was 42.The average rainfall is less than a tenth of an inch.Bring cool and warm weather clothes if you are traveling to San Francisco in August.
Santa Barbara－in the last 69 years，the highest temperature recorded in Santa Barbara in August was 101 degrees，while the record low was 47.The high averages 78 degrees and the low averages 58.Like most of the state rain is beyond rare in Santa Barbara in August.
Los Angeles－the weather in Los Angeles in August is a little more variable，but to a large part that is because Los Angeles is larger and the temperatures inland are less constant.LA averages a high of 77 degrees and a low of 65.The record high is 98 and the record low is 51.Los Angeles receives very little precipitation(降水量) in August，less than 2 inches on average.
【语篇解读】 本文介绍了加利福尼亚州几个主要城市在八月的天气特点：凉爽，温差较大，干燥少雨。
5．What do the four cities mentioned in the passage have in common?
A．They are all typically cold.B．They are all terribly hot.
C．They are all extremely dry.
D．They are all wet.
解析：选C。细节理解题。比较四个城市的八月的天气特点可知，它们的降雨量都很少，因此C项正确。
6．The given chart below correctly shows the temperatures of__________.
A＝arerage；R＝recard
A．Santa Monica
B．San Francisco
C．Santa Barbara
D．Los Angeles
解析：选D。细节理解题。图表所示与Los Angeles的情况一致，故D项正确。
7．It is known in the passage that__________.
A．the weather in California is almost perfect in August
B．the weather in California is terribly hot in August
C．there are large areas of desert in California
D．there are various kinds of weather in California in August
解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章第一段的第一句可知答案为D。
8．What is the author’s intention to write this passage?
A．The author attempts to introduce some tour cities in California.
B．The author wants to provide some California’s weather information in August.
C．The author intends to tell us California’s temperatures.
D．The author tries to prove that California is the driest city in the United States.
解析：选B。写作意图题。根据文章内容可知，作者写作本文是为了介绍加州几个城市的天气信息，故选B项。