第一部分 选修 7 Unit 3
Ⅰ.完形填空
(2017江西)
“Mum，can I invite my classmate Brett over to stay tomorrow night，please？It's Friday，and we don't have any__1__.Can I，please？”Mum was sitting at the kitchen table.Dad was__2__next to her，resting his head on his arms.Mum could__3__that James wanted so badly to have his friend over.
“I'm so sorry，James，”she said.
“I'm never allowed to have friends come to the house？Why，Mum？”James asked sadly，almost in__4__.
“I know it's__5__for you，”Mum said softly.“But I'm just worried other people might think we're a little…strange.And then they would make fun of you.”
“No，they wouldn't，Mum，”James protested.“We're not__6__at all.We're just ordinary people.”
Mum sighed heavily.“To tell you the truth，James，my neck has been so painful that it's given me a heavy__7__.And your poor father—he doesn't feel__8__.He really needs a rest.”
“I can help，Mum！”James said.“__9__I can make you and Dad feel better，can Brett come over？Please？”
“Well…”Mum began.
“Great！Thanks，Mum！”James almost shouted.“Just sit there，don't move.”He rushed over to the kitchen drawer and__10__what he needed—two spanners(扳手)．“Hang on，Mum，”he said.“This won't take a second.”After some__11__，James was finished.With a smile of__12__on his face he said，“There！How does that feel？”“Oh，James，”Mum said.“That's much better！How did you do it？”
“Easy，”James said__13__.“Dad had tightened your neck bolts(螺栓)too much！I just__14__them slightly！I learned that in robotic science at school.”
“What about your father？Can you__15__him？”asked Mum.
“I'll try，”James replied.He__16__up Dad's hair at the back of his neck，and plugged the electric wire into Dad's head.Then he turned the__17__on.Dad opened his eyes and__18__immediately.“He just let his__19__run too low，that's all，”James said，“Shall I tell Brett to come over straight after school tomorrow？”
“I guess so，”replied Mum.“Your friends will just have to__20__that we are a very unusual family.Thanks，son！”
()1.A.chance B．message
C．homeworkD．difficulty
()2.A.asleepB．reading
C．aloneD．standing
()3.A.explainB．see
C．agreeD．doubt
()4.A.terrorB．tears
C．surpriseD．silence
()5.A.fairB．easy
C．goodD．hard
()6.A.strangeB．normal
C．popularD．anxious
()7.A.headacheB．loss
C．taskD．day
()8.A.illB．funny
C．sorryD．well
()9.A.AsB．If
C．SinceD．Before
()10.A.keptB．controlled
C．foundD．returned
()11.A.requestsB．thoughts
C．repairsD．instructions
()12.A.sympathy B．satisfaction
C．bitternessD．politeness
()13.A.embarrassedly B．gratefully
C．impatientlyD．proudly
()14.A.adjustedB．collected
C．producedD．covered
()15.A.greetB．accompany
C．helpD．ask
()16.A.liftedB．caught
C．gaveD．filled
()17.A.television B．power
C．lightD．gas
()18.A.grew upB．lay down
C．broke downD．sat up
()19.A.foodB．temperature
C．batteryD．blood
()20.A.proveB．expect
C．suspectD．accept
【主旨大意】詹姆斯恳求他妈妈让他的朋友Brett周六到他们家玩。妈妈说他们的家与别人的不同，爸妈是机器人并且身体都不好。为了能够获得妈妈的同意，詹姆斯运用在学校里学到的机器人知识对他的爸妈进行了“修理”。最终，詹姆斯得到了妈妈的同意。
1．【答案】C
【解析】根据上文“It's Friday”可知明天是周六不上课，没作业。
2．【答案】A
【解析】根据下文的“resting his head on his arms”可知爸爸正在休息睡觉。
3．【答案】B
【解析】根据上文詹姆斯的“Can I，please？”的语气，妈妈可以“看出”詹姆斯很迫切想让他的朋友过来。
4．【答案】B
【解析】根据上文“I'm so sorry，James”妈妈拒绝了詹姆斯的请求，所以他很伤心，几乎都哭了。
5．【答案】D
【解析】根据上文可知“这对你来说比较难”。
6．【答案】A
【解析】根据上文“But I'm just worried other people might think we're a little…strange.”可知选A。
7．【答案】A
【解析】根据上文妈妈的脖子疼以至于引发了头疼。
8．【答案】D
【解析】根据下文詹姆斯对他爸爸也进行了“修理”可知爸爸也感觉不舒服。
9．【答案】B
【解析】如果“我”能让你和爸爸感觉好点，能让Brett来吗？
10．【答案】C
【解析】找到了他需要的东西——两把扳手。
11．【答案】C
【解析】根据下文可知，詹姆斯对妈妈进行了“修理”。
12．【答案】B
【解析】干完了活，詹姆斯带有满意的表情。
13．【答案】D
【解析】妈妈感觉好多了，对詹姆斯进行了夸奖，他当然感到很自豪。
14．【答案】A
【解析】螺栓太紧了，詹姆斯对它们进行了调节。
15．【答案】C
【解析】妈妈问他能帮爸爸吗。
16．【答案】A
【解析】詹姆斯掀起爸爸后脑勺的头发，把电线插入爸爸的脑中。
17．【答案】B
【解析】把电线插入爸爸的脑中，之后要打开电源。
18．【答案】D
【解析】刚才爸爸在睡觉，现在他坐起来了。
19．【答案】C
【解析】爸爸电池的电量太低了。
20．【答案】D
【解析】你的朋友们要接受“我们”是不同寻常的家庭。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
A
(2017广东，D)
Scientists today are making greater effort to study ocean currents (洋流)．Most do it using satellites and other hightech equipment.However, ocean expert Curtis Ebbesmeyer does it in a special way—by studying movements of random floating garbage.A scientist with many years' experience, he started this type of research in the early 1990s when he heard about hundreds of athletic shoes washing up on the shores of the northwest coast of the United States.There were so many shoes that people were setting up swap_meets to try and match left and right shoes to sell or wear.
Ebbesmeyer found out in his researches that the shoes—about 60,000 in total—fell into the ocean in a shipping accident.He phoned the shoe company and asked if they wanted the shoes back.As expected, the company told him that they didn't.Ebbesmeyer realized this could be a great experiment.If he learned when and where the shoes went into the water and tracked where they landed, he could learn a lot about the patterns of ocean currents.
The Pacific Northwest is one of the world's best areas for beachcombing (海难搜寻) because winds and currents join here, and as a result, there is a group of serious beachcombers in the area.Ebbesmeyer got to know a lot of them and asked for their help in collecting information about where the shoes landed.In a year he collected reliable information on 1,600 shoes.With this data, he and a colleague were able to test and improve a computer program designed to model ocean currents, and publish the findings of their study.
As the result of his work, Ebbesmeyer has become known as the scientist to call with questions about any unusual objects found floating in the ocean.He has even started an association of beachcombers and ocean experts, with 500 subscribers from West Africa to New Zealand.They have recorded all lost objects ranging from potatoes to golf gloves.
()1.The
underlined phrase swap meets in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________.
A．fitting rooms B．trading fairs
C．business talks D．group meetings
()2.Ebbesmeyer phoned the shoe company to find out ________.
A．what caused the shipping accident
B．when and where the shoes went missing
C．whether it was all right to use their shoes
D．how much they lost in the shipping accident
()3.How did Ebbesmeyer prove his assumption?
A．By collecting information from beachcombers.
B．By studying the shoes found by beachcombers.
C．By searching the web for ocean currents models.
D．By researching ocean currents data in the library.
()4.Ebbesmeyer is most famous for ________.
A．traveling widely the coastal cities of the world
B．making records for any lost objects on the sea
C．running a global currents research association
D．phoning about any doubtful objects on the sea
【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。在研究洋流方面，许多科学家都借助高科技设备，而海洋专家柯蒂斯·埃贝斯迈尔却独辟蹊径，利用海洋漂浮物研究洋流并且取得了突破。
1．【答案】B
【解析】词义猜测题。根据第一段最后一句画线词后的句子“ … to sell or wear”可知，鞋子非常多，以至于人们建立了一个能把鞋子配对并且出售的展销会。fitting rooms意为“试衣间”；trading fairs意为“展销会；集市”；business talks 意为“商业谈判”；group meetings意为“小组会议”。B项最符合题意。故选B项。
2．【答案】C
【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知，柯蒂斯·埃贝斯迈尔给公司打电话询问他们是否要回收事故中丢失的鞋子。在得知公司不准备回收之后，他就可以利用这些鞋子研究洋流了。故选C项。
3．【答案】A
【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“Ebbesmeyer got to know a lot of them and asked for their help in collecting information about where the shoes landed.”可知，埃贝斯迈尔让海滩流浪者帮忙，搜集海里漂浮的鞋子的流向信息。故选A项。B、C、D项均未在文中出现。
4．【答案】D
【解析】细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句可知，由于他的工作，埃贝斯迈尔已经因为专门打电话询问有关海上漂浮物的问题而出名。故选D项。
B
(2016安徽合肥168中学高三第二次段考，A)
Here's how you can take action and make sure you are doing what you can to reduce your personal carbon footprint when traveling this year.
Before you go
Turn off and unplug all of your nonessential electronic appliances.Experts say that 510 percent of the average family's electric bill is from electronic appliances that are plugged in 24 hours a day.Televisions, computers, coffee makers, toasters and even lamps can suck up power.If you are gone for any extended period, consider turning down the temperature on your water heater since there is no sense in keeping that water hot if you are not going to be around to use it.
Choose a different way
If you have a little extras time to spare, driving or taking a train to your destination might be an option.And there are always the longhaul options like Megabus.If you do have to take a plane, fly nonstop.If you want to have a lower carbon footprint, avoid private jets even if you can afford them.
At the hotel
Utilize every conservation program that the hotel offers.Reuse your towels and turn off your air conditioning or heat before you leave for the day.Bring your own soap, shampoo and moisturizer, or at least take whatever is left of the hotelsupplied notions home with you to finish using there.Skip the morning printed newspaper and read it on your Tablet PC, phone or computer.
Drinking
Carry a water bottle with you so that you don't have to buy plastic bottles.Travel to certain parts of the world and you will understand why.There's nothing more disturbing than seeing something made up of plastic bottles and bags.Halong Bay in Vietnam is a great example where this kind manmade pollution is clearly visible.
()5.What should you do at the hotel in order to live a lowcarbon life?
A．Use different towels every day.
B．Obtain information in the morning.
C．Bring the leftover soap for later use.
D．Keep your tablet, phone or computer on.
()6.Halong Bay is mentioned by the writer to tell us ________.
A．it is polluted seriously
B．it is an attractive destination
C．it is full of plastic products
D．it looks beautiful with plastic bottles
()7.The text is most probably from________.
A．a science report
B．a business magazine
C．an advertisement
D．a website on green life
【主旨大意】本文告诉读者外出旅行时的一些小窍门，帮助读者树立环保意识，减少碳排放，从一点一滴做起。
5．【答案】C
【解析】事实细节题。根据At the hotel部分，C项(把剩余的肥皂带回家以后使用)与原文第三句相符。而A项(使用不同的毛巾)与第二句相悖，B项(早晨了解资讯)叙述不明确，D项与最后一句相悖。
6．【答案】A
【解析】细节理解题。根据最后一段可知“越南下龙湾被塑料制品污染了”，所以选A。而C项没有突出“污染”，叙述不准确。
7．【答案】D
【解析】推理判断题。根据文章第一段可知：本文教给读者一些减少个人碳排放的方法，那么它应该出自于关于绿色生活的媒体。
Ⅲ.短文改错
Read English newspapers is my favorite activity. When I entered into high school, I began to enjoy doing such work. With the teachers' help, I realize that reading English articles are of great important. It's a good way to improve my English. I've learned more new words and expression by doing so. I also get many information, including news about China and the world outside. It opens my eyes widely. Which I love most is the section about TV programs in the coming week. I dislike reading long articles there are many new word. I will work hard to keep on as if it's a particularly hard task for me.
【答案】
English newspapers is my favorite activity. When I entered into high school, I began to enjoy doing such work. With the teachers' help, I realize that reading English articles
of great . It's a good way to improve my English. I've learned more new words and by doing so. I also get
information, including news about China and the world outside. It opens my eyes widely.
I love most is the section about TV programs in the coming week. I dislike reading long articles
there are many new . I will work hard to keep on
if it's a particularly hard task for me.
【解析】
第一处：Read →Reading 这里缺少主语，故用read的ing形式。
第二处：去掉the 这里表示泛指，故不必用the。
第三处：are →is 主语是reading English articles，只有一个，是单数。
第四处：important→importance 短语 be of great importance意为“非常重要”。
第五处：expression→ expressions 根据前面的words提示，应该用复数形式。
第六处：many →much information为不可数名词，不能用many修饰。
第七处：Which→ What 这里是一个主语从句，从句的谓语do缺少宾语，故用what。
第八处：articles后面加where 先行词long articles指“哪里”，后面缺少引导词，根据文意，需要加上where。
第九处：word →words 结合文意，前面有many修饰，故用复数形式。
第十处：as → even 根据文意，这里表示让步，要用evenif，“即使”。