Unit 3 Life
in
the
future Period 2 Learning about Language & Using Language 课时精练（人教版必修5，重庆专用）
时间：30分钟
Ⅰ.短语填空
1．She wants to get married and ________.
2．We must find an effective way to ________ radioactive waste.
3．Don't ________so ________
money.
4．He ________ his car after escaping from the prison.
5．He ________ himself ________ a doctor.
6．When I saw him，he ____________ the book.
7．How ________ do they manage to rob the bank?
8．He ________ the beggar with sympathy.
9．The driver was not ________ the accident.
10．She finished her work __________.
答案 1.settle down 2.dispose of 3.be；greedy for4．sped up 5.described；as 6.was absorbed in 7.on earth8．stares at 9.to blame for 10.in an instant
Ⅱ.完成句子
1．他们为了迎合人们的需求，已经加快了新车的生产。(speed up)
They ________ ________ ________ the production of the new car in order to meet the people's requirements.
2．英国在国外有许多殖民地。(settlement)
The British Empire had many __________ abroad.
3．小镇的东部有一个美丽的湖。 (完全倒装)
East of the town ________ ________ ________ ________.
4．他们一听到警报，就立即集合准备战斗。(the instant)
________ ______ ________ ________ ________ ________， they fell in for action.
5．我会给经理打电话让他们加快办事的速度。 (speed up)
I'll phone the manager and get them to ________ ________ ________.
答案 1.have sped up 2.settlements 3.lies a beautiful lake 4.The instant they heard the alarm 5.speed things up
Ⅲ.单项填空
1．In today's world, the Internet is a very useful tool for________business communication.
A．wrapping up
B．growing up
C．speeding up
D．pulling up
答案 C [考查短语辨析。句意：当今世界，网络是一个很有用的加速商业交流的工具。A 项“包裹”；B项“长大”；D项“停车”均可排除。 C项“加速”符合语境。故选C。]
2. To protect the environment, we should take all the plastics and newspapers to________.
A．recycle
B．throw
C．cycle
D．store
答案 A [句意：为了保护环境，我们应该把所有的塑料和报纸重新利用。recycle回收，重新利用；throw扔掉；cycle骑自行车； store储存。根据句意可知选A。]
3．Though the pretty girl got what she had listed on the paper, she looked at the shop window with________eyes.
A．exciting
B．casualC．absentminded
D．greedy
答案 D [考查形容词词义辨析。 exciting“让人感到兴奋的”；casual“随便的”；absentminded“心不在焉的”； greedy“贪婪的”。由题意可知D项正确。]
4．Many of the party' s traditional voters________it at the last election.
A．reserved
B．desertedC．preserved
D．depressed
答案 B [考查动词词义辨析。句意：这个党的很多传统支持者在上一次选举中抛弃了它。“抛弃”应用desert表示。
reserve“预定”；preserve“保护；保持”；depress“使忧愁”。故选B。 ]
5．Out of the crowded train________，who was dressed in a blue suit and waved to a lady.
A．a tall man in his fifties stepped
B．stepped a tall man in his fifties
C．did a tall man in his fifties step
D．did a tall man step in his fifties
答案 B [考查倒装句。当介词短语(作地点状语)提到句首时，该句采用全部倒装句式，即：状语十谓语＋主语 (名词)，故选B。]
6. After the________of their differences, Tim and Jenny became good friends.
A．settler
B．settlement
C．solute
D．answer
答案 B [句意：解决了分歧之后，提姆和詹妮成为了好朋友。settler名词，“定居者”；settlement名词，“定居，解决”； solute动词，“解决”； answer名词或动词，“回答，答案”。由句意知选B。]
7．—What do you think of teaching，Bob?
—I find it fun and challenging. It is a job________you are doing something serious but interesting.
A．where
B．which
C．when
D．that
答案 A [句意：——鲍勃，你认为教学工作怎么样？——我觉得它既有趣又具有挑战性。教学工作是一份严肃且有趣的工作。此题考查定语从句。先行词 为a job。从句中所填词相当于in the job，故用关系副词where。]
8．Most________of parents present at the meeting are for the suggestion given by the teacher.
A．representative
B．representativesC．representation
D．representing
答案 B [句意：与会的家长代表们大部分赞同这项政策。representative用作名词，意为“代表”，指人，有单复数变化。 representation用作名词，意为“代表，支持”，为动词represent的名词形式，是不可数名词，显然B项正确。]
9. ________I saw him, I knew he was the man the police were looking for.
A．Before
B．WhileC．The
instant
D．Immediate
答案 C [考查连词。句意：一看见他，我就知道他是那个警察正在寻找的人。此处需要连词“一……就”，只有C项符合。若选D, 应用Immediately。故选C。]
10．Nature has the capacity to________wastes and change them into new resources.
A．receive
B．recycle
C．reuse
D．repeat
答案 B [考查动词词义辨析。句意：大自然有能力回收利用废物并把它们转化为新的资源。 recycle是指“再利用”，符合语境。receive“收到”；reuse“重复使用”；repeat“重复”。故选B。]
11．Teenagers have reached a point in their life________they are supposed to make decisions of their own for the first time.
A．which
B. where
C．how
D．why
答案 B [考查定语从句的关系词。先行词为point，表示地点，关系词在从句中作状语，故选用where，答案为B。]
12．We all feel it is Jack as well as his wife that________their son's bad performance at school.
A．are to blame for
B．is to be blamed forC．are to be blamed for
D．is to blame for
答案 D [考查主谓一致。由as well as连接两部分作主语时，谓语动词与其前面的名词或代词保持一致。主语为Jack，所以谓语用第三人称单数式，锁定B，D两项。因为……而受责备，be to blame for。故选D。]
13．The seawater and sand________the houses in a flash.
A．blew up
B．made upC．brought up
D．swallowed up
答案 D [句意：一瞬间，海水与沙子吞没了那些房屋。
swallow up意为“吞没”，符合句意。blow up炸毁；给某物充气；make up组成；bring up提出。]
14．Why________didn't the man tell his wife the truth?
A．on earth
B．on the earthC．on fire
D．on his feet
答案 A [考查短语辨析。on earth究竟； on the earth在地球上； on fire着火，燃烧； on his feet恢复健康。由句意知答案为A。]
15．She________him shyly and then lowered her eyes.
A．stares at
B．glances at
C．glares at
D．glanced at
答案 D [句意：她羞怯地偷看了他一下，随即垂下眼帘。stare at 盯，凝视；glance at浏览，扫一眼； glare at怒视。 原句为过去时，故只能选D。]
Ⅳ.阅读理解
A
The average college student in America spent about seven hundred dollars on textbooks last year.The National Association of College Stores reported more than five billion dollars in sales of textbooks and course materials.
Association spokesman says electronic textbooks now cover just two to three percent of sales. But he says that is expected to reach ten to fifteen percent by 2017.
Online versions are now available for most popular college textbooks. Etextbooks can cost half the price
of a new print textbook.But students usually lose access after the end of the term.And the books cannot be loaded on more than one device，so they are not easy to share.
So what do students think of etextbooks？Earlier this year Administrators at Missouri State University tested them with five hundred
students in twenty classes. The University provides laptop computers to all seven thousand of its fulltime students.It does not require students to buy their textbooks. They rent them to save money.The school aims to save even more by moving to etextbooks.
The students in the survey reported that downloading the books from the Internet was easy.They liked the idea of carrying lighter backpacks And fiftysix percent said they were better able to find information.
But most found that using etextbooks did not change their study habits.And sixty percent felt they read more when they were reading on paper.In all，almost half the students said they still liked paper textbooks better.
But the survey found that cost could be a big influence.Fiftyfive percent said they would choose etextbooks if using them meant their textbook
rental fee would not increase.
Roger Von Holzen heads the Center for Information Technology in Education.He tells us that administrators are disappointed with the etextbooks now available because the majority are not interactive(交互的)．
He thinks growth will come when more digital books include video，activities, games and other ways to interact with the information.But for now，most of the books are just words on a screen.
【解题导语】 本文主要是将传统的课程资料和电子教材进行比较，哪一种更好呢？看看文中是怎么说的。
1．The underlined word“them”in the fourth paragraph refers to________.
A．university students
B．textbooks and course materials
C．lap top computers
D．etextbooks
答案 D [词义推断题。第四段第一句提出问题“So what do students think of etextbooks？”可知，后面的them指代的是etextbooks。故选D。]
2．We can learn from the passage that________.
A．it is against law to share etextbooks among students
B．students in Missouri State University can't afford to buy textbooks
C．etextbooks will not be available when the term is over
D．most students refuse etextbooks though they are cheap
答案 C [推理判断题。根据文章第三段第三句可知C项正确；A项内容文章没有提到；根据文章第四段最后一句可知B项错误，根据文章第六段最后一句可知D项是错的。]
3．Missouri State University________.
A．requires students to buy both laptop computers and textbooks
B．makes a lot of money by renting textbooks to students
C．encourages students to use the etextbooks to save money
D．forbids the use of ordinary textbooks to lighten their backpacks
答案 C [细节理解题。根据文章第四段特别是最后一句可知，C项是最佳答案。]
4．The survey made by Missouri State University shows that________.
A．most popular college textbooks are still hard to download
B．some students haven't got used to the new reading habits
C．the computer costs affect the popularity of etextbooks greatly
D．etextbooks caused a sharp increase in students' rental fee
答案 B [推理判断题。由第六段“But most found that using etextbooks did not change their study habits...paper.”可知B项正确，故选B。]
B
We don't know how different out future will be in the future.We can only try to imagine it.
At first we think about human relationship.In the year 2050，we will use computers almost every day. We will be making new friends through the Internet－even our husbands or wives will be met in this way.It will be much faster and easier for us.On the other hand, our relationships with people won't be as important as they are today－we will feel a little lonely.
Computers will also help us in many other activities in 2050.For example，they will be used by the children at school to make their learning easier.In addition，there will be much more other machines which will play a similar role as computers，like robots which will do the housework for us.
Spending holidays will also be completely different.Traveling to other planets or to the moon will be available for everyone.Means of transport will，of course, change，too.We will be using solarpowered cars，which will be much more environmentally friendly.
We could expect that the faster technological progress would lead to a more polluted environment.But it isn't true.We will pay more attention to protecting the environment.And，scientists will probably find cures for many dangerous diseases，like cancer or AIDS. Therefore，our surroundings as well as health will be in better condition.
Although we can't predict the exact changes which will be made in the world，we often think about them.We worry about our and our children's future；we have expectations，hopes as well as fears.But I think we should be rather sanguine about our future.We should be happy and believe good things will happen.
【解题导语】 2050的生活会是什么样的？设想一下。
5．Why will people probably feel a little lonely in 2050?
A．Because the number of people will become much smaller.
B．Because there will be less facetoface communication.
C．Because people won't
like making friends with each other.
D．Because people won't communicate with each other much often.
答案 B [推理判断题。根据第二段的内容可知，在2050年，人们主要通过电脑进行交流，而很少进行面对面的交流，人与人之间的关系也就淡薄了，因此那时的人们会感到有点孤独。]
6．The third paragraph mainly tells us________.
A．that computers will do all the things for human beings
B．how people will use computers to communicate with each other
C．that machines like computers and robots will help people a lot
D．how people will use robots to do the housework
答案 C [主旨大意题。根据第三段的内容可知，计算机和机器人等机器会给人类很大的帮助，故选C。]
7．According to the passage，which of the following will happen in 2050?
A．The relationship between people will be more important than today.
B．The way of spending holidays will be the same as that of today.
C．It won't be difficult for people to travel to other planets.
D．Our environment will be much more polluted with a growing number of cars.
答案 C [推理判断题。根据第二段的our relationships with people won't be as important as they are today 可知A项不正确；根据第四段的Spending holidays will also be completely different.可知B项不正确；根据第四段的Traveling to other planets or to the moon will be available for everyone.可知C项正确；根据倒数第二段的We will pay more attention to protecting the environment...Therefore，our surroundings as well as health will be in a better condition.可知D项不正确。]
8．The underlined word“sanguine”in the last paragraph most probably means “________”．
A．disappointed
B．surprised
C．curious
D．optimistic
答案 D [词义猜测题。根据文章最后一句话可以猜测出作者认为我们对未来应该持积极乐观的态度，故选D项。]