Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．— Sorry, but I still don't quite understand that phrase.
— OK，let me make another sentence to________its meaning.
A．bring about
B．bring up
C．bring out
D．bring in
解析 考查动词词义辨析。bring about 导致；引起；bring up抚养；教育；bring out 生产；阐明；bring in 提出；引入。句意：——对不起，可是我仍然不明白那个短语的意思。——好的，我再造一个句子来阐明它的含义。
答案 C
2．Only under special circumstances________to take makeup tests.
A．are freshmen permitted
B．permitted are freshmen
C．freshmen are permitted
D．are permitted freshmen
解析 考查倒装句的用法。only 修饰状语位于句首句子用倒装结构。句意：只有在特殊的条件下一年级新生才被允许参加补考。
答案 A
3．Recently the father has found his son increasingly________to the Internet games.
A．being attractedB．attracted
C．attractingD．having attracted
解析 句意为：最近那位父亲发现他的儿子越来越沉溺于网络游戏。本题考查非谓语动词作宾补。宾语his son与attract为逻辑上的被动关系，故排除C、D两项；A项表示正在进行，不合句意，故被排除。B项表示状态，符合句意，故为答案。
答案 B
4．—I wonder why he has been acting so strangely these days.
—Recent pressure at work may________his behavior.
A．account for
B．call for
C．change for
D．stand for
解析 account for 解释；说明；call for 需要；要求；change for 替换；更换；stand for代表。
答案 A
5．—Do you know how I can________him?
—On his mobile phone.
A．learn
B．reach
C．seek
D．touch
解析 考查动词词义辨析。learn 学习；得知；reach 到达；抵达；此处指联系；seek寻找；touch触摸。
答案 B
6．The company can't afford to buy the latest equipment at present.________，they keep trying new ways to improve efficiency.
A．On the contrary
B．In contrastC．Nevertheless
D．Furthermore
解析 考查插入语辨析。on the contrary相反地；in contrast对比；nevertheless不过；然而；furthermore而且。句意：公司目前买不起最新的设备，尽管如此，他们在不停的尝试提高效率。两句话之间存在让步关系，故选nevertheless。
答案 C
7． Many people believe that hunger is only a problem in the developing countries.________，it is a problem all over the world.
A．For one thing B．In addition
C．As well D．On the contrary
解析 考查介词短语。句意为：很多人认为饥饿只是发展中国家的问题。相反，这是全世界的问题。for one thing首先，其一(用来列举理由)；in addition另外，除此之外；as well还；on the contrary正相反。根据句意可知应选D。
答案 D
8．We were having a lesson________a policeman came in.
A．when
B．while
C．until
D．before
解析 句意：我们正在上课，突然一个警察进来了。when用作并列连词，表示“就在那时”，相当于and at that time。
答案 A
9．On the top of this mountain，you can get a wonderful________of the nearby hills.
A．view
B．sight
C．look
D．scene
解析 get a view of为固定搭配，意为“看到……的景象”。
答案 A
10．Used to TV shows，where everything is quick and entertaining，many people do not have the________to read a book that requires thinking.
A．courage
B．wisdom
C．patience
D．freedom
解析 考查名词辨析。句意：习惯于一切都是快节奏和娱乐的电视节目后，许多人已经失去了耐心去阅读需要思考的书本了。courage勇气；wisdom智慧；freedom表示“自由”，均不合题意。patience表示“耐心”，与题意相符。
答案 C
11．Though________to stop playing computer games many times，the little boy just turned a deaf ear and fixed his eyes on the screen.
A．urging
B．being urged
C．urged
D．having urged
解析 考查省略句。由于从句的主语与主句的主语一致，且从句中有be，所以省略了从句的主语和be。句子补全为Though(he was)urged to stop playing computer games many times。
答案 C
12．—Did you plan to meet here?
—No，________.
A．by accident
B．by mistake
C．by the way
D．by reason
解析 考查介词短语。by accident偶然；碰巧。可根据plan和No判断。
答案 A
13．—Are you still thinking of yesterday's game?
—That's________makes me feel excited.
A．which
B．what
C．how
D．that
解析 考查名词性从句。在表语从句中that不作句子成分，what可引导表语从句，并在从句中作主语或宾语等成分。
答案 B
14．The party will be held in the garden，weather________.
A．permitting B．to permit
C．permitted D．permit
解析 此处主句的主语party和weather不一致，所以weather保留，作permitting的逻辑主语，构成独立主格结构。另外，weather与permit之间是主动关系，故用现在分词。句意为：如果天气允许，聚会将在花园举行。
答案 A
15．—Jimmy had a lot of parties recently.
—Yes，that might________why he didn’t do well in the test.
A．account for B．push for
C．make for D．compensate for
解析 考查动词词组辨析。account for表示“解释，是……的原因”；push for表示“争取”；make for表示“促成”；compensate for表示“补偿，赔偿”。根据句意可知，此处表示“那就能很好地解释他为什么考得这么差了”，所以选A项。
答案 A
Ⅱ.完形填空
It was a winter morning，just a couple of weeks before Christmas.While most people were__1__their cars.Trevor，my husband，had to__2__early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work.On arrival，he__3__his bike outside the back door as he usually does.After__4__10 hours of labor，he returned to find his bike__5__.
The bike，a black Kona 18 speed，was our only tool.Trevor used it to get to__6__，putting in 60hour weeks to__7__his young family.And the bike was also used to get groceries，__8__us from having to walk long distances from where we live.
I was so__9__that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story.Shortly after that，several people in our area__10__to help.One wonderful stranger__11__bought a bike，then called my husband to pick it up.__12__my husband had a way to get to and from his job.It really is a(an)__13__that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.People say that a smile can be__14__from one person to another，but acts of kindness from__15__are even more so.This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it__16__our faith in humanity as a whole.And it has__17__us to be more mindful of ways that we，too，can__18__with others.No matter how big or how small，an act of kindness shows that someone__19__.And the results can be__20__.
1．A.cooling down
B．warming up
C．speeding up
D．slowing down
解析 由于是冬天，所以出行前要给车warm up(加热)。cool down冷却；speed up加快速度；slow down减慢速度。
答案 B
2．A.get up
B．wake up
C．turn up
D．rise up
解析 Trevor，my husband，是骑车上班，所以要早起赶时间，而wake up醒来；turn up出现；rise up升起，均不合题意。
答案 A
3．A.piled
B．pushed
C．parked
D．paused
解析 到了之后把自行车停(parked)在后门外，而pile堆放；push推动；pause停顿，都不合题意。
答案 C
4．A.putting in
B．putting on
C．putting off
D．putting away
解析 put in time/energy投入、花费时间或精力，符合题意。put on穿上；上映；put off推迟；put away收拾好。
答案 A
5．A.broken
B．robbed
C．hidden
D．gone
解析 下班后出来发现自行车不见了(gone)。break使……破碎；rob后跟人或地点作宾语；hide躲藏。
答案 D
6．A.study
B．shop
C．work
D．deliver
解析 根据上文应为get to work上班。deliver投递；study学习；shop商店，均不合题意。
答案 C
7．A.live
B．support
C．serve
D．protect
解析 丈夫每天上班得support his family(养活家庭)。其他不符合常识。
答案 B
8．A.getting
B．protecting
C．saving
D．allowing
解析 由后面的long distances from where we live可知骑自行车节省了时间，且save sb from doing....固定短语；protect sb from sth保护某人免受……；get，allow均不和from搭配。
答案 C
9．A.surprised
B．thrilled
C．puzzled
D．sad
解析 小偷steal our bike，我当然是难过(sad)。surprised吃惊；thrilled兴奋的；puzzled迷惑的。
答案 D
10．A.offered
B．supported
C．provided
D．agreed
解析 offer to help(主动帮助)为固定短语；B、C两项先排除；agree to do同意做某事，不符合上下文。
答案 A
11．A.still
B．finally
C．even
D．yet
解析 even甚至，表示递进关系，符合句意。still仍然，一直；finally最后；yet还。
答案 C
12．A.Now and then
B．Once in a while
C．Once again
D．Sooner or later
解析 丈夫丢了自行车后“又一次(once again)”正常的上下班，而now and then时而；once in a while偶尔，间或；sooner or later迟早。
答案 C
13．A.honor
B．pity
C．sympathy D．respect
解析 陌生人会给从未见过的帮助对于我来说是honor(荣耀)；pity可怜，同情；sympathy同情；respect尊重。
答案 A
14．A.thrown
B．passed
C．sent
D．got
解析 pass sth from...to...把……传递下去，微笑是一种善意的传递；throw扔；send派，发送；get得到。
答案 B
15．A.friends
B．strangers
C．relatives
D．parents
解析 从上文可知acts of kindness从strangers那里得到；friends，relatives，parents不具备代表性。
答案 B
16．A.weakened
B．spread
C．reduced
D．strengthened
解析 strengthen our faith in humanity巩固了我们对人性的信任。weaken减弱；spread传播；reduce减少。
答案 D
17．A.moved
B．forced
C．urged
D．influenced
解析 好的人性influence(影响)到我们和他人分享的方式。move移动；force强迫；urge敦促。
答案 D
18．A.share
B．connect
C．deal
D．work
解析 share with others和他人分享。
答案 A
19．A.likes
B．cares
C．worries
D．wonders
解析 an act of kindness表明人“关心、帮助”他人。like喜欢；worry担心；wonder纳闷，想知道。
答案 B
20．A.short
B．promising
C．permanent
D．temporary
解析 act of kindness固然渺小，但其影响是permanent(永恒的)。short，promising，temporary分别为短暂的、有希望的、临时的。
答案 C
Ⅲ.阅读理解
One of the founding fathers of the Internet has predicted the end of traditional television.Vint Cerf，who helped to build the Internet while working as a researcher in America，said that the television was approaching its “iPod moment”．
In the same way that people now download their favorite music onto their iPod，he said that viewers would soon be downloading most favorite programs onto their computers.“85% of all videos we watch are prerecorded，so you can set your system to download them all the time，” said Mr Cerf，who is now the vice president of Google，the world’s largest search engine.“You’re still going to need live television for certain things—like news，sporting events and emergencies—but increasingly it is going to be almost like the iPod.”
Although television on demand has not yet become a mainstream activity in the UK，the BBC，ITV and Channel 4 have all spent vast sums of money on technology which enables viewers to watch their favorite shows on their computers.
But some critics (批评人士)，including some Internet service providers，have warned that the Internet will collapse with millions of people downloading programs at the same time.Over the next four years，it is thought that the number of videos watched over the Internet will be four times as big as that.Broadband companies claim that the service will cause “traffic jams”，which will cost millions of pounds to get it to normal.
But Mr Cerf dismissed the warnings as “scare thoughts”，saying that critics had predicted 20 years ago that the Net would collapse when people all around the world started to use it all together.“In the past 30 years it’s increased a million times...We’re far from reaching the capacity，” he said，“It’s an understandable worry when they see huge amounts of information being moved around online.”
【语篇解读】 随着网络技术的发展，传统的电视将有可能退出历史的舞台。
1．What would happen to television according to Vint Cerf?
A．Television would come to an end. B．Television would be replaced by the computer.
C．Viewers would prefer watching TV programs downloaded on their computers.
D．Most people would prefer the Internet to television.
解析 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句中的“viewers would soon be downloading most favorite programs onto their computers.”可知，人们喜欢将最喜欢的节目下载到电脑上进行观看，因此选C。
答案 C
2．“iPod moment” refers to the time when________.
A．people can enjoy the live broadcast of television
B．people can download content to look at later
C．all programs are recorded with careful plan
D．the computer and television are closely combined
解析 推理判断题。根据第二段叙述可知，像把音乐下载到iPod一样，人们能将最喜欢的电视节目下载到电脑上，稍后观看，故B项正确。
答案 B
3．According to the last paragraph，Mr Cerf held the idea that______.
A．the Internet will collapse with many people downloading programs at the same time
B．the Net will collapse when people all around the world start to use it all together
C．the Internet service will break down with many videos watched over the Internet
D．people’s downloading TV programs on their computers won’t cause the collapse of the Internet
解析 推理判断题。根据最后一段内容尤其是第一句可知，Mr Cerf认为即使人们把电视节目下载到电脑中，也不会导致网络瘫痪。
答案 D