2016届高考英语一轮复习基础考点聚焦：Unit3 Life in the future单元检测同步探源 新人教版必修5

　　高考英语一轮复习 第一部分 基础考点聚焦 Unit3 Life in the future单元检测同步探源 新人教版必修5

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　(2016·成都市高中毕业班第一次诊断)Humans：it’s time to abandon Earth or race extinction.(大片)ntist Stephen Hawking.

　　“I see great dangers for the human race，” he said in an interview with global forum Big Think.“There have been a number of times in the past when its survival has been a question of touch and go.”

　　“I believe that the long­term future of the human race must be in space，”he said.“It will be difficult enough to avoid disasters on planet Earth in the next hundred years，let alone the next thousand，or million.”

　　Hawking，who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom last year，has recently voiced many concerns about the future of life on Earth.

　　“If aliens visited us，the outcome would be as much as when Columbus landed in America，which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans，”he said.“Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads(游牧民)，looking to conquer and colonize whatever planets they can reach.”

　　But Hawking says he’s still hopeful for the future of humanity.He told Big Think，“We’ve made remarkable progress in the last hundred years.But if we want to continue beyond the next hundred years，our future is in space.”

　　Getting to another planet will prove a challenge，not to mention colonizing it for humanity.Katherine Freese from University of Michigan told Big Think，“The nearest star to Earth is Proxima Centauri (比邻星) which is 4.2 light years away.That means－or about 50【文章大意】　文章主要介绍了英国著名的科学家斯蒂芬·霍金对人类未来的预测。 advised to abandon Earth mainly because________．解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章第四段中的“ It will be difficult enough to avoid disasters on planet Earth in the next hundred years可知在接下来的几百年中地球上会有许多灾难发生。故答案为D。els that________．解析：选B。推理判断题。根据文章第七We’ve made remarkable progress in the last hundred years.But if we want to continue beyond the next hundred years，our future is in space.”可知我们虽然在过去的几百年中取得了卓越的进步但是如果我们要在接下来的几百年中继续延续这种进步我们将来的生活空间在太空。据此可以推断出未来地球将不再适合人类居住。故答案为B。r’s key point in the last paragraph?

　　A．It is impossible to get to another planet in space.

　　B．It is urgent for Hawking to develop the space science.

　　C．The near future can’t see human’s move to another planet.

　　D．The planet Proxima Centauri is far away from Earth.

　　解析：选C。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的内容可知人类借助现在的火箭科学技术短时间内是不可能到达离地球最近的Proxima Centauri(比邻星)的所以人类搬去另外一个星球在不远的将来是不会实现的。故答案为C。________． B．a science fiction解析：选D。推理判断题。文章主要介绍了斯蒂芬·霍金对人类未来的预测是在global forum Big Think上发表的自己的看法与观点故文章最有可能摘自论坛报告。答案为D。七选五补缺题(2016·河南豫东、豫北十所名校高三阶段性测试)Rules On How To Be A Fit Kid

　　Being fit is a way of saying a person eats well，gets a lot of physical exercise，and has a healthy weight.1.________If you’re a kid who wants to be fit，here are three rules to live by.

　　Eat a variety of foods.

　　You may have a favorite food，but the best choice is to eat a variety.2.________Taste new foods and old ones you haven’t tried for a while.Some foods，such as green vegetables，are more pleasing the older you get.Shoot for at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day－two fruits and three vegetables.________

　　What does it feel like to be full? When you’re eating，notice how your body feels and when your stomach feels comfortably full.Sometimes，people eat too much because they don’t notice when they need to stop eating.4.________And over a period of time，overeating can lead to unhealthy weight gain.

　　Limit screen time.

　　What’s screen time? It’s the amount of time you spend watching TV or DVD，playing video games，and using the computer.The more time you spend on these sitting­down activities，the less time available for active stuff，like basketball，bike riding and swimming.5.________

　　These rules aren’t magic.However，follow them most of the time and you can become a fit kid sooner or later.

　　A．Drink water and milk.

　　B．Listen to your body.

　　C．Eating too much can make you feel uncomfortable.

　　D．There’re a lot of discussions these days about fit kids.

　　E．Try to spend no more than 2 hours a day on screen time.

　　F．Ask your parents to help you do your favorite activities regularly.

　　G．If you eat different foods，you’re more likely to get the nutrients your body needs.

　　答案：1～5　DGBCE完形填空(2016·山东省潍坊市高考模拟)A few weeks ago(杀死以免除其痛苦)．First__1__．Then，the pain in her back got so bad that sometimes she __2__ lie down in the middle of a walk and couldn’t take another __3__．__4__．But I was also angry at my stepfather__5__ a week after it happened.He __6__because he didn’t want to worry us，and he didn’t want me to get depressed (沮丧的) and fail my exams.I just thought she was__7__ at the animals’ hospital.__8__that went through my head：she was my dog! Why didn’t he tell us earlier? I __9__of keeping things from me to protect me，such as only telling me that my aunt had

　　cancer __10__ she had already improved health.All I could think was：not again!__11__to my mum，and she said，“I know.I’m __12__，too.”I opened my mouth to shout.And then she added，“I’m so angry with Steve that he had to __13__through all this on

　　his own.” Hearing my mum’s words，I shut up my mouth.I had been so __14__on myself.I hadn’t thought about __15__ Steve was going through.That dog was his baby.He’d had her for longer than he’d had us－and he had to make the decision to __16__and then kept in silence for an entire __17__．All my anger melted __18__．

　　It makes me realize that we focused so much on ourselves that we __19__the pain of others.At that moment，my mum’s words were an incredible __20__ that I’ll never forget.

　　【文章大意】　“我”家小狗死了继父为了不影响“我”的考试隐瞒了一周为此“我”感到很生气。后来妈妈的一句话让我感到非常惭愧因为“我”只顾自己的感受却忽视了他人的痛苦。 B．lonely

　　解析：选C。一开始painful)。解析：选A。她的背疼得厉害以至于她有时总是会走到一半就躺下。would“(带出过去常见的情况)总是老是”。解析：选B。她一step)也走不动了。A.tool

　　B．toy

　　解析：选D。对“我”来说与其说她是个宠物(pet)倒不如说她像我的姐妹。解析：选D。“我”的继父一周后才告诉我们真相(truth)。解析：选B。他等(waited)了一周才告诉我们真相是因为他不想让我们担心不想让“我”感到沮丧也不想影响“我”的考试。解析：选A。“我”只是认为她还(still)在动物医院里。pinions

　　C．thoughts

　　D．doubts

　　解析：选C。“我”认为你知道“我”脑海里所有的想法(thoughts)。解析：选C。“我”家里的人有一种为了保护“我”什么也不让“我”知道的习惯(habit)。

　　C．while

　　D．after

　　解析：选D。例如在“我”阿姨身体好多了之后(after)才告诉“我”她得了癌症。解析：选B。“我”向妈妈求助。turn to“向……12．A.angry

　　B．shocked

　　解析：选A。5空前面的“But I was also angry at my stepfather”及13空前面的“I’m so angry”是线索提示妈妈也很生气(angry)。解析：选B。15空后面的“Steve was going through”是线索提示表示“经历遭受”。解析：选A。“我”一直只关注自己。从最后一段中的“It makes me realize that we focused so much on ourselves”可知答案为A。C．what

　　D．which解析：选C。“我”从没考虑他所经历的事情。what在此引导宾语从句并在宾语从句中作宾语。解析：选D。他必须自己做决定来结束(end)她的生命。day

　　解析：选C。根据5空后面的“a week after it happened”可知对于此事他保持了一周(week)的沉默。解析：选A。“我”所有的愤怒都没有了我”所感到的就只是后悔(regret)。ored

　　C．reminded

　　D．rid

　　解析：选B。这件事使“我”意识到我们太关注自己而忽视(ignored)了别人的痛苦。解析：选C。那一刻妈妈的话是“我”永远也不会忘记的极好的gift)。语法填空：I’m broke again.Could you 1.________ me some money?：Broke again? Jeff________ (ask) me for help!

　　Jeff：I know________．：Look Jeff________ you can’t keep asking me 5.________ (pay)for it!

　　Jeff：OK：Welll your income and all your 6.________．Don’t spend more 7.________ you earn.：But my expenses are always 8.________ (large) than my income.：Then maybe you should work more hours at the computer store.：I already work 15 hours a week! Maybe I should just drop 9.________ of school：Come on：I know________ (be) my age you were already married and working and going to school...

　　1．解析：考查语境填词。根据对话下文可知此处指“借钱”因此用lend。答案：lend解析：考查时态。It’s the ＋序数词＋time＋从句后面从句用完成时态。答案：have asked解析：考查代词。one代指前面提到的a guitar。答案：one解析：考查并列连词。前后单句之间为转折关系。答案：but解析：考查非谓语动词。ask sb.to do sth.要求某人干某事。答案：to pay解析：考查语境填词。根据对话下文的But my expenses are always 8.______ than my income.可知此处表示“例举出你所有的收入和支出”。答案：expenses解析：考查短语搭配。more than“多于”此处意为“不要花的比你挣得多。”答案：than解析：考Jeff借钱因此花费比收入大得多。答案：larger解析：考查动词短语。drop out of school表示“辍学”。答案：out解析：考查虚拟语气。此处用were表示对现在事实相反的假设。答案：were