【新人教版】（广东专版）高三英语一轮复习同步精练（附解析）：选修8 Unit 3　Inventors and inventions（附解析）

　　Unit 3　Inventors and inventions

　　Ⅰ. 完形填空

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　One student took a box of chicken to class.Another carried on a cell­phone __1__ and still another whistled loudly every time the __2__ turned his back.Reform school？No. College.

　　More and more，professors say，they are coming across __3__ students in their classrooms.Many of today’s young scholars arrive late，leave __4__，talk loud or take care of personal __5__ such as paying bills during class.Why are the students behaving badly？“Because they can，” said a student of University of North Texas.“A lot of the time，the professors let them get away with it.”

　　Some educators say it is time to bring politeness back to their classrooms and even __6__ taking some of the blame for bad behavior.They say that rude students are by no means the majority but that one of them can ruin an entire __7__.

　　People are __8__ when they learn that impolite behavior is becoming more and more common in __9__ education，says Dr. Gerald Amanda，a counselor at City College of San Francisco.They __10__ some high school students to misbehave but think those who get to __11__ will behave more politely.

　　Dr. Amanda believes that society in general has become more tolerant of rude behavior and that people in power，including professors，no longer __12__ standards for __13__.That leads to a growing imprudence(轻率行为)among some college students.“There’s a great deal of bad behavior in the world around them，and young people see it and __14__ disrespect，”said Dr. Amanda，__15__ that sometimes students “have no idea that they are being rude.”

　　【解题导语】 本文描述的是大学课堂的不良行为引发教育家们对大学生的不良行为的不同态度。

　　1．A.line

　　B．conversation

　　C．message

　　D．picture

　　解析：第一段描述大学课堂上学生的不良行为：有的吃东西，有的打电话，有的吹口哨。carry on a conversation在谈话。

　　答案：B

　　2．A.professor

　　B．student

　　C．president

　　D．classmate

　　解析：根据关键信息词class和college，可以判定应该填professor。下一段第一句也有提示。

　　答案：A

　　3．A.selfish

　　B．cheating

　　C．rude

　　D．hardworking

　　解析：从第一段对学生在课堂上的行为描述和下面提出的问题“Why are the students behaving badly？”，以及第三段的“Some educators say it is time to bring politeness back to their classrooms”，我们可以知道此空应填rude。

　　答案：C

　　4．A.late

　　B．early

　　C．noisily

　　D．quietly

　　解析：很多学生晚来早走，表现不好。late和early相对。

　　答案：B

　　5.A.feeling

　　B．interest

　　C．computer

　　D．business

　　解析：take care of personal business处理个人事务。从下面的例子such as paying bills during class可知。

　　答案：D

　　6．A.enjoy

　　B．hate

　　C．start

　　D．avoid

　　解析：一些教育家说到是把文明礼貌带回课堂的时候了，他们甚至开始愿为这些不良行为负一些责任。take the blame负过失的责任。

　　答案：C

　　7．A.school

　　B．company

　　C．society

　　D．class

　　解析：不良的学生绝不是大多数，但即使有一个也会毁坏整个班级的声誉。从上句的classroom想到用class。其他选项脱离了具体语境。

　　答案：D

　　8．A.delighted

　　B．surprised

　　C．interested

　　D．encouraged

　　解析：人们听说在高等学府不礼貌的行为越来越普遍时，感到很惊讶。

　　答案：B

　　9．A.better

　　B．more

　　C．higher

　　D．younger

　　解析：本文讲的是大学课堂里发生的事，大学属于高等教育，即high education。

　　答案：C

　　10．A.expect

　　B．hope

　　C．forbid

　　D．wish

　　答案：A

　　11．A.work

　　B．college

　　C．learning

　　D．knowledge

　　解析：人们本来预料中学生会做一些不礼貌的事，等他们到了大学，这些学生的表现会好得多。事实出乎人们的预料，这也证明8空应填surprised。

　　答案：B

　　12．A.change

　　B．break

　　C．set

　　D．reach

　　答案：C

　　13．A.teaching

　　B．politeness

　　C．thinking

　　D．progress

　　解析：set a standard for为……定下标准，如：set a high standard for one’s work对自己的工作提出高标准的要求。

　　答案：B

　　14．A.prepare

　　B．grow

　　C．develop

　　D．improve

　　解析：社会上有很多不礼貌行为，年轻人看到后而效仿。disrespect即为bad behavior，develop意为to expandor enlarge(扩展，使变大，发展)。improve的意思是to make or become better(变好)，这里不能用。

　　答案：C

　　15．A.speaking

　　B．adding

　　C．warning

　　D．wishing

　　解析：adding that...是伴随状语。add的意思是“又说、补充说”。

　　答案：B

　　Ⅱ. 词汇运用

　　1．Researchers in this field ________(有了一些重大的新发现)．

　　2．At what age are children able ________(明辨是非)?

　　3．A bicycle ________(比汽车更方便) in towns.

　　4．There was a ________(普遍希望他会赢)．

　　5．The details of today’s flights ________(列在显示屏上)．

　　6．The contract had been ________(有效地) drawn up.

　　7．We ________(收到400份申请) for the job.

　　8．The ice is too thin ________(承受不住你的重量)．

　　9．The helicopters ________(像两个小黑点出现) on the horizon.

　　10．Someone ________(轻轻叩门)．

　　11．State your reasons ________(按重要性顺序)．

　　答案：1.have made some important new discoveries　2.to distinguish right from wrong　3.is often more convenient than a car　4.general expectation that he would win　5.are displayed on the monitor

　　6．validly　7.received 400 applications　8.to bear your weight　9.appeared as two black dots

　　10．tapped at the door　11. in order of importance

　　Ⅲ.阅读理解

　　Many years ago，when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver，I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas.I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City，where I was planning to stop and visit a friend.While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台)，I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

　　I took_off，but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car.I stopped and wondered what I should do.A car pulled up behind me.It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station.They said they would take me to my friend’s.We chatted on the way into the city，and when I got out of the car，the husband gave me his business card.

　　I wrote him and his wife a thank­you note for helping me.Soon afterward，I received a Christmas present from them.Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

　　Years later，I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning.In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day，and the battery(电池) was dead.Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars—was right next door.I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

　　“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford？” I asked and explained my trouble.They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it.They would accept no payment，so when I got home，I wrote them a note to say thanks.I received a letter back from one of the salesmen.No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you，and it meant a lot，he said.

　　“Thank you”—two powerful words.They’re easy to say and mean so much.

　　1.The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City________.

　　A．to visit a friend

　　B．to see his parents

　　C．to pay at the cash register

　　D．to have more gas for his car

　　解析：细节理解题。根据第一段“...where I was planning to stop and visit a friend.”可知A项正确。

　　答案：A

　　2．The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “________”．

　　A．turned off

　　B．moved off

　　C．put up

　　D．set up

　　解析：词义猜测题。根据本句后半部分(but had gone only a few miles when black smoke...)的描写可推测took off 在此是“离开”的意思。

　　答案：B

　　3．What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

　　A．He had it pulled back to the gas station.

　　B．The couple sent him a business card.

　　C．The couple offered to help him.

　　D．He called his friend for help.

　　解析：细节理解题。根据第二段 “It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station.They said they would take me to my friend’s.”可判断C项正确。B项是他们分别之际所发生的行为，不符合题干要求。

　　答案：C

　　4．The battery of the author’s car was dead because________.

　　A．something went wrong with the lights

　　B．the meeting lasted a whole day

　　C．he forgot to turn off the lights

　　D．he drove too long a distance

　　解析：细节理解题。根据第四段 “In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day，and the battery(电池)was dead.”可知C项正确。其余三项在本文中没有信息支持。

　　答案：C

　　5．By telling his own experiences，the author tries to show ________.

　　A．how to write a thank­you letter

　　B．how to deal with car problems

　　C．the kind­heartedness of older people

　　D．the importance of expressing thanks

　　解析：推理判断题。文章最后一段点明了写作意图。

　　答案：D