2017届高三英语一轮检测15 　Unit 5　Canada—“The True North”（人教版必修3）

　　课后限时自测(十五)　

　　Ⅰ.语法填空

　　—How long do you usually work, Ben?

　　—Oh, I have to work very long hours, about 10 hours a day.

　　—__1__ time do you start work?

　　—I start at 7 in the morning and go till noon. __2__ I start again at 1 and work to 6 in the afternoon. Six days a week.

　　—So you have to work at __3__ weekend?

　　—Oh, yes, that's my __4__(busy)time. I get Tuesdays off.

　　—What do you have to do, and what don't you have to do?

　　—Eh, I don't have to do the washing－up，__5__ that's good. I __6__ to wear a white uniform and keep everything in the kitchen totally clean and tidy.

　　—What's hard about the job?

　　—You're __7__ up all the time.__8__ rush hour comes, people get angry and rude.

　　—Was it easy to find a kitchen job?

　　—I wrote to about six hotels. This hotel was the first __9__(reply). I didn't have to wait too long.

　　—And what's the secret of being good at your job?

　　—Pay attention to detail __10__ you have to love it. You have to have a passion for it.

　　【答案】　1.What　2.Then　3.the　4.busiest　5.so

　　6．have　7.standing　8.When　9.to reply　10.and

　　Ⅱ.阅读理解

　　Consumer electronics once again topped the list of the most wanted gifts this holiday season.“Seventy－six percent of consumers who plan to buy holiday gifts say that they will buy at least one technology product.”

　　Steve Koenig is with the Consumer Electronics Association.He says the group's latest research also shows that Americans this year are spending more on technology products.“Here_in_2017，$252_on_average—the_technology_spend_for_consumers_this_year.”

　　From tablet computers to smart phones，American shoppers have been lining up to get the newest and coolest electronic devices on the market.There are more choices today than ever before.“It's kind of hard to make a decision.”

　　Tablet computers are one of the best－selling products this year.Brian Tong is Senior Editor of CNET.com.The website reports on tech news and examines the latest electronic products.He says the Apple iPad Mini is one of the most popular tablets.Its starting price is $329.One of Apple's biggest competitors is the Google Nexus 7.It starts at $199.Its hardware is more powerful than what's in the iPad Mini，but also it offers you a lot of things like maps that work better than Apple's maps.

　　But Brian Tong says there is one reason why people may like the iPad Mini more than the Nexus 7.“If you just want to read books and surf the Internet，you don't really need to get an iPad Mini，but if you want the largest robust group of apps(应用软件)that's where the iPad and Apple's ecosystem shines the most.”

　　Elman Chacon is with the electronics store Best Buy.He says another hot product this season is smart cameras.They connect to the Internet through WiFi.This makes it easy for users to email or upload photographs directly from the camera.

　　Streaming media boxes also connect to the Internet.People are able to watch web content such as movies and YouTube videos on their televisions.

　　1．What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 2?

　　A．Every technology product costs an average of $252.

　　B．Consumers are spending $252 more on technology products than last year.

　　C．Consumers should spend $252 on their technology products.

　　D．It is estimated that $252 on average might be spent on electronics by consumers in 2017.

　　【解析】　句意理解题。由这句话中“on average”平均；“in 2017”可知D项正确。

　　【答案】　D

　　2．According to Brian Tong，why many people prefer the iPad Mini to the Google Nexus 7?

　　A．Because it is cheaper.

　　B．Because it has more softwares.

　　C．Because you can read books and surf the Internet with it.

　　D．Because its maps work better.

　　【解析】　细节理解题。由第五段最后一句话可知B项正确。

　　【答案】　B

　　3．How many consumer electronics are mentioned in the text?

　　A．3B．4

　　C．5

　　D．6

　　【解析】　细节理解题。文中提到了“tablet computers”，“smart phones”，“smart cameras”和“streaming media boxes”这四种设备。

　　【答案】　B

　　4．Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

　　A．Electronics：People's Most Favorite Gifts this year.

　　B．Which is More Popular，the Apple iPad Mini or the Google Nexus 7?

　　C．Latest Technology Products.

　　D．More Electronics to Choose from.

　　【解析】　主旨大意题。由第一段就可知全文主要介绍A项。

　　【答案】　A

　　Ⅲ.阅读填句

　　(2017·柳城高级中学模拟)__1__It crossed New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River.__2__The canal served as a route over which industrial goods could flow into the west，and materials could pour into the east.The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation's largest city.

　　The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York.__3__Between 1825，when the canal was opened，and 1882，when toll charges (过运河费) were stopped，the state collected $121，461，891.

　　For a hundred years before the Erie was built，people had been talking about a canal which could join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton. Those who were against the canal laughingly called it “Clinton's Ditch(沟)”．__4__ He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to ask for help for the canal，but they were unsuccessful.

　　Clinton became governor of New York in 1817，and shortly afterwards，on July 4，1817，broke ground for the canal in Rome，N.Y. The first part of the canal was completed in 1820.__5__The length of the canal is 363 miles.

　　A．As the canal grew，towns along its course developed fast.

　　B.

　　It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.

　　C．It cost $7，143，789，but it soon gained its price many times over.

　　D．The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US.

　　E．More workers were needed to build the canal.

　　F．Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it.

　　G．To dig the canal benefited Americans.

　　【答案】　1－5　D B C F A

　　Ⅳ.短文改错

　　(2017·北河中学月考)I went shopping in the center of the city yesterday afternoon. It was six o'clock before I was going home by bus. The bus was full of passenger, all of whom kept silent. A mother with her little son were sitting nearby. All of a sudden, the son cried loudly. The mother tries to do what she could make him stop crying. However, the son went on crying. After a long time, a man seating next to the mother said angrily, “Why don't you give the child what she wants.” The mother answered quiet, “I would if I could, and what he wants is your hat.” Hearing of this, all the passengers burst into laughter.

　　【答案】　第二句：before 改为 when　第三句：passenger改为 passengers　第四句：were改为 was　第六句：tries改为 tried；make前加to　第八句：seating改为seated；she改为 he　第九句：quiet改为quietly；and改为but 　第十句：去掉of