2016届高考英语人教版一轮复习：课时作业20

　　课时作业20　Theme parks

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　(2017·湖北省重点中学联考)

　　Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high­tech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.

　　People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol.

　　The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. Consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern.

　　I see people trapped in a pathological (病态的) relationship with time­sucking technology, where they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude. I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.

　　What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.” But it's time to discover that it does not work for technology.

　　Richard Fernandez, an executive coach at Google acknowledged that “we can be swept away by our technologies.” To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today's overused technology.

　　1．The underlined word “allure” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.

　　A. advantage B. attraction

　　C. adaption

　　D. attempt

　　2．From the passage, technology companies aim to ________.

　　A. attract people to buy their products

　　B. provide the latest information

　　C. improve people's quality of life

　　D. deal with cultural diseases

　　3．It can be inferred from this passage that people ________.

　　A．consider too much technology wonderful

　　B．have realized the harm of high­tech devices

　　C．can regain freedom without high­tech devices

　　D．may enjoy life better without overused technology

　　4．What's the author's attitude towards the overusing of high­tech devices?

　　A. Neutral.B. Skeptical.

　　C. Disapproving.

　　D. Sympathetic.

　　答案与解析

　　文中讲述人们过度使用科技的弊端，反对大众对科技的过度依赖。

　　1．B　词义猜测题。根据第二段提到One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol. 一个研究表明，人们不能抵抗现代媒体的吸引，所以选B项。

　　2．A　细节理解题。根据第二段提到People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices. 可知科技公司的目的是让人们来买他的产品，故选A项。

　　3．D　细节推断题。根据最后一段提到To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today's overused technology. 可推断出人们如果不过度的依赖科技，可以更好地享受生活，故选D项。

　　4．C　推理判断题。根据倒数第二段提到When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. 作者对于高科技的过度依赖持反对的态度，故选C项。

　　Ⅱ.完形填空

　　A twenty­three­year old Dutch student has enjoyed a short but unexpected holiday in Dubai. Mr. Frank Vreede, a business student, had taken a part­time job at Schiphol Airport to help pay for his __1__. He worked as a baggage handler.

　　Last Friday night after a __2__ day in the university library preparing for his final exams, Frank was __3__ a plane at the airport. He was waiting for the next baggage truck to arrive and he felt tired. He decided to have a __4__ rest, so he sat down in the hold of the plane and shut his eyes—just for a moment.

　　__5__， while he was sleeping, the plane took off. An hour later, Frank __6__ and was shocked to discover that the plane was in the air. __7__ was a terrible noise from the engines, and he tried not to __8__. It was dark, uncomfortable and very, very cold. Frank knew he could not __9__ in the freezing temperatures. It was an impossible situation.

　　He decided to make as much __10__ as possible. He hit the ceiling of the baggage hold and shouted at the top of his voice. __11__， a passenger heard the noise and called a flight attendant, who immediately informed the pilot. __12__ the captain understood what was happening, he ordered hot air to be pumped into the hold.

　　When the plane arrived at Dubai International Airport, an ambulance was waiting to take the very __13__ and frightened Mr. Vreede to hospital. __14__ examined him, but he was unhurt and was allowed to leave after a few hours. __15__ spread quickly about this “stowaway”. The managing director of one of Duhai's top hotels offered him a free room for the weekend. “He must have wanted to come to Dubai very much if he was prepared to travel in the hold！” __16__ the managing director.

　　“__17__ been so kind，” said Mr. Vreede. “I'm really enjoying my stay in Dubai and I'm getting a lot of rest, so I won't fall asleep on the job again.” He also __18__ to his boss for sleeping at work __19__ working, and promised it would not happen again. “Next time, I'll catch a __20__ flight！” said Mr. Vreede.

　　1．A.business B．studies

　　C．flights

　　D．exams

　　2．A.tiring

　　B．boring

　　C．lazy

　　D．sad

　　3．A.boarding

　　B．repairing

　　C．loading

　　D．sweeping

　　4．A.good

　　B．quiet

　　C．full

　　D．quick

　　5．A.However

　　B．Therefore

　　C．Besides

　　D．Otherwise

　　6．A.set up

　　B．threw up

　　C．woke up

　　D．looked up

　　7．A.It

　　B．There

　　C．What

　　D．That

　　8．A.risk

　　B．anger

　　C．bother

　　D．panic

　　9．A.guarantee

　　B．survive

　　C．challenge

　　D．involve

　　10．A.sense

　　B．progress

　　C．fortune

　　D．noise

　　11．A.Luckily

　　B．Generally

　　C．Actually

　　D．Usually

　　12．A.Unless

　　B．Though

　　C．Once

　　D．Since

　　13．A.sleepy

　　B．greedy

　　C．hungry

　　D．cold

　　14．A.Workers

　　B．Passengers

　　C．Doctors

　　D．Pilots

　　15．A.Diseases

　　B．News

　　C．Fear

　　D．Lies

　　16．A.joked

　　B．cried

　　C．whispered

　　D．replied

　　17．A.Nobody's

　　B．Someone's

　　C．Anyone's

　　D．Everyone's

　　18．A.applied

　　B．contributed

　　C．apologized

　　D．appealed

　　19．A.instead of

　　B．in spite of

　　C．in case of

　　D．except for

　　20．A.local

　　B．regular

　　C．delayed

　　D．cheap

　　答案与解析

　　这是一篇记叙文。荷兰的一个大学生在首都机场做搬运工时在货舱打了个盹，结果飞机带着他飞到了迪拜机场。幸亏有好心人的帮助，他才没有被冻死在货舱里。

　　1．B　根据前面的“a business student”可知，他在机场做兼职是为了赚学费。故选B项。

　　2．A　弗兰克为了准备期末考试在学校图书馆学习了一天，肯定会觉得疲惫，故选A项。

　　3．C　下文说他在等待下一趟运送行李的卡车，由此可知他是在往飞机上装(loading)行李。

　　4．D　弗兰克的工作是往飞机上装行李，趁下一辆车还没来的时候，他赶快抓紧时间休息一下。故用 quick，表示“快速的”，与下文的“just for a moment”相呼应。

　　5．A　此处语境表示转折，因此选A项。弗兰克本想在飞机的货舱里休息一会，没想到睡着了，而且飞机起飞了。

　　6．C　一个小时之后，弗兰克醒了，他惊讶地发现飞机已经在半空中了。这里用 wake up 表示“醒来”。

　　7．B　这里用 there be 句型表示存在。飞机的发动机噪音很大。

　　8．D　根据空后的“It was dark，uncomfortable and very, very cold.”可知，这里表示弗兰克尽量不让自己觉得惊慌(panic)。

　　9．B　货舱里气温很低，因此他担心他不能活下来。故选B项，表示“存活，活下来”。

　　10．D　下文说他拍打货舱的顶部，使劲地喊叫，因此选D项。11空后的“heard the noise”是线索提示。

　　11．A　幸运的是，有个乘客听到了他弄出的声响，并叫来了乘务员，乘务员马上报告给了飞行员。故选A项。

　　12．C　这里用 once 引导时间状语从句，表示“一……就……”。机长了解了事情的原委后，就赶紧下令往货舱里输送热空气。

　　13．D　前面说飞机的货舱里很冷，因此选D项，表示此时的弗兰克冻坏了。

　　14．C　根据空前的“hospital”可知，应选C项。

　　15．B　这里说的是弗兰克的此次经历被传开了。因此选B项，表示“消息，资讯”。

　　16．A　总经理的这句话显然是在调侃，因此选A项。

　　17．D　从前面的叙述看，乘客、乘务员、机长以及那家酒店的总经理都很友好。因此选D项。

　　18．C　这里表示弗兰克向老板道歉，因为他在工作期间睡觉。

　　19．A　这里用 instead of 表示“而不是”。弗兰克在工作期间没有好好工作而是睡觉了。

　　20．B　弗兰克说下次他在坐飞机时就不坐货舱了，而是按规矩来。这里用 regular 表示“正常的，惯常的”。

　　Ⅲ.语法填空

　　Susan went to a boarding school. Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school.

　　Dear Mom and Dad，

　　I'm afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school principal is very angry __1__ me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.

　　The trouble __2__ (start) last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed. This is __3__ the rules, of course. We are not __4__ (suppose) to smoke at all.

　　As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me __5__ (smoke) so I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste­paper basket, __6__ caught fire. There was a curtain near the waste­paper basket which caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was __7__ (burn). The principal phoned for the fire department. The school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire department arrived, the whole school was in __8__ (flame). Many of the girls are in the hospital.

　　The principal says that the fire was all my __9__ and you must pay __10__ the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.

　　I am very sorry about this.

　　Much love,

　　Susan

　　答案与解析

　　1．with　be angry with sb. 生某人的气。

　　2．started　last night 与一般过去时连用。

　　3．against　be against the rules 违犯。

　　4．supposed　be supposed to do 本应该做某事。

　　5．smoking　catch sb. doing sth. 抓住某人在做某事。

　　6．which　which 引导非限制性定语从句，在从句中作主语。

　　7．burning　be doing 正在做……。

　　8．flames　in flames 成为一片火海。

　　9．fault　fault 过失，过错。

　　10．for　pay for 赔偿。

　　Ⅳ.短文改错

　　(2017·大连市月考)

　　It is three years now since I graduate from Xinhua High School. Last Sunday, the class that I was on held a get­together, which took us a long time prepare. It was indeed not easy to get in touch with everybody and set a properly time for all of us. We all enjoyed a precious day greatly, remember the time we spent together. It reminded us of the interesting stories and the people they were familiar with. It was a pity which some of us were not present as they had gone to abroad for further studies, but they called back or sent greeting card from different places.

　　答案

　　It is three years now since I

　　from Xinhua High School. Last Sunday, the class that I was

　　held a get­together, which took us a long time

　　prepare. It was indeed not easy to get in touch with everybody and set a

　　time for all of us. We all enjoyed

　　precious day greatly,

　　the time we spent together. It reminded us of the interesting stories and the people

　　were familiar with. It was a pity

　　some of us were not present as they had gone

　　abroad for further studies, but they called back or sent greeting

　　from different places.