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Unit 3 Amazing people 一、阅读理解。 Thanks to the Internet and technology, the world has bee one big market, and you can sit in the forts of your home and shop for anything you want. You no longer have to drive to the actual shops and fish out what you want. Simply filter (筛选) your search, sitting on your sofa, select the desired product, and make the required payment. The shipment will reach your doorstep. However, everything es at a price; so does online shopping. Its subject to more threats, especially when you make online shopping mistakes. For example, you may be an impulsive (冲动的) buyer and buy something without reading all the details of the product properly. If you dont read the product description carefully, there are high chances that the item you receive might not match what you expect. The biggest hurdle in online shopping is that you cannot inspect your product beforehand. Therefore, take a cue from the experiences of other consumers from the online posts. Additionally, you may make mistakes like giving an incorrect address, typing incorrect quantity details. Such mistakes can make you end up getting a delayed delivery. Not following safety tips while shopping is also a mon mistake you may mit. For instance, you may not take into account other charges, or use a public WiFi to make a purchase, which may give away your card details. So ensure online safety while making a purchase online. Luckily, if some mistake has occurred, you can make an attempt to repair it. For example, you can contact the customer service and register your plaint. Its better to have a written record by also sending an email to the pany. Its advisable to have your purchase transaction well documented, so that you can provide legal evidence to the pany.1.If you dont read the product descriptions thoroughly, youll probably _.A.forget to follow safety tipsB.be addicted to online shopping easilyC.receive an item you dont wantD.make a purchase as you expect2.What can prevent the product reaching you in time?A.Not reading its consumer reviews.B.Not posting letter to the pany in advance.C.Not taking other charges into consideration.D.Not checking information before placing an order.3.Your card information may be stolen if you do online shopping _.A.with a public Wi-FiB.on a private websiteC.in your friends storeD.in a trustworthy pany4.What should we do when online shopping goes wrong?A.Make a list of your requirements.B.Report the online shop to the government.C.Send the purchase information to the police.D.Get your plaint registered at the customer service.参考答案： 1.C; 2.D; 3.A; 4.D解析： 1.细节题。根据第2段“If you dont read the product description carefully, there are high chances that the item you receive might not match what you expect”可知,如果你不仔细阅读产品描述,你就会买到你所需产品。2.推断题。根据第3段“Additionally, you may make mistakes like giving an incorrect address, typing incorrect quantity details. Such mistakes can make you end up getting a delayed delivery”可知,下单时不核对信息会导致货物不能按时到达。3.细节题。根据第4段“.use a public WiFi to make a purchase, which may give away your card details”可知,当你用公共WiFi购物时会泄露你的银行卡信息。4.细节题。根据最后一段“For example, you can contact the customer service and register your plaint”可知,你可以联系客服将你的投诉记录下来。二、单项填空1.Little children ask endless questions because they are _ about everything.A. skepticalB. awareC. capableD. curious【答案】D2.Nowadays teenagers are not _ to stand and appreciate works of art; they prefer to participate in them.A. content B. optimisticC. confident D. outgoing【答案】A【解析】content满足的，满意的，符合句意。optimistic乐观的，抱有乐观看法的；confident自信的；outgoing 爱交际的，友好的，外向的。句意：如今，青少年不满足于只是站着欣赏艺术作品；他们更喜欢参与到艺术作品中。3.As is known to us all, failure usually _ laziness while diligence can _ success.A. results from, lie inB. results in, result fromC. leads, lie inD. results from, result in【答案】D【解析】result from因而发生，后接原因；lie in存在于，后接原因；result in 产生，后接结果；lead to导致，后接结果。失败是因为懒惰，而勤奋则导致成功，故选D项。4.Many university graduates _ to work in first-tier cities, which are attractive to them.A. inspire B. desireC. risk D. arrange【答案】B【解析】desire to do sth.渴望做某事。inspire常用于 inspire sb. to do sth.; risk 后接动名词。句意：许多大学毕业生渴望到一线城市工作，这些城市对他们很有吸引力。5.When reading English novels, I often _ idiomatic expressions that I cant understand. A. e across B. go overC. get across D. take over【答案】A【解析】e across偶然遇见；go over复习；get across横跨；take over取代。句意：在读到英文小说时，我经常会遇到一些我不能理解的成语似的短语。根据句意，故选A。6.The word “track” _ a path which is made of earth _ having a surface covered with other materials.A. adds to; rather than B. leads to; other thanC. refers to; rather than D. replies to; other than【答案】C【解析】refer to意为“引用，指”，rather than意为“而不是”，符合语境。add to增加，lead to导致，reply to回复，other than除了。句意：“小路”这个词指的就是土路，而不是表面覆盖着别的什么材料的路。7.The children who are crazy about playing puter games are all driven by _ at first.A. discount B. beliefC. curiosity D. satisfaction【答案】C【解析】discount折扣；belief信念；curiosity好奇心；satisfaction满意。句意：那些热衷于玩电脑游戏的孩子们一开始都是被好奇心所驱使。8.The carbon content of steel largely determines its usefulness for specific _ applications.【答案】D【解析】typical典型的；tough艰苦的；fantastic较好的，很大的；specific明确的，具体的。句意：钢的碳含量(的多少)很大程度上决定了它具体的用途。9. The top technologies have been brought to the local farms. _, the crop output has been increased a lot. A. In particularB. On the contraryC. As a resultD. In addition【答案】C【解析】句意：当地的农场已经引进了一些先进的技术。结果，农作物产量增加了很多。从句意可知，前后表示“因果”关系，所以选as a result，表示“结果”。10.We desire that immediate help _ to the local people who were in trouble.A. be given B. will be givenC. should give D. is given【答案】A【解析】desire和suggest，request等表示请求建议的词后的从句用“should动词原形”表示虚拟语气，should可以省略。句意：我们期望立即给予那些遇到了麻烦的当地人帮助。11.So far, only one man has _ a theory that seems to fit all the facts.A. e up withB. put up with C. lined up withD. caught up with【答案】A12.Youd better write down the phone number of that restaurant for future _.A. purposeB. referenceC. progressD. memory【答案】B【解析】for future reference以备日后参考。句意：你最好写下这个餐馆的号码以便日后参考用。13.Anxiously, she took the dress out of the package and tried it on, only _ it didnt fitA. to find B. found C. finding D. having found【答案】A【解析】不定式和only连用，表示意料之外的结果。现在分词doing常常表示顺理成章的结果。句意：她着急地把裙子从包装里拿了出来，结果却发现裙子不合适。“但是裙子不合适”说明这是意料之外的结果。14.Success is not final, and failure is not deadly. It is, you know, the courage to continue _ counts in life.A. thatB. whichC. whereD. when【答案】A 【解析】It is the courage to continue that counts in life为强调句型，强调的是句子的主语the courage to continue。故选A。句意：成功不是最终目的，失败也不是致命的。你知道，生活中，继续下去的勇气才最重要。you know为插入语，做题时可删除，以免影响思考。15.Hurry up! Alice and Sue are waiting for you at the school gate.Oh! I thought they _ without me.A. wentB. are goingC. have goneD. had gone【答案】D【解析】句意：“快点！爱丽丝和苏正在学校门口等你呢！”“噢！我原以为她们不等我就走了呢。”“走”和“想”这两个动作有时间上的先后关系，故用过去完成时。三、完形填空。I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier(收银员) 1 her by name and asked her how she was doing. The woman looked down, shook her head and said, “Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my 2 son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is I dont know how Im going to 3 the holidays.” Then she gave the cashier food stamps.My heart 4 . I wanted to help but didnt know how. Should I offer to 5 her groceries or ask for her husbands situation? 6 I walked into the parking lot, I spotted the woman returning her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse that I thought might help her. It wasnt a handful of cash or an 7 of a job for her husband, but maybe it would make her life 8 My heart beat faster as I 9 the woman. “Excuse me，” I said, my voice trembling a bit.“I couldnt help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like youre going through a really 10 time right now. Im so sorry, but Id like to give you something.”I took a small card out of my purse and 11 it to her.When the woman read the cards only two words, she began to cry. And through her 12 ， she said, “You have no idea how much this 13 to me.”I was a little 14 by her reply. Having never done anything like this before, I didnt know what kind of 15 I might receive. All I could think to respond was, “Oh, my! Would it be OK to give you a 16 ？”After we hugged 17 ， I walked back to my carand began to cry too.The words on the card? “You Matter.”A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave me a similar card as 18 for a project I was working on. When I read the card, I felt a 19 glow(喜悦) spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and ordered my own box of “You Matter” cards and started 20 them.【解题导语】本文讲述了“我”和一位老妇人之间的故事。“我”送给一位生活不如意的老妇人一张卡片，上面写着“You Matter”，这让她很感动。1A.calledBgreetedCrecognizedDheardB解析：根据该句中的“and asked her how she was doing”可知，收银员问她过得怎么样，据此可以判断，收银员在和她打招呼(greeted)，故B项正确。A项意为“打电话”； C项意为“认出”；D项意为“听到”，都与语境不符。2A.confidentBindependentChopelessDstubbornC解析：根据该句中的“son is up to his old tricks again”可知，她的儿子故伎重演；据此可以判断，她对她的儿子是感到绝望的(hopeless)。A项意为“自信的”；B项意为“独立的”；D项意为“固执的”。3A.think aboutBgive upCgo onDget throughD解析：根据上文可知，她的丈夫刚失业，儿子故伎重演，她过得不好；据此可以判断，她不知道如何度过(get through)假期。A项意为“考虑”；B项意为“放弃”；C项意为“继续”，都与语境不符。4A.achedBfailedCbeatDbrokeA解析：根据下文的“I wanted to help but didnt know how.”并结合第一段中老妇人对丈夫和儿子的描述可知，“我”听后感到心疼(ached)。B项意为“失败”；C项意为“跳动”；D项意为“破碎”。5A.send forBprovide forCpay forDbeg forC解析：根据上文中的“When it was her turn to pay”并结合该句中的“her groceries”可知，“我”不知道如何帮助她，是不是可以帮她付款(pay for)。 A项意为“索取，派人去叫”；B项意为“提供”；D项意为“乞求”。6A.AsBThoughCUnlessDSinceA解析：当“我”走进停车场时，“我”看到她正退还购物车。A项意为“当时候”，符合语境，故A项正确。B项意为“尽管”；C项意为“除非”；D项意为“自从以来”，都与语境不符。7A.excuseBofferCexperienceDopinionB解析：根据该句中的“of a job for her husband”可知，这并不是给她丈夫提供的一份工作。A项意为“借口”，C项意为“经历”；D项意为“观点”，都与语境不符。8A.harderBwealthierCsimplerDbetterD解析：根据上文中的“Not so good”及该句中的“but maybe it would make her life”可以判断，“我”的帮助也许会让她的生活更好(better)一点。9A.touchedBfoundCpassedDapproachedD解析：根据语境可知，当“我”靠近(approached)她时，“我”的心跳得更快了。A项意为“触摸”； B项意为“发现”； C项意为“经过”，都与语境不符。10A.happyBtoughCregularDlongB解析：根据第一段可知，她的丈夫刚失业，儿子故伎重演，她过得不好；据此可知，她此刻过着艰难的(tough)生活。A项意为“幸福的”；C项意为“经常的”；D项意为“长久的”，都与语境不符。11A.handedBshowedCspreadDexplainedA解析：根据语境可知，“我”从钱包里取出一张小卡片并递给(handed)她。B项意为“展示”；C项意为“传播”；D项意为“解释”，都与语境不符。12A.thanksBfearsCtearsDbeliefsC解析：根据上文中的“she began to cry”可以判断，她含着泪(tears)和“我”说话。13A.bringsBmeansCvaluesDcontainsB解析：根据语境可知，此处表示“你不知道这对我意义(means)多大”。A项意为“带来”；C项意为“珍视”；D项意为“包含”，都与语境不符。14A.worriedBexcitedCmovedDshockedD解析：根据下文中的“Having never done anything like this before”可知，“我”以前从来没有做过这样的事情，所以对她的反应有点儿震惊。A项意为“担心的，焦虑的”；B项意为“兴奋的”；C项意为“感动的”。15A.reactionBfeelingCexpressionDanswerA解析：根据下文中的“All I could think to respond was”可以判断，“我”不知道自己会收到什么样的反应(reaction)。B项意为“感情”；C项意为“表达”；D项意为“答案”，都与语境不符。16A.presentBpromiseChugDrideC解析：根据下文中的“After we hugged”可以判断，此处表示“我给你一个拥抱(hug)好吗？”，故选C。17A.wildlyBtightlyCgentlyDeagerlyB解析：根据语境可知，在“我们”紧紧拥抱之后“我”回到“我”的车上，也开始哭。A项意为“激烈地”；C项意为“温柔地”；D项意为“热切地”，都与语境不符。18A.progressBeffortCencouragementDpraiseC解析：根据该句中的“for a project I was working on”并结合下文的“I felt a glow(喜悦) spread inside of me”可知，同事给“我”这张卡片是为了鼓励“我”工作。A项意为“进步”；B项意为“努力”；D项意为“表扬”，都与语境不符。19A.warmBrichCsoftDfierceA解析：根据语境可知，“我”感到一种温暖的(warm)喜悦感在“我”身上传播。B项意为“丰富的”；C项意为“柔软的”；D项意为“凶恶的”，都与语境不符。20A.gatheringBenjoyingCpreparingDsharingD解析：根据语境可知，“我”深受感动，回到家后开始将这些写着“You Matter”的卡片分享(sharing)给别人。A项意为“集中”；B项意为“享受”；C项意为“准备”，都与语境不符。四、短文改错。I have met many teachers since I begin my schooling.Of all my teachers，Mrs.Green is the one who impresses me most.Though she is 50，she looks very young at her age.paring with other teachers，Mrs.Green pays more attention to her way of teaching.She tries various ways to make her class lively and interestingly.In her opinion，we will not only know “what” but also understand “why”. So instead of giving us answer immediately，she encourages us to think carefully every time when she puts forward questions.With her help, we have learned how to analyze and settled problems.What the amazing world of “why” she leads us! She is such a learned person that we all admire him very much.【答案】I have met many teachers since I my schooling.Of all my teachers，Mrs.Green is the one who impresses me most.Though she is 50，she looks very young her age. with other teachers，Mrs.Green pays more attention to her way of teaching.She tries various ways to make her class lively and .In her opinion，we will not only know “what” but also understand “why”. So instead of giving us immediately，she encourages us to think carefully every time she puts forward questions.With her help, we have learned how to analyze and problems.What amazing world of “why” she leads us ! She is such a learned person that we all admire very much.F(2017安徽省百所重点高中第二次模拟)Its not the people you came across in your daily life who will stand by you in time of a need.Its your family who will but its important to know that.It happens such often that we end up take our parents for granted.We hurt them many cases and they are treated with disrespect for not understanding them. Its necessary to understand the fact that there is always different in opinions across two generations.But what really matters is the unconditionally love and care that they hold for us，that I believe is truly valuable.【答案】Its not the people you across in your daily life who will stand by you in time of need.Its your family who will its important to know that.It happens often that we end up our parents for granted.We hurt them many cases and they are treated with disrespect for not understanding . Its necessary to understand the fact that there is always in opinions across two generations.But what really matters is the love and care that they hold for us， I believe is truly valuable.
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