最新人教版高中英语选修11测试 Unit 5 Launching your career 单元综合测评5.docx

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最新人教版高中英语选修11测试Unit5Launchingyourcareer单元综合测评5

单元综合测评（五）

Ⅰ.阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

WhenIfirstmovedtotheUS，itwasveryhardformetounderstandafriendlychatorconversation.Therewerealotofwordsthatwerequiteunfamiliartome.Theywerejustcommonwords，buttheonlydifferencewastheactualmeaningandtheirusage.WeareusedtodifferentsetsofwordsinotherpartsoftheworldduetoBritishEnglishinfluence.Thoughthishasbeenchangingalotinrecenttimes，IwouldliketosharewithyousomeofthecommonwordsusedhereandwhatIfeltweredifferent.IttookmeawhiletocatchupverybasicwordsthatAmericansuseindaytodayconversationsandIamstilllearningnewwordseveryday!

UsuallyinIndia，wesay，“CanIgetmystuffinaplasticcover？

”HereintheUS，peoplesay，“CanIgetabagforthestuff？

”

WeareusedtosayingIamanonvegetarian，butintheUS，peoplemightgetlost.Youhavetosay，“Ieatmeatorchicken.”Whenyougotoarestaurant，ifyouareavegetarian，youshouldsay，“NOMeatorChicken”；otherwise，youmayfindinterestingstuffasavegetarianinyourfood.

Americansconsiderassociationfootball（英式足球）tobeakids'sport.Peoplesaysoccerwhentheyrefertoactualfootball.InEuropeandotherpartsoftheworldwecallfootball，buthereintheUStheysayitsoccer.

Typicallyintherestaurantafteryouaredonewithameal，youaskforachecknotabillintheUSfromthewaiter.Nooneuses“lift”here;itis“elevator”．Anyshopiscalledstore.WeoftengetconfusedwhenAmericansuse“bike”．Itmeans“bicycle”．Ifyouwanttotakeabath，peoplesay，“Ineedtotakeashower.”

1．WhichofthefollowinggroupsofwordsismostlikelytobesaidbyanAmerican?

A．Waiter，getmystuffinaplasticcover，please.

B．Isthereanythingwrongwiththelift?

C．Wouldyouliketowatchthesoccermatchthisafternoon?

D．Itissogreattogotravellingacrossthecountryonabicycle!

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据第四段中的“InEuropeandotherpartsoftheworldwecallfootball，buthereintheUStheysayitsoccer.”可知C项正确，其余三项均可在文中找到错误的依据。

【答案】　C

2．WhenyougotoarestaurantintheUS，whichofthefollowingsentenceswillbeused?

A．Ifyoudon'teatmeat，youwillsay“Iamavegetarian.”

B．Ifyouareanonvegetarian，youwillsay“Ieatmeatorchicken.”

C．Ifyouaredonewithameal，youwillsay“CouldIhavethebill，please？

”

D．Ifyouwantinterestingstuffasavegetarianinyourfood，youwillsay“NoMeatorChicken.”

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据文章第三段可知A、D两项错误，B项正确；根据第五段第一句可知C项错误。

【答案】　B

3．Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat________.

A．justcommonwordsareusedindaytoday

conversations

B．EnglishspokeninIndiaismostlyinfluencedby

BritishEnglish

C．BritishEnglishisdifferentfromAmerican

Englishinallwords

D．EnglishinEuropeancountriesismostly

influencedbyAmericanEnglish

【解析】　推理判断题。

根据第一段的“WeareusedtodifferentsetsofwordsinotherpartsoftheworldduetoBritishEnglishinfluence.”以及第二段中的“UsuallyinIndia，wesay...”可以推断出印度人说的英语主要是受英式英语的影响。

【答案】　B

4．What'stheauthor'spurposeofwritingthispassage?

A．Tosharesomeofhisfunnyexperiences.

B．Totellusthatlanguageisalwayschanging.

C．TotellusthatEnglishspreadswidelyintheworld.

D．TointroducesomedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.

【解析】　写作意图题。

纵观全文，作者讲述自身的经历，目的是为了向我们介绍英式英语和美式英语之间的一些差异。

故选D。

【答案】　D

B

Sometimespeopleaddtowhattheysayevenwhentheydon'ttalk.Gesturesarethe“silentlanguage”ofeveryculture.Wepointafingerormoveanotherpartofthebodytoshowwhatwewanttosay.Itisimportanttoknowthebodylanguageofeverycountryorwemaybemisunderstood.

IntheUnitedStates，peoplegreeteachotherwithahandshakeinaformalintroduction.Thehandshakemustbefirm.Ifthehandshakeisweak，itisasignofweaknessorunfriendliness.Friendsmayplaceahandontheother'sarmorshoulder.Somepeople，usuallywomen，greetafriendwithahug.

SpaceisimportanttoAmericans.Whentwopeopletalktoeachother，theyusuallystandabouttwoandahalffeetawayandatanangle，sotheyarenotfacingeachotherdirectly.Americansgetuncomfortablewhenapersonstandstooclose.Theywillmovebacktohavetheirspace.IfAmericanstouchanotherpersonbyaccident，theysay，“Pardonme.”or“Excuseme.”

Americansliketolookattheotherpersonintheeyeswhentheyaretalking.Ifyoudon'tdoso，itmeansyouarebored，hidingsomething，orarenotinterested.Butwhenyoustareatsomeone，itisnotpolite.

ForAmericans，thumbsupmeansyes，verygood，orwelldone.Thumbsdownmeanstheopposite.Tocallawaiter，raiseonehandtoheadlevelorabove.Toshowyouwantthecheck，makeamovementwithyourhandsasifyouaresingingapieceofpaper.Itisallrighttopointatthingsbutnotatpeoplewiththehandandindexfinger（食指）．Americansshaketheirindexfingeratchildrenwhentheyscoldthemandpatthemontheheadwhentheyadmirethem.

Learningaculture'sbodylanguageissometimesconfusing.Ifyoudon'tknowwhattodo，thesafestthingtodoistosmile.

5．Fromthefirstparagraphwecanlearnthat

________.

A．gesturesdon'tmeananythingwhiletalking

B．gesturescanhelpustoexpressourselves

C．wecanlearnalanguagewellwithoutbody

language

D．onlyAmericanpeoplecanusegestures

【解析】　推理判断题。

根据一段首句“Sometimespeopleaddtowhattheysayevenwhentheydon'ttalk.”可知，gesturelanguage有自身的意义，有助于我们的理解，只能选择B项。

【答案】　B

6．IfyouareintroducedtoastrangerfromtheUSA，youshould________.

A．greethimwithahug

B．placeahandonhisshoulder

C．shakehishandfirmly

D．shakehishandweakly

【解析】　细节理解。

根据第二段中的“...peoplegreeteachotherwithahandshakeinaformalintroduction.Thehandshakemustbefirm.”可获知，初次见面的时候，应该紧紧地握手。

【答案】　C

7．IntheUnitedStates，peopleoften________.

A．showtheirfriendshipbytouchingeachother

B．showtheirfriendshipbyglancingateachother

C．say“Pardonme”toeachotherwhentheyaretalking

D．getuncomfortablewhenyousitclosetothem

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据第三、四段可知，A、B、C三个选项是错误的。

【答案】　D

8．IfyoutalkwithanAmericanfriend，it'spoliteto________.

A．lookupanddownatyourfriend

B．lookattheotherpersonintheeyes

C．hideyouropinion

D．lookatyourwatchnowandthen

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据第四段的第一句“Americansliketolooktheotherpersonintheeyeswhentheyaretalking.”可得知B项正确。

【答案】　B

C

Inthefutureyourautomobilewillrunonwaterinsteadofgas!

Youwillbeabletobuyasupercomputerthatfitsinyourpocket!

Youmightevendriveaflyingcar!

Notallpastpredictions（预言）havebeenprovenwrong.Afewofthemhavebeensurprisinglyaccurate.Somegreatthinkerspredictedthearrivalofthecreditcard，thefaxmachineandeventheInternet—yearsbeforetheyhappened.Butforeachpredictionthathascometrue，someothershavemissedbyamile.Manyofthesepredictionsdidn'tconsiderhowpeoplewouldwanttousethetechnologyorwhetherpeoplereallyneededthesehightech（高科技的）thingsintheirlivesornot.Let'slookatsomepredictionsfromthenottoodistantpast.

Robothelpers

Where'stherobotinmykitchen?

Nowhere，ofcourse.Andhe'sprobablynotcominganytimesoon.Robotsdoexisttoday，butmostlyinfactoriesandotherworkingenvironments.

Backinthe1950s，however，peoplesaidthatbynowpersonalrobotswouldbeinmostpeople'shomes.

Sowhyhasn'tithappened?

Maybebecauserobotsarestilltooexpensiveandclumsy（笨拙的）．Andprobablytheideaofrobotscookingourdinnersandwashingourclothesisjusttoostrange.Athomeweseemtobedoingfinewithoutthem.

Telephonesoftomorrow

In1964anAmericancompanyintroducedthevideotelephone.Theysaidbytheyear2000mostpeoplewouldhaveavideophoneintheirhomes.Butofcoursetheideahasn'tcaught_onyet.

Why?

Thetechnologyworkedfine，butitoverlookedsomethingobvious：

peopledesireforprivacy.Wouldyouwanttohaveavideophoneconversationwithsomeoneafteryoujuststeppedoutoftheshower?

Probablynot—itcouldbeuncomfortable!

Justbecausetechnologydoesn'talwaysmeanpeoplewillwanttouseit.

Andfinally，howaboutthatcrazypredictionoftheflyingcar?

It'snotsocrazyanymore!

Butaflyingcarremainsoneofthemostwonderfultechnologyideastocatchourimagination.Keepwatchingthenews—orperhapstheskyoutsideyourwindow—toseewhatthefuturewillbring.

【语篇解读】　本文介绍了几个没有实现的预言及其没有实现的原因。

9．Accordingtothepassage，whichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A．Technologydoesn'talwaysmeanpeoplewanttouseit.

B．Predictionsdon'tneedtoconsiderpeople'spracticaluseofthetechnology.

C．Manyofthehightechthingspeoplethoughtwe'dbeusingbynowsimplyneverappeared.

D．Hightechthingsarenotalwaysconvenienttopeople'slife.

【解析】　正误判断题。

由第二段第四、五两句可知，不考虑人们实际需要的预言难以实现，故B项表述错误。

【答案】　B

10．Theunderlinedphrase“caughton”inParagraph6probablymeans________.

A．becomepopular　　　B．becomeenjoyable

C．comeintosightD．cometolife

【解析】　词义猜测题。

上文介绍，过去一家美国公司预言在公元2000年大部分家庭将会使用可视电话；下一段解释了这个预言没能实现或者可视电话没有普及的原因。

由此可知，catchon的意思为“变得流行；普及”。

【答案】　A

11．Whatdoestheauthorthinkoftheflyingcar?

A．Itistoodifficulttoimagine.

B．Itistoocrazytorealise.

C．Itislikelytoappearinthefuture.

D．Ithasbeenthefocusofthenews.

【解析】　推理判断题。

由最后一段可知，作者认为，“会飞的车”的想法不再疯狂，而且将来有一天会实现，故C项为正确答案。

【答案】　C

12．Thepassagemainlydealswith________.

A．predictionsthatcatchourimagination

B．predictionsthathaven'tcometrue

C．newtechnologythatcanbenefitourlife

D．newtechnologythatisinwideuse

【解析】　主旨大意题。

本文介绍了几个没有实现的预言，故B项正确。

【答案】　B

D

CompanieslikeGoogleandZarefamousfortheir“workhardandplayhard”attitudesandfriendlyworkenvironments，butaretheiremployeeshealthiertoo?

AccordingtoaTelAvivUniversityresearcher，apositiverelat