1、人教版选择性必修第一册 unit2 小题综合练 .阅读理解 A (2021广州市综合检测二) Special boxes lie at the bottom of my locked filing cabinet.Deposited there are important letters and cards collected throughout my life,from mygrandparents, school friends,parents,wife and son.Since the invention of e-mail though,theyve been few and fa
2、r between. Tonight is New Years Eve 2029 and theres a very special box of letters I want to look at.But first theres something I have to doThe Ritual (惯例). I go to my trusted computer and start.I begin to type: Dear.I leave the name blank for now,anticipating the thrill of typing it in.“I hope you a
3、re well and I wonder what your life is like.Are you still planning to move to that villa in Portugal? Did your son marry Fiona? Is your mother still alive? ”Questions surge into my mind. For the next two hours I sit writingabout what Ive been doing for the last year,my failing health,my increasing w
4、ealth and my sometime difficult marriage;then about my goals and ambitions.Will he be interested? Do I climb Mt.Kilimanjaro?Do I get that novel published? The one thats been rejected more times than I care to think about. Finally,its finished at 11:30 pm.I fill in the recipients name,print my letter
5、,sign and address it and then seal it up with tape.I then delete the document and empty the trash folder to avoid the possibility of temptation.That completes the ritual! I walk over to my “special box”.It contains ten long, white, thick envelopes, all with the same handwriting.I place the one I hav
6、e just written in at the back and take the one out at the front.Its dated 2019,and labelled “to be opened on 31st December, 2029”. The cycle is finally complete!I open it,trembling with anticipation.I begin to read, tearing up a little as I do so.Throughout the last ten long, eventful years, of life
7、, death, joy and heartbreak, it has been waiting patiently in this box for me, though I now have no memory of ever having written it. 1.Why does the author receive fewer “important letters” these days? A.He has moved from his original address. B.He is rarely in contact with his friends and family. C
8、.People communicate with each other less often than before. D.Electronic communication has largely replaced physical letters. 2.Who does the underlined word “he” in paragraph 4 refer to? A.The author himself. B.The authors son. C.The authors school friend. D.The authors book publisher. 3.Why does th
9、e author delete the completed letter from his computer? A.So that no one else will be able to read it. B.So that he wont read it ahead of schedule. C.Because he decides at last not to send it. D.Because he wants to forget what has happened. 4.How does the author feel as he is about to open his speci
10、al letter? A.Relieved.B.Moved. C.Excited.D.Afraid. 答案DABC B (2021南昌市高三一模) When given the choice,about 85% of people say they would not want to know about some negative events far in the future.Yet recently millions of people around the globe have downloaded FaceApp,which allows users to see how they
11、 might age in real life. Many people had fun with it,joking that they love the FaceApp old age filter.Beneath the humor is a serious subject:How do we learn to relate to our future selves? Its important that we try to do it because it could help strengthen the long-term decisions that we make.Howeve
12、r,we often fail to make sacrifices for the grayer versions of ourselves. More than half of the respondents in a recent survey of 2,800 Americans said they rarely or never thought about what their lives might be like 30 years from now.This isnt surprising,since most of us are firmly rooted in the pre
13、sent and thinking about the distant future can seem like a distant priority (优先事项).My ongoing research might also offer an explanation: We tend to think about our future selves as if they are the persons different from who we are today.In an effort to narrow these empathy (共 鸣) gaps,my workmates and
14、 I have tried to present peoples future selves in the same way as others have tried to promote charity.Given that a photograph of one hungry child can spark emotional reactions,and cause viewers to donate,we have presented participants with vivid images of their distant selves. That seems helpful.In
15、 a recently completed project in Mexico, we found that exposure to future images led more people to contribute to their pensions.Despite this research.Im skeptical about the fact that the app users will suddenly increase their pension contributions.The silly app isnt paired with an immediate opportu
16、nity to change. The lesson from FaceApp shouldnt be that we need to marry hi-tech visuals with savings for retirement.The lesson, then, takes the form of a question: What more can be done to urge us to think about who we will become one day? 5.What can we learn about FaceApp? A.It provides future im
17、ages. B.It is the most downloaded app. C.It helps people make decisions. D.It makes people age in real life. 6.Why do most respondents rarely think of their future life? A.They have known their future life from FaceApp. B.They fail to make sacrifices for their future. C.They attach greater importanc
18、e to the present. D.They consider future selves to be the same as todays. 7.What does the underlined word “That”in paragraph 4 refer to? A.Completing a project in Mexico. B.Offering aging images of participants. C.Raising contributions among viewers. D.Giving a photograph of a hungry child. 8.Whats
19、the authors attitude to FaceApp? A.Positive.B.Doubtful. C.Ambiguous.D.Unfavorable. 答案ACBD C (2021昆明市“三诊一模”高考模拟考试) At a Dal.komm Coffee shop in Seoul,a robot takes orders from you through a mobile app or a touch screen and then makes fresh coffee.Coffee is just one of the many industries that use aut
20、omated ( 自 动 化 的 ) services in this technologically forward-thinking nation.Others include restaurants , food stores , banks and manufacturers.The development comes as many Koreans,especially the young,are struggling to find work. Just this week, workers who operate about 2, 500 large cranes (吊车) at
21、 building sites went on strike.They were against the growing use of robotic small cranes for building.Other labor unions also have opposed the use of automated devices instead of human workers at Emart,South Koreas biggest food store group. South Korean officials also changed plans to completely aut
22、omate the nations road fee collection system.They acted after receiving blame for cutting 6, 700 jobs.Instead, the system will be partly automated and keep all its existing human fee collectors. South Korea had the highest percentage of robots to human workers in the world in 2017.The International
23、Federation of Robotics says South Korea has 710 robots for every 10,000 manufacturing workers.The international average is 85 robots per 10, 000 employees. South Koreas lowest permitted worker wage has increased by 27.3% over the last two years.This has led more businesses to cut labor costs by usin
24、g automation,says Suh Yong Gu of the Business School at Sookmyung Womens University in Seoul. Even with the job losses,South Koreas businesses are replacing employees with automation and young people are welcoming the change.Suh said,“Nowadays, millennialsthose who were born after 1980are prime cons
25、umers.This generation tends not to like meeting other people, so they favor technology that enables people to minimize face-to-face interactions.” 9.Why did construction workers go on strike this week? A.6,700 workers had been out of work. B.They feared being replaced by robots. C.Their wages were c
26、ut down by 27.3%. D.Their demand for a pay rise was refused. 10.What do we know about the young generation in South Korea? A.Theyre less competitive in the modern world. B.Theyre victims of modern high technology. C.Theyre unwilling to communicate face to face. D.Theyre strongly against the use of a
27、utomation. 11.What can we infer from the text? A.South Korea produced the most robots in 2017. B.Human fee collectors are partly replaced by robots. C.Robots have taken the place of humans in building. D.Its still controversial to make full use of robots. 12.What is the best title for the text? A.Ro
28、bots Made Their First Appearance in Cafs B.Koreans Are Ready for Challenges from Robots C.Automation:a Double-edged Sword in the Job Market D.South Korea:a Leading Country in Technology 答案BCDC .七选五 (2021烟台市高考诊断性测试) The Slow Food Movement started in Rome,Italy in 1986.When a new McDonalds was opening
29、 near a beautiful historic place,some people stood outside the restaurant and shouted,“We do not want fast food,we want slow food!” 1One day Carlo Petrini went to a restaurant to eat a traditional meal.But the food didnt taste the same as he remembered.He learned that the peppers were shipped from a
30、broad because the prices were low.This deeply concerned Carlo. Carlo wanted people to care about where their foods came from and how their foods made their culture special.So he started a group to encourage this idea.It soon became the Slow Food Movement. 2 First,what is good food? Good food is fres
31、h.The vegetables are eaten close to the place where they are grown.The fish hasnt been sitting for days before it is eaten.Good food is seasonable. 3Good food satisfies the senses.It should look good, smell good and taste good.And finally,good food is cultural food.Each country has special foods tha
32、t make it different. Second,food should be clean.Today,there are great concerns about the way people grow and produce food.Farmers use chemicals to kill insects and feed plants.But the chemicals can also harm the natural environment around farms. 4Clean food means food that does not harm our bodies
33、or the environment. And third,food should be fair. 5All people should be able to purchase healthy food.The people who grow and make food should be paid fairly for their work.They should work in safe,healthy conditions. A.Food should not cost too much money. B.Its goal is to have good,clean,fair food
34、 for all people. C.Over time,they can cause health problems in people too. D.That was how the Slow Food Movement came into being. E.It should be grown at the best time of the year for that food. F.Today the Slow Food Movement has already expanded out of Italy. G.This event wasnt the only thing that started the Slow Food Movement. 1.G2.B3.E4.C5.A