1、 Unit3 单元测试单元测试 第一部分阅读 第一节 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。 A Christmas is coming and the holiday season is almost here! If you are having a hard time thinking of a gift for a web developer you know, then this list is for you. Due to this being the gift-giving season, there is a possibility tha
2、t these items may not be bought in real stores by the time you get to them. But do not worry， do check back at the site frequently in case they have restocked them，then quickly order one! Qlocktwo Touch A unique table clock tells you time with written words instead of numbers. If it is 7:15, the clo
3、ck will show “fifteen past seven”. This table clock is available in 5 different colors and 12 different languages. A truly stylish accessory for the working desk. ($5,690) Dolce Gusto Coffee Maker Many web developers love to need coffee to help them stay awake when trying to finalize a project. This
4、 cool-looking coffee maker is the perfect gift to help them grab a quick cup whenever they need it. ($140) Hand Turbine Charger Perfect for times of a blackout or when you just cant find any place to quickly charge up your devices, this charger is powered by you. Just turn the turbine to generate po
5、wer to charge your phones and tablets. Great for a workout, and for travelers who cant be without their devices. ($100) Online Course Subscriptions Many web developers improve their skills through online courses. If you want to gift one, you can visit L. (Prices may vary) 1. Who will like to read th
6、e text? A. The one who owns a present store. B. The one who wants to buy gifts for parents. C. The one who wants to buy a Christmas gift for a web developer. D. The one who wants to sell Christmas gifts on the websites. 2. How many showing patterns can the Qlocktwo Touch give? A. 5. B. 12. C. 7. D.
7、60. 3. Which gift is the best for a developer who wants to improve himself? A. Online Course Subscriptions. B. Hand Turbine Charger. C. Dolce Gusto Coffee Maker. D. Qlocktwo Touch. B Surfing the Internet for fun will make you a better employee，according to an Australian study. The study shows that p
8、eople who use the Internet for their own reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive than those who do not. The author of the study Brent Coker said, “Surfing the Internet at times helps increase an employees attention.” “People need to relax for a bit to get back their attention,” Coker sai
9、d. “Having a short break, such as quick surfing on the Internet，helps the mind to rest itself, leading to higher total Internet attention for a days work, and as a result, increases productivity (生产效率),” he said. According to the study, 70 percent of 300 workers who use the Internet at work surf the
10、 Internet for their own reasons during office hours. Among the most popular surfing activities are searching for information about products, reading online news, playing online games and watching videos. “Firms spend a lot of money on software to block their employees from watching videos， using soc
11、ial networking sites or shopping online,” said Coker. “Thats not always a good idea.” However, Coker said the study looked at people who surfed the Internet in moderation (适度)，or were on the Internet for less than 20 percent of their total time in the office. “Those who spend too much time surfing t
12、he Internet will have lower productivity than those who do not,” he said. 4. What does the study mainly show? A. People who surf the Internet are good employees. B. Not everyone surfs the Internet for fun during office hours. C. Surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity
13、. D. The Internet is becoming more and more important in peoples life. 5. According to Paragraph 3，Brent Coker would most probably agree that_. A. the longer a persons mind rests, the better attention he will have B. surfing the Internet is the best way to increase productivity C. workers should hav
14、e a long break during office hours D. Workers should let their minds rest now and then 6. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as one of the most popular surfing activities? A. Watching videos. B. Reading online news. C. Reading online novels. D. Playing online games. 7. What can w
15、e infer from the last paragraph? A. Spending too much time surfing the Internet reduces productivity. B. Those who never surf the Internet have the lowest productivity. C. Most people dont surf the Internet in moderation during office hours. D. People should spend as little time as possible surfing
16、the Internet. C Seeds on Ice Close to the North Pole, the remote and rocky Plateau Mountain in the Norwegian Svalbard Archipelago seems an unlikely spot for any global effort to safeguard agriculture. In this cold and deserted environment，no grains，no gardens and no trees can grow. Yet at the end of
17、 a 130-meter-long tunnel cut out of solid stone is a room filled with humanitys most precious treasure, the largest and most diverse seed collectionmore than a half billion seeds. A quiet rescue mission is under way. With growing evidence that unchecked climate change will seriously affect food prod
18、uction and threaten the diversity (多样性）of crops around the world，the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (保险库）represents a major step towards ensuring the preservation (It藏)of hundreds of thousands of crop varieties. This is a seed collection，but more importantly, it is a collection of the traits found withi
19、n the seeds: the genes that give one variety resistance to a particular pest and another variety tolerance for hot, dry weather. Few people will ever see or come into contact with the contents of this vault. In sealed boxes, behind multiple locked doors，monitored by electronic security systems, enve
20、loped in below-zero temperatures, and surrounded by tons of rock, hundreds of millions of seeds are protected in their mountain fortress. Frozen in such conditions inside the mountain, seeds of most major crops will remain viable for hundreds of years, or longer. Seeds of some are capable of retaini
21、ng (保留）their ability to grow for thousands of years. Everyone can look back now and say that the Seed Vault was a good and obvious idea, and that of course the Norwegian government should have approved and funded it. But back in 2004, when the Seed Vault was proposed, it was viewed as a crazy, impra
22、ctical, and expensive idea. We knew that nothing would provide a definite guarantee. But we were tired, and frankly scared of the steady, greater losses of crop diversity. The Seed Vault was built by optimists who wanted to do something to preserve options so that humanity and its crops might be bet
23、ter prepared for change. If it simply resupplied seed gene banks with samples those gene banks had lost, this would repay our efforts. The Seed Vault is about hope and commitmentabout what can be done if countries come together and work cooperatively to accomplish something significant，long-lasting，
24、and worthy of who we are and wish to be. 8. According to the passage, the Seed Vault is_. A. a tunnel where the collected seeds are displayed B. a stone room that contains the seeds of endangered crops C. a seed gene bank that stores diverse seeds for future agriculture D. a lab where researchers st
25、udy how to maintain the diversity of crops 9. The underlined word “viable” in Paragraph 3 probably means_. A. mature B. clean C. alive D. valuable 10. Paragraph 3 mainly tells us_. A. how the seeds are preserved B. where people keep the seeds C. why the seeds are protected D. what people do to study
26、 the seeds 11. We can know from the passage that_. A. the Seed Vault offers a solution to climate change B. most countries took part in rescuing the seed varieties C. the Seed Vault guarantees to prevent the loss of crop diversity D. many people originally considered building the Seed Vault unwise D
27、 I never saw my father come home from work late or ill, nor did I ever see my father take a “night out with the boys”. He had no hobbies but just took care of his family. For 22 years，since I left home for college，my father called me every Sunday at 9: 00 am. He was always interested in my lifehow m
28、y family was doing. The calls even came when he and my mother were in Australia, England or Florida. Nine years ago, when I bought my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent eight hours a day for three days, painting my house. He would not allow me to pay someone to have it done. All he asked wa
29、s a glass of iced tea, and that I hold a paintbrush for him and talk to him. But I was too busy，for I had a law practice to run, and I could not take the time to hold the paintbrush, or talk to my father. Five years ago, my 71-year-old father spent five hours putting together a swing set (成套秋千)for m
30、y daughter. Again，all he asked was that I get him a glass of iced tea, and talk to him. But again, I had laundry to do, and the house to clean. The morning on Sunday, January 16，1995, my father telephoned me as usualthis time he seemed to have forgotten some things we had discussed the week before.
31、I had to get to church, and I cut the conversation short. The call came at 4: 40 am. That day my father was sent to hospital in Florida. I got on a plane immediately，and vowed (发誓)that when I arrived, I would make up for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him and really get to know him. I
32、 arrived in Florida at 1: 00 am，but my father had passed away at 9： 12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me. In the years since his death I have learnt much about my father, and even more about every single day. 12. We know from the reading that the father_.
33、A. liked to paint houses B. had no friends around him C. was not healthy in his youth D. thought of his family as his all 13. When her father painted her first house, the daughter_. A. could only afford a glass of iced tea B. was too busy to talk to her father C. could do nothing but hold a paintbru
34、sh D. spent eight hours a day working with her father 14. On January 16, 1995, the daughter felt that her father_. A. seemed to be a little different B. had no time to phone her as usual C. became interested in church D. had forgotten to discuss some things with her 15. Which is the best title for t
35、he text? A. Painting Houses B. Daughters Family C. Father and I D. Fathers Phone Calls 第二节 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia (百科全书）,is the largest encyclopedia ever. An encyclopedia is a collection of informative articles about various things. Encyclopedia
36、s used to be printed as books. 16 “Wiki” is an Internet term that means “a website that can be edited by the public”. It comes from “wikiwiki” ，a Hawaiian word for “quick. Two Americans, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, created Wikipedia in 2001. 17 It has about 6 million articles in 300 languages and
37、is visited by billions of people each day，who want to find information on just about anythingscience, math, languages, art, culture, and company histories. There are articles on sports stars, too, and even long-forgotten soap operas from the 1970s. 18 Except for a small number of pages, anyone can e
38、dit articles，anonymously (匿名地）or with a user account, and registered users can create their own articles. Editing is unpaid, although Wikipedia does employ a small staff. Wikipedia is freely available to anyone with an Internet connection. Its founders hoped that the model would make use of humanity
39、s collective knowledge. 19 Many Wikipedia pages contain errors, although the organization has a content review system that works to fix this problem. Several studies have concluded that Wikipedia is as accurate as most print encyclopedias. Indeed, a 2005 report in the journal Nature found it to be o
40、nly slightly less reliable than. Encyclopedia Britannica. 20 It does not rely on advertising. Instead, all of its funds (资金）come from donations. Perhaps more importantly，the number of its volunteer editors is shrinking. Despite these difficulties, Jimmy Wales says he will still stick to his dream. H
41、e has big plans for the future. He wants Wikipedia available in all of the worlds languages. A. Today, Wikipedia faces many challenges. B. Wikipedia employs an open editing model. C. It allows users to get information within seconds. D. It is now the fifth-most visited website on the Internet. E. Mo
42、st of its editors are volunteers. F. Now, they are mostly found online. G. However, some people doubt the accuracy of Wikipedias content. 16._17._ 18._19. _20. _ 第二部分语言运用 第一节 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Last year, I told my family that I didnt want or need anything for my birthday. In
43、stead, I 21 them to think of a way to share a 22 .My husband and my daughter did something different, but 23 . The week of my birthday my husband went to a local cafe and told a waitress that he wanted to 24 pay for the breakfast of a family. The waitress was 25 and said it was her last day at work
44、there and this had never 26 .When the family finished eating, the waitress told them their 27 had been paid. The mom started crying and the dad stood up, trying to 28 who might have done it, but my husband was outside 29 the whole thing. He told me he had such a wonderful 30 in his heart and he woul
45、d like to 31 it a few more times. My daughter was on a tight budget (手头很紧） so she 32 the week smiling more at people, and letting someone go before her at the market. She just took the time during my birthday week to slow down and be 33 and kind to strangers and her co-workers. When we finally all g
46、ot together for my birthday, everyone was in tears as each person 34 what they had done. As you can see, it was the 35 birthday ever I. 21. A. wanted B. encouraged C. ordered D. permitted 22. A. story B. feeling C. kindness D. responsibility 23. A. crazy B. wonderful C. interesting D. sill silly 24.
47、 A. partly B. normally C. quickly D. secretly 25. A. frightened B. satisfied C. surprised D. disappointed 26. A. failed B. mattered C. existed D. happened 27. A. coffee B. bill C. money D. lunch 28. A. find out B. look C. think of D. remember 29. A. watching B. listening to C. asking D. telling 30.
48、A. feeling B. day C. experience D. idea 31. A. say B. discuss C. do D. cost 32. A. wasted B. found C. took D. spent 33. A. healthy B. simple C. honest D. friendly 34. A. Shared B. practiced C. recorded D. watched 35. A. biggest B. longest C. best D. quietest 第二节 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 An
49、 Indonesian university student Tyas Sisianindita spends about eight hours a day on her phone. That time includes 36 (watch) videos, chatting with friends and using social media. “I realize that I am addicted,”she said, noting she checks her phone countless times. “At night, when I cant sleep, I can
50、use my phone for up 37 five hours.”Tyas goes to the University of Indonesia, where a team of students 38 (recent) developed a device meant to fight phone addiction. The students spent three 39 (month) creating the device, which could help the Internet users like Tyas reduce the time they spent looki
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