新课标高三上册英语选修九Unit4练习试题及答案(2)
第二部分 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
For many students in the UK today, deciding whether or not to go to university can be as much about affordability as it is about ambition and aspiration (抱负).
In times gone by, students in the UK could apply to a university or college safe in the knowledge that even if they came from a low income family, their tuition fees and some of their living costs would be covered by a local authority grant (拨款). A university education was, in a financial sense, open to all and the number of students attending university grew year on year.
Sadly, it seems those days are long gone. The turning point came in 1998, when the Labour Government introduced tuition fees of ￡1,000 a year and, instead of giving students a grant, asked them to cover their own living expenses with a repayable student loan. Only students on the lowest incomes were entitled to a grant.
The flood gates had been opened. As time passed, the ceiling on tuition fees rose, and although applicants from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales still qualified for varying levels of subsidy (资助), by 2009/10 students in England often found themselves facing tuition fees in excess of ￡3,000 a year.
But the biggest change was still to come. In 2011 the Government announced that from 2012 universities could charge fees of up to ￡9,000 a year. Although the Government sweetened the pill by stating that postgraduates did not have to begin repaying their student loans until they were earning more than ￡21,000 a year, the news created outrage. Many students argued that it was unfair that students should have to begin their work life saddled with (承担起) huge debt, while others complained that the changes would bring back a class divide to university education. These views were reflected in the number of students applying for a university place, which by January 2012 fell by more than 22,000. The Universities Minister, David Willetts, stood by the decision to increase tuition fees, saying that they would not “put universities’ finance on a sustainable footing” and facilitate “a stronger focus on high quality teaching”.
31. From the first paragraph, we know today in the UK _______.
A. students are ambitious
B. students want to go to college
C. many students find it difficult to afford a college education
D. the college students’ financial stress has been greatly relieved
32. In the past, _______ in the UK.
A. students weren’t bothered about the college tuition fees
B. students used to carefully consider whether to go to college or not
C. students were unwilling to apply to a college or a university
D. students needn’t pay any tuition fees or living costs by themselves
33. The Labor Government’s policy on tuition fees didn’t include _______.
A. asking students to cover living expenses with loans
B. covering part of living costs for students
C. asking students to pay tuition fees
D. giving students on the lowest incomes grants
34. According to David Willetts, increasing tuition fees would _______.
A. relieve the government’s financial burden
B. attract more talented applicants
C. help improve the teaching quality of universities
D. cause a class divide for university education
B
Every athlete, from Tiger Woods (a golf player) to a high school quarterback (橄榄球赛中指挥反攻的四分卫), uses a form of self-hypnosis (自我催眠) to move their game to the next level. Use the Olympics to learn how to use the amazing power of your subconscious (潜在意识) to do the same with your sport.
Here are some examples of how to best use the power of the mind:
During the 2004 Olympics, one of the swimmers told of how she would fall asleep each night with the picture of a clock in her mind. It was the timer’s clock she would see at the end of her Olympic swim and it always had her world-record-breaking time on it.
In his pre-shot routine, Tiger Woods never varies the number of practice swings or intensity of his concentration. The pre-shot routine is always the same so that the stroke will always be the same.
Michael Phelps, American Swimming Gold Medalist, always stretches out his back and arms by swinging both arms three times before his event. Not 2, not 4: always 3. He is anchoring (固定) in his winning state of mind and state of body as well as stretching.
In athletics, an anchor is a gesture or series of gestures that put you into the frame of mind (and body) you want to be in to win. Repetition is what makes it work. That means practice, practice, practice — with your body as well as your mind.
Begin right now creating a ritual (固定程序) before you exercise. Visualize yourself doing whatever you do faster, longer, higher — whatever adverb works best for your particular activity. Then begin to mentally rehearse it. See or imagine yourself — with your ideal body — doing your activity better, faster, longer, etc. Using both the power of your brain and the activity of your body, soon you will be better and fitter as you use the Olympics to help you create a happier and healthier you.
35. From the third paragraph, we know .
A. the swimmer has already broken the world record once
B. the swimmer was using her mind power to build up confidence
C. the swimmer was too nervous to go to sleep before the Games
D. the swimmer has a problem in counting
36. The example of Tiger Woods shows that .
A. golf players always do the same pre-shots before events
B. Tiger Woods attaches great importance to mind power
C. Tiger Woods doesn’t want to give away his skills before events
D. golf players never change their habits
37. Why does Michael Phelps always take the same warming-up activities before his events?
A. Because back and arms are the most important parts for a swimmer.
B. Because this is the best stretching for any swimmer.
C. Because this is the best way to adjust his state.
D. Because he wants to confuse his opponents.
38. From the sixth paragraph, we know that .
A. an anchor is the state of mind and body you want to win
B. you can make an anchor work by constant practice
C. the anchor is mainly related to the practice of the body in athletics
D. an anchor can make sure that you will do well in sports
C
Not long ago a 25-year-old law student at the University of Texas named Cody Wilson made international headlines when he used a 3-D printer to “print out” a handgun.
It was a demonstration that not only caused a lively debate on gun control in the U.S. and abroad, but also threw a spotlight on a fast-developing manufacturing technology that could change the shape of the future.
Invented in the mid-1980s, it is a printer that uses plastic, wax, paper, gold, titanium (钛)—a whole host of materials—instead of ink to create a solid, three-dimensional object. In much the same way that your desktop printer is directed to print the words in a document, the 3-D printer’s jets (喷嘴，喷射口), guided by computer-assisted design (CAD) software, create an object by spraying (喷出) or squeezing one thin layer of material at a time onto the platform. As these extremely thin layers build up, the desired three-dimensional object slowly takes shape.
While 3-D printing is not a fast manufacturing process, it can be highly efficient because there is virtually no wastage. Unlike traditional manufacturing, where material is cut away by machinery to create an object, the process of 3-D printing uses only what is necessary to make the object. Precision (精确) results in a finished product that is both more finely made and up to 60 percent lighter in weight—something of particular interest to the aviation (航空) industry.
“This technology has plenty of wonderful applications. It can be used for everything from dental work to architectural models, jewelry, precision engine parts ... The list is endless,” says Jonathan Rowley, design director at Digits2Widgets, a London-based firm that specializes in 3-D printing. On a much larger scale Boeing and Airbus are already making numerous small parts using 3-D printing technology, and some have visions of aircraft-hangar-size (飞机库大小的) printers creating huge sections of wing and fuselage (机身). By 2050 entire planes may be made from 3-D “printed” parts.
39. Why is the first paragraph written?
A. To put forward a serious question.
B. To describe an interesting scene.
C. To give a summary of the passage.
D. To introduce the topic of the passage.
40. Why is a 3-D printer regarded as highly efficient?
A. It wastes nothing in the printing process.
B. It prints something layer by layer.
C. It prints things very quickly.
D. It prints things light in weight.
41. Which of the following is true about a 3-D printer?
A. It will become smaller in the future.
B. It will only be used in the aviation industry.
C. It may print a whole plane in the future.
D. It cannot be used by common people.
42. What do we learn from what Jonathan Rowley says?
A. The 3-D printing technology is developing very fast.
B. The 3-D printing technology will replace traditional manufacturing.
C. The 3-D printer will be mass-produced in the future.
D. The 3-D printer will have great potential uses in the future.
D
Every April I am bothered about the same concern that spring might not occur this year. The landscape looks desolate (荒凉的), with hills, sky and forest forming a single gray meld. My spirits ebb (衰退), as they did during an April snowfall when I first came to Maine 15 years ago. “Just wait,” a neighbor suggested. “You’ll wake up one morning and spring will just be here.”
On May 3 that year I awoke to a green so startling as to be almost electric, as if spring were simply a matter of flipping a switch. Hills, sky and forest revealed their blues and greens. Then there was an old apple tree. It sat on an undeveloped lot in my neighborhood. It belonged to no one and therefore to everyone. The tree’s dark twisted branches were unpruned (未修剪的). It blossomed so profusely that the air was filled with the aroma (芳香) of apples. When I drove by with my windows rolled down, it gave me the feeling of moving in another element, like a kid on a water slide.
Until last year, I thought I was the only one aware of this tree. And then one day, in a fit of spring madness, I set out with pruner and lopper (修枝剪) to remove a few branches. No sooner had I arrived under the tree than neighbors opened their windows and stepped onto their porches. These were people I barely knew and seldom spoke to, but it was as if I had come unbidden (擅自) into their personal gardens.
My mobile-home neighbor was the first to speak. “You’re not cutting it down, are you?” Another neighbor showed pain as I cut off a branch. “Don’t kill it, now,” he cautioned. Soon half the neighborhood had joined me under the apple tree. It struck me that I had lived there for five years and only now was learning these people’s names, what they did for a living and how they passed the winter. It was as if the old apple tree gathering us under it for the dual (双重的) purpose of acquaintanceship and shared wonder.
Just the other day I saw one of my neighbors at the local store. He remarked how this recent winter had been especially long and complained about not having seen or spoken at length to anyone in our neighborhood. And then, he looked at me and said, “We need to prune that apple tree again.”
43. Which of the following can best describe the author’s feeling about the April snowfall 15 years ago in Maine?
A. Guilty. B. Depressed. C. Thrilled. D. Pleased.
44. The author thought the apple tree _______.
A. belonged to someone else
B. caused the inconvenience of driving
C. needed to be taken better care of
D. gave off an unpleasant smell in the spring
45. From the passage we know that _______.
A. the author was the only one aware of the apple tree
B. the author’s neighbors were not easy to get along with
C. the neighbors were worried that the author would cut down the tree
D. the neighbors suggested that the author should cut down the tree
46. We can infer from the passage that pruning the apple tree _______.
A. provided a beautiful view for the neighborhood
B. worked as a bridge for people to get known to each other
C. offered people a chance to take exercise in the spring
D. made people know the wonder of spring
E
About 20 women signed up for a half-day course offered by Rebecca Li of the etiquette (礼仪) school Institute Sarita. For three hours, Ms. Li reviewed elements of dressing and dining, western-style.
The ministry requested the seminar, says Institute Sarita founder Sara Jane Ho, who offered the class free of charge. Ms. Li, who ran the seminar, says that the women also had questions about how to keep fit and what kind of face cream to wear under makeup.
Institute Sarita is not the first to bring western-style etiquette to China. Before Beijing’s 2008 Olympics, the government launched a campaign to “civilize” its citizens, handing out leaflets to warn against spitting in public, jumping to the front of lines, and asking foreigners how much money they make. Knigge Akademie, a German company, opened in Beijing in March 2011, offering business etiquette courses on western dress and dining, as well as body language and rules of electronic communication. And vocational (职业的) schools advertise courses in business etiquette.
But other companies have attempted to succeed in teaching etiquette, such as Beijing’s Etiquette Society, which opened its door in 2008 and closed again in 2011. “I don’t think we thought through the concept,” says Etiquette Society founder Freddie Cull. He adds that at the time, there didn’t seem to be enough of a market for the school.
Ms. Ho, raised in Hong Kong but educated in the US, spent some time working in banking on Wall Street. Every time the 27-year-old Harvard Business School graduate heard about Chinese nationals misbehaving abroad, “it would affect me on a very personal level,” she said. She knows that when she travels, she’s really representing China, and she thinks everyone has a responsibility to represent their country.
Ms. Ho’s high-end school charges 100,000 yuan for a 12-day course in being a hostess and 80,000 yuan for a 10-day “debutante” (入门礼仪) course.
Much of the training takes place in her offices in the Park Hyatt Residences. Surrounded by French-made furniture and Raynaud porcelain tea sets, Ms. Ho serves Earl Grey tea and lemon tarts (小圆饼) prepared by her chef, who had formerly worked at the French embassy. Women taking her course face a series of challenges: how to handle the dripping cheese, what kinds of topics working for small talk around the table, where to stand on the escalator, how to pronounce Louis Vuitton. She offers a lesson on the history of cutlery (餐具) and another on gifts and flowers. Each day, they have to set a table based on the items served in a three to five courses’ lunch prepared by the chef.
The goal, says Ms. Ho, is that her students will go on to influence the people around them. “It’s the ripple effect. It’s not just China that needs etiquette,” she says. “It’s the whole world.”
47. Paragraph 3 is mainly intended to tell us that _______.
A. western-style etiquette began to be given a lot of attention in China
B. the Chinese government tried to improve the citizens’ civilization
C. Chinese schools weren’t aware of the importance of business etiquette
D. Knigge Akademie is the first to teach western business etiquette in China
48. According to Freddie Cull, Beijing’s Etiquette Society didn’t succeed because _______.
A. it lacked good teachers specializing in etiquette
B. Chinese people didn’t realize the importance of etiquette
C. it was not supported by the government
D. it charged too many tuition fees
49. Which of the following can people NOT learn at Institute Sarita?
A. Table manners. B. Preparing a French meal.
C. Conversation-making skills. D. Knowledge on gifts and flowers.
50. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. Etiquette becomes popular in China
B. Institute Sarita — a pioneer etiquette school
C. Ms. Ho—the founder of Institute Sarita
D. Courses offered by Institute Sarita
第三部分 书面表达(共两节，满分50分)
第一节 完成句子(共10小题;每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下列各小题，根据所给的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。
51. _____________________________ for the examination, the more possible it will be for you to get good results. (prepare)
你为考试准备得越好，你取得好成绩的可能性就会越大。
52. Nowadays, many people, especially young people, just can’t live without the Internet; they rely on it for ________________________. (whatever)
现在很多人，尤其是年轻人离开了网络就没法活了，他们依靠网络获取自己需要的任何信息。
53. Not until I watched the program on TV ___________________________ more about what the woman scientist had done for the chimps and other animals. (learn)
直到我在电视里看到这个节目，我才对这位女科学家为黑猩猩和其它动物所做的事情有了更多的了解。
54. When I opened the book I found several pages ______________________, which made me very upset. (tear)
我翻开书时发现有几页已经被人撕掉了，这令我非常气愤。
55. When the golden rice incident was exposed by CCTV, people believed that the officials ______________________________ on children. (try)
当“黄金大米”事件被中央电视台曝光时，人们都说官员们不应该在孩子身上实验这种大米。
56. Out of the crowded bus stepped a tall man in his thirties, __________________________ a black suit and waving to a pretty woman. (dress)
从拥挤的公共汽车里走出一位三十几岁的高个子的男子，他穿着黑色的西服向一位漂亮的女士挥着手。
57. Almost all the citizens here strongly insisted that those caught putting up “harmful” advertisements in the streets ____________________. (punish)
这里几乎所有的市民都坚决要求那些被发现正在街上张贴有害广告的人应该受到严惩。
58. Haig led the British army, __________________________ the Commonwealth forces also fought and won many victories. (command)
黑格领导了英国军队，在他的领导下英联邦军也参加了战斗，并赢得了很多胜利。
59. The rapid advance of science and technology ___________________________________ to operate on the patients. (it)
科学技术的快速进步使医生们为病人做手术变得更容易了。
60. Many a low-rent house _______________________________ in our city, which is really good news to those low-income families. (report)
据报道，一大批廉租房在我们市里已经建起来了，这对那些低收入家庭来说确实是一个好消息。
第二节 短文写作(满分30分)
请根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。
Books have a great effect on people. Sometimes a book can change our ideas and life.
注意：① 无需写标题，不得照抄英语提示语;
② 除诗歌外，文体不限;
③ 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称;
④ 词数为120左右。
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新课标高三上册英语选修九Unit 4练习试题参考答案
1-10 BDBDB ACACC
11-30 CABDC ADDCD ABBCD ABCAB
31-50 CABCB BCBDA CDBCC BABBA
51. The better prepared you are 52. whatever information they need
53. did I learn 54. had been torn out
55. shouldn’t have tried it out 56. dressed in
57. (should) be punished severely 58. under whose command
59. makes it easier for doctors 60. is reported to have been built/put up
One possible version;
By reading we enrich the mind and reading good books plays an important part in our growth.
Three years ago, I met with some setbacks in my life and study. I wanted to give up my dream. Learning about my idea, my teacher recommended The Making of a Hero to me. Having read the novel, I was deeply impressed and inspired by the hero. This book made me regain confidence and it made me realize that no matter what difficultly we meet, we should never give up. Eventually, I managed to overcome the difficulty. This book has a positive and great influence on me in my lifetime.
So I think reading is very important. If you have time, read more good books, which will make you a wise man.
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