1、单 元 训 练 金 卷 高 三 英 语 卷 （ A）英 语 8 Units 3-5注 意 事 项 ：1 答 题 前 ， 先 将 自 己 的 姓 名 、 准 考 证 号 填 写 在 试 题 卷 和 答 题 卡 上 ， 并 将 准 考 证 号 条 形 码粘 贴 在 答 题 卡 上 的 指 定 位 置 。2 选 择 题 的 作 答 ： 每 小 题 选 出 答 案 后 ， 用 2B 铅 笔 把 答 题 卡 上 对 应 题 目 的 答 案 标 号 涂 黑 ，写 在 试 题 卷 、 草 稿 纸 和 答 题 卡 上 的 非 答 题 区 域 均 无 效 。3 非 选 择 题 的 作 答 ： 用 签 字 笔 直
2、 接 答 在 答 题 卡 上 对 应 的 答 题 区 域 内 。 写 在 试 题 卷 、 草 稿纸 和 答 题 卡 上 的 非 答 题 区 域 均 无 效 。4 考 试 结 束 后 ， 请 将 本 试 题 卷 和 答 题 卡 一 并 上 交 。第 卷第 一 部 分 听 力 （ 共 两 节 ， 满 分 30 分 ） 略第 二 部 分 阅 读 理 解 （ 共 两 节 ， 满 分 40 分 ）第 一 节 （ 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 ，
3、 并 在 答 题卡 上 将 该 项 涂 黑 。AInspired by a 9-year-old cyclist who uses only part of one hand, a group of University of Guelph students has won an international award for their inventiona bike brake lever(刹车手柄). It pulls both the front brake and the back brake at the same time.Lauren Turner was able to ri
4、de her bike, but not as confidently and quickly as her friends.“She couldnt use the front brake. She was only using the back brake, but the front brake makes you stop twice as fast,” says Micha Wallace, who with Katie Bell, Anina Sakaguchi and Andrew Morris won second prize in the James Dyson Awards
5、 for their single-handed bike braking lever.“She used it all last summer and she had no problems. She said it helped her go faster because she felt more confident in her braking abilities. She felt safer.” says Wallace.The invention was the fourth-year design project for the four students. They desi
6、gned, tested and created a prototype(模型) within a four-month period.When Wallace heard about the James Dyson Awards on the news, she and her co-inventors entered their project in the UK-based contest. The contest mainly rewards student designers who create products that improve the way we live. The
7、Guelph students collected the second prize2,000 for them, plus 500 for their school.As well, they had a chance to meet James Dyson, a UK inventor. While praising the students for their creativity, Dyson said the single-handed lever could improve safety for all cyclists. “By using both brakes at once
8、,” he explains, “you could prevent the possibility of flying over the handlebars and ending up with an injury.”The students are hoping to sell the patent to a major company. It may be used in other devices that require two hands for operation.21. The bike brake lever was designed for the purpose of
9、.A. winning James Dyson AwardsB. helping people become confidentC. applying for a patent for the inventionD. helping the disabled ride their bike safely22. What can we know about the inventors of the brake lever?A. They created the invention in four years.B. They won their school 500 for their inven
10、tion.C. They won the James Dyson Awards for four times.D. They sold their patent to a major company.23. From the passage, we could infer that the brake lever .A. has already been widely usedB. also improves the bikes speedC. is only useful for disabled cyclistsD. will have a wide market in the futur
11、eBPygmalion is a drama in which Shaw has made sentiments one of the principal themes of discussion. The Greek sculptor Pygmalion carved a statue and fell in love with it. Aphrodite(the goddess of love) turned the statue into a living woman named Galatea, who then became Pygmalions wife.The Shavian P
12、ygmalion is Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, who picks up a flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, teaches her to speak as educated people do, and then successfully passes her off as a duchess. But she is a human being and cannot be treated as a machine. In the course of all his experiments and exhib
13、itions, the professor only thinks of the success and failure of his own skills, but never stops to consider how the girl feels. When the experiment is over, he has a profound sense of relief that he has achieved triumph and has won his bet. Even now, the sentiment of the girl is of no account. The g
14、irl naturally protests against this dehumanized relationship between her and her teacher. She hurls the professors slippers at him when he wants them and then leaves his place. But evidently, she has begun to feel for the professor and wants also to be felt for.Now the question is what is the nature
15、 of Elizas feelings for the professor with whom she has lived in close association for so long? In the last act, the girl says she would not marry him even if he had proposed(求婚) to her. The professor, curiously ineffectual(无能的) to sexual emotions, does not love any girl because he finds her to be t
16、he rival(对手) to his mother. He wonders, if Eliza does not want to marry him, then what does she want from him? Old Mrs. Higgins, who knows much about a woman says that it would have been better if he had thanked her and petted her and told her how wonderful she had been. Then perhaps she would not h
17、ave fought with him. Every girl loves to be loved. Eliza herself says that she loves Freddy and he also loves her. Professor Higgins, however, remains as ever, an old bachelor.24. What does the underlined phrase “passes her off as” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. let her pretend to be B. dress her up asC. ma
18、ke her become D. turn into25. What kind of person do you think Higgins is according to Paragraph 2?A. He is a kind man. B. He is a considerate man.C. He is a selfish man. D. He is a rude man.26. Eliza doesnt marry Higgins because .A. she does not love himB. Higgins mother does not like any girl to b
19、e her rivalC. Higgins likes to be a bachelorD. Higgins does not love any girl for fear of her being his mothers rival27. Whats the main idea of this text?A. Its about the story between Shaw and Pygmalion.B. Its about the Greek sculptor Pygmalion and his statue.C. Its about the content of the drama P
20、ygmalion.D. Its about the love story of Higgins and Eliza.CEnglish is a language particularly rich in idioms, which usually dont obey logical and grammatical rules. Without idioms English, would lose much of its variety and humor both in speech and writing.In the old days, the written language(novel
21、s, poems, plays and the Bible) was the source on which idioms were based. This was the case up until WWII. After the war, new mediums had appeared in English-speaking society, there was a channel for the American way of life and the popular culture of the U.S. TV, movies and nowadays the interactive
22、 medium have changed the English language more to the American English direction.How then does American English differ from British English in the use of idioms? There are no radical differences in actual use. The main differences are in the situations where idiomatic expressions are used. There hav
23、e been many studies recently on this subject. American English adopts and creates new idioms at a much faster rate compared to British English. Also, the idioms of AmE origin seem to spread faster and further. After it has first been established in the U.S. , an American idiom may soon be found in o
24、ther variants(变体 ) and dialects of English. Nowadays new British idioms seem to stay on the British Isles and are rarely encountered in the US.British idioms are in fact more familiar to other Europeans or to the people of the British Commonwealth than to Americans, even though the language is same.
25、 The future of idiomatic expressions in the English language seems certain. They are more and more based on American English. This development will continue through new mediums like the Internet and interactive mediums. It is hard to say what this will do to idioms and what kind of new idioms are cr
26、eated. This will be an interesting development to follow, and by no means does it lessen the humor, variety and color of English language.28. Which one is the best title of the passage?A. American English and British EnglishB. American English Developed from British EnglishC. American Idioms will re
27、place British IdiomsD. The Development of English Idioms29. According to the passage, we can infer that _.A. idioms usually arent created based on logical and grammatical rulesB. idioms mainly come from the written language nowadaysC. American English creates more new idioms than AmericanD. British
28、idioms are more important than American idioms30. Where did idioms come from in ancient times?A. The written language. B. New mediums.C. The spoken language. D. Speakers creation.31. When a new idiom is created in America, it will soon _.A. be used all over the world B. be laughed at by British peop
29、leC. be found used in England also D. be used only in the United StatesDIn 1996 John Jones made an unusual discovery. He had just enlarged(扩大) a piece of paper money for a frienda Confederate bank note, money issued(发行) by banks in Southern States of America during the Civil War. When he was face to
30、 face with the picture, he couldnt believe his eyes: slaves(奴隶) happily picking cotton in their masters fields.Jones grew up in South Carolina. He had heard painful stories of slavery from his great grandmother. The picture on the money did not match(匹配) the history of African American slaves that h
31、ed heard all his life. “I had never seen that type of picture on money before.” he said.Jones wondered why slaves looked so happy. He started doing research.Searching for and finding the answers to his questions changed his life. During two years search, Jones found more than 120 different bills. He
32、 discovered that the bills had several things in common. They showed slaves working in jobs related to farming. Many of them showed healthy and smiling slaves at work. None of the bills showed the hardships of slavery.Jones wanted to share what he had learned. “I wanted other people to see what I ha
33、d seen,” he said. He decided to make large paintings of the pictures on the money. After three years of work, Jones had painted more than 80 slavery scenes(场景). He paired each painting with the money on which the picture appeared. “The Color of Money”an exhibit(展览) of his workhas toured the country.
34、Jones paintings tell an important story about the South 150 years ago. He likes to repeat the saying. “The story is on the money.” In this case, the saying happens to be true.32. How did Jones feel when he saw the picture on the money?A. Angry. B. Painful. C. Excited. D. Surprised.33. Why did Jones
35、do research on the money?A. He had never heard of Confederate money.B. He wanted to learn about American history through it.C. It showed slaves quite different from those in his mind.D. His great-grandmother told him some unusual stories about it.34. What did Jones find?A. About 120 different bills
36、were issued during the Civil War.B. The difficulty of slaves was never shown on the bills.C. Slaves lived a harder life than he thought.D. Slaves worked long hours on farms.35. Whats the best title for the text?A. Confederate Money. B. Money Tells a StoryC. African American Slaves D. John Jones Chan
37、ges America第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans. 36 Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today, Strauss invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but al
38、so among people around the world.Levis Strauss was born in Germany in 1829. 37 He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847, before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brothers dry goods business. This gave him a chance to produce his famous
39、 invention. After the gold rush of 1849, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortunes.Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals. Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners. At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cl
40、oth. 38 When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners. These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more.In 1873, Strauss received a
41、 letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets(铆钉). This made the pants last a long time. Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent. 39
42、By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion.40 The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss&Company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world.A. As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States.B. Nobody knew what k
43、ind of material was suitable.C. He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since.D. However, he did not get lunch business from those products.E. He also made a great contribution to Americas clothing-industry.F. Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of
44、 American consumer culture.G. As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。It doesnt seem that US singer Bob Dylan has much in common with literary masters like Ernest Hemingway and T.S
45、. Eliot. But these three figures became forever 41 by the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. At the same time, the 42 announcement has also aroused a firestorm of 43 around the globe.Influential US writer Jodi Picoult 44 that she might now deserve a Grammy. And well-known British Indian novelist Hari K
46、unzru said, “This feels like the most 45 Nobel win since they gave it to Obama for not being Bush.”Dylans new 46 a musician with the Nobel Prize in Literature challenges convention 47 . However, this is by no means his first prize for his 48 for writing. Back in 2008, the Pulitzer Prize jury(评判委员会 )
47、 49 Dylan a special citation(嘉奖) “for his deep 50 on popular music and American culture, 51 by lyrical(抒情的) compositions of extraordinary poetic power”. In this aspect, what the Nobel Committee is doing is 52 an act of strengthening Dylans 53 standing in the world of literature.The words behind Dyla
48、ns songs address social issues and have been 54 from generation to generation. And even today, many of Dylans songs are still relevant and 55 regularly by people all over the world.There is 56 more honorable than winning praise from ones 57 , but Dylan managed it. “It is 58 that Dylans song and poet
49、ry have been 59 linked.” Salman Rushdie, a candidate for the prize, said. “Dylan is the brilliant inheritor of the poetic tradition,” Rushdie added. “He 60 the prize.”41. A. advocated B. bonded C. struck D. remembered42. A. surprising B. expectant C. skeptical D. irresponsible43. A. aggression B. injustice C. controversy D. attack44. A. admitted B. recalled C. swore D. joked45. A. uncaring B. unconvincing C. inspiring
