1、单元综合检测(四) .阅读理解(共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分) A OSCAR THEATRE BOOKING in person The Box Office is open Monday to Saturday, 10 am.8 pm. by post Stating the performance and choice of seats, enclosing a cheque, postal order, or your credit card details to Oscar Theatre Box Office, PO Box 220, Main stree
2、t.All cheques should be made payable to Oscar Theatre. by telephone Ring 0844 847 2484 to reserve your tickets or to pay by credit card (Visa, MasterCard accepted) online Complete the online booking form at . DISCOUNTS Saver: $2 off any seat booked any time in advance for performances from Monday to
3、 Thursday inclusive, and for all matinees(下午场)Savers are available for children up to 16 years old, over 60s and fulltime students. Supersaver: halfprice seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion.It is advisable to book in advance.There is a maximum of eight wheelchair space
4、s available and one wheelchair space will be held until one hour before the show (subject to availability) Standby: best available seats are on sale for $6 from one hour before the performance for people eligible(有资格的) for Saver and Supersaver discounts and thirty minutes before for all other custom
5、ers. Group Bookings: there is a ten percent discount for parties of twelve or more. Schools: school parties of ten or more can book $9 tickets in advance and will get every tenth ticket free. Please note: we are unable to exchange tickets or refund money unless a performance is cancelled due to unfo
6、reseen circumstances. 【语篇解读】文章介绍了 OSCAR THEATRE 的订票方式和折扣信息。 1How can you pay for a ticket when you book by post? ABy visiting the website of a post office. BBy going to your local bank in person. CBy enclosing your MasterCard in an envelope. DBy providing your credit card information. D细节理解题。 从文章的句子
7、： “Stating the performance and choice of seats, enclosing a cheque, postal order, or your credit card details to Oscar Theatre Box Office, PO Box 220, Main street.”可知如果通过邮寄的方式购票的话，要提供信用 卡信息，故选 D。 2What benefit can bookers enjoy according to the text? AAgroup of ten adults going to a performance can
8、claim a discount. BA school party of 15 persons that book in advance pay $135 in total for a performance. C Someone accompanying a wheelchair user to a performance receives a discount. DAn 18yearold teenager is eligible for Saver discounts. C细节理解题。从文章的句子：Supersaver: halfprice seats are available for
9、 people with disabilities and one companion.可知陪伴一个使用轮椅的人一起来的人 可以得到打折，故选 C。 3According to the text, who can get Standby tickets? AFulltime students buying tickets 45 minutes before a performance begins. B65yearolds buying tickets an hour and a half before a performance begins. CTheatregoers who are u
10、nexpectedly unable to be present at a performance. DAnyone who buys tickets an hour before a performance begins. A细节理解题。从文章的句子：“Savers are available for children up to 16 years old, over 60s and fulltime students.”和“best available seats are on sale for $6 from one hour before the performance for peo
11、ple eligible for Saver.”可知全职的学 生在表演开始前 45 分钟买票的可以买到备用票，故选 A。 B High school biology teacher Kelly Chavis knew smartphones were a problem in her class.But not even the students realized how much of a problem the devices were until Chavis did an inclass experiment. For one class period, students used a
12、 whiteboard to count every Snapchat, Instagram, text, call that appeared on their phones.Chavis is among a growing number of teachers, parents and health experts who believe that smartphones are now partly to blame for increasing the levels of student anxiety.“One girl, just during the one hour, got
13、 close to 150 Snapchat notifications.150！” she said. Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University in California, said it is not a coincidence that youth mental health issues have risen with the number of phones.“This use of phones has led to a loss of sleep and facetoface intera
14、ctions necessary for their growth， ” she said. Researchers are still not sure whether phones cause student depression or depression causes phone use.But nearly 60 percent of parents said they worry about the influence of social media on their childs physical and mental health. Both schools and paren
15、ts are starting to take steps to deal with the problem.Many public schools pay outside companies to watch students social media activity for signs of anxiety.Other schools invite in yoga teachers and comfort dogs to help calm students. 【语篇解读】本文是一篇议论文。作者通过 Kelly Chavis 的课堂实验展示 了智能手机对学生的影响，并引用一些专业人士的观
16、点来支持个人的论证，继而 说明了学校就学生使用手机问题应采取的措施。 4Whats the purpose of Chaviss experiment? ATo see how many students have smartphones. BTo find out how popular her students are. CTo show smartphones influence teenagers greatly. DTo tell her students how to use smartphones wisely. C细节理解题。 根据第一段的“But not even the s
17、tudents realized how much of a problem the devices were until Chavis did an inclass experiment.”和下文可 知， 直到查维斯在课堂上做了一个实验， 学生们才意识到这些设备有多大的问题： 焦虑、 睡眠不足等问题，故查维斯的实验目的是想去展示手机对青少年的影响很 大，故选 C 项。 5How did Kelly Chavis feel about the result? AShocked.BExcited. CSatisfied.DFrightened. A推理判断题。根据第二段的“Chavis is a
18、mong a growing number of teachers.are now partly to blame for increasing the levels of.“One girl, just during the one hour, got close to 150 Snapchat notifications.150！” she said.”越来越多的 老师、家长和健康专家认为，学生的焦虑程度越来越高，部分原因是智能手机造 成的，查维斯就是其中之一。 “一个女孩在一个小时内收到了近 150 条 Snapchat 通知。150 条！”，可知 Chavis 对于实验的结果是非常震惊
19、的，故选 A 项。 6Which of the following is true according to Jean Twenge? AStudents are now under great stress. BStudents spend too much money on smartphones. COverusing phones cause drops in students grades. DOverusing phones may harm students body and mind. D推理判断题。根据第三段的“it is not a coincidence that you
20、th mental health issues have risen with the number of phones.”可知Jean Twenge认为过度使用 手机可能会伤害学生的身心。故选 D 项。 7What might be talked about if the passage is continued? AHow other schools deal with students phones. BWhether the ways to handle phones are effective. CHow some parents deal with their childrens
21、phones. DWhether students are willing to give up using phones. C推理判断题。根据最后一段的第一句“Both schools and parents are starting to take steps to deal with the problem.”可知最后一段讨论的是学校应采取 的措施， 那么接下来的段落可能会讨论的问题是一些父母如何处理他们孩子的手 机。故选 C 项。 C Young sunflowers turn and swing every day.New findings add to evidence that
22、the plants are animallike. Harmer, a professor in the University of California at Davis, Department of Plant Biology, carried out a series of experiments on sunflowers in the field pots outdoors and in indoor growth chambers. By staking plants so that they could not move, Harmer showed that he could
23、 destroy their ability to track the sun.He also noticed that sunflowers prevented from moving were not as tough and leafy as those that were free to move.When plants were moved indoor with a settled overhead light, they continued to swing back and forth for a few days. The indoor plants did start tr
24、acking the “sun” again when the apparent source of lighting was moved across the room.The plants could reliably track the movement and return at night when the artificial day was close to a 24hour cycle, but not when it was closer to 30 hours. When sunflowers track the sun, the east sides of their s
25、tems grew more rapidly than the west sides.At night, the west sides grew faster as the stem swung the other way.The team identified a number of genes that were expressed at higher levels on the sunward side of the plant during the day, or on the other side at night.A plant growth regulating hormone,
26、 called auxin, appears to be a key driver. The “dance” to the sun cycle obviously slows when the sunflower matures (成 熟) and its flowers open up.At that point, the plants stop moving during the day and settle down facing the sun in the east. “Bees like warm flowers.” Hanner said, adding that the bee
27、s are coldblooded, so landing on a warm flower saves them energy and perhaps feels really good. “ The morning warmth changes the flowers in a way to make them more appealing to insects, perhaps causing them to release more attractive scents earlier in the day.” he said “Were currently testing this i
28、dea.” 【语篇解读】本文讲述了向日葵要追踪太阳的原因。 8Why did Harmer do the experiment on sunflowers? ATo see how sunflowers grow up. BTo study why sunflowers track the sun. CTo show what sunflowers genes are. DTo check if sunflowers swing in cloudy days. B细节理解题。根据下文实验的具体内容步骤可知，本实验的目的是研究 向日葵为什么要追踪太阳。故选 B。 9What does the u
29、nderlined word “staking” probably mean in Paragraph 3? AFixing.BTracking. CGrowing.DSearching. A词义猜测题。根据下文“so that they could not move”可知，是把向日葵系 紧固定住，使他们无法移动。故画线部分单词含义为“系住；绑住”，故选 A。 10What is the advantage of sunflowers dance to the sun? AThey attract more insects. BThey save more energy. CThey matu
30、re more rapidly. DThey produce more flowers. A细节理解题。根据最后一段中“The morning warmth changes the flowers in a way to make them more appealing to insects”可知，通过追踪太阳，他们吸引更 多的昆虫。故选 A。 11What is the text mainly about? AThe power of the sunlight. BThe hidden connection between animal and the plants. CWhy do sun
31、flower always track the sun. DThe growth of the sunflower. C主旨大意题。文章主要讲述了向日葵为什么要追踪太阳的原因，故选 C。 D It is National Sleep Awareness Week and reflecting on the importance of this basic act is timely.As a preventive cardiologist(心脏病医生), I work with patients who want to improve their health and lengthen the
32、ir lives.Many of them have major risk factors for heart disease；others already have heart disease or have experienced a heart attack. Traditionally, patients who want to improve their heart health have received four main suggestions from their doctors: eat a healthy diet, get more exercise, quit smo
33、king, and enjoy proper amounts of alcohol.Plenty of research backs up these four pieces of advice: Large studies have found that making improvements in these four areas lowers the chance of dying of heart disease by 67 percent. But lately, researchers are starting to recognize that there should be f
34、ive recommendations on that list, not just four.They are discovering that getting enough sleep is a powerful health protector as well.When researchers include enough sleep in their studies as a fifth cardiopreventive behavior change, they find that it lowers the chance of dying of heart disease even
35、 more: adding a good seven hours of sleep a night in addition to making positive changes in diet, exercise, smoking, and alcohol intake lowers the chance of dying of heart disease by 83 percent. When that news started coming out, doctors began tagging sleep onto their list of recommended health beha
36、vior changes.But I dont think sleep belongs at the bottom of the list.I think it should be at the top! I believe that getting enough sleepat least seven to eight hours per night for most peopleis the most important health behavior change you can make to improve the health of your heart and your over
37、all health. Sure, Id prefer that everyone make all of the big five lifestyle changes, but if I could only choose one, Id pick sleep because when you are wellrested, you have more power to make the right choices about what you eat and drink, and you have more energy to exercise and you have the resil
38、ience you need to kick bad habits such as smoking and overeating.But when youre exhausted, everything in life is more difficult. 【语篇解读】作者是一名心脏病医生。正值 National Sleep Awareness Week(国民睡眠意识周)，作者提出预防心脏病的措施除了健康饮食、多锻炼、不 吸烟和适量喝酒之外，还应该加上充足的睡眠。 12What does plenty of research show about the four common suggest
39、ions? AThey are the best ways found so far. BThey are not as helpful as expected. CThey help improve peoples health. DThey should be considered. C 细 节 理 解 题 。 根 据 第 二 段 “Large studies have found that making improvements in these four areas lowers the chance of dying of heart disease by 67 percent.”一
40、句可知大量的研究表明改善这四个领域可以降低 67%的心脏病死亡。 故选 C。 13What does the latest research show? ASeven hours sleep is most important to the heart. BVarious factors lead to good heart health. CThe chance of dying of heart disease has dropped. DEnough sleep contributes to good heart health. D细节理解题。根据第三段“But lately, rese
41、archers are starting to recognize that there should be five recommendations on that list, not just four.They are discovering that getting enough sleep is a powerful health protector as well.”可知最 新的研究表明充足的睡眠是很有效的健康保护者。故选 D。 14What was the doctors reaction to the news on sleep? AThey discussed it publ
42、icly. BThey thought it made sense. CThey tried to ignore it. DThey totally changed their mind. B细节理解题。根据第四段“When that news started coming out, doctors began tagging sleep onto their list of recommended health behavior changes.”可知当 这一消息发布时，很多医生把充足的睡眠添加到了他们的推荐行列，可知医生们 认为这一建议很有用。故选 B。 15What does the l
43、ast paragraph mainly talk about? AWhy different factors need to work together. BWhy the author makes sleep his No.1 suggestion. CWhat the importance of a healthy lifestyle is. DWhat prevents people from living healthily. B推理判断题。最后一段“but if I could only choose one, Id pick sleep because when you are
44、well rested, you have more power to make the right choices about what you eat and drink, and you have more energy to exercise and you have the resilience you need to kick bad habits such as smoking and overeating.”一句中作者 认为睡眠是首要的，因为只有充足的睡眠，你才可以选择其他几项。故选 B。 .阅读七选五(共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分) Eyesight
45、plays a very important role in our daily life.Every waking moment, the eyes are working to see the world around us.Over forty percent of Americans worry about losing eyesight, but its easy to include steps into our daily life to ensure healthy eyes.Here are five suggestions for a lifetime of healthy
46、 eyesight： Schedule yearly exams.16Experts advise parents to bring babies 6 to 12 months of age to the doctor for a careful check.The good news is that millions of children now can have yearly eye exams and following treatment, including eyeglasses. Protect against UV rays (紫外线)Long term stay in the
47、 sun creates risk to your eyes.No matter what the season is, its extremely important to wear sunglasses. 17 Give your eyes a break.Two thirds of Americans spend up to seven hours a day using computers or other digital products.18Experts recommend that people practice the 20/20/20 rule: every 20 minu
48、tes, take a 20 second break and look at something 20 feet away. 19As part of a healthy diet, eat more fruits and vegetables each day.Vitamins C and E help protect eyesight and promote eye health. Practice safe wear and care of contact lenses (隐形眼镜)Many Americans use contact lenses to improve their e
49、yesight.While some follow the medical guidance for wearing contact lenses, many are breaking the rules and putting their eyesight at risk.20Otherwise, you may have problems such as red eyes, pain in the eyes, or a more serious condition. AEat your greens. BEye care should begin early in life. CThey
50、can properly protect your eyes. DStay in good shape by taking more vitamins. EParents usually dont care about their own eyesight. FAlways follow the doctors advice for appropriate wear. GThis frequent eye activity increases the risk for eye tiredness. 【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲了视力在我们的生活中起着一个 重要的作用。 16B本段的标题
