1、单元质量检测(五)(满分150分，时间120分钟)第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1What does the man want to do?ABuy a ticket to California.BBuy some pens.CSend a package.2Where will the speakers have dinner tonight?AAt t
2、he mans home.BAt a restaurant.CAt Jakes home.3What are the speakers really talking about?AThe weather.BTheir weekend plan.CTravel.4What does the woman think of medical books?ATheyre difficult.BTheyre useless.CTheyre boring.5Why cant the man go to the club?AHe has no time.BHe is too weak.CHe cant aff
3、ord it.第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6What does the woman say about shopping online?AIts reliable.BIts convenient.CIts unsafe.7What is the womans last piece of advice?ABe
4、sure to write your mailing address correctly.BAvoid providing personal information.CDo research to find the best products and prices.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8Why did John miss the class last night?AHe came back late.BHe was writing a report then.CHe was very tired.9What do we know about the man?AHe is good a
5、t learning foreign languages.BHe can talk with his friends in English.CHe had learnt Spanish before he took the class.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10How many people are working on the project?A5.B6.C10.11When must the project be completed?ABefore this coming Friday.BBefore next Wednesday.CBefore next Friday.12W
6、hat does the man decide to do?ACall his partners for a meeting.BComplete the project all by himself.CStop doing the project.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13What term does the man want to apply for?ASpring semester.BAutumn semester.CWinter semester.14How is the woman paying for college?ABy taking a parttime job.B
7、By borrowing money from a bank.CBy asking her parents for help.15What has the woman started to do?AFill out some applications.BWrite some essays.CRent a room.16What will the woman probably do next?ACall her friend.BLook for a room.CGive the man a number.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17What will probably be able
8、 to prepare meals before you come home in the future?ASmart cooking tools.BProfessional chefs.CFamily robots.18What can a refrigerator do in the future?ATake note of your daily menus.BSort out all the food supplies.CContact the local supermarket.19How will people probably save electricity in the fut
9、ure homes?ABy using less time.BBy tracking with their tools.CBy using new kinds of energy.20Where can plants and people get clean water from in the future?AWash water and manmade water.BBath water and sea water.CWash water and bath water.第二部分阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、
10、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AChoose Your OneDayTours!Tour A Bath & Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge 37 until 26 March and 39 thereafter.Visit the city with over 2, 000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum.Stonehenge is one of the
11、 worlds most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5, 000 years.Tour B Oxford & Stratford including entrance fees to the University St Marys Church Tower and Anne Hathaways 32 until 12 March and 36 thereafter.Oxford：Includes a guided tour of Englands oldest university city and colleges.Look
12、over the “city of dreaming spires (尖顶)” from St Marys Church Tower.Stratford: Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.Tour C Windsor Castle &Hampton Court including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace 34 until 11 March and 37 thereafter.Includes a guided tour of Windsor and
13、 Hampton Court, Henry s favourite palace.Free time to visit Windsor Castle (entrance fees not included)With 500 years of history，Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen.Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction.Visit the palace and its vario
14、us historic gardens, which include the famous maze (迷宫) where it is easy to get lost!Tour D Cambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great 33 until 18 March and 37 thereafter.Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.
15、21Which tour will you choose if you want to see Englands oldest university city?ATour ABTour B.CTour C. DTour D.22Which of the following tours charges the lowest fee on 17 March?AWindsor Castle & Hampton Court.BOxford & Stratford.CBath & Stonehenge.DCambridge.23Why is Hampton Court a major tourist a
16、ttraction?ABecause it used to be the home of royal families.BBecause it used to be a wellknown maze.CBecause it is the oldest palace in Britain.DBecause it is a worldfamous castle.BWhen I was in the third grade, we had a hunt at school.We gathered up chalk, pencils, stones, and so on, rapidly fillin
17、g our checklists. It was a very close race.I was out of breath when I reached the clover (三叶草) patch in search of the last, most hardtofind item：a fourleaf clover.I was pretty sure that I was going to win.I have always been able to find fourleaf clovers. I just saw them.I spent my childhood collecti
18、ng and pressing fourleaf clovers into books at my mothers house. I started with big cloth and leatherbound books. When I ran out of romantically bound volumes, I began to put my treasures into anything I could find: fiction paperbacks and cookbooks. The same is true in my house today. Shake a book,
19、and a papery treasure just might fall into your hand.A few years ago, in Nova Scotia, my husband and I pulled off the road for a picnic.The ground was thick with clover. Some shoots had four, five, even six leaves. I lined them up on the picnic table to admire as my husband, never yet having found o
20、ne fourleaf clover, looked on in awe. To me, it was simple.The differences in their shapes popped out, breaking the pretty pattern of the conventional clover with their three perfect leaves. Two summers back, while waiting for an airport shuttle in Munich, I found a tiny fourleaf clover in a traffic
21、 circle and put it into my passport. On the way home, my husband and I were upgraded to business class. Friends attributed our good luck to the clover. I think, its more likely that we were upgraded because a kind customer service officer took pity on us.People disagree about whether the luck lies i
22、n the finding or in the possession of a fourleaf clover.Some believe that the luck is lost if the fourleaf clover is even shown to somebody else, while others think the luck doubles if it is given away.I believe that positivity is increased by sharing.I feel lucky to find the clovers so often, but I
23、 dont think they influence my life any more than it does to share anything a little specialthat momentary closeness between you and a friend or a stranger, as you all lean in to wonder at a rare find.24Why can the author notice fourleaf clovers so easily?ABecause she always has good luck.BBecause sh
24、e has a special gift for plants.CBecause she practised a lot in her childhood.DBecause she can tell the pattern differences.25How does the author deal with her fourleaf clovers?AShe often gives them away.BShe leaves them everywhere.CShe treats them with special love.DShe admires them with her husban
25、d.26How does the author understand luck and clovers?AThe closeness brought by clovers really counts.BClovers will influence ones good luck a lot.CGood luck means finding or owning a clover.DGood luck may double if you give clovers away.27What may be the best title for the passage?AHunting CloversBSh
26、aring CloversCNot just for LuckDJust for LuckCBritains first zerocarbon homes are being built and they look like something from a sciencefiction movie.There are 25 ecofriendly homes currently being built in Southmoor, near Abingdon, Oxon.Buyers are able to have the final say on floor layouts, kitche
27、ns and bathrooms.One threebedroom home is on the market for 801, 000, with a custom build available to suit your own specification.These ecofriendly houses are powered entirely by electricity from solar panels around the houses. They also have advanced ventilation (通风) systems, making sure that temp
28、eratures inside the building dont go beyond 25 for more than 10% of hours annually, as well as mini heat pumps to generate (产生) the heating and hot water onsite. Part of the cooling design includes avoiding eastor westfacing windows, and window shading.And theyre in high demand. Ian Pritchett, of Ss
29、assy Property, thinks the Government should do more to promote the construction of this type of housing.“Unfortunately, the Government relaxed the proposed 2016 zerocarbon targets after being lobbied (游说) by house builders，”Ian explained.“At present, the main housebuilding corporations control the l
30、and and only build at the rate they are sure will sell, keeping the UKs housing shortage so that the normal rules of supply and demand dont apply.When there is a shortage of housing, buyers have to purchase what is available rather than what they might want.”In any sensible society, we would expect
31、the planning system to actively encourage zerocarbon houses, and to tough on anyone failing to deliver the necessary standard.Instead, we have a planning system that focuses on other aspects such as numbers of bedrooms, garden sizes, and parking places.These are important aspects, but they pale into
32、 insignificance compared to the catastrophic consequences of climate change.28What can a purchaser do before buying the type of housing?ANegotiate its price.BChoose where to build it.CDecide how the inside of it looks.DDesign its ventilation system.29How do people react to the zerocarbon homes?AThey
33、 like them.BThey are uncaring.CThey are skeptical.DThey are demanding.30What do housebuilding companies intend to do?ABalance the “supply and demand” of houses.BPurchase more land to stop climate change.CBuild more houses powered by the sun.DMake it more difficult to buy houses.31Whats the authors a
34、ttitude to the planning system?ASatisfied.BDisapproving.CWorried. DAmbiguous.DTired of standing in line? Wait a bit longer, and you may never have to again.Everyone from Amazon to Silicon Valley startups is trying to eliminate lines in retail (零售) stores.Amazon has opened 24 of its Amazon Go stores,
35、 which use cameras and artificial intelligence to see what youve taken off shelves and charge you as you walk out.Some startups are closely copying Amazons approach to using AIpowered cameras fixed in ceilings.But others are trying an entirely different way to skip the checkout：smart shopping carts.
36、These companies have added cameras and sensors (传感器) to the carts, and are using AI to tell what youve placed in them.A builtin scale weighs items, in case you have to pay by the pound for an item.Customers pay by using a credit card, or through an online payment system.When customers exit the store
37、, a green light on the shopping cart indicates that their orders are complete, and theyre charged.The startups behind the smart shopping carts, including Caper and Veeve, say its much easier to add technology to the shopping cart than to an entire store.Amazon Go stores rely on hundreds of cameras i
38、n the ceiling.The shelves also include sensors to tell when an item is removed.Ahmed Beshry, cofounder of Caper, believes the technology to run Amazon Go is too expensive to use in a large grocery store.Neither Caper nor Veeve has said how much their smart shopping carts will cost，making it difficul
39、t to compare the different formats.Shariq Siddiqui, CEO of Veeve, said hes finding increased interest from retailers given Amazons steady expansion of Amazon Go since the first Amazon Go store opened in Seattle in 2018.“Were always happy when Amazon is doing something，” Siddiqui said.“They force ret
40、ailers to get out of their old school thinking.”Each time a business uses artificial intelligence and cameras, it raises questions about customer privacy and the impact on jobs.Beshry notes that the cameras in his smart shopping cart point down into the cart, so only customers hands and part of thei
41、r arms will be captured (拍摄) by cameras.32Which of the following best explains the underlined word “eliminate” in Paragraph 1?ACross.BRemove.CExtend. DBreak.33What do we know about the smart shopping carts?AThey are linked to the cameras fixed in the ceilings.BThey can tell customers where to find w
42、hat they want.CThey flash the green light when the order is cancelled.DThey are able to recognize purchases placed in them.34What does Beshry think of the technology applied in Amazon Go stores?AIt is far more expensive than their smart shopping carts.BIt may increase the cost of running a large gro
43、cery store greatly.CIt has attracted many more retailers than before.DIt is likely to help retailers to think differently.35What is the best title for the text?AThe New Technology Promotes Retail SalesBAIpowered Cameras Are Used in Retail StoresCSmart Shopping Carts Will Let You Skip the LineDArtifi
44、cial Intelligence Affects the Future Job Market第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)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。Life in Death ValleyDeath Valley is a huge place, extending more than 225 kilometers across the southern part of California into the neighbouring state of Nevada.As beautiful as this pla
45、ce is, its name provides evidence of very real danger._36_ It has nearly 1.4 million hectares of desert and mountains that reach more than 3,000 meters into the sky.Death Valley can be dangerously cold during the winter months.Storms in the mountains can cause sudden floods on the floor of the valle
46、y.But, during summer months, the air temperature has been as high as 57 degrees Celsius._37_ The extreme heat of Death Valley has once killed people.In many areas of Death Valley, it is easy to see where the ground has been pushed up violently by movement deep in the Earth.This has created unusual a
47、nd beautiful rock formations，with colors of red, brown, gray, yellow and black.In other parts of Death Valley, there are lines in the rock.The lines are evidence of the past presence of water._38_Much of Death Valley is flat and extremely dry.In some areas the ground is nothing but salt.However, it would be wrong to think that nothing lives in Death Valley._39_Wildflowers grow very quickly after even a small amount of rain.Several kinds of birds live in Death Valley.Visitors might see the dogli
