1、单元综合练习-Unit 5A delicate world阅读提速练.阅读理解A(2021江苏徐州联考)The Booking Notes of the Play “The Age of Innocence”Price：$10DISCOUNTS：Saver：$2 off any seat booked any time in advance for performances from Monday to Thursday.Savers are available for children under 16，over 60s and full-time students.Supersaver：H
2、alf-price seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion.It is advisable to book in advance.There is a maximum of eight wheelchair spaces available and one wheelchair space will be held until an hour before the show.Standby：Best available seats are on sale for $6 from one hour be
3、fore the performance for people eligible (suitable) for Saver and Supersaver discounts and thirty minutes before for all other customers.Group Bookings：There is a ten percent discount for parties of twelve or more.School：School parties of ten or more can book $6 standby tickets in advance and will g
4、et every tenth ticket free.Please note：We are unable to exchange tickets or refund(退款) money unless a performance is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.BOOKING：There are four easy ways to book seats for performance：In person：The Box Office is open Monday to Saturday,10 am.8 pm.By telephone：Ri
5、ng 01324976 to reserve your tickets or to pay by credit card (Visa，MasterCard and Amex accepted)By post：Simply complete the booking form and return it to Global Theatre Box Office.On line：Complete the on-line booking form at www.Satan .1According to the notes，who can get$2 off?AA 55-year-old woman.B
6、An 18-year-old teenager.CA 20-year-old full-time college student.DThe people who book the tickets on Fridays.2Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?AThere are only 8 wheelchair spaces in the theatre.BA group of 12 persons can get 10 percent discount.CThe audience cant get refun
7、d money if the performance is on show.DA school party of 15 students should pay $90 for the standby tickets.3What kind of tickets are the cheapest?AThe standby tickets for school parties of ten or more.BThe tickets for saver discount.CThe tickets for group booking.DThe standby tickets.答案CDAB(2021河北衡
8、水联考)The nine women of Bella Mondo win over yet another audience.The group is one of just a handful of all-women ensembles(乐队) in Ivory Coast.It all started in 2007.Prisca Allou was a music student.A music producer came to see her.He said he wanted to make an all-female ensemble to keep a promise to
9、his late mother.Allou got on board and was charged with recruiting (招募) other members.“It wasnt easy at first.Some parents were against it.You know，in Africa，the place of women is often seen as being either in an office or at home.That was the fixed image.” Allou spread the word and took out ads in
10、local papers.Most of the girls she found were not professional players.“I just played some tamtam.I learned to play drums when I joined Bella Mondo，” one member said.The girls spent the next four years learning to play their instruments.Many gave up along the way，but eight of them soldiered on with
11、Allou，and Bella Mondo was founded.The band plays original songs and covers.Their music spans a wide range of styles：funk，reggae，pop music.They released their first album in 2013.and have performed in Paris，Dakar，Cotonou and，of course，here at home in Abidjan.You can see them nearly every Thursday at
12、this bar，the same place that gave the band its start years ago.“Oh yes，I was surprised at first.A woman singing，you see that every day，but an entire band，playing all the instruments and everything? It was extraordinary.I was dumbstruck.Bella Mondo is a great band，” one music fan said.The women are n
13、ow working on their second album.4Why did the music producer want to form a female ensemble?ATo sponsor music students.BTo comfort his mother.CTo carry out his promise.DTo win over an audience.5Which of the following made it hard for Allou to recruit band members?AThe band charged too much.BA number
14、 of parents didnt support it.CMost women prefer to work in a government office.DAfrican women are not allowed to leave their homes.6What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?AWhat Allou experienced.BHow Bella Mondo was founded.CWhy most girls gave up halfway.DHow the girls learned to play instruments.
15、7What does the underlined word “dumbstruck” probably mean in the last paragraph?AAstonished. BAmused.CDetermined. DSatisfied.答案CBBAC(2021湖南衡阳质检)Some cities and lawmakers are resisting crime-fighting tech owing to bias(偏见) and accuracy concerns.Police departments around the US.are asking citizens to
16、trust them to use facial recognition software as a handy tool in their crime-fighting toolbox.But some lawmakersand even some technology giantsare against it.Take the western Massachusetts city of Springfield，where many residents are Latino or black.Springfield police say they have no plans to use f
17、acial recognition systems，but some City Council members are moving to block any future government use of the technology anyway.At an October hearing on the subject，Springfield City Councilman，Orlando Ramos，defended the technology.“The facial recognition technology does not drop a net from the sky an
18、d put you to prison，” he said，noting that it could serve as a useful investigative tool.However，he doesnt want to take any risks.“It would only lead to more racial discrimination，” he said，citing studies that found higher error rates for facial recognition software used to identify women and people
19、with darker skins.Similar debates across the country are highlighting racial issues and concerns about the technologys accuracy.Axon，which supplies body-worn cameras nationwide，had already formed an artificial intelligence ethics board(伦理委员会) that concluded facial recognition technology isnt yet dep
20、endable enough to justify its use on police cameras.Axon Chief Executive Rick Smith said，“Even if facial recognition software was perfectly accurate，the ability to track people raises privacy concerns.”“Do we want everybody who walks near a police officer to get their face identified and logged in a
21、 database？” he said.Nevertheless，Todd Pastorini，general manager at biometric forensics(生物取证) company DataWorks Plus，said its the “extremely effective” method of running images through photos to help identify a suspect.“Society and the public are going to get frustrated，if governments refuse to adopt
22、 a technology that keeps improving，”he said.In his eyes，facial recognition hits are just one part of an investigation.8What is Orlando Ramos attitude towards facial recognition?AHopeful. BCautious.CAmbiguous. DTolerant.9What is one focus of the debates about facial recognition?AGender discrimination
23、.BSpeed limit.CAccuracy rate.DSteadiness control.10What does Rick Smith think of facial recognition?AIt appears to cause prejudice.BIt brings about privacy concerns.CIts technology is reliable.DIts accuracy needs improving.11What can we learn from the passage?AFacial recognition tool meets with resi
24、stance.BAll the people disapprove of facial recognition.CFacial recognition is the only tool of investigation.DGovernments should ban facial recognition.答案BCBAD(2021江苏镇江四校联考)“Regrets are often painful.A study suggests that some people can overcome them，” said Jiawei Zhang，a psychology graduate at th
25、e University of California.“But this isnt the case for everyone，” he said.The researchers wondered why some people report feeling improvement from regrets but others dont.Does it lie in how people approach their regrets?In the study，the researchers focused on self-compassion(自我同情) as a potential fac
26、tor in why some people have an easier time leaving their regrets behind them.400 people attended an experiment.First，they were asked to write about their biggest regret.Half wrote something they did but wish they hadnt done; the other half wrote something they didnt do but wish they had.Then，the par
27、ticipants were randomly assigned to one of three groups：self-compassion，self-esteem and a control group.The self-esteem group was asked to respond by “talking to yourself about this regret from the aspect of confirming your positive qualities”The control group was asked to write about their favorite
28、 hobby rather than their regret.Then，they were asked about their feelings of forgiveness，acceptance and personal improvement following the exercise.They found that the self-compassion group reported greater feelings of acceptance，forgiveness and personal improvement，compared with the control group a
29、nd the self-esteem group.In other words，focusing on your best qualities is not what helps you feel better about a regret.Rather，being compassionate toward yourself is what may make a difference，the researchers found.Its possible that people who practice self-compassion are able to confront their reg
30、rets and see what went wrong，so they can make a better choice in the future，Zhang told Live Science.Self-compassion pushes people to accept their regret instead of running away from it.The researchers used an example of this from a previous study on breast cancer patients who were asked to try think
31、ing about their treatment in a positive light before it began.The women who did so reported greater feelings of personal growth later on.12What does the underlined word “confront” in Paragraph 7 mean?AHandle. BForget.CIgnore. DShow.13What were the students in the self-esteem group asked to do?AThink
32、 of a way out.BWrite about their regrets.CRecord their favorite hobbies.DTreat their regrets in positive ways.14Why were the participants asked about their good qualities?ATo cover up their regrets.BTo see if they have weaknesses.CTo see if they have self-compassion.DTo help them feel better about t
33、heir regrets.15What was the aim of mentioning the researchers study on breast cancer patients?ATo show the method of the research.BTo show the value of the acceptance.CTo show the truth of peoples feeling.DTo show the difficulty of the research.答案ADDB .七选五(2021浙江杭州质检)To shoot a scene of people eatin
34、g food，you need two different perspectives(角度)To record a bus journey to school，you need three quick cuts.To complete this short，morning rush-hour video blogor “vlog”you need four pieces of music. 1 With more than 90 million vlogs available online，and 2,000 posted every hour on the YouTube video-sha
35、ring site，CBS News says they are mainstream with people born after 1995. 2 More young Chinese people have become inspired to grab a camera and recount the details of their day on Sina Weibo，Bilibili or WeChat Moments.“The most important thing about vlogging is to tell a good story.Other visual effec
36、ts are auxiliary(辅助的)，” wrote US vlogger Casey Neista，who has almost 10 million subscribers on YouTube.Chinese vlogger Wang Xiaoguang is an example of a good storyteller.In one of his popular vlog posts，Wang tells the story of traveling to Japan.While there，he took a ride in the wrong direction and
37、got lost.Worse，he forgot to bring a phone charger. 3 Another key aspect of vlogs is that the content is based on everyday life，according to Ouyang Nana,18，a young Chinese musician.She documents her life at Berklee College of Music.Ordinary as vlogs are，as many as 15 million fans share her wows and w
38、oes(喜怒哀乐) on a daily basis. 4 Peng Yixuan，a news reporter with China Daily，recorded her first experience attending and reporting on the two sessions in March of this year.With a relaxed，chatty and personal approach，she presented the conferences，“bringing more warmth” to the grand political event，acc
39、ording to Peoples Daily.There are popular vlogs for beauty，gaming，fashion，food and travel.Vloggers are learning new ways to experience the thrill of them. 5 Then what are you waiting for? Grab a camera!AThey come from all walks of life.BHowever，he didnt take the number of his hotel.CVlogging has tak
40、en China by storm over the past year.DSome other popular vloggers choose to show their careers.EVlogs pave the way for future advertising and sales campaigns.FLuckily he was able to borrow money from a stranger and escape trouble.GVloggers have these techniques in mind as they film their daily activities.1G2C3F4D5A
