1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 3 单元检测 B阅读理解提速练 .阅读理解 A (2018合肥模拟 )Recently, Ive found an increasing number of coffee shops dont offer Wi Fi. I know what theyre trying to do. They want people to talk to each other without being consumed by technology. They would rather hear many voices having deep discussions th
2、an see a keyboard or eyes staring at a cell phone. However, their good intentions are often mistaken by consumers, me included. One snowy day, a friend and I found ourselves working from home and decided it would be a great idea to go to a local coffee shop and work there. We found a place that had
3、unique coffee flavors and great reviews. It was a long walk from where our subway dropped us off, but we decided it was worth it. We walked through the snow and my feet slowly worked their way toward being frostbitten (被冻伤的 ) because the boots I had worn were wet. Well, about 10 minutes later, we fo
4、und the place under a brick building and our blue lips were eagerly looking forward to that warm drink. As we walked up to the door, we saw the sign, “ No Wi Fi.” In anger, we looked at each other and said “ Starbucks？ ” Of course, this was a loss for them. They lost our business. People who come to
5、 coffee shops to work do come to be on their computers. But they also go there so that they can still have communication. They want to work around other people, not in a room by themselves. Whats more, even if the shops dont have Wi Fi, people will still use their phones, unless all the phone servic
6、e is blocked out. So, my friend and I spent the day working together in the biggest chain coffee shop. We completed our task perfectly and that wasnt the case in the coffee shop without Wi Fi. Therefore, there is no need to shut Wi Fi to customers. With it, the shop will get more people and there mi
7、ght even be more laughter and better relationships than before. 语篇解读： 本文是夹叙夹议文。作者通过自己的切身体会，在文章中表达了自己对咖啡店关闭 Wi Fi 的看法，他认为这样的举措是完全错误的。 1 Why do many coffee shops shut Wi Fi? A To keep people drinking coffee quietly. B To cut down the unnecessary expense. C To get people to communicate closely. D To ma
8、ke people concentrate on their work. 解析： 选 C 细节理解题。根据第一段的第三、四句可知，咖啡店关闭 Wi Fi 的目的是让顾客面对面地用心交流。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 2 What did the author and his friend want to do on that snowy day? A Walk back home from work. B Finish their work at a coffee shop. C Get some help from a coffee shopkeeper. D Express their a
9、nger to the coffee shopkeepers. 解析： 选 B 细节理解题。根据第二段的第一句可知，作者和朋友想去一家咖啡店完成剩下的工作。 3 Why does the author think the coffee shops measure is wrong? A They are not at customers convenience. B They cant block out all the phone service. C They dont provide computers for customers. D They dont allow customers
10、 to communicate freely. 解析： 选 A 推理判断题。根据第四段可知，咖啡店不仅是顾客消遣和放松的地方，也应该是顾客工作的地方，关闭 Wi Fi 会给人们带来不便，而且关闭 Wi Fi 后，人们照样可以玩手机。 B Many fruits and vegetables would disappear from grocery store shelves if it werent for honeybees.Almonds (扁桃仁 ), for example, are a $2.5 billion industry in California, and almond g
11、rowers depend on honeybees to pollinate (授粉 ) the crop.No honeybees would mean no almonds.Many berries (like blackberries and strawberries) need bees, as do vegetables like cucumbers and squash. And dont forget tree crops like apples, oranges and peaches.Watermelon and cantaloupes depend on bees, to
12、o.In fact, approximately 15 percent of the food Americans eat comes directly from honeybee pollination.Another 15 percent comes from animals that eat foods that bees pollinate.In other words, close to a third of the food that Americans eat currently requires honeybee pollination.Honeybee pollination
13、 is so important that bee farmers actually truck their bees from orchard (果园 ) to orchard and from farm to farm to help pollinate crops. A honeybee starts the honey making process by visiting a flower.With luck, the flower contains nectar (花蜜 ), and the bee sucks some of the nectar up with a little
14、straw built into its mouth.Most flower nectars are like sugar water; there is a little sugar mixed with water.Nectars can contain other beneficial substances as well.To make honey, two things happen. The first thing uses enzymes (酶 ) One enzyme that bees produce turns the sucrose (蔗糖 ) in the nectar
15、 into glucose (葡萄糖 ) and fructose (果糖 ) Another enzyme turns some of the glucose into an acid and hydrogen peroxide (过氧化氢 ) By making honey acidic, it kills any bacteria that 【 精品教育资源文库 】 get into the honey. The second thing uses evaporation (蒸发 ) to get rid of the extra water.Most of the moisture
16、has to be evaporated, so that honey is only about 18 percent water.Bees evaporate the extra water by putting little drops of nectar in the hive and fanning it with their wings. Honey is a very stable food.It naturally resists molds (霉菌 ), fungi (真菌 ) and other bacteria, allowing it to last for years
17、 without refrigeration. 语篇解读 ： 蜜蜂在我们的生活中发挥着很重要的作用，如果没有蜜蜂，也就没有我们食用的很多蔬菜和水果。本文介绍了蜜蜂的重要性及蜜蜂如果授粉、如何制造蜂蜜等。 4 Bees are always trucked between different places in order to _. A lay eggs in all the orchards and farms B mate with bees living different zones C help bee farmers deal with harmful insects D poll
18、inate flowers or plants grown in different places 解析： 选 D 细节理解题。根据第一段 最后一句 “Honeybee pollination is so important that .farm to farm to help pollinate crops.”可知，蜜蜂授粉的重要性使得蜂农们带着它们在不同的地方给农作物授粉。 5 How does a honeybee suck the nectar from flowers? A Through a little straw built into its mouth. B With the
19、 help of the bee farmer. C By drinking the water that contains nectar. D By fanning it with the wings. 解析： 选 A 细节理解题。根据第二段中的 “the bee sucks some of the nectar up with a little straw built into its mouth”可知选 A 项。 6 Which one is the way mentioned in the passage to make honey? A To evaporate most of th
20、e moisture in the nectar. B To kill all the bacteria in the nectar. C To expose it to sunlight for some time. D To mix the nectar with some sugar. 解析： 选 A 细节理解题。根据第四段中的 “ The second thing uses evaporation (蒸发 ) to get rid of the extra water.Most of the moisture has to be evaporated, so that honey is
21、 only about 18 percent water.” 可知，利用蒸发的方法将花蜜中的水分去除是其中一个方法。 7 Why honey can be kept for a long time without being cooled? A Because there is no bacteria in it. B Because it can stand bad weather conditions. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C Because it protects itself against bacteria naturally. D Because it is well pr
22、eserved in containers. 解析： 选 C 细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，蜂蜜天然可以抵抗霉菌、真菌和其他的细菌，所以不用冰箱也可以存放多年。 .阅读七选五 Growing Minds Need Greener Spaces It is not a secret that spending time outdoors is good for us. The more we learn about the benefits of being in nature, the more sense it makes to get outside. _1_New research su
23、ggests that kids may learn better when they are surrounded by greener spaces. Green spaces are spaces filled with vegetation like trees, flowers and other plants. But these days, outdoor time is competing for a childs attention with indoor activities. Children may find it difficult to resist computers, television and electronic games._2_All these indoor activities can hurt a childs physical and mental health. Doctor Payam Dadvand and his team at the Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology in Barcelona study the environment effects on health
