1、人教版（2019）高中英语选择性必修第一册Unit 2单元测试卷UNIT 2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE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。1Where does this conversation most probably take place?AIn a restaurant. BIn a shop. CIn a vegetable m
2、arket.2What did the man do last night?AHe went to visit a friend.BHe went to say goodbye to his friend at the airport.CHe went to another city with his friend.3What can we learn about the man from the conversation?AHe enjoys using emails.BHe often receives letters from his friends.CHe never writes l
3、etters to his friends.4At what time does the next plane to London leave?A10：00. B11：00. C12：00.5Whats the mans problem?AHe isnt feeling well. BHe is caught in bad weather.CHe has to change his travel plan for cold weather.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
4、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至7题。6Why didnt the man go to work?ABecause he had a party for Bill.BBecause he had to say goodbye to David.CBecause he drank too much and felt terrible.7. When did Bills wife have a baby girl?AThis morning. BLast night. CT
5、he night before last.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8What didnt the man do yesterday?AHe didnt see a film. BHe didnt watch a football game.CHe didnt go dancing.9Whom did the man go dancing with yesterday evening?AHis family. BHis girlfriend. CThe woman.10What can we learn from the conversation?AThe man had a bad t
6、ime last night. BThe man doesnt like dancing.CThe man didnt go home until midnight last night.听第8段材料，回答第11至12题。11What are they talking about?AA film. BA book. CA speech.12Why does the woman NOT like it?ABecause it is too real. BBecause it is all imaginary. CBecause it is all about science.听第9段材料，回答第
7、13至16题。13What are the two speakers talking about?AHow to celebrate their sons birthday. BHow to spend their weekend.CWhere to play on the weekend.14What will the two speakers buy for their son?ASome clothes. BA birthday cake. CSome model toys.15Where will the two speakers go this Saturday?AThe park.
8、 BThe library. CThe zoo.16Where will they have lunch this Saturday?AIn a hotel. BIn a KFC. CAt home.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17What did the first American president do for the White House?AHe helped choose the land. BHe designed it by himself. CHe found out the best designer.18When did the American preside
9、nt begin to live in the White House?AIn 1792. BIn 1800. CIn 1812.19Why did James Hoban rebuild the White House?ABecause it became too worn out.BBecause it was not beautiful enough.CBecause it was badly destroyed.20Who officially gave the building the name “White House”？A.George Washington. BTheodore
10、 Roosevelt. CJohn Adams.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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AWhats On?Print Your VoiceWe all know what our voice sounds like but what does it look like? How can the science of our voice be turned into art? Join us at the Print Your Voice workshop where your vo
11、ice will be turned into personalized jewellery. Step into a special room to explore the soundwaves of your voice and create an individualized recording, saying whatever you like. Each visitor will then turn a blank silver pendant (饰坠) into a unique piece of art with the soundwaves of your recording.
12、 Suitable for ages 15.Date：Sunday 13 August，10: 00 am1：00 pm & 2：00 pm5：00 pm.Address：Powerhouse Museum, Harris Street，Ultimo Tickets：Adults $50, Teens (ages 1517) $45Making Your FutureDiscover Western Sydney Universitys Maker Space and work through a 3D project in this handson workshop. See how 3D
13、printing works and create your future just with the technology! Suitable for ages 16 and over.Date：Thursday 17 August，2：30 pm6：00 pm.Address: Maker Space, Building Z, Western Sydney UniversityTickets：Free with bookingScience of CakeJoin scientist Subha Nasir Ahmad in a chat about some of the science
14、 of baking and see a cakedecorating show using techniques drawn from science. Pick up tips and tricks to improve your baking game as you observe an expert in action make a Sunny Bakehouse Cake. Suitable for ages 16.Date：Saturday 19 August，9：00 am12：00 pm.Address：Thrive 360, 706/2 Huntley St, Alexand
15、riaTickets: $5021What can you get if you visit Powerhouse Museum on 13 August?AA small lovely robot. BA 3D printed recording.CA Sunny Bakehouse Cake. DA piece of personalized jewellery.22What can visitors do when they attend Making Your Future?APlay with robots. BHave a free lunch.CExperience 3D pri
16、nting. DMeet Subha Nasir Ahmad.23What do the three activities have in common?AAll are teenagerstargeted. BAll are sciencerelated.CAll charge for admission. DAll take place on the weekend.BWhen Wendy McDowell was eight years old, she found herself all alone in one of the busiest international airport
17、s in the country. “Do you know what feeling I had then？”she recalled. “When I looked around, every single face was a strangers face. How terrifying it was！”It was two decades ago and McDowell needed to fly from Bismarck to Burlington. No one in her family could go with her, so her parents let a 19ye
18、arold relative accompany her.However, when they arrived at their layover (中转站), their flight was canceled. What the relative did next still shocked McDowell. “She just bought herself a ticket back home and left me alone. With no flight, no plan, and no adult in charge of me，” she said. “I felt so ho
19、peless until a woman walked to me.” “I remember she came and sat next to me，” McDowell recalled. “And I just remember immediately feeling a sense of safety because someone was with me.”After managing to make herself trusted by McDowell, the woman asked McDowells destination and her mothers phone num
20、ber. And on the phone, she convinced McDowells mother that her daughter would be safe with her. “She said, If you trust me, I will take care of you. She indeed did it，” McDowell said. The woman was flying to Pittsburgh, but she made a detour (绕路) to Burlington to drop off McDowell. The kindness of t
21、he stranger has left a lifelong impact on McDowell. “The older Ive gotten, the more Ive been thinking about her，” she said.“She did all just for a stranger. Something that didnt seem huge to her has completely redirected my life, because I dont think I have ever been treated as badly as I was by the
22、 person who left me.”McDowell has used that experience to teach her son about kindness. “I want him to know that people can choose to be beautiful and helpful. People like this are out there，” she said.24How did McDowell feel when left alone at the airport?AStrange. BFrightened. CSafe. DExcited.25Wh
23、ich of the following best describes McDowells relative?ADevoted. BWarmhearted. CProud. DIrresponsible.26What does the author want to tell us?AOne good turn deserves another.BNever hesitate to do what is right.CHeaven only helps those who help themselves.DDo kind things and your love will be passed o
24、n.27What is the text mainly about?AA mother taught her son kindness.BAn 8yearold girl found a flight home.CA stranger helped a little girl to her destination.DA woman proved herself trustworthy.CBill Gates body might live in the present, but his brain lives in the future. He has made a career out of
25、 predicting what will happen in matters of computing, public health and the environment. He correctly predicted the rise of smartphones and social media, and his latest predictions could come true, too. Heres what Gates predicts for the future of our world.In his Annual Letter 2015, Gates made the p
26、rediction that Africas agriculture industry would increase productivity by 50% by 2030. Now the continent buys about $50 billion worth of food from other countries each year, although 70% of people in Africa are farmers. “In the next 15 years, however, creations in farming will solve the food proble
27、m in Africa，” Gates wrote. “The world has already developed crops that are more productive; with all the technologies, African farmers could possibly double their harvests. ”By 2035, there could be almost no poor countries. In his Annual Letter 2014, Gates bravely predicted that continued levels of
28、foreign help could mean there would be almost no more poor countries by 2035. “Almost all countries will be what we now call lowermiddle income or richer，”Gates explained. “Countries will learn from their most productive neighbors and benefit from things like better seeds and the digital revolution.
29、 ”By 2030, the world will discover a cleanenergy breakthrough to power our world. One of Gates more hopeful predictions which came in 2016 said that wind, solar, or some other renewable resources would power most of the world within 15 years. “The difficulty we face is big, perhaps bigger than many
30、people imagine，” he wrote in his letter. “But so is the chance to make things better.” Many of the poor countries he visited had no running water or electricity. At night this meant they couldnt light or power their homes, and keep businesses open.“ If the world can find a type of cheap, clean energ
31、y, it will do more than prevent climate change，” he wrote. “It will change the lives of millions of the poorest families.”28What does the author think of Gates predictions?AThey sound quite unreal. BThey are mainly about computers.CThey will probably come true. DThey havent produced any end result.2
32、9How is the agriculture in Africa?AIt is losing its workforce. BIt is in need of productivity.CIt can satisfy the local needs. DIt is as backward as Africas industry.30What should poor countries do according to Gates?AUse expensive seeds. BExpect less foreign help.CRely on the digital revolution. DT
33、urn to other countries for good practices.31Whats Gates attitude to cleanenergy development?AIt has a long way to go. BIt can keep up with the times.CIt can control climate change. DIt wont surely benefit poor families.DThe history of flying cars is almost as old as that of powered flight itself. It
34、 started with the Curtiss Autoplane of 1917, an awkwardlooking device with removable wings. It never left the ground. Later machines made it into the skies but failed to take off commercially. Money is now flooding into flying taxis. Carmakers, tech companies and others are putting large amounts of
35、money into the field. Morgan Stanley, an investment bank, assumes the market for this industry may be worth $674 billion by 2040a sign indicating the business will fly. Thanks to better batteries and lightweight materials, the vehicles, some of which have been in the making for ten years, are ready
36、to carry passengers.Midway between a taxi and a helicopter, flying taxis have apparent advantages over both. Quiet electric engines allow them to operate frequent services. Unlike noisy helicopters, which face strict operating limits in most cities, they require only a small flat area to land and ca
37、n fly four or five times faster than a taxi. Moreover, they dont get stuck in traffic. Prices can be kept low by ridesharing.Joby Aviation, an airline based in California, says its fiveseater machine will enter commercial service in 2024. The firm calculates the primary cost of around $4 per person
38、per mile may soon fall by 25%. A trip from Manhattan to JFK airport would then cost $3040 per passenger. It counts Toyota, a Japanese car giant, among its backers(支持者) and in December 2020, it acquired the flying car business of Uber. Some companies are even closer to takeoff. For example, EHang is
39、close to certification (资质证书) in China, its home market.A new age will come when flying taxis are popularized. With the technology advancing, it wont be long before it comes true.32What greatly affects the commercial service of flying taxis?AAutomatic driving. BRemovable wings.CThe flood of money. D
40、Batteries and materials.33Why is Morgan Stanley mentioned in the text?ATo introduce an investment bank.BTo show the bright future of flying taxis.CTo reflect the flood of investments in flying taxis.DTo attract more companies attention to flying taxis.34What does the underlined word “it” in Paragrap
41、h 3 refer to?A. Toyota. B. JFK airport.C. Joby Aviation. D. One of Ubers backers.35Which of the following can be the best title for the text?AThe History of Flying Cars BFlying Taxis in Place of PlanesCFlying Taxis About to Take Off DCompetition Among Car Giants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
42、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。 Dont Ruin Healthy Eating When You TravelAs people become more conscious of how food affects their health, leaving home can sometimes present challenges for those who want to keep eating well. Here are some simple ways to eat well while youre enjoying your trip.Plan ahea
43、d. Often when were traveling, were out of our routine and arent eating regularly. _36_ Contrary to the popular idea that you should hold off eating to save room for a big meal, going for long stretches without eating actually causes your body to become tired and hang on to calories. Pack snacks for
44、easy access. Dont forget the grocery store. A supermarket can be your best place to get something to eat while youre traveling. _37_ Youll find a variety of great foods that are free of fat at a reasonable cost.Drink more water than you normally do. _38_ Walking around all day dehydrates (使身体脱水) you
45、r body. Often people drink alcohol or sodas with meals, and these also dehydrate your body. Drinking more than your usual eight glasses of water a day will keep you energized, hydrate your cells and keep your skin glowing.Drink less alcohol than everyone around you is drinking. This can be challengi
46、ng, especially on business trips, where drinking is a familiar pastime._39_40_ Let yourself have treats, and enjoy themjust limit it to once a day. Get that good piece of chocolate cake. Have an extra helping of steak and fries. Then be done with the lessthanhealthy food, and remember that you always have another day for that one little indulgence(享受) .A.Try the “oneanddone” rule.BJust enjoy the treats that you like.CPlanes and hotel rooms are generally dry.DSometimes we can travel for several hours without eating anything.EHowever, drinking too much can lead to more unhealthy eating.FYoul
