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: half- 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 spa
4、ces 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 cust
5、omers. 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 un
6、foreseen 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
7、章的句子： “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? AA group of ten adults going to a performance
8、 can claim a discount. BA school party of 15 persons that book in advance pay $135 in total for a performance. CSomeone 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: half- price seats are availa
9、ble for 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 wh
10、o are unexpectedly 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
11、 for people 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, student
12、s used a 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 h
13、our, got 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 face- to-
14、 face interactions 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 schoo
15、ls and parents 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
16、响， 并引用一些专业人士的观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“Bu
17、t not even the students realized how much of a problem the devices were until Chavis did an in- class 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
18、断题。根据第二段的“Chavis is among 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
19、知 Chavis 对于实验的结果是非常震惊的，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
20、a coincidence that youth 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
21、 with their childrens 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 finding
22、s add to evidence that 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, Harm
23、er showed that he could 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 ind
24、oor plants did start tracking 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 24- hour cycle, but not when it was closer to 30 hours. When sunflowers track the sun,
25、the east sides of their stems 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 g
26、rowth regulating hormone, 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
27、said, adding that the bees 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
28、currently testing this idea.” 【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
29、踪太阳。故选 B。 9What does the underlined 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. BTh
30、ey save more energy. CThey mature 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 an
31、imal and the plants. CWhy do sunflower 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 impr
32、ove their health and lengthen their 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
33、diet, get more exercise, quit smoking, 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
34、 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.When researchers include enough sleep in their studies as a fifth cardiopreventive behavior change, they find that it lowers the chan
35、ce of dying of heart disease even 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 thei
36、r list of recommended health behavior 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 h
37、ealth of your heart and your overall 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 well- rested, you have more power to make the right choices about what you eat and drink, and you have more energy
38、 to exercise and you have the resilience 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 researc
39、h show about the four common suggestions? 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
40、 disease by 67 percent.”一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
41、理解题。根据第三段“But lately, researchers 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 slee
42、p? AThey discussed it publicly. 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
43、议很有用。故选 B。 15What does the last 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 pic
44、k sleep because when you are 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
45、小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分) Eyesight 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 suggesti
46、ons for a lifetime of healthy eyesight： Schedule yearly exams. 16 Experts 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
47、rays (紫外线)Long term stay in the 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. 18 Experts recommend that people practice
48、 the 20/20/20 rule: every 20 minutes, take a 20 second break and look at something 20 feet away. 19 As 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
49、 contact lenses to improve their eyesight.While some follow the medical guidance for wearing contact lenses, many are breaking the rules and putting their eyesight at risk. 20 Otherwise, 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 ca
