必修Unit 3

　　Ⅰ. 用方框中所給短語的適當形式填空

　　take up; lose sight of; sweep up; slide into; speed up; be back on one’s feet; be similar to; the instant

　　1. The man stood at the bank waving to his friends until he

　　their boat.

　　2. The boy _________ his bedroom without being seen by his parents.

　　3. Bob’s wife insisted that he should buy her a bag which ___________ her friend’s.

　　4. The thief _______ when he realized that he was being followed by a police car.

　　5. Before moving into his new apartment, Peter had it __________. 6. Tom thought carefully for several days and decided to _______ the job.

　　7. After his operation, the old man _______________ again.

　　8. I recognized her _________ I saw her.

　　Ⅱ. 單項填空

　　1. Well-known for their expertise, his parents’ company, “Future Tours”, transported me safely into the future in a time capsule.

　　A. calling

　　B. called

　　C. to call

　　D. call

　　2. It’s helpful to put children in a situation _______ they manage everything by themselves.

　　A. why

　　B. what

　　C. where

　　D. that

　　3. I’d like to bring up my child in healthy _______ . A. surroundings

　　B. occasions

　　C. situations

　　D. conditions

　　4. Those trucks, filled with all kinds of relief supplies, are _______ to the earthquake-stricken areas.

　　A. speeding up

　　B. keeping up

　　C. holding up

　　D. putting up

　　5. The young man acted strangely during the interview. He made a bad ______ on the employer.

　　A. impression

　　B. expression

　　C. experience

　　D. opinion

　　6．—What about the student in your class，Mr. Wang?

　　—The doctor said that sleep caused him poor memory and poor concentration.

　　A. lacking of

　　B. lacked in

　　C. lacking

　　D. lack for

　　7. Three days later, the torchbearers _____ the Olympic torch relay in Ningbo of Zhejiang Province. A. took up

　　B. picked up

　　C. brought up

　　D. put up

　　8. Her parents’ quarreling with each other ______ led to her family’s breaking up.

　　A. strictly

　　B. constantly

　　C. hardly

　　D. occasionally

　　9. Few plants will _______ sudden changes in temperature.

　　A. defend

　　B. smooth

　　C. tolerate

　　D. oppose

　　10. Every person has his own way in learning English. No one should _______ his own way upon other people.

　　A. press

　　B. fix

　　C. impress

　　D. fit

　　11. The old man was very angry when he ______ his daughter dancing with a middle-aged man last night.

　　A. caught the sight of

　　B. caught sight of

　　C. caught a sight

　　D. caught sight

　　12. Everything will be all right. We must never stop taking a(n) _______ attitude toward life.

　　A. understanding

　　B. opposite

　　C. relaxed

　　D. optimistic

　　13. —Just a minute, Miss White, our glasses have been _______ .

　　—Oh, sorry, they look like the same, and I am so careless.

　　A. switched

　　B. stolen

　　C. broken

　　D. robbed

　　14. Much to my surprise, she ________ tears _______ she read the letter.

　　A. burst out；instantB. burst into；the instant

　　C. burst out；instantlyD. burst into；instant

　　15. The old man volunteers tothe fallen leaves in the street every autumn.

　　A. sweep aside

　　B. sweep up

　　C. clear up

　　D. make up

　　Ⅲ. 閱讀理解

　　(A)

　　As civilization proceeds in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic essentials of life—food, shelter, clothes and warmth. Then we are faced with a choice between using technology to provide and fulfill needs which have now been regarded as unnecessary or, on the other hand, using technology to reduce the number of hours of work which a man must do in order to earn a given standard of living. In other words, we either raise our standard of living above that necessary for comfort and happiness or we leave it at this level and work shorter hours.

　　I shall take it for granted that mankind has, by that time, chosen the latter alternative. Men will be working shorter and shorter hours in their paid employment. It follows that the housewives will also expect to be able to have more leisure in their life without lowering their standard of living. It also follows that human domestic servants will have completely ceased to exist. Yet the great majority of the housewives will wish to be relieved completely from the routine operations of the home such as scrubbing the floors or the bath of the cooker, or washing the clothes or washing up, or dusting or sweeping, or making beds.

　　By far the most logical step to relieve the housewives of routine is to provide a robot which can be trained to the requirements of a particular home and can be programmed to carry out half a dozen or more standard operation, when it is switched by the housewives.

　　1. As civilization develops in the direction of technology, ________ .

　　A. the basic essentials of life must be supplied

　　B. it is important to supply the basic essentials of life

　　C. it is no longer so important as it was in the past to supply all the basic essentials of life

　　D. it is not necessary to supply the basic essentials of life

　　2. According to the author, we are faced with _______ .

　　A. the choice of providing and fulfilling our needs

　　B. the choice of using technology

　　C. the choice of earning a standard of living

　　D. a choice between using technology to provide and fulfill needs and using technology to reduce the number of working hours

　　3. What alternative will mankind have chosen in future?

　　A. To leave our standard of living at this level and work shorter hours.

　　B. To raise our standard of living.

　　C. To fulfill needs which have been regarded as unnecessary.

　　D. To lower our standard of living and work shorter hours.

　　4. It can be inferred that robots will be invented to ________ .

　　A. take the place of housewives

　　B. help manage a family

　　C. do the routine of housework instead of human

　　D. provide the daily necessities for man

　　(B)

　　I can’t remember a winter being as cold as this in Pennsylvania, but I’m sure there were colder days．

　　Even though the daylight hours are growing longer minute by minute, it’s easy to find an excuse not to go out unless you absolutely must, but then again I often have to push myself to accomplish things．

　　People I speak to have been in all kinds of nasty moods. They say they’re “under the weather”, not feeling good about this time of year.

　　As I stood outside with my two dogs yesterday, it was so cold that my nose and face felt frozen and my ears were sitting．Of course, that doesn’t matter to Ricky and Lucy．They have a routine they must go through to find just the fighting spot no matter how cold or hot it is. So I wait.

　　But this time it was different．As cold as it was, I suddenly was excited thinking about how wonderful this extreme cold really was.

　　Then the sun broke through the clouds and memories of summer’s extremely hot days flashed through my mind．I could remember standing in the heat of the afternoon, with sweat pouring down my brow and the hot, burning sun against my face．I reminded myself then and there that in the cold of the winter I would wish I had this heat.

　　I was grateful for the extremes．Without the extremes in my life, I would never appreciate the days when things were just right．Without the extremes, life would be boring.

　　It’s being pushed to one of the extremes that makes us appreciate the middle more．Health challenges remind us that we need to pay more attention to how we live．Financial extremes remind us that when things go smoothly it’s also time to save for raining days．

　　I’ve come to the conclusion that all too often I find a reason not to be happy with where I am at that moment．Whether it’s hot or cold, good health or bad, in the money or out of it, I always want it to be different．

　　I’m tired of being “Under the Weather! ”

　　5. What is the author’s attitude towards the extremes in life?

　　A. Grateful.

　　B. Critical.

　　C. Sensitive.

　　D. Unconcerned.

　　6. That day the writer waited in the terrible cold because _______ .

　　A. his dogs wanted to hunt

　　B. his dogs had a routine

　　C. he wanted to be different

　　D. he wanted to face the cold bravely

　　7. The underlined word “nasty” in the third paragraph can be replaced by _______ .

　　A. unpleasant

　　B. violent

　　C. favorable

　　D. unusual

　　8. What is the best title for this passage? A. Follow the Routine

　　B. Two Extremes in Life

　　C. Weather Information

　　D. Changes Should Be Expected

　　答案解析

　　Ⅰ. 1. lost sight of

　　2. slid into

　　3. was similar to

　　4. sped up

　　5. swept up

　　6. take up

　　7. was back on his feet

　　8. the instant

　　Ⅱ. 1. 【解析】選B。考查非謂語動詞。句意：他父母的公司叫做“未來之旅”，以其技術高超而聞名。他們把我裝在一個時間艙里，平安地把我送到了未來。因為call與company之間存在動賓關系，故用其過去分詞形式作定語。

　　2. 【解析】選C。考查定語從句。句意：把孩子放在一個自己能獨立處理每件事情的環境中是有好處的。where在句中引導定語從句，修飾先行詞situation，在定語從句中作狀語。

　　3. 【解析】選A。句意：我想在健康的環境中養育我的孩子。surroundings意為“環境”。occasion意為“場合；時機”；situation意為“位置；情況”；condition意為“狀況，狀態”。

　　4. 【解析】選A。句意：那些裝滿各種救援物資的卡車正急速朝地震災區開去。speed up加速。

　　5. 【解析】選A。impression 印象；make a bad impression on sb. “給某人留下不好的印象”。expression表達；experience經歷，經驗；opinion觀點。

　　6．【解析】選C。lacking sleep是動名詞作主語。也可用lack of。

　　【變式備選】

　　Of the 2, 000 stock investors last month, 90% were found ______ in financial knowledge.

　　A. surveyed；lacking

　　B. having been surveyed；to lack

　　C. surveyed；lacked

　　D. to have been surveyed；lack

　　【解析】選A。句意：在上個月調查的2 000名股票投資者中，發現有90%的人缺乏金融知識。investors 和survey 構成被動關系，故用surveyed 過去分詞作定語；主語和lack 為主動關系，故用lacking 作為其主語補足語，故選A項。

　　7. 【解析】選A。take up著手開始，開始(從事于)；pick up撿起；好轉；接人；bring up教育，培養；put up張貼，搭起。

　　8. 【解析】選B。句意：她父母之間經常爭吵，這導致了家庭破裂。strictly嚴格地；constantly不斷地；hardly幾乎不；occasionally偶爾地。

　　9. 【解析】選C。句意：很少有植物能忍受溫度的突然變化。defend防御，保護; smooth使光滑，把……弄平；tolerate容忍，忍受；oppose反對。

　　10. 【解析】選A。句意：每個人都有自己學英語的方法，任何人都不應把自己的方法強加給別人。press sth. on/upon sb. 意為“把……強加給某人，強迫某人接受……”；fix sth. on/upon sb. 意為“集中……于某人”；impress sth. on/upon sb. 意為“給某人留下……的印象”。根據句意可知A項正確。11. 【解析】選B。句意：昨天晚上，當這位老人看到女兒在和一個中年男人跳舞的時候，他很生氣。catch sight of. . . 意為“看見……”，符合句意。

　　12. 【解析】選D。句意：所有的一切都會好的，我們要始終對生活抱有樂觀的態度。optimistic意為“樂觀的”，符合句意。understanding體諒的；opposite相反的；relaxed放松的。

　　13. 【解析】選A。由答語可以看出，說話者要表達的意思為“我們的玻璃杯對調了”。所以選switch，意思是“交換”。

　　14. 【解析】選B。burst into 后接名詞；burst out 后接v. -ing 形式；the instant/instantly 用作連詞，表示“一……就……”。

　　【變式備選】

　　The machine is so advanced that it will start ______ you press the button.

　　A. straightly

　　B. primarily

　　C. instantly

　　D. eventually

　　【解析】選C。句意為“這臺機器是如此先進，以至于你一按按鈕，機器就會開動”。這里用instantly 引導時間狀語從句，相當于as soon as；其他選項中，straightly 意為“徑直地”；primarily 意為“起初地”；eventually 意為“最終地”，都不符合句意。

　　15. 【解析】選B。句意：這個老人每年秋天都義務打掃街道上的落葉。sweep aside“不予理會”；sweep up“打掃”；clear up“澄清，解釋，天氣變晴”；make up“彌補；編造；化妝；組成”。

　　Ⅲ. 1. 【解析】選C。細節理解題。由第一段第一句“. . . it passes the point of supplying all the basic essentials. . . ”可知選C。

　　2. 【解析】選D。細節理解題。由文章第一段第二句可知，我們面臨的選擇是“或者用技術提供和滿足需求，或者應用技術縮減工作時間”。 3. 【解析】選A。推理判斷題。從文章第一段最后一句和第二段第一句判斷，人類所選擇的是使我們的生活水準停留在這種水平并且使工時縮短。

　　4. 【解析】選C。推理判斷題。通過最后一段及全文可推知，機器人將來會幫助人們做家務，但它們也不是萬能的。

　　5. 【解析】選A。細節理解題。根據第七段“I was grateful for the extremes. ”可知答案為A。

　　6. 【解析】選B。推理判斷題。根據第四段“They have a routine they must go through to find just the fighting spot no matter how cold or hot it is. So I wait. ”可知，應該選B。

　　7. 【解析】選A。詞義猜測題。根據第三段“They say they’re “under the weather”, not feeling good about this time of year. ”可知，nasty的意思是“不愉快的”。

　　8. 【解析】選D。主旨大意題。根據文章大意可知，文章主要講述了改變能夠使生活更加多彩。