人教新课标必修五英语阅读改错与写作训练四.docx

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人教新课标必修五英语阅读改错与写作训练四

高三英语阅读与写作训练4

第I卷（选择题）

一、阅读理解1

Therewasamanplayingthepianoinabar.Hewasagoodpianoplayerandalwaysperformedinthisbar.Peoplecameinjusttohearhimplay.Butonenight,acustomertoldhimthathedidn’twanttohearhimjustplaythepianoanymore.Hewantedhimtosingasong.

Themansaid,“Idon’tsing.”Butthecustomerwaspersistent（执着的）.Hetoldthebarmanager,“I’mtiredoflisteningtothepiano.Iwantthatmantosing！

”Themanagershoutedacrosstheroom,“Ifyouwanttogetpaid,singasong.Ourcustomersareaskingyoutosing！

”Sohedid

Hesangasong.Apianoplayerwhohadneversunginpublicdidsoforthefirsttime.AndeveryonewassurprisedbyhissongMonaLisa.Hegotlotsofapplause（掌声）thatnight.

Hehadsuchatalentforsinging,buthejusthadbeensittingonhistalentforthepastyears!

Ifwithoutsuchachance,hemayhavelivedtherestofhislifeasanonamepianoplayerinanonamebar.However,nowhehasbecomeoneofthebestknownsingersinAmerica.

You,too,haveskillsandabilities.Maybeyour“talent”isnotasgreatasthesingerabove,butitmaybebetterthanyouthink!

Andwitheffort,mostskillscanbeimproved.So,inyourlife,youshouldbebraveenoughtotrydoingdifferentthingsandfindoutwhattalentsyoureallyhave!

1．Whydidthemanstarttosing?

A.Becausehewantedtomakemoremoney.

B.Becausethebarmanagersaidhelikedhissong

C.Becausethemanageraskedhimtosingattherequestofacustomer.

D.Becausehewantedtoshoweveryonethathehadatalentforsinging.

2．Whatdoyouthinkofthebarmanager?

A.HumourousB.Rude.C.StrictD.Kind.

3．Whatcanweknowfromthepassage?

A.Themandidn’tgetpaidatlast.

B.Thecustomerswereunsatisfiedwiththesong.

C.Themanbecameasingerlater.

D.Themanagerhadtolaythemanoff.

4．Whatcanwelearnfromthelastparagraph?

A.Somepeoplereallyhavenoskillsorabilities.

B.Sometimesthrougheffortwecanknowourtalents.

C.Noneofusisasgreatasthesinger.

D.Noskillscanbeimprovedevenifyoutryyourbest.

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Lastweek,mywifeandItookpossessionofthisbeauty，3-storycountryhouseinPelham,NewYork.Wehaven'tmovedyet：

theplaceisbadlyinneedofrenovation（翻新），whichwillhappenalotmorequicklyifourstuffisn'tintheway.WestillownourNYCco-op，anditwon'tcloseuntilJulyorAugust.Weintendtogeteverylastdayofcitylivingthatwecan.

Butnowseemsasgoodatimeasanytoputtheblogonhold—astepI'vebeenconsideringforawhile.I'veposted1,010restaurantreviewsinjustover11years，whichaveragesouttonearlytworeviewsperweek，forroughlyadecade.That’sanawfullylongtime.Inrecentmonths,ithasfeltmorelikeaburden,andlessofthejoyitoriginallywas.

Ofcourse,thatburdencameentirelyfrommyself:

thisbloghasneveracceptedadvertising.Noone'slivelihood—andcertainlynotmine—dependedonitsexistence.Yet，havingcreatedthistinyspaceinmylittlecorneroftheInternet，withaverysmallbutratherappreciative（andappreciated）amountofloyalreaders，foralongtimeIfellIhavetokeepitgoing.

Butmyfreetimeoverthenextseveralmonthswillbeincreasinglytakenupwithacomplexrenovation,movinghouse，gettingtoknowanewneighborhood,andaquitedifferentlifestylethanI'vebeenaccustomedto.Somethingneedstobeeditedout?

tomakeroomforallthat，andtheblogisit.

Ifourmovetothesuburbsprovidesaconvenientexcuse,Imighthavereachedthesamedecisionearlierbeforethat：

thesensethatmyfoodblogginghadfallenintostereotypes（陈词烂调）wasinmymindevenbeforewestartedhouse-hunting,althoughitcertainlybecamemoreclearafterthat.IthinkI'mgoingtoenjoydiningoutforitsownsake，asitusedtobe:

nomorephotos，nomore“writingthereview”inmyheadasIeat.

Onethingthathasn’tchangedisthepleasureofdiningout,whichIloveasmuchasever.MywifeandIintendtokeepupourweeklyManhattan“datenights”.Istillworkinthecity，andPelhamisn'tallthatfaraway—oneofthereasonswechoseit.

Willtheblogreturnafterwe’resettledinournewhome?

Surelynotwiththefrequencyithasbeen，andperhapsnotatall.AsIwritethis,I’mfeelinglikeIwon’tmissit.

5．What’sNOTthereasonfortheauthortoputhisblogonhold?

A．Heismovingtothecountrysideanddoesn’thaveenoughtime.

B．Ithasbroughthimmoreburdenthanjoy.

C．Thisbloghasn’treceivedanyadvertisingprofit,whichmadehimdisappointed.

D．Foodblogginglackscreativityforhimandhewantstoenjoythepurejoyofdiningout.

6．Wheredidtheauthor’sburdenofrunningtheblogcomefrom?

A．Hedependedontheblogtomakealiving.

B．Hefeltithisresponsibilitynottolethisloyalreadersdown.

C．Hisfreetimehasbeenincreasinglyoccupiedwithotherstuff.

D．Hefoundithardtoadapttoadifferentlifestyle.

7．Whatcanweinferfromthispassage?

A．Theauthorwillsooncontinuehisblogafterhesettlesinhisnewhome.

B．Theauthorwillnotcontinuehisblogafterhesettlesinhisnewhome.

C．Theauthorhasn’tdecidedwhethertocontinuehisblogevenafterhesettlesinhisnewhome.

D．Theauthorhasdecidedtodecreasethefrequencyofpostingtheblogafterhesettlesinhisnewhome.

8．Wherecanyoumostprobablyfindthispassage?

A．Apersonalblog.B．Afashionmagazine.

C．Ascientificreport.D．Atravelbrochure.

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Wedon’tknowhowdifferentourfuturewillbeinthefuture.Wecanonlytrytoimagineit.

Atfirstwethinkabouthumanrelationship.Intheyear2050,wewillusecomputersalmosteveryday.WewillbemakingnewfriendsthroughtheInternet-evenourhusbandsorwiveswillbemetinthisway.Itwillbemuchfasterandeasierforus.Ontheotherhand,ourrelationshipswithpeoplewon’tbeasimportantastheyaretoday,sowewillfeelalittlelonely.

Computerswillalsohelpusinmanyotheractivitiesin2050.Forexample,theywillbeusedbythechildrenatschooltomaketheirlearningeasier.Inaddition,therewillbemuchmoreothermachineswhichwillplayasimilarroleascomputers,likerobotswhichwilldothehouseworkforus.

Spendingholidayswillalsobecompletelydifferent.Travelingtootherplanetsortothemoonwillbeavailableforeveryone.Meansoftransportwill,ofcourse,change,too.Wewillbeusingsolar-poweredcars,whichwillbemuchmoreenvironmentallyfriendly.

Wecouldexpectthatthefastertechnologicalprogresswouldleadtoamorepollutedenvironment.Butitisn’ttrue.Wewillpaymoreattentiontoprotectingtheenvironment.And,scientistswillprobablyfindcuresformanydangerousdiseases,likecancerorAIDS.Therefore,oursurroundingsaswellasourhealthwillbeinabettercondition.

Althoughwecan’tpredicttheexactchangeswhichwillbemadeintheworld,weoftenthinkaboutthem.Weworryaboutourandourchildren’sfuture,wehaveexpectations,hopesaswellasfears.ButIthinkweshouldberathersanguineaboutourfuture.Weshouldbehappyandbelievegoodthingswillhappen.

9．Whywillpeopleprobablyfeelalittlelonelyin2050?

A．Becausethenumberofpeoplewillbecomemuchsmaller.

B．Becausepeoplewon’tlikemakingfriendswitheachother.

C．Becausetherewillbelessface-to-facecommunication

D．Becausepeoplewon’tcommunicatewitheachothermuchoften.

10．Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingwillhappenin2050?

A．Itwon’tbedifficultforpeopletotraveltootherplanets.

B．Thewayofspendingholidayswillbethesameasthatoftoday.

C．Therelationshipbetweenpeoplewillbemoreimportantthantoday.

D．Ourenvironmentwillbemuchmorepollutedwithagrowingnumberofcars.

11．Theunderlinedword“sanguine”inthelastparagraphprobablymeans________.

A．disappointedB．surprised

C．curiousD．optimistic

12．Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?

A．Whatourlifewillbelikeintheyear2050.

B．Howpeoplewillcommunicateintheyear2050.

C．Whathightechnologywillappearintheyear2050.

D．Howpeoplewilltravelandspendtheirholidayintheyear2050.

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TherewasatimewhenatriptothesupermarketintheUnitedStatesoftenendedwithasimplequestionfromthecashier：

“Paperorplastic?

”Well，whichtypeofbagwouldyouchoose?

Althoughalltypesofbagshavesomeinfluencesontheenvironment，ithaslongbeenthoughtthatpaperbagsarekinder.Theyaremadefromarenewablesource，breakdownesily，bumwithoutgivingoffthicksmokeandcanberecycled.However，theproducingprocessbehindpaperbagsusesmoreenergythanthatofplasticones.

Howcanthisbetrue?

Studiesshowthatpaperbagproductionrequiresfourtimesasmuchenergyasplasticbagproduction.Andtheamountofwaterusedtomakethemistwentytimeshigher.Besides，theinfluenceonforestsisveryserious.Ittakesaboutfourteenmilliontreestoproducetenbillionpaperbags，whichhappenstobethenumberofbagsusedintheUnitedStatesyearly.Intermsofrecycling，theideathatpaperbagsaremoreenvironment-friendlythanplasticonescanbequicklygivenup.Researchshowsitrequiresabout98%lessenergytorecycleplasticthanitdoespaper.

Eventhoughpaperbagsmightbemoreharmfulthanplasticones，plasticstillseemstobeconsideredbygovernmentsasthemoreharmfulofthetwo.InIreland，forexample，ataxhasbeenintroducedtodiscouragetheuseofplasticbags.Peoplehavetopay22centsforeveryplasticbag，andasaresult，theirusehasdroppedquickly.

There’snodoubtthatitmakesmoresensetoreusethesebags.However，wedon’tseemtobedoingthatatpresent.Thatmaybebecausetheyfallapartquickly.Ifso，clothbagsareabetterchoice，butstill，theirproductionalsohasaba