学年高中英语 Unit1 Great scientists单元测试 新人教版必修5docdoc.docx

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学年高中英语Unit1Greatscientists单元测试新人教版必修5docdoc

2019-2020学年高中英语Unit1Greatscientists单元测试新人教版必修5

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

★★☆☆☆

TheOpeningof

TheBookNook

Saturday,October4  10a.m.to10p.m.

Youwillnotwanttomisstheopeningofyournewneighborhoodbookstore!

Locatedat2289MainStreet,theBookNookiswithinwalkingdistanceofschoolsandmanyhomesandbusinesses.ComeandcheckouttheBookNookonSaturday!

Activitieswillinclude:

•Livemusicbylocalmusicians

•OneBook-of-the-MonthClubmembershipgiveaway

WideSelection

TheBookNookhasthreefloorswithbooksofallkinds—anykindyoucouldwant.Ifwedonothavethebookyouarelookingfor,wecanspecialorderitforyou.Youwillhaveitinyourhandswithintwodays!

ReadingNooks

Weareproudofourchildren’sreadingareaonthefirstfloor,aswellasourteenagers’nookonthesecondfloor.Comefortheactivitiesandstayawhile!

Settleinoneoftheseinvitingreadingareas;takeaseatwithagoodbookandafreecupofhotchocolate.Youwilldiscovertheperfectwaytospendafewhours.

BookEvents

TheBookNookwillbefeaturing（以……为特色）monthlybooksigningsbydifferentauthors,givingyouachancetomeetandspeakwithwell-knownwriters.Donotmisstheexperienceofhearingtheseauthorsreadaloudfromtheirownbooks!

TheBook-of-the-MonthClub

OurBook-of-the-MonthClubwillfeature12bookseachyear.Asamember,youwillbeabletoselectonenewbookeachmonth.Themembershipfeeisonly$10.00permonth.Thatisagreatpricefor12bookseachyear!

SopleasejoinusonSaturdayandlearnaboutallthattheBookNookhastooffer.Youcancomeanytimebetween10a.m.and10p.m.—ouractivitieslastalldaylong!

21.WhatcanwelearnabouttheBookNook?

A.Itisawell-locatedbookstore.

B.Anybookscanbefoundrightthere.

C.Itisopenfrom10a.m.to10p.m.everyday.

D.Thethirdfloorisspeciallydesignedforchildren.

22.Accordingto“ReadingNooks”,anookis_____.

A.aclubthatchildrenmayjoin

B.aspaceforacertainpurpose

C.aprogramforteenagereaders

D.aprizeinanationalcompetition

23.AsamemberoftheBook-of-the-MonthClub,you_____.

A.canbuyanybooksintheBookNookatalowprice

B.mayborrowasmanyas12bookseveryweek

C.needtopay120dollarseveryyear

D.shouldbeovertheageof12

24.Thepurposeofthetextistogetmorepeopleto_____.

A.giveawaybooks

B.visitthebookstore    

C.learnfromfamouswriters

D.readdifferentkindsofbooks

B

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Notadaygoesbywhenwedon’tusetheWorldWideWeb.Todayithasbecomealmostasimportanttoeveryfamilyasfoodandwater!

Thisyear,theWorldWideWebhasturned25yearsold.Whatmanypeopledon’tknowisthatthewebwasatfirstcreatedtoimprovecommunicationbetweenthousandsofscientistsinSwitzerland.

In1989,TimBerners-Leewasa34-year-oldBritishphysicistworkingasasoftware（软件）engineeratCERN,theEuropeanOrganizationforNuclearResearchinSwitzerland.SinceCERNwasahugeorganizationwiththousandsofscientists,communicationbetweenthemwasbecomingincreasinglydifficult.

Berners-Leewantedtodevelopasystemtosolvetheproblem. Hispapersuggestedaninformationsystem,whereapageononecomputercouldhavealinktoanotherpageonanothercomputer（connectedthroughtheInternet）,allowingscientiststoreadlotsofinformationquickly.However,Berners-Lee’sbosssaidthatitsoundedexcitingbutimpossible.

Eventhoughthereweremanydifficultiesandfewsupporters,Berners-LeewentontodeveloptheWorldWideWeb.HecameupwithideassuchasHyper-textTransferProtocol（超文本传输协议）toallowcomputerstotalktoeachother,Hyper-textMarkupLanguage（HTML）tocreatethepages,aservertoservethepages,andabrowser（浏览器）toseethem. 

InDecember1990,theWorldWideWebwasdemonstrated（展示）andin1991,theWWWprojectwasmadepublic,sothatotherprogrammerscoulddeveloptheirownbrowsers.Berners-Leebelievedthatitcouldbeusedformorethanscientificpurposes.HewantedtheInternettobeeasyforanyonetouse—afreeopensoftware.Hiswishessooncametrue.

AlthoughtheWorldWideWebhastodayturnedintoacompletelydifferentthingfromwhatitmeantatfirst,ithasbecomenecessaryandimportanttoourlives,poweringourmobiletechnologiesandthewaywegetinformation. 

25.TheWorldWideWebwascreatedto_____.

A.helppeoplegetinformationeasilyandquickly

B.supportthedevelopmentofmobiletechnologies

C.makeiteasierforBritishscientiststocommunicate

D.improvecommunicationbetweenscientistsatCERN

26.AsforBerners-Lee’spaper,hisboss_____.

A.feltpuzzledaboutit

B.wasuncertainaboutit

C.hadnoconfidenceinit

D.showednointerestinit

27.Accordingtothetext,Berners-Lee_____.

A.doesn’tgiveupeasilywhenintrouble

B.hasworkedatCERNfor25years

C.isa55-year-oldSwissphysicist

D.knowslittleabouttheInternet

28.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthetext?

A.Thefutureoftheweb

B.WorldWideWebturns25!

C.Tipsonimprovingyourwebsite

D.InterviewwithTimBerners-Lee

C

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TheOxfordEnglishDictionaryhasjustnameditsWordoftheYear.From“Eurogeddon”,to“green-on-blue”and“GamesMaker”to“Mobot”,manywordsthathavecrossedoverintorealusagehadbeenshortlisted.ThewinneroftheAmericanedition（版本）is GIF— shortforGraphicsInterchangeFormat（图像互换格式）.ThewinningwordoftheBritisheditionis“omnishambles”— asituationthathasbeencompletelymismanagedbecauseofcarelessmistakes.

Languageisasoldashumans.Insomewaysitissurprisingthatlanguageschangeatall.It’sinterestingtonotethattheEnglishlanguagehasdevelopedmorerapidlyinthelastfewcenturies,addingmanywordstoitsvocabulary,thanjustafewcenturiesago.Asthelanguagedevelops,itwillbeinterestingtofollowtheinfluencesofsocialevents,newtechnologies,industries,productsandexperiencesthatbringmorerichnesstoourlanguage.

Overthelastfewyears,theinfluenceoftheInternethaswithoutexceptionbeenthegreatestonoursociety.Ithasgivenusmanywords—maybeeventakingovertheEnglishlanguage.Andthisyearisnoexception.TheAmericanedition’swordthisyearisGIF.

GIFreferstoatypeofformatforpicturesthatcanbeusedtocreatesimpleanimations（动画）.Haveyouseenaflipbookorperhapscreatedone?

Thesearebookswithalittlepictureupintheright-handcornerofeachpageandifyouflipthepagesquicklyenoughitappearsasifthelittlepicturesaremoving.SimilarlytocreateaGIF,youcanputsomepicturestogether.Whenyoumovethesepicturesratherquickly,youreyesseethemasmovement.

GIFmadeitssimplebeginningsin1987.Whileitismoreusuallypronouncedwithahard g （like[ɡ]in“great”）,theprogrammerswhodevelopedtheformatprefertheuseofasoftg（like[dʒ]in “general”）.AnimatedGIFsarenowcommonlyseenontheInternet.Thisyear,theanimatedGangnamstyleGIFwasextremelypopular.

29.ThenewwordsmentionedinParagraph1aretoshow_____.

A.theOxfordEnglishDictionaryisworthbuying

B.toomanywordshaveappearedontheInternet

C.theEnglishlanguageisdevelopingquickly

D.theEnglishlanguagehasalargevocabulary

30.Thelastbutoneparagraphismainlyabout_____.

A.whatGIFisactuallyabout

B.whyGIFhasbecomepopular

C.howtomakeananimatedGIF

D.whenGIFmadeitsbeginnings

31.Whichofthefollowingwordshasasoftg?

A.Dog.         B.Sign.   C.Garden.                   D.Gentle.

32.Whatwouldtheauthormostprobablytalkaboutnext?

A.Somethingabout“omnishambles”.

B.Theimportanceofadictionary.

C.ThefutureoftheInternet.

D.Thehistoryoflanguages.

D

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Whatdoyouhaveinmindwhenyouthinkaboutyourtypeofpersonality?

TheMyers-BriggsTestoffers94questionsdesignedtodividepeopleintodifferentgroupsaccordingto16personalitytypes.Careeradvisorsoftenusetheseresultstoshowpeoplethejobsthatarelikelytofittheirpersonalityandbepleasinginthelongrun.

Partofwhat’smadethetestsopopularwiththegeneralpublicisthatit’simpossibletofail.Whileothertestsaredesignedtofindoutwhatmental（精神的）illnesssomeonehas,theMyers-BriggsTestsupposesthatall16typesrepresentshadesofnormal.Everyonewhotakesthetestwillbelongtooneofthesetypes,andallofthetypeshaveaplaceinsociety.

Ofcourse,thisqualityofthetestisalsooneofthereasonswhymanyexpertsquestionitsusefulness,placingitonlyasteportwoaboveastrology（占星术）.Theythinktheresultsarenotexactlytrue,andthatthe16typescannotfitallpeople.Aspsychologist（心理学家）DavidJ.Pittengerwrotein1993,“Thedescriptionsofeachtypearegenerallymakingyoufeelimportantorspecialsothatmostpeoplewillacceptthestatementsastrueofthemselves.”

AnotherreasonwhyexpertsquestionthescientificqualityofMyers-Briggsisthattheanswersaretotallyself-reported.Analystscanspendhoursexplainingtheresults,butintheend,thetestdependsonwhethertest-takerscanhonestlyanswerquestionsabouttheirownbehaviorsandpreferences.

Onthewhole,manypsychologistsfeelthattheMyers-BriggsTestcanshowhowpeopleseethemselves,butnotmuchmore.Thatinformationcanbeusefulifyou’reacareeradvisortryingtohelpsomeonefindtherightjob.Butisitworththemillionsofdollarspeoplespendeachyeartorunsuchatest?

It’shardtosay.Weliveinaculturewherepeopleseemwillingtospendendlessamountsoftimeandmoneytofindthemselves,andinthatrespect,itdoesn’tlooklikeM