Unit4 Earthquake单元检测悦读教材高考英语一.docx

1、Unit4 Earthquake单元检测悦读教材高考英语一单元检测卷第一部分 听力（满分30分）（略）第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AReserve seats on any 2017 Rick Steves tour today, and youll save $ 100 per person! To receive your early booking discount, you must reserve a 2017 tour by midni

2、ght on November 30, 2016. Discounts are for new bookings only and must be secured with a $400 per person deposit(订金).See our Conditions: Tour price guarantee: our tour prices do not include air tickets, and may be adjusted without notice due to possible changes in currency rates and trip costs. Howe

3、ver, your price for the tour youve selected will be guaranteed the moment we receive your deposit. Included in the price of each tour: Sightseeing tours by a Rick Steves Europe (RSE) guide, and local guides when appropriate, including all admission to sights seen as a group; all breakfasts and half

4、of your dinners; accommodation each night; all transportation from the first hotel to the last hotel of the tour; all RSE guide, local guide and driver tips. The plans of the trip may be changed: Europe is full of surprise, and we need to be flexible enough to take advantage of whatever comes along

5、so that we may provide you with the best possible tour. Tour payments: Your final tour payment must be paid at least 60 days before the departure. Missing the final payment deadline may result in your being removed from the tour! If you sign up for a tour less than 60 days before its departure, the

6、entire tour price must be paid. Transferring(改签) to another tour: Up to 60 days before your departure, you can transfer to any other tour in the same calendar year with seats available, applying your existing deposit and with no transfer fee. If you transfer to a different tour, the price of that to

7、ur will be applied, effective on the date we confirm your transfer. Transfers less than 60 days before your tours departure may not be possible.1. What can we learn from the text? A. You can save $400 if you book a 2017 Rick Steves tour in advance. B. You must pay all the tour costs three days befor

8、e its departure. C. Your tour price will be guaranteed the moment you pay for your tour. D. The plans of the trip are not fixed even though you have paid for it.2. All of the following are included in the price of each tour EXCEPT_. A. accommodation every night B. all RSE guide and driver tips C. al

9、l breakfasts and dinners D. all transportation from the first hotel to the last hotel.3. According to the text, what should you do if you want to transfer to another tour? A. Pay another deposit B. Pay a transfer fee C. Transfer to a tour that is the same price as yours. D. Transfer more than 60 day

10、s before your tours departure.BBad news sells. If it bleeds, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers. But now that information is being spread and monitored(监控) in different ways, researchers are discover

11、ing new rules. By tracking peoples e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories. The if it bleeds rule works for mass media, says Jonah Berger, a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. They want your eyeballs and dont

12、 care how youre feeling. But when you share a story with your friends, you care a lot more how they react. You dont want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer. Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communication e-mails, Web posts and reviews, face-to-face conversations found that it tended to be mo

13、re positive than negative(消极的), but that didnt necessarily mean people preferred positive news. Was positive news shared more often simply because people experienced more good things than bad things? To test for that possibility, Dr. Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news storie

14、s: thousands of articles on The New York Times website. He and a Penn colleague analyzed the most e-mailed list for six months. One of his first findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than non-science articles. He found that science amazed Times read

15、ers and made them want to share this positive feeling with others. Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad. They needed to be aroused(激发) one way or the other, and they pre

16、ferred good news to bad. The more positive an article, the more likely it was to be shared, as Dr. Berger explains in his new book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On.4. What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to?A. News reports. B. Research papers. C. Private e-mails. D. Daily conversations. 5. What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer?A. Theyre so