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1、版英语名师讲练大一轮复习浙江专用人教版核心素养测评 二十二 必修5 Unit 2 The United Kingdom温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。核心素养测评 二十二必修5 Unit 2The United Kingdom(限时35分钟). 阅读理解AI started reading Shakespeare when I was nine, after my grandfather, an actor, sent me a copy of Romeo and Juliet. The story a

2、nd the language attracted me. I found out about Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand (SGCNZ)and started volunteering for them when I was about 10. When I was 13, I managed to run a film project with SGCNZ. Im home-educated and a part-time correspondence student(函授生)as well. We have a drama group mad

3、e up of quite a few people who are also home-educated. Ive also joined Wellington Young Actors, a youth theatre company. There are many similarities and differences between being home-educated and attending a five-day programme. I love hearing other students reactions when meeting them and share my

4、different ways of experiencing the world with them. While explaining the way I learn can be a challenge, I love helping people to understand there isnt just one way of learning. Being home-educated has offered me the freedom to have an individualized education and to pursue my passions. My education

5、 has always been about making those focuses but I do lots of the same things as people who attend five-day programs do. Shakespeare is a great approach to lots of things around English, history and the arts. I think something you learn when you perform is connection. You have to have a connection wi

6、th your fellow actors, with the audience and with Shakespeare. I learn this from actually being on stage and from taking part in different Shakespeare festival programs. I believe its the emotion in Shakespeare that makes it relevant today. You can be reading something that was written 400 years ago

7、 and be able to see parts of your life in the work as it shows you how to understand the world and explore a lot of different ideas. 【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。作者从九岁开始阅读莎士比亚的作品, 成为莎士比亚的忠实热爱者。为了追求自己的爱好, 作者在家里接受教育。作者介绍了莎士比亚对自己的影响。1. What can “a five-day program me” be?A. A film project. B. A reading activity. C. S

8、chool education. D. Stage performance. 【解析】选C。词义猜测题。根据画线部分后面的“I love hearing other students reactions when meeting them and share my different ways of experiencing the world with them”可知, 当作者和其他学生分享自己不同的体验世界的方式时, 作者很喜欢听见他们的反应。由此可知, 这些学生对世界的体验方式和作者的方式是不同的。根据第二段第一句可知, 作者没有进行正规的学校教育, 他在家里接受教育, 同时还接受函授教

9、育。那么, 和作者的教育经历相反的当然是正规的学校教育。因此, 画线部分应该指“学校教育”。C选项正确。2. Why does the author choose home education?A. To be different from others. B. To better pursue his passions. C. To enjoy more personal freedom. D. To improve his academic performance. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Being home-educated has offered me the fr

10、eedom to have an individualized education and to pursue my passions”可知, 作者之所以在家里接受教育是因为这种教育方式为他提供了自由, 让他可以追求自己的爱好。故B选项正确。3. What do we know about the author?A. A famous young actor. B. A loyal program volunteer. C. A home education writer. D. A devoted Shakespeare-lover. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。第一段提到, 作者从九岁起就阅

11、读莎士比亚的作品。倒数第二段的最后一句中提到:作者参加了很多不同的莎士比亚节的活动(taking part in different Shakespeare festival programs)。最后一段介绍了作者对莎士比亚作品的感悟。由此可知, 作者是个忠实的莎士比亚爱好者。故D选项正确。B世纪金榜导学号British people work some of the longest hours in Europe, but are among the least productive. Now some companies are shortening the working week to

12、 increase efficiency, health and happiness. Rich Leigh has introduced a four-day week at his PR company. In fact, his entire company has Friday off, because his firm has adopted a four-day week. It is one of a handful of UK businesses that now operate like this: staff still get paid their previous f

13、ive-day salary, but they work a day less. The company found that they achieved just as muchand there were even sighs of growth. “The key to the schemes success, ” Leigh says, “is how happy our employees now are. ”The average British worker takes only a 34-minute lunch break and works 10 hours overti

14、me each week (more often than not this is unpaid). Yet UK productivity falls seriously behind their European neighbors, who tend to work fewer hours. British working practices have caused loss and damage to the nations health and happiness. More than half a million workers in the UK were signed off

15、with work-related stress or anxiety last year. Moreover, the work landscape itself is changing. Automation and AI will have a significant impact on the labor market, where unsteady work becomes more common. Britain is the only EU member that allows workers to ignore the EU working time limit and wor

16、k longer hours. For campaigners, now is the time for a change. OGrady, an advocate, argues that where businesses have increased their profits as a result of automation, success should be shared with workers in the form of reduced hours. “Its time to share the benefits from new technology, not allowi

17、ng those at the top to grab them for themselves. ” she says. 【文章大意】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一些英国公司的四天工作制度。4. What can we learn from the passage?A. British people are the least productive in the world. B. Most companies in Britain have conducted a four-day week. C. PR company has witnessed a rise in employees

18、happiness. D. British people work longer and get more payment than other countries. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第二段Leigh says, “is how happy our employees now are. ” Leigh说, “是我们的员工现在有多快乐。”由此推断出PR公司见证了员工幸福感的提升, 故选C。5. Which is the proper description of British working practices?A. The working time of British wor

19、kers is within the EU limit. B. In terms of productivity, Britain is beaten by the United States. C. Profits gained from new technology are on the decrease. D. Automation and AI are likely to cause an instable work market. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第四段Automation and AI will have a significant impact on the lab

20、or market, where unsteady work becomes more common. 自动化和人工智能将对劳动力市场产生重大影响, 不稳定的工作变得更加普遍。故选D。6. Which can be inferred from OGrady s words in the last paragraph?A. Its time for employers to share the increased profits created by automation. B. Workers should benefit from automation in the form of less

21、 working hours. C. New technology should belong to both businesses and workers. D. Businesses cant make more profits without new technology. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据最后一段OGrady, an advocate, argues that where businesses have increased their profits as a result of automation, success should be shared with work

22、ers in the form of reduced hours. 拥护者OGrady认为, 在自动化提高了企业利润的地方, 成功应该以减少工时的形式与工人分享。由此推断出OGrady的话意思是工人应该从减少工作时间的自动化中获益, 故选B。7. What is the authors purpose of writing the passage?A. To introduce some British firms switch to a four-day working week. B. To explain the reasons why British workers suffer st

23、ress and anxiety. C. To appeal for more reasonable working conditions. D. To present the current productivity problem in Britain. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。第二段Rich Leigh has introduced a four-day week at his PR company. 是全文的主题句, 结合全文内容, 可知这篇文章主要介绍了一些英国公司的四天工作制度, 故选A。【知识拓展】佳词积累1. productive adj. 多产的2. efficiency

24、n. 效率3. unsteady adj. 不稳的4. advocate v. 拥护;支持5. grab v. 抓住长难句分析Automation and AI will have a significant impact on the labor market, where unsteady work becomes more common. 分析:本句是一个复合句。句子的主语是Automation and AI, 谓语是will have, where引导的是定语从句, 修饰先行词market。译文:自动化和人工智能将对劳动力市场产生重大影响, 不稳定的工作变得更加普遍。. 完形填空Dou

25、ble TroubleWhen I was eight, I wanted a toy and needed $10 to buy it. But, as usual, I was broken. I decided to ask my 11-year-old sister, Kathleen, for a loan. I went to her room, 1 her for the cash. Laughing, she agreed to 2 me the money, but added, “I will charge you 10 percent compound interest

26、every 3 until you pay me back. ”“Compound interestwhats that?” I asked. “Well, interest is what you call the 4 money borrowers have to pay back on a loan, ” she explained. “Compound interest means that the interest payments get bigger and bigger the 5 you take to pay back the loan. To repay the loan

27、, you will need to give me $11 after one month. If you wait two months to pay me back, your 6 will grow from $10 to $11. So Ill be charging you interest on $11. Then I will add that interest to the $11 you already owe me, for a 7 of $12. 10. Thats what youll owe after two months. ”“Sure. I get it. ”

28、 I said. Though truthfully, I was getting 8. Kathleen lent me the money, and I bought the toy. My birthday came a month later, and my mom gave me $10. 9, that was just the amount I needed to buy another toy I wanted 10. I put off paying my sister for a month. After another month, I 11 about the loan

29、. Several months later, on Christmas morning, my sister and I each found a $20 bill in our stockings. I was just putting it into my pocket 12 Kathleen tapped me on the shoulder. “Sorry kiddo. Thats mine. Im 13 on your debt. ” “Huh?” Then I remembered the loan. “Hey! How can it be that much? I 14 bor

30、rowed $10. ”“True, ” she said, “but interest has been compounding for eight months. Now you 15 me $21. 43. ” She paused, then added. “You can pay me the $1. 43. ”I 16to believe that a $10 loan could more than double so quickly. Much to my 17, my sister got her pencil and tablet and showed me exactly

31、 how it all added up. My head 18 as I tried to keep track of Kathleens 19, but this time, I got the basic idea of compound interest. I 20 the hard way that borrowing money can be “double trouble” in no time. 【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者八岁时一次借钱的经历。经过这次经历, 作者明白了借钱可能会给自己带来双重麻烦这个道理。1. A. blaming B. beggingC. s

32、earching D. preparing【解析】选B。作者需要钱, 去恳求姐姐借钱。 blame责备; beg恳求; search搜索, 搜寻; prepare准备。故选B项。2. A. payB. sendC. lendD. hand【解析】选C。作者的姐姐同意借给他钱。 pay付钱; send送, 派; lend借给; hand递。故选C项。3. A. month B. year C. week D. day【解析】选A。由第三段中的“To repay the loan, you will need to give me $11 after one month”可知, 姐姐答应借给“我”钱, 但是要“我”每个月付10%的利息。故选A项。4. A. little B. sameC. enough D. e