Unit 5 Theme parks
第一部分： 听力 （共两节，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。
[A]
Summer Camps 2019
Digging for Dinosaurs
June 10 to June 14, 2019; July 15 to July 19, 2019 $395 per person
What is a paleontologist (古生物学者) and what exactly do they do? Come find out with us this summer! We’ll explore what paleontologists do, where they work and what tools they use while searching for fossils (化石). We’ll dig deeper into how a fossil is made, the different types of fossils and what information paleontologists can learn from them. Physics Past to Present
June 17 to June 21, 2019; July 22 to July 26, 2019 $405 per person
Have you ever wondered why a baseball flies a certain way when it’s hit or how to shoot the perfect basket? It’s Physics! This summer we will explore terms like energy and force to see how they affect things we do every day. We will look at who discovered these terms, how they influence the activities we love and how sportsmen use them to their advantage. Ancient Art
June 24 to June 28, 2019; July 29 to August 2, 2019 $355 per person
Experience how art began! This summer we will explore how art has changed from the Stone Age through the Middle Ages. From cave paintings to building arches (拱门), we’ll explore the world through the eyes of artists who came before us.
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Space Explorers: Back to the Moon August 5 to August 9, 2019 $455 per person
Come join us in taking a closer look at our moon and how our astronauts got there. We’ll learn about what a spaceship needs to escape Earth’s pull, take a closer look at the moon’s surface and simulate (模拟) our own moon landing! 21. What will campers do in Physics Past to Present? A. Play sports. B. Talk with athletes. C. Explore energy and force. D. Learn the history of sports.
22. How much should you pay if you want to learn about cave paintings? A. $355. B. $395. C. $405. D. $455.
23. Which camp can you join if you are only free in August? A. Digging for Dinosaurs. B. Physics Past to Present. C. Ancient Art.
D. Space Explorers: Back to the Moon.
[B]
Dancing until you drop is a well-known saying, but would you really be able to dance until you dropped dead? In 1374, in some European towns, people did exactly that. They were struck by a dancing plague (瘟疫) that forced them to dance.
This phenomenon (现象) was reported to have happened throughout parts of Western Europe, affecting people from the 14th to the 17th century. Hardly stopping to eat or even sleep, they would dance, sometimes for days on end, making this one of the strangest sicknesses in Western history.
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Over the next century, there were only a few outbreaks. However, in the summer of 1518, it reappeared in the city of Strasbourg, France. It all began with a woman called Mrs. Troffea, who started to dance crazily in the street.
She was soon joined by 34 people within a week; by the end of the month, the crowd had increased to 400, most of whom were women. Again, people were dancing until they could no longer continue, with some finally dying from heart attacks or exhaustion. One report shows that the plague was killing around 15 people per day.
As the plague worsened, concerned nobles (贵族) turned to the advice of local doctors, who said that the plague was a “natural disease” caused by “hot blood.” So the nobles encouraged more dancing.
The reason behind their actions was they believed the dancers could only recover if they danced continuously night and day. The nobles even paid for musicians to keep the moving.
Then, as before, it disappeared almost as suddenly as it had come.
While these events may sound highly unbelievable, there is clear written evidence that it did happen.
Now, historians and scientists are still trying to find out the true cause of this phenomenon.
24. What do we know about the plague? A. It cost some people’s lives. B. It took place twice in history. C. It affected people of all ages. D. It stopped in the 16th century.
25. Why did the nobles encourage more dancing? A. To see the hot blood. B. To kill the dancing people. C. To free people of the plague. D. To prove the doctors’ words. 26. How did the plague disappear? A. For no reason.
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B. With local doctors’ help. C. With Mrs. Troffea’s help. D. Because of some natural power. 27. What’s the purpose of the text? A. To show the history of dancing.
B. To introduce a well-known English saying. C. To provide information on the dancing plague. D. To explain the reason behind the dancing plague.
[C]
Steel Vengeance, a world-record-breaking hybrid roller coaster, recently made its first public appearance at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio.
The ride is constructed from both wood and steel (钢). A steel running track on a huge wooden base allows the ride to provide the types of twists (扭转) and turns that are not possible on wooden roller coasters.
Steel Vengeance breaks ten world records, including tallest, fastest, and longest hybrid roller coaster. “It is just a roller coaster that you want to ride again and again,” said Tony Clark, director of communications at Cedar Point. The 90-degree, 200-foot drop on the first hill takes your breath away.
At a recent event at Cedar Point, I experienced the excitement of the new ride first-hand. Thanks to my strong heart, I had a really cool time!
THE MAKING OF VENGEANCE
“The biggest part of making a roller coaster is planning it,” Clark said. Jason McClure, general manager of Cedar Point, added: “We have to get a main idea of the basics of the coaster and then plan a budget.”
WOOD, STEEL, AND HARD WORK
Rocky Mountain Construction designed and built Steel Vengeance. About 1.2 million pounds of steel and 1.4 million boards of wood were used to build the ride.
Fred Grubb, co-founder of Rocky Mountain, noted that “people who design roller coasters for my company have to have first-hand experience building things with their
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hands, not just hold an engineering degree. When you have built things for yourself, you get it, and understand what will work.”
Clark was pleased with the results. “We at Cedar Point are so happy with how Steel Vengeance turned out,” he said.
McClure added: “What we put into this roller coaster was wood, steel, and a lot of hard work.”
28. What can we learn about Steel Vengeance? A. It is going through tests. B. It belongs to Rocky Mountain. C. It is made from both steel and wood. D. It was mainly designed by Fred Grubb.
29. What advantage does Steel Vengeance have over wooden roller coasters? A. It will last longer. B. It cost less money. C. It took less time to build. D. It offers more kinds of twists.
30. How did the author feel on Steel Vengeance? A. Worried. B. Excited. C. Frightened. D. Shocked.
31. People who design roller coasters for Rocky Mountain must _____. A. hold an arts degree B. be roller coaster lovers C. be skilful at wood work D. have built things themselves
[D]
There’s a small problem with a working holiday: working.
It seems like a fantastic idea. You picture yourself learning a foreign culture, meeting locals and making friends. What you don’t picture is the actual work.
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人教版2020学年高中英语必修四Unit 5 Theme parks 单元测试题
