2024版高考英语新必修5一轮复习：提分单元加餐练第五辑Unit3Lifeinthefuture 精品

Unit 3 Life in the future

单元加餐练

Ⅰ.完形填空

Several years ago, I quit my job to chase my dream of writing a book, but that book was __1__repeatedly. Everybody was asking, “How's the book coming？” I was so __2__ .

My friends got together one day and I blurted out (脱口而出), “I don't know my purpose in life.” The outburst was met with __3__and stares. Finally, Pam said, “I don't know, either.” She was in a job she __4__ . Teresa said, “Me either.” I was sure that Bette would have a(n) __5__ . She was suffering from cancer and, surely she had figured things out since she was facing a likely terminal outcome. __6__ , she shook her head.

Two years passed and, during that time, I sold my __7__ , Teresa went back to school, Pam switched __8__ , and Bette kept on living as best as she could.

Actually, for those two years, Bette lived a __9__life than any of us. She built a butterfly garden in her neighbourhood. She spent time with her family, went hiking,__10__and lived.

My book was finally __11__and Bette made it to my first big signing. A day or two later, she was back in the __12__as she was seriously ill. I left on tour for several weeks, and when I __13__ , she was close to __14__ .

The day came when her brother called to let me know Bette had __15__ . He asked me to write her obituary (讣告). I thought about how she'd filled every moment with as much joy as she could find. That obituary wasn't a list of __16__ . It was the story of a woman who lived. __17__what life threw at her, she lived.

That was when I__18__ what I'd learned through her passing. She defined her purpose in life by simply living her life. That's all any of us are here to do. In the end, the only thing that __19__is that we breathe in our time here and fill it with__20__ .

篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过朋友的人生经历意识到活着的目的便是好好地活着。

1．A.read C．rejected

B．printed D．written

答案：C 由上文的“... I quit my job to chase my dream of writing a book, but ...”及第五段开头的“My book was finally ... my first big signing.”可推断，起初作者的书一再被“拒绝(rejected)”。

2．A.excited C．envious (embarrassed)”。

B．confident D．embarrassed

答案：D 由于作者写的书一再被拒，所以别人问起这本书时作者感到很“尴尬

3．A.darkness C．danger

B．smoke D．silence

答案：D 由下文的“... stares. Finally, Pam said”可推断，听到作者突然发出的感叹后朋友们都“沉默(silence)”了，陷入了沉思。

4．A.hated C．found

姆“厌恶(hated)”自己的工作。

5．A.present C．dream

活着这一问题已经有了“答案(answer)”。

6．A.Therefore C．Besides

的反应与作者的推测相反。故选However。

7．A.house C．paper 己写的“书(book)”。

8．A.jobs C．topics 9．A.fuller C．sadder

B．methods D．channels B．poorer D．simpler B．car D．book B．However D．Otherwise B．answer D．excuse B．lost D．created

答案：A 由上文的“I don't know, either.”及第三段中的Pam switched可推测，帕

答案：B 由下文作者描述贝蒂的病情可知，作者很确定快到生命尽头的贝蒂对人为什么

答案：B 由第5空前的“I was sure”及下文的“she shook her head”可知，Bette

答案：D 由第一段中的“writing a book”可推测，之后的两年时间里，作者卖掉了自

答案：A 由第二段中的“She was in a job she ...”可推测，帕姆换了“工作(jobs)”。

答案：A 由下文“She built a butterfly garden ... and lived.”可推断，在那两年时间里，贝蒂过着比其他人“更充实的(fuller)”生活。

10．A.complained C．laughed

B．shouted D．learned

答案：C 由贝蒂在那两年里所做的事情及倒数第二段中的“... she'd filled every moment with as much joy as she could find”可推断，贝蒂曾“笑着(laughed)”面对生活。

11．A.revised C．reviewed (published)”了。

12．A.hospital C．garden

B．school D．company B．published D．translated

答案：B 由下文的“my first big signing”可推断，作者的书终于被“出版

答案：A 由下文的“as she was seriously ill”可推断，贝蒂因为病重又回到了“医

院(hospital)”。

13．A.followed C．escaped “返回(returned)”时。

14．A.success C．trouble

B．death D．wealth B．returned D．recovered

答案：B 由上文的“I left on tour for several weeks ...”可推测，此处是说作者

答案：B 由下文的“He asked me to write her obituary (讣告)．”可知，作者返回时，贝蒂已经生命垂危。close to death “生命垂危”。

15．A.given up C．turned down

B．shown off D．passed away

答案：D 由下文的“He asked me to write her obituary (讣告)．”可知，贝蒂的兄弟打电话告诉作者贝蒂已经“去世了(passed away)”。

16．A.requirements C．achievements

B．suggestions D．agreements

答案：C 由下文的“It was the story of a woman who lived ... what life threw at her, she lived.”可推测，作者给贝蒂写的讣告并不是一个“成就(achievements)”清单，而是一个女人的故事。

17．A.Other than C．Regardless of

of)”生活给了她什么，贝蒂都努力活着。

18．A.guessed C．expected 理。

19．A.works C．exists

B．matters D．changes B．decided D．realized B．Rather than D．In case of

答案：C 由上文介绍的贝蒂努力生活、与癌症斗争的故事可推断，“不管(Regardless

答案：D 通过给贝蒂写讣告，作者“意识到(realized)”贝蒂的去世让自己认识到的道

答案：B 由设空后的“is that we breathe in our time here and fill it with... ”可知，这是作者从贝蒂的人生获得的深刻感悟，故选matters “事关紧要；重要”，符合语境。

20．A.life C．luck

B．trust D．nature

答案：A 由上文的“She defined her purpose in life by simply living her life.”可推断，作者意识到人活着唯一“重要(matters)”的事情就是在时间的流逝中过好自己的“生活(life)”。

Ⅱ.阅读理解

A

It's 8 am, Tuesday, Nov.18, 2028, and you are headed for a business appointment

300 miles away. You step into your circle, two-passenger air-cushion car, press a series of buttons and the national traffic computer notes your destination, figures out the current traffic situation and signals your car to slide out of the garage. Hands free, you sit back and begin to read the morning paper—which is flashed on a flat TV screen over the car's dashboard. Tapping a button changes the page.

The car speeds up to 150 mph in the city's countryside, and then hits 250 mph in less built-up areas, driving over the smooth plastic road.You fly past a string of cities, many of them covered by the new domes (圆屋顶) that keep them evenly climatized all year round. Traffic is heavy, typically, but there's no need to worry. The traffic computer, which sends and receives signals to and from all cars on the road between cities, keeps vehicles at least 50 yds apart. There hasn't been an accident since the system began.

Suddenly your TV phone buzzes.A business partner wants a sketch of a new kind of impeller your firm is putting out for sports boats. You reach for your case and draw the diagram with a pencil-thin infrared flashlight (红外线闪光灯) on what looks like a TV screen lining the back of the case. The diagram is sent to a similar screen in your partner's office, 200 miles away. He presses a button and a fixed copy of the sketch rolls out of the machine. He wishes you good luck at the coming meeting and signs off.

Ninety minutes after leaving your home, you slide beneath the dome of your destination city. Your car slows down and heads for an outer-core office building where you'll meet your colleagues. After you get out, the vehicle parks itself in a garage to await your return. Private cars aren't allowed inside most city cores. Moving sidewalks and electrams (电车) carry the public from one location to another.

篇章导读：本文为一篇记叙文。全文畅想了人们在不远的将来2028年的高科技精彩生活。 1．The traffic computer in your car can ________ . A．keep your car at a safe distance from other cars B．keep your car at the same speed in different situations C．keep your car receiving signals of TV programs D．keep your car driving avoiding heavy traffic

答案：A 细节理解题。从第二段倒数第二句“The traffic computer, which sends and receives signals to and from all cars on the road between cities, keeps vehicles at least 50 yds apart.”可知，交通电脑可以使汽车保持安全的距离。

2．Why are the cities covered by the new domes? A．To prevent people from being wet in the rain.

B．To stop the climate of the cities changing violently all year. C．To protect the travelers against the strong sunshine. D．To make the city have the same weather all year.

答案：B 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句中的“many of them covered by the new domes

(圆屋顶) that keep them evenly climatized all year round”可知，城市上空的圆屋顶的作用是使城市的气候变化不剧烈，比较均匀。所以选B。

3．What will the city be like in the future?

A．No accidents will happen because of heavy traffic. B．The sidewalk can move itself up and down. C．The road is built with the plastic material.

D．The car parks itself on a dome to wait for your return.

答案：C 细节理解题。从第二段中的“driving over the smooth plastic road”可知，道路是塑料建造的。其他选项均与文中细节不符。故选C项。

4．The third paragraph mainly tells ________ . A．you are lucky to sell products of your company B．you receive best wishes from your business partner C．you can do business with a newly invented pencil D．you can do business even on the road in the future

答案：D 段落大意题。本段讲述了你在路上处理公司业务，从而达成交易的过程。由此可知，本段主要是说即使在路上，由于具有先进的技术，你也可以做生意。故D项正确地概括了全段主旨。

B

What will humans look like in 1,000 years? Video suggests we could develop red eyes, have darker skin and be better-looking. Climate change, artificial intelligence and genetic mutations (基因突变) are all set to transform our bodies.

In the future tiny robots will be suddenly put into our own bodies, improving our abilities. Meanwhile, designer babies will cause future generations to grow into increasingly intelligent and attractive people. But while that will make us smarter, stronger and better-looking, such genetic similarity, or lack of human diversity, leaves room for a single new disease of the future to wipe out the entire human race. As global warming takes hold, humans will also be skinnier and taller, as this body shape is better able to dissipate heat.

Our faces may also change greatly, according to Dr Alan Kwan, who holds a PhD in computational genomics from Washington University in St Louis. Dr Kwan has created a shocking series of images which show one possible evolution for the human race over the next 100,000 years.

As genetic engineering becomes normal, “the fate of the human face will be increasingly determined by human tastes，” writes Dr Kwan, while foreheads will continue to expand as our brains continue to grow larger. As man achieves total control over genetics, the human face will become heavily biased (有偏见的)towards features that humans find fundamentally appealing: strong lines, straight nose and deep eyes.

Dr Kwan believes eyes will grow very large as the human race colonizes (开拓殖民地)the solar system and people start living in the dimmer environments of colonies