限时规范练23(必修5 Unit 3)

核心素养关键词:培养学生人与社会、了解未来生活的思维意识

一、阅读理解

A

The Red Bicycle is a storybook about a bicycle’s journey from North America to the countryside in West Africa.The full name of the book is The Red Bicycle:The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle,and was written by Jude Isabella from Canada.

Leo wants a bike,not just any bike but a red one.He makes money by doing part-time jobs until he has enough money to buy it.He loves his new bike and names it Big Red.He rides Big Red everywhere for many years until he is finally too big for it.Because he has taken such good care of the bike,it looks almost new.He wants to give the bike to someone who really needs it,and will love it the way he does.Leo learns about a charity that sends donated bikes to people in Africa.

When Big Red arrives in Africa,the bike finds a new owner,a young girl named Alisetta.She learns to ride Big Red and uses it to help her family on their farm.She also rides Big Red to the market to sell goods that her grandmother made.She earns money so her sister can go to school.Alisetta earns enough money to buy another bike.But while she is gone,Big Red is destroyed by a pig.A worker from a hospital then takes Big Red,repairs it,and turns it into an ambulance.Then,a young woman,named Haridata,uses the bike to bring sick people to the hospital.

What a wonderful journey the bicycle takes and what a useful life it has.The Red Bicycle is a great story.It will inspire children from around the world to help others,and do something as simple as donating their bikes to a charity.

1.What is The Red Bicycle about?

A.A bicycle making a difference to many people’s lives. B.Leo’s journey from North America to West Africa. C.Jude Isabella’s travel experience in Canada. D.A global journey on a red bicycle.

2.What happens to the red bicycle after Alisetta buys a new one? A.It is brought to patients who need it. B.It is turned into an ambulance. C.It is damaged by her sister. D.It is fixed by Haridata.

3.What does The Red Bicycle want to tell its readers? A.We should make the most of what we have. B.Everything is good for something. C.It’s better to give than to take. D.Charity begins at home.

B

For all those who agree with Neil Gaiman’s motto in American Gods that “a town isn’t a town without a bookstore,” what might be the perfect holiday choice has just been listed on Airbnb:the chance to become a bookseller for a week or two.

For the total cost of ￡150 a week,guests at The Open Book in Wigtown,Scotland’s national book town,will be expected to sell books for 40 hours a week while living in the flat above the shop.Given training in bookselling from Wigtown’s community of booksellers,they will also have the chance to put their “own stamp” on the store while they’re there.“The Open Book’s aim is to celebrate

bookshops,encourage education in running independent bookshops and welcome people around the world to Scotland’s national book town,” says the Airbnb listing.

The Open Book is leased (出租) by the Wigtown Book Festival from a local family.Organisers have been letting paying volunteers run the shop for a week or two at a time,and opened the experience up to the world at large.

“I wouldn’t call it a working holiday,” said Adrian Turpin,director of the Wigtown Book Festival.“It’s not about cheap labour (体力劳动) — it’s about offering people an experience.” The money is “just necessary to cover our costs,” said Turpin,admitting that “it can be a hard life,selling books in a small town,so it’s not a holiday for everybody.”

“I think the shop would have closed,without this,” he said.“So part of the idea was to get new people in — people who would hopefully end up having a good time and a long-standing relationship with the town.”

The idea comes at a difficult moment for independent booksellers.In 2005,there were 1,535 independent bookshops in the UK,with the number dropping to 939 by 2014.

So far,The Open Book has been leased around 10 times,with guests including those from The Bookshop Band,a librarian from Portland,a Dutch government employee,and an 80-year-old couple. 4.What does Airbnb offer? A.Neil Gaiman’s books. B.Mottos of famous people. C.A chance to run a bookstore. D.A holiday trip to small towns.

5.What can be learned about The Open Book? A.It costs ￡150 every day. B.It aims to develop bookstores. C.It offers a free flat for customers. D.It requires booksellers with selling skills.

6.What’s Adrian Turpin’s opinion on the Wigtown Book Festival? A.It’s an awful experience. B.It should raise its charges. C.It has saved the bookstore.

D.It’s a festival for everyone.

7.What’s the present situation of The Open Book? A.It faces a difficult time. B.It attracts various people. C.It has never been leased yet. D.It has set up a community nearby.

二、七选五

A ray of sunlight makes its way through the leaves and lights up a new day for all kinds of animals.The rainforest is waking up. Racing for Light

Rainforests are plentiful,warm,and wet habitats. 1 ,because they have to compete with other plants for sunlight.

2 .The emergent layer (露生层) is made up of the very tallest trees.In the next layer,the canopy (冠层),the leaves of the trees all touch one another.Most animals in the rainforest live in the canopy.The layer below the canopy is called the understory.Small trees and plants that do not need much light grow here.The last layer is the forest floor where only a few plants grow because it’s so dark. Famous Rainforests

There are rainforests in Africa,Asia,Australia,and Central and South America. 3 .More than half of it is in Brazil,but parts are in several other South American countries.The next biggest rainforest is in Congo.

Water Cycle

Trees and other plants let water out into the atmosphere — then the water falls back to earth as rain.Rainforest trees can give out a lot of water,up to 200 gallons each year. 4 ,so it is always warm and wet.

Rainforests help to stabilize the climate of the world. 5 .That’s good because too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can make the planet too warm. A.The rainforest has four layers B.Trees in the rainforest grow very tall C.Rainforests can be considered destroyed D.The biggest rainforest is the Amazon rainforest E.The tallest trees block the light from the trees below F.They not only make rain but also take in carbon dioxide G.The water forms a thick cloud-cover over the rainforest

三、语法填空

Food,water,and shelter 1. (be) basic human needs,but it is reported that there are 1.2 billion people in the world without enough housing.This may change thanks 2. a revolutionary use of 3D printers to construct houses.

Tech company ICON has developed a method for 3.

(create) a one-floor,60-square-

meter house out of cement in a day for $10,000.This is a small amount of both the time and cost 4. (need) to build a similar construction using traditional methods.The company aims 5. (bring) that cost down to $4,000 per house.A traditional house would be much 6.who live in poor areas.

ICON has teamed up with New Story,a non-profit organization 8. focuses on finding international housing solutions.Together,they will start building homes in developing countries.

This technology is a(n) 9. (amaze) solution for those who are in need of shelter.10. is also possible that 3D-printed houses will become common in richer countries in years to come.

参考答案

(expensive)

than that.The affordability of these houses makes 7. (they) much more accessible to those

限时规范练23(必修5 Unit 3)

一、【篇章导读】本文是记叙文。文章介绍了Jude Isabella所著的《红色自行车》。该书以一辆红色自行车为线索,讲述了它意义非凡的生命旅程,鼓励青少年乐善好施,帮助他人。

1.A 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“The Red Bicycle:The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle”和文章末段中的“What a wonderful journey the bicycle takes and what a useful life it has”可知,该书是关于一辆平凡自行车的非凡故事,讲述了它在他人的生活中做出贡献的故事。

2.B 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“A worker from a hospital then takes Big Red,repairs it,and turns it into an ambulance”可知,Alisetta买了新自行车之后,红色自行车被改装成救护车。

3.C 推理判断题。根据末段中的“It will inspire children from around the world to help others”可知,这本书鼓励青少年读者帮助他人。

【篇章导读】本文是新闻报道。苏格兰西南部的威格敦小镇是苏格兰的“国家图书镇”,在小镇的众多书店中,有一家书店可对外出租,这种经营方式使得几近倒闭的书店生机焕发。