人教版（新课程标准）高中英语必修五Unit 3 Life in the future单元测试

    The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet (彗星) is heading towards the earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the earth.

    On 17 July, a piece four kilometres wide enters the earth's atmosphere with a massive explosion. About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometre high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometres an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned.

    Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andean Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, but the north won't escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, and temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun won't be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive.

    Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the earth. The dinosaurs were on the earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldn't live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?

    The future is just around the corner, and according to some people who make the future their business, it doesn't look dissimilar to what you see around you now, but below the surface there will be differences.

    Your home of the future

    One of the places in your home is the bathroom. It will have a toilet that can test urine(尿) for sugar levels, take your blood pressure and weigh you. All that information can then be uploaded to your doctor. Even the bathroom soap will be upgraded, which will have sunscreen(防晒霜) in it, which will stick to your skin.

    The future of technology

    The kitchen is often the centre of a home and it has the most potential for future changes. For example, a Web-enabled refrigerator will be able to talk to the manufacturer when a part wears out, so it can order a replacement without you ever knowing something was wrong.

    Tiny, inexpensive computer chips called RFIDs, or radio frequency identification chips, will be attached to every product in your house. The refrigerator will read the chips, and will even be able to tell you when the milk has gone bad.

    The counter will be able to make dinner suggestions. Your washing machine will know how to wash your favourite linen(亚麻布) skirt. And you will be able to call your oven from your cellphone to tell it when to start cooking the pot roast.

Future travelling

    Futurists say robots will be a large part of life. Though a driverless car sounds like a crazy idea, it is built to be safer and more efficient than what is currently parked in the driveway.

    Even with all of the changes coming in the future, the human condition will not change, though. At day's end, you will still share a drink with a friend and kiss your kids goodnight, for no robots can do that.

    Paperless office was first coined in 1975.Four decades later, we're still chasing(追逐) the paperless office dream. Take the financial(金融的) industry for example—it is one of the slower industries to hug digital transformation. Many financial institutions today still send out trade confirmations by mail. I can tell you from first-hand experience that going paperless is by no means impossible. The Centric Digital office is a paperless work environment where all the office operations go digital, which has amazed our business partners.

    Actually, companies need to stress the benefits of a digital culture for communication. Going paperless can save time and money. You could say goodbye to costly repairs, office supply orders, wasted employee time and so on. Besides, forbidding paper in the office forces information to be 100% digital, where you can make endless quantities of backups(备份), and easily increase transparency(透明). Not to mention, top talents want to work for digital companies.

    You might think the secret to a paperless company is purely technology. Well, not really. Thanks to products like iPads, smartphones and cloud services, the ability to go paperless is highly accessible. Yet, even with all this technology, companies continue to rely on paper. It's not because they don't have access to the technology, but because they're lacking the policies, organizational structure and a strong desire to change. In order to go paperless, companies need to change the way they think and operate. The decision needs to be made and carried out and everyone needs to work together to make it.

    Yes, the paperless office has been a very long time in the making—but it no longer has to be. With numerous quantities of software, services, apps, and technology available today, the only thing we need to do is make the decision to go paperless and see it through.

    What is a big dream?  Or, is a big dream something that provides only entertainment? Children dream big dreams, but there are three barriers to realizing dreams. They often kill dreams before children ever have a chance to grow.

    The self

    Immediately following the birth of a big dream, a negative self-talk takes over and gives all the reasons why it can't happen. This inside voice is the ego (自我). It is there for protecting and should be listened to. Sometimes it is right, but more often it is wrong.  That's why only a handful of people make their dreams come true.

    Family and friends are a lot like the ego. They want to protect those they love, so they will often list all the reasons why the big dreams won't come true. Sometimes, family and friends destroy dreams of those they love most, out of their own fear of being left behind.

    The world

    If one gets past the first two barriers, one has to face the world.  In the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world. Fortunately, in most of the world today, big dreamers just get laughed at.

    The way to realize a big dream is with confidence and action. When children have confidence and then take action, they will be ready to accept any failure. The truth is that every great dreamer whose dreams have never seen the light of success knows failure well.  

A. How big dreams die

B. Family and friends

C. They simply fail until they succeed.

D. Does a big dream show one's future?

E. Most people are influenced by the inside voice.

F. It is the last and the most terrible barrier.

G. And their big dream is to be a rock star or a famous artist.

    Life is a series of choices and we can't always foresee the consequences.

    Harry Saleen, an obese man with too much money and power, faced a(n) 1. Outside his office waited his personal 2, bringing him the important news about the 3 medicine that could save his life. On the other side of the world, one of his engineers waited for his decision on an important 4 of business.

    His secretary asked him 5 she could bring the doctor in. The billionaire businessman made his 6. "Business comes first," answered Saleen. 7 the health problem caused by his huge weight, he was still 8 about making money. He raised a 9 finger, and one of his staff 10 to switch on a large television set.

    On the screen appeared his engineer. They talked by satellite directly to each other although they were thousands of miles 11. "It's all ready to explode, Mr Saleen," he said, "just one 12." His engineer was standing above Pakan Valley in South America. A few months ago, it had been a rainforest. Then Saleen's men came, cutting down all the valuable trees and 13 the villagers to move out. 14 the valley, a dam had been built to provide power for the factories that Saleen planned to build in that area. The factories would bring him great 15. Seeing no reason to delay, he ordered the engineer to press the button. There, in the valley, a cloud of dust rose, followed by a dull explosion. A large river changed its 16 and water flooded into the valley.

    "Good, that's it. Now, get that doctor in here," he 17.

    The doctor came in with a worried look and started to examine his 18 patient. "You are doing very well, Mr Saleen. The only medicine is saving your life. But the difficulty is getting more of it."

    "Tell me what you need and we'll get it," Saleen said.

    The doctor said, "The medicine was made of a plant, which is 19. There is only one place in the world where the plant grows."

    "Where?" asked the businessman, 20.

    The doctor smiled, "Well, luckily, the plant comes from one of the lands you own, sir. It comes from a place in South America, known as Pakan Valley."

    Many teachers believe that the hands-on experience is the  (good) way to learn. A group of students in the United States are putting that belief to the test. They  (success) designed and built a robot for discovering unexplored mines  the bottom of the sea. Students made the robot (answer) a challenge from the US Department of Defense.

    The students recently tested the underwater vehicle (call) PerseusⅡ in a 95-metre-long tank of water at the Stevens Institute of Technology.

    The robot costs about $15,000 to build. The students use a video game controller to direct 4(it) movements in the tank. What's more, devices known as Japters  (able) the robot to go up, down and towards its target in the water. Video cameras on the robot send images back to a computer through a 13-metre-long cable. Perseus Ⅱ,the students worked up to 20 hours a week to design and build, also has  set of lasers, which are used to measure the size of an object.

    DeLorme supervised the project from (begin) to end. He said the specialized requirements of robots were demanding.

1）学习科目、作息时间等；

2）课余活动(运动、阅读、上网)；

3）理想大学及选择的原因。

注意：1）词数80左右(开头和结尾已给出,但不计入总词数)；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Sarah,

    I'm very glad to receive your last e-mail. At your request, I'd like to tell you something about my school life.

Yours,

Li Hua

    One pleasant New Year morning, Edward got up and dressed himself in a hurry. He wanted to be the first to wish everyone a happy New Year. He went into every room, and shouted the words of welcome. Then he ran into the street to repeat them to those he met. When he came back, his father gave him two bright, new silver dollars. His face lighted up as he took them. He had wished for a long time to buy some nice books that he had seen at the bookstore.

    As he ran down the street with a light heart to the bookshop, he saw a poor German family—the father, mother, and three children shivering(发抖) in the cold wind.

    "I wish you a happy New Year," said Edward, as he was happily passing by. The man shook his head. "You do not belong to this country?" asked Edward. The man again shook his head, for he could not understand or speak English. But he pointed to his mouth, and to the children, as if to say, "These little ones have had nothing to eat for a long time." Edward quickly understood that these people were poor and in a very difficult situation and required some help. He took out his dollars, and gave one to the man, and the other to his wife.

    How their eyes sparkled (闪耀)with gratitude! They said something in their language, which doubtlessly meant, "We thank you a thousand times, and will remember you forever."

    When Edward came home, his father asked what books he had bought. He hung his head a moment, but quickly looked up. "I have bought no books," said he, "I gave my money to some poor people, who seemed to be very hungry."

注意：

1）所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2）至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3）续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4）续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

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    "I think I can wait for my books till next New Year," continued he.

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    Hearing what his father said and holding the books his father gave him in his arms, Edward felt he was the happiest boy in the world.