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1

    People have been enjoying the benefits of cycling(骑自行车) in Amsterdam(阿姆斯特丹) for years. It is a good city for cycling because it is flat and there are plenty of places for bicycle parking. Today some people call Amsterdam "City of Bicycles" because of the convenience for bicycles there.

    In the 1960s, a group of cycling fans had an idea. They believed that it would be better for everybody if cars weren't allowed in the city centre and only bicycles were. They were hopeful that this would help to save energy, reduce pollution and provide free public transport. The group painted hundreds of bicycles white and placed them in lots of neighbourhoods around Amsterdam for people to use. Then a problem came—thieves took all the bicycles within weeks!

    However, more than thirty years later, the "white bike" is back in town—this time with a computer chip(芯片) to record its every move! To take a bicycle, you have to insert(插入) a special card. The new "white bike" is not actually white but is an unusual design with bright colours. The bikes are parked at special parking places and people who want to use them have to take them to another special parking place that has enough room.

    There is already less traffic in central Amsterdam, because both locals and tourists have been using the white bikes. Instead, thanks to the good ideas of lots of people, like the cycling fans in the 1960s, many people around the world have been enjoying city centre streets without cars many years.

    When a child is told he is "uncool", it can be very painful. He may say he doesn't care, and even act in ways that are opposite of cool on purpose(故意地). But these are simple ways to deal with sadness by pretending it's not there.

    Helping a child feel better in school has to be careful. If you say, "Why are you worried about what other children think about you? It doesn't matter!" Children know that it does matter. Instead, an active way may be best. You could say, "I'm going to do a couple of things for you to help you feel better in school."

    If a boy is having trouble making friends, the teacher can help him. The teacher can arrange things so that he has chances to use his abilities to contribute to class projects. This is how the other children learn how to value his good qualities and to like him. A teacher can also raise a child's popularity in the group by showing that he values that child. It even helps to put him in a seat next to a very popular child, or let him be a partner with that child in activities, etc.

    There are things that parents can do at home, too. Be friendly when your child brings others home to play. Encourage him to invite friends to meals and then serve the dishes they consider "super". When you plan trips, picnics, movies, and other shows, invite another child with whom your child wants to be friends.

    What you can do is give him a chance to join a group that may be shutting him out. Then, if he has good qualities, he can start to build real friendship of his own.

    From self-driving cars to carebots (care+robots) for elderly people, rapid development in technology has long represented a possible threat to many jobs normally performed by people. But experts now believe that almost 50 per cent of occupations existing today will be completely unnecessary by 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to change businesses.

    "The next fifteen years will see a revolution in how we work, and a revolution will necessarily take place in how we plan and think about workplaces," said Peter Andrew, Director of Workplace Strategy for CBRE Asia Pacific.

    A growing number of jobs in the future will require creative intelligence, social skills and the ability to use artificial intelligence.

    The report is based on interviews with 200 experts, business leaders and young people from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. It shows that in the US technology already destroys more jobs than it creates.

    But the report states: "Losing occupations does not necessarily mean losing jobs—just changing what people do." Growth in new jobs could occur as much, according to the research.

    "The growth of 20- to 40-person companies that have the speed and technological know-how will directly challenge big companies," it states.

    A 2014 report by Pew Research Centre found 52 per cent of experts in artificial intelligence and robotics were optimistic about the future and believed there would still be enough jobs in the next few years. The optimists pictured "a future in which robots do not take the place of more jobs than they create," according to Aaron Smith, the report's co-author.

    "Technology will continue to affect jobs, but more jobs seem likely to be created. Although there have always been unemployed people, when we reached a few billion people there were billions of jobs. There is no shortage of things that need to be done and that will not change," Microsoft's Jonathan Grudin told researchers.

    There is an old Spanish saying which states, "Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week." How many times have we put off our dreams tomorrow?  We have to go for them now!

    Tomorrow is not promised.

    Nobody likes to talk about death, but everybody is going to die at one point. None of us know the day or the hour.  Don't go to your tomb (坟墓) with unrealized dreams. Make the decision to go after every dream, big or small right now.

    One of the biggest dream killers is fear. Many people could have achieved amazing things if only they weren't afraid. Just think about all the things you've wanted to do, but allowed fear to convince you that you weren't talented, or good enough. Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create.

    Take action to realize your dream.

    You can dream about writing a great play, but it's never going to happen unless you actually put pen to paper. You can dream about finding a cure for cancer, but it will never happen unless you actually become equipped with the necessary tools to find that cure.

    Possibilities are waiting on you.

    There are so many amazing opportunities and people waiting on you. How do you get to them? Simple! Follow your dream.  You'll never see those doors if you sit around waiting on a dream to happen, instead of actually working to make it happen.

A. Don't let fear win.

B. Therefore, today is all we have.

C. You'll be much happier if you go for it.

D. Our dreams should not, and cannot wait.

E. In other words, dreams don't work unless you do.

F. Doors that you couldn't imagine open up when you go after what you want.

G. You were born into the world with a unique gift, which nobody can copy.

    On Christmas Eve despite the fun and laughter from relative reunions, 13-year-old Frank Wilson did not cheer up. It was true that he had 1 all the presents he wanted. And he also 2 the big Christmas dinner with family members. 3, Frank was not happy because this was his first Christmas without his brother, Steve, who was killed in a car accident. Frank 4 his brother and the close companionship they had together.

    Frank said goodbye to his parents and relatives, saying he was leaving early to see a friend. Since it was cold outside, Frank 5 his new jacket, his favourite gift from Grandma. He placed the other 6 on his new sled (雪橇)and then headed out.

    As Frank went down the street towards home, through one front window, he saw a room with old 7 hanging over an empty fireplace. A woman was seated nearby, crying. The stockings 8 him of the way he and his brother always 9 theirs side by side. The next morning they would find presents.

    A sudden 10 struck Frank. He knocked on the door. "Yes?" the 11voice of the woman answered. "May I come in?" asked Frank. "You are very welcome," she said, seeing his 12 full of gifts and thinking he was making a  13 of gifts. "But I have no food or gifts for you. I have 14 for my own children." "That's why I am here." Frank said. "Please 15 whatever presents you would like for your children from the sled." "Why? God bless you!" the 16 woman answered. She took some candies, a toy plane and a doll. Finally, the stockings were 17. The woman thanked Frank and he left.

    Frank's 18 was full of happiness. Later he gave his jacket to a poor boy. At last, he 19 all his presents. Now Frank was wondering how he could 20 to his parents where his presents had gone.

    I was a British general for eighteen years, and I (serve) in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sierra Leone, I never really enjoyed it. I just enjoyed the respect that it gave me. The whole time I was just pretending to be a soldier.

    The problem is I was good at it, and it's (extreme) difficult to walk away from something that you're good at. I guess that was one reason I stayed for so long. And ironically (讽刺的是), (like) what you think, the military life is actually quite secure. Every one of your needs (take) care of—finances, medical, housing. I was used to the military life. Even though I always had a dream of (become) a great actor, I was (terrify) to start the life I really wanted. Anyway, I finally did it. I spent the last two years in acting school in California. And you know what? I'm doing quite well. I think I've got the talent. I'm going to be a movie star. Wish me luck, mate.

假设你是李华，请在看到这则启事后，用英文给David发一封电子邮件，主要内容包括：

你怎样得知Jack的愿望；

你愿意成为他的朋友；

你打算如何帮助他；

你盼望他的回复。

注意：1）电子邮件的格式已为你写好；

2）词数80左右。

Dear Jack,

    My name is Li Hua. I'm a Chinese high school student and I'm a boy of 17 years old.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

    I worked from the time when I was four and raised seven children, all of them college graduates. It seemed I'd done everything I'd ever wanted to do in my life, but I had one regret. I was born in 1898, the oldest of five kids. Papa couldn't spare me to go to school, so I worked in the fields with him till I was 21 years old.

    Everywhere I went, I learned some hard lessons about what happens to a man who even can't read the alphabet. People cheat you out of wages. They sell you a ticket to one city, take your money and hand you a ticket to somewhere else.

    By 1928, I'd been wandering for nine years. I met a woman named Elzenia. We fell in love, married and moved to Dallas, where I got work fixing roads for the city. When Amelia, the oldest of our seven children, first went to school, I took my wife aside. "Elzenia," I said. "I don't want the kids to know I can't read or write."

    In 1938, one day my boss called me in. "George," he said. "No one knows those machines like you do. I'd like to promote you. "But my thrill and surprise were cut short when he said," Fill out this application and we'll get you a raise. "I couldn't admit the truth. I thanked him and walked out of his office. I did stay right where I was, until I turned 65 and my boss made me retire. But I didn't stop working. For the next 25 years, I lived a happy life, but it still seemed to me like something was missing.

    A young fellow handed me a piece of paper. It's information about adult education classes. People can learn to read and write. Now I'm 98. I thought of my friends and neighbours and what they might think if they found out I couldn't read. After all these years, my secret would be out. But all my life I've wanted to read. It was high time for action.

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。

Paragraph 1:

    The young man drove me to

Paragraph 2:

    I'm still going to school.