人教版新课标高中英语 2019-2020年 必修五 Unit 2 The United Kingd

人教版新课标高中英语 2019-2020年 必修五 Unit 2 The United Kingdom Reading 配套练习 含答案详解

A.Old employees are well attended in the UK. B.Aging workforce should be well supported in the UK.

C.Employers show responsibilities for supporting their employees. D.UK employers are facing challenges in supporting aging workforce.

C

In every British town, large and small, you will find shops that sell second-hand goods. Sometimes such shops deal mostly in furniture, sometimes in books, sometimes in ornaments(装饰品) and household goods, sometimes even in clothes.

The furniture may often be “antique”, and it may well have changed hands many times. It may also be very valuable, although the most valuable piece will usually go to the London salerooms, where one piece might well be sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds. As you look around these shops and see the polished wood of chests and tables, you cannot help thinking of those long-dead hands which polished that wood, of those now-closed eyes which once looked at these pieces with love.

The books, too, may be antique and very precious; some may be rare first printings. Often when someone dies or has to move house, his books may all be sold, so that sometimes you may find whole libraries in one shop. On the border between England and Wales, there is a town which has become a huge bookshop as well. Even the cinema and castle have been taken over, and now books have replaced sheep as the town’s main trade.

There are also much more humble shops, sometimes simply called “junk shops”, where you can buy small household pieces very cheaply. Sometimes the profits(利润)from these shops go to charity. Even these pieces, though, can make you feel sad; you think of those people who once treasured them, but who have moved on to another country or to death.

Although the British do not worship(崇拜)their ancestors, they do treasure the past and the things of the past. This is true of houses as well. These days no one knocks them down; they are rebuilt until they are often better than new. In Britain, people do not buy something just because it is new. Old things are treasured for their proven worth; new things have to prove themselves before they are accepted.

7.Books found in second-hand bookshops may . A.be copies of the earliest printings B.be on sale for the first time C.never be worth very much D.never be rare

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人教版新课标高中英语 2019-2020年 必修五 Unit 2 The United Kingdom Reading 配套练习 含答案详解

8.What was the small town on the border between England and Wales famous for? A.Its sheep. B.Its bookshops. C.Its cinema. 9.The British people . A.do not respect old things because they are not fashionable B.like to build new houses simply because it is fashionable to do so C.like to buy new things because they are fashionable D.do not like to buy things simply because they are fashionable 10.What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 4 refer to? A.Junk shops. B.Profits from shops. C.Old things. D.Old houses. Ⅶ语法填空

In 2015, Adele Adkins(阿黛尔·阿德金斯) said “hello” to her greatest achievement yet. Despite giving every other musician an 11-month head start, she had no trouble 1. (beat) the

competition, 2. (become) not only the year’s most talked-about artist, but also its 3. successful one. Her third album, 25, 4. (release) on Nov. 20, not only broke a record for one-week album sales in just over three days, but also sold more than the US singer Taylor Swift’s 1989 to become 5. best-selling album of 2015. 6. wonder USA Today named Adele “Musician of the Year” on Dec. 28.

So what is behind the album’s 7. (popular)? First and foremost, the 27-year-old British singer has “an awe-inspiring voice that shows her genuine talent”, wrote The Christian Science Monitor. But her directness is also a huge part of her appeal(魅力). As the Chicago Tribute(芝加哥论坛报) commented, “Adele sings about her personal struggles with emotional lyrics (歌词) that invite everyone into her world.”

Take the album’s hit single Hello 8. an example. Adele has connected with people this tear-stained(泪痕斑斑的)song because, as the Chicago Tribute put it, “Who doesn’t need a good cry once in a while?” Music, after all, is 9. Chris Ferguson, an associate professor of psychology at Stetson University in Florida called “a social event”. The pain in her songs satisfies everyone’s need for love. “It is this sense of ‘we’ve been here before’ 10. makes Adele,” said the Chicago Tribute.

参考答案answer

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1. attracted 2. convenience 3. unwilling 4. accomplish 5. description 6. folded 7. arrange 8. quarrelling 9. possibility 10. clarified

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D.Its castle.

人教版新课标高中英语 2019-2020年 必修五 Unit 2 The United Kingdom Reading 配套练习 含答案详解

Ⅱ.短语填空

1. consists of 2. To his credit 3. were divided into 4. leave out 5. take the place of 6. break away from 7. broke down 8. refer to Ⅲ.句型训练

1.made his children proud of him 2.found my wallet stolen 3.she did see 4.built by the Romans 5.It is a pity that Ⅳ.单句填空

1. convenient 2. of 3.possibility 4.description 5. enjoyable 6. roughly 7.consists 8. by 9.that 10. to 11. out 12. arrangements 13. without 14. collections 15. included Ⅴ.课文缩写

1. of 2.was linked 3.in 4.connected 5. so 6. convenience 7. roughly 8.while 9.historical 10. built Ⅵ.阅读理解

A

【文章大意】 本文主要介绍了北欧的斯堪的纳维亚半岛以及那里的居民热爱社交的特性。 1.C 推理判断题。根据第一段的第三句“We might think of the breathtaking natural beauty of Norway’s fjords (峡湾).”和最后一句“…and its statue of Andersen’s The Little Mermaid(《小美人鱼》).”以及第二段的第一句“Perhaps we shiver at the thought of Scandinavia, as the countries there can be very cold.”可知当我们谈及Scandinavia时,我们想到的是A、B、D三项,故选C。 2.B 细节理解题。根据第五段的二、三句“The city’s authorities have preserved Gothenburg’s attractive wooden houses from the 19th century. Many of these have been made over into restaurants and coffee bars.”可知古建筑都被政府保护得很好,故选B。

3.A 主旨大意题。根据文章大意,本文讲述的是斯堪的纳维亚半岛以及其居民喜欢参加社交活

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人教版新课标高中英语 2019-2020年 必修五 Unit 2 The United Kingdom Reading 配套练习 含答案详解

动享受生活的特性。故选A。

B

【文章大意】 本文讲述了英国面临的劳动力老龄化现象以及公司雇主是否采取相应态度支持和关怀老龄员工的话题。

4.C 推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句“Those in the lowest-paid jobs, including cleaners, leisure industry workers and people doing heavy labouring jobs, were twice as likely to stop working before retirement age, because of sickness and disability than managers or professionals.”体力劳动者或者低收入人群更有可能在退休年龄之前离职。C项Henry是一位建筑工人,故选C项。

5.B 推理判断题。根据第五段的最后两句“Yet, 36% reported being unaware of anything their organization did to attract, keep and engage older staff. Fewer than a quarter (23%) of employees said they felt supported by their employer with their responsibilities for caring for a loved one.”可知多数雇员们并未感受到公司或者雇主对于老龄雇员的支持和关爱,所以雇主的支持现状是不令人满意的,故选B项。

6.D 主旨大意题。根据文章大意可知A、C项是和文章内容相矛盾的;B项只是作者的一种观点,但不是全文的中心思想;根据第一段以及全文大意可知D项正确,故选D项。

C

章大意】 这是一篇说明文。文章通过介绍英国的各种各样的“二手物品”市场,指出了英国人的消费观。

7.A 细节理解题。答案定位在第三段“The books, too, may be antique and very precious; some may be rare first printings.”可知在二手书书店发现的书可能是最早印刷的副本,故选A。 8.A 推理判断题。答案定位在倒数第三段“…now books have replaced sheep as the town’s main trade.(现在,作为这座城镇的主要贸易,书已经代替了羊)”,由此推断出英格兰和威尔士边境的这座小城曾以绵羊出名,故选A。

9.D 细节理解题。答案定位在最后一段“In Britain, people do not buy something just because it is new.”可知,英国人并不喜欢仅仅是因为这个东西很流行而去购买,故选D。

10.C 推理判断题。上文“Even these pieces, though, can make you feel sad…”说即使是这些东西,也会让你感觉难过,由此可知“…you think of those people who once treasured them, but who have moved on to another country or to death.”的意思是你会想到曾经很珍爱它们的那些人,但是他们已经搬走了或是死亡了。由此推断出“them”指的是旧事物,故选C。 Ⅶ.语法填空

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