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1、单元训练金卷高三英语卷（A）英语8 Units 3-5注意事项：1答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）略第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个
2、选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AInspired by a 9-year-old cyclist who uses only part of one hand, a group of University of Guelph students has won an international award for their inventiona bike brake lever(刹车手柄). It pulls both the front brake and the back brake at the same time.Lauren Turner was ab
3、le to ride her bike, but not as confidently and quickly as her friends.“She couldnt use the front brake. She was only using the back brake, but the front brake makes you stop twice as fast,” says Micha Wallace, who with Katie Bell, Anina Sakaguchi and Andrew Morris won second prize in the James Dyso
4、n Awards for their single-handed bike braking lever.“She used it all last summer and she had no problems. She said it helped her go faster because she felt more confident in her braking abilities. She felt safer.” says Wallace.The invention was the fourth-year design project for the four students. T
5、hey designed, tested and created a prototype(模型) within a four-month period.When Wallace heard about the James Dyson Awards on the news, she and her co-inventors entered their project in the UK-based contest. The contest mainly rewards student designers who create products that improve the way we li
6、ve. The Guelph students collected the second prize2,000 for them, plus 500 for their school.As well, they had a chance to meet James Dyson, a UK inventor. While praising the students for their creativity, Dyson said the single-handed lever could improve safety for all cyclists. “By using both brakes
7、 at once,” he explains, “you could prevent the possibility of flying over the handlebars and ending up with an injury.”The students are hoping to sell the patent to a major company. It may be used in other devices that require two hands for operation.21. The bike brake lever was designed for the pur
8、pose of .A. winning James Dyson AwardsB. helping people become confidentC. applying for a patent for the inventionD. helping the disabled ride their bike safely22. What can we know about the inventors of the brake lever?A. They created the invention in four years.B. They won their school 500 for the
9、ir invention.C. They won the James Dyson Awards for four times.D. They sold their patent to a major company.23. From the passage, we could infer that the brake lever .A. has already been widely usedB. also improves the bikes speedC. is only useful for disabled cyclistsD. will have a wide market in t
10、he future【答案】21-23 DBD【解析】本文介绍了一个新发明：刹车手柄，专门服务于只有一只手的残疾人，为其骑车时提供安全保障。21.细节理解题。根据文中第一段开头句Inspired by a 9-year-old cyclist who uses only part of one hand可知，这项发明是受一个9岁的只有一只手的赛车手的启发，目的是让残疾人能安全地骑车。22.细节理解题。根据第六段最后一句plus 500 for their school可知，他们为学校赢得500英镑的奖金。23.推理判断题。根据文章最后一段可知，这种发明也可以双手使用，市场应用前景非常广阔。BPy
11、gmalion is a drama in which Shaw has made sentiments one of the principal themes of discussion. The Greek sculptor Pygmalion carved a statue and fell in love with it. Aphrodite(the goddess of love) turned the statue into a living woman named Galatea, who then became Pygmalions wife.The Shavian Pygma
12、lion is Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, who picks up a flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, teaches her to speak as educated people do, and then successfully passes her off as a duchess. But she is a human being and cannot be treated as a machine. In the course of all his experiments and exhibitio
13、ns, the professor only thinks of the success and failure of his own skills, but never stops to consider how the girl feels. When the experiment is over, he has a profound sense of relief that he has achieved triumph and has won his bet. Even now, the sentiment of the girl is of no account. The girl
14、naturally protests against this dehumanized relationship between her and her teacher. She hurls the professors slippers at him when he wants them and then leaves his place. But evidently, she has begun to feel for the professor and wants also to be felt for.Now the question is what is the nature of
15、Elizas feelings for the professor with whom she has lived in close association for so long? In the last act, the girl says she would not marry him even if he had proposed(求婚) to her. The professor, curiously ineffectual(无能的) to sexual emotions, does not love any girl because he finds her to be the r
16、ival(对手) to his mother. He wonders, if Eliza does not want to marry him, then what does she want from him? Old Mrs. Higgins, who knows much about a woman says that it would have been better if he had thanked her and petted her and told her how wonderful she had been. Then perhaps she would not have fought with him. Every girl loves to be loved. Eliza herself says that she loves
