单元质量检测(三)
(时间：100分钟 满分：120分)
Ⅰ.阅读理解(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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
He went to church, watched the people, gave children money for sweets, and discovered that he had never been so happy in his life. In the afternoon he went to his nephew's house. He passed the door several times before he was brave enough to knock. But at last he did it, and was taken into the sitting room, where Fred and his pretty wife were waiting for their friends to arrive for dinner.
“Fred！” said Scrooge.“It's your uncle Scrooge. I've come to dinner. Will you let me stay, Fred？”
Fred almost shook his uncle's arm off. Scrooge felt at home in five minutes. Nothing could be merrier. And what a wonderful dinner they had!
But he was early at the office next morning. Oh, he was there early. He wanted to catch Bob Cratchit arriving late. And he did! He was eighteen and a half minutes late when he finally hurried in. Scrooge was sitting with his office door open.
“Hello！” said Scrooge in his old and hard voice. “What do you mean by coming here so late？”
“I'm very sorry, sir，” said Bob.“I am late. It's only once a year. We were rather merry yesterday, sir.”
“Now I'll tell you that, my friend，” said Scrooge, “I'm not going to have this any longer. And so，” he continued, jumping off his chair and shaking Bob's hand，“I'm going to pay you twice as much！”
Bob's face went white. For a second or two he thought that Scrooge had gone crazy. “Merry Christmas, Bob！” said Scrooge, and it was clear that he meant it.
Scrooge did everything that he had promised. Some people laughed to see the change in him, but he did not care. His own heart laughed inside him, and that was good enough for him.
语篇解读：本文摘自查尔斯·狄更斯的《圣诞颂歌》。Scrooge在圣诞前夜经历一些离奇的事之后，终于发生了很大的改变。
1．How did Fred react when his uncle came for dinner? A．He became very happy. B．He became disappointed. C．He was concerned about it. D．He was completely confused.
解析：选A 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Fred almost shook his uncle's arm off. Scrooge felt at home in five minutes. Nothing could be merrier.”可推断，Fred很高兴。
2．Scrooge came to the office early the next morning because he wanted to ________. A．punish Bob Cratchit B．give someone a surprise C．spend more time on his work D．catch someone getting late
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第四段的“He wanted to catch Bob Cratchit arriving late.”可知，答案应选D项。
3．Hearing Scrooge's words about the pay raise, Bob Cratchit was ________. A．surprised C．relaxed
B．interested D．moved
解析：选A 推理判断题。根据倒数第三段中的“Bob's face went white. For a second or two he thought that Scrooge had gone crazy.”可推断，Bob很惊讶。
4．Before he changed, Scrooge was most probably very ________. A．funny C．mean
B．kind D．shy
解析：选C 推理判断题。根据第五段的“said Scrooge in his old and hard voice”以及末段内容可推断，Scrooge以前是一个很小气并尖酸刻薄的人。
B
GreatCall, a leader in wireless products and services for aging consumers, announced that their new products called Jitterbug Touch 2 came onto the market. It is the latest version of GreatCall's original simplified smartphone. With the intuitive interface (直观界面) and advanced Android TM operating system, the Jitterbug Touch 2 is an ideal entry-level smartphone for people looking to the changes from a basic feature phone.
GreatCall has done a lot of work to understand what aging consumers wanted and needed in order to make the changes from a basic phone to a smartphone. According to AARP Media Sales and GreatCall study, more than 40 percent of old people surveyed said that smartphones are too complex to use. The Jitterbug Touch 2 will help bridge this gap in the market by offering the features of a modern smartphone in a simplified version.
Jitterbug Touch 2 offers a customized, easy-to-use user interface, featuring the phone's main functions organized in a single list version with large letters. The home screen allows customers to access their favorite apps promptly,_without wandering through many screens and small icons (图
标). Yet the phone's open environment provides full functionality and the ability to rapidly connect to apps, websites and more.
GreatCall determined that users want to approach all the technological advancements that a mainstream (主流) smartphone offers but they need a version that is easy to operate and simple to set up. For example, users thought traditional words and pictures are confusing because they lacked experience with smartphones. For this reason, GreatCall made intuitive changes specifically highlighted by their customers such as renaming confusing terms and signs like changing the name of the “Browser” to “Internet”. Additionally, the voicemail icon was not recognizable to the audience, so it was changed to the word “voicemail”. By listening to its customers. GreatCall was able to make the smartphone experience more intuitive with the Jitterbug Touch 2 for the audience of aging Americans.
语篇解读：本文主要介绍了GreatCall开发的一款供老年人使用的智能手机，其操作简单、功能齐全。
5．Compared with modern smartphones, Jitterbug Touch 2 is ________. A．easier to be used by people B．more likely to be accepted by people C．a good-looking mobile phone D．an outdated mobile phone
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句和第二段的最后一句可知，与现代普通的智能手机相比，Jitterbug Touch 2是一款简化了的手机，它使用起来更便捷。
6．What's the meaning of the underlined word “promptly” in Paragraph 3? A．Luckily. C．Normally.
B．Quickly. D．Certainly.
解析：选B 词义猜测题。根据画线词下文的“without wandering through many screens and small icons (图标)”可知，这款手机可以帮助用户很快地进入他们需要的程序，而不用浏览很多的页面和图标。
7．What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．Jitterbug Touch 2 isn't available for some special users. B．The mainstream smartphone is easier to operate and set up. C．Users of Jitterbug Touch 2 can't experience advanced technology. D．GreatCall attaches great importance to the demands of its customers.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据最后一段的内容可知，GreatCall公司会尽力满足用户
的需求。
8．The purpose of the passage is to ________. A．show the popularity of smartphones B．explain why people need smartphones
C．introduce a new type of smartphone and its features D．tell us why Jitterbug Touch 2 is perfect for everyone
解析：选C 写作意图题。通读全文可知，文章主要介绍了一款供老年人使用的智能手机，并介绍了其功能与优势。
C
Four new books celebrate the unlimited possibilities of books. These books could inspire you to write down your own ideas and stories.
Books! Books! Books!
By Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom
This book mainly describes what the British Library holds, including the library's oldest book, its biggest, as well as the authors' original manuscripts (手稿) of such famous books as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
By Carole Boston Weatherford. Illustrated (作插图) by Eric Velasquez.
Arturo Schomburg (1874－1938) was a treasure hunter who was interested in historical knowledge rather than money and jewels. He searched for the important but little-known contributions that people of African heritage had made to the world. Carole Boston Weatherford's descriptions and Eric Velasquez's illustrations make clear how tirelessly Schomburg searched for books and art that could “tell our stories”. His library in New York City is a national historic landmark.
Our Story Begins
Edited by Elissa Brent Weissman
This fun book goes back to where all of these children's book legends started — a time when they were kids trying to get their ideas onto paper. The 26 entries, each of which features a childhood photograph, include the pages of a chapter book Marla Frazee wrote and illustrated when she was in third grade, and a book created by Grace Lin when she was in middle school.
Writing Radar By Jack Gantos
With humorous pacing, the author shares all of his writing secrets about making stories out of everyday life. The key, he says, is writing ideas down as you have them and then giving them structure and emotion. He shares his early stories and explains how he developed into the observant author he has become. It will probably make you want to read Gantos' stories as well as
