Unit 2 单元测试题 2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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
AThe idea behind Facebook is to make us feel connected all the time. But in my research, I’ve found that the truth is quite different.Technology, it turns out, has made being alone seem like a problem that needs solving. When young people are alone, even for a minute or two, they feel the need to connect, to get on Facebook or some other social networks and chat. But in connecting, they often end up feeling more isolated. Why? Because by being in constant (不断的) connection, they lose the ability to feel satisfied with their own company (独处).Facebook can help us keep in touch with our friends, but we too often use it instead of spending face-to-face time with them. And since we feel the need to keep up with them online, we don’t have moments of loneliness where we can collect our thoughts and learn how to be comfortable being alone.— Sherry Turkle, Professor Facebook connects more of us to more of our friends and family in more places than we have ever been connected before. Yes, Facebook is a huge time sink — maybe the biggest ever. Many people post useless stuff. Andseeing too much of your friends’lives can make you jealous (嫉妒的), but it won’t make you lonely.Jane, a former student of mine, who is back in New York after living abroad for ten years, told me that Facebook helps her a lot. The first time she moved back to New York from abroad, she felt disconnected from her family and friends. Now, because of lots of photos and information updates (更新), she knows what is happening with her friends all the time.In fact, if you are lonely in real life, you will be lonely online as well.— Sree Sreenivasan, Chief Digital Officer21. The underlined word “isolated” in Paragraph 2 means _____.A. freeB. selfishC. carelessD. lonely22. According to Sherry Turkle, we should _____.A. feel satisfied with our lifeB. avoid using social networksC. keep in touch with our friendsD. enjoy moments of loneliness23. What’s Jane’s attitude towards Facebook?A. Hopeful.B. Doubtful.C. Thankful.D. Regretful.BDear friends,How exciting it is to host this year’s Ontario Special Olympics in York Region from July 11 to 14. With events taking place across York Region, including track and field events in the city of Markham, I encourage everyone in our city to come out to cheer on the athletes.My special thanks go to the athletes, and their coaches and families, for all their hard work preparing for the Games. And they go to the manypeople who’ve organized and supported the Special Olympics. The warm-up events in support of the Games have been highly successful.Our city is welcoming over 900 athletes, coaches and family members to York Region for the Games, which are part of many Special Olympics events, in which 35,000 people across Canada are competing.I’ll be there, and I invite you to join in as well.Mayor (市长) Frank ScarpittiCity of Markham***Dear Ontario Special Olympics,Dylan Eisner is a special needs student at North Lambton Secondary School in Forest, Ontario. He couldn’t climb the stairs at North Lambton before he began training with the cross-country team. He is working very hard on his running. He took part in the 2013 season and completed the races in SWOSSA and OFSAA. His family, friends, running mates, coaches and all the staff felt proud of what he had achieved. One of Dylan’s goals is to someday be a player at the Special Olympics, which is especially held for people with intellectual (智力的) disabilities.Dylan was a special guest at the Lake Smith Conservationists Yearly Dinner this year. The Lake Smith Conservationists, a local environmental organization, decided to give a donation of $1,000 to the Special Olympics in honor of the young runner’s achievements. They hope that the money will be used to help players like Dylan achieve their dreams.Yours truly,Lake Smith ConservationistsMember Dianne Russell24. What kind of feeling is expressed in Paragraph 2 of Scarpitti’s letter?A. Worry.B. Praise.C. Doubt.D. Anger.25. How do people around Dylan probably look at him?A. He is a bit proud.B. He used to be a lazy boy.C. He has very poor social skills.D. He is a person with a strong will.26. The Lake Smith Conservationists _____.A. strongly supported Dylan in achieving his goalB. helped organize the Ontario Special OlympicsC. are made up of players with special needsD. received a thousand dollars from DylanC“Sam’s Journey” is the main attraction of an exhibition to be staged at Bugis+ shopping mall. The show, organized by five Singaporean college students, will start the yearly Anti-Drug Abuse Campaign (反毒品滥用运动) of this year. Besides the main attraction, there are many kinds of anti-drug games for people to play.“Sam’s Journey” takes visitors through a maze (迷宫) of activities and information that lets them experience how “Sam’s” life was destroyed by drug abuse.The maze starts with how “Sam” first started using drugs and became heavily dependent on them. In the middle of the maze, visitors get to wear a specially-designed pair of glasses trying to copy what it is like to be under the influence of drugs. Then visitors go through a dark room withlights flashing (闪烁) that give them an experience similar to the side effects of using drugs.“Sam’s” life goes further downhill once police officers catch him. Visitors get to experience what it is like in prison as one of the maze checkpoints is a prison cell (a small room built for prisoners).“We did not want to feed information through experts. We wanted people to walk through this maze to learn about drug abuse and its bad influences,” said Mr Jenson Seah, one of the five Singaporean students.As the student organizers hope visitors will learn valuable lessons from the show, they too realize that putting the event together was an enriching experience.“By working with officers from the National Council Against Drug Abuse, I learned a lot about drug abuse and it stretched (延伸) beyond my degree course learning experience,” said Mr Seah.The show, which will be given from June 21-22, is just the first of a series of events for the yearly Anti-Drug Abuse Campaign. Thetwo-month-long campaign will include an online photography competition and an Anti-Drug School Corner Competition.27. The students organized the show to _____.A. help a person called SamB. win an important competitionC. help people stay away from drugsD. show the harmful effects of using medicines wrongly28. What can we learn about the show?A. It will last two days.B. It is to be held in a college.C. It receives no official support.D. It includes a series of events.29. Jenson Seah believed that _____.A. it was better to let experts explain the harmful effects of drugsB. organizing the show let him know more about drugsC. the students’ teamwork was the key to the show’s successD. the courses offered at the show would help visitors a lot30. The author writes this text mainly to _____.A. introduce the yearly Anti-Drug Abuse CampaignB. describe five amazing college studentsC. provide some tourist informationD. report a special anti-drug abuse eventDIt started as a special day for Wesley Autrey, a 50-year-old construction worker in New York City. It was about 12:45 P.M., and he was waiting on a subway platform (月台) to take his daughters home before he went to work. He suddenly noticed a man nearby have convulsions (抽搐) and fall down suddenly. Mr. Autrey and two women went to help the stranger. The man, Cameron Hollopeter, managed to get to his feet, but then stumbled (绊倒) at the edge of the platform and fell onto the subway tracks. Mr. Autrey looked up and saw the lights of the subway train coming near through the tunnel.Mr. Autrey jumped onto the track immediately. He realized that he didn’t have time to get Mr. Hollopeter and himself back up on the platform before the train arrived, so he lay on top of the man and pressed down as hard as he could. Although the driver tried to stop the train before it reached them, he couldn’t. Five cars passed over them before the train finally stopped. The cars had passed only inches from his head.New York loves a hero. Mr. Autrey became an overnight hero and was named the “Subway Superman”. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave him the Bronze Medallion, the city’s highest honor. He was asked to appear on several TV talk shows. He was also rewarded with money and gifts, such as $10,000 from Donald Trump, a $5,000 gift card from the Gap clothing store, a new Jeep, and Beyonce concert tickets.How did Autrey react (反应) to all this? He said, “I don’t feel like I did anything great; I just saw someone who needed help. I did what I felt was right”.31. When Mr. Autrey saw Cameron Hollopeter, he _____.A. was leaving for workB. was talking with two womenC. was waiting for the train homeD. was getting ready to pick up his daughters32. Which of the following can best describe Mr. Autrey?A. Smart.B. Shy.C. Strong.D. Brave.33. Facing the praise and rewards, Mr. Autrey was _____.A. quite calmB. very proudC. rather satisfiedD. really surprised34. What would be the best title for the text?A. A good fatherB. A subway supermanC. A Beyonce super fanD. A construction worker35. How does the author develop this text?A. By following the order of time.B. By following the order of importance.C. By expressing different opinions.D. By interviewing different people.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
