2018-2019学年高二英语人教版必修五练习：Unit 1 课下能力提升(四) Word版含答案

2018-2019学年高二英语人教版必修五练习：Unit 1 课下能力提升（四） Word版含答案

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Unit 1 课下能力提升（四）

Ⅰ。阅读理解

With the click of a mouse consumers can purchase the goods and service they need

at online shops。 What they have to do is waiting for the goods sent to their homes.

We shall all be grateful to the pioneers of online shopping for bringing us such

convenience.

Michael Aldrich (the U．K。）

Online shopping was invented and pioneered by Michael Aldrich in the U．K。 In 1979

he connected a television via a telephone line to a real。time multi­user transaction

(交易) processing computer。 He sold mainly Business。to­Business systems。 There were

a number of significant world firsts with new applications in several business fields.

Jeff Bezos （the U．S。A。）

Jeff Bezos defined online shopping and rewrote the rules of commerce. Tim Berners。Lee invented the World Wide Web server and browser (浏览器） in 1990。 In 1994， Jeff

Bezos read an article about how the World Wide Web was growing by 2，300% a year。 He

knew he had to tap into such a great potential for commerce. On July 6, 1995， Bezos

launched ， which operated out of the garage of his two。bedroom home in

suburban Seattle， Washington. With almost no publicity， sales took off immediately。

The company has now expanded into dozens of product categories， forcing the world’s

biggest retailer （零售商) to rethink their business models， and finally changing the

way people shop。

Jack Ma （China）

As a child， Jack Ma was bad at math but fascinated by English。 He traveled to

the United States in 1995 as a translator to help a Chinese firm recover payment. The

attempt failed。 But a friend in Seattle showed Ma the Internet, and an idea began

brewing.

In 1999, Mr。 Ma gathered 17 friends and founded Alibaba in his apartment in Hangzhou。

Alibaba’s model was simple: allow small and medium。sized Chinese companies to find

global buyers they would otherwise only be able to meet at trade shows。 It works

brilliantly。 Alibaba’s sales are now more than those of eBay and Amazon combined. 2018-2019学年高二英语人教版必修五练习：Unit 1 课下能力提升（四） Word版含答案

语篇解读：本文主要介绍了对网上购物有深远影响的三位人物以及他们对电子商务的促进作用。

1．What made a success？

A．Business­to。Business systems。

B．The World Wide Web server and browser.

C．Commercial publicity.

D．Help from retailers.

解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第三段的“Tim Berners。Lee invented the World Wide Web

server and browser （浏览器) in 1990.”及“With almost no publicity， sales took off

immediately.”可知，亚马逊公司依托互联网发展迅猛。故选B项.

2．How did Jack Ma have the idea of founding Alibaba?

A．A translator helped him。

B．A Chinese firm inspired him.

C．He was introduced to the Internet.

D．He was funded by some companies。

解析:选C 细节理解题.根据第四段最后一句“But a friend in Seattle showed Ma the

Internet， and an idea began brewing.”可知,当朋友把互联网介绍给马云时，他开始有了想法。故选C项。

3．What do the pioneers have in common?

A．They have improved computers。

B．They have sold goods worldwide.

C．They have enlarged product categories.

D．They have contributed to online shopping.

解析：选D 推理判断题。根据介绍的人物可知，他们都在互联网背景下从事商业贸易活动，因此他们都对网上购物起到了推动作用。故选D项.

Ⅱ。阅读七选五

__1__ Moving from high school into college can be especially difficult because of

the freedom students experience in college along with a new set of expectations.

In high school, students usually live at home， and their parents take care of all

their physical needs such as food and housing. __2__ Parents are also there to offer

help and make sure that the students’ homework is done. During the school day, students 2018-2019学年高二英语人教版必修五练习：Unit 1 课下能力提升（四） Word版含答案

rarely have free time。 They go directly from one class to another。 Teachers are always

around to tell the students what to do。 __3__ So students can often complete their

homework and reading in a short time。

__4__ They may be responsible for shopping, paying bills, and laundry。 They also

may have to cook their own meals. Their parents are not around to help with homework

or even to check if it has been done. Contrary to students in high school， students

in college may have a lot of free time between classes， but must discipline themselves

to use this time productively for homework and other assignments. __5__

A．Students do not usually have to shop for their food, take time to pay bills,

or even do their own laundry.

B．High school students have to bury themselves in piles of papers。

C．Finally， the work itself is not so challenging。

D．By contrast， in college, students often live away from home in dorms or

apartments。

E．In college， students may apply to a bank loan and others will try to find part。time jobs。