必修3 Unit 9 Wheels课时练

必修3 Unit 9 Wheels

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Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

(2018·江西南昌模拟)

Dear readers，

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independent lifestyle and better quality of life.Over 1 in 3 people over the age of 64

will fall this year. Nearly half will not be able to get up without support.

Medical expenses can increase when a person is not given timely support.You

can prevent a medical catastrophe with our 24-hour emergency response system. Our

solution is highly recommended by doctors，healthcare professionals，and hospitals.

We are offering a FREE Medical Alert System to seniors or their loved ones

who call now.For a limited time，there will be no set-up fees and the medical

monitoring starts at less than a dollar a day. The system is top-ranked and

easy-to-use.The pendant is 100% waterproof and it can travel with you.Our new

system can detect falls automatically.

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long-term contract. Our medical alert professionals can walk you through everything

over the phone.

The first 100 callers to order will receive：

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·Free Waterproof Necklace Pendant or Wristband

·No Long-Term Contract

·Free Shipping

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Sincerely，

Jim Nelson

President

【语篇解读】本文主要是给读者推荐一种老人医疗预警系统。

1．What's the function of the Medical Alert System?

A．To detect your falls automatically.

B．To prevent all kinds of diseases.

C．To monitor medical treatments.

D．To gain peace of mind.

解析：A 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“Our new system can detect falls

automatically”可知，这个医疗预警系统的功能是可以自动检测出老人是否摔倒，故选A。 干扰项分析：B项错在可以预防所有疾病，文章并没提到；C项错在可以监控医疗治疗，文章中并没有提到；D项错在为了获得心理上的宁静，这非系统本身的功能，故排除。

2．What will the first 100 callers to order receive?

A．300 dollars.

B．Free Waterproof Wristband.

C．A long-term contract.

D．Timely medical support.

解析：B 细节理解题。根据第五段第三条“Free Waterproof Necklace

Pendant or Wristband”可知，前100名打电话预订的人可以获得免费的防水项链挂件或者腕带，故选B。

干扰项分析：A项错在给予300美元，实际是免费提供价值300美元的预警系统；C项错在可以得到长期合同，实际是不需要签订长期合同；D项错在及时医疗支持，第五段提到了一周七天，一天24小时的现场监控和支持，故排除。

3．In which column may you find this article in a magazine?

A．Economy. B．Education.

C．Psychology. D．Advertisement.

解析：D 推理判断题。根据全文的整体内容可知，本文是一篇广告，是关于一款针对老年人的医疗预警系统的推介，故选D。

B

(2018·安徽师大附中高三阶段性测试)

Whenever something looks interesting or beautiful, there is a natural desire of us

to capture (捕捉) and preserve it — which means, in this day and age, that we are

likely to reach for our phones to take a picture.

Though this would seem to be an ideal solution, there are two big problems

associated with taking pictures. Firstly, we are likely to be so busy taking pictures that

we forget to look at the world whose beauty and interest encourage us to take a

photograph in the first place. And secondly, because we feel the pictures are safely

stored on our phones, we never get around to looking at them, so sure are we that

we'll get around to them one day.

The first person to notice the problems was the English art critic (评论家), John

Ruskin. He was a keen traveler who realized that most tourists make a poor job of

noticing or remembering the beautiful things they see. He argued that humans have a

natural tendency to respond to beauty and desire to have it, but there are better and

worse expressions of this desire. At worst, we get into buying souvenirs or taking

photographs. But, in Ruskin's eyes, there's just one thing we should do — attempting

to draw the interesting things we see, regardless of whether we happen to have any

talent for doing so.

Ruskin said, “Drawing can teach us to see: to notice properly rather than gaze

absent-mindedly. In the process of recreating with our own hands what lies before our

eyes, we naturally move from a position of observing beauty in a loose way to one

where we acquire a deep understanding of its parts.”

Ruskin deplored the blindness and hurry of modern tourists, especially those who prided themselves on traveling around the whole Europe in a week by train, “No

changing of places at a hundred miles an hour will make us stronger, happier, or wiser.

There was always more in the world than men could see, if they ever walked slowly;

they will see it no better for going fast. The really precious things are thoughts and

sights, not pace.”

【语篇解读】 本文主要讨论了旅游中如何享受美景以及游客普遍存在的问题。

4．According to Paragraph 2, when taking pictures, people tend to ________.