Unit 3（B卷·能力提升）——高二英语同步单元AB卷（译林版2020选择性必修第四册）

Unit 2 Understanding each other 测试（B卷·能力提升）

（时间：90分钟    满分：120分）

第一部分  阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节 （共15小题：每小题2.5分, 满分37.5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

（2022·山东德州·高二期末）Considering the fast-changing world, it’s great to know the possible job options in the future. The occupations below are probably some of the most promising future careers.

Personal education guide

Compared with online programs today, education could better meet individual needs, even with improved convenience. Like an adviser, a personal education guide may assist people with on-demand course selection or the planning of personalized training.

Individualized body part maker

Doctors may expect individualized organs grown or 3D printed using their patients’ own cells. After all, scientists’ creation of hearts, kidneys, and livers has already had some success in the labs. Even external body parts including skin and ears have been grown.

Pharmaceutical artisan (制药师)

The increasing popularity of 3D printing may enable the quick production of the medicine based on individual needs. It’s possible that artisanal drugs would be created according to one’s unique genes, habits, and medical history.

Brain implant specialist

We are making greater progress in understanding how the complex human brain works, so it’s highly possible that we would create something amazing by combining the rapid advances in neuroscience (神经科学) with the advantages of computer technology. In the future, one can have a specialized computer chip put into his brain to treat certain health issues, such as diseases, mood disorders, and paralysis.

1. Who can help in a personalized course selection?

A．An individualized body part maker. B．A brain implant specialist.

C．A personal education guide. D．A pharmaceutical artisan.

2. What do brain implant specialists mainly do?

A．Improve human intelligence.

B．Change how the brain works.

C．Develop medicine for brain diseases.

D．Apply computer technology to brain health.

3. Which is the common feature of the four jobs?

A．Online work. B．Personalized service.

C．Artificial technology. D．Medical knowledge.

B

（2021·辽宁·建平县实验中学高二阶段练习）Joey Hudicka began his entrepreneurial (企业家的) journey by creating a strategy game called Puckz when he was just 10 years old, by combining two of his favorite interests – strategy games like checkers, and sports like ice hockey. Seeing the amazing experiences unfold for her big brother, Heidi Hudicka set out to create her own first business, a fashion clothing line for her 18 dolls.

But one day, Joey and Heidi met after school and experienced a real breakthrough. “I was telling Joey I was asking friends if they would like me to outsource（外包给）the sewing of my designs to them, since it is not really my favorite part of that business, but none of my friends understood what I meant by outsourcing,” recalls Heidi.

“When Heidi told me what happened after school that day I was like, ‘Yeah! I have the same problem.’ Most kids just don’t understand when we talk about our business, or even why it is important to understand how businesses work,” says Joey. “And that’s when we decided to do something about it, to create a fun and engaging way to teach more kids about the power of their creativity through innovation and entrepreneurship.”

Joey and Heidi, along with their parents, founded Fizzee Labs, and began creating engaging learning resources such as Outta This World, a board game that activate your imagination by applying it to invent amazing new products or experiences, in a fast-paced, competitive format.

“Outta This World is a journey through the depths of outer space. You have brought very limited supplies with you on your mission, and you must creatively repurpose these supplies, transforming them into brand-new products or experiences that can be sold to the different civilizations you will meet along your journey, raising the funds you need to reach your destination!” describes Joey.

4. What inspired Heidi to start her first business?

A．Her parents’ inspiration. B．Her passion for a fashion clothing.

C．Her brother’s game business. D．Her friends’ ignorance of business.

5. Who is Fizzee Labs intended for?

A．The students who want to play board games.

B．The kids who want to sell engaging products.

C．The children who want to invent amazing products.

D．The pupils who want to learn about the power of creativity.

6. What do we know about Outta This World?

A．Players can raise funds through the game.

B．Players can live a fast-paced way of life after the game.

C．Players can experience a journey to turn their creativity into benefits in the game.

D．Players can sell their original supplies to the different civilizations in the game.

7. Which of the following words can best describe Joey and Heidi?

A．Creative and cooperative. B．Innovative and honest .

C．Humorous and aggressive. D．Competitive and ambitious.

C

（2021·安徽淮南·一模）Half of all work tasks will be handled by machines by 2025 in a shift likely to worsen inequality, a World Economic Forum report has forecast.

The think tank said a "robot revolution" would create 97 million jobs worldwide but destroy almost as many, leaving some communities at risk. Routine or manual jobs in administration and data processing were most at threat of automation, WEF said. But it said there would be a need for new jobs in care, big data and the green economy.

The WEF surveyed 300 of the world's biggest companies, with more than 8 million employees globally. More than 50% of employers surveyed said they expected to speed up the automation of some roles in their companies, while 43% felt they were likely to cut jobs due to technology.

WEF said the pandemic （疫情） had sped up the adoption of new technologies as firms looked to cut costs and adopt new ways of working. But it warned workers now faced a double threat from "accelerating automation and the economic impact from the Covid-19".

"These things have deepened existing inequalities across labor markets and removed gains in employment made since the global financial crisis in 2007-2008," said Saadia Zahidi, managing director at WEF. "The window of opportunity for active management of this change is closing fast."

WEF said currently around a third of all work tasks were handled by machines, with humans doing the rest, but by 2025 the balance would shift. Roles that relied on human skills such as advising, decision-making, reasoning, communicating and interacting would rise in demand. There would also be a sudden large increase in demand for workers to fill green economy jobs, and new roles in areas like engineering and cloud computing.

But it said millions of routine or manual jobs would be displaced by technology, affecting the lowest paid, lowest skilled workers the most. It said millions would need to be re-skilled to cope with the change, while governments would have to provide "stronger safety nets" for displaced workers.

8. Who are included in “some communities” mentioned in Paragraph 2?

A．Unskilled workers. B．Software engineers.

C．Career consultants. D．Organic fanners.

9. What is the purpose of paragraphs 3 and 4?

A．To analyse the reliability of the figures and facts.

B．To provide supporting evidence for the main idea.

C．To introduce two events for discussion.

D．To highlight two causes of the effects.

10. What do the displaced people expect their governments to do?

A．Slow down the automation.

B．Strengthen social security.

C．Improve network safety.

D．Promote the Robot Revolution.

11. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Further inequalities from the Robot Revolution.

B．A double threat from automation and pandemic.

C．Half of all work tasks to be lost.

D．Half of all work tasks to be automated.

D

（2021·江苏·外国语学校高二期中）The Forbidden City is well known for being full of Chinese cultural and historical relics. But Masters in the Forbidden City（《我在故宫修文物》）does not just focus on the stories of the past.

Instead, the documentary movie, which came out in Chinese cinemas on Dec. 16, focuses on ordinary people-the restorers（修复者）of relics and antiquities（古董）.

The stories are told at a slow and relaxed pace, reflecting the restorers’ work. Restoration of cultural relics and antiques can be time-consuming, and sometimes boring. Yet these restorers’ patience and peace of mind are especially precious in a society where everything is changing so fast.

“If you choose this job, you have to stand hours of work sitting on a chair. You need to be quiet and get used to being quiet,” says Wang Jin, an ancient clock repair expert.

A touching part of the documentary is the spirit of craftsmanship（工艺）in the restorers. “Years of humdrum work requires not only skill, but also faith and spirit,” China Daily commented. “Looking for preciseness and perfection, devoting yourself to work, patience, endurance, loneliness…All these qualities come from the craftsman spirit. ”

But unlike the popular idea of serious experts who sit around being serious, the documentary shows off the enthusiasm of the restorers. They play their guitars and make jokes about each other after a long day of restoration work.

One scene that has been very popular with Internet users features a young female restorer riding a bicycle through the empty Forbidden City on a Monday. While she is doing this, a narrator says, “The last person to do this was Puyi, the last emperor of the Oing Dynasty.”

Masters in the Forbidden City has proved wrong many people’s ideas about antique restorers, allowing them to realize that they are not old, dull professors, but people in their 40s, 30s and even 20s who can be quite pleasing to the eye.

12. According to the text, what’s the main purpose of the documentary Masters in the Forbidden City?

A. To show people how antiques are restored

B. To display relics seldom seen by ordinary people

C. To draw attention to Chinese antique restorers’ lives

D. To praise the craftsmanship of Chinese antique restorers

13. What can we learn from what Wang Lin says in paragraph4?

A. He often gets tired with his work 

B. There is no need to do restoration work fast

C. Antique restorers need to be patient and peaceful 

D. It takes years of hard work to adapt to antique restoration

14. What does the underlined word “humdrum” in paragraph 5 mean?

A. Boring        B. Different        C. Relaxing        D. Unusual

15. What is the purpose of the bicyle-riding scene in the documentary?

A. To remind the audience of the last Qing emperor

B. To show the strange hobbies of young antique restorers

C. To encourage the young to consider a career in antique restoration in the future

D. To show that the documentary breaks from the old, dull image of antique restorers

第二节 (共5小题；每小题2. 5分, 满分12. 5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。选项中有两项为多余选项

（2021·广东珠海·2022届高三摸底测试）How to Choose the Right Career?

Choosing the right career can be difficult, and consequently you will find many of us can hardly find a suitable job in our daily life. ____16____

____17____

Assess your hobbies. It is very easy to turn your hobbies or something you love doing into a future career. Many hobbies are related to real world needs and positions. Consider what you like to do and how that might fit into a career. Remain humble as you work toward your goal.

Assessing your skills

Consider what skills you are good at. If you are particularly good at certain skills, such as fixing things or making things, this can provide you with a great future career, since skilled labor is often in demand and you will find it fairly easy to find work. ____18____ People who interact with others well can easily get careers as social workers or in marketing and similar business positions.

Considering your current state

Explore yourself. Figuring out what you should do with your life may sometimes require you to get to know yourself better. If you want a career that will really make you happy, you have to have an impressive awareness of what you want and what you enjoy. ____19____

Thinking about your future

Examine your future financial security. One of the most important things to consider is if the career path you're choosing will provide you with an acceptable level of financial security. In other words, will you be able to make enough money to support yourself and your family? Meanwhile, you are supposed to pay special attention to your future job stability, ____20____ Accordingly, you will need to consider if the career you choose is stable enough for you and your desires for the future.

Admittedly, the combination of the above four steps proved extremely effective when choosing the future career. Once you get started, you'll find it quite beneficial and even enjoyable!

A. Evaluating your interests

B. Assessing your personality

C. Therefore, having a defined career direction will help you achieve your goal.

D. Job markets changes a lot as society needs different things at different times.

E. For some people, this means taking some time off to decide what's vital to them.

F. If you have a good command of communicating with others, there are jobs for you as well.

G. However, with serious self-planning and self-reflection, you can set yourself on a path towards a fulfilling career.

第二部分  语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节  完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

（2021·全国·高二课时练习）Why do so few people find fulfillment in their work? Amy Wrzesniewski, a Yale School of Management professor who studies these issues, offered an explanation that made a lot of ___21___. Students, she said, “think their calling is under a rock, and if they ___22___ enough rocks, they will find it.”

Surveys confirm that meaning is the top thing Millennials (千禧一代) say they want from a job. And yet her research shows that less than 50% of people see their work as a calling. So, many of her students are left feeling anxious, ___23___, and completely unsatisfied by the good jobs and careers they do secure.

What they—and many of us, I think—fail to realize is that work can be ___24___ even if you don’t think of it as a calling. The four most common occupations in America are retail (零售) salesperson, cashier, food preparer/server, and office clerk—jobs that aren’t typically ___25___ “meaning.” But all have something in common with those professions that are, such as teachers and doctors: They exist to help others. And as Adam Grant, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has shown, people who see their work as a form of__26__ always rank their jobs as more meaningful.

That means you can find meaning in nearly any role in nearly any organization. ___27___, most companies create products or services to fill a need in the world, and all employees contribute in their own ways. The key is to become more conscious about the service you’re providing—___28___ and personally.

How? One strategy is to constantly remind yourself of your organization’s main ___29___. Life Is Good is a clothing company best known for colorful T-shirts with stick-figure designs, but its mission is to spread__30__ and hope throughout the world, and that’s something even storeroom employees understand. If you work for an accounting firm, you’re helping people or companies with the ___31___ task of doing their taxes. Each job serves a purpose in the world.

Even if you can’t get excited about your company’s mission or customers, you can still adopt a service attitude by thinking about how your work ___32___ those you love. Consider a study of women working in a shoe factory in Mexico. Researchers found that those who described the work as dull were generally less productive than those who said it was ___33___. But the effects went away for those in the former group who saw the work (however boring) as a way to support their families. With that attitude, they were just as productive and ___34___ as the workers who didn’t mind the task.

Not everyone finds their one true calling. But that doesn’t mean we’re fated to work meaningless jobs. If we ___35___ our tasks as opportunities to help others, any occupation can feel more significant.

21．A．progress B．trouble C．sense D．difference

22．A．carve out B．turn over C．pile up D．keep off

23．A．frustrated B．shocked C．inspired D．excited

24．A．meaningful B．demanding C．repetitive D．challenging

25．A．distinguished from B．exposed to 

C．associated with                     D．defined as

26．A．understanding B．existing C．producing D．giving

27．A．In conclusion B．After all C．By comparison D．In addition

28．A．as a whole B．in this way C．in public D．on average

29．A．advantage B．business C．objective D．construction

30．A．optimism B．information C．designs D．strategies

31．A．unpleasant B．dangerous C．productive D．urgent

32．A．gathers B．benefits C．worries D．entertains

33．A．embarrassing B．rewarding C．rough D．temporary

34．A．relaxed B．surprised C．confused D．energized

35．A．assign B．abandon C．neglect D．reframe

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

（2021·湖南·湖南师大附中高三第二次月考)Two books about the athletes have been released at the same time. In "The Barcelona Complex" Simon Kuper, a journalist at the Financial Times, analyses how the Spanish football club became a giant, with Mr Messi, its "engine and standard-bearer". "The Master" ___36___ Christopher Clarey, a journalist at the New York Times, is a more conventional biography. ___37___(base) on interviews with the tennis player and his inner circle, both books offer ___38___(value) ideas of how sporting greatness ___39___ (achieve).

Modern athletes are more disciplined than their ancestors who often lived like rock stars and expected their bodies to give out before___40___ (get) to middle age. In the early 1970s, Johan Cruyff, another Barcelona footballing  legend, ___41___(be) a chain-smoker. He was so unfit that, during his time at Ajax, Cruyff would hide in the woods ___42___ his teammates did running training, only rejoining them for the last lap. Mr Messi, by contrast, credits a mostly vegetarian diet with prolonging his career and has benefited from his club's focus on ___43___ science of nutrition, sleep and psychology.

By far ___44___ (long) serving member of Mr Federer's team is Pierre Paganini, a former decathlete (十项全能选手) who has been his fitness coach since 2000. "A big part of the reason that I'm here ____45____ I am today is definitely because of Pierre," Mr Federer has said.

第三部分  写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 （满分15分）

（2021·宁夏·青铜峡市高级中学高二开学考试）假如你是李华，你的网友Peter来信，他想做北京2022年冬奥会和冬残奥会赛会志愿者，但他不知道做志愿者有哪些要求。请你根据以下要点，给他回信，欢迎他到北京做志愿者。

内容包括：

1. 遵守中国法律法规；

2. 截至2022年1月，年满18周岁，身体健康；

3. 能用汉语或英语进行交流；

4. 具备志愿服务岗位所需要的基础知识和基本技能等。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

参考词汇：

Beijing2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games北京2022年冬奥会和冬残奥会；

recruit 招募

Dear Peter,

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Sincerely,

Li Hua

第二节（满分25分）

阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。

93．（2021·湖南·湘潭一中高二期中）阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 续写的词数应为150左右。

In 1989, fresh out of high school, I had the difficult task of choosing a career path before college started in three months. In those days in Pakistan, there were limited options: becoming a doctor or an engineer, or entering the financial world after getting a business degree. I wasn't interested In engineering, so that I was left with medicine or business. I couldn't decide.

My uncle, an influential person in the family, suggested that I do a work placement to experience it for a month in an international company followed by a month in a hospital. After that, I could make a decision. It seemed like a brilliant idea.

I was accepted for a month's placement at a foreign bank in Karachi. I got a feel for how the world of finance functioned, made new friends, and generally enjoyed the mostly easy-going work surroundings.

The month passed rapidly, and soon I began working at a leading hospital in Karachi. The experience couldn't have been more different. The hospital had an intense environment. The days started early( at 7 am, compared to 9 am at the bank), and were filled with endless duties. And the night calls! This was crazy, working all day, through the night, and again the next day.

I began thinking about my two experiences. The bank had offered a more relaxing atmosphere, better working hours and less stress. The hospital was full of excitement and unpredictability, but the studying and training was difficult. It seemed that the business option was going to win out.

Near the end of my month at the hospital, I was driving home after an especially busy night call. In front of me was a public bus, with college students sitting on the top. As the driver weaved through (穿梭) traffic, I could see the boys shaking from side to side.

Paragraph 1:

Suddenly, a boy fell off the back of the bus.

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Paragraph 2:

The next day, when I went to hospital to see the boy, all his family got up, with grateful smiles on their faces.

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