Unit 3（A卷·夯实基础）——高二英语同步单元AB卷（译林版2020选择性必修第四册）

Unit 3 Careers and skills

A卷·夯实基础

（时间：90分钟    满分：100分）

第一部分  阅读（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

（2021·重庆·高二开学考试）Finding a winter job is often a proof (证明) that you’re growing up, and it’s also a way to make money to pay for what you dream of. It’s never too early to start considering the future. Now, here are some good choices for you!

Retail (零售) Sales

Retail offers plenty of opportunity for teens who are looking for a job. This type of work can pay from$ 10 to $15 an hour depending upon the duty you are taking on. It can also be great for teens who are friendly and enjoy talking to other people. For more information, call us at 4005075.

Food Service

A job in the food service industry is a natural fit for teens who enjoy communicating with the public. It allows employees to work as part of a team while learning about following instructions. It also comes with the chance to earn between $8 and $10 per hour. Just call 4005077 for more information.

Babysitter (临时保姆)

This job requires someone who is highly responsible. Though it pays generally between $6 and $8 hourly, it also requires a lot of patience. This is a great choice for teens who wish to make a career in teaching, child care，social work or any other field that makes use of social skills or requires interaction (互动) with kids. Got a question? Just call 4005076.

Housekeeping

This type of work can bring in about $ 5 an hour and it will allow teens to learn about the tourism industry (旅游业), so hotels are often looking for more housekeeping staff，and parks often need more people to assist with keeping public areas clean and organized as well. Telephone: 4005079

1. Which of the following jobs may offer teens the most money in one hour?

A．Retail Sales B．Babysitter

C．Food Service D．Housekeeping

2. Which number would you call if you intend to teach in the future?

A．4005075. B．4005079.

C．4005076. D．4005077.

3. Who is the text mainly written for?

A．Teens faced with communication problems.

B．College graduates looking for a job.

C．Teens wishing to start their own business.

D．Teens expecting a part-time job in the winter.

B

（2021·浙江·余姚中学高三阶段练习）Fashion designers produce all types of clothes from casual to formal, and they are sometimes involved in creating wearable products like smartwatches or accessories like hats, handbags and shoes. They also sometimes make costumes for plays and movies and can help create patterns for high-tech uniforms such as those worn by firefighters.

The greatest thrill of being a fashion designer, many of them say, has nothing to do with dressing up supermodels for grand events and watching them walk down runways wearing the clothing you designed--though that is a plus and a sign of success. What makes the job truly exciting, several designers say, is watching an everyday person smile when they put on an outfit you created that makes them feel confident.

“You can see when somebody tries something on and they fed good, it’s almost like they’re empowered,” a fashion brand founder Franne Golde says. “You know, they look in the mirror, and they love what they see.”

But what is vital for being a fashion designer? “Design is all about getting to know who you are, because you have to express who you are, and you have to be able to convey that to your ultimate customer and client,” says Bern Conrad, an alumnus (校友）of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, a prestigious school that has educated world-famous fashion designers such as Calvin Klein.

The fashion designer, who has produced a significant amount of silk apparel, sportswear and knitwear over the course of his career and plans to launch a modem casual fashion line under his own name this fall, also notes that a unique perspective and a distinctive identity are essential for being a fashion designer.

Other fashion designers emphasize that an appreciation for beauty and strong visual observation abilities are a must for future fashion designers, but they note that having a good eye is inadequate, since what counts most is the ability to manufacture clothing items that are somehow better than what is already out there.

4. What really makes being a fashion designer exciting?

A．Attending grand events,

B．Appreciating the joy of success.

C．Seeing the outfits accepted by ordinary people.

D．Watching supermodels display the well-designed clothing.

5. According to the passage, a fashion designer should be ________.

A．artistic and cooperative               B．creative and expressive

C．educated and productive               D．observant and experienced

6. In which section of a newspaper can you find the article?

A．Career.        B．Society.         C．Entertainment.      D．Advertisement.

C

（2022·浙江柯桥·高二期末）Americans are walking away from their jobs in record numbers as remote work has uncoupled jobs from geography, and droves of employees are re-evaluating the relationships they have with their employers.

To keep workers happy and on the job, more companies are turning to “stay interviews,” one-on-one meetings with top performers to give those key people the chance to talk about their current jobs.

“This has become an extremely popular topic to try and help retain employees as much as possible,” said Robyn Hopper, a human resources knowledge adviser for the Society for Human Resource Management. Managers who conduct stay interviews are coached to ask workers open-ended questions about what they like most about their jobs, what they dislike and under what events or circumstances they might leave.

Scott Bonneau, the vice president of global talent attraction at Indeed. com, said: “Employers, particularly in certain sectors, are seeing people leave at a faster rate. I think stay interviews can be quite effective. …It promotes and fosters trust and open communication.”　

Sometimes workers switch jobs in pursuit of higher salaries. Other departures are spurred by chances to have more flexible hours, remote work or professional development opportunities. While experts say stay interviews can be a valuable tool to retain top employees, there is one big caveat: Bosses have to actually follow through on the feedback from workers.

“At the end of the day, you can promise the best things in the world, but if you can't execute and deliver, people will tend to look elsewhere,” said Thomas Wu, who recently took a job as the director of finance at an NFT startup.

Carvajal said small businesses, which struggle to compete with huge companies in salaries and benefits, have more at stake and tend to use processes like stay interviews more frequently. Bonneau added, however, that workers who want to stay with their current employers should be honest about their perspectives if they are asked to participate in stay interviews.

7. Why does “stay interview” gain popularity?

A．Remote work promotes geographical freedom.

B．Relationships between employers and employees are reevaluated.

C．Open communication helps keep the outstanding workers on the job.

D．Employers owns an opportunity to promise the best thing.

8. Which of the following may not be a factor that the employees value?

A．higher pay B．work flexibility C．career prospect D．fierce competition

9. What does the underlined word “caveat” in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．advantage B．warning C．criticism D．value

10. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Employers carry out “stay interview” as record number of Americans walk off jobs.

B．A large number of workers in America quit office to pursue remote work.

C．Small businesses favor “stay interview” to enhance competitiveness.

D．”Stay interview” has become a global trend in the job market.

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。选项中有两项为多余选项。

（2021·江苏武进·高二期中）Getting a Job in the Video Game Industry

When the video game industry started, the majority of the developers were programmers because they knew how to work in the language of the machines at the time. ____11____ Thus, game developers were no longer limited to excellent programmers.

You can start climbing the ladder as a tester. ___12____ For a while, this path worked for quite some time, although many quickly realized that it wasn’t the job they imagined it would be. It is almost impossible to progress from tech support into the development without higher level education and training in big development companies.

Getting a development position isn’t just a matter of having some programming or art classes on your resume(简历). ____13____You may prepare yourselves for such questions as: What games are out there that you've made? Have you worked in a cooperative programming environment before? Do you know how to write clean, concise, documented code

In fact, programming interviews frequently involve having to stand up in front of your potential coworkers at a whiteboard and solve logic or programming efficiency problems. Level designers and artists may have to talk about their work on a video project or in the same sort of environment. ____14____ you’re not able to communicate with your potential colleagues, you may lose the chance at a job that you’d be perfect for.

The recent rise of independently developed and published games has opened a new path for those looking to get into the game industry. ____15____It requires a significant investment of time, energy, resources, and a drive to face a very competitive market. And most importantly, it requires that you know how to fill, and despite this to get up and move on to the next project until you make it.

A．But this is not an easy route.

B．Testing games for money has been a dream job for countless teens.

C．Game development is not the thing you can just do in your bedroom.

D．Later on, other staff like artists became part of the development process

E．Many game companies now check for compatibility（相容性）with teammates.

F．So you can start by trying everything and then focus on what you enjoy most.

G．Long interview processes stand between gifted developers and their dreams of making gam

第二部分  语言知识运用（共两节，满分45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。

（2022·湖北·鄂州市教学研究室高二期末）Nearly 14 years ago we were a couple weeks away from the birth of our first child. Sarah was getting everything ready at home. I was busy ____16____ our business. I started the ____17____ of taking on one more sales representative. I had a great ____18____ with the interviewee and it seemed like he might be a(n) ____19____ fit.

The next day Sarah went into labor(分娩) early and our daughter was born. The whole family was at the hospital ____20____ my wife and baby. Then we brought her home and were trying to ____21____ what to do and how to do it.

It took me more than a week to get back to the sales representative I was trying to ____22____. I told him that we had had a baby and I was ____23____ for the gap(间隔) in our conversations. Then he said very ____24____, “if you had called back last week, I would have decided to ____25_____ the offer. But as time passed, I talked myself out of it.”

This taught me a (n) _____26_____—All excuses are equal. It doesn’t matter if you had a ____27_____, or any other really great excuse. If it takes you away from your ____28_____, an excuse is an excuse in the end. In our life what _____29_____ is that you get the job done. So when you are working towards your goals, remember that all excuses are _____30_____.

16．A．starting B．protecting C．changing D．growing

17．A．service B．competition C．process D．assumption

18．A．discussion B．agreement C．trade D．argument

19．A．ordinary B．terrible C．strange D．good

20．A．waiting for B．looking for C．looking after D．taking after

21．A．decide on B．figure out C．agree on D．look into

22．A．employ B．contact C．fire D．train

23．A．ready B．grateful C．sorry D．eager

24．A．shyly B．nervously C．cautiously D．honestly

25．A．accept B．refuse C．obtain D．notice

26．A．lesson B．subject C．skill D．idea

27．A．job B．family C．company D．baby

28．A．schedule B．goal C．principle D．belief

29．A．varies B．gains C．matters D．deserves

30．A．perfect B．equal C．easy D．poor

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。

（2022·浙江·温州高二期末）Birds are highly intelligent creatures, with complex and specialized forms of communication. Each species has  31.           unique way of using body language and vocalizations（发声）to communicate. However, there are some things  32.           birds do in general that you can understand. If you pay attention to your  33.           （bird）regular mannerisms, you will be able to identify when they have changed. Also, you need to look at their movements or behaviors in context  34.           （understand）them. If you can do this, you  35.           （be）closer to understanding what your feathered friend is trying to communicate to you.

Birds are  36.           （typical）very clean creatures and they spend a lot of time cleaning, preening and grooming their feathers. This is natural self-care behavior that is important for birds to do. Bathing is an important part of feather maintenance for birds. If your bird stops  37.           （bathe）itself, that is a sign that it is no longer taking care of   38.           （it）. This could signal depression, body pain, or lack of mobility. A bird that is singing or whistling a lot is likely very happy. A bird that is   39.           （satisfy）is likely to chatter or talk a lot. In fact, if you spend time  40.           them, they are likely to increase this chatter when you come around.

第三部分  基础知识检测（共两节，满分25分）

第一节  单句填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

41.   （2021年·全国甲卷语法填空改变）It is possible            (walk)and bike the entire 14

kilometers.

42.   （2020年·新课标Ⅲ卷阅读理解改编)They made            living as divers, spearfishing or

harvesting shellfish.

43.   （2021年·全国甲卷阅读理解改编）A few minutes later, when I landed the trick, my friends beat

their boards loud, shouting: “ Safe! Safe! Safe!” And that's           mattered—landing tricks,

being a good skater.

44.   （2021年·天津卷阅读理解改编）Society pushes us to specialize, to become experts. This requires             

            (commit)to a particular occupation, branch of study or research.

45.   （2021年·全国乙卷完形填空改编）We had a woman patient who was recovering form a knee replacement operation.

46.   （2021年·全国甲卷语法填空改编）We           (hire)our bikes from the rental place at the South Gate. My bike was old and shaky, but did the job.

47.   （2021年·北京卷阅读理解改编）You should have your motivation letter ready before filling out the

             (apply) form.

48.   （2021年·浙江1月卷七选五改编）Grocery stores try to have enough employees at checkout to get all their customers through with minimum            (延迟，推迟).

49.   （2021年·浙江6月卷阅读理解改编）There is a lot of really interesting evidence          

seems to be suggesting that if children are inspired up to the age of seven, then being outdoors will be

on habit for life.

50.   （2021年·全国甲卷七选五改编） One of the ground rules of the swap should be          

everyone must try on the clothes before they take them—things always look different when you put

them on.

第二节  教材原句翻译补全（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）

51.   当然，我们大多数人在完成学业后确实加入了劳动力大军。

52.   无论我们的兴趣在哪里，无论我们的职业选择是什么，工作都让我们有机会从事我们喜欢的事

情，因此，它能给我们带来巨大的成就感和满足感。

                                      and                                       ,

work                                      something we                         ,

and consequently, it can give us                                             

53.   工作不仅有益于我们个人，也有助于社会的健康。

54.   我们可以自豪地认识到，努力工作对我们个人的福祉以及整个社会的利益至关重要。

We can                the knowledge                            our individual well-being

                          of our society                     .

55.   回顾这个过程也很重要，看看你做得怎么样，还有哪些地方需要改进。

It’s also vital                       to see                   and                     

          .

第四部分  写作（共两节，满分15分）

（2021·甘肃·兰州一中高二期中）你班将举办励志梦想的主题班会，请你以My Dream Career为题，写一篇发言稿在班上发言，内容包括：

1. 你未来想从事什么职业

2. 你选择该职业的原因

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 开头和结尾已为你写好。

Good morning, everyone.

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That’s all. Thank you for listening.