高中英语必修三 Unit 5 The Value of Money（A卷基础卷）（解析版）

1、Unit 5 The Value of Money测试卷（A卷基础卷）解析版 【新人教版】注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 阅读理解（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 BEIJING (News Agency) Child

2、ren in China today spend five times more money than their parents did when they were young. So what are all these children buying? The list is long: iPads, cell phones and jeans are typical items that children “have to” buy. And they will do anything to get them. They ask their parents over and over

3、 until they buy them. But parents also need to take the blame(责备) for spending so much money. They want their children to have the best things. They end up competing with other parents over whether their children have the latest products. So its no wonder children find it hard to learn the importanc

4、e of saving money rather than spending it all the time. And its hard to save when companies use advertising (打广告)and clever slogans (口号) to encourage young people to buy their products. They even encourage children to keep asking their parents for something until they get it. Today, you dont even ne

5、ed to have money in order to buy something. Banks give out credit cards and loans (贷款) all the time, so people are saving less and less. We are used to carrying lots of money around. And if you dont have much, you can always borrow some. But this hasnt always been the case. When our grandparents wer

6、e young, there was very little money and everyone had to save hard for things they bought. They only bought things they needed, not things they just wanted. The older generation made the wise expression, “Money doesnt grow on trees. ” This is as true now as it was 50 years ago. They give money a gre

7、at deal of value. And we all have a lot to learn from them. 1. The text mainly tells us _. A. differences between teenagers and their parentsB. what is popular among children at the momentC. how to spend money wiselyD. childrens high consumption(消费) of products【答案】D【解析】本题考查主旨大意题。第一段表明了本文主题现在中国的孩子们花钱

8、是父辈花钱的5倍, 下文说明了他们购买的东西和导致此现象的原因。所以本文主要内容是讲述孩子们对产品的高消费问题, 故选D项。2. Parents are to blame for childrens spending a lot of money because _. A. they dont give children positive guidance in consumptionB. they offer to buy the latest fashions for their childrenC. they always give children too much pocket mo

9、neyD. their consumption habits set a bad example to children【答案】B【解析】本题考查细节理解题。根据第三段But parents also need to take the blame for spending so much money. They want their children to have the best things. 可知父母总是想给孩子买最好的东西, 造成了孩子的高消费问题, 所以父母也该受到责备。故选B项。3. The saying “Money doesnt grow on trees. ” in the

10、 last paragraph seems to tell us that _. A. the older generation understood how to teach children to saveB. in the past, people attached more importance to saving moneyC. money has a great deal of value both in the past and at presentD. money is not easily earned and we should be careful when we spe

11、nd it【答案】D【解析】 本题考查推理判断题。根据When our grandparents were young, there was very little money and everyone had to save hard for things they bought. They only bought things they needed, not things they just wanted. 可知祖辈们都是为买东西攒钱, 他们只买需要的东西, 而不是想要的东西。所以“Money doesnt grow on trees. ”告诉我们挣钱不容易, 花钱要节省。故选D项。B

12、When you set a foot outside of your door to drop litter, go to a social event or go for a walk, thoughts like I hope I dont see anyone I know or please dont talk to me may run through your mind. Ive also said such things to myself. Sometimes the last thing you want to do is to talk with someone, esp

13、ecially someone new. Why do we go out of our ways to avoid people? Do we think meeting new people is a waste of time? Or are we just lazy, thinking that meeting someone new really is a trouble? Communication is the key to life. We have been told that many times. Take the past generations, like our p

14、arents, for example. They seem to take full advantage of that whole communication idea because they grew up talking face to face while Generation Y grew up staring at screens. We spend hours of our days sitting on Facebook. We send messages to our friends and think about all of the things we want to

15、 say to certain people. Nowadays, we are so caught up in our little circle of friendsour comfort zone. We love it that they laugh at our jokes, understand our feelings and can read our minds. Most importantly, they know when we want to be alone. They just get us. Holding a conversation with someone

16、new means agreeing with things that you dont actually believe and being someone you think they want you to beit is, as I said before, a trouble. It takes so much energy, and at some point, it is too tiring. But meeting new people is important. Life is too short, so meet all the people you can meet,

17、and make every effort to go out and laugh. Remember, every hello leads to a smileand a smile is worth a lot.4.What do we learn about the author?A. He likes to be alone.B. He feels stressed out lately.C. Hes active in attending social events.D. Hes afraid of talking to others at times.【答案】D【解析】本题考查细节

18、理解题。根据第一段中的Ive also said such things to myself. Sometimes the last thing you want to do is to talk with someone, especially someone new. （我也对自己说过这样的话。有时候你最不想做的事情就是和别人交谈，尤其是和某个新认识的人。）可知，作者有时害怕和别人说话。故选D项。5.Whats the problem of Generation Y in the authors eyes?A. They rely on the Internet to socialize.

19、B. They are less confident about themselves.C. They have difficulty in communicating.D. They are unwilling to make new friends.【答案】A【解析】本题考查细节理解题。根据第三段中的we spend hours of our days sitting on Facebook. We send messages to our friends and think about all of the things we want to say to certain people.

20、 （我们每天花几个小时坐着刷“脸书”。我们给我们的朋友发信息，思考所有我们想对某些人说的事情。）可推断出，在作者看来，年轻一代的问题是他们依靠互联网进行社交活动。故选A项。6.Why do many young people avoid meeting new people?A. They think it is troublesome.B. They are busy with their study.C. They fear to disappoint their old friends.D. They want to take time to do meaningful work.【答案

21、】A【解析】本题考查判断推理题。根据倒数第二段Holding a conversation with someone new means agreeing with things that you dont actually believe and being someone you think they want you to be it is, as I said before, a trouble. It takes up so much energy, and at some point or another, it is too tiring.（和新认识的人交谈意味着同意你不相信的事

22、情，成为他们希望你成为的人就像我之前说的，这是一个麻烦。它需要如此多的精力，在某些时候，它太累人了。）可知许多年轻人不愿结识新朋友是因为他们认为这很麻烦。故选A项。7.Why does the author write the text?A. To tell about the importance of friends.B. To give tips on how to meet new people.C. To encourage people to meet new people.D. To introduce the disadvantages of Generation Y.【答案】

23、C【解析】本题考查判断推理题。根据最后一段But meeting new people is important. Life is too short, so meet all the people you can meet, make the effort to go out and laugh. Remember, Every “hello” leads to a smile and a smile is worth a lot.（但是认识新人是很重要的。生命太短暂，所以遇到所有你能遇到的人，努力走出去笑一笑。记住，每个“你好”都能带来一个微笑而一个微笑是很有价值的。）由此推断出，作者写这

24、篇文章是为了鼓励人们结识新人。故选C项。CAround this time of year when the weather gets cooler in Arkansas, there are a lot of homeless people, as well as people with different situations who just need help. Oftentimes Our family serves at a soup kitchen where they give out bags of food to needy families in our area. A

25、nd we 1l help put those bags of food together and hand them out, among other things.There are a lot of reasons why serving the community is important to me, but one of them has to do with my father. My grandfather died when my father was 4 years old and my grandmother had four kids all under the age

26、 of 5. all born pretty close together. That was a time when things were so bad in the country. There wasnt work and often the family hardly made ends meet, so my grandmother put the kids in a childrens home so that they could at least have food to survive.My dad said he never forgot the local charit

27、y would bring the kids a gift for Christmas. The kids worked hard in the childrens home and the only present they got was from the local charity. He never forgot this kindness and always appreciated the local charity for what it did when he Was a little boy.My dad was such a hardworking worker- fami

28、ly meant the world to him. I was the seventh baby in my family and my mother had me just after she turned 40. She was one of those high-risk pregnancy moms, and Im so grateful she had me. My mom and dad made a happy home for us, and Im so grateful for that. I hope my children are catching those less

29、ons, not just from Mom and Dad, but from grandparents and everyone else in their lives.8.Why does the author consider serving the community important?A. His father led a hard life in his childhood.B. He was inspired by his fathers life experiences.C. He was grateful for what his father had done for

30、him.D. His father worked hard and took good care of the family.【答案】B【解析】本题考查判断推理题。根据第三段第一句“There are a lot of reasons why serving the community is important to me, but one of them has to do with my father.”及下文的描述可知，服务社区对我来说很重要的原因有很多，但其中一个与我父亲的生活经历有关。故选B项。9.Why did the authors grandmother put the kid

31、s in a childrens home?A. The family had too many children.B. The kids were born too close together.C. It provided food for the kids to survive.D. The kids could lead a very comfortable life there.【答案】C【解析】本题考查判断推理题。根据第三段最后一句“There wasnt work and often the family hardly made ends meet, so my grandmot

32、her put the kids in a childrens home so that they could at least have food to survive.”可知，因为没有工作，家里常常难以维持生计，所以我祖母把孩子们安置在儿童之家，这样他们至少可以有食物生存。故选C项。10.Which can best describe the author s father?A. Kind and creative.B. Strict and helpful.C. Devoted and patient.D. Grateful and hardworking.【答案】D【解析】本题考查判断

33、推理题。根据第四段最后一句“He never forgot this kindness and always appreciated the local charity for what it did when he Was a little boy.他从未忘记这一善举，总是感激当地的慈善机构在他小时候所做的一切。”和第五段第一句“My dad was such a hardworking worker- family meant the world to him.我父亲是一个非常勤劳的工人家庭对他来说是个世界。”可知，作者的父亲是一个懂得感恩和勤奋的人，故选D项。11.What can we

34、 learn from the passage ?A. Father meant the world to the family.B. The author hopes his kids learn to be grateful.C. The kids received Christmas gifts from their parents.D. The authors family opens a soup kitchen to offer help.【答案】B【解析】本题考查细节理解题。根据最后一段句子“.and Im so grateful she had me. My mom and d

35、ad made a happy home for us, and Im so grateful for that. I hope my children are catching those lessons, not just from Mom and Dad, but from grandparents and everyone else in their lives.”可知，作者希望自己的孩子们不仅从父母那里，而且从祖父母和他们生活中的每一个人那里，都能学到这些教训感恩。故选B项。D The year 2020 is stormy, but rainbows are everywhere.

36、 Across the COVID-19 stricken world, bright and happy rainbows have become window colors and choices on store shelves. The rainbows started appearing all over Italy within a few days of schools closing for the first lockdown, back in March. Crayon drawings were taped to the inside of windows; poster

37、-painted banners hung from balconies. When the pandemic came to Britain, the rainbows came too, with the Italian message of positivity morphing into thanks to the NHS. Then, during the months of lockdown, the rainbows moved inside our homes, with a craze for arranging books by colour in pursuit of a

38、n aesthetically (审美地) pleasant Zoom background. In April this year, the largest cabin hospital in the Philippines was completed, divided into six wards of different colors. The colors of the rainbow were not only pleasing to the eye, but also conveying a positive and optimistic spirit to patients. T

39、he rainbow is to 2020 what keep calm and carry on was to 1939. And just as keep calm and carry on began as a public information campaign but became a tea towel industry, what began as a gesture of hope is now a big business. John Lewis reports that an 8 rainbow bauble is an early festive bestseller.

40、 Tracksuit enthusiasts are sitting out the second lockdown in Olivia Rubins 150 rainbow stripe tracksuits. Optimism is the hottest commodity of 2020. But some people are irritated by the way consumer culture commodities the human experience, packaging our hopes and dreams as if they were just anothe

41、r product in the warehouse (仓库). But the fashion editor-turned-designer JJ Martin says, Its great to have the colourful dress, but the magic of a rainbow isnt really about the pot of gold. What actually counts is the flame you turn on inside yourself.Where might people see the rainbow?In the study w

42、ith the books sorted by color.B. In the Italian message of thanks to the NHS.C. On the banners of the schools under lockdown.D. On the outside of Britains largest cabin hospital.【答案】A【解析】根据第三段中Then, during the months of lockdown, the rainbows moved inside our homes, with a craze for arranging books

43、by colour in pursuit of an aesthetically (审美地) pleasant Zoom background.可推知，在按颜色分类的书房中，人们可能会看到彩虹。故选A项。13. What does the underlined word irritated in Paragraph 6 probably mean?A. Embarrassed.B. Fascinated.C. Challenged.D. Angered.【答案】D【解析】根据最后一段中“packaging our hopes and dreams as if they were just an

44、other product in the warehouse (仓库).（将我们的希望和梦想包装得好像它们只是仓库里的另一件产品）”，以及Optimism is the hottest commodity of 2020.与下文的转折关系可知，划线词所在句表示“但有些人对消费文化将人类体验商品化的方式感到恼火。”由此可知，irritated的意思是“被激怒”，故选D项。14. What do the campaigns in 1939 and in 2020 have in common?A. They came to the same end.B. They helped people ou

45、t of the lockdown.C. They conveyed thanks to the medical staff.D. They displayed a feature of the towel industry.【答案】A【解析】根据倒数第二段.And just as keep calm and carry on began as a public information campaign but became a tea towel industry, what began as a gesture of hope is now a big business.（彩虹之于2020

46、年，就像保持冷静，坚持下去之于1939年。正如“保持冷静，坚持下去”一开始是一场公共信息宣传运动，但后来变成了茶巾行业一样，一开始只是一种希望的姿态，现在却成了一门大生意。）可推知，1939年和2020年的运动最终都变成了商业行为。故选A项。15. What can we infer from what JJ Martin said?A. The relaxation of mind is equal to wealth.B. The significance of the rainbow is to lift people up.C. The tracksuits of Olivia Rub

47、in are to be mass-produced.D. The commercialization of feelings is somewhat reasonable.【答案】B【解析】根据最后一段中Its great to have the colourful dress, but the magic of a rainbow isnt really about the pot of gold. What actually counts is the flame you turn on inside yourself.可推知，彩虹的意义在于给人以希望，燃起人们内心的火焰，故选B项。第二

48、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。Americans spend a lot of money in their daily lives. Working people spend money on transportation to and from work and on various expenses throughout the day. Americans enjoy shopping and buy many things that they need and want. 16 The

49、y buy sports equipment, go to the movies and do many things that cost money. However, many Americans dont pay cash or write checks for these things. 17 Credit cards are small, rectangular plastic cards. It is very convenient to carry them about. 18 When the customer buys something at a store, he sho

50、ws his card at the store. This permits the store to charge the bank for the customers purchase. The bank collects all the charges for each customer. Then once a month the bank requires the customer to pay the charges for that month. 19 It allows the customer to pay for the charges in several payment

51、s over a period of time. However, the bank requires the customer to pay interest(利息)on the unpaid part of the charges. In this way the bank allows customers to buy things they cannot afford at one time. People can use the card to buy what they want and pay for it over a period of time. 20A. It bring

52、s great benefits to the rich. B. Banks give these cards to their customers. C. They spend a lot of money on entertainment. D. They also do not need to carry a lot of money. E. People may spend less money in this way. F. More and more Americans pay for things with credit cards. G. The bank does not f

53、orce the customer to pay the full amount. 16. 【答案】C【解析】根据后句They buy sports equipment, go to the movies and do many things that cost money. “他们买一些运动设备、去看电影和做许多花钱的事情。”可知, 他们花很多钱在休闲娱乐上面。故选C项。17. 【答案】F【解析】根据后句Credit cards are small, rectangular plastic cards. 对信用卡进行解释的提示可知, 越来越多的美国人选择用信用卡付款。故选F。18. 【答案】

54、B【解析】根据后句When the customer buys something at a store, he shows his card at the store. “当顾客在商店买东西的时候, 他出示他的信用卡。”可知, 银行首先把信用卡给客户符合语境。故选B项。【答案】G【解析】根据前句Then once a month the bank requires the customer to pay the charges for that month. 和后句It allows the customer to pay for the charges in several payment

55、s over a period of time. 提示可知, 银行并不强制客户全额付款, 客户只要在一段时间内偿还所有金额即可。故选G项。【答案】D【解析】根据前两句In this way the bank allows customers to buy things they cannot afford at one time. People can use the card to buy what they want and pay for it over a period of time. 可知, 人们可以使用这种卡购买他们想要的东西, 还可以在一段时间内慢慢支付, 由此可知, D项“他

56、们也不需要带大量的现金。”符合语境。故选D项。第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （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。My father often works very hard. And he (21) goes to the movies. Here Ill tell you a (22) story about him. One afternoon, when he finished his work and was about to go home, he found a film

57、ticket under the (23) on his desk. He thought he happened to have not much work to do that day and that it was quite wonderful to pass the (24) at the cinema. So he came back home and (25) finished his supper. Then he said (26) to us and left. But to our (27) , he came back about half an hour later.

58、 I asked him what was the matter. He smiled and told us about the funny thing that had happened at the (28) . When my father was sitting in his seat, a (29) came to my fathers seat and said that seat was hers. My father was (30) . He took out the ticket at once and looked at it carefully. It was Row

59、 17, Seat 3. And then he looked at the seat. It was the same. So he asked her to show her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat (31) on it was Row 17, Seat 3. Why? Whats the matter with all this? While they were (32) , suddenly the woman said, The (33) of the tickets are different. So

60、 they looked at the tickets more carefully. After a while my father said, Oh, Im (34) . I made a mistake. My ticket is for the (35) a month ago. Take this seat, please. With these words he left.A. seldomB. oftenC. sometimesD. never【答案】A【解析】本题考查副词辨析。句意：他很少去看电影。A.很少；B.经常；C.有时；D.从不。由上文的My father often