英语人教版（2019）必修第三册Unit 5 全单元同步练习+话题+单元测试

课时作业（一）ListeningandSpeaking

必备知识基础练

▼基础知识▼

I.单词拼写

1.Thecouplehadtotakeouta（贷款）tobuytheirownhouse.

2.The（法官）sentencedhimtofiveyearsinprison.

3.The（基础）ofagoodmarriageistrust.

4.Theychoseto（忽视）thequestionsthatcameupatthemeeting.

5.Thewomanputthefoodintoa（塑料的）bag.

n.选词填空

onthebasisof,inreturnfor,takeoutaloan,makeanapology,judgefrom

1.Hetoherfbrwhathehaddone.

2.hisaccent,heisfromShanghai.

3.CanIbuyyoulunchyourhelp?

4.Thefamilyhadtotopayahospitalbillthatreachedathirdoftheir

annualincome.

5.Themarriage________________moneyistobreakup.

ni.单句语法填空一

1.（judge）byappearancescanbemisleading.

2.Hisfirstpoem（ignore）in1904.

3.Hisresearchformedthe（basic）ofhisnewbook.

4.She（apologize）toherteacherfbrcomingtoschoollateyesterday.

5.Theybuiltawebsitetoraisefundstheproject.

6.Weshouldn'tjudgeaperson（base）onhowmuchhehas.

7.It*skindyoutohelpmeoutoftrouble.

8.Whatdotheyintendtoconveyby（use）differentintonation?

关键能力提升练

I.阅读

A

AboutsixyearsagoIwasgoingthroughatoughtime,tryingtoworktwojobstoaffordmy

rent.OnacoldSundaymorning,IwenttoGameStop-avideogameretailer（零售商），tocancel

thegameI'dbooked.AwomaninacarparkedoutsidecalledmewhenIexitedthestore.Thoughit

wasinbroaddaylight,IwasshyaboutitandkeptsomedistancewhenIwalkedover.Shesaidshe

couldn*twalkandrequestedmetopurchaseaKinect,apopulargame,fbrherasherson'sChristmas

gift.Becauseofherlegdiseaseitwaspainfulfbrhertomovearound.Shecalledaheadbutthe

employee（雇员）wasn'twillingtohelp.Shegavemeabout$100incashandhercreditcard.

IwalkedbackinandboughttheKinect.Thenitoccurredtomethatthiswoman,acomplete

stranger,trustedme.Whatwasitthatstoppedmefromlyingaboutthepaymentmethodandjust

pockethercash?Shecouldn*tknowIwasn*tacheat;andhowcouldshepossiblybelieveinsomeone

somuch?

Ihandedherthecashback,explainingIhadtopaywithhercard—itwasabove$100atthe

time,andhandedoverthegameandhercreditcard."Thisiswhatmyson'sbeenlongingfbr.Thank

you!Bytheway,justfromglancingatyou,Iknowyouaretheonewhowillbeafriendtosomeone

inneed.Youhaveafaceofanangel!”shesaid.Shegaveme$10andrefusedtotakeitback.

Thenshedroveaway.

Shehadnoideahowmuchofadifferenceeven$10made.Iwasabletobuyafewcheap

groceriesfortheweekanditreallymadeahardtimeinmylifealittlebetter.ShemaythinkIhelped

her;however,Itrulyfeelliketheonewhowasbeinggiftedsomethingamazing.

1.WhatcanweinferfromParagraph1?

A.Theauthorcanceledthevideogamefbrsavingmoney.

B.Theauthorworkedsohardthattherewasnotimefbrgames.

C.Theauthorwasunwillingtohelpandkeptadistancefromthewoman.

D.ThewomanrequestedtheauthortopurchaseaKinectfbrherson*sbirthday.

2.Whatcanweknowaboutthewoman?

A.ShegavetheauthorS10fbrthevideogame.

B.Shechosetheauthorbecausehewashandsome.

C.Shemightnotknowexactlyhowmuchthevideogamewouldcost.

D.Shedidn'tbuythevideogamebyherselfbecauseofherlaziness.

3.Whichofthefollowingwordscanbestdescribetheauthor?

A.Kindandhonest.

B.Braveandcurious.

C•Humorousandwise.

D.Determinedandenergetic.

B

Formostofus,itseemsthatmoneymakestheworldgoaround.ButitisnottrueforMark

Boyle,whohasturnedhislifeintoanexperimentandpromisedtolivewithoutanyformofmoney.

TheBritisheconomicsgraduatewasinspiredbyGandhi'scalltobethechangeyouwanttosee

intheworld.Aftersixyearsworkingasthemanagerofacompany,hedecidedtocarryoutabrave

plan.

“Iwasdiscussingtheworld'sproblemswithafriendonenight,andweweretryingtowork

outwhichonetodevoteourlivesto,“hesaid."Thenithitmebecauseattherootofitallwas

money,soIdecidedtoseeifitwaspossibletodowithoutmoney.”

Marksoldhishouseboattopreparehimselffbrhisnewlife.Andhegotacaravan（大篷车）

throughanadvertisement.Thecaravanwastakentothefarmwherehewastovolunteerthreedays

aweekinreturnfbrspacetoliveandgrowhisownvegetables.

Althoughithasn*talwaysbeeneasy,andtherehavebeenmanychallenges,18monthslater,

Markisstilllivingthisway.

“Thefirstfewmonthswerehard,“headmitted."Ifyouthinkabouthowannoyingitis

whenyoujustmoveyourhouseorchangeajob,imaginechangingeverythingatonce.Butafter

severalmonths,itbecameveryeasy.”

Mark'sremarkablejourneyisrecordedinhisnewbook,TheMoneylessMan,whichexplains

thathumansocietyisfairer,happierandmoresecurewhenrelationshipsarenotinfluencedby

money.

4.WhydidMarktrytolivewithoutmoney?

A.Becausehegotboredwithhisjobandwantedtostartanewkindoflife.

B.Becausehewasinneedofmoneyandwantedtosellhishouseboat.

C.BecausehewasinspiredbyGandhi'scalltomakeachangeinhislife.

D.Becausehefounditdifficulttomakemoneytopayoffhisdebts.

5.WhatkindofideadoesMarkBoyleputforwardinhisnewbook?

A.Itismoneythatmakestheworldgoaround.

B.Growingvegetablesonafarmisbetterthanworkingasamanagerinacompany.

C.Lifewithoutmoneyistough,soonehadbetterearnasmuchaspossible.

D.Ifpeople'srelationshipsarenotinfluencedbymoney,humansocietymaybecomefairer,

happierandmoresecure.

6.Whafsthemainideaofthepassage?

A.MarkBoyleexperimentedtolivewithoutmoney.

B.MarkBoylewassopoorthathehadtolivewithoutmoney.

C.MarkBoyle'snewlifeonafannmadehimhatemoney.

D.MarkBoylewaswillingtoliveonthefarmfbreve匚

7.Whafstheauthor'sattitudetowardsMarkBoyle?

A.Critical.B.Neutral.

C.Doubtful.D.Indifferent.

C

Thedeathoflanguagesisnotanewphenomenon.Languagesusuallyhaveashortlifespan（寿

命）aswellasaveryhighdeathrate.Onlyafew,includingEgyptian,Chinese,Greek,Latin,have

lastedmorethan2,000years.

Whatisnew,however,isthespeedatwhichtheyaredyingout.Europe'scolonialrulecaused

asharpdecreaseinlanguages,reducingatleast15percentofalllanguagesspokenatthetime.Over

thelast300years,Europehaslostadozenlanguages,andAustraliahasonly20leftofthe250

languagesspokenattheendofthe18thcentury.

Theriseofnation-stateshasalsobeendecisiveinselectingnationallanguages.Bymaking

greateffortstoestablishanofficiallanguageineducationandthemedia,nationalgovernmentshave

triedtoreduceminoritylanguages.

Thisprocessoflanguagestandardization（标准化）hasbeenimprovedbyindustrializationand

scientificprogress,whichhavecreatednewmethodsofcommunicationthatarefast,straightforward

andpractical.Thevariouskindsoflanguagescametobeseenasadifficultytotradeandthespread

ofknowledge.Monolingualism（单一语言制）becameaperfectchoice.

Morerecently,theinternationalizationoffinancialmarkets,thespreadofinformationby

electronicmediaandotheraspectsofglobalizationhaveledtothedangerto“small“languages.

AlanguagenotontheInternetisalanguagethat“nolongerexistsninthemodernworld.Itisout

ofthegame.

Theseriouseffectsofthedeathoflanguagesareclear.Firstofall,itispossiblethatifweall

endedupspeakingthesamelanguage,ourbrainswouldlosesomeoftheirnaturalfunctionsfbr

languageinventiveness.Wewouldneverbeabletofigureouttheoriginsofhumanlanguageor

resolvethemysteryof“thefirstlanguagev.Aseachlanguagedies,achapterofhumanhistory

closes.

Multilingualism（多语制）isthebestreflectionofmulticulturalism.Thedestructionofthefirst

willleadtothelossofthesecond.Creatingalanguagewithoutanylinkstoapeople'scultureand

wayoflifestiflestheexpressionoftheirlanguagegift.Alanguageisnotonlyusedasthemain

instrumentofhumancommunication.Italsoexpressestheworldviewofthosewhospeakit,aswell

astheirwaysofusingknowledge.Tosafeguardlanguagesisanurgentmatte匚

8.Whichofthefollowingdoesnotcontributetothedeathoflanguages?

A.ColonialrulefromEurope.

B.Theriseofnation-states.

C.Advancesinscienceandindustrialization.

D.Theincreaseofhumanpopulation.

9.Theunderlinedword“stifles“inthelastparagraphprobablymeans.

A.cheerB.kill

C.createD.improve

10.Theseriouseffectsofthedeathoflanguagesincludeallexceptthat.

A.peoplewouldfailtounderstandhowlanguagesstarted

B.monolingualismwouldleadtothelossofmulticulturalism

C.thedeathoflanguageswouldbecomeadifficultytorealizeglobalization

D.humanbrainswouldbecomelesscreativeinlanguages

11.Whatistheauthor'spurposeofwritingthispassage?

A.Todrawpeople'sattentiontotheimportanceoflanguagepreservation.

B.Towarnpeopleofthenegativeresultsofglobalization.

C.Toexplainthereasonswhylanguagesaredyingout.

D.Toarguehowimportantitisfbrpeopletospeakmorelanguages.

II.七选五

Teenagersearningmoney

IntheUnitedStates,youcanonlygetafull-timejobifyouare16yearsoldorolder.Butthere

arethingsthatteenagerscandotoearnsomespendingmoney.Hereareafewideas.

Parentswithyoungchildrensometimeswanttogooutfbrdinnerortothemovies,butthey

don*twanttoleavetheirchildrenalone.IIfthechildrengotobedearly,youcandosomeof

yourhomework!

Someadultshaveadog,buttheydon*thavetimetotakeitforawalk.2Sosometeenagers

workasdogwalkers.Ifsagoodidea—youearnmoneyandyou'reoutsideinthefreshair.Youget

someexercise,too!

Teenagerscandelivernewspapers.Youusuallyrideabikearoundaneighborhoodandleavea

newspaperateachhouse.3Youhavetogetupearly,too,becausepeoplewanttoreadtheir

newspaperwiththeirbreakfast.

4Somecompaniespayteenstodoonlineresearch.Theywanttoknowwhatteensare

interestedin.Ifsafunandeasywaytomakemoney.Youcanalsodesignwebpagesfbrfriendsor

adults.

Sometimesadultspayteenagerstomow(修剪)theirlawns.It'sagreatjobbecauseyouget

freshairandexercise.5Thenyouhaveregularcustomers,becausegrassalwaysgrows!

A.Dogsneedalotofexercise!

B.Itbringsalotofsafetyproblems.

C.Normallyyouhavetohaveyourownbike.

D.Teenagerscanworkathomeontheircomputers.

E.It'simportanttotellanadultwhereyou'regoing.

F.Doyourjobcarefullyandpeoplewillwantyoutodoitagain.

G.So,theyaskateenagertostayinthehouseandlookaftertheirchildrenwhiletheyareout.

m.语法填空

Lisaneverhadthechancetoknowherfather.Heandhermotherdivorced(离婚)whenshe

wasjustayoungchild.1.hedidn*tmovefar,henevercametovisithischildren.

Lisaoftenwonderedaboutherfather.Whatdidhelooklikeandwhathewasdoing.Allshe

knewwashisname—JeffWhite.

AfterLisagrewup,shebecameanurseat2.hospital,whereshewouldhelpprovide

medicineandcomfortfbr3.(patient)intheirfinaldays.Afewweeksago,shereceiveda

newpatient4.namewasJeffWhite.

WhenJeffcameintohisroom,Lisaaskedhimifhe5.(have)anychildren.Jefftold

herthathehadtwodaughters,LisaandElly.Lisacouldn'tholdher6.(tear)back.Shetold

him,“IamLisa,yourdaughter.

Jeffembracedher,7.(say)thathewasnotagoodfather.Andthedaughterheldhis

handandkissedhim.

Jeffcouldhavejustweeksleft8.(live),soLisawantedtomakethemostofthetime

shehadwithhim.Lisa9.broughtherkidstothehospitaltomeettheirgrandfather.The

kidsmadecards10.himwiththewords,“Iloveyou.”

Forgiveness(宽恕)isalsoakindoflove.

Unit5TheValueofMoney

课时作业（一）ListeningandSpeaking

必备知识基础练

i.单词拼写

1.loan2.judge3.basis4.ignore5.plastic

II.选词填空

1.madeanapology2.Judgingfrom3.inreturnfor4.takeoutaloan5.onthebasisof

m.单句语法填空

1.Judgingfrom2.wasignored3.basis4.apologized5.for

6.based7.of8.using

关键能力提升练

I.阅读

A

【语篇解读】本文为记叙文。文章介绍了作者曾经因为生活艰难，去取消早先预定

的游戏；在离开商店时，汽车里一个妇女因为腿部疾病不能四处走动，她把钱和卡递给作

者，请他帮忙买游戏。这名妇人对作者的信任让他很惊讶。但是这名妇女告诉作者，他是

那种让人看了就知道会帮助人的人，并且给了作者10美元作为酬谢。也许这名妇人认为作

者给予了她帮助，但是作者认为他才是那个得到帮助的人。

1.答案与解析：A推理判断题。根据第一段第二句：OnacoldSundaymorning,I

wenttoGameStop—avideogameretailer,tocancelthegameI'dbooked,可知在一个寒冷的星期

天早晨，我去了GameStop一家电子游戏零售商，取消了我预定的游戏。以及本段第一句

中Iwasgoingthroughatoughtime可知，是为了省钱才取消了预定的游戏。故选A。

2.答案与解析：C推理判断题。根据第三段第一句Ihandedherthecashback,

explainingIhadtopaywithhercard…可判断这位女士可能不知道电子游戏的具体价格。

3.答案与解析：A推理判断题。根据第二段第一句ulwalkedbackinandboughtthe

Kinect."与第三段第一句"Ihandedherthecashback,explainingIhadtopaywithhercard—it

wasaboveS100atthetime,andhandedoverthegameandhercreditcard.n可知我走进去买了

游戏；我把现金还给她，解释说我必须用她的卡来支付——当时卡的价值超过100美元，

我还把游戏和她的信用卡给了她。可以推知作者是一位好心，诚实的人。故选A。

B

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了主人公MarkBoyle在一年半的时

间里从来都没有用过钱的经历。MarkBoyle还将此次经历写入了一本书。

4.答案与解析：C细节理解题。根据第二段的第一句可知，MarkBoyle产生这种想

法是因为他受到了甘地号召的影响。故选C。

5.答案与解析：D细节理解题。根据最后一段的内容可知，在新书中，MarkBoyle

提出，人们的关系不受金钱的影响时，人类社会会更加公平、幸福和安全，D项的意思与

之相符。故选D。

6.答案与解析：A主旨大意题。根据文章整体内容可知，本文主要介绍了Mark

Boyle体验了不使用钱的生活的故事。故选A。

7.答案与解析：B观点态度题。纵观全文，作者是站在第三者的立场客观地描述说

明MarkBoyle的这次经历，在文章中也没有发表自己对MarkBoyle这种做法的观点。

critical”批评的"；neutral"中立的"；doubtfill"怀疑的"；indifferent”漠不关心的”。

故选Bo

C

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了语言消亡的原因和后果，并号召人们保护

语言。

8.答案与解析：D考查细节理解。根据文章的第二、第三、第四段的内容可知A、

B、C三项都是语言消亡的原因。故选D项。

9.答案与解析：B考查词义猜测。根据语境可知，此句意为：创造一种与一个民族

的文化和生活方式没有任何联系的语言扼杀了他们语言天赋的表达。kill是消极词汇，其余

三项是积极词汇。故选B项。

10.答案与解析：C考查细节理解。由第六段内容和第七段中的“Multilingualism

（多语制）isthebestreflectionofmulticulturalism.Thedestructionofthefirstwillleadtotheloss

ofthesecond."可知，选项A、B、D都是语言消亡的严重影响。由第五段的第一句可知。

应选C项。

11.答案与解析：A考查主旨大意。由文章的最后一段，尤其是“Tosafeguard

languagesisanurgentmatter."可知A项正确。

n.七选五

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了对青少年赚钱的几点建议。

1.答案与解析：G根据本空前的“Parentswithyoungchildrensometimeswanttogoout

fordinnerortothemovies,buttheydon'twanttoleavetheirchildrenalone.“可知，有孩子的父

母有时想出去吃饭或看电影，但他们不想让孩子一个人在家。故G项（所以，他们请一个青

少年待在家里，在他们外出的时候照顾他们的孩子）符合语境。

2.答案与解析：A根据本空后的"Sosometeenagersworkasdogwalkers.”可知，所

以一些青少年做遛狗的工作。故A项（狗需要大量的运动）符合语境。

3.答案与解析：C根据本空前的“Youusuallyrideabikearoundaneighborhoodand

leaveanewspaperateachhouse."可知，你需要骑自行车送报纸。故C项（通常你必须有自己

的自行车）符合语境。

4.答案与解析：D根据本空后的"Somecompaniespayteenstodoonlineresearch.”

可知，一些公司付钱给青少年做在线调查。故D项（青少年可以在家在电脑上工作）符合语

境。

5.答案与解析：F根据本空后的"Thenyouhaveregularcustomers,becausegrass

alwaysgrows!”可知，那么，你就有了常客，因为草是一直生长的。故F项（认真做你的

工作，人们就会想再找你做这件事）符合语境。

III.语法填空

【语篇解读】本文是记叙文。一对分离多年的父女，在父亲生命的最后关头不期而

遇，他们之间的恩怨最终被宽恕融化了。

1.答案与解析：Though/Although考查让步状语从句。前后是让步关系，虽然父亲

住得不远，但从来没有去看望过孩子。Though/Although意思是“虽然”，用来引导让步状

语从句。

2.答案与解析：a考查冠词。根据语境，此处表示“一所”医院。

3.答案与解析：patients考查名词的复数。根据语境，此处应用名词的复数，表示

很多“病人”。

4.答案与解析：whose考查定语从句。此处引导定语从句，关系词本身作定语，修

饰后面的名词。

5.答案与解析：had考查动词的时态。从句用的是一般过去式，根据时态一致的原

则，主句也应用一般过去时。

6.答案与解析：tears考查名词的复数。用名词复数，表示很多“眼泪”，tear本身

是可数名词。

7.答案与解析：saying考查非谓语动词。根据句子结构，此处应用现在分词作伴随

状语，表示动作与谓语动词同时发生。

8.答案与解析：tolive考查非谓语动词。根据句子结构，此处应用不定式作后置定

语。

9.答案与解析：also考查副词。根据句意可知，女儿把自己的孩子也带来，去见他

们的外祖父。

10.答案与解析：for考查介词。根据句意可知，孩子们为外祖父制作了卡片。

课时作业（二）ReadingandThinking

必备知识基础练

▼基础知识▼

I.单词拼写

1.Thebasketballteam*svictoryproduced（场面）ofjoyalloverthecountry.

2.（叙述）isanimportantmeansofexpressionoftheliteraryworksofnarration.

3.Hedecidedto（推迟）theexpeditionuntilthefollowingdayduetothebad

weather.

4.Thissoundslikean（古怪的）idea.

5.Asurveyofretiredpeoplehas俵明）thatmostareindependentandenjoying

life.

6.Wewouldliketothankthemfortheir（耐心）andunderstanding.

7.ChristopherColumbusset（航行）fortheNewWorldintheSantaMaria.

8.I（发现）ashootingstarwhich,tomyastonishment,wasbrightgreenincolour.

9.Thegroundwaterisonlythreeorfourfeet（在...下面）thecitystreets.

10.The（领事馆）willcarryonapoliticaldialoguewithIndonesia.

11.Hemadea（打赌）withmeonwhetherthefamousactresswouldcome.

12.The________（仆人）enjoyedhismaster'sconfidence.

n.选词病一

byaccident,makeabet,asamatteroffact,tobehonest,beaboutto,oughtto

1.Iwouldliketothathewillnotcometoschooltomorrow.

2.,Ifeellonelybecausenoonecansharemyjoysandsorrows.

3.WhentheyreachedNewGuinea,theybeginthemostdifficultpartofthe

trip.

4.HeremindedmethatIdoitatonce.

5.It'saniceplace.,we*vestayedthereourselves.

6.Heslicedthroughhisfingerswhencuttingvegetables.

in.单句语法填空

1.Neighboursspottedsmoke（come）outofthehouse.

2.Sheisvery（patience）withyoungchildren.

3.Whenhecametohimselfhefoundhimself（lie）inhospital.

4.Youcanbuyall（sort）ofspeciallydesignedgiftsforyourfatherintheonline

shop.

5.Theygaveno（indicate）ofhowtheworkshouldbedone.

IV.完成句子

1.我正要出发，天开始下起雨来。

Iwassetoutitbegantorain.

2.这种事应该禁止。

Suchthingsbeforbidden.

3.我发现自己被一群孩子包围着。

Ifoundmyselfbyagroupofchildren.

4.铃响了，表明我们下课了。

Thebellrang,ourclasswasover.

5.金钱是善仆，也是恶主。

Moneyisagood________andabad_________.

v.课文语法填空一

Thetwogentlemenhadbeenarguingforacoupleofdays,andhaddecidedtomake1.

betwhichwouldsettletheir2.(argue).Theyweregoingtofindsomeonetotakepartin

theirbetwhentheysawHenry3.(walk)inthestreetoutside.Theyinvitedhimintotheir

house,4.Henrytoldthemhe5.(land)inBritainbyaccident.Althoughhehad

gonetotheAmericanconsulate6.(seek)help,hedidnotreceiveany.Henryhopedthat

thebrotherswouldoffer7.(he)somesortofworkbecausehehadnomoney.Henrygot

upsetwiththebrotherswhentheyseemedtoohappyabouthisbadluck.Theyquicklytoldhimnot

tofeelthatwayandthey8.(give)himanenvelopewithmoneyinit.Theysaidtheletter

initwouldexplain9.itwasallabout,buthehadtopostponeopeningituntil2o'clock.

Henryfeltthatwasodd.10.(final)Henryleftthehouse,promisingthathewouldnotopen

theletteruntil2o'clock.

关键能力提升练

I.阅读

YoungAmericansAreLessWealthyThanTheirParents

ThecostoflivingintheUnitedStatesisgoingup,noteswriterAlissaQuartz.Asisreportedin

NewYorkPost,Quartzpointsto“thecostsofhousing,educationandhealthcareinparticular”.

Atthesametime,anewstudy,thereportofwhichiscalled“TheFadingAmericanDream“found

thathalfofAmericansborninthe1980sarefallingbehindtheirparentseconomically.

Thesefindingsshowthatmanyyoungeradultsareexperiencingudownwardmobility”.In

otherwords,theyarenotdoingaswelleconomicallyastheirparentswereatthesameage.Theidea

ofdownwardmobilityisespeciallytroublingforAmericans,writesRobertSamuelsoninThe

WashingtonPost.HesaysmostU.S.citizensbelievethat,overtime,theamountofmoneythey

earnwillriseandlifewillgeteasier.

AlissaQuartzwroteabookaboutthefinancialdifficultiesofAmericans.Inthebook,Quartz

tellsaboutteacherswhoarestrugglingtopayforregularcosts.Onehighschoolteacherdrivesfor

ridesharingserviceUberatnighttoearnmoremoney.Hecorrectsstudents*papersbetweenriders.

Acollegeprofessorturnedtogovernmentassistancetofeedherchildandpayforadoctor.

Quartzsaysevenlawyersincreasinglycannotearnanincomethatenablesthemtomeettheirneeds.

Theproblemofdecreasingincomesintheirfieldismadeworsebydebttheymayhavefromlaw

school.Quartzandtheeconomistswhostudiedtheseissuessaymanythingshaveledtolower

incomesanddownwardmobility.Theeconomicrecession(衰退)of2007to2009ispartlytoblame,

theysay.Modemtechnologyalsoplaysapart.Quartzsaysrobotsthreatentoreducetheearningsof

healthcareworkers,reporters,andpeoplewhoworkatsupermarkets,drugstoresandtax

preparationservices.InTheWashingtonPost,RobertSamuelsonnotedthatpoorschools,aweak

housingindustryandtoomanygovernmentrulesarealsotoblame.

Withallthesethings,andmore,partlyresponsible,whatisthesolution?Theseexpertssaythe

answeriscomplex.Butallpointtooneissuethatneedstobeexamined:economicinequality.Quartz

writesthatwhileAmericaisoneoftherichestcountriesintheworld,italsohasoneofthebiggest

dividesbetweenthewealthyandthepoor.

Theresearchersin“TheFadingAmericanDream“studymakeasimilarobservation.They

sayraisingGDPwillnotsignificantlyimprovetheeconomicsituationofmostAmericans.Ahigher

GDPmayhelponlythosewhoarealreadydoingwell.Instead,theeconomistssay,theUnitedStates

couldtrytorepeatsomethingAmericansborninthe1940sexperienced.Asthosechildrengrewup,

theyalmostallbenefitedfromabettereconomy.

1.TheauthormentionstworeportsinParagraph1inorderto.

A.explaintheresultsoftworesearches

B.introducehisopinionsabouttheissue

C.attractreaders*attentiontohealthcare

D.leadtothetopicofdownwardmobility

2.WhafsthemainideaofParagraph4?

A.Thecausesofdownwardmobility.

B.Theinfluencesofgovernmentniles.

C.Thenegativeeffectsofmodemtechnology.

D.TheresultsofeconomicrecessioninAmerica.

3.Theauthorindicatesinthispassagethat.

A.raisingGDPwillgreatlyhelpthepoor

B.Americaneconomyhasabrightfuture

C.youngAmericanswillrepeattheirparents*experience

D.it'snecessarytonarrowthegapbetweentherichandthepoor

II.七选五

AsLaborDaygetsclose,manyAmericansaretryingtofindsomefinalvacationtimebefore

kidsheadbacktoschool.1Withpeoplestilllookingfbrthatescape,it*simportanttoknow

sometipstomakeyourdollarsgotheextramilewhentravelling.Chooseplacesthatareintheir

off-seasonduringkids,schoolbreaks.OvertheChristmas/NewYear'sbreak,fbrexample,theprices

fbrflightsandhotelsintheCaribbeanandHawaiiaresky-high.2Youcangotoplacesthatare

intheirlowseasonbutarewarmandfestive（欢乐的）.

ForUStrips,thinkaboutextended-stayhotels（常住型酒店）.Extended-stayhotelsgiveyou

affordablesuites（套房）withalotoffreefacilities.Yougetadoortothekids*roomthatyoucan

closeatbedtime.3Arefrigerator,microwaveandwashingmachines,aswellasfreebreakfast,

Wi-Fiandsometimesevendinnerandsnacksareavailable,too.

ForEuropeancitytrips,rentanapartment.HotelroomsinEuropeancitiescanbeexpensive

andtiny.Theyhavenorefrigeratorormicrowave,andneighborscanheareverysound.4It

alsogivesyoumorespaceandthicker（更厚的）walls.Thekitchencanhelpyousavesomemoney

inhotelbreakfastcharges,andthewashingmachinecanhelpyousavethetimefbrwashing.

£Huntingfbrspecificitems——maybetheyYeseashellsfromeachbeachyoustopat,maps

fromtouristinformationofficesordoorhandledo-not-disturbsignsfromhotels-giveskidsatask

andkeepsthembusyinatrip.Collectingsouvenirsonacertainthemeisalotcheaperthanbuying

them.

A.Lookfbrthingswithyourkids.

B.Anapartmentusuallycostsless.

C.Soyoucanconsiderot