Unit 2 Looking into the Future 主题阅读训练-【万向思维·高考快递】2024-2025学年高中练习生英语选择性必修第一册（人教版2019）

UNIT 2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE Part A Reading and Thinking Learning About Language 1111W221N 高考快递·练习生 高中英语·选择性必修第一册·RJ 主题语境大拓展 ●答案见D8 丨.阅读理解 子主题1 展望未来 语篇类型 记叙文 词数 345 关键词 future In the far,far future,bicycles and perhaps skates may be run by jet power,and a new thing to ride may be a small flying saucer ()Imagine a race between them! There may be telepathy helmets(r心灵感应头盔)that send thought waves from your brain to that of your friend miles away.You just think a thought and your friend knows it!You can have secrets with each other that nobody else can turn it on! What about the food of the future?Scientists think that much of it will be artificial-made in factories from such surprising things as coal,limestone,air and water.The artificial food will be healthful because all the things that you need to live a long and healthy life will be put into it. The future hospitals will probably have "body banks"that can give you almost any new part you need to keep on living.People of the future may live to be a lot older than 100 years. What about highways of the future?Well,a very small child probably will be able to drive a car. Electric signals will hold each car on the right road to get wherever the "driver"wants to go.And it probably will be impossible for cars to crash together.Controls that won't even have to be touched will make all speeding cars miss each other or be put on the brakes.Driving cars will be as safe as being at home. But maybe the most wonderful surprise in the future will be weather control.Cities may have giant plastic domes (over them to keep out snow,rain,or storms.When you plan a picnic in a park, you won't have to worry about rain.It will rain only when the "weatherman"thinks it is necessary to freshen the air inside the city.All other days will be fair and warm. The future should be a wonderful time in which to live and the time we are living in now is also a wonderful future to the people who lived 100 years ago. 11111241 UNIT 2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE/ 1.How will you probably talk with each other in the future according to paragraph 2? A.With a safety helmet. B.By thought waves. C.Through secret words. D.On a special phone. 2.What can we say about the artificial food? A.It only consists of water. B.It is difficult to digest. C.It is nutritious enough. D.It can keep us from aging. 3.What can we expect of the future life? A.Road safety will be hugely raised. B.People will not see a doctor anymore. C.Driving on the highways will be avoided. D.No storms will happen in the neighbourhood. ‖.完形填空 子主题2展望2030年的生活环境 语篇类型 应用文 词数 299 关键词 my son,hope [2021一2022广东省化州市第三中学高二上12月月考] A Parent's Hopes for 2030 When 2010 arrived,my son was only a year old-tiny and 1,the master of a few basic words, but still mostly the baby we'd welcomed into the world.Now my baby has grown into an 2 -tall, strong,and smart. A 3 from now,in 2030,he will be an adult.I expect the next 10 years to fly by,and be filled with 4.As 2020 begins,I am thinking about the kind of world my son will face and experience.I 5 about him,and about all the young people of his age.So I have several hopes for the world my son and his generation will live in. I hope we finally get 6 about climate change.Polar ice is melting.The oceans are rising.The question is 7 whether we can stop climate change,but whether we're willing and able to do anything to 8 it. I'm not sure what a warming planet will 9 to my son's life.I suspect it means he will live in a world where nations and groups 10 limited resources like clean water and food,which means that the danger of climate change won't come just from rising oceans,but from humans'competing for control 11251/1111 高考快递·练习生 高中英语·选择性必修第一册·RJ over what's 11 The world is always going to be full of 12 about how to solve the challenges we face.I hope, too,that my son's generation lears to 13 justice-but to do so with a big heart and humility, recognizing our common humanity even with people who 14 us. The world of 2030 won't 15 itself.We are creating it now,so my final wish is that we build the kind of world we actually want our children to live in. 1.A.special B.generous C.intelligent D.dependent 2.A.athlete B.adolescent C.artist D.engineer 3.A.month B.century C.year D.decade 4.A.questions B.experience C.danger D.change 5.A.worry B.sacrifice C.owe D.arrange 6.A.particular B.serious C.optimistic D.enthusiastic 7.A.for sure B.as usual C.no longer D.till now 8.A.slow B.record C.complete D.multiply 9.A.mean B.obtain C.share D.seek 10.A.pick up B.fight for C.turn down D.take part in 11.A.finished B.continued C.started D.left 12.A.aims B.examples C.disagreements D.results 13.A.escape B.express C.seek D.affect 14.A.differ from B.agree with C.refer to D.call for 15.A.explode B.admire C.prove D.build 11111261 UNIT 2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE//// Part B Using Language Assessing Your Progress Project Video Time 1127/11111 UNIT 2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE///// 主题语境大拓展 ●答案见DI0 1.阅读理解 子主题1 未来人类的面貌 语篇类型 说明文词数298关键词 man,different,future [202l一2022浙江省金衡六校联盟高二上期未]What will man be like in the future-一in5,0O0 or even 50,000 years?We can only make guesses,but we can be sure that man will be different from what man is today,for man is slowly changing all the time. Let us take an example.Man,even five hundred years ago,was shorter than man today.Now,on average,men are about three inches taller.Again,in the modern world,we use our brains a great deal. Even so,we still make use of only about 20%of the brain's capacity ()As time goes on,however, we shall have to use our brains more and more,and eventually we shall need larger ones!This is likely to bring about a physical change to the head,especially the forehead,which will grow larger. Nowadays our eyes are used very often.In fact,we use them so much that they become weaker and we have to wear glasses.But over a very long period of time,it is likely that man's eyes will grow stronger. On the other hand,we tend to make less use of our arms and legs.These,as a result,are likely to grow weaker.At the same time,however,our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in moder life. But what about hair?This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer.In the future,then,both sexes are likely to be bald () Perhaps all this shows that future man will not be a very attractive being to look at!This may well be true.No matter how great the change is,future man will still have a lot in common with us. 1.Why will the forehead's size of man probably change? A.The body of man will get stronger. B.Man's brain will be used more and more. C.The head will become more sensitive. D.The brain's capacity will grow smaller. /129 111110 高考快递·练习生高中英语·选择性必修第一册·RJ 2.What does the passage mainly tell us? A.Man is growing taller as time passes. B.Man's life won't be the same in the future. C.Future man will still have a lot in common with us. D.Future man will look quite different from us. 3.Where is the text probably from? A.A guidebook. B.A novel. C.A magazine. D.A diary. B 子主题2 预测未来 语篇类型 说明文词数281关键词 future,be like [2O2l一2022湖北省宜昌市高二上期中]What will the future be like?Will the world be greener and more beautiful?Will people live more happily and more conveniently?Probably people will lead a better life. The Spring Festival,the most important Chinese holiday when almost everyone returns home,has caused headaches for millions of Chinese.Hundreds of thousands of people travel at the same time, making getting travel tickets and the joumey arduous.But in several decades,the Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all.A massive transportation network will serve most of the population.And because most of China will be cities,people will not have to go to other places to find jobs,so it will no longer be a problem.In the future,new information about timely events will be sent by humans or even robots to personal web tools through the Internet.That means only digital newspapers can be seen. Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors.Information will move faster. Oil is running out faster than expected.But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel.Coal, natural gas,solar power,nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy. Schools will go electronic.Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school.They will find information on the Internet.A computer will be the students'library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world.There will be robot teachers,who will check homework on computers and communicate with the students'parents through emails.And school buses will be like spaceships,comfortable and safe. However,what can the future actually become?It remains to be seen. 4.What does the underlined word "arduous"in paragraph 2 probably mean? A.Possible. B.Necessary. C.Difficult. D.Boring. 5.What will happen in the future according to the text? A.Traditional newspapers will disappear completely. B.Transportation networks will be in severe situations. C.Sources of new energy will be very hard to discover. D.People will be in the face of having fewer jobs to take up. 111301N UNIT 2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE 6.What can we know about future school life? A.Students will be free of homework. B.Computers will play a key role in it. C.Students will travel into space daily. D.It is much more colourful than before. 7.What's the best title for the text? A.Worries on Life in the Future B.A Great Lifestyle in the Future C.Ways to Succeed in the Future D.Predictions on Life in the Future ‖.七选五 子主题3 未来的农场 语篇类型 说明文 词数 303 关键词 vertical farms,future [2021一2022北京师范大学第二附属中学高二上期末] Farms of the Future Skyscrapers(摩天大楼)are the ultimate symbol of urban life.By2O50,almost80 percent of the earth's population could live in cities.The human population could increase to 9.1 billion people,yet the amount of land available for farming will be the same.1. Vertical farms,where farmers could grow crops in environmentally friendly skyscrapers,could be the solution.In spite of concerns over high costs,experts want to make these urban farms a reality and use these skyscrapers to grow crops.2. Vertical farms would have many advantages,experts say.The food would be grown with minimal effects on the environment.Unlike traditional farming,vertical farming would not force animals out of their habitats by taking over large areas of land,nor would it pollute the air with the use of heavy farming equipment.3. These have been well recognized. Growing prosperity has led to many people demanding that all foods are available all year round. Indoor farming could produce crops constantly and crops would not suffer from weather-related problems like drought or flooding.In addition,the use of agricultural chemicals for controlling insects would be minimal. 4 They point out that although crops growing in a tall glass building would get natural sunlight during the day,it wouldn't be enough.The plants closest to the windows would grow much more quickly than the plants further inside.The plants growing away from the windows may not produce as many or as high-quality vegetables.5. They would need additional light sources. Experts agree that the new farming practices are needed to support the planet's need for more and more food at affordable costs,both to the farmer and to the consumer.Vertical farms may be a small-scale answer,but the best ideas could be yet to come. A.Still,there are some people who are critical of vertical farms. B.That is where vertical farms are often needed for year-round crops. C.So how to meet the increasing food needs of our planet could be a big problem. D.For these reasons,natural light cannot be a workable solution for vertical farms. E.Vertically grown food is grown in environmentally controlled conditions in big cities. F.Those farms would also reduce the cost and negative effects of transporting food over distances. G.They believe that we can increase the food production by changing our thinking from out to up.高考快递·练习生 高中英语·选择性必修第一册·RJ UNIT 2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE Part A Reading and Thinking Learning About Language 之主题语境大拓展W 【,语篇导读)本文是对未来生活方方面面的展望。 1.B考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“There may be D8￥英语 参考答案及超详思路 telepathy helmets(心灵感应头盔)that send thought waves yy..”以及下文中作者对人类生存环境的担忧可知，作 from your brain to that of your friend miles away."可知，我f们 者期待未来十年世界会充满变化。故选D项。 在未来可能会通过思想波来交谈。故选B。 5.A考查动词。woTy“担心”；cfce“牺牲”：owe“欠”： ⊙技巧点拨如何解答细节理解类试题 arrange“安排”。根据“m not sure what a warming planet 知节理解这类题是高考阅读题中的常见题型。考 wi9 to my son's life.”可知，作者对下一代人的生存 生在面对此类题时，一定要沉住气、有耐心。做这种题 环境感到担忧。故选A项。 时，必须以原文事实为基础，做到有理有据地分析，既不 6.B考查形容词。particular“特别的”：serious“严肃的”； 能主观糖断，也不能无中生有。比如本题的A项，选项 optimistie“乐观的”；enthusiastic“热情的”。综合全文尤其 中的helmet客易干扰考生，考生必须将选项与原文认真 是最后一段的“my final wish is that we build the kind of 比对，充分理解原文，不可轻率作答。 world we actually want our children to live in.”可知，作者希 望人们能严肃对待气候变化。故选B项。 2.C考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“The artificial food 7,C考查固定短语。for sure“肯定：确实”；as usual“像平常 will be healthful beeause all the things that you need to live a 一样”；o longer“不再”；inow“直到现在”。根据句中转 long and healthy life will be put into it..”中的healthful和 折连词bu可知，前后为转折关系。故选C项。 “..live a long and healthy life will be put into it.."可知，这些 8.A考查动词。slow“减缓”：record“记录”：complete“完 食物是营养丰富的(utritious)。故选C。 成”：multiply“使大大增加”。根据前一分句中的“…sop 3.A考查细节理解。根据倒数第三段中的“And it probably climate change,.”和句子逻辑关系可知，作者认为，阻止气 will be impossible for cars to crash together.Controls that won't 候变化也许不可能，但我们应该采取措施诚缓气候变化 even have to be touched will make all speeding cars miss each (的速度)。故选A项。 other or be put on the brakes.Driving cars will be as safe as 9.A考查动词。mean“意味着”：obtain“获得”：shae“分 being at home.”可知，道路安全在未来将大大提高。其中 享”：seek“寻求”。根据下文“I suspect it means he will live afe与A项中的safety为词汇复现。故选A。 in.”中的means可知，作者不确定变暖的地球对其儿子 长难句分析 的生活“意味着”什么。故选A项。 Controls that won't even have to be touched will make 10.B考查动词短语。pick up“捡起”：fight for“为…而战 主语 定语从句 谓语 斗”：urn down“拒绝”：take part in“参加”。根据下文的 all speeding cars miss each other or be put on the brakes. “…humans'competing..”可知，此处为同义复现，即作者 宾语 宾补 怀疑未来人们会争夺有限的资源。故选B项。 句意：控制装置甚至无须被触碰，就可以让所有超速行 11.D考查动词。根据上文的“.limited resources like clean 的汽车互相错开或者踩刹车。 water and food..”以及常识可知，资源有限可能导致人类 川.语源导读》作者站在一个父/母亲的立场，呼于人们保护 对剩余资源的争夺。f意为“剩余的”。故选D项。 环境，为后代创造一个良好的生存环境。 12.C考查名词。aim“目标”：example“例子”：disagreement 1.D考查形容词。special“特殊的”；generous“慷慨的”： “分歧”；result“结果”。根据下文“I hope,oo,that my intelligent“聪明的”：dependent'“依赖的”。根据句中“…my son's generation learns to I3 justice.”可知，作者希 0 n was only a year old..”及常识可知，一岁的孩子不能独 望下一代人学会在这个充满“分歧”的世界寻求公正。 立生活，应该是依赖他人的。故选D项。 disagreements与justice相呼应。故选C项a 2.B考查名词。athlete“运动员”：adolescent“青少年”；artist 13.C考查动词。escape“逃跑”：express“表达”；seek“寻 “艺术家”；engineer“工程师”。根据下文“.in2030,he 求”：affe4“影响”。根据空后的justice和上下文语境可 will be an adult..”和“As2020 begins..”可知，作者的儿子 知，作者希望下一代人学会寻求公正。故选C项。 现在已经成长为一个青少年。故选B项。 14.A考查动词短语。differ from“与…不同”：gree with 3.D考查名词。mnh“月”：century“世纪”：yer“年”： “同意，与某人（的观点）一致”；refer to“参考；涉及”：call decade'“十年"。根据下文“As2020 begins..”可知，作者在 fkar“呼吁”。根据句中“，ecognizingou common humanity. 写这篇文章时是2020年，由此可知.2030年是作者写这篇 以及even所表示的逻辑关系可知，作者建议，即使在对 文章时的十年后。故选D项。 待与我们有分歧的人时，我们也要有人类共同体意识 4.D考查名词。question“问题”；experience“经验”：danger 故选A项 “危险”：change“变化”。根据“I expect the next I0 years to 15.D考查动词。explode“爆炸”：admire“软佩”；pmve“证 英语D9 高考快递·练习生 高中英语·选择性必修第一册·RJ 明”：build“建造”。根据下文“…so my final wish is that however,we shall have to use our brains more and more,and we build the kind of world..”中的build可知，空处和build eventually we shall need larger ones!This is likely to bring 是词汇复现。故选D项。 about a physical change to the head,especially the forehead, 词汇积累 which will grow larger.”可知，人们正在越来越多地使用大 名词：decade n.十年 脑，这可能会使得未来人类的前额变大。故选B项。 2.D考查主旨大意。根据第一段“What will man be like in 动词：suspect款.怀疑sacrifice,牺牲owe款.欠 the future...man will be different from what man is today..." 形容词：intelligenta或.聪明的optimistic ac.乐观的 及下文对人类的身高、前额，眼睛、四肢、头发的变化的推 短语：turn down拒绝 测可知，文章主要告诉我们，未来人类看起来会和我们有 很大的不同。故选D项。 Part B Using Language Assessing 3.C考查文章出处。通读全文可知，文章主要通过分析现 Your Progress Project Video Time 代人类的生活特点来推测未来人类的外貌特点。由此可 推知，文章可能选自一本杂志。故选C项。 词汇积累 名词：capacity n.容量 形容词：sensitive ad或.敏感的bald ad本秃头的 短语：on average平均来看a great deal大量have a lot in common with sb跟某人有很多共同点 B 语而导读》文章主要介绍了作者对未来生活各方面的预测。 4.C考查词义猜测。根据上文“.…has caused headaches for millions of Chinese.Hundreds of thousands of people travel at the same time”可知，画线词arduous与difficult意思接 近，意为“艰苦的：艰难的”。故选C。 5.A考查细节理解。根据文章第二段中的“That means only digital newspapers ean be seen.(那意味着只能看到数字报 纸。)”可知，作者预测传统报纸在未来将完全消失。故 选A。 6.B考查推理判断。根据文章倒数第二段中的“Everything will be in the computer...A computer will be the students' library,schoolbag and connection to the outside world." 知，未来计算机将在学校生活中发挥关键作用。故选B。 7.D考查主旨大意。根据文章第一段中的“What will the future be like?"及后文具体的介绍可知，文章的主要内容 是对未来生活的预测。故选D。 ⊙技巧点拨 主旨大意题是高考阅读题中的必考题。一般来就. 解答关于全文的主旨大意题时应重点关注文章的首尾 之主题语境大拓展 PD00000 段。就本题而言，文章开头的“What will the future be like?”和文末的“However,what can the future actually become?It remains to be seen.."都透露出本文“预测未 语篇导读)本文主要通过现代人类的生活特点对未来人类 来”的主旨。同时，考生也要认真分析每一段的意思来 的外貌特点进行了推测。 获取进一步的支撑证据」 1.B考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“As time goes on, D10￥英语 参考答案及超详思路 目，语篇导读》本文介绍了未来城市里的垂直农场。 1.C上文“The human population could increase to9.I billion people,yet the amount of land available for farming will be the same,”提到.未来人口会增加，但耕地面积不会增加。由 此推测，空处应承接这一话题，说明这种趋势带来的影响。 结合选项可知，C项符合此处语境.且C项中“.could be a big problem.”与下文中“.could be the solution..”相呼应， 故选C。 2.G上文“In spite of concems over high costs,experts want to make these urban farms a reality and use these skyscrapers to grow crops..“提出了专家的想法，G项进一步对这种想法进 行解释，且其中的“.changing our thinking from out to up. 与上文“use these skyscrapers to grow crops.”相呼应，故 选G。 3.F根据本段第一句话可知，本段从不同角度说明了垂直 农场的优点。F项中的是关键词，该选项补充了垂直 农场的好处，符合题意，故选F。 4.A空处为段落主题句。下文“They point out that.it wouldn't be enough...may not produce as many or as high- quality vegetables."指出了垂直农场的不足之处。分析选 项可知.A项“尽管如此，还是有一些人对垂直农场持批评 态度。“概括了下文内容，故选A。 5.D上文分析了阳光是怎样影响垂直农场中植物生长的， 下文指出垂直农场需要额外的光源。结合选项可知，D项 承上启下，前半句For these reasons与上文讲的自然光对作 物的影响相呼应，后半句“…natural light cannot be a workable solution.”与下文“need additional light sources." 相呼应，故选D。 英语D11