UNIT 2 Looking into the Future 单元达标检测（Word练习）-【精讲精练】2025-2026学年高中英语选择性必修第一册（人教版）

(时间：100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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Life In The Future

What life will be like in the future is difficult to predict. It is, however, possible to use models to make forecasts about future developments. One way to catch a glimpse of the future is to examine some of the major trends in contemporary society.

Transportation

Current trends(趋势) indicate that transportation is becoming cleaner, faster and safer. Public transportation is already well developed in most urban areas of China. New technology is being used to make sure that the cars, taxis, buses and trains we use do not pollute the air. A good example of how transportation is changing is the new maglev train, which is environmentally friendly, energy­saving and travels at an amazing speed of 430 km/h. To ensure safety, the train is controlled by an advanced computer system. Scientists are also developing new fuels and engines that will let us travel without worrying about whether we are polluting the environment.

Business

It will not be business as usual in the future. Many companies and consumers have already begun reforming the way they do business. E­commerce, or business done on the Internet is becoming more and more popular as people discover the advantages of online shopping. The Internet also makes it easier for companies to keep in touch with customers and companies in other countries. For people who do go out for shopping, shopping is no longer just a necessity. It has become a form of entertainment. Instead of searching a crowded store for basic goods, such as food and clothes, people want to go to a pleasant mall and combine shopping with fun.

[语篇解读]　本文是说明文。文章主要从交通和商业两方面预测了未来生活的样子。

1．Which of the following is not the feature of future transportation?

A．It will be greener.

B．It will be safer.

C．It will be faster.

D．It will be cheaper.

解析　D　细节理解题。根据第二段“Current trends indicate that transportation is becoming cleaner, faster and safer.”可知， 未来的交通会更清洁、更快和更安全。“更便宜”不是未来交通的特点。

2．What's the definition of E­commerce?

A．It is business done on the Internet.

B．It is business related to electricity.

C．It is business related to electronics.

D．It is business done by electricians.

解析　A　细节理解题。根据最后一段关键句“E­commerce, or business done on the Internet...”可知， 电子商务指的是通过互联网做生意。

3．What will the future mall be like?

A．In the mall people can combine shopping with having fun.

B．The future mall will be as large as a small city.

C．People can do anything in the future mall.

D．The future mall will offer everything people need.

解析　A　推理判断题。根据最后一段可知， 对于外出购物的人来说， 购物不再只是一种必要。它已经成为一种娱乐形式， 人们希望把购物和乐趣结合起来。由此可推断出， 在未来的购物中心里人们不仅可以购物， 而且还可以玩得很开心。

B

(2025·河北部分地区开学考)Like many Americans, my father, Kenneth Hamilton, must have heard Paul Robeson sing over the radio at one time or another.He must have read about Robeson's extraordinary feats of daring and skill on the football fields of Rutgers.“I imagine，” he would begin, “that Mr Paul Robeson woke up one morning to find there was more to the day than playing football.I know I did (my father played football for Iowa State)．I imagine he looked around him.He saw that plenty of his people already were preachers; there were enough morticians (殡仪业者) to reach from here to kingdom to come.I imagine Mr Robeson decided then and there he would be what there never had been before.And he was.”

I don't recall Kenneth Hamilton ever saying what it was Paul Robeson became besides a football star.Butsurely he was referring to Robeson's powerful singing voice.Yet what came through clearly to me at the time was this: If one were to become anything, it would have to be not only the best but wholly original, a new idea.This concept sank deep into my consciousness.Imperceptibly (不知不觉地), I grow up yearning for the unusual, seeking something unique in myself.I longed not just to write, but to newly write and like no one else.Kenneth Hamilton wanted no less for his youngest child.

“Like no one else，” he had been no less himself.Graduating from Iowa State Business College in the early 1890s when it was an achievement when a black man completed high school, he began his search for employment.

One day, the banker for whom his mother worked as a cook asked that young Kenneth be

sent around to the bank, where there was a suitable job for him.He hurried over to the bank, absolutely amazed at this sudden stroke of luck.Dressed in starched collar and gray business suit, he wondered what he would become.

Kenneth Hamilton walked directly into the bank and was promptly handed a mop and a bucket.He threw both the length of the establishment and turned on his heel, never to return.Perhaps he should have accepted that first mop and bucket, but I'm rather glad his imagination wouldn't permit him.For now I have pleasure of remembering him as a man who would not allow mind or body to be limited by another's reality.I could have wanted no less for a father.

[语篇解读]　本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者父亲Kenneth Hamilton对Paul Robeson的敬仰，以及父亲自己的人生经历和态度，讲述了父亲如何在自己的生活中追求独特性和不满足于平庸，最终影响了作者的人生观。

4．According to the first paragraph, Kenneth Hamilton and Paul Robeson were similar because they         ．

A．were both talented singers

B．both played football for Iowa state

C．both had aspirations for things greater than collegiate sports

D．both, at one time, aspired to be preachers

解析　C　推理判断题。在第一段中，作者描述了父亲Kenneth Hamilton对Paul Robeson的钦佩，特别是Robeson不仅在橄榄球场上表现出色，而且他还追求了比橄榄球更伟大的事物。而作者的父亲也对橄榄球有兴趣，而且两人都有其他的成就。由此可推断出他们相似之处在于都对超出大学体育运动的事物有抱负。故选C。

5．Which of the following best exemplifies what the author refers to as the “wholly original, a new idea” (in paragraph 2)?

A．The author's resolve to be unlike any other writer.

B．The author's choice to write about her past experiences.

C．Kenneth Hamilton's decision to play football.

D．Paul Robeson's determination that he would not be a preacher.

解析　A　推理判断题。根据文章第二段可知，作者提到自己渴望不仅仅写作，而是要以一种全新的方式写作，并且希望与众不同。选项A最能体现“完全原创，新的想法”这一概念。故选A。

6．The story about Kenneth Hamilton's search for employment in the last two paragraphs is included by the author to         ．

A．emphasize the policy of bias in banking institutions of the 1890s