课时作业13 Unit 13 People课时练(一) 阅读理解·组块专练——练速度(限时：35分钟)阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项A[2020·福建三校联考]The things that kids choose to play with can affect our earth. The manufacturing of toys and games can produce harmful pollution and nonbiodegradable waste, which is harmful for our planet. But some toymakers are creating items for kids that aim higher. They use natural or nonharmful materials, and find ways to reuse and recycle. Toys and kits (成套工具) can also teach kids about environmentally friendly solutions. Here are a few of our favorite lowimpact, fun toys.Test the waterWater is the earth's most precious natural resource. Many people take it for granted, but not everybody in the world has access to clean water. Learn about the science behind one solution with Thames & Kosmos' Global Water Quality Experiment Kit. The kit comes with tools and instructions for conducting eight important experiments including testing the quality of water and making dirty water cleaner. ($15)Plant tomatoesWhen communities in dry, desert regions experience drought, it impacts their agricultural practices. Learn about water preservation and grow delicious cherry tomatoes with Back to the Roots SelfWatering Tomato Planter. It features technology that African desert farmers have been using for thousands of years: a miniature clay pot releases water, but only when the surrounding soil has dried up. ($30)Draw with veggiesWee Can Too's Veggie Sidewalk Chalk is made from fruit and vegetable powders — it's practically safe to eat ! The chalk, created using environmentally friendly ingredients, has none of the chemicals found in your typical sidewalk chalk. When the rain comes and washes away your masterpiece, no harmful pollutants will be entering the environment. ($12)Create with cardboardWhen cardboard breaks down in a landfill, it creates methane, a major greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. Recycled cardboard can be transformed into a work of art with the Cardboard Tool Kit from UncommonGoods. The kit comes with 28 reusable parts for fastening cardboard pieces together. Now let your imagination go wild! ($13) 1．What is special about Back to the Roots' small clay pot?A．It is very pretty.B．It is a recent invention.C．It can improve tomatoes' taste.D．It uses technology against drought.2．Which product needs users to be imaginative?A．Cardboard Tool Kit.B．Veggie Sidewalk Chalk.C．SelfWatering Tomato Planter.D．Global Water Quality Experiment Kit.3．What do the four products have in common?A．They are hard to use.B．They are earthfriendly toys.C．They are good for kids' health.D．They are great choices for art lovers.B[2020·海南五校一模]A newly married woman called Gilleece, saying she lost her wallet at his bar with her wedding ring inside. Gilleece looked through camera videos, watching the woman's every step in the bar until she went to sit on a bench outside and left when her ride arrived. Then a young man approached the bench and put something in his pocket. Gilleece posted several pictures on the bar's Facebook page, asking if anybody knew the guy.Within hours, Gilleece got a text from 17yearold Prather. Prather admitted having taken the wallet because he hadn't eaten in two days. He said he saw the ring but just took the money and threw the wallet off the public docks (码头) into the ocean.Gilleece, unsure whether he believed Prather, told the teen to meet him at the bar. There, Prather said that, not getting along with his family, he had been living in the woods for a week. Gilleece saw him as a kid rather than a criminal. But the police were already on the case, and because of the missing ring, Prather could face prison. Gilleece planned to employ two divers to search for it. Meanwhile, the police wanted Gilleece to bring the teen to the station. He called them and said, “He's going to be at the docks with me tomorrow.”The next day a crowd gathered to watch the two divers search in the waters Prather mentioned. Finally a diver appeared with the wallet, and inside was the ring. Cheers burst from the crowd. The wallet's owner immediately dropped the charges against Prather. But troubled by Prather sleeping in the cold woods, Gilleece told the teen he could stay with him and his family until he stood on his own feet. He also gave the kid a job at his bar.“Most people would have given the videos to the police, but he chose to help me，” Prather told CBS News.4．What happened to the newly married woman?A．She lost the wallet at the bar.B．She regretted charging Prather.C．She left her wallet on a bench.D．Her wallet was stolen by Prather.5．Why did Gilleece take Prather to the docks?A．To find the ring he had thrown.B．To help the police to catch him.C．To help pay for the woman's loss.D．To let him apologize to the woman.6．What did Gilleece do after the case was over?A．Rid Prather of the charge.B．Talk with Prather's family.C．Help free Prather from prison.D．Get Prather to work in his bar.7．Which can be the best title for the text?A．A Wedding Ring was RecoveredB．A Wallet Changed a Teen's LifeC．Anyone Can Make a DifferenceD．A Kind Woman Saved a TeenC[2020·重庆一中月考(三)]Finland is the happiest place on Earth, according to the World Happiness Report 2018 of 156 countries.The report, released on Wednesday by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, ranks the countries of the world based on six different categories of wellbeing: income, freedom, trust, healthy life expectancy, generosity and social support. This year's report also pays special attention to the happiness of each country's immigrants.The U．S. dropped four spots from 2017 and landed in 18th place. And last year's winner, Norway, came in second place — followed by Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland.“The top five countries all have almost equally high values for the six factors found to support happiness, and four of these countries — Denmark, Switzerland, Norway and now Finland — have been in first place in the six World Happiness Report rankings since the first report in 2012”， coeditor John Helliwell told CNN. “In a division with such excellent teams, changes in the top spot are to be expected.”Rounding out the top 10 happiest countries was Canada in seventh place, then New Zealand, Sweden and Australia. The order of the top 10 countries changed from the 2017 list but the countries did not, according to the report. They were also 10 of the 11 top spots in the immigrant happiness category (including Mexico — 24th overall, but 10th in immigration)．“The most striking finding of the report is the remarkable consistency between the happiness of the immigrants and the locallyborn，” Helliwell said in a statement. “Although immigrants come from countries with very different levels of happiness, their reported life evaluations resemble those of other residents in their new countries. Those who move to happier countries gain, while those who move to less happy countries lose.”Other major world powers were placed in significantly low spots on the list. Germany came in 15th, the U．K. was 19th — followed by Japan in 54th place, Russia in 59th and China in 86th.The report, based on surveys completed by citizen volunteers, came just under a week before the International Day of Happiness on March 20, when the U．N. declared to recognize “the relevance of happiness and wellbeing as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world and the importance of their recognition in public policy objectives”．8．Which place did the U．S. rank in the World Happiness Report 2017? A．14th. B．10th.C．18th. D．22nd.9．What is the most significant finding of the report?A．That immigrants are different from residents in their new countries.B．That immigrants come from countries with different levels of happiness.C．That immigrants become happy when they move to other countries.D．That immigrants and locals feel the similar level of happiness.10．What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A．Happiness is no less important than any other aspect in life.B．People's happiness and wellbeing should be considered when it comes to policymaking.C．The happiness report came under a week before the International Day of Happiness.D．What the U．N. declared was beneficial to all human beings.11．What is the best title of the passage?A．The International Day of HappinessB．Happiness — Forever PursuitC．What's Your Happiness Index (指数)D．The World Happiness Report 2018D [2020·大连高三一模]Rich as a KingWilliam Ⅰ， who conquered England some 950 years ago, had wealth, power and an army. Yet although William was very rich by the standard of his time, he had nothing like a flush toilet (抽水马桶), paper towels, or a riding lawn mower (割草机). How did he get_by?History books are filled with wealthy people who were poor compared to me. I have storm windows, Croesus did not. Entire nations trembled before Alexander the Great, but he couldn't buy cat food. Czar Nicholas lacked an electric saw.Given how much better off I am than so many famous dead people, you'd think I'd be content. The trouble is that, like most people, I compare my wealth with that of living persons: neighbors, school classmates, famous TV people. The greed I feel toward my friend Howard's new kitchen is not reduced by the fact that no kings ever had a refrigerator with glass doors.There is really no rising or falling standard of living. Over the centuries people simply find different things to feel sad about. You'd think that simply not having disease would put us in a good mood, but no, we want a hot bath too.Of course, one way to achieve happiness would be to realize that even by today's standards the things I own are pretty nice. My house is smaller than the houses of many investment bankers, but even so it has a lot more rooms than my wife and I can keep clean.Besides, to people looking back at our era from a century or two in the future, these bankers' fancy counter tops and my own worn Formica will seem equally shabby. I can't keep up with my neighbors right now. But just wait.12．What does the underlined phrase “get by” in the first paragraph mean?A．Succeed as a king. B．Deal with complaints.C．Live in a satisfactory way. D．Get some extra money.13．How many historical figures are mentioned to compare lives in the past and present?A．3. B．4.C．5. D．6.14．According to the passage, the author intends to ________.A．tell us to be content with lifeB．warn us to live in a simple wayC．teach us to learn lessons from lifeD．encourage us to struggle for wealth15．What's the author's attitude towards life?A．Doubtful. B．Optimistic.C．Uncaring. D．Cautious.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[2020·广州调研]It was the 2015 “super storm” in New South Wales that restored my faith in people.During a break in the weather, I stupidly decided to drive into town to buy some groceries. However, as I left the supermarket and drove back, the weather took a turn for the worse. __1__I had nowhere to go. I spotted a young man in his front yard assessing the situation. He quickly waved to me to come and park in his driveway. __2__ The man, who introduced himself as Trent, then invited me to wait inside his house with his wife, Kayti and their two daughters. I told him I was concerned about the damage to my car, as the continuing rain was starting to turn into hail (冰雹). Trent then grabbed a blanket from his garage and covered my car. __3__ Fortunately, his efforts saved my car from being damaged by the hail.By 11：00 a．m., the electricity and phone services had both gone. __4__ Trent made me a cup of tea and Kayti gave me a towel to dry myself off. The three of us chatted while waiting for the weather to get better. I learned that Trent had lost his job and was struggling to feed the family.When the hail stopped, I shook Trent's hand and kissed Kayti goodbye. __5__. I was very moved by their kindness and it renewed my faith in people.As I went out the door, I asked Trent for two of his business cards. My father has since called to offer him a job as a clerk at his company.A．It began pouring so heavily that I was forced to stop.B．The couple were so modest as I thanked them for their help.C．I was surprised that he didn't ask for anything in return for his assistance.D．I was grateful to escape the running water that was about to drown my car.E．I tried driving faster to escape the heavy downpour that was sure to come.F．As a result, I couldn't cont G．He was wet but he didn't seem to mind being out in the wild weather on my behalf.act my parents, despite knowing they'd be worried.课时练(二) 语言知识运用·组块专练——练准度(限时：30分钟)语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
[2020·太原五中阶段测试]All Sophia Espiritu wanted for her 10th birthday was to help children who, like her, are undergoing treatment at Stony Brook Cancer Center.Sophia, of Holbrook, has Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (朗格汉斯细胞组织细胞增生症), a __1__ form of cancer believed to __2__ one in 200,000 children, according to the Histiocytosis Association. After receiving her __3__ chemotherapy (化疗) treatment on Wednesday, Dec. 5, her birthday, Sophia, a __4__ Four student at Tamarac Elementary School in Holtsville, __5__ chemotherapy port shirts purchased with nearly $13,000 she raised in November with the help of her school.Since Sophia began receiving treatment in March, she has __6__ the ComfyChemo port shirt, with __7__ zippers (拉链) that allow easy access to the installed mediport in her chest. “It's __8__ and it takes less time and less effort for __9__ and putting your shirt back on，” Sophia says.Sophia noticed that __10__ of the other children receiving treatment wore a shirt like hers. So she decided to start a fundraiser to raise money to __11__ shirts for them.She made a nearly threeminute __12__ in which she spoke of her condition and discussed the __13__ of her fundraiser, which is now over. The video, which __14__ donations of $18 to purchase a shirt, was __15__ on social media.In about three weeks, Sophia raised $12,812, which __16__ more than 700 shirts.Sophia wore her shirt when she arrived on Wednesday at Stony Brook __17__ chemotherapy treatment.Mother Melody Espiritu, a physical therapist, says Sophia's tumor (肿瘤) has shrunk by 93 percent and that she will be __18__ with monthly chemotherapy treatment in June. “She is an __19__ to all of us for her bravery, her strong faith and her __20__，” she says. 1．A.rare B．seriousC．unique D．deadly2．A.help B．affectC．choose D．injure3．A.daily B．yearlyC．weekly D．monthly4．A.Class B．NumberC．Grade D．Year5．A.went through B．made intoC．contributed to D．handed out6．A.donated B．washedC．worn D．removed7．A.front B．sideC．back D．top8．A.popular B．comfortableC．casual D．expensive9．A.changing B．sewingC．opening D．selling10．A.each B．halfC．some D．none11．A.purchase B．designC．create D．produce12．A.movie B．advertisementC．speech D．video13．A.method B．processC．result D．goal14．A.charged B．requestedC．resisted D．ordered15．A.abandoned B．jokedC．shared D．commented16．A.pays B．buysC．covers D．affords17．A.for B．withC．under D．over18．A.finished B．equippedC．satisfied D．connected19．A.individual B．adultC．inspiration D．success20．A.imagination B．selflessnessC．curiosity D．mercy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。
[2020·湖南六校联考]Twentyfive years ago, most young British people wanted a career in law, to be a doctor, or to take up singing. But today, things stand __1__ (different)．According to a recent survey, the “dream job” of young people __2__ (age) between 16 and 25 in the UK is a video blogger, or “vlogger (视频博主)”. The survey, carried out among 1,002 people, found that over 40% of them put vlogger as their number one choice on a list of dream __3__ (career)．The change is largely due to the rapid development of information technology (IT). The Internet and social media have made it __4__ (easy) and more convenient to reach a global audience, without having to enter a career in show business in the traditional way.“In the past, the biggest stars __5__ (make) by the Hollywood studios; now, anyone with a computer camera may become a star，” said Phil Samuels, __6__ expert from UK. “From fashion to comedy, these selfmade sta However, what people see __7__ (be) only the bright side of being a vlogger and they ignore the fact __8__ only those who are successful can gain fame and fortune. Actually, __9__ every success there are a hundred others who never get off the starting block. This is why some young people still show __10__ (prefer) for traditional jobs.rs interact online with their fans about everyday life.”课时练(三) 写作强化增分·组块专练——练规范(限时：35分钟)写作(共两节，满分35分)第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)[2020·黑龙江省六校一模]Recently, my mother was always busy but she only made a small sandwich for my lunch that day. Get to school, I saw our old gatekeepers who didn't have breakfast. Without hesitation, I offered the sandwich him, which he gladly accepted. From this experience, I realize that when we shared, even when we don't have much, we are sharing something great than it is. When I told Mom what she did, she praised me and encouraged me to keep going. Now, with a loving care, Mom prepares a nutritious lunch for me to take to school each morning. Additional, she prepares some extra food so that I can share with whomever is in need along the way.第二节 书面表达(满分25分)[2020·兰州实战模拟]假定你是李华，你所在的城市近期将举办丝绸之路国际艺术节(Silk Road International Arts Festival)，你想邀请你的英国朋友Jacob一起参加艺术节期间举行的一些活动。
请给他写一封邮件，内容包括：1．举办艺术节的目的；2．举办时间；3．活动内容注意：1．词数100左右；2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数Dear Jacob，________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours，Li Hua课时作业13课时练(一)阅读理解第一节【语篇解读】 本文是一篇广告类应用文，主要介绍了四种环保的儿童玩具，包括玩具名称、设计特点、材料来源以及价格等。
1．D 考查推理判断根据第三段尾句“It features technology that African desert farmers have been using for thousands of years: a miniature clay pot releases water, but only when the surrounding soil has dried up”可知，该玩具的特点是使用了非洲沙漠地区的农民已经使用了数千年的技术：当周围的土壤干涸时，微型陶罐才可以释放水据此可推知，这种玩具的特点是使用了抗旱技术，故D项正确2．A 考查细节理解根据尾段的内容，尤其是最后一句“Now let your imagination go wild！” 可知，Cardboard Tool Kit可以充分发挥人的想象力，故A项正确3．B 考查细节理解根据第一段第四、五句“They use natural or nonharmful materials, and find ways to reuse and recycle. Toys and kits (成套工具) can also teach kids about environmentally friendly solutions”，并结合四种玩具的特点介绍可知，这四种玩具的共同点是环保，故B项正确。
语篇解读】 这是一篇记叙文一个离家出走的少年捡到一个钱包并因此陷入困境，素不相识的酒吧老板的帮助使他走上了新的生活轨道4．C 考查细节理解根据第一段中的“she went to sit on a bench outside and left when her ride arrived. Then a young man approached the bench and put something in his pocket”，由此可知Gilleece查看视频发现有个少年在这位女士坐过的长凳上捡到这个钱包，所以这位女士是在等车的时候把钱包落在了长凳上，因此选C5．A 考查推理判断根据第三段可知，警方希望Gilleece能把少年带去警局，但是Gilleece给警方打说“他明天会和我一起去码头”，再根据第四段可知，Gilleece请的两名潜水员在Prather扔掉钱包的水域寻找，由此推断，他带Prather去码头的目的是找到被Prather扔掉的戒指6．D 考查细节理解根据第四段中的“Gilleece told the teen he could stay with him and his。