2015高考英语（人教版）一轮配套活页练习：选修8Unit5　Meetingyourancestors.docVIP

Unit 5　Meeting your ancestors Ⅰ.阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 M：Miss Dermott, let me ask you straight away. Do you think, within a few years, many people could be working at home instead of working in __1__？ W：Oh, yes. Its happening now. You see, the communication industry __2__(make) much progress in the last ten years. M：And how do these people manage to work? I mean, what equipment do they have at home? W：Well, they have a television set, a computer, a printer, and a telephone __3__(connect) with other computers. M：Oh, I see.__4__ surely therere some advantages in being able to work at home. W：Yes. __5__ at home, people dont have to spend a lot of time getting to and back from their work places. The rush hours are the time of day with the __6__(slow) traffic. Millions of people have to get up early to avoid the rush hours. M：Ah, yes, I see. What do you think about the conditions of home workers? W：Oh, let me tell you __7__ might become of them. In the future a British firm in, for example, London，__8__ employ clerks in Belfast, or a Paris company could have their secretaries in Spain, and then __9__ just use a telephone to call around for __10__ labor. 答案　1.offices　2.has made　3.connected　4.But 5．Working　6.slowest　7.what　8.might　9.they 10．the 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ⅱ.完形填空 体裁： 夹叙夹议 话题： 感染他人 词数：314 难度： ★★★ 建议用时： 16分钟 A man hired a taxi outside the airfield.The cab had a woolen carpet with __1__ lace edges.On the glass partition that __2__the drivers seat was a copy of a famous painting.Its windows were all clean.The customer was very much __3__ and said to the driver，“Ive never seen a nicer __4__.”“Thank you for your praise.”the driver answered __5__. “The car isnt mine，”said the driver.“It belongs to the company.I used to be a __6__ of cabs.When they returned，all of them were as __7__ as garbage cans with cigarette butts and rubbish __8__ here and there.On the seats and doorhandles could be found something __9__ like peanut sauce or，chewing gum.Wh