【创新设计】（广东专用）高中英语 Unit 24 Society单元测试 北师大版选修8.docVIP

Unit 24　Society 第一部分　语言知识及运用(共两节，满分45分) 第一节　完形填空(共15 小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 What will the city of the future look like？No one knows for sure，and making predictions is a risky business.But one thing is __1__—they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. To find out what young people think about the future of urban life，a teacher at a university in Texas in the United States __2__ his students to think how they would run a city of 150,000 people in the __3__ 2025.Here are some of the __4__ they had： Garbage ships：To solve garbage problems，the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun，__5__ landfills and environmental __6__. Forget smoking：__7__ smoking will be allowed within a future citys limits.Smoking will be possible only __8__ cities. Forget the malls：in the future all shopping will be done __9__，and catalogues(目录)will have voice commands to place orders. Telephones for life：Everyone will be given a telephone number at __10__ that will never change no matter where they live. Recreation：All forms of recreation，such as cinemas，bowling，concerts and others，will be __11__ free of charge by the city. Cars：All cars will be __12__ by electricity，solar energy or wind，and it will possible to change the colour of cars at the flick(轻击)of a switch. Telesurgery：Distance surgery will become __13__ as doctors carry out operation from thousands of miles away，with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic. Holidays at home：Senior citizens and people with disabilities will be able to go anywhere in the world __14__ high-tech cameras attached to their heads. Space travel：Travelling in space by ordinary citizens will be common.Each city will have its own __15__. 【解题导语】 本文主要讲述了人们对未来城市生活情况的猜测。　 1．A.doubtful B．certain C．useful D．unsure 解析　根据语境，certain表示“肯定的”，与上一句No one knows for sure的意思相反。 答案　B 2．A.raised B．urged C．asked D．made 解析　固定搭配asked...to do sth.表示“叫……做某事”。 答案　C 3．A.amount B．