讲练测2016届高考英语一轮复习 Unit 3 Life in the future（测）（含解析）新人教版必修5.docVIP

Unit 3 Life in the future 单元检测卷（时间50分钟；满分100分） 班级_________________姓名_____________考号_________________得分_______________________ I 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分) 第一节 完形填空（每小题1.5分，满分30分）【甘肃省兰州中学2016届高三9月月考】 Do you know insurance? Buying insurance is a 1 by which people can protect themselves 2 large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay 3 sums of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only 4 will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes out or the sums of money it has 5 . The first modern fire insurance company was 6 in London, England in 1666. A great fire had just 7 most of the city, and people wanted protection against 8 losses. The first company 9 rapidly. Soon other companies were founded in other areas. Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. He also 10 a new kind of insurance for 11 . The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops 12 storms. In 1795, Benjamin Franklin helped start 13 new insurance company in America. This company, 14 offered life insurance, collected some money 15 from many different men. 16 a man died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is 17 in business. Over the years, people have 18 from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from 19 accidents as car and plane crashes. 20 , almost everyone has some kind of insurance. 1. A. way B. firm C.consideration D. means 2. A.. from B. against C. with D. beyond 3. A. small B. huge C. much D. little 4. A.many B. little C. few D. a few 5. A. stole B.collected C. lent D. brought 6. A. built B. found C. formed D.organized 7. A.destroyed B. hurt C. harmed D. wounded 8. A. farther B. further C. wider D. longer 9. A. risen B. rised C. grew D. turned 10. A.suggested B.determined C. asked D.demanded 11. A. farmers B. workers C. waiters