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最新北师大版高中英语必修四单元测试题及答案全套B 第十单元检测(B)　 (时间:120分钟　满分:150分) 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分　听力(共两节,满分30分) 第二部分　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) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。 A When I was seven,my father gave me a Timex,my first watch.I loved it,wore it for years,and haven’t had another one since it stopped ticking a decade ago.Why?Because I don’t need one.I have a mobile phone and I’m always near someone with an iPod or something like that.All these devices(装置) tell the time—which is why,if you look around,you’ll see lots of empty wrists;sales of watches to young adults have been going down since 2007. But while the wise have realized that they don’t need them,others—apparently including some distinguished men of our time—are spending total fortunes on them.Brands such as Rolex,Patek Philippe and Breitling command shocking prices,up to ￡250,000 for a piece. This is ridiculous.Expensive cars go faster than cheap cars.Expensive clothes hang better than cheap clothes.But these days all watches tell the time as well as all other watches.Expensive watches come with extra functions—but who needs them?How often do you dive to 300 metres into the sea or need to find your direction in the area around the South Pole?So why pay that much of five years’ school fees for watches that allow you to do these things? If justice was done,the Swiss watch industry should have closed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five-pound note.Instead the Swiss reinvented the watch,with the aid of millions of pounds’ worth of advertising,as a message about the man wearing it.Rolexes are for those who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains;a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble family;a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planes across the world. Watches are now classified as “investments(投资)”.A 1994 Patek Philippe recently sold for nearly ￡350,000,while 1960s Rolexes have gone from ￡15,000 to ￡30,000 plus in a year.But a watch is not an investment.It’s a toy for s