人教版新课标2018-2019学年必修三第五单元课单元综合测评含答案详解.docxVIP

PAGE PAGE # 单元综合测评 Unit 5 Unit 5 Canada —“ The True North （时间：100分钟 分值：120分） 选择题部分 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节；满分35分） 第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分） A For those who make journeys across the world，the speed of travel today has turned the countries into a series of villages. Distances between them appear no greater to a modern traveller than those which once faced men as they walked from village to village. Jet planes fly people from one end of the earth to the other， allowing them a freedom of movement undreamt of a hundred years ago. Yet some people wonder if the revolution in travel has gone too far. A price has been paid they say, for the conquest征服）of time and distance.Travel_is something__to__be enjoyed not_en dured 忍受）.The boat offers eno ugh leisure and time to appreciate the evecha nging sights and sounds of a jour ney. A jour ney by train also has a special charm about it. Lakes and forests and wild , open plains sweeping past your carriage window create a grand view in which time and distance mean nothing. On board a plan,however, there is just the blank blue of the sky filling the n arrow wi ndows of the airpla ne. The soft lighti ng, in -flight films and gen tle music make up the only world you know, and the hours progress slowly. Then there is the time spe nt beingprocessedaiorim?elepteaare conv eyed like Then there is the time spe nt being processed aiorim?elepteaare conv eyed like robots along walkways; baggage is weighed tickets produced, examined and produced yet again before the passengers move to another waiting area. Journeys by rail and sea take Iongeyes, but the hours devoted to being “ prcsfe（separ”re and arrival in airports are luckily abse nt. No wonder, then, that the modern high-speed trains are winning back passengers from the airlines. Man, however, is now a world traveller and cannot turn his back on the airplane. The working lives of too many people depe nd upon it; whole new in dustries have bee n built around its desig n and operation. The holiday-