外研版（2019）選修2《Unit 2 Improving yourself》2021年單元測試卷
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第一部分 聽力（略）第二部分 閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分37.5分）第一節(jié) （共4小題；每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
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1．How to Get Free Tickets to The Steve Harvey Show
Do you want to check out The Steve Harvey Show？All you have to do is ask and wait.
As with many daytime talk shows，tickets to see the taping of The Steve Harvey Show are free.They're given away in order to fill the audience with fans.The catch is that the show often gives away more tickets than seats since usually some people won't show up on the taping dates.
There is good news and bad news.The good is that even if you don't get tickets，you might be able to get standby tickets（候補(bǔ)票）．The bad is that even if you do have tickets，you're not guaranteed a seat.Be sure to show up early and your chances will improve.
Request your tickets to The Steve Harvey Show
The process for requesting tickets could not be easier.You'll simply give the show your information and the date you'd like to attend.
You may need to check back in frequently to see when they're taping.If anything is scheduled，it's often only for one or two weeks at a time.
1．Visit The Steve Harvey Show's official website.
2．You'll find a calendar with highlighted（突出標(biāo)記的） dates.Those are available taping dates.Select one that works best for you.
3．Fill out the online form that pops up.It's pretty straightforward—name，email，phone number，address，requested date，etc.
4．Make sure everyone attending is 18 years old or older.
Attending The Steve Harvey Show
Remember that your requested date is not guaranteed.The show will do its best to arrange the seat at your request，but it is possible that you may receive tickets for a different date.
（1）What's the disadvantage of free tickets？
A．Your seat in the show isn't ensured.
B．You must get up early to get them.
C．Standby tickets aren't included.
D．Good seats are unavailable.
（2）Who can be the audience of the taping of the show？
A．A baby.
B．A retired teacher.
C．A threeyearold girl.
D．A junior middle school student.
（3）What will probably change even if you have requested your dream tickets？
A．The host of the show.
B．The content of the show.
C．The date of your free ticket.
D．The arrangement of the taping plan.組卷：10引用：2難度：0.3 -
2．Mike Hayes of Rochelle，Illinois，proved he was smart in his first year at college.In 1987，while he was a student in the first year of the University of Illinois，he had gotten ﹩2，500 from a job working at a store，but that money would not go far to pay the four years of tuition（學(xué)費(fèi)） and college expenses that added up to around ﹩28，000.His middleclass family had already put his older brothers through college.While Mike's parents would have helped him to pay，Mike decided he did not want his parents going into debt for him.He came up with an idea to solve this problem.
Mike wrote to Chicago Tribune writer Bob Greene.He wanted each of the newspaper's readers to send him a penny（分）．Greene thought the idea sounded fun and agreed to do it.He shared Mike's letter with his readers on September 6，1987.
"Just one penny，" Mike said."A penny doesn't mean anything to anyone.If everyone who is reading your reports looks around the room right now，there will be a penny on the corner of the desk，or on the floor.That's all I'm asking.A penny from each of your readers."
In less than a month，the Many Pennies for Mike fund（基金） had around ﹩23，000.Donations were received from every state in the United States，and even Mexico，Canada，and the Bahamas.So，Mike achieved his ﹩28，000 goal and went on to learn food science from the University of Illinois.
In the end，Mike had this to say about the whole thing，"I just want to express my thanks to everyone...right now I'm feeling that the world is a pretty great place."
（1）What troubled Mike when he was in his first year at college？
A．He couldn't afford his tuition.
B．He failed to find a parttime job.
C．His parents were unwilling to help.
D．His parents had huge debts to pay off.
（2）Why did Mike write to Greene？
A．To ask for help.
B．To send his greetings.
C．To express his thanks.
D．To introduce himself.
（3）What can we infer from Paragraph 4 about Mike？
A．His fund needed more donations.
B．He became rich and successful.
C．His plan really worked.
D．He asked for too much.
（4）What's the best title for the text？
A．Pennies for Readers
B．The Value of Education
C．Mike's Business in College
D．The One Penny College Fund組卷：23引用：4難度：0.3 -
3．Artificial Intelligence（AI） is making it possible for companies to monitor workers' behavior in great detail and in real time.Start to slack off（懈?。琣nd AI could talk to your boss.
One company offering such services is Londonbased startup Status Today.Its AI platform relies on a regular supply of employee data，including everything from the files you access to when you use a key card.From this，it builds a picture of how employees normally function and signals any unusual performance.The idea is to spot when someone might become a security risk by doing something different from their usual behavioral patterns."All of this gives us fingerprint of a user，so if we think the fingerprint doesn't match，we raise a warning，"says Mircea Dumitrescu，the company's chief technology officer.
The system also aims to catch employee actions that could accidentally cause a security breach（漏洞），like opening malware（惡意軟件）．"We're not monitoring if your computer has a virus." says Dumitrescu."We're monitoring human behaviors."
But catching the security breach means monitoring everyone，and the AI can also be used to track employee productivity."It seems like they are just using the reputation of AI to give an air of lawfulness to oldfashioned workplace surveillance（監(jiān)視），" says Javier Ruiz Diaz of digital campaigning organization the Open Rights Group."You have a right to privacy and you shouldn't be expected to give that up at work."
Exactly how companies use the system will be up to them，but it's hard to shake the picture of an AI constantly looking over employees' shoulders."It will bother people，and that could be counterproductive if it affects their behavior，" says Paul Bemal at the University of East Anglia.
Phil Legg at the University of the West of England says it will never catch every security risk."If people know they're being monitored，they can change their behavior，" he says.
（1）According to the text，AI monitors employees by.
A．taking pictures of them
B．getting access to their data
C．signaling their usual performance
D．catching their actions
（2）What's Javier Ruiz Diaz's attitude towards the system？
A．Doubtful.
B．Supportive.
C．Uncaring.
D．Negative.
（3）What does the underlined word "that" in Paragraph 4 refer to？
A．Security breach.
B．Employees' productivity.
C．The right to privacy.
D．Workplace surveillance.
（4）Phil Legg's concern about the system suggests that.
A．it is too risky to be used at work
B．it will affect employees' emotions
C．it may not be so effective as expected
D．it will encourage employee productivity組卷：12引用：1難度：0.5
第四部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié)?。M分15分）
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8．假定你是李華，你收到外國朋友 Peter 的郵件，他想了解你校在新冠疫情（COVID-19 epidemic）期間線上教學(xué)的情況．請(qǐng)你給他回復(fù)郵件，內(nèi)容包括：
1． 課程與時(shí)間；
2． 你的學(xué)習(xí)狀態(tài)；
3． 你的期待。
注意：
1． 詞數(shù) 100 左右；
2． 可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。
Dear Peter，
I'm so glad to hear from you and know what you are doing these days． __________________
Best wishes，
Yours，
Li Hua組卷：62引用：21難度：0.4
第二節(jié)?。M分25分）
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9．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。續(xù)寫的詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右。
Early in the morning I went to the ocean beach to play my guitar.The usually crowded beach was deserted except for two people.On one side of the boardwalk（木板人行道） was a woman who was cleaning the beach with a broom；on the other side was a lone figure sitting and staring to sea.I chose a spot between them and began to play.
As I played，the woman with the broom swept her way right next to me.She stopped sweeping and leaned on her broom，smiling at me.She appeared to be homeless with dirty mismatched clothes.
"You sure play beautiful music." she said."I think my friend would like your music.I want to hire you to play for her." She pointed to the lone figure staring out at the ocean，and then produced a few coins from her pocket."I don't have much，and I know you're worth a lot，but if I give this to you，will you play a song for her？She's going through a lot.I know the music will make her feel better."
I told her I'd be happy to play for free.
As we walked over to her friend，the Broom Lady told me that her friend had not talked for jye.aieks.We approached，and the Broom Lady introduced me，"Annie，I got you a present to cheer you up.It's a guitar man who is going to play a song specially for you."
Annie didn't move.She was wearing dark sunglasses and had an old coat pulled up to cover most of her face.
I sat next to Annie and played.As I played I put every thought into having good things happen for this woman.I played for quite a while.
Suddenly，Annie turned toward me and said，"You make it so beautiful.I can feel it inside my heart."
Paragraph 1：
She took off her sunglasses.______
Paragraph 2：
When I stopped playing and looked up，I was shocked to see a small crowd around us._______組卷：11引用：1難度：0.5