高中英语新人教必修三单元课时检测-Unit-5-Canad(4)

“Things are getting expensive，”she said.“When it comes to applying for colleges and wanting to go on senior trips，I have to pick and choose instead of doing it all.”

1．The purpose of writing the passage is mainly to tell us ________.

A．the economic recession has had a big impact on teens' work，life and study

B．teenagers are now having difficulty in deciding which colleges to apply for

C．teenagers don't know much about the economic recession

D．teenagers are considering giving up their senior trips to save money

答案与解析：A 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的是青少年的学习和工作、生活受到了美国经济衰退的重大影响，并举例加以说明。

2．Because of the bad economic situation，Heather Richars will most probably ________.

A．go to a private university

B．attend an out-of-state college

C．attend a public college in California

D．find a good university as he planned

答案与解析：C 细节推理判断题。根据文章第六段可推知此题答案。

3．How has Joey Camarda found the recession affects him?

A．He has to find more part-time jobs.

B．He has to help his mother do more chores.

C．He has found that he had more time to study.

D．His plan to pay for college will be hard to realize.

答案与解析：D 细节理解题。根据本文倒数第三段Joey Camarda的话，可知他的工作时间缩短了，因此不能挣够用来上大学的钱。所以D正确。其他三个选项文章都没有提到。

4．What can we conclude from the passage?

A．Parents punish their teens by giving them less money.

B．Most teens understand what negative economic growth means.

C．Teenagers are finding it harder to do what they want than before.

D．Teenagers have realized the importance of managing their own money.

答案与解析：C 推理判断题。根据全文可知：由于受到经济衰退的影响，青少年的许多心愿和想法都不能像过去一样实现了，故答案C是正确的。

When I was in primary school，I got into a major argument with a boy in my class.I can't what it was about，but I have never forgotten the I learned that day.

I was that I was right and he was wrong－and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right.The decided to teach us a very important lesson.She both of us up to the of the class and him on one side of her desk and me on ，round object.I could see that it was black.She asked the boy what the object was.“White，”he answered.

I couldn't believe he said the object was white， it was obviously black！ started between my classmate and me，this about the color of the object.

The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been.We changed ，and now she asked me what the color of the object was.I answer，“White.”It was an object with two colored sides， from my side was it black.

My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day：You must in the other person's shoes and look at the through their eyes in order to