Ⅱ.阅读理解

Starbucks coffee shops can be found all over America and in more than thirty countries around the would.Many people think they are great places to enjoy a cup of hot coffee or tea.But others dislike the company.

If you are in any major city in America，the chances are great that you are not far from a Starbucks.In fact，you might be very close to several of these coffee shops.The company started in the West Coast city of Seattle，Washington，in 1971.Starbucks was named after a character in the famous American novel Moby­Dick by Herman Melville.Today，there are more than 12 000 Starbucks around the world.Sales in 2008 were almost eight billion dollars.

Starbucks sells more than just plain coffee.It started a whole coffee culture with its own special language and coffee workers called“baristas”.It sells many kinds of hot and cold coffee drinks;like White Chocolate Mocha and Frappuccino.It also sells music recorders，coffee makers，food，and even books.But most of all，it sells the idea of being a warm and friendly place for people to sit，read or talk.

Starbucks is a great successful story.Buiers are willing to pay as much as five dollars for coffee drink.Many people say they go to Starbucks because they can depend on it to have exactly what they want and it is nearby.Some say Starbucks has helped to educate people about coffee from many countries.

However，some people do not like the company's expansion.Owners of independent coffee stores cannot compete with Starbucks.Some small coffee sellers even took the company to court，saying Starbucks controls the market and forces out competition.

1. Which of the following may be the best title of the passage?

A.Starbucks，the Coffee Giant(巨人)

B.The World's Starbucks

C.Starbucks，Selling Ideas

D.Starbucks，In or Out

答案与解析：A 　确立文章标题。文章主要介绍拥有众多连锁店的咖啡店巨无霸Starbucks，B、C、D三项都只是介绍Starbucks coffee shops的某一个侧面，较片面。

2. People will go to Starbucks for coffee drink because of________.

A.the sense of satisfaction there

B.the highly educated baristas

C.the plain taste of the drink

D.the low price there

答案与解析：A　细节理解题。由第四段第三句“Many people say they go to Starbucks because they can depend on it to have exactly what they want”由此推断人们去Starbucks是由于一种满足感。

3. What do you think takes the most important role in Starbucks' success?

A.Selling their ideas.

B.The coffee culture they have created.

C.Their great economic power.

D.All kinds of their coffee drinks.

答案与解析：B　判断推理题。由第三段中“Starbucks sells more than just plain coffee.It started a whole coffee culture with its own special language...But most of all it sells the idea of being a warm and friendly place for people to sit，read or talk”可推断Starbucks成功之处在于他们创立的咖啡文化。

4. The writer's attitude towards Starbucks is________in writing the passage.

A.supportive       B.critical(批评的)

C.objective     D.doubtful

答案与解析：C　判断作者态度题。本文介绍Starbucks咖啡连锁店特有的文化经营理念，所以作者的态度是客观的。

Ⅲ.篇章结构

“__1__It all depends on your personality，”said British naturalist Richard Mabey.“Personality shapes your view of the season，”he said.“You may see it as a fading away，a packing up(结束)，or as a time of packing in another sense –the gathering of resources before a long journey.”

__2__ About November，he wrote：

No warmth，no cheerfulness，no healthful ease

No shade，no shine，no butterflies，no bees

November!

On the other hand，another English poet John Keats，already sensing he was seriously ill，was inspired by a late September day to pen one of the most famous poems in the English language，To Autumn.__3__

According to Richard Mabey，Keats has the biological evidence on his side.__4__ For example，just at the moment that Keats's“gathering swallows”(in To Autumn) are departing for Africa，millions of creatures are fleeing from the frozen north like Iceland，Greenland and Russia to winter along the east and south coasts of Britain.People might argue that it is the coloring of the leaves and their eventual fall that make people feel sad about autumn.But no one is sure why trees drop their leaves in the first place.It may be likely to rid the poisonous material trees collect over the summer.__5__

A century after Keats，the American poet Loren Eiseley wrote in his journal：“Suppose we saw ourselves burning like maples in a golden autumn.And suppose we could disintegrate(瓦解) like autumn leaves...Would not our attitude towards death be different?”

A. Autumn is not a time of slowing down，but a time of new beginnings and great movements of creatures.

B.He wrote to a friend afterwards that there was something comforting and healing about autumn.

C.Keats thought we should take a negative attitude towards death.

D.Autumn means different to different people.

E.If this is true，perhaps it tells us a little about，for instance，Thomas Hood，the 19th Century English poet.

F.More likely，it is a way of reducing the loss of water，which tree roots find hard to take in from cold soil.

G.The fall of tree leaves is more likely to make people sad.

答案： 1.D　2.E　3.B　4.A　5.F

Ⅳ.短文改错

On a snowy winter night，a bus with 45 passenger had an accident because the slippery road.And all of them were trapping in the bus and what was worse，the bus ran out of gas and it is very cold in it.They could do nothing but to wait for help.A man who lived nearby saw what had happened.He and some villagers tried to open the door and helped all of whom out of the bus.He took them to his home but offered them food and water and even some warm clothes for children.They spent two days in his home and finally help came.All of them were thankfully for his kind help.

答案：

On a snowy winter night，a bus with 45 passengerpassengers had an accident because ∧of the slippery road.And all of them were trappingtrapped in the bus and what was worse，the bus ran out of gas and it iswas very cold in it.They could do nothing but to     wait for help.A man who lived nearby saw what had happened.He and some villagers triedmanaged to open the door and helped all of whomthem out of the bus.He took them to his home butand offered them food and water and even some warm clothes for ∧the children.They spent two days in his home and finally help came.All of them were thankfullythankful for his kind help.

大家阅读了上文提供的高二英语下册第五单元测试题，一定要对易错题及时做好笔记，祝大家考试顺利。

相关推荐：

高二下学期英语第五单元测试题（必修五） 

高二英语选修下学期unit5单元检测试题