Unit 2单元话题阅读理解练习-2022-2023学年高二英语选择性必修第三册单元重难点易错题精练（牛津译林版2020）

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（2022·江苏徐州·高二期中）Don’t you just hate it when you have to answer an important phone call and

you’re surrounded by potential eavesdropper ( 偷听者) ? You either have to whisper or go outside to keep the

conversation private. Now, a new device (设备) aims to solve this problem by blocking your voice.

Hushme is a high - tech mask (口罩) that blocks the sound of the wearer’s voice. It connects to your phone

by Bluetooth. It also comes with a pair of earphones. When you get a private call, all you have to do is put the

mask on and it will do a good job of blocking your voice. But to ensure nothing gets through, Hushme also

features external speakers that play a variety of sounds when you speak.

The Hushme mask comes in a variety of colors. It can be worn around the neck, like a regular pair of

earphones. It attaches in front of your mouth thanks to a couple of very powerful magnets ( 磁铁 ). The sound

options for covering your voice currently include the wind, ocean, rain, bird, monkey, squirrel, R2D2, laughing

Minion and Darth Vader breath, but new ones could be added in the future. While Hushme is promoted as a phone

call privacy protection device, you could always use it to protect your ears from loud mouth co - workers at the

office. Just put this baby over their mouths and you can go on with your work.

Advertised as the “world’s first voice mask for mobile phones”, Hushme was shown at Centre for

Environmental Studies (CES) at the beginning of this year. It’s not commercially available yet, but its makers plan

to start a crowdfunding campaign, and to start selling it by the end of the year. Engadget reports that it will cost

around $ 200.

1．What is the major function of the high - tech mask?

A．Offering you all kinds of pleasant sounds. B．Blocking your voice to keep calls private.

C．Protecting you from serious air pollution. D．Making your voice sound more beautiful.

2．What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Consumers can’t buy Hushme now. B．There were no voice masks in the past.

C．CES is a company that produces masks. D．Engadget will spend $ 200 buying masks.

3．What is the text mainly about?

A．Hushme makes your phone a safe device.

B．One can monitor others’ phone by Hushme.

C．Hushme can keep your phone from being stolen.

D．Hushme assures you of your phone calls’ privacy.

4．Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A course plan. B．An exam paper.

C．A scientific journal. D．An advertisement poster.

（2022· 浙江 ·余姚中学高二阶段练习） Buildings with windows filled with water could save energy

greatly, according to researchers backing the new technology.

Traditional glass windows increase the heat and temperature in the room in summers, and let the heat inside

escape in winters, resulting in more electricity consumed for air-conditioners and more carbon emissions ( 排放).

Now, researchers at Loughborough University (UK) have created a water-filled window that can overcome these

problems.

The “water-filled glass” (WFG) system, designed by Dr. Matyas Gutai, involves a sheet of water being

trapped between a panel (嵌板) of glass, and the water is practically invisible. The windows are connected to an

indoor storage tank (箱) using pipes hidden in the walls, allowing water to flow easily between the windows and

the tank.

This system allows the house to cool and reheat themselves automatically. When sunlight streams through

the glass, the windows keep the buildings cool as the water takes in external and internal heat. This warm water

then flows back to the tank. And when the outdoor temperature drops, the stored warm water is brought back to

the walls to reheat the building using a monitoring system similar to central heating. The heated water can also be

used for domestic (家用的) purposes. Although some electricity is required to pump the water back and forth, it

uses much less energy than traditional air-conditioners or heaters.

Dr. Gutai claimed that WFG can save energy from 47% to 72% compared to when using traditional windows.

Once launched into the market, the windows will surely make a real splash, appealing to a large crowd of

environmentalists and contributing to reducing our carbon footprint. Currently, the inventor team is testing the

windows in two areas with different weather conditions. The research reveals that WFG systems perform well in

any inhabited climate—keeping buildings in hot climates cool and buildings in cool settings warm—without

requiring an additional energy supply.

5．What’s the weakness of traditional glass windows?

A．They are easy to break into. B．They release carbon dioxide.

C．They fail to trap the heat. D．They lead to more energy consumption.

6．What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The structure of the WFG system.

B．The working process of the WFG system.

C．The advantages of water-filled windows.

D．The appearance of water-filled windows.

7．What’s the characteristic of the WFG system?

A．It is operated by man.

B．It needs no electricity at all.

C．It recycles the water in many ways.

D．It reheats the house via central heating.

8．What does the underlined phrase in Paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．Make a big fortune. B．Draw lots of attention.

C．Form a huge waterfall. D．Take immediate effect.

（2021·上海市控江中学高二期中）The traditional tent cities at festivals such as Glastonbury may never

be the same again. In a victory of green business that is certain to appeal to environmentally-aware music-lovers, a

design student is to receive financial support to produce eco-friendly tents made of cardboard that can be recycled

after the bands and the crowds have gone home.

Major festivals such as Glastonbury throw away some 10,000 abandoned tents at the end of events each year.

For his final year project at the University of the West of England, James Dun-lop came up with a material that

can be recycled. And to cope with the British summer, the cardboard has been made waterproof.

Taking inspiration from a Japanese architect who has used cardboard to make big buildings, including

churches, Mr. Dun-lop used cardboard material for his tents which he called Myhabs.

The design won an award at the annual New Designers Exhibition after Mr. Dun-lop graduated from his

product design degree and he decided to try to turn it into a business.

To raise money for the idea, he toured the city’s private companies which fund new business and found a

supporter in the finance group Mint. He introduced his idea to four of Mint’s directors and won their support. Mint

has committed around £500,000 to Myhabs and taken a share of 30 percent in Mr. Dun-lop’s business. The first

Myhabs should be tested at festivals this summer before being marketed fully next year.

Mr. Dun-lop said that the design, which accommodates two people could have other uses such as for disaster

relief and housing for the London Olympics.

For music events, the cardboard houses will be ordered online and put up at the sites by the Myhabs team

before the festival-goers arrive and removed by the company afterwards. They can be personalized and the

company will offer reductions on the expense if people agree to sell exterior (外部的) advertising space.

The biggest festivals attract tens of thousands of participants with Glastonbury having some 150,000 each

year. Altogether there are around 100 annual music festivals where people camp in the UK. The events are

becoming increasingly environmentally conscious.

9．The highlighted phrase “eco-friendly tents” in Paragraph 1 refer to tents _______.

A．economically desirable B．favorable to the environment

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