Unit 1School life (A卷)(对应学生用书第257页).阅读理解A【导学号：31670177】(2017年成都市2018届高中毕业班摸底测试)Summer Camps in Season!STEM Camp July 10 to August 14，Cost：$18090%of the jobs in the future will require STEM(Science，Technology，Engineering & Mathematics)education.We find ways to make learning fun and exciting for students to help ensure their futures.Campers participate in fun and engaging STEM activities！Register：www.stemcamp.ca or call 5194756600.Kandalore June 15 to 28，Cost：$2，340The finest traditional camp in Canada，provides the best of both canoe(独木舟)adventures and incamp activities.For more than 65 years，Kandalore has given campers the opportunity to know and be themselves.We create a warm and supportive environment where kids can express their unique self，grow in selfconfidence and build lifetime friendships.Register：www.kandalore.com or call 4163229735.ESL Summer Camp June 25 to July 21，Cost：$ 5，500Pickering College has an exciting ESL summer camp for students aged 1218 who want to learn English and experience the wonders of summer at our 42acre campus；students enjoy the excellent dormitory，dining，academic，and social facilities of one of Canadas oldest independent schools.Register：www.pickeringcollege.on.ca or call 9051758900.DEEP Summer Academy August 16 to 26，Cost：$465We provide highly motivated high school students from across the world with the opportunity for advanced study in a variety of engineering，technology，business and science subjects.Organized by the University of Toronto，DEEP is one of the most diverse preuniversity engineering programs all over the world with scholarships.Register：www.outreach.engineering.utoronto.ca or call 4169460816.【语篇解读】本文是一篇应用文。主要介绍了四个夏令营的时间、收费标准、主要活动内容及联系方式等信息。【长难句分析】Pickering College has an exciting ESL summer camp for students aged 1218 who want to learn English and experience the wonders of summer at our 42acre campus；students enjoy the excellent dormitory，dining，academic，and social facilities of one of Canadas oldest independent schools.分析：本句中aged 1218作students的后置定语；who引导定语从句，修饰先行词students。dormitory，dining，academic和social facilities都作enjoy的宾语，of one of Canadas oldest independent schools作facilities的后置定语。译文：Pickering学院有一个为(那些)想要学习英语和在学院42英亩的校区内感受夏天的奇观的12至18岁的学生们举办的令人兴奋的ESL夏令营，(参加的)学生们(可以)享受加拿大最古老的私立学校的一流食宿、学习和社交设施。1Which number should you call if you want to improve your English?A5194756600.B4163229735.C4169460816.D9051758900.D考查细节理解。根据第三则信息中的“Pickering College has an exciting ESL summer camp for students aged 1218 who want to learn English”和“call 9051758900”可知D选项正确。2When will the shortest camp start?AOn July 10.BOn June 15.COn June 25.DOn August 16.D考查细节理解。综合四则信息可知，DEEP Summer Academy的时间长度是11天，与题干的the shortest camp相符合。所以D选项正确。3Where can you go if you are interested in the experience of adventure?AKandalore.BSTEM Camp.CESL Summer Camp.DDEEP Summer Academy.A考查细节理解。根据第二则信息中的”provides the best of both canoe(独木舟)adventures and incamp activities”可知，选项A与题干的”the experience of adventure”相符合。所以A选项正确。4How similar are STEM Camp and DEEP Summer Academy?AThey both offer scholarships for students.BThey provide the same courses for students.CThey both prepare students for their development.DThey are both designed for international students.C考查推理判断。根据第一则信息中的“for students to help ensure their futures”和第四则信息中的“We provide highly motivated high school students from across the world with the opportunity for advanced study”可以推断二者都对学生的未来发展(development)有帮助。所以选项C正确。B(2017年辽宁大连双基测试)Whenever we see a button, we want to press it because we know that something will happen.This is true in most cases, for example, on a doorbell.But some buttons are actually fake (假的), like the “close” button on a lift.Many people are in the habit of pressing the “close” button because they dont have the patience to wait.But lifts “close” buttons are a complete trick, at least in the USthe doors will not close any faster no matter how hard you press.It started in the 1990s when the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in the US, making sure that all lifts stayed open long enough so that people with disabilities could enter safely.Only repair workers can use the buttons to speed up the doorclosing process if they have special keys.But to normal lift riders, the buttons arent completely useless.According to psychologists, fake buttons can actually make you feel better by offering you a sense of control.“A sense of control is very important.It reduces stress and increases wellbeing，” said Ellen JLanger，a psychology professor at Harvard University.Experts also added that a lot of buttons that dont do anything exist in our lives for this same purpose.For example, pedestrian crosswalk buttons dont live up to their names either.Pressing them used to help make the traffic signals change faster, but that was before computercontrolled traffic signals were