Unit 5 The power of nature李仕才一、阅读理解。 Imagine getting a soft drink from a robot machine using only your smart phone. Or scanning a QR code (二维码) to buy goods from a newspaper ad. By making use of these new technologies, China mobile shopping is a bit ahead of the United States. China is still the worlds largest smart phone market, even though growth is slow. It accounts for about 30 percent of the global smart phone market, and Chinese smart phone users are expected to jump from 526.8 million to 640 million in 2018, according to eMarketer. And its shoppers are using their instruments to rush to purchase a wide range of goods and services.Nearly half of all Chinas e-commerce sales, totaling $505.7 billion, are made with mobile devices, versus roughly one-quarter in the US, according to eMarketer. By 2019, Chinas mobile sales will account for 71 percent of those sales. “We dont see mobile buying staying unchangeable for the next five years,” said Monica Pearl, eMarketers director of forecasting. “Itll increase because consumer behavior has changed.” Feature­rich(功能多样的), cheap smart phones are also helping fuel the boom, she added. “China is, after all, a mobile first market,” explains Brian Buchwald, CEO of consumer intelligence firm Bomoda. So it has been able to go beyond other markets, which mainly used PCs for purchases. Meanwhile, the Chinese government has allowed a free-flowing retail and payments marketplace. “There are no restraints(约束),” said Michael Zakkour, vice president of China / Asia Pacific practice at Tompkins International. And thats good news for WeChat, a messaging app thats only five years old and is offered by the Internet giant Tencent. The app now has 650 million users. And a good mass of them are using the app for mobile shopping. The result is thatWeChat payments, along with Alibabas Alipay, lead the market. Because retailers can easily set up shops inside WeChat, users can plan family vacations, order a taxi or even buy clothes without going anywhere else. China is up to three years ahead of the US in mobile shopping, said Buchwald. “And its moving faster than any other area of the economy. Its the future.”1.What can we learn from Paragraph 2?A.China has more goods than the United States.B.Americas new technologies are as good as China.C.Chinas smart phone market is larger than that of the United States.D.American smart phone users will be ahead of Chinese in 2018.2.According to Monica Pearl, why is mobile shopping increasing in China?A.Chinese are fond of using these new technologies.B.Nearly half of all Chinas ecommerce sales are made with mobile devices.C.Smart phones are cheaper than any other country in the world.D.The behavior of customers has changed.3.Which best describes the Buchwalds attitude toward Chinese mobile shopping?A.Doubtful.B.Optimistic.C.Cautious.D.Worried.参考答案： 1.C; 2.D; 3.B解析： 1.细节题。根据“China is still the worlds largest smart phone market, even though growth is slow”可知,哪怕增速有所减缓,中国仍然是世界上最大的智能手机市场,自然也大于美国的智能手机市场。2.推断题。根据第4段“Itll increase because consumer behavior has changed”可知,它只会不断增长,因为消费者的行为已经发生了变化。3.推断题。根据最后一句可知,其发展速度也快于其他任何一个经济领域。未来前景无限,可知Buchwald对移动购物的态度是乐观的。二、单句语法填空1I think that the house will be _ (suit) for the needs of your family.答案：suitablebe suitable for . “适合”。2Its impossible _ (evaluate) these results without knowing more about the research method.答案：to evaluate惯用句型Itsadj.to do。该句中it为形式主语，真正的主语为动词不定式，故填to evaluate。3He is unfortunate to have his house _ (burn) to the ground.答案：burnt/burnedburn to the ground “全部焚毁”，burn和his house存在逻辑上的动宾关系，故应用过去分词作宾语补足语。4You must be _ (absolute) silent or the birds wont appear.答案：absolutely此处应用副词修饰形容词silent，故填absolutely。5Yesterday I went to see him, only _ (learn) that he had gone abroad two days before.答案：to learnonly to do “结果却”，在句中作结果状语，表示出乎意料的结果。6Watching through their windows, the flood victims were anxious _ (wait) for rescuers to come.答案：to waitbe anxious to do . “焦虑地做/急于做”。7My watch is still _ guarantee, so theyll repair it for free.答案：underunder guarantee “在保修期内”。8She works in a theatre, _ (follow) in her fathers footsteps.答案：following主语she与follow之间为主动关系，故用现在分词following作状语。9I would like to express my _ (appreciate) and thanks to you all.答案：appreciation由空格前的my一词可知，应填名词。10I need to make an _ (appoint) with Mike to discuss the matter.答案：appointmentmake an appointment with sb. “和某人预约”。三、完形填空。After living near Madrid for a year as an au pair (以帮做家务事等换取食宿的人) three years ago, it was nice to _1_ this weekend. I felt like I was at home and thought how _2_ one can be to feel like this in a place that isnt _3_ your home. I now refer to this town as one of my homes from home and have learnt how home is where your _4_ is.A lot of people get home