单元综合检测(三)第一部分阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节(共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AStudy lamps are vital to learning.Finding the best lighting for study is important for everyone.For the sake of maximizing the use of time and energy，and for the very important goal of preserving eyesight，anyone reading for understanding needs not only adequate light，but light that ensures reading with ease.Only when eye strain(疲劳) is not interfering does the learning process move forward.Desk lampsYou can purchase a large number of stylish desk lamps from lamp stores and online.The products range from precious ones to casual ones，from traditional ones to ultramodern(超现代的)ones.They feature such desirable additions as dimmer switches and night lights.Some have battery backup in case of power failure and a choice of OttLite bulbs that duplicate natural sunlight.LED desk lampsMetaEfficient reviews the most recommended LED desk lamps.These lamps come in many different styles and brand names and are valued for their directed beam of light，lack of heat and exceptional energy efficiency and brilliance.LED study lamps are made in goose neck and swivel(转圈)styles，as well as the more modern Zbar and the humanlike figure of the Moppel light.Safest desk lampsAccording to Knol，StudyLite is the safest of all desk lamp designs.Not only does it provide LED light，freeing people from UV and IR radiation，but it has been tested to be eyefriendly.It has all the advantageslow cost and long lifeof any LED lamps，but it is also equipped with a rechargeable battery.Its design and choice of colors make it desirable for more than its efficiency.【语篇解读】学习灯至关重要。找到最佳的学习照明对每个人都很重要。本文主要给读者介绍了3种最佳照明灯的信息。1What is the feature of Desk lamps?AThey are bought easily online.BTheir prices vary.CTheir styles are various.DThey have satisfactory additions.D细节理解题。根据第二部分的“They feature such desirable additions as dimmer switches and night lights.Some have battery backup in case of power failure”可知，Desk lamps的特点是它们有理想的附加功能。故选D项。2What do LED lamps and StudyLite lamps have in common?ALow cost and long life.BExcellent energy efficiency and brightness.CRechargeable batteries.DTheir design and color choiceA细节理解题。根据Safest desk lamps部分的“It has all the advantageslow cost and long lifeof any LED lamps”可知，StudyLite具有所有LED灯的优点低成本和寿命长。故选A项。3What is the main purpose of the text?ATo give us some tips on how to protect our eyes.BTo give us some information on the best study lamps.CTo introduce the method of choosing a proper lamp.DTo present the finding that light affects study.B写作意图题。根据文章的主要内容，尤其是第一段的“Study lamps are vital to learning.Finding the best lighting for study is important for everyone.”可推测，本文的主要目的是给读者提供一些最佳照明灯的信息。故选B项。BNo artist has affected modern art more than Pablo Picasso.The thousands of masterpieces he created changed the way people thought about art.Picasso was perhaps the most talented and successful artist who ever lived.Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born in 1881 in a small town on the southern coast of Spain.His father was a painter who taught art.Picasso showed exceptional talent at an early age and，by the time he was in his teens，painted better than his father or any of the local art teachers.At sixteen，Picasso was sent to the Royal Academy of Madrid，where students drew from plaster casts and copied works of the old masters.Picasso felt these assignments were pointless and began to work on his own.Picassos father soon became angry with his sons rebellious behavior，long hair，and strange clothes.He believed that Picasso was wasting his talent and scolded him，“Why dont you cut your hair and paint sensibly？” In 1900，Picasso left for Paris then the center of the art world.He lived in a cold，rundown building，painting constantly，sometimes surviving for days on only a piece of bread.During these years，his art reflected his dismal (凄凉的) surroundings.Homeless outcasts were the subject of many of his fairly realistic early paintings.After seeing African masks and sculptures，his works became more simplified and angular leading up to the revolutionary new style known as Cubism.Picasso didnt sell much of his works during these early years.On May 8，1995，Picassos Angel Fernandez de Soto was sold at auction for $29 million.The next day Blue Period，one of his later works，sold for $5 million.But he worked continuously，always experimenting with different styles of painting.Though Picasso lived to be ninetytwo and became the most famous artist in the world，he spoke of his youthful days in Paris as “the happiest time in my life”As a matter of fact，everyone knows that in his late years，Picasso was inordinately frustrated about his age，death and his loss of sexuality thats in all his works.【语篇解读】本文主要讲述了毕加索的生平和画作。4This passage mainly discusses _APicassos Cubism as a revolutionary style in artBPicasso as a rebel and his artCPicassos life and painting in Pa