必修三Unit 5阅读理解·组块专练——练速度(限时：35分钟)Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2018·河北五校联盟质检二)As a substitute teacher, my daily routine involves driving to a new school almost every day so I’m usually unable to anticipate (预料) the day’s events, good or bad!On one particular day, I was teaching in a very difficult class. I was managing behavior all the morning and by lunch time, I knew I needed coffee to even consider surviving the afternoon. So on my lunch break, I drove to a nearby plaza to get a cup of coffee. Upon returning to the car I realized I had locked my keys and my phone inside! I had about 15 minutes to get back to the school which was a good 4- or 5-minute drive away. I contemplated (考虑) rushing back, but it being winter, I thought a nasty fall on ice would only make the situation much worse.So I ran into a McDonald’s which was in the same plaza and asked the man at the counter who happened to be the manager to please call me a cab. I briefly explained my situation to him, and I could tell by the look in his eyes that he empathized. He hurried to the back to use the phone while I paced in the restaurant. I had less than 10 minutes to get back to my school at this point.The manager returned only to tell me that the cab company had put him on hold and then the line got disconnected, and that he was now on hold again, but had not been able to request the cab yet. My expression, I assume, began to resemble some combination of hopelessness and fear.Without a thought, he grabbed his coat and offered to drive meto the school. Without hesitation, I followed him into his car and made it back into my classroom with 2 minutes to spare before the bell!Upon arriving at the school, I thanked this man endlessly. His calm behavior and kind nature made me think he was probably a wonderful manager to work for, and also a wonderful human being to have on this earth. This experience makes me realize that out of every seemingly hopeless situation, there is the opportunity for acts of kindness to transpire (发生), which can have an unimaginable impact (影响) on those who receive them.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。
主要介绍了作者在购物中心喝完咖啡后发现车钥匙和手机都被锁在了车里，他在麦当劳向经理寻求帮助，并最终在这位经理的帮助下及时赶回学校的故事。
1．Why did the author want to get a cup of coffee?A．Because he was very thirsty at that time.B．Because he was only interested in drinking coffee.C．Because he had to refresh himself for the classes in the afternoon.D．Because he wanted to do something special to pass the whole afternoon.解析：选C细节理解题。
根据第二段中的“... I knew I needed coffee to even consider surviving the afternoon.”可知，作者需要咖啡使自己下午上课有精神。
2．The author ________ so he gave up the idea of going back to school on foot when he found his keys and phone were locked inside the car.A．was too tired to walk furtherB．was afraid of falling down on iceC．asked the manager to call him a cabD．decided to take a school bus解析：选B细节理解题。
根据第二段中的“I contemplated (考虑) rushing back ... the situation much worse.”可知，作者担心徒步跑回学校就有可能会跌倒在有冰的路上，因此就放弃了那种想法，所以选B。
3．The author has probably stayed in the McDonald’s for ________.A．15 minutes B．8－9 minutesC．4－5 minutes D．2 minutes解析：选B数字计算题。
根据第二段中的“I had about 15 minutes to get back to the school which was a good 4-or 5-minute drive away.”和第五段中的“... I followed him into his car and made it back into my classroom with 2 minutes to spare before the bell！”可知，作者所在的地方开车回学校需四五分钟，而回学校后离上课时间还有两分钟，因此选B。
4．What kind of person is the manager?A．Kind-hearted. B．Faithful.C．Gentle. D．Dependable.解析：选A细节理解题。
根据全文的内容以及文章最后一段中的“His calm behavior and kind nature made me think he was probably a wonderful manager to work for ...”可知，这个经理心地善良。
B(2018·石家庄高三教学质检二)Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart. They will in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated_contraptionsmany miles. But few will know — or even think toask — who it was that invented them.Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cartin 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging groceries around in baskets they had to carry.One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention.But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket？” one shopper replied.But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony (假的) customers.As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only didmore people come —those who came bought more. With larger easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s original model. Perhaps that’s one reason why Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937 — the coming of the shopping cart.错误!5．What do the underlined words “chrome-plated contraptions” in the first paragraph refer to?A．Baskets. B．Private cars.C．Suitcases. D．Shopping carts.解析：选D词义猜测题。