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选择性必修第一册 Unit 2 Looking into the Future
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A(★)
(2024·湖南岳阳联考)
Jobs that use both technical and creative thinking are among the fastest-growing and highest-
paying ones，according to a new report from Burning Glass Technologies，a job market analytic
company in Boston.
It studied millions of job postings to better understand the skills companies require.What they
discovered was that many want workers with experience in such new abilities as big-data gathering
and analytic，or design using digital technology.
Burning Glass came up with the term “hybrid jobs” to describe these kinds of positions，
which require skills not normally found together.For example，these hybrid jobs might require
people with skills in data science and advertising，or engineering and sales.“The jobs of the
future don’t involve just one skill，” says Matt Sigelman，chief manager of Burning Glass.
The company expects general job growth of about 10% between 2018 and 2028，but the
hybrid jobs by 21%.What’s more，hybrid jobs pay more than positions that call for a traditional
set of skills.For example，a marketing manager mastering a database program gets paid 41% more
than a traditional one，with an average yearly salary of $100,000.Moreover，an engineer who
improves her sales skills and becomes a consulting engineer for a software company can more than
double her pay from $180,000 to $400,000.
While data shows that workers who fail to update their skills will be able to find fewer jobs，
people in hybrid jobs are less likely to become out of date，with only 12% possibility of being
replaced by machine，compared with 42% for general jobs，says Burning Glass.Hybrid jobs are
mostly not beginner roles，so they mainly go to workers with years of experience and，most
importantly，more training after leaving college.That means workers，bosses and educators will
have to think about how to better prepare people for these roles.
1．Why did Burning Glass research into job advertisements?
A．To understand the growth of best-paid workers.
B．To compare workers’ experience with new abilities.
C．To find out companies’ requirements about skills.
D．To tell the possible changes in future job market.
2．Which of the following jobs can be hybrid?
A．Data engineer. B．Machine operator.
C．Marketing manager. D．Medical consultant.3．How much is a traditional marketing manager possibly paid every year?
A．$180,000. B．$71,000. C．$41,000. D．$10,000.
4．Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A．Future Jobs Requiring “Hybrid” Skills
B．How to Get Trained for Jobs
C．Tips on Finding Fastest-growing Jobs
D．The Jobs with Highest Pay
B(★)
Cars powered by batteries made from seawater and planes fueled by ammonia(氨) will
become common over the next 10 years，Bill David，a professor of materials chemistry has
predicted.
Most batteries for electric cars and smartphones are powered by lithium(锂)，which has to be
mined，but David thinks that they will be overtaken by batteries made from sodium(钠)，which
can be obtained from seawater and salt.The future of air travel could also be greener thanks to
biofuels.
David said，“We are developing an ammonia-based plane.In principle，we can improve on
an Airbus A320 or a Boeing 787 and essentially replace jet fuel with ammonia.”
David said that batteries could，at first，combine sodium and lithium，as sodium was not
quite as powerful as lithium but is much more sufficient.“It’s not quite perfect in terms of
performance，so we need both，” David said.“Sodium is on the way up and most electric cars
have had a combination of lithium and sodium batteries in them.My estimate is that by 2040 I
would not be surprised if there were ten times more sodium batteries than lithium ones，maybe
even 100 times.”
The first generation of mass-produced sodium batteries has been used for an electric car for
the first time.Sodium will not be the final answer to eco-friendly air travel，however，which is
why David’s team is looking into the use of ammonia.Some companies are looking into whether
jet fuel can be replaced with hydrogen ， but David sees ammonia as more sustainable.He
said，“If you do the sums，then at 500mph you get the same amount of power as jet fuel，but
just 40 per cent of the range.However，even with the range hit，a 787 could still go from London
to New York.”
However，a report from the Royal Society on net-zero aviation，which David co-wrote，
says that replacing jet fuel with biofuel would require half of the agricultural land in the UK.
5．What is an advantage of sodium batteries?
A．Their performance is easy to improve.
B．Their raw material is easily accessible.
C．They are widely applied to various vehicles.
D．They are more powerful than other batteries.6．According to David，which is ideal for future electric cars?
A．Lithium battery. B．Sodium battery. C．Hydrogen fuel. D．Ammonia fuel.
7．What is paragraph 5 mainly about?
A．Hydrogen casts a light on jet fuel market.
B．Electric car makers favor sodium batteries.
C．Ammonia features sustainability and practicability.
D．Companies have mass-produced recycled batteries.
8．What’s David’s attitude to replacing jet fuel with biofuel?
A．Tolerant. B．Unclear. C．Careful. D．Doubtful.
Ⅱ.完形填空
I finally retired.After 30 years’ 1 as director of a radio station，I would have more time
for housework，but I worried I’d lose the sense of 2 I had felt in my profession.
I pushed at the garage’s wooden doors，but they were 3 .I finally got the doors open and
started to empty the shelves.Then my hand hit something 4 .It was a common old metal can.I
5 the cover and found a 6 envelope with a postmark of May 13,1940 inside. 7 ，I
opened it and found some flower seeds in it，“Eighty years old！I wonder if they’ll still
grow.”
I 8 the seeds in a plastic pot.I checked it every day，but nothing happened.“I guess
they’re just too 9 to be any good，” I told my wife Peg in 10 .I picked up the pot to
get rid of it，but something made me 11 .I changed my mind and set it aside.Meanwhile，I
was keeping 12 ，improving my photography skills and teaching my granddaughters
gardening.
Six weeks later，I was out in the yard when I 13 to notice the pot.A new bit of green—a
leaf had 14 .I proudly showed it off to my granddaughters.“Look，girls，even something
this old can still 15 for its purpose and be pretty cool.Just like your grand-papa！”
1．A.dream B．belief C．study D．service
2．A.freedom B．purpose C．trust D．security
3．A.worn B．stuck C．broken D．lost
4．A.delicate B．special C．hard D．sharp
5．A.removed B．washed C．cleaned D．fastened
6．A.labeled B．selected C．yellowed D．ruined
7．A.Curiously B．Sincerely C．Skillfully D．Bravely
8．A.collected B．planted C．abandoned D．stored
9．A.old B．wet C．weak D．small
10．A.anger B．surprise C．regret D．relief
11．A.delay B．reflect C．hesitate D．disappoint12．A.upset B．awake C．social D．busy
13．A.expected B．attempted C．failed D．happened
14．A.showed up B．fallen off C．taken off D．dried up
15．A.compete B．grow C．survive D．relax
Ⅲ.语法填空
Ai Kanxiang is about to finish his first semester at college, 1. he is working hard
to make his dream come true.As a physical education major，he hopes 2. (become) a
PE teacher and train China’s future soccer 3. (play)．
Two years ago ， though ， his dream was even bigger.Ai wanted to join the men’s 4.
(nation) soccer team，but the 20-year-old has experienced twists and turns on the soccer field.
5． (raise) in a small village in Yunnan，Ai got public attention last year after
videos of him playing soccer in a river became popular.Demonstrating creativity，such as the way
to do a precise bicycle kick in the water，he became 6. online celebrity，with
some fans even 7. (say) that he was “better than professional players”．
But when Ai 8. (final) played with the team，he was beaten.He was barely able
to keep up.His skills were not as strong as he 9. (imagine)，and he had little
awareness of teamwork.Ai realized he needed more experience.So he set a new and more practical
goal—to apply to university 10. become a PE teacher.
