2017届高考英语一轮复习学案：选修8 unit 24 Society（北师大版）_高考复习指南

2017届高考英语一轮复习学案：选修8 unit 24 Society（北师大版）

　　trapped in a spending circle.We work hard so that we can earn more money.When we have more money，we spend more and because we spend more，we have to work even .But

　　enough，the more money we earn，the less often we see it.Instead，we start putting our signatures on credit cards and

　　money we don't even have . ，we're all taxpayers so the more we earn the more tax we have to pay to those

　　govern us.Thus，the circle goes round and round and gets more and more complicated.

　　In this spending circle，on the one hand，we accumulate possessions but never feel like we have enough.On the other hand，we work towards the ownership of bigger and better houses and cars and never have time to enjoy .Instead，they feel like a burden because every month we have to hand over most of the money we earn to pay

　　them.And the result of all this is .Not increased happiness，but stress and less free time to be ourselves and enjoy being with our friends and families.

　　能力提升

　　Ⅰ.完形填空

　　体裁：说明文　话题：饭店　词数：237　时间：15′

　　If you visit a big city anywhere in the world, you will probably find a restaurant which serves the food of your native country.Most large __1__ in the United States offer an international sample of __2__．Many people enjoy __3__ the food of other nations.This is probably one reason __4__ there are so many different kinds of restaurants in the United States.A second is that Americans __5__ from all the parts of the world.They enjoy tasting the foods of their __6__ lands.In the city of Detroit, __7__， there are many people from Western Europe, Latin America __8__ the Far East.There are many restaurants in Detroit __9__ serve the foods of these areas.There are many __10__ international restaurants, too.Americans not only like the foods in these restaurants but also enjoy the chance to __11__ understand the foreign people and their __12__ of life.