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重庆市朝阳中学高一月考 英 语 试 题 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. How will the woman probably get to the library? A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. On foot. 2. What did the man think of the movie? A. It was boring. B. It was exciting. C. It was special. 3. What is the man going to sell? A. His home. B. His studio. C. His new paintings. 4. What will the man do for the woman? A. Check her work. B. Fix her computer. C Share his experience with her. 5. What is the man’s invention? A. A weather machine. B. A new type of battery. C. A sun-powered robot. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What time does the band play? A. At 1:00 p. m B. At 2:00 p. m. C. At 3:00 p. m. 7. Where will the woman go first? A. The food trucks. B. The bathroom. C. The main stage. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What does the woman want the man to do? A. Fix（修正） a mistake. B. Buy her a drink. C. Lend a phone to her. 9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Friends. B. Co-workers. C. Waiter and customer. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Where are the speakers now? A. At a studio. B. At an office. C. At an airport. 11. What does the woman probably think about her job? A. It is tiring. B. It is stressful. C. It is exciting. 12. What is the woman’s secret to success? A. Creating travel opportunities for her staff. B. Setting up a team from different cultures. C. Learning as many skills as possible. 听第9段材料，回答第13至第16题。 13. How does the woman hear about the man? A. From her colleague. B From her customer. C. From her husband. 14. What does the man probably do? A He is a smartphone engineer. B. He is a building designer. C. He is a shop owner. 15. What does the man think is the biggest benefit? A. Controlling temperature. B. Protecting personal data. C. Saving energy and money. 16. What is the conversation mainly about? A. Buying a new house. B. Planning a smart home. C. Setting up a security system. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. In which year of college did Greenberg begin to lose his sight? A. The first year. B. The second year. C. The third year. 18. What caused Greenberg’s blindness? A. A disease. B. A car accident. C. An activity. 19. How much money did Greenberg give to help Garfunkel’s music career? A. $ 60. B. $ 500. C. $ 3000. 20. What was Greenberg’s job? A. He was a scientist. B. He was a businessman. C. He was a music producer. 第二部分：阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每题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。 A Classroom Activities for Students Think, Pair and Share Time—30 minutes Description—You can create questions based on a particular topic taught in the class. You can pair up your students for this activity. Give them enough time to think and come up with solutions. They will be able to discuss on those particular topics. Benefits—With this task, students can get into conversation with partners and develop their confidence and communication skills. Group Discussion Time—30 minutes Description—Divide the class into two to three groups with equal participants (参与者) focused on a single topic. Each group has to share their ideas and thoughts on the same topic. Benefits—In class discussions, there are interaction (互动) and teamwork among the students. Here students are learning from each other. Quiz Time—20 minutes Description—You can divide the class into two groups, and ask questions related to the subject to each group. Each question is made up of four choices from which they have to choose the right answer. The group with the correct answer will get the points. Benefits—This activity helps the students get knowledge and teamwork and improves memory. Pictionary Time—5 minutes Description—Students are always excited to take part in this activity. You can divide the class into two groups and ask one of the students to pick up a word and draw a picture describing it. The opposite group is supposed to guess the word, and if they correctly guess the word, they will get to draw next. Benefits—This helps students in improving concentration, focus and communication skills. 1. What can the students do in group discussion? A. Write down some words. B. Create some questions on historical topic. C. Compete with others in choosing topics. D. Exchange thoughts and ideas among groups. 2. Which would you choose if you like guessing words from pictures? A. Think, pair and share. B. Group discussion. C. Quiz. D. Pictionary. 3. Where is this text probably taken from? A. A textbook. B. An education magazine. C. An advertisement. D. A research report. 【答案】1. D 2. D 3. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了一些学生课堂活动。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据Group Discussion(小组成员)部分Description下的“Each group has to share their ideas and thoughts on the same topic.(每个小组必须就同一主题分享他们的观点和想法。)”可知，学生在小组讨论中可以与小组成员交换观点和想法。故选D。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据Pictionary(看图猜词)部分Description中的“You can divide the class into two groups and ask one of the students to pick up a word and draw a picture describing it. The opposite group is supposed to guess the word, and if they correctly guess the word, they will get to draw next.(你可以把全班分成两组，让其中一个学生拿起一个单词，画一幅描述它的图画。对立组应该猜单词，如果他们猜对了单词，他们将接着画下一幅画。)”可知，如果你喜欢根据图片中猜单词，你会选择Pictionary(看图猜词)部分，故选D。 【3题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是标题“Classroom Activities for Students(学生课堂活动)”可知，文章主要介绍了一些学生课堂活动，这与教育有关，由此可推知，文章可能选自一本教育杂志，故选B。 B Rain beat against the window, matching my mood. I should have known that my new job at the hospital was too good to be true. Throughout the day, rumors (传言) warned that the newest employee from each department would be laid off. I was the newest one in the training department. My boss appeared. “You probably know we’re cutting back,” he said. “Administration wants us to offer outplacement classes to help those employees find other jobs, showing them how to act in an interview, for example.” “Fine,” I answered unwillingly, not knowing what else to say. I decided to go home early that day. In the hall, I met the lady who brought us cookies every Friday. She was a little woman with gray hair. Only her head and the top of her green apron (围裙) were visible over the cart (小车) loaded with cleaning supplies. At least she had a job! At the final meeting, laid-off workers formed a line at the door. A colleague whispered, “I can’t believe our Cookie Lady is being laid off. We’ll miss her as much as we’ll miss her cookies.” When the colleague spoke to her in Spanish, I knew my classes would be useless for her and I realized how much better off I was than this poor woman. I decided to do something for her. I wrote to a newspaper expressing how I felt about the unselfishness of the Cookie Lady who needed a job. A few days later, my article appeared in the newspaper and the Cookie Lady was allowed to stay in her position. On the same day, I received a letter, which seemed so unlikely that I read it twice. “An editor of a local magazine likes your piece and wants you to call her next time you’re looking for work…” 4. How did the author feel on that rainy day? A. Nervous. B. Excited. C. Embarrassed. D. Proud. 5. What was the author asked to do? A. Take care of patients. B. Leave earlier that day. C. Help the laid-off workers. D. Give up the job in the hospital. 6. How did the author help the Cookie Lady? A. He offered her a high-paid job. B. He gave her advice on job hunting. C. He made her story known to others. D. He taught her how to pass an interview. 7. What does the story tell us? A. Good deeds have their rewards. B. A friend in need is a friend indeed. C. Little people can make a big difference. D. Love brings more joy to people than work does. 【答案】4. A 5. C 6. C 7. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者因为将被裁员，伤心地回家，却在路上听说经常给他们发放饼干的女士也失业了，所以他就给当地一家报社写信描述了她的情况，并替她得到了一份工作，而作者自己也被提供了工作机会。 【4题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“Rain beat against the window, matching my mood. I should have known that my new job at the hospital was too good to be true. Throughout the day, rumors (传言) warned that the newest employee from each department would be laid off. I was the newest one in the training department.(雨打在窗户上，和我的心情很相配。我应该知道我在医院的新工作太好了，不可能是真的。一整天都有传言说，每个部门的最新员工都将被解雇。我是培训部门的新员工)”可推知，作者听说新员工要被解雇，所以那天的心情应该是提心吊胆的。故选A。 【5题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“My boss appeared. “You probably know we’re cutting back,” he said. “Administration wants us to offer outplacement classes to help those employees find other jobs, showing them how to act in an interview, for example.” “Fine,” I answered unwillingly, not knowing what else to say. (我的老板出现了。“你可能知道我们在削减开支，”他说。“政府希望我们提供再就业课程，帮助这些员工找到其他工作，例如，向他们展示如何在面试中表现。”“好吧，”我不情愿地回答，不知道还能说什么)”可推知，作者被要求帮助那些被裁员的员工们参加培训再就业课程。故选C。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“I decided to do something for her. I wrote to a newspaper expressing how I felt about the unselfishness of the Cookie Lady who needed a job. (我决定为她做点什么。我写信给一家报纸，表达了我对这位需要工作的饼干女士的无私的感受)”可推知，作者向一家报纸讲述了饼干女士的故事并解释她需要一份工作。故选C。 【7题详解】 主旨大意题。根据最后一段“I decided to do something for her. I wrote to a newspaper expressing how I felt about the unselfishness of the Cookie Lady who needed a job. A few days later, my article appeared in the newspaper and the Cookie Lady was allowed to stay in her position. On the same day, I received a letter, which seemed so unlikely that I read it twice. “An editor of a local magazine likes your piece and wants you to call her next time you’re looking for work…”(我决定为她做点什么。我写信给一家报纸，表达了我对这位需要工作的饼干女士的无私的感受。几天后，我的文章出现在报纸上，饼干女士被允许留任。同一天，我收到了一封信，这封信似乎太不可能了，我读了两遍。“当地一家杂志的编辑喜欢你的文章，希望你下次找工作时给她打电话……”)”可知，作者帮助饼干女士找到了工作，并且也被提供了工作机会，所以说他的善举有了回报。故选A。 C Flying through the skies of New York with its tall buildings can be a real challenge for birds migrating (迁徙) from Central or South America to the Arctic Circle during the spring and fall migration seasons. Fortunately, more and more of them can reach their destination thanks to the help of kind humans. Project Safe Flight is a program from New York City Audubon, a community that has been working to protect birds in NYC for over 40 years. This project helps save injured birds that collide (相撞) with the reflective glass so common in many tall buildings. Each time these volunteers find a survivor, they take it to the Wild Bird Fund. Its purpose is to provide medical care to native and passing migrant wildlife so that they can be released (释放) back into the wild. Under their care, these feathered friends can rest, are properly fed, and are also given the medical treatment they need. Once the patients feel better, they spend time with other recovered birds until they become healthy enough to return to freedom. This takes place in the spring, when they’re released in Central Park, or in the fall, when they’re released out of town to make sure that their path doesn’t take them in the neighborhood of lower Manhattan’s dangerous buildings. Nearly a billion birds are killed each year in the US from collisions with windows, the Audubon Society reports. In New York City alone, between 90 and 230 thousand migratory birds die yearly from window collisions, as detailed by Curbed. This occurs mostly during the spring and fall migration seasons. Bright lights and reflective glass buildings attract and then befuddle birds because they look through them and they think they’re seeing the sky. So the dBird database is key to making policymakers learn more clearly about specific hotspots (多事之地) and thus take preventive steps accordingly to protect the lovely creatures. These include making sure that visual indicators (视觉指示器) are added to tall buildings, or that lights are turned off at night. 8. How do the volunteers help injured birds? A. By taking injured birds home. B. By releasing injured birds back into the wild. C. By having injured birds taken good care of. D. By equipping buildings with visual indicators. 9. What is the purpose of the fifth paragraph? A. To explain the side effects of migration. B. To introduce some human threats to birds. C. To draw more attention to the Audubon community. D. To show the importance of the Project Safe Flight program. 10. What does the underlined word “befuddle” in the last paragraph mean? A. Trap. B. Injure. C. Confuse. D. Assist. 11. Which can be the best title for the text? A. Watching Birds in New York B. Helping New York Birds C. Taking Good Care of Birds D. Setting Up a Program in New York 【答案】8. C 9. D 10. C 11. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。纽约市奥杜邦社区40多年来一直致力于保护纽约市的鸟类，该社区的Project Safe Flight项目有助于拯救因撞到反光玻璃而受伤的鸟类。 【详解】1.细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“Each time these volunteers find a survivor, they take it to the Wild Bird Fund.”（每次这些志愿者找到一个幸存鸟儿，他们就把它送到野鸟基金会。）和最后一句“Under their care, these feathered friends can rest, are properly fed, and are also given the medical treatment they need.”（在他们的照料下，这些长着羽毛的朋友们可以休息，得到适当的喂养，并得到它们所需要的医疗。）可知，志愿者们将受伤的鸟送到Wild Bird Fund，使它们能在那里得到好的照顾。故选C。 2.推理判断题。根据第二段“Project Safe Flight is a program from New York City Audubon, a community that has been working to protect birds in NYC for over 40 years. This project helps save injured birds that collide (相撞) with the reflective glass so common in many tall buildings.”（“安全飞行计划”是一个来自纽约市奥杜邦学会的项目，这个社区已经致力于保护纽约市的鸟类超过40年了。这个项目有助于拯救受伤的鸟类，因为它们与许多高层建筑中常见的反光玻璃发生碰撞。）和第五段“Nearly a billion birds are killed each year in the US from collisions with windows, the Audubon Society reports. In New York City alone, between 90 and 230 thousand migratory birds die yearly from window collisions, as detailed by Curbed. This occurs mostly during the spring and fall migration seasons.”（据奥杜邦学会报道，美国每年有近10亿只鸟死于撞窗事故。仅在纽约市，每年就有9万至23万只候鸟死于窗户碰撞，详细情况由Curbed提供。这主要发生在春季和秋季迁徙季节。）可知，Project Safe Flight的目的是为了保护鸟类，使之避免死于与高层建筑的玻璃相撞，故可推知，第五段介绍大量的鸟死于与高层建筑的玻璃相撞是为了体现该项目的重要性。故选D。 3.词句猜测题。根据画线词后的“because they look through them and they think they're seeing the sky”（因为鸟儿透过它们，以为自己看到了天空。）可知，那些鸟儿以为透过玻璃看到的是真正的天空，其实那是倒影，所以那些明亮的灯光和反光玻璃建筑吸引并“迷惑”了鸟类，划线词意为“迷惑（Confuse）”。故选C。 4.主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章主要讲述了纽约市奥杜邦社区 Project Safe Flight 项目是如何救助纽约市的那些与反光玻璃相撞而受伤的鸟类的，故B项“帮助纽约的鸟类”为本文的最佳标题。故选B。 D Virtual reality is quickly becoming the new technological frontier. Tech companies everywhere seem to be racing to get their foot in the VR door. However, virtual reality has a set of challenges and hurdles that it must overcome in order to work well. It should be noted that VR is heavily dependent on being very fast, very accurate and very good-looking. If it isn’t, the viewer will feel motion sick or disconnected from the world that VR is trying to create. Now that we can actually build VR headsets that begin to meet these requirements, we are seeing a rising interest in VR. As it rises, so does the interest in creating new media to be experienced in using virtual reality. Journalism is a medium built on relevance. Journalists should always be finding new ways to tell stories and deliver content. It is a goldmine for storytelling. What better ways to tell a story to someone than to put them right in the center of it? Virtual reality is a powerful tool for journalists. The consumer isn’t just reading or watching something play out; they’re experiencing it. The immersive nature of VR allows for people to connect with the subject matter on a much deeper level than just reading about it. The experience is emotional, speaking more to our instinct than our intellect. The possibilities for storytelling here are legion, and any storyteller wanting to do something more interesting than their peers should surely be considering the sheer power of VR. The question of virtual reality, though, is not how powerful it is. That is immediately apparent. The question of VR is one of viability and availability. Telling stories must be easy to do, and access to those stories must be readily available. This is the biggest challenge that VR faces. If the tools to tell a story with VR aren’t easy to pick up and learn, VR will fail. If VR technology isn’t both top-of-the-line and affordable, VR will fail. Accessibility was one concern for Thomas Hallaq, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications, who said that current VR technology, is pretty exclusive right now. Despite that, he said he doesn’t think the exclusivity of this technology will be a problem in the long run. “I think it’s very promising,” Hallaq said. “We’re seeing more technology become accessible, and more people having access to that technology. Just look at smartphones.” Like radio, TV and the Internet before it, virtual reality will change the way we tell stories. 12. Why is VR considered a powerful tool for journalism? A. Because it is an exclusively new tool. B. Because it is very powerful and popular. C. Because people can experience the story in person. D. Because it is very fast, accurate and good-looking. 13. According to the passage, what is the biggest challenge VR is facing? A. How powerful and interesting it can be. B. Whether people will have easy access to it. C. Whether qualified VR headsets can be built. D. What new ways people will find to deliver content. 14. What’s the author’s attitude towards the future of VR technology? A. Optimistic. B. Neutral. C. Pessimistic. D. Concerned. 15. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. The Wide Popularity of Virtual Reality B. The Future Development of Virtual Reality C. Challenges and Hurdles of Virtual Reality D. Virtual Reality is the Future of Storytelling 【答案】12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了虚拟现实技术在新闻领域的应用，并指出该技术存在一定的问题，但非常有前景。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“The consumer isn’t just reading or watching something play out; they’re experiencing it.(消费者不仅仅是在阅读或观看节目；他们正在体验它)”可知，人们可以亲身体验新闻报道的故事，所以VR技术被认为是新闻的强大工具。故选C。 【13题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“The question of VR is one of viability and availability. Telling stories must be easy to do, and access to those stories must be readily available. This is the biggest challenge that VR faces.(虚拟现实的问题是可行性和可用性的问题。讲故事必须容易做到，而且必须能够随时接触到这些故事。这是虚拟现实面临的最大挑战)”可知，虚拟现实面临的最大挑战就是人们能否非常容易地接触它。故选B。 【14题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Like radio, TV and the Internet before it, virtual reality will change the way we tell stories.(就像虚拟现实之前的广播、电视和互联网一样，虚拟现实将改变我们讲故事的方式)”可推知，作者对VR技术的未来持积极态度。故选A。 【15题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，第一段引出虚拟现实这一话题，其中“However, virtual reality has a set of challenges and hurdles that it must overcome in order to work well.(然而，虚拟现实有一系列挑战和障碍，必须克服这些挑战和障碍才能正常工作)”指出虚拟现实面临一系列挑战和障碍；第二、三段讲述了虚拟现实在新闻领域的应用，是记者强大的工具；根据第四段中的“The question of VR is one of viability and availability.(虚拟现实的问题是可行性和可用性的问题)”可知，本段主要讲述了虚拟现实面临的问题；第五段“Accessibility was one concern for Thomas Hallaq, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications, who said that current VR technology, is pretty exclusive right now. Despite that, he said he doesn’t think the exclusivity of this technology will be a problem in the long run.(无障碍是新闻学和大众传播学助理教授Thomas Hallaq关注的一个问题，他表示，目前的虚拟现实技术相当排外。尽管如此，他表示，从长远来看，他认为这项技术的排他性不会成为问题)”讲述了新闻媒体的虚拟现实技术有排他性，但长远来看这个问题会得到解决；最后一段中的“I think it’s very promising(我认为这很有希望)”讲述了虚拟现实技术很有前景。由此可推测出，本文主要讲述了虚拟现实技术在新闻领域的应用，并指出该技术存在一定的问题，但非常有前景。再结合第二段中的“It is a goldmine for storytelling. What better ways to tell a story to someone than to put them right in the center of it?(这是讲故事的金矿。还有什么比把一个人放在故事的中心来给别人讲故事的更好方法呢？)”可知，D项“虚拟现实是讲故事的未来”最适合作文章标题。故选D。 第二节（共5 小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Just Dance, the popular dance platform by Ubisoft is working on becoming more and more accessible. Starting in 2009 on Wii and now available on various devices, the game could be played and enjoyed by so many people worldwide. ____16____ And now, it will be able to be used and enjoyed by people in wheelchairs as well. ____17____ You can compete with other players, choose coaches and pick from a wide variety of tracks and choreographies. Just one look at their website and YouTube shows how big their fan base is. And for good reason. The platform can get you to dance in the comfort of your own living room. Their choreographed routines are set to popular songs, and their motion-tracking technology can make you feel like it is a complete interactive experience. ____18____ They can provide you with hours of dancing and entertainment. Physical activity is important for everyone. ____19____ According to the Medium platform more than 420 million games have disabilities. The fact that Just Dance will now be available for people in wheelchairs is a big technical milestone, and a step in the right direction for representation of diverse and disabled people in the gaming community and in the world. ____20____ However, prioritizing accessibility will make gaming better for everyone, creating a more understanding and inclusive atmosphere. And although there is still a long way to go, it seems like things are changing. In a good way. A. Just Dance is more than just a game. B. The company is still betting that fans will keep dancing. C. Instead, these platforms rely on an app available for smartphones. D. They are constantly adding more songs and artists to their platform. E. So some may say it is their duty to serve as many people as possible. F. It may be technically difficult to make a game 100 percent accessible. G. According to Dance Magazine, over 140 million have played this game globally! 【答案】16. G 17. A 18. D 19. E 20. F 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了Just Dance这一游戏平台因其内容丰富受到全世界的追捧，更重要的是该平台还面向轮椅客户。 【16题详解】 上文“Starting in 2009 on Wii and now available on various devices, the game could be played and enjoyed by so many people worldwide.”（从2009年的Wii到现在的各种设备，这款游戏可以被世界各地的许多人玩和享受。）说明了Just Dance受到了全世界人们的追捧，并结合下文“And now, it will be able to be used and enjoyed by people in wheelchairs as well.”（现在，坐轮椅的人也可以使用它了。）说明它的受众越来越广，残疾人也可以使用，由此可知，衔接句也会说明Just Dance的受欢迎程度。G项“According to Dance Magazine, over 140 million have played this game globally!”（据《舞蹈杂志》报道，全球有超过1.4亿人玩过这款游戏!）用数据证明其受欢迎程度，衔接恰当。故选G项。 【17题详解】 下文“You can compete with other players, choose coaches and pick from a wide variety of tracks and choreographies.”（你可以与其他玩家竞争，选择教练，并从各种各样的轨道和编舞中挑选。）说明了在Just Dance平台上用户可以做的事情，这远远超出了游戏的界定。A项“Just Dance is more than just a game.”（《Just Dance》不仅仅是一款游戏。）衔接合适。故选A项。 【18题详解】 上文“The platform can get you to dance in the comfort of your own living room. Their choreographed routines are set to popular songs, and their motion-tracking technology can make you feel like it is a complete interactive experience.”（这个平台可以让你在自己舒适的客厅里跳舞。他们的舞蹈动作是根据流行歌曲编排的，他们的动作跟踪技术可以让你觉得这是一个完整的互动体验。）说明了该平台的诱人之处。并结合下文“They can provide you with hours of dancing and entertainment.”（他们可以为你提供数小时的舞蹈和娱乐。）说明了该平台为用户提供的服务。由此可推知，衔接句也会侧重描述该平台的诱人之处和服务。D项“They are constantly adding more songs and artists to their platform.”（他们不断在自己的平台上添加更多的歌曲和歌手。）衔接恰当。故选D项。 【19题详解】 上文“Physical activity is important for everyone.”（体育锻炼对每个人都很重要。）强调了锻炼的重要性。E项“So some may say it is their duty to serve as many people as possible.”（所以有些人可能会说，为尽可能多的人服务是他们的责任。）与上文构成因果关系，并引出下文该平台可以面向轮椅用户，改善他们的身体情况的做法，呼应上文体育锻炼重要性的论述。故选E项。 【20题详解】 下文“However, prioritizing accessibility will make gaming better for everyone, creating a more understanding and inclusive atmosphere.”（然而，优先考虑可访问性将使游戏对每个人都更好，创造出更容易理解和包容的氛围。）强调了优先考虑可访问性的好处，根据“However”可知，前文会论述与之相反的内容，才能引出后文的转折，F项“It may be technically difficult to make a game 100 percent accessible.”（从技术上讲，让一款游戏具有100%的易用性是很困难的。）承认了让一款游戏可以适用所有人是困难的，与后文形成转折，引出优先考虑可访问性的好处，衔接恰当。故选F项。 第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Recently my wife and I were faced with a difficult situation while traveling by car with our hired(雇佣的) driver. It was a long ride, and we were _____21_____. However, our car broke down suddenly. We tried communicating with the driver, but with little _____22_____. He made some signs, suggesting he was going to _____23_____help, and then left. It was getting colder and darker. We started to hear the cries of wild animals. What’s worse, we didn’t have much food. Would our driver ever return? Could we_____24_____him? We were very _____25_____. Two hours passed. Suddenly, the headlights from another car appeared in the dark. A man offered to_____26_____us. He had such a kind face, and we knew we could_____27_____him. We got into his car. _____28_____we left, he put a note on the windscreen of our car with his phone number on it. The moment we arrived at his home, his cousin spoke basic French and _____29_____us tea and local foods. Everyone asked us questions and was _____30_____ to have unexpected guests. Later that evening, the phone rang. It was our_____31_____. He had kept his _____32_____ and repaired the car. We prepared to leave and_____33_____our new friends. I couldn’t believe the _____34_____from the cousin: “No, we thank you for coming into our home.” I will never forget the _____35_____ we received on that day. 21 A. tired B. careful C. interested D. sad 22. A. patience B. trouble C. time D. success 23. A. provide B. accept C. get D. send 24. A. support B. trust C. refuse D. answer 25. A. bored B. pleased C. concerned D. moved 26. A. help B. call C. see D. believe 27. A. look after B. depend on C. laugh at D. learn from 28. A. Since B. After C. Before D. If 29. A. offered B. delivered C. sent D. supplied 30. A. lucky B. sorry C. sure D. excited 31. A. driver B. guide C. guest D. kid 32. A. job B. letter C. secret D. promise 33. A. thanked B. served C. visited D. caught 34. A. expectation B. advice C. reply D. offer 35. A. praise B. warmth C. education D. message 【答案】21. A 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. C 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. A 32. D 33. A 34. C 35. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了因为汽车出故障，作者和妻子在旅行中受困，得到一位陌生人一家的热情招待，此外，雇来的司机也信守承诺修好了汽车，作者不会忘记自己感受到的温暖。 【21题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这是一段漫长的旅程，我们都很累。A. tired疲惫的，累的；B. careful小心的；C. interested感兴趣的；D. sad悲伤的。根据“It was a long ride”可知，路程漫长，作者和妻子都很累。故选A。 【22题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们试着与司机沟通，但没用。A. patience耐心；B. trouble麻烦；C. time时间；D. success成功。根据句中转折词“but”以及下文“and then left”可知，作者和司机沟通，想要解决问题，但没有成功。故选D。 【23题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：他做了一些手势，表示他要去寻求帮助，然后就离开了。A. provide提供；B. accept接受；C. get得到，获得；D. send发送。根据句中“then left”下文“He had kept his ___12___ and repaired the car.”可知，此处表示司机离开是为了去寻求帮助。故选C。 【24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们能信任他吗？A. support支持；B. trust信任；C. refuse拒绝；D. answer回答。根据上文“Would our driver ever return?(我们的司机会返回吗？)”可知，作者担心司机不会回来，所以此处表示是否能够信任司机。故选B。 【25题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们非常担心。A. bored无聊的；B. pleased高兴的；C. concerned担心的；D. moved感动的。根据上文内容可知，天越来越冷，越来越黑，作者也没有多少食物，不确定司机是否会回来，所以此处表示非常担心。故选C。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：一个男人提出帮助我们。A. help帮助；B. call打电话；C. see看见；D. believe相信。根据下文内容可知，作者和妻子去了那个男人家里，受到热情的款待，所以此处指“一个男人主动提出帮助我们”。故选A。 【27题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：他有一张友善的脸，我们知道我们可以相信他。A. look after照顾；B. depend on依靠，相信；C. laugh at嘲笑；D. learn from从……中学习。根据上文“He had such a kind face”可知，作者知道可以相信他。故选B。 【28题详解】 考查连词词义辨析。句意：在我们离开之前，他在我们汽车的挡风玻璃上贴了一张纸条，上面写着他的电话号码。A. Since自从；B. After在……之后；C. Before在……之前；D. If如果。根据语境，此处表示离开之前留下电话号码。故选C。 【29题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们一到他家，他的堂兄就说基本的法语，并请我们喝茶和当地食物。A. offered提供；B. delivered发表；C. sent发送；D. supplied供应。根据空后“us tea and local foods”可知，此处指提供茶水和食物，故选A。 【30题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：每个人都问了我们一些问题，很兴奋有意料之外的客人。A. lucky幸运的；B. sorry抱歉的；C. sure确定的；D. excited兴奋的。根据下文“I couldn’t believe the ___14___ from the cousin: ‘No, we thank you for coming into our home.’”可知，有意料之外的客人，陌生男人的一家人都是很兴奋的。故选D。 【31题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：是我们的司机。A. driver司机；B. guide向导；C. guest客人；D. kid孩子。根据下文“He had kept his ___12___ and repaired the car.”可知，是作者雇来的司机打电话，告诉作者他修好了车。故选A。 【32题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：他信守诺言，修好了汽车。A. job工作；B. letter信；C. secret秘密；D. promise承诺。根据上文“He made some signs, suggesting he was going to ___4___ help, and then left.”可知，司机做手势，表示他要去找人帮忙，所以此处表示他遵守诺言，修好了汽车。故选D。 【33题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们准备离开，并感谢我们的新朋友。A. thanked感谢；B. served服务；C. visited拜访；D. caught抓住。根据语境，此处表示作者准备离开时，感谢新朋友一家的款待。故选A。 【34题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我不敢相信堂兄的回复：“不，谢谢你来我家。”A. expectation期待；B. advice建议；C. reply回复；D. offer提议。根据下文“from the cousin: ‘No, we thank you for coming into our home.’”可知，此处表示堂兄的回复。故选C。 【35题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我永远不会忘记那天我们收到的温暖。A. praise表扬；B. warmth温暖；C. education教育；D. message信息。根据语境，此处表示作者永远不会忘记自己得到帮助，感受到的温暖。故选B。 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Archaeologists exploring ___36___ small village in China announced recently that they had discovered three tombs filled with ancient treasures, including gold ornaments, a jade sword and ivory lacquerware. The tombs are ___37___ (actual) a “high-level family cemetery” from the Wei and Jin ___38___ (dynasty), experts said. These are the first such tombs found in Songzhuang village, in Mengjin District of Luoyang City. The tombs are large, and one was determined to be the second ___39___ (large) tomb from this time period found in the area, second only to the imperial mausoleum in Luoyang. The three tombs have been broken into “many times,” according to experts, but still contained treasures including gold ornaments, pottery, coins and more. There were over 200 artifacts found overall, including ivory lacquerware ___40___ had never been seen before. Those items are believed ___41___ (be) high-end crafts or practical items, and show the ___42___ (wealthy) and power of the family in the tomb. ___43___ (use) the dates of these artifacts, archaeologists were able to determine when the tombs ___44___ (build). Research in the area will continue. No information has been found about the tomb owners, so archaeologists said they will try to determine ____45____ might have owned the cemetery and uncover “more historical mysteries.” 【答案】36. a 37. actually 38. dynasties 39. largest 40. that##which 41. to be 42. wealth 43. Using 44. were built 45. who 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了考古学家最近在中国一个小村庄发现了三座古墓。 【36题详解】 考查冠词。句意：在中国一个小村庄探险的考古学家近日宣布，他们发现了三座古墓，里面装满了古代珍宝，包括金饰、一把玉剑和象牙漆器。根据“small village”可知，空处需填冠词修饰名词，此处泛指“中国一个小村庄”，用不定冠词表示，“small”以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a。故填a。 【37题详解】 考查副词。句意：专家表示，这些坟墓实际上是魏晋时期的“高级家族墓地”。根据句意可知，空处需填副词actually作状语，修饰句子，故填actually。 【38题详解】 考查名词复数。句意：专家表示，这些坟墓实际上是魏晋时期的“高级家族墓地”。根据“the Wei and Jin”可知，此处表示魏晋朝，应用可数名词dynasty的复数形式。故填dynasties。 【39题详解】 考查形容词最高级。句意：这些陵墓都很大，其中一座被确定为该地区在这一时期发现的第二大陵墓，仅次于洛阳的皇陵。根据“the second”及“tomb”可知，此处应用形容词最高largest作定语修饰名词tomb，表示“第二大……”。故填largest。 【40题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：总共发现了200多件文物，包括以前从未见过的象牙漆器。分析句子结构可知，空处引导限制性定语从句，先行词是“ivory lacquerware”，指物，关系词替代先行词在从句中作主语，故用关系代词that/which引导。故填that/which。 【41题详解】 考查动词不定式。句意：这些物品被认为是高端工艺品或实用物品，显示了坟墓中家庭的富裕和权力。be believed to do sth.表示“被认为做某事”，be用动词不定式形式。故填to be。 【42题详解】 考查名词。句意：这些物品被认为是高端工艺品或实用物品，显示了坟墓中家庭的富裕和权力。根据“show the”可知，空处需填名词作宾语，wealth作名词，表示“财富”，是不可数名词。故填wealth。 【43题详解】 考查现在分词。句意：利用这些文物的年代，考古学家能够确定这些坟墓的建造时间。分析句子结构可知，句中已有谓语“were able to”，故空处需填非谓语动词，“archaeologists”和“use”之间是逻辑主动关系，use用现在分词形式作状语，首字母大写。故填Using。 【44题详解】 考查时态语态。句意：利用这些文物的年代，考古学家能够确定这些坟墓的建造时间。分析句子结构可知，when引导的宾语从句缺谓语动词，描述过去的事情应用一般过去时，从句主语“the tombs”和从句谓语动词“build”之间是被动关系，故用一般过去时的被动语态，主语是复数名词，故填were built。 【45题详解】 考查宾语从句。句意：目前还没有发现有关墓主人的信息，因此考古学家表示，他们将试图确定谁可能拥有该墓地，并揭开“更多的历史谜团”。分析句子结构可知，空处引导宾语从句，从句缺主语，指人，应用连接代词who引导。故填who。 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假定你是李华，为迎接传统佳节——端午节，你校打算举办一系列活动。请给在你校做交换生的英国朋友 Mark 写一封邮件，邀请他参加。内容包括： 1.活动的时间、地点； 2.活动的内容； 3.期待回复。 注意：1.词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Dear Mark, The Dragon Boat Festival is drawing near . It is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. A series of activities will be held in our school. I’m writing to invite you to come and enjoy yourself. First, you can learn how to make rice dumplings in the school canteen this Friday afternoon. Second, you can watch dragon boat races to be held in the lake this Sunday morning. Besides, there will be folk art performances in the school hall this Sunday afternoon, which will be interesting to watch. I believe that you will have a lot of fun. Please let me know if you are interested in coming. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本书面表达属于应用文。要求写封邮件邀请英国朋友Mark参加学校举办的迎端午活动，并介绍活动具体内容。 【详解】1.词汇积累 重要的：important→significant 一系列：a series of→a variety of 此外：besides → what’s more 相信：believe→be convinced 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：It is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. A series of activities will be held in our school. 拓展句：It is one of the most important traditional festivals in China, during which a series of activities will be held in our school. 【点睛】【高分句型1】Besides, there will be folk art performances in the school hall this Sunday afternoon, which will be interesting to watch.（运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句） 【高分句型2】I believe that you will have a lot of fun.（运用了that引导的宾语从句） 第二节书面表达（满分25分） 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 I was a single mother in my 30s who lived down and out with my daughter Peggy in a small apartment struggling hard to make our ends meet (维持生计) . It was a really cold winter day. Without a coat that is too expensive for me to afford, I headed to the downtown for an interview. I sat down in the streetcar, and there against those scats was a beautiful silk umbrella with a silver handle decorated with gold scrolls, among which there was a name carved. On impulse (冲动) I determined to find the owner myself. I got off the streetcar and searched a telephone book for the name. I found it immediately and called it. waiting patiently, and then a lady answered. “Yes,” she said in surprise, with extreme excitement. “It was my umbrella which had been stolen a year ago.” So appealing was her pleasure that I forgot I was looking for a job and went directly to her small house. She took the umbrella with teary eyes, explaining with choking voice that the umbrella was given by her parents, now dead. She would like to offer me some reward as an expression of her gratitude. But I refused and left. The following days were hard. I could only obtain temporary employment, for a small salary. What was worse, I had just lost my last job before Christmas, with only fifteen dollars left. Unless a miracle happened, I would be homeless in January, foodless and jobless. The air was full of Christmas merriment, with the bells ringing and children shouting in the bitter dusk of the evening. But there should be no Christmas for me. Thinking of this, I couldn’t control my tears on my way home, but I managed a smile so I could greet my little daughter. She opened the door for me and threw herself in my arms, dreaming joyously and demanding desirably for her Christmas gift. There I stood, frozen overwhelmed by sadness. 注意： 1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置答题。 Paragraph 1: Suddenly, the doorbell rang and Peggy ran immediately to answer it, calling that it must be Santa Claus. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: Just when I was doubting whether the package had been addressed to the wrong place, a note attached to it caught my eyes. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Suddenly, the doorbell rang and Peggy ran immediately to answer it, calling that it must be Santa Claus. Then I heard a man talking to her. A slight feeling of doubt swept over me, so I went to the door. There was a delivery man handing a large package to my girl whose arms had been full. “It can’t be ours,” I said. “This must be a mistake.” But he rechecked the name, saying that it was for me. Peggy and I took the package in, exchanging confused looks. I was at a loss what to do next. What a surprise! Who could be the warm-hearted sender? Just when I was doubting whether the package had been addressed to the wrong place, a note attached to it caught my eyes. It read “Thanks for returning the umbrella. Merry Christmas.” When I saw the note, all doubts were erased from my mind. It had been sent by the lady who owned the umbrella. Holding the note tightly, I couldn’t control my tears, a stream of warmth coming over me. I forgot that I only had fifteen dollars left in my pocket. As I watched Peggy unwrapping the gifts one by one on the ground, with a big grin on her face, I felt my life was full of hope again. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了一个30多岁的单身母亲，在去面试路上的电车里捡到一把伞，并根据伞上信息，找到伞的主人，将伞物归原主并且拒绝了酬谢。接下来，这位母亲在穷困潦倒的生活中迎来了圣诞节，却苦于没有钱付房租以及买食物、送礼物给女儿的故事。 【详解】1. 段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“突然，门铃响了，佩吉马上跑去开门，说一定是圣诞老人来了。”可知，第一段可先描写门打开后，这位母亲看到的确有送包裹之人后的疑惑以及她和女儿确定包裹是给她们时的惊喜。 ②由第二段首句内容“正当我怀疑包裹是否寄错地址时，附在上面的一张纸条引起了我的注意。”可知，第二段可描写这位母亲发现这个包裹的寄送人是其之前所归还伞的主人，以及这个人的此番举动为这对母女在寒冷的圣诞节带来的温暖和希望。 2. 续写线索：收到包裹——感到困惑和惊喜——发现纸条——感到温暖和希望 3. 词汇激活 行为类 ①掠过：sweep over/flash ②递：hand/deliver/pass on 情绪类 ①热心的：warm-hearted/ kind ②困惑的：confused/puzzled 【点睛】[高分句型1]There was a delivery man handing a large package to my girl whose arms had been full. (whose引导的限制性定语从句) [高分句型2]Holding the note tightly, I couldn’t control my tears, a stream of warmth coming over me. (现在分词作状语) 1-5 CABAC 6-10BBACA 11-15 CBACC 16-20 BCABB 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 重庆市朝阳中学高一月考 英 语 试 题 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. How will the woman probably get to the library? A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. On foot. 2. What did the man think of the movie? A. It was boring. B. It was exciting. C. It was special. 3. What is the man going to sell? A. His home. B. His studio. C. His new paintings. 4. What will the man do for the woman? A. Check her work. B. Fix her computer. C. Share his experience with her. 5. What is the man’s invention? A. A weather machine. B. A new type of battery. C. A sun-powered robot. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What time does the band play? A. At 1:00 p. m B. At 2:00 p. m. C. At 3:00 p. m. 7. Where will the woman go first? A. The food trucks. B. The bathroom. C. The main stage. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What does the woman want the man to do? A. Fix（修正） a mistake. B. Buy her a drink. C. Lend a phone to her. 9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Friends. B. Co-workers. C. Waiter and customer. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Where are the speakers now? A. At a studio. B. At an office. C. At an airport. 11. What does the woman probably think about her job? A It is tiring. B. It is stressful. C. It is exciting. 12. What is the woman’s secret to success? A. Creating travel opportunities for her staff. B. Setting up a team from different cultures. C. Learning as many skills as possible. 听第9段材料，回答第13至第16题。 13. How does the woman hear about the man? A. From her colleague. B. From her customer. C. From her husband. 14. What does the man probably do? A. He is a smartphone engineer. B. He is a building designer. C. He is a shop owner. 15. What does the man think is the biggest benefit? A. Controlling temperature. B. Protecting personal data. C. Saving energy and money. 16. What is the conversation mainly about? A. Buying a new house. B. Planning a smart home. C. Setting up a security system. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. In which year of college did Greenberg begin to lose his sight? A. The first year. B. The second year. C. The third year. 18. What caused Greenberg’s blindness? A. A disease. B. A car accident. C. An activity. 19. How much money did Greenberg give to help Garfunkel’s music career? A. $ 60. B. $ 500. C. $ 3000. 20. What was Greenberg’s job? A. He was a scientist. B. He was a businessman. C. He was a music producer. 第二部分：阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每题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。 A Classroom Activities for Students Think, Pair and Share Time—30 minutes Description—You can create questions based on a particular topic taught in the class. You can pair up your students for this activity. Give them enough time to think and come up with solutions. They will be able to discuss on those particular topics. Benefits—With this task, students can get into conversation with partners and develop their confidence and communication skills. Group Discussion Time—30 minutes Description—Divide the class into two to three groups with equal participants (参与者) focused on a single topic. Each group has to share their ideas and thoughts on the same topic. Benefits—In class discussions, there are interaction (互动) and teamwork among the students. Here students are learning from each other. Quiz Time—20 minutes Description—You can divide the class into two groups, and ask questions related to the subject to each group. Each question is made up of four choices from which they have to choose the right answer. The group with the correct answer will get the points. Benefits—This activity helps the students get knowledge and teamwork and improves memory Pictionary Time—5 minutes Description—Students are always excited to take part in this activity. You can divide the class into two groups and ask one of the students to pick up a word and draw a picture describing it. The opposite group is supposed to guess the word, and if they correctly guess the word, they will get to draw next. Benefits—This helps students in improving concentration, focus and communication skills. 1. What can the students do in group discussion? A. Write down some words. B. Create some questions on historical topic. C. Compete with others in choosing topics. D. Exchange thoughts and ideas among groups. 2 Which would you choose if you like guessing words from pictures? A. Think, pair and share. B. Group discussion. C. Quiz. D. Pictionary. 3. Where is this text probably taken from? A. A textbook. B. An education magazine. C. An advertisement. D. A research report. B Rain beat against the window, matching my mood. I should have known that my new job at the hospital was too good to be true. Throughout the day, rumors (传言) warned that the newest employee from each department would be laid off. I was the newest one in the training department. My boss appeared. “You probably know we’re cutting back,” he said. “Administration wants us to offer outplacement classes to help those employees find other jobs, showing them how to act in an interview, for example.” “Fine,” I answered unwillingly, not knowing what else to say. I decided to go home early that day. In the hall, I met the lady who brought us cookies every Friday. She was a little woman with gray hair. Only her head and the top of her green apron (围裙) were visible over the cart (小车) loaded with cleaning supplies. At least she had a job! At the final meeting, laid-off workers formed a line at the door. A colleague whispered, “I can’t believe our Cookie Lady is being laid off. We’ll miss her as much as we’ll miss her cookies.” When the colleague spoke to her in Spanish, I knew my classes would be useless for her and I realized how much better off I was than this poor woman. I decided to do something for her. I wrote to a newspaper expressing how I felt about the unselfishness of the Cookie Lady who needed a job. A few days later, my article appeared in the newspaper and the Cookie Lady was allowed to stay in her position. On the same day, I received a letter, which seemed so unlikely that I read it twice. “An editor of a local magazine likes your piece and wants you to call her next time you’re looking for work…” 4. How did the author feel on that rainy day? A. Nervous. B. Excited. C. Embarrassed. D. Proud. 5. What was the author asked to do? A. Take care of patients. B. Leave earlier that day. C. Help the laid-off workers. D. Give up the job in the hospital. 6. How did the author help the Cookie Lady? A. He offered her a high-paid job. B. He gave her advice on job hunting. C. He made her story known to others. D. He taught her how to pass an interview. 7. What does the story tell us? A. Good deeds have their rewards. B. A friend in need is a friend indeed. C. Little people can make a big difference. D. Love brings more joy to people than work does. C Flying through the skies of New York with its tall buildings can be a real challenge for birds migrating (迁徙) from Central or South America to the Arctic Circle during the spring and fall migration seasons. Fortunately, more and more of them can reach their destination thanks to the help of kind humans. Project Safe Flight is a program from New York City Audubon, a community that has been working to protect birds in NYC for over 40 years. This project helps save injured birds that collide (相撞) with the reflective glass so common in many tall buildings. Each time these volunteers find a survivor they take it to the Wild Bird Fund. Its purpose is to provide medical care to native and passing migrant wildlife so that they can be released (释放) back into the wild. Under their care, these feathered friends can rest, are properly fed, and are also given the medical treatment they need. Once the patients feel better, they spend time with other recovered birds until they become healthy enough to return to freedom. This takes place in the spring, when they’re released in Central Park, or in the fall, when they’re released out of town to make sure that their path doesn’t take them in the neighborhood of lower Manhattan’s dangerous buildings. Nearly a billion birds are killed each year in the US from collisions with windows, the Audubon Society reports. In New York City alone, between 90 and 230 thousand migratory birds die yearly from window collisions, as detailed by Curbed. This occurs mostly during the spring and fall migration seasons. Bright lights and reflective glass buildings attract and then befuddle birds because they look through them and they think they’re seeing the sky. So the dBird database is key to making policymakers learn more clearly about specific hotspots (多事之地) and thus take preventive steps accordingly to protect the lovely creatures. These include making sure that visual indicators (视觉指示器) are added to tall buildings, or that lights are turned off at night. 8. How do the volunteers help injured birds? A. By taking injured birds home. B. By releasing injured birds back into the wild. C. By having injured birds taken good care of. D. By equipping buildings with visual indicators. 9. What is the purpose of the fifth paragraph? A. To explain the side effects of migration. B. To introduce some human threats to birds. C. To draw more attention to the Audubon community. D. To show the importance of the Project Safe Flight program. 10. What does the underlined word “befuddle” in the last paragraph mean? A. Trap. B. Injure. C. Confuse. D. Assist. 11. Which can be the best title for the text? A. Watching Birds in New York B. Helping New York Birds C. Taking Good Care of Birds D. Setting Up a Program in New York D Virtual reality is quickly becoming the new technological frontier. Tech companies everywhere seem to be racing to get their foot in the VR door. However, virtual reality has a set of challenges and hurdles that it must overcome in order to work well. It should be noted that VR is heavily dependent on being very fast, very accurate and very good-looking. If it isn’t, the viewer will feel motion sick or disconnected from the world that VR is trying to create. Now that we can actually build VR headsets that begin to meet these requirements, we are seeing a rising interest in VR. As it rises, so does the interest in creating new media to be experienced in using virtual reality. Journalism is a medium built on relevance. Journalists should always be finding new ways to tell stories and deliver content. It is a goldmine for storytelling. What better ways to tell a story to someone than to put them right in the center of it? Virtual reality is a powerful tool for journalists. The consumer isn’t just reading or watching something play out; they’re experiencing it. The immersive nature of VR allows for people to connect with the subject matter on a much deeper level than just reading about it. The experience is emotional, speaking more to our instinct than our intellect. The possibilities for storytelling here are legion, and any storyteller wanting to do something more interesting than their peers should surely be considering the sheer power of VR. The question of virtual reality, though, is not how powerful it is. That is immediately apparent. The question of VR is one of viability and availability. Telling stories must be easy to do, and access to those stories must be readily available. This is the biggest challenge that VR faces. If the tools to tell a story with VR aren’t easy to pick up and learn, VR will fail. If VR technology isn’t both top-of-the-line and affordable, VR will fail. Accessibility was one concern for Thomas Hallaq, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications, who said that current VR technology, is pretty exclusive right now. Despite that, he said he doesn’t think the exclusivity of this technology will be a problem in the long run. “I think it’s very promising,” Hallaq said. “We’re seeing more technology become accessible, and more people having access to that technology. Just look at smartphones.” Like radio, TV and the Internet before it, virtual reality will change the way we tell stories. 12. Why is VR considered a powerful tool for journalism? A. Because it is an exclusively new tool. B. Because it is very powerful and popular. C. Because people can experience the story in person. D. Because it is very fast, accurate and good-looking. 13. According to the passage, what is the biggest challenge VR is facing? A. How powerful and interesting it can be. B. Whether people will have easy access to it. C. Whether qualified VR headsets can be built. D. What new ways people will find to deliver content. 14. What’s the author’s attitude towards the future of VR technology? A. Optimistic. B. Neutral. C. Pessimistic. D. Concerned. 15. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. The Wide Popularity of Virtual Reality B. The Future Development of Virtual Reality C. Challenges and Hurdles of Virtual Reality D. Virtual Reality is the Future of Storytelling 第二节（共5 小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Just Dance, the popular dance platform by Ubisoft is working on becoming more and more accessible. Starting in 2009 on Wii and now available on various devices, the game could be played and enjoyed by so many people worldwide. ____16____ And now, it will be able to be used and enjoyed by people in wheelchairs as well. ____17____ You can compete with other players, choose coaches and pick from a wide variety of tracks and choreographies. Just one look at their website and YouTube shows how big their fan base is. And for good reason. The platform can get you to dance in the comfort of your own living room. Their choreographed routines are set to popular songs, and their motion-tracking technology can make you feel like it is a complete interactive experience. ____18____ They can provide you with hours of dancing and entertainment. Physical activity is important for everyone. ____19____ According to the Medium platform, more than 420 million games have disabilities. The fact that Just Dance will now be available for people in wheelchairs is a big technical milestone, and a step in the right direction for representation of diverse and disabled people in the gaming community and in the world. ____20____ However, prioritizing accessibility will make gaming better for everyone, creating a more understanding and inclusive atmosphere. And although there is still a long way to go, it seems like things are changing. In a good way. A. Just Dance is more than just a game. B. The company is still betting that fans will keep dancing. C. Instead, these platforms rely on an app available for smartphones. D. They are constantly adding more songs and artists to their platform. E. So some may say it is their duty to serve as many people as possible. F. It may be technically difficult to make a game 100 percent accessible. G. According to Dance Magazine, over 140 million have played this game globally! 第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Recently my wife and I were faced with a difficult situation while traveling by car with our hired(雇佣的) driver. It was a long ride, and we were _____21_____. However, our car broke down suddenly. We tried communicating with the driver, but with little _____22_____. He made some signs, suggesting he was going to _____23_____help, and then left. It was getting colder and darker. We started to hear the cries of wild animals. What’s worse, we didn’t have much food. Would our driver ever return? Could we_____24_____him? We were very _____25_____. Two hours passed. Suddenly, the headlights from another car appeared in the dark. A man offered to_____26_____us. He had such a kind face, and we knew we could_____27_____him. We got into his car. _____28_____we left he put a note on the windscreen of our car with his phone number on it. The moment we arrived at his home, his cousin spoke basic French and _____29_____us tea and local foods. Everyone asked us questions and was _____30_____ to have unexpected guests. Later that evening, the phone rang. It was our_____31_____. He had kept his _____32_____ and repaired the car. We prepared to leave and_____33_____our new friends. I couldn’t believe the _____34_____from the cousin: “No, we thank you for coming into our home.” I will never forget the _____35_____ we received on that day. 21. A. tired B. careful C. interested D. sad 22. A. patience B. trouble C. time D. success 23. A. provide B. accept C. get D. send 24. A. support B. trust C. refuse D. answer 25. A. bored B. pleased C. concerned D. moved 26. A. help B. call C. see D. believe 27. A. look after B. depend on C. laugh at D. learn from 28. A. Since B. After C. Before D. If 29. A. offered B. delivered C. sent D. supplied 30. A. lucky B. sorry C. sure D. excited 31. A. driver B. guide C. guest D. kid 32. A. job B. letter C. secret D. promise 33. A. thanked B. served C. visited D. caught 34. A. expectation B. advice C. reply D. offer 35. A. praise B. warmth C. education D. message 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Archaeologists exploring ___36___ small village in China announced recently that they had discovered three tombs filled with ancient treasures, including gold ornaments, a jade sword and ivory lacquerware. The tombs are ___37___ (actual) a “high-level family cemetery” from the Wei and Jin ___38___ (dynasty), experts said. These are the first such tombs found in Songzhuang village, in Mengjin District of Luoyang City. The tombs are large, and one was determined to be the second ___39___ (large) tomb from this time period found in the area, second only to the imperial mausoleum in Luoyang. The three tombs have been broken into “many times,” according to experts, but still contained treasures including gold ornaments, pottery, coins and more. There were over 200 artifacts found overall, including ivory lacquerware ___40___ had never been seen before. Those items are believed ___41___ (be) high-end crafts or practical items, and show the ___42___ (wealthy) and power of the family in the tomb. ___43___ (use) the dates of these artifacts, archaeologists were able to determine when the tombs ___44___ (build). Research in the area will continue. No information has been found about the tomb owners, so archaeologists said they will try to determine ____45____ might have owned the cemetery and uncover “more historical mysteries.” 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假定你是李华，为迎接传统佳节——端午节，你校打算举办一系列活动。请给在你校做交换生的英国朋友 Mark 写一封邮件，邀请他参加。内容包括： 1.活动的时间、地点； 2.活动的内容； 3.期待回复。 注意：1.词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节书面表达（满分25分） 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 I was a single mother in my 30s who lived down and out with my daughter Peggy in a small apartment struggling hard to make our ends meet (维持生计) . It was a really cold winter day. Without a coat that is too expensive for me to afford, I headed to the downtown for an interview. I sat down in the streetcar, and there against those scats was a beautiful silk umbrella with a silver handle decorated with gold scrolls, among which there was a name carved. On impulse (冲动) I determined to find the owner myself. I got off the streetcar and searched a telephone book for the name. I found it immediately and called it. waiting patiently, and then a lady answered. “Yes,” she said in surprise, with extreme excitement. “It was my umbrella which had been stolen a year ago.” So appealing was her pleasure that I forgot I was looking for a job and went directly to her small house. She took the umbrella with teary eyes, explaining with choking voice that the umbrella was given by her parents, now dead. She would like to offer me some reward as an expression of her gratitude. But I refused and left. The following days were hard. I could only obtain temporary employment, for a small salary. What was worse, I had just lost my last job before Christmas, with only fifteen dollars left. Unless a miracle happened, I would be homeless in January, foodless and jobless. The air was full of Christmas merriment, with the bells ringing and children shouting in the bitter dusk of the evening. But there should be no Christmas for me. Thinking of this, I couldn’t control my tears on my way home, but I managed a smile so I could greet my little daughter. She opened the door for me and threw herself in my arms, dreaming joyously and demanding desirably for her Christmas gift. There I stood, frozen overwhelmed by sadness. 注意： 1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置答题。 Paragraph 1: Suddenly, the doorbell rang and Peggy ran immediately to answer it, calling that it must be Santa Claus. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: Just when I was doubting whether the package had been addressed to the wrong place, a note attached to it caught my eyes. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1-5 CABAC 6-10BBACA 11-15 CBACC 16-20 BCABB 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$