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2023学年第二学期期末自我调研 高一英语 I. Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. In an art gallery. B. In a classroom. C. In a railway station D. In a ward. 2. 此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. 5 weeks. B. 15 weeks. C. 20 weeks. D. 25 weeks. 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. A Chinese restaurant. B. Bill’s company. C. Gold Road. D. The Ground Theatre. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. Egg. B. Fish. C. Pork D. Steak 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. What the department library offers. B. Where the man can find what he wants. C. What professional articles the man needs. D. Where general books are available. 6. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. Have a job interview. B. Make ant advertisement. C. Open the letter box. D. Buy a copy of Daily Mail. 7. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. He will hand it in tomorrow. B. It’s a difficult job for him. C. It’s about a strike. D. He’ll consult his friend about it. 8. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. Work with her colleagues. B. Make coffee for others. C. Stay alone in the office. D. Socialize with her co-workers. 9. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. Students prefer living out of town. B. It’s impossible to find an ideally located town. C. They have the flat that will satisfy the woman. D. He will make sure where the vacancies are. 10. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. He often goes back home late for dinner. B. He shares some of the household duties. C. He dines out with friends from time to time. D. He cooks dinner for the family occasionally. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear one longer conversation and two short passages. After each conversation or passage, you will be asked several questions. The conversation and the passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 11. A. To follow the popular trend. B. To enjoy relaxing atmosphere. C. To experience a different lifestyle. D. To consume a tour package. 12. A. Convenience. B. Price. C. Privacy. D. Time. 13. A. B &B places. B. Flats. C. Hotels. D. Youth hostels. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 14. A. Cooperation skills. B. Reasoning skills. C. Searching skills. D. Surgery skills. 15. A. Casual. B. Doubtful. C. Neutral. D. Supportive. 16. A. Playing games in the real world. B. Concentrating on study. C. Applying game skills to work. D. Thinking about career prospects. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 17. A. 12%. B. 40% C. 72%. D. 80%. 18. A. They are easy to take care of. B. They grow vigorously in gardens. C. They require specific commitment. D. They are helpful for economy. 19. A. It multiplies shopping trips. B. It is a waste of energy. C. It encourages fertilizer use. D. It increases the demand for plastic. 20. A. Impacts and approaches of pollution. B. Founders and missions of a community. C. Benefits and problems of houseplants. D. Studies and worries of an initiative. II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. The family who eats together What’s the price of a family meal? For many families in the world’s wealthiest countries, the answer seems to be, ‘too much’. For instance, in the United States, ___21___ is often a trendsetter in such things, the majority of families report eating a single meal together fewer than five days a week. In fact, the frequency of shared meals ___22___ (decrease) in American families by 33 per cent over the last twenty years. The meals ___23___ have shortened too: from an average of 90 minutes to just 12 minutes. So perhaps we’re better off asking ourselves ___24___ the cost of not eating together is. Once again, we could turn to the figures. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has found that 15-year-olds who reported not regularly ___25___ (share) family meals were twice as likely to be absent from school. In Europe, research has suggested that children who don’t eat dinner with their parents at least twice a week face a 40 per cent higher risk of fatness. Another study, ___26___ (conduct) by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (滥用) at Columbia University, found that kids who eat dinner with their parents five or more times a week are ___27___ (likely) to have problems with drugs and alcohol. But those numbers, impressive ___28___ they seem, may be beside the point. After all, having a meal together is more than just a preventive measure ___29___ future misfortune. The primary cost of the family meal is also the very thing that makes it important: time. The time spent together over food leads to all the positive outcomes that are measured in the studies. That time spent together has less noticeable—but no less real—effects too. So often, ___30___ is at the family meal that the family as such—the family as an organic unit with shared memories and feelings and ambitions—is made. Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. backup B. borderlines C. breathlessly D. connectivity E. deskbound F. divorcing G. functions I. presence H. interrupting J.reluctantly K.update How to work from home There are many things that contribute to becoming a successful work-from-home employee. As more companies across nearly every industry accommodate an increasing number of employees wishing to avoid traffic jam and office cold lunch, remote work has become an increasingly easy and ___31___ practical option for many who seek it. Here is a modest guide to becoming a successful remote employee. Before ___32___ completely from the office, check with your corporate IT department and your manager to see if you are equipped with the programs and applications necessary to work remotely. Security first: If you connect to your company’s internal systems or email through a Virtual Private Network or other secure tunnel, make sure you’ve tested it and that it ___33___ from where you plan to work. Also, have a(n) ___34___ plan in the event your connection experiences disturbance. The same advice applies to internet ___35___. I make sure that if the wireless internet in my home office fails, I can still connect seamlessly through my smartphone, set up as a Wi-Fi hot spot. To do this, make sure you have the right wireless plan, especially if you handle large files. The ability to communicate quickly and reliably is the most priceless attribute a remote employee needs to succeed. Do ___36___ your manager or boss frequently. Make sure they’re installed and you know how to use them, and make your ___37___ known to your colleagues when you are available and working. Set ___38___ if you’re working at home by explaining to family members or children that your work area is off limits, and they should avoid ___39___ unless it’s important. Find time to go for short walks to help inspire productivity and creativity. One of the blessings of working remotely is the opportunity to live a more active lifestyle instead of being ____40____, but it’s important to make activity a habit. III. Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. Why do so few people find fulfillment in their work? Amy Wrzesniewski, a Yale School of Management professor who studies these issues, offered an explanation that made a lot of ___41___. Students, she said, “think their calling is under a rock, and if they ___42___ enough rocks, they will find it.” Surveys confirm that meaning is the top thing Millennials (千禧一代) say they want from a job. And yet her research shows that less than 50% of people see their work as a calling. So, many of her students are left feeling anxious, ___43___, and completely unsatisfied by the good jobs and careers they do secure. What they—and many of us, I think—fail to realize is that work can be ___44___ even if you don’t think of it as a calling. The four most common occupations in America are retail (零售) salesperson, cashier, food preparer/server, and office clerk—jobs that aren’t typically ___45___ “meaning.” But all have something in common with those professions that are, such as teachers and doctors: They exist to help others. And as Adam Grant, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has shown, people who see their work as a form of ___46___ always rank their jobs as more meaningful. That means you can find meaning in nearly any role in nearly any organization. ___47___, most companies create products or services to fill a need in the world, and all employees contribute in their own ways. The key is to become more conscious about the service you’re providing—___48___ and personally. How? One strategy is to constantly remind yourself of your organization’s main ___49___. Life Is Good is a clothing company best known for colorful T-shirts with stick-figure designs, but its mission is to spread ___50___ and hope throughout the world, and that’s something even storeroom employees understand. If you work for an accounting firm, you’re helping people or companies with the ___51___ task of doing their taxes. Each job serves a purpose in the world. Even if you can’t get excited about your company’s mission or customers, you can still adopt a service attitude by thinking about how your work ___52___ those you love. Consider a study of women working in a shoe factory in Mexico. Researchers found that those who described the work as dull were generally less productive than those who said it was ___53___. But the effects went away for those in the former group who saw the work (however boring) as a way to support their families. With that attitude, they were just as productive and ___54___ as the workers who didn’t mind the task. Not everyone finds their one true calling. But that doesn’t mean we’re fated to work meaningless jobs. If we ___55___ our tasks as opportunities to help others, any occupation can feel more significant. 41. A. progress B. trouble C. sense D. difference 42 A. carve out B. turn over C. pile up D. keep off 43. A. frustrated B. shocked C. inspired D. excited 44. A. meaningful B. demanding C. repetitive D. challenging 45. A. distinguished from B. exposed to C. associated with D. defined as 46. A. understanding B. existing C. producing D. giving 47. A. In conclusion B. After all C. By comparison D. In addition 48 A. as a whole B. in this way C. in public D. on average 49. A. advantage B. business C. objective D. construction 50. A. optimism B. information C. designs D. strategies 51. A. unpleasant B. dangerous C. productive D. urgent 52. A. gathers B. benefits C. worries D. entertains 53. A. embarrassing B. rewarding C. rough D. temporary 54. A. relaxed B. surprised C. confused D. energized 55. A. assign B. abandon C. neglect D. reframe Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A) McCoy was looking for a safe place to do drugs when something clearly out of place caught his eye: a luxurious brown leather handbag. McCoy, 36, could relate all too well. One of his few possessions, the sleeping bag he used in an abandoned house, had recently been stolen. Remembering how angered he’d been by his own loss, he resolved to return the purse to its owner. After traveling much of the day and finally approaching the address on the bill, he was stopped by a woman, who asked whether she could buy the purse found in the handbag. McCoy refused, saying he was searching for its owner. “But I am the owner,” the woman said. “That’s my purse.” A month earlier, Kaitlyn Smith, had woken up to find her apartment broken into and her purse stolen. Now she came across a tall, messy-looking man holding it tightly. She could instantly tell he wasn’t in good shape. Smith, amazed this stranger had gone to such great lengths to return her bag, asked whether there was anything she could do to help. “I’m a drug addict,” McCoy warned. “I don’t want to disturb your life.” Unafraid, Smith gave him her phone number, saying, “If you want to go to rehab (戒毒所), call me.” She then drove him back to his neighborhood and left, thinking that would be the end of it. Two days later, she got a call. Smith realized that McCoy was serious about getting better, so she dug into her savings account and bought McCoy a plane ticket to Florida. While there, he would call her to let her know how he was doing. After 28 days at a rehab program at Johns Hopkins Hospital, McCoy is drug-free. He lives at a residential recovery center in Baltimore, and a GoFundMe page set up by Smith has covered his rent, groceries, and incidentals. 56. What drove McCoy to look for the owner of the handbag? A The urge to find a business partner. B. The resolution to recover his sleeping bag. C. His own unfortunate experience. D. His anger over the poor living conditions. 57. What was McCoy’s initial reaction towards Smith’s intention to help? A. Enthusiasm. B. Resistance. C. Hesitancy. D. Gratitude. 58. It can be learned from the text that __________. A. McCoy was a victim of an identity theft B. Smith offered McCoy a ride home at his request C. McCoy looked unhealthy when he ran into Smith D. Smith covered McCoy’s living expenses in the recovery center 59. Which of the following might be the best title for the text? A. Drug-abuse Can Heal. B. Lost and Found. C. Mutual Communication Matters. D. Good Deeds Repaid. (B) All written work should be proofread to give it that final polish and professional edge. Businesses, publishers, writers and students are just a few of the people who could be your customers if you learn to proofread to a high standard. 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A. finds customers mainly online B. gets promoted at work easily C. longs for the freedom of being alone D. works for oneself with a flexible schedule 61. If you are interested in this course but have not enrolled yet, you may ______. A. make your decision after a half-month try B. have free access to the course material C. need to show your CPD Certificate D. help tutors mark some homework 62. It can be concluded from the brochure that ______. A. the course is more beneficial to experts than to green hands B. proofreading and copy editing are normally paper-pen tasks C. there is a good market for proofreading and copy editing D. high-level proofreaders and copy editors are rare to find (C) A secretive facial recognition program “could announce the end of public anonymity (匿名),” said Kashmir Hill in The New York Times. While police departments have used facial recognition tools for years, they’ve been limited to searching government-provided images, for example driver’s license photos. Now an app called Clearview AI can remove images of faces “from across the internet”—including social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, employment sites, even Venmo—gathering a database of more than 3 billion photos. “Until now, technology that readily identifies everyone based on his or her face has been forbidden because of its invasion of privacy.” Clearview licenses its technology to more than 600 law implementation agencies. New York City passed on the app after a 90-day test, worried about potential misuse. Clearview’s investors “predict that its app will eventually be available to the public.” Soon, “searching someone by face could become as easy as Googling a name.” We’ve been building toward this moment for a long time, said Adrian Chen in The California Sunday Magazine. In the late 1800s, the French police officer Alphonse Bertillon devised the first “method for identifying criminals based on their physical features,” using 11 physical measurements. But scale changes everything. The Department of Homeland Security plans to scan “97 percent of all passengers on outgoing international flights.” And the technology has been improved and commercialized to the point where you can search a database and buy scans for as little as “40 cents an image if you opt for Amazon’s facial recognition software plan.” All this has already led to growing fears about facial recognition, said Janosch Delcker and Cristiano Lima in Politico.com, but “efforts to check its spread are hitting a wall of resistance on both sides of the Atlantic.” A two-party push to limit the government’s use of facial recognition has been delayed in Congress. The European Union (EU) is discussing a five-year temporary ban, but European privacy rules contain “a broad carve-out for public authorities.” And authorities are using it: London’s police just last week enabled live facial recognition for cameras across the city. Even if some bans on the technology succeed, said Bruce Schneier in The New York Times, we’re still building an “observation society.” Facial recognition is just one identification technology among many. An entirely unregulated data industry is already creating “descriptions of who we are and what our interests are” by tracking our movements, purchases, and interactions. “We are being identified without our knowledge, and society needs rules about when that is permissible.” 63. So far Clearview’s customers are ______. A. investors of AI apps B. social media sites C. small groups of private users D. government departments 64. By “But scale changes everything.” (paragraph 2), the author means that ______. 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Establish a larger face database 第II卷 注意：序号有跳跃，请在答题卡上按试卷题目序号作答 Section C Directions: Complete the sentences with the words or phrases given in proper forms. Each word or phrase can only be used once. Note that there is one word or phrase more than you need. carry on convert...into... distinguish cut down depend on engage equip…with elect differ…from break down preserve 67. Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard _____________. 68. Many large old houses _____________ flats in the past few decades. 69. The society was set up _____________ endangered species from extinction. 70. Frozen bananas will last several weeks, ____________ their ripeness and the temperature of the freezer． 71. He said Africa was suffering badly from deforestation: for every ten trees _____________, only one was planted. 72. Despite his illness, he remained actively _____________ in translating documents. 73. It's my great honor _____________ as the chairman of the Green Earth Society. 74. If the food situation continues to worsen, entire nations _____________ at an ever-increasing rate. 75. _____________ global vision and the spirit of innovation is crucial to China’s young generation. 76. Though the climate in the north ____________ that in the south, people are wise enough to develop various ways to minimize the negative consequence that divergence may bring about. V. Translation (2’+2’+2’+2.5’+3.5’+3.5’=15.5’) Directions: Complete the sentence according to the Chinese given, using the words given in the brackets. 77. 年轻时候丰富的经历对人的成长有积极影响。(effect) The rich experiences in the youth would ________________________________people’s growth. 78. 我校正不遗余力地满足学生对课外活动的需求。 Our school is making every effort _____________________________________after class. 79. 从导演的表情来看，他对这个女孩的表演并不满意。 _____________________________________, he was not satisfied with the girl’s performance. 80. 确保青少年的健康成长是全世界的职责. (ensure)(汉译英) 81. 毫无疑问，丈夫的突然失业对这个家庭来说是一场灾难。(doubt) (汉译英) 82. 他从沙漠中死里逃生后，详细地向朋友们描述了他的经历。(escape) (汉译英) Section D 83. Directions: Write an English composition in around 100 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假设你是大同中学的学生，学校将在暑假期间改造操场，团学联正在开展征文活动，题目为“What you can do to make the playground more convenient”。你有意投稿，撰写一篇文章，内容包括： 1. 描述你想提出的意见； 2. 说明你的理由。 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2023学年第二学期期末自我调研 高一英语 I. Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. In an art gallery. B. In a classroom. C. In a railway station D. In a ward. 【答案】D 【解析】 【原文】W: Excuse me, sir. Visiting hours are over. Your wife must get some rest. M: Oh, I’m sorry, doctor. I didn’t hear the bell, or I would have left earlier. Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. 5 weeks. B. 15 weeks. C. 20 weeks. D. 25 weeks. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】M: How are you getting along with the Advanced English course? W: Thank Goodness, it’s almost over. I’ve finished 3/4 of the classes and now only 5 weeks left. Q: How long does the Advanced English course last? 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. A Chinese restaurant. B. Bill’s company. C. Gold Road. D. The Ground Theatre. 【答案】D 【解析】 【原文】W: Bill, I’ll go to the Ground Theatre tonight, but I’ve never been there before. It’s said Gold Road is close to it. And I remember your company is on that road, isn’t it? M: Ground Theatre? Actually, it is just next to a Chinese restaurant, five minutes’ walk from Gold Road. Q: Where is the woman going tonight? 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. Egg. B. Fish. C. Pork D. Steak 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】M: Are you ready to order? What sort of food do you like? Are you a vegetarian or do you have any special food requirements? W: I am not a vegetarian. But I do not eat any meat. I really like seafood. Q: Which food is the woman most probably going to order? 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. What the department library offers. B. Where the man can find what he wants. C. What professional articles the man needs. D. Where general books are available. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】W: Since you want to find professional articles in a certain field, you’d better use the department library. Here you can borrow some general books, like novels, and text books, etc. M: I guess I might as well go to the department library. Q: What are the two speakers mainly talking about? 6. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. Have a job interview. B. Make ant advertisement. C. Open the letter box. D. Buy a copy of Daily Mail. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】M: Hello, I’m calling to ask about the position advertised in Friday’s Daily Mail. W: Yes. The position is still open. You could come over and have a talk with us. Q: What will the man most probably do next? 7. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. He will hand it in tomorrow. B. It’s a difficult job for him. C. It’s about a strike. D. He’ll consult his friend about it. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】W: Now you want to consult me about your class presentation. You’re due to give it in next week, aren’t you? M: That’s right madam. And I’m really struggling. Q: What does the man imply about his class presentation? 8. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. Work with her colleagues. B. Make coffee for others. C. Stay alone in the office. D. Socialize with her co-workers. 【答案】D 【解析】 【原文】M: What do you usually do in the lunch hour? W: I used to have lunch alone, but now, I like to make it more social, to have a coffee, and things like that, so I often go with colleagues from work. Q: What does the woman usually do in the lunch hour? 9. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. Students prefer living out of town. B. It’s impossible to find an ideally located town. C. They have the flat that will satisfy the woman. D. He will make sure where the vacancies are. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】W: I’m looking for a flat. Do you have any recommendation for students like me? It will be better if it is located out of town. M: We have more vacancies out of town. Q: What does the man mean? 10. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. He often goes back home late for dinner. B. He shares some of the household duties. C. He dines out with friends from time to time. D. He cooks dinner for the family occasionally. 【答案】A 【解析】 【分析】 【详解】M：Please come in.I'm just getting ready to go home.Susan is expecting me for dinner.I want it to be on time for a change. W:Look,I'm terribly sorry to drop in at this time on Friday,Paul.But it is rather important. Q:What can be learned about Paul from the conversation? Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear one longer conversation and two short passages. After each conversation or passage, you will be asked several questions. The conversation and the passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 11. A. To follow the popular trend. B. To enjoy relaxing atmosphere. C. To experience a different lifestyle. D. To consume a tour package. 12. A. Convenience. B. Price. C. Privacy. D. Time. 13. A. B &B places. B. Flats. C. Hotels. D. Youth hostels. 【答案】11. C 12. B 13. A 【解析】 【原文】M: Good morning. W: Good morning. How can I help you? M: My name is Jack. I am planning to spend my holiday in Brighton. I live in the countryside, and I’d like to feel some sort of urban atmosphere. W: Oh, we organize a tour to Brighton, which might suit you. At this time it is very popular, and a lot of people are asking for this package. M: Hopefully it is not very expensive. I am afraid I can’t afford if it costs too much. W: We have some expensive packages and some inexpensive packages, which will suit all the different needs depending on a number of different factors. M: What does it mainly depend on? W: The hotel’s standards, 3-star hotels, 4-star hotels and so on. We also have some cheaper choices, like flats, bed and breakfast places and youth hostels. It really depends on what you like. M: B & B, I mean bed and breakfast places might be a good choice for me. W: Yes, a lot of people for pleasure choose it as it is not that expensive and with much convenience and privacy. At the moment, the price is 280 pounds for a seven-day holiday. M: That sounds great! W: And we have three choices depending on your need. M: Could you tell me the information in detail? W: Certainly, the first place is … 11. Why does Jack choose Brighton as his holiday destination? 12. What does Jack consider the most important while choosing a package tour? 13. What will the woman introduce next? 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 14. A. Cooperation skills. B. Reasoning skills. C. Searching skills. D. Surgery skills. 15. A. Casual. B. Doubtful. C. Neutral. D. Supportive. 16. A. Playing games in the real world. B. Concentrating on study. C. Applying game skills to work. D. Thinking about career prospects. 【答案】14. D 15. B 16. C 【解析】 【原文】Do you enjoy playing video games? Imagine if your gaming talents could actually be put to use in the real world? Ned Johnson, a trainee surgeon, played video games in his spare time when he was at medical school. But this relaxing pastime wasn’t distracting him from his studies. In fact, he thinks his time in front of a screen helped his surgery skills. Operating gaming controls helped him with his concentration and good hand-eye cooperation. Also, there are other abilities he has learned which can be applied to real-life work situations. For example, some games involve strategy and resource management, which are good skills for management. Now businesses are waking up to the skills video gamers can bring to the workplace. But employers might still need convincing that gamers are not just teenagers wasting their time in their bedrooms without thinking about their career prospects. Playing video games certainly doesn’t guarantee you a good job, and you need to be an accomplished gamer for your skills to shine. But if so much time is being spent on video games, why not put those talents to good use? 14. What did playing video games help Ned Johnson improve? 15. According to the passage, what’s employers’ attitude towards video gamers? 16. In the passage, what suggestion is given to video gamers? 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 17. A. 12%. B. 40% C. 72%. D. 80%. 18. A. They are easy to take care of. B. They grow vigorously in gardens. C. They require specific commitment. D. They are helpful for economy. 19. A. It multiplies shopping trips. B. It is a waste of energy. C. It encourages fertilizer use. D. It increases the demand for plastic. 20. A. Impacts and approaches of pollution. B. Founders and missions of a community. C. Benefits and problems of houseplants. D. Studies and worries of an initiative. 【答案】17. D 18. A 19. B 20. C 【解析】 【原文】Houseplants add a natural touch. They are able to improve the air quality, brighten up a room and thus improve people’s health and happiness. Nearly 72% of adults in the UK had a houseplant in their home, with this figure rising to 80% of 16-24 year olds. It seems young people are driving the growth in the sales of houseplants. According to research by The Economist, more young people are living in flats without a garden. Being able to care for something but not having too much commitment is ideal for their lifestyle. But whatever their benefits, there are now concerns that they might not be so good for the environment. Some are bought online and shipped from overseas. Fay Kenworthy, co-founder of a community initiative that encourages people to trade plants locally, said, “this costs energy like fuel and it is not eco-friendly”. But botanists argue that home delivery has less of an environmental impact than multiple trips to the garden centre in a car. Although some are not too concerned about the environmental impact, others are worried about the plastic pots they are in and the type of fertilizer that some of them are grown in. However, a sustainable approach to buying them may be the best way forward if we want to introduce some natural greenery into our homes. 17. In the UK, what’s the percentage of 16-24 year olds that keep houseplants? 18 Why are young people in UK fond of houseplants? 19. Why is Fay Kenworthy against purchasing houseplants from overseas? 20. What does the passage talk about? II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. The family who eats together What’s the price of a family meal? For many families in the world’s wealthiest countries, the answer seems to be, ‘too much’. For instance, in the United States, ___21___ is often a trendsetter in such things, the majority of families report eating a single meal together fewer than five days a week. In fact, the frequency of shared meals ___22___ (decrease) in American families by 33 per cent over the last twenty years. The meals ___23___ have shortened too: from an average of 90 minutes to just 12 minutes. So perhaps we’re better off asking ourselves ___24___ the cost of not eating together is. Once again, we could turn to the figures. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has found that 15-year-olds who reported not regularly ___25___ (share) family meals were twice as likely to be absent from school. In Europe, research has suggested that children who don’t eat dinner with their parents at least twice a week face a 40 per cent higher risk of fatness. Another study, ___26___ (conduct) by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (滥用) at Columbia University, found that kids who eat dinner with their parents five or more times a week are ___27___ (likely) to have problems with drugs and alcohol. But those numbers, impressive ___28___ they seem, may be beside the point. After all, having a meal together is more than just a preventive measure ___29___ future misfortune. The primary cost of the family meal is also the very thing that makes it important: time. The time spent together over food leads to all the positive outcomes that are measured in the studies. That time spent together has less noticeable—but no less real—effects too. So often, ___30___ is at the family meal that the family as such—the family as an organic unit with shared memories and feelings and ambitions—is made. 【答案】21. which 22. has decreased 23. themselves 24. what 25. sharing 26. conducted 27. less likely 28. as / though 29. against 30. it 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一家人一起吃饭带来的好处。 【21题详解】 考查非限制性定语从句的引导词。句意：例如，在经常引领此类潮流的美国，大多数家庭表示，他们每周在一起吃一顿饭的时间少于五天。根据is often a trendsetter in such things可知此处是一个非限制性定语从句，先行词是the United States，指物，且定语从句中缺少主语，因此要用关系代词which。故填which。 【22题详解】 考查动词的时态。句意：事实上，在过去的20年里，美国家庭共享食物的频率下降了33%。根据over the last twenty years可知此句时态是现在完成时，且主语是the frequency of shared meals，要用单数形式。故填has decreased。 【23题详解】 考查代词。句意：用餐时间也缩短了：从平均90分钟缩短到12分钟。根据主语The meals可知此处要用反身代词themselves，表示用餐本身。故填themselves。 【24题详解】 考查宾语从句的连接词。句意：因此也许我们最好问问自己不一起吃饭的代价是什么。根据we’re better off asking ourselves可知此处是一个宾语从句，缺少引导词，由宾语从句中的is可知此处要用what“什么”，且what充当is的表语。故填what。 【25题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：经济合作与发展组织发现，报告称不经常与家人一起吃饭的15岁青少年缺课的可能性是其他人的两倍。根据share与逻辑主语15-year-olds之间是主动关系，可知此处要用现在分词形式。故填sharing。 【26题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：哥伦比亚大学成瘾与药物滥用国家中心进行的另一项研究发现，每周与父母共进晚餐五次或五次以上的孩子，不太可能出现毒品和酗酒的问题。根据found that可知此处要用非谓语动词，由conduct与逻辑主语Another study之间是被动关系，因此要用过去分词作定语。故填conducted。 【27题详解】 考查形容词的比较级。句意：哥伦比亚大学成瘾与药物滥用国家中心进行的另一项研究发现，每周与父母共进晚餐五次或五次以上的孩子，不太可能出现毒品和酗酒的问题。固定短语be likely to do“很有很可能做某事”，根据who eat dinner with their parents five or more times a week可知此处要用形容词的比较级，表示“不太可能”。故填less likely。 【28题详解】 考查连词。句意：但是，尽管这些数字看起来令人印象深刻，但它们可能无关紧要。根据impressive和they seem可知此处是形容词放在句首的半倒装句，根据句意可知连词as / though“虽然，尽管”符合题意。填as / though。 【29题详解】 考查介词。句意：毕竟，一起吃饭不仅仅是预防未来不幸的措施。根据future misfortune可知此处要用介词against，表示“抵御，预防”。故填against。 【30题详解】 考查代词。句意：通常情况下，正是在家庭聚餐中，家庭作为一个有机的整体，拥有共同的记忆、情感和抱负。根据is at the family meal that可知此处是一个强调句，被强调部分是at the family meal，因此要用代词it。故填it。 【点睛】第2小题考查了现在完成时。现在完成时结构：have/has+过去分词。主要用法有： 1、表示过去所发生的动作或事情对现在的影响或产生的结果，着眼点在现在。现在完成时时常与不确定的过去时间状语连用，表示“已发生”或“未发生”，如：yet，just，before，recently，once，lately，of late等；也同表示频度的时间状语连用，如：often，ever，never，sometimes，twice，on several occasions等；也同包括现在时间在内的时间状语连用，如：now，today，this morning，this month，this year等。但不能同特定的过去时间状语（in 1995，last year等）连用。例句： He has lost his wallet.他的钱包丢了。 Why haven’t I seen you all these months? 我怎么这么多月没看见你呢？ We’ve had too much rain this year.今年雨水太多。 2、表示一个从过去某个时间开始，延续到现在，并可能延续下去的动作。常同表示包括现在时间在内的一段时间的状语连用，如：so far，up to now，since last year，for a long time，all my life，these few days等。例句： He has worked here for over twenty years. 他在这里工作已有20多年了。 Up to now, we have received no news from her. 到现在为止，我们没有从她那里收到任何消息。 Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. backup B. borderlines C. breathlessly D. connectivity E. deskbound F. divorcing G. functions I. presence H. interrupting J.reluctantly K.update How to work from home There are many things that contribute to becoming a successful work-from-home employee. As more companies across nearly every industry accommodate an increasing number of employees wishing to avoid traffic jam and office cold lunch, remote work has become an increasingly easy and ___31___ practical option for many who seek it. Here is a modest guide to becoming a successful remote employee. Before ___32___ completely from the office, check with your corporate IT department and your manager to see if you are equipped with the programs and applications necessary to work remotely. Security first: If you connect to your company’s internal systems or email through a Virtual Private Network or other secure tunnel, make sure you’ve tested it and that it ___33___ from where you plan to work. Also, have a(n) ___34___ plan in the event your connection experiences disturbance. The same advice applies to internet ___35___. I make sure that if the wireless internet in my home office fails, I can still connect seamlessly through my smartphone, set up as a Wi-Fi hot spot. To do this, make sure you have the right wireless plan, especially if you handle large files. The ability to communicate quickly and reliably is the most priceless attribute a remote employee needs to succeed. Do ___36___ your manager or boss frequently. Make sure they’re installed and you know how to use them, and make your ___37___ known to your colleagues when you are available and working. Set ___38___ if you’re working at home by explaining to family members or children that your work area is off limits, and they should avoid ___39___ unless it’s important. Find time to go for short walks to help inspire productivity and creativity. One of the blessings of working remotely is the opportunity to live a more active lifestyle instead of being ____40____, but it’s important to make activity a habit. 【答案】31. C 32. F 33. G 34. A 35. D 36. K 37. I 38. B 39. H 40. E 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章就怎样在家工作给出了一些建议。 【31题详解】 考查副词。句意：因为几乎每一个行业都有更多的公司，能容纳越来越多希望避免交通堵塞和办公室冷餐的雇员。对找工作的人而言，远程工作已经变成了一种越来越简单和令人吃惊地实用的选择。practical是形容词，用副词修饰；breathlessly是副词，意为“气喘吁吁地，令人目瞪口呆地、吃惊地”，符合语境。故选C。 【32题详解】 考查固定搭配。句意：在完全离开办公室前，向公司IT部门和经理咨询，看你是否有远程工作需要的程序和应用软件。空白处谓语介词before之后，应该该用动词ing形式；divorce from意为“脱离”，符合句意，因此填divorcing。故选F。 【33题详解】 考查动词。句意：如果你连接到公司的内部系统，或者通过虚拟专用网络或其他安全隧道发送电子邮件，确保你已经测试过了，而且它从你计划工作的地方起作用。分析句子可知，空白处填动词做谓语，用一般现在时态；function作动词解时，意为“起作用，正常运转”，符合语境，因此填functions。故选G。 【34题详解】 考查名词。句意：也要有备用计划，在你的连接受干扰时用。分析句子可知，空白处填单数名词；backup是名词，意为“后备计划”，符合语境。故选A。 【35题详解】 考查名词。句意：相同的建议也适用于互联网连接。根据下文可以看出，该段的主旨是网络连接，connectivity是名词，意为“连接”，符合语境，故选D。 【36题详解】 考查动词。句意：一定要经常更新你的经理或老板。根据上下文可知，该句是说要及时更新与老板和经理的联系。update是动词，意为“更新”，故选K。 【37题详解】 考查名词。句意：确保它们已安装，并且你知道如何使用它们，当你有空能工作时，让你的同事知道你的出勤。下文when you are available and working说明我能出勤；presence是名词，意为“出勤、出席”，符合语境。故选I。 【38题详解】 考查名词。句意：设定界限。如果你在家工作，给家庭成员或者孩子解释清楚，你的工作区域禁止入内，而且除非很重要，否则他们应该避免打扰你。下文explaining to family members or children that your work area is off limits.说明在家工作是有界限的；borderline是可数名词，意为“界限”，故选B。 【39题详解】 考查动词。句意：设定界限。如果你在家工作，给家庭成员或者孩子解释清楚，你的工作区域禁止入内，而且除非很重要，否则他们应该避免打扰你。根据上下文，这里是说在家工作时，如果没有重要的事情，不要打扰我工作；interrupt 是动词，意为“打扰”；avoid后接动词ing形式，故选H。 【40题详解】 考查形容词。句意：远程工作的一个好处是，有机会过一种更积极的生活方式，而不是埋头做事的。分析句子可知，空白处与active相反；deskbound是形容词，意为“埋头事务的；书呆子气的”，符合语境，故选E。 III. Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. Why do so few people find fulfillment in their work? Amy Wrzesniewski, a Yale School of Management professor who studies these issues, offered an explanation that made a lot of ___41___. Students, she said, “think their calling is under a rock, and if they ___42___ enough rocks, they will find it.” Surveys confirm that meaning is the top thing Millennials (千禧一代) say they want from a job. And yet her research shows that less than 50% of people see their work as a calling. So, many of her students are left feeling anxious, ___43___, and completely unsatisfied by the good jobs and careers they do secure. What they—and many of us, I think—fail to realize is that work can be ___44___ even if you don’t think of it as a calling. The four most common occupations in America are retail (零售) salesperson, cashier, food preparer/server, and office clerk—jobs that aren’t typically ___45___ “meaning.” But all have something in common with those professions that are, such as teachers and doctors: They exist to help others. And as Adam Grant, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has shown, people who see their work as a form of ___46___ always rank their jobs as more meaningful. That means you can find meaning in nearly any role in nearly any organization. ___47___, most companies create products or services to fill a need in the world, and all employees contribute in their own ways. The key is to become more conscious about the service you’re providing—___48___ and personally. How? One strategy is to constantly remind yourself of your organization’s main ___49___. Life Is Good is a clothing company best known for colorful T-shirts with stick-figure designs, but its mission is to spread ___50___ and hope throughout the world, and that’s something even storeroom employees understand. If you work for an accounting firm, you’re helping people or companies with the ___51___ task of doing their taxes. Each job serves a purpose in the world. Even if you can’t get excited about your company’s mission or customers you can still adopt a service attitude by thinking about how your work ___52___ those you love. Consider a study of women working in a shoe factory in Mexico. Researchers found that those who described the work as dull were generally less productive than those who said it was ___53___. But the effects went away for those in the former group who saw the work (however boring) as a way to support their families. With that attitude, they were just as productive and ___54___ as the workers who didn’t mind the task. Not everyone finds their one true calling. But that doesn’t mean we’re fated to work meaningless jobs. If we ___55___ our tasks as opportunities to help others, any occupation can feel more significant. 41. A. progress B. trouble C. sense D. difference 42. A. carve out B. turn over C. pile up D. keep off 43. A. frustrated B. shocked C. inspired D. excited 44. A. meaningful B. demanding C. repetitive D. challenging 45. A. distinguished from B. exposed to C. associated with D. defined as 46. A. understanding B. existing C. producing D. giving 47. A. In conclusion B. After all C. By comparison D. In addition 48. A. as a whole B. in this way C. in public D. on average 49. A. advantage B. business C. objective D. construction 50. A. optimism B. information C. designs D. strategies 51. A. unpleasant B. dangerous C. productive D. urgent 52. A. gathers B. benefits C. worries D. entertains 53. A. embarrassing B. rewarding C. rough D. temporary 54. A. relaxed B. surprised C. confused D. energized 55. A. assign B. abandon C. neglect D. reframe 【答案】41. C 42. B 43. A 44. A 45. C 46. D 47. B 48. A 49. C 50. A 51. A 52. B 53. B 54. D 55. D 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章通过提出为什么很少有人能在工作中找到成就感进行研究，分析了其原因以及提出了具体怎么做的建议。研究人员发现，这主要是因为我们中的许多人都没有意识到工作可以是有意义的，我们可以在几乎任何工作的任何角色中找到工作的意义。 【41题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：耶鲁大学管理学院研究这些问题的教授Amy Wrzesniewski给出了一个有道理的解释。A. progress进步，发展；B. trouble麻烦，烦恼，故障；C. sense道理，感觉，观念；D. difference差异，不同。短语make sense讲得通，有道理，根据offered an explanation可知此处表示有道理的解释。故选C。 【42题详解】 考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：她说，学生们“认为他们对工作的成就感还没有被挖掘出来，如果被挖掘出来，就能能找到工作的成就感。”A. carve out开拓；B. turn over把…翻过来，翻阅，移交给；C. pile up堆积，积累；D. keep off让开，不接近。根据they will find it可知此处表示要把那些岩石翻开。故选B。 【43题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：因此，她的许多学生感到焦虑、沮丧，对他们所拥有的好工作和职业完全不满意。A. frustrated懊恼的，沮丧的；B. shocked震惊的；C. inspired受鼓舞的，品质优秀的；D. excited激动的。根据feeling anxious和and completely unsatisfied可知此处用沮丧的符合题意。故选A。 【44题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我认为，他们和我们中的许多人没有意识到，即使你认为工作是有成就感的，它也可能是有意义的。A. meaningful有意义的；B. demanding要求高的，费力的；C. repetitive 重复的；D. challenging挑战的。根据fail to realize可知此处表示工作可以是有意义的。故选A。 【45题详解】 考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：在美国，最常见的四种职业是零售销售、收银员、食品加工者/服务员以及办公室文员，这些工作与“意义”无关。A. distinguished from区别于；B. exposed to暴露于；C. associated with与…相联系，与…有关；D. defined as界定，给…下定义。根据jobs that aren’t typically可知此处表示这些工作与“意义”无关。故选C。 【46题详解】 考查动名词词义辨析。句意：正如宾夕法尼亚大学教授Adam Grant所表明的，那些把工作视为奉献的人，总是认为自己的工作更有意义。A. understanding理解；B. existing存在；C. producing生产；D. giving给予，付出，奉献。根据They exist to help others可知此处表示那些把工作视为奉献的人，总是认为自己的工作更有意义。故选D。 【47题详解】 考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：毕竟，大多数公司创造产品或服务来满足世界的需求，所有员工都以自己的方式做出贡献。A. In conclusion总之，最后；B. After all毕竟，终究；C. By comparison相比之下；D. In addition另外，此外。根据上文That means you can find meaning in nearly any role in nearly any organization.可知此处表示毕竟之意。故选B。 【48题详解】 考查副词短语词义辨析。句意：关键是要更加意识到你所提供的服务——既是整体的又是个人的。A. as a whole总的来说；B. in this way用这种方法；C. in public公开地，当众；D. on average平均，通常。根据and personally可知此处表示既是整体的又是个人的。故选A。 【49题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：有一种策略是不断提醒自己公司的主要目标。A. advantage优势，利益；B. business生意，商业；C. objective 目的，目标；D. construction建设。根据but its mission is to spread可知此处表示不断提醒自己公司的主要目标。故选C。 【50题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：Life Is Good是一家服装公司，最出名的是色彩鲜艳的T恤和线条设计，但它的使命是向全世界传播乐观和希望，这是连储藏室的员工都能理解的。A. optimism乐观，乐观主义；B. information知识，信息；C. designs设计；D. strategies战略策略。根据and hope throughout the world可知此处表示它的使命是向全世界传播乐观和希望。故选A。 【51题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：如果你在一家会计公司工作，你就是在帮助人们或公司完成一项不愉快的税务工作。A. unpleasant使人不愉快的，讨厌的；B. dangerous危险的；C. productive生产的，多产的；D. urgent紧急的，急迫的。根据doing their taxes可知对人们或者公司而言，税务工作是不愉快的。故选A。 【52题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：即使你不能对公司的使命或客户感到兴奋，你仍然可以通过思考你的工作如何让你所爱的人受益来采取一种服务态度。A. gathers收集，集聚；B. benefits有益于；C. worries担忧；D. entertains招待，娱乐。根据those you love可知此处表示思考你的工作如何让你所爱的人受益。故选B。 【53题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：研究人员发现，那些认为工作枯燥的人通常比那些认为工作有益的人效率更低。A. embarrassing令人尴尬的；B. rewarding有益的，值得的；C. rough粗糙的，艰苦的；D. temporary暂时的，临时的。根据than可知此处表示两种态度的对比，由those who described the work as dull were generally less productive可知此处表示那些认为工作有益的人。故选B。 【54题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：有了这种态度，他们就像那些不介意任务的员工一样富有成效和精力充沛。A. relaxed放松的，自在的；B. surprised感到惊讶的；C. confused困惑的；D. energized有活力的。根据they were just as productive可知此处用有活力的符合题意。故选D。 【55题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果我们把自己的任务重新定义为帮助他人的机会，那么任何职业都会让人感觉更有意义。A. assign分配，指派；B. abandon遗弃，离开；C. neglect忽略，忽视；D. reframe全新地拟定（或表达），再构造。根据any occupation can feel more significant可知此处表示把把自己的任务重新定义。故选D。 Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A) McCoy was looking for a safe place to do drugs when something clearly out of place caught his eye: a luxurious brown leather handbag. McCoy, 36, could relate all too well. One of his few possessions, the sleeping bag he used in an abandoned house, had recently been stolen. Remembering how angered he’d been by his own loss, he resolved to return the purse to its owner. After traveling much of the day and finally approaching the address on the bill, he was stopped by a woman, who asked whether she could buy the purse found in the handbag. McCoy refused, saying he was searching for its owner. “But I am the owner,” the woman said. “That’s my purse.” A month earlier, Kaitlyn Smith, had woken up to find her apartment broken into and her purse stolen. Now she came across a tall, messy-looking man holding it tightly. She could instantly tell he wasn’t in good shape. Smith, amazed this stranger had gone to such great lengths to return her bag, asked whether there was anything she could do to help. “I’m a drug addict,” McCoy warned. “I don’t want to disturb your life.” Unafraid, Smith gave him her phone number, saying, “If you want to go to rehab (戒毒所), call me.” She then drove him back to his neighborhood and left, thinking that would be the end of it. Two days later, she got a call. Smith realized that McCoy was serious about getting better, so she dug into her savings account and bought McCoy a plane ticket to Florida. While there, he would call her to let her know how he was doing. After 28 days at a rehab program at Johns Hopkins Hospital, McCoy is drug-free. He lives at a residential recovery center in Baltimore, and a GoFundMe page set up by Smith has covered his rent, groceries, and incidentals. 56. What drove McCoy to look for the owner of the handbag? A. The urge to find a business partner. B. The resolution to recover his sleeping bag. C. His own unfortunate experience. D. His anger over the poor living conditions. 57. What was McCoy’s initial reaction towards Smith’s intention to help? A. Enthusiasm. B. Resistance. C. Hesitancy. D. Gratitude. 58. It can be learned from the text that __________. A. McCoy was a victim of an identity theft B. Smith offered McCoy a ride home at his request C. McCoy looked unhealthy when he ran into Smith D. Smith covered McCoy’s living expenses in the recovery center 59. Which of the following might be the best title for the text? A. Drug-abuse Can Heal. B. Lost and Found. C. Mutual Communication Matters. D. Good Deeds Repaid. 【答案】56. C 57. B 58. C 59. D 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇记叙文。讲述了吸毒者麦考伊捡到了史密斯的钱包，好意送回，而史密斯帮助麦考伊戒毒以报答的暖心故事。 【56题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二句“Remembering how angered he'd been by his own loss, he resolved to return the purse to its owner.”（想起自己丢失钱包时的愤怒，他决定把钱包还给失主。）可知，McCoy决定寻找手提包主人的原因是他想起了自己被偷睡袋后的愤怒，即自己不幸的经历，故选C。 【57题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第三段第五句 ““I'm a drug addict,” McCoy warned.”（“我是个瘾君子，”麦考伊警告说。）和第六句 “I don't want to disturb your life.” （我不想打扰你的生活。）可知，对于史密斯的帮助意图，麦考伊最初的反应是拒绝。故选B。 【58题详解】 细节理解题。本文中麦考伊捡到了史密斯的钱包，并不是钱包盗窃案的受害者。A选项错误；第三段倒数第二句中“She then drove him back to his neighborhood and left”以及前后句并没有提到史密斯送麦考伊回家是应了麦考伊的要求。B选项错误；由最后一段最后一句中“a GoFundMe page set up by Smith has covered his rent, groceries, and incidentals”可知，是史密斯建立的GoFundMe page涵盖了他的生活费，而不是史密斯负责。D选项错误；由第三段第三句“She could instantly tell he wasn't in good shape. ”可知，麦考伊遇到史密斯时，看起来并不健康。“in good shape”意为健康。C选项正确。故选C。 【59题详解】 主旨大意题。 A选项“吸毒可以被治愈”，B选项“失去和找到”都不够全面，都只是文章中提到的部分，并不能够概括全文。C选项“相互沟通很重要”并不是全文主要表达的意思。短文讲述了吸毒者麦考伊捡到了史密斯的钱包，好意送回，而史密斯帮助麦考伊戒毒以报答的暖心故事。D选项“善行报答”为最佳标题。故选D。 (B) All written work should be proofread to give it that final polish and professional edge. 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After completing the Proofreading & Copy Editing course I set myself up as a part-time freelance proofreader with a small band of regular customers.” Carol Browne 60. According to the brochure, “a freelancer” (paragraph 3) refers to someone who ______. A. finds customers mainly online B. gets promoted at work easily C. longs for the freedom of being alone D. works for oneself with a flexible schedule 61. If you are interested in this course but have not enrolled yet, you may ______. A. make your decision after a half-month try B. have free access to the course material C. need to show your CPD Certificate D. help tutors mark some homework 62. It can be concluded from the brochure that ______. A. the course is more beneficial to experts than to green hands B. proofreading and copy editing are normally paper-pen tasks C. there is a good market for proofreading and copy editing D. high-level proofreaders and copy editors are rare to find 【答案】60. D 61. A 62. C 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇应用文。本文是一篇广告，主要是向人们介绍了关于学习校对和编辑的相关信息以及其带来的好处，呼吁人们报名学习。 【60题详解】 词义猜测题。根据第三段中You also learn how to set up as a freelancer and how to find customers so you can work at home for an extra or full-time income potentially earning ₤25 per hour. 你还会学习如何成为一名自由职业者，如何找到客户，这样你就可以在家里工作，赚取每小时25英镑的额外或全职收入。由可以在家里工作并赚取每小时25英镑的额外或全职收入，可知，根据手册上的介绍，“a freelancer”指的是工作时间灵活的“自由职业者”。故选D项。 【61题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段中15-day trial. Request your free course introduction, with no obligation to enroll. 15天的试验期。免费的课程介绍，不需要注册。可知，如果你对这门课程感兴趣，但还没有注册，你可以在半个月的尝试后做出决定。故选A项。 【62题详解】 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中Above all, I thoroughly enjoyed that tone of voice of the author—he writes with authority but manages to keep a light touch. 最重要的是，我非常喜欢作者的语气——他写得很有权威，文笔轻快。以及最后一段中After completing the Proofreading & Copy Editing course I set myself up as a part-time freelance proofreader with a small band of regular customers. 完成校对和文案编辑课程后，我开始做兼职自由校对，拥有一小群固定客户。由此判断出，从这本小册子中顾客的反馈可以看出，校对和编辑有很好的市场。故选C项。 (C) A secretive facial recognition program “could announce the end of public anonymity (匿名),” said Kashmir Hill in The New York Times. While police departments have used facial recognition tools for years, they’ve been limited to searching government-provided images, for example driver’s license photos. Now an app called Clearview AI can remove images of faces “from across the internet”—including social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, employment sites, even Venmo—gathering a database of more than 3 billion photos. “Until now, technology that readily identifies everyone based on his or her face has been forbidden because of its invasion of privacy.” Clearview licenses its technology to more than 600 law implementation agencies. New York City passed on the app after a 90-day test, worried about potential misuse. Clearview’s investors “predict that its app will eventually be available to the public.” Soon, “searching someone by face could become as easy as Googling a name.” We’ve been building toward this moment for a long time, said Adrian Chen in The California Sunday Magazine. In the late 1800s, the French police officer Alphonse Bertillon devised the first “method for identifying criminals based on their physical features,” using 11 physical measurements. But scale changes everything. The Department of Homeland Security plans to scan “97 percent of all passengers on outgoing international flights.” And the technology has been improved and commercialized to the point where you can search a database and buy scans for as little as “40 cents an image if you opt for Amazon’s facial recognition software plan.” All this has already led to growing fears about facial recognition, said Janosch Delcker and Cristiano Lima in Politico.com, but “efforts to check its spread are hitting a wall of resistance on both sides of the Atlantic.” A two-party push to limit the government’s use of facial recognition has been delayed in Congress. The European Union (EU) is discussing a five-year temporary ban, but European privacy rules contain “a broad carve-out for public authorities.” And authorities are using it: London’s police just last week enabled live facial recognition for cameras across the city. Even if some bans on the technology succeed, said Bruce Schneier in The New York Times, we’re still building an “observation society.” Facial recognition is just one identification technology among many. An entirely unregulated data industry is already creating “descriptions of who we are and what our interests are” by tracking our movements, purchases, and interactions. “We are being identified without our knowledge, and society needs rules about when that is permissible.” 63. So far Clearview’s customers are ______. A. investors of AI apps B. social media sites C. small groups of private users D. government departments 64. By “But scale changes everything.” (paragraph 2), the author means that ______. A. facial identification technology has gone far beyond its original purpose B. people should be scanned through more available physical measurements C. border security inspection has brought commercialization of identification software D. widespread cheap images are becoming a drawback for facial recognition technology 65. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Rules concerning anti-invasion of privacy are practicable around the world. B. Facial recognition technology is too irresistible to set aside for governments. C. Efforts to stop misuse of facial identification have achieved an initial success. D. Prohibition on identification technology has gained support from governments. 66. Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A. Facial recognition is under control B. Get your facial identification ready C. Your face is now public property D. Establish a larger face database 【答案】63. D 64. A 65. B 66. C 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一项新的应用程序Clearview最终会向公众开放，通过这程序能很快根据一张脸搜索出一个人，这个程序引起了很多方面的关注和担忧。 【63题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段中“ Clearview licenses its technology to more than 600 law implementation agencies.” “”Clearview将其技术授权给600多个法律执行机构”以及New York City passed on the app after a 90-day test, worried about potential misuse. Clearview’s investors “predict that its app will eventually be available to the public.” 纽约市在90天的测试后通过了这款应用，担心它可能会被滥用。Clearview的投资者“预计它的应用程序最终将向公众开放”。可知，到目前为止，Clearview的客户都是政府部门。故选D项。 【64题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第二段中The Department of Homeland Security plans to scan “97 percent of all passengers on outgoing international flights.” And the technology has been improved and commercialized to the point where you can search a database and buy scans for as little as “40 cents an image if you opt for Amazon’s facial recognition software plan.” 国土安全部计划扫描“97%的所有出境国际航班的乘客”。这项技术已经得到了改进和商业化，你可以搜索数据库，购买扫描结果，只要“选择亚马逊的面部识别软件计划，只需40美分一张图片”。根据山下文语境可以判断出作者说But scale changes everything.（但是规模改变了一切。）的意思是面部识别技术已经远远超出了它最初的目的。故选A项。 【65题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段中A two-party push to limit the government’s use of facial recognition has been delayed in Congress. The European Union (EU) is discussing a five-year temporary ban, but European privacy rules contain “a broad carve-out for public authorities.” And authorities are using it: London’s police just last week enabled live facial recognition for cameras across the city. 两党努力限制政府使用面部识别在国会被推迟。欧盟（EU）正在讨论一项为期五年的临时禁令，但欧洲隐私规则包含了“对公共当局的广泛划分”。当局正在使用它：伦敦警方上周刚刚在全市范围内启用了摄像头实时面部识别功能。由此判断出，面部识别技术实在是太不可抗拒了以至于政府无法将其搁置一旁。故选B项。 【66题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第一段中A secretive facial recognition program “could announce the end of public anonymity (匿名),” said Kashmir Hill in The New York Times. 据《纽约时报》报道，Kashmir Hill表示，一项秘密面部识别程序“可能会宣布公众匿名制的终结”。以及Clearview’s investors “predict that its app will eventually be available to the public.” Soon, “searching someone by face could become as easy as Googling a name.” Clearview的投资者“预计它的应用程序最终将向公众开放”。很快，“通过脸搜索一个人就可以像谷歌一个名字一样简单。”再通读全文，可知，本文主要介绍了一项新的应用程序Clearview最终会向公众开放，通过这程序能很快根据一张脸搜索出一个人，因此选项C“你的脸现在是公共财产”为短文最佳标题。故选C项。 第II卷 注意：序号有跳跃，请在答题卡上按试卷题目序号作答 Section C Directions: Complete the sentences with the words or phrases given in proper forms. Each word or phrase can only be used once. Note that there is one word or phrase more than you need. carry on convert...into... distinguish cut down depend on engage equip…with elect differ…from break down preserve 67. Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard _____________. 68. Many large old houses _____________ flats in the past few decades. 69. The society was set up _____________ endangered species from extinction. 70. Frozen bananas will last several weeks, ____________ their ripeness and the temperature of the freezer． 71. He said Africa was suffering badly from deforestation: for every ten trees _____________, only one was planted. 72. Despite his illness, he remained actively _____________ in translating documents. 73 It's my great honor _____________ as the chairman of the Green Earth Society. 74. If the food situation continues to worsen, entire nations _____________ at an ever-increasing rate. 75. _____________ global vision and the spirit of innovation is crucial to China’s young generation. 76. Though the climate in the north ____________ that in the south, people are wise enough to develop various ways to minimize the negative consequence that divergence may bring about. 【答案】67. to distinguish 68. have been converted into 69. to preserve 70. depending on 71. cut down 72. engaged 73. to be elected 74. will break down 75. Being equipped with 76. differs from 【解析】 【67题详解】 考查非谓语动词。有时现实和幻想很难区分。结合句意，表示“区分”用动词distinguish；分析句子可知，本句有谓语；故使用非谓语动词；be adj. to do sth.结构中to do 作主语补足语。故填to distinguish。 【68题详解】 考查谓语动词的时态。句意：在过去的几十年里，许多古老的大房子都被改造成了公寓。结合句意，表示“改造成”用动词convert…into…；本句缺谓语，根据时间状语“in the past few decades”可知，时态采用现在完成时，且Many large old houses 与convert…into…之间是被动关系，因此使用现在完成时的被动语态。故填have been converted into。 【69题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：成立这个协会是为了保护濒临灭绝的物种。根据后文“endangered species from extinction”可知，表示“保护”故使用动词preserve；分析句子可知，本句有谓语was set up ，因此填非谓语动词，不定式表目的。故填to preserve。 【70题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：冷冻香蕉可以保存几个星期，这取决于它们的成熟度和冰箱的温度。结合句意，表示“取决于”用动词depend on；本句有谓语will last，故使用非谓语动词，depend on与逻辑主语Frozen bananas 之间是主动关系，故用现在分词作状语。故填depending on。 【71题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：他说非洲正遭受严重的森林砍伐：每10棵树被砍伐 ，只种了一株。结合句意，表示“砍伐”用动词短语cut down；本句有谓语was planted，故填非谓语动词，cut down与被修饰名词ten trees 之间是被动关系，所以用过去分词作后置定语。故填cut down。 【72题详解】 考查谓语动词。句意：尽管生病了，他仍然积极地翻译文件。结合句意，表示“忙于，从事与”用动词engage；根据remained和in可知，考查结构be/remain engaged in，构成谓语。故填engaged。 【73题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：当选为绿色地球协会的主席是我的荣幸。结合句意，表示“选举”用动词elect；it为形式主语，用不定式做真正的主语，且“（我很荣幸）被选举为”表示被动含义，故用不定式的被动语态。故填to be elected。 【74题详解】 考查谓语动词的时态。如果粮食形势继续恶化，整个国家将以越来越快的速度崩溃。结合句意，表示“崩溃、失败”用动词短语break down。本句是一个包含if引导的条件状告语从句，时态采用“主将从现”原则，故用一般将来时。故填will break down。 【75题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：具备全球视野和创新精神对中国的年轻一代至关重要。结合句意，表示“具备”用动词短语be equipped with ；分析句子可知，本句主语不完整，故用动名词做主语，首字母大写。故填Being equipped with。 【76题详解】 考查主谓一致。句意：虽然北方和南方的气候不同，但人们很聪明，会发展各种各样的方法来尽量减少气候差异可能带来的负面影响。结合句意，表示“与……不同”用动词短语differ from；Though引导的让步状语从句缺谓语；主句用了一般现在时，从句也用一般现在时，表示客观事实，主语为 the climate in the north （单数），主谓保持一致。故填differs from。 V. Translation (2’+2’+2’+2.5’+3.5’+3.5’=15.5’) Directions: Complete the sentence according to the Chinese given, using the words given in the brackets. 77. 年轻时候丰富的经历对人的成长有积极影响。(effect) The rich experiences in the youth would ________________________________people’s growth. 【答案】have a positive effect on 【解析】 【详解】考查动词短语。分析句子可知，would后跟动词原形，构成谓语；结合汉语意思和所给词提示，表示“对……有积极影响”使用短语have an effect on的变形have a positive effect on。故填have a positive effect on。 78. 我校正不遗余力地满足学生对课外活动的需求。 Our school is making every effort _____________________________________after class. 【答案】to meet the demands of students for activities 【解析】 【详解】考查非谓语动词。结合汉语意思，表示“不遗余力地做某事”用 make every effort to do sth.（不定式作目的状语）；表示“满足某人对……的需求”用meet the demands of sb. for sth.；“满足学生对（课外）活动的需求”译为meet the demands of students for activities(after class)。故填to meet the demands of students for activities。 79. 从导演的表情来看，他对这个女孩的表演并不满意。 _____________________________________, he was not satisfied with the girl’s performance. 【答案】Judging by/from the director’s expression 【解析】 【详解】考查非谓语动词。根据汉语句子分析，这里用“Judging by/from...”，意为“从……来看”，是一种固定用法，独立成分做状语。“导演的表情”用“the director’s expression”表达。故填Judging by/from the director’s expression。 80. 确保青少年的健康成长是全世界的职责. (ensure)(汉译英) 【答案】It is the duty of the entire world to ensure a healthy growth of the teenagers. 【解析】 【详解】考查动词、it作形式主语。根据汉语意思，表示“做某事是某人的职责”可用it作形式主语，即it is the duty of sb. to do sth.；表示“确保青少年的健康成长”用ensure a healthy growth of the teenagers；表示“全世界”用the entire world。故译为It is the duty of the entire world to ensure a healthy growth of the teenagers. 81. 毫无疑问，丈夫的突然失业对这个家庭来说是一场灾难。(doubt) (汉译英) 【答案】There is no doubt that the husband's sudden unemployment meant a disaster to the family. There is no doubt that the husband's sudden unemployment was a disaster to the family. 【解析】 【详解】考查固定句型。根据汉语意思“毫无疑问”和提示词可知，使用固定句型there is no doubt that…；表示主语“丈夫的突然失业”用the husband's sudden unemployment；表示谓语“（对这个家庭来说）是一场灾难”用 was/meant a disaster (to the family)。故译为There is no doubt that the husband's sudden unemployment meant a disaster to the family.或There is no doubt that the husband's sudden unemployment was a disaster to the family. 82. 他从沙漠中死里逃生后，详细地向朋友们描述了他的经历。(escape) (汉译英) 【答案】After he narrowly escaped from the desert, he described in detail his experience to his friends. After narrowly escaping from the desert, he described in detail his experience to his friends. 【解析】 【详解】考查动词、时间状语从句或非谓语动词。表示“死里逃生”用narrowly escape； “他从沙漠中死里逃生后”可用时间状语从句，即after he narrowly escaped from the desert或“介词+动名词”作时间状语，即after narrowly escaping from the desert；表示“向某人详细描述”用described in detail sth. to sb.；表示“（他）详细地向朋友们描述了他的经历”译为 he described in detail his experience to his friends。故译为After he narrowly escaped from the desert, he described in detail his experience to his friends.或After narrowly escaping from the desert, he described in detail his experience to his friends. Section D 83. Directions: Write an English composition in around 100 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假设你是大同中学的学生，学校将在暑假期间改造操场，团学联正在开展征文活动，题目为“What you can do to make the playground more convenient”。你有意投稿，撰写一篇文章，内容包括： 1. 描述你想提出的意见； 2. 说明你的理由。 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】范文 What You Can Do to Make the Playground More Convenient As a student of Datong Middle School, I am excited about the upcoming renovation of our playground during the summer vacation. I believe there are several ways we can contribute to making our playground more convenient for everyone. Firstly, I propose to introduce of a smart booking system. Moreover, I suggest installing additional benches and shelters. This will provide students with a place to rest and take a break from their activities, especially during hot summer days. Finally, I believe it is crucial to involve our student community in the planning process. In conclusion, by implementing these measures, we can contribute to making our playground more convenient and enjoyable for everyone. 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生以“What you can do to make the playground more convenient”为题写一篇投稿文章。 【详解】1.词汇积累 相信：believe→hold the belief that 一些：several→some 建议：propose to do→suggest doing 重要：crucial→vital 2.句式拓展 同义句转换 原句：I believe there are several ways we can contribute to making our playground more convenient for everyone. 拓展句：I hold the belief that there are several ways we can contribute to making our playground more convenient for everyone. 【点睛】[高分句型1] I believe there are several ways we can contribute to making our playground more convenient for everyone. (运用了省略that的定语从句修饰ways) [高分句型2] Finally, I believe it is crucial to involve our student community in the planning process. (运用了省略that的宾语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$null