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2023—2024年度高二年级下学期期末考试模拟卷 英语试题 (120分钟 150分) 考试范围：必修第一至第三册20%;选择性必修第一至第四册80% 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Where are the two speakers probably? A. In a bookstore. B. At home. C. In a cinema. 2. How much is this pair of jeans now? A. 125 dollars. B.100 dollars. C.75 dollars. 3. What does Mr Jones look like? A He is a young man with glasses. B. He is a young man with large ears. C. He is a middle-aged man with blue eyes. 4. What does the man think of the watercolor? A. It’s peaceful. B. It’s colorful. C. It’s boring. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A CD. B. The man’s brother. C. A band. 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 does the article tell readers about Christmas shopping? A. The best time. B. The best places. C. The way to save money. 7. What day is it today? A. Friday. B. Saturday. C. Sunday. 听第7 段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What does the man’s wife mostly do at home? A. She writes books. B. She does housework. C. She plays computer games. 9. What will the man’s wife do later this month? A. She will meet a writer. B. She will make a model. C. She will publish a new book. 听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. What is the woman dissatisfied with about the island? A. The food. B. The hotel. C. The beach. 11. What do we know about the woman? A. She lost her way several times. B. She met some unfriendly locals. C. She missed home-cooked meals. 12. What does the woman suggest the man do in the end? A. Go to the island of Gozo. B. Taste the local food. C. Visit the churches. 听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. Whose birthday party are the speakers mainly talking about? A. The woman’s. B. The man’s. C. The woman and her mother’s. 14. Who buys the birthday gifts? A. The mother. B. The father. C. The brother. 15. What do they often do after the birthday party is over? A. Watch a video. B. Go to bed. C. Go out with friends. 16. Whom does the man celebrate his birthday with? A. His friends. B. His grandparents. C. His parents. 听第10段材料，回答第17 至20题。 17. What did the speaker want to do after dinner that day? A. Walk alone in the rain to her car. B. Help her friend get the car. C. Wait for the rain to stop. 18. How long has the speaker been pregnant? A. About 2 months. B. About 3 months. C. About 7 months. 19. Where did the speaker meet the young man? A. At a crossroads. B. In the restaurant. C. Near a car park. 20. What does the speaker want to tell us? A. An amazing dinner party. B. An unforgettable experience. C. A funny short story. 第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分) 第一节 (共15 小题;每小题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 Drawing for Fun You will learn some basic techniques using soft pencils. These different types of paper are provided. Just bring yourself and a willingness to “have a go”. This is a start-up day so people who have already attended courses should not apply. Time: 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Focus on Landscapes This course is designed for students who are familiar with painting in watercolours, but are having difficulty with some techniques. We will discuss choice of materials, colour mixing and other areas that may be raised. The day will start with a demonstration, followed by a chance to paint outdoor. After a light lunch cooked in the studio, there will be a further practice session. Time: 9:30 am-3:00 pm Find Your Voice You may feel you can’t sing or you may be a good singer who wants to develop singing skills. You will be shown how to sing correctly and how to project your voice. You may attend this course more than once and each time you will have wonderful experience. Everyone can sing and it’s great fun. Time: 2:00 pm-5:00 pm The Music Takeaway Get some friends, family or coworkers together for your own music course in a place of your choice, which could be your front room, basement or workplace. We send two guitar teachers to lead one-day course for you in the style of music you prefer, such as rock, country, funk or blues. Time: 2:30 pm-9:00 pm 1. Those who attend Drawing for Fun are required to _________. A. bring their own works B. be a new comer to the course C. be good at watercolour painting D. bring their own pencils and paper 2. Which allows you to decide where the course is held? A. Find Your Voice. B. Drawing for Fun. C. The Music Takeaway. D. Focus on Landscapes. 3. What do the four courses have in common? A. All last a whole day. B. All offer free lunch. C. All are related to the arts. D. All are open to all levels. B Kataria is the founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga movement. The celebration of World Laughter Day is a positive activity for world peace and is intended to build up a global sense of brotherhood and friendship through laughter. The first World Laughter Day gathering took place in Mumbai, India, on 11th January, 1998. 12,000 members from India and international Laughter Clubs attended it. Now there are over 5,000 Laughter Clubs worldwide on all 5 continents. “HAPPY-DEMIC” was the first World Laughter Day gathering outside India. It took place on 9th January, two years after the Mumbai gathering. In Copenhagen, Denmark, more than 10,000 people gathered at Town Hall Square. The event went into Guinness World Records. World Laughter Day is now organized on the first Sunday of May every year. Hundreds of people gather worldwide on that day to laugh together. Today, many people fear widespread international terrorism. The world has never faced so much unrest before. People are at war within themselves. Laughter is a universal language, which has the ability to unite humanity without religion. Laughter can build a common connection between various religions and create a better world. The idea may sound overambitious, and maybe it is. But maybe it is not. It is our deep belief that laughter and only laughter can unite the world, building up a global sense of brotherhood and friendship. Studies also say that laughter helps your body do the following: lower blood pressure; lighten depression; reduce stress; work out the heart, especially for those who are unable to perform physical exercise. So in life, when you can laugh, you should laugh loudly and with your entire body, because it’s good for you. 4 What is the purpose of celebrating World Laughter Day? A. To lower blood pressure. B. To reduce stress and lighten depression. C. To build a common connection between various religions. D. To build up a global sense of brotherhood and friendship. 5. When did the first World Laughter Day gathering outside India take place? A. In 1998. B. In 1999. C. In 2000. D. In 2002. 6. What is the author’s attitude towards laughter movement? A Doubtful. B. Positive. C. Uninterested. D. Objective. 7. What is the text mainly about? A. Laughter and happiness. B. A universal language. C. Laughter and physical health. D. World Laughter Day and its significance. C In school, I’d often draw cartoons about what I was learning instead of taking notes. And obviously, I had the right idea all along. A new study found drawing is a good memory technique. A group of scientists had participants try and memorize the definition of a set of words. They had some participants copy the words and their definitions. They had other participants draw out the meaning of the words. The drawers memorized more words. “We reasoned that drawing improves memory, at least in part, because it requires elaboration (详述) on the meaning of the term and translating the definition into a picture,” wrote the researchers. What’s more, the scientists found older people were worse than younger people at memorizing when the two wrote out their definitions. But the two groups showed no difference when it came to memorizing from drawing. I’ve learned many mnemonics in my day. I’ve pictured strange images that relate to the words I’m memorizing, put facts to music and associated words with pieces of furniture. But I’ve never heard of this “drawing effect,” as the researchers put it, though I’ve used it without realizing it. It makes sense though. Images must be built much deeper into our brains than letters. Image processing took place before writing. Mostly, I’m surprised that many educators haven’t realized that fun learning is better learning. Pictures and songs stick in the brain better than pages of text. Humans like to separate ourselves from other animals, often focusing on our ability to use language. Language is great, but we’re just animals after all. We might be able to use language, but images stick in our brains in a totally different, possibly deeper way. In any case, next time I draw a cartoon of something I’m trying to learn, I’ll feel no shame. 8. What can we know about the benefits of drawing according to the study? A. They would decrease little by little. B. They were obviously shown on animals. C. They were obvious only on teenagers. D. They were more noticeable for older people. 9. What does the underlined word “mnemonics” in paragraph 4 mean? A. Changes in memory. B. Memory techniques. C. Memory improvements. D. Benefits of memory. 10. What does the author think of learning by drawing? A. It is fun as well as effective. B. It is the best learning method. C. It should be mixed with singing. D. It is good for our language ability. 11. What is the purpose of the text? A. To solve a difficult problem. B. To share opinions on drawing. C. To introduce a learning method. D. To introduce benefits of drawing. D Conservation scientists use translocation (迁移) and captive breeding (圈养繁殖) to re-establish animal populations that are dying out in the wild—either entirely or in certain areas. Reintroducing the animals to their native territories can be a double win: helping to restore damaged ecosystems as well as increasing population numbers. But setting a species loose in the wild is a precarious balancing act. “Reintroductions often take years and involve multiple phases,” says Natasha Robinson, an ecologist at the Australian National University who specializes in threatened wildlife. “Before bringing back a species, conservationists have to evaluate the threat level—both to and from the animal—and the role it played in the ecosystem,” says Robinson. “In places where wild populations have been endangered more recently, there’s a better chance of success,” she says. “The less time that the ecosystem has passed the more likely that environment is the same as it used to be,” she says. “But you still need to address the reason why the species got endangered in that environment to begin with.” Reintroduced animals can have a positive impact on the landscape, but how fast this happens depends on the type of animal and how damaged the environment is. Herbivores (食草动物) can make a significant change relatively quickly, says Robinson. A 2020 study highlighted species reintroduction as one of the most effective ways to save endangered animals. Without these projects, species such as Przewalski’s horse and the Guam rail would almost certainly be extinct in the wild. The study estimates that conservation action between 1993 and 2020 saved up to 48 species of birds and mammals from extinction, and that the rate of extinction would have been three to four times higher, during that period, without those efforts. 12. What is the purpose of the reintroduction program? A. To save endangered animals. B. To set species loose in the wild. C. To get people interested in conservation. D. To raise money to fund the research. 13. What can be inferred from Natasha Robinson’s words? A. Reintroducing species should be considered carefully. B. Finding a new place suitable for reintroduction is a must. C. The most endangered species can be reintroduced entirely. D. Chances are that more wild populations are in danger. 14. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us? A. More efforts will be put into reintroducing animals. B. The reintroduction program has made great progress. C. How difficult it is to bring the endangered species back. D. What a terrible situation some species are faced with. 15. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the text? A. Help the endangered species survive in the wild B. Keep ecosystem balanced by reintroducing animals C. Take conservation action to protect natural resources D. Reintroduce endangered species to their native habitat 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。 It happens all the time—you are standing on a bus, listening to music, when you feel someone’s breath on the back of your neck. You think to yourself: Is this person getting too close to me? The answer is yes. ____16____ But how big is this space? According to a new study, the size of the space is different for different people, ____17____, reported Los Angeles Times. In the study, researchers from University College of London asked volunteers to hold their hands at different distances from their face. They then gave them an electric shock on their hands while measuring how often the volunteers blinked (眨眼). The more they blinked, ____18____. The results among volunteers were a little different, but the average personal space was 20 to 40 centimeters. Researchers also found that the more anxious a person was, the larger their personal space was because they were more sensitive. Besides psychological factors, ____19____. For example, a person who grew up in a country that hugs a lot has less of a problem with strangers getting too close than a person who grew up in one with more distance between people. ____20____. “If you are chatting with some one in your living room, you won’t have a large safety space at all,” explained researcher Gian Domenico Iannetti. “But if you are walking through a dangerous area, then that will be much bigger.” Sadly, sometimes people just don’t understand the idea of personal space and keep getting into yours. Whenever that happens, rather than trying to step backwards, researchers suggest that you “create a new space” by turning to wave at someone passing by or to get something out of your bag. A. Everyone has a sense of personal space B. it shows that they are worried about their hands C. the more of a threat they felt the shock was to their face D. but generally it is between 20 to 40 centimeters in front of the face E. culture is also thought to be able to change your personal space F. People’s senses of personal space also depend on the environments they are in G. It is clear that people’s senses of personal space are considered to be very important 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。 My life experienced ups and downs. I was never interested to be a ____21____ but things changed. When computers became my companions, I realized I should start learning about them. I was ____22____ by this thought that I decided to get a degree in IT. Coming from a middle-class family, I felt the huge tuition was a great ____23____. My English was poor. But I never ____24____, and it was my father who pushed me to pursue the ____25____ I wanted. I decided to ____26____ this university which promised its students to help them gain the knowledge ____27____. During my first month it was difficult to ____28____ the accent of the Americans. As the days passed by, it got ____29____ when more and more students couldn’t understand the subjects and concepts. I took it as a challenge and never thought about the fact that I don’t have enough _____30_____ to buy food or I am new to programming. I believed in hard work and that’s my _____31_____. And I had many chances to learn the computer in person. Right now I am _____32_____ with a degree and an employment asking me to start right after finishing school. For anyone of you who feels _____33_____ or thinks yourself can never achieve anything, you need to believe in yourself and start _____34_____ on your dreams. To be successful, you need to start from somewhere and always question yourself about how far you would go to _____35_____ your goal. 21. A. cleaner B. barber C. player D. programmer 22. A. amazed B. disappointed C. alarmed D. annoyed 23. A. promise B. difficulty C. agreement D. difference 24. A. gave up B. broke down C. set off D. held on 25. A. card B. harmony C. degree D. fame 26. A. leave B. choose C. remember D. visit 27. A. generously B. strangely C. quickly D. vividly 28. A. conclude B. analyse C. imagine D. understand 29. A. shallower B. neater C. noisier D. rougher 30. A. intention B. money C. time D. chance 31. A. strength B. dream C. life D. future 32. A. studying B. researching C. graduating D. chatting 33. A. depressed B. lonely C. happy D. proud 34. A. counting B. living C. putting D. working 35. A. achieve B. finish C. lose D. copy 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。 Food waste is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and fruit and vegetables are especially problematic, as about 52% of them ____36____ go bad before eventually reaching consumers. But one Malaysian company, StixFresh, has come up ____37____ a simple solution to this problem — a tiny sticker that keeps fruit from ____38____ (go) bad for up to weeks. The Malaysian businessman worked with many universities ____39____ (develop) and test his stickers. You’ve probably seen stickers on fruit before, but not like the ones ____40____ (create) by the Malaysian company. Those common stickers are typically used only to provide consumers with ____41____ (inform) about the growers and how the fruit ____42____ (grow), but StixFresh has a completely different purpose. It contains something special and all-natural that slows down the ripening process, keeping the fruit fresh and juicy for much ____43____ (long). StixFresh founder Zhafri Zainudin says that he thought of ____44____ idea for the stickers after visiting a friend _____45_____ ran a fruit store. The man was worried about losing money every day because of bad fruit, but he knew that there was no way to stop nature from taking its course. 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节 (满分 15分) 46. 海洋与我们的生活密切相关，没有海洋就没有人类。那么，我们应该如何保护海洋呢？请你根据以下要点，给你校的英语刊物写一篇短文，引起同学们对保护海洋的重视。 1．减少塑料的使用； 2．保持海滩和水路干净； 3．向更多人宣传海洋保护 注意： 1．词数100左右； 2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 参考词汇：水路waterway _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 第二节 (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，续写的词数应为 150 左右。 Jason threw the papers on my desk—his eyebrows knit into a straight line as he glared at me. He pointed a finger at the paper. “Next time you want to change anything, ask me first,” he said, turning on his heels and leaving me in anger. “How dare he treat me like that,” I thought. I had changed one long sentence, and corrected grammar, something I thought I was paid to do. As the weeks went by, I grew to dislike Jason. One day, another of his episodes left me in tears. I stormed into his office, prepared to let the man know how I felt I sat across from him and said calmly, “Jason, the way you’ve been treating me is wrong. I’ve never had anyone speak to me that way. As a professional, it’s wrong, and I can’ allow it to continue.” Jason assumed a nervous smile and leaned back in his chair. I closed my eyes briefly. “I want to make you a promise. I will be a friend,” I said. “I will treat you as you deserve to be treated, with respect and kindness. You deserve that. Everybody does.” I slipped out of the chair and closed the door behind me. Jason avoided me the rest of the week. Papers and letters appeared on my desk while I was at lunch, and my corrected versions were not seen again. I brought cookies to the office one day and left some on his desk. Another day I left a note. “Hope your day is going great,” it read. Over the next few weeks, Jason reappeared but there were no other episodes. One year after our “talk”, I discovered I had cancer. I was thirty-two, the mother of three young children, scared. Friends and loved ones visited and tried to find the right words to comfort me. No one knew what to say, and many said the wrong things. Others wept. Paragraph 1 One day, Jason came into the hospital room awkwardly, and placed a box beside me. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2 For ten years, I have watched those red and white flowers blossom every spring. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 听力1~5 CBCCB 6~10 ACACC 11~15 AACBB 16~20 AACAB 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2023—2024年度高二年级下学期期末考试模拟卷 英语试题 (120分钟 150分) 考试范围：必修第一至第三册20%;选择性必修第一至第四册80% 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Where are the two speakers probably? A In a bookstore. B. At home. C. In a cinema. 2. How much is this pair of jeans now? A. 125 dollars. B.100 dollars. C.75 dollars. 3. What does Mr Jones look like? A. He is a young man with glasses. B. He is a young man with large ears. C. He is a middle-aged man with blue eyes. 4. What does the man think of the watercolor? A. It’s peaceful. B. It’s colorful. C. It’s boring. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A CD. B. The man’s brother. C. A band. 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 does the article tell readers about Christmas shopping? A. The best time. B. The best places. C. The way to save money. 7. What day is it today? A. Friday. B. Saturday. C. Sunday. 听第7 段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What does the man’s wife mostly do at home? A. She writes books. B. She does housework. C. She plays computer games. 9. What will the man’s wife do later this month? A. She will meet a writer. B. She will make a model. C. She will publish a new book. 听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. What is the woman dissatisfied with about the island? A. The food. B. The hotel. C. The beach. 11. What do we know about the woman? A She lost her way several times. B. She met some unfriendly locals. C. She missed home-cooked meals. 12. What does the woman suggest the man do in the end? A. Go to the island of Gozo. B. Taste the local food. C. Visit the churches. 听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. Whose birthday party are the speakers mainly talking about? A. The woman’s. B. The man’s. C. The woman and her mother’s. 14. Who buys the birthday gifts? A. The mother. B. The father. C. The brother. 15. What do they often do after the birthday party is over? A. Watch a video. B. Go to bed. C. Go out with friends. 16. Whom does the man celebrate his birthday with? A. His friends. B. His grandparents. C. His parents. 听第10段材料，回答第17 至20题。 17. What did the speaker want to do after dinner that day? A. Walk alone in the rain to her car. B. Help her friend get the car. C. Wait for the rain to stop. 18. How long has the speaker been pregnant? A. About 2 months. B. About 3 months. C. About 7 months. 19. Where did the speaker meet the young man? A. At a crossroads. B. In the restaurant. C. Near a car park. 20. What does the speaker want to tell us? A. An amazing dinner party. B. An unforgettable experience. C. A funny short story. 第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分) 第一节 (共15 小题;每小题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 Drawing for Fun You will learn some basic techniques using soft pencils. These different types of paper are provided. Just bring yourself and a willingness to “have a go”. This is a start-up day so people who have already attended courses should not apply. Time: 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Focus on Landscapes This course is designed for students who are familiar with painting in watercolours, but are having difficulty with some techniques. We will discuss choice of materials, colour mixing and other areas that may be raised. The day will start with a demonstration, followed by a chance to paint outdoor. After a light lunch cooked in the studio, there will be a further practice session. Time: 9:30 am-3:00 pm Find Your Voice You may feel you can’t sing or you may be a good singer who wants to develop singing skills. You will be shown how to sing correctly and how to project your voice. You may attend this course more than once and each time you will have wonderful experience. Everyone can sing and it’s great fun. Time: 2:00 pm-5:00 pm The Music Takeaway Get some friends, family or coworkers together for your own music course in a place of your choice, which could be your front room, basement or workplace. We send two guitar teachers to lead one-day course for you in the style of music you prefer, such as rock, country, funk or blues. Time: 2:30 pm-9:00 pm 1. Those who attend Drawing for Fun are required to _________. A. bring their own works B. be a new comer to the course C. be good at watercolour painting D. bring their own pencils and paper 2. Which allows you to decide where the course is held? A. Find Your Voice. B. Drawing for Fun. C. The Music Takeaway. D. Focus on Landscapes. 3. What do the four courses have in common? A. All last a whole day. B. All offer free lunch. C. All are related to the arts. D. All are open to all levels. 【答案】1. B 2. C 3. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四门和艺术相关课程，包括每门课程的时间、特色和要求等。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据Drawing For Fun部分的“so people who have already attended courses should not apply (所以已经上过课的人不应该申请)”可知，来上Drawing For Fun的学生应该是新到这里的学员。故选B。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据The Music Takeaway部分的“Get some friends, family or coworkers together for your own music course in a place of your choice, which could be your front room，basement or workplace. ( 找一些朋友、家人或同事一起在你选择的地方上你自己的音乐课，可以是你的前厅、地下室或工作场所。)”可知，你可以选择在自己喜欢的地方上音乐课，如你的前厅、地下室或工作场所。因此，只有The Music Takeaway允许你决定课程的地点。故选C。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据每部分小标题Drawing For Fun，Focus On Landscapes，Find Your Voice，和The Music Takeaway可知，所有的课程都和艺术有关。故选C。 B Kataria is the founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga movement. The celebration of World Laughter Day is a positive activity for world peace and is intended to build up a global sense of brotherhood and friendship through laughter. The first World Laughter Day gathering took place in Mumbai, India, on 11th January, 1998. 12,000 members from India and international Laughter Clubs attended it. Now there are over 5,000 Laughter Clubs worldwide on all 5 continents. “HAPPY-DEMIC” was the first World Laughter Day gathering outside India. It took place on 9th January, two years after the Mumbai gathering. In Copenhagen, Denmark, more than 10,000 people gathered at Town Hall Square. The event went into Guinness World Records. World Laughter Day is now organized on the first Sunday of May every year. Hundreds of people gather worldwide on that day to laugh together. Today, many people fear widespread international terrorism. The world has never faced so much unrest before. People are at war within themselves. Laughter is a universal language, which has the ability to unite humanity without religion. Laughter can build a common connection between various religions and create a better world. The idea may sound overambitious, and maybe it is. But maybe it is not. It is our deep belief that laughter and only laughter can unite the world, building up a global sense of brotherhood and friendship. Studies also say that laughter helps your body do the following: lower blood pressure; lighten depression; reduce stress; work out the heart, especially for those who are unable to perform physical exercise. So in life, when you can laugh, you should laugh loudly and with your entire body, because it’s good for you. 4. What is the purpose of celebrating World Laughter Day? A. To lower blood pressure. B. To reduce stress and lighten depression. C. To build a common connection between various religions. D. To build up a global sense of brotherhood and friendship. 5. When did the first World Laughter Day gathering outside India take place? A. In 1998. B. In 1999. C. In 2000. D. In 2002. 6. What is the author’s attitude towards laughter movement? A. Doubtful. B. Positive. C. Uninterested. D. Objective. 7. What is the text mainly about? A. Laughter and happiness. B. A universal language. C. Laughter and physical health. D. World Laughter Day and its significance. 【答案】4. D 5. C 6. B 7. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了“世界大笑日”这个节日的由来及其意义。 【4题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“The celebration of World Laughter Day is a positive activity for world peace and is intended to build up a global sense of brotherhood and friendship through laughter.(庆祝世界大笑日是一项促进世界和平的积极活动，旨在通过欢笑来建立全球兄弟情谊和友谊)”可知，庆祝世界大笑日的目的是建立全球的兄弟情谊和友谊。故选D。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“The first World Laughter Day gathering took place in Mumbai, India, on 11th January,1998.(1998年1月11日，首届世界大笑日活动在印度孟买举行)”和第二段““HAPPY-DEMIC” was the first World Laughter Day gathering outside India. It took place on 9th January, two years after the Mumbai gathering.(“HAPPY-DEMIC”是印度以外的第一次世界欢笑日聚会。它在孟买聚会两年后，于1月9日举行)”可知，第一次在印度以外的世界大笑日聚会是在2000年举行的。故选C。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段“Laughter is a universal language, which has the ability to unite humanity without religion. Laughter can build a common connection between various religions and create a better world. The idea may sound overambitious, and maybe it is. But maybe it is not. It is our deep belief that laughter and only laughter can unite the world, building up a global sense of brotherhood and friendship.(笑声是一种通用语言，它有能力在不需要宗教的情况下团结人类。笑声可以在各种宗教之间建立共同的联系，并创造一个更美好的世界。这个想法可能听起来野心勃勃，也许确实如此。但也许并不是。我们深信，只有笑声才能团结世界，建立全球性的兄弟情谊和友谊)”和最后一段“Studies also say that laughter helps your body do the following: lower blood pressure; lighten depression; reduce stress; work out the heart, especially for those who are unable to perform physical exercise.(研究还表明，笑可以帮助你的身体做以下事情：降低血压；减轻抑郁；减轻压力；锻炼心脏，特别是对那些不能进行体育锻炼的人)”可知，作者认为大笑带来很多益处。由此推知，作者对此活动的态度是积极肯定的。故选B。 【7题详解】 主旨大意题。文章提到了世界欢笑日的创始人Kataria，以及世界欢笑日的庆祝活动和意义，即为了促进世界和平和建立全球兄弟情谊和友谊。同时，文章还介绍了世界欢笑日的起源和发展，以及人们对笑声的看法和科学研究。由此可知，文章的核心内容是关于世界欢笑日及其意义的介绍和阐述。故选D。 C In school, I’d often draw cartoons about what I was learning instead of taking notes. And obviously, I had the right idea all along. A new study found drawing is a good memory technique. A group of scientists had participants try and memorize the definition of a set of words. They had some participants copy the words and their definitions. They had other participants draw out the meaning of the words. The drawers memorized more words. “We reasoned that drawing improves memory, at least in part, because it requires elaboration (详述) on the meaning of the term and translating the definition into a picture,” wrote the researchers. What’s more, the scientists found older people were worse than younger people at memorizing when the two wrote out their definitions. But the two groups showed no difference when it came to memorizing from drawing. I’ve learned many mnemonics in my day. I’ve pictured strange images that relate to the words I’m memorizing, put facts to music and associated words with pieces of furniture. But I’ve never heard of this “drawing effect,” as the researchers put it, though I’ve used it without realizing it. It makes sense though. Images must be built much deeper into our brains than letters. Image processing took place before writing. Mostly, I’m surprised that many educators haven’t realized that fun learning is better learning. Pictures and songs stick in the brain better than pages of text. Humans like to separate ourselves from other animals, often focusing on our ability to use language. Language is great, but we’re just animals after all. We might be able to use language, but images stick in our brains in a totally different, possibly deeper way. In any case, next time I draw a cartoon of something I’m trying to learn, I’ll feel no shame. 8. What can we know about the benefits of drawing according to the study? A. They would decrease little by little. B. They were obviously shown on animals. C. They were obvious only on teenagers. D. They were more noticeable for older people. 9. What does the underlined word “mnemonics” in paragraph 4 mean? A. Changes in memory. B. Memory techniques. C. Memory improvements. D. Benefits of memory. 10. What does the author think of learning by drawing? A. It is fun as well as effective. B. It is the best learning method. C. It should be mixed with singing. D. It is good for our language ability. 11. What is the purpose of the text? A. To solve a difficult problem. B. To share opinions on drawing. C. To introduce a learning method. D. To introduce benefits of drawing. 【答案】8. D 9. B 10. A 11. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了绘画有助于提高学习效率。 【8题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第三段“What’s more, the scientists found older people were worse than younger people at memorizing when the two wrote out their definitions. But the two groups showed no difference when it came to memorizing from drawing.(更重要的是，科学家们发现，当老年人写出他们的定义时，他们的记忆力比年轻人差。但两组人在通过绘画记忆方面并没有表现出差异)”可推知，绘画对于提高老年人记忆力的作用更明显。故选D。 【9题详解】 词句猜测题。根据下文“I’ve pictured strange images that relate to the words I’m memorizing, put facts to music and associated words with pieces of furniture.(我描绘了与我要记忆的单词相关的奇怪图像，把事实与音乐联系在一起，并把单词与家具联系在一起)”可知，作者学会了许多记忆技巧，比如把要记忆的词与奇怪的图像联系起来，把事实与音乐联系起来，以及把单词与家具联系起来。由此可知，划线词mnemonics指的是记忆技巧，即记忆方法或策略。故选B。 【10题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第五段“Mostly, I’m surprised that many educators haven’t realized that fun learning is better learning. Pictures and songs stick in the brain better than pages of text.(最令我惊讶的是，许多教育工作者没有意识到有趣的学习是更好的学习。图片和歌曲比一页一页的文字更容易在大脑中记忆)”和文章第六段“Humans like to separate ourselves from other animals, often focusing on our ability to use language. Language is great, but we’re just animals after all. We might be able to use language, but images stick in our brains in a totally different, possibly deeper way.(人类喜欢将自己与其他动物区分开来，通常专注于我们使用语言的能力。语言是伟大的，但我们毕竟只是动物。我们也许能够使用语言，但图像以一种完全不同的、可能更深刻的方式留在我们的大脑中)”可推知，作者认为学习通过画图既有趣又有效。故选A。 【11题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第一段“In school, I’d often draw cartoons about what I was learning instead of taking notes. And obviously, I had the right idea all along. A new study found drawing is a good memory technique.(在学校里，我经常把所学的东西画成漫画，而不是记笔记。显然，我的想法一直都是对的。一项新的研究发现，画画是一种很好的记忆技巧)”可推知，文章旨在介绍利用绘画来学习的方法。故选C。 D Conservation scientists use translocation (迁移) and captive breeding (圈养繁殖) to re-establish animal populations that are dying out in the wild—either entirely or in certain areas. Reintroducing the animals to their native territories can be a double win: helping to restore damaged ecosystems, as well as increasing population numbers. But setting a species loose in the wild is a precarious balancing act. “Reintroductions often take years and involve multiple phases,” says Natasha Robinson, an ecologist at the Australian National University who specializes in threatened wildlife. “Before bringing back a species, conservationists have to evaluate the threat level—both to and from the animal—and the role it played in the ecosystem,” says Robinson. “In places where wild populations have been endangered more recently, there’s a better chance of success,” she says. “The less time that the ecosystem has passed, the more likely that environment is the same as it used to be,” she says. “But you still need to address the reason why the species got endangered in that environment to begin with.” Reintroduced animals can have a positive impact on the landscape, but how fast this happens depends on the type of animal and how damaged the environment is. Herbivores (食草动物) can make a significant change relatively quickly, says Robinson. A 2020 study highlighted species reintroduction as one of the most effective ways to save endangered animals. Without these projects, species such as Przewalski’s horse and the Guam rail would almost certainly be extinct in the wild. The study estimates that conservation action between 1993 and 2020 saved up to 48 species of birds and mammals from extinction, and that the rate of extinction would have been three to four times higher, during that period, without those efforts. 12. What is the purpose of the reintroduction program? A. To save endangered animals. B. To set species loose in the wild. C. To get people interested in conservation. D. To raise money to fund the research. 13. What can be inferred from Natasha Robinson’s words? A. Reintroducing species should be considered carefully. B. Finding a new place suitable for reintroduction is a must. C. The most endangered species can be reintroduced entirely. D. Chances are that more wild populations are in danger. 14. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us? A. More efforts will be put into reintroducing animals. B. The reintroduction program has made great progress. C. How difficult it is to bring the endangered species back. D. What a terrible situation some species are faced with. 15. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the text? A. Help the endangered species survive in the wild B. Keep ecosystem balanced by reintroducing animals C. Take conservation action to protect natural resources D. Reintroduce endangered species to their native habitat 【答案】12. A 13. A 14. B 15. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了动物保护学家利用迁移和圈养繁殖方式将濒危的野生动物重新引入它们的原生领地。 【12题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第一段“Conservation scientists use translocation and captive breeding to re-establish animal populations that are dying out in the wild—either entirely or in certain areas. Reintroducing the animals to their native territories can be a double win: helping to restore damaged ecosystems, as well as increasing population numbers. (保护科学家使用迁移和圈养繁殖来重新建立正在野外灭绝的动物种群——无论是完全灭绝还是在某些地区灭绝。将这些动物重新引入它们的原生领地可以实现双赢：有助于恢复受损的生态系统，并增加种群数量。)”可知，重新引入计划的目的是拯救濒危动物。故选A。 【13题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第二段““Reintroductions often take years and involve multiple phases,” says Natasha Robinson, an ecologist at the Australian National University who specializes in threatened wildlife. “Before bringing back a species, conservationists have to evaluate the threat level—both to and from the animal—and the role it played in the ecosystem,” says Robinson. (“重新引入通常需要数年时间，并涉及多个阶段，”澳大利亚国立大学专门研究受威胁野生动物的生态学家娜塔莎·罗宾逊说。“在重新引入一个物种之前，保护主义者必须评估对该动物以及来自该动物的威胁程度，以及它在生态系统中所起的作用，”罗宾逊说。)”可知，从Natasha Robinson的话中可以推断出，重新引入物种需要谨慎考虑。故选A。 【14题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段“A 2020 study highlighted species reintroduction as one of the most effective ways to save endangered animals. Without these projects, species such as Przewalski’s horse and the Guam rail would almost certainly be extinct in the wild. The study estimates that conservation action between 1993 and 2020 saved up to 48 species of birds and mammals from extinction, and that the rate of extinction would have been three to four times higher, during that period, without those efforts. (2020年的一项研究将物种重新引入列为拯救濒危动物的最有效方法之一。如果没有这些项目，普氏野马和关岛秧鸡等物种在野外几乎肯定会灭绝。该研究估计，1993年至2020年期间的保护行动挽救了多达48种鸟类和哺乳动物免于灭绝，如果没有这些努力，这一时期的灭绝率将高出三到四倍。)”可知，最后一段主要告诉我们重新引入计划已经取得很大进展。故选B。 【15题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段“Conservation scientists use translocation and captive breeding to re-establish animal populations that are dying out in the wild—either entirely or in certain areas. Reintroducing the animals to their native territories can be a double win: helping to restore damaged ecosystems, as well as increasing population numbers. (保护科学家使用迁移和圈养繁殖来重新建立正在野外灭绝的动物种群——无论是完全灭绝还是在某些地区灭绝。将这些动物重新引入它们的原生领地可以实现双赢：有助于恢复受损的生态系统，并增加种群数量。)”可知，文章主要讲述了动物保护学家利用迁移和圈养繁殖方式将濒危的野生动物重新引入它们的原生领地。D项：Reintroduce endangered species to their native habitat (将濒危物种重新引入它们的原生栖息地)是最好的标题。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。 It happens all the time—you are standing on a bus, listening to music, when you feel someone’s breath on the back of your neck. You think to yourself: Is this person getting too close to me? The answer is yes. ____16____ But how big is this space? According to a new study, the size of the space is different for different people, ____17____, reported Los Angeles Times. In the study, researchers from University College of London asked volunteers to hold their hands at different distances from their face. They then gave them an electric shock on their hands while measuring how often the volunteers blinked (眨眼). The more they blinked, ____18____. The results among volunteers were a little different, but the average personal space was 20 to 40 centimeters. Researchers also found that the more anxious a person was, the larger their personal space was because they were more sensitive. Besides psychological factors, ____19____. For example, a person who grew up in a country that hugs a lot has less of a problem with strangers getting too close than a person who grew up in one with more distance between people. ____20____. “If you are chatting with some one in your living room, you won’t have a large safety space at all,” explained researcher Gian Domenico Iannetti. “But if you are walking through a dangerous area, then that will be much bigger.” Sadly, sometimes people just don’t understand the idea of personal space and keep getting into yours. Whenever that happens, rather than trying to step backwards, researchers suggest that you “create a new space” by turning to wave at someone passing by or to get something out of your bag. A. Everyone has a sense of personal space B. it shows that they are worried about their hands C. the more of a threat they felt the shock was to their face D. but generally it is between 20 to 40 centimeters in front of the face E. culture is also thought to be able to change your personal space F. People’s senses of personal space also depend on the environments they are in G. It is clear that people’s senses of personal space are considered to be very important 【答案】16. A 17. D 18. C 19. E 20. F 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇说明文。文章介绍了影响每个人都有的个人空间感的因素。 【16题详解】 根据上文“You think to yourself: Is this person getting too close to me? The answer is yes. (你会想:这个人是不是离我太近了?答案是肯定的。)”以及下文“But how big is this space? (但是这个空间有多大呢?)”可知，空格处应该说明的时私人空间有关。选项A. Everyone has a sense of personal space (每个人都有个人空间感)中的personal space与下文中的space相呼应，能够承上启下。故选A。 【17题详解】 根据上文“According to a new study, the size of the space is different for different people (根据一项新的研究，不同的人的空间大小是不同的)”可知，空格处需要说明的是个人空间的大小。选项D. but generally it is between 20 to 40 centimeters in front of the face (但一般是在脸前面20到40厘米之间)说明的是通常情况下私人空间的大小，能够承接上文。故选D。 【18题详解】 根据上文“In the study, researchers from University College of London asked volunteers to hold their hands at different distances from their face. They then gave them an electric shock on their hands while measuring how often the volunteers blinked (眨眼). (在这项研究中，伦敦大学学院的研究人员要求志愿者把手放在离脸不同距离的地方。然后，他们对志愿者的手进行电击，同时测量他们眨眼的频率。)”以及空格前句“The more they blinked (他们眨得越多)”可知，空格处应该说明的是眨眼对他们的影响。选项C. the more of a threat they felt the shock was to their fac (他们觉得电击对他们的脸的威胁越大)中的the more of a threat与上文中的The more they blinked相呼应；所以选项C能够承接上文。故选C。 【19题详解】 根据上文“Besides psychological factors (除了心理因素)”以及下文“For example, a person who grew up in a country that hugs a lot has less of a problem with strangers getting too close than a person who grew up in one with more distance between people. (例如，在一个经常拥抱的国家长大的人，对陌生人靠得太近的问题要比在一个人与人之间距离较远的国家长大的人少。)”可知，空格处说明的是除了心理因素之外的因素的影响。选项E. culture is also thought to be able to change your personal space (.文化也被认为能够改变你的个人空间)能够承上启下。故选E。 【20题详解】 根据下文“ ‘If you are chatting with someone in your living room, you won’t have a large safety space at all,’ explained researcher Gian Domenico Iannetti. ‘But if you are walking through a dangerous area, then that will be much bigger.’ (研究人员吉安·多梅尼科·伊内蒂解释说:“如果你在客厅里和别人聊天，你根本就没有很大的安全空间。”“但如果你走过一个危险的区域，那就会大得多。”)”可知，空格处应该说明的是不同的空间或者环境对于私人空间的影响。选项F. People’s senses of personal space also depend on the environments they are in (人们对个人空间的感觉也取决于他们所处的环境)能够作为本段的主题句，下文中的living room与dangerous area分别说明的是不同的环境。故选F。 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。 My life experienced ups and downs. I was never interested to be a ____21____ but things changed. When computers became my companions, I realized I should start learning about them. I was ____22____ by this thought that I decided to get a degree in IT. Coming from a middle-class family, I felt the huge tuition was a great ____23____. My English was poor. But I never ____24____, and it was my father who pushed me to pursue the ____25____ I wanted. I decided to ____26____ this university which promised its students to help them gain the knowledge ____27____. During my first month it was difficult to ____28____ the accent of the Americans. As the days passed by, it got ____29____ when more and more students couldn’t understand the subjects and concepts. I took it as a challenge and never thought about the fact that I don’t have enough _____30_____ to buy food or I am new to programming. I believed in hard work and that’s my _____31_____. And I had many chances to learn the computer in person. Right now I am _____32_____ with a degree and an employment asking me to start right after finishing school. For anyone of you who feels _____33_____ or thinks yourself can never achieve anything, you need to believe in yourself and start _____34_____ on your dreams. To be successful, you need to start from somewhere and always question yourself about how far you would go to _____35_____ your goal. 21. A. cleaner B. barber C. player D. programmer 22. A. amazed B. disappointed C. alarmed D. annoyed 23. A. promise B. difficulty C. agreement D. difference 24. A. gave up B. broke down C. set off D. held on 25. A. card B. harmony C. degree D. fame 26. A. leave B. choose C. remember D. visit 27. A. generously B. strangely C. quickly D. vividly 28. A. conclude B. analyse C. imagine D. understand 29. A. shallower B. neater C. noisier D. rougher 30. A. intention B. money C. time D. chance 31. A. strength B. dream C. life D. future 32. A. studying B. researching C. graduating D. chatting 33. A. depressed B. lonely C. happy D. proud 34. A. counting B. living C. putting D. working 35. A. achieve B. finish C. lose D. copy 【答案】21. D 22. A 23. B 24. A 25. C 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. D 30. B 31. A 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. A 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。我们的人生会经历各种大起大落，甚至会有很多想要放弃的时刻。本文主要叙述了作者所经历的低谷期以及在遇到困难时的所作所为。 【21题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我从未对成为一名程序员感兴趣，但情况发生了变化。A. cleaner清洁工；B. barber理发师；C. player运动员；D. programmer程序员。根据“When computers became my companions, I realized I should start learning about them.”可知，作者从未想过自己会成为程序员。故选D。 【22题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：这个想法让我很惊讶，于是我决定攻读IT学位。A. amazed使惊讶；B. disappointed使失望；C. alarmed使惊恐；D. annoyed使恼怒。根据上文“My life experienced ups and downs. I was never interested to be a ____1____”可知，作者对于自己想要成为程序员的想法感到惊讶。故选A。 【23题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我来自一个中产阶级家庭，巨额的学费对我来说是个很大的困难。A. promise诺言；B. difficulty困难；C. agreement协议；D. difference差异。根据“Coming from a middle-class family, I felt the huge tuition”可知，作者觉得巨额的学费是个很大的困难。故选B。 【24题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：但我从未放弃，是我的父亲推动我去追求我想要的学位。A. gave up放弃；B. broke down分解，出故障；C. set off出发；D. held on坚持下去，继续。根据“Coming from a middle-class family, I felt the huge tuition was a great ____3____. My English was poor.”可知，面对重重困难，作者并没有放弃。故选A。 【25题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. card卡片；B. harmony和谐；C. degree学位；D. fame名声。根据上文“I decided to get a degree in IT.”结合语境可知，此处是信息词degree的词汇复现，指父亲推动作者去追求我想要的学位。故选C。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我决定选择这所承诺帮助学生快速获得知识的大学。A. leave离开；B. choose选择；C. remember记得；D. visit访问，参观。根据“this university which promised its students to help them gain the knowledge ____7____.”可知，作者决定选择的是承诺帮助学生迅速获取知识的大学。故选B。 【27题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意同上。A. generously慷慨地；B. strangely奇怪地；C. quickly迅速地；D. vividly生动地。根据“which promised its students to help them gain the knowledge”可知，这家大学帮助学生快速获得知识。故选C。 【28题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：在我的第一个月里，很难听懂美国人的口音。A. conclude得出结论；B. analyse分析；C. imagine想象；D. understand理解。根据“the accent of the Americans.”可知，作者认为美国人的口音很难听懂。故选D。 【29题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：随着时间的流逝，越来越多的学生不能理解科目和概念，这变得越来越艰难。A. shallower更浅的；B. neater更干净的；C. noisier更吵闹的；D. rougher更艰难的。根据“when more and more students couldn’t understand the subjects and concepts.”可知，越来越多的学生不能理解科目和概念，这让学习变得越来越艰难。故选D。 【30题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我把它当作一个挑战，从来没有想过我没有足够的钱买食物，或者我是一个编程新手。A. intention打算；B. money钱；C. time时间；D. chance机会。根据“to buy food”可知，作者没有足够的钱买食物。故选B。 【31题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我相信努力学习，这是我的优势。A. strength力量，优势；B. dream梦想；C. life生活；D. future未来。根据“I believed in hard work”可知，作者认为努力学习是自己的优势。故选A。 【32题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：现在我毕业了，有一份工作要求我在完成学业后马上开始工作。A. studying学习；B. researching研究；C. graduating毕业；D. chatting聊天。根据“right after finishing school”可知，作者毕业了。故选C。 【33题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：对于那些感到沮丧或认为自己一事无成的人来说，你需要相信自己，开始为你的梦想而努力。A. depressed抑郁的，沮丧的；B. lonely孤独的；C. happy高兴的；D. proud骄傲的。根据“thinks yourself can never achieve anything”可知，与认为自己一事无成的人对应，此处指那些感到沮丧的人。故选A。 【34题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. counting数；B. living生存；C. putting放；D. working工作。根据“on your dreams.”可知，此处表示为梦想而努力，work on your dreams固定搭配，意为“实现你的目标”。故选D。 【35题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：要想成功，你需要从某个地方开始，并经常问自己，为了实现目标，你会走多远。A. achieve获得，实现；B. finish完成；C. lose失去；D. copy复制。根据“To be successful”可知，此处表示为了实现目标。故选A。 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。 Food waste is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and fruit and vegetables are especially problematic, as about 52% of them ____36____ go bad before eventually reaching consumers. But one Malaysian company, StixFresh, has come up ____37____ a simple solution to this problem — a tiny sticker that keeps fruit from ____38____ (go) bad for up to weeks. The Malaysian businessman worked with many universities ____39____ (develop) and test his stickers. You’ve probably seen stickers on fruit before, but not like the ones ____40____ (create) by the Malaysian company. Those common stickers are typically used only to provide consumers with ____41____ (inform) about the growers and how the fruit ____42____ (grow), but StixFresh has a completely different purpose. It contains something special and all-natural that slows down the ripening process, keeping the fruit fresh and juicy for much ____43____ (long). StixFresh founder Zhafri Zainudin says that he thought of ____44____ idea for the stickers after visiting a friend _____45_____ ran a fruit store. The man was worried about losing money every day because of bad fruit, but he knew that there was no way to stop nature from taking its course. 【答案】36. can##will##may 37. with 38. going 39. to develop 40 created 41. information 42. was grown 43. longer 44. the 45. who##that 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了食物浪费是我们这个时代最大的挑战之一，一家马来西亚的公司提出了一个的简单解决方案：一个很小的贴纸可以使水果在长达数周的时间内不变质。 【36题详解】 考查情态动词和时态。句意：食物浪费是我们这个时代最大的挑战之一，水果和蔬菜的问题尤其严重，因为大约52%的水果和蔬菜在最终到达消费者手中之前可能/将要/也许会变质。结合语境“可能/也许”可知，空处需填情态动词can/may；此处也可表“将要”，用助动词will，和后面的动词原形一起构成一般将来时。故填can/will/may。 【37题详解】 考查介词。句意：但是，马来西亚一家名为StixFresh的公司想出了一个简单的解决办法——一个小小的贴纸，可以让水果在数周内都不会变质。come up with为固定搭配，意为“想出”。故填with。 【38题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意同上。介词from后，go需用动名词形式作宾语。故填going。 【39题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：这位马来西亚商人与许多大学合作开发和测试他的贴纸。此处作目的状语，develop需用动词不定式形式。故填to develop。 【40题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：你可能以前在水果上见过贴纸，但不像马来西亚公司制作的那样。空处需填非谓语动词作后置定语，修饰the ones，二者为逻辑动宾关系，create需用过去分词形式。故填created。 【41题详解】 考查名词。句意：这些常见的贴纸通常只用于向消费者提供有关种植者和水果种植方式的信息，但StixFresh有一个完全不同的目的。provide sb. with sth.提供某人某物，固定搭配，所以空处需用名词作介词with的宾语，inform的名词information“信息”，不可数名词。故填information。 【42题详解】 考查动词时态语态和主谓一致。句意同上。陈述过去发生的事情，使用一般过去时，the fruit和grow为被动关系，需用被动语态，主语为the fruit，be动词用was。故填was grown。 【43题详解】 考查比较级。句意：它含有一些特殊的全天然物质，可以减缓成熟过程，使水果保持更长时间的新鲜多汁。由空前修饰词much和句意可知，有比较含义，空处需用long的比较级longer。故填longer。 【44题详解】 考查冠词。句意：StixFresh的创始人扎夫里·扎伊努丁说，他是在拜访了一位经营水果店的朋友后想到这个贴纸的。此处对idea进行特指，需用定冠词the修饰。故填the。 【45题详解】 考查定语从句。句意同上。空处需用关系词引导定语从句，先行词是a friend，指人，关系词替代先行词在定语从句中作主语，所以空处需用关系代词who/that引导定语从句。故填who/that。 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节 (满分 15分) 46. 海洋与我们的生活密切相关，没有海洋就没有人类。那么，我们应该如何保护海洋呢？请你根据以下要点，给你校的英语刊物写一篇短文，引起同学们对保护海洋的重视。 1．减少塑料的使用； 2．保持海滩和水路干净； 3．向更多人宣传海洋保护 注意： 1．词数100左右； 2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 参考词汇：水路waterway _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 【答案】As we all know, oceans play an important role in our daily life. In a way, human beings can’t live without oceans. Then, what can we do to protect them? First of all, we should limit the use of plastic, so as not to put sea creatures at risk. Secondly, saving energy is essential. We may use energy efficient electrical appliances. Thirdly, keeping beaches and waterways clean is also of great importance. Lastly, we must tell others about ocean conservation. Each person can make a difference. In conclusion, as long as we all try hard, we’ll protect oceans well. 【解析】 【详解】试题分析：本次作文要求我们根据海洋和人类的密切关系，针对应该如何保护海洋给学校的英语刊物写一篇短文，引起同学们对保护海洋的重视。通过审题可以判断用第一人称we，时态用一般现在时，首先一开始要说明保护海洋很重要，接下来第二段介绍如何保护海洋，要点包括：（1）要减少塑料的使用；（2）保持海滩和水路干净；（3）向更多人宣传海洋保护。注意使用高级词汇和高级句型，以提高文章的档次；注意使用一些连接词，使得文章表达自然、流畅。注意文章的字数控制，100单词左右。 【亮点说明】 本文条理清楚，要点全面，结构连贯。还要注意其句式上的变化来增加亮度。例如：文章可运用动名词saving energy和keeping beaches and waterways clean做主语；be of great importance用法； play an important role in , so as not to, make a difference, as long as 等词汇及As we all know, In a way, First of all, Secondly, Thirdly, Lastly, In conclusion 等连接词。 第二节 (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，续写的词数应为 150 左右。 Jason threw the papers on my desk—his eyebrows knit into a straight line as he glared at me. He pointed a finger at the paper. “Next time you want to change anything, ask me first,” he said, turning on his heels and leaving me in anger. “How dare he treat me like that,” I thought. I had changed one long sentence, and corrected grammar, something I thought I was paid to do. As the weeks went by, I grew to dislike Jason. One day, another of his episodes left me in tears. I stormed into his office, prepared to let the man know how I felt I sat across from him and said calmly, “Jason, the way you’ve been treating me is wrong. I’ve never had anyone speak to me that way. As a professional, it’s wrong, and I can’ allow it to continue.” Jason assumed a nervous smile and leaned back in his chair. I closed my eyes briefly. “I want to make you a promise. I will be a friend,” I said. “I will treat you as you deserve to be treated, with respect and kindness. You deserve that. Everybody does.” I slipped out of the chair and closed the door behind me. Jason avoided me the rest of the week. Papers and letters appeared on my desk while I was at lunch, and my corrected versions were not seen again. I brought cookies to the office one day and left some on his desk. Another day I left a note. “Hope your day is going great,” it read. Over the next few weeks, Jason reappeared but there were no other episodes. One year after our “talk”, I discovered I had cancer. I was thirty-two, the mother of three young children, scared. Friends and loved ones visited and tried to find the right words to comfort me. No one knew what to say, and many said the wrong things. Others wept. Paragraph 1 One day, Jason came into the hospital room awkwardly, and placed a box beside me. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2 For ten years, I have watched those red and white flowers blossom every spring. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】One day, Jason came into the hospital room awkwardly, and placed a box beside me. “Tulips,” he said. I grinned, not understanding. He shuffled his feet, then cleared his throat. “If you plant them when you get home, they’ll come up next spring. I just wanted you to know that I think you’ll be there to see them when they come up.” Tears clouded my eyes and I reached out my hand. “Thank you,” I whispered. Jason grasped my hand and gruffly replied, “You’re welcome. You can’t see it now, but next spring you’ll see the colors I picked out for you. I think you’ll like them.” He turned and left without another word. For ten years, I have watched those red and white flowers blossom every spring. In fact, this September, doctors declared me cured and I've watched my children graduate from high school and go on to college. In a moment when I prayed for just the right word, a man with very few words said all the right things. After all, that’s what friends do. 【解析】 【分析】通过所给文章，作者在工作中受到上司杰森的百般刁难，在正面表达了自己的不满之后，作者仍然选择像朋友一样对待他，他们的关系也不再剑拔弩张。后来作者因为乳腺癌住院做手术，她的亲人和朋友们都来安慰她，但几乎没人能真正宽慰作者的心灵。直到有一天，杰森来到医院，并随身带着一个盒子。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“有一天，杰森尴尬地走进病房，把一个盒子放在我旁边。”可知，第一段可描写杰森来看望作者时的情形，以及解释他带给作者的东西——一包花籽——所包含的意义。 ②由第二段首句内容“十年来，我每年春天都看着那些红白相间的花盛开。”可知，第二段可描写作者在每年盼望花开的希望中战胜了病魔，她很感激杰森让她感受到温暖和希望。 2.续写线索：探望——送花籽——获得希望——战胜病魔——感激——感悟 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①伸出手：reach out one’s hand/shoot out one’s hand ②挑选：pick out/single out ③开花：blossom/come into flower 情绪类 ①尴尬：awkward/embarrassed ②感激：be obliged to sb/appreciate sb 【点睛】 [高分句型1]. If you plant them when you get home, they’ll come up next spring.（if引导的条件状语从句） [高分句型2]. I just wanted you to know that I think you’ll be there to see them when they come up.（that引导的宾语从句） [高分句型3]. In fact, this September, doctors declared me cured and I've watched my children graduate from high school and go on to college.（and连接的并列句） 听力1~5 CBCCB 6~10 ACACC 11~15 AACBB 16~20 AACAB 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$