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甘肃省华池县第一中学2023—2024学年度第二学期期末考试 高二英语 注意事项： 1．本试卷分四部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。 2．考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑;主观题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。 3．本试卷命题范围：高考范围。 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1．What does the woman want the man to do? A．Have some milk. B．Go shopping. C．Take out the garbage. 2．What will the man do tonight? A．Go bowling. B．Visit the woman. C．Prepare for an exam. 3．What will the man most probably do? A．Pay for the tickets. B．Go to the ticket office. C．Ask the woman for a discount. 4．Where does the conversation take place? A．At home. B．At the doctor’s. C．At the man’s office. 5．Where will Greg go after finishing the language course? A．Colombia. B．Cuba. C．Spain. 第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6．What does the man want the woman to do? A．Buy him a boat. B．Lend him some money. C．Spend the summer on a boat. 7．What is the woman’s attitude towards the man’s idea? A．Supportive. B．Opposed. C．Confused. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8．Where does the woman work? A．In a radio station. B．In a hotel. C．In a building company. 9．Why is the woman looking for Mr. Nash? A．To book a hotel. B．To talk about his concern. C．To invite him for an interview. 10. How will the woman get in touch with Mr. Nash? A．By writing an e-mail. B．By sending a text message. C．By making a phone call. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11．What does the woman ask the man about first? A．The packing. B．The receipt. C．The price. 12．What does the man decide to do with the camera? A．Change it. B．Have it fixed. C．Return it. 13．Who is the woman most likely to be? A．A technician. B．A photographer. C．A saleswoman. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14．What happened to the man last week? A．He injured his back B．He fell off his motorcycle. C．He lost his motorcycle. 15．Why did the man buy a motorcycle? A．He likes it. B．He thinks it safe. C．He’ll go to work on it. 16．How does the man usually go to work now? A．By car. B．By bus. C．By bike. 17．What does the man mostly do on the bus? A．Read books. B．Look outside. C．Talk with others. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18．When will the competitors get the results? A．In about one month. B．In about two months. C．In about four months. 19．What does the speaker stress strongly? A．The length of the story. B．The ticket to the theater. C．The prize of the competition. 20．What can we learn about this year’s competition? A．Its topic is Spring. B．It has to be interesting. C．It’s open to every student. 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 Gently trimming your hedge (修剪树篱) every 2 weeks will thicken it up and give it a beautiful look, but heavy trimmers, wires and stepladders make hedge trimming a job that some people hate. Gtech’s Cordless HT50 Hedge Trimmer makes it a pleasure. Great Convenience With 60 minutes of runtime, move freely around your garden without being bothered by wires and messy petrol. Running off a 18V motor, the HT50 Hedge Trimmer supplies the power directly when needed. The lightweight but super strong drive system is designed for quiet running. In addition, the precision laser cut blades (刀片) move through branches up to 25 mm thick, leaving a clean cut vital to promote a healthy hedge. Long Reach The HT50 Hedge Trimmer has an adjustable head so that you have full control over the cut of your hedge. The head adjusts downwards so you can cut the top of your hedge easily, and upwards so that you can cut thorny (多刺的) hedges without hurting your arms. Keep your hedges neat by cutting flat along the tops of hedges up to 10 feet tall using the 55 cm long blade. Perfectly Balanced Weighing only 2.94kg, the HT50 is well balanced, giving you a more enjoyable gardening experience. Get the HT50 Hedge Trimmer (£224.98) for just £149.98 if you order before May 9th 2024, with a Branch Cutter attached free of charge. Call our 24-hour freephone information and sales lines or visit our website for more information. 1. What is a feature of the HT50Hedge Trimmer? A. It needs no power support. B. It helps maintain weak leaves. C. It has no time limit for a single run. D. It has no noise disturbance while working. 2. How much can be saved if you buy two sets of the tool before May 9th 2024? A £75. B. £149.98. C. £150. D. £299.96. 3. What is the main purpose of the text? A. To advertise. B. To introduce. C. To inform. D. To analyse. B One January evening in 2008, Rachel Lapierre bought a $4 lottery ticket at the grocery store. As a nearly full-time emergency-room nurse and part-time volunteer aid worker, after an exhausting day cutting sugar maples , she needed something to lift her spirits. For years, Lapierre had done humanitarian work overseas for organizations and she longed to be able to one day quit her nursing job and focus on the volunteer work she found most fulfilling. She swore to herself that if she ever won the lottery, that’s what she would do. Lapierre went home and scratched her ticket, revealing three sunny faces. Not sure what they meant, she took it to a corner store, where the ticket-checking machine went berserk but didn’t reveal the prize. The next day, the lottery office informed her that she had won a lump sum of $6,75,000 or $1,000 a week for life. She chose the latter. “I know myself, ”she says.” The lump sum would have melted like snow in the sun.” Staying true to her word, Lapierre quit her nursing job and dedicated her life to helping others through her passion project, Le Book Humanitaire, which has since become a registered charity. LeBook, as Lapierre, now 62, affectionately calls it, began as a simple list of good deeds she jotted down in a black-and-white notebook. She had been using it to keep track of what she had done to help those living in the small communities around her. To her, the deeds were just small acts of kindness that anyone else might have done. But word started spreading, her phone began ringing and a Facebook page she created for the project became an efficient way to field requests from those in need and those who wanted to help. Le Book Humanitaire now has a team of 80 volunteers. The non-profit provides local emergency support, homeless and medical out- reach, food delivery for seniors and a community fridge. Its kitchen volunteers make about 500 meals a day, with all food donated from local restaurants, hospitals and schools. The book itself? It has since been replaced by dozens more, representing millions of deeds. In2022 alone, the organization carried out nearly 4,50,000 acts of service. 4. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs? A. Lapierre chose a lump sum of $6,75,000. B. Lapierre loved her full- time job very much. C. Lapierre knew the meaning of three sunny faces at first. D. Lapierre didn’t think she would spend a large amount of money wisely. 5. What is Le Book Humanitaire? A. It is a notebook. B. It is a Facebook page. C. It is a non-profit charity. D. It is run by local communities. 6. Which of the following is true about the project? A. It conducted 45000 acts of service in all. B. It provided everything a community needed. C. It relied on local donations to provide meals. D. It was just about small acts of kindness for anyone else . 7 Which words can best describe Lapierre? A. Greedy and close-minded. B. Courageous and easy-going. C. Humorous and self-disciplined. D. Determined and tender-hearted. C Want to know what is coming soon to a cinema near you? Probably not a 1.5-hour-long movie, as in the old days. On October 20th comes Killers of the Flower Moon. At nearly three and a half hours, its length is nearly double that of the average film last year. Even movie fans struggle to concentrate for that long and some viewers even nod off. Afterwards there is a mad dash for the toilets. When does watching a film become such a slog? The Economist analyzed over 100,000 feature films released internationally since the 1930s, the start of Hollywood’s golden age, using data from IMDb, a movie database. The average length of productions rose by around 24%, from one hour and 21 minutes in the 1930s to one hour and 47 minutes in 2022. For the ten most-popular titles, the average length grew to around two and a half hours in 2022, nearly 50% higher than in the 1930s. One driver of this trend is that studios want to squeeze the most out of their costly intellectual property (知识产权), but they are competing with streaming platforms for eyeballs. The hope is that a spectacular, drawn-out “event” movie will draw audiences away from the small screen and into cinemas. This approach has often paid off: Avengers: Endgame Marvel’s three-hour superhero masterpieces, was the highest-grossing (票房最高的) film in 2019. Last year long movies series made up most of the highest-grossing films in America. Another explanation for longer films has to do with directors’ growing influence. Who would dare tell the likes of Mr. Nolan to cut out his masterpieces? Moreover, streaming platforms, which do not have to worry as much about the length because viewers can pause whenever they like, may attract big names by promising them sufficient fund and creative freedom. Netflix funded and released three-hour The Irishman in 2019, a film that would have benefited from a decisive editor, Irish or otherwise. 8. The underlined part “a slog” in paragraph 1 refers to a(n)___. A. pleasure B. effort C. conflict D. feast 9. What can be inferred from paragraph 2? A. The average length affects the popularity of films. B. Great advances have been made in film industry. C. Hollywood starts a golden age of feature films. D. The average duration of movies has stretched. 10. What sets the trend of longer movies? A. Competition for the target audience. B. Thirst for more classic productions. C. Influence of streaming platforms. D. Preference for decisive editors. 11. What is probably the best title for the passage? A. Movie Enthusiasts B. Movie Marathons C. Movie Production D. Movie Influence D You’re lying in bed, looking at the ceiling. Go to sleep, you tell yourself. You shut your eyes tight, force your body to relax, and wait for the pleasant sleep to come. But nothing happens. It’s 3 a. m. and you’re still staring at the ceiling. We have all been in this situation. Try as we might, it is nearly impossible to let yourself sleep. Sleep comes to those who let their mind wander and focus on anything other than sleep itself. Count sheep, control your breathing, listen to an audiobook, or whatever — so long as it turns your mind from wanting to sleep. This is a common example of the “law of reversed effort (反向努力定律).” The Law of Reversed Effort was first created by Aldous Huxley. “The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed.” Suppose, for instance, that you are learning how to ride a bike. You are told to hold the handlebars, to push off with this foot, to pedal at that speed, to hold your balance here, and so on. When riding, we know all these instructions, but we do not try to do them. They just happen. In Huxley’s words, it’s “combining relaxation with activity.” There’s a spiritual way of viewing the “law of reversed effort” as well. It’s something that has a much longer history than Aldous Huxley — it’s the Daoist idea of “Wu Wei (无为).” It is to walk the path that opens up and push the door that gives. Call it fate, divine (神圣的) calling, or whatever, but Wu Wei is to stop doing what you think is right, and to let yourself be pulled by some other power. Wu Wei is the grass bending in the wind. It’s the stick riding down the river. There are many moments in life when trying harder makes things worse. When you have a mosquito bite, a broken bone, or a nosebleed, you leave it be. Picking and tapping only worsen the problem. So, too, with a lot of life’s major moments. 12. Why is the example of the failure to falling asleep mentioned in the text? A. To show how common sleep loss is. B. To introduce the Law of Reversed Effort. C. To recommend effective ways to get to sleep. D. To prove the impossibility of willing ourselves to sleep. 13. What might help us learn riding a bike according to Paragraph 3? A. Making reversed effort. B. Trying our best to practice. C. Riding in a relaxed manner. D. Remembering to follow instructions. 14. Which might be an example of “Wu Wei” according to the text? A. Ignore a mosquito bite. B. Sail against a strong wind. C. Will yourself to sleep when suffering sleep loss. D. Remind yourself of instructions when riding a bike. 15. Where might the text come from? A. A storybook. B. A game book. C. A magazine on healthy life. D. A brochure of Chinese history. 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。 Recently, a topic featuring “Graduates avoid sending resumes out of social anxiety disorder” received many comments on Sina Weibo. It seems that social anxiety disorder, also known as social phobia (恐惧症), is affecting many people’s lives. Over 80% of university students who took part in a survey tended to avoid social interaction due to an assumed social phobia. ____16____ For those who have a social phobia, everyday social situations cause strong fear beyond their control because they fear being watched or judged negatively by others. Having a social phobia can mean physical symptoms like blushing (脸红), upset stomach, or having trouble catching your breath. The good news is that it is treatable.____17____ Avoiding social situations because of shyness might mean missing out on opportunities or being rude. I used to be so shy that I avoided greeting people I knew by pretending to scroll (滚屏) on my phone or turning in another direction. ____18____When I saw him, Istarted scrolling on my phone as usual to avoid greeting him. But he immediately saw through it and asked,“Why did you pretend not to see me?” After my explanation, he replied, “I can relate to feeling awkward, but once someone realizes that you’re avoiding him, it can come across as rude.” ____19____Being afraid of negative comments, they simply shut themselves down so that no one will have the chance to judge them. But socializing not only leads to judgment. If you’re lucky enough, you may come across someone who gives direct but honest feedback, like what the senior journalist did for me. But if some people only offer you negative judgment, simply stay away from them. ____20____Why give up on opportunities for social interaction because of fears of comments and judgment? A. After all, they are not making you any better. B. Understand it’s perfectly fine to make mistakes. C. Here are some tips for overcoming a fear of social interaction. D. But is avoiding social interaction equal to having a social phobia? E. However, my attitude began to change when I met a senior journalist. F. But if you only feel a bit uncomfortable, it might mean you are just shy. G. Shy people avoid socializing because they take others’ opinions seriously. 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。 Hungry and thirsty on our way home, my young sister and I came across a splendid plum tree with bright reddish fruit. It belonged to an elderly disabled lady known for giving___21___ in return for an errand(差事). We knocked on her door asking for some plums in payment for___22___an errand. The lady smiled and gave us two___23___baskets. When we filled the baskets with the ripest plums we picked, she handed us a bag with fresh meat, rice and dried beans. “Take this bag and one basket of plums to the Gomez family on the top of this hill,___24___with their payment and you will___25___yours.” With great expectations to get our plums after the errand, we rushed to the Gomez home. Mrs. Gomez___26___ the door with three little children behind her. Her husband was sick in bed and times were___27___. We told her our intention___28___, She didn’t seem ___29___but appreciated it with the payment, a large envelope stuffed full. Could the Gomez ___30___to pay so much for the food? It looked like much money. Our___31___wasn’t cleared until we handed the envelope to the plum lady. “Lovely!” The lady said in delight as she pulled the___32___ out of the envelope. In her hands were colorful drawings from the Gomez children, the Gomez’s payment for her food. My sister and I___33___each other and broke out in smiles. As we walked home, we enjoyed the___34___from the lady. The juice running down our arms was as sweet and warm as the___35___we had inside. 21. A. juice B. rice C. meat D. fruit 22. A. rejecting B. cancelling C. offering D. running 23. A. large B. clean C. empty D. firm 24. A. depart B. return C. survive D. travel 25. A. make B. purchase C. obtain D. increase 26. A. locked B. answered C. decorated D. painted 27. A. hard B. changeable C. different D. unsettled 28. A. doubtfully B. patiently C. helplessly D. secretly 29. A. annoyed B. injured C. disappointed D. surprised 30 A. afford B. refuse C. expect D. accept 31. A. cheque B. appointment C. confusion D. baskets 32. A. contents B. notes C. stamps D. letters 33. A. calmed down B. competed with C. approved of D. looked at 34. A. assistance B. treat C. company D. comfort 35. A. wish B. promise C. feeling D. appetite 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。 Zhang Guimei, who has dedicated her 40 years to education at China’s southwestern border, ___36___(be) a “mother” for more than 170 children and a principal motivating young girls from impoverished families in ___37___(mountain) areas. Teaching at a middle school in Huaping county, she saw many girls drop ___38___ of school due to poverty. It saddened her very much and made her realize that an educated female is able to cut the intergenerational ___39___(transmit) of poverty and change the future of three generations. In 2002, Zhang started her preparation to build a free all-girls high school, in hope of changing the destiny of the girls in the mountain ___40___ lifting them out of poverty. In 2007, Zhang went to Beijing for the 17th Communist Party of China (CPC) National Congress as a deputy. Her report, ___41___ title was “I have a dream” made her dream of building a free all-girls high school known to all. Later, both the Lijiang and Huaping governments ___42___( sponsor) her with a million yuan, Zhang ‘s school was completed, becoming the first free all-girls high school in China. The school, ___43___(bear) to fight against poverty, is a shelter for a number of girls in that area. During the past 13 years, the school has nurtured over 1, 800 students who have made it ___44___ universities. Zhang suffers from 23 diseases, including heart disease and emphysema, but she is still working selflessly. She gets up at 5:00 am and is always the first one among all the stuff ___45___(arrive) at school. She also checks how the classes are going three times a day. Zhang has made over 1 , 600 family visits annually for the past 12 years, covering a total distance of 110,000 kilometers. 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(满分15分) 46. 假定你是李华，你校英语报正在举办一场“多一分交流，少一分冲突”为主题征文比赛。请你写一篇短文投稿。投稿包括以下要点： 1. 交流的重要性； 2. 如何有效交流(不少于两点)。 注意： 1.词数为80左右； 2.开头已给出。 More communication, fewer conflicts ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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。 When my daughters reached the third and fourth grades, I occasionally allowed them to walk to and from school alone if the weather permitted. One warm spring day, a little dog followed them home after school. It had short legs and long lovely cars, with a fawn-colored coat. It was the cutest dog I had over seen and the girls begged me to keep it. The dog was barely twelve weeks old. It had no collar or identifying marks of any sort, I didn't know what to do. I thought about running an advertisement in the lost-and-found but I really didn't want to. It would break the kids' hearts if someone should show up. Besides, its owners should have watched it more closely. By the end of the week the dog was part of our family. It was very intelligent and good with the girls. The following week something told me to check the lost-and-found section in the local paper. One particular advertisement jumped out at me and my heart pounded with fear at what I read. Someone was begging for the return of a lost dog in the neighborhood of our grade school. They sounded desperate. My hand shook. I couldn't bring myself to pick up the phone. Instead, I pretended I hadn't seen the advertisement. I quickly put paper away in the drawer and continued with my dusting. I never said a word about it to the kids or my husband. By now we had named the dog. It looked like a Molly, so that was what we called it. It followed the girls everywhere they went. When they went outside, it was one step behind them. .When they did housework, it was there to lend a hand. There was only one problem with this otherwise perfect picture: my conscience was bothering me. I knew in my heart I had to call that number and see if our Molly was the dog they were desperately seeking. It was the most difficult thing I've ever done. 注意：1.续写词数应为150左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 With mixed feelings, I finally picked up the phone. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Opening the door, I saw a woman with a little girl sitting in a small wheelchair. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1~5 CCBBA 6~10 BBACA 11~15 BACBC 16~20 ABCAC 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 甘肃省华池县第一中学2023—2024学年度第二学期期末考试 高二英语 注意事项： 1．本试卷分四部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。 2．考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑;主观题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。 3．本试卷命题范围：高考范围。 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1．What does the woman want the man to do? A．Have some milk. B．Go shopping. C．Take out the garbage. 2．What will the man do tonight? A．Go bowling. B．Visit the woman. C．Prepare for an exam. 3．What will the man most probably do? A．Pay for the tickets. B．Go to the ticket office. C．Ask the woman for a discount. 4．Where does the conversation take place? A．At home. B．At the doctor’s. C．At the man’s office. 5．Where will Greg go after finishing the language course? A．Colombia. B．Cuba. C．Spain. 第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6．What does the man want the woman to do? A．Buy him a boat. B．Lend him some money. C．Spend the summer on a boat. 7．What is the woman’s attitude towards the man’s idea? A．Supportive. B．Opposed. C．Confused. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8．Where does the woman work? A．In a radio station. B．In a hotel. C．In a building company. 9．Why is the woman looking for Mr. Nash? A．To book a hotel. B．To talk about his concern. C．To invite him for an interview. 10. How will the woman get in touch with Mr. Nash? A．By writing an e-mail. B．By sending a text message. C．By making a phone call. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11．What does the woman ask the man about first? A．The packing. B．The receipt. C．The price. 12．What does the man decide to do with the camera? A．Change it. B．Have it fixed. C．Return it. 13．Who is the woman most likely to be? A．A technician. B．A photographer. C．A saleswoman. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14．What happened to the man last week? A．He injured his back. B．He fell off his motorcycle. C．He lost his motorcycle. 15．Why did the man buy a motorcycle? A．He likes it. B．He thinks it safe. C．He’ll go to work on it. 16．How does the man usually go to work now? A．By car. B．By bus. C．By bike. 17．What does the man mostly do on the bus? A．Read books. B．Look outside. C．Talk with others. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18．When will the competitors get the results? A．In about one month. B．In about two months. C．In about four months. 19．What does the speaker stress strongly? A．The length of the story. B．The ticket to the theater. C．The prize of the competition. 20．What can we learn about this year’s competition? A．Its topic is Spring. B．It has to be interesting. C．It’s open to every student. 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 Gently trimming your hedge (修剪树篱) every 2 weeks will thicken it up and give it a beautiful look, but heavy trimmers, wires and stepladders make hedge trimming a job that some people hate. Gtech’s Cordless HT50 Hedge Trimmer makes it a pleasure. Great Convenience With 60 minutes of runtime, move freely around your garden without being bothered by wires and messy petrol. Running off a 18V motor, the HT50 Hedge Trimmer supplies the power directly when needed. The lightweight but super strong drive system is designed for quiet running. In addition, the precision laser cut blades (刀片) move through branches up to 25 mm thick, leaving a clean cut vital to promote a healthy hedge. Long Reach The HT50 Hedge Trimmer has an adjustable head so that you have full control over the cut of your hedge. The head adjusts downwards so you can cut the top of your hedge easily, and upwards so that you can cut thorny (多刺的) hedges without hurting your arms. Keep your hedges neat by cutting flat along the tops of hedges up to 10 feet tall using the 55 cm long blade. Perfectly Balanced Weighing only 2.94kg, the HT50 is well balanced, giving you a more enjoyable gardening experience. Get the HT50 Hedge Trimmer (£224.98) for just £149.98 if you order before May 9th 2024, with a Branch Cutter attached free of charge. Call our 24-hour freephone information and sales lines or visit our website for more information. 1. What is a feature of the HT50Hedge Trimmer? A. It needs no power support. B. It helps maintain weak leaves. C. It has no time limit for a single run. D. It has no noise disturbance while working. 2. How much can be saved if you buy two sets of the tool before May 9th 2024? A. £75. B. £149.98. C. £150. D. £299.96. 3. What is the main purpose of the text? A. To advertise. B. To introduce. C. To inform. D. To analyse. 【答案】1. D 2. C 3. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了一款修剪树的工具。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据Great Convenience部分中“The lightweight but super strong drive system is designed for quiet running. (轻巧但超强的驱动系统是专为安静运行。)”可知，轻巧但超强的驱动系统是专为安静运行而设计的、即在工作时没有噪声干扰。故选D。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段“Weighing only 2.94kg, the HT50 is well balanced, giving you a more enjoyable gardening experience. Get the HT50 Hedge Trimmer (£224.98) for just £149.98 if you order before May 9th 2024, with a Branch Cutter attached free of charge. (HT50重量仅2.94公斤，平衡良好，给你更愉快的园艺体验。如果您在2024年5月9日之前订购，只需149.98英镑即可获得HT50 Hedge Trimmer (原价224.98英镑)，并免费附带一枝剪。)”可知，原价是£224.98，2024年5月9日之前购买是£149.98，可算出每套省£75，两套省£150。故选C。 【3题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是由文章第一段“Gently trimming your hedge (修剪树篱) every 2 weeks will thicken it up and give it a beautiful look, but heavy trimmers, wires and stepladders make hedge trimming a job that some people hate. Gtech’s Cordless HT50 Hedge Trimmer makes it a pleasure. (每两周轻轻地修剪一次树篱会使树篱变厚，看起来很漂亮，但是笨重的修剪器、电线和梯子使修剪树篱成为一项有些人讨厌的工作。Gtech的无绳HT50对冲修剪器使它成为一种乐趣。)”可知，文章介绍了一款修剪树篱的工具，尤其侧重交代其优于传统工具的特性，最后一段重在让消费者了解其正在促销。故文章旨在为这款工具做广告。故选A。 B One January evening in 2008, Rachel Lapierre bought a $4 lottery ticket at the grocery store. As a nearly full-time emergency-room nurse and part-time volunteer aid worker, after an exhausting day cutting sugar maples , she needed something to lift her spirits. For years, Lapierre had done humanitarian work overseas for organizations and she longed to be able to one day quit her nursing job and focus on the volunteer work she found most fulfilling. She swore to herself that if she ever won the lottery, that’s what she would do. Lapierre went home and scratched her ticket, revealing three sunny faces. Not sure what they meant, she took it to a corner store, where the ticket-checking machine went berserk but didn’t reveal the prize. The next day, the lottery office informed her that she had won a lump sum of $6,75,000 or $1,000 a week for life. She chose the latter. “I know myself, ”she says.” The lump sum would have melted like snow in the sun.” Staying true to her word, Lapierre quit her nursing job and dedicated her life to helping others through her passion project, Le Book Humanitaire, which has since become a registered charity. LeBook, as Lapierre, now 62, affectionately calls it, began as a simple list of good deeds she jotted down in a black-and-white notebook. She had been using it to keep track of what she had done to help those living in the small communities around her. To her, the deeds were just small acts of kindness that anyone else might have done. But word started spreading, her phone began ringing and a Facebook page she created for the project became an efficient way to field requests from those in need and those who wanted to help. Le Book Humanitaire now has a team of 80 volunteers. The non-profit provides local emergency support, homeless and medical out- reach, food delivery for seniors and a community fridge. Its kitchen volunteers make about 500 meals a day, with all food donated from local restaurants, hospitals and schools. The book itself? It has since been replaced by dozens more, representing millions of deeds. In2022 alone, the organization carried out nearly 4,50,000 acts of service. 4. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs? A. Lapierre chose a lump sum of $6,75,000. B. Lapierre loved her full- time job very much. C. Lapierre knew the meaning of three sunny faces at first. D. Lapierre didn’t think she would spend a large amount of money wisely. 5. What is Le Book Humanitaire? A. It is a notebook. B. It is a Facebook page. C. It is a non-profit charity. D. It is run by local communities. 6. Which of the following is true about the project? A. It conducted 45000 acts of service in all. B. It provided everything a community needed. C. It relied on local donations to provide meals. D. It was just about small acts of kindness for anyone else . 7. Which words can best describe Lapierre? A. Greedy and close-minded. B. Courageous and easy-going. C. Humorous and self-disciplined. D. Determined and tender-hearted. 【答案】4. D 5. C 6. C 7. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是记叙文。文章讲述了中彩票的Rachel Lapierre信守诺言，辞去了护士的工作，并通过她的项目“Le Book Humanitaire”致力于帮助他人，她认为一件好事可以影响十个人。如果我们都做一件好事就可以拯救世界。 【4题详解】 推理判断题。从文中第二段最后一句““I know myself, ”she says.” The lump sum would have melted like snow in the sun.”(“我了解我自己，”她说。“这笔钱会像阳光下的雪一样融化。”)”可知，她觉得自己当时不会理智地使用这笔钱。故选D。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。 从文中第三段“Staying true to her word, Lapierre quit her nursing job and dedicated her life to helping others through her passion project, Le Book Humanitaire, which has since become a registered charity.(Lapierre信守诺言，辞去了护士的工作，并通过她的热情项目Le Book Humanitaire致力于帮助他人，该项目已成为一家注册慈善机构。)”和第五段“The non-profit provides local emergency support, homeless and medical out- reach, food delivery for seniors and a community fridge.(这家非营利组织为当地提供紧急援助、无家可归者和医疗救助、老年人食品配送和社区冰箱。)”可知，这是一个非营利的慈善组织 。故选C。 【6题详解】 细节理解题。从文中第五段“Its kitchen volunteers make about 500 meals a day, with all food donated from local restaurants, hospitals and schools.(它的厨房志愿者每天做大约500顿饭，所有的食物都来自当地的餐馆、医院和学校。)”可知，食材来自于当地的捐赠。故选C。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。从第二段“She swore to herself that if she ever won the lottery, that’s what she would do.(她对自己发誓，如果她中了彩票，她就会这么做。)”可知，她是下定决心的，坚定的（determined）；根据后文提到她做慈善，比如倒数第二段“The non-profit provides local emergency support, homeless and medical out- reach, food delivery for seniors and a community fridge.(这家非营利组织为当地提供紧急援助、无家可归者和医疗救助、老年人食品配送和社区冰箱。)”可以看出，她是慈悲的，心肠软的（tender-hearted）。故选D。 C Want to know what is coming soon to a cinema near you? Probably not a 1.5-hour-long movie, as in the old days. On October 20th comes Killers of the Flower Moon. At nearly three and a half hours, its length is nearly double that of the average film last year. Even movie fans struggle to concentrate for that long and some viewers even nod off. Afterwards there is a mad dash for the toilets. When does watching a film become such a slog? The Economist analyzed over 100,000 feature films released internationally since the 1930s, the start of Hollywood’s golden age, using data from IMDb, a movie database. The average length of productions rose by around 24%, from one hour and 21 minutes in the 1930s to one hour and 47 minutes in 2022. For the ten most-popular titles, the average length grew to around two and a half hours in 2022, nearly 50% higher than in the 1930s. One driver of this trend is that studios want to squeeze the most out of their costly intellectual property (知识产权), but they are competing with streaming platforms for eyeballs. The hope is that a spectacular, drawn-out “event” movie will draw audiences away from the small screen and into cinemas. This approach has often paid off: Avengers: Endgame Marvel’s three-hour superhero masterpieces, was the highest-grossing (票房最高的) film in 2019. Last year long movies series made up most of the highest-grossing films in America. Another explanation for longer films has to do with directors’ growing influence. Who would dare tell the likes of Mr. Nolan to cut out his masterpieces? Moreover, streaming platforms, which do not have to worry as much about the length because viewers can pause whenever they like, may attract big names by promising them sufficient fund and creative freedom. Netflix funded and released three-hour The Irishman in 2019, a film that would have benefited from a decisive editor, Irish or otherwise. 8. The underlined part “a slog” in paragraph 1 refers to a(n)___. A. pleasure B. effort C. conflict D. feast 9. What can be inferred from paragraph 2? A. The average length affects the popularity of films. B. Great advances have been made in film industry. C. Hollywood starts a golden age of feature films. D. The average duration of movies has stretched. 10. What sets the trend of longer movies? A. Competition for the target audience. B. Thirst for more classic productions. C. Influence of streaming platforms. D. Preference for decisive editors. 11. What is probably the best title for the passage? A. Movie Enthusiasts B. Movie Marathons C. Movie Production D. Movie Influence 【答案】8. B 9. D 10. A 11. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。为什么电影的时长变得越来越长，文章分析了出现这种现象的原因。 【8题详解】 词句猜测题。根据划线词上文“Even movie fans struggle to concentrate for that long and some viewers even nod off. Afterwards there is a mad dash for the toilets.(即使是影迷也很难在这么长时间内集中注意力，一些观众甚至会打盹。之后，人们疯狂地冲向厕所)”可知，看电影也不再是轻松的事，所以划线单词a slog指的是“艰苦的工作”，与effort意义一致。故填B项。 【9题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“The average length of productions rose by around 24%, from one hour and 21 minutes in the 1930s to one hour and 47 minutes in 2022. For the ten most-popular titles, the average length grew to around two and a half hours in 2022, nearly 50% higher than in the 1930s.(制作的平均长度增加了约24%，从20世纪30年代的1小时21分钟增加到2022年的1小时47分钟。2022年，十大最受欢迎的游戏的平均时长增长到两个半小时左右，比上世纪30年代高出近50%)”可推知，电影的平均时长延长了。故选D项。 10题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“One driver of this trend is that studios want to squeeze the most out of their costly intellectual property (知识产权), but they are competing with streaming platforms for eyeballs. The hope is that a spectacular, drawn-out “event” movie will draw audiences away from the small screen and into cinemas.(推动这一趋势的一个因素是，电影公司希望最大限度地利用其昂贵的知识产权，但他们也在与流媒体平台争夺眼球。他们希望一部壮观的、旷日持久的“大事件”电影能把观众从小屏幕吸引到电影院)”可知，电影平均时长延长是为了吸引观众到电影院。故选A项。 【11题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第一段“Want to know what is coming soon to a cinema near you? Probably not a 1.5-hour-long movie, as in the old days. On October 20th comes Killers of the Flower Moon. At nearly three and a half hours, its length is nearly double that of the average film last year. Even movie fans struggle to concentrate for that long and some viewers even nod off. Afterwards there is a mad dash for the toilets. When does watching a film become such a slog?(想知道你附近的电影院即将上映什么电影吗？可能不会像过去那样是一部1.5小时长的电影。10月20日上映的《花月杀手》。该片时长近三个半小时，几乎是去年平均时长的两倍。即使是影迷也很难在这么长时间内集中注意力，一些观众甚至会打盹。之后，人们疯狂地冲向厕所。什么时候看电影变成了一件苦差事？)”及下文内容可知，文章主要讲述了电影的时长变得越来越长这一现象，并分析了出现这种现象的原因。由此可知，B项“Movie Marathons(电影马拉松)”适合作本文最佳标题。故选B项。 D You’re lying in bed, looking at the ceiling. Go to sleep, you tell yourself. You shut your eyes tight, force your body to relax, and wait for the pleasant sleep to come. But nothing happens. It’s 3 a. m. and you’re still staring at the ceiling. We have all been in this situation. Try as we might, it is nearly impossible to let yourself sleep. Sleep comes to those who let their mind wander and focus on anything other than sleep itself. Count sheep, control your breathing, listen to an audiobook, or whatever — so long as it turns your mind from wanting to sleep. This is a common example of the “law of reversed effort (反向努力定律).” The Law of Reversed Effort was first created by Aldous Huxley. “The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed.” Suppose, for instance, that you are learning how to ride a bike. You are told to hold the handlebars, to push off with this foot, to pedal at that speed, to hold your balance here, and so on. When riding, we know all these instructions, but we do not try to do them. They just happen. In Huxley’s words, it’s “combining relaxation with activity.” There’s a spiritual way of viewing the “law of reversed effort” as well. It’s something that has a much longer history than Aldous Huxley — it’s the Daoist idea of “Wu Wei (无为).” It is to walk the path that opens up and push the door that gives. Call it fate, divine (神圣的) calling, or whatever, but Wu Wei is to stop doing what you think is right, and to let yourself be pulled by some other power. Wu Wei is the grass bending in the wind. It’s the stick riding down the river. There are many moments in life when trying harder makes things worse. When you have a mosquito bite, a broken bone, or a nosebleed, you leave it be. Picking and tapping only worsen the problem. So, too, with a lot of life’s major moments. 12. Why is the example of the failure to falling asleep mentioned in the text? A. To show how common sleep loss is. B. To introduce the Law of Reversed Effort. C. To recommend effective ways to get to sleep. D. To prove the impossibility of willing ourselves to sleep. 13. What might help us learn riding a bike according to Paragraph 3? A. Making reversed effort. B. Trying our best to practice. C. Riding in a relaxed manner. D. Remembering to follow instructions. 14. Which might be an example of “Wu Wei” according to the text? A. Ignore a mosquito bite. B. Sail against a strong wind. C. Will yourself to sleep when suffering sleep loss. D. Remind yourself of instructions when riding a bike. 15. Where might the text come from? A. A storybook. B. A game book. C. A magazine on healthy life. D. A brochure of Chinese history. 【答案】12. B 13. C 14. A 15. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了生活中有许多事情是无法通过更大的努力来改善的。有时候，生活需要你退一步。 【12题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“Count sheep, control your breathing, listen to an audiobook, or whatever — so long as it turns your mind from wanting to sleep. This is a common example of the ‘law of reversed effort (反向努力定律).’(数羊，控制呼吸，听有声读物，或者其他什么都行——只要它能让你不再想睡觉。这是‘反向努力定律’的一个常见例子。)”可推断，文中提到了无法入睡的例子是为了介绍“反向努力定律”。故选B项。 【13题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“Suppose, for instance, that you are learning how to ride a bike. You are told to hold the handlebars, to push off with this foot, to pedal at that speed, to hold your balance here, and so on. When riding, we know all these instructions, but we do not try to do them. They just happen.(例如，假设你正在学习如何骑自行车。你被告知要握住车把，用这只脚蹬，以这样的速度踩踏板，保持平衡，等等。当我们骑车时，我们知道所有这些指示，但我们不尝试去做。它们就这样发生了。)”可知，以放松的方式骑车可以帮助我们学习骑自行车。故选C项。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“It’s something that has a much longer history than Aldous Huxley — it’s the Daoist idea of ‘Wu Wei (无为).’ It is to walk the path that opens up and push the door that gives. Call it fate, divine (神圣的) calling, or whatever, but Wu Wei is to stop doing what you think is right, and to let yourself be pulled by some other power. (这是一种比Aldous Huxley更悠久的历史——它是道家的‘无为而治’思想。它是去走那条打开的路，推开那扇给予的门。你可以称之为命运，神的召唤，或者其他什么，但无为就是停止做你认为正确的事情，让自己被其他力量所牵引。)”和第五段“When you have a mosquito bite, a broken bone, or a nosebleed, you leave it be.(当你被蚊子咬了，骨折了，或者流鼻血了，你就不要管它。)”可知，忽略蚊虫叮咬可能是“无为”的例子。故选A项。 【15题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段“The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed.(我们越是有意识地努力去做某事，我们就越不可能成功。)”和最后一段“There are many moments in life when trying harder makes things worse.(生活中有很多时候，越努力结果越糟。)”及全文可知，文章主要介绍了生活中有许多事情是无法通过更大努力来改善的。有时候，生活需要你退一步，这才是一种健康生活的态度，所以这篇文章可能来自一本关于健康生活的杂志。故选C项。 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。 Recently, a topic featuring “Graduates avoid sending resumes out of social anxiety disorder” received many comments on Sina Weibo. It seems that social anxiety disorder, also known as social phobia (恐惧症), is affecting many people’s lives. Over 80% of university students who took part in a survey tended to avoid social interaction due to an assumed social phobia. ____16____ For those who have a social phobia, everyday social situations cause strong fear beyond their control because they fear being watched or judged negatively by others. Having a social phobia can mean physical symptoms like blushing (脸红), upset stomach, or having trouble catching your breath. The good news is that it is treatable.____17____ Avoiding social situations because of shyness might mean missing out on opportunities or being rude. I used to be so shy that I avoided greeting people I knew by pretending to scroll (滚屏) on my phone or turning in another direction. ____18____When I saw him, Istarted scrolling on my phone as usual to avoid greeting him. But he immediately saw through it and asked,“Why did you pretend not to see me?” After my explanation, he replied, “I can relate to feeling awkward, but once someone realizes that you’re avoiding him, it can come across as rude.” ____19____Being afraid of negative comments, they simply shut themselves down so that no one will have the chance to judge them. But socializing not only leads to judgment. If you’re lucky enough, you may come across someone who gives direct but honest feedback, like what the senior journalist did for me. But if some people only offer you negative judgment, simply stay away from them. ____20____Why give up on opportunities for social interaction because of fears of comments and judgment? A. After all, they are not making you any better. B. Understand it’s perfectly fine to make mistakes. C. Here are some tips for overcoming a fear of social interaction. D. But is avoiding social interaction equal to having a social phobia? E. However, my attitude began to change when I met a senior journalist. F. But if you only feel a bit uncomfortable, it might mean you are just shy. G. Shy people avoid socializing because they take others’ opinions seriously. 【答案】16. D 17. F 18. E 19. G 20. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。作者通过讨论社交焦虑和害羞的区别来解释避免社交互动的原因。 【16题详解】 根据前文“Over 80% of university students who took part in a survey tended to avoid social interaction due to an assumed social phobia.(在一项调查中，超过80%的大学生由于假定的社交恐惧症而倾向于避免社交互动)”可知，此处作者说80%的大学生由于假定的社交恐惧症而倾向于避免社交互动，以及后文内容在讨论因为害羞避免社交是不是社交恐惧症的问题，所以D项“But is avoiding social interaction equal to having a social phobia?(但是，回避社交就等于患有社交恐惧症吗?)”承接上文，并引出下文，符合文意。故选D项。 【17题详解】 根据前文“Having a social phobia can mean physical symptoms like blushing (脸红), upset stomach, or having trouble catching your breath. The good news is that it is treatable.(社交恐惧症可能意味着身体症状，比如脸红、胃部不适或呼吸困难。好消息是它是可以治疗)”以及后文“Avoiding social situations because of shyness might mean missing out on opportunities or being rude.(因为害羞而逃避社交场合可能意味着错过机会或变得粗鲁)”可知，前文讲述社交恐惧症可能引发的身体症状，后文讲述害羞的缺点，所以空处应是过渡句，F项“But if you only feel a bit uncomfortable, it might mean you are just shy.(但如果你只是觉得有点不舒服，那可能意味着你只是害羞)”符合文意，承接上文，引出下文，起到过渡作用。故选F项。 【18题详解】 根据前文“I used to be so shy that I avoided greeting people I knew by pretending to scroll (滚屏) on my phone or turning in another direction.(我曾经很害羞，为了避免和认识的人打招呼，我会假装在手机上滚动或转向另一个方向)”以及后文“When I saw him, Istarted scrolling on my phone as usual to avoid greeting him. But he immediately saw through it and asked,“Why did you pretend not to see me?” After my explanation, he replied, “I can relate to feeling awkward, but once someone realizes that you’re avoiding him, it can come across as rude.”(当我看到他时，我开始像往常一样刷手机，避免和他打招呼。但他立刻看穿了，问道：“你为什么假装没看见我?”在我解释完之后，他回答说：“我能理解这种尴尬的感觉，但一旦别人意识到你在回避他，就会觉得你很粗鲁。”)”可知，作者本段在以自己举例，自己曾经很害羞，但是有人改变了她，所以E项“However, my attitude began to change when I met a senior journalist.(然而，当我遇到一位资深记者时，我的态度开始改变)”符合文意。故选E项。 【19题详解】 分析设空，位于段首，是本段中心句，根据后文“Being afraid of negative comments, they simply shut themselves down so that no one will have the chance to judge them. But socializing not only leads to judgment. If you’re lucky enough, you may come across someone who gives direct but honest feedback, like what the senior journalist did for me.(由于害怕负面评论，他们干脆把自己关起来，这样就没有人有机会评判他们。但社交不仅会导致评判。如果你足够幸运，你可能会遇到一些人，他们会给出直接而诚实的反馈，就像那位资深记者对我所做的那样)”可知，本段主要讲述害羞的人主要是害怕负面评论，所以G项“Shy people avoid socializing because they take others’ opinions seriously.(害羞的人避免社交，因为他们把别人的意见当回事)”是本段中心句，符合文意。故选G项。 【20题详解】 根据前文“But if some people only offer you negative judgment, simply stay away from them.(但如果有些人只给你负面评价，那就离他们远点)”可知，A项“After all, they are not making you any better.(毕竟，它们不会让你变得更好)”是对前文的总结，符合文意。故选A项。 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Hungry and thirsty on our way home, my young sister and I came across a splendid plum tree with bright reddish fruit. It belonged to an elderly disabled lady known for giving___21___ in return for an errand(差事). We knocked on her door asking for some plums in payment for___22___an errand. The lady smiled and gave us two___23___baskets. When we filled the baskets with the ripest plums we picked, she handed us a bag with fresh meat, rice and dried beans. “Take this bag and one basket of plums to the Gomez family on the top of this hill,___24___with their payment and you will___25___yours.” With great expectations to get our plums after the errand, we rushed to the Gomez home. Mrs. Gomez___26___ the door with three little children behind her. Her husband was sick in bed and times were___27___. We told her our intention___28___, She didn’t seem ___29___but appreciated it with the payment, a large envelope stuffed full. Could the Gomez ___30___to pay so much for the food? It looked like much money. Our___31___wasn’t cleared until we handed the envelope to the plum lady. “Lovely!” The lady said in delight as she pulled the___32___ out of the envelope. In her hands were colorful drawings from the Gomez children, the Gomez’s payment for her food. My sister and I___33___each other and broke out in smiles. As we walked home, we enjoyed the___34___from the lady. The juice running down our arms was as sweet and warm as the___35___we had inside. 21. A. juice B. rice C. meat D. fruit 22. A. rejecting B. cancelling C. offering D. running 23. A. large B. clean C. empty D. firm 24. A. depart B. return C. survive D. travel 25. A. make B. purchase C. obtain D. increase 26. A. locked B. answered C. decorated D. painted 27. A. hard B. changeable C. different D. unsettled 28. A. doubtfully B. patiently C. helplessly D. secretly 29. A. annoyed B. injured C. disappointed D. surprised 30. A. afford B. refuse C. expect D. accept 31. A. cheque B. appointment C. confusion D. baskets 32. A. contents B. notes C. stamps D. letters 33. A. calmed down B. competed with C. approved of D. looked at 34. A. assistance B. treat C. company D. comfort 35. A. wish B. promise C. feeling D. appetite 【答案】21. D 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. A 31. C 32. A 33. D 34. B 35. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者和妹妹为了得到梅子，帮助一位女士跑腿，结果看到这位女士帮助Gomez一家，报酬只是孩子的画，感到温暖和甜蜜。 【21题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：它属于一位年老的残疾女士，以送水果换取差事而闻名。A. juice果汁；B. rice大米；C. meat肉；D. fruit水果。根据前文“Hungry and thirsty on our way home, my young sister and I came across a splendid plum tree with bright reddish fruit.”可知，前文提到梅子树，它属于这位女士，所以女士用水果换取差事。故选D项。 【22题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们敲开她的门，要一些梅子作为她跑腿的报酬。A. rejecting拒收；B. cancelling取消；C. offering供应；D. running运行，跑。根据前文“It belonged to an elderly disabled lady known for giving　　　1　　　 in return for an errand”可知，这位女士会以送水果换取差事，所以作者和妹妹希望要一些梅子作为她跑腿的报酬，running an errand意为“跑腿”。故选D项。 【23题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：那位女士笑了笑，给了我们两个空篮子。当我们把摘的最成熟的梅子装满篮子时，她递给我们一袋鲜肉、大米和干豆子。A. large大的；B. clean干净的；C. empty空的；D. firm坚固的。根据后文“When we filled the baskets with the ripest plums we picked”可知，之后作者和妹妹用篮子装满了梅子，所以开始给的是空篮子。故选C项。 【24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：把这个袋子和一篮子李子带到山顶上的Gomez家，带着他们的钱回来，你们就会得到你们的。A. depart离开；B. return返回；C. survive幸存；D. travel旅行。根据后文“It looked like much money. Our　　　11　　　　wasn’t cleared until we handed the envelope to the plum lady.”可知，作者和妹妹需要带着钱回到梅子女士家。故选B项。 【25题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：把这个袋子和一篮子李子带到山顶上的戈麦斯家，带着他们的钱回来，你们就会得到你们的。A. make制作；B. purchase购买；C. obtain获得；D. increase提高。根据前文“We knocked on her door asking for some plums in payment for　　　2　　　an errand. ”可知，作者和妹妹希望通过跑腿换水果，所以此处是他们把钱带回来，就能得到自己的报酬。故选C项。 26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：戈麦斯太太开了门，身后有三个小孩。A. locked锁上；B. answered回答；C. decorated装饰；D. painted在…上刷油漆。根据前文“With great expectations to get our plums after the errand, we rushed to the Gomez home.”可知，作者和妹妹赶去了Gomez家，所以此处是Mrs. Gomez开门，answered the door意为“应门”。故选B项。 【27题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她丈夫卧病在床，日子过得很艰难。A. hard困苦的；B. changeable可变的；C. different不同的；D. unsettled多变的。根据前文“Mrs. Gomez　　　6　　　 the door with three little children behind her. Her husband was sick in bed”可知，Gomez家有三个孩子，丈夫还卧病在床，所以是日子过得很艰难。故选A项。 【28题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：我们耐心地告诉了她我们的打算，她似乎并不惊讶，而是用一个塞满了钱的大信封表示感谢。A. doubtfully迟疑地；B. patiently耐心地；C. helplessly无助地；D. secretly秘密地。根据前文“Take this bag and one basket of plums to the Gomez family on the top of this hill,　　　4　　　with their payment and you will　　　5　　yours.”可知，梅子女士要求作者和妹妹给Gomez一家送食物，并拿回钱，之后他们就能获得梅子，事情有点绕，所以需要耐心解释。故选B项。 【29题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们耐心地告诉了她我们的打算，她似乎并不惊讶，而是用一个塞满了钱的大信封表示感谢。A. annoyed恼怒；B. injured受伤的；C. disappointed失望的；D. surprised惊讶的。根据前文“We told her our intention”以及后文“but appreciated it with the payment”中的转折可知，对于作者和妹妹到来目的并不惊讶，而是用一个塞满了钱的大信封表示感谢。故选D项。 【30题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：Gomez一家付得起这么多钱买食物吗?A. afford买得起；B. refuse拒绝；C. expect预料；D. accept接受。根据前文“Her husband was sick in bed and times were　　　7　　　.”可知，作者看到Gomez一家的情况，猜想是否能付得起这么多钱买食物。故选A项。 【31题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们的困惑直到我们把信封递给那位梅子女士才消除。A. cheque支票；B. appointment约定；C. confusion困惑；D. baskets篮子。根据前文“Could the Gomez 　　　10　　　to pay so much for the food? ”可知，作者对Gomez一家是否能付得起这么多钱买食物而有疑问，所以此处是困惑。故选C项。 【32题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：“可爱!”这位女士高兴地说，她把里面的东西从信封里抽出来。A. contents所含之物；B. notes笔记；C. stamps邮票；D. letters信。根据后文“In her hands were colorful drawings from the Gomez children, the Gomez’s payment for her food.”可知，是女士把信封里的东西拿出来，是Gomez家的孩子画的画。故选A项。 【33题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：我和妹妹面面相觑，笑了起来。A. calmed down冷静下来；B. competed with与...竞争；C. approved of赞同；D. looked at看。根据前文“Could the Gomez 　　　10　　　to pay so much for the food? It looked like much money.”以及“In her hands were colorful drawings from the Gomez children, the Gomez’s payment for her food.”可知，作者和妹妹担心Gomez一家是否有足够的钱，结果他们是用小孩的画支付，所以作者和妹妹感到惊讶，面面相觑。故选D项。 【34题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：在回家的路上，我们享受着这位女士的款待。A. assistance帮助；B. treat款待；C. company公司；D. comfort安慰。根据前文“Take this bag and one basket of plums to the Gomez family on the top of this hill,　　　4　　with their payment and you will　　　5　　　yours. ”可知，作者和妹妹完成了梅子女士的跑腿任务，获得了梅子，所以是享受着这位女士的款待。故选B项。 【35题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：流淌在我们手臂上的果汁就像我们内心的感觉一样甜蜜温暖。A. wish希望；B. promise诺言；C. feeling感觉；D. appetite食欲。根据前文可知Gomez一家过得很艰难，而梅子女士帮助他们，报酬只是Gomez家孩子的话，梅子女士的善举，让作者很感动，内心感到温软和甜蜜，所以此处是表达“内心的感觉”之意。故选C项。 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。 Zhang Guimei, who has dedicated her 40 years to education at China’s southwestern border, ___36___(be) a “mother” for more than 170 children and a principal motivating young girls from impoverished families in ___37___(mountain) areas. Teaching at a middle school in Huaping county, she saw many girls drop ___38___ of school due to poverty. It saddened her very much and made her realize that an educated female is able to cut the intergenerational ___39___(transmit) of poverty and change the future of three generations. In 2002, Zhang started her preparation to build a free all-girls high school, in hope of changing the destiny of the girls in the mountain ___40___ lifting them out of poverty. In 2007, Zhang went to Beijing for the 17th Communist Party of China (CPC) National Congress as a deputy. Her report, ___41___ title was “I have a dream” made her dream of building a free all-girls high school known to all. Later, both the Lijiang and Huaping governments ___42___( sponsor) her with a million yuan, Zhang ‘s school was completed, becoming the first free all-girls high school in China. The school, ___43___(bear) to fight against poverty, is a shelter for a number of girls in that area. During the past 13 years, the school has nurtured over 1, 800 students who have made it ___44___ universities. Zhang suffers from 23 diseases, including heart disease and emphysema, but she is still working selflessly. She gets up at 5:00 am and is always the first one among all the stuff ___45___(arrive) at school. She also checks how the classes are going three times a day. Zhang has made over 1 , 600 family visits annually for the past 12 years, covering a total distance of 110,000 kilometers. 【答案】36. is 37. mountainous 38. out 39. transmission 40. and 41. whose 42. having sponsored 43. born##borne 44. to 45. to arrive 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文，讲述了张桂梅致力于中国西南偏远地区的女子教育的感人事迹。 【36题详解】 考查动词时态和主谓一致。句意：张桂梅在中国西南边境为教育事业奉献了40年，她是170多名儿童的“母亲”，也是一名激励山区贫困家庭年轻女孩的校长。分析句子结构可知，本句是who引导的非限制性定语从句，be动词作主句谓语，描述客观状态，用一般现在时，主语是Zhang Guimei为第三人称单数。故填is。 【37题详解】 考查形容词。句意：张桂梅在中国西南边境为教育事业奉献了40年，她是170多名儿童的“母亲”，也是一名激励山区贫困家庭年轻女孩的校长。空后是名词，所以空处应填形容词作定语，mountain的形容词形式是mountainous意为“多山的”。故填mountainous。 38题详解】 考查介词。句意：在华平县的一所中学教书时，她看到许多女孩因贫困而辍学。此处是固定搭配：drop out意为“辍学”。故填out。 【39题详解】 考查名词。句意：这让她非常伤心，也让她意识到，一个受过教育的女性可以切断贫困的代际传递，改变三代人的未来。空前是形容词，所以空处应填名词作宾语，transmit的名词形式是transmission。故填transmission。 【40题详解】 考查连词。句意：2002年，张开始筹备建立一所免费的女子高中，希望改变山区女孩的命运，让她们摆脱贫困。根据句意可知“changing the destiny of the girls in the mountain”和“lifting them out of poverty”是并列关系，用and连接。故填and。 【41题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：她的报告题目是“我有一个梦想”，她的梦想是建立一所免费的女子高中。分析句子结构可知，空处引导非限制性定语从句，先行词是Her report，在从句中作定语修饰title，用whose引导。故填whose。 【42题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：后来，丽江省政府和华坪省政府都出资100万元资助她，她的学校建成了，成为中国第一所免费的女子高中。分析句子结构可知，本句已有谓语动词was completed，所以sponsor用非谓语形式，此处是独立主格结构，和逻辑主语Lijiang and Huaping governments之间是主动关系，sponsor动作发生在学校建成之前，用现在完成时。故填having sponsored。 【43题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：这所学校是为消除贫困而设立的，是该地区一些女孩的庇护所。分析句子结构可知，本句已有谓语动词is，所以bear用非谓语形式，和逻辑主语school之间是被动关系，用过去分词表被动。故填born或者borne。 【44题详解】 考查介词。句意：在过去的13年里，学校培养了1800多名进入大学的学生。此处是固定搭配：make it to sth.意为“成功进入...”。故填to。 【45题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：她早上5点起床，总是第一个到学校。此处是固定句型：主语+be+序数词+名词+to do意为“第几做某事”，不定式作后置定语。故填to arrive。 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(满分15分) 46. 假定你是李华，你校英语报正在举办一场“多一分交流，少一分冲突”为主题的征文比赛。请你写一篇短文投稿。投稿包括以下要点： 1. 交流的重要性； 2. 如何有效交流(不少于两点)。 注意： 1.词数为80左右； 2.开头已给出。 More communication, fewer conflicts ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】One possible version: More communication, fewer conflicts Communication plays a significant role in our daily life, and many conflicts arise from lack of communication. Fortunately, effective communication can be achieved with the following methods. First of all, we’d better speak slowly and precisely to make ourselves better understood. Besides, concentrate on what the speaker says and put ourselves in the other’s shoes. Moreover, it is essential to give positive feedback by nodding or showing our empathy. With a bit of practice and patience, all of us can become better communicators. (84 words) 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。要求考生以李华的名义就“多一分交流，少一分冲突”为主题的征文比赛写一篇短文进行投稿，短文内容包括交流的重要性以及如何交流。 【详解】1.词汇积累 重要的：significant→important 由……引起：arise from→result from 此外：besides→in addition 日常生活：daily life→everyday life 2.句型拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：First of all, we’d better speak slowly and precisely to make ourselves better understood. 拓展句：First of all, we’d better speak slowly and precisely, which may help make ourselves better understood. 【点睛】[高分句型1]First of all, we’d better speak slowly and precisely to make ourselves better understood. (运用了过去分词作宾补) [高分句型2]Besides, concentrate on what the speaker says and put ourselves in the other’s shoes. (运用了what引导宾语从句) 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。 When my daughters reached the third and fourth grades, I occasionally allowed them to walk to and from school alone if the weather permitted. One warm spring day, a little dog followed them home after school. It had short legs and long lovely cars, with a fawn-colored coat. It was the cutest dog I had over seen and the girls begged me to keep it. The dog was barely twelve weeks old. It had no collar or identifying marks of any sort, I didn't know what to do. I thought about running an advertisement in the lost-and-found but I really didn't want to. It would break the kids' hearts if someone should show up. Besides, its owners should have watched it more closely. By the end of the week the dog was part of our family. It was very intelligent and good with the girls. The following week something told me to check the lost-and-found section in the local paper. One particular advertisement jumped out at me and my heart pounded with fear at what I read. Someone was begging for the return of a lost dog in the neighborhood of our grade school. They sounded desperate. My hand shook. I couldn't bring myself to pick up the phone. Instead, I pretended I hadn't seen the advertisement. I quickly put paper away in the drawer and continued with my dusting. I never said a word about it to the kids or my husband. By now we had named the dog. It looked like a Molly, so that was what we called it. It followed the girls everywhere they went. When they went outside, it was one step behind them. .When they did housework, it was there to lend a hand. There was only one problem with this otherwise perfect picture: my conscience was bothering me. I knew in my heart I had to call that number and see if our Molly was the dog they were desperately seeking. It was the most difficult thing I've ever done. 注意：1.续写词数应为150左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 With mixed feelings, I finally picked up the phone. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Opening the door, I saw a woman with a little girl sitting in a small wheelchair. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】With mixed feelings, I finally picked up the phone. Secretly I was praying no one would answer, but a woman did. As I described the dog to her in detail, her voice shook with excitement and she wanted to come right over. Within minutes I heard a vehicle pull up at the driveway and some footsteps stop at the door. Head cradled in my hands and heart hammering, a thousand thoughts crossed my mind: I could pretend I wasn’t home or tell her, “I’m sorry, you have the wrong address.” But it was too late: the bell rang and Molly was barking. Opening the door, I saw a woman with a little girl sitting in a small wheelchair. One look at Molly, and the little girl’s face lit up. “Here, Lucy,” she yelled, “Come here!” Molly instantly obeyed, wagging her tail wildly. My heart sank. Seemingly sensing my feelings, the woman explained that Lucy(Molly) was more than just a puppy to her daughter, who was left crippled for life in an accident. “Lucy gave her a reason to live,” she choked. Suddenly I felt relieved. God has blessed me with so much, I thought. As they pulled out of the drive, I smiled, knowing I had done the right thing—that puppy was exactly where she belonged. 【解析】 【分析】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者的女儿捡到了一只可爱的小狗想要收养，作者因为想要女儿高兴，就没有去失物招领处招领。小狗和这一家人相处得很愉快，直到有一天作者看到了一则寻狗启示，她陷入了深深地纠结中。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“我百感交集，终于拿起了电话。”可知，第一段可描写作者打电话之后发生的事。 ②由第二段首句内容“打开门，我看见一个妇女带着一个小女孩坐在一个小轮椅上。”可知，第二段可描写小狗确实是这家人的，之后两家人做出的决定。 2.续写线索：打电话——确认信息——失主到来——认狗——还狗 3.词汇激活 行为类 激动地颤抖：be excited to shake/shake excitedly 过来：come over/ drop over 想到：come to one's mind/occur to sb. 情绪类 开心：face light up/fresh with energy 沮丧：heart sank/feel dispirited 【点睛】[高分句型1] As I described the dog to her in detail, her voice shook with excitement and she wanted to come right over.( as引导的时间状语从句) [高分句型2] As they pulled out of the drive, I smiled, knowing I had done the right thing—that puppy was exactly where she belonged.( where引导的表语从句) 1~5 CCBBA 6~10 BBACA 11~15 BACBC 16~20 ABCAC 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$