上海高一上学期期中复习模拟卷02（含听力）-2024-2025学年高一上期中考点大串讲（上外版2020必修第一册）

2024-2025学年高一英语上学期期中模拟卷（上海） （含听力） I. Listening Comprehension （25分） Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1． A．A waiter. B．A policeman. C．A teacher. D．A doctor. 2． A．By bicycle. B．On foot. C．By plane. D．By car. 3． A．In a furniture store. B．In a hospital. C．In a nursery. D．In a classroom. 4． A．Painting a picture. B．Hosting a program. C．Designing a studio. D．Taking a photo. 5． A．The woman will take the lift. B．The woman can’t find the lift. C．The woman will work first. D．The woman would rather walk upstairs. 6． A．Switch off the fridge for a while. B．Have someone repair the fridge. C．Ask the man to fix the fridge. D．Buy a fridge of better quality. 7． A．Salesman and customer. B．Father and daughter. C．Boss and secretary. D．Headmaster and student. 8． A．She must have paid a lot for the gym. B．She is known for having a terrific figure. C．Her gym exercise has had good results. D．Her effort to keep fit is worth praising. 9． A．She had a headache. B．She had to stay in bed. C．She went to look after Jane. D．She went to the dancing party. 10． A．He is just a passer-by like the woman. B．He is unwilling to tell the woman anything. C．He doesn’t know where the closest bookstore is. D．He can’t understand the woman’s question thoroughly. Section B Directions: In Section B. you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passages and conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11．A．Zero degrees Celsius. B．Minus fifteen degrees Celsius. C．Minus twenty degrees Celsius. D．Minus fifty degrees Celsius. 12．A．For up to one year. B．For twenty-four hours. C．For a few hours. D．For a few weeks. 13．A．After foods have been unfrozen, they can be frozen again. B．Whether the freezing process is fast has nothing to do with the taste of the food. C．To start the freezing process, it is important to lower the temperature to zero degrees Celsius. D．Generally, if frozen food is left unfrozen for more than twenty-four hours without being eaten, it must be thrown away. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage 14．A．70 B．20 C．25. D．75 15．A．The houses there can't be sold B．It is a place for work and holiday. C．the cabins and facilities are shared D．It is run by the residents themselves. 16．A．A skiing resort. B．A special community. C．A splendid mountain. D．A successful businesswoman. About 70 miles northeast of Vancouver is one of Canada’s most beautiful tourist regions. Visitors come to enjoy fishing, skiing or the splendid mountain scenery. Over 20 years ago, Christi bone, a successful businesswoman came here and founded Paradise Ridge, a cabin park. She said I wanted to live somewhere everybody knows everybody else and all your problems are shared. Paradise Ridge is now home to 25 families. Each family owns their own small cabin. But they share the ownership of the park and the common facilities. This is a really living community and residents aren’t allowed to use their cabin as a holiday home. The heart of the Paradise Ridge community is a large house. Shared meals take place 3 times a week and once a month there’s a meeting when important decisions are made. Families can sell their homes if they want to leave, but the whole community must vote on new families before they are allowed to join. “Keeping the community together is hard work” says Christi, “Everybody has to take responsibility for the day to day running of the community, but it seems there is no shortage of the families who want to join. There are 75 on the waiting list.” Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17．A．Products. B．Locations. C．Coffee making techniques. D．Staff quality. 18．A．She made a questionnaire. B．She talked with customers. C．She wrote a handbook for the employees. D．She applied for a job at Starbucks. 19．A．Customers are especially concerned about the service of a cafe. B．The more expensive the coffee beans and milk, the better the coffee is. C．Customers want more varieties of coffee. D．Customers rely on the brand image when they are making choices. 20．A．Because the manual will be the latest version. B．Because it will tell customers detailed product information. C．Because it includes important policies and procedures. D．Because employees enjoy reading it. II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20分) Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Sneakers (运动鞋) Made from Old Chewing Gum Dutch fashion and shoe label Explicit Wear is hoping to solve one of life’s sticky situations—the annoyance of stepping in waste chewing gum on the pavement. The brand has partnered with local marketing organization lmsterdam and sustainability firm Gumdrop to create 21 limited edition sneaker for adults made from recycled gum from the city’s pavements. Chewing gum causes an incredibly serious ecological problem, 22 it is made from plastics that do not biodegrade (生物降解). It’s also the second 23 (common) form of roadside litter, after cigarette ends. An incredible 3.3 million pounds of gum are incorrectly thrown away on the sidewalks each year, costing the city millions of dollars to clean up. Gumdrop plans to collect waste gum from the streets of Amsterdam, clean and turn 24 into Gum-material that forms the base of the shoe. The waste gum will be put to good use to make stylish kicks, 25 will also raise awareness for the anti-littering cause. The shoes that 26 (price) at around $332 will come into the market sometime next month. Available for preorder now, the new Gumshoe sneakers—offered in both a bubblegum pink and a black/red colorway— 27 (feature) long-lasting rubber outsoles (鞋子外底) shaped from recyclable compounds produced by Gumdrop, 20 percent of which are made from gum. Nearly 2.2 pounds of gum is used in every four pairs of shoes. A map of Amsterdam is made into the bottom of the soles 28 (remind) people of the littering problem. Even better, the sneakers actually still smell like bubblegum 29 the annoying stickiness. Just as good as any sneaker with a rubber sole, the Gumshoes help get chewing gum off our streets and keep the dangerously non-biodegradable substance out of our eco-system. To help spread their sustainability message, 30 Gumshoe’s creators are hoping to do is to expand their project to other major cities around the world. Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A．improve  B．ignore   C． acceptable  D．crowd  E. desire  F. affect G. secondary  H. assignment  I. reduce   J. achieve  K. up-to-date Everyone wants to be the best High School student. Unlikely, only few top it. Want to be one of them? Follow these tips, know the secret only the toppers know! Dream big You are the product of your thoughts. Dream big and have a higher purpose to live. Dream makes you 31 for something necessary for your life. It ensures a high level of excitement, and thus you stay highly focused. Therefore, you should be serious about dreaming big and 32 the quality of your life. Find the reasons to get good grades. Make your parents happy and your co-mates admire you. Do not be one among the 33 ; try being the top one above the crowd. Dreaming big motivates you and makes you 34 more. Do one task at a time Avoid multitasking, like listening to songs while doing your homework or watching your favorite football show while doing a(n) 35 . Do you think you are saving your time? But no, you are not. Multitasking can 36 your productivity and effectiveness. Affecting your work is 37 , you know what? Multitasking can 38 your memory and reduce your IQ by 15 points. Do not procrastinate (拖延) Time and tide wait for none. It’s very easy to procrastinate and it is 39 occasionally. However, making a habit out of it is where things go wrong. Awareness and diligence are the keys to be excellent students in high school. Being on time is the virtue(美德). It is always advisable to complete tasks well before time, stay 40 , have preparation for exams beforehand, and stay on top of your game. There is no shortcut to reach your dream. Still getting successful does not demand more of hard work. Little smart work can do everything. III. Reading Comprehension (45分) Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B.C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context My past students are starting to organize a scientific conference for my 60th birthday to be held about a year from now. Their gesture reminded me of Rabbi Hanina’s words: “I have learned much from my teachers, more from my colleagues and the most from my students.” We all started as students. Just as kids bump into things as they’re learning to 41 the world, many of us have scars from early encounters with our mentors. 42 arise when those mentors attempt to establish their authority by trying to make us respect traditional thinking. Memories of these events should encourage us to do better as we 43 roles and mentor others later in life. For example, the first advice I received from my postdoctoral mentor was to develop specialized skills and focus them on a 44 field, where I would establish myself as the world expert. 45 , I decided not to follow this advice as soon as I recognized by drilling down narrowly, one often fails to make further progress. In these situations, the potential for a 46 improves with a broader and more flexible perspective, which enables “out of the box” opportunities for drilling deeper around it. Keeping this in mind, I encourage my students to think broadly and 47 about the most exciting problems in astronomy, such as: “What happened before the big bang?”; “What will happen in our distant cosmic future?”; “What is the nature of dark matter?”; or “When did life start in the universe?” It is customary to consider a student’s raw potential as a stand-alone commodity whose value can be 48 through examinations. But my experience taught me that young scientists do not blossom into exceptional researchers 49 they are supported by encouraging words and inspiration; these ingredients are as 50 as nutrition and water are for seeds of flowers. 51 the initial belief in the potential of a student to become a successful scientist, this outcome may not come true. As chair of the Harvard astronomy department for almost a decade, I witnessed many examples of students who were initially very slow to make progress but blossomed academically as soon as they selected a different advisor and a new topic for their Ph. D．A good mentor 52 the strengths of the mentee. As a result, a successful mentoring experience often reflects a good 53 between a fledgling(新手的) scientist and an advisor. They should both be congratulated for their shared academic DNA． On the one hand, mentors get a kick from Oscar Wilde’s insight: “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...” But on the other hand, they should allow students to break free from the 54 path with creativity. The rule of thumb is to give young scholars just enough space to explore freely and learn from their 55 without damaging the direction of their future careers. The learning curves could be steep; some of my 50 students over the past few decades started slow but eventually rose to the greatest heights. Patience is key. 41．A．process B．explore C．reform D．include 42．A．Conflicts B．Negotiations C．Approvals D．Mysteries 43．A．play B．deny C．access D．change 44．A．commercial B．strange C．narrow D．broad 45．A．Therefore B．Additionally C．However D．Consequently 46．A．failure B．obligation C．ignorance D．breakthrough 47．A．independently B．mutually C．temporarily D．undoubtedly 48．A．embraced B．evaluated C．contained D．imposed 49．A．if B．lest C．while D．unless 50．A．crucial B．elaborate C．unpredictable D．inaccessible 51．A．Within B．Given C．Without D．Due to 52．A．spots B．hides C．applies D．recalls 53．A．argument B．interaction C．criticism D．interview 54．A．beaten B．broken C．chaotic D．fresh 55．A．mentors B．imitations C．fortune D．mistakes Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. A People always regret asking me and my wife how we got together. It’s a long story, involving other relationships and several countries, and to be honest, it’s not that interesting, so I’ll spare you the details. We were at a restaurant in Tuscany on our summer holiday last year though, when we met another English couple who had a far more interesting story than us. Lynn and Andy had actually met online before they got together, or at least they thought they had. After a few casual conversations through an online dating agency, they decided to meet for real. Lynn arrived at the restaurant first, and shortly after was approached by Andy, who thought she was someone else. It turns out they’d both arranged to meet different people, but liked the look of each other, and that was that! And they’re not alone. It seems there are all sorts of places you might meet that special someone. Lukas met Sofie for the first time when he crashed into her car—on his bicycle. “It was raining and I was coming downhill really fast, so I couldn’t really see where I was going. Sofie opened her car door and I went straight into it, and off my bike,” explains Lukas. “I was unconscious for a few seconds, and when I came round there was this beautiful young woman asking me ‘Are you OK?’ Well, after that, she went to the hospital with me and was just really kind, really caring, and we hit it off.” Every cloud has a silver lining, so they say, and Nick McKiddie would most likely agree. He was leaving the office late one night when he got robbed by a group of young men. He wasn’t hurt, but they stole his phone and wallet, so he called the police. Susan Harris, a young police officer at the time, attended the call. Nick explains, “I don’t know whether I was in shock because of what had happened, but I think it was love at first sight. I would never usually be so confident, but I just asked if she wanted to go for a drink sometime, and to my surprise, she said yes! “Nick and Susan got married last December.” Animals don’t have the same social inhibitions (顾虑) as humans do, and this was certainly the case when Ri took her dog, Ben, to the local dog park. “As soon as I took his leash off, he ran straight to another dog on the other side of the park, and started getting very friendly indeed,” she laughs. “I actually had to pull him away, and that was when I met Ben, the other dog’s owner. We had a good laugh about it all, especially when we realized he had the same name as my dog. We became friends after that, and well, the rest is history.” 56．According to the passage, Lynn and Andy________. A．first met in a restaurant in Tuscany B．had originally arranged to see other people C．regretted talking to each other online D．preferred casual conversations to serious dating 57．________got to know each other due to an accident. A．The author and his wife B．Nick and Susan C．Lukas and Sofie D．Ri and Ben 58．By “Every cloud has a silver lining” (in paragraphs), the author means that________. A．every day is a good beginning B．every misfortune contains something good C．people do not always behave as usual D．what you value in life matters greatly 59．What is the passage mainly about? A．How the author and his wife met each other. B．The places where people usually get together. C．How great relationships may grow out of random encounters. D．What people do in order to meet their ideal partner. B Evening Workshops Optional evening workshops will be held at small restaurants or other meeting places near the conference hotel. Meals and other costs and not included but are also optional. Locations will be announced at the conference site. Workshops are very loosely organized and most represent discussions that have been held at Society for Economic Botany (SEB) meetings over a series of years. Workshops 1: Student Network Date Wednesday evening, Feb. 5th Chairs Hugo de Boer and Arika Virapongse Sponsor Society for Economic Botany Description Student members of the SEB hold a networking mixer each year in order to meet each other and to become acquainted with a variety of educational programs and faculty advisors. Faculty members who are part of training programs are encouraged to join the mixer to meet and talk with students. Workshop 2: Botanical Film Making Date Wednesday evening, Feb. 5th Chairs David Strauch Sponsor University of Hawaii Description Digital film making is a particularly useful tool of linking cultural information to recognizable plants. This workshop is aimed towards increasing the quality of material recorded by giving participants greater control over the medium. We will cover technical aspects (e.g. camera settings, audio), compositional aspects (framing, lighting, focus), and some ways of presenting the material, Experienced filmmakers are encouraged to attend, and participants are welcome to bring their own camera equipment. Workshop 3: Collections for Botany—Collections Development and Management Date Friday evening, Feb. 7th Chair Jan Salick Sponsor Society for Economic Botany Description SEB is a network of researchers who have been developing standards for the development of collections of artifacts, plant samples and related materials. Participants discuss successes, problems, and funding sources for addressing management issues. 60．One of the purpose of a networking mixer held each year is to ________. A．provide students with greater control over the media B．link cultural information to recognizable plants C．help the students to deal with most of the environment issues D．help the students to be familiar with educational programs 61．Which of the following is true according to the poster? A．Evening workshops will be held at small restaurants with meals included. B．Participants have more than one option on Feb. 5th than another night. C．Workshops have nothing to do with the discussions held at SEB meetings. D．Faculty advisers can join the mixer without training experience. 62．Which of the following is NOT involved in Evening Workshops? A．To invite faculty advisers to discuss the management issues. B．To encourage student members of the SEB to meet one another. C．To expect experienced filmmakers to attend Botanical Film Making. D．To increase the quality of material recorded. C Babies less than a year old can combine simple concepts into complex ideas, showing that creativity begins in babyhood. According to new research at the Central European University (CEU), babies are not only capable of creative thinking well before starting to speak, but this sort of thinking may be essential for language acquisition (习得). In the study, the researchers set out to explore the origins of human creativity and productive thinking to try to find out how people arrive at completely new thoughts and ideas. The basic mechanism for doing this is taking familiar concepts and combining them into new structures, but little is known about how early in life these abilities can be used. The researchers found that babies were able to very quickly learn new words that depict small quantities — an impressive achievement — and combine these spontaneously (自发地) with familiar words to fully understand a phrase. In the study, the researchers started by teaching the babies two new words: “mize”, to mean “one”, and “padu”, to mean “two”. Then the babies were asked to combine these new number words with different object names, for example, to identify “padu ducks” from among a group of images. By teaching new words, the researchers were able to test the babies’ ability to combine concepts in real time, rather than simply recall combinations of words that they already knew from previous experience. By using eye-tracking technology to monitor where the babies look, the researchers were able to show that the babies could successfully combine the two concepts to understand what they were being asked about. Lead researcher, Dr Barbara Pomiechowska at the CEU, said, “For babies, this ability to combine different concepts is likely to help not only to interpret the complex language input, but also to learn about different aspects of the physical and social world.” 63．What can we know about babies’ creative thinking? A．It develops after babies’ language skills. B．It determines babies’ intelligence. C．It is key to language learning. D．It will disappear with time. 64．What is the primary goal of the study? A．To assess babies’ capability of creative thinking. B．To study the way new thoughts and ideas are formed. C．To find out how many new words babies can learn. D．To explore the origins of babies’ language acquisition. 65．What does the underlined word “depict” in paragraph 3 probably mean? A．Describe. B．Demand. C．Replace. D．Compare. 66．How did the researchers test babies’ concept combination? A．By tracking their physical actions. B．By measuring their brain activity. C．By observing their eye movements. D．By analyzing their language ability. Section C Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.We all regard receiving presents as a pleasant experience and yet it can be one of the most awkward situations. It is often difficult to look pleased when you receive a gift which is useless or the wrong size. 67 However, you have no right to change an article purchased just because it does not fit or is not to your liking. Worse still, the agreement on the sale is between the person who bought it and the shop. So you will have to tell your favourite aunt that the T-shirt does not fit. But an exchange is not always that simple because there has to be a good reason for it. 68 For example, if the buyer was told that a switch was voice-operated and later found out it was not, then action could be taken. You would have the right to return it and get the money back. But if you are returning something, no matter what the reason is, you will be expected to have proof of purchase. If the receipt cannot be found, then it is possible to use another proof of purchase such as a credit card receipt. If all of these have been lost, you may have to rely on a witness. Many big stores have a much more tolerant policy towards return and see it as a gesture of good will to exchange goods without question. Stores including Marks & Spencer are well-known for their “no argument” policy on returned goods. 69 So if a shop refuses to exchange the goods or to offer a refund, the seller is likely to be within his legal rights unless there is something wrong with the goods. In that case, the boot is on the other foot. You have every right to demand a cash refund or a replacement, but only if you have returned it within a “reasonable” time. 70 Some shops and stores expect things to be returned within a week of purchase, while others may permit a much longer time limit. in any case, if you return a thing after what is considered a “reasonable” time, then all you are legally entitled to is the cost of repair. A．It is unlike anything you would buy for yourself. B．However, shoppers should remember this is a privilege, not a right. C．Unfortunately, the law does not explain what it meant by “reasonable”. D．All you can do is exchange it after your friend or relative has gone home. E．Either the thing has to be broken or unsuitable for the job it was intended to do. F．You should make clear what your legal position is before returning goods to the shop. IV. Summary Writing （10分） Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in NO MORE THAN 60 WORDS. Use your own words as far as possible. Taking a shower is relaxing. You can sing a song, daydream or think about nothing, leaving the real world behind you. But do you know that showering can also benefit your mind? A piece of research by Scott Barry Kaufman, a psychologist from Yale University in the US, interviewed over 3,000 people around the world. It turned out that nearly two-thirds of the interviewees said they had experienced new ideas in the shower and were more likely to have them in the shower than at work. So why does a simple shower have such magic power? Science can explain it. Showering can help to raise our level of dopamine (多巴胺), a hormone (荷尔蒙) closely related to our creativity. “People vary in terms of their level of creativity according to the activity of dopamine,” explained Alice Flaherty, a famous American neuroscientist. “Taking a warm shower can make us feel relaxed and therefore make the dopamine level rise and bring the ‘Aha!’ moment to us.” Besides the chemical changes, showering may give you a break from what you feel you have been stuck with. Especially when you have thought hard all day about a problem, jumping into the shower can keep you from the outside world so that you can focus on your inner feelings and memories. In this way, according to American psychologist Shelley H. Carson，author of Your Creative Brain, a showering hour may turn into an“incubation (孵化) period”for your ideas. Compared with sitting in front of a computer, taking a shower is something we do less frequently in our daily lives. When showering，we get a fresh experience with the change of location, temperature and humidity (湿度). “New and unexpected experiences can lead to positive changes in thinking,” explained Kaufman.“Getting off the couch and jumping into the shower may create a distance and force you to think from a new point of view.” Showering allows us to enjoy the creative juices of our minds, which makes the bathroom an alternative where you get your inspiration. So next time you consider ways to free your mind, count it in. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ V. Translation （15分） Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 72．每个学生一次可以借一到两本书。 73．得知该学生没钱完成学业，这位热心的老师毫不犹豫地给了他财政支持。(afford) 74．每当他考试失利时，面对父母，他总是习惯于为自己辩解而不是去尝试搞清楚根本原因。(Each time) 75．故宫历经十多年建成，如今虽无昔日的辉煌，但一砖一瓦仍在述说着历史。(take) VI. Guided Writing （25分） Direction: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 76．Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假如你是浦韵中学的高一学生李文(Li Wen), 你们校刊的“Tradition and Culture”栏目正在举办征文活动， 征文主题为“我与中国传统节日(Chinese Traditional Festival and Me)”。你的征文必须包括： ●一个具体节日； ●你的体验和认识。 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 试卷第14页，共15页 试卷第15页，共15页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$null 2024-2025学年高一英语上学期期中模拟卷（上海） （含听力） I. Listening Comprehension （25分） Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1． A．A waiter. B．A policeman. C．A teacher. D．A doctor. 【答案】B 【原文】W: We’re making inquiries about a robbery here yesterday morning, Sir. M: Could you still remember what time was the robbery, ma’am? Q: What is the man’s profession? 2． A．By bicycle. B．On foot. C．By plane. D．By car. 【答案】D 【原文】W: How will you go to the conference center? M: I had planned to ride a bike there and then my colleague invited me to share a taxi with him. Q: How will the man go to the conference center? 3． A．In a furniture store. B．In a hospital. C．In a nursery. D．In a classroom. 【答案】B 【原文】W: Excuse me. Is this seat taken? M: I don’t think so. The lady who was sitting here had her name called up by the nurse and went to take her temperature. Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 4． A．Painting a picture. B．Hosting a program. C．Designing a studio. D．Taking a photo. 【答案】B 【原文】W: Well, tonight we have Mr. Brown in the studio talk about his new book Fashion Images. Good afternoon, Mr. Brown. M: Good afternoon, and thank you for inviting me. Q: What is the woman doing? 5． A．The woman will take the lift. B．The woman can’t find the lift. C．The woman will work first. D．The woman would rather walk upstairs. 【答案】D 【原文】M: The lift is over there. W: I know, but I’d like to walk up. Why not join me? Q: What can we learn from the conversation? 6． A．Switch off the fridge for a while. B．Have someone repair the fridge. C．Ask the man to fix the fridge. D．Buy a fridge of better quality. 【答案】B 【原文】M: Mary, the noise in your fridge doesn’t sound right. Maybe you should have it fixed. W: You’re right. I suppose I’ve put it off long enough. Q: What will Mary probably do? 7． A．Salesman and customer. B．Father and daughter. C．Boss and secretary. D．Headmaster and student. 【答案】C 【原文】W: Shall I check the e-mails for you, Mr. Anderson? M: No, thanks. I did that myself this morning. Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? 8． A．She must have paid a lot for the gym. B．She is known for having a terrific figure. C．Her gym exercise has had good results. D．Her effort to keep fit is worth praising. 【答案】C 【原文】W: I’ve been exercising in the gym since January. I was a bit out of shape. M: You look terrific. It seems that your effort has paid off. Q: What does the man imply about the woman? 9． A．She had a headache. B．She had to stay in bed. C．She went to look after Jane. D．She went to the dancing party. 【答案】D 【原文】M: Jane, I heard you and Lucy went to the dancing party last night. W: Lucy did, but I had a headache and had to stay in bed. Q: What did Lucy do last night? 10． A．He is just a passer-by like the woman. B．He is unwilling to tell the woman anything. C．He doesn’t know where the closest bookstore is. D．He can’t understand the woman’s question thoroughly. 【答案】C 【原文】W: Excuse me, could you please tell me where the closest bookstore is? M: I’m sorry. I just moved to this neighborhood 3 days ago. Q: What does the man imply? Section B Directions: In Section B. you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passages and conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11．A．Zero degrees Celsius. B．Minus fifteen degrees Celsius. C．Minus twenty degrees Celsius. D．Minus fifty degrees Celsius. 12．A．For up to one year. B．For twenty-four hours. C．For a few hours. D．For a few weeks. 13．A．After foods have been unfrozen, they can be frozen again. B．Whether the freezing process is fast has nothing to do with the taste of the food. C．To start the freezing process, it is important to lower the temperature to zero degrees Celsius. D．Generally, if frozen food is left unfrozen for more than twenty-four hours without being eaten, it must be thrown away. 【答案】11．C 12．A 13．D 【原文】 Hello, everyone. Today we will talk about how to keep food fresh through freezing. We all know freezing can keep food fresh and safe to eat. The principle behind it is freezing lowers the food temperature below zero degrees Celsius. That is the point where water turns into ice. To start the freezing process, it is important to lower the temperature to between minus fifteen and minus twenty degrees Celsius as quickly as possible. Remember, the faster the freezing process, the fresher the taste of the food. Once the food is frozen, it should be placed in containers and then stored at a temperature of about minus twenty degrees Celsius. Most foods can be stored frozen for up to one year if kept properly. Most freezers operate on electricity although some work with kerosene and even solar energy as power sources. One problem is how to protect frozen food if the power suddenly stops. Generally, frozen food can be left unfrozen for twenty-four hours before it must either be eaten or thrown away. In hot climates, the amount of time may be only a few hours. Once foods have been unfrozen, they should not be frozen again. There is a danger of food poisoning if food is frozen more than once. Questions 11. What should the temperature of the container be once the food is frozen? 12. How long can most foods be stored frozen if kept well? 13. Which statement is true according to the passage? Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage 14．A．70 B．20 C．25. D．75 15．A．The houses there can't be sold B．It is a place for work and holiday. C．the cabins and facilities are shared D．It is run by the residents themselves. 16．A．A skiing resort. B．A special community. C．A splendid mountain. D．A successful businesswoman. 【答案】14．C 15．D 16．B 【原文】 About 70 miles northeast of Vancouver is one of Canada’s most beautiful tourist regions. Visitors come to enjoy fishing, skiing or the splendid mountain scenery. Over 20 years ago, Christi bone, a successful businesswoman came here and founded Paradise Ridge, a cabin park. She said I wanted to live somewhere everybody knows everybody else and all your problems are shared. Paradise Ridge is now home to 25 families. Each family owns their own small cabin. But they share the ownership of the park and the common facilities. This is a really living community and residents aren’t allowed to use their cabin as a holiday home. The heart of the Paradise Ridge community is a large house. Shared meals take place 3 times a week and once a month there’s a meeting when important decisions are made. Families can sell their homes if they want to leave, but the whole community must vote on new families before they are allowed to join. “Keeping the community together is hard work” says Christi, “Everybody has to take responsibility for the day to day running of the community, but it seems there is no shortage of the families who want to join. There are 75 on the waiting list.” 14. How many families are living in the Paradise Ridge now? 15. What is special about Paradise Ridge? 16. What is the passage mainly about? Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17．A．Products. B．Locations. C．Coffee making techniques. D．Staff quality. 18．A．She made a questionnaire. B．She talked with customers. C．She wrote a handbook for the employees. D．She applied for a job at Starbucks. 19．A．Customers are especially concerned about the service of a cafe. B．The more expensive the coffee beans and milk, the better the coffee is. C．Customers want more varieties of coffee. D．Customers rely on the brand image when they are making choices. 20．A．Because the manual will be the latest version. B．Because it will tell customers detailed product information. C．Because it includes important policies and procedures. D．Because employees enjoy reading it. 【答案】17．B 18．A 19．A 20．C 【原文】W: Mr. Hanks. May I have a word with you? M: Sure, Maggie. What’s up? W: You see, to promote our coffee products, I have done some marketing research. I followed the business case of Starbucks because it revolutionized the coffee industry. And I desperately need your opinions now. M: Yeah, I saw your report on an analysis of the success of Starbucks. You mentioned that the location of stores is their key to success, right? W: Yes. This is the first essential idea we should have when mapping out our own strategy. I have also made a questionnaire to learn more facts about our potential customers’ needs. M: Good job. Have you reached any conclusion? W: Well, it seems that customers care more about the service of a cafe than the quality of coffee beans and milk, etc. Employees are an extension of the brand. M: What’s your follow-up plan then? W: Staff training. Could you give me some advice? M: I am glad to help. Maybe the most important thing is to get them familiar with our company’s employee handbook. All the policies and procedures are clearly stated there. W: I think we should add more details into the handbook because the manual was written a long time ago. M: Make sure new employees are instructed in coffee making techniques, ordering procedures and product introductions. W: Ok. I will personally take care of it. Questions: 17. What is the key to Starbucks’ success? 18. What did Maggie do to learn more facts about customers? 19. What conclusion did Maggie reach about customers’ needs? 20. Why is the employee handbook so important? II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20分) Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Sneakers (运动鞋) Made from Old Chewing Gum Dutch fashion and shoe label Explicit Wear is hoping to solve one of life’s sticky situations—the annoyance of stepping in waste chewing gum on the pavement. The brand has partnered with local marketing organization lmsterdam and sustainability firm Gumdrop to create 21 limited edition sneaker for adults made from recycled gum from the city’s pavements. Chewing gum causes an incredibly serious ecological problem, 22 it is made from plastics that do not biodegrade (生物降解). It’s also the second 23 (common) form of roadside litter, after cigarette ends. An incredible 3.3 million pounds of gum are incorrectly thrown away on the sidewalks each year, costing the city millions of dollars to clean up. Gumdrop plans to collect waste gum from the streets of Amsterdam, clean and turn 24 into Gum-material that forms the base of the shoe. The waste gum will be put to good use to make stylish kicks, 25 will also raise awareness for the anti-littering cause. The shoes that 26 (price) at around $332 will come into the market sometime next month. Available for preorder now, the new Gumshoe sneakers—offered in both a bubblegum pink and a black/red colorway— 27 (feature) long-lasting rubber outsoles (鞋子外底) shaped from recyclable compounds produced by Gumdrop, 20 percent of which are made from gum. Nearly 2.2 pounds of gum is used in every four pairs of shoes. A map of Amsterdam is made into the bottom of the soles 28 (remind) people of the littering problem. Even better, the sneakers actually still smell like bubblegum 29 the annoying stickiness. Just as good as any sneaker with a rubber sole, the Gumshoes help get chewing gum off our streets and keep the dangerously non-biodegradable substance out of our eco-system. To help spread their sustainability message, 30 Gumshoe’s creators are hoping to do is to expand their project to other major cities around the world. 【答案】 21．a 22．because/as/since 23．commonest/most common 24．them 25．which 26．are priced 27．feature 28．to remind 29．without 30．what 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述的是阿姆斯特丹的鞋履品牌Explicit Wear与当地营销组织和环境保护组织合作设计了一款用口香糖制作而成的运动鞋。 21．考查冠词。句意：该品牌与当地营销机构lmsterdam和可持续发展公司Gumdrop合作，用城市人行道上回收的口香糖制作了一款限量版的成人运动鞋。结合句意此处表示一款限量版成年运动鞋，应用不定冠词表泛指。故填a。 22．考查连词。句意：因为口香糖是由生物无法分解的塑料制成的，所以它会造成极其严重的生态问题。分析句子结构可知，此处应用连词来引导状语从句，结合句意，前后是因果关系，应用原因状语从句的引导词because/as/since。故填because/as/since。 23．考查形容词最高级。句意：这也是仅次于烟头的第二常见路边垃圾。结合句意此处表示“最常见的”，应用形容词的最高级，common的最高级有两种形式：most common/commonest。故填most common/commonest。 24．考查代词。句意：Gumdrop公司计划从阿姆斯特丹的街道上收集废弃的口香糖，将其清洁后制成口香糖材料，制成鞋子的底部。结合句意此处用代词them指代上文的waste gum，作动词turn的宾语。故填them。 25．考查非限制性定语从句。句意：这些废弃的口香糖被用来制造时髦的鞋子，这也将提高人们反对乱扔垃圾的意识。此处为非限制性定语从句，从句缺少主语，应用关系代词which引导，which指代前面整句话的内容。故填which。 26．考查动词的语态、时态和主谓一致。句意：这款售价约为332美元的鞋子将在下个月的某个时候上市。结合句意空处应为定语从句的谓语动词，从句主语that指代the shoes且the shoes与动词price之间为被动关系，此处为客观陈述，应用一般现在时的被动语态。故填are priced。 27．考查动词时态和主谓一致。句意：新款Gumshoe运动鞋现已接受预订，有泡泡糖粉和黑/红两种配色，外鞋底采用耐用的橡胶，由Gumdrop公司生产的可回收化合物制成，其中20%由口香糖制成。结合句意，此处为客观陈述，应用一般现在时，主语sneakers为复数，所以谓语动词也应用复数形式。故填feature。 28．考查不定式。句意：鞋底印有阿姆斯特丹的地图，提醒人们乱扔垃圾的问题。结合句意此处表示将阿姆斯特丹的地图印在鞋底的目的，应用不定式作目的状语。故填to remind。 29．考查介词。句意：更棒的是，这款运动鞋闻起来仍然有泡泡糖的味道，但没有令人讨厌的粘稠性。结合句意及空后的the annoying stickiness可知此处应用介词without表示“没有”烦人的粘稠感。故填without。 30．考查名词性从句。句意：为了帮助传播他们的可持续发展的理念，Gumshoe的创建者希望将他们的项目扩展到世界上其他主要城市。分析句子结构可知此处为主语从句，从句缺少do的宾语，应用引导词what引导。故填what。 Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A．improve  B．ignore   C． acceptable  D．crowd  E. desire  F. affect G. secondary  H. assignment  I. reduce   J. achieve  K. up-to-date Everyone wants to be the best High School student. Unlikely, only few top it. Want to be one of them? Follow these tips, know the secret only the toppers know! Dream big You are the product of your thoughts. Dream big and have a higher purpose to live. Dream makes you 31 for something necessary for your life. It ensures a high level of excitement, and thus you stay highly focused. Therefore, you should be serious about dreaming big and 32 the quality of your life. Find the reasons to get good grades. Make your parents happy and your co-mates admire you. Do not be one among the 33 ; try being the top one above the crowd. Dreaming big motivates you and makes you 34 more. Do one task at a time Avoid multitasking, like listening to songs while doing your homework or watching your favorite football show while doing a(n) 35 . Do you think you are saving your time? But no, you are not. Multitasking can 36 your productivity and effectiveness. Affecting your work is 37 , you know what? Multitasking can 38 your memory and reduce your IQ by 15 points. Do not procrastinate (拖延) Time and tide wait for none. It’s very easy to procrastinate and it is 39 occasionally. However, making a habit out of it is where things go wrong. Awareness and diligence are the keys to be excellent students in high school. Being on time is the virtue(美德). It is always advisable to complete tasks well before time, stay 40 , have preparation for exams beforehand, and stay on top of your game. There is no shortcut to reach your dream. Still getting successful does not demand more of hard work. Little smart work can do everything. 【答案】 31．E 32．A 33．D 34．J 35．H 36．I 37．G 38．F 39．C 40．K 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要向高中学生提出几条变得更加优秀的具体建议。 31．考查动词。句意：梦想让你渴望得到生活必须的东西。分析句子并根据make sb do sth“使某人做某事”可知，空处应该用动词原形做句子的宾补成分，desire“渴望”，且desire for为固定搭配。故选E项。 32．考查动词。句意：因此，你认真考虑远大的梦想，并且改善你的生活品质。分析句子可知，空格处为与前面be并列的位于动词，improve“改善，提高”符合句意，位于should之后用动词原形。故选A项。 33．考查名词。句意：不要做人群中的路人甲；你要努力鹤立鸡群。分析句子可知，空处作介词among的宾语，crowd“人群”符合句意。故选D项。 34．考查动词。句意：志存高远会让你，实现更高的成就。分析句子并根据make sb do sth“使某人做某事”可知，空处应该用动词原形做句子的宾补成分，achieve“达到，实现”符合句意。故选J项。 35．考查名词。句意：避免多任务处理，比如在做作业的时候听歌，或者在做任务的时候看你最喜欢的足球节目。空格处做doing的宾语，assignment“任务”符合句意。故选H项。 36．考查动词。句意：多任务处理会降低你的效率和效率。can后接动词原形，reduce“减少”符合句意。故选I项。 37．考查形容词。句意：影响你的工作是次要的，你知道吗?is后接形容词，secondary“次要的”符合句意。故选G项。 38．考查动词。句意：多任务处理会影响你的记忆力，让你的智商降低15分。can后接动词原形，affect“影响”符合句意。故选F项。 39．考查形容词。句意：拖延是很容易的，偶尔也是可以接受的。此处后接形容词做表语，acceptable“可以接受的”符合句意。故选C项。 40．考查形容词。句意：最好提前完成任务，掌握最新信息，事先做好考试准备，保持最佳状态。stay后接形容词作表语，up-to-date“掌握最新信息的”符合句意。故选K项。 III. Reading Comprehension (45分) Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B.C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context My past students are starting to organize a scientific conference for my 60th birthday to be held about a year from now. Their gesture reminded me of Rabbi Hanina’s words: “I have learned much from my teachers, more from my colleagues and the most from my students.” We all started as students. Just as kids bump into things as they’re learning to 41 the world, many of us have scars from early encounters with our mentors. 42 arise when those mentors attempt to establish their authority by trying to make us respect traditional thinking. Memories of these events should encourage us to do better as we 43 roles and mentor others later in life. For example, the first advice I received from my postdoctoral mentor was to develop specialized skills and focus them on a 44 field, where I would establish myself as the world expert. 45 , I decided not to follow this advice as soon as I recognized by drilling down narrowly, one often fails to make further progress. In these situations, the potential for a 46 improves with a broader and more flexible perspective, which enables “out of the box” opportunities for drilling deeper around it. Keeping this in mind, I encourage my students to think broadly and 47 about the most exciting problems in astronomy, such as: “What happened before the big bang?”; “What will happen in our distant cosmic future?”; “What is the nature of dark matter?”; or “When did life start in the universe?” It is customary to consider a student’s raw potential as a stand-alone commodity whose value can be 48 through examinations. But my experience taught me that young scientists do not blossom into exceptional researchers 49 they are supported by encouraging words and inspiration; these ingredients are as 50 as nutrition and water are for seeds of flowers. 51 the initial belief in the potential of a student to become a successful scientist, this outcome may not come true. As chair of the Harvard astronomy department for almost a decade, I witnessed many examples of students who were initially very slow to make progress but blossomed academically as soon as they selected a different advisor and a new topic for their Ph. D．A good mentor 52 the strengths of the mentee. As a result, a successful mentoring experience often reflects a good 53 between a fledgling(新手的) scientist and an advisor. They should both be congratulated for their shared academic DNA． On the one hand, mentors get a kick from Oscar Wilde’s insight: “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...” But on the other hand, they should allow students to break free from the 54 path with creativity. The rule of thumb is to give young scholars just enough space to explore freely and learn from their 55 without damaging the direction of their future careers. The learning curves could be steep; some of my 50 students over the past few decades started slow but eventually rose to the greatest heights. Patience is key. 41．A．process B．explore C．reform D．include 42．A．Conflicts B．Negotiations C．Approvals D．Mysteries 43．A．play B．deny C．access D．change 44．A．commercial B．strange C．narrow D．broad 45．A．Therefore B．Additionally C．However D．Consequently 46．A．failure B．obligation C．ignorance D．breakthrough 47．A．independently B．mutually C．temporarily D．undoubtedly 48．A．embraced B．evaluated C．contained D．imposed 49．A．if B．lest C．while D．unless 50．A．crucial B．elaborate C．unpredictable D．inaccessible 51．A．Within B．Given C．Without D．Due to 52．A．spots B．hides C．applies D．recalls 53．A．argument B．interaction C．criticism D．interview 54．A．beaten B．broken C．chaotic D．fresh 55．A．mentors B．imitations C．fortune D．mistakes 【答案】 41．B 42．A 43．D 44．C 45．C 46．D 47．A 48．B 49．D 50．A 51．C 52．A 53．B 54．A 55．D 【导语】这是一篇说明文。作者通过自己的经历告诉我们，作为导师，要对年轻科学家说鼓舞人心的话语，给予他们灵感的支持，并允许他们用创造力打破常规，且在不损害他们未来的职业方向的前提下，让他们自由探索，从错误中吸取教训。 41．考查动词词义辨析。句意：就像孩子们在学习探索世界的过程中偶然遇到一些事情一样，我们中的许多人，在与导师的初次接触中都会碰壁。A. process处理；B. explore探索；C. reform改革；D. include包括。由上文“Just as kids bump into things as they’re learning to”可知，孩子们是学习探索世界，故选B。 42．考查名词词义辨析。句意：当那些导师试图通过让我们尊重传统思维来树立他们的权威时，冲突就会出现。A. Conflicts冲突；B. Negotiations商谈；C. Approvals批准；D. Mysteries神秘的事物。由上文“many of us have scars from early encounters with our mentors”和下文“arise when those mentors attempt to establish their authority by trying to make us respect traditional thinking.”可知，初次和导师见面可能会碰壁，而当那些导师试图通过让我们尊重传统思维来树立他们的权威时，冲突就会出现，故选A。 43．考查动词词义辨析。句意：这些事件的记忆应该鼓励我们做得更好，因为我们改变了角色，并在以后的生活中指导他人。A. play扮演；B. deny否认；C. access接近；D. change改变。由下文“mentor others later in life”可知，我们由学生变成导师，这是角色的改变，故选D。 44．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：例如，我从我的博士后导师那里得到的第一个建议就是发展专业技能，并将它们集中在一个狭窄的领域，在这样的领域中我将建立自己作为世界专家的地位。A. commercial商业的；B. strange奇怪的；C. narrow狭窄的；D. broad广泛的。由下文“I decided not to follow this advice as soon as I recognized by drilling down narrowly, one often fails to make further progress.(我决定不遵循这个建议，因为我认识到，通过狭隘地深入研究，往往没有取得进一步的进展。)”可知，作者没有遵循导师的建议，因为作者认为狭隘地深入研究不会取得进步，由此可知，作者的博士后导师建议作者在一个狭窄的领域进行研究，故选C。 45．考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，我决定不遵循这个建议，因为我认识到，通过狭隘地深入研究，往往没有取得进一步的进展。A. Therefore因此；B. Additionally此外；C. However然而；D. Consequently结果。由下文“I decided not to follow this advice”可知，作者没有遵循导师的建议，所以前后是转折关系，应用however，故选C。 46．考查名词词义辨析。句意：在这些情况下，突破的可能性随着更广泛和更灵活的视角而提高，这使得“打破常规”的机会能够钻得更深。A. failure失败；B. obligation责任；义务；C. ignorance忽略；D. breakthrough突破。由下文“which enables “out of the box” opportunities for drilling deeper around it.”可知，打破常规即是一种突破，故选D。 47．考查副词词义辨析。句意：记住这一点，我鼓励我的学生们对天文学中最令人兴奋的问题，进行广泛而独立的思考，比如：“宇宙大爆炸之前发生了什么?”A. independently独立地；B. mutually互相地；C. temporarily暂时地；D. undoubtedly毋庸置疑地。由上文“I encourage my students to think broadly and”可知，作者鼓励自己的学生进行广泛而独立的思考，故选A。 48．考查动词词义辨析。句意：习惯上认为学生的原始潜力是一种独立的商品，其价值可以通过考试来评估。A. embraced拥抱；欣然接受；B. evaluated评估；C. contained包含；D. imposed强加于。由下文“through examinations.”可知，考试能评估学生的原始潜力价值，故选B。 49．考查连词词义辨析。句意：但我的经验告诉我，年轻的科学家不会成为杰出的研究人员，除非他们得到鼓舞人心的话语和灵感的支持；这些成分对于花的种子来说，就像营养和水一样重要。A. if如果；B. lest以免；C. while当……时候；然而；D. unless除非。由下文“they are supported by encouraging words and inspiration”可知，作者认为年轻的科学家不会成为杰出的研究人员，除非他们得到鼓舞人心的话语和灵感的支持，此处是条件状语从句，应用unless来引导，故选D。 50．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但我的经验告诉我，年轻的科学家不会成为杰出的研究人员，除非他们得到鼓舞人心的话语和灵感的支持；这些成分对于花的种子来说，就像营养和水一样重要。A. crucial决定性的；至关重要的；B. elaborate复杂的；C. unpredictable不可预知的；D. inaccessible难以接近的。由上下文“these ingredients are as ________as nutrition and water are for seeds of flowers.”可知，作者认为对年轻科学家说鼓舞人心的话语，给他们灵感的支持，这很至关重要，这就像营养和水对花来说是不可或缺的一样，故选A。 51．考查介词词义辨析。句意：如果最初不相信学生有成为成功科学家的潜力，这个结果可能不会实现。A. Within在……之内；B. Given考虑到；C. Without没有；D. Due to由于。由下文“the initial belief in the potential of a student to become a successful scientist, this outcome may not come true.”可知，如果最初不相信学生有成为成功科学家的潜力，那么学生不可能成为成功的科学家，故选C。 52．考查动词词义辨析。句意：一个好的导师能发现学员的长处。A. spots发现；看到；B. hides隐藏；C. applies应用；D. recalls回想。由上文“I witnessed many examples of students who were initially very slow to make progress but blossomed academically as soon as they selected a different advisor and a new topic for their Ph. D. (我见过很多学生的例子，他们一开始进步很慢，但是一旦他们选择了一个不同的导师和一个新的博士课题，他们在学术上就成功了)”和空前空后“A good mentor_________the strengths of the mentee.”可知，好的导师能使学生取得成功，是因为他能发现学生身上的长处，故选A。 53．考查名词词义辨析。句意：因此，一次成功的指导经验往往反映了一个初出茅庐的科学家和一个导师之间的良好互动。A. argument争论；B. interaction互动；交流；C. criticism批评；D. interview采访；面试。由下文“They should both be congratulated for their shared academic DNA.(他们都有共同的学术基因，值得祝贺。)”可知，此处指一个初出茅庐的科学家和一个导师之间的良好互动，故选B。 54．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但另一方面，他们应该允许学生用创造力打破常规。A. beaten踏平的；被击败的；B. broken损坏的；C. chaotic混乱的；D. fresh新鲜的。由上下文“they should allow students to break free from the________ path with creativity.”可知，导师学生应该学生用创造力打破常规，beaten path固定搭配，意为“常规”，故选A。 55．考查名词词义辨析。句意：经验法则是给予年轻学者足够的空间，在不损害他们未来的职业方向的前提下，让他们自由探索，从错误中吸取教训。A. mentors导师；B. imitations模仿；C. fortune好运；D. mistakes错误。由上文“explore freely and learn from their”可知，导师要让学生自由探索，然后从错误中吸取教训，故选D。 Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. A People always regret asking me and my wife how we got together. It’s a long story, involving other relationships and several countries, and to be honest, it’s not that interesting, so I’ll spare you the details. We were at a restaurant in Tuscany on our summer holiday last year though, when we met another English couple who had a far more interesting story than us. Lynn and Andy had actually met online before they got together, or at least they thought they had. After a few casual conversations through an online dating agency, they decided to meet for real. Lynn arrived at the restaurant first, and shortly after was approached by Andy, who thought she was someone else. It turns out they’d both arranged to meet different people, but liked the look of each other, and that was that! And they’re not alone. It seems there are all sorts of places you might meet that special someone. Lukas met Sofie for the first time when he crashed into her car—on his bicycle. “It was raining and I was coming downhill really fast, so I couldn’t really see where I was going. Sofie opened her car door and I went straight into it, and off my bike,” explains Lukas. “I was unconscious for a few seconds, and when I came round there was this beautiful young woman asking me ‘Are you OK?’ Well, after that, she went to the hospital with me and was just really kind, really caring, and we hit it off.” Every cloud has a silver lining, so they say, and Nick McKiddie would most likely agree. He was leaving the office late one night when he got robbed by a group of young men. He wasn’t hurt, but they stole his phone and wallet, so he called the police. Susan Harris, a young police officer at the time, attended the call. Nick explains, “I don’t know whether I was in shock because of what had happened, but I think it was love at first sight. I would never usually be so confident, but I just asked if she wanted to go for a drink sometime, and to my surprise, she said yes! “Nick and Susan got married last December.” Animals don’t have the same social inhibitions (顾虑) as humans do, and this was certainly the case when Ri took her dog, Ben, to the local dog park. “As soon as I took his leash off, he ran straight to another dog on the other side of the park, and started getting very friendly indeed,” she laughs. “I actually had to pull him away, and that was when I met Ben, the other dog’s owner. We had a good laugh about it all, especially when we realized he had the same name as my dog. We became friends after that, and well, the rest is history.” 56．According to the passage, Lynn and Andy________. A．first met in a restaurant in Tuscany B．had originally arranged to see other people C．regretted talking to each other online D．preferred casual conversations to serious dating 57．________got to know each other due to an accident. A．The author and his wife B．Nick and Susan C．Lukas and Sofie D．Ri and Ben 58．By “Every cloud has a silver lining” (in paragraphs), the author means that________. A．every day is a good beginning B．every misfortune contains something good C．people do not always behave as usual D．what you value in life matters greatly 59．What is the passage mainly about? A．How the author and his wife met each other. B．The places where people usually get together. C．How great relationships may grow out of random encounters. D．What people do in order to meet their ideal partner. 【答案】56．B 57．C 58．B 59．C 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章以故事的形式讲述了人们见面的奇怪方式。 56．细节理解题。由第一段中的“It turns out they’d both arranged to meet different people, but liked the look of each other, and that was that!”（结果他们两人都安排好了去见不同的人，但却喜欢对方的相貌，就这样！）可知，Lynn和Andy一开始都安排好了去见其他人。故选B项。 57．细节理解题。由第二段中的“Lukas met Sofia for the first time when he crashed into her car — on his bicycle.”（卢卡斯第一次见到索菲是在他骑自行车撞上她的车时）可知，Lukas和Sofia是因为一次撞车事故认识了彼此。故选C项。 58．词句猜测题。由第三段的“He was leaving the office late one night when he got robbed by a group of young men. He wasn't hurt, but they stole his phone and wallet, so he called the police. Susan Harris, a young police officer at the time, attended the call. Nick explains, I don’t know whether I was in shock because of what had happened, but I think it was love at first sight. I would never usually be so confident, but I just asked if she wanted to go for a drink sometime, and to my surprise, she said yes! Nick and Susan got married last December.”（一天晚上他要离开办公室，突然被一群年轻人抢劫了。他没有受伤，但他们偷走了他的电话和钱包，于是他报警了。当时年轻的警官苏珊·哈里斯接听了电话。尼克解释说，我不知道是不是因为刚发生的事情而震惊了，但我认为这是一见钟情。我通常不会这么自信，但我只是问她是否想去喝一杯，令我吃惊的是，她说好的！尼克和苏珊去年12月结婚了）可知，尼克被抢劫，这是不幸的事，但因此认识了警官苏珊且最后二人结婚了，这是好事，说明不幸中会有好事发生。由此可知，Every could has a silver lining在此处意为“好运伴随着不幸而来”。故选B项。 59．主旨大意题。第一段讲Lynn和Andy一开始以为见的是其他人，实际上见了彼此，第二段讲Lukas和Sofia是因为一次撞车事故认识了彼此，第三段讲因为一次抢劫，Nick认识了警官Susan，第四段讲因为狗狗，Ri认识了Ben，可知本文讲的是人们奇奇怪怪的见面方式，即美好的关系是如何从偶然的相遇中成长起来的。故选C项。 B Evening Workshops Optional evening workshops will be held at small restaurants or other meeting places near the conference hotel. Meals and other costs and not included but are also optional. Locations will be announced at the conference site. Workshops are very loosely organized and most represent discussions that have been held at Society for Economic Botany (SEB) meetings over a series of years. Workshops 1: Student Network Date Wednesday evening, Feb. 5th Chairs Hugo de Boer and Arika Virapongse Sponsor Society for Economic Botany Description Student members of the SEB hold a networking mixer each year in order to meet each other and to become acquainted with a variety of educational programs and faculty advisors. Faculty members who are part of training programs are encouraged to join the mixer to meet and talk with students. Workshop 2: Botanical Film Making Date Wednesday evening, Feb. 5th Chairs David Strauch Sponsor University of Hawaii Description Digital film making is a particularly useful tool of linking cultural information to recognizable plants. This workshop is aimed towards increasing the quality of material recorded by giving participants greater control over the medium. We will cover technical aspects (e.g. camera settings, audio), compositional aspects (framing, lighting, focus), and some ways of presenting the material, Experienced filmmakers are encouraged to attend, and participants are welcome to bring their own camera equipment. Workshop 3: Collections for Botany—Collections Development and Management Date Friday evening, Feb. 7th Chair Jan Salick Sponsor Society for Economic Botany Description SEB is a network of researchers who have been developing standards for the development of collections of artifacts, plant samples and related materials. Participants discuss successes, problems, and funding sources for addressing management issues. 60．One of the purpose of a networking mixer held each year is to ________. A．provide students with greater control over the media B．link cultural information to recognizable plants C．help the students to deal with most of the environment issues D．help the students to be familiar with educational programs 61．Which of the following is true according to the poster? A．Evening workshops will be held at small restaurants with meals included. B．Participants have more than one option on Feb. 5th than another night. C．Workshops have nothing to do with the discussions held at SEB meetings. D．Faculty advisers can join the mixer without training experience. 62．Which of the following is NOT involved in Evening Workshops? A．To invite faculty advisers to discuss the management issues. B．To encourage student members of the SEB to meet one another. C．To expect experienced filmmakers to attend Botanical Film Making. D．To increase the quality of material recorded. 【答案】60．D 61．B 62．A 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了三种不同类型的夜间研讨会，并详细介绍了它们的时间，赞助商和研讨内容。 60．细节理解题。根据文章Workshop 1: Student Network部分“Student members of the SEB hold a networking mixer each year in order to meet each other and to become acquainted with a variety of educational programs and faculty advisors.（SEB的学生成员每年举办网络聚会是为了学生成员能够见到对方，并熟悉各种教育项目和大学老师。）”可知，每年举办网络聚会的目的是学生成员能够见到彼此，熟悉各种教育项目和大学指导老师。由此可推断出help the students to be familiar with educational programs（帮助学生熟悉教育项目）是每年举办网络聚会的目的之一。故选D项。 61．细节理解题。根据文章内容可知Workshop 1: Student Network的举办时间是Wednesday evening, Feb. 5th（2月5日，星期三晚上）；Workshop 2: Botanical Film Making的举办时间是Wednesday evening, Feb. 5th（2月5日，星期三晚上）；Workshop 3: Collections for Botany的举办时间是Friday evening, Feb. 7th（2月7日，星期五晚上）。由此可推断出2月5日有两场研讨会，2月7日有一场，故参与者在2月5日比2月7日多了一个选择。故选B项。 62．细节理解题。根据文章Workshop 1: Student Network部分“Faculty members who are part of training programs are encouraged to join the mixer to meet and talk with students.（鼓励参加培训项目的全体教职工参加网络聚会，与学生见面，和学生讨论。）”可知，邀请全体教职工参加聚会，与学生见面讨论，而并非邀请他们讨论管理问题。故选A项。 C Babies less than a year old can combine simple concepts into complex ideas, showing that creativity begins in babyhood. According to new research at the Central European University (CEU), babies are not only capable of creative thinking well before starting to speak, but this sort of thinking may be essential for language acquisition (习得). In the study, the researchers set out to explore the origins of human creativity and productive thinking to try to find out how people arrive at completely new thoughts and ideas. The basic mechanism for doing this is taking familiar concepts and combining them into new structures, but little is known about how early in life these abilities can be used. The researchers found that babies were able to very quickly learn new words that depict small quantities — an impressive achievement — and combine these spontaneously (自发地) with familiar words to fully understand a phrase. In the study, the researchers started by teaching the babies two new words: “mize”, to mean “one”, and “padu”, to mean “two”. Then the babies were asked to combine these new number words with different object names, for example, to identify “padu ducks” from among a group of images. By teaching new words, the researchers were able to test the babies’ ability to combine concepts in real time, rather than simply recall combinations of words that they already knew from previous experience. By using eye-tracking technology to monitor where the babies look, the researchers were able to show that the babies could successfully combine the two concepts to understand what they were being asked about. Lead researcher, Dr Barbara Pomiechowska at the CEU, said, “For babies, this ability to combine different concepts is likely to help not only to interpret the complex language input, but also to learn about different aspects of the physical and social world.” 63．What can we know about babies’ creative thinking? A．It develops after babies’ language skills. B．It determines babies’ intelligence. C．It is key to language learning. D．It will disappear with time. 64．What is the primary goal of the study? A．To assess babies’ capability of creative thinking. B．To study the way new thoughts and ideas are formed. C．To find out how many new words babies can learn. D．To explore the origins of babies’ language acquisition. 65．What does the underlined word “depict” in paragraph 3 probably mean? A．Describe. B．Demand. C．Replace. D．Compare. 66．How did the researchers test babies’ concept combination? A．By tracking their physical actions. B．By measuring their brain activity. C．By observing their eye movements. D．By analyzing their language ability. 【答案】63．C 64．B 65．A 66．C 【导语】本文是说明文。文章主要说明了一项研究发现，一岁以下的婴儿可以将简单的概念组合成复杂的想法，这表明创造力始于婴儿时期。 63．细节理解题。根据第一段“According to new research at the Central European University (CEU), babies are not only capable of creative thinking well before starting to speak, but this sort of thinking may be essential for language acquisition (习得).(根据中欧大学（CEU）的一项新研究，婴儿不仅在开始说话之前就有创造性思维的能力，而且这种思维对语言习得可能是必不可少的。)”可知，创造性思维对于儿童的语言发展很关键。故选C。 64．细节理解题。根据第二段“In the study, the researchers set out to explore the origins of human creativity and productive thinking to try to find out how people arrive at completely new thoughts and ideas.(在这项研究中，研究人员着手探索人类创造力和高效思维的起源，试图找出人们是如何产生全新的思想和想法的。)”可知，这项研究的主要目的是研究新思想和观念形成的方式。故选B。 65．词句猜测题。根据划线词下文“and combine these spontaneously (自发地) with familiar words to fully understand a phrase(并将这些单词与熟悉的单词自发地结合起来，以完全理解一个短语)”可知，研究人员在实验过程中教授婴儿两个新单词，发现婴儿能够很快地学会描述小数量的新单词，将这些单词与熟悉的单词自发地结合起来，以完全理解一个短语。故划线词depict表示“描述”。故选A。 66．细节理解题。根据第五段“By using eye-tracking technology to monitor where the babies look, the researchers were able to show that the babies could successfully combine the two concepts to understand what they were being asked about.(通过使用眼动追踪技术来监测婴儿看的地方，研究人员能够证明婴儿能够成功地将这两个概念结合起来，以理解他们被问到的问题)”可知，研究人员通过观察他们的眼球运动测试婴儿的概念组合。故选C。 Section C Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. We all regard receiving presents as a pleasant experience and yet it can be one of the most awkward situations. It is often difficult to look pleased when you receive a gift which is useless or the wrong size. 67 However, you have no right to change an article purchased just because it does not fit or is not to your liking. Worse still, the agreement on the sale is between the person who bought it and the shop. So you will have to tell your favourite aunt that the T-shirt does not fit. But an exchange is not always that simple because there has to be a good reason for it. 68 For example, if the buyer was told that a switch was voice-operated and later found out it was not, then action could be taken. You would have the right to return it and get the money back. But if you are returning something, no matter what the reason is, you will be expected to have proof of purchase. If the receipt cannot be found, then it is possible to use another proof of purchase such as a credit card receipt. If all of these have been lost, you may have to rely on a witness. Many big stores have a much more tolerant policy towards return and see it as a gesture of good will to exchange goods without question. Stores including Marks & Spencer are well-known for their “no argument” policy on returned goods. 69 So if a shop refuses to exchange the goods or to offer a refund, the seller is likely to be within his legal rights unless there is something wrong with the goods. In that case, the boot is on the other foot. You have every right to demand a cash refund or a replacement, but only if you have returned it within a “reasonable” time. 70 Some shops and stores expect things to be returned within a week of purchase, while others may permit a much longer time limit. in any case, if you return a thing after what is considered a “reasonable” time, then all you are legally entitled to is the cost of repair. A．It is unlike anything you would buy for yourself. B．However, shoppers should remember this is a privilege, not a right. C．Unfortunately, the law does not explain what it meant by “reasonable”. D．All you can do is exchange it after your friend or relative has gone home. E．Either the thing has to be broken or unsuitable for the job it was intended to do. F．You should make clear what your legal position is before returning goods to the shop. 【答案】67．D 68．E 69．B 70．C 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述当你收到一份无用或尺寸不对的礼物时怎样去退换货以及退换货的一些要求。 67．根据上文“It is often difficult to look pleased when you receive a gift which is useless or the wrong size.(当你收到一份无用或尺寸不对的礼物时，往往很难表现出高兴的样子)”及下文“However, you have no right to change an article purchased just because it does not fit or is not to your liking. Worse still, the agreement on the sale is between the person who bought it and the shop.( 然而，你没有权利仅仅因为它不适合或不符合你的喜好而更换购买的物品。更糟糕的是，买卖协议是在买家和商店之间达成的)”可知，设空处应说的是发现礼物不合适可以去更换。由此可知，选项D“你所能做的就是等你的朋友或亲戚回家后再换。”符合题意。故选D。 68．根据上文“But an exchange is not always that simple because there has to be a good reason for it.(但更换并不总是那么简单，因为它必须有一个很好的理由)”可知，下文应该介绍更换的理由。由此可知，选项E“要么是这个东西坏了，要么是它不适合它本来要做的工作。”都符合更换的理由，和上文连接紧密，故选E。 69．根据上文“Many big stores have a much more tolerant policy towards return and see it as a gesture of good will to exchange goods without question. Stores including Marks & Spencer are well-known for their “no argument” policy on returned goods.(许多大商店对退货的态度要宽容得多，他们认为毫无疑问地换货是一种善意的表示。包括玛莎百货(Marks & Spencer)在内的商店以其对退货的“无异议”政策而闻名)”可知，这是一些商店给消费者的一种特权。由此可知，选项B“然而，购物者应该记住这是一种特权，而不是一种权利。”符合语境，故选B。 70．根据下文“Some shops and stores expect things to be returned within a week of purchase, while others may permit a much longer time limit. in any case, if you return a thing after what is considered a “reasonable” time, then all you are legally entitled to is the cost of repair.(一些商店和商店期望在购买后一周内退货，而另一些商店可能允许更长的时间限制。无论如何，如果你在被认为是“合理”的时间后归还了一件东西，那么你在法律上有权得到的只是修理费)”可知，本段主要讲述商家所给的退货的合理时间限制。由此可知，选项C“不幸的是，法律没有解释‘合理’是什么意思。”符合题意，故选C。 IV. Summary Writing （10分） Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in NO MORE THAN 60 WORDS. Use your own words as far as possible. Taking a shower is relaxing. You can sing a song, daydream or think about nothing, leaving the real world behind you. But do you know that showering can also benefit your mind? A piece of research by Scott Barry Kaufman, a psychologist from Yale University in the US, interviewed over 3,000 people around the world. It turned out that nearly two-thirds of the interviewees said they had experienced new ideas in the shower and were more likely to have them in the shower than at work. So why does a simple shower have such magic power? Science can explain it. Showering can help to raise our level of dopamine (多巴胺), a hormone (荷尔蒙) closely related to our creativity. “People vary in terms of their level of creativity according to the activity of dopamine,” explained Alice Flaherty, a famous American neuroscientist. “Taking a warm shower can make us feel relaxed and therefore make the dopamine level rise and bring the ‘Aha!’ moment to us.” Besides the chemical changes, showering may give you a break from what you feel you have been stuck with. Especially when you have thought hard all day about a problem, jumping into the shower can keep you from the outside world so that you can focus on your inner feelings and memories. In this way, according to American psychologist Shelley H. Carson，author of Your Creative Brain, a showering hour may turn into an“incubation (孵化) period”for your ideas. Compared with sitting in front of a computer, taking a shower is something we do less frequently in our daily lives. When showering，we get a fresh experience with the change of location, temperature and humidity (湿度). “New and unexpected experiences can lead to positive changes in thinking,” explained Kaufman.“Getting off the couch and jumping into the shower may create a distance and force you to think from a new point of view.” Showering allows us to enjoy the creative juices of our minds, which makes the bathroom an alternative where you get your inspiration. So next time you consider ways to free your mind, count it in. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Showering is of great benefit to our mind. It is found that taking a shower helps raise the level of dopamine and inspire new ideas. Showering can also provide a new, unexpected and fresh experience that can make it possible to stop thinking about what we are stuck with, resulting in positive changes in thinking. So if you want to have a change and get new ideas, go for a shower. 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了洗澡对我们的头脑有很大的好处。研究发现，洗澡有助于提高多巴胺水平，激发新想法。同时，洗澡还可以提供一种全新的、意想不到的、新鲜的体验，让我们有可能停止思考我们困在其中的东西，从而产生积极的思维变化。 【详解】1 要点摘录 ①But do you know that showering can also benefit your mind? A piece of research by Scott Barry Kaufman, a psychologist from Yale University in the US, interviewed over 3,000 people around the world. It turned out that nearly two-thirds of the interviewees said they had experienced new ideas in the shower and were more likely to have them in the shower than at work. ②Showering can help to raise our level of dopamine (多巴胺), a hormone (荷尔蒙) closely related to our creativity. ③Besides the chemical changes, showering may give you a break from what you feel you have been stuck with. ④Showering allows us to enjoy the creative juices of our minds, which makes the bathroom an alternative where you get your inspiration. So next time you consider ways to free your mind, count it in. 2.缜密构思 将第1个要点重组作为主题句，将第2、3两个要点重组作为分论点，第4个要点重组作为作为结语。 3.遣词造句 Showering is of great benefit to our mind. It is found that taking a shower helps raise the level of dopamine and inspire new ideas. Showering can also provide a new, unexpected and fresh experience that can make it possible to stop thinking about what we are stuck with, resulting in positive changes in thinking. So if you want to have a change and get new ideas, go for a shower. 【点睛】[高分句型1]  It is found that taking a shower helps raise the level of dopamine and inspire new ideas.运用了that引导的主语从句，it为形式主语，表达高级。 [高分句型2] Showering can also provide a new, unexpected and fresh experience that can make it possible to stop thinking about what we are stuck with, resulting in positive changes in thinking.运用that引导的定语从句以及what引导的宾语从句，表达非常高级。 V. Translation （15分） Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 72．每个学生一次可以借一到两本书。 【答案】Each student can borrow one or two books at a time. 【详解】考查情态动词和介词短语。每个学生为“Each student”，可以为情态动词“can”，后接动词原形形式，借为“borrow”，一到两本书为“ one or two books”作宾语，一次为“at a time”作状语。故翻译为Each student can borrow one or two books at a time. 73．得知该学生没钱完成学业，这位热心的老师毫不犹豫地给了他财政支持。(afford) 【答案】Knowing that the student could not afford to finish his studies, the warm-hearted teacher did not hesitate to give him financial support. 【详解】考查宾语从句、现在分词、时态和固定短语。分析句意可知，句子描述过去的事情，时态用一般过去时，“得知”用现在分词作状语，是knowing，其后跟that引导的宾语从句，“该学生没钱完成学业”翻译为the student could not afford to finish his studies，“这位热心的老师”是the warm-hearted teacher，“毫不犹豫地做某事”是did not hesitate to do，“给了他财政支持”是give him financial support。因此全句译为：Knowing that the student could not afford to finish his studies, the warm-hearted teacher did not hesitate to give him financial support. 74．每当他考试失利时，面对父母，他总是习惯于为自己辩解而不是去尝试搞清楚根本原因。(Each time) 【答案】Each time he fails in the exam, he is always used to excusing himself to his parents instead of trying to find out the root cause. 【详解】考查状语从句和固定短语。表示“每当”应用each time引导时间状语从句，表示“考试失利”翻译为fail in the exam；主句主语为he，表示“总是习惯于”短语为be always used to doing sth.；表示“为自己辩解”短语为excuse oneself to sb.；表示“而不是去尝试搞清楚根本原因”翻译为instead of trying to find out the root cause。句子用一般现在时。故翻译为Each time he fails in the exam, he is always used to excusing himself to his parents instead of trying to find out the root cause. 75．故宫历经十多年建成，如今虽无昔日的辉煌，但一砖一瓦仍在述说着历史。(take) 【答案】After it took more than a decade to build the Palace Museum, it is not its former glory, but brick and tiles are still telling history. 【详解】考查动词、短语和固定句式。表示“十多年”短语为more than a decade;作动词的宾语；表示“昔日的辉煌”短语为former glory; “述说着历史”短语为tell history.表示“花时间做某事”应用it take+一段时间+不定式（真正主语），根据句意可知本句“故宫历经十多年建成”在整个句子中做时间状语，应使用After引导，时态应是一般过去时：After it took more than a decade to build the Palace Museum. 后半句是一个but连接的并列句，根据句意应使用一般现在时和现在进行时。故翻译为After it took more than a decade to build the Palace Museum, it is not its former glory, but brick and tiles are still telling history。 VI. Guided Writing （25分） Direction: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 76．Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假如你是浦韵中学的高一学生李文(Li Wen), 你们校刊的“Tradition and Culture”栏目正在举办征文活动， 征文主题为“我与中国传统节日(Chinese Traditional Festival and Me)”。你的征文必须包括： ●一个具体节日； ●你的体验和认识。 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Chinese Traditional Festival and Me Of all the Chinese traditional festivals, I love the Spring Festival best, which is considered as the best-known Chinese festival when all Chinese, home and abroad, get together, waving goodbye to the past and greeting the future. With the approaching of the New Year, everyone is ready to do the house cleaning, preparing new ornaments. On the Spring Festival’s Eve, my family and I gather around the table for a big dinner, after which, we stay up late or all night. What I am most excited about is the red packets I will receive in the following days, including the ones I get from relatives. Chinese Spring Festival is representative of the spirit of reunion and of great importance to all Chinese. 【导语】本篇书面表达属于开放性作文，要求以“我与中国传统节日(Chinese Traditional Festival and Me)”为主题写一篇征文活动。 【详解】1.词汇积累 在……之中：of→among 认为：consider→regard 装饰：ornament→decoration 激动的：excited→thrilled 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：With the approaching of the New Year, everyone is ready to do the house cleaning, preparing new ornaments. 拓展句：As the New Year approaches, everyone is ready to do the house cleaning, preparing new ornaments. 【点睛】【高分句型1】Of all the Chinese traditional festivals, I love the Spring Festival best, which is considered as the best-known Chinese festival when all Chinese, home and abroad, get together, waving goodbye to the past and greeting the future.（运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句和when引导的限制性定语从句和非谓语动词作状语） 【高分句型2】What I am most excited about is the red packets I will receive in the following days, including the ones I get from relatives.（运用了what引导的主语从句和省略关系词的定语从句） 试卷第4页，共28页 试卷第1页，共28页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$