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塘沽一中2024—2025学年度第一学期 高一年级期中考试英语学科试题 本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分，共150分，考试时间100分钟，试卷共10页。卷Ⅰ答案用2B铅笔填涂在答题纸上对应区域，卷Ⅱ答案用黑色字迹的笔答在答题纸规定区域内。 第Ⅰ卷(共115分) 一、听力(共15题, 共20分) 第一节(共5小题; 每小题1分，满分5分) 听下面五段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有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 size shoes will the man probably bring? A.6. B.7. C.8. 2. What will the weather be like tomorrow? A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy. 3. Where is the magazine now? A. On a table. B. Beside a computer. C. In front of a television. 4. How does the man feel about the woman? A. Worried. B. Confident. C. Angry. 5. What are the speakers discussing? A. How to choose a good movie.B. Where to see a movie.C. What movie to see. 第二节 (共10小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分15分) 听下面几段材料。每段材料后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段材料前，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。每段材料读两遍。 请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What sport did Paul play? A. Golf. B. Football. C. Basketball. 7. Who showed little interest in the sports afternoon? A. Tom. B. Anne. C. Susan. 请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What did the woman like doing before she was about ten? A. Playing computer games.B. Climbing mountains.C. Snowboarding. 9. What does the woman’s father think of sailing? A. Dangerous. B. Exciting. C. Expensive. 请听第8段材料，回答第10至 12题。 10. Who bought the man a camera? A. Mary. B. Harry. C. James. 11. What present did Thomas give the man? A. A video. B. A book. C. A sweater. 12. What does the man think of Amy’s present? A. Expensive. B. Lovely. C. Disappointing. 请听第9段材料，回答第13至 15题。 13. Who are the listeners? A. Sportsmen. B. Tennis fans. C. Reporters. 14. What are the listeners asked to do? A. Dress nicely for interviews. B. Use microphones when asking questions. C. Leave telephones outside the interview area. 15. What will happen next? A. The audience will show their ID cards. B. A tennis player will answer questions. C. The audience will leave the meeting. 二、语言知识单选：(共15题，每题1分，共15分) 1. —I’m sorry, sir. I got up late and forgot taking my homework to school. —Well, I believe you this time. Next time, you will be punished. A. I really mean it. B. It depends. C. My goodness. D. All right. 2. I in Saudi Arabia for 10 years, so I can introduce the customs and culture there to you before you leave here for it. A. have done business B. did business C. had done business D. will do business 3. — Your report card is here. How do you find it? ——Terrible! I should . A. ring a bell B. have a frog in my throat C. stand in your shoes D. pull up my socks 4. Our school provides us with various activities we can gain skills and experience. A. that B. what C. where D. when 5. only 1000 meters to go, he picked up his confidence and went all out to catch up. A. As B. When C. With D. For 6. The box containing the ancient coins was buried (埋) deep in the earth, it for more than 2000 years. A. making; untouched B. makes; not touching C. to make; untouched D. made; not touching 7. at the table, my grandfather and my father are playing chess. A. Seating B. Sat C. Seated D. Sit 8. Watching a live football match was always Jensen’s dream. That’s why he cried when he lost the ticket of the match. A. in embarrassment B. in particular C. in eagerness D. in frustration 9. I you to celebrate my graduation, which gives me the biggest surprise. A. don’t expect; come B. didn’t expect; would come C. didn’t expect; had come D. don’t expect; came 10. I’m under instructions to keep my speech short, I can’t help raising many examples to support my opinion that making plans ahead of time is important. A. While B. Unless C. Because D. Until 11. I believe the Children with learning difficulties may do well in other fields. A. unfamiliar B. informal C. specific D. invisible 12. He is so interested and devoted that every day he will spend hours in the woods observing the throstles (画眉鸟) their baby birds. A. to feed B. fed C. being fed D. feed 13. --Have you noticed that Sasha is at her speech performance. --Yes. That is I want to give her this card to encourage her. A. disappointed; when B. disappointing; how C. disappointed; why D. disappointed; what 14. I couldn’t afford the house with so huge a garden, so I second best—an apartment with a big balcony. A. dealt with B. settled for C. wound up D. made up 15. My new Math teacher’s to teaching is totally different from my previous math teacher’s. A. way B. approach C. method D. means 三、完型填空: (共20题, 每题1.5, 共30分) I decided to ski to the North Pole. It was after I saw a(n) ___16___ in a newspaper looking for people to join a team that would ___17___ 350 miles to the magnetic North Pole. Back in 1996, a woman from the UK had never ___18___ this challenge. I wondered what it would be like to ___19___ in temperatures that cold, so I sent off for the application form. When the application form ___20___, it said “Are You Man Enough for the Ultimate Challenge?” and it was full of pictures of ___21___ explorers. I was angry and decided that women could do it too, so it made me even more ___22___ to get on the team. Over 500 individuals ___23___ for a place in the team, and the selection process included physical and psychological tests designed to ___24___ the best group. Our test was to complete the Sandhurst military assault course, where the UK’s best officers are trained, and it’s not for ____25____. We had to climb a huge rope ladder, and I stopped at the top because I have a fear of ____26____. I thought all hope was ____27____. But two others helped me over, and later I found out that the organizers were not looking for amazing ____28____, but great team players, and this moment had shown them who would ____29____ others in the team. I had also shown my real self, and in a place like the Arctic, you have to be yourself, ____30____ there is nowhere to hide. These ____31____ of asking for help and showing your real self are necessary for women to master. I realized that by being myself, I could ____32____. I was chosen for the team, and as a result became the ____33____ British woman to ski to the Magnetic North Pole. I realized that I could achieve more than I ever ____34____ was possible—but more importantly, by sharing my story with others, I could ____35____ them to take a step into the unknown. 16. A. notice B. report C. announcement D. advertisement 17. A. run B. ski C. drive D. fly 18. A. enjoyed B. ignored C. accomplished D. received 19. A. survive B. suffer C. exist D. hide 20. A. passed B. appeared C. arrived D. returned 21. A. female B. male C. proud D. brave 22. A. determined B. confident C. excited D. satisfied 23. A. waited B. looked C. applied D. cared 24. A. train B. pick C. develop D. challenge 25. A. everyone B. someone C. anyone D. no one 26. A. heights B. silence C. loss D. changes 27. A. left B. missed C. saved D. lost 28. A. skiers B. team C. men D. individuals 29. A. catch up with B. stay away from C. look out for D. get rid of 30. A. as B. if C. unless D. though 31. A. talents B. experiences C. lessons D. qualities 32. A. try B. fail C. succeed D. improve 33. A. excellent B. first C. noble D. extra 34. A. admitted B. predicted C. remembered D. imagined 35. A. allow B. inspire C. require D. promise 四、阅读理解 (共20题, 每题2.5分, 共50分) A A Guide to the University Food The TWU Cafeteria is open 7am to 8pm. It serves snacks, drinks, ice cream bars and meals. You can pay with cash or your ID cards. You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk. Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study. If you are on campus in the evening or late at night, you can buy snacks, fast food, and drinks in the Lower Café located in the bottom level of the Gouglas Centre. This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts, games or TV watching. Relaxation The Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available for relaxing, studying , cooking, and eating. Monthly activities are held here for all international students. Hours are 10 am to 10 pm, closed on Sundays. Health Located on the top floor of Douglas Hall, the Wellness Centre is committed to physical, emotional and social health. A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice. The cost of this is included in your medical insurance. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30pm. Academic Support All students have access to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall. Here, qualified volunteers will work with you on written work, grammar, vocabulary, and other academic skills. You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door two 30 –minute appointments per week maximum. This service is free. Transportation The TWU Express is a shuttle service. The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping centre, leaving from the Mattson Centre. Operation hours are between 8am and 3pm. Saturdays only. Round trip fare is $1. 36. What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria? A. Do homework and watch TV B. Buy drinks and enjoy concerts C. have meals and meet with friends D. Add money to your ID and play chess 37. Where and when can you cook your own food? A. The Globe, Friday B. The Lower Café, Sunday C. The TWU Cafeteria, Friday D. The McMillan Hall, Sunday. 38. The Guide tells us that the Wellness Centre _________. A. is open six days a week B. offers services free of charge C. trains students in medical care D. gives advice on mental health 39. How can you seek help from the Writing Centre? A. By applying online B. By calling the centre C. By filling in a sign-up form D. By going to the centre directly 40. What is the function of TWU Express? A. To carry students to the lecture halls. B. To provide students with campus tours C. To take students to the Mattson Centre. D. To transport students to and from the stores. B In the fall of 1985. I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell. My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college an the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait. Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic---and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy. You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 81. Our home was a complete zoo---a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant talking as few as one class each semester. The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives. In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！ I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process. Remember；little steps add up to big dreams. 41. When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be____. A. a writer B. a teacher C. a judge D. a doctor 42. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college? A. She wanted to study by herself. B. She fell in love and got married. C. She suffered from a serious illness. D. She decided to look after her grandma. 43. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5? A. She was busy yet happy with her family life. B. She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons. C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife. D. She was too confused to make a correct choice. 44. What dose the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph? A. Failure is the mother of success. B. Little by little, one goes far. C. Every coin has two sides. D. Well begun, half done. 45. Which of the following can best describe the author? A. Caring and determined. B. Honest and responsible. C. Ambitious and sensitive. D. Innocent and single-minded. C Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is the color of most growing plants, too. Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in war. By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today — a person who is new in a job. About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west. Old-times used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the east. The greenhorn didn’t have the skills that he would need to live in the hard, rough country. Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early 1900s. A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died. The Green Revolution is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs. 46. According to the passage, a greenhorn means now. A. a young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed B. a soldier who has not had any experience in war C. a person who works as an unskillful beginner in a job D. a man who doesn’t have the skills to live in the country 47. The meaning of the underlined word “touch” in Paragraph 6 is . A. contact B. ability C. idea D. detail 48. Which of the following about the Green Revolution is NOT right? A. If there weren’t the Green Revolution, we would have no rice to eat. B. The expression “the Green Revolution” appeared several years ago. C. Because of the Green Revolution, we have more kinds of rice and other grains. D. Agricultural scientists with green thumbs started the Green Revolution. 49. We can know from the passage that . A. all growing plants in nature is green B. green is the most important color in nature C. a person with a green thumb can make plants grow well D. the expression “a green thumb” has a history of two hundred years 50. The main idea of the passage is . A. a greenhorn B. a green thumb C. the Green Revolution D. the word “green” and its story D If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language? According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles. The study also found the younger people learn a second language, the greater the effect is. A team led by Dr Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners. Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference. “Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists. It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn. Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的),” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.” The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and 34. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists. 51. The main subject talked about in this passage is_____________. A. science on learning a second language B. language can help brain power C. man's ability of learning a second language D. language learning and maths study 52. In the second paragraph, the writer mentions “exercise” in order to_____________. A. make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well B. prove that one needs more practice when he (she) is learning a language C. to show the importance of using the language when you learn the language D. say language is also a kind of physical labor 53. The underlined word “bilingual” probably means_____________. A. a researcher on language learning B. an English native speaker C. an active language learner D. a person who can speak two languages 54. We may know from the scientific findings that_____________. A. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time B. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn't know a second language C. the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people's brain D. the earlier you start to learn a second language the higher the grey matter density is 55. In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that_____________. A. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in study other subjects B. learning a second language is the same as studying maths C. Italian is the best choice for you as a second language D. you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language 第Ⅱ卷 (共35分) 五、阅读表达(共5题，每题2分，共10分) 将答案写到答题纸的横线上。 阅读表达 Jamie, 16, was on his way to the store when he noticed a stranger sitting alone on the edge of a bridge. “I was just on my way to the American sweet shop to buy some drinks, when I saw this guy in his 30s sitting on the edge of the bridge,” he told Humans of Dublin. “I just thought, ‘wow.’”I stopped and asked him if he was OK, but I knew from the look in his eyes that he wasn’t, and he didn’t say anything, either, but I saw tears coming from his eyes. I begged him for a while to come down and sit on the steps, and eventually he did. Over the next 45 minutes, Jamie listened attentively as the stranger shared his burdens. “We sat on the sidewalk on the south side of the Liffey and talked for about 45 minutes, about what was happening to him, why he was feeling that way... I couldn’t leave him there alone, but I had to go, so I was going to ring an ambulance,” Jamie recalled. “I told him they could help him feel better. But he was like’Please, please don’t call them. I’m fine. I just want to walk around for a while... I’m goanna be OK!’” The man eventually accepted Jamie’s request and was taken to a hospital. Before bidding farewell, the two exchanged phone numbers. Jamie continued, “And about three months ago, he texted me that his wife was pregnant, they were having a son, and they were naming him after me. Can you believe that? They’ re going to name their child after me. He said in that moment when I approached him, he was just about to jump, and those few words saved his life. They’ re still ringing in his head every day. ‘Are you OK?’ I can’t really understand how these few words could save his life, but he told me, ‘Imagine if nobody ever asked you those words.?’” 56. What was Jamie going to do when he saw the man?(no more than 8 words) _____________________________________________________________ 57. What do the underlined words “bidding farewell” in paragraph 4 probably mean?(no more than 2 words) _____________________________________________________________ 58. What actually saved the man who wanted to jump into the river?(no more than 5 words) _____________________________________________________________ 59. How did the man who was saved thank Jamie?(no more than 6 words) _____________________________________________________________ 60. How do you think of Jamie? Why?(no more than 25 words) _____________________________________________________________ 六、写作(满分25分) 答案写到答题纸上。 61. 你是晨光中学的高中生李津，你的笔友Jason得知你校有丰富的社团活动，希望你向他介绍一下，并且他也想知道你对社团活动的看法及你的选择。你给他回了一封E-mail，主要内容如下： 1. 介绍学校丰富的社团种类。 2. 你对社团活动的看法。 3. 你选择了英语社团，你选择英语社团的原因及意义。 4. 邀请 Jason来你的学校，亲自参与你的学校的社团活动。 词数不少于100。 开头和结尾已给出部分不计入词数。 Dear Jason, How are things going? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Best wishes. Yours Li Jin 1-5. CBABC 6-10. ABACB 11-15. ACCBB 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 塘沽一中2024—2025学年度第一学期 高一年级期中考试英语学科试题 本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分，共150分，考试时间100分钟，试卷共10页。卷Ⅰ答案用2B铅笔填涂在答题纸上对应区域，卷Ⅱ答案用黑色字迹的笔答在答题纸规定区域内。 第Ⅰ卷(共115分) 一、听力(共15题, 共20分) 第一节(共5小题; 每小题1分，满分5分) 听下面五段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有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 size shoes will the man probably bring? A.6. B.7. C.8. 2. What will the weather be like tomorrow? A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy. 3. Where is the magazine now? A. On a table. B. Beside a computer. C. In front of a television. 4. How does the man feel about the woman? A. Worried. B. Confident. C. Angry. 5. What are the speakers discussing? A. How to choose a good movie.B. Where to see a movie.C. What movie to see. 第二节 (共10小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分15分) 听下面几段材料。每段材料后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段材料前，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。每段材料读两遍。 请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What sport did Paul play? A. Golf. B. Football. C. Basketball. 7. Who showed little interest in the sports afternoon? A. Tom. B. Anne. C. Susan. 请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What did the woman like doing before she was about ten? A. Playing computer games.B. Climbing mountains.C. Snowboarding. 9. What does the woman’s father think of sailing? A. Dangerous. B. Exciting. C. Expensive. 请听第8段材料，回答第10至 12题。 10. Who bought the man a camera? A. Mary. B. Harry. C. James. 11. What present did Thomas give the man? A. A video. B. A book. C. A sweater. 12. What does the man think of Amy’s present? A. Expensive. B. Lovely. C. Disappointing. 请听第9段材料，回答第13至 15题。 13. Who are the listeners? A. Sportsmen. B. Tennis fans. C. Reporters. 14. What are the listeners asked to do? A. Dress nicely for interviews. B. Use microphones when asking questions. C. Leave telephones outside the interview area. 15. What will happen next? A. The audience will show their ID cards. B. A tennis player will answer questions. C. The audience will leave the meeting. 二、语言知识单选：(共15题，每题1分，共15分) 1. —I’m sorry, sir. I got up late and forgot taking my homework to school. —Well, I believe you this time. Next time, you will be punished. A. I really mean it. B. It depends. C. My goodness. D. All right. 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查情景交际。句意：——对不起，先生。我起床晚了，忘记带作业去学校了。——这次我相信你。下次，你会受到惩罚的。我是认真的。A. I really mean it.我是认真的；B. It depends.看情况；C. My goodness.天啊；D. All right.没问题。根据“Next time, you will be punished.”可知，此处强调严肃认真的口吻，A项符合语境，故选A。 2. I in Saudi Arabia for 10 years, so I can introduce the customs and culture there to you before you leave here for it. A. have done business B. did business C. had done business D. will do business 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查动词时态。句意：我在沙特做生意已经有10年了，所以我可以在你出发之前给你介绍一下那里的风俗和文化。根据时间状语for 10 years可知，此处强调过去的动作对现在的影响，用现在完成时。故选A项。 3. — Your report card is here. How do you find it? ——Terrible! I should . A. ring a bell B. have a frog in my throat C. stand in your shoes D. pull up my socks 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查情景交际。句意：——你的成绩单在这里。你觉得怎么样？——太糟糕了!我应该更加努力了。A. ring a bell听起来耳熟；B. have a frog in my throat声音嘶哑；C. stand in your shoes设身处地；D. pull up my socks加紧努力。“pull up my socks”是一个习语，意思是要努力改进表现，通常是在表现不理想之后需要加把劲的情境下使用。这与对话中提到的“Terrible”（糟糕的）成绩相符，表示需要更加努力以便取得更好的结果。故选D项。 4. Our school provides us with various activities we can gain skills and experience. A. that B. what C. where D. when 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】考查定语从句。句意：我们学校为我们提供各种各样的活动，在那里我们可以获得技能和经验。空处引导定语从句，先行词是activities，关系词在从句中作抽象的地点状语，使用关系副词where引导，故选C。 5. only 1000 meters to go, he picked up his confidence and went all out to catch up. A. As B. When C. With D. For 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】考查with复合结构。句意: 距离终点只有1000米了，他充满信心，全力追赶。A. As 意为“当……时候，随着”；B. When 意为“当……时候”；C. With 意为“随着，带着”；D. For 意为“因为，由于”。此处无谓语，所以使用介词，此处为“with + 名词 + 过去分词 / 现在分词 / 动词不定式”结构常用于表达原因或伴随情况，根据“only 1000 meters to go”可知，空处表示在1000米剩余的情况下，他全力追赶。故选C。 6. The box containing the ancient coins was buried (埋) deep in the earth, it for more than 2000 years. A. making; untouched B. makes; not touching C. to make; untouched D. made; not touching 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：装有古钱币的盒子被深埋在地下，2000多年来一直没有人碰过它。make的逻辑主语是前面的句子，两者之间是主谓关系，使用现在分词作状语；第二空作宾补，untouch和it(指代box)之间是动宾关系，使用过去分词作宾补。故选A。 7. at the table, my grandfather and my father are playing chess. A. Seating B. Sat C. Seated D. Sit 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：坐在桌旁，我的祖父和我的父亲正在下棋。空处应用非谓语动词，排除D项；seat“使……就座”和逻辑主语my grandfather and my father之间是动宾关系，使用过去分词作状语，故选C。 8. Watching a live football match was always Jensen’s dream. That’s why he cried when he lost the ticket of the match. A. in embarrassment B. in particular C. in eagerness D. in frustration 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查介词短语辨析。句意：观看现场足球比赛一直是Jensen的梦想。这就是为什么他丢了比赛门票时沮丧地哭了。A. in embarrassment尴尬地；B. in particular尤其；C. in eagerness急切地；D. in frustration沮丧地。根据“when he lost the ticket of the match”可知，他应是沮丧地大哭。故选D。 9. I you to celebrate my graduation, which gives me the biggest surprise. A. don’t expect; come B. didn’t expect; would come C. didn’t expect; had come D. don’t expect; came 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查时态。句意：我没想到你会来庆祝我的毕业典礼，这给了我最大的惊喜。第一空指之前“没想到”发生在过去，使用一般过去时，排除A、D项；第二空是宾语从句的谓语，主句使用的是一般过去时，从句也使用过去的某个时态，此处表示将来，应用过去将来时。故选B。 10. I’m under instructions to keep my speech short, I can’t help raising many examples to support my opinion that making plans ahead of time is important. A. While B. Unless C. Because D. Until 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查连词词义辨析。句意：尽管我被指示要简短发言，但我还是忍不住举出许多例子来支持我的观点，即提前制定计划是很重要的。A. While尽管；B. Unless 除非；C. Because因为；D. Until 直到。根据“keep my speech short”以及“I can’t help raising many examples”可知，两个分句之间为转折关系，应用表示让步的连词While表示“尽管”。故选A。 11. I believe the Children with learning difficulties may do well in other fields. A. unfamiliar B. informal C. specific D. invisible 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我相信有特殊学习困难的孩子可能在其他领域做得很好。A. unfamiliar不熟悉的；B. informal非正式的；C. specific独特的；D. invisible看不见的。根据后文“may do well in other fields”可知，可能在其他领域做得很好，所以应是有特殊学习困难的孩子。故选C项。 12. He is so interested and devoted that every day he will spend hours in the woods observing the throstles (画眉鸟) their baby birds. A. to feed B. fed C. being fed D. feed 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：他是如此的感兴趣和投入，每天他都会花几个小时在树林里观察画眉鸟喂它们的小鸟。空处作宾语补足语，feed“喂食”和the throstles逻辑上是主动关系，结合“spend hours”可知，观察的是喂食的全过程，因此用observe sb./sth. do sth.表示，feed用省略了to的不定式形式。故选D。 13. --Have you noticed that Sasha is at her speech performance. --Yes. That is I want to give her this card to encourage her. A. disappointed; when B. disappointing; how C. disappointed; why D. disappointed; what 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词和表语从句。——你注意到萨沙对自己的演讲表现很失望吗？——是的。所以我想送她这张卡片来鼓励她。一空处，空前是系动词，所以空处应填形容词作表语修饰主语Sasha，修饰人，用-ed形式，应填disappointed，二空处引导表语从句，从句结构完整，用连接副词引导，根据句意，表示“这就是为什么”之意，用why引导。故选C项。 14. I couldn’t afford the house with so huge a garden, so I second best—an apartment with a big balcony. A. dealt with B. settled for C. wound up D. made up 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：我买不起带有那么大花园的房子，所以只好退而求其次——选择了一套带有大阳台的公寓。A. dealt with 处理，应付；B. settled for勉强接受；C. wound up 结束，最终处于(某种状态)；D. made up 组成，编造，化妆等。根据上文“I couldn’t afford the house with so huge a garden”可知，只能退而求其次，即勉强接受。故选B。 15. My new Math teacher’s to teaching is totally different from my previous math teacher’s. A. way B. approach C. method D. means 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：我的新数学老师的教学方法与我以前的数学老师完全不同。由选项可知，四个词都有“方法”之意，但approach后接to doing，way, means和method后接of doing，way后还可接不定式。故选B项。 三、完型填空: (共20题, 每题1.5, 共30分) I decided to ski to the North Pole. It was after I saw a(n) ___16___ in a newspaper looking for people to join a team that would ___17___ 350 miles to the magnetic North Pole. Back in 1996, a woman from the UK had never ___18___ this challenge. I wondered what it would be like to ___19___ in temperatures that cold, so I sent off for the application form. When the application form ___20___, it said “Are You Man Enough for the Ultimate Challenge?” and it was full of pictures of ___21___ explorers. I was angry and decided that women could do it too, so it made me even more ___22___ to get on the team. Over 500 individuals ___23___ for a place in the team, and the selection process included physical and psychological tests designed to ___24___ the best group. Our test was to complete the Sandhurst military assault course, where the UK’s best officers are trained, and it’s not for ____25____. We had to climb a huge rope ladder, and I stopped at the top because I have a fear of ____26____. I thought all hope was ____27____. But two others helped me over, and later I found out that the organizers were not looking for amazing ____28____, but great team players, and this moment had shown them who would ____29____ others in the team. I had also shown my real self, and in a place like the Arctic, you have to be yourself, ____30____ there is nowhere to hide. These ____31____ of asking for help and showing your real self are necessary for women to master. I realized that by being myself, I could ____32____. I was chosen for the team, and as a result became the ____33____ British woman to ski to the Magnetic North Pole. I realized that I could achieve more than I ever ____34____ was possible—but more importantly, by sharing my story with others, I could ____35____ them to take a step into the unknown. 16. A. notice B. report C. announcement D. advertisement 17. A. run B. ski C. drive D. fly 18. A. enjoyed B. ignored C. accomplished D. received 19. A. survive B. suffer C. exist D. hide 20. A. passed B. appeared C. arrived D. returned 21. A. female B. male C. proud D. brave 22. A. determined B. confident C. excited D. satisfied 23. A. waited B. looked C. applied D. cared 24. A. train B. pick C. develop D. challenge 25. A. everyone B. someone C. anyone D. no one 26. A. heights B. silence C. loss D. changes 27. A. left B. missed C. saved D. lost 28. A. skiers B. team C. men D. individuals 29. A. catch up with B. stay away from C. look out for D. get rid of 30. A. as B. if C. unless D. though 31. A. talents B. experiences C. lessons D. qualities 32. A. try B. fail C. succeed D. improve 33. A. excellent B. first C. noble D. extra 34. A. admitted B. predicted C. remembered D. imagined 35. A. allow B. inspire C. require D. promise 【答案】16. D 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. C 21. B 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. A 27. D 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. D 32. C 33. B 34. D 35. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者申请加入去北极的滑雪队并成功的故事。 【16题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：那是在我看到报纸上的一则广告后，我想找人加入一个滑雪队，该滑雪队将滑雪350英里到达北极。A. notice注意；B. report报道；C. announcement公告；D. advertisement广告。根据“in a newspaper looking for”可知，是作者在报纸上看到这则广告才萌生这个想法。故选D。 【17题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：那是在我看到报纸上的一则广告后，我想找人加入一个滑雪队，该滑雪队将滑雪350英里到达北极。A. run奔跑；B. ski滑雪；C. drive骑行；D. fly飞行。根据“I decided to ski to the North Pole.”可知，去北极应该是去滑雪。故选B。 【18题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：早在1996年，一位来自英国的女性从未接受过这项挑战。A. enjoyed喜欢；B. ignored忽略；C. accomplished实现；D. received得到。正是因为还没有女性实现这个挑战使用激励了作者。故选C。 【19题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我想知道在那么冷的温度下生存会是什么样子，所以我寄去了申请表格。A. survive生存；B. suffer经受；C. exist存在；D. hide隐藏。根据“in temperatures that cold”可知，这个挑战是要在寒冷条件下生存。故选A。 【20题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：当申请表被填上的时候，上面写着“你够勇敢吗?” A. passed通过；B. appeared出现；C. arrived到达；D. returned返回。根据“so I sent off for the application form”可知，前面提到作者想填申请表，这里是指作者拿到了申请表。故选C。 【21题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：里面满是男性探险家的照片。A. female女性的；B. male男性的；C. proud自豪的；D. brave勇敢的。根据“I was angry and decided that women could do it too”可知，作者生气的原因是里面都是男性探险家的照片。故选B。 【22题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我很生气，并决定女性也可以这样做，所以这让我更坚定了加入这个团队的决心。A. determined坚定的；B. confident自信的；C. excited兴奋的；D. satisfied高兴的。根据“I was angry and decided that women could do it too,”可知，这里作者表达了想要进团队的坚定决心。故选A。 【23题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：超过500人申请加入团队，选拔过程包括身体和心理测试，旨在挑选出最好的一组。A. waited等待；B. looked观察；C. applied申请；D. cared关心。apply for申请加入。根据“and the selection process included physical and psychological tests designed to ___9___ the best group.”可知，很多人申请加入去北极的团队。故选C。 【24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：超过500人申请加入团队，选拔过程包括身体和心理测试，旨在挑选出最好的一组。A. train训练；B. pick挑选；C. develop发展；D. challenge挑战。根据“and the selection process included physical and psychological tests”可知，选拔的目的是为了从中挑选出最好的队伍。故选B。 【25题详解】 考查代词词义辨析。句意：我们的测试是完成桑德赫斯特军事攻击课程，英国最优秀的军官都是在那里接受训练的，这并不适合所有人。A. everyone每个人；B. someone某个人；C. anyone任何人；D. no one没有人。根据“Our test was to complete the Sandhurst military assault course, where the UK’s best officers are trained,”可知，这里表示测试难度大，并不适合任何人。故选A。 【26题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们必须爬一个巨大的绳梯，我在顶端停了下来，因为我恐高。A. heights高度；B. silence安静；C. loss丢失；D. changes改变。根据“I stopped at the top”可知，这里作者在高处停下是因为恐高。故选A。 【27题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我以为所有的希望都破灭了。A. left丢下；B. missed错过；C. saved拯救；D. lost丢失。根据“But two others helped me over”可知，作者以为自己会失去所有的希望。故选D。 【28题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：但另外两个人帮了我，后来我发现，组织者寻找的不是出色的个人，而是优秀的团队成员，这一刻向他们展示了谁会为团队中的其他人着想。A. skiers滑雪者；B. team队伍；C. men男人；D. individuals个人。根据“but great team players”可知，组织者寻找的不是出色的个人，而是优秀的团队成员。故选D。 【29题详解】 考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：但另外两个人帮了我，后来我发现，组织者寻找的不是出色的个人，而是优秀的团队成员，这一刻向他们展示了谁会为团队中的其他人着想。A. catch up with赶上；B. stay away from远离；C. look out for留心；D. get rid of摆脱。根据“But two others helped me over, and later I found out that the organizers were not looking for amazing ___13___,”可知，选拔的目的是寻找会留心为队里的其他人着想的人。故选C。 【30题详解】 考查连词词义辨析。句意：我也展示了真实的自我，在北极这样的地方，你必须做你自己，因为无处可藏。A. as因为；B. if如果；C. unless除非；D. though尽管。根据“you have to be yourself”可知，前后句为因果关系。故选A。 【31题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：这些寻求帮助和展示真实自我的品质是女性必须掌握的。A. talents天赋；B. experiences经验；C. lessons课程；D. qualities品质。根据“asking for help and showing your real self”可知，这些都是优秀的品质。故选D。 【32题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我意识到做我自己，我就能成功。A. try尝试；B. fail失败；C. succeed成功；D. improve提高。根据“I realized that by being myself,”可知，作者意识到做自己就能成功。故选C。 【33题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我被选中了，结果成为了第一个滑雪到磁北极的英国女性。A. excellent优秀；B. first首先；C. noble高贵的；D. extra额外的。根据“Back in 1996, a woman from the UK had never ___3___ this challenge.”可知，作者是第一个成功的英国女性。故选B。 【34题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我意识到，我可以取得比我想象中更多的成就——但更重要的是，通过与他人分享我的故事，我可以激励他们向未知迈出一步。A. admitted允许；B. predicted预测；C. remembered记住；D. imagined想象。根据“I realized that I could achieve more”可知，作者意识到获得的成就比想象中的更多。故选D。 【35题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我意识到，我可以取得比我想象中更多的成就——但更重要的是，通过与他人分享我的故事，我可以激励他们向未知迈出一步。A. allow允许；B. inspire激励；C. require要求；D. promise承诺。根据“I realized that I could achieve more than I ever ___19___ was possible—but more importantly, by sharing my story with others,”可知，作者通过自己的故事来激励大家。故选B。 四、阅读理解 (共20题, 每题2.5分, 共50分) A A Guide to the University Food The TWU Cafeteria is open 7am to 8pm. It serves snacks, drinks, ice cream bars and meals. You can pay with cash or your ID cards. You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk. Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study. If you are on campus in the evening or late at night, you can buy snacks, fast food, and drinks in the Lower Café located in the bottom level of the Gouglas Centre. This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts, games or TV watching. Relaxation The Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available for relaxing, studying , cooking, and eating. Monthly activities are held here for all international students. Hours are 10 am to 10 pm, closed on Sundays. Health Located on the top floor of Douglas Hall, the Wellness Centre is committed to physical, emotional and social health. A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice. The cost of this is included in your medical insurance. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30pm. Academic Support All students have access to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall. Here, qualified volunteers will work with you on written work, grammar, vocabulary, and other academic skills. You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door two 30 –minute appointments per week maximum. This service is free. Transportation The TWU Express is a shuttle service. The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping centre, leaving from the Mattson Centre. Operation hours are between 8am and 3pm. Saturdays only. Round trip fare is $1. 36. What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria? A. Do homework and watch TV B. Buy drinks and enjoy concerts C. have meals and meet with friends D. Add money to your ID and play chess 37. Where and when can you cook your own food? A. The Globe, Friday B. The Lower Café, Sunday C. The TWU Cafeteria, Friday D. The McMillan Hall, Sunday. 38. The Guide tells us that the Wellness Centre _________. A. is open six days a week B. offers services free of charge C. trains students in medical care D. gives advice on mental health 39. How can you seek help from the Writing Centre? A. By applying online B. By calling the centre C. By filling in a sign-up form D. By going to the centre directly 40. What is the function of TWU Express? A. To carry students to the lecture halls. B. To provide students with campus tours C. To take students to the Mattson Centre. D. To transport students to and from the stores. 【答案】36. C 37. A 38. D 39. C 40. D 【解析】 【分析】本文是广告类的文章。介绍了大学部分服务项目的情况。一是介绍了自助餐厅、咖啡馆，它们营业的项目及时间、地点等。二是可以让学生放松娱乐的地方，可以在这里自己做饭，组织一些活动等。三是关于健康保健卫生，学生可以去咨询有关健康保健的问题。四是学术支持中心。学生有什么写作、语法、词汇或其他学术问题可以填表登记预约。五是学校有班车来回接送学生往来于学校和商场之间，很是方便。 【36题详解】 细节理解题。在TWU的自助餐厅你可以做什么？根据food部分第一段第二句可知可以在这里吃饭；根据you can use the tables to eat your lunch to have meetings and to study.可以遇见朋友，所以C项符合。这里如果考生不细心的话，有可能选干扰最强的选项D，选项D的内容都是food部分的内容，选项D提到的充钱是在TWU的自助餐厅，而下棋是在the Lower Café,这很容易让考生误选D。故选C。 【37题详解】 细节理解题。在什么时间和什么地点可以自己做饭？根据Relaxation部分叙述的可知可以在Globe做饭，时间是除了周日，所以周五可以在这里做饭，故选A。 【38题详解】 细节理解题。The Guide告诉我们the Wellness Center什么？根据A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice.可知这里能够给出关于个人健康一些建议，故选D。 【39题详解】 细节理解题。你怎样从the Writing Center寻求帮助？根据You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside.可知要想得到帮助需要填写登记表，故选C。 【40题详解】 细节理解题。TWU班车什么作用？根据The shuttle transport students between campus and the shopping centre.可知，TWU班车主要接送学生往来于学校与商场之间，故选D。 B In the fall of 1985. I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell. My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college an the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait. Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic---and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy. You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 81. Our home was a complete zoo---a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant talking as few as one class each semester. The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives. In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！ I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process. Remember；little steps add up to big dreams. 41. When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be____. A. a writer B. a teacher C. a judge D. a doctor 42. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college? A. She wanted to study by herself. B. She fell in love and got married. C. She suffered from a serious illness. D. She decided to look after her grandma. 43. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5? A. She was busy yet happy with her family life. B. She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons. C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife. D. She was too confused to make a correct choice. 44. What dose the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph? A. Failure is the mother of success. B. Little by little, one goes far. C. Every coin has two sides. D. Well begun, half done. 45. Which of the following can best describe the author? A. Caring and determined. B. Honest and responsible. C. Ambitious and sensitive. D. Innocent and single-minded. 【答案】41. C 42. D 43. A 44. B 45. A 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章叙述了作者的求学励志故事。 【41题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第一段的“In the fall of 1985， I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere.”（1985年的秋天，我是一个目光炯炯的女孩，即将进入霍华德大学立志从事法律职业，梦想着能在某个地方的最高法院担任法官）可知，当作者去霍华德大学时，她的梦想是成为一名法官。故选C项。 【42题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her it.”（但我上大学一年后，她得了癌症。为了照顾她，我决定从大学退学）可知，作者为什么在大学二年级退学的原因是她决定照顾她的奶奶。故选D项。 【43题详解】 推理判断题，根据文章第四段“You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8. Our home was a complete zoo---a joyous zoo. ”（你可以想象我有多忙，要抚养四个不到8岁的男孩。我们的家是一个完整的动物园——一个欢乐的动物园。）作者需要养育4个儿女，同时还要坚持学习的梦想。由此可知，她很忙，但她的家庭生活很幸福。故选A项。 【44题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process. Remember；little steps add up to big dreams.”（在你的生活中不肯能一蹴而就。这是一个过程。记住:小进步大梦想）由此可知，作者在最后一段告诉我们作者的学习是在循序渐进，千里之行始于足下，最终才取得学位的。故选B项。 【45题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第二段“But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her it.”（但我上大学一年后，她得了癌症。为了照顾她，我决定从大学退学）可知，全文作者照顾祖母和照顾家庭，可以看出作者是体贴人的。根据“It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！”（我花了21年才拿到大学学位）通过作者坚持不懈的学习，最终拿到学位，可以看出作者是有决心的，故选A。 C Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is the color of most growing plants, too. Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in war. By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today — a person who is new in a job. About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west. Old-times used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the east. The greenhorn didn’t have the skills that he would need to live in the hard, rough country. Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early 1900s. A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died. The Green Revolution is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs. 46. According to the passage, a greenhorn means now. A. a young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed B. a soldier who has not had any experience in war C. a person who works as an unskillful beginner in a job D. a man who doesn’t have the skills to live in the country 47. The meaning of the underlined word “touch” in Paragraph 6 is . A. contact B. ability C. idea D. detail 48. Which of the following about the Green Revolution is NOT right? A. If there weren’t the Green Revolution, we would have no rice to eat. B. The expression “the Green Revolution” appeared several years ago. C. Because of the Green Revolution, we have more kinds of rice and other grains. D. Agricultural scientists with green thumbs started the Green Revolution. 49. We can know from the passage that . A. all growing plants in nature is green B. green is the most important color in nature C. a person with a green thumb can make plants grow well D. the expression “a green thumb” has a history of two hundred years 50. The main idea of the passage is . A. a greenhorn B. a green thumb C. the Green Revolution D. the word “green” and its story 【答案】46. C 47. B 48. A 49. C 50. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章探讨了“green”一词在英语文化中的多重含义，介绍了与“green”相关的表达的来源和意义。 【46题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中“By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today — a person who is new in a job. (到了18世纪，“greenhorn”就有了今天的意思——刚开始工作的人)”可知，现在这个词指的是一个在工作中不熟练的新手。故选C项。 【47题详解】 词句猜测题。根据画线词的下文“You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died. (如果你的植物死了很久，隔壁的女人的花园还在继续生长，你可能会说她是一个园艺高手)”可知，园艺高手具有让植物长得又快又好的特殊能力，画线词意思应该与ability“能力”意思一致。故选B项。 【48题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段“The Green Revolution is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs. (绿色革命是几年前对新型水稻和其他谷物的开发所起的名字。这种新作物的产量要大得多。绿色革命是那些擅长园艺的农业科学家辛勤工作的结果)”可知，B项“‘绿色革命’一词出现于几年前”，C项“因为绿色革命，我们有了更多种类的水稻和其他谷物”，D项“擅长园艺的农业科学家开启了绿色革命”均符合文意，A项“如果没有绿色革命，我们将没有饭吃”与原文不符。故选A项。 【49题详解】 细节理解题。根据第六段中“You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died. (如果你的植物死了很久，隔壁的女人的花园还在继续生长，你可能会说她是一个园艺高手)”可知，一个有园艺才能的人可以让植物长得很好。故选C项。 【50题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是“Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe.(有时，绿色这个词意味着年轻，新鲜和成长。有时，它用来形容尚未完成的事情或尚未成熟的植物。)”以及“About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west.(大约一百年前，greenhorn在美国西部是一个流行的表达。) ”等可知，本文主要探讨“green”一词在英语文化中的多重含义，介绍了与“green”相关的表达的来源和意义。因此，文章主旨是“green”这个词及其故事。故选D项。 D If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language? According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles. The study also found the younger people learn a second language, the greater the effect is. A team led by Dr Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners. Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference. “Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists. It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn. Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的),” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.” The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and 34. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists. 51. The main subject talked about in this passage is_____________. A. science on learning a second language B. language can help brain power C. man's ability of learning a second language D. language learning and maths study 52. In the second paragraph, the writer mentions “exercise” in order to_____________. A. make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well B. prove that one needs more practice when he (she) is learning a language C. to show the importance of using the language when you learn the language D. say language is also a kind of physical labor 53. The underlined word “bilingual” probably means_____________. A. a researcher on language learning B. an English native speaker C. an active language learner D. a person who can speak two languages 54. We may know from the scientific findings that_____________. A. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time B. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn't know a second language C. the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people's brain D. the earlier you start to learn a second language the higher the grey matter density is 55. In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that_____________. A. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in study other subjects B. learning a second language is the same as studying maths C. Italian is the best choice for you as a second language D. you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language 【答案】51. B 52. A 53. D 54. D 55. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述学习第二语言对大脑的积极影响及相关研究。 【51题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段“If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?(如果英语意味着没完没了的生词，难懂的语法，有时甚至是奇怪的发音，那你就错了。难道你没有注意到自从你开始学习一门语言后，你变得更聪明了吗？)”以及第二段“According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power.(根据英国一所大学的一项新研究，学习第二语言可以提高你的脑力)”可知，文章核心讨论的是学习外语可以帮助你让大脑更聪明。故选B。 【52题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段中“Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.(研究人员发现，学习其他语言会改变大脑灰质。这是大脑中处理信息的区域。这与锻炼肌肉的方式类似)”可知，作者提到“exercise”是为了类比语言学习和肌肉锻炼，说明语言学习可以增强灰质功能，故选A。  【53题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第四段划线词所在句子“They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.(研究人员将他们与一组在五岁之前学习第二语言的“早期bilinguals”以及一些更晚的学习者进行了比较)”可知，“bilingual”指的是能够说两种语言的人，故选D。  【54题详解】 细节理解题。根据根据第二段中“Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.(研究人员发现，学习其他语言会改变大脑灰质。这是大脑中处理信息的区域。这与锻炼肌肉的方式类似。)”和最后一段“The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better.(结果显示，越早开始学习，效果越好)”可知，越早开始学习了外语，灰质密度越高。故选D。 【55题详解】 主旨大意题。根据最后两段“Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的),” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”(威尔士大学的迪伦·沃恩·琼斯教授研究了双语能力和数学技能之间的联系。他说：“掌握两种语言为你打开了两扇世界之窗，使大脑更加灵活。”“你实际上超越了语言，更好地理解了不同的想法。”)”及“The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and 34. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.(这一发现与一项针对以意大利语为母语、在2岁至34岁之间将英语作为第二语言学习的人的研究相吻合。阅读、写作和理解都接受了测试。结果显示，越早开始学习，效果越好。科学家们解释说：“学习一门语言意味着你进入了另一个世界。”)”可知，最后两段提到学习语言能够让人更灵活，并且对阅读、写作和理解等能力有积极影响，表明早期学习第二语言对其他学科的学习有很大帮助。故选A。 第Ⅱ卷 (共35分) 五、阅读表达(共5题，每题2分，共10分) 将答案写到答题纸的横线上。 阅读表达 Jamie, 16, was on his way to the store when he noticed a stranger sitting alone on the edge of a bridge. “I was just on my way to the American sweet shop to buy some drinks, when I saw this guy in his 30s sitting on the edge of the bridge,” he told Humans of Dublin. “I just thought, ‘wow.’”I stopped and asked him if he was OK, but I knew from the look in his eyes that he wasn’t, and he didn’t say anything, either, but I saw tears coming from his eyes. I begged him for a while to come down and sit on the steps, and eventually he did. Over the next 45 minutes, Jamie listened attentively as the stranger shared his burdens. “We sat on the sidewalk on the south side of the Liffey and talked for about 45 minutes, about what was happening to him, why he was feeling that way... I couldn’t leave him there alone, but I had to go, so I was going to ring an ambulance,” Jamie recalled. “I told him they could help him feel better. But he was like’Please, please don’t call them. I’m fine. I just want to walk around for a while... I’m goanna be OK!’” The man eventually accepted Jamie’s request and was taken to a hospital. Before bidding farewell, the two exchanged phone numbers. Jamie continued, “And about three months ago, he texted me that his wife was pregnant, they were having a son, and they were naming him after me. Can you believe that? They’ re going to name their child after me. He said in that moment when I approached him, he was just about to jump, and those few words saved his life. They’ re still ringing in his head every day. ‘Are you OK?’ I can’t really understand how these few words could save his life, but he told me, ‘Imagine if nobody ever asked you those words.?’” 56. What was Jamie going to do when he saw the man?(no more than 8 words) _____________________________________________________________ 57. What do the underlined words “bidding farewell” in paragraph 4 probably mean?(no more than 2 words) _____________________________________________________________ 58. What actually saved the man who wanted to jump into the river?(no more than 5 words) _____________________________________________________________ 59. How did the man who was saved thank Jamie?(no more than 6 words) _____________________________________________________________ 60. How do you think of Jamie? Why?(no more than 25 words) _____________________________________________________________ 【答案】56. He was going to buy some drinks. 57. Saying good-bye./Good-bye. 58. The words“Are you ok ?”./Jamie’s care about him./Jamie’s kind words./Jamie’s kind act./Jamie’s kindness. 59. By naming his child after Jamie/him. 60. I think Jamie is caring/kind/warm-hearted/helpful/considerate/ thoughtful, because he could notice the man’s problem, listen to him , send him to hospital and finally saved the man’s life./because he saved a man’s life and the man’s family. 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了16岁的Jamie在去买东西的路上发现一个男子坐在桥边，想要轻生，Jamie用善意的话救回了男子。 【56题详解】 考查细节理解。根据第二段中“I was just on my way to the American sweet shop to buy some drinks, when I saw this guy in his 30s sitting on the edge of the bridge(我正要去一家美国糖果店买饮料，突然看到一个30多岁的家伙坐在桥边)”可知，Jamie正打算去买些饮料，这时他看见了那个男人，故答案为He was going to buy some drinks. 【57题详解】 考查词句猜测。根据划线词前“The man eventually accepted Jamie’s request and was taken to a hospital.(这名男子最终接受了Jamie的请求，并被送往医院)”和后文“the two exchanged phone numbers(两人交换了电话号码)”可知，这名男子被送往医院，两人应是就此告别，告别前两人交换了电话号码，bidding farewell意为“说再见”，故答案为Saying good-bye./Good-bye. 【58题详解】 考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段中“He said in that moment when I approached him, he was just about to jump, and those few words saved his life. They’ re still ringing in his head every day. ‘Are you OK?’(他说在我靠近他的那一刻，他正要跳下去，这几句话救了他的命。这些声音每天都在他的脑海里回响。‘你还好吗？’)”可知，Jamie说的“Are you OK?”救了那个想跳河的男人，也可理解为是Jamie的关心和善良救了他，故答案为The words “Are you OK?”./Jamie’s care about him./Jamie’s kind words./Jamie’s kind act./Jamie’s kindness. 【59题详解】 考查细节理解。根据倒数第三段“Jamie continued, ‘And about three months ago, he texted me that his wife was pregnant, they were having a son, and they were naming him after me.(Jamie继续说道：‘大约三个月前，他给我发短信说他妻子怀孕了，他们要生一个儿子，他们要用我的名字给他取名)”可知，Jamie救下的那个男人通过为自己的孩子取名Jamie的方式来感谢Jamie，故答案为By naming his child after Jamie/him. 【60题详解】 考查开放题型。根据第二段中“I stopped and asked him if he was OK, but I knew from the look in his eyes that he wasn’t, and he didn’t say anything, either, but I saw tears coming from his eyes. I begged him for a while to come down and sit on the steps, and eventually he did. Over the next 45 minutes, Jamie listened attentively as the stranger shared his burdens.(我停下来问他是否还好，但从他的眼神中我知道他不太好，他也没说什么，但我看到泪水从他的眼睛里流出来。我恳求他下来坐在台阶上，他终于答应了。在接下来的45分钟里，Jamie全神贯注地听着陌生人分担他的负担)”和第三段中“I couldn’t leave him there alone, but I had to go, so I was going to ring an ambulance(我不能把他一个人留在那里，但我必须走，所以我要打电话叫救护车)”可知，Jamie很有爱心，因为他能注意到那个人的问题，倾听他的意见，送他去医院，最后救了那个人的命。/因为他救了一个人的命和他的家人。故答案为I think Jamie is caring/kind/warm-hearted/helpful/considerate/thoughtful, because he could notice the man’s problem, listen to him , send him to hospital and finally saved the man’s life./because he saved a man’s life and the man’s family. 六、写作(满分25分) 答案写到答题纸上。 61. 你是晨光中学的高中生李津，你的笔友Jason得知你校有丰富的社团活动，希望你向他介绍一下，并且他也想知道你对社团活动的看法及你的选择。你给他回了一封E-mail，主要内容如下： 1. 介绍学校丰富的社团种类。 2. 你对社团活动的看法。 3. 你选择了英语社团，你选择英语社团的原因及意义。 4. 邀请 Jason来你的学校，亲自参与你的学校的社团活动。 词数不少于100。 开头和结尾已给出部分不计入词数。 Dear Jason, How are things going? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Best wishes. Yours Li Jin 【答案】Dear Jason, How are things going? I’m glad to tell you about the variety of club activities we have at our school! We offer a wide range of clubs, including sports, music, art, science, and language clubs. In my opinion, taking part in club activities is essential for personal growth and making friends. It provides a great opportunity to learn teamwork, leadership, and communication skills outside of the classroom. I have chosen to join the English club because I am passionate about improving my language skill. Being part of this club helps me to express myself better and connect with others who share similar interests. I would love to invite you to visit my school and experience these club activities firsthand. It would be great to have you join us and see how much fun we have! Best wishes. Yours, Li Jin 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达是一篇应用文。要求考生给笔友Jason回一封邮件，告知自己学校社团的相关信息、对社团的看法以及自己的选择及其原因。 【详解】1.词汇积累 高兴的：glad→delighted 在我看来：in my opinion→as far as I’m concerned 参加：take part in→participate in 玩得开心：have fun→enjoy oneself 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：We offer a wide range of clubs, including sports, music, art, science, and language clubs. 拓展句：We offer a wide range of clubs, which include sports, music, art, science, and language clubs. 【点睛】[高分句型1]Being part of this club helps me to express myself better and connect with others who share similar interests.（运用了动名词短语作主语，who引导限制性定语从句） [高分句型2]It would be great to have you join us and see how much fun we have!（运用了how much引导宾语从句） 1-5. CBABC 6-10. ABACB 11-15. ACCBB 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $