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武安一中2024--2025学年第一学期11月月考
高二英语
(时间:120分钟,分值150分)
第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. 【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
How will the speakers go to the concert hall?
A. By subway. B. On foot. C. By taxi.
【答案】A
【解析】
【原文】W: We’re 20 blocks away from the concert hall. Should we keep walking or jump in a taxi?
M: There’s too much traffic for a taxi. But we can take the subway. There is a subway station nearby.
W: Sounds great.
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What do the speakers need to buy now?
A. Some butter. B. Some eggs. C. Some bread.
【答案】A
【解析】
【原文】M: Do we need to buy anything else today? We still have eggs at home.
W: We only need to get some butter now. You can get some bread tomorrow from elsewhere, because it doesn’t seem fresh here.
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What are the speakers talking about?
A. A CD. B. A gift. C. A musician.
【答案】B
【解析】
【原文】M: Did you get a present for Molly’s birthday?
W: Yes, she loves to listen to Johnny Holden’s music. And she’s got all his CDs. This book introduces Johnny Holden’s life, so I got it for her.
M: Great idea!
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What is the weather like in the west of the man’s country?
A. Sunny. B. Windy. C. Rainy.
【答案】C
【解析】
【原文】W: What is the weather like in your country?
M: The weather is sunny in the north and windy in the east. It rains a lot in the west, so it’s rather wet.
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What does the man like doing now?
A. Drawing. B. Practicing calligraphy. C. Playing the piano.
【答案】A
【解析】
【原文】W: Do you have any hobbies?
M: Quite a few! My grandfather taught me traditional Chinese calligraphy when I was a pupil, and I started to play the piano at the beginning of high school. Right now, I’m enjoying drawing, which I started a few months ago.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
6. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. At an office. B. At a cafe. C. At a school.
7. What is the woman going to do?
A. Send an email. B. Pick up her son. C. Go to the sports center.
【答案】6. A 7. B
【解析】
【原文】M: My computer can’t access to the Internet. I must send an email to our boss by 5:00 pm.
W: I have called the worker to maintain the network. You can go to the cafe downstairs and use its Wi-Fi.
M: Good idea. How soon will the Internet be OK?
W: I don’t know. If it is not back today, I will work from home tomorrow.
M: Me too. Will you go to the cafe with me?
W: No, I have no urgent matters today. I’m going to pick up my son from school.
M: OK. I have to go now. I need hurry to finish my email and go to the sports center.
W: Bye.
听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
8. What does the woman decide to do this Sunday?
A. Visit a museum. B. See a film. C. Take some pictures.
9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Colleagues. B. Neighbors. C. Schoolmates.
【答案】8. A 9. C
【解析】
【原文】M: What are you going to do for the weekend?
W: For the weekend? I have no idea. It’s only Monday. What do you suggest we do?
M: How about going to the theater? Waiting for Godot is on at Fun Theater.
W: Sorry, I’m not particularly interested in films. Could we do something else, though?
M: Then would you like to go to the National Astronomy Museum? A lot of pictures about Mars are on exhibition.
W: Really? Sounds fantastic. When shall we go there?
M: How about Sunday?
W: Sunday would be fine with me. What time shall we meet?
M: Shall we make it 10:00 am in front of our school gate?
W: Good. See you then.
听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
10. What does Alex want to watch?
A. Tom and Jerry. B. Superman. C. Journey to the West.
11. What does Alex think of Tom and Jerry?
A. It’s silly. B. It’s funny. C. It’s popular.
12. Which cartoon character does the woman like best?
A. Tom. B. Jerry. C. The Monkey King.
【答案】10. A 11. B 12. C
【解析】
【原文】M: Mom, I’ve finished my housework, and it’s my turn to watch my favorite cartoon now.
W: All right, Alex. Which cartoon would you like to watch better, Tom and Jerry or Superman?
M: Tom and Jerry. The little mouse always beats the silly cat. They’re so humorous that I couldn’t stop laughing.
W: Yeah, I totally agree with you. But my favorite cartoon is Journey to the West.
M: What’s it about?
W: It’s one of the most popular stories in China. It mainly tells the story of the Monkey King fighting against bad people.
M: So, the Monkey King is your favorite cartoon character?
W: Yeah, you are right. He is a real hero in my heart. I’d like to be someone like him.
听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
13. When is Mary’s birthday?
A. On July 22nd. B. On July 23rd. C. On July 24th.
14. Who went on a business trip this morning?
A. Mary’s parents. B. Jenny’s father. C. John.
15. Where will the party be held?
A. At Jenny’s home. B. At Hill Restaurant. C. At Southeast Center.
16. What will John bring to the party?
A. Some ice cream. B. Some flowers. C. Some cakes.
【答案】13. C 14. A 15. C 16. A
【解析】
【原文】W: Hi, John. Today is July 23rd. It’s Mary’s birthday tomorrow.
M: Really, Jenny? I didn’t know that.
W: Mary just told me. She’s a little sad, because her parents went to Beijing for work this morning and they will stay there for half a month.
M: Hmm… Hey! Let’s have a party for her!
W: Good idea! We can have a party at Hill Restaurant.
M: It is the cheapest, but it’s much too small. How about Southeast Center? It’s large. The food there is the best, and the service is good.
W: OK.
M: Shall we order a birthday cake?
W: I will ask my dad to make a cake for the party. He is good at making cakes.
M: And I can bring some ice cream.
W: Oh, good. Mary loves ice cream.
M: She must be very surprised and happy!
W: You are right!
听下面一段独白,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
17. What does the speaker most probably do?
A. She is a tour guide. B. She is a teacher. C. She is an organizer of the exhibition.
18. How much is the ticket to the castle?
A. £2. B. £3. C. £5.
19. What time will the bus leave on Saturday?
A. At 8:40 am. B. At 8:50 am. C. At 9:10 am.
20. What can the listeners learn from the special exhibition?
A. When the castle was built. B. What ancient people wore. C. How the cars were invented.
【答案】17. B 18. B 19. C 20. B
【解析】
【原文】W: Please listen to me because I want to tell you about the next class trip. We’re going to a castle. We read about this one in Tetbury last week in our history lesson. Tell your parents they need to pay for the trip this week. It’s five pounds. That’s three pounds for the ticket and the rest is for transport. This trip is on a Saturday. We don’t want you to miss a school day, like a Friday. We’re going by bus. Please get to school by 8:40 at the latest because the bus will go at 9:10 exactly. You don’t need to bring paper or a pen, but you’ll need a camera. If you haven’t got one, you can share with a friend. While we’re there, we’re going to see a special exhibition. The one about cars has just finished, and now there’s one about clothes that’s called Modana. That’s M-O-D-A-N-A. It’s very interesting to see what people wore hundreds of years ago. Now, any questions…
第二部分阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson.Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?
Jane Addams (1860-1935)
Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community (社区) by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the danger of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.
Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-present)
When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator (参议员) and in 1981, the first woman to join the US Supreme Court. O’Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.
Rosa Parks (1913-2005)
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks did not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” said Parks.
21. What was the reason for O’Connor’s being rejected by the law firm?
A. Her lack of proper training in law. B. Her little work experience in court.
C. The discrimination against women. D. The poor financial conditions.
22. Who made a great contribution to the equal rights of the citizens?
A. Jane Addams. B. Rachel Carson.
C. Sandra Day O’Connor. D. Rosa Parks.
23. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?
A. They are highly educated. B. They are truly creative.
C. They are pioneers. D. They are peacelovers.
【答案】21. C 22. D 23. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四位伟大又有影响力的女性,以及她们在各自领域的成就。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据Sandra Day O’Connor部分的第一句“When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. (1952年,当桑德拉·戴·奥康纳(Sandra Day O 'Connor)以全班第三名的成绩毕业于斯坦福大学法学院时,她找不到律师事务所的工作,因为她是女性。)”可知,桑德拉·戴·奥康纳被律师公司拒绝是因为对妇女的歧视。故选C。
【22题详解】
细节理解题。根据Rosa Parks部分“On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks did not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civilrights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” said Parks.( 1955年12月1日,在阿拉巴马州的蒙哥马利,罗莎·帕克斯在公交车上没有给一位白人乘客让座。她简单的举动让帕克斯进了监狱。但这也引发了蒙哥马利的公共汽车抵制运动。它持续了一年多,并拉开了民权运动的序幕。“我唯一感到疲倦的是,厌倦了屈服。帕克斯说。)”可知, 罗莎·帕克斯没有在公共汽车上给白人乘客让座。她的简单行为使自己进了监狱。但这也引发了蒙哥马利的公交车抵制运动。它持续了一年多, 拉开了民权运动的序幕。由此可知, 罗莎·帕克斯对美国民权运动做出了巨大的贡献。故选D。
【23题详解】
推理判断题。根据Jane Addams (1860-1935)部分中“In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.( 1931年,亚当斯成为第一位获得诺贝尔和平奖的美国女性。)”可知,珍妮·亚当斯是第一个获得诺贝尔和平奖的美国女性;根据Rachel Carson (1907-1964)部分中“Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the danger of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.(她在1962年出版的畅销书《寂静的春天》提高了人们对污染危险的认识,以及化学物质对人类和世界湖泊和海洋的有害影响。)”可知,雷切尔·卡森的作品《寂静的春天》提高了人们对污染的危险性和化学物质对人类和世界湖泊和海洋的危害性的认识;根据Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-present)部分中“ She became an Arizona state senator (参议员) and in 1981, the first woman to join the US Supreme Court.( 她成为亚利桑那州参议员,并于1981年成为第一位加入美国最高法院的女性。)”可知,桑德拉·戴·奥康纳是美国首位联邦最高法院女法官;以及Rosa Parks (1913-2005)部分中“ Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil rights movement.(她简单的举动让帕克斯进了监狱。但这也引发了蒙哥马利的公共汽车抵制运动。它持续了一年多,并拉开了民权运动的序幕。)”可知,罗莎·帕克斯在公交车上拒绝为白人让座,拉开了民权运动的序幕。由此推知,文中提到的几位女性都是先驱人物。故选C。
B
Most of us take the task of buying a cup of coffee for granted, as it seems simple enough. However, we have no idea just how stressful tasks like this can be for people who suffer from disabilities. That’s why it’s so heart-warming to see a story like this in which a barista (咖啡师) does something small to make life a little easier for someone who is deaf.
Ibby Piracha lost his hearing when he was only two years old, and he now goes to his local cafe in Leesburg, Virginia to order a cup of coffee at least three times a week. Though all the baristas who work there have his order memorized, Ibby always write his order on his phone and shows it to the barista.
One day, however, one of the baristas did something that changed everything! After Ibby ordered his coffee, he was amazed when barista Krystal pane handed him a note in response. “I’ve been learning sign language just so you can have the same experience as everyone else,” the note read. Krystal then asked Ibby in sign language what he would like to order.
Ibby was touched that she would learn sign language just to help him feel welcome. “I was just so moved that she actually wanted to learn sign language. It is really a totally different language and it was something that she wanted to do because of me. Because I was a deaf customer. I was very, very impressed,” Ibby said.
Krystal had spent hours watching teaching videos so that she could learn enough sign language to give Ibby the best customer service that she could! “My job is to make sure people have the experience they expect and that’s what I gave him,” Krystal says.
Ibby posted a photo of Krystal’s note online, and it quickly went viral, getting hundreds of likes and comments that praised Krystal for her kind action.
24. What can we learn about Ibby Piracha from paragraph 2?
A. He was born deaf. B. He lives a hard life.
C. He loves to order take-out food. D. He visits the cafe regularly.
25. Why did Krystal learn sign language?
A. To serve Ibby better. B. To attract more customers.
C. To give Ibby a big surprise. D. To make herself more popular.
26. Which of the following can best describe Krystal?
A. Kind and considerate. B. Honest and responsible.
C. Sociable and humorous. D. Ambitious and sensitive.
27. What message does the author want to convey in the text?
A. Two heads are better than one. B. A small act makes a difference.
C. One good turn deserves another. D. Actions speak louder than words.
【答案】24. D 25. A 26. A 27. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述的是Ibby的故事,Ibby是个聋哑人,他在买咖啡的时候遇到了一位服务员Krystal,Krystal告诉他,她正在学习手语,希望能够让Ibby拥有和其他人同样的购物体验。
【24题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Ibby Piracha lost his hearing when he was only two years old, and he now goes to his local cafe in Leesburg, Virginia to order a cup of coffee at least three times a week.(Ibby Piracha两岁时失聪,现在他每周至少三次去弗吉尼亚州利斯堡当地的咖啡馆点一杯咖啡。)”可知,Ibby Piracha经常去一家咖啡馆。故选D。
【25题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第三段“After Ibby ordered his coffee, he was amazed when barista Krystal pane handed him a note in response. “I’ve been learning sign language just so you can have the same experience as everyone else,” the note read. Krystal then asked Ibby in sign language what he would like to order.(在Ibby点了咖啡后,他惊讶地看到咖啡师Krystal Pane递给他一张纸条作为回应。纸条上写道:“我一直在学习手语,这样你就能和其他人有同样的体验。”然后Krystal用手语问Ibby他想点什么。)”可知,Krystal学习手语是为了更好地为Ibby服务,让他能和其他人有同样的体验。故选A。
【26题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第三段“After Ibby ordered his coffee, he was amazed when barista Krystal pane handed him a note in response. “I’ve been learning sign language just so you can have the same experience as everyone else,” the note read. Krystal then asked Ibby in sign language what he would like to order.(在Ibby点了咖啡后,他惊讶地看到咖啡师Krystal Pane递给他一张纸条作为回应。纸条上写道:“我一直在学习手语,这样你就能和其他人有同样的体验。”然后Krystal用手语问Ibby他想点什么。)”以及最后一段“Ibby posted a photo of Krystal’s note online, and it quickly went viral, getting hundreds of likes and comments that praised Krystal for her kind action.( Ibby在网上发布了克里斯托纸条的照片,并迅速走红,得到了数百个赞和评论,称赞krystal的善举。)”可知,Krystal之所以学习手语是为了让Ibby能和其他人有同样的体验,而人们也为她的善举点赞。所以可推测Krystal是个心地善良而又善解人意的人。故选A。
【27题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第一段“That’s why it’s so heart-warming to see a story like this in which a barista (咖啡师) does something small to make life a little easier for someone who is deaf.(这就是为什么看到这样一个咖啡师做了一件小事让聋哑人的生活变得更轻松的故事是如此温暖人心。)”以及文章第四段“Ibby was touched that she would learn sign language just to help him feel welcome. “I was just so moved that she actually wanted to learn sign language. It is really a totally different language and it was something that she wanted to do because of me. Because I was a deaf customer. I was very, very impressed,” Ibby said.( Ibby很感动,她会学习手语,只是为了让他感到受欢迎。“我很感动,她真的想学手语。这真的是一种完全不同的语言,她想做这件事是因为我。因为我是个聋子顾客。我非常非常印象深刻,” Ibby说。)”可知,文章主要想表达的是一个小举动却让Ibby印象深刻,并让他心里充满温暖。故选B。
C
According to the UN report, nearly 54 million tons of e-waste was generated around the world in 2019 and will reach 74.7 million tons by 2030. It includes everything from phones and computer monitors to larger items like refrigerators and old fax machine.
Rwanda is one of only 13 countries in Africa that have passed a national law regarding e-waste rule.· It has led to the first official recycling: and reusing facility in the country. Operational since early last year, this public-private partnership between the government and Enviroserve became a source of pride for Rwanda. The plant can process up to 10,000 tons of e-waste per year. According to managing director Olivier Mbera, Enviroserve has already repaired and reused more than 5,000 computers, which were sold to public schools. To date, it has processed more than 4,000 tons of e-waste and created more than 600 jobs.
Conveyor belts (传送带) sort plastics from metals, while particular space collects phosphor (磷) from old tube TVs. Circuit boards (电路板) pile up in bags and batteries are constantly being tested. Every piece of e-waste is thoroughly collected or pressed. The dangerous materials which can poison the environment are separated from the valuable ones.
“Globally, waste is not only increasing in quantity, but also in its complexity and composition,” says Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya, country representative for Rwanda at the Global Green Growth Institute, an intergovernmental organization for sustainable economic growth. “Within an electronic device, there’s gold, silver and so on and these sorts of elements could be taken out, providing new business opportunities for small businesses and even for big cities to generate income. Rwanda is one of our earliest pioneer members and they’ve done really well when it comes to its shift to a green growth pathway,” he adds.
Mbera points to Enviroserve’s success in Rwanda as a potential beginning for an e-waste movement across Africa. “We’re talking with different governments in Africa to establish similar facilities in their countries,” he says. One thing is certain: it will take all nations to combat the growing e-waste crisis.
28. What can we know about e-waste recycling facility in Rwanda?
A. It is the first plant to reuse e-waste in Africa.
B. It is managed entirely by the government.
C. It has already processed 10,000 tons of e-waste.
D. It manages e-waste in an eco-friendly way.
29. What can be inferred according to Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya?
A. Electronic devices are made of gold and silver.
B. E-waste can contain potential treasure.
C. Simple electronic devices are in great need.
D. Rwanda is the only nation to recycle e-waste.
30. Which word can replace the underlined word “combat” in Paragraph 5?
A. Admit. B. Handle. C. Discover. D. Face.
31. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Rwanda is coping with the rising e-waste crisis.
B. Lots of electronic devices are wasted in the world.
C. A great deal of e-waste is poisoning the environment.
D. E-waste is increasing in complexity and composition.
【答案】28. D 29. B 30. B 31. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了卢旺达正在应对日益严重的电子垃圾危机。
【28题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段前两句“Rwanda is one of only 13 countries in Africa that have passed a national law regarding e-waste rule.· It has led to the first official recycling: and reusing facility in the country.(卢旺达是非洲仅有的13个国家之一,通过了有关电子垃圾规则的国家法律。这导致了该国出现了第一个官方的回收和再利用设施)”可知,卢旺达的电子垃圾回收设施,是以环保的方式管理电子垃圾的。故选D。
【29题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段第二句“Within an electronic device, there’s gold, silver and so on and these sorts of elements could be taken out, providing new business opportunities for small businesses and even for big cities to generate income.(在一个电子设备中,有金,银等等,这些元素可以被提取出来,为小企业,甚至为大城市创造收入提供了新的商业机会)”可以推断出,电子垃圾里含有一些可提取的元素,可以成为新的商业机会,是潜在的财富。故选B。
【30题详解】
词义猜测题。根据最后一段第二句“We’re talking with different governments in Africa to establish similar facilities in their countries(我们正在与非洲的不同政府协商在他们的国家建立类似的设施)”可知,类似的设施就是处理电子垃圾的设施。故猜测下句意为“有一件事是肯定的:所有国家都要处理日益严重的电子垃圾危机。”所以 combat 就是处理的意思。故选B。
【31题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文,并根据最后一段第一句“Mbera points to Enviroserve’s success in Rwanda as a potential beginning for an e-waste movement across Africa.(Mbera指出,Enviroserve在卢旺达的成功是整个非洲电子垃圾运动的潜在开端)”可知,卢旺达正在应对日益严重的电子垃圾危机。故选A。
D
Although it has been revealed in recent years that plants are capable of seeing, hearing and smelling, they are still usually thought of as silent. But now, for the first time, they have been recorded making ultrasonic (超声的) cries when stressed, which researchers say could open up a new field of precision agriculture where farmers listen for water starved crops.
Itzhak Khait and his colleagues at Tel Aviv University in Israel found that tomato and tobacco plants made cries at frequencies humans cannot hear when stressed by a lack of water or when their stem it cut.
Microphones placed 10 centimetres from the plants picked up sounds in the ultrasonic range of 20 to 100 kilohertz, which the team says insects and some mammals would be capable of hearing and responding to from as far as 5 metres away, A moth may decide against laying eggs on a plant that sounds water-stressed, the researchers suggest. Plants could even hear that other plants are short of water and react accordingly, they speculate (推断).
On average, drought-stressed tomato plants made 35 sounds an hour, while tobacco plants made 11. When plant stems were cut, tomato plants made an average of 25 sounds in the following hour, and tobacco plants 15. Unstressed plants produced fewer than one sound per hour, on average.
It is even possible to distinguish between the sounds to know what the stress is. The researchers trained a machine-learning model to recognize between the plants’ sounds and the wind, rain and other noises of the greenhouse, correctly identifying in most cases whether the stress was caused by dryness or a cut, based on the sound’s intensity and frequency. Water-hungry tobacco appears to make louder sounds than cut tobacco, for example.
Enabling farmers to listen for water-stressed plants could “open a new direction in the field of precision agriculture”, the researchers suggest. They add that such an ability will be increasingly important as climate change exposes more areas to drought.
“The suggestion that the sounds that drought-stressed plants make could be used in precision agriculture seems feasible (可行的) if it is not too costly to set up the recording in a field situation,” says Anne Visscher at the royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the UK.
She warns that the results can’t yet be broadened out to other stresses, such as salt or temperature, because these may not lead to sounds. In addition, there have been no experiments to show whether moths or any other animal can hear and respond to the sounds the plants make, so that idea remains based on guesses for now, she says.
32. The experiment by researchers, at Tel Aviv University shows that ______.
A. tomato plants cry more often than tobacco when hurt
B. plant sounds can be heard by plants quite far away
C. humans can hear water-hungry plants crying
D. moths like laying eggs on stressed plant
33. What is Anne Visscher’s attitude towards the finding of the experiment?
A. Disapproving B. Cautious. C. Appreciative. D. Optimistic.
34. Taking advantage of the new research finding, farmers can ______.
A. predict the drought B. reduce greenhouse effects
C. diagnose plant condition faster D. detect and remove insects easily
35. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Plants get stressed Just Like Us.
B. Sounds of Plants Detected Far Away.
C. Cries of plants break Farmers’ Hearts
D. Plants scream in the presence of stress
【答案】32. A 33. B 34. C 35. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是说明文。主要介绍的是研究表明,植物在受到缺水或者被砍断时的压力时,它们会发出尖叫声,这开创了精准农业的一个新领域。
【32题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段中“When plant stems were cut, tomato plants made an average of 25 sounds in the following hour, and tobacco plants 15.(当植物茎秆被切断后,番茄植株在接下来的一小时内平均发出25种声音,而烟草植株发出15种声音)”可知,研究人员的实验显示番茄植株受到伤害时比烟草植株更容易发出尖叫声。故选A项。
【33题详解】
推理判断题。第八段中提到Anne Visscher所说的话“She warns that the results can’t yet be broadened out to other stresses, such as salt or temperature, because these may not lead to sounds. In addition, there have been no experiments to show whether moths or any other animal can hear and respond to the sounds the plants make, so that idea remains based on guesses for now, she says.(她警告说,这个结果还不能扩展到其他压力,比如盐分或温度,因为这些可能不会产生声音。此外,还没有实验证明飞蛾或其他动物是否能听到植物发出的声音并作出反应,所以目前这个想法仍是基于猜测)”可知,Anne Visscher认为目前这个想法仍是基于猜测,所以Anne Visscher对实验结果持谨慎的态度。故选B项。
【34题详解】
推理判断题。第六段中提到“Enabling farmers to listen for water-stressed plants could “open a new direction in the field of precision agriculture”, the researchers suggest. They add that such an ability will be increasingly important as climate change exposes more areas to drought.(研究者们认为,让农民能够听到缺水植物的声音可能“在精准农业领域会开辟一个新方向”。他们补充说,随着气候变化使更多地区面临干旱,这种能力将变得越来越重要)”可知,这一新的发现让农民能够听到缺水植物的声音,农民就可以快速判断植物当前处于缺水的状况。故选C项。
【35题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文,文章第一段提到“they have been recorded making ultrasonic (超声的) cries when stressed, which researchers say could open up a new field of precision agriculture where farmers listen for water-starved crops.(已经记录下当植物有压力时它们发出的哭声的超声波,研究者们认为这开创了精准农业的一个新领域,农民可以听到缺水植物的声音)”以及下文介绍的这一研究的具体过程可知,文章是关于植物在受到缺水或者被砍断时的压力时,它们会发出声音,因此,文章的标题应该是“植物在压力下会发出尖叫声”。故选D项。
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
There are a total of 3, 044 national parks worldwide. Africa contains 249. Asia has 985. 474 are in Europe. 297 are in Central and North America. 335 are in South America and Oceania has 704. ____36____. Let us check out some of them below.
Ecological (生态的) values
The world is fast losing its natural assets (资产). According to a study by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 2015, the total number of species (物种) in the last 30 years is 477. Their habitats are getting destroyed worldwide because of all kinds of human activities. How to solve the problem? ____37____.
Economic (经济的) values
Well-protected national parks serve as a good way to increase national economy. ____38____. In other words, these wildlife-rich parks can help the country develop tourism. As tourism becomes better; other industries can be developed too.
____39____
It has been found that people can make some illnesses like stress, frustration, eye problems, and anger go away if they spend some quality time in the national parks’ green surroundings. Moreover, people also have chosen these national parks to be a place where they can spend a joyful time.
Social and cultural values
____40____. They serve as the role of a natural history book that dates back centuries. Some locations of national parks have a history as old as 22, 000 years. The protected areas of Australia are used by the Aboriginal people in a number of ways, like being the source of food, medicine, trade, and also in ceremonial procedures.
A. Political values
B. Health and pleasure
C. The reason is that they hugely attract tourists
D. They have great significance in various directions
E. Now, national parks are a solution to this problem
F. The national parks are alive with rich history and culture
G. In national parks, all plants and animals are kept in their natural state
【答案】36. D 37. E 38. C 39. B 40. F
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。本文介绍了全世界的国家公园经济发展带给人们的好处。
【36题详解】
根据上文“There are a total of 3, 044 national parks worldwide. Africa contains 249. Asia has 985. 474 are in Europe. 297 are in Central and North America. 335 are in South America and Oceania has 704.(全世界共有3044个国家公园。非洲有249个。亚洲有985个。474个在欧洲,297个在中美洲和北美洲,335个在南美洲,大洋洲有704个。)”可知,世界各地都有国家公园,说明国家公园在每个国家都有着重大的意义。所以选择项D“They have great significance in various directions(它们在各个方面都具有重要意义)”符合上下文语境。故选D。
【37题详解】
根据小标题“Ecological (生态的) values (生态价值)”和上文“The world is fast losing its natural assets (资产). According to a study by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 2015, the total number of species (物种) in the last 30 years is 477. Their habitats are getting destroyed worldwide because of all kinds of human activities. How to solve the problem? (世界正在迅速失去自然资产。根据墨西哥国立自治大学2015年的一项研究,过去30年的物种总数是477个。由于各种各样的人类活动,它们的栖息地正在全球范围内被破坏。如何解决这个问题?)”可知,本段强调国家公园的生态价值,说明国家公园在解决自然资产迅速消失方面有作用。所以选择项E“Now, national parks are a solution to this problem (现在,国家公园是解决这个问题的方法)”符合上下文语境。故选E。
【38题详解】
根据上文“Well-protected national parks serve as a good way to increase national economy. (保护良好国家公园是促进国民经济增长的好途径。)”和下文“In other words, these wildlife-rich parks can help the country develop tourism.(换句话说,这些野生动物丰富的公园可以帮助国家发展旅游业。)”可知,保护好国家公园可以帮助国家发展旅游业。所以选择项C“The reason is that they hugely attract tourists (原因是它们极大地吸引了游客)”符合上下文语境。故选C。
【39题详解】
这里为本段小标题。根据下文“It has been found that people can make some illnesses like stress, frustration, eye problems, and anger go away if they spend some quality time in the national parks’ green surroundings. (研究发现,如果人们在国家公园的绿色环境中度过一段有质量的时间,就可以缓解压力、沮丧、眼睛问题和愤怒等疾病。)”可知,本段主要介绍国家公园的绿色环境带给人们身体的健康和精神上的快乐。所以选择项B“Health and pleasure (健康与快乐)”符合上下文语境。故选B。
【40题详解】
根据下文“They serve as the role of a natural history book that dates back centuries. Some locations of national parks have a history as old as 22, 000 years. (它们就像一本可以追溯到几个世纪前的自然历史书。一些国家公园的位置有22000年的历史。)”可知,国家公园有着很久的历史文化。所以选择项F“The national parks are alive with rich history and culture (国家公园充满了丰富的历史和文化。)”符合上下文语境。故选F。
第三部分语言运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Kayleigh Cardwell, who suffers from type I diabetes ( I型糖尿病), was found unconscious (昏迷的) one early morning by her children, after low blood sugar ___41___ her to go into a diabetic coma (昏迷).
Her three children, 13-year-old Oliver, ten-year-old Lucie and nine-year-old Jacob, ____42____ their recent CPR training at Southam Fire Station, stayed ___43___, and with the advice of the 999-call operator, ___44___ CPR to keep their mum alive until help arrived.
Although Kayleigh ____45____ her condition well, she wanted her children to ____46____ the right skills should anything happen to her as a result of her condition.
So last summer she sent them on a first aid ____47____ run by Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service. Little did the family know the skills ____48____ would be put to the test so soon.
Kayleigh said, “I couldn’t be ____49____ of my children. They stayed calm. For a ten-year-old to calmly perform CPR, while the other children called 999 in order to save my life is just ____50____. I would like to express my _____51_____ to Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service for the training they gave to the children which _____52_____ saved my life.”
Chief fire officer Kieran Amos said, “As a fire and rescue service, we know how _____53_____ it is to have the right skills to save a life. As a service, we are just thankful that we can play a role in the community which _____54_____ fighting fires, yet still has a direct _____55_____ on keeping people safe and saving lives.”
41. A. enabled B. caused C. drove D. forced
42. A. regardless of B. except for C. apart from D. thanks to
43. A. still B. curious C. calm D. confused
44. A. carried out B. responded to C. took over D. talked about
45. A. managed B. planned C. recognized D. accepted
46. A. be related to B. be aware of C. be equipped with D. be ready for
47. A. course B. emergency C. post D. test
48. A. lacked B. learned C. required D. evaluated
49. A. prouder B. more critical C. shyer D. more careful
50. A. unsuitable B. interesting C. unnecessary D. incredible
51. A. gratitude B. forgiveness C. embarrassment D. generosity
52. A. immediately B. gradually C. constantly D. ultimately
53. A. difficult B. unusual C. dangerous D. essential
54. A. depends on B. goes beyond C. stands for D. aims at
55. A. impression B. comment C. fight D. impact
【答案】41. B 42. D 43. C 44. A 45. A 46. C 47. A 48. B 49. A 50. D 51. A 52. D 53. D 54. B 55. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章报道了患有糖尿病的Kayleigh Cardwell因低血糖陷入昏迷,她的孩子们通过在急救课程中学到的心肺复苏术,在急救人员到达前成功实施心肺复苏,挽救了母亲的生命。
【41题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:Kayleigh Cardwell患有I型糖尿病,一天清晨,她的孩子们发现她昏迷不醒,因为低血糖导致她陷入糖尿病昏迷。A. enabled使能够;B. caused导致;C. drove驱使;D. forced强迫。根据上文“low blood sugar”和下文“her to go into a diabetic coma (昏迷)”可推知,低血糖是导致Kayleigh陷入糖尿病昏迷。故选B。
【42题详解】
考查介词短语辨析。句意:她的三个孩子,13岁的Oliver,10岁的Lucie和9岁的Jacob,多亏了他们最近在绍瑟姆消防站接受的心肺复苏术训练,他们保持冷静,在999接线员的建议下,对他们的妈妈实施了心肺复苏术,直到救援到来。A. regardless of不管;B. except for除了;C. apart from除……外(还);D. thanks to多亏。根据下文“For a ten-year-old to calmly perform CPR”可知,10岁的孩子对母亲实施了心肺复苏术,因此是多亏了他们最近在消防站接受的心肺复苏术训练。故选D。
【43题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:她的三个孩子,13岁的Oliver,10岁的Lucie和9岁的Jacob,多亏了他们最近在绍瑟姆消防站接受的心肺复苏术训练,他们保持冷静,在999接线员的建议下,对他们的妈妈实施了心肺复苏术,直到救援到来。A. still静止不动的;B. curious好奇的;C. calm冷静的;D. confused困惑的。根据下文“They stayed calm.”可知,孩子们保持冷静。故选C。
【44题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意:她的三个孩子,13岁的Oliver,10岁的Lucie和9岁的Jacob,多亏了他们最近在绍瑟姆消防站接受的心肺复苏术训练,他们保持冷静,在999接线员的建议下,对他们的妈妈实施了心肺复苏术,直到救援到来。A. carried out实施;B. responded to回应;C. took over接管;D. talked about谈论。根据下文“For a ten-year-old to calmly perform CPR”可知,10岁的孩子对母亲实施了心肺复苏术。故选A。
【45题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:虽然Kayleigh很好地控制了自己的病情,但她希望她的孩子们能够具备正确的技能,以防她因为这种情况发生任何事情。A. managed控制;B. planned计划;C. recognized认出;D. accepted接受。根据上文“Kayleigh Cardwell, who suffers from type I diabetes ( I型糖尿病)”可知,Kayleigh患有糖尿病,因此会控制自己的病情。故选A。
【46题详解】
考查形容词短语辨析。句意:虽然Kayleigh很好地控制了自己的病情,但她希望她的孩子们能够具备正确的技能,以防她因为这种情况发生任何事情。A. be related to与……有关;B. be aware of意识到;C. be equipped with具备;D. be ready for为……做好准备。根据下文“should anything happen to her as a result of her condition”可知,Kayleigh担心自己因为糖尿病发生任何事情,因此会希望她的孩子们能够具备正确的技能。故选C。
【47题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:因此,去年夏天,她让孩子们参加了由沃里克郡消防和救援服务中心举办的急救课程。A. course课程;B. emergency紧急情况;C. post职位;D. test测试。根据下文“I would like to express my ____11____ to Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service for the training they gave to the children”可知,该服务中心举办急救课程,为孩子提供了培训。故选A。
【48题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:这家人根本不知道,他们学到的技能很快就要经受考验。A. lacked缺乏;B. learned学习;C. required要求;D. evaluated评估。根据上文“their recent CPR training at Southam Fire Station”可知,孩子们在消防站接受了心肺复苏术训练,因此指他们学到的技能。故选B。
【49题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我为我的孩子们感到无比骄傲。A. prouder更骄傲的;B. more critical更挑剔的;C. shyer更害羞的;D. more careful更小心的。根据下文“They stayed calm. For a ten-year-old to calmly perform CPR, while the other children called 999 in order to save my life is just ___10___.”可知,三个孩子保持冷静,挽救了Kayleigh的生命,因此Kayleigh会为孩子们感到无比骄傲,“否定词+比较级”表示最高级的概念。故选A。
【50题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:当其他孩子为了挽救我的生命而拨打999时,一个10岁的孩子冷静地进行心肺复苏术,这真是不可思议。A. unsuitable不合适的;B. interesting有趣的;C. unnecessary不必要的;D. incredible不可思议的。根据上文“For a ten-year-old to calmly perform CPR, while the other children called 999 in order to save my life”可知,13岁和9岁的孩子拨打999,10岁的孩子冷静地进行心肺复苏术,这是不可思议的事情。故选D。
【51题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:我要感激沃里克郡消防和救援服务,他们为孩子们提供了培训,最终救了我的命。A. gratitude感激;B. forgiveness原谅;C. embarrassment尴尬;D. generosity慷慨。根据上文“their recent CPR training at Southam Fire Station”和下文“saved my life.”可知,孩子们是用在消防站学到的知识挽救了Kayleigh的生命,因此她会感激该机构的服务。故选A。
【52题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意:我要感激沃里克郡消防和救援服务,他们为孩子们提供了培训,最终救了我的命。A. immediately立即;B. gradually逐渐地;C. constantly不断地;D. ultimately最终。根据上文叙述的三个孩子去年夏天在消防站学了急救技能,在一个清晨成功挽救了Kayleigh的生命可推知,此处指这项培训最终救了她的命。故选D。
【53题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:作为消防和救援部门,我们知道掌握正确的技能来拯救生命是多么重要。A. difficult困难的;B. unusual不寻常的;C. dangerous危险的;D. essential非常重要的。根据下文“it is to have the right skills to save a life”可推知,掌握正确的技能来拯救生命非常重要。故选D。
【54题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意:作为一个服务站,我们很感激我们可以在社区中发挥作用,不仅是扑灭火灾,而且仍然对保护人们的安全和拯救生命有直接影响。A. depends on取决于;B. goes beyond超出;C. stands for代表;D. aims at旨在。根据下文“yet still has a direct ____15____ on keeping people safe and saving lives”可知,消防站的作用超越了扑灭火灾,还对保护人们的安全和拯救生命有用处。故选B。
【55题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:作为一个服务站,我们很感激我们可以在社区中发挥作用,不仅是扑灭火灾,而且仍然对保护人们的安全和拯救生命有直接影响。A. impression印象;B. comment评论;C. fight战斗;D. impact影响。根据上文叙述的消防站提供急救课程,教授孩子们急救技能,Kayleigh成功被自己三个孩子的技能救下可知,消防站对保护人们的安全和拯救生命有直接影响。故选D。
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Fifty years ago, China ____56____(success) launched its first satellite, Dongfanghong 1, and started a new chapter in space exploration. To mark ____57____(it) 50th anniversary, the China National Space Administration announced the name for the country’s Mars planetary exploration program on April 24. The mission, Tianwen got its name____58____ a long poem Tianwen written by Qu Yuan, ____59____famous poet of the Warring States Period. In the poem, Qu raised a series of ____60____(question) concerning the sky, stars, natural phenomena, myths and the real world, ____61____(reflect) his doubts on traditional ideas and his pursuit (追求) of truth. So far, China ____62____(make) remarkable progress in space exploration. In 1970, China launched its first man-made Earth satellite, becoming the fifth country in the world to launch man-made satellites independently. Over the past few years, China’s missions, including the Shenzhou and Change series were designed ____63____(explore) outer space, expanded mankind’s understanding of Earth and the universe. This time, the Tianwen series will carry out the first Mars exploration mission, ____64____represents a milestone for China’s move toward deep space. With the names deep roots in Chinese traditional culture, Tianwen demonstrates the _____65_____(determine) and perseverance of Chinese people to move further into deep space.
【答案】56. successfully
57. its 58. from
59. a 60. questions
61. reflecting
62. has made
63. to explore
64. which 65. determination
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了中国探索太空的发展史和取得的成就。
【56题详解】
考查副词。句意:50年前,中国成功发射了第一颗卫星“东方红1号”,揭开了太空探索的新篇章。分析句子可知,句中“launched”为动词,前面应用副词修饰,在句中作状语。故填successfully。
【57题详解】
考查代词。句意:为了纪念其50周年,中国国家航天局于4月24日宣布了该国火星行星探测计划的名称。分析句子可知,句中“anniversary”为名词,前面应用形容词性物主代词修饰,“it”对应的形容词性物主代词为“its”,意为“它的”。故填its。
【58题详解】
考查介词。句意:“天问”的名字来源于战国时期著名诗人屈原的一首长诗《天问》。根据句意可知,“天问”的名字来源于一首长诗《天问》,故空格处应用介词“from”,意为“来自”。故填from。
【59题详解】
考查冠词。句意:“天问”的名字来源于战国时期著名诗人屈原的一首长诗《天问》。根据句意可知,句中泛指一位著名诗人,故空格处应用不定冠词,“famous”音标的第一个音素为辅音音素,故应用不定冠词“a”。故填a。
【60题详解】
考查名词。句意:在这首诗中,屈原提出了一系列关于天空、星星、自然现象、神话和现实世界的问题,反映了他对传统观念的怀疑和对真理的追求。分析句子可知,“a series of…”意为“一系列……”,后接可数名词复数形式,“question”意为“问题”,可数名词,复数形式为“questions”。故填questions。
【61题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:在这首诗中,屈原提出了一系列关于天空、星星、自然现象、神话和现实世界的问题,反映了他对传统观念的怀疑和对真理的追求。分析句子可知,句中有谓语动词“raise”且句中无连词,故空格处应用非谓语动词,句中应用现在分词作伴随状语,表示主动关系,“reflect”意为“反映”,动词词性,现在分词为“reflecting”。故填reflecting。
【62题详解】
考查时态。句意:迄今为止,中国在太空探索方面取得了显著进展。根据句意和句中“So far”可知,句中动作开始于过去,持续到现在,应用现在完成时,“China”与“has”连用,“make”的过去分词为“made”。故填has made。
【63题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:在过去的几年里,中国的任务,包括神舟和变革系列,旨在探索外层空间,扩大了人类对地球和宇宙的理解。分析句子可知,句中有谓语动词“were designed”且句中无连词,故空格处应用非谓语动词,“探索外层空间”是设计神舟和变革系列的目的,故空格处应用动词不定式作目的状语,“explore”意为“探索”,动词词性,不定式符号“to”后接动词原形。故填to explore。
【64题详解】
考查定语从句。句意:这一次,天文系列将执行第一次火星探测任务,这代表中国迈向深空的一个里程碑。根据句意和句子结构可知,句子为非限制性定语从句,先行词为“天文系列将执行第一次火星探测任务”这件事,在从句中作主语,故应用关系代词“which”引导从句。故填which。
【65题详解】
考查名词。句意:天文的名字深深植根于中国传统文化,它展示了中国人向更深层空间迈进的决心和毅力。根据“and”后“perseverance”可知,空格处应用名词,在句中作宾语,“determine”意为“决定”,动词词性,对应的名词为“determination”,意为“决心”,为不可数名词。故填determination。
第四部分写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66. 假定你是李华, 上周日你校举办了5公里越野赛跑活动。请你为校英文报写一篇报道, 内容包括:
1. 参加人员:
2. 跑步路线:从校门口到南山脚下:
3. 活动反响
注意:
1. 写作词数应为80左右:
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
A Cross-Country Running Race
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【答案】A Cross-Country Running Race
Last Sunday witnessed an extraordinary cross-country running race, which nearly drew the attention of every student and teacher of our school.
The students selected from every class took part in the competition. The route measured five kilometers, from our school gate to the foot of Nanshan Mountain. Every runner tried their best to finish the task, with their classmates along the way giving them necessary help as well as encouragement. At last, all the runners managed to arrive the finish line, receiving cheers from all the directions.
The activity was highly spoken of, because not only did it provide chance for us to exercise, but also made us more cohesive.
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇应用文。本篇要求考生就上周日学校举行的5公里越野赛活动写一篇新闻报道。
【详解】体裁:应用文
时态:根据提示,时态应以一般过去时为主
结构:总分总
要求:
1. 参加人员
2. 跑步路线
3. 活动反响
第二步:列提纲(重点词组)
attend/witness/ draw one’s attention/ manage to do sth./ measure/ speak highly of/ provide sth. for sb.
第三步:连词成句
1. Last Sunday witnessed an extraordinary cross-country running race, which nearly drew the attention of every student and teacher of our school.
2. The students selected from every class took part in the competition.
3. The route measured five kilometers, from our school gate to the foot of Nanshan Mountain.
4. Every runner tried their best to finish the task with their classmates along the way giving them necessary help as well as encouragement.
5. At last, all the runners managed to arrive the finish line, receiving cheers from all the directions.
6. The activity is highly spoken of, because not only does it provide chance for us to exercise, but also makes us more cohesive.
第四步:连句成篇(加入衔接词或从句)
表示并列的连词:and/but/or/so…
状语从句连词:because/ if/ though/ although…
定语从句连词:which/ that/ when/ where…
第五步:修改润色(加入高级词汇或短语)
【点睛】范文内容完整,要点全面,语言规范,语篇连贯,词数适当,上下文意思连贯,符合逻辑关系。作者在范文中使用了一些高分句型,例如:Last Sunday witnessed an extraordinary cross-country running race, which nearly drew the attention of every student and teacher of our school. 中which引导非限制性定语从句;The activity is highly thought of, because not only does it provide chance for us to exercise, but also makes us more cohesive.中使用了部分倒装。
第二节(满分25分)
67. 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
My ten-year-old self loved summertime. The best part of summer was the community pool. Everyone was there.
We didn’t have a care in the world. Our biggest concern was which one of us could hold her breath underwater the longest. We didn’t care what we looked like or who was cool. I never once thought about how I looked in a swimsuit or if my hair looked good. I was aware that I wasn’t super-thin like some of the other girls I saw, but I didn’t care.
And then one day, I was taking my turn on the diving board with all the other kids. I jumped in, floated freely to the top and swam over to the ladder to make my way out of the pool. I noticed a girl standing at the top of the ladder, so I swam slowly, giving her time to move. I didn’t know her. She looked cute and thin.
But instead of moving, a strange thing happened. This girl leaned over the pool and said to me, “They don’t allow beached (搁浅的) whales in this pool.”
Beached whales? I soon realized that I was the beached whale. Suddenly, my cool blue swimsuit didn’t cover enough. I got out of the pool quickly and wrapped my towel around my body, feeling like I was going to throw up. From that moment on, I was aware of my size.
Clothes became a horrible dream, and I struggled through my teen years and into adulthood. I cried over clothes that didn’t fit. My heart had always hated the little girl by the pool, who took the confidence out of my life until I got my daughter, Lisa.
One day I dressed my little girl in beautiful clothes and put a bow (蝴蝶结) on her head, but she refused because she liked to be comfortable. Is society interested in comfort? However, when I stared at her, I suddenly realized how beautiful she was, even though she was covered in mud.
注意:
1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式作答。
When Lisa was ten, I came across a picture of myself when I was ten and I showed it to her.
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Then I told her the story of the little girl by the pool.
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【答案】参考范文
When Lisa was ten, I came across a picture of myself when I was ten and I showed it to her: “That’s me!” she said with a smile. But I shook my head. We could have been twins. Yes, she looked just like me, and I thought she was a beautiful and smart girl, full of confidence. What a pity I had missed myself. The fat little girl in the photo looked at me, as if she was reminding me that I was not a beached whale, but a beautiful little girl with dreams and gifts. Something started to stir in my mind.
Then I told her the story of the little girl by the pool. After hearing my story, Lisa was a bit confused about my life’s being shaped because of a hateful little girl’s words. But I explained quickly that I had already forgiven her. Anyhow, that was life, and you must find yourself once again. With this, Lisa smiled at me, “Oh, it seems that I’m a really lucky daughter, because I have a beautiful good mother. Time to swim now!”Watching her lively figure going away, I strongly believed that life is not measured by the size of our clothes but by who we are.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开,讲述了作者小时候在泳池边游泳,被同龄的女孩嘲笑身型过胖,由此失去自信的。但所有的改变都来自于作者的小女儿。她让作者明白到生活不是用衣服的大小来衡量的,不是由他人的眼光所决定的,而是由自己来决定的。
【详解】1.段落续写:
①由第一段首句内容“丽萨十岁的时候,我偶然看到自己十岁时的一张照片,就拿给她看。”可知,第一段可描写女儿丽萨看到自己的照片后的反应,以及给作者带来的积极影响。
②由第二段首句内容“然后我给她讲了水池边那个小女孩的故事。”可知,第二段可描写女儿听完后的反应,小女儿对作者的安慰,以及作者自身的感悟。
2.续写线索:把自己的照片给女儿看——女儿的反应——作者回忆过去——给女儿讲述自己10岁时发生的事情——女儿的反应——作者的感想
3词汇激活
行为类
①看着:look at/stare at
②产生(想法):sth stir in one’s mind / sth arise from one’s mind
情绪类
①困惑:confused/puzzled
②讨厌的:hateful/bothersome
【点睛】[高分句型1]. The fat little girl in the photo looked at me, as if she was reminding me that I was not a beached whale, but a beautiful little girl with dreams and gifts. (由连接词that引导的宾语从句)
[高分句型2]. Watching her lively figure going away, I strongly believed that life is not measured by the size of our clothes but by who we are.(由现在分词作伴随状语以及that引导宾语从句)
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高二英语
(时间:120分钟,分值150分)
第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. 【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
How will the speakers go to the concert hall?
A. By subway. B. On foot. C. By taxi.
2. 【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
What do the speakers need to buy now?
A. Some butter. B. Some eggs. C. Some bread.
3. 【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
What are the speakers talking about?
A. A CD. B. A gift. C. A musician.
4. 【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
What is the weather like in the west of the man’s country?
A. Sunny. B. Windy. C. Rainy.
5. 【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
What does the man like doing now?
A. Drawing. B. Practicing calligraphy. C. Playing the piano.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
6. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. At an office. B. At a cafe. C. At a school.
7. What is the woman going to do?
A. Send an email. B. Pick up her son. C. Go to the sports center.
听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
8. What does the woman decide to do this Sunday?
A. Visit a museum. B. See a film. C. Take some pictures.
9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Colleagues. B. Neighbors. C. Schoolmates.
听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
10. What does Alex want to watch?
A. Tom and Jerry. B. Superman. C. Journey to the West.
11. What does Alex think of Tom and Jerry?
A. It’s silly. B. It’s funny. C. It’s popular.
12. Which cartoon character does the woman like best?
A. Tom. B. Jerry. C. The Monkey King.
听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
13. When is Mary’s birthday?
A. On July 22nd. B. On July 23rd. C. On July 24th.
14. Who went on a business trip this morning?
A. Mary’s parents. B. Jenny’s father. C. John.
15. Where will the party be held?
A. At Jenny’s home. B. At Hill Restaurant. C. At Southeast Center.
16. What will John bring to the party?
A. Some ice cream. B. Some flowers. C. Some cakes.
听下面一段独白,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
17. What does the speaker most probably do?
A. She is a tour guide. B. She is a teacher. C. She is an organizer of the exhibition.
18. How much is the ticket to the castle?
A. £2. B. £3. C. £5.
19. What time will the bus leave on Saturday?
A. At 8:40 am. B. At 8:50 am. C. At 9:10 am.
20. What can the listeners learn from the special exhibition?
A. When the castle was built. B. What ancient people wore. C. How the cars were invented.
第二部分阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson.Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?
Jane Addams (1860-1935)
Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community (社区) by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the danger of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.
Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-present)
When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator (参议员) and in 1981, the first woman to join the US Supreme Court. O’Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.
Rosa Parks (1913-2005)
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks did not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” said Parks.
21. What was the reason for O’Connor’s being rejected by the law firm?
A. Her lack of proper training in law. B. Her little work experience in court.
C. The discrimination against women. D. The poor financial conditions.
22. Who made a great contribution to the equal rights of the citizens?
A. Jane Addams. B. Rachel Carson.
C. Sandra Day O’Connor. D. Rosa Parks.
23. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?
A. They are highly educated. B. They are truly creative.
C. They are pioneers. D. They are peacelovers.
B
Most of us take the task of buying a cup of coffee for granted, as it seems simple enough. However, we have no idea just how stressful tasks like this can be for people who suffer from disabilities. That’s why it’s so heart-warming to see a story like this in which a barista (咖啡师) does something small to make life a little easier for someone who is deaf.
Ibby Piracha lost his hearing when he was only two years old, and he now goes to his local cafe in Leesburg, Virginia to order a cup of coffee at least three times a week. Though all the baristas who work there have his order memorized, Ibby always write his order on his phone and shows it to the barista.
One day, however, one of the baristas did something that changed everything! After Ibby ordered his coffee, he was amazed when barista Krystal pane handed him a note in response. “I’ve been learning sign language just so you can have the same experience as everyone else,” the note read. Krystal then asked Ibby in sign language what he would like to order.
Ibby was touched that she would learn sign language just to help him feel welcome. “I was just so moved that she actually wanted to learn sign language. It is really a totally different language and it was something that she wanted to do because of me. Because I was a deaf customer. I was very, very impressed,” Ibby said.
Krystal had spent hours watching teaching videos so that she could learn enough sign language to give Ibby the best customer service that she could! “My job is to make sure people have the experience they expect and that’s what I gave him,” Krystal says.
Ibby posted a photo of Krystal’s note online, and it quickly went viral, getting hundreds of likes and comments that praised Krystal for her kind action.
24. What can we learn about Ibby Piracha from paragraph 2?
A. He was born deaf. B. He lives a hard life.
C. He loves to order take-out food. D. He visits the cafe regularly.
25. Why did Krystal learn sign language?
A. To serve Ibby better. B. To attract more customers.
C. To give Ibby a big surprise. D. To make herself more popular.
26. Which of the following can best describe Krystal?
A. Kind and considerate. B. Honest and responsible.
C. Sociable and humorous. D. Ambitious and sensitive.
27. What message does the author want to convey in the text?
A. Two heads are better than one. B. A small act makes a difference.
C. One good turn deserves another. D. Actions speak louder than words.
C
According to the UN report, nearly 54 million tons of e-waste was generated around the world in 2019 and will reach 74.7 million tons by 2030. It includes everything from phones and computer monitors to larger items like refrigerators and old fax machine.
Rwanda is one of only 13 countries in Africa that have passed a national law regarding e-waste rule.· It has led to the first official recycling: and reusing facility in the country. Operational since early last year, this public-private partnership between the government and Enviroserve became a source of pride for Rwanda. The plant can process up to 10,000 tons of e-waste per year. According to managing director Olivier Mbera, Enviroserve has already repaired and reused more than 5,000 computers, which were sold to public schools. To date, it has processed more than 4,000 tons of e-waste and created more than 600 jobs.
Conveyor belts (传送带) sort plastics from metals, while particular space collects phosphor (磷) from old tube TVs. Circuit boards (电路板) pile up in bags and batteries are constantly being tested. Every piece of e-waste is thoroughly collected or pressed. The dangerous materials which can poison the environment are separated from the valuable ones.
“Globally, waste is not only increasing in quantity, but also in its complexity and composition,” says Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya, country representative for Rwanda at the Global Green Growth Institute, an intergovernmental organization for sustainable economic growth. “Within an electronic device, there’s gold, silver and so on and these sorts of elements could be taken out, providing new business opportunities for small businesses and even for big cities to generate income. Rwanda is one of our earliest pioneer members and they’ve done really well when it comes to its shift to a green growth pathway,” he adds.
Mbera points to Enviroserve’s success in Rwanda as a potential beginning for an e-waste movement across Africa. “We’re talking with different governments in Africa to establish similar facilities in their countries,” he says. One thing is certain: it will take all nations to combat the growing e-waste crisis.
28. What can we know about e-waste recycling facility in Rwanda?
A. It is the first plant to reuse e-waste in Africa.
B. It is managed entirely by the government.
C. It has already processed 10,000 tons of e-waste.
D. It manages e-waste in an eco-friendly way.
29. What can be inferred according to Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya?
A. Electronic devices are made of gold and silver.
B. E-waste can contain potential treasure.
C. Simple electronic devices are in great need.
D. Rwanda is the only nation to recycle e-waste.
30. Which word can replace the underlined word “combat” in Paragraph 5?
A Admit. B. Handle. C. Discover. D. Face.
31. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Rwanda is coping with the rising e-waste crisis.
B. Lots of electronic devices are wasted in the world.
C A great deal of e-waste is poisoning the environment.
D. E-waste is increasing in complexity and composition.
D
Although it has been revealed in recent years that plants are capable of seeing, hearing and smelling, they are still usually thought of as silent. But now, for the first time, they have been recorded making ultrasonic (超声的) cries when stressed, which researchers say could open up a new field of precision agriculture where farmers listen for water starved crops.
Itzhak Khait and his colleagues at Tel Aviv University in Israel found that tomato and tobacco plants made cries at frequencies humans cannot hear when stressed by a lack of water or when their stem it cut.
Microphones placed 10 centimetres from the plants picked up sounds in the ultrasonic range of 20 to 100 kilohertz, which the team says insects and some mammals would be capable of hearing and responding to from as far as 5 metres away, A moth may decide against laying eggs on a plant that sounds water-stressed, the researchers suggest. Plants could even hear that other plants are short of water and react accordingly, they speculate (推断).
On average, drought-stressed tomato plants made 35 sounds an hour, while tobacco plants made 11. When plant stems were cut, tomato plants made an average of 25 sounds in the following hour, and tobacco plants 15. Unstressed plants produced fewer than one sound per hour, on average.
It is even possible to distinguish between the sounds to know what the stress is. The researchers trained a machine-learning model to recognize between the plants’ sounds and the wind, rain and other noises of the greenhouse, correctly identifying in most cases whether the stress was caused by dryness or a cut, based on the sound’s intensity and frequency. Water-hungry tobacco appears to make louder sounds than cut tobacco, for example.
Enabling farmers to listen for water-stressed plants could “open a new direction in the field of precision agriculture”, the researchers suggest. They add that such an ability will be increasingly important as climate change exposes more areas to drought.
“The suggestion that the sounds that drought-stressed plants make could be used in precision agriculture seems feasible (可行的) if it is not too costly to set up the recording in a field situation,” says Anne Visscher at the royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the UK.
She warns that the results can’t yet be broadened out to other stresses, such as salt or temperature, because these may not lead to sounds. In addition, there have been no experiments to show whether moths or any other animal can hear and respond to the sounds the plants make, so that idea remains based on guesses for now, she says.
32. The experiment by researchers, at Tel Aviv University shows that ______.
A. tomato plants cry more often than tobacco when hurt
B. plant sounds can be heard by plants quite far away
C. humans can hear water-hungry plants crying
D. moths like laying eggs on stressed plant
33. What is Anne Visscher’s attitude towards the finding of the experiment?
A. Disapproving B. Cautious. C. Appreciative. D. Optimistic.
34. Taking advantage of the new research finding, farmers can ______.
A. predict the drought B. reduce greenhouse effects
C. diagnose plant condition faster D. detect and remove insects easily
35 Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Plants get stressed Just Like Us.
B. Sounds of Plants Detected Far Away.
C. Cries of plants break Farmers’ Hearts
D. Plants scream in the presence of stress
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
There are a total of 3, 044 national parks worldwide. Africa contains 249. Asia has 985. 474 are in Europe. 297 are in Central and North America. 335 are in South America and Oceania has 704. ____36____. Let us check out some of them below.
Ecological (生态的) values
The world is fast losing its natural assets (资产). According to a study by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 2015, the total number of species (物种) in the last 30 years is 477. Their habitats are getting destroyed worldwide because of all kinds of human activities. How to solve the problem? ____37____.
Economic (经济的) values
Well-protected national parks serve as a good way to increase national economy. ____38____. In other words, these wildlife-rich parks can help the country develop tourism. As tourism becomes better; other industries can be developed too.
____39____
It has been found that people can make some illnesses like stress, frustration, eye problems, and anger go away if they spend some quality time in the national parks’ green surroundings. Moreover, people also have chosen these national parks to be a place where they can spend a joyful time.
Social and cultural values
____40____. They serve as the role of a natural history book that dates back centuries. Some locations of national parks have a history as old as 22, 000 years. The protected areas of Australia are used by the Aboriginal people in a number of ways, like being the source of food, medicine, trade, and also in ceremonial procedures.
A. Political values
B. Health and pleasure
C. The reason is that they hugely attract tourists
D. They have great significance in various directions
E. Now, national parks are a solution to this problem
F. The national parks are alive with rich history and culture
G. In national parks, all plants and animals are kept in their natural state
第三部分语言运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Kayleigh Cardwell, who suffers from type I diabetes ( I型糖尿病), was found unconscious (昏迷的) one early morning by her children, after low blood sugar ___41___ her to go into a diabetic coma (昏迷).
Her three children, 13-year-old Oliver, ten-year-old Lucie and nine-year-old Jacob, ____42____ their recent CPR training at Southam Fire Station, stayed ___43___, and with the advice of the 999-call operator, ___44___ CPR to keep their mum alive until help arrived.
Although Kayleigh ____45____ her condition well, she wanted her children to ____46____ the right skills should anything happen to her as a result of her condition.
So last summer she sent them on a first aid ____47____ run by Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service. Little did the family know the skills ____48____ would be put to the test so soon.
Kayleigh said, “I couldn’t be ____49____ of my children. They stayed calm. For a ten-year-old to calmly perform CPR, while the other children called 999 in order to save my life is just ____50____. I would like to express my _____51_____ to Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service for the training they gave to the children which _____52_____ saved my life.”
Chief fire officer Kieran Amos said, “As a fire and rescue service, we know how _____53_____ it is to have the right skills to save a life. As a service, we are just thankful that we can play a role in the community which _____54_____ fighting fires, yet still has a direct _____55_____ on keeping people safe and saving lives.”
41. A. enabled B. caused C. drove D. forced
42. A. regardless of B. except for C. apart from D. thanks to
43. A. still B. curious C. calm D. confused
44. A. carried out B. responded to C. took over D. talked about
45. A. managed B. planned C. recognized D. accepted
46. A. be related to B. be aware of C. be equipped with D. be ready for
47. A. course B. emergency C. post D. test
48. A. lacked B. learned C. required D. evaluated
49. A. prouder B. more critical C. shyer D. more careful
50. A. unsuitable B. interesting C. unnecessary D. incredible
51. A. gratitude B. forgiveness C. embarrassment D. generosity
52. A. immediately B. gradually C. constantly D. ultimately
53. A. difficult B. unusual C. dangerous D. essential
54. A. depends on B. goes beyond C. stands for D. aims at
55. A. impression B. comment C. fight D. impact
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Fifty years ago, China ____56____(success) launched its first satellite, Dongfanghong 1, and started a new chapter in space exploration. To mark ____57____(it) 50th anniversary, the China National Space Administration announced the name for the country’s Mars planetary exploration program on April 24. The mission, Tianwen got its name____58____ a long poem Tianwen written by Qu Yuan, ____59____famous poet of the Warring States Period. In the poem, Qu raised a series of ____60____(question) concerning the sky, stars, natural phenomena, myths and the real world, ____61____(reflect) his doubts on traditional ideas and his pursuit (追求) of truth. So far, China ____62____(make) remarkable progress in space exploration. In 1970, China launched its first man-made Earth satellite, becoming the fifth country in the world to launch man-made satellites independently. Over the past few years, China’s missions, including the Shenzhou and Change series were designed ____63____(explore) outer space, expanded mankind’s understanding of Earth and the universe. This time, the Tianwen series will carry out the first Mars exploration mission, ____64____represents a milestone for China’s move toward deep space. With the names deep roots in Chinese traditional culture, Tianwen demonstrates the _____65_____(determine) and perseverance of Chinese people to move further into deep space.
第四部分写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66. 假定你是李华, 上周日你校举办了5公里越野赛跑活动。请你为校英文报写一篇报道, 内容包括:
1. 参加人员:
2. 跑步路线:从校门口到南山脚下:
3. 活动反响。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为80左右:
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。
A Cross-Country Running Race
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第二节(满分25分)
67. 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
My ten-year-old self loved summertime. The best part of summer was the community pool. Everyone was there.
We didn’t have a care in the world. Our biggest concern was which one of us could hold her breath underwater the longest. We didn’t care what we looked like or who was cool. I never once thought about how I looked in a swimsuit or if my hair looked good. I was aware that I wasn’t super-thin like some of the other girls I saw, but I didn’t care.
And then one day, I was taking my turn on the diving board with all the other kids. I jumped in, floated freely to the top and swam over to the ladder to make my way out of the pool. I noticed a girl standing at the top of the ladder, so I swam slowly, giving her time to move. I didn’t know her. She looked cute and thin.
But instead of moving, a strange thing happened. This girl leaned over the pool and said to me, “They don’t allow beached (搁浅的) whales in this pool.”
Beached whales? I soon realized that I was the beached whale. Suddenly, my cool blue swimsuit didn’t cover enough. I got out of the pool quickly and wrapped my towel around my body, feeling like I was going to throw up. From that moment on, I was aware of my size.
Clothes became a horrible dream, and I struggled through my teen years and into adulthood. I cried over clothes that didn’t fit. My heart had always hated the little girl by the pool, who took the confidence out of my life until I got my daughter, Lisa.
One day I dressed my little girl in beautiful clothes and put a bow (蝴蝶结) on her head, but she refused because she liked to be comfortable. Is society interested in comfort? However, when I stared at her, I suddenly realized how beautiful she was, even though she was covered in mud.
注意:
1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式作答。
When Lisa was ten, I came across a picture of myself when I was ten and I showed it to her.
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Then I told her the story of the little girl by the pool.
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