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北外东坡高2025届2022-2023学年度下期期中考
英语
本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。第I卷(选择题)1至4页,第II卷(非选择题)4页,共4页;满分150分,考试时间120分钟。
注意事项:
1.答卷前,考生务必在答题卡上相应的位置准确填写自己的姓名、准考证号,并将条形码粘贴在指定的位置。
2.选择题选出答案后,用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应的题目答案标号按要求涂黑,如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选择其它答案标号。非选择题直接用签字笔答在答题卡中对应答题区域内。
第I卷(选择题 共100分)
第一部分:听力(共20小题;每小题1.5分,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】
What time will the man probably meet Dr. Jones?
A. At 9:00. B. At 9:15. C. At 10:00.
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Where does the conversation take place?
A. In a car. B. At home. C. In a mall.
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What’s the relationship between the speakers?
A. Colleagues. B. Doctor and patient. C. Waiter and customer.
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What will the man probably do?
A. Eat a huge meal. B. Have some cake. C. Buy a birthday gift.
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Why is the girl upset?
A. She has no friends now. B. Her mother is out of work. C. Her family is about to move.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
6. Why does the man live with a roommate?
A. To share the rent. B. To have a companion. C. To learn from the guy.
7. What is the man going to do?
A. Ask his landlord for help. B. Prepare for a business trip. C. Go to the property company.
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. When does the man plan to arrive at the party?
A. At 7:00. B. At 8:00. C. At 8:30.
9. What are the speakers going to do first?
A. Get some drinks. B. Visit Sylvia’s parents. C. Pick up their children.
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. Who is probably the woman?
A. A parent. B. A reporter. C. A teacher.
11. What does the man spend most of his pocket money on?
A. Films. B. Books. C. CDs.
12. How much does the man get from his uncle a week?
A. ¥15. B. ¥30. C. ¥45.
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. Whom is The Knife and Talk popular with?
A. Truck drivers. B. Actors. C. Office workers.
14. What does the woman like most about the restaurant?
A. Quiet environment. B. Friendly waitresses. C. Loud music.
15. Why does the man like to go to the simple restaurant?
A. It’s tidy and quiet. B. It offers great food. C. Its coffee is unique.
16. What does the man usually have for lunch?
A. Pancakes. B. Fish pie. C. Sausages.
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 do we know about the Happiness Institute?
A. It opens this year.
B. It is located in America.
C. It is popular with people of all ages.
18. What percent of happiness comes from financial factors?
A. 5%. B. 8%. C. 15%.
19. What is a simple way to gain happiness?
A. Comparing yourself to those who are worse than you.
B. Imagining yourself to be a famous person.
C. Spending more time with your family.
20. What does the speaker want to tell us?
A. Happiness is everything.
B. Wealth is the foundation of happiness.
C. Money doesn’t always mean happiness.
第二部分 阅读理解(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和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
On the banks of the beautiful Macquarie River, Bathurst is a town of pretty tree-lined streets, beautiful parks and wonderful heritage buildings. Many activities are held there year-round. Here are some for you.
The Lazy Sunday Afternoon
January 1
Join us for the Lazy Sunday Afternoon as we show you local award-winning wine from Three Views Vineyard. Please call in advance to book. Enjoy cheap wine tastings and a selection of cheeses. For those who do not want to drive, a pick-up is available.
International Museum Photograph Day
January 15
Celebrate International Museum Photograph Day with a selfie at Bathurst Regional Council Museums with free entrance. To win a prize for the most imaginative photographs, just use the marking Museum Photograph Day Bathurst when you post on Facebook.
Bathurst Miniature Railway
From February 1 to February 16
Bathurst Miniature Railway operates every third Sunday of the month. It is located next to the Tennis Centre in Durham Street. The club started in 1977 and today operates nearly 600 meters of race track in Durham Street Bathurst. Over the years more tracks for your enjoyment of sports have been added.
Challenge Bathurst
From November 28 to December 1
Challenge Bathurst is a great opportunity to drive your own street car or track racing car on the famous Mount Panorama Racing Circuit. With the most exciting 6.2 kilometers of bitumen (沥青) on the planet open for your speeding enjoyment, you won’t want to miss your chance to gain an unforgettable experience.
21. What do we know about the Lazy Sunday Afternoon?
A. It is held monthly. B. It is free of charge.
C. It refuses to offer pick-up service. D. It requires booking ahead of time.
22. Who would like to attend International Museum Photograph Day most?
A. A man loving food and wine. B. A girl fond of taking pictures.
C. A kid expecting free car rides. D. A teenager wanting to play tennis.
23. What is the main purpose of the text?
A To introduce some events in Bathurst. B. To advertise some summer activities.
C. To show races on the Bathurst streets. D. To provide opportunities for indoor sports.
B
Natalie Doan, 14, has always felt lucky to live in Rockaway, New York. Living just a few blocks from the beach, Natalie can see the ocean and hear the wave from her house. “It’s the ocean that makes Rockaway so special,” she says.
October 29, that ocean turned fierce(激烈的).That night, Hurricane Sandy attacked the East Coast, and Rockaway was hit especially hard. Fortunately, Natalie’s family ran away to Brooklyn shortly before the city’s bridge closed.
When they returned to Rockaway the next day, they found their neighborhood in ruins. Many of Natalie’s friends had lost their homes and were living far away. All around her, people were suffering, especially the old. Natalie’s school was so damaged that she had to go to a school in Brooklyn.
In the following few days, the men and women helping Rockaway recover encouraged Natalie. Volunteers came with lots of clothing and toys. Neighbors offered their spare time to help others rebuild. Teenagers climbed stairs to deliver water and food to people trapped in powerless high buildings.
“My mom tells me that I can’t control what happens to me,” Natalie says. “but I can always choose how I deal with it.”
Natalie’s choice was to help.
She created a website page matching survivors in need with people who wanted to help. In the coming months, her website page helped lots of kids: Christopher, who received a new basketball; Charlie, who got a new keyboard. Natalie also worked with other organizations to bring much-need supplies to Rockaway. Her efforts made her a famous person.
Today,the scars(创痕) of destruction(破坏)are still seen in Rockaway, but hope is in the air. The streets are clear, and many homes have been rebuilt. “I can’t imagine living anywhere but Rockaway,” Natalie says.“My neighborhood will be back, even stronger than before.”
24. When Natalie returned to Rockaway after the hurricane, she found
A. some friends had lost their lives
B. her neighborhood was destroyed
C. her school had moved to Brooklyn
D. the old were free from suffering
25. According to Paragraph 4, who encouraged Natalie most?
A. The people helping Rockaway rebuild.
B. The people trapped in high buildings.
C. The volunteers offering money to survivors.
D. Local teenagers bringing clothing to old people.
26. How did Natalie help the survivors?
A. She gave her toys to the kids.
B. She took care of younger children.
C. She called on the government to help.
D. She built an information sharing website.
27. What does the story intend to tell us?
A. Little people can make a big difference.
B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C. East or west, home is best.
D. Technology is power.
C
Do you have full confidence in your memory? There has been a discussion about whether it is shi or si in the sentence “Thus when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man...” (“故天将降大任于/斯人也”). Most people chose si as what they learned at school. However, People’s Education Press, a leading publisher of Chinese textbooks, claimed on Oct 26 that all its textbooks say shi.
Supporters of si feel shocked and say they’ve experienced the “Mandela Effect” — the situation in which a large number of people believe that an event occurred when it didn’t. Many people believed that former South African president Nelson Mandel died in the1980s in prison. However, Mandela was alive and well, eventually passing away in 2013. US researcher Fiona Broome set up a website to explain her observation of this phenomenon first, coining the term.
Some often joke that our memories have been changed by a strange force. In fact, psychologists have looked into the reasons for the Mandela Effect, as reported on the US-based website Verywell Mind. For example, your mind may fill in gaps missing in your memory to make more sense of it, which is called confabulation (虚构症). However, try not to feel bad — this is not lying, but rather remembering details that never happened.
The Internet may be another reason why we have Mandela Effect events, as the news we read can be false from the beginning. In 2018, Science journal published a study of over 100,000 news stories discussed across Twitter. It showed that false news can spread faster and reach more people than the truth. As a powerful way to spread information, the Internet might be the main reason for falsehoods to enter our minds.
28. What’s the author’s purpose of telling the saying “Thus when Heaven is …”?
A. To show our memories can be wrong.
B. To provide solutions to the discussion.
C. To raise readers’ interest in the discussion.
D. To introduce the topic of the Mandela Effect.
29. Which can replace the underlined word coining in Paragraph 3?
A. Creating. B. Misunderstanding. C. Forgetting. D. Changing.
30. What is the “Mandela Effect” about?
A. Attitudes to a particular event.
B. A kind of psychological effect.
C. The benefit of good memory.
D. The effect of Mandela’s death.
31. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. False news travels much faster than true stories.
B. The Internet can also cause Mandela Effect events.
C. It is harder than ever to read false news at present.
D. The Internet can make false information avoidable.
D
In English it’s common to say, “I know this town like the back of my hand!” While we may know our towns really well, how well do we actually know our hands? Maybe not quite as well as we think, said a scientific study.
Matthew Longo and his team from University College London studied the left hands of100 people. With their hands placed palms down under a board, Longo’s team gave the instruction to point to their knuckles (关节) and fingertips with a marker. How did they do? Not that well.
“People think their hand is wider than it actually is,” said Longo. He said they also seemed to think their fingers were shorter than their true lengths. People were most accurate (准确的) when finding their thumbs, but became less accurate with each finger, up to their pinkies (小指).
“It is connected to our sense of position” explained Longo. Humans know where different parts of our bodies are, even if we can’t see them. “It tells us whether a joint (关节) is straight or not,” said Longo. “We also need to know the distances between our joints,” he went on. Our brains know the sizes and shapes of our bodies from the maps they make for themselves. “This experiment tried to find those maps,” he said.
Maybe maps don’t need to be perfect. But why aren’t our brains more accurate? Longo said our brains “see” areas based on our sense of touch, with the stronger the sense of touch in a specific body part, the bigger that body part seems. An example is our lips. As they have more nerves (神经) than our noses, our brain’s map shows our lips are bigger. The same thing can happen with body parts that have a lot of nerves. If you’ve ever had something stuck in your teeth, it probably felt huge! That’s because our tongues also have lots of nerves.
32. What did Matthew Longo and his team find from their study?
A. Their left hands are much wider than their right hands.
B. The length of all fingers can be marked accurately.
C. People don’t know their hands as well as they think.
D. People did best pointing at the position of knuckles.
33. Why do our lips seem bigger than our noses?
A. Our lips have a more important function than our noses.
B. There are more nerves in our noses than in our lips.
C. Our mental map must prefer the lip to the nose.
D. Our sense of touch in our lips is much stronger.
34. What conclusion can we draw about the experiment?
A. People don’t care about something around us at all.
B. Our hometown is to us what hands are to our body.
C. Our bodies can be different from how we imagine them.
D. People lose their sense of position if they can’t see.
35. Which is the best title for the text?
A. Protect Our Bodies B. Explore Our Bodies
C. The Back of Our Hand D. Perfect Parts of Our Bodies
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。
Music is considered a great creation. It can be seen as creativity in the pure form. In society, for some people, music is a “pastime (消遣)” while for others, it is a “lifestyle”. ____36____
Music is a great source of entertainment (娱乐). Though people are different in culture and language, they enjoy music and get entertainment from it. It may be part of advertisements on TV or ring tones on mobiles.____37____
Music helps communicate thoughts and feelings.____38____In this situation, music is a good way to express them. This is also the reason why some songs get more popular among the public as compared to others. It is so because people connect with some songs more.
Music sends messages to listeners. We all have observed on television many times that in certain background music is played in the scenes (情景) that describe sorrow. ____39____ In this way, music actually communicates with listeners without the help of words. It is interesting to know that music itself is so powerful that it does not need words.
____40____Music has deep effects on the mind and spirit of people. It directly affects the hormones (荷尔蒙), which creates a feeling of pleasure in the listener. It is because of this reason that listening to peaceful music makes us less worried or nervous.
A. Music calms and relaxes the mind.
B. Music varies greatly from place to place.
C. So music is everywhere in one form or another.
D. But why is music so important in people’s lives?
E. Sometimes words fail to express anger, excitement or love.
F. All these points stress the importance of music in our lives.
G. Similarly, for scenes expressing happiness, there is different music.
第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节,满分25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,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Last year I was inspired to run a half-marathon by my Auntie Ollie. Auntie Ollie is receiving ____41____ for cancer (癌症) but she is also raising money for cancer charities by ____42____ physical challenges. She has taught me that with the right ____43____, you can achieve anything. The first thing you ____44____ about Auntie Ollie is that she is a little, not fat woman. She’s in her early fifties but most people ____45____ she looks ten years younger. She has a mass of curly brown hair that makes her look rather wild and she ____46____ to wear very colourful, rather unusual clothes. Some people say she looks a bit like Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Although Auntie Ollie is ____47____, as soon as you meet her, you realised that she has a huge personality. She’s very quick-thinking and practical but at the same time she can be very impulsive (冲动的) and unpredictable. I will never ____48____ the time when I called round to her house and ____49____ her dancing to a seventies disco classic with her dog!
She’s unbelievably ____50____ despite her recent illness. At parties she always dances until the end. One of her greatest ____51____ is climbing Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the UK, to ____52____ money for cancer charities.
Auntie Ollie makes me feel that anything is ____53____. Her attitude to life is a(n) ____54____ to everyone who meets her and I am sure that the half-marathon is not the only ____55____ she will inspire me to do.
41. A. greeting B. treatment C. attention D. support
42. A. thinking over B. talking about C. focusing on D. taking on
43. A. attitude B. suggestion C. reflection D. instruction
44. A. try B. notice C. change D. say
45. A. think B. hope C. hear D. explain
46. A. expects B. prepares C. tends D. agrees
47. A. strong B. old C. tall D. small
48. A. waste B. tell C. forget D. spend
49. A. found B. kept C. caught D. observed
50. A. unhealthy B. energetic C. patient D. lucky
51. A. failures B. hobbies C. dreams D. achievements
52. A. raise B. pay C. save D. make
53. A. important B. interesting C. possible D. simple
54. A. comfort B. mystery C. surprise D. inspiration
55. A. work B. thing C. research D. business
第II卷(非选择题 共50分)
第一节 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Maybe Letters from Father Christmas is the perfect book for those ____56____ regard Christmas as a special time of year. The author, J.R.R. Tolkien, is one of the most famous ____57____ (name) in English literature.
Every Christmas, an envelope with a North Pole stamp arrived. It ____58____ (address) to Tolkien’s children. Inside, they would find a handwritten letter from Father Christmas. The letters were also ____59____ (beautiful) illustrated---each must have taken its true author, Tolkien, a long time ____60____ (complete).
In one letter, Father Christmas complained ____61____ how he could not stop his helpers ____62____ (play) games with the toys instead of wrapping them up. Interestingly, the letters did not contain the usual ____63____ (warn) to children that they might not receive their presents if they were not good. The letters did, however, change as Tolkien’s children got ____64____ (old).
By expressing love for his children in such ____65____ special way, Tolkien may indeed have been the real Father Christmas.
第四部分 写作(共三节,满分40分)
第一节:根据句意并结合首字母或提示完成句子(共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
66. He stuck down the e______ and dropped it into the mailbox. (根据首字母单词拼写)
67. After running a mile, my two legs a______. (根据首字母单词拼写)
68. You may wonder whether I have lots of ______ (设备). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
69 We are not sure when the ______ (宇宙)came into being. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
70. We live in an age when more information is ________ (可获得) than ever before. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
71. Unfortunately, the two countries had many c______ and the war broke out. (根据首字母单词拼写)
72. The growing speed of a plant is unfluenced by a number of ______ (因素). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
73. Li Bai is a very famous ______ (诗人). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
74. Mozart composed his last o______ shortly before he died. (根据首字母单词拼写)
75. He has been tabbed by many people as a future ______ (冠军). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
第二节(15分)
76. 2023年的春季流感高发,为鼓励同学们积极锻炼,增强“运动有助于健康”的意识,校学生会英语社团决定举办主题为“Life lies in movement”的征文活动。请你写一篇短文投稿,内容包括:
1.运动的好处;2.你喜欢的运动及理由。
Life lies in movement
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第三节(15分)
77. 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
The perfect plan had gone wrong!
Anderson and Franklin are twin brothers. Their father is one of the richest men in their hometown, and their family is very well-known there. Their father often warned them to be careful of people who might steal from them. They therefore decided to take their summer holiday far away from home.
They chose a coastal city, where there were sandy beaches, expensive hotels, parties and clubs, and exciting activities along the coast. The brothers had to plan carefully. They would stay in the most expensive hotel in the city.
At the same time, they decided to separate their cash (现金) and credit cards (信用卡) and hide them in different places. They would put half in their big suitcases (箱子) with their clothing. The other half went into their wallets. They thought it was a perfect plan. Nothing could go wrong!
One night, they decided to go dancing. At the club, two strangers came up to them and were very friendly. Anderson and Franklin danced with them for hours. When the strangers said that they had to leave, the brothers told them where they were staying, and asked to meet them at the hotel later in the week. They agreed and the brothers were very happy. When it was time to take a taxi home, the brothers reached for their wallets. They were shocked to find that they both were gone.
注意:1.续写词数为80词左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Upset, they ran back to their hotel.
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北外东坡高2025届2022-2023学年度下期期中考
英语
本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。第I卷(选择题)1至4页,第II卷(非选择题)4页,共4页;满分150分,考试时间120分钟。
注意事项:
1.答卷前,考生务必在答题卡上相应的位置准确填写自己的姓名、准考证号,并将条形码粘贴在指定的位置。
2.选择题选出答案后,用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应的题目答案标号按要求涂黑,如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选择其它答案标号。非选择题直接用签字笔答在答题卡中对应答题区域内。
第I卷(选择题 共100分)
第一部分:听力(共20小题;每小题1.5分,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】
What time will the man probably meet Dr. Jones?
A. At 9:00. B. At 9:15. C. At 10:00.
【答案】B
【解析】
【原文】M: Hello. I have an appointment with Dr. Jones for nine o’clock this morning, but I’m afraid I’ll have to arrive about fifteen minutes late.
W: That’s all right, Mr. Davis. Dr. Jones doesn’t have another appointment until ten o’clock.
2. 【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
Where does the conversation take place?
A. In a car. B. At home. C. In a mall.
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】M: I’m so tired. And thirsty. When are we going to get to the mall? If only you’d drive a bit faster...
W: Will you please shut up? I can’t concentrate with your constant talking.
3. 【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
What’s the relationship between the speakers?
A. Colleagues. B. Doctor and patient. C. Waiter and customer.
【答案】A
【解析】
【原文】W: Morning Jack. Oh, what’s wrong with you? You look so pale.
M: I stayed all night to finish the new project our boss ordered.
W: My goodness. It needs at least two days!
4. 【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
What will the man probably do?
A. Eat a huge meal. B. Have some cake. C. Buy a birthday gift.
【答案】B
【解析】
【原文】W: That chocolate cake looks delicious. Aren’t you going to have some with me?
M: Well, that was a huge meal we just had, and I was sort of watching my calorie intake, but what the heck (管它呢), birthday only comes once a year.
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Why is the girl upset?
A. She has no friends now. B. Her mother is out of work. C. Her family is about to move.
【答案】C
【解析】
【原文】M: What’s wrong, Rachel? You aren’t looking yourself!
W: My mum’s got a job in Liverpool! I’ve finally made friends after years of loneliness here. Now off we go again. Why can’t my mum have a steady job?
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
6. Why does the man live with a roommate?
A. To share the rent. B. To have a companion. C. To learn from the guy.
7. What is the man going to do?
A. Ask his landlord for help. B. Prepare for a business trip. C. Go to the property company.
【答案】6. A 7. C
【解析】
【原文】W: Have you found a roommate?
M: Yes, I have. The guy is a teacher who has just graduated.
W: How do you like living with a roommate?
M: It’s all right. At least, there is someone who shares the rent with me.
W: How about your roommate?
M: He is nice but a little bit shy. I think he hasn’t adapted to living with a stranger.
W: He may need a period of time to adapt to his new environment.
M: I think so.
W: What are you going to do?
M: I’m going to the property company. The sink is clogged these days.
W: I think you should talk to the landlord.
M: I did, but he is on a business trip.
W: Well, good luck.
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. When does the man plan to arrive at the party?
A. At 7:00. B. At 8:00. C. At 8:30.
9. What are the speakers going to do first?
A. Get some drinks. B. Visit Sylvia’s parents. C. Pick up their children.
【答案】8. B 9. C
【解析】
【原文】W: You haven’t forgotten Sylvia’s party tonight, have you?
M: Of course not. There is plenty of time.
W: No, there isn’t. The invitation says drinks are at 7:00, and it’s 6:30 now.
M: Relax. I have told Sylvia we won’t be there for drinks. Dinner won’t start before 8:30 and we only need to arrive half an hour before that, so there is no hurry.
W: I know, but we have to pick up our children from your parents’ house on the way.
M: Yeah, even so, there is no need to start right away.
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. Who is probably the woman?
A. A parent. B. A reporter. C. A teacher.
11. What does the man spend most of his pocket money on?
A. Films. B. Books. C. CDs.
12. How much does the man get from his uncle a week?
A. ¥15. B. ¥30. C. ¥45.
【答案】10. B 11. A 12. B
【解析】
【原文】W: Excuse me. I’m from the 21st Century. Could I please ask you a few questions?
M: Sure. What would you like to know?
W: Well, to begin with, would you mind telling me how much pocket money you receive every month?
M: On average, I get something like three hundred from my parents.
W: Then, how do you usually spend your pocket money?
M: Well, I spend it on many different things. I go to see films every week, and that costs much of my pocket money (零用钱). Sometimes I buy CDs and collect cards and I also buy books.
W: Do you get extra money from any other sources?
M: Yes, but only a little. That comes from doing a little housework for my uncle twice every week for 15 yuan each time. By the way, I live at my uncle’s, but I don’t need to pay for the housing or meals, so I’m saving.
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. Whom is The Knife and Talk popular with?
A. Truck drivers. B. Actors. C. Office workers.
14. What does the woman like most about the restaurant?
A. Quiet environment. B. Friendly waitresses. C. Loud music.
15. Why does the man like to go to the simple restaurant?
A It’s tidy and quiet. B. It offers great food. C. Its coffee is unique.
16. What does the man usually have for lunch?
A. Pancakes. B. Fish pie. C. Sausages.
【答案】13. C 14. A 15. B 16. B
【解析】
【原文】M: Lily, where do you like to eat?
W: Well, my favorite restaurant is The Knife and Talk. It’s very near the city center. At lunch it’s full of office workers, but I like to go before that, in the middle of the morning. I go there and order big breakfast and take one of their newspapers and just relax for an hour or so. Their pancakes are delicious. They don’t have a TV in there, which I love most. They just have some jazz music, very quiet, nothing too loud. What’s your favorite restaurant?
M: Well, it’s just a very simple restaurant. There are only about six tables in there. A couple of waitresses wear ugly pink uniforms. But the food is great, very tasty, and cheap too, which is important, of course. There are some truck drivers siting at the counter drinking coffee and eating sausages every morning. I always have pancakes in the morning and their fish pie for lunch.That restaurant has been open for many years. They say the actor James Dean eats there sometimes, but I don’t think that’s true.
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 do we know about the Happiness Institute?
A. It opens this year.
B. It is located in America.
C. It is popular with people of all ages.
18. What percent of happiness comes from financial factors?
A. 5%. B. 8%. C. 15%.
19. What is a simple way to gain happiness?
A. Comparing yourself to those who are worse than you.
B. Imagining yourself to be a famous person.
C. Spending more time with your family.
20. What does the speaker want to tell us?
A. Happiness is everything.
B. Wealth is the foundation of happiness.
C. Money doesn’t always mean happiness.
【答案】17. C 18. C 19. A 20. C
【解析】
【原文】W: You don’t need millions to be happy. In fact, a couple of hundred dollars may be enough at the Happiness Institute in Australia. The institute opened its doors last year, and, since then, men and women of all ages have been paying for lessons on how to feel great. Experts say that only 15 percent of happiness comes from income and other financial factors. As much as 85 percent comes from things such as attitude, life control and relationships. Most of us are significantly wealthy financially than our parents, but happiness levels haven’t changed to reflect that.
Studies show that once the basic needs of shelter and food are met, additional wealth adds very little to happiness. Part of the reason we are richer but not happier is because we compare ourselves to people better off materially. So if you want to be happy there’s a very simple thing you can do: Compare yourself to people who are less wealthy than you — poorer, with a smaller house and car.
The Happiness Institute aims to show you how to overcome these unhappiness factors by focusing on “more than just your bank account.” Don’t compare yourself to Bill Gates, but compare yourself to Kerry Packer, Australia’s richest person who died of kidney failure.
第二部分 阅读理解(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和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
On the banks of the beautiful Macquarie River, Bathurst is a town of pretty tree-lined streets, beautiful parks and wonderful heritage buildings. Many activities are held there year-round. Here are some for you.
The Lazy Sunday Afternoon
January 1
Join us for the Lazy Sunday Afternoon as we show you local award-winning wine from Three Views Vineyard. Please call in advance to book. Enjoy cheap wine tastings and a selection of cheeses. For those who do not want to drive, a pick-up is available.
International Museum Photograph Day
January 15
Celebrate International Museum Photograph Day with a selfie at Bathurst Regional Council Museums with free entrance. To win a prize for the most imaginative photographs, just use the marking Museum Photograph Day Bathurst when you post on Facebook.
Bathurst Miniature Railway
From February 1 to February 16
Bathurst Miniature Railway operates every third Sunday of the month. It is located next to the Tennis Centre in Durham Street. The club started in 1977 and today operates nearly 600 meters of race track in Durham Street Bathurst. Over the years more tracks for your enjoyment of sports have been added.
Challenge Bathurst
From November 28 to December 1
Challenge Bathurst is a great opportunity to drive your own street car or track racing car on the famous Mount Panorama Racing Circuit. With the most exciting 6.2 kilometers of bitumen (沥青) on the planet open for your speeding enjoyment, you won’t want to miss your chance to gain an unforgettable experience.
21. What do we know about the Lazy Sunday Afternoon?
A. It is held monthly. B. It is free of charge.
C. It refuses to offer pick-up service. D. It requires booking ahead of time.
22. Who would like to attend International Museum Photograph Day most?
A. A man loving food and wine. B. A girl fond of taking pictures.
C. A kid expecting free car rides. D. A teenager wanting to play tennis.
23. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To introduce some events in Bathurst. B. To advertise some summer activities.
C. To show races on the Bathurst streets. D. To provide opportunities for indoor sports.
【答案】21. D 22. B 23. A
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇应用文。文章介绍了巴瑟斯特小镇的一些活动。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据The Lazy Sunday Afternoon中“Please call in advance to book. (请提前打电话预订。)”可知,“慵懒的周日下午”需要提前预订。故选D项。
【22题详解】
推理判断题。根据International Museum Photograph Day中“Celebrate International Museum Photograph Day with a selfie at Bathurst Regional Council Museums with free entrance. (巴瑟斯特地区议会博物馆是免费入场的,自拍庆祝“国际博物馆摄影日”。)”可知,一个喜欢拍照的女孩会最想参加“国际博物馆摄影日”。故选B项。
【23题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段中“Many activities are held there year-round. Here are some for you. (许多活动全年都在那里举行。这是分享给你的。)”可知,文章的主要目的是介绍巴瑟斯特的一些活动。故选A项。
B
Natalie Doan, 14, has always felt lucky to live in Rockaway, New York. Living just a few blocks from the beach, Natalie can see the ocean and hear the wave from her house. “It’s the ocean that makes Rockaway so special,” she says.
October 29, that ocean turned fierce(激烈的).That night, Hurricane Sandy attacked the East Coast, and Rockaway was hit especially hard. Fortunately, Natalie’s family ran away to Brooklyn shortly before the city’s bridge closed.
When they returned to Rockaway the next day, they found their neighborhood in ruins. Many of Natalie’s friends had lost their homes and were living far away. All around her, people were suffering, especially the old. Natalie’s school was so damaged that she had to go to a school in Brooklyn.
In the following few days, the men and women helping Rockaway recover encouraged Natalie. Volunteers came with lots of clothing and toys. Neighbors offered their spare time to help others rebuild. Teenagers climbed stairs to deliver water and food to people trapped in powerless high buildings.
“My mom tells me that I can’t control what happens to me,” Natalie says. “but I can always choose how I deal with it.”
Natalie’s choice was to help.
She created a website page matching survivors in need with people who wanted to help. In the coming months, her website page helped lots of kids: Christopher, who received a new basketball; Charlie, who got a new keyboard. Natalie also worked with other organizations to bring much-need supplies to Rockaway. Her efforts made her a famous person.
Today,the scars(创痕) of destruction(破坏)are still seen in Rockaway, but hope is in the air. The streets are clear, and many homes have been rebuilt. “I can’t imagine living anywhere but Rockaway,” Natalie says.“My neighborhood will be back, even stronger than before.”
24. When Natalie returned to Rockaway after the hurricane, she found
A. some friends had lost their lives
B. her neighborhood was destroyed
C. her school had moved to Brooklyn
D. the old were free from suffering
25. According to Paragraph 4, who encouraged Natalie most?
A. The people helping Rockaway rebuild.
B. The people trapped in high buildings.
C. The volunteers offering money to survivors.
D. Local teenagers bringing clothing to old people.
26. How did Natalie help the survivors?
A. She gave her toys to the kids.
B. She took care of younger children.
C. She called on the government to help.
D. She built an information sharing website.
27. What does the story intend to tell us?
A. Little people can make a big difference.
B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C. East or west, home is best.
D. Technology is power.
【答案】24. B 25. A 26. D 27. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Natalie所在的地方被飓风摧毁了,许多人失去了家园,为了帮助幸存者,Natalie创建了一个网页,将需要帮助的幸存者,与愿意提供帮助的捐赠者进行匹配,她这种助人为乐的行为得到了社会的认可和赞扬。
【24题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“When they returned to Rockaway the next day, they found their neighborhood in ruins.(当他们第二天回到Rockaway,他们发现他们的邻居家成了废墟。)”可知,飓风过后,Natalie回到Rockaway后,她发现邻居家都被飓风毁了。故选B。
【25题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段“In the following few days, the men and women helping Rockaway recover inspired Natalie.(在接下来的几天里,帮助Rockaway恢复重建的人给了Natalie鼓舞。)”可知,那些帮助Rockaway恢复重建的人给了Natalie鼓舞。故选A。
【26题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第七段“She created a website page matching survivors in need with donors who wanted to help."(她创建了一个网站页面,将需要帮助的幸存者与想要帮助的人进行匹配。)”可知,她建了一个信息共享平台来帮助幸存者。故选D。
【27题详解】
推理判断题。通读全文可知,文章主要讲述了Natalie所在的地方被飓风摧毁了,许多人失去了家园,为了帮助幸存者,Natalie创建了一个网页,将需要帮助的幸存者,与愿意提供帮助的捐赠者进行匹配,她这种助人为乐的行为得到了社会的认可和赞扬。所以可以推断出,这个故事想告诉我们,小人物也可以有大作为。故选A。
C
Do you have full confidence in your memory? There has been a discussion about whether it is shi or si in the sentence “Thus when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man...” (“故天将降大任于是/斯人也”). Most people chose si as what they learned at school. However, People’s Education Press, a leading publisher of Chinese textbooks, claimed on Oct 26 that all its textbooks say shi.
Supporters of si feel shocked and say they’ve experienced the “Mandela Effect” — the situation in which a large number of people believe that an event occurred when it didn’t. Many people believed that former South African president Nelson Mandel died in the1980s in prison. However, Mandela was alive and well, eventually passing away in 2013. US researcher Fiona Broome set up a website to explain her observation of this phenomenon first, coining the term.
Some often joke that our memories have been changed by a strange force. In fact, psychologists have looked into the reasons for the Mandela Effect, as reported on the US-based website Verywell Mind. For example, your mind may fill in gaps missing in your memory to make more sense of it, which is called confabulation (虚构症). However, try not to feel bad — this is not lying, but rather remembering details that never happened.
The Internet may be another reason why we have Mandela Effect events, as the news we read can be false from the beginning. In 2018, Science journal published a study of over 100,000 news stories discussed across Twitter. It showed that false news can spread faster and reach more people than the truth. As a powerful way to spread information, the Internet might be the main reason for falsehoods to enter our minds.
28. What’s the author’s purpose of telling the saying “Thus when Heaven is …”?
A. To show our memories can be wrong.
B. To provide solutions to the discussion.
C. To raise readers’ interest in the discussion.
D. To introduce the topic of the Mandela Effect.
29. Which can replace the underlined word coining in Paragraph 3?
A. Creating. B. Misunderstanding. C. Forgetting. D. Changing.
30. What is the “Mandela Effect” about?
A. Attitudes to a particular event.
B. A kind of psychological effect.
C. The benefit of good memory.
D. The effect of Mandela’s death.
31. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. False news travels much faster than true stories.
B. The Internet can also cause Mandela Effect events.
C. It is harder than ever to read false news at present.
D. The Internet can make false information avoidable.
【答案】28. D 29. A 30. B 31. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文,文章主要讲述了曼德拉效应。
【28题详解】
推理判断题。第一段“‘Thus when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man...’ (‘故天将降大任于是/斯人也’). Most people chose si as what they learned at school. However, People’s Education Press, a leading publisher of Chinese textbooks, claimed on Oct 26 that all its textbooks say shi.(‘故天将降大任于是/斯人也’。大多数人选择‘斯’当作他们在学校学到的东西。然而,中国教科书的主要出版商人民教育出版社在10月26日声称,其所有教科书都写着‘是’)”提到,对于“故天将降大任于是/斯人也”,很多人认为是“斯”,然而事实并不是这样,所有教科书上写的都是“是”,第二段中“Supporters of si feel shocked and say they’ve experienced the ‘Mandela Effect’(‘斯’的支持者感到震惊,并说他们经历了‘曼德拉效应’)”提到这种现象是“曼德拉效应”,由此引出本文话题,故选D。
【29题详解】
词义猜测题。根据画线词前“US researcher Fiona Broome set up a website to explain her observation of this phenomenon first(美国研究人员Fiona Broome创建了一个网站,首先解释了她对这一现象观察)”可知,Fiona Broome首先解释了对这一现象的观察,画线词后的“the term”指代“曼德拉效应”,故此处指她创造了这个词,coining意为“创造”,故选A。
【30题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“In fact, psychologists have looked into the reasons for the Mandela Effect, as reported on the US-based website Verywell Mind. For example, your mind may fill in gaps missing in your memory to make more sense of it, which is called confabulation (虚构症).(事实上,据美国Verywell Mind网站报道,心理学家已经研究了‘曼德拉效应’的原因。例如,你的大脑可能会填补记忆中的空白,使其更有意义,这被称为虚构症)”可知,“曼德拉效应”是一种心理效应,故选B。
【31题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中“The Internet may be another reason why we have Mandela Effect events, as the news we read can be false from the beginning.(互联网可能是我们有‘曼德拉效应’事件的另一个原因,因为我们读到的新闻可能从一开始就是假的)”及“As a powerful way to spread information, the Internet might be the main reason for falsehoods to enter our minds.(作为一种强大的传播信息的方式,互联网可能是谎言进入我们思想的主要原因)”可知,互联网也能导致“曼德拉效应”事件。故选B。
D
In English it’s common to say, “I know this town like the back of my hand!” While we may know our towns really well, how well do we actually know our hands? Maybe not quite as well as we think, said a scientific study.
Matthew Longo and his team from University College London studied the left hands of100 people. With their hands placed palms down under a board Longo’s team gave the instruction to point to their knuckles (关节) and fingertips with a marker. How did they do? Not that well.
“People think their hand is wider than it actually is,” said Longo. He said they also seemed to think their fingers were shorter than their true lengths. People were most accurate (准确的) when finding their thumbs, but became less accurate with each finger, up to their pinkies (小指).
“It is connected to our sense of position,” explained Longo. Humans know where different parts of our bodies are, even if we can’t see them. “It tells us whether a joint (关节) is straight or not,” said Longo. “We also need to know the distances between our joints,” he went on. Our brains know the sizes and shapes of our bodies from the maps they make for themselves. “This experiment tried to find those maps,” he said.
Maybe maps don’t need to be perfect. But why aren’t our brains more accurate? Longo said our brains “see” areas based on our sense of touch, with the stronger the sense of touch in a specific body part, the bigger that body part seems. An example is our lips. As they have more nerves (神经) than our noses, our brain’s map shows our lips are bigger. The same thing can happen with body parts that have a lot of nerves. If you’ve ever had something stuck in your teeth, it probably felt huge! That’s because our tongues also have lots of nerves.
32. What did Matthew Longo and his team find from their study?
A. Their left hands are much wider than their right hands.
B. The length of all fingers can be marked accurately.
C. People don’t know their hands as well as they think.
D. People did best pointing at the position of knuckles.
33. Why do our lips seem bigger than our noses?
A. Our lips have a more important function than our noses.
B. There are more nerves in our noses than in our lips.
C. Our mental map must prefer the lip to the nose.
D. Our sense of touch in our lips is much stronger.
34. What conclusion can we draw about the experiment?
A. People don’t care about something around us at all.
B. Our hometown is to us what hands are to our body.
C. Our bodies can be different from how we imagine them.
D. People lose their sense of position if they can’t see.
35. Which is the best title for the text?
A. Protect Our Bodies B. Explore Our Bodies
C. The Back of Our Hand D. Perfect Parts of Our Bodies
【答案】32. C 33. D 34. C 35. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文,文章介绍了人们并不像自己以为的那样了解自己手的尺寸,因为大脑“看”身体的区域是基于触觉,大脑会扭曲人们对自己身体的认知。
【32题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“‘People think their hand is wider than it actually is,’ said Longo. He said they also seemed to think their fingers were shorter than their true lengths.(‘人们认为他们的手比实际更宽,’Longo说。他说,他们似乎也认为自己的手指比实际长度短)”可知,Matthew Longo及其团队通过研究发现,人们并不像他们想象的那么了解自己的手。故选C。
【33题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段中“Longo said our brains ‘see’ areas based on our sense of touch, with the stronger the sense of touch in a specific body part, the bigger that body part seems. An example is our lips. As they have more nerves (神经) than our noses, our brain’s map shows our lips are bigger.(Longo说,我们的大脑‘看到’的区域是基于我们的触觉,一个特定身体部位的触觉越强,这个身体部位看起来就越大。我们的嘴唇就是一个例子。因为嘴唇比鼻子有更多的神经,所以我们的大脑地图显示我们的嘴唇更大)”可知,大脑对一个特定身体部位的触觉越强,这个身体部位看起来就越大,嘴唇比鼻子有更多的神经,大脑对嘴唇的触觉更强,所以大脑地图显示我们的嘴唇更大。故选D。
【34题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章内容,结合第一段中“While we may know our towns really well, how well do we actually know our hands? Maybe not quite as well as we think, said a scientific study.(虽然我们可能非常了解我们的城镇,但我们对我们的手有多了解呢?一项科学研究表明,也许并不像我们想象的那么好)”以及最后一段中“As they have more nerves(神经) than our noses, our brain’s map shows our lips are bigger. The same thing can happen with body parts that have a lot of nerves.(因为嘴唇比鼻子有更多的神经,所以我们的大脑地图显示我们的嘴唇更大。同样的事情也会发生在有很多神经的身体部位)”可知,从这项研究中,我们可以得出结论:我们的身体可能和我们想象的不一样。故选C。
【35题详解】
主旨大意题。根据全文内容,结合文章第一段“While we may know our towns really well, how well do we actually know our hands? Maybe not quite as well as we think, said a scientific study.(虽然我们可能非常了解我们的城镇,但我们对我们的手有多了解呢?一项科学研究表明,也许并不像我们想象的那么好)”可知,文章从人们对手的了解出发,介绍了人们对身体部位的误解与大脑通过触觉感知身体的不同部位有关,大脑会扭曲我们对身体的认知。B项“探索我们的身体”适合作为文章标题,故选B。
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。
Music is considered a great creation. It can be seen as creativity in the pure form. In society, for some people, music is a “pastime (消遣)” while for others, it is a “lifestyle”. ____36____
Music is a great source of entertainment (娱乐). Though people are different in culture and language, they enjoy music and get entertainment from it. It may be part of advertisements on TV or ring tones on mobiles.____37____
Music helps communicate thoughts and feelings.____38____In this situation, music is a good way to express them. This is also the reason why some songs get more popular among the public as compared to others. It is so because people connect with some songs more.
Music sends messages to listeners. We all have observed on television many times that in certain background music is played in the scenes (情景) that describe sorrow. ____39____ In this way, music actually communicates with listeners without the help of words. It is interesting to know that music itself is so powerful that it does not need words.
____40____Music has deep effects on the mind and spirit of people. It directly affects the hormones (荷尔蒙), which creates a feeling of pleasure in the listener. It is because of this reason that listening to peaceful music makes us less worried or nervous.
A. Music calms and relaxes the mind.
B. Music varies greatly from place to place.
C. So music is everywhere in one form or another.
D. But why is music so important in people’s lives?
E. Sometimes words fail to express anger, excitement or love.
F. All these points stress the importance of music in our lives.
G. Similarly, for scenes expressing happiness, there is different music.
【答案】36. D 37. C 38. E 39. G 40. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文,文章主要讲述音乐在人们生活中的重要作用。
【36题详解】
上文“In society, for some people, music is a ‘pastime (消遣)’ while for others, it is a ‘lifestyle’.(在社会上,对一些人来说,音乐是一种‘消遣’,而对另一些人来说,它是一种‘生活方式’)”提及音乐的作用,下文具体介绍了音乐在日常生活中的作用,D项“但是为什么音乐在人们的生活中如此重要呢?”承上启下,总领下文,故选D。
【37题详解】
上文“It may be part of advertisements on TV or ring tones on mobiles.(它可能是电视广告或手机铃声的一部分)”提到了音乐存在的各种形式,这说明音乐以各种各样的形式存在,C项“所以音乐以这样或那样的形式无处不在”符合语境,故选C。
【38题详解】
根据下文“In this situation, music is a good way to express them.(在这种情况下,音乐是一种很好的表达方式)”可知,空处是应是描述适合用音乐作为表达方式的情况,指明“this situation”的具体内容,E项“有时言语无法表达愤怒、兴奋或爱”符合语境,故选E。
【39题详解】
上文“We all have observed on television many times that in certain background music is played in the scenes(情景) that describe sorrow.(我们都在电视上多次看到,某些背景音乐在描述悲伤的场景中播放)”提到,一些音乐在描述悲伤的场景中播放,结合下文“In this way, music actually communicates with listeners without the help of words.(通过这种方式,音乐实际上无需语言的帮助就能与听众交流)”可知,空处应是与上文并列,描述音乐在特定场合下起到的交流作用,G项“同样,对于表达幸福的场景,也有不同的音乐”符合语境,故选G。
【40题详解】
空处是段落主题句,根据本段中“Music has deep effects on the mind and spirit of people. It directly affects the hormones (荷尔蒙), which creates a feeling of pleasure in the listener. It is because of this reason that listening to peaceful music makes us less worried or nervous.(音乐对人们的思想和精神有深远的影响。它直接影响荷尔蒙,从而使听者产生愉悦的感觉。正是因为这个原因,听平静的音乐使我们不那么担心或紧张)”可知,本段主要讲述音乐使人精神愉悦、心情平静的作用,A项“音乐使心灵平静和放松”符合语境,故选A。
第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节,满分25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,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Last year I was inspired to run a half-marathon by my Auntie Ollie. Auntie Ollie is receiving ____41____ for cancer (癌症) but she is also raising money for cancer charities by ____42____ physical challenges. She has taught me that with the right ____43____, you can achieve anything. The first thing you ____44____ about Auntie Ollie is that she is a little, not fat woman. She’s in her early fifties but most people ____45____ she looks ten years younger. She has a mass of curly brown hair that makes her look rather wild and she ____46____ to wear very colourful, rather unusual clothes. Some people say she looks a bit like Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Although Auntie Ollie is ____47____, as soon as you meet her, you realised that she has a huge personality. She’s very quick-thinking and practical but at the same time she can be very impulsive (冲动的) and unpredictable. I will never ____48____ the time when I called round to her house and ____49____ her dancing to a seventies disco classic with her dog!
She’s unbelievably ____50____ despite her recent illness. At parties she always dances until the end. One of her greatest ____51____ is climbing Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the UK, to ____52____ money for cancer charities.
Auntie Ollie makes me feel that anything is ____53____. Her attitude to life is a(n) ____54____ to everyone who meets her and I am sure that the half-marathon is not the only ____55____ she will inspire me to do.
41. A. greeting B. treatment C. attention D. support
42. A. thinking over B. talking about C. focusing on D. taking on
43. A. attitude B. suggestion C. reflection D. instruction
44. A. try B. notice C. change D. say
45 A. think B. hope C. hear D. explain
46. A. expects B. prepares C. tends D. agrees
47. A. strong B. old C. tall D. small
48. A. waste B. tell C. forget D. spend
49. A. found B. kept C. caught D. observed
50. A. unhealthy B. energetic C. patient D. lucky
51. A. failures B. hobbies C. dreams D. achievements
52. A. raise B. pay C. save D. make
53. A. important B. interesting C. possible D. simple
54. A. comfort B. mystery C. surprise D. inspiration
55. A. work B. thing C. research D. business
【答案】41. B 42. D 43. A 44. B 45. A 46. C 47. D 48. C 49. A 50. B 51. D 52. A 53. C 54. D 55. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了患癌的奥莉阿姨,她一边接受治疗,一边挑战自我为慈善筹款。奥莉阿姨积极的态度激励作者,让其觉得一切皆有可能 。
【41题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:奥莉阿姨正在接受癌症治疗,但她也在通过接受身体挑战来为癌症慈善机构筹集资金。A. greeting问候;B. treatment治疗;C. attention注意;D. support支持。根据下文“for cancer”可知,这里指的是癌症的治疗。故选B。
【42题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意:奥莉阿姨正在接受癌症治疗,但她也在通过接受身体挑战来为癌症慈善机构筹集资金。A. thinking over仔细考虑;B. talking about谈论;C. focusing on专注于;D. taking on接受。根据下文“physical challenges”可知,这里指的是接受身体挑战。故选D。
【43题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:她教会了我,只要有正确的态度,你就能实现任何事情。A. attitude态度;B. suggestion建议;C. reflection反思;D. instruction指导。根据下文“ you can achieve anything”可知,这里指的是正确的态度。故选A。
【44题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:关于奥莉阿姨,你首先注意到的是她是一个小巧但不胖的女人。A. try尝试;B. notice注意;C. change改变;D. say说。根据下文“about Auntie Ollie is that she is a little, not fat woman”可知,这里指的是首先注意到的事情。故选B。
【45题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:她五十岁出头,但大多数人认为她看起来年轻十岁。A. think认为;B. hope希望;C. hear听到;D. explain解释。根据上文“She’s in her early fifties”和下文“she looks ten years younger”可知,这里表达的是人们对于她年龄看起来更年轻的一种看法、想法。故选A。
【46题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:她有一头浓密的棕色卷发,这让她看起来颇为狂野,而且她往往会穿非常鲜艳、颇为与众不同的衣服。A. expects期待;B. prepares准备;C. tends往往,倾向于;D. agrees同意。根据下文“to wear very colourful, rather unusual clothes”可知,这里指的是奥莉阿姨倾向于穿什么样的衣服。tend to do是固定短语,意为“倾向于做,往往会做”。故选C。
【47题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:虽然奥莉阿姨身材娇小,但你一见到她,就会意识到她有着巨大的个性。A. strong强壮的;B. old年老的;C. tall高的;D. small小的。根据上文“she is a little, not fat woman”和下文“you realised that she has a huge personality”可知,奥莉阿姨身材娇小,但个性很强。故选D。
【48题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我永远也不会忘记我到她家拜访时,看到她和她的狗跳七十年代的迪斯科经典舞曲的那一刻!A. waste浪费;B. tell告诉;C. forget忘记;D. spend花费。根据下文“the time when I called round to her house”和“her dancing to a seventies disco classic with her dog”可知,这里指的是作者永远不会忘记的那一刻。故选C。
【49题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我永远也不会忘记我到她家拜访时,看到她和她的狗跳七十年代的迪斯科经典舞曲的那一刻!A. found发现;B. kept保持;C. caught抓住;D. observed观察。根据下文“her dancing to a seventies disco classic with her dog”可知,这里指的是发现她和狗跳舞。故选A。
【50题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:尽管她最近生病了,但她还是精力充沛得令人难以置信。A. unhealthy不健康的;B. energetic精力充沛的;C. patient有耐心的;D. lucky幸运的。根据下文“despite her recent illness. At parties she always dances until the end.”可知,这里指的是尽管生病,但她还是精力充沛的。故选B。
【51题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:她最伟大的成就之一是攀登英国最高的山本尼维斯山,为癌症慈善机构筹集资金。A. failures失败;B. hobbies爱好;C. dreams梦想;D. achievements成就。根据下文“climbing Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the UK”可知,这里指的是最伟大的成就之一是攀登高山。故选D。
【52题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:她最伟大的成就之一是攀登英国最高的山本尼维斯山,为癌症慈善机构筹集资金。A. raise筹集;B. pay支付;C. save节省;D. make制作。根据下文“money for cancer charities”可知,这里指的是为慈善机构筹集资金。故选A。
【53题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:奥莉阿姨让我觉得任何事情都是可能的。A. important重要的;B. interesting有趣的;C. possible可能的;D. simple简单的。根据上文“She’s unbelievably 10 despite her recent illness. At parties she always dances until the end. One of her greatest 11 is climbing Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the UK”可知,奥莉阿姨的事迹,让作者感觉任何事情都是可能的。故选C。
【54题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:她对生活的态度激励着每一个遇到她的人,我相信半程马拉松并不是她激励我去做的唯一事情。A. comfort安慰;B. mystery神秘;C. surprise惊讶;D. inspiration鼓舞。根据下文“she will inspire me to do”可知,这里指的是她对生活的态度是对每个人的鼓舞。故选D。
【55题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:她对生活的态度激励着每一个遇到她的人,我相信半程马拉松并不是她激励我去做的唯一事情。A. work工作;B. thing事情;C. research研究;D. business生意。根据上文“the half-marathon”可知,这里指的是半程马拉松并不是唯一的事情。故选B。
第II卷(非选择题 共50分)
第一节 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Maybe Letters from Father Christmas is the perfect book for those ____56____ regard Christmas as a special time of year. The author, J.R.R. Tolkien, is one of the most famous ____57____ (name) in English literature.
Every Christmas, an envelope with a North Pole stamp arrived. It ____58____ (address) to Tolkien’s children. Inside, they would find a handwritten letter from Father Christmas. The letters were also ____59____ (beautiful) illustrated---each must have taken its true author, Tolkien, a long time ____60____ (complete).
In one letter, Father Christmas complained ____61____ how he could not stop his helpers ____62____ (play) games with the toys instead of wrapping them up. Interestingly, the letters did not contain the usual ____63____ (warn) to children that they might not receive their presents if they were not good. The letters did, however, change as Tolkien’s children got ____64____ (old).
By expressing love for his children in such ____65____ special way, Tolkien may indeed have been the real Father Christmas.
【答案】56. who
57. names 58. was addressed
59. beautifully
60. to complete
61. about 62. playing
63. warnings
64. older 65. a
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章介绍了英国文学史上最著名的人物之一 J.R.R. Tolkien写给孩子们读的Letters from Father Christmas.
【56题详解】
考查定语从句。句意:也许《圣诞老人的来信》对于那些把圣诞节视为一年中特殊时刻的人来说是一本完美的书。设空处需用关系代词引导定语从句,先行词为those,指人应用who。故填who。
【57题详解】
考查名词复数。句意:作者J.R.R.托尔金是英国文学史上最著名的人物之一。分析句子结构,one of后接名词复数,设空处应填names,作表语。故填names。
【58题详解】
考查时态和语态。句意:它是写给托尔金的孩子们的。分析句子结构和句意可知,设空处为谓语动词;陈述过去的事实用一般过去时态;address与逻辑主语之间为动宾关系,故用一般过去时的被动语态,主语it为单数,助动词用was。故填was addressed。
【59题详解】
考查副词。句意:这些信件也有精美的插图——每一封肯定花费了真正的作者托尔金很长时间才能完成。设空处应用副词,修饰动词illustrate。beautiful的副词为beautifully。故填beautifully。
【60题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:这些信件也有精美的插图——每一封肯定花费了真正的作者托尔金很长时间才能完成。句中涉及句型Sth takes sb time to do,意为“做某事花费某人时间”,为固定句型,设空处用动词不定式。故填to complete。
【61题详解】
考查介词。句意:在一封信中,圣诞老人抱怨说他如何无法阻止他的助手们和玩具一起玩游戏,而不是将玩具包装起来。设空处应用介词about,动词短语complain about sth,意为“抱怨某事”。故填about。
【62题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:在一封信中,圣诞老人抱怨说他如何无法阻止他的助手们和玩具一起玩游戏,而不是将玩具包装起来。动词短语stop sb doing sth,意为“阻止某人做某事”,设空处为现在分词,作his helpers的补足语。故填playing。
【63题详解】
考查名词。句意:有趣的是,这些信没有包含通常对孩子们的警告:如果他们表现不好,他们可能不会收到他们的礼物。设空处前有定冠词,故应用名词,warn的名词为warning,意为“提醒,告诫,警告”;因主语the letters为复数,多封信应有多次警告,故此处也用复数,作动词contain的宾语。故填warnings。
【64题详解】
考查形容词。句意:然而,随着托尔金的孩子们长大,这些信件确实发生了变化。根据句意,get后接形容词的比较级older,意为“长大”。故填older。
【65题详解】
考查冠词。句意:托尔金用这样一种特殊的方式来表达对孩子们的爱,也许他就是真正的圣诞老人。such a +形容词+单数名词,表“这样一个……的人”。设空处后接special,为辅音音素开头的形容词,故用不定冠词a。
第四部分 写作(共三节,满分40分)
第一节:根据句意并结合首字母或提示完成句子(共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
66. He stuck down the e______ and dropped it into the mailbox. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】envelope##nvelope
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意:他把信封粘好,然后把它投进了邮筒。根据单词首字母以及句意“信封”可知,应填名词envelope,作宾语,envelope为可数名词,根据后文it可知,名词需用单数形式。故填envelope。
67. After running a mile, my two legs a______. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】ached##ched
【解析】
【详解】考查动词和时态。句意:跑了一英里后,我的两条腿都疼了。根据单词首字母以及句意“疼”可知,应填动词ache,空处为句子的谓语动词,句子描述发生在过去的事情,时态需用一般过去时。故填ached。
68. You may wonder whether I have lots of ______ (设备). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】equipment
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意:你可能会想我是否有很多设备。“设备”作宾语,用名词equipment,不可数名词。故填equipment。
69. We are not sure when the ______ (宇宙)came into being. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】universe
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意:我们不确定宇宙是何时形成的。根据汉语提示“宇宙”可知,应填名词universe作主语,the universe表示我们所处的这个客观存在的宇宙。故填universe。
70. We live in an age when more information is ________ (可获得的) than ever before. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】available
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意:我们生活在一个信息比以往任何时候都更容易获得的时代。空格处用形容词作表语,“可获得的”的形容词是available。故填available。
71. Unfortunately, the two countries had many c______ and the war broke out. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】conflicts##onflicts
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意:不幸的是,两国发生了许多冲突,战争爆发了。空处作动词had的宾语,结合and the war broke out可知,此处表示“冲突”用conflict,many搭配可数名词复数。故填conflicts。
72. The growing speed of a plant is unfluenced by a number of ______ (因素). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】factors
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意:植物的生长速度不受许多因素的影响。表示“因素”用factor,a number of搭配可数名词复数。故填factors。
73. Li Bai is a very famous ______ (诗人). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】poet
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意:李白是一位非常著名的诗人。表示“诗人”用poet,a后用名词单数,作表语。故填poet。
74. Mozart composed his last o______ shortly before he died. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】opera##pera
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意:莫扎特在去世前不久创作了他的最后一部歌剧。根据单词首字母以及句意“歌剧”可知,应填名词opera,作宾语,opera为可数名词,根据his last可知,需填名词单数形式。故填opera。
75 He has been tabbed by many people as a future ______ (冠军). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】champion
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意:他被许多人视为未来的冠军。“冠军”作宾语,用可数名词champion,结合冠词a可知,用单数形式。故填champion。
第二节(15分)
76. 2023年的春季流感高发,为鼓励同学们积极锻炼,增强“运动有助于健康”的意识,校学生会英语社团决定举办主题为“Life lies in movement”的征文活动。请你写一篇短文投稿,内容包括:
1.运动的好处;2.你喜欢的运动及理由。
Life lies in movement
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【答案】Life lies in movement
Since the epidemic has prevailed (蔓延) around our nation, the online courses are launched, during which time majority of students are lacking in conducting exercise regularly. However, we couldn’t conceal the fact that physical exercises are of remarkable benefit.
Firstly, doing workouts is often referred to as the best way to enhance our immunity and build our physical body. Secondly, one of the things that fascinates us most about exercise is the popular belief that it offers us a chance to release us from the fast-paced life and lighten our moods. With sports activities less available during the lockdown, Tai chi, designed as a unique and profound self-defense technique, wins my favor. For one thing, not needing much space makes it easy to carry out. For another thing, with principles, theories and martial art skills combined, it has gained its fame as an effective health exercise.
Whatever exercise you are pursuing, making it a part of your daily routine will surely enable you to reap strikingly excellent benefits.
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。校学生会英语社团决定举办主题为“Life lies in movement”的征文活动,要求考生就运动的好处以及自己喜欢的运动及理由写一篇短文投稿。
【详解】1.词汇积累
增强:enhance → improve/boost
机会:chance → opportunity
释放:release → free/liberate
确定:surely → certainly
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句:With sports activities less available during the lockdown, Tai chi wins my favor.
拓展句:Because sports activities are less available during the lockdown, Tai chi, which is designed as a unique and profound self-defense technique, wins my favor.
【点睛】[高分句型1] Since the epidemic has prevailed around our nation, the online courses are launched, during which time majority of students are lacking in conducting exercise regularly. (运用了since引导原因状语从句和“介词+关系代词which”引导非限制性定语从句)
[高分句型2] Secondly, one of the things that fascinates us most about exercise is the popular belief that it offers us a chance to release us from the fast-paced life and lighten our moods. (运用了关系代词that(第1个)引导的限制性定语从句和连词that(第2个)引导的同位语从句)
[高分句型3] Whatever exercise you are pursuing, making it a part of your daily routine will surely enable you to reap strikingly excellent benefits. (运用了whatever引导的让步状语从句和动名词作主语)
第三节(15分)
77. 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
The perfect plan had gone wrong!
Anderson and Franklin are twin brothers. Their father is one of the richest men in their hometown, and their family is very well-known there. Their father often warned them to be careful of people who might steal from them. They therefore decided to take their summer holiday far away from home.
They chose a coastal city, where there were sandy beaches, expensive hotels, parties and clubs, and exciting activities along the coast. The brothers had to plan carefully. They would stay in the most expensive hotel in the city.
At the same time, they decided to separate their cash (现金) and credit cards (信用卡) and hide them in different places. They would put half in their big suitcases (箱子) with their clothing. The other half went into their wallets. They thought it was a perfect plan. Nothing could go wrong!
One night, they decided to go dancing. At the club, two strangers came up to them and were very friendly. Anderson and Franklin danced with them for hours. When the strangers said that they had to leave, the brothers told them where they were staying, and asked to meet them at the hotel later in the week. They agreed and the brothers were very happy. When it was time to take a taxi home, the brothers reached for their wallets. They were shocked to find that they both were gone.
注意:1.续写词数为80词左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Upset, they ran back to their hotel.
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【答案】 Upset, they ran back to their hotel. When they tried to open their hotel room door, they realized their room keys were also gone. The hotel manager came and opened it for them. There they found that the cash and credit cards kept in the suitcases were all gone, too. Their perfect plan had gone horribly wrong! The brothers telephoned the police and their father. Their father was angry and yelled at them for drawing attention by spending so much money. He demanded that they return home immediately.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开,讲述了Anderson和Franklin两兄弟在一次远离家乡的海滨度假中遭遇的意外。作为富商之子,他们谨慎地分散携带现金与信用卡以防不测,但在一场夜店邂逅后,却不幸遗失了钱包,陷入困境的故事。
【详解】1.段落续写:
由首句内容“他们心烦意乱地跑回旅馆。”可知,此处可描写兄弟二人跑回旅馆后发现了什么以及他们又是怎么做的。
2.续写线索:回到旅馆——经理帮忙打开房门——发现物品丢失——报警并告知父亲——父亲要求他们回家
3.词汇激活
行为类
①意识到:realized/be aware
②大喊:yelled at/cry at/shout at
③回家:return home/go back home
情绪类
①生气的:angry/annoyed
【点睛】[高分句型1] When they tried to open their hotel room door, they realized their room keys were also gone. (运用了when引导的时间状语从句和省略that的宾语从句)
[高分句型2] There they found that the cash and credit cards kept in the suitcases were all gone, too. (运用了that引导的宾语从句以及过去分词短语作定语)
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