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听力考试正式开始。Carol, I tried a new restaurant last week, the classical cafe. Have you ever been there? No, I haven't. What's IT like, it's . wonderful. The food is great and the Prices are reasonable. But what really attracts me is the men who take my orders. They sing, sing. How do and what about you, carl? Have you done anything interesting? Oh, I went to a food festival last week. I was really fun. IT was a german food festival. really. I've never went to a food festival, and I love german food. That was the first time I had IT. Everything was excEllent. Now i'm learning to cook real german food. If you have time, you should go there at last until next sunday. You'll never think it's boring. Carol, I tried a new restaurant last week. The classical cafe. Have you ever been there? No, I haven't. What's IT like, it's . wonderful. The food is great and the Prices are reasonable. But what really attracts me is the men who take my orders. They sing, they sing. unusual. And what . about you, carl? Have you done anything interesting lately? 哦。i went to a food festival last week. I was really fun. IT was a german food festival. really. I've never went to a food festival, and I love german food. That was the first time I had IT. Everything was excEllent. Now i'm learning to cook real german food. If you have time, you should go there. IT lasted until next sunday. You'll never think IT boring. Listen to the next question. I heard that you were busy preparing for next month's campus . film festival. Yeah, are you interested in that? I don't really know about that. Can you tell me more? sure. IT started two years ago. The films are shot by students from different . universities. cool. Then who picks up . the films? It's up to the organization . committee. I see. Well, can I watch the films there? Should I buy . a ticket? Actually not. You can watch any film there for free with your student tidy card. I heard that you were busy preparing for next months campus film festival. Yeah, are you interested in that? I don't really know about that. Can you tell me more? sure. IT started two years ago. The films are shot by students from different universities. cool. Then who picks up the films? It's up to the organization . community. I see. Well, can I watch the films there? Should I buy . a ticket? Actually not. You can watch any film there for free with your student ID card. Listen to the next question. Welcome back. How was your vacation in rome? vacation? No, I was there on business. But after the meeting there, I went to pairs because I had a get together party with my college friends there. Then IT was a trip to paris. How was IT . fantastic? I went to many famous tourist attractions. Look, this is a picture I took on the top of the apple tower. It's on my third day in paris. And the next day I took the evening flight to come back. Oh, then did you go to the love? Of course. that was the first thing idea. In pairs, you can go to paris without going to their most famous art gallery. Did you see the mona lisa? Yes. but I wasn't curious about the smile of mona lisa or the good skill of the painter. I was surprised by how small mona was, though. Welcome back. How was your vacation in rome? vacation? No, I was there on business. But after the meeting there, I went to pairs because I had a get together party with my college friends there. Then IT was a trip to paris. I was a fantastic. I went to many famous tourist attractions. Look, this is a picture I took on the top of the iphone tower. It's on my third day in paris. And the next day I took the evening flight to come back. Oh, then did you go to the love? Of course. that was the first thing idea. In pairs, you can go to paris without going to their most famous art gallery. Did you see the mona lisa? Yes. but I wasn't curious about the smile of mona lisa or the good skill of the painter. I was surprised by how small mono lisa was, though. Listen to the next . question, mary. We're going to west lake this weekend again. Yes. three of us. This time we're going boating on saturday morning. In the afternoon, i'll visit my uncle nearby, and in the evening, we'll do some shopping. There is an amazing night market near the lake. On sunday, we'll get a concert. Where are you staying? The five star hotel we booked last time was really yes. but my uncle told me there is a small but comfortable country cottage to the east of the lake. We'll stay there . sounds good. What are you . going to do? Mary. just sit on the sofa and read the novels I bought yesterday. My parents have gone back to our hometown, and IT will be my private time this weekend. Mary, we're going to west lake . this weekend again. Yes, three of us. This time we're going boating on saturday morning. In the afternoon, i'll visit my uncle nearby, and in the evening will do some shopping. There is an amazing night market near the lake. On sunday. we'll go to a concert. Where are you staying? The five star hotel we booked last time was really expensive. yes, but my uncle told me there is a small but comfortable country cottage to the east of the lake. We'll stay there. Sound good. What are you going to do, mary? Just sit on the sofa and read the novels I bought yesterday. My parents have gone back to our hometown, and IT will be my private time this weekend. Listen to the next question. Hi mike, you look tired. What's up? Professor lynn . asked me to Carry the overhead projector from the AV room to the classroom. So I Carried IT from the basement to the . fifth floor. Why didn't you take . the elevator I was going to, but I saw a sign that said for teachers and handicap, T, T. only since you were Carrying something heavy, I think you could use the elevator. Don't worry about IT. I'll live. By the way, how are your classes today? super. We serve online in our geography. Class sounds great. Modern advances definitely have changed education . for the Better. Oh, yes, i've been told that there is a multimedia classroom on the third floor. It's hard to imagine what school will be like in the future. Hi, mike. You look tired. What's up? Professor lyn asked me to Carry the overhead projector from the AV room to the classroom, so I Carried IT from the basement to the . fifth floor. Why didn't you take . the elevator I was going to? But I saw a sign that said, for teachers and handicap t only . since you were Carrying something heavy, I think you could use the elevator. Don't worry about IT. I'll live. By the way, how are your classes today? super. We serve online in our geography. Class sounds great. Modern advance definitely have changed education for the Better. Oh, yes, i've been told that there is a multimedia classroom on the third floor. It's hard to imagine what school will be like in the future. Listen to the next question. This history of plastic is no longer than you might expect. In fact, the first man made plastic was made over a hundred years ago. IT was discovered both by an englishman and in american in the same year. But IT was the american who first developed IT on a large scale during the eighteen and sixties. Everybody was excited by this new material. Because IT was so cheap, poor workers were able to buy plastic colors. These plastic colors were hard and uncomfortable, but they were easy to wash. The poor workers could clean them every evening with just soap and water. Poor mothers who had not been able to afford toys for their children were now able to buy inexpensive ones made of plastic. However, plastic has one serious fault. Some kinds of plastic can catch fire very easily, and when they do, a poisonous gas is produced. What's worse, plastic takes a very long time to break down, so IT causes serious pollution. We now use the term White pollution to refer to plastic pollution. This history of plastic is no longer than you might expect. In fact, the first man made plastic was made over a hundred years ago. I was discovered both by an english man and in american in the same year. But IT was the american who first developed IT on a large scale during the eighteen sixties. Everybody was excited by this new material because IT was so cheap. Poor workers were able to buy plastic colors. These plastic collars were hard and uncomfortable, but they were easy to wash. The poor workers could clean them every evening with just soap and water. Poor mothers who had not been able to afford toys for their children were now able to buy inexpensive ones made of plastic. However, plastic has one serious fault. Some kinds of plastic can catch fire very easily, and when they do a poisonous gas is what's worse. Plastic takes a very long time to break down. So IT causes serious pollution. We now use the term White pollution to refer to plastic pollution. Listen to the next question. During the summer, you should be even more careful than usual, because food goes bad faster in hot weather than in cold weather when you buy frozen and refrigerated foods don't make long stops on your way home, because frozen foods could become soft or warm. Using bags helps keep food cold until you can get home. Milk and milk products should be refrigerated immediately when camping or picnicking or at any time when refrigeration can be made. Use of use special dry foods don't leave food in a hot car. Picnic favorites like meat, chicken and eggs should be kept in a cool box. Above all, if the food doesn't seem to be Normal in smell or appearance, threw IT away immediately, don't taste IT during the summer, you should be even more careful than usual, because food goes bad faster in hot weather than in cold weather when you buy frozen and refrigerated foods don't make long stops on your way home, because frozen foods could become soft or warm. Using bags helps keep food cold until you can get home milk and milk products should be refrigerated immediately when camping or picnicking or at any time when refrigeration can be made. Use of use special dry foods don't leave food in a hot car. Picnic favorites like meat, chicken and eggs should be kept in a cool box. Above all, if the food doesn't seem to be Normal and smell or appearance throws IT away immediately, don't taste IT. 听力部分到此结束。
2025~2026学年第一学期高二年级期中考试英语试卷
(考试时间:120分钟 试卷满分:150分)
第一部分 听力(满分30分)
听下面一段对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
1. What attracts the woman most in the Classical Cafe?
A. The waiters. B. The price. C. The food.
2. What does Karl think of the German food festival?
A. Boring. B. Unusual. C. Wonderful.
3. What does Karl suggest the woman do?
A. Go to the food festival. B. Try some German food. C. Learn to cook with him.
【答案】1. A 2. C 3. A
【解析】
【原文】W: Carl, I tried a new restaurant last week, the Classical Cafe. Have you ever been there?
M: No, I haven’t. What’s it like?
W: It’s wonderful. The food is great and the prices are reasonable. But what really attracts me is the men who take my orders. They sing.
M: They sing. How unusual!
W: And what about you, Carl? Have you done anything interesting lately?
M: Oh, I went to a food festival last week. It was really fun. It was a German food festival.
W: Really? I’ve never been to a food festival and I love German food.
M: That was the first time I had it. Everything was excellent. Now I’m learning to cook real German food. If you have time, you should go there. It lasts until next Sunday. You’ll never think it boring.
听下面一段对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
4. How long has it been since the Campus Film Festival started?
A. A month. B. A year. C. Two years.
5. What does the man need to watch the films?
A. A ticket. B. An invitation card. C. His student ID card.
【答案】4. C 5. C
【解析】
【原文】M: I heard that you were busy preparing for next month’s campus film festival.
W: Yeah. Are you interested in that?
M: I don’t really know about that. Can you tell me more?
W: Sure, it started two years ago. The films are shot by students from different universities.
M: Cool! Then, who picks up the films?
W: It’s up to the organization committee.
M: I see. Well, can I watch the films there? Should I buy a ticket?
W: Actually not. You can watch any film there for free with your student ID card.
听下面一段对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
6. Why did the man go to Rome?
A. To go on a business trip. B. To take a vacation. C. To attend a party.
7. What did the man do first in Paris?
A. He toured a college. B. He went to the Louvre. C. He visited the Eiffel Tower.
8. What made the man surprised about the Mona Lisa?
A. The smile of Mona Lisa. B. The skill of the painter. C. The size of the painting.
【答案】6. A 7. B 8. C
【解析】
【原文】W: Welcome back! How was your vacation in Rome?
M: Vacation? No, I was there on business. But after the meeting there, I went to Paris because I had a get-together party with my college friends there. Then it was a trip to Paris.
W: How was it?
M: Fantastic! I went to many famous tourist attractions. Look, this is a picture I took on the top of the Eiffel Tower. It was on my third day in Paris, and the next day I took the evening flight to come back.
W: Oh, then did you go to the Louvre?
M: Of course! That was the first thing I did in Paris. You can’t go to Paris without going to their most famous art gallery!
W: Did you see the Mona Lisa?
M: Yes. But I wasn’t curious about the smile of Mona Lisa or the good skill of the painter. I was surprised by how small the Mona Lisa was, though.
听下面一段对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
9. What is the man’s plan for Saturday evening?
A. To go shopping. B. To attend a concert. C. To walk by a lake.
10. Where will the man stay during the weekend trip?
A. At his uncle’s. B. In a country cottage. C. In a five-star hotel.
11. What will the woman do this weekend?
A. Read some novels. B. Go boating. C. Visit her parents.
【答案】9. A 10. B 11. A
【解析】
【原文】M: Mary, we’re going to west lake this weekend.
W: Again?
M: Yes, three of us this time. We’re going boating on Saturday morning, in the afternoon I’ll visit my uncle nearby, and in the evening we’ll do some shopping. There’s an amazing night market near the lake. On Sunday we’ll go to a concert.
W: Where are you staying? The five star hotel we booked last time was really expensive.
M: Yes, but my uncle told me there is a small but comfortable country cottage to the east of the lake. We’ll stay there.
W: Sounds good.
M: What are you going to do Mary?
W: Just sit on the sofa and read the novels I bought yesterday. My parents have gone back to our hometown, and it will be my private time this weekend.
听下面一段对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
12. Why does the man look so tired?
A. He surfed the Internet in the classroom for a long time.
B. He carried the overhead projector from the basement to the fifth floor.
C. He had to go to the classroom on the fifth floor.
13. What does the man think has changed education?
A. The overhead projector. B. A multimedia classroom. C. Modern advances.
【答案】12. B 13. C
【解析】
【原文】W: Hi, Mike, you look tired. What’s up?
M: Professor Lin asked me to carry the overhead projector from the AV Room to the classroom. So I carried it from the basement to the fifth floor.
W: Why didn’t you take the elevator?
M: I was going to, but I saw a sign that said, “For teachers and handicapped only.”
W: Since you were carrying something heavy, I think you could use the elevator.
M: Don’t worry about it; I’ll live. By the way, how were your classes today?
W: Super. We surfed online in our Geography class.
M: Sounds great. Modern advances definitely have changed education for the better.
W: Oh, yes. I’ve been told that there is a multimedia classroom on the third floor.
M: It’s hard to imagine what school will be like in the future.
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】
14. Who first developed plastic on a large scale?
A. A Frenchman. B. An Englishman. C. An American
15. What was the advantage of plastic collars?
A. They didn’t wear out easily.
B. They were easy to wash.
C. They were comfortable.
16. Why were the plastic toys a good choice for some mothers?
A. They were colorful. B. They were cheap. C. They were light in weight.
17. What does the speaker talk about at the end?
A. The popularity of plastic.
B. Different ways of using plastic.
C. The harmful side of plastic.
【答案】14. C 15. B 16. B 17. C
【解析】
【原文】 W: This history of plastic is no longer than you might expect. In fact, the first man made plastic was made over a hundred years ago. It was discovered both by an Englishman and an American in the same year, but it was the American who first developed it on a large scale during the eighteen sixties. Everybody was excited by this new material because it was so cheap. Poor workers were able to buy plastic collars. These plastic collars were hard and uncomfortable, but they were easy to wash. The poor workers could clean them every evening with just soap and water. Poor mothers who had not been able to afford toys for their children were now able to buy inexpensive ones made of plastic. However, plastic has one serious fault. Some kinds of plastic can catch fire very easily, and when they do, a poisonous gas is produced. What’s worse, plastic takes a very long time to break down so it causes serious pollution. We now use the term white pollution to refer to plastic pollution.
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】
18. How can frozen food be kept cold at ordinary temperatures?
A. By using bags. B. By using water. C. By using paper.
19. What is advised to do when camping?
A. Use special dry foods. B. Never cook meat or eggs. C. Keep milk in a cooler box.
20. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to pick up fresh food.
B. How to eat healthily in different weather.
C. How to keep food from going bad in summer.
【答案】18. A 19. A 20. C
【解析】
【原文】W: During the summer, you should be even more careful than usual because food goes bad faster in hot weather than in cold weather. When you buy frozen and refrigerated foods, don’t make long stops on your way home because frozen foods could become soft or warm.
Using bags helps keep food cold until you can get home. Milk and milk products should be refrigerated immediately when camping or picnicking, or at any time when refrigeration can’t be made use of. Use special dry foods.
Don’t leave food in a hot car. Picnic favorites like meat, chicken, and eggs should be kept in a cooler box. Above all, if the food doesn’t seem to be normal in smell or appearance, throw it away immediately. Don’t taste it.
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
Would you like to do something to help make our city a better place to live in? Why not take part in “Clean & Green weekend”? Join us, and you can make new friends and help protect the environment at the same time.
Park Life
Do you like playing and relaxing in the park with your friends? If so, why not take the chance to come with us and tidy up the park when you go? To add some fun, there is a gift for the person who collects the most rubbish! Meet us at the south entrance to Taohe Park at 9 a. m. next Saturday if you want to join in.
The Air You Breathe
A great way to make the air we breathe cleaner is by planting lots of trees! It is a fact that trees slowly filter (过滤) a lot of pollutants (污染物) from the air. So come and help us plant some new ones in Fenhe Park at 2 p. m. next Sunday.
War on Graffiti (涂鸦)
Some people think graffiti is cool. Well, it is not! The best way to stop buildings from becoming totally covered in ugly graffiti is to fix it as soon as possible. And that is exactly what we are going to do. We are repainting the school walls from 1 p. m. on Saturday. You don’t have to bring any tools, just remember to wear some old clothes!
21. The main purpose of “Clean & Green Weekend” is to ________.
A. make our city more beautiful B. offer the chance to have fun
C. help students meet old friends D. have a nice weekend
22. How can we make the air we breathe cleaner?
A. By tidying the park. B. By planting trees.
C. By repainting the school walls. D. By protecting the environment.
23. If we’re going to repaint the school walls, we need to ________.
A. draw pictures well B. bring some tools with us
C. wear some old clothes D. wear some new clothes
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍一个保护城市环境及帮助城市变得更好的活动——Clean & Green weekend。
【21题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“Would you like to do something to help make our city a better place to live in? Why not take part in “Clean & Green weekend”? (您想做些什么来帮助我们的城市成为一个更好的居住地吗?为什么不参加“清洁与绿色周末”?)”可知,Clean & Green weekend的目的是帮助城市变得更好,更干净,更漂亮。故选A。
【22题详解】
细节理解题。根据The Air You Breathe部分“A great way to make the air we breathe cleaner is by planting lots of trees! (使我们呼吸的空气更清洁的一个好方法是种植大量的树木!)”可知,种树可以使我们呼吸的空气更加清洁。故选B。
【23题详解】
细节理解题。根据War on Graffiti部分“We are repainting the school walls from 1 p. m. on Saturday. You don’t have to bring any tools, just remember to wear some old clothes! (我们将在周六从下午1点开始,重新粉刷学校的墙壁。你不必带任何工具,只要记得穿一些旧衣服!)”可知,如果我们要重新粉刷学校的墙壁,我们需要穿一些旧衣服。故选C。
B
For years video games have been criticized for making people more antisocial, overweight or depressed. Bui now researchers are finding that video games can actually change us for the better and improve both our body and mind.
Games can help to develop physical skills. Pre-school children who played interactive games have been shown to have improved motor skills, for example they can kick, catch and throw a ball better than children who don’t play video games. A study found that those who played video games were 27 percent faster and made 37 percent fewer errors than those who didn’t.
Games also benefit a variety of brain functions, including decision-making. People who play action-based games make decisions 25 percent faster than others, according to one study. It was also found that the best gamers can make choices and act on them up to six times a second, four times faster than most people. In another study by researchers from the University of Rochester in New York, experienced gamers were shown to be able to pay attention to more than six things at once without getting confused, compared with the four that most people can normally keep in mind.
There is also evidence that gaming can help with psychological problems. At the University of Auckland in New Zealand, researchers asked 94 young people diagnosed with depression to play a 3D fantasy game called SPARX and in many cases, the game reduced symptoms of depression more than conventional treatment.
The effects are not always so positive, however. Indiana University researchers carried out brain scans on young men and found evidence that violent games can adjust brain function after as little as a week of play, affecting regions in the brain associated with emotional control and causing more aggressive behavior in the player. But Danhne Bavelier, one of the most experienced researchers in the field, says that the violent action games that often worry p parents most may actually have the strongest beneficial effect on the brain. In the future, we may see many treatments for physical and neurological (神经的) problems, which include the playing of video games.
24. In what way playing video games benefits very young children?
A. Muscle control. B. Social interaction.
C. Decision-making. D. The ability to focus.
25. Which type of video game improves the decision-making speed?
A. Interactive games. B. Action-based games.
C. 3D fantasy games. D. Violent games.
26. What is the authors attitude to video games?
A. Indifferent. B. Objective. C. Worried. D. Critical.
27. What is the text mainly about?
A. The effects of different types of video games.
B. The negative effects of playing video games.
C. The beneficial effects of playing video games.
D. The effects of games on people’s behavior.
【答案】24. A 25. B 26. B 27. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了多年来,电子游戏一直被批评为使人们更反社会、超重或抑郁。但现在研究人员发现,电子游戏实际上可以让我们变得更好,改善我们的身心。文章主要通过客观研究事实来说明了玩电子游戏的一些好处。
【24题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“Games can help to develop physical skills. Pre-school children who played interactive games have been shown to have improved motor skills, for example they can kick, catch and throw a ball better than children who don’t play video games.”(游戏可以帮助发展身体技能。玩互动游戏的学龄前儿童被证明有更好的运动技能,例如他们可以比不玩电子游戏的孩子更好地踢球、接球和扔球。)可知,玩电子游戏对小孩子的好处是锻炼了肌肉控制。故选A项。
【25题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“Games also benefit a variety of brain functions, including decision-making. People who play action-based games make decisions 25 percent faster than others, according to one study.”(游戏也有利于大脑的各种功能,包括决策。一项研究表明,玩动作类游戏的人做决定的速度比其他人快25%。)可知,动作类的电子游戏可以提高决策速度。故选B项。
【26题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段中“Pre-school children who played interactive games have been shown to have improved motor skills, for example they can kick, catch and throw a ball better than children who don’t play video games.”(玩互动游戏的学龄前儿童被证明有更好的运动技能,例如他们可以比不玩电子游戏的孩子更好地踢球、接球和扔球。)以及第三段中“People who play action-based games make decisions 25 percent faster than others, according to one study.”(一项研究表明,玩动作类游戏的人做决定的速度比其他人快25%。)和倒数第二段中“At the University of Auckland in New Zealand, researchers asked 94 young people diagnosed with depression to play a 3D fantasy game called SPARX and in many cases, the game reduced symptoms of depression more than conventional treatment.”(在新西兰奥克兰大学,研究人员让94名被诊断患有抑郁症的年轻人玩一款名为SPARX的3D幻想游戏,在许多情况下,这款游戏比传统治疗更能减轻抑郁症的症状。)可推知,文中主要客观研究事实来说明了玩电子游戏的一些好处,没有涉及作者对此的看法,可推测作者对电子游戏的态度是客观的。故选B项。
【27题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文章大意以及第一段“For years video games have been criticized for making people more antisocial, overweight or depressed. Bui now researchers are finding that video games can actually change us for the better and improve both our body and mind.”(多年来,电子游戏一直被批评为使人们更反社会、超重或抑郁。但现在研究人员发现,电子游戏实际上可以让我们变得更好,改善我们的身心。)可以推测出,这篇文章的主要内容讲的是玩电子游戏的好处。故选C项。
C
Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart. They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who it was that invented them.
Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business.Every day he would see shoppers lugging groceries around in baskets they had to carry.
One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.
On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention.
But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.
After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied.
But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony customers.
As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come—those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.
Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s original model. Perhaps that’s one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937—before the coming of the shopping cart.
28. What do the underlined words “ chrome-plated contraptions” in the first paragraph refer to?
A. Baskets. B. Private cars.
C. Suitcases. D. Shopping carts.
29. What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention?
A. It was to prove him to be a good inventor.
B. It was to reduce the burden of his employees’ work.
C. It was to make shopping easier and attract more business.
D. It was to help the disabled make shopping easily in his market.
30. Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market in order to
A. attract people to buy things in his market
B. encourage people to use his shopping carts
C. make his market different from the others
D. keep the groceries from being stolen
31. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Goldman will become very famous because of his invention.
B. Goldman’s invention will be regarded as the greatest one in the world.
C. Supermarket business has benefited a lot from Goldman’s invention.
D. There will be nothing that can replace Goldman’s invention.
【答案】28. D 29. C 30. B 31. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了购物使用的推车的发展史。购物车的发明者Sylvan N. Goldman为了使购物简易化,也为了扩大生意,发明了购物车。而现在购物车也有了很大变化,更加适应顾客需求。
【28题详解】
词义推测题。由全文大意以及第一段内容“Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart. They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who it was that invented them.”(几乎每个美国人都会在购物车后面度过他或她生命中的一部分时光。他们将在有生之年把这些chrome-plated contraptions推向数英里之外。但很少有人会知道,甚至不会去问是谁发明了它们。)和“shopping cart”(手推车)可知,本文主要讲述关于购物车的发展史,由此可推知,此处指几乎每个美国人都会在购物车后面度过他或她生命中的一部分时光。他们将在有生之年把这些手拖车推向数英里之外。故选D。
【29题详解】
细节理解题。由第三段“The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.”(有轮子的篮子将使他的顾客更容易购物,并将有助于吸引更多的业务。)可知,Sylvan N. Goldman是为了吸引顾客以及让购物简易化而发明带轮子的购物车,故选C。
【30题详解】
细节理解题。由第七段“But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try.”(但Goldman还没有被击败。他知道只要他能说服人们试一试,他的马车就会大获成功。)可知,Sylvan N. Goldman是为了鼓励人们使用推车,故选B。
【31题详解】
推理判断题。最后一段“Perhaps that’s one why Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937—the coming of the shopping cart.”(也许这就是为什么今天的美国人每年在食品上的花费是1937年(购物车出现之前)的5倍多。)可知,随着购物车体积增大随之购物消费也变多了。由此可推知,购物车促进了商业发展。故选C。
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Safety information for study abroad
Remember you are responsible for the choices you make regarding your safety! Be careful all the time. Not knowing about the culture, language, people and situations may put you at higher risk. Learn what women and men do in the culture to protect themselves.
☆ Avoid walking alone at night. Do not agree to meet a person whom you do not know in a lonely place. Be cautious when meeting new people. Don’t give out your address and phone number to strangers or let out too much personal information about yourself.
☆ Do not attract attention to yourself by speaking English loudly in public in America or wearing expensive jewelry. These manners will certainly attract thieves, or worse. Do not be afraid to be impolite when faced with unwanted situations. Do not let anyone push you into taking risks. If you feel unsafe, you probably are.
☆ Taxis are not safe everywhere, especially late at night. Men and women are often robbed by taxi drivers. In many cities, taxis have gotten so dangerous that people use Radio Taxis to get the names of good companies.
☆ When using public telephones, especially in a lonely place, stand facing out so you can see your surroundings. If someone stops you to ask for the time or to ask for directions, step away to a distance that is safer. Why would they consider asking an obviously foreign person for directions?
☆ Your life will always be more important than any of your possessions (财产). Let them go and run away if necessary.
32. For whom is the passage written?
A. Parents who worry about the safety of their children.
B. Foreign people who are traveling in the USA.
C. Those students who are studying abroad.
D. People who are interested in foreign culture.
33. What does the underlined word “cautious” probably mean?
A. Friendly. B. Careful. C. Active. D. Calm.
34 You are advised not to speak English loudly in public in America because ________.
A. others will laugh at your bad English
B it is bad manners to speak loudly in American culture
C. you will attract too much attention to yourself
D. other people will ask more information about yourself
35. What should you do to protect yourself while studying abroad?
A. Taking public transportation whenever you go out.
B. Not considering others’ feelings as long as you like.
C. Not offering help to anyone in the street.
D. Having a high sense of safety at any time.
【答案】32. C 33. B 34. C 35. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文,文章主要面向出国留学的学生,从出行、交友、言行、乘车等多个方面给出具体安全建议,提醒他们时刻保持安全意识,规避海外生活的潜在风险。
【32题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章标题“ Safety information for study abroad(留学安全须知)”可知,这篇文章是写给正在国外留学的学生。故选C。
【33题详解】
词句猜测题。根据划线词所在句前文“Do not agree to meet a person whom you do not know in a lonely place(不要同意在偏僻的地方见陌生人)”以及后文“Don’t give out your address and phone number to strangers(不要把地址和电话号码透露给陌生人)”可知,这些内容都是在提醒与人交往时要小心。因此划线词“cautious” 的意思是“小心的”。故选B。
【34题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“Do not attract attention to yourself by speaking English loudly in public in America or wearing expensive jewelry(在美国的公共场合不要大声说英语或佩戴昂贵珠宝,以免引人注目)”可知,不建议在公共场合大声说英语的原因是会让自己过于引人注目。故选C。
【35题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章开头“Remember you are responsible for the choices you make regarding your safety! Be careful all the time(记住,你要为自己在安全方面做出选择负责!时刻保持谨慎)”以及全文的安全建议可知,出国留学时保护自己的核心是时刻保持高度的安全意识。故选D。
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。
根据短文内容,从短文后的七个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。A Good Night’s SleepWhen the morning sun looks in through your bedroom window, do you jump out of bed? _____36_____ An adequate amount of sleep can make the difference between a great day and a terrible one!A good night’s sleep doesn’t just happen. You need to prepare for it. ____37____ First, go to bed at the same time every day, and get up at the same time. If you haven’t gotten a good night’s sleep, don’t oversleep the next morning. Get up at your regular time. Sleeping late for just a couples of days can change your body clock to a different cycle. You don’t want that if you have a set daily schedule.Also, avoid big meals at night. _____38_____ Your stomach works hard to digest those fatty foods, and that may keep you up.Your body produces a chemical called melatonin (褪黑色素) that helps you sleep. Light affects the amount of melatonin your body makes. ____39____ So at night turn off your TV and computer. Also, don’t read from a backlit electronic equipment like an IPad. Some scientists think that the light from those stops your body from making melatonin. So turn those screens off at least an hour before bedtime.Maybe you can’t sleep or you wake up in the middle of the night. _____40_____ Get up and do something relaxing elsewhere. Then go back to bed when you feel asleep again. If you worry a lot, make a list of things you need to do the next day. Do that an hour before bed. That way you get your worrying out of the way before you go to bed.After a good night’s sleep, you’ll be able to face a new day.
A. Don’t just lie in bed.
B. You can have three meals a day.
C. Or do you roll over and complain?
D. Various experts have given tips to help.
E. Your TV and computers might affect your sleep.
F. It produces more in the evening and less in the daytime.
G. Eating heavy, rich food within two hours of bedtime can keep you awake.
【答案】36. C 37. D 38. G 39. F 40. A
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要对如何保持良好的睡眠提出了一些建议。
【36题详解】
根据上文“When the morning sun looks in through your bedroom window, do you jump out of bed?”(当清晨的阳光隔着窗户射进来的时候,你是立刻起床了?)可知。选项与上文为并列关系,说明另一种情况。故C选项“还是翻了个身,继续睡?)。故选C项。
【37题详解】
根据上文“A good night’s sleep doesn’t just happen. You need to prepare for it.”(睡个好觉不是偶然的。你需要做好准备。)以及下文讲述了几点保持睡眠的建议,可知,空处总领下文。故D选项“许多专家都给出了一些帮助性的建议”切题。故选D。
【38题详解】
根据上文“Also, avoid big meals at night. ”(晚上要避免大吃大喝),选项承接上文说明吃的太多产生的影响。故G选项“在睡前两小时内吃大量的食物可以让你保持清醒”。故选G。
【39题详解】
根据上文“Your body produces a chemical called melatonin (褪黑色素) that helps you sleep. Light affects the amount of melatonin your body makes.”(你的身体会产生一种叫做褪黑素的化学物质来帮助你睡眠。光线会影响你身体产生的褪黑激素的数量。)可知,选项承接上文说明褪黑色素的作用,它在晚上的时候分解的会多一点,而在白天会少一点,故选F。
40题详解】
根据上文“Maybe you can’t sleep or you wake up in the middle of the night.”(也许你睡不着,或者半夜醒来。)根据下文“Get up and do something relaxing elsewhere.”(起床到别处做些放松的事情。)可知,选项承接上下文说明到如果在晚上失眠睡不着的时候起床做一些事情,而不是仅仅躺着。故选A。
第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节 完形填空(每小题1分,共15分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
通读下面的短文,掌握其大意。然后,从每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Nearly everybody enjoys chicken, and the most famous name in chicken is Kentucky Fried Chicken. Mr. Sanders, the man who started this ____41____ was not always very rich. At one time, he ____42____ a small gas station next to a highway (公路). Many truck drivers ____43____ there to get gas and take a rest. Mr. Sanders realized they were often ____44____, so he began serving sandwiches and coffee. ____45____ the sandwiches he made tasted good, and didn’t ____46____ too much, more and more ____47____ came to eat at his place. ____48____ Mr. Sanders began to serve fried chicken. People ____49____ it very much, and his new business grew rapidly. Not long after, however, another highway was ____50____, and many drivers no longer went ____51____ Mr. Sanders’ restaurant. So he had to ____52____ it. Then he traveled around the country ____53____ to sell his idea of opening fried chicken restaurants. He ____54____. By 1967, there were almost 5000 Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants. And now, ____55____ you go in the United States, you will see one. If you like chicken, I’m sure, you’ll enjoy eating Kentucky Fried Chicken.
41. A. business B. shop C. life D. search
42. A. found B. worked C. saw D. owned
43. A. passed B. got to C. stopped D. left
44. A. late B. hungry C. tired D. sick
45. A. Although B. If C. As D. Once
46. A. need B. pay C. spend D. cost
47. A. passengers B. drivers C. students D. doctors
48. A. Then B. So C. But D. For
49. A. ate B. liked C. tried D. drank
50. A. appeared B. found C. built D. broken
51. A. out B. to C. over D. on
52. A. close B. run C. return D. take
53. A. trying B. believing C. thinking D. suggesting
54. A. failed B. fails C. succeeds D. succeeded
55. A. whenever B. wherever C. where D. when
【答案】41. A 42. D 43. C 44. B 45. C 46. D 47. B 48. A 49. B 50. C 51. B 52. A 53. A 54. D 55. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了肯德基创始人桑德斯先生从经营加油站时售卖三明治起步,后推出炸鸡生意,因公路改道关闭店铺,又通过四处推广最终使肯德基餐厅在美国广泛发展的故事。
【41题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:桑德斯先生,即创办这家企业的那个人,起初并不十分富有。A. business企业,公司,生意;B. shop商店;C. life生活,生命;D. search搜寻。根据下文“his new business grew rapidly”以及“By 1967, there were almost 5000 Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants.”可知,此处指桑德斯是开创这个企业的人,start a business意为“创立一个公司,创业”。故选A。
【42题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:曾经,他在一条公路旁拥有一家小型加油站。A. found发现,找到;B. worked工作;C. saw看到;D. owned拥有。根据下文“Many truck drivers ____3____ there to get gas and take a rest.”可知,桑德斯起初拥有一个小的加油站,故选D。
【43题详解】
考查动词(短语)词义辨析。句意:许多卡车司机在那里停下来加油并休息一会儿。A. passed经过;B. got to到达;C. stopped停止;D. left离开。根据上文“a small gas station next to a highway”以及下文“there to get gas and take a rest.”可知,司机停车在加油站加油、休息。故选C。
【44题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:桑德斯先生意识到他们经常感到饥饿,于是他开始提供三明治和咖啡。A. late晚的,迟的;B. hungry饥饿的;C. tired疲倦的;D. sick生病的。根据下文“so he began serving sandwiches and coffee.”可知,此处指桑德斯先生意识到司机会感到饥饿,所以开始售卖食物。故选B。
【45题详解】
考查连词词义辨析。句意:由于他做的三明治味道不错,而且价格也不算太高,越来越多的司机开始来他那里用餐。A. Although尽管;B. If如果;C. As因为;D. Once一旦。根据下文“the sandwiches he made tasted good, and didn’t ____6____ too much, more and more ____7____ came to eat at his place”可知,因为桑德斯制作的三明治很好吃,且价格不贵,所以越来越多的人前来享用。故选C。
【46题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:由于他做三明治味道不错,而且价格也不算太高,越来越多的司机开始来他那里用餐。A. need需要;B. pay支付;C. spend花费,度过;D. cost价钱为,要价。根据主语“the sandwiches”以及空后“too much”可知,此处指三明治价格不高。spend用于sb spend...on sth或者sb spend...in doing sth(in可以省略),spend的主语必须是人,可以指花费时间、也可以指花费金钱;cost用于 sth costs sb sth,主语必须是物,多指花费金钱,少数情况可指花费时间、气力,有时表示成本的消耗;pay的基本用法是:(1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱(给某人)买……。 (2)pay for sth. 付……的钱。句中主语是物(三明治),填cost指某物的价格。故选D。
【47题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:由于他做的三明治味道不错,而且价格也不算太高,越来越多的司机开始来他那里用餐。A. passengers乘客;B. drivers司机;C. students学生;D. doctors医生。根据上文“Many truck drivers ____3____ there to get gas and take a rest. Mr. Sanders realized they were often ____4____, so he began serving sandwiches and coffee.”可知,前来的顾客是司机。故选B。
【48题详解】
考查连词词义辨析。句意:随后,桑德斯先生开始供应炸鸡了。A. Then然后,后来;B. So因此;C. But但是;D. For因为。根据上文“he began serving sandwiches and coffee.”以及空后“Mr. Sanders began to serve fried chicken. People ____9____ it very much, and his new business grew rapidly.”可知,桑德斯先生一开始卖三明治和咖啡,后来又提供炸鸡。故选A。
【49题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:人们非常喜欢炸鸡,他的新生意也迅速发展起来。A. ate吃;B. liked喜欢;C. tried尝试;D. drank喝。根据下文“his new business grew rapidly”可知,顾客很喜欢桑德斯先生所卖的炸鸡。故选B。
【50题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:然而,没过多久,又修建了一条公路,于是许多司机不再前往桑德斯先生的餐厅用餐了。A. appeared出现;B. found发现,找到;C. built建造;D. broken(使)破,裂。根据上文“another highway”以及下文“many drivers no longer went ____11____ Mr. Sanders’ restaurant.”可知,另一条公路被修建。故选C。
【51题详解】
考查介词词义辨析。句意:然而,没过多久,又修建了一条公路,于是许多司机不再前往桑德斯先生的餐厅用餐了。A. out(从……里)出来;B. to朝,向;C. over超过,在……上方;D. on在……之上。根据上文“however, another highway was ____10____”以及下文“Then he traveled around the country ____13____ to sell his idea of opening fried chicken restaurants.”可知,新的公路修建以后,许多司机不再走原来的公路,因此,此处指许多司机不再去桑德斯的餐馆。go to...“去……”符合语境。故选B。
【52题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:所以他不得不关闭餐馆。A. close关闭;B. run跑;C. return返回;D. take带走。根据下文“Then he traveled around the country ____13____ to sell his idea of opening fried chicken restaurants.”可知,没有了生意,桑德斯不得不关闭了餐馆。故选A。
【53题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:然后,他走遍全国,试图推销自己开设炸鸡店的构想。A. trying尝试;B. believing相信;C. thinking认为;D. suggesting建议。根据下文“to sell his idea of opening fried chicken restaurants”以及“By 1967, there were almost 5000 Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants.”可知,桑德斯周游全国,尝试着兜售开炸鸡店的想法。故选A。
【54题详解】
考查动词词义辨析和时态。句意:他成功了。A. failed失败;B. fails失败;C. succeeds成功;D. succeeded成功。根据下文“By 1967, there were almost 5000 Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants.”可知,桑德斯推销自己开设炸鸡店构想的做法成功了;叙述过去的事情,用一般过去时,填过去式succeeded。故选D。
【55题详解】
考查连词词义辨析。句意:如今,无论你在美国的哪个地方,都能看到它。A. whenever无论何时;B. wherever无论何地;C. where(在)……的地方;D. when在……时候。根据下文“you go in the United States, you will see one.”可知,可知,此处指无论你走到美国的任何一个地方,你都能发现一家肯德基店,用wherever引导让步状语从句,强调肯德基店很多,开遍美国各地。故选B。
第二节 语法填空(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。
The USA is known for its high consumption of meats, including chicken, pork and lamb, potatoes, green vegetables and sweet breads also feature heavily in American cuisine.
Due to immigration to America from a wide range of different cultures, American cuisine is also a product of ___56___ (diverse). Apple pie is the classic American dessert, so that it is regularly used ___57___ a synonym (同义词) for Americanism. It goes without saying ___58___ apple pie is one of the most ___59___ (type) American foods.
Now you might be surprised to learn that the American hamburger started out in Germany, ___60___ immigrants to the new world brought along with them the Hamburg steak. It was the American’s idea, however, ___61___ (put) that steak in a bun and top it with cheese! Therefore, we were happy to say that hamburgers are 100% ___62___ American invention, one which has been exported throughout the entire globe. Actually, it’s impossible to separate the hamburger from the ___63___ (grow) influence of the USA on the world.
Fried chicken is another example of a food that wasn’t necessarily invented in America, but ___64___ (take) off in the States! Many people associate American fried chicken ____65____ the state of Kentucky due to the huge multinational success of KFC.
【答案】56. diversity
57. as 58. that
59. typical
60. where 61. to put
62. an 63. growing
64. took 65. with
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了美国多样的饮食文化以及相关食品的发明。
【56题详解】
考查名词。句意:由于移民到美国的是各种不同的文化,美国美食也是多样性的产物。作介词的宾语,表示“多样性”应用名词diversity。故填diversity。
【57题详解】
考查介词。句意:苹果派是美国的经典甜点,因此它经常被用作美国精神的代名词。结合句意表示“被用作……”可知短语为be used as。故填as。
【58题详解】
考查固定句型。句意:不用说,苹果派是最典型的美国食物之一。结合句意表示“不用说……”可知句型为It goes without saying that…。故填that。
【59题详解】
考查形容词。句意:不用说,苹果派是最典型的美国食物之一。修饰后文名词foods应用形容词typical,作定语。故填typical。
【60题详解】
考查定语从句。句意:不用说,你可能会惊讶地发现,美国的汉堡包起源于德国,移民到新世界的德国人带来了汉堡牛排。非限制性定语从句修饰先行词Germany,先行词在从句中作地点状语,用where。故填where。
【61题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:然而,这是那个美国人的主意,把牛排放在圆面包里,上面撒上奶酪,不定式作真正主语。故填to put。
【62题详解】
考查冠词。句意:因此,我们很高兴地说,汉堡100%是美国人的发明,它已经出口到全世界。invention为可数名词,此处为泛指且American是发音以元音音素开头的单词,故填an。
【63题详解】
考查形容词。句意:事实上,我们不可能把汉堡和美国对世界日益增长的影响力分开。修饰名词influence应用形容词growing,作定语。故填growing。
【64题详解】
考查时态。句意:炸鸡是另一个例子,不一定是在美国发明的食物,但在美国开始流行!根据上文“wasn’t necessarily invented in America”可知为一般过去时。故填took。
【65题详解】
考查介词。句意:许多人把美国炸鸡与肯塔基州联系在一起,是因为肯德基在跨国公司取得了巨大成功。结合句意表示“把……联系在一起”短语为associate with。故填with。
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节 书面表达 (满分15分)
66. 最近,你班同学就“探索火星是否值得”这一话题展开了一场讨论。请你根据下表提供的信息,用英语写一篇短文介绍讨论的情况,并谈谈自己的看法。
30%的同学认为火星不值得探索。理由:
1. 离我们及我们的日常生活太遥远。2. 浪费金钱。
70%的同学认为火星值得探索。理由:
1. 已发送火星车祝融探索发现了火星的基本情况。2. 有望解决人口问题。
注意:1. 词数100左右;2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
3.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Recently our class had a heated discussion on whether Mars is worth exploring.
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【答案】Recently our class had a heated discussion on whether Mars is worth exploring. Students hold different ideas about it.
30% of us think space exploration is not worthwhile, holding the belief that space exploration is too far away from us and our daily life and is a waste of money.
However, 70% think space is worth exploring because we have benefited a lot from it, such as using satellites for communication and weather forecast. What’s more, with further space research, we may solve the population problem by moving to other planets one day.
As far as I am concerned, it is worthwhile to explore the space. Not only can it promote the development of society but also enrich our life.
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于议论文,要求考生用英语写一篇短文介绍你班同学就“探索火星是否值得”这一话题展开的一场讨论的情况,并谈谈自己的看法。
【详解】1. 词汇积累
观点:idea→opinion
然而:however→nevertheless
另外:what’s more→in addition
值得做的:worthwhile→rewarding
2. 句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句:What’s more, with further space research, we may solve the population problem by moving to other planets one day.
拓展句:What’s more, if we carry out further space research, we may solve the population problem by moving to other planets one day.
【点睛】[高分句型1] 30% of us think space exploration is not worthwhile, holding the belief that space exploration is too far away from our daily life and is a waste of money. (运用了省略that引导的宾语从句,现在分词作状语和that引导的同位语从句)
[高分句型2] Not only can it promote the development of society but also enrich our life. (运用了部分倒装结构)
第二节 读后续写 (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。
I was the new teacher with a substitute (代课老师) the students are familiar with as my co-teacher.
During the first class, I found the kids sat wherever they wanted, and as the substitute attempted to lead the class, I watched the kids fixing their hair, drawing, passing notes.
One girl crawled under her desk, and I spent half hour trying to coach her out. She only smiled.
One boy raised his hand, crying, while the students around him began screaming. As I approached him, the smell hit me.
“Go to the restroom,” the substitute instructed before calling the office for cleanup.
The bell rang a few minutes later, and when the kids were out to play, the substitute looked at me. “Tracy is the girl under the desk. She can’t read at all. Paul is the same. He sits next to her.”
“What do they do while they’re in a regular class?”
“Just leave them to themselves.”
“What about Kyle?” I asked, referring to the boy who’d had an accident. “Shouldn’t we check on him?”
“No, he’ll get a change of clothes and be back later.”
Soon a man came in to clean Kyle’s desk.
“Hi, I’m Sylvia.” I said, offering my hand. He looked at it, then at the substitute, before turning to work without a word.
The substitute said, “I am leaving for a few minutes. I’ll be back.”
She didn’t return.
As the man finished cleaning the desk, he said, “They didn’t tell you, did they? Most of this class has been kicked out of others. They are the rejects, the students no one else wants.”
The bell rang, and he gave me a small smile. “My name is Willie. I hope you stay.”
Twenty-one students entered and immediately noticed I was now alone with them.
“I told you she would be gone,” one yelled.
“I’m sure she’ll be back any moment,” I replied. “Even if she isn’t, I’m still here.”
“Not for long,” a chorus rang out.
注意:
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
Then it hit me — they were used to rejection, to seeing others walk away.
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Paragraph 2:
Gradually the students realized I cared, and that I wasn’t leaving.
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【答案】
Then it hit me — they were used to rejection, to seeing others walk away. The thought saddened me, and I knew they deserved more. “I’m your teacher for the rest of the year,” I informed them. “Sure you are,” a student muttered. “You’ll be gone soon,” I spent the rest of the day trying to get to know them. Many refused to answer me. The minutes dragged on until the final dismissal bell. As the last child left, I sank into my chair, wanting nothing more than to curl into a ball and weep. That first week was mentally and physically exhausting.
Gradually the students realized I cared, and that I wasn’t leaving. By the end of the first month, I no longer fought for order. They sat at their assigned desks. Tracy and Paul were working from preschool level workbooks. Surprisingly, the kids didn’t make fun of them. By spring, I loved them as if they were my own children. When dismissal time arrived, each child gave me a hug and said they would miss me. When my room was quiet, I began to cry. “You did it,” Willie later said. “You stayed, and you saved them.” “No,” I said. “They saved me.”
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开,主要讲述了作者作为一名新代课老师,面对一群被其他班级“淘汰”的问题学生,在第一堂课就遭遇了混乱局面,包括学生不听指挥、发生意外等,搭档代课老师中途离开,学生们也对作者能否留下持怀疑态度,通过坚持不懈的努力和关爱,逐渐赢得学生信任,改变他们对教育的看法。
【详解】1. 段落续写:
①由第一段首句内容“然后我突然意识到——他们习惯了被拒绝,习惯了看别人离开。”可知,第一段可描写作者意识到学生们的处境后,决定向他们表明自己会留下来的态度,尽管学生们并不相信,尽管过程艰难,但作者仍努力去了解他们。
②由第二段首句内容“渐渐地,学生们意识到我在乎他们,而且我不会离开。”可知,第二段可描写随着时间的推移,学生们态度发生转变,离别时学生们的不舍让作者感动,作者认为是学生们拯救了自己。
2. 续写线索:意识到学生处境——表明留下决心——身心俱疲——学生态度转变——离别不舍——作者感悟
3. 词汇激活
行为类
①拒绝:refuse/turn down
②哭泣:weep/sob
③取笑:make fun of/play a trick on
情绪类
①使难过:sadden/depress
②令人疲惫的:exhausting/tiring
【点睛】【高分句型1】As the last child left, I sank into my chair, wanting nothing more than to curl into a ball and weep.(运用了as引导时间状语从句和现在分词短语作状语)
【高分句型2】When dismissal time arrived, each child gave me a hug and said they would miss me.(运用了when引导的时间状语从句和省略that的宾语从句)
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2025~2026学年第一学期高二年级期中考试英语试卷
(考试时间:120分钟 试卷满分:150分)
第一部分 听力(满分30分)
听下面一段对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
1. What attracts the woman most in the Classical Cafe?
A. The waiters. B. The price. C. The food.
2. What does Karl think of the German food festival?
A. Boring. B. Unusual. C. Wonderful.
3. What does Karl suggest the woman do?
A. Go to the food festival. B. Try some German food. C. Learn to cook with him.
听下面一段对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
4. How long has it been since the Campus Film Festival started?
A. A month. B. A year. C. Two years.
5. What does the man need to watch the films?
A A ticket. B. An invitation card. C. His student ID card.
听下面一段对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
6. Why did the man go to Rome?
A. To go on a business trip. B. To take a vacation. C. To attend a party.
7. What did the man do first in Paris?
A. He toured a college. B. He went to the Louvre. C. He visited the Eiffel Tower.
8. What made the man surprised about the Mona Lisa?
A. The smile of Mona Lisa. B. The skill of the painter. C. The size of the painting.
听下面一段对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
9. What is the man’s plan for Saturday evening?
A. To go shopping. B. To attend a concert. C. To walk by a lake.
10. Where will the man stay during the weekend trip?
A. At his uncle’s. B. In a country cottage. C. In a five-star hotel.
11. What will the woman do this weekend?
A. Read some novels. B. Go boating. C. Visit her parents.
听下面一段对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频,请去附件查看】
12. Why does the man look so tired?
A. He surfed the Internet in the classroom for a long time.
B. He carried the overhead projector from the basement to the fifth floor.
C. He had to go to the classroom on the fifth floor.
13. What does the man think has changed education?
A. The overhead projector. B. A multimedia classroom. C. Modern advances.
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】
14. Who first developed plastic on a large scale?
A. A Frenchman. B. An Englishman. C. An American
15. What was the advantage of plastic collars?
A. They didn’t wear out easily.
B. They were easy to wash.
C. They were comfortable.
16. Why were the plastic toys a good choice for some mothers?
A. They were colorful. B. They were cheap. C. They were light in weight.
17. What does the speaker talk about at the end?
A. The popularity of plastic.
B. Different ways of using plastic.
C. The harmful side of plastic.
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】
18. How can frozen food be kept cold at ordinary temperatures?
A. By using bags. B. By using water. C. By using paper.
19. What is advised to do when camping?
A. Use special dry foods. B. Never cook meat or eggs. C. Keep milk in a cooler box.
20. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to pick up fresh food.
B. How to eat healthily in different weather.
C How to keep food from going bad in summer.
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
Would you like to do something to help make our city a better place to live in? Why not take part in “Clean & Green weekend”? Join us, and you can make new friends and help protect the environment at the same time.
Park Life
Do you like playing and relaxing in the park with your friends? If so, why not take the chance to come with us and tidy up the park when you go? To add some fun, there is a gift for the person who collects the most rubbish! Meet us at the south entrance to Taohe Park at 9 a. m. next Saturday if you want to join in.
The Air You Breathe
A great way to make the air we breathe cleaner is by planting lots of trees! It is a fact that trees slowly filter (过滤) a lot of pollutants (污染物) from the air. So come and help us plant some new ones in Fenhe Park at 2 p. m. next Sunday.
War on Graffiti (涂鸦)
Some people think graffiti is cool. Well, it is not! The best way to stop buildings from becoming totally covered in ugly graffiti is to fix it as soon as possible. And that is exactly what we are going to do. We are repainting the school walls from 1 p. m. on Saturday. You don’t have to bring any tools, just remember to wear some old clothes!
21. The main purpose of “Clean & Green Weekend” is to ________.
A. make our city more beautiful B. offer the chance to have fun
C. help students meet old friends D. have a nice weekend
22. How can we make the air we breathe cleaner?
A. By tidying the park. B. By planting trees.
C. By repainting the school walls. D. By protecting the environment.
23. If we’re going to repaint the school walls, we need to ________.
A draw pictures well B. bring some tools with us
C. wear some old clothes D. wear some new clothes
B
For years video games have been criticized for making people more antisocial, overweight or depressed. Bui now researchers are finding that video games can actually change us for the better and improve both our body and mind.
Games can help to develop physical skills. Pre-school children who played interactive games have been shown to have improved motor skills, for example they can kick, catch and throw a ball better than children who don’t play video games. A study found that those who played video games were 27 percent faster and made 37 percent fewer errors than those who didn’t.
Games also benefit a variety of brain functions, including decision-making. People who play action-based games make decisions 25 percent faster than others, according to one study. It was also found that the best gamers can make choices and act on them up to six times a second, four times faster than most people. In another study by researchers from the University of Rochester in New York, experienced gamers were shown to be able to pay attention to more than six things at once without getting confused, compared with the four that most people can normally keep in mind.
There is also evidence that gaming can help with psychological problems. At the University of Auckland in New Zealand, researchers asked 94 young people diagnosed with depression to play a 3D fantasy game called SPARX and in many cases, the game reduced symptoms of depression more than conventional treatment.
The effects are not always so positive, however. Indiana University researchers carried out brain scans on young men and found evidence that violent games can adjust brain function after as little as a week of play, affecting regions in the brain associated with emotional control and causing more aggressive behavior in the player. But Danhne Bavelier, one of the most experienced researchers in the field, says that the violent action games that often worry p parents most may actually have the strongest beneficial effect on the brain. In the future, we may see many treatments for physical and neurological (神经的) problems, which include the playing of video games.
24. In what way playing video games benefits very young children?
A. Muscle control. B. Social interaction.
C. Decision-making. D. The ability to focus.
25. Which type of video game improves the decision-making speed?
A. Interactive games. B. Action-based games.
C. 3D fantasy games. D. Violent games.
26. What is the authors attitude to video games?
A. Indifferent. B. Objective. C. Worried. D. Critical.
27. What is the text mainly about?
A. The effects of different types of video games.
B. The negative effects of playing video games.
C. The beneficial effects of playing video games.
D. The effects of games on people’s behavior.
C
Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart. They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who it was that invented them.
Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business.Every day he would see shoppers lugging groceries around in baskets they had to carry.
One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.
On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention.
But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.
After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied.
But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony customers.
As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come—those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.
Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s original model. Perhaps that’s one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937—before the coming of the shopping cart.
28. What do the underlined words “ chrome-plated contraptions” in the first paragraph refer to?
A. Baskets. B. Private cars.
C. Suitcases. D. Shopping carts.
29. What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention?
A. It was to prove him to be a good inventor.
B. It was to reduce the burden of his employees’ work.
C. It was to make shopping easier and attract more business.
D. It was to help the disabled make shopping easily in his market.
30. Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market in order to
A. attract people to buy things in his market
B. encourage people to use his shopping carts
C. make his market different from the others
D. keep the groceries from being stolen
31. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Goldman will become very famous because of his invention.
B. Goldman’s invention will be regarded as the greatest one in the world.
C. Supermarket business has benefited a lot from Goldman’s invention.
D. There will be nothing that can replace Goldman’s invention.
D
Safety information for study abroad
Remember you are responsible for the choices you make regarding your safety! Be careful all the time. Not knowing about the culture, language, people and situations may put you at higher risk. Learn what women and men do in the culture to protect themselves.
☆ Avoid walking alone at night. Do not agree to meet a person whom you do not know in a lonely place. Be cautious when meeting new people. Don’t give out your address and phone number to strangers or let out too much personal information about yourself.
☆ Do not attract attention to yourself by speaking English loudly in public in America or wearing expensive jewelry. These manners will certainly attract thieves, or worse. Do not be afraid to be impolite when faced with unwanted situations. Do not let anyone push you into taking risks. If you feel unsafe, you probably are.
☆ Taxis are not safe everywhere, especially late at night. Men and women are often robbed by taxi drivers. In many cities, taxis have gotten so dangerous that people use Radio Taxis to get the names of good companies.
☆ When using public telephones, especially in a lonely place, stand facing out so you can see your surroundings. If someone stops you to ask for the time or to ask for directions, step away to a distance that is safer. Why would they consider asking an obviously foreign person for directions?
☆ Your life will always be more important than any of your possessions (财产). Let them go and run away if necessary.
32. For whom is the passage written?
A. Parents who worry about the safety of their children.
B. Foreign people who are traveling in the USA.
C. Those students who are studying abroad.
D. People who are interested in foreign culture.
33. What does the underlined word “cautious” probably mean?
A. Friendly. B. Careful. C. Active. D. Calm.
34. You are advised not to speak English loudly in public in America because ________.
A. others will laugh at your bad English
B. it is bad manners to speak loudly in American culture
C you will attract too much attention to yourself
D. other people will ask more information about yourself
35. What should you do to protect yourself while studying abroad?
A. Taking public transportation whenever you go out.
B. Not considering others’ feelings as long as you like.
C. Not offering help to anyone in the street.
D. Having a high sense of safety at any time.
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。
根据短文内容,从短文后的七个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。A Good Night’s SleepWhen the morning sun looks in through your bedroom window, do you jump out of bed? _____36_____ An adequate amount of sleep can make the difference between a great day and a terrible one!A good night’s sleep doesn’t just happen. You need to prepare for it. ____37____ First, go to bed at the same time every day, and get up at the same time. If you haven’t gotten a good night’s sleep, don’t oversleep the next morning. Get up at your regular time. Sleeping late for just a couples of days can change your body clock to a different cycle. You don’t want that if you have a set daily schedule.Also, avoid big meals at night. _____38_____ Your stomach works hard to digest those fatty foods, and that may keep you up.Your body produces a chemical called melatonin (褪黑色素) that helps you sleep. Light affects the amount of melatonin your body makes. ____39____ So at night turn off your TV and computer. Also, don’t read from a backlit electronic equipment like an IPad. Some scientists think that the light from those stops your body from making melatonin. So turn those screens off at least an hour before bedtime.Maybe you can’t sleep or you wake up in the middle of the night. _____40_____ Get up and do something relaxing elsewhere. Then go back to bed when you feel asleep again. If you worry a lot, make a list of things you need to do the next day. Do that an hour before bed. That way you get your worrying out of the way before you go to bed.After a good night’s sleep, you’ll be able to face a new day.
A. Don’t just lie in bed.
B. You can have three meals a day.
C. Or do you roll over and complain?
D. Various experts have given tips to help.
E. Your TV and computers might affect your sleep.
F. It produces more in the evening and less in the daytime.
G. Eating heavy, rich food within two hours of bedtime can keep you awake.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节 完形填空(每小题1分,共15分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
通读下面的短文,掌握其大意。然后,从每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Nearly everybody enjoys chicken, and the most famous name in chicken is Kentucky Fried Chicken. Mr. Sanders, the man who started this ____41____ was not always very rich. At one time, he ____42____ a small gas station next to a highway (公路). Many truck drivers ____43____ there to get gas and take a rest. Mr. Sanders realized they were often ____44____, so he began serving sandwiches and coffee. ____45____ the sandwiches he made tasted good, and didn’t ____46____ too much, more and more ____47____ came to eat at his place. ____48____ Mr. Sanders began to serve fried chicken. People ____49____ it very much, and his new business grew rapidly. Not long after, however, another highway was ____50____, and many drivers no longer went ____51____ Mr. Sanders’ restaurant. So he had to ____52____ it. Then he traveled around the country ____53____ to sell his idea of opening fried chicken restaurants. He ____54____. By 1967, there were almost 5000 Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants. And now, ____55____ you go in the United States, you will see one. If you like chicken, I’m sure, you’ll enjoy eating Kentucky Fried Chicken.
41. A. business B. shop C. life D. search
42. A. found B. worked C. saw D. owned
43. A. passed B. got to C. stopped D. left
44. A. late B. hungry C. tired D. sick
45. A. Although B. If C. As D. Once
46. A. need B. pay C. spend D. cost
47. A. passengers B. drivers C. students D. doctors
48. A. Then B. So C. But D. For
49. A. ate B. liked C. tried D. drank
50. A. appeared B. found C. built D. broken
51. A. out B. to C. over D. on
52. A. close B. run C. return D. take
53. A. trying B. believing C. thinking D. suggesting
54. A. failed B. fails C. succeeds D. succeeded
55. A. whenever B. wherever C. where D. when
第二节 语法填空(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。
The USA is known for its high consumption of meats, including chicken, pork and lamb, potatoes, green vegetables and sweet breads also feature heavily in American cuisine.
Due to immigration to America from a wide range of different cultures, American cuisine is also a product of ___56___ (diverse). Apple pie is the classic American dessert, so that it is regularly used ___57___ a synonym (同义词) for Americanism. It goes without saying ___58___ apple pie is one of the most ___59___ (type) American foods.
Now you might be surprised to learn that the American hamburger started out in Germany, ___60___ immigrants to the new world brought along with them the Hamburg steak. It was the American’s idea, however, ___61___ (put) that steak in a bun and top it with cheese! Therefore, we were happy to say that hamburgers are 100% ___62___ American invention, one which has been exported throughout the entire globe. Actually, it’s impossible to separate the hamburger from the ___63___ (grow) influence of the USA on the world.
Fried chicken is another example of a food that wasn’t necessarily invented in America, but ___64___ (take) off in the States! Many people associate American fried chicken ____65____ the state of Kentucky due to the huge multinational success of KFC.
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节 书面表达 (满分15分)
66. 最近,你班同学就“探索火星是否值得”这一话题展开了一场讨论。请你根据下表提供的信息,用英语写一篇短文介绍讨论的情况,并谈谈自己的看法。
30%的同学认为火星不值得探索。理由:
1. 离我们及我们的日常生活太遥远。2. 浪费金钱。
70%的同学认为火星值得探索。理由:
1. 已发送火星车祝融探索发现了火星的基本情况。2. 有望解决人口问题。
注意:1. 词数100左右;2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
3.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Recently our class had a heated discussion on whether Mars is worth exploring.
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第二节 读后续写 (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。
I was the new teacher with a substitute (代课老师) the students are familiar with as my co-teacher.
During the first class, I found the kids sat wherever they wanted, and as the substitute attempted to lead the class, I watched the kids fixing their hair, drawing, passing notes.
One girl crawled under her desk, and I spent half hour trying to coach her out. She only smiled.
One boy raised his hand, crying, while the students around him began screaming. As I approached him, the smell hit me.
“Go to the restroom,” the substitute instructed before calling the office for cleanup.
The bell rang a few minutes later, and when the kids were out to play, the substitute looked at me. “Tracy is the girl under the desk. She can’t read at all. Paul is the same. He sits next to her.”
“What do they do while they’re in a regular class?”
“Just leave them to themselves.”
“What about Kyle?” I asked, referring to the boy who’d had an accident. “Shouldn’t we check on him?”
“No, he’ll get a change of clothes and be back later.”
Soon a man came in to clean Kyle’s desk.
“Hi, I’m Sylvia.” I said, offering my hand. He looked at it, then at the substitute, before turning to work without a word.
The substitute said, “I am leaving for a few minutes. I’ll be back.”
She didn’t return.
As the man finished cleaning the desk, he said, “They didn’t tell you, did they? Most of this class has been kicked out of others. They are the rejects, the students no one else wants.”
The bell rang, and he gave me a small smile. “My name is Willie. I hope you stay.”
Twenty-one students entered and immediately noticed I was now alone with them.
“I told you she would be gone,” one yelled.
“I’m sure she’ll be back any moment,” I replied. “Even if she isn’t, I’m still here.”
“Not for long,” a chorus rang out.
注意:
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
Then it hit me — they were used to rejection, to seeing others walk away.
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Paragraph 2:
Gradually the students realized I cared, and that I wasn’t leaving.
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