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常宁市2024年下期25级直升期末考试试题卷 英语 姓名 ________ 班级________准考证号________ 全卷共12页，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。 1. How did the man travel to Mount Tai? A. By train. B. By plane. C. By car. 2. What invention are the speakers talking about? A. Computers. B. Phones. C. Bikes. 3. Which skirt is the woman’s favorite? A. The red one. B. The green one. C. The yellow one. 4. What is the boy doing? A. Parking his car. B. Taking photos. C. Playing football. 5. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a bookstore. B. At a restaurant. C. In a hospital. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面6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。 听材料，回答以下各小题。 6. Who’s Mary? A. Peter’s classmate. B. Peter’s sister. C. Peter’s neighbor. 7. What subject does Mary’s brother teach? A. Japanese. B. English. C. Chinese. 听材料，回答以下各小题。 8. What will the boy buy for his father? A. A shirt. B. A watch. C. A coat. 9. What do we know about Maria? A. She will buy a watch for her father. B. She will say “Happy birthday” to her father. C. She is the boy’s sister. 听材料，回答以下各小题。 10. What kind of skills does the boy want to improve? A Speaking. B. Reading. C. Writing. 11. What will the girl do to help the boy? A. Lend him a dictionary. B. Lend him a grammar book. C. Teach him how to keep a diary. 听材料，回答以下各小题。 12. How should Mike improve his pronunciation? A. By watching TV. B. By listening to the teacher’s tapes. C. By listening to the radio. 13. What should Mike do with the new words? A. Read them aloud at any time. B. Write them on the blackboard. C. Write them in his notebook and study them. 14. What should Mike do to practice his writing? A. Find a pen pal. B. Write a diary. C. Join an English club. 听材料，回答以下各小题。 15. Where is the man probably? A. In a shop. B. In a hotel. C. In a park. 16. What size of T-shirt does the man want? A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. 17. What is the blue T-shirt made of? A. Silk. B. Cotton. C. Paper. 听材料，回答以下各小题。 18. How does Mr. White go to work? A. By subway. B. By car. C. On foot. 19. What was Mr. White’s first invention used for? A. Washing clothes. B. Cutting the grass. C. Planting rice. 20. When was Mr. White’s most important invention finally made? A. In 1989. B. In 1991 C. In 1996. 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 National Ugly Sweater Day Every third Friday of December people all over the UK wear their ugly Christmas sweaters for National Ugly Sweater Day. It becomes popular to wear ugly sweaters at Christmas parties in some parts of the world. The first ugly sweater party took place in 2002 in Vancouver, Canada, to raise money for a friend’s cancer treatment. Aidan Liban, 33. from London, made a Christmas sweater for $ 39,654. It is the “world’s most expensive” sweater. He plans to give some of the money to the UK’s National Health Service if he’s able to find somebody to buy it. The Sunny Restaurant Sausage/bag $ 6.00 Vegetable soup/bowl $ 5.00 Tomato pizza/box $ 4.50 Dessert Fruit salad/dish $ 1.00 Pear pancake/bag $1.50 Ice cream/box $2.50 Drinks Coffee/cup $ 1.00 Orange juice/glass $ 1.50 Lemon tea/glass $ 2.00 A Fashion Poster We Need Models! Do you want to be a model? If your answer is “yes” we’d like to meet you! Before getting the job, please read these: ◎Working as a model is not easy, but it is exciting. ◎You should be between 18 years old and 20 years old. Girls must be over 170 cm tall. Boys must be over 175 cm tall. For more information, please send an e-mail to us or call us. Please call us between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday. E-mail: model@hotmail.com Tel: 430-2212 1. What’s the purpose of the first ugly sweater party? A. To do something strange. B. Donate money to the UK’s National Health Service C. To help poor people. D. Raise money for a friend’s cancer treatment. 2. What can Jim buy at The Sunny Restaurant when he only has $ 7? A. Aidan Liban’s ugly sweater. B. A box of tomato pizza and three cups of coffee. C. A dish of fruit salad and a bag of sausage. D. A bowl of vegetable soup and two glasses of orange juice. 3. When do you call them if you want to get the job as a model? A At 5:40 p.m. on Monday. B. At 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. C. At 3:30 p.m. on Friday. D. At 2:30p.m. on Saturday. B Dear Mom, Time flies quickly. Two months have gone by since I joined this boarding school. Everything is going well. During my first month here, I was like a fish out of water. I came to realize how many things I should thank you for. On the cold winter days, I have to get up early almost every morning to fetch hot water. I began to feel ashamed that I never said “thank you” every time you prepared (准备) hot water for me each morning on winter days before I got up. I am no longer that girl who was often unable to find her books in her bedroom. It used to take me a lot of time to collect all the books for the day’s classes. But I have gotten over that bad habit now. And now I know how much time you used to take to collect my books every evening. I have learned to do the laundry on my own now. I came to realize that washing clothes is a boring job, especially on winter days. Sometimes there is no hot water and I have to wash my clothes with cold water by hand. I came to know how grateful (感激的) I should be to have you as my mom. Thank you, Mom. Yours, Silvia 4. How did Silvia feel during her first month in the boarding school? A. Uneasy. B. Enjoyable. C. Relaxed. D. Disappointed. 5. The underlined word “ashamed” means “________” in Chinese. A. 惭愧的 B. 恐惧的 C. 吃惊的 D. 轻率的 6. From the letter we can learn that ________. A. Silvia used to do her laundry at home B. Silvia often helps her mom do housework C. Silvia’s mom has done many things for her before D. Silvia’s mom usually does the laundry with cold water 7. Silvia wrote this letter in order to tell her mom ________. A. her hard life in the boarding school B. her thanks from her heart C. washing clothes is boring D. she could look after herself well C In many people’s minds, monsters or yao (妖) usually look horrible and do bad things. But in one of the great Chinese cartoon series Yao—Chinese Folktales《中国奇谭》, yao are different. The cartoon has been on Bilibili since January 1. In the stories, yao are lovely, fun and mysterious. They have their own lives just like humans. A little pig monster works hard in a monster company. A fox scholar (书生) creates a dreamy day for a man. The cartoon won many people’s hearts. It shows a different side of Chinese yao culture. “Most yao in China’s old stories are warm, kind and friendly” said Zhang Yun, who wrote a book about China’s 1080 kinds of yao. People are afraid of yao because of their fear of the unknown world. For example kids sometimes are afraid of things under the bed or behind the curtain. “Yao are humans’ imagination of unknown things,” said Chen Liaoyu, general director of the cartoon. In one of the cartoon’s stories, a little child thinks a catfish (鲶鱼) is horrible. But later he sees people sell the fish like other foods. The fear is gone. 8. Which of the following words can best describe Yao—Chinese Folktales? A. Easy and boring. B. Mysterious and interesting. C. Difficult and challenging. D. Different and meaningless. 9. Who wrote a book about China’s 1080 kinds of yao? A. A little child. B. A fox scholar. C. Chen Liaoyu. D. Zhang Yun. 10. What can we get from the passage? A. People used to think yao would do harmful things. B. A fox scholar in the story fights with humans. C. People dislike the cartoon series about yao. D. Humans lack imagination about unknown world. 11. What’s the theme of the passage? A Sport. B. Lifestyle. C. Culture. D. Technology. D If someone said they’d pay you $1,800 to stay off social media (社交媒体) for 6 years, would you do it? Could you? An American mom challenged her son to do just that, and he succeeded. Sivert Klefsaas is the youngest of Lorna Gold-strand Klefsaas’ four children, and his three older sisters all used social media growing up. It was influencing their feelings, as well as their friendships. So, Lorna thought, “If I could, I’d be willing to do whatever to keep Sivert off social media as long as I could, whatever that looks like.” And that’s where the idea for this challenge came from. It all started when Lorna heard about a similar “16 for 16 challenge” on the radio, where a mother called Amanda Green gave her daughter Teresa $1,600 when she turned 16 if she stayed off social media. So, Lorna decided to create her own “18 for 18 challenge”. Not only did Sivert finally complete this challenge, but he would do it again, too. “It wasn’t too difficult to live without social media, and I didn’t think about it much during the 6 years,” Sivert said. “As time went on, it was more of a pride thing.” He had his friends keep him up to date on the latest information. Sivert added, “I got to avoid all the unnecessary things that were on there. It also meant I had more time to focus on my grades and sports instead.” Now that he’s done with the challenge, Sivert joined Instagram (照片墙), but has no plans to let social media define (定义) him. “Social media is great. We certainly need to use it,” Sivert said. “But also make sure you spend time in other areas of your life, especially those personal relationships.” Still, Lorna is proud of her son’s success. “We are certainly not against social media, but it’s the healthy use of it,” Lorna told CNN. 12. Who does the underlined word “she” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. Amanda Green. B. Teresa Green. C. Lorna Klefsaas. D. Sivert Klefsaas. 13. How did Sivert get the latest information? A. By surfing on the Internet. B. Through the radio. C. By reading the newspaper. D. By talking with his friends. 14. What does Sivert think of social media now? A. Social media is a way to define people. B. It’s important to use social media healthily. C. It is too difficult to live without social media. D. It’s good for personal relationships. 15. What can we learn about Lorna from the passage? A. She is a mother of a 16-year-old teenager. B. She doesn’t really agree with the “16 for 16 challenge” on the radio. C. She gave her son $1,800 to stay off social media for 6 years. D. She gave her son $1,600 if he stayed off social media. 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。 An old man lived in a village. He was one of the rudest people in the world. The whole village was tired of him, ___16___ He was always complaining and was always in a bad mood (情绪). When people tried to cheer him up, he would rudely turn them away. The longer he lived, the more bad-tempered he became. People stayed away from him because his bad mood was contagious (传染性的). It was even unusual and impolite to feel happy around him ___17___ But one day—the day he turned 80 years old, in fact—an unbelievable thing happened. The villagers said among themselves, “The old man is happy today. He hasn’t complained about anything. ____18____ It is surprising that he is polite to others and seems to be happy every day.” The whole village went to see the old man. One of the villagers asked the old man, “What happened to you? Why are you so happy now?” “Nothing special has happened, in fact,” the man said. “For 80 years I’ve been looking for happiness, but it was no use. ___19___ That’s why I’m happy now.” It is important to realize that your mood can affect (影响) the moods of those around you. Everyone has bad days sometimes. ___20___ Just try to accept their help. Will you feel happy if your friends are happy? If your friends are sad, how will you feel? Do you have any ways to cheer yourself up when you feel sad? Please share your ideas with us. A. By behaving like this, he made the rest of the village feel unhappy as well. B. He is smiling and his face looks kind. C. If someone tries to cheer you up, don’t be rude to them. D. I want to affect others around me and help them a lot. E. Most of villagers felt happy while the rest felt sad every day. F. And then I decided to live without happiness and just enjoy life. G. because he was always unhappy. 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 When I was a little boy, I used to be very quiet and didn’t have any friends. At that time, my parents were very ____21____ with their work. I lived with my grandparents in another city. I always thought that ____22____ cared about me. Everything changed when I was thirteen years old. A boy gave me a special ____23____—a smile. It was my ____24____ year in the middle school. Everything there was new to me. No one knew who I was. I didn’t know them, either. I was too shy to ____25____ anyone. Of course I was very lonely. Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt hurt. I had no friend to talk about my problems. I didn’t want my parents to ____26____ me. One day, my classmates were talking ____27____ with their friends, and I sat at my desk lonely and unhappy as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know ____28____ name. He passed me ____29____ a word, gave me a friendly smile. I said “Hello” to him. It was the first time that I greeted my ____30____ . This smile brought me to another world, a warm, bright and friendly world. That smile ____31____ my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends with them. Day by day, I became ____32____ to everyone in my class. The boy with the most wonderful smile became my best friend. One day I asked him why he smiled. but he didn’t remember that. It didn’t matter ____33____ all the dark days had gone. I made ____34____ progress in my study. I felt my parents’ love and began to talk with them. You can imagine how happy they were. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. ____35____ you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. Therefore, smile at the world and it will smile back. 21. A. busy B. annoyed C. angry D. careful 22. A. everybody B. somebody C. anybody D. nobody 23. A. chance B. help C. choice D. gift 24. A. first B. second C. third D. last 25. A. cheer up B. laugh at C. make friends with D. stay away from 26. A. think of B. worry about C. talk about D. take after 27. A. specially B. happily C. luckily D. sadly 28. A. its B. her C. their D. his 29. A. without B. with C. for D. of 30. A. teachers B. parents C. classmates D. students 31. A. reported B. changed C. lived D. spent 32. A. closer B. quicker C. easier D. slower 33. A. but B. so C. or D. because 34. A. lot B. few C. little D. much 35. A. How B. What C. If D. Unless 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 It’s widely believed that Chinese is one of the most difficult ____36____ (language) in the world. For one thing, Chinese has thousands of characters. And its writing system (系统) is also one of the main challenges to all Chinese learners. More ____37____ (important), the language has different tones (音调), so how you speak a word can completely change its meaning. For example, “ma” with the first Chinese tone means “mom”, ____38____ with the third tone. “ma” means “horse”. However, according ____39____ the Ministry of Education in China, the Chinese language learning is available in more than 180 countries and areas around the world. 76 countries have already included the Chinese language in their national education systems and nearly 200 million people ____40____ (receive) Chinese language training for years. With so many interesting foreign languages to learn, why do they choose Chinese? For one reason, China plays ____41____ important role in the world events. Learning Chinese may help one find a good job. Also, China has a long history with rich culture and ____42____ (it) cooking styles have influenced its neighbors and the West. Knowing the language also makes traveling around China ____43____ (easy) and more enjoyable. As for learning Chinese, there is no magic way. Just spend time practicing it. Listen and speak as often as possible. Listen to Chinese music and watch Chinese movies and shows. Try to speak ____44____ native (本地的) Chinese speakers, read traditional Chinese stories ____45____ (understand) its culture, or try reading a Chinese newspaper. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 学校英语报的编辑在看了上一题中的文章后很受启发，决定在下一期英语报征集以“The Biggest Challenge in My Life”为主题的稿件。作为初中生，你在学习或生活上遇到过一些挑战吧，请综合下图所示内容，写一篇文章投稿。 注意： 1.文中不得出现你的真实姓名、学校名和地名； 2.文中包含题中所给要求，可适当添加内容； 3.不少于80词，开头已给出，不计入总词数。 The Biggest Challenge in My Life Life is full of challenges. Some are small and easy to overcome, while others are big and difficult. Among them, one of the biggest challenges I’ve faced is________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节（满分25分） 47. 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。 A long time ago, in a rich and beautiful country, there lived an unhappy king. He slept badly and didn’t feel like eating. His face was always pale as chalk. He often cried for no reason. This made the queen and his people worried. One day a doctor was called in to examine the king. But he found nothing wrong with his body. “It’s all in his mind. Neither medicine nor rest can help him. What he needs is the shirt of a happy person to wear. That will make him happy.” The prime minister was called to the palace. But when they explained the king’s situation to him, he said, “Although I have a lot of power, it doesn’t make me happy. I am always worried about losing my power. Many people are trying to take my position.” Then, the King’s banker came to the palace. “Oh, I’m afraid I’m not happy either,” he said. “I have a lot of wealth, but I’m always worried about losing my money. Someone tries to steal my money every day.” Next, the palace singer came to the king’s room. But this was what he said: “It’s true that I am famous and everyone loves my songs. But I’m not happy because I’m always worried about being followed by others. I cannot be free!” Finally, the king’s top general was told to go out and find a happy man in three days’ time... 注意： （1）续写词数应为130个左右； （2）请按如下格式作答。 The general searched and searched, __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The King realized the truth of happiness and he decided to make some changes. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 常宁市2024年下期25级直升期末考试试题卷 英语 姓名 ________ 班级________准考证号________ 全卷共12页，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。 1. How did the man travel to Mount Tai? A. By train. B. By plane. C. By car. 2. What invention are the speakers talking about? A. Computers. B. Phones. C. Bikes. 3. Which skirt is the woman’s favorite? A. The red one. B. The green one. C. The yellow one. 4. What is the boy doing? A. Parking his car. B. Taking photos. C. Playing football. 5. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a bookstore. B. At a restaurant. C. In a hospital. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面6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。 听材料，回答以下各小题。 6. Who’s Mary? A. Peter’s classmate. B. Peter’s sister. C. Peter’s neighbor. 7. What subject does Mary’s brother teach? A. Japanese. B. English. C. Chinese. 听材料，回答以下各小题。 8. What will the boy buy for his father? A. A shirt. B. A watch. C. A coat. 9. What do we know about Maria? A. She will buy a watch for her father. B She will say “Happy birthday” to her father. C. She is the boy’s sister. 听材料，回答以下各小题。 10. What kind of skills does the boy want to improve? A Speaking. B. Reading. C. Writing. 11. What will the girl do to help the boy? A. Lend him a dictionary. B. Lend him a grammar book. C. Teach him how to keep a diary. 听材料，回答以下各小题。 12. How should Mike improve his pronunciation? A. By watching TV. B. By listening to the teacher’s tapes. C. By listening to the radio. 13. What should Mike do with the new words? A. Read them aloud at any time. B. Write them on the blackboard. C. Write them in his notebook and study them. 14. What should Mike do to practice his writing? A. Find a pen pal. B. Write a diary. C. Join an English club. 听材料，回答以下各小题。 15. Where is the man probably? A. In a shop. B. In a hotel. C. In a park. 16. What size of T-shirt does the man want? A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. 17. What is the blue T-shirt made of? A. Silk. B. Cotton. C. Paper. 听材料，回答以下各小题。。 18. How does Mr. White go to work? A. By subway. B. By car. C. On foot. 19. What was Mr. White’s first invention used for? A. Washing clothes. B. Cutting the grass. C. Planting rice. 20. When was Mr. White’s most important invention finally made? A. In 1989. B. In 1991 C. In 1996. 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 National Ugly Sweater Day Every third Friday of December, people all over the UK wear their ugly Christmas sweaters for National Ugly Sweater Day. It becomes popular to wear ugly sweaters at Christmas parties in some parts of the world. The first ugly sweater party took place in 2002 in Vancouver, Canada, to raise money for a friend’s cancer treatment. Aidan Liban, 33. from London, made a Christmas sweater for $ 39,654. It is the “world’s most expensive” sweater. He plans to give some of the money to the UK’s National Health Service if he’s able to find somebody to buy it. The Sunny Restaurant Sausage/bag $ 6.00 Vegetable soup/bowl $ 5.00 Tomato pizza/box $ 4.50 Dessert Fruit salad/dish $ 1.00 Pear pancake/bag $1.50 Ice cream/box $2.50 Drinks Coffee/cup $ 1.00 Orange juice/glass $ 1.50 Lemon tea/glass $ 2.00 A Fashion Poster We Need Models! Do you want to be a model? If your answer is “yes”, we’d like to meet you! Before getting the job, please read these: ◎Working as a model is not easy, but it is exciting. ◎You should be between 18 years old and 20 years old. Girls must be over 170 cm tall. Boys must be over 175 cm tall. For more information, please send an e-mail to us or call us. Please call us between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday. E-mail: model@hotmail.com Tel: 430-2212 1. What’s the purpose of the first ugly sweater party? A. To do something strange. B. Donate money to the UK’s National Health Service C. To help poor people. D. Raise money for a friend’s cancer treatment. 2. What can Jim buy at The Sunny Restaurant when he only has $ 7? A. Aidan Liban’s ugly sweater. B. A box of tomato pizza and three cups of coffee. C. A dish of fruit salad and a bag of sausage. D. A bowl of vegetable soup and two glasses of orange juice. 3. When do you call them if you want to get the job as a model? A. At 5:40 p.m. on Monday. B. At 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. C. At 3:30 p.m. on Friday. D. At 2:30p.m. on Saturday. 【答案】1. D 2. C 3. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是应用文，包含三则信息：一是关于全国丑毛衣日的介绍；二是阳光餐厅的菜单；三是模特招聘的海报。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The first ugly sweater party took place in 2001 in Vancouver, Canada, to raise money for a friend’s cancer treatment.”可知，第一次丑毛衣派对的目的是为朋友的癌症治疗筹款。故选D。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。依次计算每个选项的价格： 选项A：“Aidan Liban's ugly sweater” 并非餐厅菜单里的物品，排除； 选项B：一盒番茄披萨（$4.50）+3杯咖啡（3×$1.00=$3.00），总价$7.50，超过 $7，排除； 选项C：一份水果沙拉（$1.00）+一袋香肠（$6.00），总价 $7.00，符合预算； 选项 D：一碗蔬菜汤（$5.00）+2杯橙汁（2×$1.50=$3.00），总价$8.00，超过 $7，排除。 故选C。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据模特招聘海报中“Please call us between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday.”可知，周一至周五的14:00-17:00可以致电应聘，周五15:30在这个时间段内。故选C。 B Dear Mom, Time flies quickly. Two months have gone by since I joined this boarding school. Everything is going well. During my first month here, I was like a fish out of water. I came to realize how many things I should thank you for. On the cold winter days, I have to get up early almost every morning to fetch hot water. I began to feel ashamed that I never said “thank you” every time you prepared (准备) hot water for me each morning on winter days before I got up. I am no longer that girl who was often unable to find her books in her bedroom. It used to take me a lot of time to collect all the books for the day’s classes. But I have gotten over that bad habit now. And now I know how much time you used to take to collect my books every evening. I have learned to do the laundry on my own now. I came to realize that washing clothes is a boring job, especially on winter days. Sometimes there is no hot water and I have to wash my clothes with cold water by hand. I came to know how grateful (感激的) I should be to have you as my mom. Thank you, Mom. Yours, Silvia 4. How did Silvia feel during her first month in the boarding school? A. Uneasy. B. Enjoyable. C. Relaxed. D. Disappointed. 5. The underlined word “ashamed” means “________” in Chinese. A. 惭愧的 B. 恐惧的 C. 吃惊的 D. 轻率的 6. From the letter we can learn that ________. A. Silvia used to do her laundry at home B. Silvia often helps her mom do housework C. Silvia’s mom has done many things for her before D. Silvia’s mom usually does the laundry with cold water 7. Silvia wrote this letter in order to tell her mom ________. A. her hard life in the boarding school B. her thanks from her heart C. washing clothes is boring D. she could look after herself well 【答案】4. A 5. A 6. C 7. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是Silvia给她妈妈写的一封信，在信中，她介绍了自己在学校住宿两个月的感受，并且感激妈妈以前为她所做的事。 4题详解】 细节理解题。根据“During my first month here, I was like a fish out of water.”可知，在这里的第一个月，我就像一条离开水的鱼。可知，Silvia在寄宿学校的第一个月是不舒服的。uneasy“不舒服的”。故选A。 【5题详解】 词句猜测题。根据“I never said “thank you” every time you prepared hot water for me each morning on winter days before I got up.”可知，此处表示她妈妈冬天每天早上起床之前，为她准备热水，她却从没有说“谢谢”，因此她感到羞愧。故选A。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据“I came to realize how many things I should thank you for.”可知，Silvia的妈妈以前为她做了很多事。故选C。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。根据“I came to know how grateful I should be to have you as my mom. Thank you, Mom.”可知，Silvia对妈妈为她所做的事，从内心表示感谢。故选B。 C In many people’s minds, monsters or yao (妖) usually look horrible and do bad things. But in one of the great Chinese cartoon series Yao—Chinese Folktales《中国奇谭》, yao are different. The cartoon has been on Bilibili since January 1. In the stories, yao are lovely, fun and mysterious. They have their own lives just like humans. A little pig monster works hard in a monster company. A fox scholar (书生) creates a dreamy day for a man. The cartoon won many people’s hearts. It shows a different side of Chinese yao culture. “Most yao in China’s old stories are warm, kind and friendly” said Zhang Yun, who wrote a book about China’s 1080 kinds of yao. People are afraid of yao because of their fear of the unknown world. For example kids sometimes are afraid of things under the bed or behind the curtain. “Yao are humans’ imagination of unknown things,” said Chen Liaoyu, general director of the cartoon. In one of the cartoon’s stories, a little child thinks a catfish (鲶鱼) is horrible. But later he sees people sell the fish like other foods. The fear is gone. 8. Which of the following words can best describe Yao—Chinese Folktales? A. Easy and boring. B. Mysterious and interesting. C. Difficult and challenging. D. Different and meaningless. 9. Who wrote a book about China’s 1080 kinds of yao? A. A little child. B. A fox scholar. C. Chen Liaoyu. D. Zhang Yun. 10. What can we get from the passage? A. People used to think yao would do harmful things. B. A fox scholar in the story fights with humans. C. People dislike the cartoon series about yao. D. Humans lack imagination about unknown world. 11. What’s the theme of the passage? A. Sport. B. Lifestyle. C. Culture. D. Technology. 【答案】8 B 9. D 10. A 11. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了中国动画系列《中国奇谭》中妖怪的形象与传统观念不同，它们可爱、有趣且神秘，展现了中国妖怪文化的另一面，并探讨了人们对妖怪恐惧的根源。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“In the stories, yao are lovely, fun and mysterious.”可知，《中国奇谭》中的妖怪是可爱、有趣且神秘的。故选B。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段“‘Most yao in China’s old stories are warm, kind and friendly’ said Zhang Yun, who wrote a book about China’s 1080 kinds of yao.”可知，张云写了一本关于中国1080种妖怪的书。故选D。 【10题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第一段“In many people’s minds, monsters or yao (妖) usually look horrible and do bad things.”可知，人们过去认为妖怪会做有害的事情。故选A。 【11题详解】 主旨大意题。文章主要围绕中国动画系列《中国奇谭》中妖怪的形象展开，展现了中国妖怪文化的另一面，并探讨了人们对妖怪恐惧的根源，因此文章的主题与文化相关。故选C。 D If someone said they’d pay you $1,800 to stay off social media (社交媒体) for 6 years, would you do it? Could you? An American mom challenged her son to do just that, and he succeeded. Sivert Klefsaas is the youngest of Lorna Gold-strand Klefsaas’ four children, and his three older sisters all used social media growing up. It was influencing their feelings, as well as their friendships. So, Lorna thought, “If I could, I’d be willing to do whatever to keep Sivert off social media as long as I could, whatever that looks like.” And that’s where the idea for this challenge came from. It all started when Lorna heard about a similar “16 for 16 challenge” on the radio, where a mother called Amanda Green gave her daughter Teresa $1,600 when she turned 16 if she stayed off social media. So, Lorna decided to create her own “18 for 18 challenge”. Not only did Sivert finally complete this challenge, but he would do it again, too. “It wasn’t too difficult to live without social media, and I didn’t think about it much during the 6 years,” Sivert said. “As time went on, it was more of a pride thing.” He had his friends keep him up to date on the latest information. Sivert added, “I got to avoid all the unnecessary things that were on there. It also meant I had more time to focus on my grades and sports instead.” Now that he’s done with the challenge, Sivert joined Instagram (照片墙), but has no plans to let social media define (定义) him. “Social media is great. We certainly need to use it,” Sivert said. “But also make sure you spend time in other areas of your life, especially those personal relationships.” Still, Lorna is proud of her son’s success. “We are certainly not against social media, but it’s the healthy use of it,” Lorna told CNN. 12. Who does the underlined word “she” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. Amanda Green. B. Teresa Green. C. Lorna Klefsaas. D. Sivert Klefsaas. 13. How did Sivert get the latest information? A. By surfing on the Internet. B. Through the radio. C. By reading the newspaper. D. By talking with his friends. 14. What does Sivert think of social media now? A. Social media is a way to define people. B. It’s important to use social media healthily. C. It is too difficult to live without social media. D. It’s good for personal relationships. 15. What can we learn about Lorna from the passage? A. She is a mother of a 16-year-old teenager. B. She doesn’t really agree with the “16 for 16 challenge” on the radio. C. She gave her son $1,800 to stay off social media for 6 years. D. She gave her son $1,600 if he stayed off social media. 【答案】12. B 13. D 14. B 15. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了美国母亲Lorna为了避免儿子Sivert受社交媒体的不良影响，发起“18 for 18挑战”，Sivert成功6年不使用社交媒体并获得1800美元奖励，以及母子二人对社交媒体的看法。 【12题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“a mother called Amanda Green gave her daughter Teresa $1,600 when she turned 16 if she stayed off social media”可知，此处描述的是Amanda Green给女儿Teresa的挑战，“she”指代的是接受挑战的女儿Teresa Green。故选B。 【13题详解】 细节理解题。根据“He had his friends keep him up to date on the latest information.”可知，Sivert通过朋友了解最新信息。故选D。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Social media is great. We certainly need to use it”和“But also make sure you spend time in other areas of your life, especially those personal relationships”可知Sivert认为社交媒体是好的，我们需要使用它，但是也要确保花费时间在生活的其它领域，尤其是私人关系方面，所以Sivert认为健康地使用社交媒体很重要。故选B。 【15题详解】 细节理解题。根据“pay you $1,800 to stay off social media for 6 years”以及“Lorna decided to create her own ‘18 for 18 challenge’”和Sivert挑战成功的内容可知，Lorna给儿子1800美元，让他6年不使用社交媒体。故选C。 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。 An old man lived in a village. He was one of the rudest people in the world. The whole village was tired of him, ___16___ He was always complaining and was always in a bad mood (情绪). When people tried to cheer him up, he would rudely turn them away. The longer he lived, the more bad-tempered he became. People stayed away from him because his bad mood was contagious (传染性的). It was even unusual and impolite to feel happy around him ___17___ But one day—the day he turned 80 years old, in fact—an unbelievable thing happened. The villagers said among themselves, “The old man is happy today. He hasn’t complained about anything. ____18____ It is surprising that he is polite to others and seems to be happy every day.” The whole village went to see the old man. One of the villagers asked the old man, “What happened to you? Why are you so happy now?” “Nothing special has happened, in fact,” the man said. “For 80 years I’ve been looking for happiness, but it was no use. ___19___ That’s why I’m happy now.” It is important to realize that your mood can affect (影响) the moods of those around you. Everyone has bad days sometimes. ___20___ Just try to accept their help. Will you feel happy if your friends are happy? If your friends are sad, how will you feel? Do you have any ways to cheer yourself up when you feel sad? Please share your ideas with us. A. By behaving like this, he made the rest of the village feel unhappy as well. B. He is smiling and his face looks kind. C. If someone tries to cheer you up, don’t be rude to them. D. I want to affect others around me and help them a lot. E. Most of villagers felt happy while the rest felt sad every day. F. And then I decided to live without happiness and just enjoy life. G. because he was always unhappy. 【答案】16. G 17. A 18. B 19. F 20. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是记叙文。讲述了一位脾气暴躁、总不开心的老人，在80岁时转变心态，变得快乐友善的故事，同时传递了情绪会影响他人的道理。 【16题详解】 根据前文“The whole village was tired of him”以及后文“He was always complaining and was always in a bad mood”，此处是解释全村人烦他的原因，选项G“因为他总是不开心”符合语境。故选G。 【17题详解】 根据前文“his bad mood was contagious”“It was even unusual and impolite to feel happy around him”，此处是说他的行为让村民也不开心，选项A“他这样的行为也让村里其他人感到不开心”符合语境。故选A。 【18题详解】 根据前文“The old man is happy today. He hasn’t complained about anything”以及后文“he is polite to others and seems to be happy every day”，此处是描述老人开心的表现，选项B“他在微笑，脸色看起来很友善”符合语境。故选B。 【19题详解】 根据前文“For 80 years I’ve been looking for happiness, but it was no use”，此处是说老人转变后的决定，选项F“然后我决定不再追求快乐，只是享受生活”符合语境。故选F。 【20题详解】 根据后文“Just try to accept their help”以及前文“Everyone has bad days sometimes”，此处是建议别人安慰时不要粗鲁，选项C“如果有人试着让你开心，不要对他们粗鲁”符合语境。故选C。 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 When I was a little boy, I used to be very quiet and didn’t have any friends. At that time, my parents were very ____21____ with their work. I lived with my grandparents in another city. I always thought that ____22____ cared about me. Everything changed when I was thirteen years old. A boy gave me a special ____23____—a smile. It was my ____24____ year in the middle school. Everything there was new to me. No one knew who I was. I didn’t know them, either. I was too shy to ____25____ anyone. Of course I was very lonely. Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt hurt. I had no friend to talk about my problems. I didn’t want my parents to ____26____ me. One day, my classmates were talking ____27____ with their friends, and I sat at my desk lonely and unhappy as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know ____28____ name. He passed me ____29____ a word, gave me a friendly smile. I said “Hello” to him. It was the first time that I greeted my ____30____ . This smile brought me to another world, a warm, bright and friendly world. That smile ____31____ my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends with them. Day by day, I became ____32____ to everyone in my class. The boy with the most wonderful smile became my best friend. One day I asked him why he smiled. but he didn’t remember that. It didn’t matter ____33____ all the dark days had gone. I made ____34____ progress in my study. I felt my parents’ love and began to talk with them. You can imagine how happy they were. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. ____35____ you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. Therefore, smile at the world and it will smile back. 21. A. busy B. annoyed C. angry D. careful 22. A. everybody B. somebody C. anybody D. nobody 23. A. chance B. help C. choice D. gift 24. A. first B. second C. third D. last 25. A. cheer up B. laugh at C. make friends with D. stay away from 26. A. think of B. worry about C. talk about D. take after 27. A. specially B. happily C. luckily D. sadly 28. A. its B. her C. their D. his 29. A. without B. with C. for D. of 30. A. teachers B. parents C. classmates D. students 31. A. reported B. changed C. lived D. spent 32. A. closer B. quicker C. easier D. slower 33. A. but B. so C. or D. because 34. A. lot B. few C. little D. much 35. A. How B. What C. If D. Unless 【答案】21. A 22. D 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. B 27. B 28. D 29. A 30. C 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. D 35. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是记叙文。主要讲述了作者小时候性格内向、孤独，在中学时因一个男孩的微笑而改变生活，逐渐变得开朗并交到朋友，最终感悟到心态决定生活状态的故事。 【21题详解】 句意：那时，我的父母工作非常忙。 busy忙碌的；annoyed恼怒的；angry生气的；careful小心的。根据“I lived with my grandparents in another city.”可知，父母因工作忙碌无法照顾作者，才让作者和祖父母一起生活。故选A。 【22题详解】 句意：我总是认为没有人关心我。 everybody每个人；somebody某人；anybody任何人；nobody没有人。根据前文作者父母忙碌、自己和祖父母住且没有朋友的描述，可知作者觉得没人关心自己。故选D。 【23题详解】 句意：一个男孩给了我一份特别的礼物——一个微笑。 chance机会；help帮助；choice选择；gift礼物。根据“a smile”可知，微笑在这里被比作一份特别的礼物。故选D。 【24题详解】 句意：那是我上中学的第一年。 first第一；second第二；third第三；last最后。根据“Everything there was new to me.”可知，一切对作者来说都是新的，说明是中学第一年。故选A。 【25题详解】 句意：我太害羞了，不敢和任何人交朋友。 cheer up使振奋；laugh at嘲笑；make friends with和……交朋友；stay away from远离。根据“Of course I was very lonely.”可知，作者孤独是因为害羞不敢和人交朋友。故选C。 【26题详解】 句意：我不想让我的父母担心我。 think of想到；worry about担心；talk about谈论；take after与……相像。根据前文作者觉得没人关心自己，以及不想给父母添麻烦的心态，可知作者不想让父母担心。故选B。 【27题详解】 句意：一天，我的同学们正和他们的朋友开心地聊天，我孤独地坐在桌边，像往常一样不开心。 specially特别地；happily开心地；luckily幸运地；sadly悲伤地。根据后文“I sat at my desk lonely and unhappy as usual.”可知，同学们的状态是开心聊天，与作者的孤独形成对比。故选B。 【28题详解】 句意：我不知道他的名字。 its它的；her她的；their他们的；his他的。根据前文“a boy entered the classroom”可知，此处指代男孩，用形容词性物主代词his。故选D。 【29题详解】 句意：他一句话没说从我身边走过，给了我一个友好的微笑。 without没有；with带有；for为了；of属于……的。根据“a word, gave me a friendly smile”可知，男孩没说话，只给了微笑，without a word表示“一言不发”。故选A。 【30题详解】 句意：这是我第一次和同学打招呼。 teachers老师；parents父母；classmates同学；students学生。根据前文场景是在教室，男孩是同学，可知这是作者第一次和同学打招呼。故选C。 【31题详解】 句意：那个微笑改变了我的生活。 reported报道；changed改变；lived居住；spent花费。根据后文“I started to talk with the other students and made friends with them.”可知，微笑让作者的生活发生了改变。故选B。 【32题详解】 句意：日复一日，我和班上的每个人都变得更亲近了。 closer更亲近的；quicker更快的；easier更容易的；slower更慢的。根据“I started to talk with the other students and made friends with them.”可知，作者和同学们的关系变得更亲近。故选A。 【33题详解】 句意：没关系，因为所有黑暗的日子都过去了。 but但是；so所以；or或者；because因为。根据“it didn’t matter”和“all the dark days had gone”可知，后句是前句的原因，用because引导原因状语从句。故选D。 【34题详解】 句意：我在学习上取得了很大的进步。 lot大量（需与a连用）；few很少（修饰可数名词）；little很少（修饰不可数名词）；much很多（修饰不可数名词）。progress是不可数名词，根据后文作者感受到父母的爱并和他们交流，可知作者学习进步很大，用much修饰。故选D。 【35题详解】 句意：如果你认为自己是孤独的，你可能会一直孤单。 How怎样；What什么；If如果；Unless除非。根据“you think you are lonely, you might always be alone”可知，前句是后句的条件，用If引导条件状语从句。故选C。 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 It’s widely believed that Chinese is one of the most difficult ____36____ (language) in the world. For one thing Chinese has thousands of characters. And its writing system (系统) is also one of the main challenges to all Chinese learners. More ____37____ (important), the language has different tones (音调), so how you speak a word can completely change its meaning. For example, “ma” with the first Chinese tone means “mom”, ____38____ with the third tone. “ma” means “horse”. However, according ____39____ the Ministry of Education in China, the Chinese language learning is available in more than 180 countries and areas around the world. 76 countries have already included the Chinese language in their national education systems and nearly 200 million people ____40____ (receive) Chinese language training for years. With so many interesting foreign languages to learn, why do they choose Chinese? For one reason, China plays ____41____ important role in the world events. Learning Chinese may help one find a good job. Also, China has a long history with rich culture and ____42____ (it) cooking styles have influenced its neighbors and the West. Knowing the language also makes traveling around China ____43____ (easy) and more enjoyable. As for learning Chinese, there is no magic way. Just spend time practicing it. Listen and speak as often as possible. Listen to Chinese music and watch Chinese movies and shows. Try to speak ____44____ native (本地的) Chinese speakers, read traditional Chinese stories ____45____ (understand) its culture, or try reading a Chinese newspaper. 【答案】36. languages 37. importantly 38. but 39. to 40. have received 41. an 42. its 43. easier 44. with 45. to understand 【解析】 【导语】本文是说明文。主要介绍了汉语被认为是世界上最难的语言之一的原因，以及全球范围内汉语学习的普及情况和人们学习汉语的原因，并给出了学习汉语的建议。 【36题详解】 句意：人们普遍认为汉语是世界上最难的语言之一。“one of the + 形容词最高级 + 可数名词复数”为固定结构，意为“最……之一”，language的复数形式为languages。故填languages。 【37题详解】 句意：更重要的是，汉语有不同的音调，所以一个词的发音方式会完全改变它的意思。此处应用副词修饰整个句子，important的副词形式为importantly，“more importantly”为固定表达，意为“更重要的是”。故填importantly。 【38题详解】 句意：例如，第一声的“ma”意思是“妈妈”，而第三声的“ma”意思是“马”。根据句意可知，前后两句为转折关系，应用转折连词but连接。故填but。 【39题详解】 句意：然而，根据中国教育部的数据，全球有超过180个国家和地区开设了汉语课程。“according to”为固定短语，意为“根据”。故填to。 【40题详解】 句意：76个国家已将汉语纳入国民教育体系，近2亿人多年来一直在接受汉语培训。根据“for years”可知，句子应用现在完成时，其结构为“have/has + 过去分词”，主语“nearly 200 million people”为复数，助动词用have，receive的过去分词为received。故填have received。 【41题详解】 句意：一方面，中国在国际事务中扮演着重要角色。“play an important role in...”为固定短语，意为“在……中扮演重要角色”，important以元音音素开头，前面应用不定冠词an。故填an。 【42题详解】 句意：此外，中国历史悠久，文化丰富，其烹饪风格影响了邻国和西方。此处应用形容词性物主代词修饰名词“cooking styles”，it的形容词性物主代词为its。故填its。 【43题详解】 句意：掌握这门语言也让在中国旅行变得更容易、更愉快。根据空后“and more enjoyable”可知，此处应用easy比较级easier，与“more enjoyable”构成并列关系。故填easier。 【44题详解】 句意：尽量和以汉语为母语的人交谈，阅读中国传统故事以了解其文化，或者尝试读中文报纸。“speak with sb”为固定短语，意为“和某人交谈”。故填with。 【45题详解】 句意：尽量和以汉语为母语的人交谈，阅读中国传统故事以了解其文化，或者尝试读中文报纸。此处应用动词不定式作目的状语，表“阅读中国传统故事”的目的是“了解其文化”。故填to understand。 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 学校英语报的编辑在看了上一题中的文章后很受启发，决定在下一期英语报征集以“The Biggest Challenge in My Life”为主题的稿件。作为初中生，你在学习或生活上遇到过一些挑战吧，请综合下图所示内容，写一篇文章投稿。 注意： 1.文中不得出现你的真实姓名、学校名和地名； 2.文中包含题中所给要求，可适当添加内容； 3.不少于80词，开头已给出，不计入总词数。 The Biggest Challenge in My Life Life is full of challenges. Some are small and easy to overcome, while others are big and difficult. Among them, one of the biggest challenges I’ve faced is________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 The Biggest Challenge in My Life Life is full of challenges. Some are small and easy to overcome, while others are big and difficult. Among them, one of the biggest challenges I’ve faced is learning to ride a bicycle. At first, I was very afraid of falling down and getting hurt. But I didn’t give up and I practiced riding every day. Little by little, I made great progress and I could balance myself well. Finally, I succeeded in riding my bicycle around everywhere. This experience taught me that as long as I am brave and persistent, I can overcome any difficulties. It made me more confident to face other new challenges in life. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文； ②时态：以“一般过去时”为主； ③提示：写作要点已经给出，注意不要遗漏要点，注意适当发挥，突出写作重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，介绍自己曾遇到的最大的挑战是什么； 第二步，谈谈为了解决这个挑战，自己都做了哪些事情； 第三步，谈谈自己从中学到了什么。 [亮点词汇] ①be afraid of害怕…… ②give up放弃 ③make great progress取得巨大进步 [高分句型] ①Little by little, I made great progress and I could balance myself well.（and连接并列成分） ②This experience taught me that as long as I am brave and persistent, I can overcome any difficulties.（ that引导的宾语从句） 第二节（满分25分） 47. 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。 A long time ago, in a rich and beautiful country, there lived an unhappy king. He slept badly and didn’t feel like eating. His face was always pale as chalk. He often cried for no reason. This made the queen and his people worried. One day a doctor was called in to examine the king. But he found nothing wrong with his body. “It’s all in his mind. Neither medicine nor rest can help him. What he needs is the shirt of a happy person to wear. That will make him happy.” The prime minister was called to the palace. But when they explained the king’s situation to him, he said, “Although I have a lot of power, it doesn’t make me happy. I am always worried about losing my power. Many people are trying to take my position.” Then, the King’s banker came to the palace. “Oh, I’m afraid I’m not happy either,” he said. “I have a lot of wealth, but I’m always worried about losing my money. Someone tries to steal my money every day.” Next, the palace singer came to the king’s room. But this was what he said: “It’s true that I am famous and everyone loves my songs. But I’m not happy because I’m always worried about being followed by others. I cannot be free!” Finally, the king’s top general was told to go out and find a happy man in three days’ time... 注意： （1）续写词数应为130个左右； （2）请按如下格式作答。 The general searched and searched, __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The King realized the truth of happiness and he decided to make some changes. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 The general searched and searched but couldn’t find anyone. It seemed everyone had their own problems and no one was truly happy. Just as he was about to give up, he saw a poor man singing happily on the street and took him to the palace. The king looked at the old poor man’s worn-out, holey shirt and asked why he was so happy. The poor man said although he had no power, money or fame, he had everything he wanted and didn’t want what he couldn’t have. The king realized the truth of happiness and decided to make changes. He began to care for his people, listening to their problems and helping them. He also started to enjoy simple pleasures, like a walk in the palace garden or a meal with his family. Slowly but surely, the king became happier and happier. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：材料作文； ②时态：一般过去时； ③提示：基于材料续写将军寻找快乐的人和国王领悟幸福真谛后的改变，重点突出简单生活带来的快乐和国王的行动。 [写作步骤] 第一步：描述将军搜索过程，遇到快乐农民（如“searched for three days”）； 第二步：通过农民的话揭示幸福真谛（如“family is loving and healthy”）； 第三步：国王领悟并实施改变（如“started helping the poor”）。 [亮点词汇] ①be about to give up即将放弃 ②care for关心 ③decide to make some changes决定做出一些改变 [高分句型] ①It seemed everyone had their own problems and no one was truly happy.（宾语从句） ②He began to care for his people, listening to their problems and helping them.（现在分词短语作伴随状语） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $