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2026北京十五中高二（下）期中 英 语 第一部分：听力理解（共三节，30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分） 1. What will the woman do tomorrow night? A. Have dinner with the man. B. Work overtime in the office. C. Join the man for coffee. 2. What is the season now? A. Autumn. B. Spring. C. Summer. 3. Where does the dialogue probably take place? A. At the man’s home. B. At the dining hall. C. At the restaurant. 4. When will the woman probably get to the railway station? A. At 6:30 p.m. B. At 7:00 p.m. C. At 7:30 p.m. 5. What can we learn about the woman? A．She’s got a new job. B．She’s hunting for a job. C．She hired a foreigner. 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。 6. Why is the man calling? A. To confirm a room. B. To book a room. C. To cancel a room. 7. When might the man check in? A. At 7:00 a.m. B. Before 9:00 a.m. C. After 2:00 p.m. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. What is the woman invited to do this Saturday? A. Do some shopping. B. Enjoy some art. C. Have dinner. 9. What does the woman want to know? A. When to come back. B. How to get there. C. What to wear. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What is the problem with the lockers? A. They are all removed. B. They are not used properly. C. They are unlocked. 11. What does the man suggest about the clothes-hangers? A. They should be bigger. B. They should be smaller. C. They should be stronger. 12. What’s the woman’s reaction to the man’s complaint? A. She will try to improve it. B. She doesn’t know what to do. C. She will tell her boss about it. 听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。 13. Which of the following is the missing girl? A． B． C． 14. Who is the man? A. A staff member. B. A passerby. C. A policeman. 15. Where is the girl found? A. On the street. B. At the store. C. In the Panda House. 第三节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分） 听下面一段独白，完成第16至20五道小题，每小题仅填写一个词。听独白前，你将有20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。这段独白你将听两遍。 HELPLINE DETAILS Officer Jessica 16 Address 13 Marshall Road Telephone Number 17 Opening Hours 9:30 a.m.— 6:00 p.m. on 18 10:00 a.m.— 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays Others Ring or visit the office for a(n) 19 ； At busy times there may be a(n) 20 list. 第二部分：知识运用（共三节，满分45分） 第一节 词汇选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 1. John is very , if he promises to do something he'll do it. A. independent B. confident C. reliable D. flexible 2. If students are blamed too much, they will no longer be ________ to study hard. A. calculated B. innovated C. motivated D. comforted 3. If you send the application form in straight away, I can ________ you an interview. A. guarantee B. employ C. evaluate D. assume 4. Although made in the Ming Dynasty, the vase is well ________. A. contained B. observed C. delivered D. preserved 5. ________ to success can’t defeat us. Instead, they can only make us stronger. A. Credits B. Barriers C. Factors D. Options 6. We hope to become more _________ in predicting earthquakes to avoid a lot of damage. A. accurate B. appropriate C. dramatic D. subjective 7. Classrooms in some schools are equipped with seats that can be ________ to the height of a person. A. located B. adjusted C. edited D. estimated 8. Jack’s room always has the dusty smell of an apartment whose windows are ________ opened. A. rarely B. evidently C. apparently D. frequently 9. We have only twenty minutes left, so please get to the point and don’t say anything that isn’t _________ to our problem. A. identical B. multiple C. literary D. relevant 10. There has been a recent _________ in the food service industry towards lower fat content and less salt. A. tone B. trick C. trend D. treatment 11. In language learning, students who ________ practice regularly and consistently improve much faster than their peers. A. keep up with B. are willing to C. compare to D. apply for 12. How she manages to fit so much into a working day is beyond my ________. A. motivation B. determination C. comprehension D. qualification 13. ________ by the noise in the night, the girl didn’t dare to sleep in her room. A. Frightened B. Impressed C. Heated D. Hidden 14. I was too ________ in my own problems and too interested in politics to remember that it was a momentous day in Washington. A. benefited B. remained C. delayed D. absorbed 15. It was dark at that moment but some children ________ around instead of going home. A. wandered B. trapped C. comforted D. sank 第二节 语法选择（共15小题；每小题0.5分，满分7.5分） 16. They’ve moved to a different house_________their children can attend a better school. A. in case B. so long as C. so that D. even though 17. I believe the world is ______ you think it is. So smile at the world and it will smile back. A. what B. how C. that D. which 18. — I was very angry with Kelvin yesterday. — I know your feelings, but if you forgive him, you ______ a bigger man. A. will be B. have been C. would be D. were 19. Arriving at the party in a great hurry, we were disappointed to find that the band ______ playing. A. stopped B. will stop C. has stopped D. had stopped 20. This ferryboat ________ to transport passengers between the harbor and the island for years. A. is used B. was being used C. is being used D. has been used 21. ________ the travelling needs of passengers, China Railway Corporation has decided that people can book tickets 60 days in advance. A. Meet B. To meet C. Met D. Meeting 22. The Alibaba Group, ________ was founded in 1999, has become China’s largest e-commerce company. A. which B. what C. whose D. that 23. In Singapore, people ________ eating or drinking on the subway can be fined up to 500 Singapore dollars. A. having caught B. catching C. caught D. catch 24. The Great Wall is the place ________ almost all tourists would like to visit when they come to Beijing. A. why B. which C. when D. where 25. The most delicious cake in the world ________ by Mom. Please wait an hour to enjoy it. A. makes B. is made C. is going to make D. is being made 26. After ______ seemed an endless wait, it was her turn to enter the personnel manager's office． A. that B. how C. what D. why 27. In 2010, Forbes listed Mickey Mouse as the world’s most valuable cartoon character, ________ $ 5.8 billion a year in sales worldwide. A. made B. to make C. makes D. making 28. No one can walk the wire in the air without a bit of fear unless ______ very young. A. having trained B. trained C. to be trained D. being trained 29. — Several hotels in this area are closing down. — That’s because tourism itself ________ since last year. A. is declining B. declined C. had declined D. has been declining 30. ______ you are familiar with the author’s ideas, try reading all the sections as quickly as possible. A. Now that B. Ever since C. In case D. As long as 第三节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Anger Is a Gift “Mom, where are you? I've been waiting for 10 minutes.” I shouted into the phone. “Honey, sorry. I left the office a bit late and the ___31___ caused really bad traffic, but I...” I hung up. Conversations like this happen every week. Being a teen is ___32___ enough, and my parents often make me feel less important than their work. In second grade, I broke my arm on the slide. When the school nurse called my mom, she was too ___33___ to answer. When the phone call ___34___ my father, he sighed (叹息) and said, “I'm in the middle of research.” I sat in the nurse's office for hours, before my parents finally ___35___ to take me to hospital. I wished my parents could keep me company. To make my parents take me seriously, I ___36___. I tried to establish my own authority by ___37___ their schedule. My mom did everything possible to solve the problem, but nothing ___38___ until she met that adviser. One day after I shut my door in her face, my mom didn't complain or cry. ___39___, she knocked and said, “I have something to tell you.” I opened the door. “Today I met a really good adviser. He said that every time your daughter is angry, she is just saying: I ___40___ you.” It dawned on me that my anger was merely a mask for me to ___41___ my loneliness and disappointment. But facing one's ___42___ need is the first step towards being happier. This concept not only helped things between my parents and me but also enabled me to handle conflicts and emotions. I started to pay attention to other people's ___43___. When an angry customer approached me at my volunteering job, he was saying, “I need more service.” When a homeless person shouted to me in a parking lot, he was simply saying, “I need food and help.” I am now able to see ___44___ the fog of anger and see the real face and heart of other person. Five minutes after I hung up on her, my mom's car finally appeared through the fog. She rolled down her window and said, “Let's go to a hotpot place, shall we?” I ___45___, “OK, but promise me you won't be late again.” 31. A. rain B. snow C. fog D. wind 32. A. hard B. unusual C. awesome D. exciting 33. A. upset B. scared C. nervous D. busy 34. A. bothered B. reached C. alarmed D. woke 35. A. passed by B. drove away C. showed up D. gave in 36. A. chattered B. screamed C. whispered D. apologized 37. A. ignoring B. checking C. following D. completing 38. A. appeared B. mattered C. happened D. worked 39. A. Moreover B. Therefore C. Instead D. Meanwhile 40. A. hate B. need C. believe D. understand 41. A. avoid B. relieve C. show D. hide 42. A. unmet B. urgent C. increasing D. physical 43. A. behavior B. anger C. reaction D. satisfaction 44. A. around B. across C. into D. through 45. A. yelled B. complained C. smiled D. hesitated 第三部分：阅读理解（共20题;每小题2分，共40分） 第一节 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。 A Sledding in the Forest Preserves One of the benefits of winter in Cook County is zooming down the gently sloping hills in the forest. Another benefit? Four locations have lights on the hill, so you can keep the sledding fun going despite the early sunsets. The four forest hills are open until 7:30 or 8:30 p.m. and, of course, if there's enough snow. Please note you cannot bring your own sled. Sledding rentals are $15 for a half day, $25 for the full day. There is no additional charge for use of the sloping hills. Check site for contact numbers and snow conditions. fpdcc. com/things-to-do/sledding Bobby Hull Community Ice Rink The area near West Community has one of the biggest wintertime draws for families who want to hit the ice. Cicero's outdoor rink offers a range of frozen fun, including skating lessons, open skates and the chance to practice skills. Visit the rink's Facebook page for schedule details. Bobby Hull Community Ice Rink, 3400S. 53rd Ave, Cicero. $12 for open skates, S3 skate rental; cash only. http://facebook. com/bobbyhullcommunityicerink Mount Hoy Snow Tubing The trip down Mount Hoy is a lively one: 800 feet from top to bottom. And as long as it's covered in three or more inches of snow, you' re welcome to rent a tube and zoom down. The hill is open 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. weekends and holidays through Feb. 23; tube rentals end at 3:30 p.m. At Blackwell Forest Preserve, Butterfield Road between Winfield Road and Route 59, Warrenville. Admission is free, but personal tubes are not allowed. $ 10 rental per tube. https://tinvurl.com/y9nox4et Winter Wonderland and Ice Rink Haven't gotten your fill of the brisk cold hitting your face as you practice your double salchows and triple lutzes on the ice? Don't worry! The Village of Orland Park's rink is open seven days a week, starting at 4 p.m. on weekdays and noon on weekends. The rink offers free helmet rentals, plus a warming house for those who prefer to cheer from the sidelines. Winter Wonderland Ice Rink, 15600 West Avenue and Fun Drive, Orland Park. Admission: $20 Adult, $15 Student 5-17; S3 for skate rental. http://orlandpark. org/services/parks/ice-rink 46. If you want to take ice skating lessons, visit _____________________ for more information. A. https://tinyurl.com/y9nox4et B. http://fpdcc.com things to-do/sledding C. http://orlandpark. org/services/parks/ice –rink D. http://facebook.com/bobbyhullcommunityicerink 47. If you had $10, you could choose_____________________. A. Mount Hoy Snow Tubing B. Sledding in the Forest Preserves C. Bobby Hull Community Ice Rink D. Winter Wonderland and Ice Rink 48. Which of the following statements is True? A. The opening hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day till Feb.23 at Mount Hoy. B. Bobby Hull Community Ice Rink is an attraction near West Community. C. No warming house is available at the Village of Orland Park's rink. D. There is always enough snow for sledding in the forest preserves. B In early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my mother fought strongly against it. When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up. “You can’t say it’s not a great university, just because Papa went there.” “That’s not it at all. And it is a top university.” She was still holding the pieces in her hand. “But we can’t afford to send you to college.” “I wouldn’t dream of asking you for money. Do you want me to get a job to help support you and Papa? Things aren’t that bad, are they?” “No,” she said. “I don’t expect you to help support us.” Father borrowed money form his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop. His chief customers were his old college friends. To get new customers, my mother had to help. She picked up a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people. Whether those people would turn into customers was another question. I knew that my Parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small investment could show returns. What’s more, they had not wanted enough to be rich and successful. Otherwise they could not possibly have managed their lives so badly. I was torn between the desire to help them and change their lives, and the determination not to repeat their mistakes. I had a strong belief in my power to go what I wanted. After months of hard studying, I won a full college scholarship. My father could hardly contain his pride in me, and my mother eventually gave in before my success. 49. The author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because . A. his father graduated from the university B. his mother did not thinks it a great university C. his parents needed him to help support the family D. his parents did not have enough money for him 50. The father started his small shop with the money from . A. a local league B. his university C. his relatives D. his college friends 51. Why did the mother renew her membership in the league? A. To help with her husband’s business B. To raise money for her son C. To meet her long-forgotten friends D. To better manage her life 52. According to the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn? A. To get a well-paid job for himself B. To improve relations with his mother C. To go to his dream university D. To carry on with his father’s business C Humans’ overconsumption of resources is a leading contributor to global climate change, says University of Arizona researcher Sabrina Helm. Therefore, it’s increasingly important to understand the choices consumers make and how those decisions affect the health of a planet with limited resources. In a new study, published in the journal Young Consumers, Helm and her colleagues explore how materialistic values influence pro-environmental behaviors in millennials, who are now the nation’s most influential group of consumers. The researchers focused on two main categories of pro-environmental behaviors: reduced consumption, which includes actions like repairing instead of replacing older items; and “green buying,” or purchasing products designed to limit environmental impacts. The researchers also looked at how engaging in pro-environmental behaviors affects consumer well-being. More materialistic participants, the researchers found, were unlikely to engage in reduced consumption. However, materialism did not seem to have an effect on their likelihood of practicing “green buying.” That’s probably because “green buying,” unlike reduced consumption, still offers a way for materialists to fulfill their desire to get new items, Helm said. Study participants who reported having fewer materialistic values were much more likely to engage in reduced consumption. Consuming less was, in turn, linked to higher personal well-being and lower psychological suffering. Green buying—which may have some positive environmental effects, although to a smaller degree than reduced consumption—was not found to improve consumer well-being, Helm said. The take-home message for consumers: “The key is to reduce consumption and not just buy green stuff. Having less and buying less can actually make us more satisfied and happier,” Helm said. “If you have a lot of stuff, you have a lot on your mind,” she said. “For example, it requires maintenance and there’s a lot of burdens of ownership, and if you relieve yourself of that burden of ownership, most people report feeling a lot better and freer.” Helm and her colleagues additionally looked at how materialism affects millennial consumers’ proactive financial behaviors, such as budgeting and saving. Examining financial behaviors alongside pro-environmental behaviors provides a picture of how young adults proactively deal with resource limitations in two contexts: environmental and financial, Helm said. As expected, Helm and her colleagues found that those who reported having more materialistic values engaged in fewer proactive financial behaviors than their less materialistic counterparts (对应的人). The researchers also found that, consistent with previous studies, proactive financial behaviors were associated with better personal well-being, life satisfaction and financial satisfaction, as well as lower psychological suffering. Understanding how materialistic values impact consumer behaviors, and how those behaviors in turn affect personal and environmental well-being, is important, Helm said. However, she acknowledges that for many consumers, shifting behaviors to be more financially proactive and consume less will be challenging. 53. What do we know about pro-environmental behaviors? A. They are a cause of climate change. B. They lead to a more satisfying life. C. They vary in different age groups. D. They are affected by materialism. 54. It can be learned from Helm’s study that ________. A. ownership of green products brings a sense of happiness B. materialists prefer practicing green buying to buying less C. green buying helps control people’s desire to buy new items D. buying less and green buying have similar effects on people 55. According to the study, which of the following can improve one’s well-being? A. Replacing older items. B. Developing new resources. C. Buying greener products. D. Being careful with expenses. 56. What is Helm probably going to explain in the next paragraph? A. When people develop proactive financial behaviors. B. Which financial behaviors lead to mental well-being. C. Why it is hard to change people’s financial behaviors. D. How materialistic values influence financial behaviors. D Awe is not an everyday emotion. You don't wake up awestruck. A satisfying lunch doesn't leave you filled with awe. Even a great day is unlikely to leave you in a state of breathtaking, all-knowing fear and trembling. Then what is awe? Psychologists Dacher Keltner and Jonathan Haidt suggested that awe typically includes feelings of grandness. That means awe is inspired by something larger than a person's self or experience. And it usually helps expand the person's understanding of the world. For example, awe might come from seeing a mountain taller than you thought a mountain could be. Or it might come from listening to a symphony that contains both shockingly loud and touchingly quiet notes. People can be awe-inspiring, too: think of meeting a political leader whose power seems limitless. In order to find out more about the mysterious feeling, the psychologists laid out a research plan. In the years since, they and other researchers have been testing awe. What is it? How does it work? What seems awesome, and why? For the first time, they're starting to understand both what awe does to us and what it might do for us. When psychologists first started studying awe, one of the unanswered questions was: What do we look like when we're feeling it? Emotions come with facial expressions. Keltner and two workmates guessed that an awe-filled person would widen her eyes and raise her head, eyes and eyebrows, just a bit. And they were on track. When they asked people to perform awe, they found that people indeed often raised their eyebrows and widened their eyes. They also opened their mouths and dropped their jaws. Another question was the purpose of the emotion. “We developed emotions to help us deal with and survive certain dangers," explains Craig Anderson, a student in Keltner's lab, “When people are scared, they freeze or run away. People that behaved like that tended to survive long enough." In the same way, awe should have some sort of reason for existing. So far, it seems that the purpose of awe might draw people together. When people are awestruck, they feel like time has slowed down somehow, and when they feel so, they are more willing to use it to help others. The study also shows that awe promotes generosity. It improves people's moral decision making. A paper still under review indicates that awe can make people more modest, too. “We actually experience awe a lot more often than we think," says one of the researchers, Rudd, “We meet something in the big wide world, our minds open as we look for an explanation, and as a result we open up to connecting to other people. But if you are keeping yourself in your own small world, it's going to be hard to experience that feeling. Just go out into newness and you're going to be more likely to run into something that's awe-inspiring.” 57. According to Keltner and Haidt, which of the following can most likely inspire awe? A. Eating Beijing duck at Quanjude Restaurant. B. Listening to a pleasant flute solo in a famous bar. C. Enjoying a sound sleep after an extremely tiring day. D. Seeing a huge elephant up close in its natural setting. 58. What does the underlined part “they were on track” in Paragraph 5 probably mean? A. They came across unexpected data. B. They were anxious about the result. C. They changed their research methods. D. They were right about what they had thought. 59. What can we infer from the passage? A. We should try to avoid awe because it can fill people with fear. B. Awe is a complicated feeling and no one can understand it. C. Awe is socially beneficial and we should be open to it. D. We should try to feel awe because it helps us survive. 60. What's the author's purpose of writing this passage? A. To move readers with touching stories about awe. B. To explain what awe is and what it brings to people. C. To show awe functions differently from other emotions. D. To persuade readers to experience awe as much as possible. 第二节 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。 Exam Anxiety Has this ever happened to you? You’ve been studying hard for your midterm, but when you walk into your exam, your mind goes blank, your heart races fast, you get sweaty palms and find it hard to breathe. ____61____  Everyone feels stressed during exams. Usually, it results from a fear of failure, lack of enough preparation time and bad experiences taking tests in the past. This is normal and often helps you work harder, think faster and generally improve your performance. ____62____ You may also feel that other people are managing the exam better than you. This can cause you to feel that your mind has “gone blank” on information you know you have revised. ____63____ Some choose to ignore the problem, while others don’t review because they think they will do badly anyway and even miss exams due to the anxiety. It can also be really easy to think that if you don’t try and then you fail, you won’t feel as bad as if you fail after trying really hard. So what can you do to fight against the negative mindset and stay calm before and during your test? ____64____ Yes, this seems obvious, but it’s worth repeating. If you feel confident that you’ve prepared thoroughly, you’ll feel more confident walking into the test. The second tip is simple: just start. The blank page can maximize your anxiety. ____65____ You can always go back and change things later if needed, but a few quick answers can get the ball rolling. Besides, allocating (分配) your time is equally important. Look through the whole test before getting started. Mentally allocate how much time you’ll spend on each section. If there’s time to recheck, even better. A. The first thing you should do is to be prepared. B. People often deal with exam stress in many unhelpful ways. C. If these classic signs of exam anxiety sound familiar, you’re not alone! D. Therefore, people need an appropriate amount of pressure to help deal with exams. E. Realizing time is almost up and that there’s still a lot of blank space will make you desperate. F. However, if you are overly anxious about the result, you may be unable to focus on your work. G. After you get the paper, dive right in by getting some questions done to build up your confidence. 第四部分：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） A 在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请将答案写在答题纸上。 Professor Mayer, ____66____ (recognize) by many as a leading expert in the study of changes to people’s EQs, recently announced the results of a study on senior secondary school students. When students ____67____ (introduce) to those who had disabilities, they found that, afterwards, the non-disabled students were more willing to help people with difficulties. Compared to students who had not been involved in the study, they also showed a better understanding of the disabled students’ feelings. There was also an obvious change in the disabled students’ attitudes. They became more positive about life and ____68____ (willing) to try new things. B 在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请将答案写在答题纸上。 In fact, ____69____ (plan) to work in the same field or industry for your entire working life just isn't practical anymore. One reason for this is technology. The skills you have now ____70____ (be) unlikely to remain relevant and be enough ____71____ (help) you through your entire career. In fact, they will probably be out of date very soon. And then what will you do? Work hard? Win the lottery? Hope for the best? You might be lucky. These ____72____ (strategy) might bring you a nice, comfortable life: working at a job you like, earning a decent salary and retiring while you’re still young and healthy. But most of us today have to look beyond the little box called “career”. C 在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请将答案写在答题纸上。 “Because that creature is made of steel!” I moved myself quickly to the top of the being, and kicked it. It was evidently a hard, solid body. The black back ___73___ supported me was smooth, polished, nothing like an animal. The blow produced a sound of metal; and, incredible though it may be, it seemed as if it was made of metal plates. This monster was a human construction. We were lying upon the back of a sort of underwater boat. I searched all over the outside for an opening, a hole, ___74___ found nothing. At last this long night passed. Daybreak appeared. Suddenly, a noise came ___75___ inside the boat. One iron plate was moved, a man appeared, uttered an odd cry, and disappeared immediately. Some moments after, eight strong men, their faces covered, appeared noiselessly, and drew us down into their incredible machine. 第五部分：书面表达（满分20分） 76. 假如你是红星中学李华，暑假在英国学习，得知当地美术馆（art gallery）要举办中国书法（calligraphy）展，招募志愿者。请写一封邮件申请参与。内容包括： 1. 个人优势； 2. 能做的事。 注意：1. 词数120左右； 2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear sir, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2026北京十五中高二（下）期中 英 语 第一部分：听力理解（共三节，30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分） 1. What will the woman do tomorrow night? A. Have dinner with the man. B. Work overtime in the office. C. Join the man for coffee. 2. What is the season now? A. Autumn. B. Spring. C. Summer. 3. Where does the dialogue probably take place? A. At the man’s home. B. At the dining hall. C. At the restaurant. 4. When will the woman probably get to the railway station? A. At 6:30 p.m. B. At 7:00 p.m. C. At 7:30 p.m. 5. What can we learn about the woman? A．She’s got a new job. B．She’s hunting for a job. C．She hired a foreigner. 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。 6. Why is the man calling? A. To confirm a room. B. To book a room. C. To cancel a room. 7. When might the man check in? A. At 7:00 a.m. B. Before 9:00 a.m. C. After 2:00 p.m. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. What is the woman invited to do this Saturday? A. Do some shopping. B. Enjoy some art. C. Have dinner. 9. What does the woman want to know? A. When to come back. B. How to get there. C. What to wear. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What is the problem with the lockers? A. They are all removed. B. They are not used properly. C. They are unlocked. 11. What does the man suggest about the clothes-hangers? A. They should be bigger. B. They should be smaller. C. They should be stronger. 12. What’s the woman’s reaction to the man’s complaint? A. She will try to improve it. B. She doesn’t know what to do. C. She will tell her boss about it. 听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。 13. Which of the following is the missing girl? A． B． C． 14. Who is the man? A. A staff member. B. A passerby. C. A policeman. 15. Where is the girl found? A. On the street. B. At the store. C. In the Panda House. 第三节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分） 听下面一段独白，完成第16至20五道小题，每小题仅填写一个词。听独白前，你将有20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。这段独白你将听两遍。 HELPLINE DETAILS Officer Jessica 16 Address 13 Marshall Road Telephone Number 17 Opening Hours 9:30 a.m.— 6:00 p.m. on 18 10:00 a.m.— 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays Others Ring or visit the office for a(n) 19 ； At busy times there may be a(n) 20 list. 第二部分：知识运用（共三节，满分45分） 第一节 词汇选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 1. John is very , if he promises to do something he'll do it. A. independent B. confident C. reliable D. flexible 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：约翰很可靠，如果他答应做什么事，他一定会做的。A. independent独立的；B. confident自信的；C. reliable可信赖的，可靠的；D. flexible灵活的。根据后句“if he promises to do something he'll do it.”可知，他是“可靠的，可信赖的”。故选C。 2. If students are blamed too much, they will no longer be ________ to study hard. A. calculated B. innovated C. motivated D. comforted 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果学生受到过多的责备，他们就不再有努力学习的动力了。A. calculated计算；B. innovated创新；C. motivated激励，使有动力；D. comforted安慰。根据“If students are blamed too much”以及“no longer”可推知，学生如果受到过多责备，他们努力学习的动力就会受到影响，motivated符合语境。 3. If you send the application form in straight away, I can ________ you an interview. A. guarantee B. employ C. evaluate D. assume 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果你立刻把申请表寄过来，我可以保证给你安排一次面试。A. guarantee保证、确保；B. employ雇佣、使用；C. evaluate评估、评价；D. assume假定、认为。由句意可知，立刻递交申请表，就能确保获得面试机会，只有guarantee符合语境。 4. Although made in the Ming Dynasty, the vase is well ________. A. contained B. observed C. delivered D. preserved 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：尽管这个花瓶是明朝制造的，但它保存得很好。A. contained包含；B. observed观察；C. delivered递送；D. preserved保存。根据句意可知，花瓶虽是明朝制造，但现在仍保存得很好，preserved表示“保存”，符合语境。 5. ________ to success can’t defeat us. Instead, they can only make us stronger. A. Credits B. Barriers C. Factors D. Options 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】 句意：通往成功的障碍无法击败我们。相反，它们只会让我们更强大。 A. Credits学分；赞扬；B. Barriers障碍；壁垒； C. Factors因素； D. Options选择；选择权。根据“Instead, they can only make us stronger.”可知，通往成功的障碍无法击败我们。 6. We hope to become more _________ in predicting earthquakes to avoid a lot of damage. A. accurate B. appropriate C. dramatic D. subjective 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们希望在预测地震方面变得更加精准，以避免大量损失。A. accurate精确的、准确的；B. appropriate合适的、恰当的；C. dramatic戏剧性的、巨大的；D. subjective主观的。由语意可知，预测地震需要更加准确精准，只有accurate符合语境。 7. Classrooms in some schools are equipped with seats that can be ________ to the height of a person. A. located B. adjusted C. edited D. estimated 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：一些学校的教室配备了可以根据人的身高进行调节的座位。A. located位于；B. adjusted调整，调节；C. edited编辑；D. estimated估计。根据“to the height of a person”可知，此处表示座位可以根据人的身高进行调节，B选项符合句意。 8. Jack’s room always has the dusty smell of an apartment whose windows are ________ opened. A. rarely B. evidently C. apparently D. frequently 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：杰克的房间里总有一股灰尘味，就像是一间窗户很少打开的公寓里的味道。A. rarely很少地，难得地；B. evidently明显地；C. apparently显然地；D. frequently频繁地。根据“has the dusty smell”可推知，杰克的房间有灰尘味，由此可判断窗户应该是很少打开，rarely作状语，表否定。 9. We have only twenty minutes left, so please get to the point and don’t say anything that isn’t _________ to our problem. A. identical B. multiple C. literary D. relevant 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们只剩下二十分钟了，所以请直奔主题，不要说任何与我们的问题无关的话。A. identical完全相同的；B. multiple多样的；C. literary文学的；D. relevant相关的。由句意可知，时间紧迫要求只说和问题相关的内容，be relevant to为固定搭配，表示“与……相关”。 10. There has been a recent _________ in the food service industry towards lower fat content and less salt. A. tone B. trick C. trend D. treatment 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】 句意：最近，食品服务行业出现了一种朝着更低脂肪含量和更少盐的趋势。 A. tone语气，音调；B. trick诡计；C. trend趋势，趋向；D. treatment治疗，对待。根据towards lower fat content and less salt可知，这是一种趋势。 11. In language learning, students who ________ practice regularly and consistently improve much faster than their peers. A. keep up with B. are willing to C. compare to D. apply for 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】 句意：在语言学习中，那些愿意定期且持续练习的学生比他们的同龄人进步快得多。 A. keep up with跟上；赶上； B. are willing to愿意；乐意；C. compare to把……比作；与……相比； D. apply for申请。根据improve much faster than their peers可知，那些愿意定期且持续练习的学生比他们的同龄人进步快得多。 12. How she manages to fit so much into a working day is beyond my ________. A. motivation B. determination C. comprehension D. qualification 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：她是如何在一个工作日里安排这么多事情的，我实在无法理解。A. motivation动力；B. determination决心；C. comprehension理解、理解力；D. qualification资格、资质。由语意可知，说话人无法明白她如何做到高效安排事务，beyond my comprehension为固定表达，意为“超出我的理解”，符合句意。 13. ________ by the noise in the night, the girl didn’t dare to sleep in her room. A. Frightened B. Impressed C. Heated D. Hidden 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：被夜晚的噪音吓到，女孩不敢在自己房间睡觉。 A. Frightened害怕，惊吓；B. Impressed印象深刻； C. Heated加热的；D. Hidden隐藏。根据the girl didn’t dare to sleep in her room可知，女孩被夜晚的噪音吓到。 14. I was too ________ in my own problems and too interested in politics to remember that it was a momentous day in Washington. A. benefited B. remained C. delayed D. absorbed 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：我太专注于自己的烦心事，又太过关注政治，以至于忘了那天在华盛顿是个重要的日子。A. benefited受益的；B. remained保持的；C. delayed延迟的；D. absorbed专注的。根据句意可知，“我”因为过于关注自身问题和政治，而忘记了重要日子，be absorbed in为固定搭配，表示“专注于、沉浸于”，符合句子语境。 15. It was dark at that moment but some children ________ around instead of going home. A. wandered B. trapped C. comforted D. sank 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：当时天色已晚，但一些孩子没有回家，反而四处闲逛。A. wandered闲逛、徘徊；B. trapped困住；C. comforted安慰；D. sank下沉、沉没。由语意可知，天黑了孩子们没有回家，而是四处游荡闲逛，只有wandered符合语境。 第二节 语法选择（共15小题；每小题0.5分，满分7.5分） 16. They’ve moved to a different house_________their children can attend a better school. A. in case B. so long as C. so that D. even though 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】考查短语词义辨析。句意：他们已搬了去了一个不同的房子，以便他们的孩子可以到一个更好的学校上学。 A. in case万一：B. so long as一样长；C. so that所以；以便；D. even though虽然。结合句意可知，本句为so that引导的目的状语从句。故选C。 17. I believe the world is ______ you think it is. So smile at the world and it will smile back. A. what B. how C. that D. which 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：你认为这个世界是什么样，就是什么样。。表语从句中it is之后缺少的是表语，连接词为what。 18. — I was very angry with Kelvin yesterday. — I know your feelings, but if you forgive him, you ______ a bigger man. A. will be B. have been C. would be D. were 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——我昨天对凯尔文很生气。——我理解你的感受，但如果你原谅他，你会显得更大度。“if you forgive him”是条件状语从句，其中使用了一般现在时，be动词作主句谓语，遵循“主将从现”原则，应用一般将来时will be。 19. Arriving at the party in a great hurry, we were disappointed to find that the band ______ playing. A. stopped B. will stop C. has stopped D. had stopped 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：匆忙赶到聚会，我们沮丧的发现乐队已经停止演奏。We were disappointed...是主句，为一般过去时，find后接宾语从句，乐队停止演奏发生在到达之前，故用过去完成时态，即D选项。 20. This ferryboat ________ to transport passengers between the harbor and the island for years. A. is used B. was being used C. is being used D. has been used 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：多年来，这艘渡船一直被用于在港口和岛屿之间运送乘客。句中for years表示一段时间，常与现在完成时连用，ferryboat与use之间是被动关系，即“渡船被使用”，所以要用现在完成时的被动语态“have/has been + 过去分词”结构。 21. ________ the travelling needs of passengers, China Railway Corporation has decided that people can book tickets 60 days in advance. A. Meet B. To meet C. Met D. Meeting 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：为了满足乘客的出行需求，中国铁路总公司决定人们可以提前60天订票。根据“the travelling needs of passengers”和“people can book tickets 60 days in advance”可知，提前订票是为了满足乘客的出行需求，此处应用动词不定式to meet作目的状语。 22. The Alibaba Group, ________ was founded in 1999, has become China’s largest e-commerce company. A. which B. what C. whose D. that 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：阿里巴巴集团成立于1999年，现已成为中国最大的电子商务公司。空格处引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词The Alibaba Group，指物，且在从句中作主语，所以空处需用关系代词which引导非限制性定语从句。 23. In Singapore, people ________ eating or drinking on the subway can be fined up to 500 Singapore dollars. A. having caught B. catching C. caught D. catch 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：在新加坡，在地铁上被发现吃喝的人最高可被罚款500新元。设空处作后置定语修饰people，people与catch之间为被动关系，指被抓到的人，应用过去分词作定语。 24. The Great Wall is the place ________ almost all tourists would like to visit when they come to Beijing. A. why B. which C. when D. where 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查定语从句。句意：长城是几乎所有来北京的游客都想去参观的地方。根据句子结构，设空处应该选择的是定语从句的引导词。该定语从句是对前面的先行词place进行修饰，which指代先行词在句中作为visit的宾语，代替物。故B正确。 25. The most delicious cake in the world ________ by Mom. Please wait an hour to enjoy it. A. makes B. is made C. is going to make D. is being made 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：妈妈此刻正在制作全世界最美味的蛋糕，请等一小时就可以享用了。由后句“请等一小时再享用”可知，蛋糕此刻正在被制作，需用现在进行时的被动语态。 26. After ______ seemed an endless wait, it was her turn to enter the personnel manager's office． A. that B. how C. what D. why 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：经过一段看似无尽的等待后，终于轮到她进入人事经理的办公室了。介词After后接宾语从句，从句中缺少主语，指代“…… 的事物”，需用what引导；that引导宾语从句时不作成分，how表方式、why表原因，二者均在从句中作状语，无法充当主语。 27. In 2010, Forbes listed Mickey Mouse as the world’s most valuable cartoon character, ________ $ 5.8 billion a year in sales worldwide. A. made B. to make C. makes D. making 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：2010年，《福布斯》将米老鼠列为世界上最具价值的卡通人物，其在全球的年销售额达58亿美元。句子已有谓语listed，且空处没有连词，所以空处需用非谓语动词作结果状语；此处表示自然而然的结果，所以空处需用现在分词making作结果状语。 28. No one can walk the wire in the air without a bit of fear unless ______ very young. A. having trained B. trained C. to be trained D. being trained 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：没有人能在没有一点恐惧的情况下走空中钢丝，除非在很小的时候接受过训练。分析可知，此处应用非谓语动词和unless一起构成条件状语，train“训练”和逻辑主语no one之间为被动关系，应用过去分词；虽然to be trained和being trained都表被动，但句子不表将来和正在进行，应排除CD两个选项。故选B。 29. — Several hotels in this area are closing down. — That’s because tourism itself ________ since last year. A. is declining B. declined C. had declined D. has been declining 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——这一地区的几家旅馆正在关闭。——那是因为自去年以来旅游业本身一直在衰退。“since last year”提示句子应该使用现在完成时态或者现在完成进行时态，表示从过去某一时间开始一直延续到现在并还可能继续延续下去的动作，此处指旅游业从去年开始一直在衰退且可能还会继续衰退下去，所以应该用现在完成进行时态“has been declining”。 30. ______ you are familiar with the author’s ideas, try reading all the sections as quickly as possible. A. Now that B. Ever since C. In case D. As long as 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查连词辨析。句意：既然你对作者的观点很熟悉，那请尽可能快地阅读所有的部分。A. Now that既然；B. Ever since 自从；C. In case以防；D. As long as只要。由“try reading all the sections as quickly as possible”可知，句子表示“既然你对作者的观点很熟悉，那请尽可能快地阅读所有的部分”，空格处意为“既然”，故选A。 第三节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Anger Is a Gift “Mom, where are you? I've been waiting for 10 minutes.” I shouted into the phone. “Honey, sorry. I left the office a bit late and the ___31___ caused really bad traffic, but I...” I hung up. Conversations like this happen every week. Being a teen is ___32___ enough, and my parents often make me feel less important than their work. In second grade, I broke my arm on the slide. When the school nurse called my mom, she was too ___33___ to answer. When the phone call ___34___ my father, he sighed (叹息) and said, “I'm in the middle of research.” I sat in the nurse's office for hours, before my parents finally ___35___ to take me to hospital. I wished my parents could keep me company. To make my parents take me seriously, I ___36___. I tried to establish my own authority by ___37___ their schedule. My mom did everything possible to solve the problem, but nothing ___38___ until she met that adviser. One day after I shut my door in her face, my mom didn't complain or cry. ___39___, she knocked and said, “I have something to tell you.” I opened the door. “Today I met a really good adviser. He said that every time your daughter is angry, she is just saying: I ___40___ you.” It dawned on me that my anger was merely a mask for me to ___41___ my loneliness and disappointment. But facing one's ___42___ need is the first step towards being happier. This concept not only helped things between my parents and me but also enabled me to handle conflicts and emotions. I started to pay attention to other people's ___43___. When an angry customer approached me at my volunteering job, he was saying, “I need more service.” When a homeless person shouted to me in a parking lot, he was simply saying, “I need food and help.” I am now able to see ___44___ the fog of anger and see the real face and heart of other person. Five minutes after I hung up on her, my mom's car finally appeared through the fog. She rolled down her window and said, “Let's go to a hotpot place, shall we?” I ___45___, “OK, but promise me you won't be late again.” 31. A. rain B. snow C. fog D. wind 32. A. hard B. unusual C. awesome D. exciting 33. A. upset B. scared C. nervous D. busy 34. A. bothered B. reached C. alarmed D. woke 35. A. passed by B. drove away C. showed up D. gave in 36. A. chattered B. screamed C. whispered D. apologized 37. A. ignoring B. checking C. following D. completing 38. A. appeared B. mattered C. happened D. worked 39. A. Moreover B. Therefore C. Instead D. Meanwhile 40. A. hate B. need C. believe D. understand 41. A. avoid B. relieve C. show D. hide 42. A. unmet B. urgent C. increasing D. physical 43. A. behavior B. anger C. reaction D. satisfaction 44. A. around B. across C. into D. through 45. A. yelled B. complained C. smiled D. hesitated 【答案】31. C 32. A 33. D 34. B 35. C 36. B 37. A 38. D 39. C 40. B 41. D 42. A 43. B 44. D 45. C 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述了作者的父母总是工作太忙，忽视作者，为了让父母多关注和陪伴自己，作者选择用愤怒来引起他们的注意。某天母亲告诉作者，她遇到的一个顾问告诉母亲，作者愤怒的背后其实想表达的是孩子需要母亲。这也让作者明白了自己的愤怒只不过是一种掩饰自己孤独和失望的面具，作者现在能够看穿愤怒的迷雾，看到其他人真实的面孔和内心。 【31题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我下班晚了一点，雾又造成了交通拥堵，但我……A. rain雨天；B. snow雪；C. fog雾；D. wind风。对应最后一段中“my mom's car finally appeared through the fog.”作者的妈妈遇到了大雾造成的交通拥堵。故选C。 【32题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：作为一个青少年已经够艰难的了，我的父母经常让我觉得他们的工作比我更重要。A. hard艰难的；B. unusual不寻常的；C. awesome可怕的；D. exciting激动的。根据后文“enough, and my parents often make me feel less important than their work.”可知and表示并列，说明本句是作者在说明自己作为青少年遇到的困难，故选A。 【33题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：学校的护士打电话给我妈妈，她太忙了，没时间接电话。A. upset沮丧的；B. scared害怕的；C. nervous紧张的；D. busy忙碌的。根据前后文“she was too … to answer”可知too…to…表示“太……以至于不能……”，推测母亲太忙而没有接电话。故选D。 【34题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我父亲接到电话时，他叹了口气说：“我正在做研究。”A. bothered麻烦；B. reached到达；C. alarmed报警；D. woke唤醒。根据后文“he sighed (叹息) and said, “I'm in the middle of research.” ”可知，此处指学校护士的电话打到了作者父亲那里，reach sb.表示“联系某人”。故选B。 【35题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：我在护士办公室里坐了好几个小时，最后我的父母才出现，送我去医院。A. passed by经过；B. drove away赶走；C. showed up出现；D. gave in屈服。根据后文“ take me to hospital.”可知过了好几个小时，作者的父母才出现，送作者去医院。故选C。 【36题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：为了让父母把我当回事，我尖叫起来。A. chattered唠叨；B. screamed尖叫；C. whispered低声说；D. apologized道歉。结合后文“my anger was merely a mask for me”可知面对父母的不重视，作者选择用大喊大叫来宣泄自己的情绪，scream最符合语境。故选B。 【37题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我试图通过无视他们的时间表来建立自己的权威。A. ignoring忽视；B. checking检查；C. following跟随；D. completing完成。根据上文“I tried to establish my own authority by”可知作者为了让父母重视自己，选择通过无视父母的时间安排来建立自己所谓的权威，故选A。 【38题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我妈妈尽了一切可能来解决这个问题，但没有起任何作用，直到她遇到了那个顾问。A. appeared出现；B. mattered重要；C. happened发生；D. worked起作用。根据上文“My mom did everything possible to solve the problem, but nothing”可知but表示转折，说明妈妈尽了一切可能来解决这个问题，但没有起任何作用。故选D。 【39题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：相反，她敲门说：“我有件事要告诉你。”A. Moreover此外；B. Therefore因此；C. Instead相反；D. Meanwhile同时。根据前后文“One day after I shut my door in her face, my mom didn't complain or cry. …, she knocked and said”可知，作者对母亲甩门而去，母亲没有责备作者，反而说自己有事要对作者说。故选C。 【40题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：“他说每次你女儿生气的时候，她只是在说：我需要你。”A. hate讨厌；B. need需要；C. believe相信；D. understand理解。对应后文“need is the first step towards being happier”以及“I need more service.”可知，顾问告诉作者的母亲，作者生气背后的意思是在说作者需要母亲。故选B。 【41题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我明白了，我的愤怒只不过是一种掩饰自己孤独和失望的面具。A. avoid避免；B. relieve减轻；C. show展示；D. hide隐藏，掩饰。根据上文“my anger was merely a mask for me to”可知愤怒只不过是一种掩饰自己孤独和失望的面具。故选D。 【42题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但面对自己未被满足的需求是变得更快乐的第一步。A. unmet为满足的；B. urgent紧急的；C. increasing渐增的；D. physical身体的。结合上文可知，作者希望父母多陪伴自己，但父母总是做不到，所以此处指自己未被满足的需求。故选A。 【43题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我开始注意别人的愤怒。A. behavior行为；B. anger愤怒；C. reaction反应；D. satisfaction满足。根据后文“an angry customer”以及“a homeless person shouted to me”可知，作者开始注意别人的愤怒。故选B。 【44题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：我现在能够看穿愤怒的迷雾，看到其他人真实的面孔和内心。A. (see) around环顾；B. (see) across（指平面上）看遍；C. (see) into调查；D. (see) through看穿，识破。结合后文“the fog of anger and see the real face and heart of other person”指看穿愤怒的迷雾，看到其他人真实的面孔和内心，see through符合语境。故选D。 【45题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我笑着说：“好吧，不过你得答应我，以后不要再迟到了。”A. yelled叫喊；B. complained抱怨；C. smiled微笑；D. hesitated犹豫。结合后文“OK, but promise me you won't be late again.”作者回答好吧，可知作者这次没有生母亲的气，所以推测是微笑着说的。故选C。 第三部分：阅读理解（共20题;每小题2分，共40分） 第一节 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。 A Sledding in the Forest Preserves One of the benefits of winter in Cook County is zooming down the gently sloping hills in the forest. Another benefit? Four locations have lights on the hill, so you can keep the sledding fun going despite the early sunsets. The four forest hills are open until 7:30 or 8:30 p.m. and, of course, if there's enough snow. Please note you cannot bring your own sled. Sledding rentals are $15 for a half day, $25 for the full day. There is no additional charge for use of the sloping hills. Check site for contact numbers and snow conditions. fpdcc. com/things-to-do/sledding Bobby Hull Community Ice Rink The area near West Community has one of the biggest wintertime draws for families who want to hit the ice. Cicero's outdoor rink offers a range of frozen fun, including skating lessons, open skates and the chance to practice skills. Visit the rink's Facebook page for schedule details. Bobby Hull Community Ice Rink, 3400S. 53rd Ave, Cicero. $12 for open skates, S3 skate rental; cash only. http://facebook. com/bobbyhullcommunityicerink Mount Hoy Snow Tubing The trip down Mount Hoy is a lively one: 800 feet from top to bottom. And as long as it's covered in three or more inches of snow, you' re welcome to rent a tube and zoom down. The hill is open 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. weekends and holidays through Feb. 23; tube rentals end at 3:30 p.m. At Blackwell Forest Preserve, Butterfield Road between Winfield Road and Route 59, Warrenville. Admission is free, but personal tubes are not allowed. $ 10 rental per tube. https://tinvurl.com/y9nox4et Winter Wonderland and Ice Rink Haven't gotten your fill of the brisk cold hitting your face as you practice your double salchows and triple lutzes on the ice? Don't worry! The Village of Orland Park's rink is open seven days a week, starting at 4 p.m. on weekdays and noon on weekends. The rink offers free helmet rentals, plus a warming house for those who prefer to cheer from the sidelines. Winter Wonderland Ice Rink, 15600 West Avenue and Fun Drive, Orland Park. Admission: $20 Adult, $15 Student 5-17; S3 for skate rental. http://orlandpark. org/services/parks/ice-rink 46. If you want to take ice skating lessons, visit _____________________ for more information. A. https://tinyurl.com/y9nox4et B. http://fpdcc.com things to-do/sledding C. http://orlandpark. org/services/parks/ice –rink D. http://facebook.com/bobbyhullcommunityicerink 47. If you had $10, you could choose_____________________. A. Mount Hoy Snow Tubing B. Sledding in the Forest Preserves C. Bobby Hull Community Ice Rink D. Winter Wonderland and Ice Rink 48. Which of the following statements is True? A. The opening hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day till Feb.23 at Mount Hoy. B. Bobby Hull Community Ice Rink is an attraction near West Community. C. No warming house is available at the Village of Orland Park's rink. D. There is always enough snow for sledding in the forest preserves. 【答案】46. D 47. A 48. B 【解析】 【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了四个适合冬季旅游的景点。 【46题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Cicero's outdoor rink offers a range of frozen fun, including skating lessons, open skates and the chance to practice skills.（西塞罗的户外溜冰场提供了一系列的冰冻乐趣，包括滑冰课程、开放式冰鞋和练习技巧的机会。）”可知，鲍比赫尔社区溜冰场提供滑冰课程，再结合文段最后网址“http://facebook. com/bobbyhullcommunityicerink”。故选D项。 【47题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第三段“Admission is free, but personal tubes are not allowed. $ 10 rental per tube.（门票是免费的，但私人滑雪管是不允许的。每个滑雪管租金10美元。）”可知，有10美元可以选择去Mount Hoy Snow Tubing活动。故选A项。 【48题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“The area near West Community has one of the biggest wintertime draws for families who want to hit the ice.（西社区附近的地区是冬季吸引想要去冰上玩的家庭最多的地方之一。）”及标题“Bobby Hull Community Ice Rink”可知，Bobby Hul社区溜冰场是西区附近的一个景点。故选B项。 B In early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my mother fought strongly against it. When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up. “You can’t say it’s not a great university, just because Papa went there.” “That’s not it at all. And it is a top university.” She was still holding the pieces in her hand. “But we can’t afford to send you to college.” “I wouldn’t dream of asking you for money. Do you want me to get a job to help support you and Papa? Things aren’t that bad, are they?” “No,” she said. “I don’t expect you to help support us.” Father borrowed money form his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop. His chief customers were his old college friends. To get new customers, my mother had to help. She picked up a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people. Whether those people would turn into customers was another question. I knew that my Parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small investment could show returns. What’s more, they had not wanted enough to be rich and successful. Otherwise they could not possibly have managed their lives so badly. I was torn between the desire to help them and change their lives, and the determination not to repeat their mistakes. I had a strong belief in my power to go what I wanted. After months of hard studying, I won a full college scholarship. My father could hardly contain his pride in me, and my mother eventually gave in before my success. 49. The author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because . A. his father graduated from the university B. his mother did not thinks it a great university C. his parents needed him to help support the family D. his parents did not have enough money for him 50. The father started his small shop with the money from . A. a local league B. his university C. his relatives D. his college friends 51. Why did the mother renew her membership in the league? A. To help with her husband’s business B. To raise money for her son C. To meet her long-forgotten friends D. To better manage her life 52. According to the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn? A. To get a well-paid job for himself B. To improve relations with his mother C. To go to his dream university D. To carry on with his father’s business 【答案】49. D 50. C 51. A 52. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。本文介绍了作者上大学的艰难。在那个秋天，作者决心考取理想中的大学，但母亲反对作者上这所大学的原因是他们无法承担费用，父亲从亲戚那里借来钱开了店来筹钱，最后在大学里经过努力作者赢得了奖学金。 【49题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中“But we can’t afford to send you to college.(但我们供不起你上大学)”可知，作者没有被允许进入康奈尔大学主要是因为他的父母没有足够的钱供他。故选D。 【50题详解】 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“Father borrowed money form his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop.(父亲从他富有的堂兄弟那里借钱开了一家小珠宝店)”可知，父亲用亲戚们给的钱开了一家小店。故选C。 【51题详解】 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中“To get new customers, my mother had to help. She picked up a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people.(为了获得新客户，我妈妈不得不帮忙。她重新加入了以前是会员的当地妇女联盟，这样她就可以认识更多的人)”可知，母亲要重新加入联盟是为了帮助她丈夫的生意。故选A。 【52题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中“In early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my mother fought strongly against it.(初秋，我申请了大学入学。除了康奈尔大学，我什么地方都不想去，但我母亲强烈反对)”可知，作者决定在那个秋天去他梦想的大学。故选C。 C Humans’ overconsumption of resources is a leading contributor to global climate change, says University of Arizona researcher Sabrina Helm. Therefore, it’s increasingly important to understand the choices consumers make and how those decisions affect the health of a planet with limited resources. In a new study, published in the journal Young Consumers, Helm and her colleagues explore how materialistic values influence pro-environmental behaviors in millennials, who are now the nation’s most influential group of consumers. The researchers focused on two main categories of pro-environmental behaviors: reduced consumption, which includes actions like repairing instead of replacing older items; and “green buying,” or purchasing products designed to limit environmental impacts. The researchers also looked at how engaging in pro-environmental behaviors affects consumer well-being. More materialistic participants, the researchers found, were unlikely to engage in reduced consumption. However, materialism did not seem to have an effect on their likelihood of practicing “green buying.” That’s probably because “green buying,” unlike reduced consumption, still offers a way for materialists to fulfill their desire to get new items, Helm said. Study participants who reported having fewer materialistic values were much more likely to engage in reduced consumption. Consuming less was, in turn, linked to higher personal well-being and lower psychological suffering. Green buying—which may have some positive environmental effects, although to a smaller degree than reduced consumption—was not found to improve consumer well-being, Helm said. The take-home message for consumers: “The key is to reduce consumption and not just buy green stuff. Having less and buying less can actually make us more satisfied and happier,” Helm said. “If you have a lot of stuff, you have a lot on your mind,” she said. “For example, it requires maintenance and there’s a lot of burdens of ownership, and if you relieve yourself of that burden of ownership, most people report feeling a lot better and freer.” Helm and her colleagues additionally looked at how materialism affects millennial consumers’ proactive financial behaviors, such as budgeting and saving. Examining financial behaviors alongside pro-environmental behaviors provides a picture of how young adults proactively deal with resource limitations in two contexts: environmental and financial, Helm said. As expected, Helm and her colleagues found that those who reported having more materialistic values engaged in fewer proactive financial behaviors than their less materialistic counterparts (对应的人). The researchers also found that, consistent with previous studies, proactive financial behaviors were associated with better personal well-being, life satisfaction and financial satisfaction, as well as lower psychological suffering. Understanding how materialistic values impact consumer behaviors, and how those behaviors in turn affect personal and environmental well-being, is important, Helm said. However, she acknowledges that for many consumers, shifting behaviors to be more financially proactive and consume less will be challenging. 53. What do we know about pro-environmental behaviors? A. They are a cause of climate change. B. They lead to a more satisfying life. C. They vary in different age groups. D. They are affected by materialism. 54. It can be learned from Helm’s study that ________. A. ownership of green products brings a sense of happiness B. materialists prefer practicing green buying to buying less C. green buying helps control people’s desire to buy new items D. buying less and green buying have similar effects on people 55. According to the study, which of the following can improve one’s well-being? A. Replacing older items. B. Developing new resources. C. Buying greener products. D. Being careful with expenses. 56. What is Helm probably going to explain in the next paragraph? A. When people develop proactive financial behaviors. B. Which financial behaviors lead to mental well-being. C. Why it is hard to change people’s financial behaviors. D. How materialistic values influence financial behaviors. 【答案】53. D 54. B 55. D 56. C 【解析】 【分析】本文是说明文，说明了物质主义消费观对环保行为的影响以及与个体幸福感之间的关系。 【53题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一自然段中“Helm and her colleagues explore how materialistic values influence pro-environmental behaviors in millennials,...”（Helm和她的同事探索了物质主义价值观如何影响千禧一代的环保行为，……）可知，materialistic values即materialism对pro-environmental behaviors有影响。故选D项。 【54题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三自然段中“More materialistic participants,…, were unlikely to engage in reduced consumption. However, materialism did not seem to have an effect on their likelihood of practicing “green buying.””（更崇尚物质的参与者不太可能减少消费。然而，物质主义似乎对他们进行“绿色购买”的可能性没有影响。）可知，物质主义者不太可能减少消费，但他们愿意 “绿色购买”。故选B项。 【55题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四自然段中“Consuming less was, in turn, linked to higher personal well-being and lower psychological suffering.”（反之，消费越少，个人幸福感越高，心理痛苦越少。）可知不崇尚物质，消费少的个体幸福感更高，因此“Being careful with expenses”也就是精打细算的人更幸福。故选D项。 【56题详解】 推理判断题。在末段尾句“However, she acknowledges that for many consumers, shifting behaviors to be more financially proactive and consume less will be challenging.”（不过，她也承认，对许多消费者来说，改变消费行为，在财务上更加主动，减少消费将是一个挑战。）中作者说改变消费行为很难，按逻辑推理可知下一段中会解释为什么难。故选C项。 D Awe is not an everyday emotion. You don't wake up awestruck. A satisfying lunch doesn't leave you filled with awe. Even a great day is unlikely to leave you in a state of breathtaking, all-knowing fear and trembling. Then what is awe? Psychologists Dacher Keltner and Jonathan Haidt suggested that awe typically includes feelings of grandness. That means awe is inspired by something larger than a person's self or experience. And it usually helps expand the person's understanding of the world. For example, awe might come from seeing a mountain taller than you thought a mountain could be. Or it might come from listening to a symphony that contains both shockingly loud and touchingly quiet notes. People can be awe-inspiring, too: think of meeting a political leader whose power seems limitless. In order to find out more about the mysterious feeling, the psychologists laid out a research plan. In the years since, they and other researchers have been testing awe. What is it? How does it work? What seems awesome, and why? For the first time, they're starting to understand both what awe does to us and what it might do for us. When psychologists first started studying awe, one of the unanswered questions was: What do we look like when we're feeling it? Emotions come with facial expressions. Keltner and two workmates guessed that an awe-filled person would widen her eyes and raise her head, eyes and eyebrows, just a bit. And they were on track. When they asked people to perform awe, they found that people indeed often raised their eyebrows and widened their eyes. They also opened their mouths and dropped their jaws. Another question was the purpose of the emotion. “We developed emotions to help us deal with and survive certain dangers," explains Craig Anderson, a student in Keltner's lab, “When people are scared, they freeze or run away. People that behaved like that tended to survive long enough." In the same way, awe should have some sort of reason for existing. So far, it seems that the purpose of awe might draw people together. When people are awestruck, they feel like time has slowed down somehow, and when they feel so, they are more willing to use it to help others. The study also shows that awe promotes generosity. It improves people's moral decision making. A paper still under review indicates that awe can make people more modest, too. “We actually experience awe a lot more often than we think," says one of the researchers, Rudd, “We meet something in the big wide world, our minds open as we look for an explanation, and as a result we open up to connecting to other people. But if you are keeping yourself in your own small world, it's going to be hard to experience that feeling. Just go out into newness and you're going to be more likely to run into something that's awe-inspiring.” 57. According to Keltner and Haidt, which of the following can most likely inspire awe? A. Eating Beijing duck at Quanjude Restaurant. B. Listening to a pleasant flute solo in a famous bar. C. Enjoying a sound sleep after an extremely tiring day. D. Seeing a huge elephant up close in its natural setting. 58. What does the underlined part “they were on track” in Paragraph 5 probably mean? A. They came across unexpected data. B. They were anxious about the result. C. They changed their research methods. D. They were right about what they had thought. 59. What can we infer from the passage? A. We should try to avoid awe because it can fill people with fear. B. Awe is a complicated feeling and no one can understand it. C. Awe is socially beneficial and we should be open to it. D. We should try to feel awe because it helps us survive. 60. What's the author's purpose of writing this passage? A. To move readers with touching stories about awe. B. To explain what awe is and what it brings to people. C. To show awe functions differently from other emotions. D. To persuade readers to experience awe as much as possible. 【答案】57. D 58. D 59. C 60. B 【解析】 【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要解释了什么是敬畏，敬畏给人类带来的积极影响以及人类对于敬畏所持态度。 【57题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第二段“That means awe is inspired by something larger than a person's self or experience.（这意味着敬畏来自于比个人或经历更大的事物。）”和“For example, awe might come from seeing a mountain taller than you thought a mountain could be. ”（例如，敬畏可能来自于看到一座比自己想象中更高的山）可知，人们会向比自己或经历更大的事物表达敬畏。D选项中自然环境中的大象可能比我们想象的要大，会让我们产生敬畏。故选D项。 【58题详解】 词义猜测题。根据文章第五段“Keltner and two workmates guessed that an awe-filled person would widen her eyes and raise her head, eyes and eyebrows, just a bit.（凯尔特纳和两个同事猜测，一个充满敬畏的人会睁大眼睛，抬起头、眼睛和眉毛，只是一点点。）”及“When they asked people to perform awe, they found that people indeed often raised their eyebrows and widened their eyes.（他们要求人们表现出敬畏时，他们发现人们确实经常扬起眉毛，睁大眼睛。）”可知，Keltner和他的同事进行的猜测是正确的，因此可推测they were on track意为“他们的想法是正确的”。故选D项。 【59题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第七段“So far, it seems that the purpose of awe might draw people together. When people are awestruck, they feel like time has slowed down somehow, and when they feel so, they are more willing to use it to help others.（到目前为止，似乎敬畏的目的可以把人们聚在一起。当人们感到敬畏时，他们会觉得时间不知何故慢了下来，当他们感到敬畏时，他们会更愿意用它来帮助别人。）”及最后一段“But if you are keeping yourself in your own small world, it's going to be hard to experience that feeling. Just go out into newness and you're going to be more likely to run into something that's awe-inspiring.（但如果你把自己关在自己的小世界里，就很难体验到那种感觉。走出去接触新鲜事物，你更有可能遇到令人敬畏的东西）”可推测，敬畏对社会有帮助，我们应该对此持开放态度。故选C项。 【60题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第三段“What is it? How does it work? What seems awesome, and why? For the first time, they're starting to understand both what awe does to us and what it might do for us.（它是什么?它是如何工作的?什么看起来很棒?为什么?第一次，他们开始理解敬畏对我们的影响以及它可能对我们的影响。）”及全文内容可推断，作者写此文的目的主要解释什么是敬畏，它给人们带来了什么。故选B项。 第二节 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。 Exam Anxiety Has this ever happened to you? You’ve been studying hard for your midterm, but when you walk into your exam, your mind goes blank, your heart races fast, you get sweaty palms and find it hard to breathe. ____61____  Everyone feels stressed during exams. Usually, it results from a fear of failure, lack of enough preparation time and bad experiences taking tests in the past. This is normal and often helps you work harder, think faster and generally improve your performance. ____62____ You may also feel that other people are managing the exam better than you. This can cause you to feel that your mind has “gone blank” on information you know you have revised. ____63____ Some choose to ignore the problem, while others don’t review because they think they will do badly anyway and even miss exams due to the anxiety. It can also be really easy to think that if you don’t try and then you fail, you won’t feel as bad as if you fail after trying really hard. So what can you do to fight against the negative mindset and stay calm before and during your test? ____64____ Yes, this seems obvious, but it’s worth repeating. If you feel confident that you’ve prepared thoroughly, you’ll feel more confident walking into the test. The second tip is simple: just start. The blank page can maximize your anxiety. ____65____ You can always go back and change things later if needed, but a few quick answers can get the ball rolling. Besides, allocating (分配) your time is equally important. Look through the whole test before getting started. Mentally allocate how much time you’ll spend on each section. If there’s time to recheck, even better. A. The first thing you should do is to be prepared. B. People often deal with exam stress in many unhelpful ways. C. If these classic signs of exam anxiety sound familiar, you’re not alone! D. Therefore, people need an appropriate amount of pressure to help deal with exams. E. Realizing time is almost up and that there’s still a lot of blank space will make you desperate. F. However, if you are overly anxious about the result, you may be unable to focus on your work. G. After you get the paper, dive right in by getting some questions done to build up your confidence. 【答案】61. C 62. F 63. B 64. A 65. G 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇说明文，介绍了什么是“考试焦虑”，它的消极影响及如何对抗这种负面的情绪。 【61题详解】 前文“You’ve been studying hard for your midterm, but when you walk into your exam, your mind goes blank, your heart races fast, you get sweaty palms and find it hard to breathe.(你一直在为期中考试努力学习，但当你走进考场时，你的大脑一片空白，心跳加速，手心出汗，呼吸困。)”表明考试时会紧张和焦虑的现象，C选项“如果这些典型的考试焦虑症状听起来很熟悉，你并不孤单”表明这种焦虑的现象是普遍的，句子中的these classic signs与前文的your mind goes blank, your heart races fast, you get sweaty palms and find it hard to breathe呼应。故选C。 【62题详解】 前文“This is normal and often helps you work harder, think faster and generally improve your performance.(这很正常，通常会帮助你更努力地工作，更快地思考，提高你的表现。)”表明考试焦虑的益处，后文“You may also feel that other people are managing the exam better than you.(你也可能会觉得别人比你考得好。)”为一种负面的影响，F选项“然而，如果你对结果过于焦虑，你可能无法专注于你的工作”与前文进行转折，表示过度焦虑的坏影响，符合下文语境。故选F。 【63题详解】 后文“Some choose to ignore the problem, while others don’t review because they think they will do badly anyway and even miss exams due to the anxiety.(一些人选择忽略这个问题，而另一些人不复习，因为他们认为他们无论如何都会做得很差，甚至因为焦虑而错过考试。)”表示不同的人如何消极地应对考试焦虑，B选项“人们经常用许多无益的方式来应对考试压力”引出下文无益的几种方式。故选B。 【64题详解】 前文“So what can you do to fight against the negative mindset and stay calm before and during your test?(那么，你能做些什么来对抗消极的心态，并在考试前和考试中保持冷静呢？)”提问应如何减少考试焦虑，保持冷静，再结合下文“If you feel confident that you’ve prepared thoroughly, you’ll feel more confident walking into the test.(如果你觉得自己已经准备充分，那么在考试时你会更自信。)”可知，第一点应该是做好准备，A选项“你要做的第一件事就是做好准备”符合主旨。故选A。 【65题详解】 前文“The second tip is simple: just start. The blank page can maximize your anxiety.(第二个技巧很简单：只要开始就行。空白的纸能让你的焦虑最大化。)”说明第二个方法是直接答卷，G选项“拿到试卷后，你可以通过做一些问题来建立你的信心”表明在做题的过程中逐渐增加自信，符合前文语境。故选G。 第四部分：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） A 在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请将答案写在答题纸上。 Professor Mayer, ____66____ (recognize) by many as a leading expert in the study of changes to people’s EQs, recently announced the results of a study on senior secondary school students. When students ____67____ (introduce) to those who had disabilities, they found that, afterwards, the non-disabled students were more willing to help people with difficulties. Compared to students who had not been involved in the study, they also showed a better understanding of the disabled students’ feelings. There was also an obvious change in the disabled students’ attitudes. They became more positive about life and ____68____ (willing) to try new things. 【答案】66. recognized 67. were introduced 68. more willing 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讲述了梅耶教授关于学生情商变化的研究结果。 【66题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：梅耶教授被许多人公认为研究人们情商变化的主要专家，他最近公布了一项针对高中生的研究结果。本句已有谓语动词announced，且空处没有连词，所以空处需用非谓语动词，recognize“认为”与其逻辑主语Professor Mayer之间是被动关系，空处需用过去分词recognized作后置定语修饰名词Professor Mayer。 【67题详解】 考查时态语态和主谓一致。句意：当学生们被介绍给那些有残疾的人时，他们发现，之后，非残疾学生更愿意帮助有困难的人。空格处是When引导的时间状语从句的谓语动词，根据who引导的定语从句的谓语动词had和主句谓语动词found可知，句子时态为一般过去时， students与 introduce“介绍”之间是被动关系，所以空处谓语动词需用一般过去时的被动语态：was/were done，主语是复数students，所以be动词需用were。introduce的过去分词为introduced。 【68题详解】 考查形容词比较级。句意：他们对生活变得更加积极，更愿意尝试新事物。and连接并列成分，根据前文more positive about life可知，空处需用形容词比较级作表语，willing的比较级为more willing。 B 在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请将答案写在答题纸上。 In fact, ____69____ (plan) to work in the same field or industry for your entire working life just isn't practical anymore. One reason for this is technology. The skills you have now ____70____ (be) unlikely to remain relevant and be enough ____71____ (help) you through your entire career. In fact, they will probably be out of date very soon. And then what will you do? Work hard? Win the lottery? Hope for the best? You might be lucky. These ____72____ (strategy) might bring you a nice, comfortable life: working at a job you like, earning a decent salary and retiring while you’re still young and healthy. But most of us today have to look beyond the little box called “career”. 【答案】69. planning 70. are 71. to help 72. strategies 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讨论了在现代社会中，终身从事同一领域工作已不再现实。 【69题详解】 考查动名词。句意：事实上，计划在整个职业生涯中都从事同一领域或行业的工作已经不再实际。空处需用动名词作主语，plan“计划”的动名词为planning。 【70题详解】 考查时态和主谓一致。句意：你现在拥有的技能不太可能一直保持相关性，也不足以帮助你度过整个职业生涯。根据前文“The skills you have now”可知，此处描述的是现在的技能情况，所以空处谓语动词需用一般现在时态，主语是复数skills，所以be动词需用are。 【71题详解】 考查动词不定式。句意同上。be enough to do sth.“足够做某事”，固定搭配，所以空处需用help“帮助”的动词不定式形式作结果状语。 【72题详解】 考查可数名词的数。句意：这些策略可能会给你带来一个美好、舒适的生活：做一份你喜欢的工作，挣一份体面的薪水，在你还年轻健康的时候退休。These后需接可数名词复数，strategy“策略”的复数为strategies。 C 在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请将答案写在答题纸上。 “Because that creature is made of steel!” I moved myself quickly to the top of the being, and kicked it. It was evidently a hard, solid body. The black back ___73___ supported me was smooth, polished, nothing like an animal. The blow produced a sound of metal; and, incredible though it may be, it seemed as if it was made of metal plates. This monster was a human construction. We were lying upon the back of a sort of underwater boat. I searched all over the outside for an opening, a hole, ___74___ found nothing. At last this long night passed. Daybreak appeared. Suddenly, a noise came ___75___ inside the boat. One iron plate was moved, a man appeared, uttered an odd cry, and disappeared immediately. Some moments after, eight strong men, their faces covered, appeared noiselessly, and drew us down into their incredible machine. 【答案】73. that##which 74. but 75. from 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讲述了一次意外发现并进入潜水艇的惊险经历。 【73题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：支撑我的黑色背部光滑、有光泽，一点也不像动物。空格处引导定语从句，先行词为The black back，指物，在定语从句中作主语，所以空处需用关系代词that/which引导定语从句。 【74题详解】 考查连词。句意：我在外面到处找开口，找洞，但什么也没找到。根据空前后句意可知，此处前后句之间表示转折关系，所以空处需用连词but“但是”连接。 【75题详解】 考查介词。句意：突然，船内传来一阵响声。come from“来自……”，固定短语，所以空处需用介词from。 第五部分：书面表达（满分20分） 76. 假如你是红星中学李华，暑假在英国学习，得知当地美术馆（art gallery）要举办中国书法（calligraphy）展，招募志愿者。请写一封邮件申请参与。内容包括： 1. 个人优势； 2. 能做的事。 注意：1. 词数120左右； 2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear sir, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】Dear sir, I’m eager to volunteer for the Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition at your art gallery. Currently studying in the UK during my summer break, I’m passionate about sharing Chinese culture and think this is a great chance. I have several advantages. I’m fluent in both Chinese and English, so I can communicate well with visitors. I’ve practiced calligraphy for years and know a lot about its history and techniques. Also, my friendly nature helps me connect with people easily. As a volunteer, I can guide visitors, explain exhibits, and assist with event setup. In short, I believe my skills and enthusiasm make me a perfect fit for this role. I’m excited to contribute to the exhibition’s success and introduce Chinese calligraphy to more people. Thank you for considering me. Yours sincerely, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达要求考生以在英中国学生身份，写信申请中国书法展志愿者，介绍自身优势并说明可承担的志愿工作。 【详解】1.词汇积累 渴望的：eager → keen 热情的：passionate → enthusiastic 流利：fluent → proficient 兴奋的：excited → thrilled 2. 句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：I’m fluent in both Chinese and English, so I can communicate well with visitors. 拓展句：I’m fluent in both Chinese and English, which enables me to communicate well with visitors. 【点睛】【高分句型1】Currently studying in the UK during my summer break, I’m passionate about sharing Chinese culture and think this is a great chance.(运用了现在分词作状语和省略了连接词that的宾语从句) 【高分句型2】In short, I believe my skills and enthusiasm make me a perfect fit for this role.(运用了省略了连接词that的宾语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $