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湖南十三地市名校联盟模拟卷(四)英语
满分100分,考试时间100分钟
第一部分 听力理解(共两节,满分20分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1分,满分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. Where does the woman want to go?
A. To the hospital. B. To the bank. C. To the cinema.
2. What does Mary want?
A. Some water. B. Some cake. C. Some fruit.
3. When will they arrive at the music hall?
A. At 7:30 p.m. B. At 7:45 p.m. C. At 8:00 p.m.
4. Who may know Jane’s date of birth?
A. Lisa B. The man C. The woman
5. How long did it take Anna to finish the test?
A. Two hours. B. One hour. C. Half an hour.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15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. What’s wrong with Tony?
A. He has a headache. B. His leg hurts. C. He has a sore throat.
7. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Mother and son. B. Teacher and student. C. Doctor and patient.
听材料,回答以下各小题。
8. What does Frank think of his school life?
A. It’s relaxing. B. It’s fun. C. It’s exciting.
9. Why does Frank join the history club?
A. Because he is good at history.
B. Because he likes interesting history stories.
C. Because he wants to learn more about China.
听材料,回答以下各小题。
10. What instrument can the boy play?
A. The guitar. B. The drums. C. The violin.
11. When will the boy have an English test?
A. On Saturday morning. B. On Friday afternoon. C. On Sunday afternoon.
听材料,回答以下各小题。
12. Where is the boy going?
A. To a theater. B. To a park. C. To a museum.
13. How long is it open on Monday?
A. For 6 hours. B. For 7 hours. C. For 8 hours.
14. How much should the boy pay?
A. $30. B. $40. C. $60.
听材料,回答以下各小题。
15. What’s Michael going to do?
A. Give a report. B. Have a class. C. Have a meeting.
16. What color is the notebook?
A. Red. B. Black. C. Blue.
17. Where does Linda find the notebook?
A. On the desk. B. In the bookcase. C. In the bag.
听材料,回答以下各小题。
18. What did Xiao Ming do for the foreigners in his dream?
A. He showed them around Xi’an.
B. He helped them learn Chinese.
C. He told them where to visit.
19. Which of the following did the foreigners like best in Xi’an?
A. The food. B. The museums. C. The people.
20. What does Xiao Ming want to be in the future?
A. A teacher. B. A doctor. C. A guide.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列材料,从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
Are you interested in some fun science experiments (实验)? Here is a small experiment of a parachute (降落伞).
·Question: What influences the speed of the parachute during the drop?
·Hypothesis (假设): The speed has to do with the size of the parachute’s surface area.
·The unchanged: the length of the string; the weight of the object; the height of the drop; the place (indoors).
·The changed: the size of the parachute’s surface area.
What we record
Drop times
Surface area
Time
1st time
0.5 m²
3.67 s
2nd time
1 m²
5.82 s
3rd time
1.5 m²
6.51 s
1. The parachute is made up of ________, pieces of string and an object in this experiment.
A. a cloth bag B. a paper bag C. a plastic bag
2. What probably influences the speed of the parachute during the drop?
A. The length of the parachute’s string.
B. The weight of the parachute’s object.
C. The size of the parachute’s surface area.
3. Which subject is the experiment mainly connected with?
A. B. C.
B
A saying goes that laughter is the best medicine. Is that true? Well, it may be true in some ways.
Scientists did a study to see if laughter therapy (疗法) could improve the situation of patients with heart problems. A total of 26 adults, with an average age of 64, took part in the study. During the three months, half of them were asked to watch two different comedy programs each week and the other half watched serious documentaries.
In the end, the comedy group improved by 10% in a test that checked how much oxygen (氧气) could move through the body. “This study found that laughter therapy could be a good way to cut down the risk of heart attack (心脏病发作),” said Marco Saffi, a researcher in the study.
“Of course, it does not have to be a TV program,” Marco said. “People with heart problems could be encouraged to enjoy fun evenings with friends and family. They should try to do things that make them laugh at least twice a week.”
So this study shows the interesting possibility that laughter could be a therapy for heart problems. But James Leiper, who didn’t take part in the research, warned that this small test was not enough to get a full understanding of how laughter therapy could help these patients.
“It’s good to see that something so simple could improve our health, but more research is needed to determine whether laughter alone led to the improvements, and how long they could last,” James said.
4. How long did it take to complete the study?
A. Three weeks. B. Six weeks. C. Twelve weeks.
5. Marco may advise patients with heart problems to ________.
A. attend family parties B. watch serious TV programs C. take medicine twice a week
6. What does the underlined word “determine” mean in the last paragraph?
A. Depending on. B. Find out. C. Search for.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. An Easy Way to Make Patients Laugh
B. What Patients with Heart Problems Need
C. Study Finds Laughter May Improve Heart Health
C
Have you ever imagined being able to communicate with your pets at home and have them understand everything you say? It sounds too good to be true, but scientists have started using AI to help communicate with animals.
Professor Bake told Scientific Magazine that AI allows humans to use technology to watch and understand the sounds and signals animals communicate with so we humans can try to speak back to them. She said trying to communicate in animals’ language could be better than teaching them how to use human sign language. AI is already helping us communicate with bats (蝙蝠) and bees. This could change what we know about these animals and our relationships with them.
Professor Bake explained how scientist Tovel had used recordings and AI to understand bats. “Bats have their own language. They often argue over food. They have different names, or ‘signature calls’,” she said. “Mother bats lower their voice when speaking to their babies. Their voices can never be heard with human ears. But AI makes this possible because a computer can be trained to listen like a bat.”
Actually, AI has so far achieved a lot in this field. For example, the computer not only listens but also watches bees’ body movements to understand what they are communicating. Bake said scientists now know how bees say things such as “be quiet” or “stop”. Scientist Landlof even created a robot Honeybee that entered a bee’s home and was able to communicate with other bees when it wanted them to stop doing something or fly.
8. How does the writer start the text?
A. By telling a story. B. By listing reasons. C. By asking a question.
9. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Hearing mother bats’ voice. B. Recording bats’ words. C. Speaking to baby bats.
10. Why does the writer mention bees in the last paragraph?
A. To offer a new way of AI study.
B. To introduce a famous scientist in AI.
C. To show what AI has done in the field.
11. Where can you probably find this text?
A. In a storybook. B. In a science magazine. C. In an art magazine.
第二节(共4小题;每小题2分,满分8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。选项中有一项为多余选项。
Bamboo is a wonderful plant for many people around the world. ___12___ People make tables, clothes, medicine, and musical instruments with it. Pandas may eat bamboo every day, but people can also eat it.
___13___ Some bamboo grows so quickly that people say they can watch it grow. The speed of growth depends on the type of bamboo, the earth and the season. Normal bamboo grows 3~10 cm a day. It usually grows in tropical (热带的) areas. It can also be found in other parts of the world. Bamboo plants are found in Asia, Australia, parts of Africa, and South America.
One of the world’s oldest building materials is bamboo. Today, people use it because it’s very strong. They use it to build houses, boats, and bridges. The Chinese made a bamboo bridge over the Min River in Sichuan, China, almost 1,000 years ago. ___14___ Also, bamboo is still used to make houses today, especially in China and the Philippines.
As a part of history, bamboo is very important. The great scientist Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb (灯泡), but he made it perfect. He wanted the material inside to burn for a long period of time. He tried over 1,000 different types of materials. ___15___ One day, he tried to use a piece of bamboo and the light bulb lit up for over a thousand hours. This invention helped other scientists to make the modern light bulb we use today.
A. You can still visit it today.
B. There are over 1,000 uses for it.
C. However, none worked very well.
D. Bamboo is light because it is empty inside.
E. The fastest-growing plant in the world is bamboo.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分25分)
第一节 完形填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I learned the importance of creative thinking in a club activity many years ago.
When I was in high school, our instructor, a physics teacher, told us to make a paper plane of any ____16____. The goal was to get it to fly as far as possible. I had many skills of making paper planes, so I made the best plane I could and it flew pretty ____17____.
One guy made the greatest, yet the simplest paper plane. He stood there at the starting line with a normal piece of paper. Some classmates stretched (伸长) their necks while ____18____ at him. Moments later, he took that piece of paper, made it into a ball, and threw it down the hallway. We were so ____19____ by what he had done. We never ____20____ things to happen like this. All of us were beaten easily by him.
Some of the students got mad and said that it was unfair.
The physics teacher said, “How so? He didn’t do anything ____21____, though the paper ball is different. It is indeed (确实) a shape.”
Yes, the boy didn’t cheat. He just ____22____ the task in a creative way. In our life, what we are taught ____23____ our experience. We do everything according to it. However, what we learned gets in the way of our development at some point. It really keeps us from ____24____ new ideas and destroys (毁掉) our creativity. So it is truly necessary for us to learn to think outside the box. Then we may discover much easier methods which produce a better _____25_____. Just like the boy in the story, we are supposed to think creatively.
16. A. color B. shape C. weight
17. A. high B. fast C. far
18. A. shouting B. laughing C. pointing
19. A. worried B. surprised C. excited
20. A. believed B. expected C. wished
21. A. right B. boring C. wrong
22. A. completed B. changed C. made
23. A. takes up B. turns on C. leads to
24. A. sharing B. asking C. forming
25. A. result B. chance C. discovery
第二节 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,在各题空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Born in 1037, Su Shi was a great poet in the Song Dynasty. He left his hometown for the capital city ____26____ the age of 19. And one year later, he became famous because of his excellent performance in the examinations held by the emperor.
During his lifetime, Su Shi created many wonderful works. One of the ____27____ (famous) poems was Tune: Prelude to Water Melody (《水调歌头》). It was written in 1076 when Su Shi worked in Mizhou. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival. Su Shi missed his brother very much ____28____ he hadn’t seen him for seven years. He wrote this poem ____29____ (express) how he expected to see his brother again. In the poem, he ____30____ (wish) that they both and all people would have long life and be able to share the bright full moon even if they were far away.
As ____31____ officer, Su Shi did many good things for people. When he was the officer in Hangzhou, he organized people to rebuild the West Lake. He even built a long bank (堤坝) with six bridges by ____32____ (order) the workers to use the earth from the lake. People called the bank “Su Bank” in memory of ____33____ (he).
In the hearts of Chinese people, Su Shi was a great poet and officer. In fact, he was also a ____34____ (real) good cook. “Dongpo Pork” was even named after him. The ____35____ (place) he went to are still popular topics for today’s Chinese people. He had such a great influence on today’s life. And he will always be remembered.
第四部分 综合技能(共两节,满分25分)
第一节 阅读表达(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,根据短文内容回答问题及翻译画线部分的句子。
Face-to-face with a mother who doesn’t immediately (立即) praise every gift, my children have learned to be very careful in choosing gifts. But a couple of weeks ago, they came together to give me a gift that really blew me away.
For years now, I’ve been wanting to sell our house where my children grew up. But there are the funny little love hearts they drew just near their beds. The attic (阁楼) is full of the old clothes they couldn’t wear. The high shelves still have lots of novels for children.
But those are not the reasons for being sad about leaving this house. There is much more to tie me to the home where I brought up my kids. In the front room, there is a wall. 4.那堵墙上有大量的铅笔记号、名字和日期。They recorded the way the children grew.
Of all the objects, all the memories, it’s this one place in our home that makes it hard for me to leave. Over dinner, over the years, I’ve talked about how much I would hate leaving that wall, even though the last marks were made ten years ago when my kids stopped growing. 5.So one day, while I was at work, my children decided to do something about the wall. Here was a chance to remove the last traces (痕迹) of their babyhood, but they didn’t do that. Instead, they hired (雇佣) Jack, a professional photographer, to come to our house to take photos of the pencil marks, names and dates and then changed them into one photo.
At last the gift made its way to me, one meaningful photo. Representing (代表) love and growth, it’s a gift that I will cherish forever.
36. When did the mother get the surprising gift?
________________________________________________
37. What is the attic filled with?
________________________________________________
38. Do you like this kind of gift? Why or why not?
________________________________________________
39. _____________________________________________
40. _____________________________________________
第二节 写作(满分15分)
41. 假如你是李平,英国交换生Robin即将来你的学校学习,他对你校的拓展课程 (extended courses) 很感兴趣。请给Robin写一封邮件,从以下或其他课程中推荐一种,结合自身学习经历,说明推荐理由,并向他介绍该课程的相关信息。
要求:
1.短文必须包括图示中的所有要点,可适当发挥;
2.80词左右 (格式和开头都已给出,不计入总词数);
3.文中不得出现真实人名和校名。
Dear Robin,
I’m glad to hear that you are coming to our school and interested in our extended courses. Our extended courses include Tea Art, Etiquette, Basketball, Arts and crafts and DIY. Each course is taught by a professional teacher.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Ping
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湖南十三地市名校联盟模拟卷(四)英语
满分100分,考试时间100分钟
第一部分 听力理解(共两节,满分20分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1分,满分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. Where does the woman want to go?
A. To the hospital. B. To the bank. C. To the cinema.
2. What does Mary want?
A. Some water. B. Some cake. C. Some fruit.
3. When will they arrive at the music hall?
A. At 7:30 p.m. B. At 7:45 p.m. C. At 8:00 p.m.
4. Who may know Jane’s date of birth?
A. Lisa B. The man C. The woman
5. How long did it take Anna to finish the test?
A. Two hours. B. One hour. C. Half an hour.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15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. What’s wrong with Tony?
A. He has a headache. B. His leg hurts. C. He has a sore throat.
7. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Mother and son. B. Teacher and student. C. Doctor and patient.
听材料,回答以下各小题。
8. What does Frank think of his school life?
A. It’s relaxing. B. It’s fun. C. It’s exciting.
9. Why does Frank join the history club?
A. Because he is good at history.
B. Because he likes interesting history stories.
C. Because he wants to learn more about China.
听材料,回答以下各小题。
10. What instrument can the boy play?
A. The guitar. B. The drums. C. The violin.
11. When will the boy have an English test?
A. On Saturday morning. B. On Friday afternoon. C. On Sunday afternoon.
听材料,回答以下各小题。
12. Where is the boy going?
A. To a theater. B. To a park. C. To a museum.
13. How long is it open on Monday?
A. For 6 hours. B. For 7 hours. C. For 8 hours.
14. How much should the boy pay?
A. $30. B. $40. C. $60.
听材料,回答以下各小题。
15. What’s Michael going to do?
A. Give a report. B. Have a class. C. Have a meeting.
16. What color is the notebook?
A. Red. B. Black. C. Blue.
17. Where does Linda find the notebook?
A. On the desk. B. In the bookcase. C. In the bag.
听材料,回答以下各小题。
18. What did Xiao Ming do for the foreigners in his dream?
A. He showed them around Xi’an.
B. He helped them learn Chinese.
C. He told them where to visit.
19. Which of the following did the foreigners like best in Xi’an?
A. The food. B. The museums. C. The people.
20. What does Xiao Ming want to be in the future?
A. A teacher. B. A doctor. C. A guide.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列材料,从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
Are you interested in some fun science experiments (实验)? Here is a small experiment of a parachute (降落伞).
·Question: What influences the speed of the parachute during the drop?
·Hypothesis (假设): The speed has to do with the size of the parachute’s surface area.
·The unchanged: the length of the string; the weight of the object; the height of the drop; the place (indoors).
·The changed: the size of the parachute’s surface area.
What we record
Drop times
Surface area
Time
1st time
0.5 m²
3.67 s
2nd time
1 m²
5.82 s
3rd time
1.5 m²
6.51 s
1. The parachute is made up of ________, pieces of string and an object in this experiment.
A. a cloth bag B. a paper bag C. a plastic bag
2. What probably influences the speed of the parachute during the drop?
A. The length of the parachute’s string.
B. The weight of the parachute’s object.
C. The size of the parachute’s surface area.
3. Which subject is the experiment mainly connected with?
A. B. C.
【答案】1. C 2. C 3. B
【解析】
【导语】本文介绍了一个探究“降落伞表面积对下落速度影响”的科学实验,说明了实验目的、控制变量、记录数据,并通过数据验证了假设。
【1题详解】
原文右侧图示标注了降落伞的组成,其中最上方的部分为“a plastic bag”,可知降落伞是由塑料袋、绳子和一个物品组成的。
【2题详解】
原文明确指出实验假设是“The speed has to do with the size of the parachute’s surface area”,且表格数据显示:表面积越大,下落时间越长(速度越慢),验证了假设,即降落伞的表面积大小可能会影响降落伞的速度。
【3题详解】
该实验探究的是空气阻力与物体下落速度的关系,属于物理学中力学部分的内容。
B
A saying goes that laughter is the best medicine. Is that true? Well, it may be true in some ways.
Scientists did a study to see if laughter therapy (疗法) could improve the situation of patients with heart problems. A total of 26 adults, with an average age of 64, took part in the study. During the three months, half of them were asked to watch two different comedy programs each week and the other half watched serious documentaries.
In the end, the comedy group improved by 10% in a test that checked how much oxygen (氧气) could move through the body. “This study found that laughter therapy could be a good way to cut down the risk of heart attack (心脏病发作),” said Marco Saffi, a researcher in the study.
“Of course, it does not have to be a TV program,” Marco said. “People with heart problems could be encouraged to enjoy fun evenings with friends and family. They should try to do things that make them laugh at least twice a week.”
So this study shows the interesting possibility that laughter could be a therapy for heart problems. But James Leiper, who didn’t take part in the research, warned that this small test was not enough to get a full understanding of how laughter therapy could help these patients.
“It’s good to see that something so simple could improve our health, but more research is needed to determine whether laughter alone led to the improvements, and how long they could last,” James said.
4. How long did it take to complete the study?
A. Three weeks. B. Six weeks. C. Twelve weeks.
5. Marco may advise patients with heart problems to ________.
A. attend family parties B. watch serious TV programs C. take medicine twice a week
6. What does the underlined word “determine” mean in the last paragraph?
A. Depending on. B. Find out. C. Search for.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. An Easy Way to Make Patients Laugh
B. What Patients with Heart Problems Need
C. Study Finds Laughter May Improve Heart Health
【答案】4. C 5. A 6. B 7. C
【解析】
【导语】本文主要讲述了一项研究表明“笑”是良药,可能有助于改善心脏健康、降低心脏病发作的风险,同时也指出相关结论仍需更多研究来验证。
【4题详解】
根据第二段中“During the three months...”可知,研究持续了三个月。一年有12个月,三个月即为12周。
【5题详解】
根据第四段中“People with heart problems could be encouraged to enjoy fun evenings with friends and family.”可知,Marco建议心脏病患者与亲友共度愉快时光,由此可推断他建议患者参加家庭聚会。
【6题详解】
根据最后一段“more research is needed to determine whether laughter alone led to the improvements...”可知,需要更多研究来“弄清”笑是否单独导致了改善。determine在此处意为“确定、查明”,与Find out意思相近。
【7题详解】
通读全文可知,文章主要介绍了一项关于笑疗法可能改善心脏健康状况的研究发现。选项C“研究发现笑可能改善心脏健康”最能概括文章主旨。
C
Have you ever imagined being able to communicate with your pets at home and have them understand everything you say? It sounds too good to be true, but scientists have started using AI to help communicate with animals.
Professor Bake told Scientific Magazine that AI allows humans to use technology to watch and understand the sounds and signals animals communicate with so we humans can try to speak back to them. She said trying to communicate in animals’ language could be better than teaching them how to use human sign language. AI is already helping us communicate with bats (蝙蝠) and bees. This could change what we know about these animals and our relationships with them.
Professor Bake explained how scientist Tovel had used recordings and AI to understand bats. “Bats have their own language. They often argue over food. They have different names, or ‘signature calls’,” she said. “Mother bats lower their voice when speaking to their babies. Their voices can never be heard with human ears. But AI makes this possible because a computer can be trained to listen like a bat.”
Actually, AI has so far achieved a lot in this field. For example, the computer not only listens but also watches bees’ body movements to understand what they are communicating. Bake said scientists now know how bees say things such as “be quiet” or “stop”. Scientist Landlof even created a robot Honeybee that entered a bee’s home and was able to communicate with other bees when it wanted them to stop doing something or fly.
8. How does the writer start the text?
A. By telling a story. B. By listing reasons. C. By asking a question.
9. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Hearing mother bats’ voice. B. Recording bats’ words. C. Speaking to baby bats.
10. Why does the writer mention bees in the last paragraph?
A. To offer a new way of AI study.
B. To introduce a famous scientist in AI.
C. To show what AI has done in the field.
11. Where can you probably find this text?
A. In a storybook. B. In a science magazine. C. In an art magazine.
【答案】8. C 9. A 10. C 11. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文,介绍了科学家利用人工智能(AI)技术来理解和与动物(如蝙蝠、蜜蜂)进行交流的研究进展,展示了AI在动物行为学和跨物种沟通领域的应用潜力。
【8题详解】
文章第一段第一句为“Have you ever imagined being able to communicate with your pets at home and have them understand everything you say?”,这是一个疑问句,作者通过提问的方式引出话题。
【9题详解】
根据第三段语境“Mother bats lower their voice when speaking to their babies. Their voices can never be heard with human ears. But AI makes this possible...”,前文提到母蝙蝠对幼崽说话的声音人类耳朵听不到,后文说AI使“这”成为可能。因此“this”指代的是“听到母蝙蝠的声音”。
【10题详解】
最后一段首句提到“Actually, AI has so far achieved a lot in this field.”,随后以蜜蜂为例具体说明AI如何理解蜜蜂的动作和交流。因此提到蜜蜂是为了展示AI在该领域的成果。
【11题详解】
全文围绕科学家利用AI技术与动物交流的科学话题展开,提到了教授、科学家、科学杂志(Scientific Magazine)以及具体的实验成果,内容具有科普性质。因此最可能出现在科学杂志上,而不是故事书或艺术杂志。
第二节(共4小题;每小题2分,满分8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。选项中有一项为多余选项。
Bamboo is a wonderful plant for many people around the world. ___12___ People make tables, clothes, medicine, and musical instruments with it. Pandas may eat bamboo every day, but people can also eat it.
___13___ Some bamboo grows so quickly that people say they can watch it grow. The speed of growth depends on the type of bamboo, the earth and the season. Normal bamboo grows 3~10 cm a day. It usually grows in tropical (热带的) areas. It can also be found in other parts of the world. Bamboo plants are found in Asia, Australia, parts of Africa, and South America.
One of the world’s oldest building materials is bamboo. Today, people use it because it’s very strong. They use it to build houses, boats, and bridges. The Chinese made a bamboo bridge over the Min River in Sichuan, China, almost 1,000 years ago. ___14___ Also, bamboo is still used to make houses today, especially in China and the Philippines.
As a part of history, bamboo is very important. The great scientist Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb (灯泡), but he made it perfect. He wanted the material inside to burn for a long period of time. He tried over 1,000 different types of materials. ___15___ One day, he tried to use a piece of bamboo and the light bulb lit up for over a thousand hours. This invention helped other scientists to make the modern light bulb we use today.
A. You can still visit it today.
B. There are over 1,000 uses for it.
C. However, none worked very well.
D. Bamboo is light because it is empty inside.
E. The fastest-growing plant in the world is bamboo.
【答案】12. B 13. E 14. A 15. C
【解析】
【导语】本文主要介绍了竹子的多种用途、极快的生长速度、悠久的建筑应用历史,以及在灯泡改良中的重要作用。
【12题详解】
下文列举了竹子可制作桌子、衣服、药品、乐器等多种物品。B项“There are over 1,000 uses for it.”说明竹子有上千种用途,与下文内容紧密对应。
【13题详解】
下文重点描述竹子生长速度极快,还给出具体日生长数据。E项“The fastest-growing plant in the world is bamboo.”点明竹子是世界上生长最快的植物,总领本段内容。
【14题详解】
上文提到近千年前中国四川用竹子建造了桥,下文说如今仍用竹子建房。A项“You can still visit it today.”说明这座古桥至今仍可参观,承接上文历史案例,衔接自然。
【15题详解】
上文说爱迪生尝试了上千种材料,下文说用竹子成功让灯泡亮千余小时。C项“However, none worked very well.”表示之前的材料效果都不好,形成转折,引出竹子的成功。
第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分25分)
第一节 完形填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I learned the importance of creative thinking in a club activity many years ago.
When I was in high school, our instructor, a physics teacher, told us to make a paper plane of any ____16____. The goal was to get it to fly as far as possible. I had many skills of making paper planes, so I made the best plane I could and it flew pretty ____17____.
One guy made the greatest, yet the simplest paper plane. He stood there at the starting line with a normal piece of paper. Some classmates stretched (伸长) their necks while ____18____ at him. Moments later, he took that piece of paper, made it into a ball, and threw it down the hallway. We were so ____19____ by what he had done. We never ____20____ things to happen like this. All of us were beaten easily by him.
Some of the students got mad and said that it was unfair.
The physics teacher said, “How so? He didn’t do anything ____21____, though the paper ball is different. It is indeed (确实) a shape.”
Yes, the boy didn’t cheat. He just ____22____ the task in a creative way. In our life, what we are taught ____23____ our experience. We do everything according to it. However, what we learned gets in the way of our development at some point. It really keeps us from ____24____ new ideas and destroys (毁掉) our creativity. So it is truly necessary for us to learn to think outside the box. Then we may discover much easier methods which produce a better _____25_____. Just like the boy in the story, we are supposed to think creatively.
16. A. color B. shape C. weight
17. A. high B. fast C. far
18. A. shouting B. laughing C. pointing
19. A. worried B. surprised C. excited
20. A. believed B. expected C. wished
21. A. right B. boring C. wrong
22. A. completed B. changed C. made
23. A. takes up B. turns on C. leads to
24. A. sharing B. asking C. forming
25. A. result B. chance C. discovery
【答案】16. B 17. C 18. B 19. B 20. B 21. C 22. A 23. C 24. C 25. A
【解析】
【导语】本文讲述作者在物理课上的经历。老师要求制作纸飞机,一名男孩将纸揉成球扔出,飞得最远。故事告诉我们应创造性思考,打破常规。
【16题详解】
句意:我们的物理老师告诉我们制作任意形状的纸飞机。
根据后文老师为男生辩护时说的“It is indeed a shape”可知,老师强调的是“形状”这个概念,无论飞机形状还是纸团形状都是形状。应选用shape,表示“形状”。color表示“颜色”,weight表示“重量”,均与老师后文解释的“形状”无关。
【17题详解】
句意:我做了我能做的最好的飞机,它飞得非常远。
根据前文“The goal was to get it to fly as far as possible”可知,比赛的目标是让飞机飞得尽可能远。应选用far,表示“远”。high表示“高”,fast表示“快”,均不符合比赛“飞得远”的目标。
【18题详解】
句意:一些同学伸长脖子,一边笑一边看着他。
根据后文这个男生把纸揉成纸团扔出去,以及同学们觉得这种方式可笑可知,同学们在嘲笑他。应选用laughing,表示“笑”。shouting表示“喊叫”,pointing表示“指”,均不符合嘲笑他行为古怪的语境。
【19题详解】
句意:我们对他所做的事感到非常惊讶。
根据后文“We never expected things to happen like this”以及同学们被轻易打败可知,大家都没想到他会用这种方式取胜,感到意外。应选用surprised,表示“惊讶的”。worried表示“担心的”,excited表示“兴奋的”,均不符合看到意外行为时的反应。
【20题详解】
句意:我们从未预料到事情会这样发生。
根据前文大家都很惊讶,以及大家没想到纸团能飞得最远可知,这种方式超出了大家的预期。应选用expected,表示“预料、预期”。believed表示“相信”,wished表示“希望”,均不符合“没想到会这样”的语境。
【21题详解】
句意:他没有做任何错事。
根据后文老师解释说纸团确实也是一种形状,以及“Yes, the boy didn’t cheat”可知,老师认为男生的做法没有违反规则。应选用wrong,表示“错误的、不对的”。right表示“正确的”,boring表示“无聊的”,均不符合“没有违规”的语境。
【22题详解】
句意:他只是以一种创造性的方式完成了任务。
根据前文他把纸揉成团扔出去,这也达到了让物体飞远的目的,他完成了老师布置的任务。应选用completed,表示“完成”。changed表示“改变”,made表示“制作”,均不符合“完成任务”的语境。
【23题详解】
句意:在我们生活中,我们所学的知识决定了我们的经验。
根据后文“We do everything according to it”可知,我们的行为是基于所学知识和经验来进行的。应选用leads to,表示“导致、导向”,what we are taught leads to our experience意为“我们所学到的东西塑造了自身的阅历”。takes up表示“占据”,turns on表示“打开”,均不符合“知识决定经验”的逻辑关系。
【24题详解】
句意:它真的阻止我们形成新的想法,毁掉我们的创造力。
根据前文“what we learned gets in the way of our development at some point”可知,所学知识有时会阻碍我们产生新想法。应选用forming,表示“形成”,keep sb. from forming new ideas意为“阻止某人形成新想法”。sharing表示“分享”,asking表示“询问”,均不符合“创造新想法”的语境。
【25题详解】
句意:那么我们可能会发现更简单的方法,产生更好的结果。
“Then we may discover much easier methods which produce a better...”和前文作者从纸团事件中领悟到创造性思维能带来更好的效果,以及纸团飞得最远的结果可知,好的方法会带来好的结果。应选用result,表示“结果”。chance表示“机会”,discovery表示“发现”,均不符合“产生更好的……需要结果来承接”的语境。
第二节 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,在各题空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Born in 1037, Su Shi was a great poet in the Song Dynasty. He left his hometown for the capital city ____26____ the age of 19. And one year later, he became famous because of his excellent performance in the examinations held by the emperor.
During his lifetime, Su Shi created many wonderful works. One of the ____27____ (famous) poems was Tune: Prelude to Water Melody (《水调歌头》). It was written in 1076 when Su Shi worked in Mizhou. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival. Su Shi missed his brother very much ____28____ he hadn’t seen him for seven years. He wrote this poem ____29____ (express) how he expected to see his brother again. In the poem, he ____30____ (wish) that they both and all people would have long life and be able to share the bright full moon even if they were far away.
As ____31____ officer, Su Shi did many good things for people. When he was the officer in Hangzhou, he organized people to rebuild the West Lake. He even built a long bank (堤坝) with six bridges by ____32____ (order) the workers to use the earth from the lake. People called the bank “Su Bank” in memory of ____33____ (he).
In the hearts of Chinese people, Su Shi was a great poet and officer. In fact, he was also a ____34____ (real) good cook. “Dongpo Pork” was even named after him. The ____35____ (place) he went to are still popular topics for today’s Chinese people. He had such a great influence on today’s life. And he will always be remembered.
【答案】26. at 27. most famous
28. because
29. to express
30. wished 31. an
32. ordering
33. him 34. really
35. places
【解析】
【导语】本文讲述了苏东坡的一生。
【26题详解】
句意:他在19岁时离开家乡前往首都。固定搭配“在某个年龄”用at the age of。 故填at。
【27题详解】
句意:在他一生中,苏东坡创作了许多精彩的作品。其中最著名的诗歌之一是《水调歌头》。此处是结构one of the+最高级+名词复数“最……的……之一”。 故填most famous。
【28题详解】
句意:他非常想念他的兄弟,因为他已经七年没有见到他了。前后两句是因果关系,此处表示原因,原因状语从句引导词用because。 故填because。
【29题详解】
句意:他写这首诗是为了表达他期望再次见到兄弟的心情。“他写诗歌”的目的是“表达他期望再次见到兄弟的心情”,动词不定式在句中作目的状语。 故填to express。
【30题详解】
句意:在诗中,他希望他们俩以及所有的人都能长寿,即使远隔千里也能共享明亮的满月。句子的时态与上下文保持一致,用一般过去时,动词用过去式wished“希望”。 故填wished。
【31题详解】
句意:作为一名官员,苏东坡为人们做了许多好事。此处泛指一名官员,且officer元音开头,用不定冠词an。 故填an。
【32题详解】
句意:他甚至通过命令工人使用湖中的泥土建造了一座长堤和六座桥。介词by后加动名词ordering“命令”。 故填ordering。
【33题详解】
句意:为了纪念他,人们称之为“苏堤”。介词of后接宾格代词作宾语。 故填him。
【34题详解】
句意:实际上,他也是一个真正的好厨师。副词really“真地”修饰形容词。 故填really。
【35题详解】
句意:“东坡肉”甚至以他的名字命名。他去过的地方仍然是今天中国人热议的话题。根据“are”可知此处主语用名词复数places“地方”。 故填places。
第四部分 综合技能(共两节,满分25分)
第一节 阅读表达(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,根据短文内容回答问题及翻译画线部分的句子。
Face-to-face with a mother who doesn’t immediately (立即) praise every gift, my children have learned to be very careful in choosing gifts. But a couple of weeks ago, they came together to give me a gift that really blew me away.
For years now, I’ve been wanting to sell our house where my children grew up. But there are the funny little love hearts they drew just near their beds. The attic (阁楼) is full of the old clothes they couldn’t wear. The high shelves still have lots of novels for children.
But those are not the reasons for being sad about leaving this house. There is much more to tie me to the home where I brought up my kids. In the front room, there is a wall. 4.那堵墙上有大量的铅笔记号、名字和日期。They recorded the way the children grew.
Of all the objects, all the memories, it’s this one place in our home that makes it hard for me to leave. Over dinner, over the years, I’ve talked about how much I would hate leaving that wall, even though the last marks were made ten years ago when my kids stopped growing. 5.So one day, while I was at work, my children decided to do something about the wall. Here was a chance to remove the last traces (痕迹) of their babyhood, but they didn’t do that. Instead, they hired (雇佣) Jack, a professional photographer, to come to our house to take photos of the pencil marks, names and dates and then changed them into one photo.
At last the gift made its way to me, one meaningful photo. Representing (代表) love and growth, it’s a gift that I will cherish forever.
36. When did the mother get the surprising gift?
________________________________________________
37. What is the attic filled with?
________________________________________________
38. Do you like this kind of gift? Why or why not?
________________________________________________
39. _____________________________________________
40. _____________________________________________
【答案】36. A couple of weeks ago.
37. The old clothes (the children couldn’t wear).
38. Yes (, I do). Because it recorded the way the children grew.(言之有理即可)
39. There are plenty of pencil marks, names and dates on that wall.
40. 所以有一天,当我在工作的时候,我的孩子们决定为这堵墙做点什么。
【解析】
【导语】本文主要讲述了母亲想要卖掉孩子们长大的房子,却因墙上记录孩子成长的铅笔记号不舍离开,孩子们将这些痕迹拍成照片送给母亲的暖心故事。
【36题详解】
首段第二句直接描述了母亲收到这份惊喜礼物的时间是“a couple of weeks ago”。因此答案是原文直接信息。
【37题详解】
第二段第三句“The attic (阁楼) is full of the old clothes they couldn’t wear.”明确指出“阁楼里装满了他们穿不了的旧衣服”。这是原文中的具体物品信息,直接提取。
【38题详解】
本题是开放性试题,答案不唯一,但观点需基于文中事实。结合文章内容和自己对这份成长纪念礼物的看法、理由,合理作答即可。
【39题详解】
“那堵墙上有大量的铅笔记号、名字和日期。”译为“There are plenty of pencil marks, names and dates on that wall.”该句为there be句型,时态为一般现在时;大量的铅笔记号、名字和日期:plenty of pencil marks, names and dates,在句中作主语;有are,在句中作系动词;那堵墙上on that wall,在句中作地点状语。
【40题详解】
“So one day, while I was at work, my children decided to do something about the wall”译为“所以有一天,当我在工作的时候,我的孩子们决定为这堵墙做点什么。”So“所以”;one day“有一天”;while“当……时”;I“我”;was at work“在上班”;my children“我的孩子们”;decided“决定”;to do something“做点什么”;about the wall“针对这面墙”。
第二节 写作(满分15分)
41. 假如你是李平,英国交换生Robin即将来你的学校学习,他对你校的拓展课程 (extended courses) 很感兴趣。请给Robin写一封邮件,从以下或其他课程中推荐一种,结合自身学习经历,说明推荐理由,并向他介绍该课程的相关信息。
要求:
1.短文必须包括图示中的所有要点,可适当发挥;
2.80词左右 (格式和开头都已给出,不计入总词数);
3.文中不得出现真实人名和校名。
Dear Robin,
I’m glad to hear that you are coming to our school and interested in our extended courses. Our extended courses include Tea Art, Etiquette, Basketball, Arts and crafts and DIY. Each course is taught by a professional teacher.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Ping
【答案】例文
Dear Robin,
I’m glad to hear that you are coming to our school and interested in our extended courses. Our extended courses include Tea Art, Etiquette. Basketball. Arts and crafts and DIY. Each course is taught by a professional teacher.
I took part in Tea Art, I think it’s part of Chinese culture. The teacher who taught Tea Art is a great tea culture lover. I took lessons in our school hall every Friday afternoon. From this course, I learned the history and development of tea and how to make a perfect cup of tea. What impressed me most was that we wore ancient costumes to perform in the tea art competition.
I hope you can take part in Tea Art. I’m sure you’ll be interested in it.
Yours,
Li Ping
【解析】
【详解】写作步骤
[第一步:审题立意]
确定文体:邮件,用一般过去时和一般将来时为主
明确要点:我选择的课程、授课教师、时间地点以及课程观感
确定人称:第一人称
注意事项:词数80词左右
[第二步:构思布局]
三段式结构:
开头段:总起句,借用“我校拓展课程的种类”来引出下文中对某一种课程的介绍
主体段:从“我选择的课程、授课教师、时间地点以及课程观感”四方面入手,重点介绍我校的拓展课程
结尾段:书写结语。希望罗宾也一起参加。
[第三步:要点展开]
要点一:选择的课程
名称:Tea Art/Etiquette/Basketball/Arts and crafts and DIY等
要点二:授课教师
评价:The teacher who taught tea art is a great tea culture lover./The teacher is very knowledgeable about Chinese tea culture and always patient with us.等
要点三:时间地点in our school hall every Friday afternoon./every Friday afternoon in the school culture room.等
要点四:所学内容learned the history and development of tea/learned lots of interesting traditional stories about tea and how to make tea properly.等
要点五:课程观感
最深印象:we wore ancient costumes to perform in the tea art competition./I got to make tea for my parents, which made them really happy.
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