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英语学科模拟训练(3)
听力部分(20分)
Ⅰ. Listening(本题共20分,每小题1分)
Part One: Choose the right answer according to the dialogue you hear.
听第1-5段材料,回答第1-5题。
1. What’s wrong with Judy?
A. Catches a cold. B. Has a headache. C. Has a stomach ache.
2. What is Donny going to do next?
A. Play basketball. B. Do homework. C. Have dinner.
. How many pieces of bread did Mike eat?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Five.
4. What did the doctor say?
A. Don’t eat too much meat.
B. You don’t have a sore throat.
C. Drink some hot tea with honey.
5. How’s Jim?
A. He’s OK. B. He’s ill. C. He’s returned home.
Part Two: Choose the right answer according to the dialogue or passage you hear.
听第6段材料,回答第6-7题。
6. Which club has the girl decided to join?
A. The Dance Club. B. The Music Club. C. The Acting Club.
7. What does the girl advise Sam to do?
A. Choose what he likes. B. Ask a friend for help. C. Stay with his friends.
听第7段材料,回答第8-9题。
8. What did Emily and her grandpa use to do a lot?
A. Have a talk. B. Write something. C. Go bird-watching.
9. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Friends. B. Doctor and patient. C. Father and daughter.
听第8段材料,回答第10-12 题。
10. Why did Karen go to the beach?
A. Because she wanted to learn to swim there.
B. Because she wanted to get some sun there.
C. Because she was invited by her parents’ friends.
11. What does the boy think of running on sand?
A. Difficult. B. Interesting. C. Tiring.
12. Where did the boy spend the weekend?
A. In the library. B. On the beach. C. In the village.
听第9段材料,回答第13-15题。
13. What is the woman doing?
A. Buying a house. B. Booking a room. C. Washing clothes.
14. What room does the woman book at last?
A. A single room. B. A small room. C. A double room.
15. What can’t the woman do in the hotel?
A. Swim. B. Play table tennis. C. Wash clothes.
Part Three: Listen and fill the blanks.
听一段独白,填写相关信息,每空1词。听独白前,你有10秒钟的时间阅读题目。独白读两遍。
Low-carbon life for saving our 16. ________
What
Low energy and no 17. ________
How
The contribution is 18. ________
·Ride or walk to school.
·Don’t. leave the fridge’s door open.
·19. __ drinking bottled water.
·Wash your clothes by hand.
·Recycle.
The natural 20. ________, will become, better and better.
笔试部分(90分)
Ⅱ. 阅读理解(每小题2分,共30分)
A
1. Where can the tourists ride yaks?
A. In Xining. B. At Riyue Mountain.
C. On the Qinghai Lake. D. In Gangcha.
2. What time can the tourists go sightseeing on the Qinghai Lake by ship?
A. At 8:00. B. At 9:00. C. At 11:00. D. At 17:00.
3. Where is the text probably from?
A. A sports magazine. B. A science report. C. A travel guide. D. A health magazine.
B
(One October afternoon, Anne welcomed her best friend Diana to Green Gables for afternoon tea.)
Scene One
Before going out, Marilla reminded her daughter Anne, “The raspberry cordial (树莓果汁) is on the kitchen table. Be careful and don’t take the wrong bottle.”
“I won’t,” Anne answered. She wanted everything to be perfect for Diana.
On the kitchen table stood a bottle filled with a bright red drink. It looked just like raspberry cordial, so Anne poured it into Diana’s glass without thinking twice.
Diana drank one glass, then another. In no time, her face turned red. She began to laugh loudly and could hardly stand. Anne grew worried, but she still didn’t know what had gone wrong.
Scene Two
Not long after, Mrs Barry, Diana’s mother, learned what her daughter had drunk. She hurried to Green Gables, her face full of anger.
“What drink did you give my daughter? That was not raspberry cordial!” she cried.
Marilla checked the bottle. “It is currant wine (酒),” she said, totally amazed!
Mrs Barry turned to Anne. “Diana is not allowed to come here again!”
Anne stood there silently, feeling sorry and heartbroken.
Scene Three
Several days later, Diana ran into Green Gables.
“Oh, Anne, do come quick! Minnie May is awfully sick. Father and Mother are away. I don’t know what to do!” Diana’s voice shook and tears rolled down her face.
Anne didn’t waste a moment and went with her at once.
Scene Four
Remembering what she had learned while caring for sick children in hospital before, Anne stayed calm and worked patiently all night until a doctor finally arrived. Minnie May felt much better.
The next day, Mrs Barry went to Green Gables with some fresh flowers for Anne.
“Anne,” she smiled and said gently, “I’m truly sorry. I shouldn’t have kept you and Diana apart. I supposed you might hurt her, but now I realize you never would. If it’s all right with you, Diana may visit you again.”
Anne said nothing, but her eyes shone softly. She had made a careless mistake, but from it she learned the true meaning of friendship.
—Adapted from Anne of Green Gables
4. Why did Anne give Diana the wrong drink during tea time?
A. Anne didn’t remember Marilla’s words. B. The wrong drink looked like raspberry cordial.
C. Diana asked for another drink at the table D. Anne took the bottle from the wrong table.
5. According to the story, which event made things start to get better?
A. B. C. D.
6. How does Mrs Barry’s view of Anne change?
A. From trust to fear. B. From fear to relief.
C. From anger to thankfulness. D. From regret to anger.
7. What does the story mainly show about friendship?
A. True friends are always there for your brightest moments.
B. Good friendship grows from common interests and hobbies.
C. Trouble doesn’t break true friendship but makes it stronger.
D. True friendship can make growing older much less lonely.
C
People know animals do have feelings, but they are not sure if these feelings are correctly understood. In recent years, scientists have done research about the feelings of cows, frogs and pandas. A new study adds chickens to the list. It says that humans can tell whether a chicken is happy or sad by listening to its calls.
The researchers put a bowl behind a door. Inside the bowl, sometimes, there was something chickens love to eat, such as rice or insects. Sometimes, there was nothing. When the chickens saw food behind the door, they seemed happy and produced fast and loud sounds, known as food calls. When there wasn’t food, the chickens made low and long noises to express disappointment. The researchers recorded all these sounds and studied their waves.
Then the researchers chose 16 recordings of such chicken noises. Half were from the chickens seeing the food and half were from the chickens finding no food. The recordings were played to 194 volunteers. Sixty-nine percent of the volunteers correctly understood whether the chickens were feeling happy or not, and some of them even had no experience of taking care of chickens.
The result shows that humans have the natural ability to understand the feelings of chickens.
Hopefully, this finding can bring about new technology to help with chicken-raising, a big industry in many countries. Some scientists are already working on a smart computer program that can ascertain chickens’ feelings. This is good news for farmers who want to make the birds happier and healthier.
8. Which is most probably the sound wave of a happy call by a chicken?
A. B. C. D.
9. How did the volunteers help with the research?
A. By listening to the chicken calls. B. By taking care of the chickens.
C. By finding food for the chickens. D. By making the chickens happy.
10. What does the underlined word “ascertain” mean in Paragraph 4?
A. Control. B. Hide. C. Recognize. D. Hurt.
11. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Chickens’ Food Calls
B. Happy Chickens, Sad Chickens
C. Farmers’ Best Choice
D. Smart Farmers, Healthy Farmers
D
①During the Han Dynasty people preferred small waists, while in the Tang Dynasty people admired plumpness (圆润), considering it a symbol of beauty. Until this day, people’s build is still a hot topic.
②Now some girls don’t feel confident if they have a pear-shaped build, with hips that are wider than the bust and shoulders. Many pear-shaped girls try to hide their hips and legs under large dresses and pants.
③However, a recent study suggested that pear-shaped people are the ones who won the genetic lottery (基因彩票)!
④The study by the US National Library of Medicine found that the waist-to-hip ratio (WHR, 腰臀比) shows the strongest relationship with death. Traditionally, the BMI (体重指数) has been considered the best way to judge whether a person is healthy or not. However, this study challenges this conclusion. After surveying nearly 40,000 people, scientists found no matter what a person’s BMI is, the larger his WHR is, the easier he will die. Instead of focusing on how much fat a person has, scientists suggest people should focus more on where the fat is in a person’s body.
⑤WHR, as its name suggests, compares your waist to your hip. A larger waist means morecentral fat, which could mean more visceral fat (内脏脂肪). More visceral fat increases the risk of illnesses. That’s why people with a pear-shaped body are always healthier than others. According to the World Health Organization, a healthy WHR is less than 0.85 for women and less than 0.9 for men.
⑥Researchers from Johns Hopkins University suggested we should focus more on health instead of the build. As middle school students, since we are growing, it’s pretty common to put on some weight and get bigger. We can’t control our natural body types, but we can control our health.
12. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Small waist. B. Plumpness. C. The good build. D. Pear-shaped body.
13. Which of the following should girls focus more on according to the passage?
A. They should try to keep their BMI as low as possible to get good health.
B. They should keep their WHR within the healthy limit of less than 0.85.
C. They only need to make their waists as small as possible to look pretty.
D. They should focus on cutting down both BMI and WHR to the lowest.
14. Which of the following shows the structure of this passage?
A. ①②/③/④/⑤⑥ B. ①/②/③④/⑤⑥
C. ①②/③/④⑤/⑥ D. ①/②/③④⑤/⑥
15. What may happen according to the passage?
A. Pear-shaped girls will stop wearing large clothes.
B. Doctors won’t use BMI to check people’s health.
C. People will care more about WHR for health.
D. Schools will teach more about body shapes.
Ⅲ. 七选五(每小题1分,共5分)
Scientists have created an underwater robot and it can tell different kinds of pollution at the bottom of the sea. ____16____. It can also give them a chance to remove the things that can cause the most harm to the environment.
The robot weighs nearly 100 pounds and uses special cameras to take 3D pictures. It was created by a team at Skarv Technologies.
____17____. First, the robot swam up and down in rows at about six feet above the lake bed, collecting information with the special cameras. Then a computer turned the information into a map, which showed different kinds of rubbish in different colors.
A total of 3,894 objects (物品) were found in the lake and divided into different kinds. “There’s too much rubbish,” a member of the Skarv Technologies team told New Scientist. “____18____.”
It is not always possible for clean-up teams to remove all the rubbish they find underwater, besides, ____19____. The robot will be used to help the teams find the most harmful things. And the teams spend their time, efforts and money in removing them first. “Glass isn’t really polluting,” said Fossum. “So if you know there’s an area with a lot of glass, ____20____. Instead, you should pay more attention to the things that are putting heavy metals (金属) into the environment.”
Besides helping to check the pollution, the robot can also tell the positions of animals in the sea. It can avoid hurting the animals while the clean-up teams remove the rubbish.
A. There’s somewhere around 165 to 300 tons of rubbish in the lake
B. The robot can clean the rubbish on the ground on its own
C. there is something more important to clean
D. The researchers put their work to the test at a lake
E. it still needed to be tested
F. you probably can ignore (忽视) that
G. The robot will help clean-up teams find the rubbish
Ⅳ. 完形填空(每小题1分,共10分)
Three years ago, my husband died. One day, I was sitting in my room on a beautiful spring morning, but everything around me seemed dead to me. I was reading a book, and I suddenly read a sentence, “Life ____21____ in death.” At first, I couldn’t understand it. To cheer me up, a friend of mine invited me to her home in Las Vegas. On the airplane, I looked ____22____ on mountains which were so green that I could almost feel them. Later, when I reached Las Vegas, I couldn’t see mountains anymore. Instead, a big desert appeared. ____23____ green turned to boring brown. We landed after the sun ____24____ and the only green to be seen was the neon (霓虹灯) in the dark. It was lifeless.
However, the next morning, I found signs of spring all over my friend’s yard. All the things had grown green leaves and begun to flower overnight. Three days later, we drove to visit another friend and got another taste of life. The trip across the desert was great, full of flowers and green cacti (仙人掌). ____25____ the desert seemed dead when I looked from above, it still had life down here.
I finally understood the meaning ____26____ that sentence. After it was read again and again, I was no longer ____27____. Sitting in my room, I began to notice grass and flowers outside in the sunshine. I went out to the garden, ____28____ my shoes and danced on the green grass without them, smiling with hope.
True, life goes on ____29____ happens. We will still live in green spring, in cold winter, in the birth of a child and in the death of our loved ones. They will still live in the hearts of those ____30____ will remember them.
21. A. stops B. continues C. spreads D. changes
22. A. off B. around C. down D. up
23. A. Live B. Lively C. Alive D. Living
24. A. reduced B. disappeared C. rose D. increased
25. A. Although B. Because C. When D. Unless
26. A. behind B. through C. with D. at
27. A. excited B. bored C. sad D. disappointed
28. A. showed up B. cut down C. took off D. put on
29. A. whenever B. whatever C. however D. wherever
30. A. who B. that C. which D. when
Ⅴ. 语篇填空(每小题2分,共20分)
What is the best virtue (美德)? What can we learn from water? Laozi, a famous Chinese thinker, ____31____ lived around 2,500 years ago, might have an answer.
Laozi tells us that the top character is just like water. All life in the world cannot live without water, ____32____ water never asks for anything in return. It benefits (使受益) all, ____33____ (compete) with none. It simply keeps giving ____34____ (quiet). Also, water often stays where people don’t like. This kind of low profile (低姿态) makes water the closest to the law of ____35____ universe (万物之规).
In dealing with people, we can act as water. Do our best to help others without trying to get anything back. At the same time, stay humble (谦虚的). Don’t always talk about the help you gave ____36____ other people. Even if you are in a difficult situation, you need to stay calm. After all, water will not choose where ____37____ (be), and it just goes to where it is needed.
The Chinese nation has always held dear Laozi’s ideas about water. In 2014, President Xi Jinping ____38____ (mention) it at the welcome dinner of the 22nd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Beijing. He said APEC members ____39____ work together by the water of the Pacific Ocean and would have a shared responsibility to make the Pacific an ocean of peace, friendship and cooperation (合作). This is the ____40____ (wise) that water brings us.
Ⅵ. 阅读表达(每小题2分,共10分)
After-school activities can be a wonderful thing and continue our children’s education through the school holidays. However any old activity does not do the right job, every activity should be useful and helpful and of course, enjoyable. So what matters when we make the decision as to what our youngster is going to take part in?
Above all, you should know what you expect your child to learn from the activity, for example, learning how to play a musical instrument, how to draw-or whatever. Any activity should be a challenge (挑战) to a child. Taking on the challenge and achievement can help a quiet or shy child become more confident.
Safety must be the most important thing that you should consider any activity. But remember nothing can be made to be 100% safe and still be interesting. Before deciding this is the course you want your child to be part of, you should talk to an instructor and ask questions. Be careful of the activity itself with too much competition because that can cause problems and kill off enjoyment. Do not forget that this is costing you money so try to be sure that you are getting value for it. Of course there’s no doubt that discussing things with your child first is also a good idea.
Parents have different opinions about it, though. On the one hand there are those who decide all the things for the child and adults make the running. On the other hand there are those who much prefer to leave the child to choose on his or her own and decide what they want to do during their holiday. Some say that the second method encourages children to better think for themselves and that the first makes them depend more on adults. Only you can decide which one you are and which is the best for you and your child. Remember that you are only young once and childhood will be gone soon forever. All work and no play is not the idea.
41. After-school activities can be ________ and continue our children’s ________ through the school holidays.
42. One should know what his child is ________ to learn if he or she takes part in an activity. Challenging activities and achievement can improve a quiet or shy child’s confidence.
43. You should consider ________ the most important thing of any activity.
44. Why should you be careful of the activity itself with too much competition?
________________________________
45. What after-school activity do you often take part in? What do you think of it?
________________________________
Ⅶ. 写作(共15分)
46. 书面表达。
“劳动创造美好生活”是我们共同的理念。作为一名中学生,你在学习之余也一定参加过各种劳动。请你根据以下提示,以“Labour is Meaningful”为题,写一篇短文,向校报英语专栏投稿。
要点提示:
1. 你常做的劳动(家务/校园劳动/志愿劳动);
2. 劳动给你带来的收获与改变;
3. 你的感受或倡议。
要求:
1. 词数:不少于90词。
2. 包含所有要点,可适当发挥。
3. 条理清晰,语句通顺,书写规范。包含所有要点。文章开头已给出。
Labour Is Meaningful
Labour is an important part of our life. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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英语学科模拟训练(3)
听力部分(20分)
Ⅰ. Listening(本题共20分,每小题1分)
Part One: Choose the right answer according to the dialogue you hear.
听第1-5段材料,回答第1-5题。
1. What’s wrong with Judy?
A. Catches a cold. B. Has a headache. C. Has a stomach ache.
2. What is Donny going to do next?
A. Play basketball. B. Do homework. C. Have dinner.
. How many pieces of bread did Mike eat?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Five.
4. What did the doctor say?
A. Don’t eat too much meat.
B. You don’t have a sore throat.
C. Drink some hot tea with honey.
5. How’s Jim?
A. He’s OK. B. He’s ill. C. He’s returned home.
Part Two: Choose the right answer according to the dialogue or passage you hear.
听第6段材料,回答第6-7题。
6. Which club has the girl decided to join?
A. The Dance Club. B. The Music Club. C. The Acting Club.
7. What does the girl advise Sam to do?
A. Choose what he likes. B. Ask a friend for help. C. Stay with his friends.
听第7段材料,回答第8-9题。
8. What did Emily and her grandpa use to do a lot?
A. Have a talk. B. Write something. C. Go bird-watching.
9. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Friends. B. Doctor and patient. C. Father and daughter.
听第8段材料,回答第10-12 题。
10. Why did Karen go to the beach?
A. Because she wanted to learn to swim there.
B. Because she wanted to get some sun there.
C. Because she was invited by her parents’ friends.
11. What does the boy think of running on sand?
A. Difficult. B. Interesting. C. Tiring.
12. Where did the boy spend the weekend?
A. In the library. B. On the beach. C. In the village.
听第9段材料,回答第13-15题。
13. What is the woman doing?
A. Buying a house. B. Booking a room. C. Washing clothes.
14. What room does the woman book at last?
A. A single room. B. A small room. C. A double room.
15. What can’t the woman do in the hotel?
A. Swim. B. Play table tennis. C. Wash clothes.
Part Three: Listen and fill the blanks.
听一段独白,填写相关信息,每空1词。听独白前,你有10秒钟的时间阅读题目。独白读两遍。
Low-carbon life for saving our 16. ________
What
Low energy and no 17. ________
How
The contribution is 18. ________
·Ride or walk to school.
·Don’t. leave the fridge’s door open.
·19. __ drinking bottled water.
·Wash your clothes by hand.
·Recycle.
The natural 20. ________, will become, better and better.
笔试部分(90分)
Ⅱ. 阅读理解(每小题2分,共30分)
A
1. Where can the tourists ride yaks?
A. In Xining. B. At Riyue Mountain.
C. On the Qinghai Lake. D. In Gangcha.
2. What time can the tourists go sightseeing on the Qinghai Lake by ship?
A. At 8:00. B. At 9:00. C. At 11:00. D. At 17:00.
3. Where is the text probably from?
A. A sports magazine. B. A science report. C. A travel guide. D. A health magazine.
【答案】1. B 2. C 3. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇时文广告,介绍了一些旅游景点、游玩项目、游玩时间等出行相关信息。
【1题详解】
根据“Riyue Mountain”介绍中“8:30-9:00 Ride yaks (牦牛)”可知,游客在日月山可以骑牦牛。
【2题详解】
根据“Qinghai Lake”介绍“10:30-12:30…Go sightseeing on the Qinghai Lake by ship”可知,10:30-12:30可以乘船游览青海湖,C项在该时间段内。
【3题详解】
文章主要介绍景点游玩内容,因此可推断出自旅游指南。
B
(One October afternoon, Anne welcomed her best friend Diana to Green Gables for afternoon tea.)
Scene One
Before going out, Marilla reminded her daughter Anne, “The raspberry cordial (树莓果汁) is on the kitchen table. Be careful and don’t take the wrong bottle.”
“I won’t,” Anne answered. She wanted everything to be perfect for Diana.
On the kitchen table stood a bottle filled with a bright red drink. It looked just like raspberry cordial, so Anne poured it into Diana’s glass without thinking twice.
Diana drank one glass, then another. In no time, her face turned red. She began to laugh loudly and could hardly stand. Anne grew worried, but she still didn’t know what had gone wrong.
Scene Two
Not long after, Mrs Barry, Diana’s mother, learned what her daughter had drunk. She hurried to Green Gables, her face full of anger.
“What drink did you give my daughter? That was not raspberry cordial!” she cried.
Marilla checked the bottle. “It is currant wine (酒),” she said, totally amazed!
Mrs Barry turned to Anne. “Diana is not allowed to come here again!”
Anne stood there silently, feeling sorry and heartbroken.
Scene Three
Several days later, Diana ran into Green Gables.
“Oh, Anne, do come quick! Minnie May is awfully sick. Father and Mother are away. I don’t know what to do!” Diana’s voice shook and tears rolled down her face.
Anne didn’t waste a moment and went with her at once.
Scene Four
Remembering what she had learned while caring for sick children in hospital before, Anne stayed calm and worked patiently all night until a doctor finally arrived. Minnie May felt much better.
The next day, Mrs Barry went to Green Gables with some fresh flowers for Anne.
“Anne,” she smiled and said gently, “I’m truly sorry. I shouldn’t have kept you and Diana apart. I supposed you might hurt her, but now I realize you never would. If it’s all right with you, Diana may visit you again.”
Anne said nothing, but her eyes shone softly. She had made a careless mistake, but from it she learned the true meaning of friendship.
—Adapted from Anne of Green Gables
4. Why did Anne give Diana the wrong drink during tea time?
A. Anne didn’t remember Marilla’s words. B. The wrong drink looked like raspberry cordial.
C. Diana asked for another drink at the table D. Anne took the bottle from the wrong table.
5. According to the story, which event made things start to get better?
A. B. C. D.
6. How does Mrs Barry’s view of Anne change?
A. From trust to fear. B. From fear to relief.
C. From anger to thankfulness. D. From regret to anger.
7. What does the story mainly show about friendship?
A. True friends are always there for your brightest moments.
B. Good friendship grows from common interests and hobbies.
C. Trouble doesn’t break true friendship but makes it stronger.
D. True friendship can make growing older much less lonely.
【答案】4. B 5. B 6. C 7. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是记叙文。主要讲述了安妮招待好友戴安娜时误给了她酒,引发误会后又在关键时刻帮忙照顾戴安娜的妹妹,最终化解矛盾、加深友谊的故事。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据“It looked just like raspberry cordial, so Anne poured it into Diana’s glass without thinking twice.”可知,是因为那杯错误的饮品看起来和树莓汁一样。故选B。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Remembering what she had learned while caring for sick children in hospital before, Anne stayed calm and worked patiently all night until a doctor finally arrived. Minnie May felt much better.”可知,是安妮帮忙照顾米妮·梅这件事让情况开始好转。选项B符合。故选B。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据“her face full of anger”到“I’m truly sorry. I shouldn’t have kept you and Diana apart.”的描述可知,巴里太太对安妮的态度从生气转变为感激。故选C。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。全文讲述了安妮和戴安娜经历误会与考验后,友谊变得更加牢固的故事,说明困境不会破坏真正的友谊,反而会让它更坚固。故选C。
C
People know animals do have feelings, but they are not sure if these feelings are correctly understood. In recent years, scientists have done research about the feelings of cows, frogs and pandas. A new study adds chickens to the list. It says that humans can tell whether a chicken is happy or sad by listening to its calls.
The researchers put a bowl behind a door. Inside the bowl, sometimes, there was something chickens love to eat, such as rice or insects. Sometimes, there was nothing. When the chickens saw food behind the door, they seemed happy and produced fast and loud sounds, known as food calls. When there wasn’t food, the chickens made low and long noises to express disappointment. The researchers recorded all these sounds and studied their waves.
Then the researchers chose 16 recordings of such chicken noises. Half were from the chickens seeing the food and half were from the chickens finding no food. The recordings were played to 194 volunteers. Sixty-nine percent of the volunteers correctly understood whether the chickens were feeling happy or not, and some of them even had no experience of taking care of chickens.
The result shows that humans have the natural ability to understand the feelings of chickens.
Hopefully, this finding can bring about new technology to help with chicken-raising, a big industry in many countries. Some scientists are already working on a smart computer program that can ascertain chickens’ feelings. This is good news for farmers who want to make the birds happier and healthier.
8. Which is most probably the sound wave of a happy call by a chicken?
A. B. C. D.
9. How did the volunteers help with the research?
A. By listening to the chicken calls. B. By taking care of the chickens.
C. By finding food for the chickens. D. By making the chickens happy.
10. What does the underlined word “ascertain” mean in Paragraph 4?
A. Control. B. Hide. C. Recognize. D. Hurt.
11. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Chickens’ Food Calls
B. Happy Chickens, Sad Chickens
C. Farmers’ Best Choice
D. Smart Farmers, Healthy Farmers
【答案】8. D 9. A 10. C 11. B
【解析】
【导语】本文主要介绍了鸡的快乐和不快乐的情感以及人类对其感知的能力。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据“When the chickens saw food behind the door, they seemed happy and produced fast and loud sounds, known as food calls. When there wasn’t food, the chickens made low and long noises to express disappointment.”可知,快乐的鸡会发出快速且响亮的叫声,对应的声波应当频率更快、幅度更大,图D最符合这种特征。故选D。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据“The researchers recorded all these sounds and studied their waves.”以及“Then the researchers chose 16 recordings of such chicken noises. Half were from the chickens seeing the food and half were from the chickens finding no food. The recordings were played to 194 volunteers.”可知,文中提到通过让志愿者聆听录音然后判断鸡的情绪来帮助研究,故选A。
【10题详解】
词句猜测题。根据“Some scientists are already working on a smart computer program that can ascertain chickens’ feelings.”可知,一些科学家已经在研究一种智能计算机程序,可以确定鸡的感觉。可推测出“ascertain”意为“确定”,与“recognize”意思相近。故选C。
【11题详解】
最佳标题题。通读全文可知,文章主题围绕“人类能分辨鸡的快乐或失落叫声”展开,最贴切的标题是“Happy Chickens, Sad Chickens”,故选B。
D
①During the Han Dynasty people preferred small waists, while in the Tang Dynasty people admired plumpness (圆润), considering it a symbol of beauty. Until this day, people’s build is still a hot topic.
②Now some girls don’t feel confident if they have a pear-shaped build, with hips that are wider than the bust and shoulders. Many pear-shaped girls try to hide their hips and legs under large dresses and pants.
③However, a recent study suggested that pear-shaped people are the ones who won the genetic lottery (基因彩票)!
④The study by the US National Library of Medicine found that the waist-to-hip ratio (WHR, 腰臀比) shows the strongest relationship with death. Traditionally, the BMI (体重指数) has been considered the best way to judge whether a person is healthy or not. However, this study challenges this conclusion. After surveying nearly 40,000 people, scientists found no matter what a person’s BMI is, the larger his WHR is, the easier he will die. Instead of focusing on how much fat a person has, scientists suggest people should focus more on where the fat is in a person’s body.
⑤WHR, as its name suggests, compares your waist to your hip. A larger waist means morecentral fat, which could mean more visceral fat (内脏脂肪). More visceral fat increases the risk of illnesses. That’s why people with a pear-shaped body are always healthier than others. According to the World Health Organization, a healthy WHR is less than 0.85 for women and less than 0.9 for men.
⑥Researchers from Johns Hopkins University suggested we should focus more on health instead of the build. As middle school students, since we are growing, it’s pretty common to put on some weight and get bigger. We can’t control our natural body types, but we can control our health.
12. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Small waist. B. Plumpness. C. The good build. D. Pear-shaped body.
13. Which of the following should girls focus more on according to the passage?
A. They should try to keep their BMI as low as possible to get good health.
B. They should keep their WHR within the healthy limit of less than 0.85.
C. They only need to make their waists as small as possible to look pretty.
D. They should focus on cutting down both BMI and WHR to the lowest.
14. Which of the following shows the structure of this passage?
A. ①②/③/④/⑤⑥ B. ①/②/③④/⑤⑥
C. ①②/③/④⑤/⑥ D. ①/②/③④⑤/⑥
15. What may happen according to the passage?
A. Pear-shaped girls will stop wearing large clothes.
B. Doctors won’t use BMI to check people’s health.
C. People will care more about WHR for health.
D. Schools will teach more about body shapes.
【答案】12. B 13. B 14. D 15. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文,介绍了“身材”这一热门话题,涉及到“腰臀比”和“体重指数”等概念。
【12题详解】
词句猜测题。根据“while in the Tang Dynasty people admired plumpness, considering it a symbol of beauty.”可知,此处代词指代前面的“圆润”。故选B。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据“According to the World Health Organization, a healthy WHR is less than 0.85 for women”可知,女性应该把腰臀比控制在少于0.85的健康线以内。故选B。
【14题详解】
篇章结构题。通读全文可知,文章第一段导入身材这一话题;第二段介绍一些女孩误以为梨形身材不好;第三、四、五段则解开第二段的误解;第六段是全篇文章的总结和结论。故选D。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。文章第一、二段介绍一些女孩误以为腰臀比低的梨形身材不好,第三、四、五段则说明腰臀比低是健康的标准,需要给以重视,所以通过这篇文章,人们为了健康会更在意腰臀比。故选C。
Ⅲ. 七选五(每小题1分,共5分)
Scientists have created an underwater robot and it can tell different kinds of pollution at the bottom of the sea. ____16____. It can also give them a chance to remove the things that can cause the most harm to the environment.
The robot weighs nearly 100 pounds and uses special cameras to take 3D pictures. It was created by a team at Skarv Technologies.
____17____. First, the robot swam up and down in rows at about six feet above the lake bed, collecting information with the special cameras. Then a computer turned the information into a map, which showed different kinds of rubbish in different colors.
A total of 3,894 objects (物品) were found in the lake and divided into different kinds. “There’s too much rubbish,” a member of the Skarv Technologies team told New Scientist. “____18____.”
It is not always possible for clean-up teams to remove all the rubbish they find underwater, besides, ____19____. The robot will be used to help the teams find the most harmful things. And the teams spend their time, efforts and money in removing them first. “Glass isn’t really polluting,” said Fossum. “So if you know there’s an area with a lot of glass, ____20____. Instead, you should pay more attention to the things that are putting heavy metals (金属) into the environment.”
Besides helping to check the pollution, the robot can also tell the positions of animals in the sea. It can avoid hurting the animals while the clean-up teams remove the rubbish.
A. There’s somewhere around 165 to 300 tons of rubbish in the lake
B. The robot can clean the rubbish on the ground on its own
C. there is something more important to clean
D. The researchers put their work to the test at a lake
E. it still needed to be tested
F. you probably can ignore (忽视) that
G. The robot will help clean-up teams find the rubbish
【答案】16. G 17. D 18. A 19. C 20. F
【解析】
【导语】本文主要介绍了科学家们创造的一种水下机器人,它能够识别海底的不同种类的污染。
【16题详解】
根据后文“It can also give them a chance to remove the things that can cause the most harm to the environment.”可知,此句提到机器人能给清洁团队一个机会去移除对环境有害的东西,由此可推出此处是说机器人能帮助清洁团队找到垃圾,选项G“机器人将帮助清洁团队找到垃圾”符合语境。故选G。
【17题详解】
根据后文“First, the robot swam up and down in rows at about six feet above the lake bed, collecting information with the special cameras. Then a computer turned the information into a map…”可知,此处详细描述机器人在湖里进行测试的过程,选项D“研究人员在一个湖里对他们的工作进行了测试”符合语境。故选D。
【18题详解】
根据前文“‘There’s too much rubbish,’ a member of the Skarv Technologies team told New Scientist.”可知,此处提到湖里有太多垃圾,由此可推出此处会说湖里垃圾的具体数量,选项A“湖里大约有165到300吨垃圾”符合语境。故选A。
【19题详解】
根据前文“It is not always possible for clean-up teams to remove all the rubbish they find underwater, besides…”可知,清洁团队不可能移除水下发现的所有垃圾,除此之外,还有更重要的东西要清理,选项C“有更重要的东西要清理”符合语境。故选C。
【20题详解】
根据前文“‘Glass isn’t really polluting,’ said Fossum.”以及后文“Instead, you should pay more attention to the things that are putting heavy metals into the environment.”可知,Fossum说玻璃不是真正的污染,相反应该更关注那些把重金属排入环境中的东西,由此可推出此处是说如果知道某个区域有很多玻璃,那么可以忽略它,选项F“你可能可以忽略它”符合语境。故选F。
Ⅳ. 完形填空(每小题1分,共10分)
Three years ago, my husband died. One day, I was sitting in my room on a beautiful spring morning, but everything around me seemed dead to me. I was reading a book, and I suddenly read a sentence, “Life ____21____ in death.” At first, I couldn’t understand it. To cheer me up, a friend of mine invited me to her home in Las Vegas. On the airplane, I looked ____22____ on mountains which were so green that I could almost feel them. Later, when I reached Las Vegas, I couldn’t see mountains anymore. Instead, a big desert appeared. ____23____ green turned to boring brown. We landed after the sun ____24____ and the only green to be seen was the neon (霓虹灯) in the dark. It was lifeless.
However, the next morning, I found signs of spring all over my friend’s yard. All the things had grown green leaves and begun to flower overnight. Three days later, we drove to visit another friend and got another taste of life. The trip across the desert was great, full of flowers and green cacti (仙人掌). ____25____ the desert seemed dead when I looked from above, it still had life down here.
I finally understood the meaning ____26____ that sentence. After it was read again and again, I was no longer ____27____. Sitting in my room, I began to notice grass and flowers outside in the sunshine. I went out to the garden, ____28____ my shoes and danced on the green grass without them, smiling with hope.
True, life goes on ____29____ happens. We will still live in green spring, in cold winter, in the birth of a child and in the death of our loved ones. They will still live in the hearts of those ____30____ will remember them.
21. A. stops B. continues C. spreads D. changes
22. A. off B. around C. down D. up
23. A. Live B. Lively C. Alive D. Living
24. A. reduced B. disappeared C. rose D. increased
25. A. Although B. Because C. When D. Unless
26. A. behind B. through C. with D. at
27. A. excited B. bored C. sad D. disappointed
28. A. showed up B. cut down C. took off D. put on
29. A. whenever B. whatever C. however D. wherever
30. A. who B. that C. which D. when
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. B 24. B 25. A 26. A 27. C 28. C 29. B 30. A
【解析】
【导语】本文讲述了作者在丈夫去世后陷入悲伤,通过一次旅行和朋友的陪伴,逐渐理解了“生命在死亡中延续”的含义,重新发现生活中希望的故事。
【21题详解】
句意:我在读一本书,突然读到一句话:“生命在死亡中延续。”
根据下文作者最终理解了这句话的含义,以及文章结尾关于生命延续的主题,可知此处意为“生命在死亡中继续”,应选用continues。stops“停止”,spreads“传播”,changes“改变”,均不符合语境。
【22题详解】
句意:在飞机上,我俯视着那些绿意盎然的山脉。
look down on表示“俯视”,符合从飞机上往下看的视角。look off“眺望”,look around“环顾”,look up“仰望”,均不符合语境。
【23题详解】
句意:取而代之的是一片大沙漠。充满生机的绿色变成了沉闷的棕色。
此处需要形容词修饰“green”,表示“充满生机的绿色”,Lively“充满活力的”最符合从生机盎然的绿色到枯黄沙漠的对比。Live“现场的”,Alive“活着的”,living“活的、有生命的”均不符合语境。
【24题详解】
句意:太阳落山后我们降落了,唯一能看到的绿色就是黑暗中的霓虹灯。
根据语境“太阳……后”且与黑暗中的霓虹灯对应,应用disappeared表示“消失”。rose“升起”,reduced“减少”,increased“增加”,均不符合语境。
【25题详解】
句意:尽管从上面看沙漠似乎是死寂的,但它在下面仍有生命。
前后为让步关系:上面看似死寂,下面却有生命,应用Although表示“虽然”。Because“因为”,When“当……时”,Unless“除非”,均不符合逻辑。
【26题详解】
句意:我终于理解了那句话背后的含义。
根据上文作者反复阅读并思考“Life continues in death”这句话,最终领悟其深层含义,可知她理解了文字背后隐藏的寓意。behind在此表示“在……背后”,符合“透过字面理解深层含义”的语境。through“通过”强调媒介,with“和”表示伴随,at“在”表示位置,均不能准确表达“理解字面背后的意思”这一逻辑。
【27题详解】
句意:当我一遍又一遍地读它之后,我不再悲伤了。
根据上文作者因丈夫去世而悲伤,此处她理解了生命的意义后情绪好转,应用sad表示“悲伤的”。excited“兴奋的”,bored“无聊的”,disappointed“失望的”,均不符合语境。
【28题详解】
句意:我走到花园里,脱下鞋子,在绿草地上赤脚跳舞,满怀希望地微笑着。
根据下文“danced on the green grass without them”,可知她“脱掉”了鞋子,应用took off表示“脱下”。showed up“出现”,cut down“砍倒”,put on“穿上”,均不符合语境。
【29题详解】
句意:确实,无论发生什么,生活都在继续。
根据上文作者从失去丈夫的悲痛中走出来,重新发现生活的希望,以及下文“We will still live in green spring...”,可知此处表达的是:不管发生什么,生活都在继续。whatever表示“无论什么”,符合语境。whenever“无论何时”,however“无论怎样”,wherever“无论哪里”,均不符合语境。
【30题详解】
句意:他们将永远活在那些记得他们的人心中。
空处是定语从句的关系词,先行词为those(那些人),在定语从句中作主语,应用关系代词who。that也可指人,但通常不用于逗号后非限制性定语从句;which指物,when指时间,均不符合。此处为限制性定语从句,who和that均可,但选项中只有who。
Ⅴ. 语篇填空(每小题2分,共20分)
What is the best virtue (美德)? What can we learn from water? Laozi, a famous Chinese thinker, ____31____ lived around 2,500 years ago, might have an answer.
Laozi tells us that the top character is just like water. All life in the world cannot live without water, ____32____ water never asks for anything in return. It benefits (使受益) all, ____33____ (compete) with none. It simply keeps giving ____34____ (quiet). Also, water often stays where people don’t like. This kind of low profile (低姿态) makes water the closest to the law of ____35____ universe (万物之规).
In dealing with people, we can act as water. Do our best to help others without trying to get anything back. At the same time, stay humble (谦虚的). Don’t always talk about the help you gave ____36____ other people. Even if you are in a difficult situation, you need to stay calm. After all, water will not choose where ____37____ (be), and it just goes to where it is needed.
The Chinese nation has always held dear Laozi’s ideas about water. In 2014, President Xi Jinping ____38____ (mention) it at the welcome dinner of the 22nd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Beijing. He said APEC members ____39____ work together by the water of the Pacific Ocean and would have a shared responsibility to make the Pacific an ocean of peace, friendship and cooperation (合作). This is the ____40____ (wise) that water brings us.
【答案】31. who
32. but 33. competing
34. quietly
35. the 36. to
37. to be 38. mentioned
39. would 40. wisdom
【解析】
【导语】本文借老子关于“上善若水”的思想,阐述了水的谦逊、无私与包容等美德,并联系到习近平主席在APEC会议上的讲话,展现了中国文化智慧在现代外交中的体现。
【31题详解】
句意:生活在约2500年前的中国著名思想家老子可能有一个答案。空处是定语从句的关系词;先行词a famous Chinese thinker指人,且在定语从句中作主语,需用关系代词who引导,故填who。
【32题详解】
句意:世界上所有的生命都离不开水,但水从不求任何回报。前后句为转折关系,故填转折连词but。
【33题详解】
句意:它使万物受益,却不与任何事物竞争。句中benefits是谓语动词,逗号后跟非谓语动词,表示伴随;此处使用现在分词形式competing,表示“在使万物受益的同时,不与任何事物竞争”,动作与“benefits”同时发生。故填competing。
【34题详解】
句意:它只是安静地持续给予。修饰动词需用副词,quiet的副词形式为quietly,意为“安静地”,故填quietly。
【35题详解】
句意:这种低姿态使水最接近于万物之规。名词universe意为“宇宙”,是独一无二的事物,前面需要加定冠词the。
【36题详解】
句意:不要总是谈论你给予别人的帮助。“the help you gave…other people”指你给予别人的帮助,空格后“other people”是接受帮助的对象,需要介词to与之搭配。
【37题详解】
句意:毕竟,水不会选择去哪里,它只会去需要它的地方。“疑问词 + 动词不定式”在句中作宾语。此处“where to be”作动词“choose”的宾语,表示“选择去哪里”,故填to be。
【38题详解】
句意:2014年,习近平主席在北京举行的第22届APEC经济领导人会议的欢迎晚宴上提到了它。时间状语In 2014提示用一般过去时,mention的过去式为mentioned,故填mentioned。
【39题详解】
句意:他说APEC成员们将共同努力,共同承担责任,使太平洋成为和平、友谊与合作的海洋。这就是水带给我们的智慧。主句为一般过去时,宾语从句中描述过去将来的动作,用过去将来时,故填would。
【40题详解】
句意:这就是水带给我们的智慧。定冠词the后需接名词作表语,wise的名词形式为wisdom,意为“智慧”,故填wisdom。
Ⅵ. 阅读表达(每小题2分,共10分)
After-school activities can be a wonderful thing and continue our children’s education through the school holidays. However any old activity does not do the right job, every activity should be useful and helpful and of course, enjoyable. So what matters when we make the decision as to what our youngster is going to take part in?
Above all, you should know what you expect your child to learn from the activity, for example, learning how to play a musical instrument, how to draw-or whatever. Any activity should be a challenge (挑战) to a child. Taking on the challenge and achievement can help a quiet or shy child become more confident.
Safety must be the most important thing that you should consider any activity. But remember nothing can be made to be 100% safe and still be interesting. Before deciding this is the course you want your child to be part of, you should talk to an instructor and ask questions. Be careful of the activity itself with too much competition because that can cause problems and kill off enjoyment. Do not forget that this is costing you money so try to be sure that you are getting value for it. Of course there’s no doubt that discussing things with your child first is also a good idea.
Parents have different opinions about it, though. On the one hand there are those who decide all the things for the child and adults make the running. On the other hand there are those who much prefer to leave the child to choose on his or her own and decide what they want to do during their holiday. Some say that the second method encourages children to better think for themselves and that the first makes them depend more on adults. Only you can decide which one you are and which is the best for you and your child. Remember that you are only young once and childhood will be gone soon forever. All work and no play is not the idea.
41. After-school activities can be ________ and continue our children’s ________ through the school holidays.
42. One should know what his child is ________ to learn if he or she takes part in an activity. Challenging activities and achievement can improve a quiet or shy child’s confidence.
43. You should consider ________ the most important thing of any activity.
44. Why should you be careful of the activity itself with too much competition?
________________________________
45. What after-school activity do you often take part in? What do you think of it?
________________________________
【答案】41. ①.
wonderful ②.
education 42.
expected 43.
safety 44.
Because that can cause problems and kill off enjoyment.
45.
I often take part in playing basketball. I think it is helpful and enjoyable.
【解析】
【导语】本文主要讲述了课外活动的好处、选择课外活动时应考虑的因素(如期望、挑战、安全、竞争等)以及家长对此的不同观点,强调童年短暂,应劳逸结合。
【41题详解】
根据文章第1段“After-school activities can be a wonderful thing and continue our children’s education through the school holidays”可知课外活动是美妙的并能延续教育,答案直接取用原句即可。故填wonderful; education。
【42题详解】
根据文章第2段“Above all, you should know what you expect your child to learn from the activity”可知原句“expect children to learn”为主动语态,题干变成被动结构be expected to do(被期望去做),动词expect变为过去分词expected。
【43题详解】
根据文章第3段“Safety must be the most important thing that you should consider any activity”可知考虑安全是最重要的,答案直接提取原句即可。
【44题详解】
根据文章第3段“Be careful of the activity itself with too much competition because that can cause problems and kill off enjoyment”可知小心竞争激烈活动的原因是过多竞争会引发问题,还会消磨活动带来的乐趣。
【45题详解】
本题为开放性问题,答案不唯一,需结合个人实际情况合理作答。
Ⅶ. 写作(共15分)
46. 书面表达。
“劳动创造美好生活”是我们共同的理念。作为一名中学生,你在学习之余也一定参加过各种劳动。请你根据以下提示,以“Labour is Meaningful”为题,写一篇短文,向校报英语专栏投稿。
要点提示:
1. 你常做的劳动(家务/校园劳动/志愿劳动);
2. 劳动给你带来的收获与改变;
3. 你的感受或倡议。
要求:
1. 词数:不少于90词。
2. 包含所有要点,可适当发挥。
3. 条理清晰,语句通顺,书写规范。包含所有要点。文章开头已给出。
Labour Is Meaningful
Labour is an important part of our life. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】
Labour Is Meaningful
Labour is an important part of our life. I often do various kinds of labour. At home, I help my parents with housework like tidying my bedroom, washing dishes and watering the flowers every day. At school, I take part in the campus cleaning activity every Friday afternoon. Last month, I also joined a volunteer labour team to help clean up the community park.
Labour has brought me a lot. It makes me more independent and teaches me to take responsibility. I have learned to value the hard work of others and understand that every small effort counts. I used to be lazy, but now I am willing to take on more tasks and enjoy the process of working.
I truly believe that labour is meaningful. I hope all my classmates can take part in more labour activities. Let's experience the joy and value of labour together!
【解析】
【详解】写作步骤
[第一步:审题立意]
确定文体:介绍性记叙文,以一般现在时为主,穿插一般过去时。
明确要点:①日常三类劳动(家务/校园/志愿劳动具体行为);②劳动带来的个人收获与自身变化;③劳动感悟和向同学发出倡议。
确定人称:第一人称(I/my)
注意事项:①不出现真实人名、校名;②不少于90词;③包含所有要点。
[第二步:构思布局]
三段式结构
开头段:给定开篇句,总起全文,罗列自己日常参与的家务、校园、志愿劳动三类劳动实例。
主体段:阐述劳动带来的收获、自身前后变化。
结尾段:抒发对劳动的看法,发出倡议,升华主题。
[第三步:要点展开]
要点一:常做的三类劳动(家务+校园+志愿劳动)
活动内容:tidy bedroom/wash dishes/water flowers/take part in campus cleaning/clean up the park/fold clothes/tidy classroom/clean blackboard/pick up rubbish等
地点选择:home/school/community park/classroom/school garden/neighbourhood等
活动时间:every day/every Friday afternoon/last month/last weekend/after school/every evening等
要点二:劳动带来的收获与改变
能力收获:become more independent/learn to take responsibility/develop my living skills等
思想收获:learn to value others’ hard work/realize small efforts matter/learn to care for people around me等
自身变化:willing to finish tasks/love working/manage daily chores by myself等
要点三:个人感受与倡议
个人感受:I truly believe labour is meaningful/Labour is the source of wealth/brings us inner happiness and personal progress等
倡议内容:advise classmates to join more labour activities/enjoy the value and happiness of labour/start with small chores from today等
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