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沈阳市南昌初级中学
八年级第一次月考英语试卷
校区______________ 班级______________ 姓名______________
一、阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分;满分40分)
第一节 阅读短文,根据其内容从A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项。
A
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Diana Garcia
@dgarcia
It’s a mini-project for my course at college. Thanks to all my friends (180 in total) who answered my questions about selfies (自拍). Here’s the result.
Selfies in Numbers
Who’s Taking Selfies?
Top Situations for Selfies
Males 60%
Females 40%
52%
34%
30%
30%
20%
16%
alone
on vacation
at a party or on a night out
with a friend or a group of friends
at school
in front of the mirror
Age
18
19
20
21 and over
Changing Selfies
Top reasons for selfies
I have used an app (应用程序) to…
① to remember a happy moment
②because you feel good
…change my hair 37%
…add glasses or a silly mustache 32%
③ because you look good
④ to share information about your life
…add a filter (滤镜) 25%
Fun fact: People take two selfies a day on average.
…change my eye color 6%
1. How many 19-year-olds answered Diana’s questions about selfies?
A. 45. B. 117. C. 27. D. 18.
2. According to the text, why do people take selfies?
a. To share information about life. b. To remember a happy moment.
c. Because they want to change their hair. d. Because they look good.
A. abc B. bcd C. acd D. abd
3. How does the writer show the results of the selfie survey in this text?
A. By listing numbers. B. By giving examples.
C. By making comparisons. D. By asking questions.
4. In which part of the magazine can the text be read?
A. Sports. B. Art. C. Life. D. History.
【答案】1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文,是Diana Garcia在博客上发布的自拍问卷调查结果,用图表和数据展示了调研信息。
【1题详解】
根据表格第二行最右侧一栏中的“It’s a mini-project for my course at college. Thanks to all my friends (180 in total) who answered my questions about selfies (自拍).”和“Who’s Taking Selfies?”下面一栏中“Age”部分的“19岁 65%”可知,总人数是180人,19岁的占65%,180×65%=117,因此,总共有117名19岁的人回答了Diana关于自拍的问题。
【2题详解】
根据右侧“Top reasons for selfies”部分的“①to remember a happy moment; ②because you feel good; ③because you look good; ④to share information about your life”可知,自拍的原因包括:为了记住美好瞬间;因为感觉好;因为看起来好看;为了分享生活信息。不包含“因为他们想改变他们的发型”。
【3题详解】
根据全文所有图表,文中大量使用百分比、总人数等各类数字展示自拍调查结果,因此,作者是通过列举数字的方式来展示自拍调查结果。
【4题详解】
根据表格第二行右侧一栏中的“Thanks to all my friends (180 in total) who answered my questions about selfies (自拍).”可知,文章是关于自拍的问卷调查结果,自拍是日常生活相关的话题。因此,这篇文章属于生活板块,所以可以在杂志的生活部分读到这篇文章。
B
Nancy was a baby turtle (海龟). She was protected well by her parents on the beach where she was born. But as she grew older, she decided to see the world. She would have to get a tool to travel around, for turtles were very slow.
She asked her mother to buy her a moped (助力车) so that she could go off and discover new lands farther away. But Nancy’s mother said, “Certainly not! Mopeds are too dangerous for turtles.”
Nancy was unhappy about this, so she decided to look for a moped that had been thrown away. Finally, Nancy found what she was looking for. Without a second thought, she took it and went off to find another beach along the coast road. As she rode, she noticed that the moped was going very fast, and that it was getting more and more difficult to control it.
Suddenly, a bee flew into Nancy’s face, which made her fall onto the ground so heavily that she broke a leg. With great difficulty, Nancy went back home and shut herself up in her own room without saying anything.
That evening, Nancy’s parents bought a lot of her favorite food and made a big meal. Nancy went out and saw all the delicious food on the table, and then couldn’t help crying! It seemed that her leg wasn’t painful at all.
5. What did Nancy decide to do when she was old enough?
A. To travel around the world. B. To live on another beach.
C. To buy her mother a moped. D. To learn more lessons.
6. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. A bee. B. A map. C. A moped. D. A guide.
7. Why did Nancy fall onto the ground?
A. Because one of her legs was broken.
B. Because the coast road wasn’t smooth at all.
C. Because a bee flew into her face.
D. Because her mother stopped her on the way.
8. What can we infer from the ending of the story?
A. Nancy wasn’t happy with the dinner.
B. There was nothing wrong with Nancy’s leg.
C. Nancy’s parents got a new moped for her.
D. Nancy understood the love of her parents.
【答案】5. A 6. C 7. C 8. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文,讲述小乌龟Nancy长大后想环游世界,偷偷骑废弃助力车外出,途中发生事故摔伤腿,最后感受到父母关爱的故事。
【5题详解】
第一段第3句指出:“But as she grew older, she decided to see the world.”,这直接说明Nancy长大之后决定环游世界。
【6题详解】
第三段第1、2句提到:“Nancy was unhappy about this, so she decided to look for a moped that had been thrown away. Finally, Nancy found what she was looking for.”,前文Nancy一直在寻找一辆废弃助力车,“it”指代前面的“a moped”。
【7题详解】
第四段第1句说明原因:“Suddenly, a bee flew into Nancy’s face, which made her fall onto the ground so heavily that she broke a leg.”,一只蜜蜂飞到Nancy脸上,导致她摔倒在地。
【8题详解】
最后一段第1、2句写道:“That evening, Nancy’s parents bought a lot of her favorite food and made a big meal. Nancy went out and saw all the delicious food on the table, and then couldn’t help crying!”,父母准备了她爱吃的饭菜,Nancy感动落泪,可以推断Nancy理解了父母的爱。
C
Today we use Arabic numerals (0—9) almost everywhere. But these numbers were not invented by Arabs.
Long long ago, people in India created these number symbols. They also created the place-value system. It made writing big numbers much easier. Later, Arab businessmen and scholars learned this system from India. They brought the numbers to Europe. European people called them “Arabic numerals” because they got them from Arab people.
Before Arabic numerals arrived, Europeans used Roman numerals. Roman numerals use letters such as I, V, X. It was hard to do difficult maths with them. For example, it is not easy to calculate LXXIII minus XXXIX in Roman numerals. Slowly, Arabic numerals took the place of Roman numerals for counting and calculating.
Now Arabic numerals travel across the whole world. They help people do business, study science and record all kinds of data. Without them, our modern world would be very different.
9. Where were Arabic numerals first invented?
A. In Arabia. B. In India. C. In Europe. D. In China.
10. Who spread the number system to Europe?
A. Indian farmers. B. Arab businessmen and scholars.
C. European teachers. D. Roman scientists.
11. What was one problem of Roman numerals?
A. They had no letters to write numbers.
B. They were too expensive to buy.
C. It was hard to do challenging maths calculations.
D. People could not write small numbers.
12. What is the best title for the text?
A. The journey of Arabic numerals B. Different ways to count in Europe
C. Why Roman numerals disappear completely D. Great inventions from ancient India
【答案】9. B 10. B 11. C 12. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文,介绍阿拉伯数字的起源、传播历程,对比罗马数字的弊端,讲述阿拉伯数字走向全世界并深刻影响现代社会。
【9题详解】
原文第二段提到“Long long ago, people in India created these number symbols.”,阿拉伯数字最早是在印度被发明出来的,因此选B。
【10题详解】
原文第二段提到“Later, Arab businessmen and scholars learned this system from India. They brought the numbers to Europe.”,阿拉伯商人和学者把这套数字体系带到欧洲,因此选B。
【11题详解】
原文第三段提到“It was hard to do difficult maths with them.”,使用罗马数字很难完成复杂的数学计算,因此选C。
【12题详解】
全文讲述阿拉伯数字从印度诞生,经阿拉伯人传入欧洲,最后传遍世界的整个发展传播过程,The journey of Arabic numerals契合文章主旨,因此选A。
D
From Moon to Mars, scientists are looking for water—the key to life. Recently, they have turned to Jupiter (木星)!
Jupiter is a gas giant (巨星). It doesn’t have an Earth-like surface. We can see strips (条纹) around it. They are actually cold, windy clouds.
On April 14, the European Space Agency’s spaceship, JUICE, successfully lifted off. JUICE, short for “Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer”, will collect data (数据) from Jupiter and its three natural satellites (卫星), Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
The three satellites are believed to have big oceans of liquid water (液态水) under their icy shells (壳). The water on them could be six times as much as the amount in Earth’s oceans. The major task will change our understanding of Jupiter, for example, whether there are habitable (可居住的) environments among those icy satellites or Jupiter.
In 1998, NASA’s Galileo spaceship found that Europa could shoot water as far as 160 kilometers into space. That gave scientists much courage to study Jupiter.
The oceans under these three satellites are likely to be tens of kilometers deep. But they are trapped under tens of kilometers of ice, making it difficult to study them. Although JUICE cannot land on the surface, it has lots of high-tech equipment to study these three satellites’ environment.
13. What can we know about JUICE from the text?
A. It succeeded in landing on April 14.
B. It will become one of Jupiter’s satellites.
C. It got its name from what it looks like.
D. It will collect data from Jupiter and its satellites.
14. What is the purpose of JUICE’s major task?
A. To find out if Jupiter has living things similar to human beings.
B. To find out whether it is possible for life to live on the satellites.
C. To shoot water to the earth from Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
D. To test ways of keeping water on Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
15. What does the underlined word “trapped” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?
A. Kept. B. Lost. C. Moved. D. Studied.
16. How does the writer feel about NASA’s study of Jupiter?
A. Hopeful. B. Doubtful. C. Uncertain. D. Unknown.
【答案】13. D 14. B 15. A 16. A
【解析】
【导语】本文主要介绍了关于人类探索木星的历程,揭示了人们在木星及其卫星上的神奇发现。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据“JUICE, short for ‘Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer’, will collect data from Jupiter and its three moons, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.”可知,JUICE将从木星及其三颗卫星上收集数据。故选D。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据“The major task will change our understanding of Jupiter, for example, whether there are habitable (可居住的) environments among those icy satellites or Jupiter.”可知,JUICE的主要任务是发现卫星上有没有可居住的环境。故选B。
【15题详解】
词义猜测题。根据“making it very difficult to study them.”可知,被困在数十公里的冰层下使得研究它们变得非常困难。trapped的意思是“困住”。故选A。
【16题详解】
推理判断题。根据“Although JUICE cannot land on the surface, it has lots of high-tech equipment to study these three satellites’ environment.”可知,作者对JUICE还是充满希望的。故选A。
第二节
阅读短文,从下面所给的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,其中有一个是多余选项。
Confucianism (儒家思想) has been followed by Chinese people for more than two thousand years.
To help people understand how to behave towards others, Confucianism teaches the Five Constants (五常). These are ren, yi, li, zhi and xin. ____17____ The most important two are ren and li.
Ren is the feeling of care and love we should have for others. ____18____ He is famous for teaching people “What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others”. It is quite similar to what is known in the West as the Golden Rule (Treat others as you wish to be treated).
____19____ It can be thought of as duty or even respect. Generally, li is the way we should connect with people in our everyday life. In Confucian writings, discussions about li include the proper way to drink tea and how to remember ancestors (祖先). While ren is mostly about our opinions and feelings, li is about how we express our opinions and feelings towards others and towards the world around us.
Perhaps the most well-known Confucian virtue (美德) is xiao. This is the duty children have to their parents. Xiao means loving, respecting, obeying and taking care of one’s parents. In Confucianism, xiao is important for a harmonious (和谐的) society: ____20____
A. They are general virtues around the world.
B. Without it, the whole world would fall into a mess.
C. Everyone should learn the Five Constants and behave them well.
D. Confucius explained ren could best be understood as loving others.
E. While the meaning of ren is easy to understand, li is a little harder to express.
【答案】17. A 18. D 19. E 20. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了儒家思想,其中包括五常:仁、义、礼、智、信,这五常是世界的普遍美德,其中最重要的是仁和礼。
【17题详解】
根据“Confucianism teaches the Five Constants (五常). These are ren, yi, li, zhi and xin”可知,此处与五常思想有关,选项A“它们是世界各地的普遍美德。”符合语境。故选A。
【18题详解】
根据“He is famous for teaching people ‘What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others’. ”可知,此处是说对仁的解释,选项D“孔子解释仁是理解和爱他人。”符合语境。故选D。
【19题详解】
根据“It can be thought of as duty or even respect. Generally, li is the way we should connect with people in our everyday life.”可知,此处是承上启下的句子,上文解释了仁,下面要解释礼,选项E“仁的含义很好理解,但是礼有点难表达。”符合语境。故选E。
【20题详解】
根据“In Confucianism, xiao is important for a harmonious (和谐的) society”可知,此处是说孝的重要性,选项B“没有它,整个社会将陷入混乱中。”符合语境。故选B。
二. 完型填空(共10小题,每题1分,满分10分)
Jack worked in a big company in Beijing. It was a big one with thousands of people. Jack worked very hard. Sometimes he had to work late into the night in order to finish the task which was given by the boss. ____21____ Jack had to work hard every day to make a living, he felt relaxed and happy. He never had to worry about anything himself. Every night he had a sound sleep.
One night, Jack went back home on foot after he finished his work. Suddenly, something bright caught his eyes. He ____22____ it up and found it was a handbag. In it was a large amount of money. A strange idea came into his mind, so he looked around and made sure that ____23____ was in his sight. ____24____, he hid the handbag in his overcoat and hurried toward home.
After he arrived home, he made sure to close the doors and windows of his house at night. When in bed, he could not sleep well. He was always ____25____ that someone might break into his house and asked him for the money. He was anxious and he got up late the next morning. He hurried to work without breakfast, but he was still late.
The next few days, the same thing happened. When night fell, Jack went to bed as usual but found himself unable to sleep. He remembered to ____26____ the doors and windows before bedtime, but once in bed, he started to doubt whether they were truly closed. As a result, he got up to double check. Even so, he still could not sleep well Jack even ____27____ of being caught by the police and sent to prison. He began to miss the ____28____ he once enjoyed. In fact, he was almost crazy.
On the seventh day, as soon as the day broke, Jack went to the police station. He told the policeman everything and ____29____ the money. Luckily, with the help of the policeman and social media, the ____30____ was found soon.
After that, Jack could have a sound sleep every night and enjoy his days as usual.
21. A. If B. Although C. Because D. Until
22. A. kept B. gave C. woke D. picked
23. A. somebody B. everybody C. nobody D. anybody
24. A. Certainly B. Especially C. Suddenly D. Secretly
25. A. worried B. exciting C. careless D. quiet
26. A. drop B. open C. check D. close
27. A. thought B. heard C. dreamed D. talked
28. A. love B. peace C. loneliness D. kindness
29. A. handed in B. took in C. filled in D. believed in
30. A. guest B. customer C. manager D. owner
【答案】21. B 22. D 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. B 29. A 30. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文,主要讲述了杰克捡到了一大笔钱,因为担心失主找上门要钱,而无法安然入睡,最后杰克把钱还给了失主。
【21题详解】
句意:尽管杰克每天要努力工作谋生,但他感觉很轻松和开心。
if如果;although尽管;because因为;until直到。前后为让步关系,用although连接。故选B。
【22题详解】
句意:他捡起了它,发现是一个手提包。
kept保持;gave给;woke醒来;picked捡起。根据“Suddenly, something bright caught his eyes.”可知,杰克捡起了地上的东西。故选D。
【23题详解】
句意:一个奇怪的想法出现在他的脑海里,因此他环顾四周,确认没人在他的视线范围内。
somebody某人;everybody每个人;nobody没人;anybody任何人。根据后文“he hid the handbag in his overcoat and hurried toward home”可知,是确保没人然后把包藏起来。故选C。
【24题详解】
句意:他偷偷地把手提包藏在大衣里,然后匆匆回家了。
Certainly确定地;Especially尤其;Suddenly突然地;Secretly秘密地。根据后文“he hid the handbag in his overcoat and hurried toward home”可知,他偷偷地藏起来。故选D。
【25题详解】
句意:他总是担心别人闯进他的房间,问他要钱。
worried担心的;exciting令人兴奋的;careless粗心的;quiet安静的。根据后文“someone might break into his house and asked him for the money”可知,杰克比较担忧。故选A。
【26题详解】
句意:睡前他记得关闭门和窗户,但是一旦上床,他就怀疑它们是否真正地关好。
drop掉落;open打开;check检查;close关闭。根据后文“they were truly closed”可知,他已经关上了门窗。故选D。
【27题详解】
句意:即使这样,他仍然睡不好,杰克甚至做梦被警察抓住,被关进监狱。
thought认为;heard听见;dreamed做梦;talked谈论。根据前文“Even so, he still could not sleep”可知,是做梦梦到被警察抓住了。故选C。
【28题详解】
句意:他开始怀念他曾经享受的平静。
love爱;peace平静;loneliness孤独;kindness友善。根据“He never had to worry about anything himself. Every night he had a sound sleep.”可知,杰克之前的生活很平静。故选B。
【29题详解】
句意:他把一切都告诉了警察,上交了钱。
handed in上交;took in吸收;filled in填写;believed in信任。根据“He told the policeman everything”可知,去警察局把钱上交了。故选A。
【30题详解】
句意:幸运的是,在警察和社交媒体的帮助下,主人不久就找到了。
guest顾客;customer顾客;manager经理;owner拥有者。根据上文可知,此处指丢失钱的人,也就是钱的主人。故选D。
第一部分 非选择题(共40分)
三、语篇填空(共10小题,每题1分;满分10分)
Teachers find it difficult for students to collect the homework before class, sometimes they may even get mad. To solve this problem, a smart robot ____31____ (invent) by a 13-year-old middle school student Zhang from Shenzhen who got the first prize in the ____32____ (twenty) Guangdong Provincial Children’s Invention Awards. His parents are so proud of him.
This efficient robot can collect homework in a short time ____33____ making any mistakes. It uses radio frequency identification (RFID, 射频识别) technology. This way, it can help find and know what it is looking for. Each ____34____ (student) notebook has a special RFID tag (标签) with their name and the subject. Students only need ____35____ (place) their notebooks on the robot, and the machine “sees” the notebook, reads its tag ____36____ takes it out of the name list. Teachers can check who hasn’t turned in homework by connecting their phones with the robot through Wi-Fi.
Many teachers speak ____37____ (high) of the robot after using it and they think Zhang will create more useful AI tools to make life ____38____ (easy). His parents will continue to support him. Inspired by the words, Zhang dreams of becoming ____39____ scientist when he grows up. “I have tried making model airplanes and other scientific and creative projects. Inventing ____40____ (bring) me joy and happiness so far” he said.
【答案】31. was invented
32. twentieth
33. without
34. student’s
35. to place
36. and 37. highly
38. easier 39. a
40. has brought
【解析】
【导语】本文主要介绍了来自深圳的13岁中学生张发明了一种智能机器人,它能帮助收集学生的作业。
【31题详解】
句意:为了解决这个问题,来自深圳的13岁中学生张发明了一种智能机器人,获得了第二十届广东省儿童发明奖的第一名。机器人是被发明出来,时态为一般过去时,此处用一般过去时的被动语态,主语是a smart robot,be动词用was。故填was invented。
【32题详解】
句意:为了解决这个问题,来自深圳的13岁中学生张发明了一种智能机器人,获得了第二十届广东省儿童发明奖的第一名。此处表示顺序,用序数词,twenty的序数词形式为twentieth。故填twentieth。
【33题详解】
句意:这个高效的机器人可以在短时间内收集家庭作业,不会出错。根据“This way, it can help find and know what it is looking for.”可知,机器人在收集作业时,不会出错,without“没有”。故填without。
【34题详解】
句意:每个学生的笔记本上都有一个特殊的RFID标签,写着他们的名字和学科。此处指的是学生的作业,用名词所有格形式。故填student’s。
【35题详解】
句意:学生们只需要将他们的笔记本放在机器人上,机器人就会看见笔记本,读到标签,从名字列表上去除。need to do sth.“需要做某事”。故填to place。
【36题详解】
句意:学生们只需要将他们的笔记本放在机器人上,机器人就会看见笔记本,读到标签,从名字列表上去除。此处表示两个动作的并列,用and连接。故填and。
【37题详解】
句意:许多老师在使用机器人后对其给予了高度评价,他们认为张将创造更多有用的人工智能工具,让生活变得更轻松。speak highly of“高度赞扬”,固定搭配。故填highly。
【38题详解】
句意:许多老师在使用机器人后对其给予了高度评价,他们认为张将创造更多有用的人工智能工具,让生活变得更轻松。根据前文“will create more useful AI tools”可知,此处用形容词比较级,easy的比较级形式为easier。故填easier。
【39题详解】
句意:被老师的话鼓舞到,他梦想长大后成为 一名科学家。此处表示泛指,scientist是辅音音素开头的单词,前面用a。故填a。
【40题详解】
他说:“到目前为止,发明给我带来了愉悦和开心。”根据“so far”可知,此处用现在完成时have/has done,主语是Inventing,助动词用has,bring的过去分词为brought。故填has brought。
四、阅读与表达(共4题,61-63小题,每小题2分,44小题4分;共10分)
During work hours in Becker’s bread shop, the kitchen is very quiet except the sound of the machine. The quiet environment is not the result of the strict rules, but because all the workers are deaf. They use sign language to communicate with each other from time to time.
Becker’s shop is in Changsha City, Hunan Province. It sells many kinds of German bread, cakes and coffee. It is very popular for the story of Becker who opened it.
Over twenty years ago, Becker and his wife heard about a Chinese public project. It provided language training for the disabled children, but it was short of trainers in Changsha. So they came in 2002 with a common wish to do something meaningful in life.
In Changsha, together with other Chinese trainers, they helped disabled children improve their hearing and language pronunciation. Every little progress each child experienced was a great encouragement to them, and they achieved their goal in life.
After ten years of working for this project, they found that the disabled adults couldn’t be independent because they had no professional skills. Then Becker and his wife set up a bread shop to teach these people how to make bread. With their help, all of them were able to live on their own.
Luckily, Becker and his wife have also got the support from the local government. More people join them and understand that disabled people can work as well as others when they have the same chances.
41. Why is Becker’s shop quiet during work hours?
________________________________________
42. What did Becker and his wife help disabled children to do?
________________________________________
43. Who gave support to Becker and his wife?
________________________________________
44. What do you usually do to help the people in need? (write 30 words or more)
________________________________________
【答案】41. Because all the workers are deaf.
42. To improve their hearing and language pronunciation.
43. The local government.
44. I go to the Children’s hospital twice a year with my mother. Some of the children there feel lonely because they can not go outside to play with their friends. When I go there, I talk with them and play games with them. The children there are so happy to see me.
【解析】
【导语】本文主要讲述的是Becker夫妇得到当地政府的支持开面包店帮助残疾人工作的故事。
【41题详解】
根据“The quiet environment is not the result of the strict rules, but because all the workers are deaf. They use sign language to communicate with each other from time to time.”可知,工作时间很安静,因为所有的工人都耳聋,他们用手语沟通。故填Because all the workers are deaf.
【42题详解】
根据“In Changsha, together with other Chinese trainers, they helped disabled children improve their hearing and language pronunciation.”可知,他们帮助残疾儿童提高听力和语言发音。故填To improve their hearing and language pronunciation.
【43题详解】
根据“Luckily, Becker and his wife have also got the support from the local government.”可知,Becker夫妇得到当地政府的支持。故填The local government.
【44题详解】
开放性答案,可以说说自己帮助人的经历,比如说去儿童医院,陪生病的孩子玩耍,减少他们的孤独感。故填I go to the Children’s hospital twice a year with my mother. Some of the children there feel lonely because they can not go outside to play with their friends. When I go there, I talk with them and play games with them. The children there are so happy to see me.
五、书面表达(满分20分)
45. 假设你校英语社团正在开展主题为“Numbers in Our Life”的征文活动,请你写一篇英语短文投稿,内容包括:
1.数字在我们生活中无处不在;
2.数字在生活中的作用,举1-2个实例;
3.谈谈你对数字的看法。
注意:
(1)词数80-100左右;
(2)可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
(3)文中不能出现真实姓名及学校名称等。
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】
Numbers in Our Life
Numbers are really everywhere in our daily life. We can see them in many places, from the date on your calendar to the small mark on your favorite water cup. They play an important role in our life. For example, we use numbers to mark our class ID to avoid confusion, and we also count down the days before the big sports meeting to make full preparations. In my opinion, numbers are not just simple symbols. They are quiet helpers that keep our daily life in order all the time.
【解析】
【详解】[第一步:审题立意]
确定文体:议论文,时态以一般现在时为主,人称以第一人称(we)和第三人称(they)为主;
明确要点:①指出数字在我们生活中无处不在;②阐述数字在生活中的作用,并举例1-2个;③表达个人对数字的看法;
确定人称:以第一人称阐述个人看法,结合第三人称描述数字的普遍作用;
注意事项:满足词数要求(80-100词左右),不得出现真实个人信息。
[第二步:构思布局]
采用三段式结构:
开头段:引出数字与生活息息相关的话题。
主体段:分点依次对应解答三个问题,首先说明数字无处不在;其次举例说明数字的具体作用;最后发表个人对数字的看法,逻辑清晰。
结尾段:总结全文,呼应主题。
[第三步:要点展开]
要点一:数字无处不在
Numbers are everywhere in our daily life/can see them in many places/surround us everywhere/appear in every corner of our lives/...等
要点二:数字的作用及实例
play an important role in our life/use numbers to mark our class ID/count down the days /use numbers to tell the time/help us find the right bus or train/of great help to us/rely on numbers to count money/are used to record phone numbers/....等
要点三:对数字的看法
not just simple symbols/quiet helpers/numbers are very useful/make our lives easier and more convenient/are necessary in our modern world/Without numbers, our life would be in a mess/...等
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校区______________ 班级______________ 姓名______________
一、阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分;满分40分)
第一节 阅读短文,根据其内容从A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项。
A
Blog
Diana Garcia
@dgarcia
It’s a mini-project for my course at college. Thanks to all my friends (180 in total) who answered my questions about selfies (自拍). Here’s the result.
Selfies in Numbers
Who’s Taking Selfies?
Top Situations for Selfies
Males 60%
Females 40%
52%
34%
30%
30%
20%
16%
alone
on vacation
at a party or on a night out
with a friend or a group of friends
at school
in front of the mirror
Age
18
19
20
21 and over
Changing Selfies
Top reasons for selfies
I have used an app (应用程序) to…
① to remember a happy moment
②because you feel good
…change my hair 37%
…add glasses or a silly mustache 32%
③ because you look good
④ to share information about your life
…add a filter (滤镜) 25%
Fun fact: People take two selfies a day on average.
…change my eye color 6%
1. How many 19-year-olds answered Diana’s questions about selfies?
A. 45. B. 117. C. 27. D. 18.
2. According to the text, why do people take selfies?
a. To share information about life. b. To remember a happy moment.
c. Because they want to change their hair. d. Because they look good.
A. abc B. bcd C. acd D. abd
3. How does the writer show the results of the selfie survey in this text?
A. By listing numbers. B. By giving examples.
C. By making comparisons. D. By asking questions.
4. In which part of the magazine can the text be read?
A. Sports. B. Art. C. Life. D. History.
B
Nancy was a baby turtle (海龟). She was protected well by her parents on the beach where she was born. But as she grew older, she decided to see the world. She would have to get a tool to travel around, for turtles were very slow.
She asked her mother to buy her a moped (助力车) so that she could go off and discover new lands farther away. But Nancy’s mother said, “Certainly not! Mopeds are too dangerous for turtles.”
Nancy was unhappy about this, so she decided to look for a moped that had been thrown away. Finally, Nancy found what she was looking for. Without a second thought, she took it and went off to find another beach along the coast road. As she rode, she noticed that the moped was going very fast, and that it was getting more and more difficult to control it.
Suddenly, a bee flew into Nancy’s face, which made her fall onto the ground so heavily that she broke a leg. With great difficulty, Nancy went back home and shut herself up in her own room without saying anything.
That evening, Nancy’s parents bought a lot of her favorite food and made a big meal. Nancy went out and saw all the delicious food on the table, and then couldn’t help crying! It seemed that her leg wasn’t painful at all.
5. What did Nancy decide to do when she was old enough?
A. To travel around the world. B. To live on another beach.
C. To buy her mother a moped. D. To learn more lessons.
6. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. A bee. B. A map. C. A moped. D. A guide.
7. Why did Nancy fall onto the ground?
A. Because one of her legs was broken.
B. Because the coast road wasn’t smooth at all.
C. Because a bee flew into her face.
D. Because her mother stopped her on the way.
8. What can we infer from the ending of the story?
A. Nancy wasn’t happy with the dinner.
B. There was nothing wrong with Nancy’s leg.
C. Nancy’s parents got a new moped for her.
D. Nancy understood the love of her parents.
C
Today we use Arabic numerals (0—9) almost everywhere. But these numbers were not invented by Arabs.
Long long ago, people in India created these number symbols. They also created the place-value system. It made writing big numbers much easier. Later, Arab businessmen and scholars learned this system from India. They brought the numbers to Europe. European people called them “Arabic numerals” because they got them from Arab people.
Before Arabic numerals arrived, Europeans used Roman numerals. Roman numerals use letters such as I, V, X. It was hard to do difficult maths with them. For example, it is not easy to calculate LXXIII minus XXXIX in Roman numerals. Slowly, Arabic numerals took the place of Roman numerals for counting and calculating.
Now Arabic numerals travel across the whole world. They help people do business, study science and record all kinds of data. Without them, our modern world would be very different.
9. Where were Arabic numerals first invented?
A. In Arabia. B. In India. C. In Europe. D. In China.
10. Who spread the number system to Europe?
A. Indian farmers. B. Arab businessmen and scholars.
C. European teachers. D. Roman scientists.
11. What was one problem of Roman numerals?
A. They had no letters to write numbers.
B. They were too expensive to buy.
C. It was hard to do challenging maths calculations.
D. People could not write small numbers.
12. What is the best title for the text?
A. The journey of Arabic numerals B. Different ways to count in Europe
C. Why Roman numerals disappear completely D. Great inventions from ancient India
D
From Moon to Mars, scientists are looking for water—the key to life. Recently, they have turned to Jupiter (木星)!
Jupiter is a gas giant (巨星). It doesn’t have an Earth-like surface. We can see strips (条纹) around it. They are actually cold, windy clouds.
On April 14, the European Space Agency’s spaceship, JUICE, successfully lifted off. JUICE, short for “Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer”, will collect data (数据) from Jupiter and its three natural satellites (卫星), Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
The three satellites are believed to have big oceans of liquid water (液态水) under their icy shells (壳). The water on them could be six times as much as the amount in Earth’s oceans. The major task will change our understanding of Jupiter, for example, whether there are habitable (可居住的) environments among those icy satellites or Jupiter.
In 1998, NASA’s Galileo spaceship found that Europa could shoot water as far as 160 kilometers into space. That gave scientists much courage to study Jupiter.
The oceans under these three satellites are likely to be tens of kilometers deep. But they are trapped under tens of kilometers of ice, making it difficult to study them. Although JUICE cannot land on the surface, it has lots of high-tech equipment to study these three satellites’ environment.
13. What can we know about JUICE from the text?
A. It succeeded in landing on April 14.
B. It will become one of Jupiter’s satellites.
C. It got its name from what it looks like.
D. It will collect data from Jupiter and its satellites.
14. What is the purpose of JUICE’s major task?
A. To find out if Jupiter has living things similar to human beings.
B. To find out whether it is possible for life to live on the satellites.
C. To shoot water to the earth from Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
D. To test ways of keeping water on Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
15. What does the underlined word “trapped” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?
A. Kept. B. Lost. C. Moved. D. Studied.
16. How does the writer feel about NASA’s study of Jupiter?
A. Hopeful. B. Doubtful. C. Uncertain. D. Unknown.
第二节
阅读短文,从下面所给的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,其中有一个是多余选项。
Confucianism (儒家思想) has been followed by Chinese people for more than two thousand years.
To help people understand how to behave towards others, Confucianism teaches the Five Constants (五常). These are ren, yi, li, zhi and xin. ____17____ The most important two are ren and li.
Ren is the feeling of care and love we should have for others. ____18____ He is famous for teaching people “What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others”. It is quite similar to what is known in the West as the Golden Rule (Treat others as you wish to be treated).
____19____ It can be thought of as duty or even respect. Generally, li is the way we should connect with people in our everyday life. In Confucian writings, discussions about li include the proper way to drink tea and how to remember ancestors (祖先). While ren is mostly about our opinions and feelings, li is about how we express our opinions and feelings towards others and towards the world around us.
Perhaps the most well-known Confucian virtue (美德) is xiao. This is the duty children have to their parents. Xiao means loving, respecting, obeying and taking care of one’s parents. In Confucianism, xiao is important for a harmonious (和谐的) society: ____20____
A. They are general virtues around the world.
B. Without it, the whole world would fall into a mess.
C. Everyone should learn the Five Constants and behave them well.
D. Confucius explained ren could best be understood as loving others.
E. While the meaning of ren is easy to understand, li is a little harder to express.
二. 完型填空(共10小题,每题1分,满分10分)
Jack worked in a big company in Beijing. It was a big one with thousands of people. Jack worked very hard. Sometimes he had to work late into the night in order to finish the task which was given by the boss. ____21____ Jack had to work hard every day to make a living, he felt relaxed and happy. He never had to worry about anything himself. Every night he had a sound sleep.
One night, Jack went back home on foot after he finished his work. Suddenly, something bright caught his eyes. He ____22____ it up and found it was a handbag. In it was a large amount of money. A strange idea came into his mind, so he looked around and made sure that ____23____ was in his sight. ____24____, he hid the handbag in his overcoat and hurried toward home.
After he arrived home, he made sure to close the doors and windows of his house at night. When in bed, he could not sleep well. He was always ____25____ that someone might break into his house and asked him for the money. He was anxious and he got up late the next morning. He hurried to work without breakfast, but he was still late.
The next few days, the same thing happened. When night fell, Jack went to bed as usual but found himself unable to sleep. He remembered to ____26____ the doors and windows before bedtime, but once in bed, he started to doubt whether they were truly closed. As a result, he got up to double check. Even so, he still could not sleep well Jack even ____27____ of being caught by the police and sent to prison. He began to miss the ____28____ he once enjoyed. In fact, he was almost crazy.
On the seventh day, as soon as the day broke, Jack went to the police station. He told the policeman everything and ____29____ the money. Luckily, with the help of the policeman and social media, the ____30____ was found soon.
After that, Jack could have a sound sleep every night and enjoy his days as usual.
21. A. If B. Although C. Because D. Until
22. A. kept B. gave C. woke D. picked
23. A. somebody B. everybody C. nobody D. anybody
24. A. Certainly B. Especially C. Suddenly D. Secretly
25. A. worried B. exciting C. careless D. quiet
26. A. drop B. open C. check D. close
27. A. thought B. heard C. dreamed D. talked
28. A. love B. peace C. loneliness D. kindness
29. A. handed in B. took in C. filled in D. believed in
30. A. guest B. customer C. manager D. owner
第一部分 非选择题(共40分)
三、语篇填空(共10小题,每题1分;满分10分)
Teachers find it difficult for students to collect the homework before class, sometimes they may even get mad. To solve this problem, a smart robot ____31____ (invent) by a 13-year-old middle school student Zhang from Shenzhen who got the first prize in the ____32____ (twenty) Guangdong Provincial Children’s Invention Awards. His parents are so proud of him.
This efficient robot can collect homework in a short time ____33____ making any mistakes. It uses radio frequency identification (RFID, 射频识别) technology. This way, it can help find and know what it is looking for. Each ____34____ (student) notebook has a special RFID tag (标签) with their name and the subject. Students only need ____35____ (place) their notebooks on the robot, and the machine “sees” the notebook, reads its tag ____36____ takes it out of the name list. Teachers can check who hasn’t turned in homework by connecting their phones with the robot through Wi-Fi.
Many teachers speak ____37____ (high) of the robot after using it and they think Zhang will create more useful AI tools to make life ____38____ (easy). His parents will continue to support him. Inspired by the words, Zhang dreams of becoming ____39____ scientist when he grows up. “I have tried making model airplanes and other scientific and creative projects. Inventing ____40____ (bring) me joy and happiness so far” he said.
四、阅读与表达(共4题,61-63小题,每小题2分,44小题4分;共10分)
During work hours in Becker’s bread shop, the kitchen is very quiet except the sound of the machine. The quiet environment is not the result of the strict rules, but because all the workers are deaf. They use sign language to communicate with each other from time to time.
Becker’s shop is in Changsha City, Hunan Province. It sells many kinds of German bread, cakes and coffee. It is very popular for the story of Becker who opened it.
Over twenty years ago, Becker and his wife heard about a Chinese public project. It provided language training for the disabled children, but it was short of trainers in Changsha. So they came in 2002 with a common wish to do something meaningful in life.
In Changsha, together with other Chinese trainers, they helped disabled children improve their hearing and language pronunciation. Every little progress each child experienced was a great encouragement to them, and they achieved their goal in life.
After ten years of working for this project, they found that the disabled adults couldn’t be independent because they had no professional skills. Then Becker and his wife set up a bread shop to teach these people how to make bread. With their help, all of them were able to live on their own.
Luckily, Becker and his wife have also got the support from the local government. More people join them and understand that disabled people can work as well as others when they have the same chances.
41. Why is Becker’s shop quiet during work hours?
________________________________________
42. What did Becker and his wife help disabled children to do?
________________________________________
43. Who gave support to Becker and his wife?
________________________________________
44. What do you usually do to help the people in need? (write 30 words or more)
________________________________________
五、书面表达(满分20分)
45. 假设你校英语社团正在开展主题为“Numbers in Our Life”的征文活动,请你写一篇英语短文投稿,内容包括:
1.数字在我们生活中无处不在;
2.数字在生活中的作用,举1-2个实例;
3.谈谈你对数字的看法。
注意:
(1)词数80-100左右;
(2)可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
(3)文中不能出现真实姓名及学校名称等。
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