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复旦大学附属中学2025学年第二学期 高二年级英语学科5月第一次阶段性教学质量评估试卷 I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. The Rickshaws (黄包车) of Kolkata Human-powered rickshaws first appeared in Kolkata, India a century ago, and about 6,000 of them still roll through the streets today. Most of the men who pull the rickshaws are poor, aging migrants from the countryside. Their vehicles are not being made any more, and as the parts wear out, they cannot ____1____ (replace). It appears that the days of the rickshaw are nearing their end in Kolkata. Rickshaws are an important form of transportation in this city of nearly 15 million people. They are cheap and convenient. Poor and middle-class residents rely on rickshaws to move through narrow lanes in areas of the central city ____2____ public transportation is not available. Families often pay a rickshaw puller to take their children to and from school. Rickshaws also provide delivery service for hotels, shops and homes around the city, carrying everything from food for 500 wedding guests to live chickens. Ladies on shopping trips depend on rickshaw pullers ____3____ (wait) while they make several stops before returning home. Some people even use a rickshaw instead of an ambulance! ____4____ their usefulness, rickshaw pullers usually live in extreme poverty. Most of them are homeless. Some sleep in a rickshaw garage; others simply live in their rickshaws or on the street. They work for more than 12 hours at a time, ____5____ (earn) about $2.50 a day. Their top priority is paying the rent on their vehicles, and then buying food and shelter. Any extra money goes to their families. For the last ten years, the government ____6____ (try) to get rid of rickshaws. City authorities say they want to modernize Kolkata’s image. They also want to reduce traffic congestion. “We ____7____ be fair to the cars and buses that are crawling because of the rickshaws,” one city official said. ____8____ the future holds for rickshaw pullers is important. Most are 40 to 60 years old and have no other job skills. Local authorities have talked about programs to re-train the pullers. They could drive auto-rickshaws, for example, work in parking lots, or make traditional crafts. However, with nothing ____9____ (do) to start these programs, rickshaw pullers are understandably very worried about the future. “I’ll try anything, even learning a new job, ____10____ it helps my family,” one puller said. 【答案】1. be replaced 2. where 3. to wait 4. Despite 5. earning 6. has been trying 7. must 8. What 9. done 10. as long as 【解析】 【导语】文章主要介绍了加尔各答人力黄包车的现状：它仍是当地重要的交通工具，但车夫生活贫困，政府试图取缔，导致车夫对未来充满担忧。 【1题详解】 考查语态。句意：这些车辆已不再生产，随着零件磨损，它们无法被更换。replace(更换)与主语they(指车辆)之间是被动关系，车辆“被更换”，应用被动语态；情态动词cannot后接be动词原形。 【2题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：在市中心公共交通无法到达的狭窄街巷，贫困和中等收入居民依靠黄包车出行。设空处引导定语从句，先行词是areas，从句中public transportation is not available结构完整，关系词作地点状语，用关系副词where。 【3题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：外出购物的女士们依赖黄包车夫等她们，因为她们回家前要逛好几个地方。depend on sb. to do sth.为固定结构，用不定式作宾语补足语，wait(等待)用不定式形式。 【4题详解】 考查介词。句意：尽管黄包车很有用，黄包车夫通常生活在极度贫困之中。根据句意可知，前半句“黄包车很有用”与后半句“车夫生活极度贫困”之间是让步转折关系，设空处后为名词短语their usefulness，用介词Despite。 【5题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：他们一次工作超过12个小时，每天挣约2.50美元。earn(挣得)与主语They之间是主动关系，且在句中作伴随状语，用现在分词形式。 【6题详解】 考查时态。句意：在过去的十年里，政府一直在设法取缔黄包车。try(设法)是谓语动词，根据时间状语“For the last ten years(在过去的十年里)”可知，动作从过去持续到现在并可能继续，应用现在完成进行时，主语the government是单数，助动词用has。 【7题详解】 考查情态动词。“我们必须公平对待那些因为黄包车而行驶缓慢的小汽车和公交车”，一名城市官员说。根据句意可知，该官员在说明治理交通拥堵的立场，语气坚决，表示“必须”公平对待其他通行车辆，用情态动词must。 【8题详解】 考查主语从句。句意：黄包车夫的未来会怎样很重要。设空处引导主语从句，从句中holds缺少宾语，且表示“未来会是什么”，用What引导。 【9题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：然而，由于这些再培训计划毫无进展，黄包车夫们自然对未来非常担忧。“with+宾语+宾语补足语”结构中，nothing与do(做)之间是被动关系，即“没有做成任何事情”，用过去分词作宾语补足语。 【10题详解】 考查状语从句。句意：一位车夫说：“只要能帮到我的家人，我什么都愿意试，甚至学一份新工作。”根据句意可知，“我什么都愿意试”的条件是“能帮到家人”，用as long as(只要)引导条件状语从句。 Section B Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. curiosity B. foundation C. madness D. means E. multiple F. overlooks G. overstates H. possible I. push J. reduce K. special Restless Genes “No other mammal (哺乳动物) moves around like we do,” says Svante Pääbo, a director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. He uses genetics to study human origins. “There’s a kind of ____11____ to it. Sailing out into the ocean, you have no idea what’s on the other side. And now we go to Mars. We never stop. Why?” If an urge to explore rises in us at birth, perhaps its ____12____ lies within our genome. In fact, there is a mutation (突变) that pops up frequently in such discussions: a variant of a gene called DRD4. DRD4 helps control dopamine, a chemical messenger in the brain that plays a major role in reward-motivated behavior. Researchers have repeatedly tied the variant DRD4-7R—carried by roughly 20 percent of all humans—to increased ____13____ and restlessness. Dozens of human studies have found that 7R makes people more likely to take risks: explore new places, ideas, foods, or relationships; and generally love movement, change, and adventure. So is 7R the explorer’s gene or adventure gene, as some call it? Yale University evolutionary and population geneticist Kenneth Kidd thinks that this ____14____ its roles. Kidd speaks with ____15____ authority here, as he was part of the team that discovered the 7R variant 20 years ago. “You just can’t ____16____ something as complex as human exploration to a single gene.” It would be better, Kidd suggests, to consider how groups of genes might lay foundation for such behavior. It is likely that different groups of genes contribute to ____17____ characteristics that enable us to explore. There may be other genes—7R among them—which go even further: They ____18____ us to explore. It helps, in short, to think not just of the urge to explore but of the ability—not just the motivation but the ____19____. Before you can act on the urge, you need the tools or characteristics that make exploration _____20_____. 【答案】11. C 12. B 13. A 14. G 15. K 16. J 17. E 18. I 19. D 20. H 【解析】 【分析】本文是一篇说明文。科学家发现，人类天生有探索的欲望，可能是因为我们体内含有探索的不安分基因（Restless Genes）。 【11题详解】 考查名词。句意：这是一种疯狂。根据空前的a以及后文Sailing out into the ocean, you have no idea what’s on the other side中的have no idea可知，空处应填名词madness，表达“疯狂”之意。故选C项。 【12题详解】 考查名词。句意：如果我们一出生就有探索的冲动，也许它的基础就在我们的基因组中。根据句意和空前的the可知，空处应填名词foundation，表达“基础”之意。故选B项。 【13题详解】 考查名词。句意：研究人员多次将 drd4-7r 基因变异(大约20% 的人类携带这种基因)与好奇心增强和躁动不安联系在一起。根据空后的and restlessness可知，空处应使用与restlessness意思相近的名词curiosity。故选A项。 【14题详解】 考查动词。句意：耶鲁大学进化与人口遗传学家Kenneth Kidd认为这夸大了它的作用。分析句子及空前的this可知，空处应使用动词第三人称单数形式overstates，表达“夸大”之意。故选G项。 【15题详解】 考查形容词。句意：Kidd在这里有着特殊的权威，因为他是20年前发现7R 变体的团队的一员。分析句子并结合句意可知，空出应使用形容词special，作定语，修饰名词authority。故选K项。 【16题详解】 考查动词。句意：“你不能把像人类探索这样复杂的事情简化为单个基因。”跟complex相反，此处应使用reduce，表示“简化”之意。故选J项。 【17题详解】 考查形容词。句意：很可能是不同的基因组造成了我们能够探索的多种特征。分析句子并结合空前的different可知，空处应填形容词multiple，作定语，修饰名词characteristics。故选E项。 【18题详解】 考查动词。句意：它们推动我们去探索。分析句子并根据空前的they可知，空处应使用动词原形push，作谓语，表达“推动”之意。故选I项。 【19题详解】 考查名词。句意：简而言之，不仅要考虑探索的冲动，还要考虑探索的能力--不仅仅是动机，还有手段。分析句子可知，与前文中的“ability”相匹配，应使用名词means，表达“方法”之意。故选D项。 【20题详解】 考查形容词。句意：在你按照冲动行事之前，你需要一些工具或者特征来使探索成为可能。分析句子可知，应使用形容词possible，作宾语exploration的补足语。故选H项。 II. Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. The 16th-century dramatist Ben Johnson generously called Shakespeare a writer “not of an age, but for all time.” And so it has proven to be, for Shakespeare’s plays are still the most translated and most ____21____ of any play writer’s in the world. But if you ask people what accounts for Shakespeare’s ____22____ popularity, you will get a number of different answers. Some will say that he was a great storyteller, others that the ____23____ lies in the beauty of his poetry. Some scholars point out that he was born in a lively period of England’s history, a time of great national confidence and cultural activity, particularly in the theatre. ____24____, they claim, he was able to produce an extraordinary volume of work. This last explanation seems a little ____25____. A more interesting answer is put forward, although a little over-enthusiastically, by Harold Bloom in his book Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. Bloom argues that Shakespeare gave us something in his writing that the world had not seen in ____26____ before: characters with a strong personality. These lifelike characters gave us a real insight into the human ____27____: Iago, the trusted advisor of Othello, whose jealousy leads him to betray his honest master; Rosalind, the heroine in As You Like It, who remains true to her friends and family in spite of the danger to herself. Through the mouths of such characters, we learn truths about life that we can all ____28____. These truths are made more moving and more memorable by the way in which they are ____29____: briefly and poetically. Shakespeare has been dead almost 400 years, but the words and saying attributed (归功于) to him still _____30_____ the English language today. So whether you are “fashionable” or “sanctimonious,” thank Shakespeare, who probably _____31_____ the terms. In fact, it is amazing just how great Shakespeare’s influence on everyday language has been. Take, for example, these phrases from Michael Macrone’s light-hearted book Brush Up Your Shakespeare. foregone conclusion　　　　　　　　　　seen better days full circle　　　　　　　　　　　　　　a sorry sight at one fell swoop　　　　　　　　　　　neither here nor there wear my heart upon my sleeve　　　　　　the world is (my) oyster Macrone is more interested in the Shakespearean language that has survived than the reasons for its _____32_____. According to his research, some of these sayings are slightly different from their original meaning once taken out of the _____33_____ of the plays in which they first appeared. For example, “be all and end all” is used today to mean “the most important thing”, but in Macbeth, it means “the end of the matter”. Regardless of such technicalities, it is still remarkable that so many of Shakespeare’s words have survived the large _____34_____ in language between their time and the present day. The beauty of those words is certainly one reason, but as Johnson suggested, it is the humanity relevance of their _____35_____ that brings them to life. 21. A. selected B. performed C. evaluated D. revised 22. A. unexpected B. varying C. individual D. enduring 23. A. magic B. evidence C. creativity D. count 24. A. In a word B. As a consequence C. By contrast D. To some degree 25. A. possible B. convincing C. unsatisfactory D. boring 26. A. man B. literature C. history D. focus 27. A. condition B. emotions C. factor D. resources 28. A. qualify for B. judge from C. specialize in D. identify with 29. A. proved B. phrased C. believed D. understood 30. A. color B. define C. represent D. involve 31. A. honored B. improved C. coined D. chose 32. A. significance B. variety C. livelihood D. popularity 33. A. concept B. time C. context D. outline 34. A. shifts B. conflicts C. similarities D. trends 35. A. usage B. wording C. originality D. message 【答案】21. B 22. D 23. D 24. B 25. D 26. B 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. C 32. D 33. C 34. C 35. B 【解析】 【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了伟大的剧作家莎士比亚的戏剧流行至今的原因以及对语言的影响。 【21题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：事实证明，在所有的剧作家中，莎士比亚的戏剧仍然是世界上翻译最多、表演最多的。A. selected选择；B. performed表演；C. evaluated评估；D. revised修改、校订，复习。空前一句说16世纪的剧作家本·约翰逊评价莎士比亚 “不是一个时代的作家，而是永远的作家”，因此在所有的剧作家中，他的戏剧仍然是世界上翻译最多、表演最多的，故选B。 【22题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但如果你问人们是什么原因致使莎士比亚持续流行，你会得到许多不同的答案。A. unexpected意外的；B. varying易变的；C. individual个体的；D. enduring持久的。文章第一句说16世纪的剧作家本·约翰逊评价莎士比亚 “不是一个时代的作家，而是永远的作家”，这说明莎士比亚一直受欢迎，也就是“持续流行”，故选D。 【23题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：有人会说他是一个很会讲故事的人，也有人会说他的诗歌之美才是重要的。A. magic魔力；B. evidence证据；C. creativity创造力；D. count总数、关键。此处是在分析莎士比亚的持续流行的原因，有人认为他的诗歌之美才是重要的（让他一直受欢迎的关键在于他的诗歌很美），故选D。 【24题详解】 考查介词短语辨析。句意：一些学者指出，他出生在英国历史上一个生机勃勃的时期，一个民族自信和文化活跃的时期，尤其是在戏剧界。因此，他们声称，他能够写出大量的作品。A. In a word总之；B. As a consequence因此；C. By contrast相比之下；D. To some degree在某种程度上。根据上下文语境，“莎士比亚出生在英国历史上一个民族自信和文化活跃的时期”与“他能够写出大量的作品”之间是因果关系，故选B。 【25题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：最后一个解释似乎有点无聊。哈罗德•布鲁姆在他的著作《莎士比亚:人类的发明》中提出了一个更有趣的答案，尽管有点过于热情。布鲁姆认为莎士比亚在他的作品中给了我们一些我们在文学作品中从未见过的东西：具有强烈个性的人物。A. possible可能的；B. convincing有说服力的；C. unsatisfactory不令人满意的；D. boring无聊的。此处与空后一句中的interesting（有趣的）相对，指“无聊的”，故选D。 【26题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. man男人,人类；B. literature文学；C. history历史；D. focus中心。莎士比亚是剧作家，他的作品属于文学范畴，故选B。 【27题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：这些栩栩如生的角色让我们真正了解了人类的情感。A. condition情况；B. emotions情感；C. factor因素；D. resources资源。冒号后的内容（伊阿古，奥赛罗的亲信顾问，嫉妒心使他背叛了诚实的主人；罗莎琳德，《皆大欢喜》中的女主角，尽管自己面临危险，她仍然忠于朋友和家人）提到的两个人物都涉及了人类的情感，故选B。 【28题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：通过这些人物所说的话，我们学到了我们都能认同的生活真理。A. qualify for有……的资格；B. judge from从……上判断；C. specialize in专攻；D. identify with与一致、认为……等同于。根据空前的“truths about life”可知，这些真理都是我们所认同的，故选D。 【29题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：这些真理之所以更感人、更令人难忘，是因为它们的措辞简洁而富有诗意。A. proved证明；B. phrased措辞；C. believed相信；D. understood理解。根据常识，文学作品是通过措辞来表达的，冒号后的“briefly and poetically”也是措辞方式，故选B。 【30题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：莎士比亚离世已近400年，但人们认为他的说辞仍然为今天的英语增色不少。A. color粉饰、增色；B. define定义；C. represent表现；D. involve牵涉。根据空前的“the words and saying attributed to him still”可知，莎士比亚作品中的说辞仍然为今天的英语增色，故选A。 【31题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以，无论你是“时髦”还是“虚伪”，都要感谢莎士比亚，他可能创造了这些词汇。A. honored给某人以荣誉；B. improved改进；C. coined创造（新词等）；D. chose选择。空前一句说无论你是“时髦”还是“虚伪”，都要感谢莎士比亚，这说明他可能创造了这些词汇，故选C。 【32题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：比起莎士比亚语言的流行，迈克尔·麦克隆更感兴趣的是它幸存下来的原因。A. significance重要性、意义；B. variety种类；C. livelihood生计、营生；D. popularity流行、受欢迎。根据第一段中的“popularity”可知此处指“流行”，故选D。 【33题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：根据他的研究，这些俗语中的一些，一旦被从它们最初所在剧本的上下文中摘出，就与它们的原意略有不同。A. concept概念；B. time时间；C. context上下文、语境；D. outline轮廓、大纲。根据空后的“of the plays in which they first”可知，此处指“最初所在剧本的上下文中”，故选C。 【34题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：撇开这些技术细节不谈，值得注意的是，莎士比亚的很多词汇在当时和现在的语言中仍然保留了大量的相似之处。A. shifts转变；B. conflicts冲突；C. similarities相似之处；D. trends趋势。根据空前的“Regardless of such technicalities”可知，莎士比亚的很多词汇在当时和现在的语言中仍然保留了大量的相似之处，旨在突出莎士比亚的作品对语言的影响，故选C。 【35题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：这些词语的优美当然是其中一个原因，但正如约翰逊所指出的，正是它们的措辞所体现的人性，让它们栩栩如生。A. usage使用；B. wording措辞；C. originality独创性；D. message信息。根据空后的“brings them to life”可知此处指“莎士比亚作品中的措辞所体现的人性”，故选B。 Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. （A） Adventurer Holly Budge, 29, described the experience as “amazing, just spectacular” after making a safe landing at 3,900 metres. The Hampshire camerawoman was one of three skydivers in Nepal to make the first plunge from above the world’s highest peak. We had one minute of freefall and while we were above the clouds you could see Everest (珠穆朗玛峰) and the other high mountains popping out of the top,’ she said. The group of three, described by onlookers as looking “like tiny birds flying in the blue sky”, faced sub-zero temperatures and fast-changing weather when they touched down in the foothills of the mountain. The event, organised by British adventure travel company High and Wild, will see up to 30 more skydivers from around the world make the same attempt in the coming days. Each of its clients has paid about £13,500 for the experience. “It was worth the money — it is something that has never been done before,” said Ms Budge, who has completed 2,500 skydives and who jumped to raise money for charities in Britain and Nepal. Skydiving at altitudes (高度) just higher than the summit of Mount Everest created numerous challenges for the project. Due to the thin air, their parachutes (降落伞) were three times the size of regular ones, and the jumpers used oxygen tanks strapped to their waists. “The organisers have brought a plane over from Switzerland, and the permits have been very expensive, as has getting everyone to the jump site,” said Budge. The oldest client due to make the jump in the coming days is Alan Walton, a 72-year-old British partner in a bioscience company, organiser Nigel Gifford said. “Although many are very experienced, others are making their first ever skydive and will be going with experts,” said Gifford, whose company has permission to operate in the area for another 13 days. The “Everest Skydive” is an event that has been 15 years in the making for Mr Gifford. “It came about because I have been a Himalayan mountaineer and took up skydiving. I love doing both and I thought it would be good to marry the two,” he said. 36. In Ms Budge’s opinion, ________. A. she would’ve paid more for the experience B. the jump was vastly overpriced for what it was C. the fee was reasonable for such a once-in-a-lifetime experience D. no one would consider paying thousands of pounds to skydive off Everest 37. According to the writer, Alan Walton ________. A. will not be allowed to jump as he is too old B. is on the list to jump in the next few days C. will probably be ready to skydive in a year’s time D. wants to have his name added to the waiting list of skydivers 38. Mr Gifford, the organiser of the event, ________. A. decided that all participants should be experienced in both climbing and skydiving B. has tried both climbing and skydiving but has failed to bring them together C. was not optimistic about the skydive D. has enjoyed bringing the two sports together 39. Looking at the text as a whole, what best describes the overall experience of the skydive? A. The expense of the trip ruined the experience. B. It was a complete success and everybody had a truly memorable experience. C. People generally had a positive experience, though complained of the extreme cold. D. Conditions were a lot worse than expected and people’s high expectations were not met. 【答案】36. C 37. B 38. D 39. B 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讲述了冒险家Holly Budge等人在珠穆朗玛峰上空成功完成高空跳伞的经历及相关背景。 【36题详解】 细节理解题。​根据第二段中““It was worth the money — it is something that has never been done before,” said Ms Budge, who has completed 2,500 skydives and who jumped to raise money for charities in Britain and Nepal.(Budge女士说：“这钱花得值——这是前所未有的事情。”她已完成2500次跳伞，此次跳伞是为英国和尼泊尔的慈善机构筹集善款。)”可知，Budge女士认为这次终生难得的体验物有所值、费用合理。 【37题详解】 细节理解题。​根据第四段中“The oldest client due to make the jump in the coming days is Alan Walton, a 72-year-old British partner in a bioscience company, organiser Nigel Gifford said.(组织者Nigel Gifford说，未来几天即将进行跳伞的最年长客户是72岁的Alan Walton，他是一家生物科技公司的英国合伙人。)”可知，Alan Walton在接下来几天的跳伞名单上。 【38题详解】 细节理解题。​根据第四段中““It came about because I have been a Himalayan mountaineer and took up skydiving. I love doing both and I thought it would be good to marry the two,” he said.(他说：“这是因为我是一名喜马拉雅山登山者，并开始跳伞。我喜欢做这两件事，我认为把这两项运动结合起来会很棒。”)”可知，他很享受将登山与跳伞两项运动结合在一起。 【39题详解】 推理判断题。纵观全文，文章第一段提到“Adventurer Holly Budge, 29, described the experience as “amazing, just spectacular” after making a safe landing at 3,900 metres.(29岁的冒险家Holly Budge在3900米处安全着陆后，称这次经历“令人惊叹，非常壮观”。)”可知，Budge安全着陆并称这次经历是令人惊叹，非常壮观的，第二段提到她认为物有所值，后续段落介绍了活动的成功组织以及克服的挑战。整体来看，这是一次非常成功且令人难忘的经历。 （B） Welcome to Middletown University Preparing you for success, whatever you want to do Whether you are a national or international student, we welcome you to Middletown University. Our reputation is built on providing high-quality education in both academic and vocational subjects. As well as priding ourselves on our traditional face-to-face learning, we have recently introduced a range of distance-learning courses. Frequently Asked Questions What kind of courses do you have? Are you looking for a general academic course to increase your knowledge? Or do you need a vocational course to develop your skills for a specific profession? Or perhaps you need both. Whatever your academic and vocational needs, we are sure to have an appropriate course for you. What do they cost? Costs for our courses vary considerably. Click on each department's homepage for more information. Scholarships and bursaries (助学金) are available for certain courses, particularly for those in the sciences and education. Our Most Popular Courses: Academic courses: Mathematics, English Literature and History Vocational courses: Engineering, Nursing, Accounting, Plumbing, Teaching and Catering Sample Course Overview: BA in English The main purpose of this course is to develop your ability to describe, analyze and use features of the English Language, and to see how these are expressed in literature. As well as taking core modules which cover these areas, students will be able to specialize in their fields of interest. Duration: three-year course Course: Choose 12 out of 20 modules Weekly timetable: eight hours of lectures /teaching four hours of seminars (研讨会) Assessment: essays, exams and an 8,000-word dissertation (学位论文) at the end of the third year Requirement: academic experience and interest in the subject; good school-exam grades Diploma in teaching In the first term, you will learn about the theory of teaching and how to be an effective teacher. In the second term, you will also begin teaching in a school. The third term is completely practical. Duration: one-year course Course: Choose six out of ten modules (Three are compulsory). Weekly timetable: six hours of lectures / two hours of seminars / six hours of classroom observation Assessment: combination of essays and classroom observation Requirement: first degree in specific subject area LATEST NEWS Apprenticeship opportunities now available with local businesses including carpenters, electricians and plumbers New part-time job opportunities available for undergraduates/graduates 40. The passage is mainly intended to. A. promote a university B. advertise some courses C. provide answers to students' questions D. introduce a university's recent development 41. If you want to take the course of Diploma in Teaching, you must A. have some experience in teaching B. have a degree in a certain subject C. hand in an essay at the end of each term D. choose at least six courses from 20 modules 42. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Almost all departments provide scholarships and bursaries. B. Middletown University is famous for its distance-learning courses. C. Those taking BA in English must spare 12 hours for it per week. D. Students choose Middletown University mainly for its vocational courses. 【答案】40. A 41. B 42. C 【解析】 【导语】这篇文章是米德尔顿大学的招生介绍，介绍该校课程类型、费用、两门热门课程详情以及学徒和兼职岗位等最新消息。 【40题详解】 推理判断题。文章标题为“Welcome to Middletown University(欢迎来到米德尔敦大学)”，全文详细介绍了该大学的教育优势、课程类型、费用与奖学金、热门课程示例以及最新实习就业消息等。综合来看，这篇文章的主要目的是为了宣传和推广这所大学，以吸引国内外学生前来就读。 【41题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章“Diploma in teaching(教学文凭)”部分中的“Requirement: first degree in specific subject area(要求：特定学科领域的第一学位/学士学位)”可知，想要修读该课程，学生必须在某个特定学科拥有学位。 【42题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章“BA in English（英语文学学士）”部分中的“Weekly timetable: eight hours of lectures /teaching four hours of seminars(每周时间表：8小时的讲座/教学，4小时的研讨会)”可知，修读该课程的学生每周必须为其安排12小时（8+4=12）的学习时间。 （C） Dear partners, colleagues and (dare I say it) close personal friends, As the new boss of Multinational United Subsidiary Holdings (MUSH), I am proud to look back on another year of success at our great company. Our performance is largely down to you and your efforts, and we hope that next year those efforts will be rewarded with the end of our long-running pay freeze. Under my tenure (任期), CEO does not stand for Chief Executive Officer but for cheerleader extraordinaire. I feel passionate about reaching out to as many of you as possible, and the door to my office is always open, especially now that we are in an open-plan building. When it comes to 360-degree feedback, I have unlimited bandwidth. 2020 has had its share of painful experiences. My predecessor’s (前任的) decision to centralise all group functions did not work, resulting in some exceptional and extraordinary losses for the fifth year running. This forced us to close a few factories. On the bright side, our carbon emissions fell considerably as a result. Just doing our bit for the planet. I plan to return more power to the remaining staff by handing over control to the individual business units. Going forward, we will be moving backwards. This means that now more than ever we need your input and inspiration for 2021. Please think 24/7. We need greater granularity (精细度) and more thought leadership. Let us create a snowstorm and see what lands. If we architect successfully and become well-organized, we can blitzscale (快速扩张) MUSH and impact the market. Business is getting a bad press at the moment for prioritising shareholders above all else. As our results make clear, we have managed to avoid this. What’s more, our company has a purpose, and next year we intend to find out precisely what it is. Those of us in the management have been kicking around some ideas, starting with the creation of a cross-disciplinary taskforce. Does becoming part of that winning team fit into your wheelhouse? If so, let our HR department know and someone from the staff interface community will circle back to you. Where will our corporate journey take us in 2021? Hopefully, to the sunlit uplands where a thousand flowers bloom among blue-sky thinking. For that to happen, we must join the dots and create a toolbox that will do the heavy-lifting to allow us to leverage (利用) our collective skillset. 43. Why does the writer say CEO stands for “cheerleader extraordinaire”? A. He prefers to work in an open-plan building. B. He will always keep the door to his office open. C. He is ready to know about the employees’ thoughts. D. He is thankful to the employees for their hard work. 44. What does the writer mean by “we will be moving backwards” (in paragraph 3)? A. He will decentralize some group functions. B. He will follow his predecessor’s decisions. C. He will open some new factories worldwide. D. He will increase the number of individual units. 45. According to the writer, which of the following is an achievement of MUSH’s in 2020? A. It ended its long-running pay freeze. B. It recovered its loss in the last year. C. It did its bit for the environment. D. It became better-organized. 46. The writer hopes that MUSH will ______ in 2021. A. make clear what its purpose precisely is B. prioritise shareholders above all else C. find an upland where flowers bloom D. start the staff interface community 【答案】43. C 44. A 45. C 46. A 【解析】 【导语】这是MUSH新老板写给员工的致辞，回顾2020年得失，宣布放权改革，并希望员工献计献策，在2021年明确公司发展目标。 【43题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“I feel passionate about reaching out to as many of you as possible, and the door to my office is always open, especially now that we are in an open-plan building.(我热衷于和你们尽可能多的人沟通，我的办公室大门永远敞开，尤其是现在我们搬进了开放式办公大楼)”可知，作者自称为超级鼓舞者，是因为他愿意倾听员工的想法。 【44题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第二段“I plan to return more power to the remaining staff by handing over control to the individual business units.(我计划把控制权交给各个独立业务部门，将更多权力还给留下来的员工)”可知，“we will be moving backwards”指他要将集团职能下放，也就是去中心化。 【45题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“On the bright side, our carbon emissions fell considerably as a result. Just doing our bit for the planet.(好的一面是，我们的碳排放量因此大幅下降，我们只是为地球尽一份力)”可知，公司2020年的一项成就是为环保出了一份力。 【46题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“What’s more, our company has a purpose, and next year we intend to find out precisely what it is.(此外，我们公司存在一个目标，明年我们打算弄清楚这个目标到底是什么)”可知，作者希望公司在2021年明确自身的目标。 Section C Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. Big Questions from Mike Brown Mike Brown killed Pluto (冥王星). He had his reasons. But the astronomer did not set out to reclassify the solar system’s ninth planet as a dwarf (矮星). Brown was interested in the Kuiper Belt, a region of icy comets and asteroids (彗星和星云) beyond Neptune’s orbit. ___47___. Brown was correct. Analyzing images from a nearby observatory, he and his team identified a number of new Kuiper Belt Objects. Brown found these bodies by investigating a massive number of images taken by a telescope at a nearby observatory. When comparing images from different times, Brown discovered that a planet’s position will change from one exposure to the next. ___48___ One of the Kuiper Bet Objects he identified, Eris, is the most massive celestial (天空的) body found in the solar system in more than a century. Since Eris was more massive than Pluto, astronomers soon began debating what it means to be a planet, a question that astronomers had considered long settled. ___49___ The Kuiper Belt has been in a deep freeze for the past four-and-a-half-billion years, Brown says. ’We are basically looking back to the earliest history of the solar system. ’Since then, Brown has discovered hundreds more Kuiper Belt Objects. ‘Every single time,’ Brown says, ‘there’s this little charge of,’ Oh my God, this little ice ball at the edge of the solar system has never before been seen by human eyes until this very moment. ‘And that is always a moving experience.’ ___50___ However, he managed to tear himself away to discuss the next big mysteries in our comer of the universe, including why our solar system is such an oddball, and where we might finally find Planet 9. A. To identify objects that might be planets, he says, ‘I simply look for things that move.’ B. Their orbits are not random. C. Pluto lost, but science won. D. To me, the search for Planet 9 is the continuation of what humans have done forever. E. ‘I wanted to understand what was there,’ Brown says, ‘I thought there were probably new planets still to find.’ F. Brown is still busy investigating the outer solar system. 【答案】47. E 48. A 49. C 50. F 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章讲述Mike Brown认定冥王星不是一颗行星以及他这方面的研究。 【47题详解】 由上文“Brown was interested in the Kuiper Belt, a region of icy comets and asteroids (彗星和星云) beyond Neptune’s orbit. (布朗对柯伊伯带很感兴趣，这是海王星轨道之外的一个由冰彗星和小行星组成的区域。)”可知，上文提到布朗对柯伊伯带感兴趣，此句可承接上文说明他感兴趣的原因，所以E项‘I wanted to understand what was there,’ Brown says, ‘I thought there were probably new planets still to find.’(布朗说：“我想了解那里有什么，我认为可能还有新的行星有待发现。”)符合语境，其中there与上文the Kuiper Belt对应，有承上作用。故选E项。 【48题详解】 由上文“Brown found these bodies by investigating a massive number of images taken by a telescope at a nearby observatory. When comparing images from different times, Brown discovered that a planet’s position will change from one exposure to the next.(布朗通过调查附近天文台望远镜拍摄的大量图像发现了这些物体。在比较不同时间的图像时，布朗发现行星的位置会随着曝光的不同而变化。)”可知，这里提到布朗通过对比不同时间的图像发现行星的位置会改变，而A项To identify objects that might be planets, he says, ‘I simply look for things that move.’(为了识别可能是行星的物体，他说，“我只是寻找会移动的东西。”)符合语境，此句进一步说明他识别可能是行星的物体的方法就是寻找会移动的东西，是对前文发现行星位置改变这一内容的进一步阐述。有承上作用。故选A项。 【49题详解】 由上文“One of the Kuiper Bet Objects he identified, Eris, is the most massive celestial (天空的) body found in the solar system in more than a century. Since Eris was more massive than Pluto, astronomers soon began debating what it means to be a planet, a question that astronomers had considered long settled. (他发现的柯伊伯-贝特天体之一厄里斯是一个多世纪以来太阳系中发现的质量最大的天体。由于厄里斯的质量比冥王星大，天文学家很快就开始争论它是一颗行星意味着什么，这是一个天文学家认为早已解决的问题。)”可知，上文讲述了因为发现了比冥王星质量更大的天体，天文学家开始重新讨论行星的定义，这导致冥王星的行星地位受到影响，而这一过程推动了科学对行星定义的进一步探讨，而C项Pluto lost, but science won.(冥王星输了，但科学赢了。)符合语境，本句阐述冥王星被否定为行星，起到了总结前文的作用。故选C项。 【50题详解】 由下文“However, he managed to tear himself away to discuss the next big mysteries in our comer of the universe, including why our solar system is such an oddball, and where we might finally find Planet 9.(然而，他设法挣脱出来，讨论了我们宇宙角落的下一个大谜团，包括为什么我们的太阳系如此奇怪，以及我们最终可能在哪里找到第九行星。)”可知，下文提到他设法抽出时间来讨论宇宙中的下一个重大谜团，说明之前他是在忙于做某事，F项Brown is still busy investigating the outer solar system.(布朗仍在忙于研究外太阳系。)符合语境，提到布朗仍在忙于研究外太阳系，符合上下文逻辑。故选F项。 III. Summary Writing 51. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible. Keeping the holiday-makers happy This is the second year as a chalet girl for Sarah Sutherland-Pilch, a 24-year-old from West Sussex. Known by her nickname, Pilch, Sarah works for a company in Val d’Isère, France, cooking and cleaning for visitors who come to ski and stay in the wooden houses, known as chalets, that are characteristic of the area. Sarah graduated in French and History of Art from Oxford Brookes University last summer. Being a chalet girl isn’t a career, she says, but an enjoyable way to spend a year or two before settling down. “It’s a good way to make contacts. I meet successful people every week.” Sarah does not “live in”. She gets up at 7 a.m. to walk the mile or so to the chalet, which sleeps up to 18 guests each week. She has her own breakfast before preparing that of the guests. When the last of the guests has had breakfast, by about 9:30 a.m., Sarah clears up and either makes the afternoon tea, which is left for the guests to help themselves to, or cleans the rooms — “the worst part of the job,” she says. By about 11 a.m. she is ready to go on the slopes herself. She skis as much as possible. “On a good day we can be up there until 4:30 p.m.” Sarah returns to the chalet in time to prepare dinner and takes a shower before doing so, but does not sleep. “It’s fatal if you do,” she says. Dinner, a three-course affair, is served at 8 p.m. and coffee is usually on the table by 10 p.m. Sarah clears away the dinner things and fills the dishwasher. “There’s nothing worse than coming in to a messy kitchen the next morning.” ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】24-year-old Sarah is in her second year working as a French chalet girl. She graduated last summer, seeing the enjoyable job as a short-term transition before settling down, with routine work and free skiing arranged properly. 【解析】 【导语】文章介绍了24 岁的萨拉，已经在法国担任滑雪木屋服务生的第二个年头了。她去年夏天毕业，将这份愉快的工作视作安定下来之前的短期过渡，日常工作和免费滑雪都安排得十分妥当。 【详解】1.要点摘录 ①This is the second year as a chalet girl for Sarah Sutherland-Pilch, a 24-year-old from West Sussex. ②Sarah works for a company in Val d’Isère, France, cooking and cleaning for visitors who come to ski and stay in the wooden houses. ③Sarah graduated in French and History of Art from Oxford Brookes University last summer. ④Being a chalet girl isn’t a career, she says, but an enjoyable way to spend a year or two before settling down. ⑤She gets up at 7 a.m. to walk the mile or so to the chalet. ⑥When the last of the guests has had breakfast, by about 9:30 a.m., Sarah clears up and either makes the afternoon tea or cleans the rooms. ⑦By about 11 a.m. she is ready to go on the slopes herself. She skis as much as possible. 2.缜密构思 将第①②点整合；将第③④点整合；将第⑤⑥⑦点整合； 3.遣词造句 24-year-old Sarah Sutherland-Pilch has worked in France as a chalet girl for two years since graduation. It’s enjoyable for her. Every morning, after getting up at 7, she walks to the chalet, prepares breakfast and clears up. After that, she can ski from 11 until 4:30 p.m. Then she prepares dinner and coffee, served respectively at 8 and 10. 【点睛】[高分句型1]24-year-old Sarah is in her second year working as a French chalet girl.（使用了现在分词短语作后置定语） [高分句型2] She graduated last summer, seeing the enjoyable job as a short-term transition before settling down, with routine work and free skiing arranged properly.（使用了现在分词作状语） IV. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 过去的半年里，很多商店都重新开业了。(in the past...) (汉译英) ________________________________________________________ 【答案】In the past half year, many shops have reopened. 【解析】 【详解】“过去的半年里”为in the past half year；“很多商店”为many shops；“重新开业”为reopen；in the past+时间段作时间状语，用现在完成时。 53. 这个设计使得游客失去领略公园景色的机会。(leave) (汉译英) ________________________________________________________ 【答案】This design leaves visitors no chance to enjoy the view of the park. 【解析】 【详解】“这个设计”表达为The design，是第三人称单数主语，本句描述客观事实，用一般现在时，谓语动词leave需变形为第三人称单数形式leaves；“游客”表达为visitors；“失去做某事的机会”对应题干要求使用的动词leave的固定结构leave sb no chance to do sth；“领略公园景色”表达为enjoy the view of the park，不定式作后置定语修饰chance。 54. 是那些沉迷于手机的父母，而非他们的孩子，首先需要反思自己的行为。(It is) (汉译英) ________________________________________________________ 【答案】It is those parents who are addicted to their phones, rather than their children, who need to reflect on their own behaviour first. 【解析】 【详解】描述观点，为一般现在时。“是那些沉迷于手机的父母”用It is…who强调句型；被强调部分“那些父母”译为those parents；“沉迷于手机的”用who引导的定语从句翻译，“沉迷于”为be addicted to，be动词用are；“手机”为their phones；“而非”为rather than；“他们的孩子”为their children；“首先需要反思自己的行为”为强调句其他部分，译为who need to reflect on their own behaviour first。 55. 这种疾病在遥远的北方地区尤其常见，那里的冬天黑夜很长，白天的时间则很短。(where) (汉译英) ________________________________________________________ 【答案】This disease is especially common in the far north, where winter nights are very long and the days are short. 【解析】 【详解】“这种疾病”用名词短语This disease作主语；陈述客观事实用一般现在时；“尤其常见”用形容词短语especially common作表语；“在遥远的北方地区”用介词短语in the far north作地点状语；where引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词the far north，在从句中充当地点状语；“冬天黑夜”用名词winter nights作定语从句分句的主语；“很长”用形容词短语very long作表语；and为并列连词，连接定语从句中的两个并列分句；“白天”用名词the days作第二个分句的主语；“（时间）则很短”用形容词short作第二个分句的表语。 V. Guided Writing 56. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假设你是明启中学高三学生李明，最近在一份英语杂志上读到一篇关于“创造力”的文章。作者认为“大量的空闲时间有助于促进人们的创造力”。你对此话题很感兴趣，给该杂志“读者来信”专栏写一封信，内容须包括： 1）你是否赞同作者的这一观点； 2）你的理由。 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Dear Editor, I’m Li Ming, a Senior 3 student from Mingqi High School. Having read your article about creativity, I totally agree that abundant free time fuels people’s creative thinking. Firstly, free time frees our minds from academic or work pressure. When we’re not rushed to meet tight deadlines or tackle urgent tasks, we can wander through random thoughts and connect unrelated ideas, which is the key to innovation. Secondly, spare moments allow us to explore diverse hobbies like painting, writing or DIY crafts, where creativity naturally blooms. For example, many great inventions were born when scientists relaxed and let their minds wander after long hours of tiring research. Free time isn’t a meaningless waste but a precious breeding ground for creativity. Yours sincerely, Li Ming 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。要求考生给杂志“读者来信”专栏写一封信，针对“大量的空闲时间有助于促进人们的创造力”这一观点发表看法并阐述理由。 【详解】1.词汇积累 完全地：totally→completely 充足的：abundant→sufficient 处理：tackle→address 令人疲倦的：tiring→exhausting 2.句式拓展 同义句转换 原句：Having read your article about creativity, I totally agree that abundant free time fuels people’s creative thinking. 拓展句：After I read your article about creativity, I totally agree that abundant free time fuels people’s creative thinking. 【点睛】【高分句型1】When we’re not rushed to meet tight deadlines or tackle urgent tasks, we can wander through random thoughts and connect unrelated ideas, which is the key to innovation. (运用了when引导的时间状语从句和which引导的非限制性定语从句) 【高分句型2】Secondly, spare moments allow us to explore diverse hobbies like painting, writing or DIY crafts, where creativity naturally blooms.(运用了where引导的非限制性定语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 复旦大学附属中学2025学年第二学期 高二年级英语学科5月第一次阶段性教学质量评估试卷 I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. The Rickshaws (黄包车) of Kolkata Human-powered rickshaws first appeared in Kolkata, India a century ago, and about 6,000 of them still roll through the streets today. Most of the men who pull the rickshaws are poor, aging migrants from the countryside. Their vehicles are not being made any more, and as the parts wear out, they cannot ____1____ (replace). It appears that the days of the rickshaw are nearing their end in Kolkata. Rickshaws are an important form of transportation in this city of nearly 15 million people. They are cheap and convenient. Poor and middle-class residents rely on rickshaws to move through narrow lanes in areas of the central city ____2____ public transportation is not available. Families often pay a rickshaw puller to take their children to and from school. Rickshaws also provide delivery service for hotels, shops and homes around the city, carrying everything from food for 500 wedding guests to live chickens. Ladies on shopping trips depend on rickshaw pullers ____3____ (wait) while they make several stops before returning home. Some people even use a rickshaw instead of an ambulance! ____4____ their usefulness, rickshaw pullers usually live in extreme poverty. Most of them are homeless. Some sleep in a rickshaw garage; others simply live in their rickshaws or on the street. They work for more than 12 hours at a time, ____5____ (earn) about $2.50 a day. Their top priority is paying the rent on their vehicles, and then buying food and shelter. Any extra money goes to their families. For the last ten years, the government ____6____ (try) to get rid of rickshaws. City authorities say they want to modernize Kolkata’s image. They also want to reduce traffic congestion. “We ____7____ be fair to the cars and buses that are crawling because of the rickshaws,” one city official said. ____8____ the future holds for rickshaw pullers is important. Most are 40 to 60 years old and have no other job skills. Local authorities have talked about programs to re-train the pullers. They could drive auto-rickshaws, for example, work in parking lots, or make traditional crafts. However, with nothing ____9____ (do) to start these programs, rickshaw pullers are understandably very worried about the future. “I’ll try anything, even learning a new job, ____10____ it helps my family,” one puller said. Section B Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. curiosity B. foundation C. madness D. means E. multiple F. overlooks G. overstates H. possible I. push J. reduce K. special Restless Genes “No other mammal (哺乳动物) moves around like we do,” says Svante Pääbo, a director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. He uses genetics to study human origins. “There’s a kind of ____11____ to it. Sailing out into the ocean, you have no idea what’s on the other side. And now we go to Mars. We never stop. Why?” If an urge to explore rises in us at birth, perhaps its ____12____ lies within our genome. In fact, there is a mutation (突变) that pops up frequently in such discussions: a variant of a gene called DRD4. DRD4 helps control dopamine, a chemical messenger in the brain that plays a major role in reward-motivated behavior. Researchers have repeatedly tied the variant DRD4-7R—carried by roughly 20 percent of all humans—to increased ____13____ and restlessness. Dozens of human studies have found that 7R makes people more likely to take risks: explore new places, ideas, foods, or relationships; and generally love movement, change, and adventure. So is 7R the explorer’s gene or adventure gene, as some call it? Yale University evolutionary and population geneticist Kenneth Kidd thinks that this ____14____ its roles. Kidd speaks with ____15____ authority here, as he was part of the team that discovered the 7R variant 20 years ago. “You just can’t ____16____ something as complex as human exploration to a single gene.” It would be better, Kidd suggests, to consider how groups of genes might lay foundation for such behavior. It is likely that different groups of genes contribute to ____17____ characteristics that enable us to explore. There may be other genes—7R among them—which go even further: They ____18____ us to explore. It helps, in short, to think not just of the urge to explore but of the ability—not just the motivation but the ____19____. Before you can act on the urge, you need the tools or characteristics that make exploration _____20_____. II. Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. The 16th-century dramatist Ben Johnson generously called Shakespeare a writer “not of an age, but for all time.” And so it has proven to be, for Shakespeare’s plays are still the most translated and most ____21____ of any play writer’s in the world. But if you ask people what accounts for Shakespeare’s ____22____ popularity, you will get a number of different answers. Some will say that he was a great storyteller, others that the ____23____ lies in the beauty of his poetry. Some scholars point out that he was born in a lively period of England’s history, a time of great national confidence and cultural activity, particularly in the theatre. ____24____, they claim, he was able to produce an extraordinary volume of work. This last explanation seems a little ____25____. A more interesting answer is put forward, although a little over-enthusiastically, by Harold Bloom in his book Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. Bloom argues that Shakespeare gave us something in his writing that the world had not seen in ____26____ before: characters with a strong personality. These lifelike characters gave us a real insight into the human ____27____: Iago, the trusted advisor of Othello, whose jealousy leads him to betray his honest master; Rosalind, the heroine in As You Like It, who remains true to her friends and family in spite of the danger to herself. Through the mouths of such characters, we learn truths about life that we can all ____28____. These truths are made more moving and more memorable by the way in which they are ____29____: briefly and poetically. Shakespeare has been dead almost 400 years, but the words and saying attributed (归功于) to him still _____30_____ the English language today. So whether you are “fashionable” or “sanctimonious,” thank Shakespeare, who probably _____31_____ the terms. In fact, it is amazing just how great Shakespeare’s influence on everyday language has been. Take, for example, these phrases from Michael Macrone’s light-hearted book Brush Up Your Shakespeare. foregone conclusion　　　　　　　　　　seen better days full circle　　　　　　　　　　　　　　a sorry sight at one fell swoop　　　　　　　　　　　neither here nor there wear my heart upon my sleeve　　　　　　the world is (my) oyster Macrone is more interested in the Shakespearean language that has survived than the reasons for its _____32_____. According to his research, some of these sayings are slightly different from their original meaning once taken out of the _____33_____ of the plays in which they first appeared. For example, “be all and end all” is used today to mean “the most important thing”, but in Macbeth, it means “the end of the matter”. Regardless of such technicalities, it is still remarkable that so many of Shakespeare’s words have survived the large _____34_____ in language between their time and the present day. The beauty of those words is certainly one reason, but as Johnson suggested, it is the humanity relevance of their _____35_____ that brings them to life. 21. A. selected B. performed C. evaluated D. revised 22. A. unexpected B. varying C. individual D. enduring 23. A. magic B. evidence C. creativity D. count 24. A. In a word B. As a consequence C. By contrast D. To some degree 25. A. possible B. convincing C. unsatisfactory D. boring 26. A. man B. literature C. history D. focus 27. A. condition B. emotions C. factor D. resources 28. A. qualify for B. judge from C. specialize in D. identify with 29. A. proved B. phrased C. believed D. understood 30. A. color B. define C. represent D. involve 31. A. honored B. improved C. coined D. chose 32. A. significance B. variety C. livelihood D. popularity 33. A. concept B. time C. context D. outline 34. A. shifts B. conflicts C. similarities D. trends 35. A. usage B. wording C. originality D. message Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. （A） Adventurer Holly Budge, 29, described the experience as “amazing, just spectacular” after making a safe landing at 3,900 metres. The Hampshire camerawoman was one of three skydivers in Nepal to make the first plunge from above the world’s highest peak. We had one minute of freefall and while we were above the clouds you could see Everest (珠穆朗玛峰) and the other high mountains popping out of the top,’ she said. The group of three, described by onlookers as looking “like tiny birds flying in the blue sky”, faced sub-zero temperatures and fast-changing weather when they touched down in the foothills of the mountain. The event, organised by British adventure travel company High and Wild, will see up to 30 more skydivers from around the world make the same attempt in the coming days. Each of its clients has paid about £13,500 for the experience. “It was worth the money — it is something that has never been done before,” said Ms Budge, who has completed 2,500 skydives and who jumped to raise money for charities in Britain and Nepal. Skydiving at altitudes (高度) just higher than the summit of Mount Everest created numerous challenges for the project. Due to the thin air, their parachutes (降落伞) were three times the size of regular ones, and the jumpers used oxygen tanks strapped to their waists. “The organisers have brought a plane over from Switzerland, and the permits have been very expensive, as has getting everyone to the jump site,” said Budge. The oldest client due to make the jump in the coming days is Alan Walton, a 72-year-old British partner in a bioscience company, organiser Nigel Gifford said. “Although many are very experienced, others are making their first ever skydive and will be going with experts,” said Gifford, whose company has permission to operate in the area for another 13 days. The “Everest Skydive” is an event that has been 15 years in the making for Mr Gifford. “It came about because I have been a Himalayan mountaineer and took up skydiving. I love doing both and I thought it would be good to marry the two,” he said. 36. In Ms Budge’s opinion, ________. A. she would’ve paid more for the experience B. the jump was vastly overpriced for what it was C. the fee was reasonable for such a once-in-a-lifetime experience D. no one would consider paying thousands of pounds to skydive off Everest 37. According to the writer, Alan Walton ________. A. will not be allowed to jump as he is too old B. is on the list to jump in the next few days C. will probably be ready to skydive in a year’s time D. wants to have his name added to the waiting list of skydivers 38. Mr Gifford, the organiser of the event, ________. A. decided that all participants should be experienced in both climbing and skydiving B. has tried both climbing and skydiving but has failed to bring them together C. was not optimistic about the skydive D. has enjoyed bringing the two sports together 39. Looking at the text as a whole, what best describes the overall experience of the skydive? A. The expense of the trip ruined the experience. B. It was a complete success and everybody had a truly memorable experience. C. People generally had a positive experience, though complained of the extreme cold. D. Conditions were a lot worse than expected and people’s high expectations were not met. （B） Welcome to Middletown University Preparing you for success, whatever you want to do Whether you are a national or international student, we welcome you to Middletown University. Our reputation is built on providing high-quality education in both academic and vocational subjects. As well as priding ourselves on our traditional face-to-face learning, we have recently introduced a range of distance-learning courses. Frequently Asked Questions What kind of courses do you have? Are you looking for a general academic course to increase your knowledge? Or do you need a vocational course to develop your skills for a specific profession? Or perhaps you need both. Whatever your academic and vocational needs, we are sure to have an appropriate course for you. What do they cost? Costs for our courses vary considerably. Click on each department's homepage for more information. Scholarships and bursaries (助学金) are available for certain courses, particularly for those in the sciences and education. Our Most Popular Courses: Academic courses: Mathematics, English Literature and History Vocational courses: Engineering, Nursing, Accounting, Plumbing, Teaching and Catering Sample Course Overview: BA in English The main purpose of this course is to develop your ability to describe, analyze and use features of the English Language, and to see how these are expressed in literature. As well as taking core modules which cover these areas, students will be able to specialize in their fields of interest. 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Weekly timetable: six hours of lectures / two hours of seminars / six hours of classroom observation Assessment: combination of essays and classroom observation Requirement: first degree in specific subject area LATEST NEWS Apprenticeship opportunities now available with local businesses including carpenters, electricians and plumbers New part-time job opportunities available for undergraduates/graduates 40. The passage is mainly intended to. A. promote a university B. advertise some courses C. provide answers to students' questions D. introduce a university's recent development 41. If you want to take the course of Diploma in Teaching, you must A. have some experience in teaching B. have a degree in a certain subject C. hand in an essay at the end of each term D. choose at least six courses from 20 modules 42. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Almost all departments provide scholarships and bursaries. B. Middletown University is famous for its distance-learning courses. C. Those taking BA in English must spare 12 hours for it per week. D. Students choose Middletown University mainly for its vocational courses. （C） Dear partners, colleagues and (dare I say it) close personal friends, As the new boss of Multinational United Subsidiary Holdings (MUSH), I am proud to look back on another year of success at our great company. Our performance is largely down to you and your efforts, and we hope that next year those efforts will be rewarded with the end of our long-running pay freeze. Under my tenure (任期), CEO does not stand for Chief Executive Officer but for cheerleader extraordinaire. I feel passionate about reaching out to as many of you as possible, and the door to my office is always open, especially now that we are in an open-plan building. When it comes to 360-degree feedback, I have unlimited bandwidth. 2020 has had its share of painful experiences. My predecessor’s (前任的) decision to centralise all group functions did not work, resulting in some exceptional and extraordinary losses for the fifth year running. This forced us to close a few factories. On the bright side, our carbon emissions fell considerably as a result. Just doing our bit for the planet. I plan to return more power to the remaining staff by handing over control to the individual business units. Going forward, we will be moving backwards. This means that now more than ever we need your input and inspiration for 2021. Please think 24/7. We need greater granularity (精细度) and more thought leadership. Let us create a snowstorm and see what lands. If we architect successfully and become well-organized, we can blitzscale (快速扩张) MUSH and impact the market. Business is getting a bad press at the moment for prioritising shareholders above all else. As our results make clear, we have managed to avoid this. What’s more, our company has a purpose, and next year we intend to find out precisely what it is. Those of us in the management have been kicking around some ideas, starting with the creation of a cross-disciplinary taskforce. Does becoming part of that winning team fit into your wheelhouse? If so, let our HR department know and someone from the staff interface community will circle back to you. Where will our corporate journey take us in 2021? Hopefully, to the sunlit uplands where a thousand flowers bloom among blue-sky thinking. For that to happen, we must join the dots and create a toolbox that will do the heavy-lifting to allow us to leverage (利用) our collective skillset. 43. Why does the writer say CEO stands for “cheerleader extraordinaire”? A. He prefers to work in an open-plan building. B. He will always keep the door to his office open. C. He is ready to know about the employees’ thoughts. D. He is thankful to the employees for their hard work. 44. What does the writer mean by “we will be moving backwards” (in paragraph 3)? A. He will decentralize some group functions. B. He will follow his predecessor’s decisions. C. He will open some new factories worldwide. D. He will increase the number of individual units. 45. According to the writer, which of the following is an achievement of MUSH’s in 2020? A. It ended its long-running pay freeze. B. It recovered its loss in the last year. C. It did its bit for the environment. D. It became better-organized. 46. The writer hopes that MUSH will ______ in 2021. A. make clear what its purpose precisely is B. prioritise shareholders above all else C. find an upland where flowers bloom D. start the staff interface community Section C Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. Big Questions from Mike Brown Mike Brown killed Pluto (冥王星). He had his reasons. But the astronomer did not set out to reclassify the solar system’s ninth planet as a dwarf (矮星). Brown was interested in the Kuiper Belt, a region of icy comets and asteroids (彗星和星云) beyond Neptune’s orbit. ___47___. Brown was correct. Analyzing images from a nearby observatory, he and his team identified a number of new Kuiper Belt Objects. Brown found these bodies by investigating a massive number of images taken by a telescope at a nearby observatory. When comparing images from different times, Brown discovered that a planet’s position will change from one exposure to the next. ___48___ One of the Kuiper Bet Objects he identified, Eris, is the most massive celestial (天空的) body found in the solar system in more than a century. Since Eris was more massive than Pluto, astronomers soon began debating what it means to be a planet, a question that astronomers had considered long settled. ___49___ The Kuiper Belt has been in a deep freeze for the past four-and-a-half-billion years, Brown says. ’We are basically looking back to the earliest history of the solar system. ’Since then, Brown has discovered hundreds more Kuiper Belt Objects. ‘Every single time,’ Brown says, ‘there’s this little charge of,’ Oh my God, this little ice ball at the edge of the solar system has never before been seen by human eyes until this very moment. ‘And that is always a moving experience.’ ___50___ However, he managed to tear himself away to discuss the next big mysteries in our comer of the universe, including why our solar system is such an oddball, and where we might finally find Planet 9. A. To identify objects that might be planets, he says, ‘I simply look for things that move.’ B. Their orbits are not random. C. Pluto lost, but science won. D. To me, the search for Planet 9 is the continuation of what humans have done forever. E. ‘I wanted to understand what was there,’ Brown says, ‘I thought there were probably new planets still to find.’ F. Brown is still busy investigating the outer solar system. III. Summary Writing 51. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible. Keeping the holiday-makers happy This is the second year as a chalet girl for Sarah Sutherland-Pilch, a 24-year-old from West Sussex. Known by her nickname, Pilch, Sarah works for a company in Val d’Isère, France, cooking and cleaning for visitors who come to ski and stay in the wooden houses, known as chalets, that are characteristic of the area. Sarah graduated in French and History of Art from Oxford Brookes University last summer. Being a chalet girl isn’t a career, she says, but an enjoyable way to spend a year or two before settling down. “It’s a good way to make contacts. I meet successful people every week.” Sarah does not “live in”. She gets up at 7 a.m. to walk the mile or so to the chalet, which sleeps up to 18 guests each week. She has her own breakfast before preparing that of the guests. When the last of the guests has had breakfast, by about 9:30 a.m., Sarah clears up and either makes the afternoon tea, which is left for the guests to help themselves to, or cleans the rooms — “the worst part of the job,” she says. By about 11 a.m. she is ready to go on the slopes herself. She skis as much as possible. “On a good day we can be up there until 4:30 p.m.” Sarah returns to the chalet in time to prepare dinner and takes a shower before doing so, but does not sleep. “It’s fatal if you do,” she says. Dinner, a three-course affair, is served at 8 p.m. and coffee is usually on the table by 10 p.m. Sarah clears away the dinner things and fills the dishwasher. “There’s nothing worse than coming in to a messy kitchen the next morning.” ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ IV. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 过去的半年里，很多商店都重新开业了。(in the past...) (汉译英) ________________________________________________________ 53. 这个设计使得游客失去领略公园景色的机会。(leave) (汉译英) ________________________________________________________ 54. 是那些沉迷于手机的父母，而非他们的孩子，首先需要反思自己的行为。(It is) (汉译英) ________________________________________________________ 55. 这种疾病在遥远的北方地区尤其常见，那里的冬天黑夜很长，白天的时间则很短。(where) (汉译英) ________________________________________________________ V. Guided Writing 56. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假设你是明启中学高三学生李明，最近在一份英语杂志上读到一篇关于“创造力”的文章。作者认为“大量的空闲时间有助于促进人们的创造力”。你对此话题很感兴趣，给该杂志“读者来信”专栏写一封信，内容须包括： 1）你是否赞同作者的这一观点； 2）你的理由。 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $