2021-2022学年广东省惠州市惠州中学高二上学期入学考试英语试题
满分: 100分 考试时间: 60 分钟
第一部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题：每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Best Careers in Australia
If you're attempting to take your first steps on the career ladder, this country is certainly rich with opportunity. In this article, we'll be looking at 4 of the best careers in Australia and why they're considered rewarding.
Wildlife Biologist
If you love working with animals, and enjoy seeing our fantastic wildlife in their natural habitat, the life of a wildlife biologist may be for you. Some of your daily duties may involve taking animal population studies, marking animals, and developing habitat management plans.
Average Salary: AU$58,014 per year
Teacher
You'll be able to teach subjects that you're knowledgeable and enthusiastic about and inspire that same enthusiasm in your students. You'll be able to make a positive contribution and help to shape the future of Australia. Although teachers may have a set time table every day, no two days will ever be the same.
Average Salary: AU$67,694 per year
Aged Care Worker
Working with the elderly is a fantastic job that affords you an enormous variety and job satisfaction. As Australia's population gets older, more and more skilled and enthusiastic care workers are needed. What's more, the care of the elderly is so different that no matter where your skills lie, it's easy to find a promising career.
Average Salary: AU$40,605 per year
App Developer
You'll work with all kinds of businesses to create custom-made applications that either help make their businesses more efficient or bring value to their customers It's a rewarding and increasingly in-demand profession.
Average Salary: AU$74,492 per year
1. If you like working outdoors, which career will you apply for
A. Wildlife Biologist. B. Teacher. C. Aged Care Worker. D. App Developer.
2. Which of the following is true according to the text
A. An aged care worker may find the job is easy.
B. A teacher needs to be knowledgeable about all subjects.
C. A wildlife biologist cams AU$67,694 per year.
D. An App developer will create apps at the request of customers.
3. Who will most probably take an interest in this text
A. A researcher. B. An educator. C. A job hunter. D. A student volunteer.
【答案】1. A 2. D 3. C
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇应用文。文章介绍了澳大利亚四种最好的职业，并表明为什么它们被认为是有回报的。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Wildlife Biologist”部分第一句“If you love working with animals, and enjoy seeing our fantastic wildlife in their natural habitat, the life of a wildlife biologist may be for you. ”(如果你喜欢和动物一起工作，喜欢在自然栖息地看到我们奇妙的野生动物，野生生物学家的生活可能适合你。)可知，如果你喜欢在户外工作，你会申请野生动物学家。故选A。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据“App Developer”部分第一句“You'll work with all kinds of businesses to create custom-made applications that either help make their businesses more efficient or bring value to their customers. ”(您将与各种各样的企业合作，创建定制的应用程序，这些应用程序可以帮助企业提高效率，也可以为客户带来价值。)可知，应用程序开发人员将根据客户的要求创建应用程序。故选D。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“If you're attempting to take your first steps on the career ladder, this country is certainly rich with opportunity. In this article, we'll be looking at 4 of the best careers in Australia and why they're considered rewarding.”(如果你正试图在职业阶梯上迈出第一步，这个国家肯定充满了机会。在这篇文章中，我们将着眼于澳大利亚的4种最好的职业，以及为什么它们被认为是有回报的。)可知，求职者很可能会对这篇文章感兴趣。故选C。
B
As our boat moves quickly up and down in a windy ice-filled small bay, I try to judge the health condition of the polar bear (北极熊)in front of me. We are in Franz Josef Land, a remote part of Russia between the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
While offshore bears follow the sea ice, hunting seals (海豹)on ice all year round, bears that live by the sea spend their summers on land and are forced to search for whatever they can find. Relying on low-calorie meals such as the eggs of nesting seabirds, it is harder for these bears to pack on the pounds. Researchers recently found that offshore bears around the Barents Sea are some of the most polluted animals on Earth. This is a direct consequence of the seals they feed on.
Over a period of 14 years' study, Heli Routti from the Norwegian Polar Institute found that offshore female bears were in a better health, having greater body weight, than female bears by the sea, but on average their levels of pollutants called PFASs are 33 percent higher.
PFASs are used to make industrial products which are poisonous and degrade (降解)very slowly. These pollutants find their way to the Arctic through air, where they fall in snow and gradually add up in the ice. As the ice melts every summer, the PFASs go into the water, where they enter the food chain. They eventually make their way into the fat that keeps seals warm and from there into the bears that eat them.
During my 15 days in Franz Josef Land, I saw five bears, all living by the sea. Each looked relatively healthy. There are signs that these bears are dealing with the global-warming-caused ice loss relatively well. “The bears, so far, seem to be handling the sea ice loss,” says Andrew Derocher at the University of Alberta, who worked with Routti on the study, “But I'm sure that's going to change if the speed of ice loss increases sharply in the area.”
4. From the text we can learn polar bears living by the sea ________.
A. eat seals on ice all year round
B. look for food on land in summer
C. become the most polluted animals on Earth
D. stay on the ice in summer to avoid hot weather
5. What does the underlined part “pack on the pounds” in Paragraph 2 mean
A. Put on weight. B. Move around.
C. Fight against pollution. D. Live alone.
6. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about
A. The rate of PFASs' degradation. B. The effects of PFASs on the environment.
C. The process of PFASs' entering polar bears. D. The application of PFASs in modem industry.
7. According to Andrew Derocher, what will happen if the sea ice loss increases
A. More pollutants may go into the air. B. It will make no difference to bears.
C. The death rate of seals may increase. D. Bears might fail to adapt to the change.
【答案】4. B 5. A 6. C 7. D
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了巴伦支海附近的近海熊面临的严重污染问题和全球变暖导致的海冰减少问题。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“While offshore bears follow the sea ice, hunting seals (海豹)on ice all year round, bears that live by the sea spend their summers on land and are forced to search for whatever they can find.”(当近海的熊跟随海冰，终年在冰上捕猎海豹时，生活在海边的熊在陆地上度过夏天，被迫寻找他们能找到的任何东西。)可知，生活在海边的北极熊夏天在陆地上寻找食物。故选B。
【5题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第二段第二句中的“Relying on low-calorie meals such as the eggs of nesting seabirds”(依赖低热量的食物，如筑巢海鸟的蛋)可知，划线部分所在句子是指这种情况使得熊体重增加比较难。所以pack on the pounds意为“增加体重”。故选A。
【6题详解】
主旨大意题。在第四段中，第一句“PFASs are used to make industrial products which are poisonous and degrade (降解)very slowly.”(PFASs用于制造有毒且降解非常缓慢的工业产品。)介绍PFASs有毒且降解缓慢，第二句“These pollutants find their way to the Arctic through air, where they fall in snow and gradually add up in the ice.”(这些污染物通过空气进入北极，在那里它们在雪中飘落，在冰中逐渐累积。)表明PFASs通过空气进入北极的冰中逐渐累积，第三句“As the ice melts every summer, the PFASs go into the water, where they enter the food chain.”(每年夏天，当冰融化时，PFASs进入水中，进入食物链。)表明PFASs在夏天通过水进入食物链，第四句“They eventually make their way into the fat that keeps seals warm and from there into the bears that eat them.”(它们最终会进入使海豹保持温暖的脂肪中，并从那里进入吃海豹的熊体内。)表明PFASs最终通过海豹的脂肪进入吃海豹的熊体内。所以第四段主要是讲PFASs进入北极熊体内的过程。故选C。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段第四句“The bears, so far, seem to be handling the sea ice loss”(到目前为止，北极熊似乎还能应海冰的减少)和最后一句“But I'm sure that's going to change if the speed of ice loss increases sharply in the area.”(但我确信，如果该地区的冰融化速度急剧增加，这种情况就会改变。)可推知，根据Andrew Derocher认为如果海冰减少增加，北极熊可能无法适应这种变化（冰融化速度急剧增加）。故选D。
C
If you want to learn a language, try sleeping on it. This is the advice from researchers at Swansea University who are studying the interaction between sleep patterns, dreaming and memory consolidation (记忆巩固) — the process for laying down memories in the brain more securely.
In a study to be published in Journal of Sleep Research, the scientists looked at how sleep and the value attached to pieces of information a fleet their memorability. Participants in the study slept in a specially designed lab, while their brain activity was being monitored.
Native English speakers who had recently arrived in Wales had to memorize Welsh words and were tested on them 12 hours later. One group had to remember the information during the daytime, while the other slept on it in the lab.
The sleepers performed much better in a test of their newly acquired vocabulary — and caring about the Welsh language further improved performance.
Related work in the sleep lab, presented at the British Science Festival, aims to understand whether they are a byproduct of other events occurring during sleep. To understand the timing and content of dreams, the team analyzed the dreams participants reported in their own words, immediately on being woken.
This research found that the likelihood of experiencing a dream is particularly high — about 80 per cent during REM sleep. This part of the sleep cycle, characterized by rapid eye movements, is thought to play an important role in memory consolidation.
Electrical activity in the brain varies significantly at different stages of sleep. This helped researchers to monitor the length and quality of sleep, and to wake participants at particular points in the sleep cycle.
The research found daytime events were more likely to be formed into dreams with a one-day delay and to happen again and again after another five to seven nights. This is called the dream-lag effect.
8. What is the study mentioned in the text mainly about
A. The way to learn a language. B. The effect sleep has on memory.
C. The experiment in a specially designed lab. D. The phenomenon of dream-lag effect.
9. What does the underlined word "them" in the 3rd paragraph refer to
A. The sleepers. B. The Welsh words.
C. The researchers. D. The native English speakers.
10. What do we know about REM sleep
A. It always comes with a dream. B. It is harmful to humans.
C. It is important to memory consolidation. D. It lasts throughout the night.
11. From which section of a magazine is the text most probably taken
A. Economy. B. Entertainment. C. Society. D. Science.
【答案】8. B 9. B 10. C 11. D
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了斯旺西大学的一项研究。研究人员正在研究睡眠模式、做梦和记忆巩固之间的相互作用——将记忆更安全地储存在大脑中的过程。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中的“This is the advice from researchers at Swansea University who are studying the interaction between sleep patterns, dreaming and memory consolidation (记忆巩固) — the process for laying down memories in the brain more securely.(这是来自斯旺西大学的研究人员的建议，他们正在研究睡眠模式、做梦和记忆巩固之间的相互作用——将记忆更安全地储存在大脑中的过程)”可知，文中提到的研究主要是关于睡眠对记忆的影响。故选B。
【9题详解】
词句猜测题。根据划线词所在句“Native English speakers who had recently arrived in Wales had to memorize Welsh words and were tested on them 12 hours later.(以英语为母语的人最近来到威尔士，他们必须记住威尔士语单词，并在12小时后对它们进行测试)”可知，划线词them指代上文中的“威尔士语单词”。故选B。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“This part of the sleep cycle, characterized by rapid eye movements, is thought to play an important role in memory consolidation.(睡眠周期的这一部分以快速眼球运动为特征，被认为在记忆巩固中起着重要作用)”可知，REM睡眠对巩固记忆很重要。故选C。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段中的“This is the advice from researchers at Swansea University who are studying the interaction between sleep patterns, dreaming and memory consolidation (记忆巩固) — the process for laying down memories in the brain more securely.(这是来自斯旺西大学的研究人员的建议，他们正在研究睡眠模式、做梦和记忆巩固之间的相互作用——将记忆更安全地储存在大脑中的过程)”及下文介绍可知，文章介绍了斯旺西大学的一项关于睡眠对记忆的影响的研究。由此推知，这篇文章最有可能摘自杂志的科学版块。故选D。
D
She was the 19th-century founder of modern nursing, known for her continuous care of wounded soldiers in the Crimean War. In an earlier age of contagion (接触性传染),she was far ahead of her time in realizing that cleanliness, fresh air and open-air exercise helped patients recover from injury and disease.
Now an unpublished letter that Florence Nightingale received as a teenager from her father shows that he was a major inspiration in shaping her approach to a healthy mind and body.
In 1835, William Nightingale wrote to his daughter setting out a routine for keeping fit. "Exercise for 10 minutes every day before breakfast. Before you dress do the exercise of the arms 20 times. In the course of the day, 20 minutes' exercise must be done and if not done well, another 10 minutes should be added ... Some new poetry to be learned and two things prepared for this evening. If any of these things aren't finished, you will work them up the next day."
The letter will feature in a book, Florence Nightingale at Home, to be published in November. The letter is among the unpublished materials on which the book's four authors have drawn and it offers new insights into her pioneering work.
Nightingale had a happy childhood at a time of widespread child labor and high baby death rates when most people lived in small, unclean houses and hospitals were dirty and badly run with many patients having little hope of coming out alive. When Nightingale first became famous, people were amazed at the idea that someone used to living in a country house would give that up in order to nurse the poor. Her own parents were also shocked to learn that she wanted to become a nurse in an age when nurses were thought of as morally wrong.
William Nightingale's 1835 letter was among the unpublished materials unearthed from piles of boxes at Claydon House where Nightingale's sister lived, now a National Trust property.
12. Why did Florence Nightingale's father write the letter to her
A. To ensure her a happy childhood.
B. To plan a road to success for her.
C. To inspire her to build a healthy mind and body.
D. To make her the founder of the modern nursing.
13. What can be inferred from the text
A. Florence Nightingale was a soldier in the Crimean War.
B. Florence Nightingale disliked his father's way of education.
C. Most people in Florence Nightingale's time suffered a lot.
D. Florence Nightingale's parents were amazed at her decision.
14. Which of the following best describes Florence Nightingale
A. Curious and patient. B. Determined and caring.
C. Attractive and honest. D. Humorous and hardworking.
15. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. The strictness of a great father. B. The founder of modern nursing.
C. A review of Florence Nightingale at Home. D. A significant letter to Nightingale.
【答案】12. C 13. C 14. B 15. D
【解析】
【分析】本文是记叙文。一封以前未出版的威廉·南丁格尔于1835年写给女儿弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔的信，将被收录进一本名为《家中的弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔》的书中，该书将于11月出版。这封信激励南丁格尔建立健康的身心，对她意义重大。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段“Now an unpublished letter that Florence Nightingale received as a teenager from her father shows that he was a major inspiration in shaping her approach to a healthy mind and body.( 一封未发表弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔在青少年时期收到的来自父亲的信表明，父亲是她塑造健康身心的主要灵感来源)”和第三段“In 1835, William Nightingale wrote to his daughter setting out a routine for keeping fit.( 1835年，威廉·南丁格尔给他的女儿写了一份保持健康的计划)”可知南丁格尔的父亲给她写信是为了激励她建立健康的身心。故选C。
【13题详解】
推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Nightingale had a happy childhood at a time of widespread child labor and high baby death rates when most people lived in small, unclean houses and hospitals were dirty and badly run with many patients having little hope of coming out alive.( 南丁格尔有一个快乐的童年，那时童工普遍存在，婴儿死亡率很高，大多数人住在又小又不干净的房子里，医院又脏又乱，许多病人几乎没有生还的希望)”可知在南丁格尔时代，多数人生活贫穷，居住条件和医疗条件极差，他们遭受了很多苦难。故选C。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“She was the 19th-century founder of modem nursing, known for her continuous care of wounded soldiers in the Crimean War.( 她是19世纪现代护理的奠基人，因在克里米亚战争中持续护理受伤士兵而闻名)”可知南丁格尔有爱心，关心别人；根据倒数第二段“When Nightingale first became famous, people were amazed at the idea that someone used to living in a country house would give that up in order to nurse the poor. Her own parents were also shocked to learn that she wanted to become a nurse in an age when nurses were thought of as morally wrong.(南丁格尔刚出名的时候，人们对她为了照顾穷人而放弃乡村房子的想法感到惊讶。在那个护士在道德上被认为是错误的年代，她自己的父母得知她想成为一名护士也很震惊。)”可知南丁格尔态度坚定，成了护士，并成为现代护理的奠基人。故选B。
【15题详解】
主旨大意题。一封以前未出版的威廉·南丁格尔于1835年写给女儿弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔的信，将被收录进一本名为《家中的弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔》的书中，该书将于11月出版。这封信激励南丁格尔建立健康的身心，对她意义重大，使她意志坚定地在克里米亚战争中持续护理受伤士兵，成为了现代护理的奠基人。A significant letter to Nightingale.概括了全文内容，适合作为文章标题，故选D。
第二节(共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5 分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Here's why Disney World doesn't have mosquitoes(蚊子)
There is a lot that goes into making Disney World the "Most Magical Place on Earth”. Considering Walt Disney World is in Central Florida, and has various amusement parks at Walt Disney World, there is one thing missing from the huge property that you may not have even noticed: mosquitoes. ____16____.
Naturally, this is due to efforts from Walt Disney World staff to ensure health among guests and a uniform consumer experiences.____17____Disney employs a project called the “Mosquito Surveillance Program“ which can avoid the noisy pests and keep visitors safe from the threat of disease.
____18____Mosquitoes are attracted to the gas, which is one reason why they are so good at finding humans, as we breathe it out constantly. Once caught, the mosquitoes are then frozen and studied in labs where experts discover the best ways to keep mosquitoes off of our skin when we arrive on-site.
____19____Due to the birds' immunity to mosquito-borne viruses such as West Nile they can be used to observe the presence of the virus without experiencing any harmful symptoms(症状)after that. The chickens are kept in cages, unlike flying birds that would travel long distances. So, if a virus is detected, it is easy for Disney to find out exactly which part of their parks has been affected by viral mosquitoes.
Occasionally, Disney has had to close certain sections of their park during the busiest times. ____20____ It's time of year when we can finally get back outdoors in Disney with family and friends without worry.
A. So, how do they manage to do it
B. Mosquitoes are found throughout the world.
C. The warm damp air attracts a lot of mosquitoes.
D. Additionally, Disney keeps chickens throughout the parks.
E. It is to search for mosquitoes and revise events by moving outdoor equipment inside.
F. Across the numerous parks at Disney World are more than 60 CO2 catching devices.
G. Though mosquitoes haven't been completely swept away, they are really hard to find.
【答案】16. G 17. A 18. F 19. D 20. E
【解析】
【分析】本文是说明文，介绍了迪士尼乐园几乎没有蚊子的原因。
【16题详解】
根据文章标题“Here's why Disney World doesn't have mosquitoes(这就是为什么迪士尼乐园没有蚊子的原因)”和上文“there is one thing missing from the huge property that you may not have even noticed: mosquitoes. (你可能没有注意到在这个巨大的园区中少了一样东西：蚊子)”可知，第一自然段是的全文的导入，引入迪士尼乐园没有蚊子这一现象，G项“Though mosquitoes haven't been completely swept away, they are really hard to find.(虽然蚊子还没有被完全消灭，但它们真的很难被找到)”是对上文“巨大的园区中少了一样东西：蚊子”这一概念进行补充和修正，这样显得更真实，同时也为下文“Naturally, this is due to efforts from Walt Disney World staff”中指示代词it提供指代对象。故选G项。
【17题详解】
根据上文“Naturally, this is due to efforts from Walt Disney World staff to ensure health among guests and a uniform consumer experiences.(当然，这是华特迪士尼世界的工作人员为确保客人的健康和始终如一的消费体验而努力的结果)”可知，迪士尼世界几乎没有蚊子是因为工作人员的努力，下文“Disney employs a project called the “Mosquito Surveillance Program“ which can avoid the noisy pests and keep visitors safe from the threat of disease.(迪士尼运用了一个称为“蚊子监测计划”的项目，可以避开吵闹的害虫，让游客免受疾病的威胁)”告诉我们迪士尼具体用了什么方法；A项“So, how do they manage to do it (那么，他们是怎么做到的呢 )”起到承上启下的过渡作用，其中人称代词they指代上文中“Walt Disney World staff”，而下文正是对这一问题的回答。故选A项。
【18题详解】
下文“Mosquitoes are attracted to the gas, which is one reason why they are so good at finding humans, as we breathe it out constantly.(蚊子会被这种气体所吸引，这也是它们善于发现人类原因之一，因为我们不断地呼出这种气体)”中“the gas”是特指，说明不是第一次出现，上文中应该提到过，再根据“as we breathe it out constantly”可推知，这种气体应是二氧化碳；F项“Across the numerous parks at Disney World are more than 60 CO2 catching devices.(在迪士尼世界众多的公园里，有超过60个二氧化碳捕捉装置)”中出现了下文“the gas”的指代对象CO2，建立了指代关系，再从语意上看，下文是上文“迪士尼安装二氧化碳捕捉装置”的原因。故选F项。
【19题详解】
下文“The chickens are kept in cages, unlike flying birds that would travel long distances. (不像会飞很远的鸟，这些鸡是被关在笼子里的)”中“The chickens”是特指，说明不是第一次出现，上文中应该提到过，再结合段意可知，本段是讲可以用不会飞很远的鸡代替鸟来发现病毒，从而发现蚊子，D项“Additionally, Disney keeps chickens throughout the parks.(此外，迪士尼还在公园里养鸡)”中出现了下文中的“chickens”，且列举了另一种发现蚊子的方法。故选D项。
【20题详解】
E项“It is to search for mosquitoes and revise events by moving outdoor equipment inside.(通过将室外设备移到室内的办法来寻找蚊子和修复游乐项目)”与上文“Disney has had to close certain sections of their park during the busiest times. (在最繁忙的时候，迪士尼不得不关闭公园的某些区域)”构成因果关系，解释了迪士尼关闭公园的原因，且其中指示代词it指代了上文“close certain sections of their park”。故选E项。
第二部分：语言运用(共三节，满分50分)
第一节：完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My history with music was not good. I still remembered when I took my short-lived piano lessons, my grandfather said ___21___ to my grandmother, “Why didn’t he make any progress with much practice ” I___22___ to make my piano performance attractive. However, my efforts were___23___ .
So I gave up playing any musical instrument until my old friend Leroy ___24___ me to play the violin with him when I was 57. It made me enjoy the joy of playing music again. On day, Leroy sent a text___25___ me that there was a music performance and he wanted me to join him. Thinking of my past, I ___26___ his invitation. I expected to hear his words that I would become___27___ with practice on stage. But he said, “OK, only play if you want to.” I was totally___28___ by the unexpected answer and made no reply except to tell him goodbye.
No one was___29___ me to participate, but I faced a special ____30____ . Should I play on stage or just watch a movie I had chosen the “movie route” too many times and this time I was____31____ to grasp the opportunity. After a long and careful____32____ , I played my violin with Leroy.____33____ I didn’t lose all my nervousness, it was enough for me to overcome my fear. Finally, I____34____ a full performance in front of the audience.
A short time later, my friend Leroy passed away, but his ____35____ stayed. It helped me not only in music, but in all aspects of life. When I focused on what I wanted to do, fear will be replaced with joy.
21. A. worriedly B. calmly C. patiently D. angrily
22. A. pretended B. regretted C. agreed D. tried
23. A. on time B. in order C. in vain D. on display
24. A. challenged B. invited C. allowed D. reminded
25. A. convincing B. informing C. warning D. cheating
26. A. refused B. received C. blamed D. evaluated
27. A. important B. special C. reliable D. skilled
28. A. shocked B. scared C. satisfied D. ashamed
29. A. teaching B. begging C. forcing D. expecting
30. A. chance B. goal C. task D. choice
31. A. suitable B. curious C. willing D. generous
32. A. preparation B. explanation C. test D. search
33. A. If B. Since C. Though D. When
34. A. planned B. recommended C. watched D. offered
35. A. fame B. concern C. influence D. care
【答案】21. A 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. B 26. A 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. C 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. C
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述作者因小时候练习乐器造成了心理阴影。但是最后作者在朋友的邀请之下，战胜自己内心的恐惧走上了舞台。
【21题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：我还记得，当我参加短期钢琴培训课时，祖父很担心地对祖母说:“为什么他这么多练习都没有进步 ”A.worriedly担心地；B.calmly淡定地；C.patiently耐心地；D.angrily生气地。根据后文“Why didn’t he make any progress with much practice ”可知，此处祖父表示很担心。故选A项。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我努力使我的钢琴演奏吸引人。A.pretended假装；B.regretted后悔；C.agreed同意；D.tried尝试，努力，尽力。分析句意，根据后文“However, my efforts were3 .”可知，此处表示我努力使我的钢琴演奏吸引人。故选D项。
【23题详解】
考查介词短语辨析。句意：然而，我的努力都白费了。A. on time按时，准时；B. in order整齐；C. in vain徒劳无获；D. on display展览。分析句意，在前句提到作者很努力地练习后，此处用了however表示转折，说明这些努力都白费了。故选C项。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以我放弃了任何乐器，直到我的老朋友Leroy邀请我和他一起拉小提琴，那时我57岁。A. challenged挑战；B. invited邀请；C. allowed允许；D. reminded提醒。分析句意，根据后文“On day, Leroy sent a text___5____ me that there was a music performance and he wanted me to join him. Thinking of my past, I ___6____his invitation.”可知，此处表示老朋友Leroy邀请我。故选B项。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：那天，Leroy给我发了一条短信，说有一场音乐表演，他想让我和他一起去。A. convincing使信服；B. informing通知；C. warning警告；D. cheating欺骗。分析题意，根据前文提到老朋友Leroy邀请我和他一起拉小提琴可知，此处表示他发短信通知我有一场音乐会。故选B项。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：考虑到我过去的经历，我拒绝了他的邀请。A. refused拒绝；B. receive接收；C. blamed责备；D. evaluated评估。分析句意，根据文章一开始提到作者学习音乐的痛苦回忆可知，此处表示作者拒绝了朋友的邀请。故选A项。
【27题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我期望听到他的话，在舞台上我会变得更熟练。A. important重要的；B. special特别的；C. reliable可靠的；D. skilled熟练的。分析句意，此处表示作者希望朋友对自己短信的回复。前文已提到作者很不擅长音乐，所以作者希望朋友的回复是：通过舞台上的表演可以让自己更熟练，没想到他却说：“好吧，但他说：“好吧，你想玩乐器的时候再玩”，故选D项。
【28题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我被他出乎意料的回答吓了一跳，只说了再见别的什么都没说。A. shocked震惊的；B. scared害怕的；C. satisfied感到满意的；D. ashamed羞愧的。分析句意，根据后文“by the unexpected answer”可知，朋友的回答让作者始料未及，倍感震惊。故选A项。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：没有人强迫我参与，但我面临着一个特殊的选择。A. teaching传授；B. begging乞求；C. forcing强迫；D. expecting期望。分析句意，前文提到这是来自朋友的邀请。同时在作者拒绝邀请后，朋友也只是说了“OK, only play if you want to”。因此可知，此处表示没人强迫作者去做。故选C项。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：没有人强迫我参与，但我面临着一个特殊的选择。A. chance机会；B. goal目标；C. task任务；D. choice选择。分析题意，根据后文“Should I play on stage or just watch a movie ”可知，此处表示作者面临一个选择。故选D项。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我选择“电影路线”的次数太多了，这次我愿意抓住机会。A. suitable合适的；B. curious好奇的；C. willing乐意的；D. generous慷慨的。分析句意，根据后文“After a long and careful__12____ I played my violin with Leroy.”可知，作者这次没走“电影路线”，说明他愿意抓住机会。故选C项。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：经过长时间的精心准备，我和Leroy一起演奏了小提琴。A. preparation准备；B. explanation解释；C. test测试；D. search寻找。分析句意，根据后文“Finally, I____14_____a full performance in front of the audience.”可知，作者做了充分的“准备”。故选A项。
【33题详解】
考查连词词义辨析。句意：虽然我没有完全做到不紧张，但它足以让我克服我的恐惧。A.If如果，是否；B.Since由于；C.Though 虽然；D.When 当……时。分析句意，根据后文“it was enough for me to overcome my fear.”可知，此处应表示“虽然”我还没完全做到放松，但是对我战胜恐惧已经足够了。故选C项。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：最后，我在观众面前做了一个完整的表演。A. planned计划；B. recommended推荐；C. watched看；D. offered提供，献出。分析句意，根据前文提及的作者做了充分的准备且战胜了恐惧可知，此处应表示作者给观众奉献了一场精彩的表演。故选D项。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：不久之后，我的朋友Leroy去世了，但他的影响依然存在。A. fame名声；B. concern关心，担心；C. influence影响；D. care 关怀。分析题意，根据后文“It helped me not only in music, but in all aspects of life. When I focused on what I wanted to do, fear will be replaced with joy.”可知，此处表示朋友的影响依然存在。故选C项。
第二节：语法填空(共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The most important rule of the road concerns which side to drive on. A large number of accidents in the world happen for this reason, with more and more people ____36____ (choose) car hire as the way to drive in a foreign country. Famous actor Matthew Broderick ____37____ (catch) up in a bad collision when he rented ____38____ vehicle in Ireland because he forgot that they drive on the opposite side of the road.
Most areas of the world which ____39____ (previous) were British colonies still drive on the left hand side of the road, Australia, India, and South Africa ____40____ (include). Most European countries drive on the right hand side apart ____41____ Cyprus, Ireland, Malta and the United Kingdom. Guyana is the only country in South America ____42____ drives on the left.
Generally speaking, about two thirds of the countries in the world drive on the right such as, the USA, China and Russia. Canada used to drive on the left but changed to the right to make border crossings with the USA more ____43____ (manage).
The ____44____ (explain) for driving on different sides of the road is historical. British horse riders used to ride on the left hand side of the road, thus keeping their right arm free to offer greetings to _____45_____ (passer-by). But in the USA Teamsters decided to start driving on the right so that they could see the passing wheels of other wagons.
【答案】36. choosing
37. was caught
38. a 39. previously
40 included
41. from 42. that
43. manageable
44. explanation
45. passers-by
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲了道路上最重要的规则是从哪边开车以及此规则的历史演变过程。
【36题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：由于这个原因，世界上发生了大量的交通事故，越来越多的人选择租车作为在国外开车的方式。分析可知空格所在的部分是句子的状语，故空格处填所给动词的非谓语形式，people与choose是逻辑上的主动关系，故用现在分词。故答案为choosing。
【37题详解】
考查时态语态。句意：著名演员马修·布罗德里克在爱尔兰租了一辆车，却被卷入了严重的车祸，因为他忘记了他们是在路的另一边开车。分析可知空格处是句子的谓语，Matthew Broderick与catch之间是被动关系，根据时间状语从句“when he rented….”的时态及语境可知此处也用一般过去时态，故填一般过去时的被动语态。故答案为was caught。
【38题详解】
考查冠词。句意：著名演员马修·布罗德里克在爱尔兰租了一辆车，却被卷入了严重的车祸，因为他忘记了他们是在路的另一边开车。vehicle意为：车辆；工具；交通工具，可数名词，此处泛指一辆车，故其前填不定冠词，vehicle的读音以辅音发音开头，故答案为a。
【39题详解】
考查副词。句意：世界上以前是英国殖民地的大部分地区，包括澳大利亚、印度和南非在内，现在仍然靠左边行驶。分析可知空格所在的句子主干成分完整，此处用副词修饰句子。故答案为previously。
【40题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：世界上以前是英国殖民地的大部分地区，包括澳大利亚、印度和南非在内，现在仍然靠左边行驶。分析可知“Australia, India, and South Africa ____5____ (include).”是句子的状语成分，故空格处填所给动词的非谓语形式，Australia, India, and South Africa与include是逻辑上的被动关系，故用过去分词。故答案为included
【41题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：除塞浦路斯、爱尔兰、马耳他和英国外，大多数欧洲国家都是靠右行驶。apart from是一个固定短语，意为：除......之外；且不说。故答案为from。
【42题详解】
考查定语从句引导词只能用that的用法。圭亚那是南美洲唯一一个靠左行驶的国家。分析可知空格所在的句子是一个定语从句且缺少主语，先行词是country，指物，且有the only修饰。故答案为that。
【43题详解】
考查形容词。句意：加拿大过去是靠左行驶，但现在改为靠右行驶，以便与美国的边境通行更加容易。“make sb./sth.+形容词”是固定搭配，意为：使某人/某物……，根据语境可知此处指更加容易管理，空格前的more加多音节形容词构成改形容词的比较级，故空格处填形容词。故答案为manageable。
【44题详解】
考查名词。句意：对于在道路不同侧面行驶的解释是历史性的。分析可知句子的谓语是is，故空格所在的部分是句子的主语，再结合空格前的定冠词the可知空格处填名词，此处作主语。故答案为explanation。
【45题详解】
考查名词单复数。句意：英国的骑马者习惯走在马路的左手边，这样他们的右手就可以自由地向路人问好。passer-by意为：经过的人；过路者，可数名词，分析该空是介词to的宾语，此处不单指一个过路者，故用名词的复数。故答案为passers-by。
第三节：用以下词组的适当形式填空(每空一个，有多余选项，每题2分，共20分)
根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。
pay off refer to in particular take...into account keep (...) in mind turn out stick tobenefit from attend to a feast for have an impact on date back to would rather as if in relief be absorbed in be talented in be capable of with the aim of be previous to equip...with...
46. It________that she refused the invitation because she had something urgent________.
47. Be confident and believe that all your efforts will________in the days to come.
48. ________his work, he didn't hear people come in.
49. My friend, a famous piano player,________music since childhood.
50. If you________taking regular exercise, you'll lead a healthy life.
51. Seeing my daughter return safe and sound at midnight, I sighed________
52. The Mogao Caves are an influential historic site of ancient Buddhist art________the 4th century.
53. It________that all these problems can be solved at once, as long as we learn enough about the reasons.
54. He is a student________solving difficult math problems. That's the reason why many students turn to him for help.
55. He________give up than work in such bad condition.
【答案】46. ①. turned out
②. to attend to
47. pay off
48. Absorbed in
49. has been talented in
50. stick to
51. in relief
52. dating back to
53. turns out
54. capable of
55 would rather
【解析】
【分析】
【46题详解】
考查短语、时态和非谓语动词。句意：结果她拒绝了邀请，因为她有紧急事情需要处理。根据句意，第一空涉及固定表达it turns out that...“结果是…….”，空处为主句谓语动词，由下文refused判断为一般过去时；第二空考查短语attend to“处理，应付”，此处作不定代词something的后置定语，表将来，且是主语she发出的动作，故用不定式的一般式。故填turned out；to attend to。
【47题详解】
考查短语。句意：要有信心，相信你所有的努力都会在以后的日子里得到回报。根据句意表达“得到回报”用pay off，will后用动词原形。故填pay off。
【48题详解】
考查短语和状语。句意：专注于工作，他没有听到有人进来。根据句意表达“专注于”用be absorbed in，此处省略be用形容词短语作状语，表示主语he的状态。故填Absorbed in。
【49题详解】
考查短语和时态。句意：我的朋友，一个著名的钢琴演奏家，从小就对音乐有天赋。根据句意表达“在……有天赋”用be talented in，空处为句子谓语动词，根据语境和时间状语since childhood可知为现在完成时，主语My friend是第三人称单数，助动词用has。故填has been talented in。
【50题详解】
考查短语和时态。句意：如果你坚持经常锻炼，你就会过上健康的生活。根据句意表达“坚持”用stick to，空处为从句谓语动词，if引导条件状语从句适用主将从现原则，故此处用一般现在时表将来。故填stick to。
【51题详解】
考查短语。句意：看到女儿午夜安然无恙地回来，我松了口气。根据句意表达“松了口气”用in relief，作状语。故填in relief。
【52题详解】
考查短语和非谓语动词。句意：莫高窟是一个有影响力的历史遗迹，其古代佛教艺术可追溯到4世纪。根据句意表达“追溯到”用date back to，句中已有谓语动词are，此处用非谓语动词作后置定语，逻辑主语art和date back to之间为主动关系，应用现在分词。故填dating back to。
【53题详解】
考查短语和时态。句意：结果表明，只要我们充分了解原因，所有问题可以一次性解决。结合句意表达“结果……”为固定句型it turns out that...，空处为主句谓语动词，结合语境和下文learn判断为一般现在时。故填turns out。
【54题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：他是一个能解决数学难题的学生。这就是为什么许多学生向他求助。根据句意表达“能够”用be capable of，此处省略be，用形容词短语作后置定语修饰名词student。故填capable of。
【55题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：他宁愿放弃也不愿在如此恶劣的条件下工作。结合句意表达“宁愿......而不愿......”用would rather do... than do...。故填would rather。2021-2022年度惠州中学高二年级英语科入学考试
满分: 100分 考试时间: 60 分钟
第一部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题：每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Best Careers in Australia
If you're attempting to take your first steps on the career ladder, this country is certainly rich with opportunity. In this article, we'll be looking at 4 of the best careers in Australia and why they're considered rewarding.
Wildlife Biologist
If you love working with animals, and enjoy seeing our fantastic wildlife in their natural habitat, the life of a wildlife biologist may be for you. Some of your daily duties may involve taking animal population studies, marking animals, and developing habitat management plans.
Average Salary: AU$58,014 per year
Teacher
You'll be able to teach subjects that you're knowledgeable and enthusiastic about and inspire that same enthusiasm in your students. You'll be able to make a positive contribution and help to shape the future of Australia. Although teachers may have a set time table every day, no two days will ever be the same.
Average Salary: AU$67,694 per year
Aged Care Worker
Working with the elderly is a fantastic job that affords you an enormous variety and job satisfaction. As Australia's population gets older, more and more skilled and enthusiastic care workers are needed. What's more, the care of the elderly is so different that no matter where your skills lie, it's easy to find a promising career.
Average Salary: AU$40,605 per year
App Developer
You'll work with all kinds of businesses to create custom-made applications that either help make their businesses more efficient or bring value to their customers. It's a rewarding and increasingly in-demand profession.
Average Salary: AU$74,492 per year
1. If you like working outdoors, which career will you apply for
A. Wildlife Biologist. B. Teacher. C. Aged Care Worker. D. App Developer.
2. Which of the following is true according to the text
A. An aged care worker may find the job is easy.
B. A teacher needs to be knowledgeable about all subjects.
C. A wildlife biologist cams AU$67,694 per year.
D. An App developer will create apps at the request of customers.
3. Who will most probably take an interest in this text
A. A researcher. B. An educator. C. A job hunter. D. A student volunteer.
B
As our boat moves quickly up and down in a windy ice-filled small bay I try to judge the health condition of the polar bear (北极熊)in front of me. We are in Franz Josef Land, a remote part of Russia between the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
While offshore bears follow the sea ice, hunting seals (海豹)on ice all year round, bears that live by the sea spend their summers on land and are forced to search for whatever they can find. Relying on low-calorie meals such as the eggs of nesting seabirds, it is harder for these bears to pack on the pounds. Researchers recently found that offshore bears around the Barents Sea are some of the most polluted animals on Earth. This is a direct consequence of the seals they feed on.
Over a period of 14 years' study, Heli Routti from the Norwegian Polar Institute found that offshore female bears were in a better health, having greater body weight, than female bears by the sea, but on average their levels of pollutants called PFASs are 33 percent higher.
PFASs are used to make industrial products which are poisonous and degrade (降解)very slowly. These pollutants find their way to the Arctic through air, where they fall in snow and gradually add up in the ice. As the ice melts every summer, the PFASs go into the water, where they enter the food chain. They eventually make their way into the fat that keeps seals warm and from there into the bears that eat them.
During my 15 days in Franz Josef Land, I saw five bears, all living by the sea. Each looked relatively healthy. There are signs that these bears are dealing with the global-warming-caused ice loss relatively well. “The bears, so far, seem to be handling the sea ice loss,” says Andrew Derocher at the University of Alberta, who worked with Routti on the study, “But I'm sure that's going to change if the speed of ice loss increases sharply in the area.”
4. From the text we can learn polar bears living by the sea ________.
A. eat seals on ice all year round
B. look for food on land in summer
C. become the most polluted animals on Earth
D. stay on the ice in summer to avoid hot weather
5. What does the underlined part “pack on the pounds” in Paragraph 2 mean
A. Put on weight. B. Move around.
C. Fight against pollution. D. Live alone.
6. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about
A. The rate of PFASs' degradation. B. The effects of PFASs on the environment.
C. The process of PFASs' entering polar bears. D. The application of PFASs in modem industry.
7. According to Andrew Derocher, what will happen if the sea ice loss increases
A. More pollutants may go into the air. B. It will make no difference to bears.
C. The death rate of seals may increase. D. Bears might fail to adapt to the change.
C
If you want to learn a language, try sleeping on it. This is the advice from researchers at Swansea University who are studying the interaction between sleep patterns, dreaming and memory consolidation (记忆巩固) — the process for laying down memories in the brain more securely.
In a study to be published in Journal of Sleep Research, the scientists looked at how sleep and the value attached to pieces of information a fleet their memorability. Participants in the study slept in a specially designed lab, while their brain activity was being monitored.
Native English speakers who had recently arrived in Wales had to memorize Welsh words and were tested on them 12 hours later. One group had to remember the information during the daytime, while the other slept on it in the lab.
The sleepers performed much better in a test of their newly acquired vocabulary — and caring about the Welsh language further improved performance.
Related work in the sleep lab, presented at the British Science Festival, aims to understand whether they are a byproduct of other events occurring during sleep. To understand the timing and content of dreams, the team analyzed the dreams participants reported in their own words, immediately on being woken.
This research found that the likelihood of experiencing a dream is particularly high — about 80 per cent during REM sleep. This part of the sleep cycle, characterized by rapid eye movements, is thought to play an important role in memory consolidation.
Electrical activity in the brain varies significantly at different stages of sleep. This helped researchers to monitor the length and quality of sleep, and to wake participants at particular points in the sleep cycle.
The research found daytime events were more likely to be formed into dreams with a one-day delay and to happen again and again after another five to seven nights. This is called the dream-lag effect.
8. What is the study mentioned in the text mainly about
A. The way to learn a language. B. The effect sleep has on memory.
C. The experiment in a specially designed lab. D. The phenomenon of dream-lag effect.
9. What does the underlined word "them" in the 3rd paragraph refer to
A. The sleepers. B. The Welsh words.
C. The researchers. D. The native English speakers.
10. What do we know about REM sleep
A. It always comes with a dream. B. It is harmful to humans.
C. It is important to memory consolidation. D. It lasts throughout the night.
11. From which section of a magazine is the text most probably taken
A. Economy. B. Entertainment. C. Society. D. Science.
D
She was the 19th-century founder of modern nursing, known for her continuous care of wounded soldiers in the Crimean War. In an earlier age of contagion (接触性传染),she was far ahead of her time in realizing that cleanliness, fresh air and open-air exercise helped patients recover from injury and disease.
Now an unpublished letter that Florence Nightingale received as a teenager from her father shows that he was a major inspiration in shaping her approach to a healthy mind and body
In 1835, William Nightingale wrote to his daughter setting out a routine for keeping fit. "Exercise for 10 minutes every day before breakfast. Before you dress do the exercise of the arms 20 times. In the course of the day, 20 minutes' exercise must be done and if not done well, another 10 minutes should be added ... Some new poetry to be learned and two things prepared for this evening. If any of these things aren't finished, you will work them up the next day."
The letter will feature in a book, Florence Nightingale at Home, to be published in November. The letter is among the unpublished materials on which the book's four authors have drawn and it offers new insights into her pioneering work.
Nightingale had a happy childhood at a time of widespread child labor and high baby death rates when most people lived in small, unclean houses and hospitals were dirty and badly run with many patients having little hope of coming out alive. When Nightingale first became famous, people were amazed at the idea that someone used to living in a country house would give that up in order to nurse the poor. Her own parents were also shocked to learn that she wanted to become a nurse in an age when nurses were thought of as morally wrong.
William Nightingale's 1835 letter was among the unpublished materials unearthed from piles of boxes at Claydon House where Nightingale's sister lived, now a National Trust property.
12. Why did Florence Nightingale's father write the letter to her
A. To ensure her a happy childhood.
B. To plan a road to success for her.
C. To inspire her to build a healthy mind and body.
D. To make her the founder of the modern nursing.
13. What can be inferred from the text
A. Florence Nightingale was a soldier in the Crimean War.
B. Florence Nightingale disliked his father's way of education.
C Most people in Florence Nightingale's time suffered a lot.
D. Florence Nightingale's parents were amazed at her decision.
14. Which of the following best describes Florence Nightingale
A. Curious and patient. B. Determined and caring.
C. Attractive and honest. D. Humorous and hardworking.
15. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. The strictness of a great father. B. The founder of modern nursing.
C. A review of Florence Nightingale at Home. D. A significant letter to Nightingale.
第二节(共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5 分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Here's why Disney World doesn't have mosquitoes(蚊子)
There is a lot that goes into making Disney World the "Most Magical Place on Earth”. Considering Walt Disney World is in Central Florida, and has various amusement parks at Walt Disney World, there is one thing missing from the huge property that you may not have even noticed: mosquitoes. ____16____.
Naturally, this is due to efforts from Walt Disney World staff to ensure health among guests and a uniform consumer experiences.____17____Disney employs a project called the “Mosquito Surveillance Program“ which can avoid the noisy pests and keep visitors safe from the threat of disease.
____18____Mosquitoes are attracted to the gas, which is one reason why they are so good at finding humans, as we breathe it out constantly. Once caught, the mosquitoes are then frozen and studied in labs where experts discover the best ways to keep mosquitoes off of our skin when we arrive on-site.
____19____Due to the birds' immunity to mosquito-borne viruses such as West Nile they can be used to observe the presence of the virus without experiencing any harmful symptoms(症状)after that. The chickens are kept in cages, unlike flying birds that would travel long distances. So, if a virus is detected, it is easy for Disney to find out exactly which part of their parks has been affected by viral mosquitoes.
Occasionally, Disney has had to close certain sections of their park during the busiest times. ____20____ It's time of year when we can finally get back outdoors in Disney with family and friends without worry.
A. So, how do they manage to do it
B. Mosquitoes are found throughout the world.
C. The warm damp air attracts a lot of mosquitoes.
D. Additionally, Disney keeps chickens throughout the parks.
E. It is to search for mosquitoes and revise events by moving outdoor equipment inside.
F. Across the numerous parks at Disney World are more than 60 CO2 catching devices.
G. Though mosquitoes haven't been completely swept away, they are really hard to find.
第二部分：语言运用(共三节，满分50分)
第一节：完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My history with music was not good. I still remembered when I took my short-lived piano lessons, my grandfather said ___21___ to my grandmother, “Why didn’t he make any progress with much practice ” I___22___ to make my piano performance attractive. However, my efforts were___23___ .
So I gave up playing any musical instrument until my old friend Leroy ___24___ me to play the violin with him when I was 57. It made me enjoy the joy of playing music again. On day, Leroy sent a text___25___ me that there was a music performance and he wanted me to join him. Thinking of my past, I ___26___ his invitation. I expected to hear his words that I would become___27___ with practice on stage. But he said, “OK, only play if you want to.” I was totally___28___ by the unexpected answer and made no reply except to tell him goodbye.
No one was___29___ me to participate, but I faced a special ____30____ . Should I play on stage or just watch a movie I had chosen the “movie route” too many times and this time I was____31____ to grasp the opportunity. After a long and careful____32____ , I played my violin with Leroy.____33____ I didn’t lose all my nervousness, it was enough for me to overcome my fear. Finally, I____34____ a full performance in front of the audience.
A short time later, my friend Leroy passed away, but his ____35____ stayed. It helped me not only in music, but in all aspects of life. When I focused on what I wanted to do, fear will be replaced with joy.
21. A. worriedly B. calmly C. patiently D. angrily
22. A. pretended B. regretted C. agreed D. tried
23. A. on time B. in order C. in vain D. on display
24. A. challenged B. invited C. allowed D. reminded
25. A. convincing B. informing C. warning D. cheating
26. A. refused B. received C. blamed D. evaluated
27. A. important B. special C. reliable D. skilled
28. A. shocked B. scared C. satisfied D. ashamed
29. A. teaching B. begging C. forcing D. expecting
30. A. chance B. goal C. task D. choice
31. A. suitable B. curious C. willing D. generous
32. A. preparation B. explanation C. test D. search
33. A. If B. Since C. Though D. When
34. A. planned B. recommended C. watched D. offered
35. A. fame B. concern C. influence D. care
第二节：语法填空(共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The most important rule of the road concerns which side to drive on. A large number of accidents in the world happen for this reason, with more and more people ____36____ (choose) car hire as the way to drive in a foreign country. Famous actor Matthew Broderick ____37____ (catch) up in a bad collision when he rented ____38____ vehicle in Ireland because he forgot that they drive on the opposite side of the road.
Most areas of the world which ____39____ (previous) were British colonies still drive on the left hand side of the road, Australia, India, and South Africa ____40____ (include). Most European countries drive on the right hand side apart ____41____ Cyprus, Ireland, Malta and the United Kingdom. Guyana is the only country in South America ____42____ drives on the left.
Generally speaking, about two thirds of the countries in the world drive on the right such as, the USA, China and Russia. Canada used to drive on the left but changed to the right to make border crossings with the USA more ____43____ (manage).
The ____44____ (explain) for driving on different sides of the road is historical. British horse riders used to ride on the left hand side of the road, thus keeping their right arm free to offer greetings to _____45_____ (passer-by). But in the USA Teamsters decided to start driving on the right so that they could see the passing wheels of other wagons.
第三节：用以下词组的适当形式填空(每空一个，有多余选项，每题2分，共20分)
根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。
pay off refer to in particular take...into account keep (...) in mind turn out stick tobenefit from attend to a feast for have an impact on date back to would rather as if in relief be absorbed in be talented in be capable of with the aim of be previous to equip..with...
46. It________that she refused the invitation because she had something urgent________.
47. Be confident and believe that all your efforts will________in the days to come.
48. ________his work, he didn't hear people come in.
49. My friend, a famous piano player,________music since childhood.
50. If you________taking regular exercise, you'll lead a healthy life.
51. Seeing my daughter return safe and sound at midnight I sighed________
52. The Mogao Caves are an influential historic site of ancient Buddhist art________the 4th century.
53. It________that all these problems can be solved at once, as long as we learn enough about the reasons.
54. He is a student________solving difficult math problems. That's the reason why many students turn to him for help.
55. He________give up than work in such bad condition.
