江淮十校2021级高一“三新”检测考试
英语
考生注意：
1. 本试卷由四个部分组成。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2. 考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
3. 本卷命题范围：必修第一册Unit 1-Unit 2。
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. How much will the woman pay at last probably
A. $25. B. $30. C. $50.
2. Where are the speakers
A. In a car. B. On a bus. C. At home.
3. What does the woman want to feed her child
A. Rice. B. Milk. C. Ice cream.
4. What is the woman doing
A. Taking exercise.
B. Doing her shopping.
C. Doing the safety check.
5. What can we learn about the woman
A. She is proud of the man.
B. She wants to join the team.
C. She disagrees with the man.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What does the man dislike
A. Western films.
B. Science stories.
C. Plays.
7. How does the woman like horror films
A. Stupid. B. Enjoyable. C. Childish.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What will the weather be like tomorrow
A. Cloudy. B. Sunny. C. Rainy.
9. What will the speakers go to the supermarket to buy
A. Sneakers. B. A compass. C. An umbrella.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What does the woman think of David
A. He drives too fast.
B. He is very careless.
C. He is bad at driving.
11. Who caused the traffic accident
A. David.
B. The truck driver.
C. David’s daughter.
12. What do we know about David’s daughter in the accident
A. She kept calm. B. She was injured. C. She was frightened.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Librarian and reader.
B. Reporter and passer-by.
C. Teacher and student.
14. Where are the speakers probably
A. In a university. B. In a mall. C. In the street.
15. Why do most students think highly of the mall
A. It is new.
B. It is easy to reach.
C. It is reasonably priced.
16. What is the man’s suggestion for the mall
A. Reducing noise.
B. Sharing more news.
C. Offering job opportunities.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What did Hollywood pay Fossey a million dollars for
A. Her book.
B. Her research.
C. A movie about her.
18. How long did Fossey live in all
A.53 years. B. 38 years. C. 35 years.
19. Where did Dr. Leakey meet Fossey
A. In Rwanda. B. In Tanzania. C. In America.
20. What happened to Fossey in 1970
A. She wrote for a magazine.
B. She set up a research centre.
C. She became famous in the world.
第二部分 阅读(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
I am Milica and I am OK to teach on Skype or in person. You can get in touch with me through my mobile or e-mail. I am a very experienced ESL（以英语为第二语言）teacher—with 10 years of experience of teaching ESL. I worked for AMES for over 4 years—teaching Chinese students. I lived in China for 3 years teaching ESL. I have worked at Chisholm TAFE as an ESL teacher, too. I also worked at Mont Albert Primary School teaching ESL to all levels.
My lessons start with the students5 recent level—based on real-life experiences and how best I can help them achieve both their short-term and long-term goals. I always start with a needs analysis in the first lesson.
The students need to know their learning styles. My programs are designed to meet their needs. I always provide worksheets—designed for the individual（个人）. I always give my students homework—following up their learning that they have done in the lesson.
I am always patient and try to bring out the best of my students!
I am fluent in Chinese. I can teach both beginners and intermediate levels in the language—whether it is for travel, study or HSK preparation. I teach people of all ages.
Fees
Students requiring article corrections: $60 an hour or $1 a minute of corrections Students who would like to be taught with others (maximum of 4): $50 per student, an hour
Individual fee: $60 an hour
Contact
E-mail: milica-72 (@ Tel: 042-376-4147
21. What does the first paragraph mainly stress about Milica
A. Her special gift. B. Her teaching styles.
C. Her teaching experiences. D. Her educational background.
22. What will Milica do first at the beginning of her lesson
A. Understand the students’ needs.
B. Know the students’ learning styles.
C. Find the proper resources for the students.
D. Tell the students some good study methods.
23. How much can Milica earn at most in an hour
A. $150. B. $180. C. $200. D. $240.
B
One night Peter received a call from his social worker asking, “Can you take in an 11-year-old boy just for the weekend ” It was just a few days after he had said goodbye to two brothers he was fostering (代养）, so he told the social worker that his heart was deeply saddened by the loss of the two boys that had just been reunited with their birth parents. Peter thought he didn’t have enough energy left to care for another child at the moment. But the worker convinced him.
The social worker arrived at his home with the boy at 3:00 a.m. after driving two hours from another county. There is a huge shortage of foster families in Oklahoma so when a child enters the foster care system, social workers are often forced to place the children outside of the county of origin, often removing the child from the only place he or she has ever known. Additionally, older children are much more difficult to place.
Peter decided to ask why Anthony, the boy, was in foster care. Then he knew that the boy had been abandoned（抛弃）by his mother when he was 2. He was then placed with a family. But almost ten years later, the same family abandoned him at the hospital. Peter was shocked，“It’s like my life!”
The two have been together ever since. And on the 12th of November, Anthony finally got to share Peter's last name officially. However, Peter didn’t stop fostering kids. “It’s hard to be a single foster dad but it’s worth every minute of it. We are about to have another child next month and we are excited.”
24. What can we infer about Peter from the first paragraph
A. He is rich. B. He is kind. C. He is busy. D. He is indifferent.
25. When did the social worker set out with Anthony
A. In the morning. B. At noon.
C. In the afternoon. D. At night.
26. What can we know from Peter’s words in paragraph 3
A. He did not like the boy. B. He worked at the hospital.
C. He wanted to have a family. D. He also had an unlucky childhood.
27. What will Peter do in a month
A. Adopt another child. B. Find Anthony's birth parents.
C. Help more children go to school. D. Take Anthony to visit the social worker.
C
Have you ever heard of the deepest hole in the world Of course it's covered and shut, but it still sounds like a horror film to me. The entrance to the center of the earth sits among the ruins of an abandoned project site in Murmansk, Russia, not far from the Norwegian border. The deepest hole ever dug may be pretty unassuming, but I suspect I’m not alone in being a little freaked by it. An Internet search about the world’s deepest hole turns up the suggestion “Kola Superdeep Borehole screams”. No wonder locals call it the well to hell.
Before the very idea of a superdeep hole starts coming to your dreams 9 keep this in mind—the hole is only nine inches in diameter (that's about 23 centimeters). There’s no way you could fall into it. Known as the Kola Superdeep Borehole, the deepest hole ever dug reaches approximately 7.5 miles below the earth’s surface (or 12,262 kilometers), a depth that took about 20 years to reach.
The hole was intended to go was deep as possible”, which researches expected to be around 9 miles (that’s about 14,500 meters). But the scientists and engineers were forced to give up when they hit unexpectedly high temperatures. At 7.5 miles below the surface, the 2.7 billion-year-old rocks there reached temperatures of around 180 degrees Celsius. This was almost twice as hot as they’d predicted. Such high temperatures deform（使变形）the drill bits and pipes. The rocks themselves also become more malleable（可塑的）. The Russian scientists in Kola described the rocks at those depths as behaving more like plastic than rock.
Since the drilling was stopped in 1992, and the project site was abandoned around a decade later, the Kola Superdeep Borehole has maintained the record for the deepest artificial point on earth. Humans have since dug longer boreholes, including the 12, 289-meter borehole drilled in the A1 Shaheen Oil Field in Qatar and the 12, 345-meter offshore oil well near the Russian island of Sakhalin. But the hole in Kola remains the deepest.
28. Where is the deepest hole in the world
A. In Norway. B. In China. C. In Qatar. D. In Russia.
29. What does the underlined word “freaked” in the first paragraph refer to
A. Excited. B. Worried. C. Frightened. D. Amazed.
30. Why did scientists give up digging the hole at about 7.5 miles below the surface
A. The rocks there were too hard.
B. The temperature there was too high.
C. They lacked proper tools to keep digging.
D. They needed more money to keep working.
31. When did scientists probably begin digging the Kola Superdeep Borehole
A. In 1972. B. In 1982. C. In 1992. D. In 2002.
D
A Canadian scientist might have found the earliest evidence of animal life on Earth.
Geologist Elizabeth Turner presented her findings in Nature in late July. Turner made her discovery in the rocks of the northwestern Canada. The area where she works has high mountains. But an estimated 890 million years ago, the area was under the sea.
There，Turner said she found the remains of sponges（海绵）preserved as minerals in rock. The rock contains structures that look like modern sponges that live in the world’s oceans. Dating of rock levels suggests that the rocks containing the structures are about 890 million years old. That would make them about 350 million years older than the oldest sponge fossils found during earlier studies. Discovering sponge fossils from close to 900 million years ago will improve our understanding of early animal life.
However, there is very little scientific agreement about things that happened one billion years ago. So other researchers will continue to examine and debate Turner’s findings. “I think she’s got a pretty strong case. It puts the evidence out there for other people to consider,” said David Bottjer, a paleobiologist at University of Southern California.
Scientists believe life on Earth appeared 3.7 billion years ago. The earliest animals appeared much later but exactly when is still debated. The oldest undoubtedly fossil sponges date to a time called the Cambrian period（寒武纪）. Some scientists using a method called the molecular（分子）clock say evidence suggests sponges appeared around a billion years ago. The molecular clock method dates changes in living things based on the idea that genetic change takes place at a regular rate over long periods of time. But no supporting physical evidence for the first appearance of sponges had been found.
The time period of 890 million years ago is important. If the organism is confirmed as a sponge, the discovery would prove that the first animals developed before oxygen reached a level scientists thought was needed for animal life. But recent research suggests that some sponges can survive with little oxygen.
32. When did the oldest confirmed sponge fossils appear
A. Around 3, 700 million years ago.
B. Around 890 million years ago.
C. Around 540 million years ago.
D. Around 350 million years ago.
33. What do we know according to the text
A. Turner’s findings were gained under the sea.
B. David Bottjer was positive about Turner's study.
C. Most of sponges could live without oxygen.
D. The molecular clock method was used by Turner.
34. What is the best title for the text
A. The Animal Life in the Cambrian Period
B. The Understanding of Early Animal Life on Earth
C. The Debate on What Happened One Billion Years Ago
D. The Probable Earliest Animal Life Evidence on Earth
35. What is the author’s attitude to Turner’s discovery
A. Doubtful. B. Objective.
C. Approving. D. Amazed.
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。
Different plants will grow well in different climates. 36 Or, to help the natural ecosystem improve, plan your garden with plants native to your area.
Native plants have spent a lifetime adapting to their natural environments, which means they don’t need much help to grow well in your garden. 37 These plants are also more likely to do well without the use of pesticides, keeping potentially harmful chemicals from entering the soil and groundwater.
Regional plants provide food and shelter for wildlife and a habitat for insects. As scientist Doug Tallamy said, “Native oak trees support over 500 species of caterpillars（毛虫）whereas ginkgos, a commonly planted landscape tree from Asia, host only 5 species of caterpillars.” The number of caterpillars affects the number of baby birds that will survive in the wild. 38
39 The National Wildlife Finder site finds plants based on your zip code. Once you enter your location, you’ll see pictures and descriptions of the kinds of plants native to your region. If you click on each plant, you'll also be able to research the wildlife a given plant supports.
To help you source and buy these plants, the site PlantNative provides a database of native nurseries where you can find plants specific to your region. 40 Such as, taking time to learn about your ecoregion, about how different species of plants will interact alongside one another, and building out your custom planting calendar.
A. You can grow plants that are not native to your area.
B. You’ll save yourself the effort of using plant food to stay healthy.
C. The best way to find plants native to your area is to use a plant locator site.
D. But before you rush out to buy a garden’s worth of native plants, take actions.
E. In fact, native plants can even naturally attract the insects necessary for their growth.
F. It’s why choosing native plants is important to keep the ecological balance of your area.
G. The site lists nurseries based on state groupings, as some states have similar climates.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A woman was reunited with a wallet she lost 46 years ago after Tom Stevens, an employee working on rebuilding Southern California’s historic Majestic Ventura Theater discovered it inside the theater.
Tom Stevens told Ventura County Star he then went on 41 media to try to locate the owner based on clues in the wallet, including old photos, a 1973 Grateful Dead concert 42 and a California driver’s license for Colleen Distin that expired（过期）in 1976.
“Does anyone know Colleen Distin ” he asked on the theater’s Facebook page. “ 43 doing some maintenance（维修）we found her 44 . There are a bunch of pictures of people in it. So if you are, or if you know Colleen, drop us a line and we will have it here for you!” After thousands of 45 , word got back to Colleen Distin, who grew up in Ventura and 46 a resident there. She said she heard from a lot of people online and 47 a call about the post. On Friday Distin went to 48 the red wallet, now brownish with age, and said it was like 49 a “time capsule”.
Distin said she 50 the wallet in 1975, when she was in her early 20s, at what was then a movie theater. At the time, her wallet 51 a $200 check and family photos.
“It’s really 52 Distin said in an emotional voice. She was 53 unwilling to talk publicly about her experience but she said there was such a positive response that she finally gave in. “People are looking for a human story and something to 54 good,” she told reporters. “People need to see the 55 . There’s so much other negative stuff，but I think this is what touched people.”
41. A. national B. popular C. social D. traditional
42. A. seat B. ticket C. sign D. plan
43. A. Before B. After C. Since D. While
44. A. wallet B. address C. talent D. demand
45. A. letters B. shares C. dialogues D. calls
46. A. expects B. joins C. turns D. remains
47. A. received B. sent C. found D. imagined
48. A. turn over B. give away C. pick up D. take off
49. A. drawing B. comparing C. showing D. opening
50. A. sold B. bought C. forgot D. lost
51. A. held B. stuck C. connected D. marked
52. A. normal B. interesting C. wonderful D. worthwhile
53. A. certainly B. initially C. eventually D. hardly
54. A. feel B. look C. taste D. stay
55. A. sorrow B. emotion C. gratitude D. difference
第二节（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。
A lack of sleep can not only make you angry, but can increase the risk of serious health condition such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes（糖尿病）. So sleep is 56 (especial) important when it comes to healthy function of the body. Melissa Britton, a coach at Vitality Health, explained to express, co. uk why sleep plays such an entire role in our health. She said： “ 57 is believed that the average person will spend a 58 (three) of their life asleep. However, we often overlook how important our time spent 59 (sleep) is.”
“Restful sleep can improve our mood and give us extra energy to perform better in work， while a lack of sleep can have a deep effect 60 our workplace productivity, impacting our decision making, creativity and memory. Even 61 (much) seriously, lack of sleep can also increasingly have our chances of developing serious 62 (medicine) condition such as heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure，diabetes and even depression.”
“Everyone should take a moment on World Sleep Day to challenge and assess their sleeping pattern and what changes can 63 (make) to ensure we’re all getting the best night’s sleep possible. 64 it’s limiting screen time before bed or reducing your caffeine intake in the afternoon, small changes can make 65 big difference and give you a health-raising good night’s sleep.”
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是李华，下个月是你们学校的“科技月”，为此学校将举办一场主题为“科技与生活”的英语演讲比赛。请你写一篇短文参赛，内容包括：
1. 科技在生活中的应用；
2. 你的感想。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 题目已为你写好。
Technology and Life
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第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
It’s Sunday in Montreal, Canada. There were three kids talking and laughing happily as they took turns riding a scooter（滑板车）on the quiet street. 11-year-old Dale had just jumped off the scooter as his neighbors Zoe, age 7, claimed her turn, and Julie, 9, looked on. Ten minutes later, Zoe sat down on the scooter to catch her breath. That was when a bearded man with a head of messy hair appeared. Without saying a word, the man picked Zoe up off the scooter and calmly stepped away.
The guy held Zoe gently like a baby and just walked down the street. In fact, the calm way the man behaved led Dale to believe that he must be a relative of Zoe’s. But something wasn’t right. “I could see Zoe’s face,” Dale said. “She was afraid.”
As the man walked on, Zoe’s fear transformed into weeps, and then she cried for help. She began kicking and moving, trying to get free of the man’s control. “What are you doing ” Julie shouted But the man，undisturbed, just walked on until he reached an alley（小巷）and disappeared.
Dale was frightened, yet he never thought about the danger to himself. The only thing he wanted to do was to get Zoe back. But what was a 4-foot-tall kid going to do to stop a grown man “I wanted to help but I couldn’t do it myself,” he thought to himself. “Tell Zoe’s parents, Julie!” He shouted as he started running towards the alley.
Zoe’s parents were relaxing on the sofa in their living room when their front door burst open.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
“A bad grown man just took Zoe away!” yelled Julie.
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Paragraph 2:
At that very moment, Zoe’s parents arrived.
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江淮十校2021级高一“三新”检测考试 英语
参考答案、提示及评分细则
录音材料
(Text 1)
M: Listen. The ten records are fifty dollars.
W: Whoa! They’re too expensive. I’ll give you twenty-five.
M: Ah, come on. I can’t charge you less than thirty dollars and break even.
(Text 2)
W: I have to get off to home.
M: Relax. Anyway, once this bus left the station, it wasn't going to stop until the next stop… Hey, sit and relax. I have plenty of stories to tell you.
(Text 3)
M: Hey, Emily. How about some ice cream
W: Dad，what are you feeding my child She shouldn’t eat anything but rice and plain bread. She’s not supposed to eat anything else right now.
(Text 4)
W: Excuse me. Do you have any keys in your pockets
M: No. I think I’ve taken everything out.
W: Okay. Go ahead and walk through the body scanner. Just walk through and keep your hands in the air.
(Text 5)
M: Hey, honey, someone is organizing a company basketball team. I was the star player in high school. I’m thinking about joining. What do you think
W: Humph. Look, I just don’t want you having a heart attack running up and down the court.
(Text 6)
M: I like some document movies, plays and science stories.
W: That’s interesting. How about western movies
M: Western and horror are the two types of movies I don’t care for.
W: Why don’t you like horror They’re entertaining.
M: Some are entertaining, but I find most of them stupid and childish.
W: Ha ha, I know what you mean. But it’s just a movie. There is a need for the characters to do that.
(Text 7)
W: Is it going to rain tomorrow
M: No, it will be cloudy. Just take my umbrella in case of rain. And don’t forget to take enough water and food Otherwise, I will starve to death halfway up the mountain.
W: May I take your compass I feel so cool with it in my hand.
M: All right. Oh, I left my sneakers at my office.
W: It doesn’t matter. I can go with you to the supermarket to pick up a new pair.
M: OK, after finishing our preparation, we’ll go to the supermarket.
(Text 8)
W: I saw David in the hospital yesterday. What’s wrong with him
M: He had a traffic accident yesterday morning. He hurt his arm.
W: He drives so fast. He really should change this bad habit.
M: But it wasn't his fault yesterday. As a matter of fact, he wasn’t driving fast at all.
W: Then whose fault was it
M: Well, he was driving carefully yesterday because his daughter was in the car. But suddenly, a truck appeared and blocked their way. The truck driver was drunk. It was his fault.
W: That was very dangerous.
M: Sure it was. Luckily, David is a good driver. He avoided the truck. But his car hit a tree and his right arm was injured.
W: Did his daughter get hurt, too
M: Luckily, she didn’t. But she was frightened. She cried out loudly.
W: I’m sure she’ll have bad dreams. People should never drive when they are drunk.
M: You are right.
(Text 9)
W: Excuse me, sir. I’m from the Winbester Radio. Can I ask you some questions about the newly built shopping mall
M: Go ahead, but I cannot spare you too much time. I’ll go to the library in the downtown to return a book.
W: Are you a student or...
M: Yes, I am studying in this university now. I will graduate soon.
W: Oh, yes How do you find the new store near your university
M: It is good. It is convenient for us students to go and buy some necessary things.
W: What about your classmates
M: Well, most of them have an idea that the price is acceptable. They like it so much. But others think there is too much noise in the shopping mall, making them fail to put all their hearts into study.
W: What's your advice on the shopping mall
M: In my opinion, the shopping mall should give some chances for us to practise what we have learned.
W: Well, thank you for your time.
(Text 10)
Dian Fossey was an American zoologist who studied gorillas in Africa. Her research and life in the mountain forests of Rwanda made her famous. She wrote a book about her work, Gorillas in the Mist, A major Hollywood studio paid her a million dollars for the movie rights. Her being killed in 1985 had to be added to the film. Fossey was born in 1932. She became interested in animals from a very early age. At university, she studied occupational therapy, which would help her later research. She became interested in Africa in her late twenties. She took out a loan and went to Tanzania，where she met the man who would change her life. Dr. Louis Leakey. Fossey was encouraged by Dr. Leakey to carry out long-term research on mountain gorillas. In 1967, she set up the Karisoke Research Centre in the remote Rwanda rainforest. She became internationally famous in 1970 after appearing on the cover of National Geographic magazine. It brought huge publicity for her campaign to protect the mountain gorillas and save them from disappearing.
参考答案
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本文是一篇应用文。主要讲述了Milica老师发布的个人简介及收费情况。
21. C细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知，该段大篇幅讲述了Milica的一些工作经历。
22. A 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“I always start with a needs analysis in the first lessors.”可知，Milica在第一节课上首先要做的是分析学生的实际需求。
23. C细节理解题。根据最后的收费信息可知，Milica一次最多带4名学生，每名学生收费50美元每小时，故她一个小时最多可以赚200美元。
本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了Peter乐于帮助孩子，他收养了被人两度抛弃的Anthony。
24. B推理判断题。根据文章第一段中“It was just…with their birth parents.”可知，Peter刚刚送走两个收养的孩子，社工此时说服他暂时再收养一个，故推知Peter是个善良的人。
25. D细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句可知，这位社工从另一个县开了两个小时的车，于凌晨3点带着男孩到达，故是凌晨一点，即夜里，开始动身的。
26. D推理判断题。根据文章第三段第二、三、四句可知，这名男孩在2岁时就被母亲遗弃了，然后他被安置在一个家庭，但差不多十年后，抚养他的那个家庭把他遗弃在医院，又根据最后一句可以推知Peter的童年像这个孩子一样不幸。
27. A细节理解题。根据文章第四段最后两句可知，Peter是个单身的养父，一个月后，他还要再收养一个孩子。
本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了位于俄罗斯境内的目前地球上最深的洞。
28. D 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“among the ruins of an abandoned project site in Murmansk，Russia”可知，这个洞在俄罗斯境内。
29. C词义猜测题。根据画线词上文“sounds like a horror film”,以及下文“the well to hell”可知，很多人会像 作者一样被这个洞吓到。
30. B 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“were forced to give up when they hit unexpectedly high temperatures”可知，因为温度过高，所以科学家无法继续他们的工作，只能放弃。
31. A推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句中的“took about 20 years”和最后一段中的“the drilling was stopped in 1992”可知，挖掘工作可能是在1972年开始的。
本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了加拿大科学家Elizabeth Turner可能发现了地球上最早的动物生命 证据，即约8.9亿年前的海绵化石。
32. C 细节理解题。根据第三段的“Dating of rock levels suggests that the rocks containing the structures are about 890 million years old. That would make them about 350 million years older than the oldest sponge fossils found during earlier studies.”可知，岩石水平的年代测定表明，包含这些结构的岩石大约有8.9亿年的历史，这使得它们比早期已被证实的研究中发现的最古老的海绵化石要早大约3.5亿年，即最古老的海绵化石无疑可以追溯到大约5.4亿年前。
33. B 细节理解题。根据第四段的“I think she’s got a pretty strong case. It puts the evidence out there for other people to consider”可知，David Bottjer很看好Turner 的发现。
34. D标题判断题。根据整篇文章，尤其是第一段可知，本文主要介绍了加拿大科学家Elizabeth Turner可能发现了地球上最早的动物生命证据，即约8.9亿年前的海绵化石。
35. B 推理判断题。根据第一段的“A Canadian scientist might have found…”，第四段的“However, there is very little scientific agreement about things that happened one billion years ago. So other researchers will continue to examine and debate Turner’s findings.”和第五段的“The earliest animals appeared much later but exactly when is still debated.”等可知，作者对可能发现了地球上最早的动物生命证据持客观态度。
36. A 根据下一句“Or, to help the natural ecosystem improve, plan your garden with plants native to your area”和下文可知，这里是说：你可以种植非本地的植物。或者，为了帮助自然生态系统蓬勃发展，用当地的植物来规划你的花园，故A项符合文意。
37. B 根据上一句“Native plants have spent a lifetime adapting to their natural environments，which means they don’t need much help to grow well in your garden.”可知，这里是说：原生植物一生都在适应自然环境，这意味着它们不需要太多帮助就能在你的花园里茁壮成长。这样你将省下用肥料让它们保持健康的力气。前后含因果关系，故B项符合文意。
38. F 根据该段所举例子和上一句“The number of caterpillars affects the number of baby birds that will survive in the wild.”可知，这里是说：毛虫的数量会影响在野外生存的雏鸟的数量，这就是为什么选择本土 植物对维持你所在地区的生态平衡是至关重要的。前后句含因果关系，故F项正确。
39. C本段下文介绍了国家野生动物发现者网站可根据你的邮政编码寻找植物。一旦你输入你的位置，你就会看到你所在地区的本地植物的图片和描述。如果你点击每一种植物，你还可以研究一种特定植物支持的野生动物，即讲述找到本地植物的方法是使用植物定位站点，故C项正确。
40. D为了帮助你购买这些植物，PlantNative网站提供了一个本地苗圃数据库，在那里你可以找到你所在地区特有的植物。但在你冲出去买一个花园的本地植物之前，花时间了解你的生态区域，了解不同种类的植物如何相互作用，并建立你的定制种植日历，前后含转折关系，故选D项。
41. C根据第三段首句中的“on the theater’s Facebook page”提示可知，Tom是通过社交媒体(social media)来寻找失主的。
42. B此处指乐队演唱会的门票(ticket)。
43. D根据上下文可知，Tom是在做维修工作的过程中(while doing some maintenance)发现这个钱包的。
44. A根据上文可知，Tom在这个剧院找到了46年前一位观众丢失的钱包(wallet)。
45. B Tom在Facebook上的留言经过网友多次的分享(shares)，终于传送给了失主Distin。
46. D Distin在Ventura长大，现在依然(remains)居住在那个地方。
47. A Distin接到了(received)一个电话，告诉她一个与她相关的一个上传的帖子。
48. C得知相关的消息后，Distin就去取走(pick up)这个钱包。
49. D她收到这个钱包，打开它时，就如同是打开(opening)一个“时空胶囊”。
50. D根据上文可知，Distin是在46年前,也就是1975年的时候丢失的(lost)钱包。
51. A钱包里装有(held)一张200美元的支票和一些家庭成员的照片。
52. C根据最后一句可知，在这个充满负面事情的世界上，找回丢失46年的钱包是一件了不起的(wonderful)事情。
53. B 根据本句后面的“she finally gave in”可知，这位女士起初(initially)并不愿意公开谈论此事。
54. A Distin认为人们一直都在寻找一些人性的故事，寻找一些让人们感觉(feel)良好的事情。
55. C她觉得有必要让人们看到她对此事的感激(gratitude)。
本文是一篇说明文。睡眠对每一个人来说都是很重要的，缺少睡眠会对身体产生诸多危害。
56. especially考查词形转换(形容词变副词)。修饰形容词important，故用副词形式。
57. It考查代词。It is believed that…意为“人们认为……”。
58. third考查数词。表示“三分之一的人生”，分数中的分母要用序数词表示，故填third。
59. sleeping考查非谓语动词。然而，我们经常忽略花时间睡觉的重要性。spend… (in) doing sth.意为“花时间做某事”，故填sleeping。
60. on考查介词。have an effect on sth. 意为“对某事/物产生影响”。
61. more考查副词的比较级。该句与上一句进行对比，even后可加比较级，加强语气。seriously是一个多音节的副词，其比较级形式是前面加more。
62. medical考查词形转换（名词变形容词）。这里是说“缺少睡眠，身体更有可能患重病”。修饰名词condition，故此空应填medicine的形容词medical。
63. be made考查动词的时态和语态。这里是说“要想想能做出什么样的改变去确保我们晚上获得最佳睡眠”。根据语法分析，changes在这里作主语，与make是被动关系，且情态动词后接动词原形，故此空填be made。
64. Whether考查连词。句意：不管是限定睡前看屏幕的时间，还是减少午后咖啡因的吸入量，这些小变化都有大作用。whether...or...意为“不管……还是……”。
65. a考查冠词。make a difference意为“起作用”，固定搭配。
第一节
Technology and Life
Hello, everyone!
Over the last few decades, technologies have been constantly appearing, which has greatly changed our life. It is recognized that facial recognition makes it easy for us to get into stations, the airport and other places. Also, the high-speed railway shortens the travelling time between two cities, enabling us to visit more places conveniently. In addition, mobile payment，allows us to pay for everything wherever there is a QR code.
As is known to us, technologies are all around us. Obviously， they have made our life more efficient and colorful. Only by making better use of them can we become the master of life.
第二节
Paragraph 1:
“A bad grown man just took Zoe away!” yelled Julie. Learning what had happened, Zoe’s parents phoned the police without delay. The next moment, they jumped into their car and drove off directed by Julie. By then Dale had reached the alley, but the man was nowhere to be seen. “I must find Zoe,” Dale said to himself. He ran along the alley to the end, where he spotted the man walking towards a white house. “Stop! Stop!” With these words， he charged at the guy fearlessly.
Paragraph 2:
At that very moment, Zoe’s parents arrived. “Help! Help!” Dale shouted. Immediately Zoe’s father took off towards the guy. Seeing this, the guy hurriedly let go of Zoe and broke into a run. Zoe’s father dashed up, caught hold of him and pressed him to the ground Zoe ran crying into her mother’s arms. Minutes later, the police arrived and arrested the guy. Dale breathed a sigh of relief. Dale’s quick thinking and bravery saved a little girl.
