2021-2022学年山东省新泰市第二中学高二上学期期中考试英语试卷第一部分 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。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. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. At the beach.
B. On the plane.
C. In the music hall.
2. How is the man probably feeling now
A. Tired. B. Sorry. C. Worried.
3 What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Co workers. B. Neighbours. C. Classmates.
4. Who is going on a trip during the holiday
A. The woman. B. The man. C. The kid.
5. What are the speakers going to do
A. Visit Greece.
B. Draw pictures.
C. Read a book.
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。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至8题。
6. When did this conversation take place
A. At the beginning of the new term.
B. During the summer vacation.
C. In the last period of the term.
7. Why did Tom come there
A. To meet a new teacher.
B. To say goodbye to Lily.
C. To attend a history class.
8. How did Tom feel when he saw Lily
A. Excited. B. Anxious. C. Surprised.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Where might the speakers be
A. At home.
B. At the theatre.
C. In the car.
10. What music does the girl always favor
A. Irish music. B. Jazz. C. Classic music.
11. When will they go to the concert together
A. Every Friday. B. This Friday. C. Next Friday.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. What is Matt
A. An artist. B. A manager. C. A student.
13 What is Matt to the girl
A. Brother. B. Boyfriend. C. Boss.
14. How many people are there in the girl’s family at least
A. 3. B. 4. C. 5.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. Where has Billy been
A. The Forbidden City.
B. The Great Wall.
C. Hutongs.
16. What activity was most popular among boys
A. Jump rope.
B. Hide and seek.
C. Soccer.
17. Why is it easy for visitors to get lost
A. Hutongs are rare to westerners.
B. There are a lot of twists and turns.
C. There’re 3 or 4 generations living together.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. How many countries were involved in the research
A. 45. B. 81. C. 94.
19. What do most online customers think of female models
A. Healthy. B. Beautiful. C. Too thin.
20. In which country might people prefer skinny models
A. New Zealand.
B. Switzerland.
C. China.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Welcome to the Painting Competition for Woodlands Students
The International Anti-Drug Day this year is coming soon. In order to raise teenagers’ awareness to fight against drug taking, the City Art Council is going to hold a painting competition for the students in our city. Students who want to take part in the competition can hand in their own 2D paintings in either of the following two ways:
Each school will be provided with a box for students to put in their paintings. Boxes will be picked up by the City Art Council on Thursday, June 23rd, 2016, before the end of the school day.
Paintings can be also handed in on Friday, June 24th, from 8:00 am to 10:00 am at the Woodlands Art Hall (175 Riverside Street).
All paintings are required to be 60 cm wide by 80 cm long or smaller. Larger sizes will not be accepted. Each student can only hand in one painting. The final decision on the competition results will be made on June 26th, the Anti-Drug Day. The name list of the winners will be made known on the website of the City Art Council on the same day. All winning paintings will be shown to the public at the City Youth Park from June 27th till the end of July.
Prizes:
1st Prize (10 students)=$300 Gift Card each
2nd Prize (20 students)=$200 Gift Card each
3rd Prize (30 students)=$100 Gift Card each
For further information:
Visit http://www. WoodlandsArtCouncil. org or call 2569-8632.
1. The size of the paintings like _________ will NOT be accepted.
A. 50 cm wide by 70 cm long
B. 40 cm wide by 60 cm long
C. 60 cm wide by 80 cm long
D. 80 cm wide by 100 cm long
2. The public can enjoy the winning paintings _________.
A. at the City Art Council
B at 175 Riverside Street
C. at the Woodlands Art Hall
D. at the City Youth Park
3. Which of the following is true according to the passage
A. Each student can take part in the competition with one 3D painting.
B. Each of the second prize winners in the competition will get 300 dollars.
C. Students can get more information about the competition in two ways.
D. Students must put their paintings in the school box on June 24th.
【答案】1. D 2. D 3. C
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇应用文。为了提高青少年反吸毒的意识，城市艺术委员会将为学生举办一场绘画比赛，文章主要介绍了相关的参赛要求。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。通过文章第四段“All paintings are required to be 60 cm wide by 80 cm long or smaller. Larger sizes will not be accepted. (所有绘画都要求60厘米宽，80厘米长或更小。不接受较大尺寸)”可知，所有画作必须宽60厘米，长80厘米或更小。较大的尺寸将不被接受。结合选项可推知，D项“80厘米宽，100厘米长”的绘画将不被接受。故选D项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。通过文章第四段“All winning paintings will be shown to the public at the City Youth Park from June 27th till the end of July. (所有获奖作品将于6月27日至7月底在城市青年公园向公众展出)”可知，公众可以在城市青年公园欣赏到获奖作品。故选D项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“For further information:Visit http://www. WoodlandsArtCouncil. org or call 2569-8632.(有关进一步资料：访问网址http://www. WoodlandsArtCouncil. org或致电2569-8632。)”可知，想要参加比赛的学生可以通过访问网址或打电话两种方式获得有关比赛的更多信息。故选C项。
B
"Hope has proved a powerful predictor of outcome in every study we've done so far," said Dr. Snyder, a psychologist.
In research with 3,920 college students, Dr. Snyder found that the level of hope among freshmen at the beginning of their first term was a more accurate predictor of their college grades than were their S.A.T. scores or their grade point averages in high school. "Students with high hope set themselves higher goals and know how to work to attain them," Dr. Snyder said. "When you compare students with equal learning ability and past school achievements, what sets them apart is hope."
In seeking a way to assess hope scientifically, Dr. Snyder went beyond the usual belief that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all right. "This idea is not concrete enough; it fails to clarify two key components of hope," Dr. Snyder said.
"Having hope means believing you have both the will and the way to accomplish your goals, whatever they may be."
Despite the wisdom in the old saying "where there's a will there's a way," Dr. Snyder has found that the two are not necessarily connected. In a study of people from 18 to 70 years old, Dr. Snyder discovered: only about 40% of people are hopeful in the technical sense of believing they typically have the energy and means to accomplish their goals; about 20% of the people believed in their ability to find the means to attain their goals, but said they had little will to do so; another 20% have the opposite pattern, saying they had the energy to motivate themselves but little confidence that they would find the means; the rest had little hope at all, reporting that they typically had neither the will nor the way.
"It's not enough just to have the wish for something," said Dr. Snyder. "You need the means, too. On the other hand, all the skills to solve a problem won't help without the willpower to do it."
4. What does Dr. Snyder think can best predict a freshman's academic performance
A. His S.A.T. scores. B. His high school grades.
C. His level of hope. D. His family background.
5. The underlined word "concrete" in the third paragraph probably means ________.
A. clear B. pure C. universal D. popular
6. What did Dr. Synder say about the old saying "where there's will there's a way"
A. It is quite realistic. B. It is not inspiring to students.
C. It is totally wrong. D. It is not always true in reality.
7. What can be the most suitable title for the passage
A. No pains, no gains. B. Hope emerges as key to success.
C. Will gets it going. D. Where there's a will there's a way.
【答案】4. C 5. A 6. D 7. B
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇议论文。文章论述成功的关键是“希望”。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中Dr. Snyder found that the level of hope among freshmen at the beginning of their first term was a more accurate predictor of their college grades than were their S.A.T. scores or their grade point averages in high school.可知，Dr. Snyder认为他的希望程度能最好地预测新生的学习成绩。故选C。
【5题详解】
词义猜测题。根据第三段中In seeking a way to assess hope scientifically, Dr. Snyder went beyond the usual belief that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all right.（在寻求一种科学评估希望的方法时，Dr. Snyder超越了通常的信念，即希望只是一种感觉，一切都会好起来。）再根据下句中的it fails to clarify two key components of hope（它没有阐明希望的两个关键组成部分），由此推知“这个想法不够具体”，划线词意思是“清楚的，明显的”。故选A。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据第五段Despite the wisdom in the old saying "where there's a will there's a way," Dr. Snyder has found that the two are not necessarily connected.可知，对于“有志者事竟成”这句老话，Dr. Synder认为在现实中并不总是这样，两者之间无必然的联系。故选D。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段"Hope has proved a powerful predictor of outcome in every study we've done so far,"和下文对希望作用的分析可知，文章主要讲述成功的关键是“希望”。所以B项为最佳主题。
【点睛】推理判断题要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基础上，做出一定的推理判断，从而得到文章的隐含意义和深层意义。推理判断题所涉及的内容可能是文中的某一句话，也可能是某几句话，所以，推理题的答案只能是根据原文表面文字信息进一步推出的答案：即对原文某一句话或某几句话所作的同义改写或综合。推理判断题的题干中通常含infer, suggest, imply, conclude, indicate等标志性词语。本题第3小题，根据第五段Despite the wisdom in the old saying "where there's a will there's a way," Dr. Snyder has found that the two are not necessarily connected.可知，对于“有志者事竟成”这句老话，Dr. Synder认为在现实中并不总是这样，两者之间无必然的联系。故选D。
C
On November18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the world famous violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Lincoln Centre in New York City. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is not easy for him. He got polio（小儿麻痹症）as a child, and has to walk with the aid of two crutches（拐杖）now.
That night Perlman walked slowly to his chair. Then he sat down and began to play. But, suddenly, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear it break---it broke with a loud noise. People thought to themselves, “He would have to get up to either find another violin or find another string for this one.”
But he didn’t. Instead, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again. The orchestra began, and he played from where he had stopped. He played with such passion and such power. Of course, everyone knows that it is impossible to play a symphonic work with just three strings. But that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that. You could see him changing and recomposing the piece in his head. When he finished, there was a silence in the room. Then people rose and cheered. We were all on our feet, doing everything we could to show how much we appreciated what he had done.
He smiled and then he said in a quiet tone, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music you can make with what you have left.” His words have stayed in my mind ever since I heard them. That is also the way of life. Perhaps our task in this quickly changing world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.
8. Holding a concert is challenging for Perlman because ______.
A. He is just a world famous violinist
B. He has never performed on stage before
C. He has difficulty in moving his body
D. He is physically disabled as a result of a disease
9. When Perlman had just begun playing, ______.
A. He fell ill suddenly
B. There was something wrong with the violin
C. An accident happened and caused a disturbance
D. A very loud noise arose from the audience
10. If one of the strings suddenly broke, what would an ordinary player do
A. He would play another violin.
B. He would cancel the concert.
C. Another performer would play instead.
D. The concert would be put off.
11. The lesson we draw from the story is that ______.
A. What we have is more important than what is lost
B. We should not care about what is lost
C. We should make the best of what we have
D. The way of life is to always live with music
【答案】8. D 9. B 10. A 11. C
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了帕尔曼自幼患小儿麻痹症，但他总是勇敢的面对挑战。并讲述了在一场演奏会上，当遇到琴弦断的情况下，利用三根琴弦演奏赢得观众赞赏的故事。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章的第一段最后一句“He got polio as a child, and has to walk with the aid of two crutches now.”（他在儿童时期就患有小儿麻痹症，现在不得不借助两个拐杖行走。）可知帕尔曼举办一场音乐会是个很大的挑战是因为他患有小儿麻痹症导致他生理上残疾。故选D。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。 根据文章第二段“But, suddenly, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear it break---it broke with a loud noise.”（是，突然，他的小提琴上的一根弦断了。你可以听到它断裂了——破裂的声音很大）可知，当帕尔曼刚开始表演的时候，小提琴出现了毛病。故选B。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。 根据文章的第二段的最后一句“People thought to themselves, “He would have to get up to either find another violin or find another string for this one.”（人们想，他将不得不起身去找另一把小提琴，或者为这把小提琴再找一根弦）可知，人们认为一般人一定会去换一把小提琴或换一根弦。故选A。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章所描述的内容，帕尔曼没有更换小提琴或琴弦，而且继续用三根琴弦演奏重新谱写的乐曲，赢得了观众的赞赏。可知，我们遇到困难或问题时，我们应该想办法利用我们手中拥有的一切。故选C。
【点睛】阅读理解题的解题方法，首先，宏观浏览，掌握大意。不要困扰在个别词汇的翻译上，偶有生词，走为上计。其次，读懂题干，带着问题再去微观细读。最后，分析句子，慎思明辨。细节理解题一定要准确的定位在文章中的内容。仔细研读。
D
Baby bats learn language from peers (同伴) in their social group, and will adopt the group’s dialect, or accent, instead of their mother’s, researchers said on Tuesday. The findings shed new light on crowd-learning of language, a skill thought to belong mainly to humans and just a few other mammals. It also shows that bats are different from songbirds, which tend to learn songs by copying one of their parents. “The ability to copy vocalizations (发音) from others is extremely important for speech learning in humans, but it’s believed to be rare among animals”, said lead author Yossi Yovel of Tel Aviv University.
For the study, researchers captured 14 pregnant Egyptian fruit bats. They separated them into three different bat social groups, where they raised the young bats with their mothers. Each bat group was exposed to a different recording of bat vocalizations. “The baby bats all adopted the manner of vocalizing of the group they heard, not their mothers. The difference between the vocalizations of the mother bat and those of the group is comparable to the difference in a London accent and, say, a Scottish accent,” Yovel said.
“The babies heard their mothers’ London dialect, but also heard the Scottish dialect produced by many dozens of Scottish bats. The babies eventually adopted a dialect that was more similar to the local Scottish dialect than to the London accent of their mothers.” Researchers hope to conduct future studies to examine how bats’ dialects change when they leave their social groups, and if it affects how they integrate with others.
12. What are the latest findings about bats
A. Bats are born to adopt their mother’s dialect.
B. Bats can understand peers with different dialects.
C. Bats’ accents are influenced by their peer’s accents.
D Bats pick up language quickly in company with their peers.
13. In paragraph 2, what does the underlined word they refer to
A. Accents. B. Baby bats.
C. Researchers. D. Mother bats.
14. Why are London and Scottish accent mentioned
A. To show the differences in dialects among social groups.
B. To explain why bat produce different sounds.
C. To indicate the birthplace of baby bats.
D. To compare how the two accents influenced understanding.
15. What will the future study most probably focus on
A. How bats adopt a new dialect after entering a new social group.
B. What changes might occur to bats’ accent after entering a new social group.
C. Whether bats leave their social group if they change their accents.
D. Why some bats fail to be accepted in a new group after they are born.
【答案】12. C 13. C 14. A 15. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一项关于蝙蝠学习语言的研究结论：蝙蝠宝宝从他们所在社群同伴那里学习语言，并会采用该群体的方言或口音，而不是它们母亲的口音。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一句“Baby bats learn language from peers (同伴) in their social group, and will adopt the group’s dialect, or accent, instead of their mother’s, researchers said on Tuesday.（研究人员于本周二称，蝙蝠宝宝会向其所在社会群体的同龄人学习语言，并且会采用该群体的方言或口音，而不是它们母亲的。）”可知，蝙蝠宝宝的口音受它同伴的口音的影响。故选C项。
【13题详解】
词句猜测题。第二段中“For the study, researchers captured 14 pregnant Egyptian fruit bats. They separated them into three different bat social groups, where they raised the young bats with their mothers.（在这项研究中，研究人员捕获了14只怀孕的埃及果蝠。研究人员将它们分成三个不同的蝙蝠群体，让它们和妈妈一起抚养。）”they在where引导的定语从句中充当主语，谓语动词是raised（养育），宾语是the young bats（蝙蝠宝宝），with their mothers做伴随状语。根据整句的逻辑关系，they指代的是前文提到的researchers。故选C项。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句“The difference between the vocalizations of the mother bat and those of the group is comparable to the difference in a London accent and, say, a Scottish accent,” Yovel said.（母蝙蝠和其他同类蝙蝠发声的差别相当于伦敦口音和苏格兰口音的差别，Yovel说。）”可知，Yovel用伦敦口音和苏格兰口音来比喻母蝙蝠和其他同类蝙蝠发音的区别，从而让读者更形象地理解在社群中不同的方言之间的差异。故选A项。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一句“Researchers hope to conduct future studies to examine how bats’ dialects change when they leave their social groups, and if it affects how they integrate with others.（研究人员希望进行进一步的研究，以检验蝙蝠离开自己的社会群体时，它们的方言是如何变化的，以及这种变化是否会影响它们与其它蝙蝠的融合。）”可知，研究者还想进一步研究蝙蝠在离开当前社群进入另一个新的社群时，它们的方言会发生怎样的变化。故选B项。
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Some kids love handwriting, but others hate it when it's time to put pens to paper. Maybe they are worried about their handwriting. Are you one of them
___16___Here are five steps that really work!
Get a great grasp.
Try this — hold your pencil at the top and try to write your name. Pretty hard But when you hold your pencil right, writing is much easier. ___17___Hold it in place with your thumb, your index finger (食指) and middle finger.
Let the lines be your guide.
Lined paper is your friend! Those lines can help you create letters that are the right size and proportion (比例). ___18___
Slow down.
If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. If you rush, it's hard to control where you stop and start your letters.
Lower the pressure.
___19___That makes it harder to make the smooth lines. Try easing up and don't hold the pencil too tightly.
___20___
Lots of games require you to write or draw pictures. So even though it's not schoolwork, you're still using the skills you need to control your pen better.
A. So “a” should be half the height of the capital “A”.
B. Ask for more advice.
C. Play games.
D. You’ve been writing since you were a little kid.
E. The good news is that just about everyone can improve their handwriting.
F. Some kids press down really hard when they write.
G. The best way to hold a pen or pencil is to let it rest next to the base of your thumb.
【答案】16. E 17. G 18. A 19. F 20. C
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了提高书写水平的五种方法。
【16题详解】
根据空后的“Here are five steps that really work!（这里有五个真正有效的步骤）”以及下文黑体小标题可知，下文是介绍练就一手好字的五个方法，E选项（好消息是几乎每个人都可以提高自己的书法水平）能承接下文，且选项中的handwriting和空前内容相呼应，故选E。
【17题详解】
根据本段的标题Get a great grasp和空前的“Try this — hold your pencil at the top and try to write your name. Pretty hard But when you hold your pencil right, writing is much easier.(试试这个——把你的铅笔放在上面，试着写你的名字。很难吗？ 但是当你把铅笔拿对的时候，写作就容易多了)”以及空后的内容“Hold it in place with your thumb, your index finger (食指) and middle finger.( 用拇指、食指和中指把它固定在原地)”可知，G选项中hold a pen和前文的hold your pencil相呼应，thumb和下文的内容相呼应，且本段主要讲述的是注意握笔的姿势，G选项（拿钢笔或铅笔的最好方法是让它停在你的拇指底部旁边）能承接上下文，故选G。
【18题详解】
根据空前的“Those lines can help you create letters that are the right size and proportion（这些线条可以帮助你创建正确大小和比例的字母）”可知，A选项（所以a应该是A的一半高）在语义上因果关系，且选项中的大小写A和a与前文提到的the right size, proportion相呼应，故选A。
【19题详解】
根据本段标题Lower the pressure和下文的“That makes it harder to make the smooth lines.（这样就更难画出平滑的线条）”可知，F选项中的press和标题相呼应，hard和下文的harder相呼应，且语义（有些孩子在写字的时候非常用力）承接下文，故选F。
【20题详解】
根据篇章结构可知，此处应选择一个段落标题，再根据空后的“Lots of games require you to write or draw pictures. （很多游戏都需要你写或画）”可知，本段主要讲的是玩游戏也可以锻炼写字技巧，故C选项“玩游戏”能概括本段的标题。故选C。
Tom’s Bicycle
When our son Tom was ten, the new bicycle he had received earlier that year was missing. Having a bike was a big deal to our children. They spent hours and hours on their bikes, ___21___ up and down the footpath, and at the front of the house. We also rode as a ___22___ at holidays, when all the members enjoyed staying together. Bicycling was a great way to get the kids out of the house and into the fresh air ___23___spending any money.
Tom discovered that his bicycle had been ___24___ from our backyard when he and his sister went outside for a morning ride. He couldn’t ___25___ that someone would do this. ___26___ , none of the other bicycles were touched and nothing else was missing.
Tom painted a sign on a large piece of cardboard, ___27___ for the bicycle to be returned, and ___28___ it to the letterbox. The following morning, when I went out to collect the mail, I found a white ___29___ with the magical words, “Buy yourself a new bike.” It took me a little while to _____30_____ what it was inside it. It was a $100 banknote.
We were very _____31_____ that someone had the heart to do this. We’ve never been able to thank the person but we _____32_____that it may have been one of our wonderful neighbors. Tom painted a big “Thank you” on the sign and we_____33_____ it outside for a couple of weeks afterwards in case it was someone who drove down our street.
Tom was able to _____34_____ a new bicycle. As the years went on, bicycles became bigger and more expensive but remained just as _____35_____ for those family bicycle rides. Now the kids have grown up and cars have _____36_____ their bicycles. Tom is twenty-five this year. Sometimes I _____37_____ the days when receiving a bicycle was the best thing in the world to them.
All these years later we are still grateful to that incredibly kind _____38_____. A young boy’s sorrow turned to joy when he got his _____39_____. We were a young family with three little children and it meant a lot to us. We still talk about it and, even now, _____40_____ who actually gave us the help.
21. A. riding B. walking C. flying D. jumping
22. A. club B. family C. staff D. department
23. A. before B. against C. without D. except
24. A. charged B. saved C. returned D. stolen
25. A. explain B. promise C. remember D. believe
26. A. Strangely B. Normally C. Typically D. Hopefully
27. A. heading B. begging C. applying D. searching
28. A. handed B. dropped C. attached D. covered
29. A. notice B. flag C. envelope D. board
30. A. adjust B. realize C. commit D. declare
31. A. ashamed B. scared C. confused D. touched
32. A. suspect B. ignore C. admit D. understand
33. A. left B. threw C. lost D. sent
34. A. seek B. earn C. copy D. own
35. A. flexible B. secure C. important D. comfortable
36. A. affected B. combined C. defeated D. replaced
37. A. miss B. follow C. count D. recommend
38. A. guide B. host C. neighbor D. stranger
39. A. prize B. chance C. wish D. view
40. A. wonder B. check C. predict D. doubt
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. C 30. B 31. D 32. A 33. A 34. D 35. C 36. D 37. A 38. D 39. C 40. A
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过自己亲身的经历讲述了一个陌生人默默帮助别人的感人故事。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们花了好几个小时骑自行车，在人行道上骑来骑去，在房子前面骑来骑去。A. riding骑；B. walking走；C. flying飞行；D. jumping跳跃。根据常识，自行车是用来骑的。故选A项。
【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：假期时，我们一家人一起骑车，那时大家都喜欢待在一起。A. club俱乐部；B. family家庭；C. staff职员；D. party派对。根据下文“when all the members enjoyed staying together.”可知，这里指一家人一起骑车。故选B项。
【23题详解】
考查介词词义辨析。句意：骑自行车是一种不用花钱就能让孩子们走出家门，呼吸新鲜空气的好方法。A. before之前；B. against反对；C. without没有；D. except除了。根据常识，自行车靠人提供动力，无需花钱。故选C项。
24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：汤姆早上带他妹妹出去兜风时，发现他在我们家后院的自行车被偷了。A. charged收费；B.saved挽救；C. returned退还；D. stolen被盗。根据后文“none of the other bicycles were touched and nothing else was missing.( 其他自行车都没有被碰过，也没有其他东西丢失。)”，可知别人的自行车都在，可推断他的自行车是被偷了。故选D项。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他不能相信有人会这样做。A. explain解释；B. promise承诺；C. remember记住；D. believe相信。根据下文“none of the other bicycles were touched and nothing else was missing.( 其他自行车都没有被碰过，也没有其他东西丢失。)”可知，下文提到只有汤姆的车被偷了，因此汤姆感到很震惊，不能相信。故选D项。
【26题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：奇怪的是，其它的自行车都没被碰过，也没有其他东西丢失。A. Strangely奇怪地；B. Normally正常地；C. Typically典型地；D. Hopefully希望地。只有汤姆的自行车车被偷了，其它的自行车都没有被碰过，别的没有什么丢失，这很奇怪。故选A项。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：汤姆在一块大纸板上画了一个标识，恳求有人归还自行车，并把它固定在信箱上。A. heading前进；B. begging恳求，乞讨；C. applying申请；D. searching搜索。让小偷归还偷的东西，自然是“恳求”归还。故选B项。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：汤姆在一块大纸板上画了一个标识，恳求有人归还自行车，并把它绑在信箱上。A. handed交，递，给；B. dropped降落；C. attached附上；把……固定；D. covered覆盖。根据上文，既然想让别人看到这个标识，就应该把它固定在信箱上。故选C项。
【29题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：第二天早上，当我出去收邮件时，我发现了一个白色的信封，上面写着神奇的文字:“给自己买一辆新自行车。”A. notice通知；B. flag旗帜；C. envelop信封；D. board板。根据常识，信箱中的东西当然是信封。故选C项。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我花了一点时间才意识到里面装的是什么。A. adjust适应；B. realize意识到；C. commit犯罪；D. declare宣布。根据下文“It was a $100 banknote.”可知，作者花了一点时间才意识到信封里装了一张百元大钞。故选B项。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词词义辨析。句意：有人有心做这件事，我们很感动。A. ashamed羞愧的；B. scared害怕的；C. confused困惑的；D. touched感动的。根据上文内容可知有人出钱给汤姆买新自行车，作者很感动。故选D项。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们无法感谢这个人，但我们怀疑他可能是我们的一个好邻居。A. suspect怀疑；猜想；B. ignore忽视；C. admit承认；D. understand理解。根据上文“We’ve never been able to thank the person but”可知，作者一家人不能感谢这个人，但是猜想可能这个人是一个好邻居。故选A项。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：汤姆在牌子上画了一个大大的“谢谢你”，然后我们把它放在外面几个星期，万一有人开车经过我们的街道。A. left留下；B. threw扔；C. lost丢失；D. sent发送。left it outside意为“把……留在外面”。根据下文“in case it was someone who drove down our street”可推断，把画了“谢谢你”的牌子放在外面，作者的目的就是让人看到，“万一”是沿着这个街道开车经过的人做了这件事。故选A项。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：汤姆能够拥有一辆新自行车了。A. seek寻找；B. earn挣得；C. copy复制；D. own拥有。 根据上文“It was a $100 banknote.”可知，有人给了100美元让汤姆买新自行车，因此汤姆拥有了一辆新自行车。故选D项。
【35题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：随着时间的推移，自行车变得越来越大，也越来越贵，但对那些骑自行车出行的家庭来说，它仍然很重要。A. flexible灵活的；B. secure安全的；C. important重要的；D. comfortable舒适的。前文“bicycles became bigger and more expensive”讲自行车很贵，根据句意及but可知，前后是转折对比的关系，故自行车仍然很重要。故选C项。
【36题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：现在孩子们长大了，汽车取代了自行车。A. affected影响；B. combined结合；C. defeated打败；D. replaced替代。 由“Now the kids have grown up and cars”可推断，现在孩子们长大了，汽车代替了自行车。故选D项。
【37题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：有时我会怀念那些收到自行车对他们来说是世界上最好的东西的日子。A. miss怀念；B. follow跟随；C. count数数；D. recommend推荐。根据下文“when receiving a bicycle was the best thing in the world to them.”可知，后文提到过去的事，所以作者在回忆往事，因此是怀念那些日子。故选A项。
【38题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这么多年过去了，我们仍然对那个非常善良的陌生人心存感激。A. guide向导；B. host主持；C. neighbor邻居；D. stranger陌生人。根据文意可知，作者并没有找到那个给钱的人，因此是陌生人。故选D项。
【39题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：当一个小男孩实现了他的愿望时，悲伤变成了欢乐。A. prize奖品；B. chance机会；C. wish愿望；D. view看法。根据上文“A young boy’s sorrow turned to joy”可知，小男孩汤姆的愿望因为这个人的善举得以实现，由丢失自行车的悲伤转为喜悦。故选C项。
【40题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们仍然在谈论这件事，甚至现在都在想知道到底是谁给了我们帮助。A. wonder想知道；B. check检查；C. predict预测；D. doubt怀疑。根据上文“We still talk about it”可知，作者一家人仍旧谈论这件事，说明作者仍不知道那个人是谁，故仍想知道。故选A项。
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。
Kobe Bryant ___41___ (kill) in a helicopter crash on Sunday in California, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people. It is known that the helicopter ___42___ (carry) Kobe and the others crashed into a hilly area in ___43___ (fog) conditions, and the cause of the crash is still ___44___ investigation. Kobe was ___45___ (wide) considered one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. After the tragic accident, many ___46___ (celebrity) showed their great grief over the ___47___ (lose) of the great basketball player. An officer of NBA Commission said, “Kobe is remembered most for ___48___ (inspire) people around the world to pick up a basketball and he will always be.” One of the greatest basketball players of all time----Michael Jordan said Kobe was a chosen one and he would miss those conversations with him very much. Thousands of people gathered to remember the star outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles, ___49___ the Los Angeles Lakers played their home games. From then on, the city would not be ____50____ it used to be due to the death of the great basketball star.
【答案】41. was killed
42. carrying
43. foggy 44. under
45. widely 46. celebrities
47. loss 48. inspiring
49. where 50. what
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了因飞机坠毁事故不幸离世的著名篮球巨星科比·布莱恩特，许多篮球运动员和科比的粉丝都无比痛心这位天选篮球巨星的陨落。
【41题详解】
考查时态、语态和主谓一致。句意：科比·布莱恩特周日在加利福尼亚的一次直升机坠毁中丧生，他的13岁女儿吉安娜和其他七人也丧生。分析句子可知，kill是谓语动词，由时间状语on Sunday可知，描述过去发生的事情用一般过去时，且主语Kobe Bryant和kill是被动关系，用被动语态，主语是第三人称单数，故填was killed。
【42题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：据了解，科比和其他人一同乘坐的直升机在大雾天气下坠毁在丘陵地区，坠机原因仍在调查中。分析句子可知，本句已经有谓语动词crashed，且句中没有连词，因此carry需用非谓语动词，helicopter和carry之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，因此用现在分词作后置定语，故填carrying。
【43题详解】
考查形容词。句意：据了解，科比和其他人一同乘坐的直升机在大雾天气下坠毁在丘陵地区，坠机原因仍在调查中。分析句子可知，修饰名词conditions用形容词，故填foggy。
【44题详解】
考查固定搭配。句意：据了解，这架载有科比等人的直升机在大雾中坠入丘陵地带，坠机原因仍在调查中。根据句意，under investigation为固定搭配，意为“正在调查中“。故填under。
【45题详解】
考查副词。句意：科比在洛杉矶湖人队20年的职业生涯中被广泛认为是他那个时代最伟大的篮球运动员之一。分析句子可知，considered为动词，应用副词修饰，故填widely。
【46题详解】
考查名词复数形式。句意：事故发生后，许多名人表达了他们对失去这位伟大的篮球运动员的悲痛。分析句子可知，many后接可数名词的复数形式，故填celebrities。
【47题详解】
考查名词。句意：事故发生后，许多名人表达了他们对失去这位伟大的篮球运动员的悲痛。分析句子可知，该空作介词over之后的宾语，用名词，特指“失去科比”，用可数名词单数，故填loss。
【48题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：NBA总裁亚当·肖华说：“科比将永远被铭记，因为他激励着世界各地的人去打篮球。” 分析句子可知，inspire作介词for的宾语，用动名词作宾语，故填inspiring。
【49题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：成千上万的人聚集在洛杉矶台普斯中心，洛杉矶湖人队的比赛主场外纪念这位球星。分析句子可知，该句是非限制性定语从句，先行词是the Staples Center，关系词在从句中作地点状语，因此需用关系副词where引导该定语从句，故填where。
【50题详解】
考查名词性从句。句意：从那时起，这座城市因为伟大的篮球明星的去世，将和以前不同。分析句子可知，该句为表语从句，what可引导表语从句，且在句中作used to be的表语，表示“……的样子”符合句意，故填what。
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
51. 假如你是李华, 上个月你们学校举行了秋季运动会, 你的英国笔友Tom对此很感兴趣, 请你给他写一封回信, 介绍运动会的有关情况。内容应包括：
1. 运动会的基本情况（时间、地点和项目）：
2. 你参加比赛的情况：
3. 你对此次运动会的感受。
注意：1. 词数80左右：
2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
【答案】Dear Tom,
How nice to hear from you again! Learning you are interested in our school sports meeting, I am writing to tell you something about it. It was held on the school playground last month and lasted 2 days in all with various activities included.
We enjoyed different events like relay races and some fun games. As I wanted to challenge myself, I participated in the 1500-meter race. I struggled hard for the whole race with my classmates cheering me. I finished last, but I was still proud of myself.
As for me, the sports meeting not only offered us students a good chance to relax ourselves, but also taught us the importance of teamwork and the courage of facing challenges.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【分析】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生给英国笔友Tom写信，介绍运动会的有关情况。
【详解】第一步：审题
体裁：应用文
时态：根据提示，时态主要为一般过去时为主。
结构：总分法
总分法指把主题句作为总说，把支持句作为分说，并以这种方式安排所写内容。
要求：
1. 运动会的基本情况（时间、地点和项目）；
2. 你参加比赛的情况；
3. 你对此次运动会的感受。
第二步:列提纲 （重点词组）
hear from，be interested in，last，participate in，struggle，as for，a good chance，facing challenge，look forward to
第三步：连词成句
1.How nice to hear from you again!
2.Learning you are interested in our school sports meeting, I am writing to tell you something about it.
3.It was held on the school playground last month and lasted 2 days in all with various activities included.
4.As I wanted to challenge myself, I participated in the 1500-meter race.
5.I struggled hard for the whole race with my classmates cheering me.
6.As for me, the sports meeting not only offered us students a good chance to relax ourselves, but also taught us the importance of teamwork and the courage of facing challenges.
7.Looking forward to hearing from you!
根据提示及关键词（组）进行遣词造句，注意主谓一致和时态问题。
第四步：连句成篇（衔接词）
1.表文章结构顺序：First of all, Firstly/First, econdly/Second… （供参考）
2.表并列补充关系：What is more, Besides, Moreover, Furthermore, In addition As well as, not only…but (also), including（供参考）
3.表转折对比关系：However, On the contrary, but, Although+clause(从句)（供参考）
4.表因果关系：Because, As, So, Thus, Therefore, As a result（供参考）
连句成文，注意使用恰当的连词进行句子之间的衔接与过渡，书写一定要规范清晰，
【点睛】[高分句型1] Learning you are interested in our school sports meeting, I am writing to tell you something about it.使用了现在分词作状语；
[高分句型2] As I wanted to challenge myself, I participated in the 1500-meter race.使用了状语从句；
[高分句型3] As for me, the sports meeting not only offered us students a good chance to relax ourselves, but also taught us the importance of teamwork and the courage of facing challenges.使用了not only…but also…
第二节：读后续写（满分25分）
52. 阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
Robert and Henry were good friends in the same class. They always played together and went home together. One day Robert and Henry were going home from school when Robert shouted at Henry and said ,“You are a coward(胆小鬼), and I won’t play with you.” Without any words, Henry was a little angry and went home alone.
The next day Henry went to school as usual, but Robert told all the boys that Henry was a coward and all of them laughed at Henry a great deal. Robert didn’t invite Henry to go home with him anymore. Instead, he played with some other boys who also thought Henry was a coward. Every day after school, they didn’t go home directly but went to the river or somewhere to play.
A few days later, Robert was swimming with his new friends in a river, and he struggled in the water and suddenly cried “Help, help”. His new friends didn’t help him and ran away as fast as they could.
注意：1、所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右。
2、续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好
Paragraph 1:
Robert was still struggling in the river.
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Paragraph 2:
Robert’s life was saved.
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【答案】Robert was still struggling in the river. It was clear that he was in danger. He thought that he would die soon if nobody came to help him. Just at the moment, Henry happened to be passing by. Hearing the cry, Henry ran to the riverside, threw off his clothes and jumped into the water quickly. He swam to Robert as fast as possible and helped Robert out just as he couldn’t swim any longer. By his great effort, he saved Robert at last.
Robert’s life was saved. Robert was deeply moved by Henry’s heroic deed and burst into tears. He and his new friends were ashamed at having called Henry a coward. They realized that Henry had true courage and he was a real hero, not a coward. When Robert shook Henry’s hands and said sorry to Henry, Henry forgave him with a smile. Robert and Henry were friends again and after school they went home together happily as usual.
【解析】
【分析】本篇书面表达是读后续写。通过阅读所给文章可知，罗伯特和亨利是一个班级的好朋友，有一天罗伯特骂亨利是胆小鬼，说不会再和亨利一起回家了，之后罗伯特还和其他同学说亨利是胆小鬼，并且一起嘲笑亨利。几天过去了，罗伯特在和其他小伙伴在河边玩耍时不幸溺水，但是其他小伙伴并没有救罗伯特，而是跑走了。
【详解】续写部分分为2段，第一段的开头罗伯特仍然在水里挣扎……， 所以这里写罗伯特溺水之后的场景，此时亨利恰巧路过，他立刻脱下衣服下河去救罗伯特，最终成功救出罗伯特。
第二段开头是罗伯特被救了……， 所以这里要描写罗伯特被救之后的场景。罗伯特被亨利的行为深深地感动了，他和他的新朋友也不再认为亨利是胆小鬼，认为他才是真正的英雄。亨利也原谅了罗伯特，从此以后他们又像以前一样是好朋友，并且一起放学回家。
【点睛】本文的续写比较有趣，故事情节比较吸引读者，使用了高级词汇和句子。如：at the moment, happen to, throw off; burst into tears, as usual等高级词汇。主语从句It was clear that he was in danger. 宾语从句和条件状语从句He thought that he would die soon if nobody came to help him. They realized that Henry had true courage and he was a real hero, not a coward.运用了宾语从句，Hearing the cry, Henry ran to the riverside, threw off his clothes and jumped into the water quickly. 运用了现在分词作状语。
听力答案：1. A 2.A 3.B 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.A 8.C 9.B 10.B 11.C 12.A 13.B 14.C 15.A 16.C 17.B 18.A 19.C 20.C英语
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。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. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. At the beach.
B. On the plane.
C. In the music hall.
2. How is the man probably feeling now
A. Tired. B. Sorry. C. Worried.
3. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Co workers. B. Neighbours. C. Classmates.
4. Who is going on a trip during the holiday
A. The woman. B. The man. C. The kid.
5. What are the speakers going to do
A. Visit Greece.
B. Draw pictures.
C. Read a book.
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。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至8题。
6. When did this conversation take place
A At the beginning of the new term.
B. During the summer vacation.
C. In the last period of the term.
7. Why did Tom come there
A. To meet a new teacher.
B. To say goodbye to Lily.
C. To attend a history class.
8. How did Tom feel when he saw Lily
A. Excited. B. Anxious. C. Surprised.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Where might the speakers be
A. At home.
B. At the theatre.
C. In the car.
10. What music does the girl always favor
A. Irish music. B. Jazz. C. Classic music.
11. When will they go to the concert together
A. Every Friday. B. This Friday. C. Next Friday.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. What is Matt
A. An artist. B. A manager. C. A student.
13. What is Matt to the girl
A. Brother. B. Boyfriend. C. Boss.
14. How many people are there in the girl’s family at least
A. 3. B. 4. C. 5.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. Where has Billy been
A. The Forbidden City.
B. The Great Wall.
C. Hutongs.
16. What activity was most popular among boys
A. Jump rope.
B. Hide and seek.
C. Soccer.
17. Why is it easy for visitors to get lost
A. Hutongs are rare to westerners.
B. There are a lot of twists and turns.
C. There’re 3 or 4 generations living together.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. How many countries were involved in the research
A. 45. B. 81. C. 94.
19. What do most online customers think of female models
A. Healthy. B. Beautiful. C. Too thin.
20. In which country might people prefer skinny models
A. New Zealand.
B. Switzerland.
C. China.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Welcome to the Painting Competition for Woodlands Students
The International Anti-Drug Day this year is coming soon. In order to raise teenagers’ awareness to fight against drug taking, the City Art Council is going to hold a painting competition for the students in our city. Students who want to take part in the competition can hand in their own 2D paintings in either of the following two ways:
Each school will be provided with a box for students to put in their paintings. Boxes will be picked up by the City Art Council on Thursday, June 23rd, 2016, before the end of the school day.
Paintings can be also handed in on Friday, June 24th, from 8:00 am to 10:00 am at the Woodlands Art Hall (175 Riverside Street).
All paintings are required to be 60 cm wide by 80 cm long or smaller. Larger sizes will not be accepted. Each student can only hand in one painting. The final decision on the competition results will be made on June 26th, the Anti-Drug Day. The name list of the winners will be made known on the website of the City Art Council on the same day. All winning paintings will be shown to the public at the City Youth Park from June 27th till the end of July.
Prizes:
1st Prize (10 students)=$300 Gift Card each
2nd Prize (20 students)=$200 Gift Card each
3rd Prize (30 students)=$100 Gift Card each
For further information:
Visit http://www. WoodlandsArtCouncil. org or call 2569-8632.
1. The size of the paintings like _________ will NOT be accepted.
A. 50 cm wide by 70 cm long
B. 40 cm wide by 60 cm long
C. 60 cm wide by 80 cm long
D. 80 cm wide by 100 cm long
2. The public can enjoy the winning paintings _________.
A. at the City Art Council
B. at 175 Riverside Street
C. at the Woodlands Art Hall
D. at the City Youth Park
3. Which of the following is true according to the passage
A. Each student can take part in the competition with one 3D painting.
B. Each of the second prize winners in the competition will get 300 dollars.
C. Students can get more information about the competition in two ways.
D. Students must put their paintings in the school box on June 24th.
B
"Hope has proved a powerful predictor of outcome in every study we've done so far," said Dr. Snyder, a psychologist.
In research with 3,920 college students, Dr. Snyder found that the level of hope among freshmen at the beginning of their first term was a more accurate predictor of their college grades than were their S.A.T. scores or their grade point averages in high school. "Students with high hope set themselves higher goals and know how to work to attain them," Dr. Snyder said. "When you compare students with equal learning ability and past school achievements, what sets them apart is hope."
In seeking a way to assess hope scientifically, Dr. Snyder went beyond the usual belief that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all right. "This idea is not concrete enough; it fails to clarify two key components of hope," Dr. Snyder said.
"Having hope means believing you have both the will and the way to accomplish your goals, whatever they may be."
Despite the wisdom in the old saying "where there's a will there's a way," Dr. Snyder has found that the two are not necessarily connected. In a study of people from 18 to 70 years old, Dr. Snyder discovered: only about 40% of people are hopeful in the technical sense of believing they typically have the energy and means to accomplish their goals; about 20% of the people believed in their ability to find the means to attain their goals, but said they had little will to do so; another 20% have the opposite pattern, saying they had the energy to motivate themselves but little confidence that they would find the means; the rest had little hope at all, reporting that they typically had neither the will nor the way.
"It's not enough just to have the wish for something," said Dr. Snyder. "You need the means, too. On the other hand, all the skills to solve a problem won't help without the willpower to do it."
4 What does Dr. Snyder think can best predict a freshman's academic performance
A. His S.A.T. scores. B. His high school grades.
C. His level of hope. D. His family background.
5. The underlined word "concrete" in the third paragraph probably means ________.
A. clear B. pure C. universal D. popular
6. What did Dr. Synder say about the old saying "where there's will there's a way"
A. It is quite realistic. B. It is not inspiring to students.
C. It is totally wrong. D. It is not always true in reality.
7. What can be the most suitable title for the passage
A. No pains, no gains. B. Hope emerges as key to success.
C. Will gets it going. D. Where there's a will there's a way.
C
On November18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the world famous violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Lincoln Centre in New York City. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is not easy for him. He got polio（小儿麻痹症）as a child, and has to walk with the aid of two crutches（拐杖）now.
That night Perlman walked slowly to his chair. Then he sat down and began to play. But, suddenly, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear it break---it broke with a loud noise. People thought to themselves, “He would have to get up to either find another violin or find another string for this one.”
But he didn’t. Instead, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again. The orchestra began, and he played from where he had stopped. He played with such passion and such power. Of course, everyone knows that it is impossible to play a symphonic work with just three strings. But that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that. You could see him changing and recomposing the piece in his head. When he finished, there was a silence in the room. Then people rose and cheered. We were all on our feet, doing everything we could to show how much we appreciated what he had done.
He smiled and then he said in a quiet tone, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music you can make with what you have left.” His words have stayed in my mind ever since I heard them. That is also the way of life. Perhaps our task in this quickly changing world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.
8 Holding a concert is challenging for Perlman because ______.
A. He is just a world famous violinist
B. He has never performed on stage before
C. He has difficulty in moving his body
D. He is physically disabled as a result of a disease
9. When Perlman had just begun playing ______.
A. He fell ill suddenly
B. There was something wrong with the violin
C. An accident happened and caused a disturbance
D. A very loud noise arose from the audience
10. If one of the strings suddenly broke, what would an ordinary player do
A. He would play another violin.
B. He would cancel the concert.
C. Another performer would play instead.
D. The concert would be put off.
11. The lesson we draw from the story is that ______.
A. What we have is more important than what is lost
B. We should not care about what is lost
C. We should make the best of what we have
D. The way of life is to always live with music
D
Baby bats learn language from peers (同伴) in their social group, and will adopt the group’s dialect, or accent, instead of their mother’s, researchers said on Tuesday. The findings shed new light on crowd-learning of language, a skill thought to belong mainly to humans and just a few other mammals. It also shows that bats are different from songbirds, which tend to learn songs by copying one of their parents. “The ability to copy vocalizations (发音) from others is extremely important for speech learning in humans, but it’s believed to be rare among animals”, said lead author Yossi Yovel of Tel Aviv University.
For the study, researchers captured 14 pregnant Egyptian fruit bats. They separated them into three different bat social groups, where they raised the young bats with their mothers. Each bat group was exposed to a different recording of bat vocalizations. “The baby bats all adopted the manner of vocalizing of the group they heard, not their mothers. The difference between the vocalizations of the mother bat and those of the group is comparable to the difference in a London accent and, say, a Scottish accent,” Yovel said.
“The babies heard their mothers’ London dialect, but also heard the Scottish dialect produced by many dozens of Scottish bats. The babies eventually adopted a dialect that was more similar to the local Scottish dialect than to the London accent of their mothers.” Researchers hope to conduct future studies to examine how bats’ dialects change when they leave their social groups, and if it affects how they integrate with others.
12. What are the latest findings about bats
A. Bats are born to adopt their mother’s dialect.
B. Bats can understand peers with different dialects.
C. Bats’ accents are influenced by their peer’s accents.
D. Bats pick up language quickly in company with their peers.
13. In paragraph 2, what does the underlined word they refer to
A. Accents. B. Baby bats.
C. Researchers. D. Mother bats.
14. Why are London and Scottish accent mentioned
A. To show the differences in dialects among social groups.
B. To explain why bat produce different sounds.
C. To indicate the birthplace of baby bats.
D. To compare how the two accents influenced understanding.
15. What will the future study most probably focus on
A. How bats adopt a new dialect after entering a new social group.
B. What changes might occur to bats’ accent after entering a new social group.
C. Whether bats leave their social group if they change their accents.
D. Why some bats fail to be accepted in a new group after they are born.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Some kids love handwriting, but others hate it when it's time to put pens to paper. Maybe they are worried about their handwriting. Are you one of them
___16___Here are five steps that really work!
Get a great grasp.
Try this — hold your pencil at the top and try to write your name. Pretty hard But when you hold your pencil right, writing is much easier. ___17___Hold it in place with your thumb, your index finger (食指) and middle finger.
Let the lines be your guide.
Lined paper is your friend! Those lines can help you create letters that are the right size and proportion (比例). ___18___
Slow down.
If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. If you rush, it's hard to control where you stop and start your letters.
Lower the pressure.
___19___That makes it harder to make the smooth lines. Try easing up and don't hold the pencil too tightly.
___20___
Lots of games require you to write or draw pictures. So even though it's not schoolwork, you're still using the skills you need to control your pen better.
A. So “a” should be half the height of the capital “A”.
B. Ask for more advice.
C. Play games.
D. You’ve been writing since you were a little kid.
E. The good news is that just about everyone can improve their handwriting.
F. Some kids press down really hard when they write.
G. The best way to hold a pen or pencil is to let it rest next to the base of your thumb.
Tom’s Bicycle
When our son Tom was ten, the new bicycle he had received earlier that year was missing. Having a bike was a big deal to our children. They spent hours and hours on their bikes, ___21___ up and down the footpath, and at the front of the house. We also rode as a ___22___ at holidays, when all the members enjoyed staying together. Bicycling was a great way to get the kids out of the house and into the fresh air ___23___spending any money.
Tom discovered that his bicycle had been ___24___ from our backyard when he and his sister went outside for a morning ride. He couldn’t ___25___ that someone would do this. ___26___ , none of the other bicycles were touched and nothing else was missing.
Tom painted a sign on a large piece of cardboard, ___27___ for the bicycle to be returned, and ___28___ it to the letterbox. The following morning, when I went out to collect the mail, I found a white ___29___ with the magical words, “Buy yourself a new bike.” It took me a little while to _____30_____ what it was inside it. It was a $100 banknote.
We were very _____31_____ that someone had the heart to do this. We’ve never been able to thank the person but we _____32_____that it may have been one of our wonderful neighbors. Tom painted a big “Thank you” on the sign and we_____33_____ it outside for a couple of weeks afterwards in case it was someone who drove down our street.
Tom was able to _____34_____ a new bicycle. As the years went on, bicycles became bigger and more expensive but remained just as _____35_____ for those family bicycle rides. Now the kids have grown up and cars have _____36_____ their bicycles. Tom is twenty-five this year. Sometimes I _____37_____ the days when receiving a bicycle was the best thing in the world to them.
All these years later we are still grateful to that incredibly kind _____38_____. A young boy’s sorrow turned to joy when he got his _____39_____. We were a young family with three little children and it meant a lot to us. We still talk about it and, even now, _____40_____ who actually gave us the help.
21. A. riding B. walking C. flying D. jumping
22. A. club B. family C. staff D. department
23. A. before B. against C. without D. except
24. A. charged B. saved C. returned D. stolen
25. A. explain B. promise C. remember D. believe
26. A. Strangely B. Normally C. Typically D. Hopefully
27. A. heading B. begging C. applying D. searching
28. A. handed B. dropped C. attached D. covered
29. A. notice B. flag C. envelope D. board
30. A. adjust B. realize C. commit D. declare
31. A. ashamed B. scared C. confused D. touched
32. A. suspect B. ignore C. admit D. understand
33. A. left B. threw C. lost D. sent
34. A. seek B. earn C. copy D. own
35 A. flexible B. secure C. important D. comfortable
36. A. affected B. combined C. defeated D. replaced
37. A. miss B. follow C. count D. recommend
38. A. guide B. host C. neighbor D. stranger
39. A. prize B. chance C. wish D. view
40. A. wonder B. check C. predict D. doubt
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。
Kobe Bryant ___41___ (kill) in a helicopter crash on Sunday in California, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people. It is known that the helicopter ___42___ (carry) Kobe and the others crashed into a hilly area in ___43___ (fog) conditions, and the cause of the crash is still ___44___ investigation. Kobe was ___45___ (wide) considered one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. After the tragic accident, many ___46___ (celebrity) showed their great grief over the ___47___ (lose) of the great basketball player. An officer of NBA Commission said, “Kobe is remembered most for ___48___ (inspire) people around the world to pick up a basketball and he will always be.” One of the greatest basketball players of all time----Michael Jordan said Kobe was a chosen one and he would miss those conversations with him very much. Thousands of people gathered to remember the star outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles, ___49___ the Los Angeles Lakers played their home games. From then on, the city would not be ____50____ it used to be due to the death of the great basketball star.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
51. 假如你是李华, 上个月你们学校举行了秋季运动会, 你的英国笔友Tom对此很感兴趣, 请你给他写一封回信, 介绍运动会的有关情况。内容应包括：
1. 运动会的基本情况（时间、地点和项目）：
2. 你参加比赛的情况：
3. 你对此次运动会的感受。
注意：1. 词数80左右：
2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
第二节：读后续写（满分25分）
52. 阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
Robert and Henry were good friends in the same class. They always played together and went home together. One day Robert and Henry were going home from school when Robert shouted at Henry and said ,“You are a coward(胆小鬼), and I won’t play with you.” Without any words, Henry was a little angry and went home alone.
The next day Henry went to school as usual, but Robert told all the boys that Henry was a coward and all of them laughed at Henry a great deal. Robert didn’t invite Henry to go home with him anymore. Instead, he played with some other boys who also thought Henry was a coward. Every day after school, they didn’t go home directly but went to the river or somewhere to play.
A few days later, Robert was swimming with his new friends in a river, and he struggled in the water and suddenly cried “Help, help”. His new friends didn’t help him and ran away as fast as they could.
注意：1、所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右。
2、续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好
Paragraph 1:
Robert was still struggling in the river.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
Robert’s life was saved.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
听力答案：1. A 2.A 3.B 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.A 8.C 9.B 10.B 11.C 12.A 13.B 14.C 15.A 16.C 17.B 18.A 19.C 20.C
