阜阳市2021~2022学年度高三教学质量统测试卷
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,选出最佳选项。
1. What does the woman probably think of the man
A. Noisy. B. Impatient. C. Lazy.
2. What does the woman want the man to do
A. Clean the rooms. B. Empty the office. C. Lay carpets.
3. What are the speakers talking about
A. Traffic problems. B. Village life. C. Children’s play areas.
4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Couple. B. Colleagues. C. Neighbors.
5. Why does the woman talk to the man
A. The paper is run out.
B. The printer is unconnected.
C. The fax machine stops working.
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,选出最佳选项。
听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. What do the speakers like about Tessa’s photo
A. The light. B. The angle. C. The subject.
7. What will the speakers photograph next
A. A flower. B. An animal. C. A bridge.
听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
8. What day is it today probably
A. Wednesday. B. Thursday. C. Friday.
9. How did the woman deliver the message to the man
A. By email. B. By phone. C. In person.
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10. Who has collected the bike
A. Mr. Smith. B. Mr. Bieber. C. Mr. Robinson.
11. Which bike is not ready
A. The Cruisy bike. B. The Rallye bike. C. The Scutt bike.
12. What did the man do with the Sonic bike
A. He changed the seat.
B. He put on a new light.
C. He repaired the handles.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. Who are in this program
A. Engineering students.
B. Education students.
C. Business students.
14. What do the three companies request the speakers to do
A. Offer students financial help.
B. Provide training for students.
C. Insure students against accidents.
15. What will the speakers remove from the program
A. The travel allowance.
B. The students’ payment.
C. The completion bonus.
16. When will students start working in Sansoni Security
A. From August 1. B. From August 4. C. From August 5.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. How do most listeners feel about starting the Wake-up Show earlier
A. Disappointing. B. Confusing. C. Satisfying.
18. What was the disapproval rating of the Wine Show
A.15%. B.25%. C.60%.
19. What do we know about the number of complaints in recent weeks
A. It has risen.
B. It has gone down.
C. It has remained stable.
20. What suggestion does Robin give to English Worldwide
A. Expanding the program.
B. Repeating the program.
C. Changing the starting time.
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
Delay Repay compensation (赔偿)
We know how annoying train delays can be, and we do our best to keep you moving. But if you arrive 15 minutes or more late at your destination because of a delay to a Southern Rail-way service, you can claim Delay Repay compensation.
How do I claim
You need to make your claim within 28 days of your delay and include either:
●Your original ticket
●A ticket receipt (this is usually issued with your ticket)
●A copy of your season ticket
●If you are a registered Oyster Pay-As- You-Go user, a journey receipt
●For the key smartcard holders simply supply your full name, address and key card number so we can check your journey history
What compensation am I entitled to
Delays of 15-29 minutes 25% of the single ticket price 12.5% of the return ticket price
Delays of 30-59 minutes 50% of the single ticket price 25% of the return ticket price
Delays of 1 hour or more 100% of the single ticket price 50% of the return ticket price
Delays of 2 hours or more 100% of the single ticket price 100% of the return ticket price
Donate your compensation
We have set up a partnership with bot h Samaritans and Railway Children, following customer feedback (反馈), giving you the option to donate to either cause if your train is delayed for 15 minutes or more. 100% of the funds raised by passengers will go to ensure that Samaritans and Railway Children can continue their life-saving and life-enhancing work. Simply apply for Delay Repay and select the charity that you would like to donate to.
21. What should a registered Oyster Pay- As-You-Go user provide to claim compensation
A. A journey receipt.
B. The original ticket.
C. The key card number.
D. A copy of the season ticket.
22. What amount of compensation can a return ticket holder get for a l-hour delayed journey
A.12.5% of the ticket price.
B.25% of the ticket price.
C.50% of the ticket price.
D.100% of the ticket price.
23. What can we learn about Samaritans
A. It is a charitable organization.
B. It gathers passenger feedback.
C. It informs passengers of train delays.
D. It is 100% funded by Southern Railway.
B
As a medical student in Richmond, Eleanor Love showed up to as many wedding venues as possible, even when she didn’t know the bride and groom. She would call their wedding coordinators (协调员) and ask if she could stop by after their big day, and they almost always agreed.
Love, now a Virginia- based doctor, knows that weddings create a lot of leftover flowers- and that means more opportunities for her to collect after-wedding flowers and give them to her lonely hospital patients, many of whom don’t often get visitors, let alone expensive flowers.
Love, 27, who recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and is doing a general residency at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, decided on the idea while working at the VCU hospital as a medical student and was interacting with patients who were severely ill. “You are there primarily as a learner, but you want to make an impact on your patients, and you don’t have the same knowledge as physicians,” Love thought.
So in 2019, she started The Simple Sunflower in Richmond, and so far has delivered more than 760 bunches of flowers to patients at VCU Medical Center. She brought fellow students and other people into her project, and now has more than 200 volunteers on the email list. She said the idea is not new, and that other cities across the country have similar programs.
Love has a lifelong appreciation of flowers and gardening, which she got from her mother. Love recalls her father taking her to a garden store and letting her pick a seed packet. She chose sunflower seeds and planted them—and years later, she chose The Simple Sunflower as the name for her group. Love, who worked part-time in a flower shop before medical school, cited several studies showing that flowers and other plants help hospital patients recover.
24. Why does Love frequent wedding venues
A. To make new friends.
B. To bless the bride and groom.
C. To work as a coordinator.
D. To pick up leftover flowers.
25. What made Love start The Simple Sunflower
A. The requirements of a student doctor. .
B. Her intention to help lonely patients.
C. Encouragement from her fellow students.
D. Her desire to be a pioneer in the field.
26. What is the last paragraph mainly about
A. Love’s bond with flowers.
B. Love’s study in a medical school.
C. Love’s efforts to expand her project.
D. Love’s appreciation for her parents’ help.
27. Which of the following can best describe Love
A. Caring and devoted.
B. Courageous and strict.
C. Innocent and generous.
D. Ambitious and sensitive.
C
The 1930s and early 1940s were a good time to fish for sardines (沙丁鱼) off California. Centered on Monterey Bay, catches increased dramatically and supported the state’s economy. But the situation began to change in 1946, and sardine catches eventually fell from an average of 234,000 tons to just 24,000 tons. The industry went belly-up.
Scientists have guessed for decades about what caused this phenomenon, but they lacked data to test their theories. Now researchers have finally found one apparent cause: cycles of ocean upwelling, a defining feature of the West Coast sea environment in which deep, nutrient-rich water rises to the nutrient-poor surface and restores the food supply there. The key that unlocked this phenomenon turned out to be old seaweed specimens (标本) gathered around the U. S.
“Plants are just sitting there, recording data about the state of the ocean,” says Kyle Van Houtan, chief scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and senior author of the new study. Van Houtan and others had suspected the impact of upwelling, but scientists only started measuring the process in Monterey Bay in 1946. Historic seaweed specimens, Van Houtan realized, might fill in the blanks for earlier years—similar to the way ice cores can help reconstruct CO2 levels from times before researchers started collecting real-time measurements.
For the new study, the scientists relied on the fact that deeper water near Monterey typically hosts more of a particular nitrogen isotope (氮同位素). Looking at modern upwelling data and recently collected seaweed, they found that higher levels of this nitrogen in the plants’ cells corresponded with periods of more upwelling. Next they measured the isotope levels in 70 historic specimens of the red seaweed Gelidium, gathered from Monterey as far back as 1878. The results suggested a gradual increase in upwelling and then a dramatic decrease, which lined up with the sardine population’s growth and decline.
“This paper is an excellent example of the creative detective work of historical ecology,” says Loren McClenachan, a marine ecologist at Colby College, who was not involved in the research. “There are thousands and thousands of similar specimens in collections around the world, and applying similar methods could teach us a great deal about long-term ocean change.”
28. What does the underlined part “went belly-up” in paragraph 1 mean
A. Sprang up. B. Caught on. C. Crashed. D. Participated.
29. What does the author want to show by mentioning ice cores
A. The significance of historic specimens.
B. The severity of global climate change.
C. The effectiveness of real-time measurements.
D. The necessity of sea level reconstruct ion.
30. How did the scientists carry out the new study
A. By comparing different kinds of seaweed.
B. By analyzing historic and current data.
C. By recording the upwelling process.
D. By measuring the CO2 levels.
31. What can be the best title for the text
A. The Rise and Fall of Red Seaweed Gelidium
B. Sardines Have Been Hard Hit by Overfishing
C. The Hidden History of Fisheries in the West Coast
D. Old Seaweed Reveals Secret of Monterey Sardine History
D
Digital life reaches far beyond our screens into the real world. That means we must figure out how to live with the impact of technology in our backyards.
isn’t always easy. Some residents of towns near e-commerce processing centers complain about traffic, pollution and safety risks from delivery munities where water is in short supply are worried about the needs of internet computer centers that use water to keep equipment cool. Neighbors sometimes complain about noise or garbage from nearby commercial kitchens and warehouses (仓库) for delivery services like Uber Eats.
Not so long ago, technology’s impact on our physical world wasn’t quite so obvious. What has changed is the rapid growth in demand. To meet demand, Amazon and other internet shopping companies have been opening warehouses and package distribution centers closer to where we panies that deliver food to our door need to have real estate and transportation close to our homes and work. And the effects of climate change have made the competition for energy and water more urgent.
No individual or company is at fault for this situation on its own. Our collective demand for more online things is to blame, and the public, the government and companies need to face this new reality far more directly.
An article by The Information about conflicts over Amazon package operations in Milford, Mass., mentioned that the company formed a task force to address communities’ concerns about the impact of its delivery operations. Milford also appointed two officers to share residents’ concerns with Amazon. I don’ t know if that s effective cooperation or window dressing, but it feels like a good first step to acknowledge that changing the places we live comes with tough questions about whether new neighbors are doing more good than harm.
Last year, I spoke with Richard Mays,the mayor (市长) of The Dalles, Ore., a town that is home to multiple computer data centers. Our conversation stuck with me because it got to the heart of the issue: Are these technology companies, many of them now in our backyards and on our streets, contributing more than they’ re taking
32. What does the author try to stress in paragraph 2
A. The serious problems of traffic and pollution.
B. The development of communities in urban areas.
C. The distribution of e-commerce processing centers.
D. The residents’suffering caused by nearby e-commerce.
33. What does the author think of technology s impact on our physical world
A. It is under companies’ control.
B. It has to do with public demand.
C. It can be fought off effectively.
D. It goes unnoticed by the public.
34. What is the purpose of Amazon’s task force
A. To help Amazon serve more communities.
B. To promote Amazon’s delivery operations.
C. To ease the locals’ worries about Amazon.
D. To seek the government’s cooperation with Amazon.
35. What is the author s attitude to the benefits of technology companies close to communities
A. Doubtful. B. Positive. C. Uncaring. D. Contradictory.
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。
Four ways to spot fake news
Fake news is a term used to describe any news item that presents false information as facts in an attempt to make you believe a certain thing or react in a certain way. 36 Here are some ways you can spot whether a news story is fake.
Is there a sensational headline
37 If the article has a shocking title, or a wild claim that makes you want to click to read more, look beyond the first few lines and try to find the evidence behind the claim.
Is it editorial
Editorial is a type of news commentary that many legitimate (合法的) news sources publish. 38 Similarly, if the article you re reading is written like a news report but has opinions in it which aren’t quotes, then question it. All respect ed news sources present news with plenty of facts—quotes from experts, survey data and official statistics, and allow the reader to make up their own minds on an issue.
39
Many news organisations, real or fake, attempt to be the first to ’break’ a news story in order to remain relevant in a highly-competitive market. If the article you re reading has spelling mistakes, an incorrect date, or anonymous (匿名的) sources, bear in mind that this news article might be unreliable.
Where does the news come from
40 Sometimes this source is named but other times the source is anonymous. Naming a source is a good indication that the news is real, as the person is willing to go on record and put their reputation at risk to break the news; bear in mind that fake news sites often lie about their sources.
A. Is the content reliable
B. Is it competitive in the market
C. Many people avoid any news that is unfavorable to them.
D. Most news articles will have a ’source’ for their information.
E. Many fake news sites earn money by getting you to click on headlines.
F. If you re a social media user, chances are you’ve read a fake news story without even knowing it.
G. However, the key is to remember that it gives the editor ’s opinion about something, rather than reporting facts.
第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30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。
When I was in Beijing, my Chinese friend Li Mei insisted that we see a Peking opera and I have to admit the 41 was amazing from beginning to end.
We 42 the theatre just before the lights went down. As the curtain rose, the actors came on 43 in their beautiful costumes, which went all the way back to the street show days.
The singing was quite strange—very sharp and high. Just like the costumes, the singing 44 was really ancient. The street performers used to sing that way 45 their voices could carry over the crowds who 46 to watch.
The opera we saw was “Lady White Snake”, a classic Chinese folk 47 . A white snake 48 a beautiful girl, and then falls in love with a human. But the actors didn’t only tell the story through 49 ; the dancing and movements were fantastic, too. To 50 the story and show their 51 , the actors used not only their faces but also their whole bodies. There weren’t a lot of stage props (道具) or 52 because the actors used a lot of 53 to help tell the story. An actor running with a whip (鞭子), 54 , meant they were riding a horse. Doing somersaults (空翻) from a table meant they were running down a mountain.
The actors’ make-up was incredible. Each 55 has a special meaning and it 56 something about their 57 ; red means loyalty and bravery, black 58 strength and roughness, and blue means cruelty. At the finale, it was breathtaking to see them all on stage together in their bright costumes and make-up. 59 , I didn’t think that opera was for me, but I couldn’t believe how much I 60 it. You must all see a Peking opera one day!
41. A. situation B. experiment C. experience D. invitation
42. A. passed by B. searched for C. pointed to D. arrived at
43. A. stage B. top C. board D. screen
44. A. process B. lesson C. style D. career
45. A. in case B. so that C. as if D. ever since
46. A. returned B. gathered C. pretended D. continued
47. A. tale B. quiz . C. event D. tune
48. A. breaks into B. looks into C. changes into D. runs into
49. A. opera B. word C. dance D. song
50. A. believe in B. act out C. deal with D. think of
51. A. dreams B. interests C. emotions D. impressions
52. A. chance B. space C. direction D. scenery
53. A. symbols B. memories C. pictures D. conversations
54. A. in short B. once more C. as usual D. for example
55. A. tool B. form C. performer D. colour
56. A. proves B. reveals C. measures D. improves
57. A. character B. advantage C. relationship D. background
58. A. records B. plays C. shows D. requires
59. A. Frequently B. Initially C. Hopefully D. Finally
60. A. enjoyed B. understood C. missed D. owed
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。
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute is America’s only 61 (science) organization that investigates life on other planets. Project Phoenix, 62 is SETI’s main research project, uses the world’s most advanced equipment to look at outer space. They look especially for signals on the microwave band from 1,000 MHz to 3,000 MHz. Researchers think this is the band that life on other planets would use for 63 (communicate).
Project Phoenix has not detected any extraterrestrial (外星的) signals yet. If an unusual signal is discovered, the scientists must be able to show that it came 64 outside our solar system. In 1977, an unusual signal was heard at the Ohio State Radio Observatory. 65 (unfortunate), the signal could not 66 (confirm) by scientists. The signal was never heard again. Nothing like this 67 (happen) at SETI since then. But what if SETI discovered a signal Would they reply to the signal Right now, SETI does not plan to reply to any signals they might discover. If they heard a signal, the nations of the Earth would have to decide whether 68 not to reply. This means 69 (sender) of the signal may never know the Earth received their signal. Also, sending signals back might take decades. The receivers would be very far away, and it would take many years for the signals 70 (travel) to them.
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分35分)
第一节 短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Some of my classmates kept tell me they went to the city library to do their homeworks. Last weekend, I decided to give them a try. Having been told all the desks would be occupied in the flash, I went there early, quickly choose a desk and settled down. I finished all the work much more earlier than the scheduled time. I was amazing by my efficiency and thought about the reasons. When in a library, you feel too embarrassed to check your phone frequent. And when you look up, what you always see is someone deeply engaged in they are reading or doing. That acts like a stimulus, encouraging or forcing you to focusing on your work.
第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
假定你是李华,这周五是元宵节,你所在的城市将在东方路举办灯展。请你给外教Sophia写一封电子邮件,邀请她一起前去观展,内容包括:
1.灯展时间;
2.趣味活动;
3.约定见面。
注意:
1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
阜阳市2021~2022学年度高三教学质量统测试卷
英语参考答案
听力材料
(Text1)
W: Excuse me,this is the quiet carriage. You’ re not allowed to make phone calls.
M: Oh, sorry. I didn’t know. I’ll go and find another seat.
(Text2)
W: I’d like to have all the offices carpeted. How long would that take
M: We’ll be able to do it over the weekend if we can start on Friday.
W: Excellent. I can manage that for you and I’ll have the rooms cleared out.
(Text3)
M: Are you enjoying it here in the village
W: Yes, we have settled in well. I just get a bit nervous about the traffic sometimes. There are certain places I won’t let the children go without me. Some drivers just don’t slow down.
(Text4)
M: Hello It’s John Fellowes here—from next door. It’s about the music. It’s really loud. I’ve just got back from a night shift and I can’t sleep.
W: Oh, that’s Darren practising. I’ll tell him to tum it down a bit.
(Text5)
W: Mr. Sugerman, the red light on the fax machine is flashing. What should I do
M: Check the paper supply and the printer connection.
(Text6)
W: Now let’s have a look at some of the most successful photos. Tessa took this one. I really like the way the light is hitting the tree.
M: Yes. The light is really good for this one. And here’s a similar shot, but from a different angle with a plane crossing the sky. We also got some close-ups of flowers. We managed to get some good shots of roses.
W: Yes. And we were lucky and managed to get a couple of wildlife shots. Here’s a shot of a squirrel.
M:It’s very good work. For our next assignment, our teacher asked us to pick a bridge and we’ ve got one month
to finish it.
(Text7)
W:Carl, I just got an email from Mr. Jenson. Why didn’t you get the budget plan to him this morning
M: This morning The deadline isn’t until Thursday morning.
W: That was the original due date. But it was brought forward to Wednesday because Mr. Jenson is meeting with the CEO on Friday. I left a message on your voicemail.
M: Oh, that explains it. I lost my cell phone.
(Text8)
W: Hi, Gordon, I came down to ask about the Scutt bike. Its brake needed replacing. Mr. Smith phoned me this morning to ask about it.
M: No worries. He picked it up 20 minutes ago. He was happy with our quick service.
W: Good work. What about the rest of the bikes I know the Rallye bike needed some unusual tyres that we ordered from Barnaby’s. Have they got here yet
M: Not yet, I’m afraid. As soon as they arrive, I’ll stick them on straight away and call Mr. Robinson to let him know it’s ready.
W: OK. Have you sorted out the Cruisy bike
M: Yes. Mr. Bieber said the seat was uncomfortable so I put on a new one. He ll collect it tomorrow.
W: Brilliant. The last one’s the Sonic bike.
M: I thought it might need a new light, but the customer wasn’t bothered about it when I called, so I just fixed the handles.
(Text9)
M: Sarah, we’ve got to find the right companies for this program. For business students, it’s easy with all the commercial companies around here, but for our engineering students, it’s not easy at all. Last year ’s education students were easy, too. They were put into schools.
W: Well, there are three companies who are prepared to help out—Hepplewhite, Johnson Demolition and Sansoni Security. They will accept our untrained students, but they are worried about accidents. So they want financial coverage in case of accidents.
M: Can our budget meet this
W: I’m afraid not. Insurance rates are high. We have to reduce the expenses in certain areas.
M: Well, the payment to students is not going to change. We’ll also continue to pay for their travel, as we did last year.
W: Last year we gave them a completion bonus, too. It was a big success.
M: But not this year.
W: Okay.
M: What about the starting dates
W: Hepplewhite can accept our students around August 15. The Johnson company can start earlier—at the start of the month, the first; and the security company will start three days later.
M: That sounds good.
(Text10)
Welcome to Postbag,your chance as listeners to let us know what you think about our programs.
This week, a surprising 4, 000 of you have completed our radio station’s survey. A rather disappointing 64% of you did not like the start of the new Radio Soap. And for 87% of you, the new starting time of 5 am for the Wake-up Show went down really well! Many of you said the earlier time is a real hit! Unfortunately, the Wine Show had a 15% approval rating and 25% who did not like it and 60% who didn’t know! Maybe, wine’s going out of fashion. Now, to our weekly letters.
Sharon from Australia has written in to say that she finds it complicated to get through on the telephone to leave a message. Well, I can tell you that you re not the first person to have complained about this. In fact, we had 67 letters this past week alone and complaints have been increasing at the rate of 10% a week recently.
As you all know, our English language program, English Worldwide, is on Sunday from 8 am to 10 am. Robin from Thailand wants to know if we can finish the program one hour later. Well, sorry, there are no plans at the moment.
And now it’s over to Marco.
参考答案
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26~30 AACAB 31~35 DDBCA 36~40 FEGAD 41~45 CDACB 46~50 BACDB
51~55 CDADD 56~60 BACBA
61. scientific 62. which munication 64. from 65. Unfortunately
66. be confirmed 67. has happened 68. or 69. senders 70. to travel
短文改错
Some of my classmates kept tell me they went to the city library to do their homeworks. Last weekend, I decided
telling homework
to give them a try. Having been told all the desks would be occupied in the flash, I went there early, quickly choose a
it a chose
desk and settled down. I finished all the work much more earlier than the scheduled time. I was amazing by my
amazed
efficiency and thought about the reasons. When in a library, you feel too embarrassed to check your phone frequent.
frequently
And when you look up, what you always see is someone deeply engaged in ∧ they are reading or doing. That acts
what
like a stimulus, encouraging or forcing you to focusing on your work.
focus
书面表达
One possible version:
Dear Sophia,
This Friday will be the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival. It marks the final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations. Fantastic lantern shows are usually held on this special day.
I’d like to invite you to pay a visit to the lantern show on Dongfang Road. We’ll see various lighted lanterns and we can give the lantern riddles a go. If luck is with us, we may win a big prize. After that, we can also try some tasty sweet dumplings.
If you ’re interested, we can meet at our school gate at 7:00 pm this Friday.
Hope you can make it!
Yours,
Li Hua
部分解析
阅读理解
第一节
A篇
主题语境:人与自我——生活
本文是应用文。文章介绍了英国南方铁路客运公司的火车晚点赔偿计划。
21.A。理解具体信息。根据How do I claim 部分中的If you are a registered Oyster Pay-As-You-Go user, a journey receipt可知,使用Oyster随行随付的旅客在索赔晚点赔偿时,需提供行程付款证明。
22.C。理解具体信息。根据What compensation am I entitled to 部分的表格信息可知,晚点一小时的往返车票持有者可获得票面价值50%的赔偿金。
23.A。理解具体信息。根据Donate your compensation部分中的set up a partnership with both Samaritans and Railway Children...to donate to either cause select the charity that you would like to donate to可知,Southern Railway与Samaritans和Railway Children合作,鼓励旅客将晚点赔偿金捐给这两家慈善机构。
【背景知识】牡蛎卡(Oyster)是英国伦敦(及其周边某些地区)的公共交通付款方式。标准的牡蛎卡是一张蓝色的信用卡大小的非接触储值智能卡,内部嵌有RFD芯片。它由伦敦交通局(Transport for London)推广,可用于伦敦各地的旅行模式。牡蛎卡可以持有定期票、旅行许可证,以及最常见的“随行随付”方式(Pay As You Go)。牡蛎卡旨在减少售票处的交易次数和纸质票据的数量,通过提供比现金便宜得多的票价来鼓励乘客使用。
B篇
主题语境:人与社会——社会服务与人际沟通
本文是新闻报道。医学院毕业生洛夫成立了The Simple Sunflower项目,从婚礼上收集鲜花,免费送给病
人,以帮助抚慰他们的孤独。
24.D。理解具体信息。根据第二段中的Love, now a Virginia-based doctor, knows that weddings create a lot of leftover flowers—and that means more opportunities for her to collect after-wedding flowers and give them to her lonely hospital patients可知,洛夫知道婚礼现场肯定会有很多剩余的鲜花,她可以把这些花收集起来送给许多鲜有人探望的病人。
25.B。理解具体信息。根据第三段中的Love...decided on the idea while working at the VCU hospital as a medical student and was interacting with patients who were severely ill. “You are there primarily as a learner,but you want to make an impact on your patients,and you don’t have the same knowledge as physicias,”可知,洛夫在那家医院是一名实习医生,她想帮助病人,但又没有医生的专业知识,于是决定做一件自己力所能及的事情一成立The Simple Sunflower项目。
26.A。理解主旨要义。本段作者先是介绍了洛夫对花的喜爱离不开母亲的影响,接着提到父亲带她买花籽的经历,然后又提到洛夫对花的关注和研究。因此本段的主旨是洛夫和花之间的渊源。
27.A。推断。文中讲到洛夫在医院看到病人时就想着给他们送花,帮助抚慰他们的孤独,为了把这样的积极影响扩散,她成立了The Simple Sunflower项目,说明她是一个有爱心,有奉献精神的人。
C篇
主题语境:人与自然——自然生态
本文是新闻报道。文章揭秘了美国加州蒙特利湾的沙丁鱼数量忽多忽少这一现象。
28.C。理解词汇。第一段前半部分提到加州蒙特利湾的沙丁鱼捕获量大幅增加,支撑了该州的经济(catches increased dramatically and supported the state’s economy),紧接着用But一词转折,指出沙丁鱼的数量锐减(sardine catches eventually fell from an average of 234,000 tons to just 24,000tons)。由此可知,该行业遭受重创。belly-up中的belly意为“肚子”,描绘出“鱼肚皮朝天(即死亡)”的情形,常用go belly-up表示“破产、倒闭、失败”,也可写作go belly up。
29.A。理解目的。文章提到ice cores是在第三段,根据其中的ice cores can help reconstruct CO2 levels from times before researchers started collecting real-time measurements可知,提到冰芯是为了说明历史标本对科学研究的重要意义。注:冰川学家发现从冰川的冰芯样品中,可以得到过去气候变动和环境变迁的重要信息,从而评估自然现象和人类活动对气候和环境的影响,另外还便于研究地质、气候的变化。
30.B。理解具体信息。倒数第二段介绍了科学家的研究方法,分为两步:首先通过分析现代上升流资料和新近搜集的海藻(Looking at modern upwelling data and recently collected seaweed),然后测量相关海藻的历史标本中的氮同位素水平值(Next they measured the isotope levels in70 historic specimens of the red seaweed Gelidium)。由此可知,科学家是通过分析新旧资料而开展这项研究的。注:upwelling意为“上升流”,是从表层以下沿直线上升的洋流。如风吹走表层水,由下面的水上升得以补充。
31.D。理解主旨要义。第一段提到沙丁鱼数量剧增和骤减这一现象,随后第二段解释其原因(上升流循环),第三段指出利用历史标本的意义,第四段介绍研究方法,最后一段引述人物观点说明这项发现的重要意义。由此可知,文章围绕利用海藻标本揭秘蒙特利湾的沙丁鱼数量变化展开,D项内容概括了文章主旨。
D篇
主题语境:人与社会——科学与技术
本文是议论文。科技越来越深入我们的生活,越来越多的科技公司为了给大众提供更便捷的服务,将公司建到了居民区,作者对此事发表了自己的看法。
32.D。理解主旨要义。根据本段中Some residents...complain about...;Communities...,are worried about...;Neighbors sometimes complain about...可知,本段重点谈论家附近的电子商务给居民带来的困扰。
33.B。理解具体信息。第二段谈到电子商务给人们的生活带来了影响;根据第三段中的Not so long ago...is the rapid growth in demand以及第四段中的No individual or company is at fault for this situation on its own.Our collective demand for more online things is to blame可知,大众的需求才是这一影响的根本原因。
34.C。理解具体信息。根据倒数第二段中的...the company formed a task force to address communities’ concerns about the impact of its delivery operations可知,亚马逊成立工作小组是为解决因公司物流运转给社区带来困扰的问题。注:本段中的window dressing意为“弄虚作假,装饰门面”。
35.A。理解观点、态度。根据最后一段中的Our conversation stuck with me because it got to the heart of the issue:Are these technology companies,many of them now in our backyards and on our streets,contributing more than they’re taking 可知,和市长的交流触及到了一个核心问题:这些位于居民区的科技公司,到底是在为我们服务还是在给我们制造麻烦?由此可推知,作者对在居民区兴办科技公司的益处持怀疑态度。
第二节
主题语境:人与社会——社会
本文是说明文。文章介绍了四种识别假新闻的方法。
36.F。设空处前提到假新闻的定义:“假新闻就是为了让你相信某件事或做出某种反应而将虚假信息变成事实的新闻”。接着F项提出假设:“如果你是一名社交媒体用户,你很有可能甚至在不知情的情况下读到一条假新闻。”接下来谈到如何识别假新闻。F项符合该语境。
37.E。根据本段小标题Is there a sensational headline 可知,本段主要讲述根据标题是否耸人听闻来判断真假新闻。E项“许多假新闻网站通过让你点击标题来赚钱”符合该段主题,其中headlines与小标题中的headline构成词汇复现。
38.G。根据本段小标题Is it editorial 可知,本段主要讲述不要将社论和新闻混淆。设空前给出社论的定义,G项笔锋一转提到:“然而,关键是要记住,社论给出的是编辑对某件事的看法,而不是报道事实。”G项符合该语境。G项中的editor与设空前的Editorial构成词汇复现。
39.A。设空处为本段小标题。根据该段中的If the article you’re reading has spelling mistakes,an incorrect date, or anonymous sources,bear in mind that this news article might be unreliable可知,有拼写错误,日期不正确,或者来源是匿名的新闻可能是不可靠的。提到的这些都涉及到新闻的内容,故选A项。
4O.D。根据本段小标题Where does the news come from 可知,本段主要讲述根据新闻的来源来识别假新闻。D项“大多数新闻文章都有一个信息来源”符合语境。D项中的source与设空处后面的source构成词汇复现。
语言知识运用
第一节
主题语境:人与社会——文化
本文是记叙文。作者讲述了自己在中国朋友的陪同下看京剧的经历和感受。
41.C。此处是指上文提到的see a Peking opera的经历,故选experience。
42.D。下文的the lights went down是作者到达剧场后看到的场景,故选arrived at。
43.A。根据上文中的the curtain rose及下文中的in their beautiful costumes可知,演员们登“台(stage)”亮相了。
44.C.very sharp and high指的是京剧的演唱风格,故选style。.
45.B。
46.B。本句紧接着上文说明京剧独特演唱风格的由来:曾经的街头表演者唱腔高亢尖锐,这样“才能(so that)”保证“聚集过来(gathered)”看戏的群众都能听到。
47.A。《白蛇传》(“Lady White Snake”)是民间神话故事,故选tale。
48.C。说起《白蛇传》,我们都知道是一条白蛇“变成了(changes into)”白娘子。
49.D。
50.B。
5l.C。由上文中的singing以及下文中的the dancing and movements及used not only their faces but also their whole bodies可知,演员不仅通过“演唱(song)”,还会运用舞蹈、形体动作之类的表演形式共同“演绎(act out)”白蛇的故事并表现角色的“情感(emotions)”。
52.D。由上文的stage props及or的提示可知,本空是指舞台“布景(scenery)”。
53.A。由下文两句的例子可知,京剧中用许多“象征性(symbols)”物体和动作来表达特定含义。
54.D。从结构上来看,此处需要一个连接上下文的过渡词,结合文章意思可知,应选for example。
55.D。
56.B。
57.A。由下文的red means loyalty and bravery.,。blue means cruelty可知,每种“颜色(colour)”都有独特的含义,都“揭示了(reveals))”角色的“性格(character)”。
58.C。黑色“刻画出(shows)”的是力量和粗野。
59.B。
60.A。由but可知,本句是进行前后的对比:“起初(Initially)”作者觉得京剧并不适合自己,但看过之后才知自己如此“喜欢(enjoyed)”它。因此在文章最后作者推荐读者有机会一定要去看京剧。
第二节
主题语境:人与自然——宇宙探索
本文是说明文。搜寻外星智能(SET)机构至今并未搜到任何外太空发来的信号。
6l.scientific。考查形容词作定语的用法。设空处在句中修饰名词organization,表示“科学的”,故填scientific。
62.which。考查关系词。设空处在句中引导非限制性定语从句,修饰Project Phoenix,且在从句中作主语,故填which。
munication。考查名词。设空处作介词for的宾语,在此意为“交流”,是不可数名词,故填communication。注:MHz意为“兆赫”,是megahertz的缩写形式,其单复数同形。
64.from。考查介词。come from意为“来自”,故填from。
65.Unfortunately。考查副词。设空处在句中作状语,修饰整个句子,故填Unfortunately.
66.be confirmed。考查被动语态。设空处在句中作谓语,与主语signal是动宾关系,且前面有情态动词could,故填be confirmed。
67.has happened。考查现在完成时。设空处在句中作谓语,根据时间状语since then可知应用现在完成时态,且主语是nothing,故填has happened。
68.or。考查连词。whether or not用以引出两种非此即彼的可能性,意为“是否”,故填or。
69.senders。考查名词复数。设空处在句中作主语,根据后面代指主语的their以及设空前没有任何修饰词限定可知,主语应用复数形式,故填senders。
70.to travel。考查固定搭配。take...for sb/sth to do sth意为“某人或某物干某事花费了……”。此处意为“信号要经过很多年才能到达”,且travel与signals存在逻辑上的主谓关系,故填to travel。