单元素养检测(二)
(Unit 2)
(120分钟 150分)
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。
A. In a park. B. In a lift. C. On a bus.
2. What are the speakers discussing
A. Whether to hire more workers.
B. How to improve production.
C. When to put the new orders.
3. What are the speakers talking about
A. A book. B. A poet.
C. A history class.
4. What does the man suggest the woman do
A. Rest for a little while.
B. Try an easier problem.
C. Find a different major.
5. What does the woman plan to do
A. Focus on one project only.
B. Help the man with his work.
C. Try to get three projects done.
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、7题。
Text 6
W: Now that Abby has finished her presentation, let’s evaluate her speech. Jason, what do you think of her presentation
M: She spoke loudly and clearly and she seemed quite confident.
W: OK. What else
M: ⑥Her speech was well organized. Her conclusion reminded me of all the important points she had made.
W: Good. Now, what about some things that Abby might work on for next time
M: ⑦There were some long pauses when she was trying to think about what to say next.
W: True. Perhaps practicing a few more times before her speech would help her not to pause as much.
6. What does the man think of Abby’s presentation
A. It is too long. B. It is well prepared.
C. It is well organized.
7. What should Abby do to improve her presentation
A. Speak clearly. B. Be more confident.
C. Avoid long pauses.
听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。
8. Which position does the man most probably hold
A. General manager. B. Secretary.
C. Department manager.
9. What do you think the man will do this weekend
A. Have relaxation. B. Continue working.
C. Help the woman.
听第8段材料, 回答第10~12题。
10. What is the man’s job
A. He works for a radio program.
B. He sells music records.
C. He writes songs.
11. What kind of music does the man like best
A. Country music. B. Jazz. C. Rock.
12. Why did the man start to buy music books
A. To start a new radio program.
B. To get information more easily.
C. To write more songs.
听第9段材料, 回答第13~16题。
13. When did Bobby notice his foot was hurting
A. After he woke up at night.
B. When he cut it by accident.
C. Once he knocked it against something.
14. How does Bobby describe the pain
A. Dull. B. Sharp. C. Constant.
15. Where is the lab
A. On the first floor.
B. On the second floor.
C. On the third floor.
16. What is Bobby going to do first
A. Go to the restroom.
B. Have some blood tests.
C. Write down some instructions.
听第10段材料, 回答第17~20题。
17. Where is the Sculpture Garden
A. On Trafalgar Road.
B. Opposite the entrance.
C. On the left of the bridge.
18. What can people do in the area between the Catering Village and the toilets
A. Admire artwork out of wood and stone.
B. Appreciate an exhibition of paintings.
C. Buy food and drinks.
19. What is the popular area of the festival
A. The Craft Market. B. The Sculpture Garden.
C. The Catering Village.
20. What is the tradition of the festival
A. Live bands play throughout the festival.
B. Authors read from their latest works.
C. Actors perform plays.
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
A global analysis of Earth’s threatened and endangered species has changed our scientific understanding about how much climate change is affecting wildlife.
The research, published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, shows that 47 percent of mammals and 23 percent of birds have been negatively affected by our changing planet. Those figures are shockingly larger than previous assessments, which have shown 7 percent of mammals and 4 percent of birds were affected. Of the 873 mammal species looked at, 414 are hurt by climate change. For threatened birds, 298 of 1, 272 species are experiencing negative effects, according to the findings.
However, a new study follows the analysis of threatened wildlife shows that the biggest threat to wildlife is not climate change, which gets a lot of attention, but human activities, including logging (伐木), hunting and farming. Today, three-quarters of Earth’s land surface faces “human pressure”, according to a global analysis professor Watson carried out in August.
“When it comes to the effects of human activities on wildlife, ” Watson said, “most studies look at what might happen to a population in the future, perhaps 50 or 100 years down the line. The problem with such forecasts is that they are absolutely unhelpful for the here and now. ”
“Nature is extremely resilient (能复原的) if you give it a chance, ” Watson said. “But the big thing is acting now, not in 20 to 50 years’ time. Not make climate change and“human pressure” a future threat, but take action now. Because every day, every minute, which you delay, you lose those opportunities. ”
21. What has been found about the effects of climate change according to the passage
A. Human activities are suffering severe disaster due to the climate change.
B. The species affected by climate change are more than people thought.
C. More than half of the mammal species were affected by climate change.
D. Three-quarters of Earth’s land surface has been damaged by climate change.
22. What does the underlined word “they” refer to
A. Human activities. B. Negative effects.
C. Assessments. D. Forecasts.
23. What’s the attitude of Watson towards the recovery of the environment
A. Optimistic. B. Pessimistic.
C. Doubtful. D. Uncaring.
B
On a day in Arkansas, some fishermen saw a bear cub(幼兽)in a tree. As hours went by, its mother didn’t return. So they called wildlife biologist Eastridge.
The bear cub was sick and hungry, weighing only 5 pounds and with his eyes not completely open. Eastridge called Lisa Stewart, who works at Appalachian Bear Rescue in Tennessee. Stewart always makes room for a new cub.
She named the bear Miracle because she thought it was a miracle that he had survived! As soon as she could, she stopped having contact with the cub so he would not become too used to humans. When the cub arrived, Stewart cleaned his eyes and put him in a house alone. Since Miracle was already 5 months old, Stewart gave him bowls of food and another bowl of a special formula(配方奶粉), similar to a bear mother’s milk. Sometimes, Miracle would reach his head out of his house and take some formula or food. But he wasn’t eating too much.
Miracle was too weak to be with other bears. So Stewart gave him a toy bear named Buddy. He took it into his house and covered it with straw. He fed Buddy, too. Stewart often found the toy covered in formula and berries and its ears full of apple chunks. Now that Miracle had Buddy, he came out of his house more often and wanted to eat.
After two months, Stewart introduced Miracle to other bears so they could learn from one another. She avoided any direct contact with Miracle and the other bears. Stewart wanted to make sure they stayed afraid of humans so they could go back into the wild again. She always hid behind a fence and threw food over the top secretly. The bears hunted for this food as they would soon do in the wild.
Five months later, Rick Eastridge returned to pick up a healthy 90-pound Miracle and another bear from Arkansas named Rocky. Eastridge loaded the bears into boxes on his truck and transported them back to the wild. As soon as the bear boxes were opened, the two cubs ran for the woods─where they belonged.
24. What did Stewart do shortly after the cub arrived
A. She helped him eat food.
B. She contacted with him.
C. She settled him down.
D. She named him Miracle.
25. A toy bear was given to Miracle in order to _______.
A. remind him not to waste his food
B. kill his lonely time in his house
C. develop his skills of making friends
D. rid Miracle of its fear of humans
26. Why did Stewart always give food to Miracle in secret
A. Because he could learn how to find food in the wild.
B. Because he was too weak to be frightened by humans.
C. Because a good relationship could be developed.
D. Because she didn’t want to disturb his peaceful life.
27. What is the best title for this passage
A. An Unusual Bear B. The Growth of Miracle
C. Rescuing Miracle D. Contacting Miracle
C
Snow leopards (豹) are so hard to photograph that scientists aren’t even sure how many of these endangered animals still live in the wild.
The Snow Leopard Conservancy(SLC) set up 20 cameras in Russia in 2010 to learn more about the big cats. After a full six months, they had exactly zero picture! That’s when the organization understood they needed help. And the only people who could help them in finding the leopards were the very people from whom they wanted to protect the animals—local hunters (猎人).
Hunting snow leopards is against the law in Russia, but in the terrible climate of Siberia, the few people living there had to turn to poaching (盗猎) to feed their families.
In 2013, Russian naturalist Sergei Spitsyn approached Mergen Markov, a local hunter, and told him his project. Markov agreed to set up the camera where he knew he would find leopards, and it worked.
Markov, once a poacher, works full time for the conservationists now and has 10 cameras monitoring leopards. “I visit each camera once a month. I have known this whole region since I was a child, ” he said proudly.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) began working with other local villagers in 2015. The villager would be paid 40, 000 rubles at the end of the year if the image of a snow leopard is caught. WWF also rents horses from the villagers so that they do not need to make money by poaching anymore. “Today there are far fewer leopard poachers but leopards still get caught in traps set for other animals, so I have to stay watchful, ” said Markov.
Changing guns for cameras has made a big difference in the lives of these former poachers, the village, and the Russian snow leopards. The number of snow leopards has been rising and their population is expected to recover to normal levels within 10 years.
28. Why was no picture of snow leopards taken in six months
A. SLC’s 20 cameras failed to work properly.
B. The number of snow leopards in the wild was too small.
C. The local poachers destroyed these cameras on purpose.
D. The researchers knew little about the animal’s living habits.
29. What did Sergei Spitsyn persuade Markov to do
A. Find the poachers.
B. Repair cameras in the forest.
C. Catch more leopards.
D. Work for SLC.
30. Why did the WWF begin working with local villagers
A. To get some pictures of snow leopards.
B. To help villagers make a living.
C. To prevent villagers from hunting animals.
D. To rent their horses at a low price.
31. How can we describe the WWF’s cooperation with the villagers
A. Practice makes perfect.
B. Curiosity kills the cat.
C. Kill two birds with one stone.
D. Old habits die hard.
D
Hungry deer in the northeastern US are likely changing the acoustics (音效) of their forests by eating up bushes, small trees and other leafy plants that normally would affect the transmission(传播) of natural sounds such as bird calls.
Megan Gall, an ecologist at Vassar College who studies how the environment shapes animals’ senses, showed curiosity about the possibility after talking with a couple of colleagues who were studying how browsing (吃草的) deer could transform a forest ecosystem by eating up the entire lower level of leafy plants.
Gall already knew that sound travels differently through open fields than through the woods. She also had previously studied how human noise can influence wildlife communication. Confused about how deer might change what other animals hear, she decided to do some experiments in a couple of forested areas that her colleagues had set up for their deer studies.
One area was fenced off in a way that kept out the deer. The other area was marked off but left open so that deer could enter and browse. Gall and two students set up audio equipment around these areas. They broadcast different sounds and checked to see how those sounds changed after traveling through each environment. They checked sounds that they sent through the lowest level of the forest, in the middle-level of the forest and at angles going from the ground upward.
The results, published in the journal PLOS One, show that the structure (结构) of a sound changed a lot when it was traveling through an area that the deer hadn’t snacked on. “When deer were browsing, we actually found that the sound was clearer, ” Gall says. “The challenge for further study is to find places that have not been browsed, ” he says, “to see if any of these changes have already occurred. Deer are so pervasive. You’d really have to look hard to find areas that have not been browsed. ”
32. What made Megan Gall curious
A. That hungry deer may change how things sound in the forest.
B. That the environment shapes animals’ senses in the long term.
C. That bird calls have great influence on the acoustics of the forest.
D. That hungry deer are likely to eat up all the lower level of plants.
33. Why did Megan Gall start the experiments
A. To study how human noise affects wildlife communication.
B. To conclude that sound travels differently in different areas.
C. To help her colleagues continue their present study on deer.
D. To figure out deer’s influence on what other animals hear.
34. What is paragraph 4 mainly about
A. The process of analyzing the results.
B. The preparations for the experiments.
C. Why some forested areas were set up.
D. How the experiments were conducted.
35. What does the underlined word “pervasive” in the last paragraph probably mean
A. Rare. B. Generous.
C. Widespread. D. Straightforward.
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。
Swim safely!
Swimming is great exercise, and a trip to a pool or beach is a good way to have fun with friends in summer. 36 , so it’s important to stay safe as you do it. Here are a few things you can do to swim safely.
37 . Don’t swim unless there is a life guard at work. If you’re on a beach near the ocean, this is especially important. In some places fast-flowing water can move swimmers away without warning. So if a sign says “no swimming”, pay attention to it.
Be careful when diving(跳入)into the water headfirst. 38 . In natural water, don’t dive unless you know that the water is deep enough. Or you could hurt your head on the bottom, causing injury or death.
Around water, adults should watch children at all times to make sure they are safe. Those who don’t know how to swim should wear life jackets. But by themselves they are not enough, so an adult should always be present. If you have to rescue a child from drowning(淹), a few seconds can make a big difference.
Make sure you have a friend with you whenever you swim. 39 , that person can make sure you get help.
Drink a lot of water. The sun’s heat and the physical activity may make you sweat(出汗)more than you realize.
By following these simple rules, you can make sure your swim time is safe as well as fun. 40 !
A. That way if something goes wrong
B. Now get out there, and enjoy the water
C. Swim only in areas set apart for swimming
D. Make sure everyone in your family swims well
E. But sometimes swimming can also be very dangerous
F. Most pools have marked deep ends where diving is safe
G. Many children who drown in home pools were out of sight within minutes
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。
Last year I came across a polar bear face to face. That day, we travelled for six hours to Church Wild near the Arctic circle to watch the largest land predator in the world—the polar bear.
The bus suddenly came to a 41 and the engine wouldn’t start. Then in the distance appeared a polar bear. 42 by nature, it was walking towards us. My pulse quickened. I could hear my heart 43 in my ears.
He came closer and his long nose moved back and forth, checking out the 44 on the bus door. He walked around the bus, and then, without 45 , jumped up suddenly on his legs and put his front feet 46 the bus, his sharp paws 47 on the white metal door repeatedly. With his head only four feet from the open windows, he looked up at the faces which stared 48 at him.
To get a good position to take a 49 , I climbed up the outside metal balcony (平台)on the bus. The bear had moved towards my end of the bus, but his 50 was under the balcony, leaving most of its back part outside.
Suddenly, I heard a loud noise from under my feet. I looked down. In a hurry, I had not 51 the floor of the balcony was a see-through metal grid(网). The polar bear was 52 me. His wet nose almost touched my feet. He looked up at me with his brown eyes, 53 he wanted to say something. 54 , I was aware the fact that I was in this bear’s territory.
I waited in the freezing Arctic wind, watching him walk away slowly. Just before disappearing behind the snowdrift, he 55 and looked back at me for one final goodbye. And then I got a perfect photograph.
41. A. use B. life C. stop D. power
42. A. Patient B. Nervous
C. Friendly D. Curious
43. A. flying B. beating
C. burning D. struggling
44. A. smells B. tastes C. paints D. colors
45. A. effort B. shame C. warning D. doubt
46. A. beyond B. against C. behind D. beside
47. A. drawing B. resting C. focusing D. clicking
48. A. back B. forwards C. away D. around
49. A. research B. picture C. break D. walk
50. A. tail B. paw C. nose D. head
51. A. admitted B. noticed C. explained D. minded
52. A. attracting B. saving
C. striking D. smelling
53. A. in case B. if only
C. even if D. as if
54. A. Naturally B. Hopefully
C. Carefully D. Strangely
55. A. swam B. welcomed
C. paused D. shouted
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。
Are zoos necessary, 56. _______ are they only bad to the animals This is
57. _______ question that causes disagreement among many animal experts. Some, we may just call them Group A, believe that 58. _______ (place) animals in a zoo does harm to them. These people think that all animals should be protected from being hunted too much and 59. _______ (leave) in their native land. They also advise people to 60. _______ (educate) to know more about animals in the wild. Other experts of Group B think 61. (different). They say modern zoos are designed very closely to the 62. _______ (nature) environment. One of their strongest arguments is that certain species, such as the panda from China and the white tiger from India 63. _______ (be) not only protected from uncontrolled killing but can give babies under 64. (protect) and in that way they may be saved 65. dying out.
第四部分 写作(共两节, 满分40分)
第一节(满分 15 分)
假定你是李津, 你收到外国朋友Peter的邮件, 他想了解你校在新冠肺炎疫情(COVID-19 epidemic)期间线上教学的情况。请你给他回复邮件, 内容包括:
1. 课程与时间;
2. 你的学习状态;
3. 你的期待。
注意:
1. 词数80个左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
I’m so glad to hear from you and know what you are doing these days.
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Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Jin
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。 续写的词数应为150左右。
My name is John and I must share with you an event which took place on Flight 1553 out of DCA. My wife and I were traveling to Miami to celebrate an achievement for her and as you can imagine, we were looking forward to fun, sun and laughter.
We boarded the aircraft, without a care in the world. It was cold in Washington and we were ready for Florida.
Shortly after taking my seat, I began to feel sick. I knew something wasn’t right but just couldn’t find out what was happening. Being a doctor and a stubborn man, I resisted efforts by my wife to call for assistance. As the aircraft began its departure roll, I lost consciousness for a short amount of time.
As I came around, I quickly realized a few things. Firstly, something very bad had happened to me. Secondly, the aircraft was too heavy with the fuel to go back home. Thirdly, my loss of consciousness had been so deep that I found myself out of control. So not only did I have a medical issue to deal with, but I also had to figure out how to deal with an embarrassing experience.
My wife gathered the crew as soon as it was safe to move about and I made my way to the washroom to attempt to clean up. I did my best and the flight crew members were so supportive, checking on me often and reassuring me that there was nothing to be embarrassed about.
It was their sympathy and support that helped me so much. During the flight they kept watching over me and I suddenly had a small group of nurses, bringing blankets, food, drinks and caring and smile. I was thankful to them.
Paragraph 1:
Upon landing, I remained in my seat, allowing other people to go first.
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Paragraph 2:
Hearing that, the captain left and returned a couple of minutes later with a pair of his own blue jeans. _________________________________________________
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【备选训练】用适当的介词或副词填空
1. We must protect this kind of bird from dying ( )
2. I’m always very aware ( ) how much work there is still to be done.
3. ( ) average, children at present are much taller than those fifty years ago.
4. People are concerned ( ) the development of new technology.
5. We have had to adapt quickly ( ) the new system.
6. The image is not clear enough to be able to make ( ) all the details.
7. We reminded him ( ) the ending time of speech.
8. The baby is watched ( ) by the babysitter.
9. Due ( ) the bad traffic, I was late for work this morning.
10. He searched the pocket ( ) some coins to give the beggar.
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25单元素养检测(二)
(Unit 2)
(120分钟 150分)
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。
Text 1
M: Excuse me, mama. Why don’t you sit down here
W: No, thank you. ①I’m getting off at the next bus stop.
1. Where are the speakers
A. In a park. B. In a lift. C. On a bus.
答案: C
Text 2
W: With all these new orders, ②we’re going to have to hire more production workers.
M: Are you sure, Miss Heath We still have plenty of goods available.
W: Yes, but that won’t last forever, and we just can’t ask our workers to put in any more overtime.
2. What are the speakers discussing
A. Whether to hire more workers.
B. How to improve production.
C. When to put the new orders.
答案: A
Text 3
M: ③What’s that book about, Sue History
W: I’m not really sure. It’s a book of poems, but I have to admit that I have no idea what most of them mean!
3. What are the speakers talking about
A. A book. B. A poet.
C. A history class.
答案: A
Text 4
W: I give up! I’ll never work out this problem. I don’t know why I chose math as my major.
M: Take it easy. ④I think we should take a short break. Your brain could use the rest. . .
4. What does the man suggest the woman do
A. Rest for a little while.
B. Try an easier problem.
C. Find a different major.
答案: A
Text 5
M: There are so many deadlines to meet. I don’t know if I’m going to be able to meet them all.
W: I know what you mean. I’m working on three projects right now. ⑤I should just concentrate on one and get it done because I don’t think I can complete all three.
5. What does the woman plan to do
A. Focus on one project only.
B. Help the man with his work.
C. Try to get three projects done.
答案: A
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、7题。
Text 6
W: Now that Abby has finished her presentation, let’s evaluate her speech. Jason, what do you think of her presentation
M: She spoke loudly and clearly and she seemed quite confident.
W: OK. What else
M: ⑥Her speech was well organized. Her conclusion reminded me of all the important points she had made.
W: Good. Now, what about some things that Abby might work on for next time
M: ⑦There were some long pauses when she was trying to think about what to say next.
W: True. Perhaps practicing a few more times before her speech would help her not to pause as much.
6. What does the man think of Abby’s presentation
A. It is too long. B. It is well prepared.
C. It is well organized.
答案: C
7. What should Abby do to improve her presentation
A. Speak clearly. B. Be more confident.
C. Avoid long pauses.
答案: C
听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。
Text 7
M: Oh, I’m exhausted.
W: Why are you so tired What did you do today
M: There were so many things I did.
W: Did you do all those things by yourself
M: Oh, yes. I had to. ⑧I had to check the new products. I had to hold the meeting with the department managers. I had to listen to their reports and give my comments. That’s my job, you know.
W: Well, it sounds like you really had to do all those things. But you shouldn’t work too hard. Do you know what you should do at the moment
M: What
W: ⑨Take some time off.
M: Go on holiday
W: ⑨To relax yourself. How about having a trip this weekend
M: You mean having a picnic
W: Yes.
M: ⑨Great idea!
8. Which position does the man most probably hold
A. General manager. B. Secretary.
C. Department manager.
答案: A
9. What do you think the man will do this weekend
A. Have relaxation. B. Continue working.
C. Help the woman.
答案: A
听第8段材料, 回答第10~12题。
Text 8
W: How did you get interested in country music
M: Well, when my friend and I first got our record player, we started to buy all kinds of records—jazz, country music and rock. Soon I found that I was buying more country music records than any other kind.
W: ⑩How did you start working for the radio station
M: ⑩I thought there should be a radio program of country songs, so I went to CBC and suggested it. That was how we started the program called Golden Country Time.
W: Then you were asked to write articles to explain the background of those songs.
M: Yes, but soon I got tired of running to the library to find information, so I started buying country song books and building my own library.
10. What is the man’s job
A. He works for a radio program.
B. He sells music records.
C. He writes songs.
答案: A
11. What kind of music does the man like best
A. Country music. B. Jazz. C. Rock.
答案: A
12. Why did the man start to buy music books
A. To start a new radio program.
B. To get information more easily.
C. To write more songs.
答案: B
听第9段材料, 回答第13~16题。
Text 9
W: So, what seems to be the problem, Bobby
M: Dr. Cardano, I woke up in the middle of the night with a terrible pain in my right foot.
W: Did you cut yourself or knock it against something
M: No. It just started hurting all of a sudden.
W: Can you describe the pain for me Is it a sharp pain that comes and goes Or is it a constant, dull pain that doesn’t really ever go away
M: I suppose it’s more like the first one. But it’s definitely difficult to walk, so it’s not really going away, either.
W: Let me see those feet, Bobby.
M: Do you want me to take off both socks
W: Yes, I’d like to compare your right foot with your left foot. Ah, the right foot is pretty red, and it looks bigger than the left one. It also feels warmer.
M: What does it mean, doctor
W: Well, I don’t know for sure. It could be one of a couple of things. I’m going to send you up to the lab to get some blood tests. Check in to the lab on the third floor. I’m sending them some e back down here as soon as it’s finished.
M: OK. I need to use the restroom first. Can you tell me where that is
W: Go downstairs to the first floor. It’s right next to the elevators.
M: Thanks.
13. When did Bobby notice his foot was hurting
A. After he woke up at night.
B. When he cut it by accident.
C. Once he knocked it against something.
答案: A
14. How does Bobby describe the pain
A. Dull. B. Sharp. C. Constant.
答案: B
15. Where is the lab
A. On the first floor.
B. On the second floor.
C. On the third floor.
答案: C
16. What is Bobby going to do first
A. Go to the restroom.
B. Have some blood tests.
C. Write down some instructions.
答案: A
听第10段材料, 回答第17~20题。
Text 10
W: Welcome to the Ipswich Arts Festival. This recording will help you find your way around this year’s festival, the twentieth we’ve held here in Trafalgar Park. If you look at your map, you will see the entrance to the festival on Trafalgar Road. Directly opposite the entrance you’ll see a bridge, and on the left of this you’ll find this year’s Sculpture Garden. It’s a lovely setting to admire the skill of the sculptors who have carved their artwork out of both wood and stone. If you follow the path through the middle of the park, you’ll reach the Catering Village, where you can buy food and drinks. Just past there is an area between the Catering Village and the toilets where you’ll find an exhibition of paintings all done by local artists. If you then go back past the Catering Village, on the left is this year’s Craft Market. This is always a popular area of the festival, where you can admire the handiwork of our talented exhibitors.
As always, we have live bands playing on stage throughout the festival. The stage is just on the right of the entrance. As well as live music, we also add a special section for literature lovers this year. You’ll be able to listen to a variety of authors reading from their latest works. You can also enjoy a new section that our talented group of actors will performing modern plays.
17. Where is the Sculpture Garden
A. On Trafalgar Road.
B. Opposite the entrance.
C. On the left of the bridge.
答案: C
18. What can people do in the area between the Catering Village and the toilets
A. Admire artwork out of wood and stone.
B. Appreciate an exhibition of paintings.
C. Buy food and drinks.
答案: B
19. What is the popular area of the festival
A. The Craft Market. B. The Sculpture Garden.
C. The Catering Village.
答案: A
20. What is the tradition of the festival
A. Live bands play throughout the festival.
B. Authors read from their latest works.
C. Actors perform plays.
答案: A
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
A global analysis of Earth’s threatened and endangered species has changed our scientific understanding about how much climate change is affecting wildlife.
The research, published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, shows that 47 percent of mammals and 23 percent of birds have been negatively affected by our changing planet. Those figures are shockingly larger than previous assessments, which have shown 7 percent of mammals and 4 percent of birds were affected. Of the 873 mammal species looked at, 414 are hurt by climate change. For threatened birds, 298 of 1, 272 species are experiencing negative effects, according to the findings.
However, a new study follows the analysis of threatened wildlife shows that the biggest threat to wildlife is not climate change, which gets a lot of attention, but human activities, including logging (伐木), hunting and farming. Today, three-quarters of Earth’s land surface faces “human pressure”, according to a global analysis professor Watson carried out in August.
“When it comes to the effects of human activities on wildlife, ” Watson said, “most studies look at what might happen to a population in the future, perhaps 50 or 100 years down the line. The problem with such forecasts is that they are absolutely unhelpful for the here and now. ”
“Nature is extremely resilient (能复原的) if you give it a chance, ” Watson said. “But the big thing is acting now, not in 20 to 50 years’ time. Not make climate change and“human pressure” a future threat, but take action now. Because every day, every minute, which you delay, you lose those opportunities. ”
【语篇概述】本文为说明文。通过对全球濒危物种的分析我们认识到, 气候变化对物种的影响远比我们想象的要大得多。然而人类活动的影响却是对野生动植物最大的威胁, 因此人类要立即开始行动, 给自然自我修复的机会, 否则人类就会失去这些机会。
21. What has been found about the effects of climate change according to the passage
A. Human activities are suffering severe disaster due to the climate change.
B. The species affected by climate change are more than people thought.
C. More than half of the mammal species were affected by climate change.
D. Three-quarters of Earth’s land surface has been damaged by climate change.
【解析】选B。推理判断题。由第一段“A global analysis of Earth’s threatened and endangered species has changed our scientific understanding about how much climate change is affecting wildlife”及第二段中的“Those figures are shockingly larger than previous assessments, which have shown 7 percent of mammals and 4 percent of birds were affected”可知, 气候变化对物种的影响比人们想象的要大得多。故选B。
22. What does the underlined word “they” refer to
A. Human activities. B. Negative effects.
C. Assessments. D. Forecasts.
【解析】选D。代词指代题。由文章倒数第二段中的“When it comes to. . . , in the future, perhaps 50 or 100 years down the line”, 及“The problem with such forecasts. . . ”可知, 画线词所在句的句意为“这些预测的问题在于, 它们对此时此刻都是毫无帮助的”。由此可知, “they”在这里指的是上文所说的预测。故选D。
23. What’s the attitude of Watson towards the recovery of the environment
A. Optimistic. B. Pessimistic.
C. Doubtful. D. Uncaring.
【解析】选A。推理判断题。由最后一段中沃森所说的“Nature is extremely resilient if you give it a chance”可推断出Watson对环境的恢复持乐观态度, 人类要立即采取行动。故选A。
B
On a day in Arkansas, some fishermen saw a bear cub(幼兽)in a tree. As hours went by, its mother didn’t return. So they called wildlife biologist Eastridge.
The bear cub was sick and hungry, weighing only 5 pounds and with his eyes not completely open. Eastridge called Lisa Stewart, who works at Appalachian Bear Rescue in Tennessee. Stewart always makes room for a new cub.
She named the bear Miracle because she thought it was a miracle that he had survived! As soon as she could, she stopped having contact with the cub so he would not become too used to humans. When the cub arrived, Stewart cleaned his eyes and put him in a house alone. Since Miracle was already 5 months old, Stewart gave him bowls of food and another bowl of a special formula(配方奶粉), similar to a bear mother’s milk. Sometimes, Miracle would reach his head out of his house and take some formula or food. But he wasn’t eating too much.
Miracle was too weak to be with other bears. So Stewart gave him a toy bear named Buddy. He took it into his house and covered it with straw. He fed Buddy, too. Stewart often found the toy covered in formula and berries and its ears full of apple chunks. Now that Miracle had Buddy, he came out of his house more often and wanted to eat.
After two months, Stewart introduced Miracle to other bears so they could learn from one another. She avoided any direct contact with Miracle and the other bears. Stewart wanted to make sure they stayed afraid of humans so they could go back into the wild again. She always hid behind a fence and threw food over the top secretly. The bears hunted for this food as they would soon do in the wild.
Five months later, Rick Eastridge returned to pick up a healthy 90-pound Miracle and another bear from Arkansas named Rocky. Eastridge loaded the bears into boxes on his truck and transported them back to the wild. As soon as the bear boxes were opened, the two cubs ran for the woods─where they belonged.
【语篇概述】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了一只被母亲遗弃的小熊, 身体很虚弱。在Stewart的照顾下, 小熊活了过来, 并且重新回到大自然。
24. What did Stewart do shortly after the cub arrived
A. She helped him eat food.
B. She contacted with him.
C. She settled him down.
D. She named him Miracle.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。由第三段“When the cub arrived, . . . house alone. ”可知Stewart给幼熊清理眼睛, 整理出居住的地方, 把这只幼熊安顿了下来, 故选C。
25. A toy bear was given to Miracle in order to _______.
A. remind him not to waste his food
B. kill his lonely time in his house
C. develop his skills of making friends
D. rid Miracle of its fear of humans
【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第四段“Miracle was too weak. . . named Buddy. ”可知Miracle太虚弱了, 不能和其他熊在一起。于是Stewart给了他一只名叫Buddy的玩具熊来消磨寂寞的时光, 故选B。
26. Why did Stewart always give food to Miracle in secret
A. Because he could learn how to find food in the wild.
B. Because he was too weak to be frightened by humans.
C. Because a good relationship could be developed.
D. Because she didn’t want to disturb his peaceful life.
【解析】选A。推理判断题。由倒数第二段中“She always hid behind. . . in the wild. ”可知Stewart总是躲在栅栏后面扔食物, 小熊们像在野外一样捕食。所以Stewart这样做是为了锻炼小熊使它能在野外找到食物, 故选A。
27. What is the best title for this passage
A. An Unusual Bear B. The Growth of Miracle
C. Rescuing Miracle D. Contacting Miracle
【解析】选C。主旨大意题。文章主要讲述了一只被母亲遗弃的小熊, 身体很虚弱。在Stewart的照顾下, 小熊活了过来, 并且重新回到大自然。整篇文章是围绕着营救小熊Miracle展开的, 所以最好的题目是选项C。
C
Snow leopards (豹) are so hard to photograph that scientists aren’t even sure how many of these endangered animals still live in the wild.
The Snow Leopard Conservancy(SLC) set up 20 cameras in Russia in 2010 to learn more about the big cats. After a full six months, they had exactly zero picture! That’s when the organization understood they needed help. And the only people who could help them in finding the leopards were the very people from whom they wanted to protect the animals—local hunters (猎人).
Hunting snow leopards is against the law in Russia, but in the terrible climate of Siberia, the few people living there had to turn to poaching (盗猎) to feed their families.
In 2013, Russian naturalist Sergei Spitsyn approached Mergen Markov, a local hunter, and told him his project. Markov agreed to set up the camera where he knew he would find leopards, and it worked.
Markov, once a poacher, works full time for the conservationists now and has 10 cameras monitoring leopards. “I visit each camera once a month. I have known this whole region since I was a child, ” he said proudly.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) began working with other local villagers in 2015. The villager would be paid 40, 000 rubles at the end of the year if the image of a snow leopard is caught. WWF also rents horses from the villagers so that they do not need to make money by poaching anymore. “Today there are far fewer leopard poachers but leopards still get caught in traps set for other animals, so I have to stay watchful, ” said Markov.
Changing guns for cameras has made a big difference in the lives of these former poachers, the village, and the Russian snow leopards. The number of snow leopards has been rising and their population is expected to recover to normal levels within 10 years.
【语篇概述】本文是一篇新闻报道。雪豹保护协会为了了解野外生活条件下雪豹的数量, 架设摄像机来拍摄雪豹的照片, 却失败了, 于是他们决定与当地的猎人合作, 同时猎人也会从中获得报酬。以这种方式, 猎人由原来的偷猎者成为了动物的保护者, 他们不仅改善了自己的生活状况, 同时雪豹的数量也增加了。
28. Why was no picture of snow leopards taken in six months
A. SLC’s 20 cameras failed to work properly.
B. The number of snow leopards in the wild was too small.
C. The local poachers destroyed these cameras on purpose.
D. The researchers knew little about the animal’s living habits.
【解析】选B。推理判断题。从文章第一段Snow leopards are so hard to photograph that scientists aren’t even sure how many of these endangered animals still live in the wild. 可以推断, 因为属于濒危动物, 说明数量非常少。故雪豹保护组织在六个月内没有抓拍到一张它们的照片。
29. What did Sergei Spitsyn persuade Markov to do
A. Find the poachers.
B. Repair cameras in the forest.
C. Catch more leopards.
D. Work for SLC.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。从文章第四段In 2013, Russian naturalist Sergei Spitsyn approached Mergen Markov, a local hunter, and told him his project. Markov agreed to set up the camera where he knew he would find leopards, and it worked. 及第五段的Markov, once a poacher, works full time for the conservationists now and has 10 cameras monitoring leopards. 可知, Sergei Spitsyn说服了Markov为他的项目工作。
30. Why did the WWF begin working with local villagers
A. To get some pictures of snow leopards.
B. To help villagers make a living.
C. To prevent villagers from hunting animals.
D. To rent their horses at a low price.
【解析】选A。细节理解题。从文章第六段中的The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) began working with other local villagers in 2015. The villager would be paid 40, 000 rubles at the end of the year if the image of a snow leopard is caught. 可知, 世界野生动物基金会与当地的村民合作的目的是获取雪豹的图像。
31. How can we describe the WWF’s cooperation with the villagers
A. Practice makes perfect.
B. Curiosity kills the cat.
C. Kill two birds with one stone.
D. Old habits die hard.
【解析】选C。推理判断题。文章第六段及最后一段介绍了世界野生动物基金会和当地猎人的合作的良好效果, 旨在说明这种做法不仅改善了当地猎人的生活, 同时也保护了濒危的雪豹, 是一举两得的事, 故Kill two birds with one stone符合语篇内容。Practice makes perfect 熟能生巧; Curiosity kills the cat 好奇心害死猫;Old habits die hard 旧习难改。故选C。
D
Hungry deer in the northeastern US are likely changing the acoustics (音效) of their forests by eating up bushes, small trees and other leafy plants that normally would affect the transmission(传播) of natural sounds such as bird calls.
Megan Gall, an ecologist at Vassar College who studies how the environment shapes animals’ senses, showed curiosity about the possibility after talking with a couple of colleagues who were studying how browsing (吃草的) deer could transform a forest ecosystem by eating up the entire lower level of leafy plants.
Gall already knew that sound travels differently through open fields than through the woods. She also had previously studied how human noise can influence wildlife communication. Confused about how deer might change what other animals hear, she decided to do some experiments in a couple of forested areas that her colleagues had set up for their deer studies.
One area was fenced off in a way that kept out the deer. The other area was marked off but left open so that deer could enter and browse. Gall and two students set up audio equipment around these areas. They broadcast different sounds and checked to see how those sounds changed after traveling through each environment. They checked sounds that they sent through the lowest level of the forest, in the middle-level of the forest and at angles going from the ground upward.
The results, published in the journal PLOS One, show that the structure (结构) of a sound changed a lot when it was traveling through an area that the deer hadn’t snacked on. “When deer were browsing, we actually found that the sound was clearer, ” Gall says. “The challenge for further study is to find places that have not been browsed, ” he says, “to see if any of these changes have already occurred. Deer are so pervasive. You’d really have to look hard to find areas that have not been browsed. ”
【语篇概述】本文为说明文。介绍美国东北部的饿鹿在吃掉森林中那些影响自然声音的灌木、小树以及其他叶类的植物时, 有可能在影响整个森林的声音效果。生态学家Megan Gall对此表现出了极大兴趣, 通过一系列的实验来验证吃草的鹿是如何通过吃掉低矮的植物来影响森林的生态系统的。
32. What made Megan Gall curious
A. That hungry deer may change how things sound in the forest.
B. That the environment shapes animals’ senses in the long term.
C. That bird calls have great influence on the acoustics of the forest.
D. That hungry deer are likely to eat up all the lower level of plants.
【解析】选A。 细节理解题。由文章第一段中的Hungry deer in the northeastern US are likely. . . that normally would affect the transmission of natural sounds such as bird calls. 及第二段Megan Gall, an ecologist at Vassar College who studies how the environment shapes animals’ senses, showed curiosity about the possibility可知, Megan Gall感到好奇的是, 鹿在吃掉那些植被时会改变森林中的声音的传播效果, 故选A。
33. Why did Megan Gall start the experiments
A. To study how human noise affects wildlife communication.
B. To conclude that sound travels differently in different areas.
C. To help her colleagues continue their present study on deer.
D. To figure out deer’s influence on what other animals hear.
【解析】选D。 细节理解题。由文章第三段中Confused about how deer might change what other animals hear, she decided to do some experiments. . . for their deer studies. 可知, Megan Gall对鹿是如何可能改变别的动物听到的声音这一问题感到困惑, 因此决定做一些实验, 故选D。
34. What is paragraph 4 mainly about
A. The process of analyzing the results.
B. The preparations for the experiments.
C. Why some forested areas were set up.
D. How the experiments were conducted.
【解析】选D。段落大意题。根据第四段可知, 研究人员设定了两个区域, 一个区域围起来不让鹿进入, 另外一个区域允许鹿进入并在里面吃草, 之后播放不同的声音, 检查声音在经过不同介质传递之后是否不同, 由此可知本段主要讲述开展实验的方式, 故选D。
35. What does the underlined word “pervasive” in the last paragraph probably mean
A. Rare. B. Generous.
C. Widespread. D. Straightforward.
【解析】选C。词义猜测题。由最后一段中You’d really have to look hard to find areas that have not been browsed(你必须花很大精力才能找到没有被鹿吃过草的地方)可知, 鹿分布范围很广, 很难找到没有鹿觅食过的地方, 故选C。
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。
Swim safely!
Swimming is great exercise, and a trip to a pool or beach is a good way to have fun with friends in summer. 36 , so it’s important to stay safe as you do it. Here are a few things you can do to swim safely.
37 . Don’t swim unless there is a life guard at work. If you’re on a beach near the ocean, this is especially important. In some places fast-flowing water can move swimmers away without warning. So if a sign says “no swimming”, pay attention to it.
Be careful when diving(跳入)into the water headfirst. 38 . In natural water, don’t dive unless you know that the water is deep enough. Or you could hurt your head on the bottom, causing injury or death.
Around water, adults should watch children at all times to make sure they are safe. Those who don’t know how to swim should wear life jackets. But by themselves they are not enough, so an adult should always be present. If you have to rescue a child from drowning(淹), a few seconds can make a big difference.
Make sure you have a friend with you whenever you swim. 39 , that person can make sure you get help.
Drink a lot of water. The sun’s heat and the physical activity may make you sweat(出汗)more than you realize.
By following these simple rules, you can make sure your swim time is safe as well as fun. 40 !
A. That way if something goes wrong
B. Now get out there, and enjoy the water
C. Swim only in areas set apart for swimming
D. Make sure everyone in your family swims well
E. But sometimes swimming can also be very dangerous
F. Most pools have marked deep ends where diving is safe
G. Many children who drown in home pools were out of sight within minutes
【语篇概述】本文属于说明文。游泳是一种很好的运动, 不过我们需要注意安全, 文中列举了一些安全游泳的措施。
36. 【解析】选E。根据后半句“so it’s important to stay safe as you do it”可知, 游泳的时候保证安全很重要, E选项, 但是有时候游泳非常危险, 与后半句属于因果关系, 切题, 故选E。
37. 【解析】选C。本段主要讲述游泳的时候确保救生员在旁边, 注意禁止游泳的警示标志, 因此可知本段讲述游泳的区域很重要, 故C选项切题, 选C。
38. 【解析】选F。本段主要讲述游泳时跳水的注意事项, 以及后一句“In natural water, . . . deep enough. ”介绍了在不同环境下跳水的注意事项, 故F选项, 游泳池标志较深的那段是能够跳水的安全区域切题, 选F。
39. 【解析】选A。根据前一句“Make sure you. . . you swim. 以及后半句that person can make sure you get help. ”可知, 本段主要讲述游泳的时候要有一个朋友在旁边, 后半句就是阐述这样做的原因, 万一出现紧急的情况, 可以及时获得帮助, 故A选项切题, 选A。
40. 【解析】选B。据前一句“By following these simple rules, . . . as well as fun. ”可知, 遵循上述的注意事项, 就可以确保游泳时光既安全又有趣。这样做的话, 就可以安心游泳了, B选项切题, 故选B。
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。
Last year I came across a polar bear face to face. That day, we travelled for six hours to Church Wild near the Arctic circle to watch the largest land predator in the world—the polar bear.
The bus suddenly came to a 41 and the engine wouldn’t start. Then in the distance appeared a polar bear. 42 by nature, it was walking towards us. My pulse quickened. I could hear my heart 43 in my ears.
He came closer and his long nose moved back and forth, checking out the 44 on the bus door. He walked around the bus, and then, without 45 , jumped up suddenly on his legs and put his front feet 46 the bus, his sharp paws 47 on the white metal door repeatedly. With his head only four feet from the open windows, he looked up at the faces which stared 48 at him.
To get a good position to take a 49 , I climbed up the outside metal balcony (平台)on the bus. The bear had moved towards my end of the bus, but his 50 was under the balcony, leaving most of its back part outside.
Suddenly, I heard a loud noise from under my feet. I looked down. In a hurry, I had not 51 the floor of the balcony was a see-through metal grid(网). The polar bear was 52 me. His wet nose almost touched my feet. He looked up at me with his brown eyes, 53 he wanted to say something. 54 , I was aware the fact that I was in this bear’s territory.
I waited in the freezing Arctic wind, watching him walk away slowly. Just before disappearing behind the snowdrift, he 55 and looked back at me for one final goodbye. And then I got a perfect photograph.
【语篇概述】本文为记叙文, 讲述作者在Church Wild与北极熊亲密接触的短暂瞬间。作者不仅拍到了一张完美的熊的照片, 这一经历也让作者感受到人类应尊重动物, 毕竟人类是在它们的领地上。
41. A. use B. life C. stop D. power
【解析】选C。句意: 公共汽车忽然停下来, 发动机就启动不起来了。come to a stop意为“停止”, 与后面的and the engine wouldn’t start相照应。故选C 。
42. A. Patient B. Nervous
C. Friendly D. Curious
【解析】选D。patient 有耐心的; nervous 紧张的; friendly 友好的; curious 好奇的。句意: 因为生性好奇, 北极熊朝我们走过来。从下面所发生的故事可知, 北极熊是一种生性好奇的动物, 故选D。
43. A. flying B. beating
C. burning D. struggling
【解析】选B。flying 飞; beating 心脏跳动;burning 燃烧;struggling 挣扎, 奋斗。由前面的My pulse quickened. 可知, 当北极熊出现时, 作者感到非常紧张, 脉搏加快, 在耳朵里能听到心脏在跳。故选B。
44. A. smells B. tastes C. paints D. colors
【解析】选A。smell 气味; taste 味道; paint 颜料, 油漆; color 颜色。句意: 它走得更近了, 它的长鼻子前后移动着, 嗅着公共汽车门上的气味。A符合语境。
45. A. effort B. shame C. warning D. doubt
【解析】选C。effort 努力; shame 羞愧, 耻辱; warning 警告, 预兆; doubt 怀疑。句意: 然后, 毫无预兆地, 它突然站起来, 把前脚搭在公共汽车上。without warning 毫无预兆地, 故选C。
46. A. beyond B. against C. behind D. beside
【解析】选B。beyond 超过; 越过; 在……较远的一边。against 倚着, 靠着, 接触某物;behind 在……后面; beside 在……旁边。根据语境可知, 北极熊将前脚靠在公交车上。
47. A. drawing B. resting C. focusing D. clicking
【解析】选D。drawing 绘画, 吸引, 拖曳; resting 依靠于, 停留于某处, 休息, 静止; focusing 使聚焦, 集中; clicking 使发出咔嚓声。句意: 北极熊锋利的爪子在白色的金属门上不断地咔咔作响。故选D。
48. A. back B. forwards C. away D. around
【解析】选A。句意: 北极熊的头距离开着的车窗仅有四英尺, 它看着那些人的面孔, 而人们也往回看它。故选A。
49. A. research B. picture C. break D. walk
【解析】选B。research 研究; picture 图片, 照片; break 休息; walk 散步。根据故事下文可知, 作者是要拍一张照片。句意: 为了找个好位置拍照, 我爬上了公共汽车外面的金属露台。故选B。
50. A. tail B. paw C. nose D. head
【解析】选D。tail尾巴;paw 爪子; nose 鼻子; head 头。 从下文的Suddenly, I heard a loud noise from under my feet及His wet nose almost touched my feet. He looked up at me with his brown eyes可知北极熊的头已经伸到了公共汽车露台的下面。故选D。
51. A. admitted B. noticed C. explained D. minded
【解析】选B。admitted 承认; noticed 注意到; explained 解释; minded 介意。 句意: 由于匆忙, 我并没有注意到露台地板是一个透明的金属网。故选B。
52. A. attracting B. saving
C. striking D. smelling
【解析】选D。attracting 吸引; saving 挽救, 省去, 免去;striking 罢工, 使打动, 侵袭, 突然想到;smelling闻。从下句的 His wet nose almost touched my feet可知, 北极熊正在嗅我。故选D。
53. A. in case B. if only
C. even if D. as if
【解析】选D。in case 万一; if only 要是……就好了; even if 即使; as if 好像。 句意: 它抬起棕色的眼睛看着我, 似乎想说些什么。故选D。
54. A. Naturally B. Hopefully
C. Carefully D. Strangely
【解析】选A。naturally 自然地;hopefully 有希望地; carefully 认真地, 仔细地; strangely 奇怪地。句意: 自然地, 我知道我是在这只北极熊的领地的事实。故选A。
55. A. swam B. welcomed
C. paused D. shouted
【解析】选C。swam 游泳; welcomed 欢迎; paused 暂停, 短暂停留; shouted 喊叫。句意: 就在消失在雪堆后面之前, 它停下来, 回头看了我一眼, 做了最后的告别。故选C。
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。
Are zoos necessary, 56. _______ are they only bad to the animals This is
57. _______ question that causes disagreement among many animal experts. Some, we may just call them Group A, believe that 58. _______ (place) animals in a zoo does harm to them. These people think that all animals should be protected from being hunted too much and 59. _______ (leave) in their native land. They also advise people to 60. _______ (educate) to know more about animals in the wild. Other experts of Group B think 61. (different). They say modern zoos are designed very closely to the 62. _______ (nature) environment. One of their strongest arguments is that certain species, such as the panda from China and the white tiger from India 63. _______ (be) not only protected from uncontrolled killing but can give babies under 64. (protect) and in that way they may be saved 65. dying out.
【语篇概述】本文是一篇议论文。动物园是必要的, 还是只对动物有害 A组专家和B组专家持有不同的看法。
56. 【解析】or。考查连词。句意: 动物园是必要的, 还是只对动物有害 结合句意可知答案为or(或者)。
57. 【解析】a。考查冠词。句意: 这是一个引起许多动物专家争论的问题。结合句意可知答案为a。
58. 【解析】placing。考查动名词。句意: 把动物放在动物园里对它们有害。此处是动名词作主语, 故答案为placing。
59. 【解析】left。考查非谓语动词。句意: 这些人认为所有的动物都应该受到保护, 不应该被过度捕杀, 应该生活在自己的家园。protect. . . from doing sth. “保护……免遭……的伤害”, 此处hunted和leave并列, 是being done结构, 故答案为left。
60. 【解析】be educated。考查非谓语动词。句意: 他们还建议人们接受教育, 更多地了解野生动物。advise sb. to do sth. “建议某人做某事”, 此处是作宾语补足语, 故答案为be educated。
61. 【解析】differently。考查副词。句意: B组的其他专家持不同看法。此处是副词修饰动词, 故答案为differently。
62. 【解析】natural。考查形容词。此处应用形容词修饰名词environment, 故答案为natural。
63. 【解析】are。考查主谓一致。句意: 来自中国的熊猫和来自印度的白虎不仅被保护免遭不受控制的杀戮的伤害, 而且可以在保护下产下幼崽, 这样它们就可以免于灭绝。此处是一般现在时态的被动语态, 主语是the panda from China and the white tiger from India, 是复数形式, 故答案为are。
64. 【解析】protection。考查名词。句意: 来自中国的熊猫和来自印度的白虎不仅被保护免遭不受控制的杀戮的伤害, 而且可以在保护下产下幼崽, 这样它们就可以免于灭绝。under protection“受保护”, 故答案为protection。
65. 【解析】from。考查介词。句意: 来自中国的熊猫和来自印度的白虎不仅被保护免遭不受控制的杀戮的伤害, 而且可以在保护下产下幼崽, 这样它们就可以免于灭绝。故答案为from。
第四部分 写作(共两节, 满分40分)
第一节(满分 15 分)
假定你是李津, 你收到外国朋友Peter的邮件, 他想了解你校在新冠肺炎疫情(COVID-19 epidemic)期间线上教学的情况。请你给他回复邮件, 内容包括:
1. 课程与时间;
2. 你的学习状态;
3. 你的期待。
注意:
1. 词数80个左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
I’m so glad to hear from you and know what you are doing these days.
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Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Jin
【参考范文】
Dear Peter,
I’m so glad to hear from you and know what you are doing these days. I’m writing to tell you how our schooling is now going on.
Actually, we are having e-learning at home, studying in the “classroom in the air” all the academic and non-academic subjects. The holiday schedule runs from 8: 00 am till 4: 30 pm on workday, with more and longer breaks for rest than usual.
Personally, I’ve got used to online learning, which I think is a creative form of schooling, and also our own way to fight the COVID-19 epidemic. We’ve come to realize how important computers and mobile phones have become to us! But I really miss the days with my friends and teachers on campus. That’s why I pray for the end of the epidemic every day, and I believe it’ll soon come.
Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Jin
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。 续写的词数应为150左右。
My name is John and I must share with you an event which took place on Flight 1553 out of DCA. My wife and I were traveling to Miami to celebrate an achievement for her and as you can imagine, we were looking forward to fun, sun and laughter.
We boarded the aircraft, without a care in the world. It was cold in Washington and we were ready for Florida.
Shortly after taking my seat, I began to feel sick. I knew something wasn’t right but just couldn’t find out what was happening. Being a doctor and a stubborn man, I resisted efforts by my wife to call for assistance. As the aircraft began its departure roll, I lost consciousness for a short amount of time.
As I came around, I quickly realized a few things. Firstly, something very bad had happened to me. Secondly, the aircraft was too heavy with the fuel to go back home. Thirdly, my loss of consciousness had been so deep that I found myself out of control. So not only did I have a medical issue to deal with, but I also had to figure out how to deal with an embarrassing experience.
My wife gathered the crew as soon as it was safe to move about and I made my way to the washroom to attempt to clean up. I did my best and the flight crew members were so supportive, checking on me often and reassuring me that there was nothing to be embarrassed about.
It was their sympathy and support that helped me so much. During the flight they kept watching over me and I suddenly had a small group of nurses, bringing blankets, food, drinks and caring and smile. I was thankful to them.
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Upon landing, I remained in my seat, allowing other people to go first.
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Hearing that, the captain left and returned a couple of minutes later with a pair of his own blue jeans. _________________________________________________
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【参考范文】
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Upon landing, I remained in my seat, allowing other people to go first. As I was in my seat, I looked up and saw the captain standing with a warm smile. “What can I do for you ” the captain asked. I told him I was OK. I was very embarrassed and concerned because of the previous things. He said, “What sizes of pants do you wear ” His voice was full of care. I was puzzled and replied, “34*34. Why do you ask this ”
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Hearing that, the captain left and returned a couple of minutes later with a pair of his own blue jeans. The man opened his own luggage and gave me a pair of his pants. I didn’t know what to say. Then I looked at my wife, who smiled and, without saying a word, let me know it was OK. I made my way to the exit and he said, “Change on the aircraft. It is fine. ” Because of the experience, I was thankful to him for his kindness. I made up my mind to treat others with kindness.
【备选训练】用适当的介词或副词填空
1. We must protect this kind of bird from dying out.
2. I’m always very aware of how much work there is still to be done.
3. On average, children at present are much taller than those fifty years ago.
4. People are concerned about the development of new technology.
5. We have had to adapt quickly to the new system.
6. The image is not clear enough to be able to make out all the details.
7. We reminded him of the ending time of speech.
8. The baby is watched over by the babysitter.
9. Due to the bad traffic, I was late for work this morning.
10. He searched the pocket for some coins to give the beggar.
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